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Outsiders Not Wanted in BH SchoolsVolume 20 No. 2 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities January 14, 2010

INSIDE• Bomb scare

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• MLKʼs legacy honored. pg. 4

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See District page 20

See Tall Wall page 22

BY AMY LYONS

See DASH page 21

BY IAN LOVETT

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See Trafficking page 22

BY EDWIN FOLVEN

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The elimination of the DASH Fairfax Line will affect local commuters.

On Tuesday afternoon, asshe drove passengersnorth on Fairfax Avenue,

the driver of a DASH bus madean announcement: “If you don’tcall in, the city is talking aboutterminating this service, as ofJuly 1, 2010. We need you to call,or write a letter, and keep this ser-vice going. Thank you.”

The Fairfax route joins theHollywood/West Hollywoodroute and six other DASH buslines that will be eliminated if the

city adopts recommendationsfrom the Los AngelesDepartment of Transportation(LADOT), as part of an effort toclose a projected $350 millionbudget deficit over the nextdecade, including a $23 milliondeficit for the fiscal year thatbegins July 1.

Cutbacks are also proposed forother LADOT services, such asCommuter Express, Cityride, andthe Charter Bus Program, whilefares on remaining DASH lines,such as the Hollywood route and

DASH Could Be Deadn LADOT Considers Shutting Down Fairfax Line

It is a plot straight out of“90210”—a Season 2 episodetitled “Down and Out of District

in Beverly Hills,” in which one ofthe characters’ residence is just overthe Beverly Hills border in LosAngeles, and she has to move inwith her grandmother to continueattending high school in BeverlyHills. Hundreds of Los Angeles par-ents will now have to decide whereto send their children to school,after the Beverly Hills UnifiedSchool District (BHUSD) boardvoted to stop issuing “opportunitypermits” for students who resideoutside Beverly Hills city limits.

The vote came Tuesday nightafter more than four hours of publictestimony from parents, students,and residents on both sides of theissue. With state funding based onattendance now drying up, out-of-district students have become afinancial burden on the district,rather than the asset they were whenthey each brought in $6,200 peryear for the school district. The dis-trict will now rely on “basic aid”funds from city property taxes.

Not all of the nearly 500 studentson “opportunity permits” will beforced to find a new school district.Students already enrolled in high

n Board Votes toDiscontinue Permits for Non-Residents

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Matthew Gahan (right), who lives in the Fairfax District, will be allowedto stay at Beverly Hills High School because he is in the 12th grade.

school will still be allowed to applyfor permits until graduation, while7th graders can stay until the end of8th grade. Students on “legacy per-mits,” whose parents work for theCity of Beverly Hills or BHUSD,

will also be allowed to stay. Butstudents from kindergarten through6th grade, as well as 8th graders,will no longer be able to apply foropportunity permits.

Victims Cry Out to End Traffickingn Advocates and CivicLeaders Come Togetherto Fight Slavery

photo by Edwin Folven

Mimin, who was trafficked from Indonesia and forced to work in theUnited States, became emotional while recounting her ordeal.

It might be surprising to learn thathuman trafficking and slaveryare still common occurrences in

the United States in the 21stCentury, but statistics show thatthroughout Los Angeles, thousandsof people are currently being heldagainst their will and are forced towork long hours in menial jobs withno pay.

The problem was the focus of adiscussion at the Museum ofTolerance on January 11, which hasbeen designated as HumanTrafficking Awareness Day. Local,state and federal officials joinedcommunity advocates and victimsof human trafficking to illustrate thetoll it takes on individuals, and toraise awareness about efforts to pre-vent the practice.

Mimin, a victim who used only

her first name, was trafficked to theUnited States from Indonesia whenshe was 17 years old. Mimin wipedaway tears as she recounted howshe was promised a good job clean-

ing a house in Los Angeles. Uponher arrival, she was forced intoservitude at a private home, work-ing 16 to 18 hours a day, seven days

Two Tall Wall Billboards MayGo Up in W. Hollywood

As tighter restrictions onbillboards are implement-ed throughout the city of

Los Angeles, two tall wall bill-boards, signs that are sometimesreferred to as “supergraphics”,are being considered for installa-tion in West Hollywood.

The West Hollywood PlanningCommission will hold a publichearing to consider the two5,200-foot billboards, which areproposed for the east and westsides of a nine-story building at8899 Beverly Blvd., on Thursday,January 21. The project also pro-poses a 138-space public parkinglot, removal of a large wheelchairramp along Beverly Boulevardand enhancements to open spacealong Rosewood Avenue. Theramp will be replaced with a liftand a second ramp will stay in

place. The ramp’s removal pro-vides more pedestrian spacealong the sidewalk.

The building houses severalentertainment companies, includ-ing offices of Castaway Studiosand Cossette Productions. It alsohouses high-end furniture gal-leries and a handful of eateries.

Though billboard laws in theCity of Los Angeles are governedby a new ordinance penned inAugust that bans digital signs andsupergraphics, the ordinance doesnot apply to West Hollywood.Nathan Gapper, an associate con-tract planner for the City of WestHollywood, explained that thecity does not generally favor tallwall billboards outside of theSunset Strip, but that the develop-ment agreement for this projectallows for the billboards inexchange for things the city

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15 The Jamb

The world premiere of a new playabout the challenges of middle

age, “The Jamb”, will open at TheEclectic Company Theatre on Friday,January 15 at 8:00pm. Tuffer andRoderick are gay best friends who areboth turning 40, an age marker thatfinds them grappling with their placein the world and their sexual identity.Tickets are $18. The EclecticCompany Theatre, 5312 LaurelCanyon Blvd., Valley Village. Call(818)508-3003.

16 New Plays by Ray Bradbury

Two new plays by Ray Bradburywill premiere at Fremont Theatre

Center on Saturday, January 16 at8:00pm. “Wisdom (1916)” centers onan elderly man who visits his beloved,grown grandson to share stories,keeping some memories to himself aswisdom dictates. In the new musical“2116”, a husband and wife marriednearly 40 years arrange separately topurchase android replicas of theiryounger selves to give to their spous-es as presents. The Fremont TheatreCenter, 1000 Fremont Ave, SouthPasadena. Call (866)811-4111.

Playscapes andDreams

An opening reception for twoexhibits, “Playscapes” and

“Architectonic Dreams” will be heldat Lawrence Asher Gallery onSaturday, January 16 from 6:00pm –10:00pm. J. David Carlso createsthree-dimensional models springingfrom his fun-loving imagination in“Playscapes”, Michael Dotson uses avibrant palette and early video-gamesignifiers to take us back to the future.Lawrence Asher Gallery, 5820Wilshire Blvd. Call (323)935-9100.

16 Celebrating 80Years of an Icon

On Saturday, January 16 andSunday, January 17, The Magic

Castle’s “Legends Series” will cele-brate the life of Tippi Hedren as shecelebrates her 80 birthday. A photoexhibit featuring the work ofHedren’s personal photographer, Bill

Dow, who has chronicled more than25 years of her work with exoticfelines at the Shambala preserve, willbe on display for the occasion. Allproceeds from sales of these images

will go to the Roar Foundation in sup-port of the preserve. Tickets are $25.Call (323)851-3313 x434. The MagicCastle, 7001 Franklin Ave.

17 Style on Sunset

International auctioneers Bonhams& Butterfields will host the Sunset

estate auction on Sunday, January 17.The monthly auction has become areliable resource for great design,diverse style and inspiration. TheJanuary auction will highlight proper-ty from a variety of estates and privatecollections including Doris Duke andspiritual leader JZ Knight as well as aselection of cutting edge contempo-rary art from the collection of MonicaBain, who was a Los Angeles-basedcollector. The auction will take placeat 7601 W. Sunset Blvd. at 10:00am.Call (323)436-5454.

Martin Luther KingJr. Honored at Hope

On Sunday, January 17, join thecongregation at Hope Lutheran

Church for a mass in memory of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Starting at10:30am, the service will includeguest singer Michelle Crenshaw andher gospel choir, Holocaust survivorEbi Gabor, and a potluck lunch.Attendees are encouraged to bring adish reflective of their family heritage.Hope Lutheran Church, 6720 MelroseAve. Call (323)938-9135.

20 Travel Night atL.A. Zoo

The Greater Los Angeles ZooAssociation (GLAZA) presents a

free “Travel Night” on Wednesday,January 20 at 7:00pm at thezoo. Open to the public at no charge,the evening features a preview of twounique GLAZA-sponsored vacationsto Botswana/Southern Africa andPeru, accompanied by professionalguides as well as a Los Angeles Zooexpert. Get more info on these trips,offered in May and October, whichafford rare opportunities to get expertguide services while taking exciting

vacations. Witherbee Auditorium, LosAngeles Zoo, in Griffith Park, Call(323)644-4792.

Park La BreaPlayers in Action

On Wednesday, January 20, from1:00pm – 3:00pm, and Friday,

January 22, from 7:00pm – 9:00pm,the Park La Brea Players will presentthree one-act plays. The first play,“The DMV Tyrant”, by ChristopherDurang, is a comedy about an infuri-ating scenario at the DMV. “TheDoctor Will See You Now” is a come-dy that glimpses a day in the life of ahypochondriac doctor, who lets him-self be examined by his patient.Lastly, “Laughter in the Shadow ofthe Trees” captures the last fleetingmoments of a longtime marriage.Shows take place at the Park La BreaActivities Center, 475 S. Curson Ave.at Park La Brea. Shows are free. Call(323)936-7194.

L.A. Art Show

The 15th Annual Los Angeles ArtShow will be held from

Wednesday, January 20 - Sunday,January 24, 2010 at the Los AngelesConvention. Presented by the Fine ArtDealers Association (FADA) and KRMartindale Show Management, TheLos Angeles Art Show is an encyclo-pedic art event that will feature morethan 130 international exhibitors, alecture program, sculpture garden andevening mixers. Tickets are $20. L.A.Convention Center, 1201 SouthFigueroa St. Call (310)822-9145.

21 Rauschenberg’sAmerica On Stage

The Los Angeles premiere of aplay about the American experi-

ence as it might have been viewed byartist Robert Rauschenberg,“bobrauschenbergamerica”, will be onstage at [Inside] the Ford beginningThursday, January 21 with a previewperformance. The play is a fantasticalroad trip through the American land-scape, a collage of images that resem-bles a Rauschenberg collage. Ticketsto previews are pay-what-you-can; allother tickets are $20. [Inside] the Fordat the Ford Theatres complex, 2580Cahuenga Blvd. Call (323)461-3673.

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n Incident is One ofThree Reported on Monday

Suspicious Package Shuts Down Sunset Blvd.

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The intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue was closed forapproximately four hours because of a suspicious package.

Los Angeles bomb squads werebusy on Monday, responding to

three separate reports of suspiciouspackages in Hollywood, StudioCity, and at UCLA.

The suspicious package at theBank of America on SunsetBoulevard, near the corner ofFairfax Avenue, kept the intersec-tion closed for four hours, while allhomes and businesses within a 300-foot radius were evacuated.

The Los Angeles PoliceDepartment received a radio callabout the suspicious package at thebank at 11:09am, in response to athree-foot by three-foot box whoseorigin the bank couldn’t establish.After X-Raying the box, the LAPDwas still unable to determine whatwas inside the package, so the bombsquad was called in. They blew thetop off the package with a smallexplosive charge, and found the box

was empty. Sgt. Enrique Mendoza,of the LAPD’s Hollywood Division,said that based on preliminaryinvestigations, police do not suspectany criminal activity, nor was theincident related to the other twobomb scares.

Though none of the packagesturned out to be dangerous — theStudio City package contained fire-

works, while the other two pack-ages were empty — each of thebomb scares caused disruption in itsrespective part of the city. In StudioCity, a northbound lane on theHollywood Freeway was closed onMonday morning, and at UCLA,three levels of a parking structurewere closed while police investigat-ed the package.

BY IAN LOVETT

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BY EDWIN FOLVEN

Letters to the Editor

The Park Labrea Newsand Beverly Press encour-ages our readers to submitLetters to the Editor. Lettersmust be signed by theauthor, and a contact phonenumber must be included. Ifyou would like to have youropinion heard, e-mail us at : [email protected].

Have an Opinion?Sound Off!

Patio Smoking Ban Unfairly RestrictsFreedom

In regards to the proposed banon smoking on restaurant

patios in West Hollywood, ban-ning smoking from all outdoorpatios is incredibly selfish andunfair.

I have listened for years tothose squeaky wheels who com-plain about smoke. They neverseem to be satisfied. Non-smok-ers are well-accommodated —and rightly so — by existinglaw. Currently, it is easy to avoidprolonged exposure to tobaccosmoke. Yet, the non-smokersstill want more.

The vilifications of smokersseem to be predicated on thepremise that second-hand smokeis going to kill them. When thetalk was of banning smokingfrom indoor, enclosed areas, thispoint was hard to refute.However, to maintain thatsmelling a cigarette or cigar onthe wind somehow warrants thesame argument is not onlyunsupportable with science, it isa dishonest premise.

These people wish to inconve-nience their brethren further so

they can soak up ultraviolet rays,cellular radiation, cholesteroland alcohol in “peace” as theycommandeer the former smok-ing patios feet from thousands ofbelching internal combustionengines. What nonsense.

Stripping a segment of theadult population of their rights,their freedom to unwind or relaxin the quiet, legal manner theychoose, simply because youdon’t like it, is unconscionable.A petulant “dislike” is not agood enough reason to annihi-late liberty and freedom ofchoice.

James TipperWest Hollywood

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WeHo Gallery Owner FacesCharges Over Fake Picasso

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A fake version of Picassoʼs “LaFemme Au Chapeau Bleu” is atthe center of a federal criminalcase against a local galleryowner.

AWest Hollywood art dealerhas been named in a feder-

al fraud case alleging she had aPablo Picasso drawing fabricat-ed for $1,000 and later sold itfor $2 million.

