Peninsula People January 2016

Photo by DavidFairchildStudio.com

Volume XX, Issue 7 

January 2016 

PENINSULA PEOPLE 

P A L O S V E R D E S P E N I N S U L A M O N T H L Y 

ON THE COVER 

Headline 

Photo by David Fairchild 

(DavidFairchildStudio.com) 

Wayne and Jan Jay Judah, owners 

of Admiral Risty’s 

PROFILES 

Wayne and Jan Judah 

by Robb Fulcher 

As The Admiral Risty celebrates its 50th year owners Wayne 

and Jan Jay Judah shared their up-by-the-bootstrap stories. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

DEPARTMENTS 

CONTRIBUTORS 

David Fairchild ‘s photography is frequently seen in Peninsula People 

and Beach magazines. 

Richard Foss is the Dining Editor for Easy Reader publications. 

Robb Fulcher is a journalist, stand up comedian and author of 

the children’s book, The Snake Who Would Not Bend. 

Esther Kang is a freelance writer and musician. 

Ed Solt is LA’s definitive surf beat writer. 

Bondo Wyszpolski is the Arts & Entertainment Editor for Easy 

Reader publications. 

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Kyra Belle Johnson 

by Bondo Wyszpolski 

In the blink of an eye, Kyra Belle Johnson went from high 

school to starring in the national tour of “Mamma Mia!” 

Allen Bond 

by Esther Kang 

Palos Verdes Chamber Volunteer of the Year 

Scott Bredesen 

by Ed Solt 

Former Peninsula High surfing all-star finds himself riding 

very big waves. 

8 TMMC Holiday Fashion Show 

10 TMMC Holiday Gala 

12 Malaga Cove Homeowners 

14 Encore Circle 

18 Rotary 

22 NCL Operation Homefront 

26 PVP Realtors holiday party 

62 PTN Halloween bash 

38 Restaurant review: Corazon Mexican Kitchen 

40 Health Care Providers Guide 

43 Calendar 

52 Around & About 

64 Service Directory 

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S P O T L I G H T O N T H E H I L L 

Torrance Memorial 

Festival Fashion 

Show 

Parade of Sophisticated 

Fashion Designs 

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A 

sold out high fashion runway show 

kicked off festivities at Torrance 

Memorial’s week-long 32nd annual Holiday 

Festival. The show featured creations 

by designer Mi Long Lee of the women’s 

luxury line “Emmelle.” The week of family 

activities is supported by hundreds of community 

volunteers who work throughout 

the year to make the event a success. Festivities 

included a Friday night Dinner 

Gala, which features a silent and live auction 

under the Holiday Festival tent. 

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1. Karly Rigg, Kim 

Rigg, Ruth Daniels, 

Kelly Rigg. 

8. Christine Gaudenti, 

Laura Schenasi and 

Chelsea Gaudenti. 

2. Terry Hohm, 

Phyllis Spierer, Peggy 

Winterrowd. 

3. Song Klein, Lori 

Baldwin, Tracy Livian. 

4. Lily Tan, Cathie 

Siegel, Debbie Uba. 

5. Courtney Zimmerman 

and Ann Zimmerman. 

6. David Buxton and 

Pat Brown. 

9. Jennifer Morgan, 

Allison Mayer, Ellen 

Smith, Kim Brothers 

and Randy Dauchot. 

10. Kelli Piken, 

Nadine Bobit, Linda 

Perry and Nina Tarnay. 

11. Nina Turpanjian, 

Bennett Turpanjian 

and Lori Muncherian. 

12. Judith Gassner, 

Patricia Sacks, MD 

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7. Sigrid Allman and 

Barbara Bartner. 

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8 Peninsula People • January 2016

Miracle-Ear Opens New Office in Palos Verdes 

By FRED EISENHAMMER 

Miracle-Ear Correspondent 

Hawthorne 

Blvd 

Silver Spur Road 

Miracle-Ear ® 

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Red 

Onion 

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Miracle-Ear is reaching out to its neighbors again. 

A new Miracle-Ear office has recently opened in Palos 

Verdes to provide the surrounding community with the 

best-known hearing-aid brand in the U.S. 

The office is located at 734 Silver Spur Road, Suite 301, 

Rolling Hills Estates next to Red Onion Restaurant. 

This will be the third Miracle-Ear in the neighboring 

area, joining offices in Redondo Beach and Carson. 

Miracle-Ear offers free hearing tests and consultations 

and its hearing aids come with a 45-day trial period, plus 

service, warranty and lifetime after-care. 

“Patients can be assured that they will have no financial 

risk because of the risk-free trial that Miracle-Ear offers,” 

said Tod Frueh, audioprosthologist of the Palos Verdes office 

and 17-year Miracle-Ear veteran. 

Miracle-Ear opened the Palos Verdes office to better 

serve the community. The new office provides better access 

to Miracle-Ear facilities for area patients. 

Frueh often cites the importance of good hearing with 

a memorable quote from 

American educator Helen 

Keller, who overcame the adversity 

of being blind and 

deaf to emerge as a leading 

humanitarian: 

“Blindness separates people 

from things; deafness separates 

people from people.” 

More than 36 million Americans 

suffer from some degree 

of hearing loss. The 

loss of hearing often is 

accompanied by depression, 

anxiety, isolation 

and even dementia. 

Miracle-Ear personnel 

have the experience and 

know-how to make a difference 

in people’s lives. 

Nine out of 10 people 

with hearing loss can be 

helped with hearing 

aids. 

“We sincerely try to 

help people,” said Frueh, 

one of the top specialists 

in California. “We know 

that if we do the best we can to help, they’ll feel it and 

they’ll appreciate it.” 

Miracle-Ear’s commitment to the community is personified 

by its Miracle-Ear Foundation, which joins with 

local Miracle-Ear offices and donors to provide free hearing 

aids and services to eligible adults and children. 

The Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach and Carson offices 

are all involved in the Miracle-Ear Foundation. 

There are more than 1,600 Miracle-Ear hearing-aid centers 

in the U.S. Miracle-Ear’s headquarters is in Minneapolis. 

Miracle-Ear is a subsidiary of Amplifon, the 

largest hearing-aid company in the world, which is based 

in Italy. 

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310-363-7767. 

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Torrance Memorial Gala 

Torrance Memorial announces 

$10 million gift at 32nd annual 

Holiday Festival Gala 

Torrance Memorial Medical Center announced 

a $10 million gift by O. Allen Alpay, a 45-year 

Peninsula resident and grateful former patient. 

The gift will name the O. Allen Alpay East Wing, 

which houses Torrance Memorial’s Emergency 

Department and Labor & Delivery Unit. 

The gift was formally announced during the 

hospital’s 32nd annual Holiday Festival Gala on 

Friday, December 4, 2015. In total, Holiday Festival 

2015 raised more than $11.2 million, which includes 

sponsorships and major gift 

announcements. More than 15,000 community 

members enjoyed the six-day event hosted under 

a 30,000 square-foot white tent on the Torrance 

Memorial campus. Festivities included a display 

of 32 themed decorated trees, a Fashion Show, 

Gala Dinner, Santa Lunch, two Seniors Days and 

the South Bay’s largest Holiday Shopping 

Boutique. 

1. Pat Theodora, Ellen 

Theodora, Gerald Marcil, 

Carol Marcil, Lee Minshull, 

and Sandii Minshull. 

2. Rich Lucy, Kak Mc 

Kinnie, Mark Lurie, MD, 

Pat Lucy and David Mc 

Kinnie. 

3. Ayne Baker, Jack 

Baker, Sigrid Allman. 

4. Kevin Theodora, Joy 

Theodora, Cami Evans, 

Don Evans, Dominic and 

Danica Iannitti. 

5. Drs. Oi-Lin and Tei-Fu 

Chen. 

6. Ofelia and Emmanuel 

David (third and fourth 

from left) and family. 

7. Phil Pavesi, Chris 

Pavesi, Song and Dave 

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Klein. 

8. Jerry Unatin, MD, Judy 

Gassner, Mary Jo Unatin 

and Nick Silvino, MD. 

9. Front row: Richard and 

Melanie Lundquist; in 

back: Craig and Judy 

Leach. 

10. Ralph Scriba, Craig 5 

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Leach and Lorraine 

Scriba. 

11. Priscilla Hunt (front 

row, first from left) and 

family. 

12. Front row: Kirsten 

Chumley, Anna Mellor, 

MD, Sally Eberhard, Dell 

Fortune; Back row: Keith 

Chumley, MD, Eric Mellor, 

Mike Eberhard, Susan 

Haas, Steve Nash, David 

Haas, MD. 8 

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Russ Varon & Gina Doherty 

$10,000,000 

O. Allen Alpay 

$100,000+ 

Billee and John Gogian 

Loraine and Ralph Scriba 

$50,000 - $99,999 

Sam and Rose Feng 

Russell Varon 

$20,000 - $49,999 

Ayne and Jack Baker 

Emmanuel and Ofelia David 

Sandii and Lee Minshull 

The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris 

Foundation 

Kirsten Wagner, DDS and 

Rick Rounsavelle, DDS 

Sunrider International, Drs. Oi-Lin and 

Tei-Fu Chen 

Ellen and Patrick Theodora 

Torrance Memorial Medical Staff 

TF Educational Foundation - Gerald and 

Patricia Turpanjian 

$10,000 - $19,999 

Sigrid and Ralph Allman 

COR HealthCare 

George and Reva Graziadio Foundation 

HealthCare Partners 

Priscilla and Donald Hunt 

Dominic and Danica Iannitti 

Keenan HealthCare 

Patti and Thomas LeGrelius, MD 

& Drs. Nicole and Ryan Lawrence 

Lenore and Irving Levine 

Lisa and Eric Nakkim, MD 

Nixon Peabody, LLP 

Owens & Minor 

Our Heartfelt Appreciation 

$5,000 - $9,999 

Association of South Bay Surgeons 

Jennifer and Brad Baker 

Philo and Raju Chhabria 

Emcor Services/Mesa Energy Systems 

Carole Hoffman 

Kak and David McKinnie 

Medline Industries, Inc. 

