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Volume 48, Issue 14 

BEACH PEOPLE 

12 Court on track by Randy Angel 

Mira Costa senior Xavier Court may be the best cross country runner from 

the South Bay, ever. 

16 Biden time by Kevin Cody 

Former Vice President Joseph Biden calls out Donald Trump. 

28 Walking with the pack by Kevin Cody 

Michael Loring walks 17 dogs at a time. But what’s more impressive is 

how he gets them to pose for a group photo. 

32 One Cadillac, two near divorces by Randy Angel 

Redondo Beach resident Amando Martos wanted to buy his neighbor’s 

1939 Cadillac Series 6127 Opera Coupe. And the neighbor wanted to sell 

it. But a promise the seller made to his wife would delay the sale. 

38 Schoeben’s students by Robb Fulcher 

Manhattan Beach resident Liz Shoeben utilizes her entrepreneurial and 

therapist skills to establish a high school mental health program. 

42 El Viejo by Richard Foss 

Four decades ago, Ab Lawrence took over a restaurant called Pancho’s 

that served Chinese food. After converting the menu and decor to match 

the name, a local institution was born. 

8 Calendar 

10 Skechers Friendship Walk 

14 Cops who skate 

20 Vice President Biden at Shade 

22 Best of Manhattan 

BEACH LIFE 

ON THE COVER 

Joseph Biden at the Shade Hotel, 

Manhattan Beach, prior to his Distinguished 

Speaker Series talk in 

Redondo Beach. 

Photo by Deidre Davidson 

24 Beach Holiday Gift Guide 

36 Scare N’ Tear surf contest 

40 Pumpkins in the Park 

44 Riviera Village Trick or Treaters 

45 Home services 

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S O U T H B AY 

CAL ENDAR 

Thursday, November 9 

Barnhart’s “Battle 

Comics” 

Former Comedy and Magic 

Club emcee Don Barnhart returns 

home to Hermosa for a 

screening of “I am Battle 

Comic.” Barnhart and fellow 

South Bay comedian Jeff Capri 

are both featured in the documentary, 

along with other 

“Battle Comics” who perform 

for troops overseas. 5:30 p.m. 

Hermosa Beach Community 

Theater, 710 Pier Ave., Hermosa 

Beach. Pre-sale tickets 

are $25 or $30 at the door (includes 

pre-show happy hour). 

For tickets and to view a trailer 

visit SeatEngine.com. 

Friday, November 10 

Radiation Options in 

Breast Cancer 

Cancer Support Community 

Redondo Beach (CSCRB) hosts 

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, director 

of brachytherapy at the 

Samuel Oschin Comprehensive 

Cancer Institute at 

Cedars-Sinai. Kamrava will 

discuss various radiation treatments. 

Lunch by “The Spot” 

vegetarian restaurant. 12:30 

p.m. Advance registration required. 

109 West Torrance 

Blvd., Redondo Beach. Call 

(310) 376-3550 or visit the 

website at cancersupportredondobeach.org. 

Teen College and 

Career Readiness 

Workshop 

Youth and teens, ages 12-18 

years old, are encouraged to 

join this hands-on workshop 

focused on increasing college 

and career opportunities. In 

just a short two-hour class, students 

will dive into the basics 

of public speaking, how to 

write cover letters and resumes, 

and finding one’s leadership 

potential. $5 and open 

to the community. 4 - 6 p.m. 

Torrance-South Bay YMCA, 

2900 W. Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance. 

For more information 

and to register, contact Lisa 

Daddario; LisaDaddario@ymcaLA.org, 

(310) 325-5885 x 

2771, or ymcaLA.org/tsb. 

Water tours 

Free tours of the Edward C. 

Little Water Recycling Facility 

on the second Saturday of each 

month. You must RSVP by 

calling (310) 660-6200. 9:30 

a.m. - 12 p.m. 1935 S. Hughes 

Way, El Segundo. All participants 

must wear closed-toe 

shoes (no sandals, high heels 

or flip flops) and be prepared 

to walk up and down stairs. 

For more information visit 

westbasin.org. 

Saturday, Nov. 11 

Veterans tribute 

The Redondo Beach Veterans 

Day Ceremony and Elks 

BBQ features Lieutenant 

Colonel Mark D. Ripley as the 

keynote speaker. 1 p.m. Veterans 

Park, 309 Esplanade, Redondo 

Beach. BBQ is free for 

all Veterans and members of 

the military, police officers and 

firefighters. $5 donation from 

all others. (208) 473-6626 to 

RSVP for the BBQ. For additional 

information contact 

Herb Masi at (310) 993-4637, 

Hcmasi@yahoo.com or visit 

RBVeteransmemorial.com. 

Free namaste 

Yoga on the Redondo Beach 

pier Octagon 2nd Saturdays of 

the month. Free. Bring yoga 

mat, towel and water. All levels 

welcome. 10 - 11 a.m. 500 

Fisherman’s Wharf, Redondo 

Beach. The Octagon, where 

the Pier meets the International 

Boardwalk below Kincaid’s. 

Sunday, November 12 

Rockin’ 4 Reason! 

TV personality Vera Jimenez 

of KTLA 5 News and co-owner 

of the Fish Shop in Hermosa 

Beach, will be Rockin’ 4 Reason’s 

celebrity host and MC. 

Live performance by The 

Mothers of Pearl. 4 - 8 p.m. 

Saint Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Hermosa Beach. 

Proceeds will support affordable 

housing projects in the 

Los Angeles area, and will provide 

attendees the opportunity 

to volunteer with Habitat for 

Humanity and Giveback 

Homes. $20. Visit 

Donate.GiveBackHomes.com 

or call (424) 634-8492. 

Food Swap 

South Bay Food Swap is a 

gathering of artisan food 

lovers, who exchange handmade 

and homegrown food 

creations. Your homemade creations 

become your own personal 

currency that you can 

use to swap with other participants. 

No cash is exchanged. 

The animal-free Circus Vargas’ new 2017 Spectacular SteamCirque returns to the Battleship 

Iowa in San Pedro. Children of all ages will marvel at the wacky and wonderful cast of characters 

that come alive in this exciting steampunk, science fiction fantasy inspired circus. Nov. 

16th - 20th. 250 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro. For tickets and showtimes visit circusvargas.com 

“Light Gate,” by artists Mags Harries and Lajos Héder will 

be aligned with the setting sun on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 

4:51, creating an aurora borealis effect. The sculpture is 

in front of the Manhattan Beach City Hall, at Highland 

Avenue and 14th Street. For more information about Light 

Gate visit citymb.info. 

Anyone can participate, including 

home bakers/cooks, 

canners, gardeners, food 

bloggers, professional chefs 

and, students. Register to reserve 

a space. 11 a.m. - 2 

p.m. The Honest Abe Cidery, 

17800 South Main Street, 

#105, Gardena. For additional 

information and registration, 

visit the Facebook 

event page at facebook.com. 

Salt Marsh Open 

House 

Discover the hidden world 

of the Salinas de San Pedro 

Salt Marsh with Cabrillo Marine 

Aquarium educators and 

Coastal Park naturalists. The 

salt marsh will be open from 

1 - 3 p.m. Bring binoculars, 

camera, sketch pad, journal 

or just your curiosity. 3720 

Stephen M. White Drive, San 

Pedro. For reservations call 

(310) 548-7562 or visit CabrilloMarineAquarium.org. 

Monday, Nov. 13 

South Coast 

Fuchsia Meeting 

The South Coast Fuchsia 

Society meets on the second 

Monday of the month. 9:30 

a.m. - 12 p.m. South coast 

Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw 

Blvd., Palos Verdes 

Peninsula. For more information 

call Marsha Hopwood at 

(310) 374-3255. 

Flu defense 

The City of Torrance Community 

Services Department 

will offer free flu shots. Get 

ready for cold season. You 

should see your physician 

prior to getting any flu shot if 

you have a serious illness or 

are hypersensitive to eggs. 10 

a.m. - 12 p.m. The Ken Miller 

Recreation Center, 3341 Torrance 

Blvd., Torrance. For additional 

information, visit 

a r t s. t o r r a n c e c a . g ov / o u r - 

city/general-services/culturalarts/miller. 

Tuesday, Nov. 14 

Sunset not to miss 

Light Gate, at 14th Street 

and Highland Avenue, in Manhattan 

Beach, is made of glass, 

laminated with prismatic lighting 

film. Tonight at 4:51 it’s 

keyhole aligns with the sun. 