Tatiana Khan, 69, who ownsthe Chateau Allegré gallery at815 N. La Cienega Blvd., wasnotified by FBI agents about thecharges on January 8. Khan wasnot arrested, but was ordered toappear in federal court onJanuary 27.

“She was served with a sum-mons to appear, which is issuedwhen there are no questionsabout whether someone is aflight risk,” Assistant U.S.Attorney Ranee Katzensteinsaid. “We felt that a summonswas appropriate in this case.”

Katzenstein said Khanallegedly hired an artist in 2006to fabricate a 1901 Picassodrawing called “La Femme Au

Chapeau Bleu”, or “The Womanin the Blue Hat”. According tothe criminal complaint, Khanlearned from a broker in NewYork that “La Femme Au

City Council Postpones Decisionon Marijuana Dispensariesn Vote is Scheduled tobe Held on Tuesday

The Los Angeles City Councilon Wednesday directed the Los

Angeles City Attorney’s office todraft two medical marijuana ordi-nances that will be narrowed to onefinal ordinance through a vote nextTuesday.

The two ordinances will be iden-tical except for a provision regard-ing the distance medical marijuanadispensaries can be from “sensi-

tive” uses such as schools, church-es, libraries and community cen-ters. Members of council had dis-agreed over whether the distanceshould be 500 or 1,000 feet, and thefinal vote next week will establishwhich distance will be adopted. LosAngeles City Councilman EdReyes, 1st District, who led theeffort to create a new ordinance,said he would be satisfied witheither distance.

In addition, the issue of how farthe dispensaries can be from homesand apartments was solved bydropping residences from the list of

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Plans call for the facade of the former Security Pacific Bank Building onHollywood Boulevard to be preserved.

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The Security Pacific BankBuilding, which was built in

1921, is a fixture on HollywoodBoulevard and has been designatedas a historical cultural monumentby the City of Los Angeles. A planto transform the six-story buildingat the corner of HollywoodBoulevard and Cahuenga Avenuewas approved Tuesday by the LosAngeles City Council’s Planningand Land Use Committee (PLUM),and will now go to the full citycouncil for consideration.

The building is owned by SPBBLLC, which plans to convert it intoa 76-room boutique hotel with aground-floor restaurant. Alsoincluded would be a rooftop pool, anightclub and some retail space.SPBB LLC also owns the propertyto the north of the building, which iscurrently occupied by the restaurantSharky’s and the nightclub Empire,which will both be razed to makeway for a new parking structure andentrance plaza for the hotel.

Mark Borkowsky, a senior asso-ciate with Rottet Studio, the archi-tectural firm working with thedeveloper, said the plans call for thebuilding’s exterior to be preserved,along with some portions of the

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Katherine Haber (center), who is pictured with actor Dwayne “TheRock” Johnson at an event helping inner city children, will receive anaward on Monday from the City of West Hollywood.

Leaders Follow in Footstepsof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.n Father Greg Boyle,of Homeboy IndustriesRecognized

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The State Assembly JudiciaryCommittee officially endorsed a

resolution on Tuesday calling for therepeal of the federal policy known as“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

The resolution was introduced bySenator Christine Kehoe, 39thDistrict, and calls on the UnitedStates Congress to pass, andPresident Barack Obama to sign, theMilitary Readiness EnhancementAct of 2009 (MREA). The MREAwould end what many consider anunfair policy and allow gay, lesbianand bisexual Americans to serveopenly in the armed forces. GeoffKors, executive director of EQCA,an advocacy organization for theLGBT community, was joined at the

hearing by two former service mem-bers, Zoe Dunning, retired U.S.Navy commander and board co-chair of the Service Members LegalDefense Network (SLDN); andJoseph Rocha, retired U.S. NavyMaster at Arms, 3rd Class; as well asSLDN board member Julian Changand West HollywoodCouncilmember Jeffrey Prang.

“We applaud our lawmakers fortaking a stand for equality in the mil-itary,” Kors said. “I am confident thestate of California will soon join thegrowing chorus of current and for-mer service members who havecalled for the repeal of ‘Don’t AskDon’t Tell.’”

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was first

authorized in 1994. Since that time,more than 13,500 service membershave been discharged under the pol-icy, including more than 800 special-ists serving in critical operationssuch as counterintelligence, medi-cine and translation. According to aGeneral Accounting Office report,323 language specialists have beendischarged, resulting in a criticalshortage of qualified translators inintelligence gathering posts.Currently, 186 members of the U.S.House of Representatives havesigned on as co-sponsors to theMilitary Readiness EnhancementAct of 2009, which would replace“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” with a poli-cy of non-discrimination.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hada dream, and Katy Haber is

helping to transform that dreaminto reality. On Sunday, January17, the City of West Hollywood

and the House of Blues will hostthe annual “Living the Legacy:Embracing the Dream”, an inspi-rational tribute to King. The eventcomes with an annual “Keeper ofthe Dream Award” that will go toHaber this year.

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Elvis Fans Gather to Remember ʻThe Kingʼ

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Los Angeles City CouncilmanTom LaBonge (second from left),4th District, hosted a gathering atthe Walk of Fame star of ElvisPresley on January 8 to com-memorate “The King’s” 75thbirthday.

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Galleries Open Doors for Art WalkThe next installment of the Miracle

Mile Art Walk is scheduled forSaturday, January 16 from 2:00 to11:00pm. The event has been recon-figured for 2010, and will now beheld quarterly.

The January Miracle Mile ArtWalk will focus on galleries withinthe Miracle Mile Arts District, fromWilshire Boulevard to La BreaAvenue, and from Melrose Avenue toLa Cienega Boulevard. Several gal-leries will be hosting special eventsand after parties. There will also beartist discussions and workshops.

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School DistrictLaunches NewKindergartenProgram

The Los Angeles UnifiedSchool District (LAUSD) will

launch a two-year pilot kinder-garten program beginning nextschool year to address the needs ofchildren who turn five in the sec-ond half of the year — betweenJune 1 and December 2 — butneed more than one year to devel-op the skills that will help thembecome successful learners.

“Strengthening the academicfoundation in the early years willlead to higher student achievementbeyond the primary grades,”LAUSD Superintendent Ramon C.Cortines said.

The new classes will emphasizepre-literacy instruction to developbeginning reading and mathemat-ics skills. In addition to buildingcognitive skills, the program alsoseeks to address the developmentand enhancement of social andemotional skills that are importantfactors in doing well in school.

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Martial Arts Film StarImmortalized in Wax

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Actor Jackie Chan visited Hollywood Boulevard on Monday for theunveiling of his wax sculpture at Madame Tussaudʼs Wax Museum.Hundreds of fans stopped along the sidewalk to catch a glimpse ofChan and his new wax look-alike. Chan answered questions for theChinese media, as well as American news outlets. He said thesculpture would always look young.

Chuckʼs Auto Celebrates 50 Years on Fairfax

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Chuck Francis, owner of Chuckʼs Auto & Dream Machines, specializesin restoring classic cars.

Some of the most memorablemoments in his early career,Francis said, came as a result of the1973-1974 oil crisis, a time whenprices spiked and customers werenot guaranteed a fill-up.

“Cars would be lined up downthe street and it would just be me or

me and one other guy pumpinggas,” Francis said. “Sometimes youhad to go to the end of the line andturn people away. It was a hard timeand people were mad.”

Besides being confronted by cus-tomers clamoring for their small

Chuck Francis rolled into LosAngeles more than 50 years

ago with dreams of becoming arock ‘n roll singer. His affinity formusic was matched only by hislove of motorcycles and fast cars.The cars won his heart and his pro-fessional pursuits turned automo-tive.

2010 marks the 50th anniversaryof Chuck’s Auto and DreamMachines.

But Francis didn’t always run theshow. In fact, he started working at105 S. Fairfax Ave. – the site wherehis shop stands today – as a gas sta-tion attendant. In those days, ShellOil Company owned the propertyand Francis pumped as much gasout of the two-bay station onFairfax, and two other Shell sta-tions in the area, as time wouldallow.

“I didn’t mind working a hun-dred or more hours a week as longas they paid me for it,” Francis said.“On Sundays and Wednesdays, Iopened at 6:00am and closed atmidnight.”

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Jane (Meryl Streep), left, and Jake (Alec Baldwin) restart an oldromance in “Itʼs Complicated”.

ʻItʼs Complicated ̓KeepsThings Sweet and SimpleRemember when romantic

comedies could still be goodstories? Well, those actors who’vesurvived the test of time know whatneeds to be done, and with directorNancy Meyers at the helm, “It’sComplicated” proves a straightfor-ward tale with just enough laughsand emotion for an entertainingnight at the big screen.

Jane (Meryl Streep) has a won-derful life with three loving chil-dren and her own bakery/café–think Panera’s with floor designby Pottery Barn. Just one thing isoff in this perfect little world. Asshe begins to feel the effects of herage, Jane finds that life is just a lit-tle bit lonely…and it doesn’t helpthat her ex-husband, Jake (AlecBaldwin), seems to be living thegood life with his new wife, a muchyounger woman he slept with whilestill married to Jane. But as thefamily comes together for theirson’s graduation ceremony, Janeand Jake reignite the flame with afiery passion ignited by four bottlesof Cabernet. The formerly wedland in the middle of an affair, try-ing to learn if they have any unre-solved feelings from a marriagethat ended 10 years ago.Meanwhile, Jake’s wife, Agnes(Lake Bell), wants to start a family,but Jake’s past childbearing age.Jane has another sub-plot of herown, namely a budding attractionto her architect, Adam (Steve

Martin). Expect this one to getmessy.

Films like these are made for theevening slot on TBS. Sure, thewriter may expect audiences to takethe story seriously, and at somepoints it deserves to be pondered,but just like the muffins Jane sells,you soon realize you’re filling upon something with no real sub-stance. But don’t feel bad fordowning this treat of a film a fewtimes, it’s too tasty to ignore.

With all the flaky fluff, seriousmatters fill the screen at times, andit’s hard not to ponder the implica-tions of any story about an affair.Jane’s friends justify her mistressstatus because the new wife did it toher first, but this superficial needfor retribution turns a serious prob-lem into a silly dalliance. And thenthere’s the awkward tension ofcharacters sneaking around—itbecomes rather exhausting.

Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwinare a winning combo. Already acomedy powerhouse, “30 Rock”

star Baldwin continues his ongoinghysterical reputation. Streep, lovedby wide audiences in all her actingendeavors, is delightful. At the core,“It’s Complicated” is a compellingstory about what happens after mar-riage, especially at an age whenmost people have already made themost substantial decisions of theirlives. Streep provides yet anothersolid performance, following “Julie& Julia” in August, and her stellarvoice acting for “Fantastic Mr. Fox”in November. At this point, yougotta wonder if she knows how todo a bad film.

Streep owns this film andBaldwin’s presence can’t beignored, but Steve Martin doesn’t

exactly inhabit the background.He’s moved from SNL to a bignose, to showing why he’s a “jerk”but the laugh master is much softerhere. As a divorcée, Adam is look-ing for a second chance at a roman-tic life, but his timidity often gets in

the way. But when Adam lets looseat a party, the rambunctious SteveMartin we all know and love peeksthrough Adam’s shy exterior for afew hilarious minutes.

John Krasinski, as Jane andJake’s soon-to-be son-in-lawHarley, shines in a supporting role.Krasinski taps into the same drywit he brings to the role of Jim on“The Office”, creating several side-splitting scenes. Even Streep’s galpals, Joanne (Mary Kay Place),Trisha (Rita Wilson) and Diane(Alexandra Wentworth) bring thegoods with their so-called adviceabout affairs and life.

In 2000, Nancy Meyers found

her stride with “What WomenWant” and her next two filmsdefined her as a prominent main-stream director. “It’sComplicated”, while not her bestwork, marks yet another romanticcomedy with more weight than thecompetition. “It’s Complicated” isfar from a complex story about thenature of love. The premise is pret-ty straightforward and the perfor-mances, while strong, aren’t origi-nal. The joy comes from watchingseasoned actors in a lightheartedfilm do what they do best: act. Thefinal product isn’t lasting butremains at least sweet with severalstomach-hurting laughs.

John Krasinski,as Jane and

Jake’s soon-to-be son-in-law

Harley, shines in a

supporting role.

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Jane (Meryl Streep), left, and Adam (Steve Martin) start a new romancein “Itʼs Complicated”.



A Disjointed 9/11 Tale On first viewing, Paul Kampf’s

new play, “11, September”, isnot exactly what one might expectfrom the title, yet in some way it isif what happened in New York onSeptember 11, 2001 was a definingmoment in our current, or any othercivilization. Using the Theory ofChaos as a jumping off point, “11,September” takes a somewhatdespondent view of what happensin our lives when we’re not payingattention, at the same time bashingFree Will into a pulp to be disposedof with the trash on Thursdaymorning.

At its heart, or maybe just on itssleeve, the play is your basic meet,greet, have fantastic sex with ananonymous person, then continueon to live an everyday life until thenext out-of-town assignmentreminds you it’s about time to getout there and rediscover yourselfall over again in another world-shaking overnighter. In the case ofMartin Healy (Paul Kampf) andAngela Madison (Liz Rebert), thesituation’s a bit different; there areseveral outstanding September11ths in their lives, including amemorable one in 1989; an unfor-gettable one in 2001, and the nottotally coherent one on stage at theOdyssey Theatre in 2009.

Who, or what is the villain here?Is it just coincidence, mad chance,or a divine or devilish conspiracy?Martin, a mathematician, in NewYork to speak about 9/11/01 leanstoward an emotional and adamantconspiracy theory in his podiumbreak, re: the Twin Towers disaster,but fails to connect similar dots forthe other dates. The emotionalimpact of the other significant coin-cidences is conveyed mostly by‘discovered’ journals, Joan Baezrecordings and meandering “Iremember” monologues betweenthe erotically entwined and con-

flicted, on again/off again bed-mates.