Eric and Anna Mellor, MD 

Roxanne and Ramin Mirhashemi, MD 

Murray Company 

John Rogers 

Sodexo 

Debra and Gerald Soldner 

Drs. Gelareh and Houman Solomon 

Jan and Ian Teague 

Torrance Emergency Physicians 

Torrance Radiology Medical Group 

Lucy Villanera 

$1,000 - $4,999 

2H Construction 

AD/S 

Valerie and Chris Adlam 

Morgan and Eric Aguirre 

Shaabini and Dave Alford 

Susan Arbour-Slay 

BCM Boehling Construction 

Tracy Bercu, MD and Peter Weinstein 

Peggy and Cliff Berwald 

Brigante, Cameron, Watters & Strong 

Betty Broughton 

Trudy Brown 

Ann and David Buxton 

Linda and Zan Calhoun 

The Cam Family, Vinh, Judy, Wilson and 

Melody 

Cancer Care Associates 

Cannon Building Services 

Joan and Chris W. Caras 

Cathy and Pat Carroll 

Bryan Chang, MD and Phung Huynh 

City National Bank 

Tracey and Ron Cloud 

Sandy and Tom Cobb 

Mei and Bill Collier 

Cross America Financials 

Lesley and Roy Dahlen 

Francesca and Doug Deaver 

Dept. of Radiation Oncology 

Digestive Care Consultants 

Suzann and Don Douthwright 

Betty Duong and John Abe, MD 

Sally and Mike Eberhard 

Carlin Edelstein 

Emcor 

Thyra Endicott, MD and Jonathan Chute 

Nancy and Len Fein 

Regina and Dan Finnegan 

Samantha Fox 

Jeannine and Dennis Frandsen 

Gelbart & Associates 

Jill Golden 

Kathy and Richard Goldstein 

Nora and Dan Graham 

Graystone Consulting 

Joseph Gregorio Family 

Nancy Griffith, MD 

Keiko and William Griswold 

Susan and David Haas, MD 

Laurie and Greg Halvorsen 

Steven L. Hansen 

Mary Hazzelrigg 

Renee and Doug Henry 

Heritage Rehabilitation Center 

Eve and Rick Higgins 

Terry and Joe Hohm 

Hub International 

Lisa Humphreys, MD and 

John McNamara, MD 

Internal Medicine Nephrology 

Medical Group 

Sandy and Karl Jackson 

Mary Rose and Tom Jeffry 

Judy and Parnelli Jones 

Keesal Young & Logan 

Vince Kelly 

Kay and William E. Kim, MD 

Song and David Klein 

Heather and Rick Kline 

kpff Consulting Engineers 

Judy and Craig Leach 

Jacqueline and Joe Leimbach 

Charlotte and Russ Lesser 

Lomita Post Acute 

Pat and Rich Lucy 

Barbara Demming Lurie and 

Mark Lurie, MD 

Ian and Marilyn MacLeod 

Kristy and Eric Maniachi 

Carol and Gerald Marcil 

Allison and Rick Mayer 

McCarthy Building Companies 

Catherine and Linwood Melton 

Sam and Fifi Menzelos 

Rolfe Metzger 

Ljepa and Vel Miletich 

Susan and Ralph Moore 

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 

Morrow Meadows 

Navigant Cymetrix 

Oarsmen Foundation 

Payden & Rygel 

Kelli and Ed Piken, MD 

Carlene Ringer 

Twanna Rogers 

The Rouse Company 

Patricia Sacks, MD and Harvey Kushner 

Laura and Marc Schenasi 

Connie Senner 

Allyson and Alexander Shen, MD 

Laura and Thomas Simko, MD 

South Bay Gastroenterology 

South Bay Heart Clinic 

South Bay Orthopaedic Specialists 

Medical Center 

Ralph Scriba, Craig Leach, Loraine Scriba 

Torrance Memorial Medical Center wishes to thank the following sponsors for their generous support of the 32nd Annual Holiday Festival, which 

raised millions for the medical center’s North Patient Tower transformation. 

Pat & Ellen Theodora, Carol & Gerald Marcil, Lee & 

Sandii Minshull 

Emmanuel David Family Michael Zislis, Jeff Neu and friends Priscilla Hunt Family 

South Bay Pain Docs 

South Bay Plastic Surgeons 

Douglass Stewart 

Michele and Tim Stratton 

Rose Straub 

Amy Tan 

Stephanie Tang, MD 

Torrance Anesthesia Medical Group 

Torrance Memorial Neonatology 

Medical Group 

Torrance Orthopaedic Sports 

Medical Group 

Torrance Pathology Group 

Marshall Varon 

Voya Financial 

Wells Fargo Advisors 

Robyn and Scott Wilkes 

Alissa and Robert Wilson 

Kay Yamada 

Nancy and Roger Zapor 

Ann and Gary Zimmerman 

MAJOR IN-KIND 

BENEFACTORS 

Choura Events 

G.S. Gaudenti Brothers 

Melanie and Richard Lundquist 

Morgan's Jewelers, Russell & 

Marshall Varon 

Morrow Meadows 

Newport Printing 

Redondo Van & Storage 

Rolling Hills Flower Mart, 

Gaudenti Family 

Terranea Resort 

Toyota 

Mary Jo and Jerome Unatin, MD 

The Zislis Group, Andrea and 

Michael Zislis 

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Thank you to all our donors. 

3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance, CA 90505 

310-517-4703 - www.TorranceMemorial.org 



Malaga Cove 

Homeowners 

Association 

Holiday Party 

T 

he Malaga Cove Homeowners Association 

members, neighbors of 

La Venta Inn, enjoyed the hospitality 

of LaVenta for its third Holiday Party. 

Shown are some of the 200 people 

who attended on a most blustery (and 

clear!) evening for superb savory and 

sweet fare provided by the New York 

Food Company and host Mike Halish. 

Name tags showed the date of the 

wearer's arrival in Malaga Cove so 

that neighbors could meet neighbors. 

A great time was had by all. 

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SOLD 

1. Larry and Nancy Bolton. 

2. Andrew and Yvonne Meinzer and, 

George Shoemaker. 

3. Mike and Ruby Kumagai with Betsy 

Treynor. 

4. Susan and Vince Nelson, Jon and Sally 

Landerville and Lola Hagerty. 

5. Jon and Sally Landerville, Lola 

Hagerty, Debbie Dinsmore, Edith and Bill 

Andrew and Shauna Hagerty Regan. 

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V ilicich 

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Offered at $5,500,000 

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Kathleen had the privilege and honor of representing both the Buyer and the Seller in the sale of this home. 

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www.2112PaseoDelMar.com 


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The Encore Circle 

Annual Holiday Party 

M 

embers of Encore Circle, one of 

the support groups for the Norris 

Center held their annual holiday 

luncheon in mid-December at Terranea 

Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes. 

The highlight of the afternoon was a 

dance performance by the students 

enrolled in the Education Department 

at the Norris Performing Arts 

Center. 

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PHOTOS BY 

MARY JANE SCHOENHEIDER 

1. Sal and Melody Intaglita and Mary 

Kehrl and daughter. 

2. Hal and Anita Javitt. 

3. Sandra Sanders, Sophia Fitzmaurce, 

Myla Azer and Lotte Brasswell. 

4. Mr. & Mrs. Al Sheng. 

5. Maude Landon and Park and Lynn 

Densmore. 

6. John and Abby Douglas event co-chair 

with Maude Landon. 

7. Marylyn and Chuck Klauss. 

8. Bunny and Marty Rosenzweig. 

9. Jim Welch, Harlene Norris, Webb 

Castor and Allen and Dottie Lay. 

10. Dick Moe and Susan Hamilton. 

11. .Jim Hill and Pam Barrett-Hill. 

12. Dance Students from Palos Verdes 

Performing Arts. 

13. Norris Performing Art Centers Box 

Office Manager Jason Sluter performed a 

medley of popular show tunes. 

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Rotary Club of 

Palos Verdes 

Peninsula 

Annual Holiday Party 

The members, their spouses and 

guests enjoyed an evening of 

socializing and dinner this past 

December at the Palos Verdes 

Country Club. 

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PHOTOS BY 

CLIX PHOTOGRAPHY 

1. PV Rotary President Les Fishman and 

Virginia Butler. 

2. In back row, Greg O’Brien, Sarah Ott, 

John Stillo, Henry Ott and in front Carolyn 

O’Brien, Santa and Bridget O’Brien. 

3. Kelly and Tom Intagliata. 

4. Donna and Don Duperon. 

5. Julia Parton Rosas, Stacey Dubowitch, 

Suzy Zimmerman. 

6. Lauren and Tom Spiglanin. 

7. Gail and Bob Johnson. 

8. Nancy Crawford with Santa. 

9. Suzi and Bob Gulcher. 

10. Wendy and Allen Bond. 

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National Charity League, INC. 

Peninsula Chapter 

Participate in Operation Homefront 

O 

n Sunday, November 8, the Peninsula Chapter of National 

Charity League, Inc. gathered moms and Ticktockers at Palos 

Verdes Intermediate School to help brighten the holidays for military 

families with Operation Homefront. Operation Homefront 

is an organization that provides assistance to military families. 

They offer relief during military family crisis and support 

wounded warriors when they return home. This was the third 

year NCL Peninsula participated in this event. Lesley Sklow, chair 

of the event, requested the membership to donate new toys and 

clothing for children ranging in ages from infants to teens. These 

gifts were wrapped at a wrapping party held in the multipurpose 

room at PVIS. Over 100 holiday cards and letters were also written 

to send to our soldiers serving overseas. The Army ROTC Color 

Guard from the University of Southern California opened the 

event along with Class of 2020 Ticktocker Gracey Thomas, who 

sang the National Anthem. On December 9, moms and Ticktockers 

delivered the wrapped gifts to the Naval Armory in Seal Beach 

for a Gift Giving Party where the members had the pleasure of 

meeting the families who were receiving the gifts. The Ticktockers 

helped children decorate cookies and Class of 2018 mom and professional 

photographer, Katrin Cooper, took family photos for their 

holiday cards. Santa also made an appearance. 

1. NCL Peninsula Chapter Senior Ticktockers 

& Patronesses with USC Honor 

Color Guard. 

2. NCL Peninsula Patronesses Michelle 

Spaulding and Jenny Litchfield. 

3. NCL Ticktockers wrapping gifts for Operation 

Homefront families from left, 

Amanda Kessaris, Caroline Armour, 

Rachel and Paige Freer. 

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4. NCL Peninsula Ticktockers at the 

Armory 

5. Gifts ready for military families at 

Operation Homefront from left, Liese 

Cooper, Colleen Thomas, Claire Litchfield, 

Kate Hoyne and Charlotte Litchfield. 

6. Face painting with the troops from left, 

Allyson Harder, Ally Wescott, Sydney Merchant, 

Caroline Turnbull and Caroline 

Decker. 

