Peninsula People April 2017

Volume XXI, Issue 9 April 2017

April 2017 • Peninsula 3

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Volume XXI, Issue 9 

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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 

Seed to Plate founder Nancy 

LeMargie with volunteer Katie Ages 

and the garden chickens. 

Photo by David Fairchild 

(DavidFairchildStudio.com) 

PROFILES 

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Panther pole vaulter 

by Randy Angel Jacqueline Ahrens sets a school record 

and strives for still higher goals, athletically and academically. 

Seed to plate 

by Esther Kang Horticulturist Nancy LeMargie cultivates 

crops and proud students in the school district’s program for 

young special needs students. 

Monterey Colonial 

by Stephanie Cartozian After three decades, a family 

prepares to part with a hillside home designed by H. Roy 

Kelley, the architect introduced Monterey Colonial architecture 

to the West Coast. 

Wine alchemist 

by Richard Foss Chemist Amir Afshar pursues making a 

premium wine free of allergy triggering sulfides. 

Heavenly kitchen 

by Richard Foss Gimbap, the Korean-style rice roll, and 

other Korean staples have made Rice Heaven the go-to place 

for Peninsula residents craving Korean food 

Bubble bath 

by Stuart Chaussee Price-to-book value shows stocks at 

the highest reading in history, other than the Tech Bubble. If 

history is a guide future returns are likely to be below-average 

or even negative. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

10 Vistas for Children Fashion Show 

14 Cherry Blossom Festival at Botanic Garden 

22 Rainmaker Software Soiree 

44 Muffins and Mozart 

56 Switzer’s Women of the Year 

60 Home and Garden Guide 

62 Hockey Heroes 

64 Vista Grande Elementary benefit 

65 Around and About 

66 Pen High / CSCRB’s Walk to Fight Cancer 

67 Peninsula Historical Society 

68 Temple Beth El 

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46 Peninsula calendar 

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

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show. The live auction included a Hollywood Magic Castle Seance with private 

dinner for 10 guests and an eight day Lake Tahoe vacation in a luxury 

log cabin. There were 350 guests and 30 vendors who sold their wares to a 

generous crowd, donating a portion of their proceeds to Vistas. The fashion 

show was presented by Suzanne Von Schaack, and Teri Nelson Carpenter. 

Reel Muzik Werks produced the sound and staging. The evening raised over 

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Cherry Blossom Festival 

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5 commemorating love and passion, as symbolized by the blooming cherry 

trees. Music in the Garden was presented by the Peninsula Committee of the Los 

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display for children to play. Guests picnicked and enjoyed lunch from the 

Okamoto Kitchen Food Truck. An 8-foot clown entertained the children with 

quips, bubbles and streamers and the gift shop and nursery were open for onlookers. 

In Japanese culture, the short cherry blossom season symbolizes the transient 

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Peninsula High 

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Jacqueline Ahrens 

is set to defend her 

CIF and Bay League 

titles 

Four years ago, Jacqueline 

Ahrens was looking toward 

making the frosh/soph girls 

tennis team during her first year at 

Peninsula High School. Setting a 

school record of any sort was the 

furthest thing from her mind. 

Now, as a senior deciding on 

which college to attend, Ahrens 

can boast of not only setting a 

school record but one she continues 

to break as she reaches new 

heights in the sport of pole vaulting. 

“I had played tennis growing 

up,” Ahrens said. “When my freshman 

season was over, I decided to 

go out for the track team. My only 

exposure to pole vaulting was 

watching it on television but it 

looked like fun.” 

At the Paramount Relays on 

March 5, 2016, Ahrens broke a 17- 

year-old school record with a 

height of 12 feet, 3 inches topping 

Leora Ward’s mark of 12-feet-2 set 

in 1999. 

She proceeded to have vaults of 

12-feet-6 in three consecutive 

meets last April before setting a 

personal best 12-feet-8 to win the 

Bay League championship. 

Ahrens captured the CIF-Southern 

Section Division 1 crown (12- 

feet-3), was fourth at the 

CIF-Masters Meet (12-foot-7) then 

finished eighth at the CIF State 

Meet (11-feet-8). 

Yet it was that first record-breaking 

performance that Ahrens considers 

the most memorable 

moment of her high school career. 

“I wasn’t expecting to break the 

record,” Ahrens recalled. “I was 

just so focused and it was one of 

those days when everything just 

came together.” 

Ahrens’ freshman year best 

mark was a mere 7-feet-6. She 

credits much of her success to 

coach Greg Miguel. 

“I wasn’t very good my freshman 

year but he has taught me so 

much,” Ahrens said. “Not just 

about pole vaulting but helping me 

grow as a person. Now I love pole 

vaulting. It’s such a challenging 

sport, both mentally and physically.” 

Ahrens improved dramatically 

throughout her sophomore season, 

finishing second in the Bay League

Peninsula’s Jacqueline Ahrens records a personal-best 12 feet, 8 inches at the 

2016 Bay League pole vault championships. Photos by Ray Vidal 

and fourth in CIF-SS Division 1. 

“Jacquelineʻs improvement between her freshman and sophomore year 

was surprising but another biggie was her improvement from 11-feet to 13- 

feet,” Miguel said. “She is so positive, focused and a joy to be around. Her 

work ethic has always been great. Neither rain nor heat has kept Jacqueline 

from workouts or planning and striving for her goals.” 

Despite her success, the Rancho Palos Verdes resident has her sights set 

on still loftier goals despite the pressure of a bullseye on her back after her 

breakout season in 2016. 

“I’m working extremely hard to continue that success,” Ahrens said. “I 

want to be more consistent while reaching the 13-foot range. I just want to 

have fun, which I’m doing as I continue to feel more comfortable. I got a 

late start in the sport, while many pole vaulters have a strong background 

in gymnastics.” 

Ahrens began this season with two podium finishes placing third at the 

California Winter State Championships (12-feet- 2.5”) and second at the 

prestigious Redondo Nike Track Festival (11-feet-9). 

“I’m taking things a little slow so I’m strong and jumping my best at the 

end of the season,” Ahrens said. “The competition in the Bay League is so 

strong that it really helps me prepare for CIF and State. My teammate Isabelle 

Beaudoin is always pushing me and going up against girls like Kaitlin 

Heri (Redondo) and Brigette Grau (Mira Costa) make me a better vaulter.” 

Ahrens practices almost daily, while also weight lifting, running sprints 

after every workout and improving her endurance and strength with longer 

runs. 

“The more power I have, the higher I can vault,” she explained. 

Along with Miguel, Ahrens trains with Anthony Curran. A previous 

coach of Miguel’s, Curran passes on a wealth of pole-vault knowledge. He 

started No Limit Sports Track & Field Club in 1984 and coaches athletes 

from middle school to Olympic levels. 

“I began training with Coach Curran a year ago,” Ahrens said. “He has 

me using bigger poles and, having instructed my high school coach, they 

both have the same styles of coaching.” 

Curran competed in the USA Olympic Trials (1980, 1984 and 1992) and 

was the 1982 Pac-10 champion while at UCLA. He also was California High 

School champion in 1977 and 1978 setting the National High School Record 

in 1978 at 17′ 4 1/4″. 

Ahrens is grateful to her parents Earl and Emily for their support and has 

also received inspiration while attending the Reno Pole Vault Summit the 

past two years, where she met Sandi Morris, a 2016 Olympic silver-medalist 

and 2010 pole vault winner at the USATF Junior Olympic Track and Field 

Championships. 

“Hearing Sandi’s story was very motivational for me,” Ahrens said. “She 

stressed the importance of finding the right fit at the right school. She taught 

how to be mentally strong. It’s very challenging to have the right mindset 

going into each meet.” 

Ahrens’ high marks are not limited to the field. She has a weighted GPA 

of over 4.8 and, with physics being her favorite subject, she is aspiring to 

become either a mechanical or material science engineer. 

Ahrens plans to continue competing in the pole vault at the collegiate 

level, but has yet to decide where she will take her talents. She has narrowed 

the selection to MIT, UCLA and UC Berkeley. 

Ahrens said she wants to be accepted by a college based on her academic 

performance and that her success as an athlete is an added bonus. 

“We’ll see where pole vaulting takes me,” Ahrens said. “Of course, it’s 

every athlete’s dream to compete in the Olympics, but that’s down the 

road.” 

Miguel believes the future is bright for Ahrens. 

“Jacqueline’s main strength, in my opinion, is her understanding of the 

sport, herself and how to manage all the activities student-athletes have 

during the season and year round,” Miguel said. “She has been a great role 

model, leader and captain the last two years.” 

Helping Ahrens develop her leadership skills has been her nine-year involvement 

with the Girl Scouts. She has been a troop leader for the past 

seven years. 

“It’s been a great part of my life,” Ahrens said. “I’ve really enjoyed leading 

the girls in the Mariner and Backpacking Skills competitions.” 

Despite her busy schedule, Ahrens recently began rock climbing. 