It’s not always easy to follow themeanderings of Kampf’s script fora sad reason: we can’t always hearthem! Both Kampf and Rebert aregreat-looking actors with liquid andgraceful talent and stage ease.But…the old problem of projectioncomes up once more as the whis-pers of “..what’d she say ?”, “..whatwas that?” from the house some-times drown out the dialogue fromthe stage. Rebert, particularly, does-n’t consistently get her lines all theway to an eager audience. Don’tdirectors check out the sound anymore from all points of the audi-ence compass? Do actors workingin the television age not know theirbest lines are not being picked upby mics? Motivation and physicalexpertise are not enough even intelephone booth-size theatres. Westill need to hear the words!

Director Gita Donovan keepsmost of the action under good con-trol, with interesting use of JamesSpencer’s detailed set design andBosco Flanagan’s lighting

Writer/actor and founder ofBreadline Theatre Group, Kampfhas a lot going for him in the per-forming, writing, new conceptsdepartments after spending the last15 years practicing all his crafts/artsin Chicago. “11, September” comesacross as an interesting and

thoughtful play, but with a bit toomuch of a grab-bag quality about it.It requires quite a bit of concentrat-ed connecting-the-dots for an audi-ence to get on board, but we’re anattentive, if highly critical, audi-ence here in L.A. So please give usplenty more to chew on.

Presented by BreadlineProductions at the OdysseyTheatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd.Through February 7, Thursday-Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday 7:00pm.(310)477-2055x2 or www.11sep-temberplay.info.

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Director GitaDonovan keeps

most of theaction undergood control.

Photo by Heather Kampf

Angela Madison (Liz Rebert) cozies up to Martin Healy (Paul Kampf) in“11, September”.

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Angela Madison (Liz Rebert) and Martin Healy (Paul Kampf) share a lightmoment in “11, September”.

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Flowers were placed last Friday on the Walk of Fame star of thelate Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant. Grant passedaway on January 9, 2008 at the age of 84, and the HollywoodHistoric Trust places the flowers on the star annually in recog-nition of Grantʼs contributions to Hollywood. Grant presidedover Walk of Fame star ceremonies during his nearly fourdecades with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and wasawarded his own star at 6915 Hollywood Blvd. in 1980, andanother honorary star outside the Kodak Theatre in 2002. Grantwas also involved in Hollywood in many other ways, havingbeen a radio and television entertainment broadcaster forKMPC and KTLA, and later producing the Hollywood ChristmasParade from 1978 to 2003.

Johnny Grant’s Star StillShines on Walk of Fame

New Appointee Tasked With Boosting Job CreationMayor Antonio Villaraigosa has

named Austin Beutner as theFirst Deputy Mayor and ChiefExecutive for Economic andBusiness Policy for the City of LosAngeles, a newly created positiondesigned to revamp the city’sapproach to economic develop-ment, attracting and retaining busi-ness, and creating jobs. Beutnerwill report directly to the mayor.

“Austin Beutner will bring anunprecedented level of experienceto this newly created and empow-ered position and I have tasked himwith fixing our approach to eco-nomic development and businesspolicy to make L.A. more businessfriendly and job creation much eas-ier,” Villaraigosa said. “It’s a bigtask but I am confident Austin is upto the job.”

Beutner began his career on WallStreet, and by the age of 29, was theyoungest partner ever atBlackstone, one of the world’sleading investment and advisoryfirms. During Beutner’s tenure atBlackstone, he oversaw successful

investments in Mexico and othercountries, and advised Sony,PepsiCo and other major business-es around the world. He transi-tioned into the public sector work-ing at the United States Department

of State in Russia following the col-lapse of the Soviet Union. From1994-1996, he led a team whichhelped the struggling Russian gov-ernment and people in their transi-tion to a market economy. Beutnermost recently has been a founding

partner of Evercore Partners withformer U.S. Deputy TreasurySecretary, Roger Altman.

“Our city is at a critical juncture.After decades of growth, our econ-omy is stagnant and our unemploy-ment is high. While some of this isdue to macroeconomic factorsbeyond our control, it is imperativewe improve the business climateand develop and execute a strategyfor economic development and jobcreation to make the city of LosAngeles a business center for the21st Century,” Beutner said.

Beutner will have oversight overthe Department of Water andPower (LADWP), the Port of LosAngeles, and economic develop-ment and business policy issues atthe Los Angeles World Airports.Beutner will also be charged withcreating new markets for emergingindustries such as high tech, bio-tech and clean technology. He willalso work to retain and grow busi-nesses already in Los Angeles suchas the entertainment industry,tourism and small businesses.

It is imperativewe improve the

business climateand develop a

strategy for eco-nomic

development.

-Austin Beutner

Los Angeles County DistrictAttorney Steve Cooley

announced Monday that he intendsto run for California AttorneyGeneral, and is forming anexploratory committee for the elec-tion this fall.“Many people from law enforce-ment and throughout the politicalspectrum are urging me to run forAttorney General,” Cooley said. “Iam proud of my crime fightingrecord as District Attorney. As acareer prosecutor and DistrictAttorney of Los Angeles County I

have the experience and drive to beCalifornia’s top law enforcementofficer. California’s AttorneyGeneral must be a law enforcementleader with a proven track record ofreducing crime and fighting fraudand public corruption.”Cooley, 62, has been elected tothree consecutive terms as LosAngeles County District Attorney,representing the largest prosecu-tor’s office in the nation. Cooleysaid that during his nine years asdistrict attorney, crime rates havefallen sharply. He currently directs

more than 1,000 attorneys, 300investigators and 800 support per-sonnel who prosecute 60,000felonies and 130,000 misde-meanors annually.During the 1970’s, Cooley was areserve officer with the LosAngeles Police Department for sixyears. Cooley is a native of LosAngeles, and graduated fromCalifornia State University, LosAngeles with a bachelor of artsdegree, and received his juris doc-torate from the University ofSouthern California Law Center.

Broadway L.A. has created anew way for theatre patrons to

get information about the PantagesTheatre through the new PantagesHollywood iPhone Application.The Pantages Hollywood iPhoneApplication is among the firstdesigned specifically for a liveBroadway venue, and is currentlyavailable for complimentarydownload on iTunes. It offers theability to check out current andupcoming shows at the theatre,purchase tickets online or by phonewith Ticketmaster, and receivegeneral information on the theatreand its history. The application isdesigned for patrons unfamiliarwith the Hollywood area, provid-ing door-to-door directions to thetheatre, parking information andinformation on nearby restau-

rants. The application will also pro-vide users access to current specialoffers, including presale and dis-count availability, as well as mobileand e-mail alerts. If you don't havean iPhone, yoy can still accessBroadway/L.A.'s website on aPDA, cell phone, or other mobiledevice, and will be automaticallyredirected to a new mobile-friendlywebsite specially formatted for asmall screen. This mobile-friendlysite will have a wealth of informa-tion on Broadway/L.A.'s showsthat all PDA users can enjoy quick-ly and easily. The Pantages App isfree of charge. It uses the internet,so patrons should check with cellu-lar carriers if about being chargedfor usage.

For more information,www.BroadwayLA.org/iPhone.

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Kennedy Honored by LAUSDThe Los Angeles Unified

School District (LAUSD)Board of Education voted unani-mously Tuesday to name theschools now located at the site ofthe former Ambassador Hotel onWilshire Boulevard after the latepresidential candidate and U.S.Senator, Robert F. Kennedy.

The site will be named theRobert F. Kennedy CommunitySchools in honor of Kennedy, whowas assassinated at theAmbassador Hotel in 1968. TheRobert F. Kennedy CommunitySchools currently house two pilotelementary schools in the samebuilding that opened September2009. The schools are the firstphase of a two-phased K-12thgrade learning center planned forthe site. The middle school andhigh school portions of the campusare currently under constructionand are scheduled to open for the2010-11 school year. When allschool buildings are completed,the site will be one of LAUSD’sfew new comprehensive K-12campuses.

“The words with which RobertF. Kennedy inspired us decadesago, that we can all be part of achange for a better world, a greaterworld, are alive with us as we cel-ebrate the naming of theseschools,” said LAUSD board pres-ident Mόnica García. “SenatorKennedy was a man of courage,compassion, and extraordinaryleadership. These schools are atremendous victory for the chil-dren and families of this communi-ty who have waited for years fortheir neighborhood school. Todaysymbolizes a new beginning wherewe fulfill our promise to graduateevery child and give them theopportunity to succeed.”

The renaming of the site was metwith enthusiasm by members ofthe Kennedy family.

“This afternoon the Los AngelesUnified School District determinedto call their newest academy theRobert F. Kennedy CommunitySchools,” said Max Kennedy, sonof Robert and Ethel Kennedy. “Theschool is built on the groundswhere my father was shot morethan forty years ago. My motherand my family are grateful for thename and the bright future it repre-sents. There is no greater memorialto my father than this particularschool, which represents all that isgood in the hearts of the people ofLos Angeles.”

The Robert F. KennedyCommunity Schools is part of thedistrict’s new school constructionprogram, which is building 131 K-12 schools to provide everyLAUSD student with the opportu-nity to attend a neighborhoodschool, operating on a traditional,two-semester calendar. For infor-mation, visit www.laschools.org.

Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa recently

announced that homicidesdropped 18 percent citywidein 2009, the lowest numbersince 1967.

The mayor was joined byLos Angeles PoliceDepartment Chief CharlieBeck (right) and City CouncilPresident Eric Garcetti (cen-ter), 13th District, and sever-al law enforcement officials j.The city officials also report-ed other reductions in thecity’s year-end crime statis-tics.

“Across our city Angelenoscontinue to reap the benefitsof a comprehensive crimestrategy that has put morecops in our communities andmore resources in our neigh-borhoods,” Villaraigosa said.“While we have cause to cel-ebrate, more needs to be doneto assure not one moreAngeleno is the victim of acrime.”

Overall crime dropped ninepercent citywide in 2009,with a 10 percent decrease inviolent crime. Additionally,property crimes dropped byeight percent, including a19.6 percent decline in autotheft. Gang crimes alsodropped 11 percent, and gangrelated homicides declinedby 15 percent.

Neighborhoods across the cityalso experienced a six percentdrop in shots fired incidents.

The mayor attributed thedecline to several factors,including the expansion of the

LAPD and programs of theGang Reduction and YouthDevelopment (GRYD). One ofthe programs Villaraigosa tout-ed was the GRYD’s “SummerNight Lights”, which kept thelights on at parks during thesummer months in 16 neigh-borhoods that experience thehighest gang crime rates.

Last week, the mayor alsolaunched the country’s firstcomprehensive GangIntervention Academy, whichwill develop professional stan-dards, curriculum and over-sight for gang intervention spe-cialists.

City Officials Join Police to Announce Crime Drop

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The Los Angeles City Council designated January 12 a KoreanAmerican Day, approving a motion authored by Los Angeles CityCouncilman Tom LaBonge, 4th District. LaBonge (second fromright) was pictured with Chang Lee (left), president of the KoreanAmerican Federation of Los Angeles; Jae Soo Kim, ConsulGeneral of Korea; and Dr. Sang Won Park, president of theKorean American Foundation. LaBonge has worked with theKorean American community on numerous projects in the localarea, including a clean-up effort at the old Los Angeles Zoo inGriffith Park lat Saturday that included members of a Boy ScoutTroop based in Koreatown.

The CommunityRedevelopment Agency of the

City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA)recently provided financial assis-tance to 10 non-profit housingorganizations to help them stay inbusiness during the current eco-nomic recession.

The CRA/LA Board ofCommissioners approved a$500,000 allocation for the orga-nizations, which are currentlyworking within redevelopmentproject areas in Los Angeles. Eachof the organizations will receive aone-time, $50,000 grant to helpmaintain their long-term stabilityand enable them to produce lowand moderate income housing.

“The CRA/LA grant is criticalin our city’s efforts to make hous-ing affordable and to create jobsfor hard working families,” LosAngeles Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa said. “In these tryingtimes, we must continue to aidthese non-profit organizations that

are serving communities and resi-dents in need across our city.”

CRA/LA staff recommendedincreased funding for the Non-Profit Operating Support GrantProgram (NOSP) in 2009 in

response to the potential impact ofthe recession on local low-incomehousing projects.

CRA/LA makes investments tocreate economic opportunity andimprove the quality for residents

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“Angelenos continue to reapthe benefits of acomprehensive

crime strategy.”- L.A. Mayor Antonio

Villaraigosa

Non-profit Housing Groups Get Grants in Tough Timesof Los Angeles, and manages 32redevelopment project areas,including one in Hollywood.

The organizations receiving theNOSP grants include theHollywood Community HousingCorporation, AbodeCommunities, A Community ofFriends, Coalition forResponsible CD, East LACommunity Corporation, LosAngeles Family Housing, the LosAngles Housing Partnership,LTSC Community DevelopmentCorporation, Mercy Housing andNew Economics for Women.

“In this economy, low andmoderate-income housing devel-opment is the only constructionactivity that is continuing,”CRA/LA Board Chairman BruceD. Ackerman said. “It is vital forus to support these non-profitorganizations that are providingboth desperately needed afford-able housing and well-paying jobsfor local residents.”

“The CRA/LAgrant is critical

in our city’sefforts to make

housing affordable.”

-L.A. Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa

The City of Los Angeles recent-ly held the first meeting of the

Business Tax Advisory Committee(BTAC), which is comprised ofnine representatives from the busi-ness community who will examineand recommend business taxreforms aimed at attracting andretaining jobs and businesses inLos Angeles.