For more information about 

Calendar cont. on page 30 



each charity 

LASORDA MISSES FRIENDSHIP WALK, 

and third World Series ring 

S 

kechers President Michael Greenberg expressed just one regret at 

the the Ninth Annual Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk. 

Tommy Lasorda, the Friendship Walk’s most popular supporter 

was absent for the first time in the Walks nine year history. But Greenberg 

wasn’t nearly as disappointed as Lasorda would be that day. He 

was attending the World Series in Houston, with hopes of winning his 

third World Series ring. The former Dodger general manager led his 

teams to championships in 1981 and 1988. That night the Dodgers lost 

a heartbreaking, and ultimately decisive, 10 inning game, 13 to 12. But 

even with Lasorda absent, it wasn’t a bad day for the Friendship Walk. 

Over 12,000 walkers helped raise over $1.8 million for local education 

foundations and the Friendship Foundation, which provides peer group 

mentoring for disadvantaged children. Since the Friendship Walk was 

founded in 2009, it has raised nearly $10 million. For more information 

about the Friendship Foundation visit FriendshipFoundation.com. 

PHOTOS BY BRAD JACOBSON 

1. Team Born Legend. 

2. Rabbi Yossi Mintz of the 

Friendship Foundation with 

Manhattan Beach Council Members 

Amy Howorth, Richard 

Montgomery and Nancy Campbell. 

3. Sugar Ray Leonard, “Dancing 

with Stars” host Brooke 

Burke-Charvet, Skechers President 

Michael Greenberg and 

trainer Denise Austin support 

the walk every year. 

4. Skechers founder Robert 

Greenberg and Sugar Ray 

Leonard. 

5. The Abbot family. 

6. The Redondo Beach Ed 

Foundation turned out in force. 

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Staying 

Angel 

the courseby Randy 

Mira Costa’s ‘down under’ senior Xavier Court has risen to become one of the 

top cross country runners in the state 

As a young boy in Australia, Xavier Court envisioned himself becoming 

a soccer player. He played club soccer, tennis, basketball and 

baseball in his youth. But beginning in kindergartner in the Australian 

public school system, he also ran. 

“We had what were called Carnivals that were basically meets between 

schools,” Court recalled. “That ignited my interested in running and I joined 

a running club when I was 8 years old.” 

As he grew, Court realized his proficiency in running and, with the urging 

from his father Damian, turned his focus to running. His father ran track 

in high school and continues to run 10K races. 

In January 2011, after Damian left his position as director of Hoover 

Floorcare Asia Pacific to become president of Breville USA, the family 

moved to Manhattan Beach. Xavier began running cross country with Manhattan 

Beach Middle School team. At Mira Costa, he has run track and 

cross country. This year, the senior, has emerged as one of the top cross 

country runners in the state. 

Court began this season winning the 2-mile Palos Verdes Mini Meet in 

August and proceeded to claim the title at the 3-mile Laguna Hills Invitational 

in early September. One week later, he ran a personal best in the 3- 

mile placing 2nd at the 37th Annual Woodbridge Classic with a time of 14 

minutes, 25.9 seconds. 

On Oct. 21, Court placed 4th at the 70th Annual Mt. SAC Cross Country 

Invitational, with another personal-best of 14:44 on a 2.93-mile course. The 

mark is the 9th-fastest in the state this season and broke the Mira Costa 

record by more than 20 seconds. 

In a field of 122 runners, Court led Mira Costa’s boys team to an 8thplace 

finish in the Division 1 and 2 Sweepstakes race. Combined, the team 

set a new school record by more than one minute with a team time of 78:23 

minutes. 

"It was definitely an exciting race, with tons of competition at the D1 level 

for myself and the team,” Court said. “I felt confident and strong during 

the race and I have loved running on this course ever since my freshman 

year. I was a little sad as we walked out of Mt SAC at the end of the day, 

knowing it was likely my last race on the course.' 

Former Mira Costa distance runner Jeff Atkinson (Class of 1981) coaches 

the boys cross country and track teams. Atkinson knows what it takes to 

be a successful runner, having participated in the 1500-meters in the 1988 

Seoul Olympics. He was ranked the fastest American in 1989 and still holds 

the mile record at Stanford University. 

Prior to returning to Mira Costa in 2015, Atkinson coached the highly 

successful Palos Verdes High School cross country program. 

“Xavier is the most gifted guy I’ve ever coached,” Atkinson said. “Competition 

is the key for him and he just does not want to lose. He is the fastest 

kid in the South Bay ever. He has posted times faster than former Palos 

Verdes High School star Jonah Diaz, the area’s most successful cross country 

runner in the last 20 years, who ran Division 1 at UCLA. To excel at the 

next level is rare. There have only been a handful of runners from the South 

Bay who have become Division 1 standouts.” 

Atkinson has been as impressed with Court’s work ethic, which has made 

him a team leader for the Mustangs. 

“He’s not real vocal but leads by example,” Atkinson said. “He brings it 

on game day, which is what you want from a team leader. From a physiological 

perspective, he has massive aerobic capacity. Emotionally, he’s more 

comfortable at huge meets and his tenacity makes him a winner.” 

Court, who runs at least seven times a week, admits he has become more 

serious about the sport and has improved his nutrition regimen with a highcalorie 

diet. 

“Running every day will make one better than running only four times a 

week,” Court explained. “It also helps to have a goal in mind, whether it be 

a personal time or weight loss.” 

In the spring, Court competes in the 1600 and 3200 events for Mira 

Costa’s track team. He has personal bests of 4:20.66 in the 1600 (7th place 

at CIF-SS Division 2 finals ) and 9:35.17 in the 3200 (1st at Bay League meet 

against Redondo). But he prefers running cross country. 

“It’s more of a team sport where track is individualized. In cross country, 

you have five guys who score and sometimes an additional tiebreaker. The 

bond between teammates is something you don’t have in track. You also 

have more time to improvise during the race. I have more endurance than 

speed.” 

Although Court’s finish at Mt. SAC was impressive, it was not his most 

memorable moment as a runner. 

“The CIF State cross country race my junior year and running with (teammate) 

Caleb Lloren was the highlight of my career so far,” Court said. ”It 

was a breakthrough year for both of us. It was the epitome of me putting 

together what I had worked so hard on. I was proud to have been a part of 

that team. 

“My most memorable moments were our training trip in Mammoth my 

sophomore year because it was my first time, and also our trip to Seattle in 

September 2015. It wasn’t so much the race, but the moments that composed 

the trip. I’ll never forget the fun and the bonding experience we enjoyed.” 

Court has his sights set on winning the State Division 1 championship 

and helping his team win a CIF title and qualify for the Nike Cross Nationals 

(NXN), to be held in Portland, Oregon, on December 2. 

“I’d like to break 15 minutes on the 5K course at State and walk away 

with that ring,” Court said. “Going to the NXN as a team is a dream goal. 

We have the potential to qualify but everyone has to have their best races 

with personal records.” 

Another goal for Court to leave his legacy at Mira Costa by breaking 

school records in the 1600 and 3200 during the track season. 

Court believes his dedication to running carries over into the classroom. 

Colleges having shown interest in Court include Cornell, USC, Cal Poly San 

Luis Obispo, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, UC Santa Barbara 

and UC Berkeley. 

The senior realizes time is running out to make a selection. 

“Mutual relationships have formed. Having so many options is not a bad 

problem to have. I’m really looking for a college that has strong academic 

and running programs and social activities.” 

Court plans to major in business with a possible minor in psychology. 

“I plan to run in college and maybe go pro. I’ll decide after two or three 

years in college to see if the pieces fit together and I’m willing to make the 

serious commitment.” 

When he’s not training, Court enjoys surfing, longboard skateboarding 

and reading about running. 

“I do a lot of research on other athletes,” Court said. “I also love playing 

fantasy football. All my friends discuss it during the week.” B 


each sports 

WEE MAN OFFICIATES 

RBPD Skater contest 

About 100 skaters turned out for the inaugural King of the Harbor Skateboard 

Championships on Oct. 14, presented by the Redondo Beach Police 

Department. Local “Jackass” star and pro skater Jason “Wee Man” Acuña 

signed autographs, judged the contest and provide food from his Chronic 

Tacos. Kinecta Credit Union, ET Surf, Spyder Surf, Stance Socks, Sector Nine, 

Beach Sports and the Beach Cities Health District all helped sponsor the 

event. Cooper Burrows was named the Best Overall skater, and also won the 

Age 13-15 Division. Vianez Morales was crowned Top Girl skater. Logan 

Kirkshaw won the Age 8-12 Division, and Jack Witherspoon won the Age 

16-18 Division. 