“It’s fun and a great workout,” Ahrens said. “The facility at Hangar 18 in 

Hawthorne is a fantastic place to climb. Someday I hope to climb real 

rocks.” PEN 



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Horticulturist Nancy LeMargie 

cultivates crops and proud students 

in the school district’s 

Seed to Plate program 

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Seed to Plate founder Nancy LeMargie (center) with volunteers Charlie Probst, Raxiel Palma, Katie Ages, Jonathan Schmidt, and Erick Holmes. 

Photos by David Fairhchild 

by Esther Kang 

The Seed to Plate Garden, a one-acre 

menagerie tucked next to the Little 

League field at Valmonte Elementary 

School in Palos Verdes Estates, is much 

larger than it appears upon first glance. 

Beyond the fenced entrance, a hand-painted 

box filled with succulents sits atop a rusted bicycle 

leaning against a Great Oak Tree, opposite a 

working nursery, where rows of potted plants 

and more succulents sit. A few steps farther in, a 

rustic rouge shed, adorned by yellow Lady Banks 

Rose vines and a handmade sign reading “Home 

Sweet Home,” is flanked by a brand new greenhouse 

built this past fall. The greenhouse faces 

the garden’s vast assortment of crops: 26 boxes 

filled with seasonal vegetables, including beets, 

carrots, peas, swiss chard, broccoli and kale. 

In a month or two, LeMargie’s students will be 

planting summer crops, everything from tomatoes, 

squash and peppers to corn and strawberries. 

The garden’s orchard — apples, lemons, 

kumquats — will be in full bloom, as well. 

On the other side of the garden is a chicken 

pen, with a dozen hens roaming. The chickens 

provide fertilizer and fresh eggs for the garden to 

sell. Beyond the pen is an unpretentious, twolevel 

amphitheater, with clay pots and plastic 

chairs strewn about. 

“Everybody wants a project,” garden manager 

Nancy LeMargie said fondly of her 10 specialneeds 

volunteers, who tend the garden five times 

a week. “The greenhouse isn’t even finished, and 

they’re like, ‘What’s our next project?’ They love 

to have something big to think about, to plan, to 

develop and build. We will never be finished 

down there. Never." 

Since 2001, LeMargie, a 58-year-old Gardena 

resident, has been spearheading the Seed to Plate 

program for special-needs students after being 

tapped by Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified District’s 

pupil services director Lynn Busia and 

Chez Melange restaurant owners Robert Bell and 

Michael Franks. Based on a similar program at a 

public elementary school for low-income kids in 

Berkeley, the Seed to Plate program is a leg of PV- 

PUSD’s Transition to Independence program for 

special needs individuals, between ages 18 and 

22. 

The first iteration of the garden took form in a 

much smaller 3,600-square-foot space in Palos 

Verdes High School’s parking lot. A few years 

later, the garden moved across the street to make 

way for a new building. LeMargie still uses that 

garden to teach horticulture to special needs and 

“regular ed” students at PVHS twice a week. She 

also teaches at Peninsula High twice a week. 

As for the Seed to Plate garden, it has called the 

space at Valmonte Elementary home since 2013. 

With the help of many gracious individuals — including 

the school principal Shirley Resich and 

her husband John, as well as LeMargie’s carpenter 

husband Rick, volunteers from EnrichLA and 

major donor Silver Spur Garden Club — 

LeMargie, her students and their assistants built 

the garden from ground up, starting with an extensive 

irrigation system. The students sow, 

weed, water and harvest the crops, which are 

sold weekly to Chez Melange in Redondo Beach’s 

Riviera Village. 

Born to parents from farm towns in Minnesota, 

LeMargie grew up in Torrance when sidewalks 

were still a novelty. As a child, she was always 

drawn to the outdoors — particularly the vast 

fields where Del Amo Mall and Union Bank now 

sit. 

“In those days, the ‘60s, we could just run 

around for hours,” she recalled fondly. “Our parents 

would say, ‘Come home before dark.’ We 

were just immersed in nature." 

While she mowed the family lawn growing up, 

it wasn’t until LeMargie had children that she 

delved into the world of horticulture. She regularly 

took her two little kids to the Lomita Public 

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things, then started reading a lot. Lots and lots of books." 

LeMargie began taking classes at the Southern California Regional Occupational 

Center (SCROC), which would become her second home for 

the next two decades. She walked into the registration office to sign up for 

the morning class, which she would attend when her kids were in school. 

The class was labeled “Horticulture Special.” She found on the first day of 

class that it was a course for special needs students. 

“So I landed in the class, no experience with special needs people, sitting 

there with my little notebook,” she recalled with a laugh. “The teacher’s 

looking at me like, okay?" 

She had looked into working as a groundskeeper for the City of Torrance, 

where the job description called for mowing lawns, trimming bushes and 

the like. But by the third day at SCROC, she set her sights on a new goal: 

teaching horticulture. Within a year of taking classes there, she was promoted 

to her teacher Mike Pack's assistant. A few years later, she earned 

her teaching credential in horticulture and became a full-time teacher for 

both special-needs and other students at SCROC and later at Palos Verdes 

and Peninsula high schools. 

This past year, after two decades, LeMargie left her teaching job at 

SCROC. The decision was timed to the retirement of her husband Rick, 

who worked there as a custodian. She’s ecstatic that she now gets to spend 

more time at the Seed to Plate garden with her students. Small, everyday 

moments are fleeting but remind her of the significance of the garden. 

“Today, one of the students in a wheelchair smiled at me for the first 

time — I’ve known him for three years,” she said, fighting tears. “It’s just 

the beauty of them, of each individual.” 

Most of the current volunteers have been part of this program for two to 

three years now, she said. She’s observed increased self-esteem with each 

responsibility she entrusts them with. On a daily basis, the students also 

practice important life skills such as timeliness and cleaning up after oneself. 

“Being given the responsibility of a pitch fork, it’s a lot of trust,” 

LeMargie said. 

Looking forward, LeMargie hopes to build a working kitchen in the garden, 

where she and the students can make jam and marmalade from the 

orchard and other dishes from their harvest. 

“I just love the type of person who is drawn to gardening,” she said, “because 

we all just click. We all are drawn there, like a beam of light on our 

heads.” 

Seed to Table Garden will hold its inaugural spring plant sale May 5 - 7 

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plants, pots, garden art and funds as donations. For more information, contact 

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Ascent to Paradiso 

by Stephanie Cartozian 

This California Monterey style home was designed by H. Roy Kelley who served on the Presidential Building Commission in 1931. Photo by Peter McMenamin 

An architectural, hillside landmark as pristine and inviting now as it must have been back in 1929 

Somonte is a Spanish word meaning a field on the slopes of a mountain. 

When the Marottas first purchased this California Monterey style 

manse on Via Somonte 33 years ago, part of its appeal was its vast 

openness, a feeling of ascent over paradise. The home was designed by the 

revered architect H. Roy Kelley, who was appointed by Herbert Hoover in 

1931 to serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Home Building. 

Kelley, who was educated at Cornell University and settled in Los Angeles 

from New York nine years prior to designing the Marotta residence, had 

many other notable achievements including the design of the RAND headquarters 

in Santa Monica and the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in Los 

Angeles. He is thought to have brought the ranch style of residential design 

to the West. This home seems to have all the style and charm of the Monterey 

Colonial architectural style, which is characterized by two stories, 

continuous surrounding porches, hip roof and adobe style walls, essentially 

considered to be Spanish. 

Owner Alfred Marotta is an attorney specializing in defending injured 

workers through workers compensation insurance. He used to work on 

the opposing side as an insurance adjustor — a part time job that helped 

him through law school — so he has an understanding of both halves of 

the equation and the intricacies involved. He opened his own practice 30 

years ago, around the same time he purchased this estate. His office is in 

Norwalk by the courthouse. 

“I’ve been fighting for workers all my life,” he said. “All the way up to 

the Supreme Court.” 

“I haven’t made a lot of money as an attorney,” he added. “My wealth 

has been made because of investments, like property I owned in Hawaii 

The master bedroom and most of the home have oak hardwood floors and a 

style and character that is nostalgic of old Palos Verdes. Photo by Tony LaBruno 


The living room. In the corner is an organ and other instruments the six Marotta children grew up playing. Photo by Peter McMenamin 

and property from my mother and father’s 

estate.” 

His mission is helping injured workers 

obtain the medical care they need to 

return to work. 

“They want to go back to work,” he 

said. “They really want to work. The 

perception may be different, but they 

want to feel like they are contributing 

to society and that they are worth something.” 

Inside the residence are collected 

family treasures, including a corner in 

the living room dedicated to the instruments 

his six children have played. Although 

Marotta does not play an 

instrument himself, his now grown 

children have played the trombone, 

flute, organ, guitar, bass, clarinet and violin. 

He has five sons and one daughter 

(and asks us, kiddingly, to guess which 

is the spoiled one). Over the years, 

The backyard view looking down on an enclosure that used to be an open patio in a different time. 