“Our number one priority is get-ting the people of Los Angelesback to work,” Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa said. “Business tax isan issue rooted deep in our effortsto keep businesses and jobs in LosAngeles, and the new Business TaxAdvisory Committee is a majorasset to how we approach job cre-ation and improve the business cli-

mate in L.A.”The BTAC will examine tax

incentives and reductions as well asadministrative reforms that couldstimulate economic growth andgenerate jobs. The committee willexplore options to reduce GrossReceipts Tax rates, increase theminimum to qualify for the SmallBusiness Exemption, increase themaximum to qualify for the NewBusiness Exemption, target incen-tives to attract new jobs and taxproducing businesses, and modifythe audit process by the city’sBoard of Review.

“L.A.’s unemployment rate isfour points higher than the nationalaverage and our efforts must focuson getting people back to work and

fighting for every job in this city. Itwill take the collaborative work ofthe Business Tax AdvisoryCommittee and city leaders todevelop ideas that will jump start

our local economy and create jobs,”said Council President EricGarcetti, 13th District.

Business Tax Committee Aims to Retain Jobs in L.A.

“Our effortsmust focus ongetting peopleback to work.”

- Los Angeles City CouncilPresident, Eric Garcetti

Korean American DayCelebrated in Los Angeles

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The sidewalk in front of Figaro Bistrot resembles a sidewalk cafe in Paris,complete with bistro chairs and diners sipping espresso at all hours.

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The sidewalk in front of FigaroBistrot is a beehive of activity

and the buzz is all very French.Lined with little bistro tables andFrench Bistro rattan cane chairs –those wooden numbers with thered and cream-colored wovenseat-backs that scream Parisiansidewalk cafe – the only additionthis place needs to be moreauthentically French are waitersin berets. The words“Boulangerie” and “Epecerie” arepainted on the large, street-facingwindows, along with other smallsnippets of the French language.You can practically taste the

wine and cheese as you walkby. Madonna was here often in2009, filming a campaign forLouis Vuitton LV that appears asif it were shot in Paris.

The sidewalk bustles daily, buthappy hour finds things pickingup significantly at this Los Felizgem. Indoors, the space is splitdown the middle, one side brim-ming with antique French furni-

ture, chandeliers, ornate candle-sticks and additional touches thatadd up to a bohemian hangout,while next door there’s a bar areawith stools, red booths, mirroredwalls, and gaggles of artists typ-ing away at computers or sharingstories over lattes and port. An on-site bakery boasts croissants,baguettes and pastries that arebaked fresh daily.

Serving breakfast, lunch anddinner, Figaro doesn’t stray farfrom expectations, but delivers onquality. In the morning, you’llfind selections such as Oeufs(eggs) Benedicte, and crepes a lafraise, which burst with strawber-ries, custard and whipped cream.The cappuccino has a perfectfoamy froth on top, made perfectby the full-bodied espresso below.

My idea of a perfect lunch atFigaro is the nicoise salad, owingto the freshness of the grilled ahituna at its core. The mixed greensare likewise fresh, having the per-fect blend of bitter roughage andlighter leaves. I recently pairedthat salad with melon au porto &proscuitto, a half cantaloupesliced into juicy wedges andtopped with paper-thin slices of

proscuitto. A glass of port drawsout the melon’s juices nicely andmingles well with the salty meat. Ialso sampled a savory crepe, adelicious combination of chickenand mushroom stewed in garliccream sauce. The flavors thatemerge from this rich slice of

heavenly French cuisine areimpossible to resist, and only afew bites are necessary for fullsatisfaction. Sided with freshgreens, this crepe melts in yourmouth.

Of course, quiche is done quitewell here too, as are the variouspaninis. Steak tartare, pate servedwith French ham, and croquemonsieur – all the French bistrobases are covered here.

For dinner, the escargot is amust. Swimming in parsley butter

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Uncle DarrowʼsTurns Ten

Head on over the UncleDarrow’s to see why this slice

of the Bayou has been attractingrepeat customers for a decade. The10th anniversary of UncleDarrow’s will be celebrated with acustomer appreciation party onSaturday, January 16, from 1:00pmto 4:00pm. It’s a first-come, first-served crawfish boil with corn andpotatoes, and Joe Banks will bethere to supply superior jazzsounds. Buy any entrée or po boyduring the celebration and you’llget a second one for half the price.Bring your friends to this specialcelebration and get your fill ofgumbo and jambalaya. Call(310)306-4862. 2560 S. LincolnBlvd., Marina Del Rey.

Pasadena Pinot Fest

One of the oldest grape varietiesto be cultivated for the pur-

pose of making wine, Pinot Noirrings in the new year for newbeginnings at the second annualPasadena Pinot Fest, sponsored byNoir Food & Wine. Held over threedays, Pinot Noir fans will savorvarietal flavors at a Brian LoringWinemaker Dinner (January 24),Wes Hagan Clos Pepe Tasting(January 29), and Pinot Noir PublicGrand Tasting (January 30).“This is the second time Pasadenahas had an extensive tasting ofPinot Noirs at one setting. Last yearwas a successful tasting, but thisyear is something special,” saidMike Farwell, owner of Noir Food& Wine and organizer of the event.“Many wine critics and wine publi-cations rate wines, but this will bethe first time all of the Pinots ofCalifornia will be tasted on such aprestigious list for your critiqueduring the Public Grand Tasting.”The Public Grand Tasting onJanuary 30 from 3:00pm to 6:00pmwill also benefit Hillsides, aPasadena foster care children’scharity serving children at risk andfamilies in crisis living in LosAngeles County. Proceeds of ticketsales and the opportunity drawingfor wine packages will raise fundsfor the foster care residential pro-gram which has seen a hit by theCalifornia’s financial crisis.Held at the University Club ofPasadena located at 175 NorthOakland Ave. in Pasadena, ticketsare $75 and $89 at the door.Included in the event admissionare: A free Riedel Burgundy/PinotNoir glass to take home from thatday; access to all wines beingpoured at the event; access to thePeter Cargasacchi Seminar; accessto the Wes Hagen Seminar duringevent; complimentary Charcuterie& Cheese Buffet; complimentarytray passed hors d’oeuvres; compli-mentary BBQ by Chef ClaudBeltran of Noir Food & Wine;access to winemakers and wineexperts; purchase wine coordinatedby Le Petit Vendome; and opportu-nity to create a memory that willlast a lifetime at this fabulous eventwhile benefiting a reputable foster

care children’s charity in LosAngeles, including Pasadena. Tolearn more about the event, visitwww.PasadenaPinotFest.com orcall (626)862-7441.

Share a Meal withChef Kerry Simon

On Thursday, February 4,SimonLA at the Sofitel Hotel

Los Angeles will be offering aunique dining experience in whichguests can dine with Iron ChefKerry Simon himself, following a“Learn About Wine” class onSimonLA’s enclosed patio whereKerry will demonstrate his searedtuna accompanied by red winepairings from the attending wine-makers. To find out about attendingthe class, which begins at 6:30pm,contact www.learnaboutwine.com.Following the class and throughoutthe evening, fans of Chef Kerrywill have the chance to dine withthe Rock n’ Roll chef himself in theSimonLA dining room. The menuwill include mini tuna sliders, ahituna crudo and pan seared ahi tunaand Grand Marnier soufflé fordessert. The cost of the dinner willbe $60 per person. Wines from thevintners presenting at the class willbe available to order at the dinner.To make reservations for “Dinnerwith Kerry” on Thursday, February4, call SimonLA at (310)358-3979.

A New Reason toVisit RH

RH at the Andaz Hotel now hasCassoulet specials on

Tuesdays and Wednesday. The rich,slow-cooked white bean casseroleis made with chef SebastienArchambault’s secret combinationof seasoning and meats (pork andpork sausage, goose and duck),cooked and served in a distinctive

deep round earthenware pot withslanting sides. Archambault is noexception to cassoulet preparationand, this winter season hisCassoulet Plat du Chef will beoffered every Tuesday andWednesday at RH at Andaz WestHollywood.

At lunch, guests may choose astarter and/or a dessert to accompa-ny their cassoulet entrée. Three-course menu is $30; two-coursemenu is $23; one-course cassouletmenu is $20, plus tax and gratuity.

At dinner, this satisfying cas-soulet course is offered for $22 asspecial to the normal à la cartemenu. Suggested wine accompani-ment is Paige 23 Syrah, SantaBarbara 2004 ($16 a glass; $64 fora bottle). For reservations, call(323)785-6090. Andaz WestHollywood, 8401 Sunset Blvd.

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Don’t miss the Melville WineDinner at Nick and Stef’s

Steakhouse on January 20 at7:00pm. The dinner will feature theestate wines of Melville Vineyards.It will be hosted by Chad andMary Melville. The menu includespan-seared onaga, pickled babyshitake, squab breast, veal short riband so much more. Wines include2007 Samsara Verna’s VineyardSyra and a 2007 Estate Viognier.The dinners at Nick and Stef’s arespecially designed so people canlearn more about the grape-grow-ing region of the wines beingserved . The price is $110 per per-son. Nick and Stef’s, 330 S. HopeSt., Downtown. For reservationsand more information, call(213)680-0330.

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Los Angeles is gearing upfor Restaurant Week, that

time of year when DineLAgets a slew of restaurants tosign on to special three-courselunches and dinners offered atlow prices. This year, the culi-nary cost savings will takeplace from January 24 - 29and January 31 - February 5.Dozens of restaurants city-wide will offer lunch menus ata cost of $16-$28 and dinnersfrom $26-$44. XIV byMichael Mina is participatingwith a dinner menu that offersa choice of grilled salmon,braised celery, Jidori chicken,or wild mushroom risotto.Susan Feniger’s Street willoffer a choice of Vietnamesepulled pork sandwich, crispy

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lamb taquitos, or a Hawaiianono sashimi plate. Foodsfrom around the world arethe main dish at Street, sotake a trip around the worldall under one roof onHighland Avenue. Tastes ofSingapore, India, China, theUkraine and many moreworld destinations can all befound at Street.

Also participating inRestaurant Week is Ago inWest Hollywood, which willserve up paillard di pollo,ravioli ricotta and so muchmore on its Restaurant Weekmenu. Don’t miss all the localdining deals.

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WEST HOLLYWOODPROPERTY CRIMES

December 30

At 1:00pm, a victim reported thatwhile he was out of town, anunknown thief stole a $1,900 lap-top computer from inside an officein the 8600 block of Melrose.

December 31

Two unknown female thieves stolea victimʼs wallet, identification,credit cards, and about $2,700 at4:00am while they were inside thevictimʼs room at a hotel in the 8400block of Sunset.

1:43 pm, 900 block of Palm. At1:43pm, a victim reported that anunknown thief stole an iPod, val-ued at $200, from a residence inthe 900 block of Palm while con-struction workers were at the loca-tion.

An unknown thief stole a securedbicycle, valued at about $1,000,from a bike rack in the courtyard ofa mall in the 7100 block of SantaMonica at 2:30pm.

At 7:00pm, a guest reported thatan unknown thief had stolen a lap-topcomputer, valued at $2,000,from inside her room at a hotel inthe 8800 block of Cynthia.

An unknown African-American

female suspect stole a tip jar fromthe counter of a retail business inthe 8900 block of Sunset at11:50pm and fled in a vehicle. Thejar contained about $15.

January 1

At 2:50pm, three unknown African-American male teenage suspectsentered a retail store in the 1000block of Robertson, stole twowatches, valued at $125 each, andfled on foot.

January 2

During the night, an unknown thiefstole the spare tire from under apickup truck parked in the 900block of Gardner. The loss wasestimated at about $120.

January 3

During the weekend, an unknownsuspect attempted to burglarize aresidence in the 1400 block ofLaurel. Though nothing appearedto be taken, damage to a door wasestimated at about $400.

January 5

At 6:20am, after a victim reportedhis vehicle stolen, an African-American male suspect was arrest-ed after a chase in the 8600 blockof Rugby for grand theft .

While shopping at a market in the

7800 block of Santa Monica at5:00pm, a victim placed anunzipped purse on top of a shop-ping cart and turned away briefly.An unknown male thief stole thevictimʼs wallet from the purse andfled on foot.

January 6

At 4:00pm, a tenant reported thatan unknown thief stole three rugsand miscellaneous items from anapartment in the 8900 block ofRangely. The estimated loss was$101.

January 7

While at a nightclub in the 600block of Robertson, a victim left apurse unattended for two hourswhile socializing. At 2:00am, thevictim discovered an unknown thiefhad stolen a cellular phone, worthabout $190, from the purse.

During the week, ten suspectswere arrested for burglary or theftafter being observed shoplifting atlocal retail stores and a market.

During the week, following twoseparate traffic collisions, twofemale drivers were arrested fordriving under the influence of alco-hol.

During the week, five vehicles wereburglarized by unknown suspects.Total estimate of damage and arti-cles taken was $6,670.

During the week, four vehicleswere stolen by unknown thieves.

During the week, six reportedstolen vehicles were recovered andthe owners notified.

During the week, nine vehicleswere impounded for thirty dayssince they were being driven by anunlicensed driver or a person witha suspended or revoked license.


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Fake Collection Agents ArrestedLos Angeles Police

Department NortheastDivision detectives announcedthe arrest of 46-year-old MarioLopez and 45-year-old DeyaniraRomanos of North Hollywood,who posed as collection agentsand threatened at least one victimin exchange for a large amount ofmoney.

Detectives believe that thereare additional victims who haveyet to come forward

On December 29, the victimtold detectives that he hadordered merchandise from a highquality cookware company calledRoyal Prestige and that he hadpaid for the items in full.

The victim also told police thathe later received a collection let-ter demanding payment. When hecalled the company, he spoke to awoman named “Miriam” whotold him that if he refused to pay$2,900 she would issue a warrantand have him arrested. The vic-tim feared he would be arrested,and agreed to make payments.

The victim wrote numerous

post dated checks and gave thechecks to Mario Lopez andDeyanira Romanos (Miriam).The checks were made out to“CAS.” The suspects added an“H” to the checks, causing thechecks to be written out forCASH. After the second checkwas cashed, the victim cancelledthe other checks and contacteddetectives.