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T 

he 22nd Installation of Officers and Directors of the Palos Verdes 

Peninsula Association of Realtors (PVPAR) honoring 2016 President 

Edward Barrios took place on Wednesday, December 9 at the 

Trump National Golf Club and was truly an evening of stars! The 

2016 Board of Directors who were installed this evening were Officers: 

Edward Barrios, Jennifer Goorchenko, Sep Ebrahimi, and Mike Harper 

along with Board of Directors: Lynn Aglipay, Jason Buck, Virginia 

Butler, Jackie Crowley, Dalal Karama and Jolaine Merrill. Certificates 

of Appreciation and Distinguished Service Awards were presented to 

members who have demonstrated exceptional service throughout the 

year in support of PVPAR. Bill Ruth, Keller Williams–PV, was given 

the prestigious honor of being named 2015 Realtor of the Year and 

Andy Santonello, owner of Andy’s Pest and Termite Control was 

named 2015 Affiliate of the Year. A special tribute for a long time 

PVPAR member for his decades of service to the real estate industry 

which spanned from 1962-2015 at the local, state and national association 

level was given to Joe Barnett and his memory will continue at 

PVPAR with a Joe Barnett Scholarship to send selected PVPAR Realtor 

members to the State Legislative meetings held in Sacramento every 

year. Joe Barnett’s son, Tom Barnett and daughter, Nancy Barnett, 

were present to receive a Special Recognition Award. The evening was 

complemented with music by the incredibly talented jazz musicians 

fostered within the Freedom4U program. 

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1. Affiliate of the Year- 

Kara Wilkins (2014 Affiliate 

of the Year), Andy 

Santonello (2015 Affiliate 

of the Year) and Edward 

Barrios 

(2015/2016 Board 

President). 

2. Joe Barnett Recognition 

Award-Tom Barnett(son), 

Nancy 

Barnett (daughter), 

Jackie Crowley, Edward 

Barrios. 

3. Dana Graham with 

1929 Packard Dietrich. 

4. Distinguished Service 

Award-Edward Barrios, 

Recipients: Allen 

Bond, Christi Carrillo 

and Moses Dennis. 

5. 2015/2016 President 

Ed Barrios being 

sworn in by Steve Goddard. 

6. Certificate of Appreciate-Assemblyman 

Hadley presenting to 

Edward Barrios. 

7. Incoming 2016 

Board of Directors- 

Jason Buck, Dalal 

Karama, Jackie Crowley, 

Lynn Aglipay, Mike 

Harper, Virginia Butler, 

Sep Ebrahimi, Jennifer 

Goorchenko, Edward 

Barrios. 

8. Appreciation Award- 

Edward Barrios, Moses 

Dennis, Kim Hall, Jack 

McSweeney, Anthony 

Self. 

9. Realtor of the Year- 

Marion Ruth and Bill 

Ruth (recipient). 

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P E N I N S U L A P E O P L E | B U S I N E S S 

Jan and Wayne Judah. Photo by David Fairchild (DavidFairchildStudio.com) 

Two for the tiller 

by Robb Fulcher 

As The Admiral Risty celebrates its 50th year as a beloved, award-winning Palos Verdes eatery, 

owners Wayne Judah and Jan Jay Judah shared their up-by-the-bootstrap stories. Wayne, the 

longtime co-owner and general manager of The Admiral Risty, developed his love of hard 

work on the family farm. Jan, a longtime realty force in Palos Verdes and the South Bay, became a 

“worker bee” to rise above hard times early in her life. 

The two became full owners of The Admiral Risty last year. 

Tradition and change 

Wayne was raised on a farm in Florida, where the family grew cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers 

and citrus fruit, raised livestock and made their own butter. At age 12, he was driving a tractor. 

“It’s a bootstrap-type story,” he said. 

Wayne left the farm to attend the University of Florida, but as Jan related, he would soon return. 

“It’s like we’re throwing a party. 

...There’s entertainment, as well as 

meals and a view of the ocean.” 

– Wayne Judah 

“When his father passed away, when Wayne 

was in his late teens, he left college to go back 

to the farm and bring in the crops, to help his 

mother pay the bills,” Jan said. “That’s the kind 

of guy he is.” 

In the 1960s he was drafted into the U.S. 

army, served in Vietnam and was promoted to 

sergeant. He landed in San Pedro, where he was 

stationed at Fort MacArthur as a communications 

specialist. He also took on a weekend job 

that would give him his entry into The Admiral 

Risty. 

“I always felt I needed more income, and I had 

the time, so I went to the officers’ club, and they 

were willing to train me as a bartender,” he said. 

When his stint in the Army ended, Wayne 

took his bartending skills to the Risty. 

He also took flying lessons, and flirted with 

making his living in the air. 

“As a young kid I always wanted to be a pilot, 

so I got flying lessons on the GI Bill at the Torrance 

airport. I got my pilot’s license and I was 

working toward my commercial [license], but 

there weren’t a lot of jobs,” Wayne said. 

“A lot of people love to fly, but it’s not as exciting 

as I thought it would be. I liked dealing with 

people better. [The restaurant business] is a lot 

more fun, more entertaining. It’s a social thing. 

It’s a social business,” he said. 

His role in The Admiral Risty expanded as he 

began ordering its liquor, food and meat. In time 

he became co-owner and general manager, guiding 

the Risty through decades of carefully managed 

changes, within its traditions of quality and 

hospitality. 

“In the ‘60s when the restaurant opened, beef 

was king. We had one chicken dish and one fish 

dish, broiled sea bass. It was a much more limited 

menu than it is today,” Wayne said. “In the 

mid to late ‘70s people began to get into more 

healthy dieting,” which led to an expanding 

menu with a much greater emphasis on fish. 

But the mainstay signature dish, Risty’s flank 

steak, continues to be ordered as much as any 

other entrée. 

Other popular items include an award-winning 

cioppino, Belgian waffles with fresh compote 

for brunch, and salads with freshly-baked 

croutons and the restaurant’s blue cheese dressing. 

The Risty cold-cures its own gravlax, as well. 

Over the years the restaurant’s beverage list 

has been expanded to include more than 150 

California and imported wines. 


“We bake our own desserts and we bake our own breads,” Wayne said. 

“We have vegetarian dishes now. We’re always adjusting our menu.” 

The changes in Risty’s menu are made only with great care. 

“We worked with the bread for a year before we put it on the table. Some 

we would throw out, some we liked, some we needed to make adjustments 

to,” Wayne said. “We consulted with the best bakeries on the processes to 

use. We want to do it well if we are going to do it.” 

Five different entertainers work six nights a week in the restaurant’s 

lounge, where patrons can be served full meals as well as drinks. 

All the while, Wayne has been out front, greeting guests as they arrive. 

“It’s like we’re throwing a party, having a good time. It’s a very social 

environment. We have lots of fun, there’s entertainment, as well as meals 

and a view of the ocean,” Wayne said. 

“We enjoy people coming to see us. There are lots of rewards that are 

personal rather than financial.” 

He likened the cyclic nature of the restaurant to that of the old family 

farm. 

“It was a truck crop situation. You get the land prepared, you plant the 

crops, you fertilize the product, you till the soil, you spray the plants, you 

harvest the product, you start all over again.” 

At the Risty, “You get the raw materials, you process the materials, you 

take the product to the table, you service the product, and you clean up 

the plates.” 

“The restaurant business sounds glamorous, but it’s not all glamorous,” 

Wayne said. “A lot of investors think they want to go into the business, but 

they quickly find out what it involves. If the deep fryer breaks you have to 

get it fixed. If the dishwasher breaks, the hot water heater breaks, you have 

to fix that now, not later. There’s a lot of pressure on those things.” 

An ongoing 50th anniversary celebration at the restaurant includes a 

weekly drawing for a $50 Admiral Risty gift certificate. 

Of cats and milk crates 

Turning to the seemingly unrelated topic of cats, Jan revealed that Wayne 

can be “a real softie” when it comes to felines and other animals. She 

learned this as she watched him feed restaurant leftovers to a colony of 

feral cats in a then-undeveloped canyon next to the Risty. 

“I think I fell in love with Wayne the night I saw him sitting on a milk 

crate in the parking lot behind the restaurant with his favorite feline, Nigh 

Nigh, sitting in his lap basking in the affection that Wayne was supplying,” 

Jan said. 

“Nigh had been the toughest, most irascible member of the colony at 

one point but was now an older cat who would soon become stone deaf,” 

she said. “Eventually, he came to live with us after we were married, joining 

our other two cats Alli and Gator, and he enjoyed a stress free last few 

years with us at our then Malaga Cove home.” 

Working with veterinarian Cassie Jones, Wayne found homes for most 

of the rest of the cats. 

Real estate prowess 

Jan Jay Judah has been a force in Palos Verdes and South Bay real estate 

for more than three decades, specializing in corporate relocation in partnership 

with her son Evan Jay. 

Clients include TRW, Xerox, AIG, PepsiCo, MCI, Ernst & Young, Sony 

Corporation, Columbia Pictures, Boeing Corp., Herbalife, Activision and 

the FBI. The Jay-Judah Group is associated with REMax Palos Verdes and 

Execs. 

The partners have been recognized with awards including installation in 

the REMax Hall of Fame and the 100 Percent Club, which is reserved for 

agents closing more than $3 million in real estate transactions within a calendar 

year. 

Jan Jay Judah’s production places her within the top 5 percent of agents 

nationwide. 

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colorful cast of family characters,” Jan wrote in a thumbnail 

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Peninsula resident Kyra Belle Johnson is starring in the national touring production of 

“Mamma Mia!” It comes to the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood on Jan. 26. Photo by Bondo 

Wyszpolski 

Top: Kat Borrelli, Kyra Belle Johnson and Christa Eskridge 

in the national tour of “Mamma Ma!” 

Bottom: Johnson on stage soaking up the limelight in Abilene, 

Texas. Photos by Joan Marcus, 2015 

An Overnight In the blink of an eye, Kyra Belle Johnson 

went from Palos Verdes High School to starring 

in the national tour of “Mamma Mia!” 

Sensation 

Kyra 

by Bondo Wyszpolski 

Afew months ago Kyra Belle Johnson graduated 

from Palos Verdes High School and, 

guess what? She’s already touring the country 

as one of the leads in the popular musical 

“Mamma Mia!” Better yet, we can see her onstage 

for ourselves when the company performs January 

26-31 at the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. 

Kyra Belle has lived in the same Rolling Hills 

home her entire life, except that at the moment 

she’s living out of a suitcase in Anchorage, Alaska, 

before jetting to Hawaii for a few days. But we’ll get 

to that later. 

So how did it all begin? 

This is how it began 

“The first show I remember seeing was ‘Oliver!’ 

and it was at the Norris Theatre,” says Kyra Belle, 

sitting across from me in a pastry shop on a dreary 

afternoon. “I remember seeing it because there 

were kids onstage and they were my age and a little 

bit older.” 

So she turned to her mother and asked what those 

kids were doing up there. Her mother’s response 

was concise: They’re in the show. “And I’m thinking, 

well, I want to do that. Why can’t I be up there 

doing that?” 