Photo by Peter McMenamin 

Paradiso cont. on page 35 

April 2017 • Peninsula People 33

34 Peninsula People • April 2017

Paradiso cont. from page 33 

Marotta hosted high school classical 

music concerts in his home. He 

still marvels at students’ musical 

prowess, and considers music to be 

an important accompaniment to 

any standard education. 

Perhaps Marotta’s experience 

handling properties has led him to 

be such a rigorous steward of this 

particular estate. The two story 

villa is over 3,300 sq. ft., with 4 

bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. As one 

ascends the gracious stairways 

leading to the covered terrace and 

then to the front door, there is a 

feeling of sanctuary and timelessness. 

The oak, planked flooring 

and exposed beam ceilings exude 

warmth and hospitality. The 

wrought iron stair railings have 

heart shapes throughout. The oversized 

archways are framed with intricate 

wood carvings. The home is 

as pristine and inviting now as it 

must have been back in 1929. Yet, 

there are modern enhancements, 

like a windowed elevator that rises 

from the garage to the main level. 

The home’s covered terraces and 

Queen’s Necklace views from 

most vantage points show that the 

original acquirers took their time 

selecting this lot. 

“The foundation goes down six 

feet,” Marotta said, marveling at 

the bygone craftsmanship taken to 

build such a home. 

Posing for a photo with his son 

Gregory outside on the terrace, 

Marotta is reflective. Three 

decades of his family’s life transpired 

in this grand setting. 

“I usually sit out here and have a 

glass of wine in the evenings,” he 

said. 

What new family traditions will 

be made here in the future have 

yet to be seen as the home currently 

awaits its new residents.. PEN 

Alfred Marotta and his son Gregory, 

on the terrace of the two story villa 

overlooking the coastline and city. 

Photo by Tony LaBruno 



BlissWithout 

Penalty 

by Richard Foss 

A 

Amir Afshar in the wine cellar of his Rancho Palos Verdes home. Photo by Brad Jacobson 

A Chemist Seeks To Change Winemaking 

mir Afshar has spent much of his career thinking about but all over that part of the world,” he said. “My family 

preservation of metal, wood, and other materials, as were grape growers for generations and before the Islamic 

well as the lives of American military personnel. Revolution there was a great tradition of winemaking there. 

“I am a chemical engineer and am part owner of Farmers used to sell a lot of grapes to French people who 

three paint companies,” Afshar said. “We have been made wine in our town, but that business went downhill 

involved in formulating paint for military uses, situations 

where it has to be extremely resistant to and started growing apples… There were once 200 species 

after the Shah was overthrown. They got rid of all the vines 

anything that can be thrown at it — not just the of grapes in that region, and I don’t know how many are 

usual corrosion but acids and chemical left.” 

weapons.” 

Though the French winemakers in Urmia made wine in 

Those challenges would be enough to fully international styles, Afshar’s family followed an ancient tradition 

that involved more luck than skill. 

occupy most people, but over the past decade 

Afshar has also been considering another kind “There was a traditional Persian style of winemaking that 

of preservation. He is a wine lover, diagnosed was all natural — they didn’t add anything, they didn’t do 

with an allergic reaction to the sulfites that anything except preserve the grape juice and let it become 

are used to preserve wine, as well as dried wine,” Afshar said. “Whatever comes up, comes up, and it 

fruits, shellfish and some meats. He is putting 

his skills as a chemist to work to make cial winemaking, it was just for our own use. The wines 

might not come out as wine sometimes. It was not commer- 

wine that he, and the estimated five to did not last long, so you drank it that year like the French 

eight percent of Americans who also experience 

sulfite intolerance, can enjoy. The limited shelf life was partly because the wine con- 

Beaujolais Nouveau.” 

Wine has always been a part of tained no sulfates. The use of sulfur in winemaking goes 

Amir’s life, even when he was still living 

in northern Iran, near the border wineries with sulfurous smoke to drive away insects and 

back to the ancient Greeks, who started fumigating their 

with Azerbaijan. 

pests. They discovered that wine stored in jars exposed to 

“I was born in a city called Urmia the smoke lasted longer. The practice had become a science 

in the far northwest of Iran that was by 1820, when pioneering food chemist Frederick Accum 

famous for grapes, not only in Iran included a chapter on sulphuring wine in his book on wine- 


making. At the time, nobody recognized 

it could cause health problems 

in some people. 

“Every time I drank wines containing 

sulfites my hands and feet 

swelled, I started itching, I had 

headaches,” Afshar said. “I had the 

same problem when I ate dried apricots 

or raisins. I didn’t touch wine 

for a couple of years after I was diagnosed. 

One day a friend brought 

a bottle and insisted that I try it. I 

told him that I couldn’t drink wine, 

but he insisted — he told me it was 

homemade and he thought I wouldn’t 

have problems. He was right; I 

drank it and felt just fine. That was 

17 years ago. That was when I 

started becoming interested in 

home winemaking.” 

Home winemaking allowed Afshar 

to enjoy wine again, but not the 

kind he liked most. He had come to 

appreciate the developed tannins 

and more complex flavor imparted 

by long aging. The wines he and his 

friends made were deficient in that 

regard. 

“Those wines were good but fragile, 

and they had to be enjoyed the 

same year,” he said. “After six 

months my wine started changing 

flavor and losing color because it 

was oxidizing. I started doing a lot 

of research, reading and studying 

what had been done in previous 

centuries. One thing they did, which 

is not practical for commercial 

winemakers, is to store it in silver. 

They didn’t know why this works, 

but it does. Silver has an antibacterial 

effect. It’s not something that we 

can do for wine storage on a grand 

scale, but it was interesting to know 

that something else worked at all.” 

As Afshar started looking at the 

whole winemaking process, he 

came to the conclusion that many 

things are done just because they’ve 

always been done that way. 

“Corks are not the best way to seal 

a wine, it’s the worst way. Corks are 

a natural product but they’re unpredictable,” 

he said. “They can have 

cracks and other flaws, including 

pockets of bacteria that infect the 

wine. People used to think of screw 

caps or synthetic corks as a sign of 

cheap wine. Now some excellent 

wines are abandoning natural corks. 

In Persia they sealed the wine with 

bread dough. In other places they 

used a wooden or clay plug covered 

with beeswax. 

“It’s the same with barrels. They 

were the most convenient technology 

1,000 years ago, but it isn’t the 

best thing for all wines. Oak barrels 

give tannins and flavors that you 

want in red wine, and the oak itself 

has antibacterial properties, but a 

crack in the wood can let in more 

oxygen than the winemaker intends. 

The Greeks and Romans aged their 

wines in ceramic amphorae. Modern 

winemakers like me get the 

same effect by aging in steel or 

glass.” 

Afshar’s effort to eliminate sulfites 

encountered a problem: winemakers 

use sulfites because they 

eliminate bacteria that spoils wine. 

“There are bacteria on every surface, 

including the skins of the 

grape,” he said. “The industry’s answer 

to this is to spray the grapes 

with a solution that contains sulfites. 

But there is another way to do 

that. I have been working on a mix 

of chemicals that evaporates with 

no residue left on the grape. It is like 

ozone, which kills bacteria on contact 

but is a gas. I am taking methods 

from other areas and applying 

them to winemaking.” 

After eliminating sulfites in the 

early stages of production, Afshar 

moved on to aging. 

“There are food grade antioxidants 

that some people take as dietary 

supplements but that aren’t 

usually used for wine,” he said. 

“They are not as effective as sulfites 

individually, but when used in the 

right balance they don’t affect the 

taste or color of wine, and they 

don’t cause allergic reactions. It took 

me years to come up with the successful 

combination.” 

Though there are some non-sulfited 

wines on the market already, 

they are rare, usually drunk very 

young, and are generally more expensive. 

Though the antioxidants 

that Afshar uses are more expensive 

than sulfites, he is confident his new 

processes will create a sulfite-free 

wine that can be sold at only a modest 

price premium. He is in the 

process of getting licenses and trademarks 

to produce his wine commercially. 

“As soon as I get my approvals, 

I’m ready to go commercial,” Afshar 

said. “I’ll start with 100 cases. If that 

sells out, 1,000. If that sells out I’ll 

double it. I have people who want 

to buy now because they have bad 

reactions to most wines, but not 

mine. They’re ready to put down 

deposits now, even though I won’t 

be able to have it on the market for 

two years. Once I have the winery 

running I may quit the paint and 

coatings business because I enjoy 

this a lot more. This is my future, 

my family’s future. I have been 

doing this for years, and it has 

proven to work over and over. I 

don’t see why it wouldn’t take off.” PEN 





RPV Residents 

Do you change your automobile oil and filter? If you do, call EDCO your trash/recycling 

hauler and arrange for a free pickup. Then, place your used oil and/or filter in a tightly 

sealed container or ziplock bag. EDCO will pick them up and drop off an oil recycling kit 

that contains a 15-quart drip pan, empty 1-gallon container, funnel, shop rag, cardboard 

floor mat and information on used oil and filter. Call EDCO at 310-540-2977 or go to 

www.rpvrecycles.com. 