The suspects agreed to meetwith the victim under the pre-tense that they would receivereplacement checks.

During that meeting, under-cover officers established proba-ble cause to arrest both Lopez andRomanos.

Both suspects were arrested forgrand theft and released afterposting $20,000 bail. The DistrictAttorney’s office has filed grandtheft and extortion chargesagainst the pair.

Anyone with additional infor-mation is encouraged to callNortheast Division detectiveSusan Carrasco at (213) 847-4266.

Former state legislator WalterKarabian was charged today withmisdemeanor assault with a deadlyweapon for allegedly hitting a park-ing attendant during a USC footballgame in December.

The 71-year-old Karabian isscheduled to be arraigned January22 at the East Los Angeles SuperiorCourt.

On December 5, Karabianallegedly tried to drive his car into aparking structure at ExpositionPark but was stopped by an atten-

dant who told him he did not havethe proper permit. After beingrefused entry, he allegedly drovehis car forward, striking the parkingattendant several times. Thewoman was not seriously injured.

The District Attorney’s officedeclined last month to file felonycharges and referred the case to theCity Attorney’s office. Due to aconflict, the City Attorney’s officereferred the case back for misde-meanor filing.

If convicted, Karabian faces upto a year in county jail.

Two Suspects Convicted in ʻ06New Yearʼs Eve Murder CaseTwo men were convicted

January 6 of capital murderin the 2006 New Year’s Evekillings of a man and his teenagestepdaughter, the DistrictAttorney’s Office announced.

Matthew Ian Koontz, 36, andJonathan Blackwell, 29, wereconvicted of two counts each offirst-degree murder in the slay-ings of Raul Cruz, 31, and JessicaCipriano, 17. Jurors found truespecial circumstance allegationsof murder during the commissionof a burglary and multiple mur-ders for each defendant.

Los Angeles Superior CourtJudge Bob Bowers, who presidedover the trial, said the penaltyphase will begin tomorrow morn-ing. Koontz and Blackwell eachface a maximum penalty of deathor life in prison without the pos-sibility of parole.

Jurors additionally convictedKoontz and Blackwell of onecount each of attempted murder

and found that the offense wascommitted willfully, deliberatelyand with premeditation. Thedefendants also were convictedof one count each of first-degreeburglary and three counts each offirst-degree residential robbery.

Jurors also convictedBlackwell, the shooter, of per-sonal use of a firearm and per-sonal and intentional discharge ofa firearm causing great bodilyinjury and death.

Deputy District AttorneysKennes Ma and Janis Johnsonco-prosecuted the case. Jurorsdeliberated for three and a halfdays before returning the ver-dicts, prosecutors said.

Blackwell fatally shot Cruzand Cipriano after he and Koontzbroke into the victims’Koreatown apartment on Dec.31, 2006. Micaela Estrada,Cruz’s common-law wife andCipriano’s mother, was woundedin the attack but survived.

Doctor Sentenced to 5 years for RunningCyclists off Road

Christopher Thomas Thompson,60, a former ER physician convict-ed of seriously injuring two bicy-clists after he deliberately slammedon his car brakes and caused themto crash, was sentenced January 8to five years in state prison.

In November, a jury foundThompson guilty of multiple felonycounts, including assault with adeadly weapon.

Thompson, the owner of a med-ical documentation company inWoodland Hills, was convicted ofhitting the brakes of his Infinitisedan in front of two bicyclists onJuly 4, 2008, in the 3400 block ofMandeville Canyon Road. One vic-tim’s nose was nearly severed afterhe flew through Thompson’s rearwindshield. The second cyclistcrashed to the pavement and suf-fered a shoulder separation.

Witnesses testified Thompsonhad a history of run-ins with othercyclists.

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Stars used to gather at the Park La Brea Tennis Club to show offtheir skills. Professional tennis player Vic Seixas (right) was picturedon the cover of the January 23, 1958 issue of the Park Labrea Newswith film personality and former Olympian Bruce Bennett (center),and Sam Match, a tennis pro who worked at the club. Seixas wasvisiting Bennett, a Park La Brea resident, on his way home fromplaying in the Davis Cup matches in Australia. Seixas and tennisgreat Tony Trabert had won the Davis Cup in 1954, but had lost toAustralia in the 1958 Davis Cup. Seixas, who was inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971, joined Match for someexhibition play at the tennis club, which was formerly located onThird Street just east of the Park La Brea complex. Some of Seixasʼother major wins included four consecutive mixed doubles champi-onships at Wimbledon from 1953-ʼ56; four U.S. National mixed dou-bles championships between 1953-ʼ55; two U.S. National doublematches in 1952 and ʼ54; and two French Open doubles crowns in1954-ʼ55.

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The SOVA Community Food and Resource Program of JewishFamily Service of Los Angeles (JFS) recently received a $50,000donation from the Wells Fargo Foundation. The donation was madein response to increasing demand for food assistance throughoutLos Angeles. Wells Fargo representatives presented the donation onJanuary 10 at the JFS/SOVA Volunteer Appreciation ceremony.Wells Fargo executive Bryan Moeller (left) joined Barbara Weiser, co-chair of the JFS/SOVA Advisory Committee, and Jeff Nagler, presi-dent of Jewish Family Service, at the event. “As our clients struggleto cope with the effects of the economic downturn, coupled with statebudget cuts and reductions in social service funding, Jewish FamilyService will continue to adapt to ensure that we can provide servicesto those in need,” Nagler said. “At this difficult time, the generosityand financial support of Wells Fargo and other community sources ismore important to us than ever.”JFS/SOVA operates three food pantries in Los Angeles, includingone at 7563 Beverly Blvd. For information about JFS/SOVA, call(818)988-7682, or visit www.jfsla.org/sova.

Bank Donates 50k to SOVAIrvine FoundationGives $1 Million forNHM ʻSun ̓Exhibition

The Natural History Museum ofLos Angeles County (NHM)

will receive a $1 million grant fromthe James Irvine Foundation to sup-port the development of “Under theSun: Los Angeles, California andthe World”, a landmark permanentexhibition scheduled to open in2012.

As part of the grant, “Under theSun” will include collaborationswith local artists, arts educators andcurators, and will engage the localcommunity and other historical,cultural and scientific organizationsacross Southern California. “Underthe Sun” will be the final compo-nent of a new suite of exhibitionsand an ongoing transformation ofthe museum.

“We are very grateful to theJames Irvine Foundation for recog-nizing the importance of Under theSun, an exhibition that will drama-tize as never before the interactionsbetween natural and humanprocesses that have shaped LosAngeles from prehistoric times tothe present day,” NHM presidentand director Dr. Jane Pisano said.“This exhibition will inspire a senseof awe and wonder about the cityand its composite places, a sense ofconnection to the others who livehere, and an appreciation andawareness for the environment weinhabit.”

“Under the Sun” will use hun-dreds of artifacts from the muse-um’s collection of natural and cul-tural history objects and docu-ments, as well as immersiveexhibits, interactive technology andmedia installations. The exhibitwill explore how a unique interplaybetween diverse human popula-tions and the natural environmenthas shaped the history and cultureof Southern California. Historicalobjects will help tell the story ofearly Los Angeles, and collabora-tions with local artists, arts educa-tors and curators will be designedto capture the spirit and diversity ofcontemporary Los Angeles.

The Natural History Museum ofLos Angeles County is located at900 Exposition Blvd. For informa-tion, visit www.nhm.org.

AWRT Honors Good News FoundationThe American Women in Radio

& Television SouthernCalifornia will honor the GoodNews Foundation and its boardmembers with the 2010 InspirationAward for Excellence inCommunity Service.

The honorees from the GoodNews Foundation Board includethe organization’s founder, reporterWendy Burch of KTLA; anchor PatHarvey of KCAL; anchor ChristineDevine, of KTTV; “Good DayL.A.” host Dorothy Lucey; andanchor Ana Garcia, of KNBC.

“It is our great honor to recognizethe efforts of these fine women andtheir positive impact on our com-munity,” said Laura Behrman, pres-ident of American Women in Radio& Television SoCal. “The goodworks of The Good NewsFoundation inspires all to helpthose in need and demonstrates theimportance of service to others.”

Founded by the women of LosAngeles television news in 2006,The Good News Foundation is anon-profit organization dedicatedto making a positive and meaning-ful difference in the lives of peopleconsidered to be at-risk in LosAngeles.

The foundation’s charitable con-tributions includes funding acade-mic scholarships and mentoringprograms for aspiring journalists,recognizing and encouraging com-munity service among entities affil-iated with Los Angeles televisionnews, and granting assistance toindividuals and organizations thatare making a difference in the com-munity.

Since its inception three yearsago, the Good News Foundationhas provided more than $700,000in grants, gifts, scholarships anddonations. For information, visitwww.awrtsocal.org.

The Youth Orchestra LosAngeles (YOLA), the Los

Angeles Philharmonic and musicdirector Gustavo Dudamel wererecently honored with an inauguralLos Angeles Real Creativity(LARC) Award.

Established by the Urban LandInstitute of Los Angeles (ULI), theawards will be presented annuallyto four recipients who, throughextraordinary vision and creativeaction, help to change the worldand the lives of Angelenos.

YOLA is the Los AngelesPhilharmonic’s initiative to estab-lish youth orchestras in under-served communities in Los

Angeles. “It is an honor to be the recipient

of the LARC award, and to be rec-ognized for creativity and innova-tion,” Los Angeles Philharmonicpresident Deborah Borda said.“Music has the ability to transformlives and inspire social change.Through YOLA and our other edu-cational programs, the L.A. Phil iscommitted to providing access tomusic education for the under-served youth of Los Angeles..”

Additional LARC Award win-ners were Hollywood Cap Park, theAcademy of EntertainmentTechnology, and the Imagine MarsProject and JPL-NASA.

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John Paul DeJoria (right), co-founder and CEO of Paul Mitchellbeauty products and an environmental philanthropist, donated hisMana La Solar Car to the Petersen Automotive Museum onMonday. DeJoria was joined at the museum by Angus Mitchell, co-owner and artistic director of education of Paul Mitchell.DeJoria and Paul Mitchell built the Mana La Solar Car in 1987 forthe first solar powered car race from Darwin to Adelaide, Australia.Of 23 entrants, the strongest U.S. teams were Paul Mitchell andGeneral Motors. The Paul Mitchell car eventually dropped out dueto difficulties with terrain and low wind power, and the GM car wonthe race in 44 hours and 54 minutes. The car was donated to the Petersen Automotive Museum becauseof its dedication to the presentation of the automobile and its impacton American life and culture. DeJoria said a commitment to caringfor the earth influences every aspect of the Paul Mitchell policy mak-ing and strategy. DeJoria has been a longtime supporter of alterna-tive energy, utilizing solar power for the harvesting of Awapuhi at thePaul Mitchell farm in Hawaii. The Paul Mitchell car ran not only onsolar power, but wind power as well. The vehicle will be on display through May at the PetersenAutomotive Museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd. For information, call(323)930-2277, or visit www.petersen.org.

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sensitive uses. A provision wasapproved, however, that the dispen-saries could not be adjacent to,abutting, across an alley, or acrossthe street from any residences.

The Los Angeles City Councilhad already approved severalamendments that will be includedin the medical marijuana ordinanceto be presented next Tuesday. Theyinclude capping the number of dis-pensaries at 70, although the 137

dispensaries that existed when amoratorium was first passed in2005 would be given the chance toreapply for a permanent operatinglicense. Other provisions includerequiring a security guard to be pre-sent at the dispensaries and to

patrol the surrounding neighbor-hood. The council decided not tolimit the amount of marijuana thatcould be kept at one location,instead deferring to state law,which does not set an amount.

The city council discussion cameon the heels of the passage of ameasure to legalize and tax mari-juana in the state legislature’sPublic Safety Committee onTuesday. The bill, AB 390, wasauthored by State AssemblymanTom Ammiano (D-San Francisco)and included a provision that wouldplace a $50 tax per ounce of mari-juana sold to be used to help allevi-ate the state’s financial woes. AB390 was effectively dropped onWednesday, however, because itcould not be scheduled for reviewby another assembly committeebefore a deadline on Friday.Quintin Mecke, communicationsdirector for Ammiano, said theassemblyman hopes to re-introducethe bill next year.

Los Angeles City CouncilmanDennis Zine, 3rd District, said hewas not concerned about thestatewide effort to legalize marijua-na, adding that he is focused onpassing a local ordinance to controlthe proliferation of medical mari-juana dispensaries in Los Angeles.

“It has no bearing on what we aredoing. That committee made thatdecision, but I seriously doubt thatthe state legislature would ever sup-port the legalization of marijuana,”Zine said. “It’s either going to befive hundred or one thousand feetfrom sensitive uses, but that’ssomething we will have to decide.”

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SchwarzeneggerSigns EducationReforms, Hopesfor Federal Funds

California Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger signed

historic education reform legis-lation on January 7 that makesCalifornia eligible for thenational Race to the Top educa-tion reform and funding com-petition.

Bi-partisan measures SBX51, by Senate Pro TemporeDarrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), and SBX5 4, bySenator Gloria Romero (D-LosAngeles), will ensureCalifornia can submit a highlycompetitive application for upto $700 million in funding forschools, Schwarzenegger said.The legislation will implementsweeping education reformmeasures to better California’seducation system.

“President Obama called forpositive change across thenation and California’s leadersanswered that call,”Schwarzenegger said.“Working together, we havepassed sweeping educationreforms to better our children’seducation, empower parentsand make California highlycompetitive for much neededfederal funding for ourschools.”