1. Redondo Beach Police Chief Keith 

Kauffman establishes his street cred with a 

kickturn on the quarter-pipe. Photo courtesy 

Ryan Harrison 

2. Jackass star and pro skater Jason ‘Wee 

Man’ Acuña was the guest of honor. 

3. Vianez Morales, of Gardena, was 

crowned Top Girl skater. 

4. Redondo Beach firefighters Alek 

Friedrichsen, Michael Manente, Cpt. Dustin 

Conard and Bradley Boster. 

PHOTOS BY BRAD JACOBSON 

5. Hermosa Parks and Rec commissioner 

Jani Lange. 

6. Redondo Beach Police Officer Ryan 

Harrison carves up the course. Photo 

courtesy Ryan Harrison 

7. Beach Cities Health District communications 

specialist Catherine Bustamante 

(center) with BCHD volunteers Isabel and 

Lisa Green. 

8. Jack Witherspoon, of Redondo Beach, 

won the 16 to 18 division. 

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Former President Joseph Biden during a reception hosted by 

Torrance Memorial Medical Center at the Shade Hotel in 

Manhattan Beach, prior to his Distinguished Speaker Series 

speech at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. 

Photo by Deidre Davidson

THE MAN WHO 

WOULD HAVE BEEN 

PRESIDENT 

Former Vice President Joseph Biden looks to Watergate for answers in the 

“battle for the soul of the nation” 

by Kevin Cody 

Shortly after being elected to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate in 

1972, Joe Biden watched Senator Jesse Helms excoriate fellow Republican 

Senator Bob Dole and Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy on the 

Senate floor for their support of equal rights for the disabled. Helms contended 

it was “confiscatory” to require small businesses to accommodate 

handicapped people with ramps and special bathrooms. 

“How can Helms be so heartless?” the 30-year-old Biden asked fellow Democrat 

Mike Mansfield when the two met in the Senate Leader’s office 

later that day. 

Mansfield told Biden that in 1963 Helms and his wife Dot saw a photograph 

in the Raleigh News of a 14-year-old boy with leg braces. He needed 

a home, so the Helms adopted him. 

“Do you still think Helms is heartless?” Mansfield asked Biden. 

“It’s always appropriate to question another man’s judgment, but it’s 

never appropriate to question his motives,” Mansfield advised the young 

Senator. 

“I felt like a fool,” Biden said, after relating the story during his October 

24 Distinguished Speaker talk at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. 

“Because when you question a man’s motive,” Biden explained, “when 

you say they’re acting out of greed, that they’re in the pocket of an interest 

group, it’s awfully hard to reach consensus. It’s awfully hard reaching 

across the table to shake that person’s hands.” 

The former vice-president used the story to illustrate why he believes the 

national political system is broken and how to fix it. 

Without once blaming President Donald Trump by name during his hour, 

20 minute talk, Biden relentlessly pointed to the President as both cause 

and consequence for what he alternately referred to as “phony nationalism” 

or “phony populism.” 

“The nature of work has ‘all changed, changed utterly,’” he said, quoting 

from William Butler Yeats’ poem about the 1916 Irish Uprising against their 

British overlords. 

He traced the change to globalization and computerization. 

“It makes a fertile field for demagogues to fish in,” he said. 

“There used to be a basic bargain that if you contribute to an enterprise 

you share in the profits. Between 1948 and 1978, productivity increased 92 

percent and wages increased 92 percent. Since then productivity has increased 

another 69 percent, but wages have increased just eight percent. 

“Why? 

“The immigrants took our jobs. We spend too much money coddling the 

Blacks. It’s always ‘the other.’” 

“I never thought I’d see Neo-Nazis marching in our historical cities, carrying 

swastikas and chanting the same anti-Semitic bile we saw in Germany 

in the 1930s. Then to hear some elected leaders drawing moral equivalences 

between these people and other protesters…” he said, not finishing the sentence. 

He trusted his audience to remember Trump’s statements, following 

the Unite the Right Charlottesville protests in August, that "there is blame 

on both sides." 

Biden proposed a three pronged attack for winning what he called “a battle 

for the soul of the nation.” 

First, “We need to talk to each other again and drop the idea that the opposition 

is the enemy.” The suggestion elicited the strongest applause of the 

evening. 

“When I got to the Senate, the Vietnam War was tearing the country apart. 

The women’s movement was viewed as radical and environmentalism was 

an attack on corporate America. We had segregationist senators like Strom 

Thurmond and Sam Irwin. 

“But as divided as we were, we got things done because we knew one 

another. 

“Senator Helms and I had profound political differences. He was constantly 

saying, ‘We’ve never lost a war and we’ve never won a treaty.’ But 

as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, we 

passed some of the most significant legislation of the last 40 years. 

“How many senators and congressmen today have a friendship with a 

member of the opposite party?” 

“I’m still in contact with Republican leaders. But I never let anyone know 

who they are because it would hurt them if it was known they were consulting 

with me. 

“I went up to the Hill during my vice presidency and looked in on the 

senate dining room, where guests are allowed. It was full. I looked in on 

the dining room across the hall, where only senators are allowed. It used 

to have tables where opposing senators sat across from one another and 

worked out their differences over lunch, one on one. The room was empty. 

The tables have been replaced by lounges,” he said. 

“We need to deal with nationalism,” Biden said in introducing his second 

strategy. “We’ve seen it before in our country and in other countries we 

thought were sound democracies.” 

He recalled the 1968 presidential bid of American Independent Party candidate 

George Wallace. The Alabama governor’s rallying cry was, “Segregation 

now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever.” Wallace won five 

southern states. 

Biden is board chair of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. 

Two weeks prior to his Distinguished Speakers talk, he presented Arizona 

Senator John McCain with the Center’s Liberty Medal. 


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Former Vice President Joseph Biden responds to questions presented by 

KNX Radio reporter Charles Feldman. Photo by Deidre Davidson 

Biden quoted from McCain’s acceptance speech, which also pounded 

Trump without mentioning Trump’s name. 

"To abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse 

the obligations of international leadership for the sake of some half-baked, 

spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats 

than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other 

tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history," 

Biden read from McCain’s speech. 

Biden followed McCain with an excerpt from a New York Times column 

by David Brook, printed two days prior to Biden’s Redondo talk. 

“Human beings can be rallied around three things: religion, tribe or 

ideals. Donald Trump and the campus multiculturalists want to organize 

people by ethnic tribe, which has always been the menacing temptation 

throughout our history.” 

In a rising voice, Biden said, “We haven’t led the world just by the examples 

of our power, but by the power of our example. That is why the 

world has repaired to us for the last seven decades. They believe that we 

believe what we say in our sacred documents. 

“Can you picture,” he asked, almost shouting, “any past American president 

taunting a foreign leader with nuclear weapons about his size? Calling 

the president of South Korea an appeaser? Threatening China with a trade 

war and not appointing an assistant secretary of state for East Asia?” 

Returning to a measured tone, he argued, “Every problem we face requires 

more than just us. It requires alliances, not just physical alliances, 

but alliances of ideals.” And yet, he contended, “U.S. foreign policy is 

closed off and clannish, as us versus them.” 

Biden again quoted from Brooks’ Sunday column. 

“The moral fabric of society is invisible but essential. Some use their 

public position to dissolve it so they can have an open space for their selfishness.” 

“We can’t let that happen,” Biden said. “We have an obligation to reweave 

our values -- honesty, dignity, giving hate no safe harbor, leaving no one 

behind -- back into the fabric of our political system.” 

Finally, Biden exhorted, “It’s time to stand up for the American story. 

We are energy independent. We have the world’s most powerful military. 

Our workers are three times more productive than Asia’s. Name a worldchanging 

product invented in the last 20 years that was not invented in 

the United States.” 

“Thanks to our underappreciated President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we 

have more research universities than the rest of the world combined.. 