Household Hazardous Waste/Electronic Waste Roundup 

Sat. April 8th from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm 

RPV Civic Center, 30940 Hawthorne Bl. 

Composting Workshop (Beginners Level) 

Sat. April 15th from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, Hesse Park, Fireside Room 

Document Shredding/Electronic Waste Roundup/Free Mulch Giveaway 

Sat. April 22nd from 8 am to 11 am 

RPV Civic Center, 30940 Hawthorne Bl. (RPV Residents Only) 

For Household Hazardous Waste (including Sharps disposal) 

and Electronic Waste Disposal, go to: 

Gaffey SAFE Center 

Address: 1400 N Gaffey St, San Pedro, 90731 

Phone: 800.988.6942 

Open Saturdays and Sundays 

from 9am to 3pm 



Muffins and Mozart 

Celebrates composer’s life 

On a rain drenched Saturday morning, February 18, St. Peter's by the 

Sea hosted a family breakfast and concert at Reeves Hall. Volunteers 

served up enormous platters of gourmet muffins, hot bacon and eggs, 

fruit and lots of fresh Starbucks coffee. The breakfast with friends was 

followed by a kid friendly performance by Pat Maki and Campus Concerts 

highlighting the music and life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Proceeds 

from the fundraiser went towards supporting St. Peter's Pre-School 

programs and facilities. 

1. Ann Shaw and Laura Bettis. 

2. Romina, Daniel and Lukas Mariani- 

Simacek. 

3. Hope, Dan, Holly and Abigail 

Bolton. 

4. Romina Mariani-Simacek, Alexis 

White and Danica King. 

5. Elle, Sara and Stella McKown. 

6. Araceli Orozco, Carol Kollmer, 

Laura Bettis and Ann Shaw. 


7. Dorian Gomez, Martha Hynes M.D., 

Donna Gomez and Tom Hynes. 

8. Eric, Caden, Danica, Naomi and 

Kiran King. 

9. Tony Gonzalez, Don Mottinger and 

Bill Schurmer. 

10. Dan Bolton, Pastor Paul Barrett 

and Ross Bolton. 

11. (Front) Elle McKown, Elisa Arai, 

Mattie and Hattie Cartozian and (back) 

Romina Mariani-Simacek. 

12. Aislin Ard, Lily and Isla Hansen. 

13. Carol Mead, Pat Maki, Anna Adkisson, 

Cathy Biagini and Darren Mc- 

Cann. 

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CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS 

Compiled by Teri Marin 

You can email your event to our address: penpeople@easyreadernews.com 

All submissions must be sent by the 10th of each month prior to event taking place. 

Saturday, March 25 

Slime Snails & Slugs 

Join Natural History Museum’s Jann Vendetti to become a snail and slug citizen 

scientist. 11 a.m. White Point Nature Education Center & Preserve, 1600 

W. Paseo del Mar in San Pedro. Free. RSVP to pvplc.org: Events & Activities/Whitepoint 

Presentations or call (310) 541-7613. 

Vietnam Veterans Day 

Honoring Vietnam Veterans on The Battleship IOWA Museum. The Point Vicente 

Chapter NSDAR, and co-hosted by The Battleship IOWA Museum. Individual 

bronze lapel pin presented to all Vietnam Veteran attendees. The 

ceremony, open to everyone, will also be marked with other festivities, presentations, 

musical entertainment and more! 11 a.m. 250 S. Harbor Blvd., 

Berth 87, San Pedro. Pacificbattleship.com. 

Sunday, March 26 

Holiday Concert 

Long Ago and Far Away: A Musical Odyssey. The Palos Verdes Symphonic 

Band will perform. 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 (adults) and $10 (youth 18 and 

younger), plus a $5 facility fee to both. Purchase tickets directly from the Norris 

Box Office: (310) 544-0403 x 221 or palosverdesperformingarts.com. Norris 

Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates. 

Friday, March 31 

Nature & Me Storytime 

Share the joy of reading with your children and introduce them to the beauty 

of our natural surroundings. Geared for 2-5 years. 9:30 - 10 a.m. For more 

information contact Marisa Perley at (310) 377-9584 x 238 or email mperley@pvld.org. 

George F Canyon Nature Center, 27305 Palos Verdes Drive 

East, Rolling Hills Estates. 

Saturday, April 1 

Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 

Free Family Hike at 9 a.m. Bring your family and join a naturalist guide to 


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discover habitat, wildlife and more on an easy hike up George F Canyon with 

amazing views of the city. 27305 Palos Verdes Dr. E, Rolling Hills. (310) 547- 

0862 or RSVP at: pvplc.org, Events & Activities. 

Outdoor Volunteer Day 

Portuguese Bend Reserve, Rancho Palos Verdes, 9 a.m. – noon. Help restore 

important wildlife habitat while looking out at a beautiful view. Sign up at 

pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 

Beauty of Nature film series – Seasons 

An awe-inspiring tale about the “golden age of forests.” A visually stunning 

film by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud who brought us “Winged Migration.” 

$10. Youth free. 5:30 p.m. at Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th 

Street, San Pedro. Tickets: pvplc.org, Events & Activities. 

The Step Crew 

The Step Crew boasts three world-class fiddlers backed by an amazing fivepiece 

ensemble plus three styles of exhilarating dance forms - Irish step, Ottawa 

Valley step and percussive tap. 8 p.m. Tickets $55-$65, with a $10 

discount for children 12 and under. Call the box office at (310) 544-0403 or 

go to palosverdesperformingarts.com. Norris Theater, 27570 Norris Center 

Drive in Rolling Hills Estates. 


Beginners Composting in RPV 

Workshop with water-wise gardening information 9:30 - 11 a.m. at Hesse 

Park. Discounted compost and worm bins for sale (cash or check only) after 

the workshop. Open to all interested gardening enthusiasts. 29301 

Hawthorne Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes, Fireside Room. For information go to: 

smartgardening.com or rpvca.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/1148. 

Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna 

Joanna Medawar Nachef Singers presents Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. 

The JMS Singers will feature more of Lauridsen’s music in the second half such 

as: O Magnum Mysterium, Sure on This Shining Night, and Dirait On. At the 

Palos Verdes Performing Arts Norris Theatre 27570 Norris Center Drive, 

Rolling Hills Estate. 7:30 p.m. pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. For tickets visit 

palosverdesperformingarts.com or call (310) 544-0403 x221. 

Tuesday, April 4 

Jester Phund-raiser 

Join the laugh fest with stand-up comedian Ian Bagg at The Jester & Pharley 

Phund’s Phun Night at the Comedy & Magic Club, 1018 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa 

Beach. Proceeds from ticket sales will provide David Saltzman’s bestselling 

“The Jester Has Lost His Jingle” to hospitalized children with cancer. 

(310) 544-4733 to reserve your ticket. 

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Easter Egg Hunt 

BYOB – Bring your own basket to the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the lighthouse. 

Join an old-fashion egg hunt and crafts10:30 a.m., for children ages 4 to 10. 

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Younger siblings are welcome 

to participate, but egg prizes may not be appropriate for children under four. 

Lucky egg hunters may find a golden egg which is good for a special gift. Pt. 

Fermin Lighthouse, 807 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro. 

Welcome Zorman 

Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay concludes its 2016-17 Season with a 

gala performance at the Norris Theatre at 8 pm. The featured soloist is 2011 

International Tchaikovsky Competition winner violinist Itamar Zorman. 2017- 

18 season will be announced and the audience will be invited to a reception 

following the concert. There will be a Preview Talk by Chuck Klaus, starting at 

7:15 p.m. Single tickets are $63 and will be available through the Norris Theatre 

Box Office, (310) 544-0403, ext. 221. Further information on the COSB 

and its future concerts can be found by visiting mycosb.org. 

Cactus, Succulent show & sale 

The two-day show (Saturday and Sunday) features stunning displays of exotic 

and dazzling plants staged by expert growers. This is your opportunity to 

recreate sculptural beauties in your own home or drought-tolerant garden. 

Choose from thousands of rare and beautiful cactus and succulents and to 

speak with the experts on how to display and care for them. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula. 

Entry includes admission to the Garden: adults $9; seniors and students $6; 

child 5-12 $4; under 5 free. Garden members free. For more information see 

southcoastcss.org or the garden at (310) 544-6815. 

DAVID FAIRCHILD PHOTOGRAPHY 

"Its Like You’re There All Over Again" 

310-316-5547 WWW.DAVIDFAIRCHILDSTUDIO.COM 

Guided nature walk 

Presented by the Palos Verdes Peninsula 

Land Conservancy. Experience 

the impressively restored 28-acre Linden 

H. Chandler Preserve with its 

lush oasis of riparian habitat and 

home for the rare Palos Verdes blue 

butterfly. Moderate walk. Free and 

open to the public. 9 a.m. 916 Silver 

Spur Rd. #207, Rolling Hills Estates. 

(310) 541-7613 ext. 201 or sign up 

at pvplc.org/_events/Nature- 

WalkRSVP.asp. 