Belle was about eight years old at the 

time and she was soon enrolled in dance 

classes. The next show that came up was “High 

School Musical,” and Kyra Belle auditioned for 

it. Well, no cigar, but her sister, Kendyl, who is 

two years older, also auditioned and got in. 

Next up was “Grease,” and Kyra Belle tried out 

for that one, too. Again, she wasn’t selected; 

again, her sister was. 

A few years later Kendyl went off to play 

water polo, leaving Kyra Belle as the only one 

in her family with an active passion for the performing 

arts. 

All right, she was 0 for 2, but so what? 

“You know,” she says, “it was a persistence 

thing. I’m a persistence kid, I don’t really stop; 

that’s just who I am.” 

And so Kyra Belle auditioned for “You’re a 

Good Man, Charlie Brown” and ended up with 

a small role. However, at the time it didn’t matter 

how little the part was because, she says, “I 

was so happy. I was like, ‘I’m in a show! Oh my 

gosh, I’m in a show!’” 

To this day, she remembers everything about 

it. 

“Stepping on stage, I had more fun doing that 

than I ever had doing anything else.” 

Kyra Belle’s been in a lot of shows since then, 

but up to now they’ve all been musicals such 

as “Annie,” “Legally Blonde,” and “Thoroughly 

Modern Millie.” Her knowledge of theater, 

straight drama in particular, has room for 

growth, but let’s give her a few more years, 

okay? 

From Fiona to Sophie 

When Kyra Belle Johnson was a junior in 

high school she was cast as Princess Fiona in 

“Shrek: The Musical.” It’s still one of her favorite 

roles: “Fiona is just hilarious and she’s 

strong, and that’s the type of character that I 

like to play.” 

PV High has been involved in a program, or 

competition, that might loosely be compared to 

the Tony Awards, but for high school theater. 

It’s called the JRAYs, the John Raitt Awards for 

Youth, and the Fullerton Civic Light Opera 

Music Theatre (FCLO) hosts it each year in the 

historic Plummer Auditorium, in Fullerton. 

About 20 high schools participate, including 

Mira Costa in Manhattan Beach. A panel of 

judges weighs in on everything from lighting 

and sound to acting and choreography. During 

the awards presentation on May 24, 2014, Kyra 

Belle was named Best Actress. 

Along with Eli Labinger, who was named 

Best Actor, Kyra Belle was flown to New York, 


to the Broadway Artists Alliance, where she participated in workshops 

with Broadway theater people. “At the end of the week,” she says, “they 

had a showcase in front of casting directors and agents.” 

That took place in July of 2014. And then? Nothing. 

Until January of last year, that is, when she received an email from someone 

at Joy Dewing Casting, the people finding actors for the “Mamma 

Mia!” tour. There was going to be an audition in March, and they wanted 

Kyra Belle to come and try out. 

Who wouldn’t jump at that opportunity? Well, Kyra Belle almost didn’t. 

When the day arrived she had second thoughts (“Nothing’s gonna happen”) 

but her mother pressed her: Just try. It’s your first professional audition 

for anything; just get out there and see what you can do. 

Or words to that effect. 

Kyra Belle cleared the first hurdle: The company (Work Light Productions) 

was definitely interested. But they had other concerns and questions: 

Would she be 18 by September? Yes. And was she mature enough to be on 

the road, away from home and parents? 

The concern for her well-being was reassuring, and so Kyra Belle knew 

what to expect before signing on with the company. 

The “Mamma Mia!” tour got underway in October, and Kyra Belle says 

they’ve done about 30 shows thus far, in maybe a dozen towns, most of 

them on the East Coast, but with a couple in Texas, one in Kansas, and a 

couple more in Florida. She might see a little of the town or city if the 

show is up for more than a day or two, and mentions a zoo in Abilene that 

had lions, giraffes, and a white Bengal tiger. 

Singing for her supper 

“Mamma Mia!” threads together numerous pop songs by the ‘70s 

Swedish group ABBA (“Dancing Queen,” “Waterloo,” “Fernando”), with a 

storyline that focuses on a young woman named Sophie (Kyra Belle) who’s 

about to be married. She’s the daughter of a single mom, Donna, and they 

live on a Greek island. Sophie has never known her father, but wouldn’t 

it be just super if he attended her wedding and walked her down the aisle? 

Yes, except that even her mother doesn’t know the identity of Sophie’s 

father because she slept with three different men during the months before 

Sophie was born. (In case you’re wondering, no one mentions DNA testing) 

Kyra Belle says she connects with the character of Sophie even though 

Sophie is 20 instead of Kyra’s 18. 

“I like to relate Sophie to Lucy from ‘I Love Lucy,’” she says, “because 

Sophie comes up with this plan where, You know what? I think it’d be a 

great idea to invite these three random men that I’ve never met before. I 

don’t even know if they’re real, but they’re in my mom’s diary so they 

must be. Let’s invite them for a weekend to my wedding, and let’s see how 

it goes. Then I’ll just know my dad when I see him.” 

Except that she doesn’t, and she finds she’s made a muddle of things. 

Sophie’s just a human being, Kyra Belle says, albeit with good intentions. 

“She’s not some perfect girl who’s getting married to this really hot guy 

and everything’s going her way. She’s just like, oh, I want my dad! She’s 

totally flawed, and she makes mistake after mistake in the show, but she’s 

also really sure about her choices.” 

What Kyra Belle also appreciates about her character is that Sophie doesn’t 

just sit back and sulk, but tries to get up and fix whatever’s wrong. And 

while she may not be the central figure in the show, that honor falls to her 

mother, Donna, “it’s Sophie’s charisma and her strength that pushes the 

show forward. I really admire that about her character, and I love tapping 

into that.” 

“Break a leg” is an old theater term that means go out there and do your 

darned best, and good luck to you while you’re at it. But sometimes actors 

break a leg in a more physical sense or, failing that, twist an ankle or come 

down with an exotic fever, and so that’s why there are two understudies 

for every role in this production of “Mamma Mia!” 

“If anything goes wrong,” Kyra Belle says, “someone’s ready to be there.” 

In her case, she’s appeared in every show thus far. She’s been asked if 

she gets along with her understudies or if she thinks they might try and 

do her in. Kyra Belle laughs “Those two girls are some of my best friends 

in the cast.” 

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P E N I N S U L A P E O P L E | V O L U N T E E R O F T H E Y E A R 

Rotary’s Bond 

“You don’t do it halfway.” 

by Esther Kang 

Allen Bond, a 58-year-old Rancho Palos Verdes resident, 

has witnessed countless ribbon-cutting ceremonies on 

the Hill over the last two decades. 

Recently named 2015 Volunteer of the Year by Palos Verdes 

Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and incoming president for 

Peninsula Rotary Club, the father of four is a dedicated servant 

of the community. 

“My attitude is, anything you do, you don’t do it halfway,” 

Bond said. “Not just showing up for the picture at the end, but 

you’ve got to do the work in between.” 

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Bond moved to California 

after graduating from Temple University with a bachelor’s degree 

in accounting and a minor in computer science. A serious 

tennis player since age 13, he attended the university on a tennis 

scholarship. After graduating from school, he played tennis 

on professional satellite tours and participated in many tournaments 

throughout the East Coast while teaching on the side. 

In 1981, at age 23, he made the big move to California after 

visiting an old friend in Santa Monica and feeling sold on the 

Pacific coast. 

“I just kind of landed here,” Bond said. “I came to California with no job 

and no place to live.” 

He had vowed to quit teaching tennis upon his fresh start on the West 

Coast and put his accounting degree to use. He had always been a “numbers 

guy,” he said. But his prowess on the court is what landed him his 

first job and introduced him to the Palos Verdes Peninsula community. 

At the Peninsula Racquet Club, which sits atop the cliffs of Rancho Palos 

Verdes and overlooks the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island, he became a 

full-time instructor for adults and children alike. The young man settled 

in Redondo Beach and continued the teaching job for about seven years. 

By the end of the seven years, he moved into a small condo in Lunada Bay. 

“I still play tennis at the Racquet Club about once a week and teach a 

little bit,” Bond said. “I’ve only taught there, and played there, pretty much 

my whole time in California. I still have friends I met when I first got here 

in ’81, and we still play tennis. We’re a little bit older now." 

In 1988, when the opportunity presented itself to work for a small mortgage 

business in Lawndale, Bond left the full-time post at the club and 

jumped onboard. 

“It seemed to be a pretty good vocation,” he said. “I enjoyed numbers 

and I enjoyed people.” 

Through mutual friends, he met his wife Wendy, who was in a similar 

line of business. In 1991, she founded a mortgage banking company called 

Palos Verdes Funding Group, and in 1993, Bond joined his wife’s company, 

which was located in Malaga Cove Plaza for a number of years, then 

moved to Silver Spur Road. They raised their four children — Mellissa, 

Matthew and twins Alexander and Colin — through the Palos Verdes Peninsula 

school system, where Bond coached their baseball, basketball and soccer 

teams in the true fashion of a Palos Verdes parent. 

In 2006, the business was sold to Countrywide Mortgage, which was 

later bought by Bank of America. At Countrywide, Bond worked as a retail 

sales manager for home loans. 

Today, he works for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage as a retail sales supervisor 

at the office on Deep Valley Drive in Rolling Hills Estates and in El 

Segundo. Wendy founded an independent escrow company, Guaranty Escrow, 

which has offices in Rolling Hills Estates, Redondo Beach and Manhattan 

Beach. 

“Even though mortgage is mortgages, you’re dealing with a different personal 

situation with every transaction, so it’s interesting in that light,” Bond 

said. “Hopefully I can help them or advise them on situations and how 

they can better their situation financially, and most importantly on the purchase 

side, to get someone in the home they want, their dream home. It’s 

extremely gratifying to do that." 

Bond is the quintessential Palos Verdes volunteer. In addition to being 

an active member of the Peninsula Rotary for over 20 years (he will take 

over as president this coming July), he has been involved in the Peninsula 

Chamber for nearly the same length of time. This is his seventh year on 

the board. He has previously chaired the Chamber membership committee 

and special events committee. 

“Twenty years ago, it was a lot more casual — it was a lot more about 

getting together with your friends,” Bond said. 

As chairperson in 2014, he oversaw programs such as the Young Entrepreneur 

Academy, a yearlong Chamber-sponsored after school program for 

middle and high school students who generate business ideas, conduct 

market research, write business plans, make pitches and launch their own 

companies. His main focus was to continue the tradition of the Peninsula’s 

tight-knit business community by helping to forge relationships. 

“I really try to work within the Chamber to help people, especially new 

businesses, to meet other old businesses and whatever people they’re going 

to work well with that will create a good synergy and for them to be successful,” 

said Bond, who volunteers to emcee at most events. 