“After Sputnik, Eisenhower convened a panel to discuss how to reclaim 

leadership in science and technology. They said invest in the military-industrial 

complex. He said, ‘No, send the money to the universities.’” 

“I spent 25 hours in one-on-one conversations with Chinese President 

Xi Jinping, with just our translators present,” Biden said, returning to the 

theme of international alliances. 

“I told him we want China to succeed. He asked why. So you can buy 

our products, I told him.” 

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is finished. We think you will come back. But we want to know if our investment 

in American Treasury notes is safe. We are worried about your 

rising entitlement costs.” 

“I said, ‘President Xi, I saw that the Thursday after America’s financial 

rating was downgraded, you bought $10 billion in U.S. Treasury notes. I 

know you did that to help us.’ Then, more seriously, I added, ‘Our entitlement 

policies can be fixed. But how will you fix your one child policy. By 

2020, China will have more retirees than workers. If we can help, let us 

know.’” 

Biden said Hillary Clinton and the Democrats share in the blame for the 

current political breakdown. 

“It’s the responsibility of the opposition to offer rational alternatives. We 

hear about the angry, uneducated, prejudiced white guys in Pennsylvania, 

Ohio, and Wisconsin who voted for Trump. But four years earlier a Black 

man won those states. These people aren’t stupid. There are 600,000 middle 

class truck drivers in America who don’t know if they will have a job 10 

years from now. 

“Over the last four years, white males, ages 40 to 49, have had the highest 

suicide, divorce and drug abuse rates in the nation, higher than in the ghettos. 

It’s the only age group in America with a declining life expectancy.” 

“Can anyone tell me from the last election, Hillary’s plan for tax reform, 

or college affordability?’ 

“I know I sound like a conspiracy nut,” he acknowledged, “but I think 

there was a method to the [Trump’s] madness. I spoke at 83 events for 

Hillary. On my way to Wisconsin, three and a half weeks before the election, 

I realized every time a serious issue was raised, it was pushed aside 

by extraneous issues. 

“Two days prior to the second debate, the Entertainment Tonight tape of 

Trump’s groping was leaked. I knew the first question to Trump would be 

about his treatment of women. I prayed to God that when Hillary was asked 

to respond, she would say something like, ‘We all know who Donald Trump 

is. Let me tell you what I’ll do to keep the economy going.’” 

Instead, after Trump dismissed the tape as “locker room talk,” Clinton, 

in Biden’s opinion, took the bait. “I said starting back in June that he was 

not fit to be president and commander in chief.” 

Trump quickly counter punched. He accused Clinton of enabling her husband’s 

abuse of women. 

“If you look at Bill Clinton, mine are words and his was action... There’s 

never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation that has been so 

abusive to women,” Trump said, to devastating effect. 

“Harvard did a study of the debates,” Biden said. “Just four percent of the 

words related to significant issues.” 

“When we engage in gutter language, this demeaning conduct by our 

leaders, we pull it all down,” Biden said. 

At the end of his talk, Biden turned to history for hope. 

“I was there during Watergate. The people who saved the country were 

Republicans. Senators Howard Baker, Bill Cohen. Enough Republicans 

found their voices.” 

In 1974, Nixon resigned after Republican leaders, including Arizona Senator 

Barry Goldwater, told him he had lost his party’s support. 

“I think you’ll see Republicans begin to realize how close to the edge we 

are. Our silence in the face of these things amounts to complicity,” Biden 

said. 

“The American people, too, are awakening to the danger of phoney nationalism. 

There is a real hunger for bipartisanship,” he contended. 

Biden told of his mother cautioning him when he was young, “Joey, the 

children are listening.” 

“Right now” he told his Redondo Beach audience, “the world is listening.” 

During the question and answer period Biden was asked, “Do politicians 

ever really retire?” 

In 2020, when the next presidential election will be held, Biden will be 

78 and Trump 74. 

“Some do. Some don’t,” he answered. Then he digressed into a discussion 

about the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the 

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history of Manhattan Beach,” Councilman Steve Napolitano advised 

attendees at the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce 

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House. Napolitano presented Dennis with the Bob Meistrell Local 

Legend award. She has written eight books about Manhattan Beach 

history, beginning with “A Walk Beside the Sea,” published in 1978. 

The All Around Best of Manhattan award was presented to Skechers. 

This year is the 25th anniversary of its founding in a Manhattan 

Beach garage. Today it has sales worldwide of over $3.5 billion. 

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Best of Manhattan Awardees 

Bob Meistrell Local Legend Award: Jan Dennis 

All Around Best Manhattan: Skechers 

Making a Difference: MB Education Foundation 

Home Sweet Home: Matt Morris Development 

Dine Manhattan Beach: Mangiamo 

Small and Mighty: The Ripe Choice 

Shop MB: Wright’s 

Outstanding Recognition Awards 

Man’s Best Friend: Bay Animal Hospital 

Best Cocktail: The Strand House 

Legendary MB: The Kettle 

Hidden Gem: Putin’ on Productions 

Kids Matter Too: Manhattan Parks and Rec 

Home Away from Home: The Shade Hotel 

Make Me Beautiful: Aqua Salon 

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1. Jan Dennis is congratulated by Manhattan Beach Councilman 

Steve Napolitano on being named the 2017 Bob Meistrell Local 

Legend. 

2. Manhattan Beach resident Emmett Miller, an ABC national 

news reporter and a recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award emceed 

the evening. 

3. Skechers' Jennifer Clay and Robyn Curren. 

4. Manhattan Beach Ed Foundation CEO Farnaz Golshani Flechner 

with members of the board. 

5. Women Owned Business awardees Angela Bennett and 

Franca Stadvec of Fit On Studios. 

6. Evan Zapf of Matt Morris Development accepts the Home 

Sweet Home award. 

7. Home Sweet Home presenter Ed Myska, Grand Pointe Bank. 

8. Councilmembers Steve Napolitano and Dave Lesser introduce 

Dine MB winner Mangiamo. 

9. The Ripe Choice owner Tammy Lipps (center), accepts the 

Small and Mighty Award with her chef, and presenter Sherry 

Kramer. 

10. Chamber CEO Mark Lipps and Manhattan Toyota's Bradley 

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‘Pack walkin’ 

Dog walker Michael Loring with (left to right) German shepherd Mia, black lab Jadie, ridgeback Mister, white and tan pit bull Sophie, brown terrier Harry, 

golden retriever Hudson, white lab Duke (in front), white lab (in back) Don Vito,tan Shepherd mix Nash, Labradoodle Lucy, German shepard Pepper, husky 

Lilu, ridgeback Bizmarkie, blue nose pitbull Stella, Bassett Gilbert and American Eskimo Daisy. Photos by Kevin Cody 

Michael Loring‘s advice for dog owners is take them everywhere 

by Kevin Cody 

Michael Loring, 26, was walking 17 dog along the Hermosa Beach 

Greenbelt, last month, when a passing photographer asked if he 

minded having his picture taken. Loring agreed, but asked for time 

to pose the dogs. 

He dropped the leashes, lined the dogs up and told them to sit. Some sat. 

Some didn’t. Jadie, a black jab was particularly stubborn. When finally she 

sat, Labradoodle Lucy popped up, prompting Pepper the German Shepherd 

next to her to pop up. When they sat, Jadie got up again, joined by the two 

dogs next to her, Mia the Shepherd and Mister the Ridgeback. For nearly 

20 minutes, and without a hint of frustration, Loring played Whack-A-Mole 

with the dogs, until finally all were seated. 

Then he calmly walked around behind them, held his arms wide and told 

the photographer to tell the dogs to say cheese. 

Immediately, all of the dogs, except the two mischievous Ridgebacks 

Miser and Bizmarkie, looked directly at the camera and smiled. 

Loring is an American Kennel Club certified dog behaviorist. Most of the 

17 dogs he was walking that day were his “graduates.” 

“I call it ‘pack walking.’ It teaches them socialization,” he said. 

“The primary problems I see with local dogs are lack of leadership and 

lack of exercise. The result is the dogs become aggressive or fearful. When 

people spoil their dogs they become like spoiled children. 

Loring recommends new dog owners take their dogs everywhere. 

“Let them socialize with people and other dogs. You can’t leave them in 


The Hermosa Beach Green Belt is one of Loring’s favorite places to 

“pack walk,” his dogs. 

a crate all day and then expect them to be good social citizens,” he said. 