Stories, Songs and More 

All at the White Point Nature Education 

Center, 1600 W. Paseo Del 

Mar, San Pedro,10 a.m. Share the 

joy of storytelling with your children 

and introduce them to the beauty of 

the natural surroundings. Your family 

will enjoy spending time with retired 

Children’s Librarian Carla Sedlacek 

for stories and activities featuring nature 

themes, exciting props and 

songs. Free. RSVP at: pvplc.org. 

5 Outstanding Musicians 

The five finalists in the Peninsula 

Symphony’s 2017 Edith Knox Young 

Artists Competition will perform with 

piano accompaniment for professional 

judging. First-prize winner will 

be announced at the end of the pro- 


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gram and will solo with the Symphony 

at its June 18, Norris Foundation 

concert. Free and open to the 

public. 2 p.m. Redondo Union High 

School Auditorium, 1 Sea Hawk 

Way, Redondo Beach. Pensym.org. 

Sunday, April 9 

Mozart's Requiem Mass 

Community Concert 

From darkness to light, grief to hope, 

Mozart's Requiem sets the traditional 

prayers of the Requiem Mass to 

spectacular music. St. Peter's by the 

Sea Festival Choir with professional 

orchestra and soloists, along with 

Music Director, Dr. Mark Bennett, invite 

you to our community concert at 

3:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary . We 

offer this concert in the hope that it 

will serve as a memorial to our loved 

ones. 6410 Palos Verdes Drive 

South, RPV. 310.377.6882, StPetersPres.org. 

Full Moon Hike 

Wth the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land 

Conservancy. Explore nocturnal 

sights with an expert naturalist under 

a full moon at the George F Canyon 

Nature Preserve. Must be age 9 and 

up. $12 per person. Reservations required 

at pvplc.org, Events & Activities. 

Tuesday, April 11 

Photography Contest 

Deadline for photographic entries 

from amateur photographers of all 

ages for the first ever Point Fermin 

Photography Contest. Participation is 

free; subject is the freshly painted 

lighthouse. Email kristen.heather@ 

lacity.org for questions and/or an 

entry form or pick up an entry form 

at the lighthouse. Winning entries 

displayed at the lighthouse during 

the “Tea by the Sea” event April 29. 

807 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro. 

Thursday, April 13 

Needle Artists 

Chapter of the American Needlepoint 

Guild will hold its monthly 

meeting at 10 a.m. at Ports O’Call 

Restaurant, 1200 Nagoya Way, 

San Pedro. Tomoko Takahashi will 

be lecturing on the art of Sachiko 

embroidery. Call 424-224-9254 for 

further information. 

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Wednesday, April 12 

The Palos Verdes Woman's Club 

Luncheon speaker will present an update on the Norris Center for the Performing 

Arts. Noon. Rolling Hills Country Club, 27000 Palos Verdes Drive East. 

Cost of the luncheon is $32. For information, reservations call Beverly Teresinski, 

310-378-1349. 

Friday, April 14-23 

Pippin at PV High 

Palos Verdes High School Drama Department will present the musical Pippin 

for eight performances. Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin 

is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. April 14-15 and 21- 

22 at 7 p.m., April 15, 22-23 at 2 p.m., and April 20 at 3:30 p.m. in the 

MPR at Palos Verdes High School, 600 Cloyden Road in Palos Verdes Estates. 

$20 for adults; $15 for students. Tickets can be purchased at pvhsdrama.com 

or at the door if seats still available. For further information, (310) 378-8471, 

ext. 237. 


Poetry & Music 

Surf Writers Annual Poetry and Music. Guitarist and poet, Richard Leach, performing 

and reading some of his work, followed by ten local poets and a closing 

performance by guitarist and poet, Ildy Lee. Free. 1:30-3:30 p.m. In the 

Gallery at the Malaga Cove Library, 2400 via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates.For 

more information contact mltrvlarng@hotmail.com. 


Help restore the unique Alta Vicente Reserve canyon habitat, home to many 

threatened and endangered wildlife species. 9 a.m. – noon. Alta Vicente Reserve, 

30940 Hawthorne Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes. Sign up at pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 


Easter photos, food fun 

Celebrate Easter Sunday at St. Peter's by the Sea with three unique Easter 

Worship Services: 8 a.m. -Contemplative 

in Reeves Hall, 9:15 a.m.-Traditional 

in the Sanctuary, and 11 

a.m.-Informal in the Sanctuary. At 

noon enjoy an egg hunt on the lawn 

for the kids including a light food 

faire for all. Complimentary family 

photos. Childcare & Church School 

at 9:15 & 11 a.m. All are welcome. 

StPetersPres.org or 310-377-6882. 

6410 Palos Verdes Drive South, RPV. 

Wed., April 19 

Birding with Wild Birds 

Unlimited 

Explore the birds making a home in 

the restored habitat at this beautiful 

preserve. Binoculars supplied for beginners. 

The program is free. All 

ages welcome. 8:30 a.m. White 

Point Nature Preserve, 1600 W. 

Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro. RSVP at: 

pvplc.org, Events & Activities. 



South Coast Rose Society 

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

Palos Verdes Peninsula with social hour beginning at 7 p.m. Society member 

Sharon Van Enoo will be speaking on how to prepare your roses for showing 

at rose shows. For further information, please see 

Facebook. 

Friday, April 21 

The Music Man 

With a crash of cymbals and a blast of horns, Meredith Willson's Tony Awardwinning 

musical comedy, “The Music Man,” will march into the Norris Theatre 

accompanied by a full orchestra. Performances are April 21-May 7 at 8 p.m. 

Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Ticket prices $30- 

-$65. To purchase tickets call the box office at (310) 544-0403 or go to 

palosverdesperformingarts.com. The Norris Theatre is located at 27570 Norris 

Center Drive in Rolling Hills Estates. 


RPV Brush Clearing 

EDCO’s residential event starts for five consecutive Saturdays, each week concentration 

on a different area in RPV depending on regular collection day. 

Today’s brush clearing is for Monday routes. For more info go to 

www.rpvca.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/9366 or www.rpvrecycles.com. 

Earth Day 

Celebration at White Point Nature Preserve 1600 W. Paseo Del Mar, San 

Pedro, 9 a.m. - noon. Families are invited to participate by helping to beautify 

the native garden and trails, taking a guided hike through the preserve, enjoy 

special nature inspired art activities, and much more! Lunch and gifts sponsored 

by Toyota. RSVP at: pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 

Composting 101 

White Point Nature Education Center & Preserve, 1600 W. Paseo Del Mar, 

San Pedro April 11a.m. – Compost to a greener tomorrow with Denise Epport, 

President of Trifomis Corporation. Free. RSVP to: pvplc.org: Events & Activities/White 

Point Presentations or call (310) 541-7613. 


RPV’s Free Shredding & 

E-Waste Roundup 

EDCO and the City of RPV sponsor 

a free document/paper shredding 

event 8 a.m to 11 a.m. at the RPV 

Civic Center (City Hall) Parking lot 

located at 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 

Certified shredding trucks will shred 

the material on-site. Limit of 3 storage 

size boxes per household. Event 

exclusive to RPV residents (EDCO 

customers) only. Electronics waste 

will be collected also. Free mulch 

available on a self-serve, self-load, 

self-haul basis, while supplies last. 

Bring your shovel and cans. Limit of 

2 cans per household. Please follow 

the “Special Event” traffic control 

plan. rpvca.gov/Document Center/View/6892, 

or call EDCO at 

310-540-2977. 

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Walk the Walk Fundraiser 

Assistance League fundraiser to provide dental care, and school attire for disadvantaged 

children. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. 600 Sampson Way at 5th and Harbor, 

San Pedro. Registration $20. Call 310-832-8355 x221. 

Monday, April 24 

Seahorse Classic 

The 28th Annual Seahorse Classic, hosted by Peninsula Committee Children’s 

Hospital, at Palos Verdes Country Club. All proceeds benefit the Associates 

Sarcoma Program Chair at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Golf, gourmet 

boxed lunch, dinner, silent and live auctions, and raffle. Longest drive, holein-one 

opportunities and more. To register, visit seahorseclassic.com. For information 

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Wings of Freedom 

Western Museum of Flight Wings of Freedom ground tours and flights. The 

Collings Foundation aircraft (B-24, B-25, B-17, and TF-51) will visit the museum 

April 27-30. Aircraft will be open for ground tours from approximately 10 

a.m. - 3 p.m. $15 for adults; $5 for children 12 and under. Flight experiences 

in the bombers are available for $400 to $450 and may be booked directly 

with Collings at collingsfoundation.org/flight or by calling (978) 562-9182. 

No reservations needed. 3315 Airport Drive, Torrance. 

Las Candalistas 2017 

Spring event celebrating 50 years of giving with Out of Africa. Have a won- 


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Lunch is served at noon. Adults $70. To make reservations: lascandalistas.org. 

Information (310) 798-7499, pick up reserved tickets at the entrance. 