He said that over the last two decades, he has observed great changes 

for businesses on the Hill, namely the addition of Terranea, the new open 

shopping area of the Promenade on the Peninsula and renovations at Peninsula 

Center. The Chamber will continue to encourage residents to shop 

local and bring regionally attractive businesses to the Hill, he said, but 

overall they’re headed in the right direction. 

“As far as people coming in, I think it’s real positive,” he said. “It’s a good 

influx of the kind of people that will continue to enjoy PV and keep moving 

forward the way it is.” PEN 



P E N I N S U L A P E O P L E | D I N I N G 

guacamole that arrived shortly afterward, and though it helped there was 

a subtle mélange of chili flavors here too. If you like the simple version that 

tastes mainly of mashed avocadoes with citrus you might find this a surprise, 

but we liked the overtones of onion, cumin, and spice. 

In a way it’s surprising that Mexican-style Caesars have taken so long to 

enter the mainstream — the salad was invented at an Italian restaurant in 

Tijuana, after all. Mexican versions have caught on recently, some of which 

involve spicy dressings or the addition of bell pepper. In my opinion those 

may be good salads but that aren’t really a Caesar any more. This version 

added shredded tortilla chips and some roasted pumpkin seeds, and was 

topped with queso fresco rather than parmesan. I found it slightly out of 

balance and a bit too mild; I like the traditional bold trio of garlic, pepper, 

and parmesan, and the Mexican cheese just didn’t have the depth of flavor 

to compete. 

The carnitas taco was a return to form with a bold and citrusy tomatillo 

sauce and a sprinkling of mango salsa. It wasn’t actually the style of meat 

that I prefer because the pork lacked a fried crust, but the sauces were so 

over-the-top good that I didn’t mind. 

On my two visits to Corazon I tried four main courses: chipotle-glazed 

salmon, chicken mole enchiladas, a carnitas burrito, and an unusual take 

on a chicken tamale. The traditional tamale is wrapped in either a cornhusk 

or banana leaf and steamed, and the wrapper keeps it moist and imparts 

some flavor. This looked more like lasagna, a square cornmeal cake topped 

with shredded chicken, “romero” sauce and topped with both jack and 

cotija cheese. Tamales aren’t usually topped with cheese or served sauced; 

this one seems to be a creation of the owner, Fernando Romero. There were 

so many unusual things about this that it took a moment to wrap my head 

around it and I briefly wondered if we had received the wrong order. Somehow 

it worked: the corn masa was silky and flavorful despite the lack of a 

wrapper, the chicken delicious despite being a topping rather than a filling. 

The other dishes I tried were conventional by comparison, but boldly flavored. 

Salmon isn’t a traditional Mexican fish but the rich and slightly oily 

meat stands up to a spicy, delicately sweet sauce very well, and the vegetable 

mix it was served with put it over the top. The squashes, corn, and 

onions had been sautéed with green herbs and put over seasoned rice, and 

there were enough different flavors to make every bite interesting. I was 

delighted with the sauce on the chicken enchiladas too — it was a black 

mole made with chocolate for a thick texture and richness and spiked with 

plenty of herbs and chillies. It’s rare to find a mole of this complexity outside 

places that specialize in Oaxacan regional dishes, and if there’s a better 

version ion the South Bay I haven’t had it. 

The burrito was the only main course we tried that was made in a purely 

traditional manner, and it was a solid rendition of a favorite item. The 

roasted lemon on the side was a nice touch, and gave a sweet and sour kick 

when squeezed over the mix of meat, rice, and beans. As a meal it had some 

extra zip thanks to the sides of corn on the cob with crema on a bed of 

lightly pickled purple cabbage. 

The drinks were slightly less reliable than the food — the “margaritas” 

were made with Korean soju rather than tequila, which is common in 

places with only a beer and wine license. I tried a cucumber-jalapeno margarita 

and without the tequila body and smokiness it was like drinking hot 

peppers with lime juice. Our server graciously replaced it with a sangria, 

which I liked a lot better. There are many wine-based drinks that complement 

Mexican food, and I think it would be better to do these well or experiment 

with agave wine drinks than serve an inferior margarita. 

To finish we shared freshly made churros with slightly bitter chocolate 

sauce and ice cream, which is the perfect end of any Mexican meal as far 

as I’m concerned. Meals at Corazon are reasonably priced for the quality 

and the elegance of the surroundings, with most entrees priced between 

$13 and $20. This Mexican restaurant is worth a drive, as they are certainly 

the best on the Hill and some distance beyond. 

CORAZON is at 767 Deep Valley Drive in RPV. Open daily at 11 a.m., close 9 

p.m. Sun-Thu, 10 p.m. Fri-Sat. Wheelchair access to some areas – mention when 

reserving. Beer and wine served, street parking, Sunday brunch, some vegetarian 

items. Partial menu at corazonmexicankitchen.com, phone 310-377-0580. PEN 

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DRAMATIC..... RUSTIC CONTEMPORARY DESIGN 

Corazon’s Matt Briggs serves chipoltle-glazed salmon, one of the restaurant’s boldly flavored dishes. Photo by Brad Jacobson 

by Richard Foss 

From the heart of Mexico 

Corazon’s rich, bold flavors mark the arrival of 

one of the area’s finest Mexican restaurants 

It’s a sad fact that most Mexican restaurants 

around the South Bay serve food that is very 

much on the bland side. When I mention this 

fact, people have been known to ask, “Can’t you 

just add hot sauce?” 

Yes, I can, if heat is all I’m looking for, but a 

well-made Mexican sauce is richly savory and 

complex, and might include notes of dozens of 

spices and herbs. It may also use several kinds of 

peppers that may be fresh, dried, pickled, or 

smoked. You’re not going to replace that complexity 

with the typical hot sauce, which may contain 

nothing more than vinegar, salt, water, and red 

peppers. 

The local Mexican food scene has been gradually 

improving, and one place on the Hill has 

raised the standard: Corazon in Rolling Hills Estates. 

I’ll admit that I went in with low expectations, 

figuring that if I was going to find my spice level 

in some hole in the wall joint, not a location that 

has been many stylish high-end places. Corazon 

is still pretty sheik – there is a mix of modern and 

traditional Mexican art on the wall now, but the 

multilevel interior here is still quite attractive. 

At first glance the menu is a straightforward list 

of old favorites, but look closely and you’ll see differences. 

The cilantro Alfredo sauce on the 

shrimp enchiladas straddles Italian and Mexican 

ideas, and the calamari is marinated in buttermilk 

and served with cilantro aioli. A vegetable mix of 

zucchini, squash, onions, and corn is used as an 

accompaniment to several dishes; they’re all traditional 

Mexican ingredients, but rarely served 

this way. 

Before testing innovations we started with the 

basics: appetizers of guacamole, a Caesar salad, 

and a carnitas taco. Even before these arrived we 

had a clue: the salsa served with the chips. It’s 

thick and has greater depth of flavor than most 

served locally, with flavors of oregano, cilantro, 

and what I’d guess are both fresh and roasted 

chillies. We expected to cool the heat with the 


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On Going 

"New Creations" Exhibition 

Featuring painters Don Crocker and Parrish Nelson Hirasaki and bronze 

sculptor Errol Gordon, at the Artists' Studio Gallery #159, Promenade on the 

Peninsula. Continues until February 21. 

Art Exhibition 

Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education in partnership 

with Jonathan Art Foundation, California Art Club, and American 

Legacy Fine Arts to an exhibit will be approximately 28 oils and pastels by 

Theodore N. Lukits highlighting his atmospheric plein air landscapes and captivating 

Orientalist paintings. 

Accompanying the Lukits exhibition are pastels by Peter Adams and Tim Solliday, 

two of Lukits' notable students who continue his tradition.For further information 

call the Art Center at 310-541-2479. 

Saturday, January 30 

Jazz Pianist Hendelman in Concert 

St. Francis Jazz Series presents acclaimed jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman in 

an exclusive solo concert at 7 p.m. followed by a reception with light refreshments. 

The award-winning jazz pianist, composer and music educator has 

performed and recorded with Barbra Streisand, James Moody, Roberta Gambarini, 

Paul McCartney, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones and others. Hosted by 

KJAZZ Radio personality Bubba Jackson. No admission charge. A free-will 

offering will be taken to support the St. Francis Jazz Vespers ministry. St. Francis 

Episcopal Church is located at 2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates. For 

more information, call 310-375-4617 or visit www.stfrancispalosverdes.org. 

Friday, February 5 

Joy of Law: LAW 101 

Dates and time are Feb. 5, 12, 26, March 4 and 11 at 11 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. at Peninsula Center Library Community Room. The LAW 101 course will 

have lively discussions of a range of legal issues including Estate Planning 

and Federal Taxation with a focus on Trusts, Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney 

and Advanced Health Care Directives. It will explore the land of Tort liability 

(the reasonable person standard) to distinguish between civil and criminal 

laws. Topics will include intentional (e.g. assault, battery, invasion of privacy), 

negligent and strict liability (e.g. dog bites) torts. It will also examine the elements 

of a legally binding contract (OACLCS), including how contracts must 

be written, the three day rule, the validity of "not responsible clauses" and 

fine print paragraphs. The discussion will conclude with contract law by exploring 

guidelines for avoiding fraud. Readings may be assigned. Join retired 

USC Professor of Business Law, Dr. Dagmar Halamka, for this 5-week course. 

Sponsored by Palos Verdes Library District and the USC Emeriti Center College, 

these classes are free and open to the public. Registration is required. 

Contact Mary Cohen at mcohen@pvld.org or 310-921-7519 to register. The 

registration deadline is February 12. For further information, please contact 

the USC Emeriti Center College at 213-740-8841 or on the web at 

http://emeriticollege.usc.edu. 

Seaside Beaders Meet 

The Seaside Beaders, a special interest group of the Embroiderers' Guild of 

America is meeting at 9:30 a.m. They meet at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 

2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates. Idele Gilbert will teach the square stitch, 

which is good for lettering. You may also bring your own project to work on. 

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Saturday, February 6 

Music & Memories Gala 

The stage is set for Palos Verdes Performing Arts’ 27th annual major fundraiser, 

the “Music & Memories” Gala, which will be held at the elegant Harlyne J. 

Norris Pavilion. The evening’s festivities will include stations with fine dining, 

prepared by Chef Michael Shafer; live and silent auctions; and a special performance 

at the Norris Theatre, filled with “Music and Memories” from the 

Center’s last 33 seasons. Celebrated jazz pianist/composer and five-time 

Grammy nominee David Benoit will be honored and perform, along with 

many surprise entertainers. For three decades David Benoit has reigned 

supreme as one of the founding fathers of contemporary jazz. His expansive 

career has included over 25 charting solo recordings, as well as several prominent 

Charlie Brown projects born from his lifelong passion for the music of 

original Peanuts composer, Vince Guaraldi. He played almost all of the piano 

solos for The Peanuts Movie, which was released in November. Tickets to the 

Gala are $200 per person, and VIP tables are also available. For more information 

about the Gala, or to purchase a ticket, please call 310-544-0403, 

ext. 224. 