Owners should pick a breed that fits their lifestyle,” he said. 

“If you’re sedentary, get a bulldog or pug. If you’re active and like to run 

a lot, get a shepherd or pitbull.” 

Pitbulls, he said have gotten a bad rap. 

“Dogs only know what you teach them. Pitbulls are among the best dogs 

I’ve worked with. Like all dogs, they just need to be taught to socialize.” 

The Redondo Beach native began working with dogs his mother rescued 

when he was a child and continues to work regularly with rescue dogs. 

He has owned Spectrum Dogs in Hermosa Beach for five years. He may 

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public art within Manhattan Beach, 

visit the Public Art webpage or contact 

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Attendees learn ways to better cope 

with and manage the challenges of dementia. 

Call (323) 930-6256 to RSVP. 

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Wine at 5 

Join Blue Zones Project for its 

monthly "Social Hour."Enjoy conversation 

with others who share a desire 

for healthy behaviors. Unwind with 

new and old friends. The first glass of 

wine is $5, plus discounted appetizers 

from 5 to 6 p.m. Discounted appetizers 

will be offered. 5 - 6 p.m. Playa 

Hermosa, 19 Pier Ave., Hermosa 

Beach. For a upcoming monthly hour 

events visit bchd.org/socialhour. 

Wednesday, Nov. 15 

Annual Pier Lighting 

& Open House 

Celebrate the annual Holiday Open 

House together with the City of Manhattan 

Beach Pier Lighting Ceremony. 

Downtown merchants will be open 

until 9 p.m. Restaurants will offer 

samplings to get your palette started 

for an evening of wonderful food. 7 

p.m. Downtown Manhattan Beach 

Pier. For questions call (310) 379-9901 

or downtownmanhattanbeach.com. 

Chamber salute to 

El Segundo 

One of the year’s most anticipated 

events, recognizing El Segundo leaders 

Mayor Suzanne Fuentes and El Segundo’s 

former mayors, and 

congratulating this year’s honorees for 

Citizen of the Year. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

333 Continental Blvd., El Segundo. 

Tickets are $25 for Chamber Members 

and $35 for non-Members. Tickets 

will be sold at the event. For 

additional information, call (310) 322- 

1220 or contact via email at 

info@elsegundochamber.org. 

Health Fair 

Lung cancer awareness program 

sponsored by Torrance Memorial 

Medical Center to provide information 

about lung cancer risk, screening, 

diagnosis, treatment options, and supportive 

resources. Information about 

smoking cessation will be provided. 

Free. No reservations required. 5:30 - 

8 p.m. Torrance Memorial Medical 

Center, 3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance. 

Call (310) 517-4711 for more information 

or to purchase a copy of the lecture. 

Native American 

Heritage 

Celebrate Native American Heritage 

month at the Hermosa Beach Library. 

Learn how to make a 

Dreamcatcher. All supplies provided. 

Suitable for adults. Free. 5:30 - 6:30 

Blvd., Redondo Beach. 10 a.m. - 12:30 

p.m. For more information call (310) 

318-0650 or visit redondo.org. 

Mommy & Me & Daddy 

too 

The Point offers a free, monthly 

Kid’s Club for preschool age children 

and their parents. Arts and crafts, live 

entertainment, face painting, stilt 

The Absolutely Free Mama Liz Thanksgiving is a four decade old Hermosa 

Beach tradition. Everyone is invited to enjoy a sit down dinner while listening 

to local musicians at the Kiwanis Hall, 2515 Valley Drive, Hermosa 

Beach. 

p.m. Hermosa Beach Library, 550 Pier 

Ave., Hermosa Beach. Questions? Call 

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Steam Cirque! 

Circus Vargas embarks on a brand 

new epic adventure under the big top. 

Goggles, gears, and gadgets set the 

stage for Circus Vargas’ 2017’s retrofuturistic 

production, Steam Cirque! 

Children of all ages will marvel at the 

wacky and wonderful cast of characters 

that come alive in this exciting 

steampunk, science-fiction fantasy inspired 

circus odyssey. Ongoing until 

Nov. 20. Tickets are $25 to $62. Battleship 

USS Iowa, 250 S. Harbor Blvd., 

San Pedro. For ticket information, 

times and performance dates, visit circusvargas.com 

or call (877) 468-3861 

or visit the box office. 

Friday, November 17 

Its shot time 

Free flu vaccine at Redondo Beach 

North Branch Library, 2000 Artesia 

walker, Smitten Ice Cream tastings 

and more. Stop by the registration 

table to pick-up your activity schedule 

and exclusive member discounts. 10 

a.m. - 12 p.m. 850 S. Sepulveda Blvd., 

El Segundo. For more information call 

(310) 414-5280. 

Saturday, November 18 

Protect what you love 

Join Heal the Bay for the Nothin’ 

But Sand Beach Cleanup.All you need 

to do is show up...and bring a bucket. 

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Hermosa Beach Pier, 

1201 The Strand, Hermosa Beach. 

Free. Sign up at eventbrite.com. Volunteers 

12 and younger must be accompanied 

by an adult. Volunteers 

under 18 must have a waiver signed 

by parent or guardian. For more information 

call (800) 432-5229 x148. 

Waitin’ on you! 

GI Joe presents the Fall Pier 2 Pier 

run/walk. From the Hermosa Beach 

Pier to Manhattan Beach Pier and 

back in the sand. Sign up at MBbootcamp.com. 

Win $100 for the fastest 

time. 8 a.m. Hermosa Beach Pier, 1 

Pier Ave. 

Torrance Arts & Crafts 

The Arts & Crafts Faire at the Torrance 

Cultural Arts Center features 

everything from candles and quilts to 

sculpture, clothing and jewelry. Door 

prize and opportunity drawing, music 

by DJ Ozzie and food and beverages 

available for purchase. Sat. and Sun. 9 

a.m. - 4 p.m. 3341 Torrance Blvd., Torrance. 

For additional information visit 

torrancecraftsmensguild.org. 

Used book sale 

Hermosa Beach Friends of the Library 

book sale. Most hardcover 

books are $1, paperbacks are .50, and 

children books are half-price. 9 a.m. - 

12 p.m. 1309 Bard Street, Hermosa 

Beach, block west of the Library. For 

questions and information call (310) 

379-8475 or visit hbfol.org. 

Art 2 Go 2 

Destination: Art’s special art sale 

event. All paintings are unsigned, then 

have the artist sign it. Framers with 

specially priced frames will be on 

hand. Last year, over 90 pieces were 

sold. Reception 3 - 7 p.m. 1815 213th 

Street, #135, Torrance. For questions 

and information call (310) 742-3192. 

Sunday, November 19 

Bounty of the Sea 

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Autumn 

Sea Fair celebrating the Bounty of the 

Sea. Live music, arts and crafts, 

games, sand sculpture contest, treasure 

hunt, and beach olympics. Free 

admission. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 3720 

Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro. For 

questions and information vist Cabrillomarineaquarium.org 

or call (310) 

548-7562. 

Beauty of Nature 

The Central Park Effect presented 

by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land 

Conservancy. The documentary transports 

the viewer to the dazzling, hidden 

world of America’s most famous 

city park. $10 online at pvplc.org. 

Youth 18 and under are free. 4:30 

p.m. Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 

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Thanksgiving Dinner 

Everyone is invited to a free turkey 

dinner, with all the fixings, and pumpkin 

pie from noon to 4 p.m. at the 

Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Hall. The 

four decade old community tradition 

was founded by Easy Reader and is 

supported by the Hermosa Beach Rotary 

and Kiwanis Club, Sandpipers 

and Berkshire Hathaway Realtors. 

2515 Valley Dr., Hermosa Beach. For 

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Farmers markets featuring farm fresh fruits and vegetables, 

meats and eggs, a wide range of ready made 

foods and even handcrafted gifts, can be found somewhere 

in the South Bay every day, except Mondays. 

A Farmers Market can be found somewhere in the South Bay every day except 

Monday. Manhattan’s farmers market (above) is Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 5 

p.m., behind City Hall. 

Tuesdays 

Torrance 

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wilson Park, 2200 

Crenshaw Blvd. 

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11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 13th St. and 

Morningside Dr., behind City Hall. 

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Wednesdays 

El Segundo 

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the 

Whole Foods at 760 Sepulveda 

Blvd. 

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11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Pier Plaza. 