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31st Annual Circle Garden Party 

“Delectable Living, Delightful and Delicious,” a two-stop garden party behind 

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The 31st annual tour is presented by The Circle, a support group for the Palos 

Verdes Art Center/Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education. Tickets include 

a TGIS catered lunch at the Art Center, 5504 W. Crestridge Rd., Rancho Palos 

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Lighthouse tour and photos 

Enjoy tea in a garden setting at the Pt. Fermin Lighthouse Tea by the Sea boutique. 

Adults can tour the lighthouse; monitors will be stationed in each room. 

Garden guides will allow for self directed tours. A boutique of local artisans 

will be assembled for attendees. Winners of the Photo Contest will be on display 

in the lighthouse. 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pt. Fermin Lighthouse, 807 Paseo 

del Mar, San Pedro. 

RPV Brush Clearing Events 

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on a different area depending on regular collection day. Today’s 

event is for Tuesday routes. For more info go to www.rpvca.gov/Document- 

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noon. Reservation required by April 26. Sign up at pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 

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South Bay Women of the Year 

Awards Luncheon 

Switzer Learning Center's 17th Annual South Bay Women of 

the Year Awards Luncheon was held on March 10th at the 

Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. The prestigious honorees are pillars 

of their communities. Paula Del Vicario was honored for her 

community service particularly in music. Merrietta Fong was 

recognized for her civic leadership. Peggy Tremayne was recognized 

for her work in education and Sue Chen was recognized 

for her work in social awareness. All the honorees are actively 

involved with serving the community on many levels and the 

luncheon was to bring attention to their individual accomplishments. 

To learn more visit www.switzercenter.org. 

1. John Arensdorf, Honoree Sue Chen, Allison 

Nieuwenhuis and Kenny Leung. 

2. Ann Ehrenclou, Alanna Kennedy, Janet 

Ceske, Carole LaCaze and Val Noguchi. 

3. Robin Taub Comer, Janet Payne, Donna 

Duperron, South Bay Deputy for Janice 

Hahn Mark Waronek and Barbara Graham. 

4. Auction art piece designed by autistic 

kids in the school. 

5. Executive director of Switzer Rebecca 

Foo, Jann Feldman and Judith Borck. 

6. Honoree Sue Chen, Executive director of 

Switzer Rebecca Foo. 

7. Rachel Bigley, Charlotte and Russ 

Lesser, Geri Isara, Mark Matuso and Martin 

Serna. 

8. Mike Molina, Ruben Barajas, Executive 

director of Switzer Rebecca Foo, Torrance 

city councilman Mike Griffiths, Geoff Rizzo, 

Torrance city council member Heidi 

Ashcraft and Torrance city councilman Dr. 

Milton Herring. 

9. South Bay Women of the Year Peggy 

Tremayne, Paula Del Vicario, Merrietta Fong 

and Sue Chen. 

10. Student honorees Marranda Hollis, 

Carolina Resendiz, Maya Smith and 

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Heaven 

a bit like 

home 

by Richard Foss 

Rice Heaven offers Korea’s answer to home cooking 

As much as I like to cook, there are times 

when I open the refrigerator, rummage 

through the pantry, and just can’t see 

anything that looks like a meal. On another day, 

inspiration might strike from that same view, 

but today it just isn’t happening. My wife 

comes home and I suggest a restaurant, and 

what do you know, that’s the same thing she 

had for lunch. 

Sound familiar? On days like this we have a 

go-to restaurant that serves a little of this, a little 

of that, a place where we always get a good 

meal and nobody’s wallet gets pinched too 

tightly. Sometimes we even get everything to go 

so my wife can have dinner in a bathrobe and 

slippers, because there are evenings when that 

is the height of luxury. It’s comfort food at its 

most pure, and you probably don’t have to 

think very long before you come up with the 

name of the place where you go when you feel 

the same way. 

I think I have found the restaurant that 

serves that purpose for the Korean community 

on the Hill. It’s a little place called Rice 

Heaven, in the shopping center at the corner of 

Crenshaw and Rolling Hills Road. The place 

opened in 2008 as a Japanese restaurant but 

switched to a mainly Korean menu after a 

change in ownership a few years later. I hadn’t 

visited in some time, until recently, when I 

stopped in with a friend. 

The place looks like a lot of quick-serve 

restaurants, the walls decorated mainly with 

pictures of the food, the only hint of style some 

brightly colored hanging lamps. The menu is a 

list of Korean home cooking favorites, plus a 

few Japanese items such as chicken or pork 

katsu and both Japanese and Korean style sushi 

rolls. The prices are very moderate, so on that 

visit we over-ordered because we didn’t know 

how large the portions were. 

I was dining with someone who hadn’t tried 

gimbap, the Korean-style rice roll. Though gimbap 

and sushi both involve rice and other items 

wrapped in seaweed, gimbap isn’t technically 

sushi because sushi rice is always vinegared. 

Gimbap rice usually has a dash of sesame oil 

instead, and instead of fresh fish there is usually 

a mix of pickled and fresh vegetables and 

beef, spam, vegetables and fishcake or dried 

fish. My companion doesn’t like raw fish but 

was delighted with the mix of chopped beef, 


pickled daikon, scallion and Asian 

spinach. On a second visit with my 

wife we sampled a roll with dried anchovy 

along with the vegetables, a 

new experience for her, which she 

likewise enjoyed. The anchovy isn’t 

the oily, salty type you get on pizza, 

and it is used moderately. If you really 

like a strong anchovy flavor you 

might ask them to add extra, but we 

thought the balance was perfect. 

On that first visit we decided to 

order a special item was posted on 

the wall called Tteok galbi. This 

turned out to be a pair of small hamburger 

patties blended with mild seasoning, 

grilled, and coated with a 

thick, sweet soy sauce. It was a bit 

too sweet for me as it was, but was 

good when topped with a little of the medium-spicy kimchi that arrived at 

our table along with side dishes of fried tofu and japchae noodles with vegetables. 

These dishes, called banchan, are refilled as often as you like, but 

on both visits we had so much food that we didn’t take advantage of that. 

On the first trip we tried the Korean fried chicken, which is offered with 

a spicy sauce, sweet sauce, or half and half. There were four wing pieces 

in each style to the order, along with rice, cabbage salad, and the banchan, 

so it was an impressive portion. We both greatly preferred the spicy chicken 

to the milder one coated with sweet sesame oil. 

We enjoyed the chicken while listening to our bowl of bibimbap sizzling 

gently at the side of the table. Bibimbap is a rice, meat, and vegetable dish 

that can be served plain or in a hot stone pot so that the rice at the bottom 

gets crispy. When you mix it together there is a pleasant variety of textures. 

On top of the rice was a neat arrangement of beef, spinach, mushrooms, 

carrots, bean sprouts, and zucchini, topped with a fried egg and dusted with 

shredded seaweed and sesame seeds. It’s a marvelously varied set of flavors, 

and a fine full meal for only 10 

bucks. 

On my return visit with my wife 

she ordered ramyun, the Korean version 

of Japanese ramen, while I had 

a plate of spicy squid served on a hot 

platter. The squid was a Korean classic, 

a big pile of seafood, grilled 

onion, scallion, cabbage, and a few 

jalapeno peppers in a sweet and 

spicy sauce. My wife’s vegetarian 

noodle soup was not quite what she 

expected. She doesn’t usually like 

spicy food as much as I do so she had 

ordered the soup assuming it would 

be mild. But the broth was at least as 

spicy as my seafood dish. More surprisingly, 

she liked it. It’s a very flavorful 

dish with more than just heat 

to recommend it. She took regular bites of the rice, tofu, and cold noodle 

salad to cut the heat and surprised herself and me by finishing the whole 

bowl. 

Though the restaurant was almost empty when we came in, as we dined 

we noticed a steady stream of customers picking up to-go orders, all of them 

greeting the counter staff in Korean. Beer and wine aren’t served here. Most 

customers choose soft drinks, tea, or a variety coffees from the self-serve 

machine at the back of the restaurant. On one visit we brought our own 

wine. If you’re thinking of doing this I recommend a rose or sparkling 

white, because those go well with the spices. 

Rice Heaven is an interesting little spot to get unpretentious, well-made 

Korean comfort food. It was good when we had it there and would taste 

just as good if you enjoy it at home in your bathrobe. 

Rice Heaven is at 2937 Rolling Hills Road in Torrance. Open daily except 

Sunday, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Parking lot, some vegetarian items. Menu at riceheaven.net. 

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country and have had many of their projects published. The Kitchen Collection is 

a member of the National Kitchen & Bath Association and the Bath & Kitchen Buying 

Group. Jackie has served on the boards of both organizations. 

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Ice-America Presents 

Local hockey heroes 

The Palos Verdes Promenade ice skating rink hosted local 

LA Kings veterans on Sunday afternoon February 26. Former 

Kings Marty McSorley, Ian Turnball and Vic Venasky 

scrimmaged with local kids on the ice and joined in a meet 

and greet, signing autographs for their fans. The afternoon 

also included a Chinese auction, games, prizes, food and entertainment 

with costumed superheroes, including batman 

and bat woman. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the 

Kings Care Foundation. 