The reforms contained inSBX5 1 are intended to changethe culture of education inCalifornia by empowering par-ents to have a voice in makingchoices for their children andensuring their voices are heardat every level of their schooldistrict. The reform measuresinclude the implementation ofstrategies to improve the bot-tom five percent of persistentlylow-performing schools; autho-rizing open enrollment for stu-dents in the lowest-performingschools programs to allow par-ents more freedom to choosethe school that best serves theirchildren; enacting new authori-ty for parents to petition andrequire school boards to fixfailing schools; and allowingCalifornia’s student and teacherdata systems to be used by localdistricts to evaluate teachersand principals.

The recipients of the Race tothe Top funding and the specif-ic amounts they will receivewill be announced by the U.S.Department of Education laterthis year.

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The 2009-2010 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the MusicCenter continues its seventh season with The Joffrey Ballet’s in Sir

Frederick Ashton’s “Cinderella” running for five performances on January28 through 31.

The work is considered one of Ashton’s greatest full-length ballets, andfollows a rags-to-riches story set to Serge Prokofiev’s score, composedspecifically for the piece.

The Joffrey was the first American dance company to receive the rightsto the Ashton classic. Ashton is now considered one of the three leading20th Century storytellers in ballet. Robert Joffrey was so committed toAshton’s work that at one time, the Joffrey Ballet had amassed the largestAshton repertoire outside of his home company, The Royal Ballet.

The classic ballet “Cinderella”, performed in three acts in just over twohours, follows the title character as she grows from a sad young womaninto a beautiful princess with the help of her Fairy Godmother. Afterreceiving gifts from the Fairies of the Four Seasons, she is whisked awayin a coach to meet her handsome prince at the ball.

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The Korean Cultural Center,Los Angeles (KCCLA) and

the Korea Academy forEducators (KAFE) are presentinga workshop on Korea for K-12administrators and teachers onSaturdays, January 16 and 30.The workshop offers a uniqueopportunity to learn aboutKorea’s history, culture and theKorean-American experience,and provides outstandingresources and lessons.

Participants will receive freebooks, DVDs, K-12 standards-based lessons and 20 PowerPointlectures. They will also learn howthe new California History-SocialScience Framework will includeKorean history and culture andKorean American history; exam-ine Social Science and LanguageArts lessons for elementary and

secondary classrooms; becomeaware of Korean poetry (sijo),short stories and KoreanAmerican literature; and viewsegments of “Fifty Wonders ofKorea” and learn about some ofthe great achievements in Koreanart and architecture. The goal ofthe workshop is to deepen theunderstanding of KoreanAmerican students and their fam-ilies. The workshop will alsoinclude a Korean lunch, partici-pation in a Korean drum session(pictured), a taekwondo presenta-tion, a traditional tea ceremony,and prizes.

The Korean Cultural Center ofLos Angeles is located at 5505Wilshire Blvd. For information,contact Tammy Chung at(323)936-7141, or visitwww.kccla.org.

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The “Hollywood Bowl PosterArt Show” that was recently

displayed at the Arclight CinemasHollywood was met with such atremendous response, the show hasbeen extended and moved to theArclight Sherman Oaks.

The Arclight Hollywoodunveiled the first-ever exhibit ofHollywood Bowl posters inNovember, with works designedby an array of artists includingStanley Mouse, Camille RoseGarcia, Shag, Gary Taxali,Niagara, and ChrisReccardi. Posters were created for

such superstars as Liza Minnelli,Aretha Franklin, “Death Cab forCutie”, Adele, and RayLaMontagne, each of whom per-formed at the Hollywood Bowlduring the 2009 summer season.Each artist who created a poster forthe Hollywood Bowl series alsofeatured an exclusive new workalongside their posters.

The Arclight Sherman Oaks islocated at 15301 Ventura Blvd,while the Arclight Hollywood islocated at 6360 West Sunset Blvd.For information visit www.holly-woodbowl.com.

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The Blind Childrens Center held its golf tournament on January 7,where 15 golfers played the course at the San Gabriel Country Clubto raise funds for the Centerʼs programs. The Gibney FamilyFoundation raised $93,000 to benefit the Centerʼs new second gradeprogram. Participants included Eric Heer (pictured), a member of theBlind Childrens Centerʼs board of directors. The Blind Childrens Center, which is located at 4120 Marathon St. inEast Hollywood, is a non-profit, family-centered agency devoted tohelping children who are blind or visually impaired have the bestquality and most productive lives possible. For information, call(323)664-2153, or visit www.blindchildrenscenter.org.

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Hollywood Bowl Posters on Show at Arclight

L.A. SupervisorsApprove Grants toFight Insurance Fraud

The Los Angeles County Boardof Supervisors unanimously

approved three grants on Tuesdayto the Los Angeles County DistrictAttorney’s office to combat insur-ance fraud. The county has receivedapproximately $17.2 million fromthe California Department ofInsurance to specifically target indi-viduals involved in automobileinsurance and workers’ compensa-tion fraud.

Two grants totaling $12 millionwill focus on auto insurance fraudrings, syndicates, gangs and otherorganizations in Los AngelesCounty. Perpetrators also includeunscrupulous doctors, chiroprac-tors, lawyers and others who profitfrom fraudulent automobile insur-ance claims.

An additional $5.3 million grantwill go to the District Attorney’sOffice’s Worker’s CompensationFraud Program to combat fraudu-lent claims that cost taxpayers mil-lions of dollars annually, and haveled to thousands of jobs being lostdue to local business closures pre-cipitated by escalating workers’compensation costs caused byfraud.

CSW Seeks Nomineesfor 40th Annual LGBTPride Honors

Christopher Street West (CSW),the producers of the upcoming

40th anniversary Los AngelesLGBT Pride Celebration, is cur-rently accepting nominations forthe annual community honorees.There are many unsung heroes andheroines in the LGBT community,and CSW is hoping to receive asmany nominations as possible.

CSW is seeking an individual,group, organization or business thathas positively contributed to theLGBT community. Past Honoreeshave included CSW co-founderRev. Troy Perry, communityactivist Ivy Bottini, California StateAssemblymember John A. Perez,AIDS Project Los Angeles,Congregation Kol Ami’s RabbiDenise L. Eger, Los Angeles CityCouncilman Bill Rosendahl,PFLAG, transgender advocateMaria Roman, Black AIDSInstitute Founder Phill Wilson, andthe L.A. Sisters of PerpetualIndulgence.

Tuesday Deadline to Register forNeighborhood Council ElectionsLos Angeles City Councilman

Tom LaBonge, 4th District, andthe L.A. Department ofNeighborhood Empowerment(DONE) are reminding people whoare interested in running for a seaton a neighborhood council that

January 19 is the filing deadline forcouncils in the Fourth District.They include the Atwater Village,

Greater Griffith Park, RampartVillage, Silver Lake and WilshireCenter/Koreatown. For more infor-mation, call (213)978-0444.

The Mid City West CommunityCouncil in the Wilshire area is hold-ing its elections in May. Candidatesmust file applications betweenFriday, February 12 Monday,March 15. For information, call theL.A. County Clerk’s Office at(213)978-0444, or visit www.midc-itywest.org.

In addition, DONE is holding aseries of upcoming meetings focus-ing on becoming involved in neigh-borhood councils. The first meetingwill be held on

Thursday, January 14 from6:30pm to 8:30pm. For informationon the meetings, visitwww.EmpowerLA.org.

“Mid City WestCommunity

Council is hold-ing elections in

May.”

Volunteer forCrisis Response

Volunteer opportunities areavailable for individuals

who live or work in LosAngeles to join the city’s CrisisResponse Team (CRT). Theprogram is particularly in needof volunteers bilingual inSpanish or Korean.

“Our City’s Crisis ResponseTeam is a critical component ofour ability to respond to emer-gencies in our city,” said MayorAntonio Villaraigosa. “I urgeAngelenos to get involved andassist in their neighborhoods intimes of crisis.”

For information, contactJeffrey Zimerman, manager ofthe Crisis Response Team, at(213)978-0697, or e-mail [email protected].

www.rosalietherealtor.com

The Museum ofContemporary Art,

Los Angeles (MOCA)has selected JeffreyDeitch as the museum’snew director, effectiveJune 1.

Deitch, 57, is one ofNew York’s leading gal-lerists, specializing inmodern and contempo-rary art, and has a 30-yearcareer as an independentcurator producing exhibi-tions at museums and gal-leries around the world.As an art advisor to someof the world’s leadinginstitutional and privatecollectors, he has helpedbuild a number of majorinternational contempo-rary art collections.

“Jeffrey Deitch is theperfect fit for ‘MOCANew’, and he has thevision and energy to makethe museum the world’spreeminent contemporaryarts institution,” saidMOCA Board co-chairMaria Bell, who led thesearch committee. “Jeffrey lives,eats, sleeps and breathes art. Heis passionate about contempo-rary art and is committed to the

future of MOCA.”Dietch advised Mori Building

Company in Tokyo on the devel-opment of the Mori Art Museumand the Roppongi Hills PublicArt & Design Project. A long-time art writer and critic, Deitchis also known for his innovationsin catalogue design. “Lives”, a

1975 exhibition about artistswho used their own lives as anart medium, was Deitch’s firstimportant curatorial project.Since then, he has curated anumber of exhibitions of con-temporary art for the DesteFoundation in Athens, including“Cultural Geometry” (1988),“Artificial Nature” (1990), “PostHuman” (1992), and “FracturedFigure” (2007).

Since 1996, he has operatedDeitch Projects, a public gallerywith three New York locationsthat has presented more than 250exhibitions, performances andinstallations by contemporaryartists. Among Deitch Projects’notableexhibitions are YokoOno’s “Ex It”, Keith Haring’s“Ten Commandments”, and“Street Market” with BarryMcGee, Todd James, andStephen Powers.

“MOCA has an extraordinaryhistory, and it’s my goal to posi-tion MOCA as the most innova-tive and influential contempo-rary art museum in the world,”Deitch said. “I am excited by theopportunity to play a role inmaking MOCA and Los Angelesthe leading contemporary artdestination.”


photo courtesy of Tribal Alliance

The Autry National Center, in association with the UCLA Film andTelevision Archive and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts andSciences, is holding a series titled “Native American Women inFilm” running from January 24 through February 21. The seriesexamines the portrayals of Native Americans in contemporary filmthrough screenings of shorts and feature films. It will include a dis-cussion with Georgina Lightning, director of “Older Than America”(pictured) and Irene Bedard, an actor in “Edge of America”, whichis about Native American women working in the film industry andthe obstacles and opportunities for established and emergingNative American filmmakers. The film series is tied to the Autryʼsupcoming exhibition, “Home Lands: How Women Made the West”,opening in April. The series kicks off with a screening of “OlderThan America” on Sunday, January 24 at 2:00pm. The filmexplores the Indian boarding school, which has shaped genera-tions of Native Americans across the U.S. and Canada. Alsoincluded will be a screening of “Goodnight Irene”, which is abouttwo young men who have a life-changing encounter with an elderin the waiting room of an Indian Health Service clinic. Additionalscreenings include “Edge of America” and “Horse You See”.The Autry National Center is located at 4700 Western HeritageWay in Griffith Park. For information, call (323)667-2000, or visitwww.autrynationalcenter.org.

ʻNative American Women inFilm ̓Showcased at Autry

MOCA Names New YorkGallerist Deitch as Director

photo courtesy of MOCA

Jeffrey Deitch, 57, will serve as directorof MOCA starting on June 1. Deitch hashad a 30-year career as an indepen-dent curator producing exhibitions atmuseums and galleries around theworld.

“Jeffrey Deitchhas the visionand energy to

make themuseum the

world’s preeminent

contemporaryarts institu-

tion.”--Maria Bell

MOCA Board co-chair

Local ResidentLachman toServe on CityCommissionThe Los Angeles City Council

has appointed local residentAndrew Lachman to the LosAngeles Quality & ProductivityCommission.

The commission identifies thebest practices to improve govern-ment efficiency and effectiveness,and gives quality awards to cityagencies that show exemplary lead-ership in improving efficiency anddelivering services. With theprospect of an even larger citydeficit, the commission is taskedwith finding new efficiencies tomake sure cuts are minimized toservices to individuals in need.

Lachman served as chair of theMid City West CommunityCouncil, and has been active inestablishing ways that the publicand private sectors can worktogether to speed the delivery ofservices. He previously served onMaryland Governor ParrisGlendening’s transition team in thegovernment effectiveness and effi-ciency group, and served as specialassistant to the deputy administra-tor of the Maryland State HighwayAdministration.

Lachman was nominated by LosAngeles City Councilman PaulKoretz, 5th District, chair of theCouncil Audits & GovernmentEfficiency Committee. Lachman iscurrently seeking ideas on how citygovernment can deliver servicesmore effectively. For information,visit www.andrewlachman.com.

Maazel to Conduct LAPhil ConcertsConductor Lorin Maazel returns

to lead the Los AngelesPhilharmonic in two weekends ofconcerts at the Walt Disney ConcertHall on Friday, January 15-17, andon Thursday and Friday, January 21and 22, and Sunday, January 24.The first weekend of concerts fea-tures soprano Nancy Gustafson inthe Final Scene from RichardStrauss’ controversial opera,“Salome”. Also on the program thatweekend are Strauss’ “Suite fromDer Rosenkavalier” and his “Danceof the Seven Veils”, as well asSibelius’ “Symphony No. 2 in Dmajor, Op. 43”. The followingweekend’s program features

Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 8”.The concerts are preceded by

“Upbeat Live” pre-performancediscussions in BP Hall one hourprior to the performances.Christopher Russell, director oforchestral studies at Azusa PacificUniversity and coordinator of theorchestra program at OrangeCounty High School of the Artswill host the January 15-17 discus-sions. Eric Bromberger, violinist,Fulbright nominee and recipient ofa National Endowment of theHumanities Fellowship at YaleUniversity, hosts the January 21-24discussions.

For tickets visit www.laphilcom.