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Thursdays 

Redondo Beach 

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Veteran’s 

Park, just south of the pier. 

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El Segundo 

3 to 7 p.m. downtown, at Main St. 

and Grand. Ave. 

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Fridays 


Noon to 4 p.m. at 11 St., and Valley 

Dr., next to Clark Field. 

HermosaBeachFarmersMarket.org. 

Saturdays 

Torrance 

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wilson Park, 2200 

Crenshaw Blvd. 

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Sundays 

Palos Verdes 

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 27118 Silver Spur 

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Cadillac, 

One 

two 

near 

divorces 

by Randy Angel 

Armando Martos, of Redondo Beach, won first place at the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance in the Pre-War American Elegance 1925-1942 class with his 1939 

Cadillac Series 6127 Opera Coupe. Photo courtesy of Armando Martos 

Beach cars shine at 2017 Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance 

Redondo Beach resident Amando Martos’ 1939 Cadillac Series 6127 

Opera Coupe won the Pre-War American Elegance, 1925-1942 class 

at last month’s Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. But not before 

the car almost caused the previous owner and his wife to divorce, twice. 

The first time was when the previous owner bought the car, the second 

time when he sold it. 

Martos met his Cadillac’s previous owner in 2001. Martos was living in 

Missouri. His neighbor Jack Compton had purchased the unrestored Cadillac 

20 years earlier. “I would drool just looking at what a beauty it was,” 

Martos recalled. “Jack, a US Air Force retiree, took daily walks to a nearby 

coffee shop. During one of those walks I happened to be on my driveway 

cleaning up my two Harleys, when Jack walked over and started a conversation.” 

Martos mentioned how much he admired the Cadillac and how he had 

begun restoring and reselling cars after his family moved from his native 

Argentina to the U.S and his dad opened a truck repair garage. 

Compton said he bought the Cadillac because the build tag (the date it 

came off the factory line and delivered to its original owner) was Compton’s 

birthday and the paint was called Antoinette Blue and his mother’s name 

was Antoinette. But Compton had neglected to consult with his wife before 

buying the car. He told Martos his wife got so mad she threatened to divorce 

him. 

“Then he offered to sell me the car. But only with my wife’s approval. 

But when I came back to his house with my wife and my checkbook, Jack 

came out of the garage looking white. 

“He said ‘Armando, you know how I told you how my wife almost divorced 

me when I bought this car. Well, I’m sure she’ll divorce me if I sell 

it. I promised her when I bought it that I’d restore it. She said I can’t sell it 

until I keep my promise.” 

Fourteen years would pass before Compton would keep his promise to 

his wife to restore the Cadillac and keep his promise to Martos to sell it to 

him. 

By then, Martos has moved to Redondo Beach. 

“When he delivered the car to me in 2015, he said, ‘Armando, we don’t 

really own classics such as this one. We are simply their caretakers, preserving 

them for the next generation to appreciate.’” 

After the car took a first place at last month’s Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance, 

Martos called the former owner, before he even left the show. 

“I’m honestly not sure which moment I enjoyed more – driving our 1939 

Cadillac up to the Concours’ podium and receiving the beautiful first place 

trophy, or the joy of hearing Jack’s reaction on the phone when I called 

him,” Martos said. 

A second Beach City car with a podium finish at last month’s Palos Verdes 

Concours d’Elegance was Pete and Cathy Hoffman’s 1956 Continental 

Mark II. The rare car placed second in the Post-War American Elegance 

through 1976 division. 

“We are always pleased when the judges appreciate the efforts we've 

made to restore this car,” said Pete Hoffman, a Hermosa Beach resident. 

“But our real reward for participating in a show like this is sharing our car 

with the attendees and spending the day with the other exhibitors and ‘car 

people.’” 

The Continental Mark II is a milestone car; Ford's somewhat unsuccessful 


The Eric P. Allen Memorial award for Most Elegant was presented to Earl 

Rubenstein, of El Segundo for his 1935 Packard 1204, Dual Cowl Phaeton. 

Photo courtesy of the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. 

attempt to bring an understated, 

Europe-style, ultra luxury car to the 

U.S. market when other U.S. automakers 

were enamored with 

giant tail fins. 

At $10,000 in 1956 ($90,000 in 

today’s dollars), the Mark II was 

roughly the price of a Rolls Royce 

and double that of a Cadillac. It had 

limited sales; only 3,000 were made 

between 1956 and 1957. Nevertheless, 

it is widely regarded as one of 

the most beautiful American cars 

ever. The Mark II was popular with 

the Hollywood crowd of the 1950s. 

Owners included Elizabeth Taylor, 

Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra and 

Elvis. 

At the 2013 Palos Verdes Concours, 

the Hoffmans’ Mark II won 

the "Best Design" award. 

Tom’s parents purchased their 

Mark II in October 1955. It was the 

first one sold in San Diego and has 

been in the family ever since. 

“We have a couple other collector 

cars, including a VW Safari and a 

Model A Ford. But they're more 

special interest or ‘cult cars’, rather 

than concours-quality cars like the 

Mark II,” Hoffman said. 

Tom and Deb Kazamek, of Manhattan 

Beach, were awarded An Excellence 

in Class Ribbon in the Race 

Cars of Special Interest class for 

their 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda. 

The couple has been attending the 

PV Concours d’Elegance since 

2000. They earned a first place in 

2012 with their 1935 Delahaye 135. 

“Winning the Excellence award 

this year was an honor,” Tom said. 

“I thought it was great that the 

judges appreciated the special history 

of our Ramchargers race car.” 

The Kazameks’ car was a Ramchargers 

team car for about 13 

years and the only one to survive. 

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Stock D Automatic (SS/DA) championships 

at NHRA national events. It 

was also the overall winner of 

Super Stock at the Popular Hot Rodding 

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Cathy Hoffman (pictured) and husband Pete, of Hermosa Beach, won second place at the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance 

in the Post-War American Elegance through 1976 class with their 1956 Continental Mark II. Photo courtesy of Pete 

Hoffman 

twice. 

“I have been a drag racing fan all 

my life, and I watched this car race 

many times at the Indy Nationals 

when I was in my teens,” Kazamek 

said. “I bought the car at the Barrett-Jackson 

auction in January 

2007.” 

Manhattan Beach residents also 

took 1st and 2nd place in the 

Porsche 356 class. Kent Neumann 

took top honors with his 1956 

Porsche 356 A Speedster while Jay 

Patrick was runner-up with his 

1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster. 

Taking home 2nd place awards 

were Torrance residents David 

Guelff and George and Pauline 

Renshaw; Guelff in the Under 3- 

Litre European Sports Cars class 

with his 1965 Volvo 1800 S and the 

Renshaws with their 1971 Jaguar 

Series II E-Type Roadster in the 

Jaguar E-Type, 1961-1974 class. 

The Eric P. Allen Memorial 

award for Most Elegant was presented 

to Earl Rubenstein, of El Segundo 

for his 1935 Packard 1204, 

Dual Cowl Phaeton. Best of Show 

honors went to Aaron and Valerie 

Weiss, of San Marino, for their 

1936 Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet 

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Manhattan Beach residents Tom and Deb Kazamek earned an Excellence in 

Class Ribbon in the Race Cars of Special Interest category with their 1970 

Plymouth Hemi Cuda. Photo courtesy of Tom Kazamek 

Concours d’Elegance benefit the 

Boys and Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles 

Harbor and a new charity, the 

Western Museum of Flight. 

The 24th edition of the Palos 

Verdes Concours d’Elegance had a 

different look this year. Instead of a 

Peninsula golf course, as in past 

years, the venue was Zamperini 

Airfield in Torrance, at the Robinson 

Helicopter Company’s facility. 

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to include historic aircraft 

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Brooks Skeleton 8. Charlie Johnson Green Beast 9. 

Chet Major Detroit Lions 10. Enzo Rodriguez Ninja. 

Micro Grom Zombies (middle schoolers): 1. Lisa 

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Linsey Gotanda Ed.D, Emiko Chapman M.Ed., Liz Schoeben MFT, Nancy De La Rosa MFT. Photos by Brad Jacobson (CivicCouch.com) 

Liz Schoeben’s therapists help school students deal with increasing pressures 

by Robb Fulcher 

Liz Schoeben is using a rare 

combination of therapeutic 

and entrepreneurial acumen 

to help students on the Peninsula 

avoid, or overcome, the increasing 

pressures of school life. 