1. DJ Longnecker, Azumi Williams and Barbara 

Grimner. 

2. Tamalin Srisook, Julia Parton and Azumi 

Williams. 

3. Dylan Walsh and Amanda Perez. 

4. Vic Venasky, Jake Solomon and Ian 

Turnball. 

5. Marty McSorley, Vic Venasky, Jake 

Solomon, Azumi Williams and Ian Turnball. 

6. Hockey players and fans. 


7. Sophie Croucier and Alliyah Becerra. 

8. The LA Kings Ice Crew and PIC Hockey 

students (photo by Marta Stattmiller). 

9. Geanna Culbertson, author of the 

Crisanta Knight Series (photo by Marta 

Stattmiller). 

10. Los Angeles Ice Crew (photo by Marta 

Stattmiller). 

11. Marty McSorley and son in the Green 

Room (photo by Marta Stattmiller). 

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2017 All-Weather Portfolio 

Stock valuations are at 29.2, their highest reading in history except for 

the Tech Bubble in 2000. And we know how that ended. 

by Stuart Chaussee 

he average household income in zip code 90274 was 

$188,000, according to City-Data.com’s most recent report. 

57 percent of tax filers showed dividend income, which indicates 

stock ownership. For zip code 90275, the average household 

income was $117,000 with 47 percent reporting dividend 

income. If you factor in the number of residents on the Peninsula 

who have company sponsored 401ks or other retirement plans, 

where dividends are sheltered and unreported, my best guess tells 

me that close to 70 percent of the households in 90274 own stocks 

and probably 60 percent or higher in 90275. 

Given this high level of stock ownership, it’s baffling to me how 

little concern there is about the level of stock valuations and the 

potential for loss in the coming years. Indeed, complacency reigns 

despite stock portfolios being bloated from an 8-year bull market 

that has pushed valuations close to the second highest in history. 

The Shiller CAPE ratio (cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings) indicates 

current stock valuations are at 29.2, essentially the highest 

reading in history except for the Tech Bubble in 2000. Stocks are 

now priced well above the bubble in the late 1960s (Nifty-Fifty 

Bubble), beyond the stock bubble of 2007 that led to a 55 percent 

collapse in stocks, and equal to the bubble that was followed by 

the Great Depression in the late 1920s (stocks subsequently lost 

80 percent of their value). The only period when stocks were 

clearly more expensive was during the Tech Bubble of 2000 – and 

we know that ended with a 50 percent haircut to major stock indices. 

It’s not only the CAPE Ratio that indicates stocks are back in 

bubble territory. Price-to-book value also shows stocks at the highest 

reading in history, other than the Tech Bubble. And, the priceto-sales 

ratio is above where it was during all prior bubbles, while 

the dividend yield on the S&P 500 is still near all-time lows at 1.9 

percent annually – with prices at all-time highs. 

If these facts are not enough to catch your attention, I could add 

that almost all psychological market indicators suggest stocks are 

overdue for a correction or worse. Volatility is near all-time lows, 

the level of bullishness among advisors and advisory newsletters 

is also close to a record (contrarian indicator). And, of course, the 

investing public has started to throw money blindly at the stock 

market, afraid of missing out on the apparently easy profits. These 

are all additional signs of “irrational exuberance” and as we all 

know, every bubble has ended badly for investors. 

I have been concerned about overvalued stock prices since late 

2013, but I have reluctantly gone along for the ride with heavy 

stock exposure the past three years and the ride has been enjoyable. 

Actually, the 8-year bull market ride has been quite fun, 

but it was much easier to justify staying fully invested in 

stocks when valuations were somewhat reasonable. That’s 

not the case anymore. The vast majority of my clients 

(mostly Peninsula residents) are nearing retirement 

or already retired and I can no 

longer justify an overweight allocation 

to stocks. I have recently 

reduced risk and sold many 

stock positions. If history is a 

guide, given that we are at 2- 

standard deviation levels above 

long-term price trends in stocks 

–- which is an acceptable definition 

of a bubble –- returns going 

forward are likely to be belowaverage 

or even negative. Still, 

you hear almost no talk about 

prices being frothy or at risk of 

a serious decline. Heck, we 

ALLOCATION NAME SYMBOL YIELD EXPENSE RATIO 

25% Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index VCSH 2.1% 0.07% 

30% Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index BIV 2.8% 0.09% 

10% Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index BLV 4.1% 0.09% 

10% Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index VIG 2.0% 0.09% 

25% Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR XLP 2.4% 0.14% 

haven’t had a bear market in eight years (we are way overdue), when 

prices decline on average 30 percent and the aftermath of a bubble 

could show declines of 50 percent or more. Have you calculated how 

much your portfolio would decline if we entered another bear market? 

It’s easy to do. Multiply the dollar amount you have in stocks 

by 20 percent (minimum decline to be considered a bear market) or 

30 percent (average bear market decline) and that would indicate 

your dollar loss. Sure, perhaps the loss will be temporary, but my 

guess is it would be painful, nevertheless. And, we never know how 

long it will take for the market to recover, so “temporary” could mean 

a long wait to recover from those losses. 

So, what is a prudent, rational investor to do? Well, you could do 

nothing and simply ride out the inevitable downturn and hope you 

live long enough to see your portfolio go on to reach new highs at 

some point in the future. And, no doubt it will –- you simply need 

an investing time horizon that is long enough for you to wait out any 

temporary decline. And, of course, you must be able to “stomach” 

portfolio losses that won’t be pretty and not panic and sell. So again, 

doing nothing is one option, but perhaps not that appealing to anyone 

nearing retirement or already retired. 

My suggestion is that if you have enjoyed this long bull market in 

stocks, but are concerned about losing a significant portion of your 

profits in the next bear market, then protect at least a portion of your 

gains. Consider reducing risk, perhaps substantially, and rebalancing 

your portfolio now. Below I’ve compiled a simple, balanced portfolio 

that I have back-tested, that survived our most recent stock and real 

estate bubbles and Great Recession quite well. You could consider 

some combination of these low-cost holdings that fit your own risk 

profile and investment objectives. The 2017 All-Weather Portfolio 

had one slightly negative year in the last 10 years, showing a loss of 

only -1.0 percent in 2008 while during the same year the S&P 500 

declined 37 percent. In addition, the portfolio 

has an annual yield 

of 2.6 percent, 

which provides important 

cash flow 

for investors in 

need of income. PEN 

6.2% -1.0 7.1 9.9 10.4 8.0 7.8 9.5 1.7 4.6 2.1 

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 

*Hypothetical returns 2007 to present (3/10/2017) 

Stuart Chaussee is 

a Palos Verdes-based feeonly 

registered Investment 

Advisor. He is the author of 

three financial books, 

including the awardwinning 

Advanced 

Portfolio Management; 

Strategies for the Affluent. 

He is a former contributing 

writer for TheStreet.com. 

Stuart welcomes your feedback 

and can be reached 

through 

preservingwealth.com 

or e-mail him directly at 

stuartchaussee@msn.com 

At the time of publication, 

Stuart Chaussee and/or his 

clients held positions in 

BIV, BLV, VIG and XLP. 

Holdings can change at any 

time. Under no circumstances 

does the information in this 

column represent investment 

advice or a recommendation 

to buy or sell securities. 




Copacabana Affair 

Raises funds for school 

Los Verdes Country Club hosted a fundraiser benefiting Vista Grande 

Elementary School. The theme was Havana and the dress was colorful 

Cuban style with chocolate cigars and model, 1950s car centerpieces. 

The crowd was primarily parents coming together to support their local 

school and teachers. A disc jockey played Caribbean music and taught 

the crowd to salsa and the cha cha. There were tables of silent auction 

items and a photo booth with costumes for dress up in front of the camera. 

Parents took home bookmarks with their photos. 

1. Marla and Glenn Thompson. 

2. Jeff and Kristy Llamas, Carolina 

and Joe Tanner. 

3. Rosemarie and Michael Diehl, Ron 

and Pamela Light. 

4. Jeri Delatorre and Melanie 

Browoleit. 

5. LaRae Mardesic Bechmann and 

Glenn Thompson. 

6. Dina Bates and Amanda Wishner. 

7. David and Kristina Brown. 

8. Glenn and Marla Thompson, Erik 

and Debbie Brenizer, Amanda and Mike 

Wishner. 

9. Kim Libby, Jennifer Cosgrove, Amy 

Cochrane, Abby Cowan and Julie Sampras. 

10. Caitlin Waddell-Chow, Molly Amloyan, 

Sandy Horii and Jo-Ann Bellucci. 

11. Trish McNamara, Cindy Chia, 

Alice Shippee and Karen Kordich. 

12. Matt and Dina Bates, Sara and 

Jordan Floyd. 