Nominationsopen for JewishTeen AwardsNominations are being accepted

for the Diller Teen TikkunOlam Awards, which recognizeyoung people who have distin-guished themselves as leaders andhave initiated community serviceprojects that impact their communi-ties in meaningful ways.

Tikkun olam is a Hebrew phrasethat means “repair the world.” TheDiller Teen Tikkun Olam Awardwas established by Bay Area phil-anthropist Helen Diller, to helpidentify, reward and encourage thenext generation of leaders to followtheir visions for improving theworld and giving back to their com-munities.

Any teacher, civic leader, or non-family member may nominate ateen between 13 and 19 years oldfor the award. The deadline for sub-mission is February 19. Awardrecipients will get $36,000 to beused however the recipient wishes,while most have used the funds tofurther education, develop projects,or start new endeavors. Teen nomi-nees must self-identify as Jewish,though their community serviceprojects can benefit the generalcommunity. Teens can also nomi-nate themselves, or be nominatedby teachers, rabbis, communityleaders, or anyone who knows thevalue of the their volunteer serviceand commitment, except for familymembers.

Nomination forms are availableby calling (415)512-6432, byemailing to [email protected],or visit www.sfjcf.org.

www.diamondfoamandfabric.com


District Decides to Restrict Non-Residents From SchoolsFrom page 1

Leaders Exemplify MLK’s VisionFrom page 4

photo by Amy Lyons

Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, will receive theYMCAʼs Brotherhood Award for his commitment to transforming the livesof gang-involved youth.

dome-shaped housing facilities, fortemporary living. Though DomeVillage closed in 2006, Haber con-tinues to help the community. Sheco-founded youth and inner citycricket teams, “LA Krickets,”“Compton Homies” and “Popz”.The cricket teams were created tohelp combat the effects of povertyand homelessness. The teams, com-prised initially of homeless peopleand later of ex-gang members, suc-cessfully toured and competed inEngland.

“We took this group of inner citykids to England four times,” Habersaid. “We also went to Ireland,where they met the head of the IRA,and saw what 800 years of gangbanging can do to a country.”

A former film producer, whosework includes “Blade Runner” anda handful of Sam Peckinpah films,Haber is also a member of theBritish Academy of Film andTelevision Arts/Los Angeles(BAFTA/LA). Haber brought herHollywood connections to the com-munity in 2005, creating a film pro-gram at South Los Angeles’ HelenKeller Park.

“Since we started showing filmsat the park, it has changed thewhole way people function there,”Haber said. “We bring the cast andcrew there to meet the kids and theylove it.”

A recent screening of “TheGridiron Gang” found actorDwayne “The Rock” Johnson visit-ing and talking with children at thepark. When “The Great Debaters”screened there, Denzel Washingtonshowed up with his mother. Thefirst film screened at the park, in2005, was “Mighty Times: The

Children’s March”, a documentaryabout Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.and the children who were braveenough to march with him for civilrights in Birmingham, Alabama in1963.

“I am so honored to be getting anaward that is about the spirit ofMartin Luther King,” Haber said.“It feels like a full circle event,because of that first film we showedat Helen Keller Park.”

Sgt. Curtis Woodle of theLAPD’s gang intervention unit,said Haber is a unique personwhose work with inner-city chil-dren has helped them see a differentslice of life.

“Katy has brought her passionand her experience into neighbor-hoods that would not normally havethat kind of personality in theirmidst,” Woodle said. “She has trulyshown a lot of underprivileged kidsa different way to think and to see

themselves. She is doing the workthat Dr. King talked about.”

Haber will receive the award onSunday at 10:00am at the House ofBlues, 8430 Sunset Blvd.

In other Martin Luther King Daycelebrations, John Marshall Jonesfrom Nickelodeon’s new hit series“The Troop” and “The Smart Guy”is starring in a filmpremier/fundraising event of “TheGuest at the Central Park West” onMonday, January 18 in honor ofKing.

The event will raise funds for theMulticultural Motion PictureAssociation’s educational scholar-ship fund and the Mastering TheAudition Scholarship Fund, each ofwhich creates scholastic opportuni-ties and vocational training for film-makers.

The Abraham LincolnBicentennial Commission and lead-ers from across Los Angeles willhost “Lincoln and King’sUnfinished Work”. The town hall,being held on Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Day weekend, will look atPresident Lincoln’s significant rolein expanding the nation’s defini-tions of freedom and equality.Featured participants in a discus-sion with the audience include actorRichard Dreyfuss, CongressmanJesse Jackson, Jr., playwrightSuzan-Lori Parks, Los AngelesCounty Office of EducationSuperintendent Dr. Darline Robles,writer/director Gary Ross, andLincoln scholar Ronald C. White.The event will be held Sunday,January 17 at 2:00pm at TheDorothy Chandler Pavilion at TheMusic Center, 135 North GrandAve.

On Friday, January 15, the 39thannual YMCA Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. Brotherhood Breakfastwill be held. Father Greg Boyle ofHomeboy Industries — now thelargest gang intervention programin the country — will be this year’srecipient of the YMCABrotherhood Award for his endur-ing commitment to transformingthe lives of gang-involved youth inLos Angeles. Civil rights advocatesConstance Rice and Molly Munger,

of The Advancement Project, willshare the organization’s HumanDignity Award for their efforts inpromoting equality in educationthrough legislative initiatives aswell as the creation of 80 newschools in underserved urban areasfrom which children were beingbussed into other communities fortheir education. The event startsat 7:40am at the WestinBonaventure Hotel, 404, S.Figueroa St.

“Katy hasbrought her

passion and herexperience intoneighborhoodsthat would notnormally have

that kind of personality.”

-Sgt. Curtis Woodle, of the LAPDʼs Gang

Intervention Unit

photo by Ian Lovett

Hundreds of people gathered for the Beverly Hills School Board meetingon Tuesday, and welcomed Rudy Cole (right), an advocate for allowingthe permits for outside residents to continue.

School Board President StevenFenton said of the ruling,“Although I recognize this is aninconvenience, it’s certainly not lifeor death.” And for those who wantto stay in Beverly Hills schools, hecounseled, “there are apartmentswaiting for you tomorrow.”

Helaine Kaekel Laredo, who hasthree children in BHUSD schoolson permits, said moving is anoption her family is going to con-sider.

“We have the option of movinginto Beverly Hills, which puts us ina different situation from someother families who don’t have thechoice of relocating,” Laredo said.“We’re also Beverly Hills businessowners, and I learned tonight that alarge portion of school fundingcomes from business owners, notjust residents. So we’re here in sol-idarity with the other families,regarding what is the right thing todo for the benefit of the children.”

On the other side of the issue,however, Beverly Hills residentsargued in favor of protecting thecommunity’s own interests in diffi-cult economic times.

Genevieve Peters, who said shemoved to Beverly Hills first andforemost because of the city’s well-regarded school system, said shesupported the board’s decision tostop issuing opportunity permits.

“This is not a burden for BHUSDto take on,” Peters said. “This isLAUSD’s burden to take on. It’sabout not having communitiesbeing built in the places where peo-ple live. This is a community trying

to take care of its own, and there’snothing wrong with that.”

Those students who do move toLos Angeles United School Districtschools will find a different envi-ronment from the one they leavebehind in Beverly Hills, with a highschool that boasts a “swim gym” —a basketball court that slides open toreveal a pool underneath. FairfaxHigh School, for instance, averagesbetween 42 and 47 students per

class, while Beverly Hills HighSchool averages 23 students.

“We don’t really know how par-ents are going to react, whetherthey’re going to go to charterschools or private schools or what,”said Fairfax High School PrincipalEd Zubiate. “The differencebetween us and schools likeBeverly Hills is that we take allkids, but with AP classes we thinkwe can provide as fine an education

as anybody. There are many differ-ent kinds of education. We’re adiverse school, with detentions andall other kinds of ruckus that goeson, and that’s a great part of a kid’seducation.”

Zubiate said he would like alllocal students to “come home toFairfax.” However, he remainedsympathetic to students who wereforced to move away from a schoolin which they were doing well.

“Generally speaking, if we have akid who has lived in our area andthe family moves somewhere else, Ido what I can to help them stayhere,” Zubiate said.

Much of the testimony atTuesday night’s hearing involvedthe issue of academic and socialcontinuity.

Speaking to the BHUSD board onTuesday night, 7th grader AmandaChristovich personified the schoolsystem’s success. Reading withpoise in front of the hundreds of par-ents, teachers, fellow students, andmembers of the media, Christovichexplained how it would affect herlife if the district stopped issuing“opportunity permits” for studentslike her — a Los Angeles residentwho has been allowed to attendBeverly Hills’ schools.

But as Christovich detailed thefeeling of 30 pairs of eyes watchingas the ‘new girl’ walks into the class-room, BHUSD board PresidentSteven Fenton cut her off, indicatingthat her minute and a half to speakhad expired. The audience groaned,and several people stood up, offer-ing to cede their speaking time.

Eventually, Fenton relented, apolo-gized and allowed Christovich tofinish.

“Before I came to El Rodeo[Middle School], I had gone to twodifferent schools in four years.”Christovich said. “Changingschools is the hardest thing I haveever done, but at El Rodeo, I founda home. If you kick me out of myhome, the Beverly Hills SchoolDistrict, I will be lost.”

Several public figures spoke aswell. Former Beverly Hills mayorsRobert Tenenbaum and CharlesAronberg also spoke in favor ofallowing the permit students toremain, while film industry veteranCarl Reiner submitted a letter to thesame effect.

Despite the success ofChristovich’s emotional appeal withthe audience, however, it seemsunlikely that she’ll be able to attendBeverly Hills High School in twoyears. Few parents had yet decidedon the alternatives they would pur-sue. All students whose permits arenot renewed can appeal to the LosAngeles County Office ofEducation, and the BHUSD boardstill has to make a final vote on theproposal.

Answers From Page 16


DASH Bus Line May be Cut in JulyFrom page 1

Bank Building Might BeTurned Into HotelFrom page 4

photo by Amy Lyons

Chuck Francis, of Chuckʼs Auto & Dream Machines, goes to greatlengths to bring classic cars back to life.

Chuck’s Auto is a Fixture on Fairfax From page 7

photo by Amy Lyons

A 1972 Dodge Challenger that is being restored at Chuckʼs Auto &Dream Machines is an example of the rare vehicles owner ChuckFrancis routinely works on. Francis also specializes in restoring FordMustangs.

ration of gas, Francis also remem-bers when Pan Pacific Park hostedElvis Presley concerts and single-family homes were more prominentthan apartment buildings in theFairfax District. He raised threechildren in the neighborhood, all ofwhom got their hands dirty at hisshop on occasion.

Francis also has a stockpile ofmore glamorous memories, includ-ing pumping gas and providing ser-vice to Judy Garland, Red Skelton,Mel Torme, the Smothers Brothersand the cast of “The Carol BurnettShow”. Though Garland did notdrive, she became a friend toFrancis, owing to her work at CBSStudios, the production lot directlyacross the street from Chuck’s.

Francis has been to parties atGarland’s house and productionshoots at CBS. Skelton, who oftendrove a Rolls Royce, pulled into theshop at one point, and struggled toroll his window down.

“When he finally got the windowdown, his cigar was sticking way outthe window, so I put the gas nozzleup to his cigar, which was alwaysunlit, and said ‘why don’t you let melight that for once?’”

Later that afternoon, Skelton invit-ed Francis across the street to watcha shoot he was doing for “The RedSkelton Show” in which the famouscomedian was portrayed riding in aFord Model T.

In the 1980’s Francis took over thelot and turned it from a gas station

with some mechanical services to afull-fledged auto shop, providingservice across the board. He now haseight lifts and clientele spanning 35countries.

Though he still has several famousclients today, Francis declined toname names, preferring to respecttheir anonymity. Meeting thousandsof people – some famous, most not –has been his favorite part of the job,Francis said, but he also has a pas-sion for automobiles that is ever-pre-sent. Walking on to his lot, it’s easyto see where the “Dream Machine”part of the name fits in. A 1962Dodge Dart, 440 convertible, with awhite exterior and red interior, sitsnext to a 1972 Dodge Challenger.The Dodge Dart, Francis explains,was a one-year only body style.When he bought the car, it had notbeen driven in 15 years.

“You could drive this car to Vegasright now,” Francis said. “I got itrunning and that’s what makes mehappy, taking a car that didn’t runand making it move. I had to get theeyebrows on it from Canada, andwe’re still working on replacing a lotof the stainless steel.”

Francis estimates the car will beworth somewhere in the neighbor-hood of $50,000 when he’s finishedwith it.

The 1972 Dodge Challenger, hesaid, is such a popular model thatChrysler Corporation has broughtthe same model out as a brand newcar for 2010, with a high perfor-mance motor and a six-speed gearbox.

A recent customer from Sweden

visited Chuck’s a dozen times whileFrancis was working on a 1964 ½Mustang – a special kind of coupe orconvertible Mustang made betweenMarch 9, 1964 and August 17,1964.A catalogue of the job sits on theshelf at Chuck’s with photos of thevarious stages and action shots of thecar being built. The customer wenthome with the same catalogue, acourtesy Francis provides customerson big jobs. As Francis pours overthe catalogue, he can hardly contain

his glee. “We did all new wiring through-

out the car, from tail to head lightsand the engine is period correct butinside there’s a different crank shaftand cam shaft. We took it from 160horsepower to 340 horsepower.”

If you ask Chuck Francis what hedrives, he’ll supply a one-wordanswer: “Everything”.

Chuck’s Auto & DreamMachines, 105 S. Fairfax Ave.,(323)931-1481.

photo by Ian Lovett

Bus driver Gwen Watson said she is worried about how the cuts to theDASH lines will affect riders, as well as fellow LADOT employees.

the Hollywood/Wilshire route willdouble over the next two years.Currently, a ride on the DASH buscosts 25 cents, the same price aswhen the program started in 1985.Rides on Metro buses cost at least$1.25. The Department will nowseek public comment before send-ing its recommendations to thetransportation committee and ulti-mately the city council forapproval.