Through her nonprofit organization 

CASSY (Counseling and Support 

Services for Youth) Southern 

California, Schoeben is making 

trained therapists available to Palos 

Verdes Peninsula school students. 

She established a similar program 

in Northern California. 

Through the year, one in five of 

the district’s 11,500 students will 

visit a CASSY therapist, and the 

bulk of the student body will receive 

classroom presentations from 

CASSY. 

The Manhattan Beach resident 

said the school partnership is a 

welcome reality in a nation where 

80 percent of young people with 

mental health concerns are not getting 

help. 

Business beginnings 

Schoeben began her professional 

career with Wells Fargo, selling 

services to small businesses, when 

she discovered that she “loved hearing 

people’s stories.” She began tutoring 

kids in difficult straits – kids 

who might have a father behind 

bars and an overworked mother. 

In her late 20s, she left Wells 

Fargo and returned to school for a 

master’s degree in marriage, family 

and child therapy. Then, for the 

next dozen years she worked as a 

school-based therapist in Northern 

California. 

A systematized approach 

Along the way, she realized that 

she could make a greater difference 

for a greater number of kids by 

forming an agency to direct counseling 

efforts in the schools. 

She and colleague Liz Llamas cofounded 

CASSY Bay Area in 2009. 

They hired trained therapists, 

marking an immediate upgrade 

from school-based systems that use 

graduate students who are unpaid 

and less trained. 

CASSY became a thriving concern, 

thanks to Schoeben’s gifts as 

a counselor, coupled with her flair 

as an entrepreneur who can conceive, 

develop and administer a 

nonprofit organization. 

“People usually have one brain or 

the other,” she said. “It’s hard to 

find a therapist who wants to run 

an agency.” 

Schoeben worked to build CASSY 

from the ground up, reading a “For 

Dummies” book about starting a 

nonprofit. 

She said her husband Rob 

Schoeben, then a marketing vice 

president at Apple, provided expertise 

and connections that helped 

CASSY start its life with a professional 

website and logo design, pro 

bono legal help, and a “polished 

look” right out of the gate. 

In six years CASSY grew into a $3 

million-a-year operation, serving 

more than 40 schools. Its success 

with students was confirmed with 

state-of-the-industry metrics. Last 

year, Schoeben left to seek a new 

horizon. 

“I’m an entrepreneur,” she said. 

“At that point it was a really well 

run agency.” 

To the Hill 

Schoeben was speaking on a 

panel at a mental health symposium 

in Sacramento when she met 

officials from the Palos Verdes 

Peninsula Unified School District. 

“They wanted me to do CASSY 

down here,” she said. 

Her experience up north spared 

her some growing pains with the 

new CASSY. In the Bay Area, she 

juggled the administrative and clinical 

functions, and worked in the 

schools. 

“That was way too much. I 

learned I can’t do everything.” 

This time, Schoeben hired a parttime 

clinical director to manage the 

counselors, and partnered with 

The Giving Back Fund, a nationwide 

organization that takes care of 

accounting, payroll taxes and other 

similar functions for nonprofits. 

And once again, Schoeben’s husband 

helped out. 

“All this allowed us to start up 

the agency in less than a month,” 

she said. 

Student issues 

In the high schools, a CASSY 

counselor occupies an office in the 

administration building, and is 


seen as “just another support” for 

the students. 

“What we’ve found over the 

years is that [other students] have 

no problem with it. It’s like, ‘Oh, 

you’re seeing her too, cool!’ 

They’re referring their friends,” 

Schoeben said. 

“There’s a lot of social work kind 

of stuff,” she said. “It’s not a long, 

year-after-year, lie-on-the-couchand-talk 

kind of thing. We help 

them function happily in school.” 

Crisis intervention and treatment 

is also an important part of the 

work. 

“A crisis is in the eye of the student,” 

said Schoeben. For instance, 

a student might say, “I broke up 

with my boyfriend, and he’s in my 

second period class,” prompting 

the counselor to talk the student 

through the situation, sort out her 

concerns, and return to functioning 

comfortably in the classroom. 

“This could also be a kid, or another 

student or staff member, saying 

he plans to kill himself, and he 

has the means, and he has a plan, 

and he’s getting ready to carry it 

out,” Schoeben said. 

In such a case, an eminently suicidal 

student might be hospitalized 

for evaluation, with the cooperation 

of parents, and stabilized before 

returning home. Then CASSY 

counselors help the student transition 

back to school. 

CASSY counselors also help students 

cope if death strikes a student 

or teacher, and help with 

issues of drug and alcohol abuse, 

or inappropriate sexual behavior. 

They refer students for more intensive 

therapy for issues such as eating 

disorders or suicidal planning. 

Nationally, one in eight young 

people is clinically depressed, 26 

percent of high school girls have 

been victimized by physical or sexual 

abuse, including date rape. A 

host of other issues, less serious 

and less chronic, still can interfere 

with a student’s happy adjustment 

to their environment. 

Although crisis counseling is 

sometimes needed for younger 

children, much of the work with 

them is done in classroom presentations 

on social skills and friendmaking. 

“We’re exposing almost every 

student to some level of emotional 

learning,” Schoeben said. 

Universal forces 

Data collected on the issues 

raised by students show a universality 

of experience, from affluent 

school districts to economically 

disadvantaged ones, such as the 

East Palo Alto schools served by 

CASSY Bay Area. 

“Every high school has the same 

issues – anxiety and depression 

symptoms, communication with 

parents, the stress and anxiety of 

wanting to get everything done, 

wanting to please everyone.” 

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Schoeben said the pitfalls facing 

kids have not changed fundamentally 

since she attended high school 

in the ‘80s, but some things have 

changed, such as the ubiquity of 

texting and social media. 

“We don’t turn off as well now,” 

she said. “We used to hang up the 

phone and go to sleep, or if my sister 

was on the phone, I couldn’t talk 

to my friend, and I’d just go to bed. 

Now they can text all night, and are 

exposed to the drama, and it’s hard 

to get a break. It doesn’t go away.” 

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PUMPKINS IN THE PARK 

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he Hermosa Beach Friends of the Park 

jumpstarted Halloween on Saturday, October 

14 with its 11th Annual Pumpkins 

in the park festival at Edith Rodaway Friendship 

Park. The day included a costume parade, face 

painting, Rotarian hotdogs and free pumpkins. 

For more information about Friends of the Park 

visit hbfop.org. 

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1. Penelope Rose De Leon Lopez, 

10 months with Hermosa Beach 

Police Public Service Officer Dio 

Vela. 

2. Arisa Muro, 3, of Redondo 

Beach and Emery Ludwick, 3, of 

Hermosa Beach. 

3. Rachael and Tom Thompson, 

with daughters Vivian, 4, and Natalie, 

7, of Torrance. 

4. London Dingle, 6, of Redondo 

Beach, gets a Minnie Mouse face 

paint by Elizabeth Hernandez. 

5. Zeke Stockwell, 1, is a seventh 

generation Hermosan. His great 

grandmother Victoria Marchett 

Mann turned 100 last March 

6. Bicycle raffle winner Jamie Lee 

with Friends of the Park’s Karen 

Kink and Steve Francis. 

7. Hermosa Rotarians Jamie Lee 

and Craig Schleicher served free 

hot dogs. 

8. Layla Hosley, 5 with grandma 

Jana and mom Camille. Dad Jason 

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Baker, Burton & Lundy, the local law firm with a nationwide 

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To house the expanding practice, the 41-year-old firm is making 

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Partner Brad N. Baker, who heads up estate planning, 

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Estate planning attorney Christine Daniels who is bilingual 

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Martin Lorenzana with a burrito de mar. Photos by Brad Jacobson (CivicCouch.com) 

They didn’t actually have restaurants when Spain and Mexico ruled 

California, but decorating an eatery to look like a hacienda still has a 

pretty long history. The first one on record was Casa Verdugo, a mansion 

in Glendale that opened in 1905. It became so popular that it had its 

own stop on the Red Car line. Visitors strolled the lush gardens and were 

entertained by singing guitarists and dancing children, followed by dinners 

of albondigas soup, chile rellenos, enchiladas, and other delights. The 

restaurant spawned an offshoot that lasted over 50 years, proof that romanticized 

Mexican dining had staying power. 