13. Kristy and Jeff Llamas. 

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around&about 

Peninsula, South students earn Eagle Scout rankings 

Troop 378 Eagle Scouts Dallas Cooper, Alex Fukunaga, Scott Mitani 

and Terren Mueller. 

n Boy Scout Troop 378 of the Greater Los Angeles Area Council recently 

awarded the rank of Eagle Scout to Palos Verdes Peninsula High students Alex 

Fukunaga and Scott Mitani, Palos Verdes High student Terren Mueller and South 

High student Dallas Cooper. Cooper’s and Mueller’s Eagle projects involved trail 

and shelter improvements at the George F. Canyon Nature Preserve in Rolling Hills 

Estates. Fukunaga refurbished a janitorial room at the Gardena Valley Japanese 

Cultural Institute in Gardena. Mitani helped build planters and an amphitheater at 

the Seed to Plate nursery. 

Troop 276 Eagle Scout honored 

n Trevor Trumpler, a senior at 

Palos Verdes Peninsula High 

and member of Boy Scout 

Troop 276, was awarded 

the rank of Eagle Scout at an 

Eagle Court of Honor on 

March 4 at Hesse Park Community 

Center. Trumpler is the 

son of Tom and Ginger Trumpler 

of Rolling Hills Estates. 

His Eagle Scout community 

service project was designing 

and building a new 

shelving unit at the Neighborhood 

Church. Troop 276 is 

a high adventure troop that 

backpacks the trails of Southern 

California mountain 

ranges, Joshua Tree National 

Park, and the Sierra Nevada 

Mountains. The troop is 

based in Palos Verdes Estates 

and meets at Palos Verdes Intermediate 

School. For more 

about the troop visit 

PalosVerdesEstates257.mytro 

op.us. PEN 

Eagle Scout Trevor Trumpler. 

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Peninsula High School 

Walk to fight cancer 

The Cancer Support Community of Redondo Beach (CSCRB) 

was one of two beneficiaries of the 15th Annual Walk for Life 

to support cancer patients on February 24 at Peninsula High School 

(PVPHS). More than 1,100 students, faculty, and members of the 

community took part in the walk. The $50,000 raised was divided 

between the CSCRB and City of Hope. The walk began at PVPHS 

Campus and finished at Highridge Park. “It is heartwarming to see 

how these students work together to make a difference in the lives 

of cancer patients and their loved ones — we cannot thank them 

enough,” said CSCRB CEO Judith Opdahl. “The funds received 

from this walk will benefit more than 165 free support programs 

that are offered each month at CSCRB for those affected by cancer.” 

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1. CSCRB’s Daniel Hovenstine MD, 

George Ozawa, Mana Kimura, and 

Judith Opdahl display a check representing 

proceeds from the 15th 

Annual “Walk for Life.” 

2. CSCRB’s Daniel Hovenstine MD, 

Season Pollock and Judith Opdahl. 

3. Samal Senaratna, Hunter Walsh, 

Marco Merola and Matthew Patman 

throw purple powder to commemorate 

those in the PVPHS community 

touched by cancer. 

4. PVPHS Choir under the direction 

of Dan Doctor perform Martina 

McBride’s “I’m Going to Love You 

Through It” at the pre-walk ceremony. 

5. Alex Fukunaga thanks supporters 

and speaks to the crowd about 

his recent journey with cancer. 

6. Over 80 South Bay students 

with family members suffering from 

or lost to cancer submitted essays 

about their experiences to a contest 

sponsored by Cancer Support Community 

Redondo Beach. CSCRB 

Kids Community Group Facilitator 

Sharon Feigenbaum (left) poses 

with winner Rebecca Nolan, of West 

Neighborhood School; finalist 

Cameron Amintinat, of West Torrance 

High; contest sponsor Mary 

Kehrl; finalists, Julia Gazdik, of 

Palos Verdes Intermediate School; 

and Marissa Cueva, of Magruder 

Middle School; CSCRB board president 

Dr. Dan Hovenstine and 

CSCRB CEO Judith Opdahl. Dr. Hovenstine 

is holding a photo of finalists 

Jake Milch, of Peninsula High, 

who was unable to attend the ceremony 

because he had a basketball 

game. 

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Palos Verdes Historical Society 

Uncovers mysteries 

Point Vicente Interpretive Center hosted Sweets, Secrets and Wine on February 23, 

featuring stories from the Palos Verdes Historical Society Artifact Collection. The 

evening began with guests viewing the historical museum pieces, enjoying wine and appetizers 

and then listening to lectures by local historians Ann Hugh, Bruce Megowan and 

Vicki Mack. Among the relics was a wooden stave in the shape of an old brandy barrel 

that used to be a part of the PVE waterpipe system. The soiree wrapped up with light 

desserts and conversation. In September 2014, the Society acquired a collection of Palos 

Verdes artifacts from the original museum, which had lost its home in the Malaga Cove 

School Tower in 2006. The goal of the group is to establish a new museum to preserve 

and display cultural and historical relics Peninsula artifacts. To find out more visit 

PalosVerdesHistoricalSociety.org. 


1. Joan Kelly, Ken Dyda and 

Ann Hugh. 

2. Don Christy, Vicki Mack 

and John Harbison. 

3. Steve Young and 

Charlotte Ginsburg. 

4. Jack Goldberg, Aaron and 

Carrie Miller. 

5. Tom Steers and Diana 

McIntyre. 

6. Joan Kelly, Ellen Moses 

and Joyce Fein. 

7. Dale and Marilyn 

Hoffman, Jan and Dwight 

Abbott. 

8. Ken Dyda standing in 

front of a table of artifacts. 

9. Joanie Keluche and 

Marilyn Hinrichs. 

10.The venue, Point Vicente 

Interpretive Center. 

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NOW SERVING YOU IN 2 LOCATIONS! 

With the great goodness of Mama 

in Rolling Hills Estates, we now offer 

our Cafe’ - a smaller version in Malaga Cove Plaza! 

Temple Beth El embarks 

On ambitious social programs 

When the Waterman family offered to help renovate Temple 

Beth El they envisioned the temple becoming a spiritual 

home, a place of lifelong learning and a place to convene like 

minded organizations for community engagement. That vision is already 

being realized. In January, Temple Beth El members joined the Rotary 

Club of San Pedro in preparing over 10,000 meals in support of Stop 

Hunger Now. They were joined by representatives from the Port of Los 

Angeles, PASS Organization, Rolling Hills Preparatory School, Keystone 

Elite Boys and Girls Club and Mary Star of the Sea High School. 

Rabbi Charles Briskin, who has led Temple Beth El since 2005, has 

striven to establish TBE as a type of Town Hall for the community. “The 

space we have is conducive to bringing our neighbors together to share 

our hopes, dreams and desires for the kind of community we’d like to 

see strengthened around us,” he said. Temple Beth El is planning to offer 

educational and advocacy programs that speak to the plight of refugees, 

immigrants and the local homeless. 

“In April we plan to host a workshop with the Little Company of Mary 

San Pedro Hospital called 'Beginning the Conversation,' which is intended 

to help families begin the important, yet sometimes difficult task 

of creating an Advanced Healthcare Directive,” said Rabbi Briskin, a 

member of Providence Little Company’s Mission Team.. 

Temple Beth El is one of five San Pedro congregations working with 

Family Promise, an organization that provides temporary housing for 

newly homeless families. 

Temple Beth El serves the greater South Bay by providing strong Jewish 

leadership; diverse educational, musical and cultural programming 

and engaging worship services, all in a warm, welcoming and vibrant 

social community. The Temple is fortunate to have had long-time, dedicated 

clergy, dating back to Rabbi David Lieb from 1971- 2005. Today, 

it is led by Rabbi Charles Briskin, Cantor Ilan Davidson (since 1995) and 

Debi Rowe, its Director of Education and Programs for the past 19 years. 

Specializing in Mama’s Spaghetti & Meatballs with 

our newly inspired flatbreads, salads and more! 

Join us for Lunch & Dinner Mon-Sat. 

• Outdoor Patio Seating • Lots of Free Parking 

36 Malaga Cove Plaza 

Palos Verdes Estates 

(310) 375-6767 

815 Deep Valley Drive 

Rolling Hills Estates 

(310) 377-5757 

www.mamaterano.com 

Temple Beth El organized volunteers in preparing over 10,000 meals in January 

for Stop Hunger Now. 


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Concert 3 of Peninsula Symphony’s 50th Anniversary Season will host special 

guest baritone Vladimir Chernov. Doors open at 6 p.m. Pre-concert lecture by 

Maestro Berkson (for members only) begins at 6:15 p.m. and the concert at 

7 p.m. Concert and parking are free. Redondo Union High School Auditorium, 

631 Vincent Street, Redondo Beach (PCH at Diamond). For further information 

310-544-0320, music.pensym@verizon.net, or Pensym.org. 

MAYDAY! - Tales of Love and other Emergencies 

Celebrate the lusty month of May with delicious love stories read aloud, 

around a bonfire under the stars. 7-8:30 p.m at Angels Gate Cultural Center. 

Bring your own seating and dress for the outdoors. Picnics welcome. Free folding 

chairs available on site. For adults and young adults. $15/couples; 

$10/individual. Cash only; no reservations required. 3601 South Gaffey 

Street, San Pedro. Enter from Gaffey Street at 32nd Street. For more information 

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