Assistance League anniversary 

The Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay will be returning to 1936 to 

celebrate its 80th anniversary. The evening will spotlight Mae West and many 

famous people of that era. The star studded evening will offer fabulous raffle 

prizes plus a silent auction. The celebration will be held from 5 - 10 p.m. at 

the chapter house at 1441 West 8th Street. Dinner and entertainment is $36 

per ticket. Tickets are limited. Contact Michele at 310 832-8355 ext.221 for 

further information. 


Guided Nature Walk 

By Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy at Deane Dana Friendship Park, 

9 a.m. Enjoy some of the best LA/Long Beach harbor and Catalina views on 

the east side of the Peninsula. See PV blue butterfly habitat restoration area. 

This is a moderate walk. Park in the Nature Center parking lot, 1805 W. 9th 

Street, San Pedro. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact 

310-541-7613 ext. 201 or visit the website at www.pvplc.org. 

Trail Crew Class 

Introductory Class at PVPLC Offices, 9 a.m. to noon. Join the Trail Crew for 

monthly field practice in trail assessment and repair techniques. This Introductory 

class will give an overview to the 50-hour certification training program. 

Snacks, refreshments and good company provided! Sign up at 

http://pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 

Valentine’s Tea & Tunes 

Friends of Banning Museum will hold its eleventh annual Valentine’s Tea & 

Tunes on 1 to 3 p.m. This popular event will take place at The Banning Mueventcalendar 

Marriage Workshop 

At St. Peter's by the Sea, “Fanning the Flames of Marital Passion and Intimacy.” 

When "Happily Ever After" needs some encouragement. In a world 

of distractions and disconnection treat yourself and your marriage to a singleday 

presentation focusing on physical, emotional, and spiritual connection. 

Guest presenters will be Dr. Scott and Dr. Melissa Symington, both licensed 

clinical psychologists. Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., $45, lunch included. 6410 

PV Drive South, 310-377-6882. StPetersPres.org. 

Tuesday, February 9 

Shrove Tuesday Luncheon 

Sponsored by the St. John Fisher Women's Council. The luncheon is their annual 

fundraiser for the local charities they support. Guest speaker will be Msgr. 

Kevin Kostelnik, the First Pastor of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles 

and former Associate Pastor at St. John Fisher Church from 1982-1987. Admission 

is $25. Reservations can be made in the Parish Office, 5448 Crest 

Rd. Rancho Palos Verdes, until Friday February 5. Call Elaine Sweers at 310- 

377-7704 for more information. 

PV High Project Runway 

The Palos Verdes High School Project Runway Fashion Show . Feb 9 and 10 

at 7 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation Greater Los Angeles. 

In the MPR (multipurpose room). 600 Cloyden Rd, PVE. Tickets are $15 regular 

and $30 VIP and tickets will be sold at the door. Instagram: PVHSPROJEC- 

TRUNWAY, questions email trevettm@pvpusd.net. 

Wednesday, February 10 

PV Woman’s Club Meet 

The Palos Verdes Woman's Club will meet at noon at Trump National Golf 

Club. Deborah Boland will entertain by singing Valentine's Songs. Husbands 

and significant others are invited. Cost of the luncheon is $32. For reservations 

call Beverly Teresinski at 310-378-1349. 

Palos Verdes Buddhism Club Meeting 

Once we achieve the true purpose of life, all suffering is repaid. Every tear 

shed comes back to us a pearl. What is the nature of the eternal happiness 

awaiting us? Listening to Buddhism is of utmost essence in finding that out. 

2:30 - 4 p.m. at Palos Verdes Library 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, 

Conference Room next to the Gift Shop. Also meets February 24. 818- 

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seum, 401 East “M” Street, Wilmington. Guests will enjoy celebrating Valentine’s 

Day inside the Banning Museum’s historic Stagecoach barn. Presented 

in a vintage setting you will enjoy an elegant light luncheon served on exquisite 

fine china with a special selection of teas chosen for the occasion. There will 

be live entertainment provided by renowned harpist Katrina Saroyan as well 

as complimentary tours of the Museum, Transportation Exhibition and Visitor 

Center. A special exhibit featuring popular vintage fashions and accessories 

from 1864 to the 1920s has been assembled especially for this event. Don’t 

forget to don your hats, gloves and finery.Tickets sell out quickly for Valentine’s 

Tea and Tunes and space is limited. The cost is $65 for Friends of Banning 

Museum members and $75 for non-members. Please call Friends of Banning 

Museum at 310-548-2005 for reservations or for further information. Friends 

of Banning Museum is a nonprofit corporation founded to develop the historic 

Banning Museum. Our mission is to “Preserve History, Promote Education, 

and Inspire Entrepreneurial Spirit.” The Banning Museum is a facility of the 

City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks and is operated in 

cooperation with Friends of Banning Museum. 

Sunday, February 14 

South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society 

Botanical Names Decoded by Marquita Ellias. Join Marquita on a delightful 

journey of discovery to learn why we use those Latin names, what they mean, 

and how really simple it is. Lecture is at 1:30 p.m., South Coast Botanic Garden, 

26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos 

Verdes Peninsula. For more information visit southcoastcss.org. 

Second Sundays at Two Concert 

Stars of Tomorrow from USC Thornton School of Music featuring Alin Melik- 

Adamyan, piano; Philip Marten, violin; Coleman Itzkoff, cello. 2 p.m. Rolling 

Hills United Methodist Church, 26438 Crenshaw Blvd. Rolling Hills Estates 

(NE corner of Crenshaw & PV Drive 

North). Free admission. Donations 

appreciated. 100% goes to the 

artists. For information 310-316- 

5574. 

Peninsula Symphony 

Concert 

Maestro Gary Berkson and the 

Peninsula Symphony Association are 

excited to present their second concert 

of the 2015-16 season with an 

array of eclectic music. The evening 

will open with Japanese composer 

Yasushi Akutagawa’s Music for Symphony 

Orchestra, and will be followed 

by the ever-popular and lush 

Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar 

and orchestra by Spanish composer 

Joaquin Rodrigo. For this performance, 

we are thrilled and privileged 

to welcome Grammy Award-winning 

guitarist, Scott Tennant. After intermission, 

the Symphony No. 2 in 

D Major by Johannes Brahms. Doors 

open at 6 p.m.; pre-concert lecture 

by Maestro Berkson (for members 

only) at 6:15 p.m., and 7 p.m. for 

the concert. Redondo Union High 

School Auditorium, 631 Vincent 

Street in Redondo Beach (PCH at Diamond). 

Concert and parking are 

free. For further information, call the 

Symphony Office at 310-544-0320, 

e-mail music.pensym@verizon.net, or visit their website at Pensym.org. 

Wednesday, Feb.17 

PVP 4-H CLUB 

Community Meeting 6:45 to 8 p.m. at City of Rolling Hills Estates City Hall, 

4045 Palos Verdes Drive North, RHE. For more information about the 4-H Club; 

please visit our local website at www.pvp4hclub.org or call Dee Keese at 310- 

377-9773 or Peter Michel at 310-493-5559. You can also send an email to 

pvp4hclub@gmail.com or swimdude64@earthlink.net. 

Thursday, February 18 

Beach Cities Republicans Meeting 

This month's speaker will be candidates for Hermosa Beach City Council. 6 

p.m. Dinner (No Host-Dinner is required by all attendees), 7 p.m. Speaker. Sizzler 

Torrance, 2880 Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance (Between Crenshaw & 

Hawthorne blvds.) For more information please call 310-793-8647 or email 

at info@lagopclubs.com. Visit the Beach Cities Republicans Club Website at 

www.LAGOPCLUBS.com or www.BeachCitiesRepublicans.com for the Speaker 

information. 

South Coast Rose Society 

February meeting at South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Boulevard, 

Palos Verdes Peninsula, at 7 p.m. when the Society will give a PowerPoint 

presentation on roses with Valentine themed names, i.e. Lasting Love, Careless 

Love, Truly Yours, etc. The public is welcome so please join us. For further information, 

please see us on Facebook. 

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Friday, February 19 

Etienne Gara and his Sunset Club Trio 

RHUMC Main Concert Series is proud to announce a concert by internationally-heralded 

French-born violinist Etienne Gara, and his new group Sunset 

Club Trio, consisting of German virtuoso Ines Thome on electric guitar, and 

prize-winning Texan Michael Gratovich on flamenco guitar, These world-class 

musicians have joined together to produce a fresh approach to the classical violin 

and piano repertoire. They have carefully chosen a program where these 

instruments can shine--and the interesting combination enables them to revisit 

sound textures of the classical masterpieces, as well as newly commissioned 

ones to bring a whole new aspect and energy to the stage! The concert will be 

at 7:30 p.m. at the Rolling Hills United Methodist Church. Earlier in the day, 

Etienne Gara will also be conducting a Master Class of student violinists at the 

church from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The public is invited. Call 310-377-6771 for further 

information. This concert is free, donations are appreciated and all proceeds 

go to the artists. 

Pop Musical, 13 

The Palos Verdes Performing Arts Conservatory presents the musical comedy, 

“13” through February 28 at the Norris Theatre. With a blast of high voltage 

energy, the musical, which opened on Broadway in 2008, navigates the ups 

and downs of early adolescence, and features an explosive pop-rock score by 

famed composer Jason Robert Brown, with a five-piece on-stage band. The plot 

revolves around Evan Goldman, who has been uprooted from New York to a 

small town in Indiana, where he struggles to fit in, but soon discovers that cool 

is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it. Show times for 




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“13” are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., plus a 

2 p.m. matinee on Saturday February 27. Ticket prices are $15 for youth 

ages 17 and under and $22-$28 for adults. For more information or to purchase 

tickets call the box office at 310-544-0403 or go to www.palosverdesperformingarts.com. 

The Norris Theatre is located at 27570 Norris Center 

Drive in Rolling Hills Estates. 

Your New Year resolutions list just 

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The holidays are over and it’s time for a fresh start. But 

don’t forget your trusty clock, it deserves the same TLC 

you are about to partake in. 

A properly maintained clock not only extends its life indefinitely, 

it also insures its accuracy. Your clock has a complex 

mechanism of inter-working parts. Yet unfortunately this precious 

item does not warn you prior to any major malfunction, 

therefore it becomes imperative to maintain and service your 

clock regularly. Oil gets old and dry forcing the train of gears 

to work twice as hard to accomplish their goal. This results in 

damage that drastically shortens the life of a fine timepiece. 