The current incarnation of Pancho’s in Manhattan Beach has been around 

for 40 years, following the same strategy of a beautiful Mexican fantasy. 

In 1987, Ab Lawrence took over a dilapidated restaurant that had been 

closed for three years and had previously served steaks and Chinese food. 

That restaurant had been founded as a barbecue joint in the 1930s and 

called Pancho’s, after a horse. Though the architecture resembled mission 

style it had never focused on Mexican food. Lawrence’s decision to align 

the food with the décor was evidently a winning strategy, because Pancho’s 

has stayed in business while almost everything around it has changed. 

The illusion here is still as potent as the margaritas, and has put Pancho’s 

on the short list of places that are a must for out of town visitors. You enter 

on the second floor next to a bustling and cluttered cantina, check in at the 

desk, and are ushered down a staircase to a cavernous room with wall murals, 

trees festooned with lights, and the inevitable bullfight posters. (There 

is a smaller and less spectacular room upstairs, but downstairs is where 

most of the tables are.) It’s an experience straight out of Olvera Street or 

San Diego’s Old Town, and an example of the restaurant as theatrical set. 

Servers are at your elbow almost immediately bringing chips and salsa 

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The illusion here is as potent as the margaritas 

and offering drinks and starters. But it’s best to take time to study the menu 

before ordering. As you consider appetizers, keep in mind that the portions 

here are large even by the standard of Mexican restaurants. Unless there’s 

something you always wanted to try on the appetizer list, you probably 

don’t really need it. 

The menu includes the standard taco and enchilada combinations and 

burritos, but also their version of some Mexican regional dishes and a few 

items created by longtime chef Ramon Hurtado. Some of these like tinga 

Poblana and birria are rare in the South Bay, and it’s a credit to the owner 

and chef that they’re offered. 

On a recent evening, we decided to order three of the more interesting 

items: a burrito del mar, chicken mole poblano, and chicken with salsa pipian 

made from pumpkin seeds. Knowing the portions are hefty, we started 

by sharing a bowl of albondigas soup, which we consumed alongside mezcal 

and “Naughty Maggie” margaritas. There are apparently at least two 

drinks called the Naughty Maggie, one a strawberry margarita and the other 

this standard but strong version with a Grand Marnier float. It’s about two 

bucks more than the standard margarita and worth the upcharge, because 

the liqueur adds a dimension of flavor as well as a little extra kick. 

As for the soup, it hit all the marks for albondigas with a flavorful broth, 

chunks of potato, celery, and carrot, and meatballs that had a very light texture, 

thanks to being boiled. The broth was a bit less concentrated than you 

might get in East LA, but that could be a stylistic choice. If you’re deciding 

between soup and a salad I recommend the soup. 

As we snacked on chips and a surprisingly zingy salsa we watched the 

first of three birthday celebrations of the evening. A server came out with 

a piece of cake whose lit candle was concealed by a sombrero and plopped

Pancho’s main dining room evokes a festive Mexican courtyard. 

the hat on the birthday person’s head and served the cake as other servers 

sang melodiously. Hilarity and many cellphone photos ensued. It’s a measure 

of the popularity of this place with families that a similar ritual will 

happen multiple times any evening you’re there. I don’t know whether 

servers are tested on their singing voices when they apply, but they 

sounded pretty good. 

The mains arrived fairly quickly and were as bountiful as expected, the 

proteins in a lake of sauce and accompanied by plenty of rice and either 

refried or black beans. The only odd thing was that on both plates that involved 

beans the cotija cheese was dusted very sparingly, and since I like 

cheese with my beans I noticed this. 

Thankfully the burrito del mar, which was filled with crab, shrimp, 

onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and rice, didn’t skimp on the seafood. There 

was plenty of it and the crab had flavor rather than just adding texture. 

The green tomatillo sauce that topped the burrito was on the mild side but 

had enough heat to be interesting, and it was a successful item overall. 

I was interested in trying the chicken pipian because it’s one of the most 

interesting Mexican sauces, based on a mix of peanut and pumpkin seeds 

with cumin, garlic, and other herbs. A friend of mine who was born in 

India said that mole sauce and pipian were what happened when Mexicans 

tried to invent curry, and he’s on target, since it has a similar thick, rich 

flavor. The version here is timid with the chillies and cumin compared to 

the ones I’ve tried in Mexican neighborhoods, but the formula of nuttiness, 

green herbs, and spice is intact. 

The mole poblano was slightly less effective than the pipian because 

poblano sauce is usually very thick and has a smoldering heat balanced 

with chocolate, and they had backed off on the chillies and garlic that balance 

the richness. The traditional topping of toasted sesame seeds was 

missing too, and those are more than a garnish because they add little 

bursts of flavor. It wasn’t bad, but wasn’t as impressive as other items. 

One thing to note is that the chicken dishes here are made with skinless 

and boneless breast, which means the meat is less rich than in traditional 

preparations. Many people probably prefer it that way for health or aesthetic 

reasons, but in some recipes the fat from the meat melts in and becomes 

a component of the sauce. This was evident in the the mole poblano, 

in which I found the chicken to be a bit dry. The nuts in the pipian sauce 

added a certain amount of richness to make up for the lack of fat as did 

the chocolate in the poblano, but the change is noticeable to those who 

are used to the traditional version. South Bay diners probably prefer the 

lower calorie count and are happy to enjoy the dishes the way they’re made 

here. 

We considered sharing an order of the tres leches cake that we had seen 

served to the birthday boys and girls but decided against it because, as I 

mentioned, the portions here are massive. 

Dinner for three with three cocktail ran $119, and yes, that does make 

this by far the most expensive Mexican restaurant in Manhattan Beach. 

To this I can only say that you are paying for the beach-adjacent rents, high 

server to diner ratio, and the upkeep on a beautiful old building. This won’t 

be the place you come to grab a quick taco on your way somewhere, but 

will consider when you want a relaxed meal in stylish surroundings. If 

you’re coming here for your birthday and the servers find out then you’ll 

spend part of the evening wearing a hat and posing for pictures, but that’s 

a risk you may be willing to take. 

Pancho’s is at 3615 Highland in Manhattan Beach, corner of Rosecrans. 

Open Mon. - Thur. 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., Fri - Sat 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m., Sun. 10 

a.m. - 9 p.m. Valet or street parking. Full bar, wheelchair access OK, some vegetarian 

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– have difficulty interpreting the tone of online comments, and can be 

tempted into too-impulsive online communication. 

“Their brains are still growing, until they’re about 25, and so they’re 

more impulsive, it’s harder to slow down and make good decisions.” 

Money matters 

The school district covers 80 percent of CASSY’s funding, and Schoeben, 

the former business banking salesperson, must fundraise the rest, which 

totals about $45,000. 

CASSY’s effectiveness is measured through feedback from kids, parents 

and school staff, and by the Children’s Global Assessment Scale, commonly 

called C-GAS, which evaluates the level of functioning, and severity 

of mental illness, in children and adolescents. 

CASSY Southern California’s first round of evaluative data will be compiled 

at the end of the school year. 

“We assume it will parallel [CASSY Bay Area], where 90 percent of the 

students we see get better, based on the C-GAS scale,” Schoeben said. 

The school district had been seeking ways to better address students’ social 

and emotional needs for a couple of years, said Kimberly Fricker, assistant 

superintendent for educational services. 

Conversations with students and parent groups had underscored the 

need to help high school kids cope with the pressures of complex academic 

schedules and the increasingly competitive effort to get into desirable colleges 

and universities, she said. 

The district hopes that addressing the social and emotional needs of 

younger students will help give them the resiliency they can call upon later, 

to handle the greater stresses that high school can bring. 

“I’m very excited and enthusiastic about this partnership with CASSY,” 

Fricker said. 

Looking ahead, Schoeben wants to expand CASSY. 

“It’s important to have the district buy-in. We would like to grow district 

by district.” Growing would help costs low and allow for better employee 

training, Schoeben said. 

Funding can be secured for counseling in financially disadvantaged 

school districts through grants, and through Title IX of the federal civil 

rights law. 

“East Palo Alto is a very underserved community. Ninety percent of students 

get free and reduced-cost lunch. But sometimes these districts are 

easier to fund. It’s hard to write a grant for a community that has a lot of 

wealth,” Schoeben said. 

In her limited spare time, Schoeben relaxes by kickboxing, and she volunteers 

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