Bruce Gillman, LADOT publicinformation officer, explained thereasoning for the cuts and fareincreases.

“The proposed transit cuts andfare increases are expected to gen-erate 28 million dollars in savingsin the 2011 fiscal year and 30.5million starting in the 2012 fiscalyear,” Gillman said. “That’s whatwe’re basing our future on. Evenwith the cuts, we’re back to budgetshortfalls by the 2013 fiscal year.”

According to the LADOT web-site, “lines that are underperform-ing, oversubsidized by LADOTand/or duplicating existing transitservices are being proposed forreductions or eliminations.”

A March 25, 2009 LADOTstudy ranked the Fairfax route,which averaged 841 daily board-ings, as low performing, and theHollywood/West Hollywoodroute, which averaged 1,160 asmarginal. Other lines with muchlower ridership, however, includ-ing the Los Feliz route, with 260daily boardings, and theBeachwood Canyon Route, with254, will continue to operate ontheir current schedules.

Gillman explained why thoselow-performing lines will remainin operation.

“There were three factors weconsidered,” Gillman said. “And inthe areas around both of these linethere is no other public transporta-tion. It was worth it to keep theselines open.

“It’s great to have a local bus thatjust meanders through the neigh-borhood like the Fairfax DASH,”said Jeff Jacoberger, Mid-City WestNeighborhood Council president.“If you’re an elderly person goinggrocery shopping, it provides aniche service that Metro busesdon’t really cover. You always hateto cut services in your community,but it might be the one that makessense. There are a lot of other buslines that go down Fairfax, and Iknow there are other DASH linesthat a lot more people ride.”

On Tuesday, many Fairfax routeDASH passengers said they wouldnow use the Metro buses.

“I use the DASH all the time,”said Chanel Jackson. “I take it tothe mall, to the hospital when myfriend had a baby, to school. A lot ofkids who go to Fairfax High take it.Now I guess I’m going to wastemoney taking the Metro bus.”

Dulce Mendez, however, alreadytakes the Metro bus instead of thedash, because, for her, Metro offersa more economical option.

“I have a monthly Metro pass,”Mendez said. “Metro goes all overthe city, so I can take it anywhere Ineed to go. DASH won’t alwaysget me there.”

The only ones who didn’t seemto know exactly how the proposedservice cutbacks would affect themwere the bus drivers themselves.

“I found out last Friday about thecuts, when I saw the brochures thatwe’re supposed to pass out,” saidGwen Watson, who has been dri-

ving a DASH bus for the past threeyears. “I’m high on the senioritylist, so I’m not worried about myjob, but other people aren’t surewhat’s going to happen to them.”

The Los Angeles Department ofTransportation does not employdrivers itself, but instead contractswith three private companies —MV Transportation, First Transit,and Veolia Transportation — toprovide drivers. First Transit, whichemploys 45 bus drivers, saidemployment will not be affected,

but would not elaborate. MVTransportation and VeoliaTransportation did respond toinquiries.

Before the LADOT’s recommen-dations go to the transportationcommittee and the to the city coun-cil for approval, the department issoliciting feedback from the publicon its website, and at a series ofpublic meetings in February. Formore information, visitwww.ladot.lacity.org.

interior. One of the defining fea-tures is the former bank’s base-ment vault, which will be con-verted into a nightclub,Borkowsky said. Other features tobe preserved will be the ground-floor space formerly occupied bythe bank, and some of the upperhallways.

“It’s going to be cleaned andpatched, and we will do someother things to return it to its orig-inal state,” Borkowsky said. “It’sa beautiful building that deservesto be restored.”

The bank building was built bythe architectural firm Parkinsonand Parkinson, and has a storiedhistory in Hollywood, accordingto Edgar Garcia, a preservationplanner for the City of LosAngeles Office of HistoricResources. The building housedthe fictional offices of privateinvestigator Philip Marlowe inauthor Raymond Chandler’scrime novels. It is also reportedlywhere Charlie Chaplin and the

members of “The Three Stooges”banked. Garcia said the Office ofHistoric Resources is in theprocess of reviewing the plans asthey pertain to preservation.

“Our responsibility is to makesure the defining features arekept, which is pretty much theentire façade and some otherareas,” Garcia said. “We want tomake sure that nothing in thebuilding that should be preservedis lost.”

Borkowsky said no tenants forthe building have been estab-lished, but he added that theowner is eager to begin the projectas soon as possible, hopefully bythis summer. The city council hasnot yet set a date for its review.Borokowsky estimated that theproject would take approximatelyone and a half years to complete.Julie Wong, a deputy to LosAngeles City Council PresidentEric Garcetti, 13th District, saidthe councilman has not yet takena position on the project.


Art Dealer Charged with Fabricating DrawingFrom page 3

Tall Wall Signs May Go UpFrom page 1


Kay Buck (left), executive director of Coalition to Abolish Slavery andTrafficking, was joined by trafficking victims Mimin and Flor Molina to callfor an end to the illegal practice.

Trafficking Remains a Big ProblemFrom page 1


A mural designed to call attention to human trafficking was unveiled atthe Museum of Tolerance on Monday.

a week as a housekeeper. Miminsaid she cooked, cleaned and tookcare of the family’s children andpets, but was not allowed out of thehouse except to get the mail. Miminsaid she was emotionally and phys-ically abused by the homeowner,who also told her that it was her“destiny to serve”. Mimin escapedafter seven years with the help of aneighbor who saw Mimin when shewould go out to get the mail andnoticed something was not right.

“When I came here, they took mypassport and put me to work nightand day. I got no break, no day off.I was not allowed to speak tofriends, I was not allowed to speakto anybody,” Mimin said. “Afterseven years of working at thehouse, a man saw me, and he sawthrough my eyes that I needed help.He said he called the cops becausehe saw something on TV about theproblem.”

Another victim of trafficking,Flor Molina, told a story about howshe left her home in Mexico seek-ing a better job in the United States.

One of her children died previouslybecause she could not afford to payfor proper medical care, so shejumped at the opportunity to go tothe United States. She was toldabout a good job in the U.S. thatwould allow her to make enoughmoney to return to Mexico and starta business of her own. She was traf-ficked to Los Angeles and laterforced to work 17 hours a day at agarment factory near downtown.Molina was locked in the factory atnight and routinely told that if shetried to leave or go to the authori-ties, she would be put in jail.Molina was rescued after a co-worker noticed she didn’t leave thefactory at the end of the workday,and that she seemed afraid to speak.

“I was told if I said anything,somebody from my family wouldpay the consequences,” Molinasaid. “I was really scared and upset.I was not able to put one foot out-side of the shop. After 40 days, Iescaped thanks to a goodSamaritan.”

Molina cooperated with law

enforcement, and the unidentifiedowner of the factory was later pros-ecuted on federal charges. Inexchange for her cooperation,Molina was allowed to stay in theUnited States. However, Mimin’straffickers, and the family whoforced her into servitude, werenever prosecuted. Mimin now has acivil suit pending against the home-owner.

Kay Buck, the executive directorof the Coalition to Abolish Slaveryand Trafficking (CAST), saidMimin and Molina’s situation arefar too common in Los Angeles.According to statistics, approxi-mately 17,000 people are traffickedinto the United States each year,with Los Angeles being one of thetop three points of entry with NewYork City and Miami. CAST esti-mates that approximately 10,000women are currently being heldagainst their will and are beingforced to work as prostitutes.Thousands of other people, includ-ing many children, are also beingforced to work in domestic jobs,manufacturing sweatshops andfood preparation.

“It is unfathomable that nearly150 years after the abolition ofslavery in the United States, thereare seventeen thousand people whoare trafficked into the United Statesevery year,” Buck said. “Wouldn’tit be amazing if this time next year,we have seventeen thousand storiesof freedom instead of enslave-ment?”

CAST recently launched its“Slavery to Freedom” campaign,which is designed to raise publicawareness about the problem. Amonth-long series of 20 events —from public performances to dis-cussions and debates — will beheld through February 12 in LosAngeles demonstrating the humantoll of trafficking.

Buck said she has received sup-port from many governmentalleaders in fighting human traffick-

ing, and was joined byCongresswoman Loretta Sanchez(D-CA), who represents OrangeCounty, and Los Angeles CityCouncilman Paul Koretz, 5thDistrict. Both Sanchez and Koretzdenounced human trafficking andpledged to create more resources tofight the problem. In addition,Matthew Bettenhausen, secretaryfor the California EmergencyManagement Agency (Cal EMA),announced that $2.7 million hasrecently been provided to the sixtask forces throughout the statecombating human trafficking. Twonew task forces, which are com-prised of advocacy organizationsand law enforcement, will also becreated in Central and NorthernCalifornia to combat the problem,Bettenhausen said.

“These grant funds will helpbring this insidious problem tolight and will provide the tools nec-essary to help victims and catch thecriminals,” Bettenhausen added.

Buck said the most importantthing for members of the public todo is be aware of the problem andlook for signs of trafficking, likepeople who will not make eye con-tact, people who will not speakwhen spoken to, and people whoseem to never leave a particularbusiness or location. People areencouraged to contact law enforce-ment or call CAST’s hotline at(888)Key2FRE to report traffick-ing or receive information. Buckalso encouraged people to learnmore about volunteering and the“Slavery to Freedom” campaign atwww.castla.org.

needs, such as parking andexpanded pedestrian space.

A similar project, at 9000Sunset Blvd., was approved lastsummer and that agreementallowed for a supergraphic inexchange for shared revenuewith the city, even though thebillboard was not in keepingwith the Sunset Specific Plan.

“We are one of the first citiesto put language in our code thatsays how big billboards and tallwalls can be,” Gapper said. “The9000 Sunset project allowed fora billboard through a develop-ment agreement and that openedthe door for other billboards togo up through such agreements.”

Gapper said the 8899 BeverlyBlvd. Project, if approved,would be the first such billboardproject outside the SunsetSpecific Plan, a fact that hassome residents upset.

The West Hollywood WestResidents Association, led bypresident Lauren Meister, held acommunity meeting on January4 about the project.

“Back in 2003, our organiza-tion, WHWRA, supported thePlanning Commission and Citycouncil decisions to denychanges to the zoning ordinance

text and deny the conditional usepermit for tall walls on BeverlyBoulevard,” Meister said. “Webelieved then, as we believenow, that permitting tall walls onBeverly Boulevard and notupholding the City of WestHollywood’s General Planwould have a negative effect onthe character of the neighbor-hood and would set a dangerousprecedent that could impact theentire city, including streets likeSanta Monica Boulevard, wheretall walls are not allowed.”The project applicant, JarodHelt, could not be reached forcomment.

West Hollywood resident SethWilliams, who lives behind theproject on Rosewood Avenue,said the billboards will causeblight and the parking lot willcause traffic jams and noise.

“Rosewood is already a park-ing lot,” Williams said. “If theyadd a public parking lot there,forget about it being any kind ofresidential neighborhood streetanymore.”

The public hearing will beheld at 6:30pm on January 21 atWest Hollywood ParkAuditorium, 647 N. San VicenteBlvd.

Chapeau Bleu” was potentiallyavailable for sale on the open mar-ket, and concocted a plan to fabri-cate the art piece and then sell it foran inflated price. Khan allegedlygave a photograph of the drawingto Sherman Oaks artist MariaApelo Cruz who had done someprevious restoration work for thegallery, and asked the artist torecreate the piece. Khan reportedlytold the artist that the originalPicasso had been stolen from oneof Khan’s associates, and that sheneeded the reproduction to “play atrick on the thief”, according toKatzenstein. Khan allegedly paidthe artist $1,000 to create the fakedrawing.

“There are no allegations againstthe artist,” Katzenstein added.“The artist thought she was doingsomething good.”

Later in 2006, Khan allegedlysold the drawing to a private artcollector for $2 million. When thepurchaser asked about the authen-ticity and the low asking price,Khan reportedly told the buyer thatshe represented the MalcolmForbes family estate, and that shewas acting as a broker for the fam-ily, which wanted to sell the paint-ing privately because of a “disputewithin the family.” “La Femme AuChapeau Bleu” is estimated to be

valued at approximately $4 mil-lion.

The fake Picasso drawing wassold in 2006, and remained in pri-vate hands until the owner became

suspicious last year, and sought tohave it authenticated. An indepen-dent expert determined that thedrawing was likely a fake, and theowner then contacted the FBI,according to Katzenstein. She saidthe real “La Femme Au ChapeauBleu” is in a private collection, butshe did not know what tipped thebuyer off that the drawing pur-chased from Khan was a fake. FBI

agents began investigating Kahnlast September.

Khan claimed she received thefake Picasso drawing from a cos-metologist who worked nearChateau Allegre as collateral for a$40,000 loan. The FBI agents laterdetermined the story was false,according to the complaint.

Khan has been charged withwire fraud, making false state-ments to the FBI, and witness tam-pering. The witness tamperingcharge stems from Khan allegedlytelling Cruz to lie to the agentsabout creating the fake drawing.Agenst interviewed Cruz anddetermined that she was notinvolved in the fraud. The copythat was completed by Cruz, whodoes furniture restoration and otherart, was remarkebly real in appear-ance, according to the crimla com-plaint.

When the FBI agents served thesummons at Chateau Allegre lastFriday, they also seized a Willemde Kooning painting valued at$700,000 that prosecutors allegewas purchased with proceedsderived from the sale of the fakePicasso. Both the fake Picasso andthe de Kooning painting are cur-rently being held as evidence.Khan faces up to 45 years in feder-al prison if convicted.

“She was servedwith a summonsto appear, whichis issued when

there are noquestions about

whether someone is aflight risk.”

-Assistant U.S. AttorneyRanee Katzenstein

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