Your clock reminds you of it’s presence every time you 

wind it, and if its accuracy is not what it used to be, or its 

chimes are not as healthy, or maybe it just stops. That means 

it’s talking to you, telling you that its endless life is in jeopardy. 

Michel Medawar has been extending the lives of timepieces 

for over fifty years as his father did fifty years before. He is 

the inventor of the first talking clock in the world. He is a 

graduate from Patek Philippe in Geneva, Switzerland, The 

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Howard Miller Clock Co. in Zeeland, Michigan. Call him so 

that he may come to your home the same day and offer you a 

free estimate for servicing your clock. Or bring your wall or 

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Your Story is the Peninsula’s Story 

Do you live, work or go to school on the Peninsula? The history of the Peninsula 

is YOUR STORY! Bring a favorite photo or two of people, activities or events 

that represent your connection to the Peninsula. Photos can be old, new, formal 

or snapshots (originals preferred). We scan your photos, you keep them, and 

together we preserve our shared history! This event is free and open to the 

public. 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Peninsula Center Library Community Room, 

701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates. For more information call or email 

Monique Sugimoto at 310-377-9584 ext 213 or msugimoto@pvld.org. 

Star Viewing Party 

Enjoy a short lecture with an amateur astronomer at Peninsula Center Library 

roof and observe through a state-of-the-art telescope, the Milky Way, the moon 

and perhaps even a planet or two! No registration required. Admission is free 

and open to the public. For more Information call 310-377-9584 X601 or 

visit their website at www.pvld.org. All events subject to rain or heavy overcast 

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Sunday, February 21 

Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival 

Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy's Second Annual Wild & Scenic 

Film Festival On Tour, 4 p.m. Redondo Beach Union High School, 631 Vincent 

Park, Redondo Beach. Join us for a special selection of environmental and adventure 

films that illustrate the earth’s beauty, challenges facing our planet and 

what work communities are doing to protect the environment. Advance Tickets 

$10 or $15 at the door. Tickets and more information: www.pvplc.org or 310- 

541-7613. 

Monday, February 22 

Art Opening 

"Life's Treasures", featuring mosaic artist Robin Bott, watercolorist Margaret 

Mohr, and painter Jody Wiggins will open at the Promenade Gallery. The 

show will continue until April 3.There will be an opening reception for the 

artists on Sunday, February 28 from 2 to 6 p.m. Jody Wiggins will do a painting 

demonstration on Saturday, March 5 at 3 p.m.Robin Bott will show how 

she does mosaics on Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m. Margaret Mohr will demonstrate 

her watercolor techniques on Saturday, March 12 at 3 p.m. 

The Artists Studio Gallery at the Promenade is located at #159, Promenade 

on the Peninsula, 550 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, 90274. Gallery 

hours are from 11 to 8 Mondays thru Saturdays and 12 to 6 on Sundays. For 

further information please call 310 265-2592 or log onto their website at 

www.artists-studio-pvac.com. 

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Thursday February 25 

Embroiderers' Guild Meets 

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at 9:30 a.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes 

Estates. The February program will be Idele Gilbert teaching an Assisi Cupid 

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Medicare Plan Options, with Carol Clement (CA License 0H80524) and have 

all of your questions answered. Sponsored by Palos Verdes Library District, 

this informational seminar is free and open to the public. This event is for educational 

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Please contact Mary Cohen at mcohen@pvld.org or 310-921-7519. 

Land Conservancy Workshop 

Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 4th Saturday Workshop: Drought, 

El Nino and Water Reliability, 11a.m. Workshop on conservation, recycling 

and desalination with Ron Wildermuth, West Basin Metro Water District. 

White Point Nature Education Center, 1600 W Paseo Del Mar in San Pedro. 

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El Redondo Chapter is having its 51st Colonial Luncheon at Palos Verdes Golf 

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National Charity League 

n The Philanthropy Committee of the National Charity League’s Peninsula Chapter 

met to begin the process of researching philanthropies for the Chapter's annual 

grant awards . The committee consists of: Sharon Oda, Christine Pearson, Immediate 

Past President-Julie Long, Community Philanthropy Chair-Mary Schaefer, Chapter 

President-MaryBeth Kane, Chair-Valerie Real, Jennifer Townsend, Lynn Whitlock, 

Cathy Stain, Carol McFarland and President Elect-Janet Westergaard. Members 

Marymount California University offers new degree 

n Marymount California University co-presidents Ariane Schauer, PhD, and James 

R. Reeves announce the offering of a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice beginning 

in the fall semester of 2016. This is the fifth bachelor’s degree offered by the 

university, which also offers bachelor’s degrees in business, liberal arts, media 

studies and psychology.For more information about the university visit www.MarymountCalifornia.edu. 

will research 21 philanthropies who have applied for grants. Once research is 

complete, the committee will meet in February to make recommendations to the 

NCL Peninsula Board of Directors. Money for grants comes from proceeds from 

the NCL Ticktocker Thrift Shop in San Pedro. In the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the 

NCL Peninsula Chapter awarded over $167,000 in scholarships and philanthropic 

grants to members of our South Bay Community. 

LA BioMed Researcher honored for 

distinguished teaching 

n John Michael Criley, MD, a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA Bio- 

Med) researcher, will receive the 2016 Distinguished Teacher Award from the 

American College of Cardiology on April 4 at the organization’s 65th Annual Scientific 

Session in Chicago, IL.In notifying Dr. Criley of the award, the American 

College of Cardiology said he was being recognized for his “innovative, outstanding 

teaching characteristics and compassionate qualities. Because of these 

attributes, you have made major contributions to the field of cardiovascular medicine.”“Congratulations 

to Dr. Criley for this recognition of the training and education 

he’s provided to more than 200 cardiologists who are improving the lives of 

patients around the country,” said David I. Meyer, PhD, LA BioMed president and 

CEO. “Dr. Criley is an LA BioMed legend, a leader in the field of cardiology for 

more than 50 years and an example of the institute’s physician-researchers who 

translate science and transform lives.” In addition to the more than 200 cardiologists 

he has helped train, Dr. Criley has taught cardiology to over 6,000 medical 

students, residents and nurses throughout his career. He has developed interactive 

multimedia programs in three languages that are 

used for medical and nursing education programs 

around the world. 

Palos Verdes Village 

appoints new Director 

n The Board of Directors of Palos Verdes Peninsula 

Village has appointed Colleen Cotter as Executive 

Director.Ms. Cotter has lived in Rancho 

Palos Verdes for 21 years, and has served in 

many volunteer positions on the Peninsula. She 

has managed grants for non-profits, assisted with 

many events, and worked with the PVP Chamber 

of Commerce.She will manage the day to 

day operations of the Peninsula Village office 

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and coordinate volunteers and services to ensure that assistance and programs 

are readily available to allow seniors to remain healthy, active and in their homes. 

The PVP Village office is sharing space with Peninsula Seniors.For more information 

about The PVP Village visit www.Peninsulavillage.net 

National Charity League, Peninsula Chapter 

to participate in Operation Homefront 

n On Sunday, November 8th, 200 the Peninsula Chapter of National Charity 

League, Inc. gathered moms and Ticktockers at Palos Verdes Intermediate School 

to help brighten the holidays for military families with Operation Homefront. Operation 

Homefront is an organization that provides assistance to military families. 

They offer relief during military family crisis and support wounded warriors when 

they return home. This was the third year NCL Peninsula participated in this event. 

Lesley Sklow, chair of the event, requested from the membership to donate new 

toys and clothing for children ranging in ages from infants to teens. These gifts 

were wrapped at an exuberant wrapping party held in the multipurpose room at 

PVIS. Over 100 holiday cards and letters were also written to send to our soldiers 

serving overseas. The Army ROTC Color Guard from the University of Southern 

California opened the event along with Class of 2020 Ticktocker, Gracey Thomas, 

sang the National Anthem. On December 9th, moms and Ticktockers delivered 

the wrapped gifts to the Naval Armory in Seal Beach for a Gift Giving Party where 

the members had the pleasure of meeting the families who were receiving the 

gifts. The Ticktockers helped children decorate cookies and Class of 2018 mom 

and professional photographer, Katrin Cooper, took family photos for their holiday 

cards. Santa also made an appearance. 

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St. Francis Episcopal 

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Risty cont. from page 29 

memoir. 

Her maternal grandfather Fred McCoy was a gold miner in Alaska during 

the Klondike era. He and a partner “actually hit pay dirt” with a successful 

claim that they later sold to a mining syndicate. 

That “made his fortune, and ensured that my mother grew up in a privileged 

environment,” Jan recalled. 

McCoy and Jan’s two uncles traveled frequently to Seattle, and Jan grew 

up hearing stories about the adventurers’ raft capsizing in a river, and the 

group being charged by a grizzly bear. 

“The ring my sister wears today was my grandmother’s wedding ring, 

which my grandfather won in a poker game while on a steam ship en route 

to Alaska,” Jan recalled. 

“Apparently, the family fortunes ebbed and flowed during the depression, 

and in ensuing years my grandfather and his sons built homes in Seattle 

and owned a grocery store,” she wrote. “But most of the mining fortune 

was dissipated long before I was born.” 

Her father, Bill Golden, was a journalist. Chet Huntley was his best man 

when he married Jan’s mother, Marjorie “Midge” McCoy. 

Her father became press secretary for U.S. Sen. Warren Magnuson, and 

the family moved to Washington DC and later returned to Seattle. 

Hard times, hard work 

When Jan was 10, her father died suddenly and her 16-year-old brother 

was killed in an accident. Her mother took a job in Anchorage, Alaska, 

“but had trouble coping with her losses,” Jan recalled. “As a 12-year-old I 

was pretty much on my own in a very rough environment during the year 

we spent in Alaska.” 

Through the rough times, the family managed to avoid homelessness, 

and Jan found solace in reading voraciously. 

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“The library was my sanctuary,” she said. 

“Alaska was still a territory – not even a state – at the time we were there, 

and it was not unusual to see an occasional moose stroll through the main 

part of town,” she said. 

The family moved to the Los Angeles area, and at 17 Jan began supporting 

herself with administrative and accounting work, while studying a full 

academic load at Santa Monica College at night. 

“Marriage interrupted my education and I had two sons, Evan, now my 

partner in our real estate practice, and Brad, who works in the insurance 

industry in San Diego,” she said. 

Later, as a single mom, she moved to Palos Verdes and began her real 

estate career. 

“I found having two mouths to feed to be highly motivating,” she recalled. 

“My sales career evolved slowly but steadily and the cliché ‘the harder 

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was that Wayne proved to be an outstanding mentor, not just for my sons 

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“Even I was influenced by Wayne – and although I always worked hard 

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Chasing purple blobs 

by Eddie Solt 

“Surfing big waves isn’t only about the actual act of catching big waves. It’s about making 

the decisions to drop everything and be there at the right time.” - Scotty Bredesen 

Former Peninsula High longboarder Scotty Bredesen at Puerto Escondido, Mexico, winter 2015. Photo by Mariana Marenalma 

The buoys were banging. It was the first big 

swell of the season. Ocean Beach, just 

south of San Francisco cradles swells. With 

no natural barriers the break welcomes any 

ocean action, from ripples to mountains. 

Surfline.com called December 16, 2013 “Macking 

Monday.” 

“That day was my first time surfing giant 

Ocean Beach. It’s a heavy paddle out, like six to 

eight football fields out,” Scotty Bredesen said. 

“There are different zones you have to paddle 

through to get to the outside. I just squeaked by 

and scored an epic session.” 

Now when the buoys are banging, Bredesen 

can often be found making a cannonball run up 

the 5 with his Joe Bark guns piled in his vintage 

Chevy Suburban, sans surf stickers for discreteness. 

“Surfing big waves isn’t only about the actual 

act of catching big waves. It’s about making the 

decisions to drop everything and be there at the 

right time,” he said. 

The Palos Verdes native comes from a South 

Bay surfing family. His dad Chris was a Los Angeles 

County Lifeguard and in the ‘60s a member 

of the Greg Noll Surf Team. Today he is a member 

the Haggerty’s Surf Club and the Hap Jacobs 

Surf Team. Scotty’s older brother, Chris Jr., was 

seen all through the pages of the now defunct 

Longboard Magazine during the zine’s heyday, 15 

years ago, performing his progressive longboarding 

style. Chris Jr. is also a lifeguard and member 

of the Jacob’s Surf team. 

Every summer growing up the Bredesens vacationed 

on Maui with the Meistrell family, owners 

of Body Glove and Dive N’ Surf. 

“I learned to surf at Ka’anapali Point when I 

was five, after doing the whole boogie board 

shorebreak thing,” Bredesen said. 

In high school, Bredesen was on the Peninsula 

High Surf Team, which dominated the South Bay 

until 2005 when the hill’s top surfers migrated to 

the newly opened Palos Verdes High. Bredesen 

was an anchor for the longboard team for four 

years and in his senior year won the All Star title. 

“Scotty was a pudgy, little short kid,” recalled 

longboarder Shawn O’Brien, who was a judge 

during Bredesen’s high school years. “After he 

won the all star meet, the judges threw him upside 

down in a trashcan.” 

But he traces his big wave obsession back to 

when he was nine years old and became a Los 

Angeles County Junior Lifeguard. “JG’s laid the 

foundation for my life,” Bredesen said. “It’s the 

reason I became a LA County Lifeguard.” 

Bredesen, now 29, has been a recurrent lifeguard 

for 10 years. 

“Becoming a lifeguard shaped me into being a 

complete waterman,” he said. “I grew up looking 

up to my dad and Uncle Wally Millican. I see myself 

emulating Lifeguard Captain Tom Seth when 

I’m older, having a loving family and being in 

shape.” 

Four years ago Bredesen was visiting a friend 

up in Cen-Cal. The surf report forecasted an epic 

swell, perfect for lighting up the region’s secret 

reefs. Bredesen borrowed Joe Bark’s back-up gun 

and paddled out in hammering, triple overhead 

surf. 

“I got caught inside and was thrown into full 

survival mode,” he said. “I never had been so 

sketched out in my life. That’s when I was 

hooked, especially after talking about the waves 

afterwards, over a few beers. 

The quest for big waves became the focus Bredesen’s 

life: lifeguarding in the summer and 

“chasing the dream” of the heavies in winter. 

“I remember when Scotty came up to me very 

serious, and said ‘Jamie, I want to do this,’” Jamie 

Meistrell recalled. “I’ve known him since we 

we’re in diapers. It was from there I saw him 

transform.” 

Another person Bredesen talked to was fellow 

Palos Verdes surfer Joe Bark. Bredesen grew up 

with a family quiver of Bark surfboards and paddleboards. 

“Your surfboard is the last thing you want to 

worry about in big surf,” Bredesen said. “Joe’s 

one of the best glassers and shapers in the world. 

I always see his boards at the top big wave 

breaks.” 

“He’s always believed in me and had my back,” 

Bredesen added. “He’s showed me a new love for 

the ocean.” 

With Bark and other sponsors, including Body 

Glove, Zico coconut water, and Freestyle watches 


(he was in the Freestyle Watch ad in the “big” 

June 2014 issue of Surfer Magazine), he feels he 

has to put himself out there. 

“The easy part is catching waves. Performing 

comes natural,” he said. “The anxiety is going 

somewhere expected but unexpected at the sametime 

and putting yourself in the spot to make that 

decision to paddle out.” 

Over the last four years, Bredesen has been 

chasing bomboras up and down the California 

coast, as well as in Mexico. 

Bredesen took his worst thrashing two winters 

ago at Todos Santos, 13 miles off Ensenada. The 

big, right hand point break was maxing out at 30- 

plus feet. 

“I took a set wave on the head and was swallowed 

into deep water and feeling the pressure 

on my ears,” Bredesen said. “Then I was dragged 

inside, into the rocks that are the size of Volkswagens, 

while being held under almost the entire 

way. I was gasping for air in the foam.” 

When the rescue ski picked him up he had a 

bloody nose and a snapped gun. 

While recovering on the boat, he questioned 

what he was doing there. 

The answer, he decided was “Chasing big 

waves, big dreams, experiencing the adventure. 

It makes you grow, not just as a surfer, but as a 

person.” 

He waxed up his full-on, 10-foot-6 Bark rhino 

chaser, a board he had yet to even paddle and 

jumped off the boat. Then he made the same mistake 

that had gotten him in trouble earlier in the 

day. He went for a small wave, got caught inside 

and took the next set on the head. 

But this time, he was able to get back out to the 

lineup. 

“Here I was with a few of my idols and for a 

moment I reflected, ‘Wow.’ Then I looked up and 

saw a set on the horizon. I was in the right spot.” 

“Dropping in I could hear the hoots and hollers 

from my fellow surfers and the boat crews,” he 

said. “I felt redeemed. I didn’t give up and it paid 

off.” 

Puerto Escondido is another barreling Mexican 

break that Bredesen has established himself, at a 

price. 

“The wave pops up and peaks out of nowhere 

and you can’t track it. The wave has to choose 

you.” he said. “You have to be at the right spot at 

the right time and hope the wave you’re pulling 

into doesn’t gobble you up.” 

Last May, on his fifth trip to Puerto, Bredesen 

found himself in a lineup of international surf 

stars. 

“Sharing a line-up with surfers whom I respect 

is mind blowing,” he said. “The local Puerto community 

is especially deserving of respect. Oscar 

Moncada and Coco Nogales are two of the local 

surfers I look up to.” 

After charging through the shorebreak, Bredesen 

mistimed his paddle out and was thrashed 

by a double overhead, pitching lip. 

“It felt like a cement truck was pouring down 

on me while I was pinned to the ocean floor,” he 

said. 

On his second attempt to paddle out, he barely 

pushed through to the outside. 

“Once I got my bearings straight, a set wave 

came to me and I found my rhythm,” he said. 

“You have to catch that one right wave to get the 

rhythm going.” 

A freak left peaked 20 yards south and coming 

straight at him. 

“My eye lit up. I dropped into a Hail Mary,” he 

said. 

He was swallowed up by the 20 foot, closing 

tube, slide slipping at one point and grabbing a 

rail while going for broke. 

“When I was spit out, I realized I had just 

caught the barrel of my life,” he said. 

Bredesen’s current goal is to get a bomb at 

Mavericks, California’s most fabled big wave 

spot. Qualifying for the World Surf League Big 

Wave Tour is another fantasy that plays in his 

head, but it’s not what motivates him. 

“There are 1,000s of surfers better than me. I’m 

not even in the ballpark with some of the great 

South Bay, big wave surfers,” he said. “Chasing 

purple blobs is about growing. Besides the obvious 

growth as a surfer – trying to pull in deeper 

and catch bigger waves – you grow as a person. 

When you come back from a trip, you’re not the 

same person you were when you left.” PEN 


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Not only that, she’ll be going to Hawaii with them after the Anchorage 

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soaked in a few rays, intentionally or otherwise. 

Kyra Belle is thankful that her first experience of being out on the road, 

and doing show after show after show, is with a musical where her character 

doesn’t need to scream or cry hysterically several times a week. That 

could be quite draining. 

Indeed, she says, “Pretty much every time you walk off stage you’re smiling 

because that’s what your character’s just been doing, and especially 

after the finale (when) we hit three of the most (popular) ABBA songs and 

the crowd, every single night, is up on their feet and dancing. You see people 

singing the lyrics back to you and waving their arms in the air, and you 

just walk off so happy and proud of the show.” 

The “Mamma Mia!” national tour ends in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 12, 

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Photos by Adrienne Slaughter 

PTN HALLOWEEN BALL 

20th Anniversary at The Depot 

T 

he 20th Annual Halloween Ball benefiting the Children 

of Pediatric Therapy Network was held Oct. 11th by 

The Depot restaurant owner and chef Michael Shafer. 

The Torrance center was founded in 1996 by therapists and 

parents to provide research and education for special needs 

children. For more information visit PediatricTherapyNetwork.org 

1. Annual attendees 

Linda James, Malissa 

Tober, Michael and 

Melinda Limas. 

2. PTN’s CEO Terri 

Nishimura, Deanne Hanson, 

Fran Day, PTN’s 

Heather McGuire and Trisha 

Handel Lopez. 

3. South Bay locals and 

huge Halloween Ball 

supporters Rick Learned 

and Siva Zhang. 

4. Dressed as Gum Ball 

Machines are Sue Kent 

and Kathy Traeger of 

Manhattan Beach. 

5. Jellyfish Ernae Mothershed 

and Yae-lan Chiang. 

6. Sugar Mama and 

Sugar Daddy Cindy and 

David Berry with 

Scooby-Doo’s “Daphne” 

Charlotte Svolos of Torrance. 

7. Lori Tanioka, Takuma 

Kishimoto of Torrance 

with Mavis Bruder of 

Henderson, Nevada. 

8. Susan and David 

Weber with Pediatric 

Therapy Network’s client 

Brandon Tanioka. 

9. Steve Napolitano, 

Senior Deputy to Fourth 

District Supervisor Don 

Knabe, joins PTN’s Tanesha 

Sandoz, Judith Diamond 

and Alysia 

Medina. 

10. Leilani Kimmel- 

Dagostino, Officer Darryl 

Tatum, Adrienne and 

Brett Gross with The 

Depot’s owner/Chef 

Michael Shafer. 

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