Peninsula People Apr 2018

Volume XXII, Issue 9 April 2018

April 2018 • Peninsula 3

PENINSULA 

Volume XXII, Issue 9 

April 2018 

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 

Re/Max Estate Properties founder 

Sandra Sanders 

Photo by David Fairchild 

(DavidFairchildStudio.com) 

PROFILES 

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Belle of the Bay 

by Kevin Cody Sandra Sanders emerged from a small town 

in Louisiana to become the most successful real estate broker 

in one of the nation’s most competitive and expensive real 

estate markets. 

Hello muddah, hello faddah 

by Ryan McDonald An app for helping seniors keep in 

touch with their families draws the attention of “Shark Tank.” 

Home game 

by Stephanie Cartozian After nearly two decades in the 

National Hockey League, Stanley Cup winner Brad Stuart looks 

forward to staying home with his family. 

An app for horses 

by Yvonne Liu Horse lover Lindsay Douglass uses her 

Stanford engineering degree to design an app that simplifies 

the paperwork required of owning a horse. 

Old school Italian 

by Richard Foss Luna Rossa’s food lives up to the promise 

of its formal, old school, Italian dining room. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

12 Richstone Masquerade Gala 

14 Sanders awarded Norris Keys to the Heart 

22 Girls Night Out at Comedy and Magic 

32 Providence Little Company honors 

Priscilla Hunt 

48 Las Madrecitas Ball 

50 Coach ‘Dozer’ remembered 

56 Peninsula Heritage celebrates the 

Kentucky Derby 

60 Vistas for Children Cirque by the Sea 

64 Mad Hatter Tea Party 

DEPARTMENTS 

50 Peninsula calendar 

63 Around and About 

68 Peninsula Home and Garden 

73 Home services 

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

Moonlight Masquerade Gala 

Richstone Family Center benefit 

The 23rd Annual Affair of the Heart Gala was attended by hundreds 

of South Bay residents at mega-car dealer Michael Sullivan’s Audi 

Pacific Torrance Center. This year’s honorees were Chuck Stain and 

Gary Houston, both Palos Verdes Peninsula residents. The attire was 

masquerade and guests were treated to a special evening of wine, martinis, 

dinner and an auction full of unique experiences including a 

Goodyear Blimp excursion, a Hawthorne City Police helicopter ride and 

an unforgettable experience at the Hearst Castle for two. Richstone is 

dedicated to preventing and treating child abuse and trauma, strengthening 

and educating families and decreasing violence in families, 

schools and communities. For more about Richstone Family Center visit 

RichstoneFamily.org. 

1. Corey and E.J. Wicketts, Denise 

and Russell Tyner and Jeana Cabotaje. 

2. Gary and Nan Houston. 

3. Courtney Houston, Gary and Nan 

Houston, Jenny Houston and Shelby 

Houston. 

4. Mathew St. Cloud and Lindsey 

Perkins. 

5. Terry Dibble and Mark Smith. 

6. Jack Whalen, Cathleen and Chuck 

Stain. 

PHOTOS BY TONY LABRUNO 

7. RL and David Peters, Larry and 

Candy Poindexter. 

8. Fred Grant, Tara Hubbard Grant, 

Britney and Nick Brandeau. 

9. LAcarGuy’s Mike Sullivan and 

announcer Rossi. 

10. Barbara and Roger Van Remmen, 

Rita and Doug Mockett. 

11. Randy Burt and Deslie Guthrie. 

12. Eric and Nicole Santiago. 

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Palos Verdes 

Performing Arts 

Reach for the Stars Benefit Gala 

An evening of shimmering splendor and 

dazzling entertainment awaited guests at 

the “Reach for the Stars” Gala at the Harlyne 

J. Norris Pavilion. The black-tie event commemorated 

the 35th anniversary season of the 

Norris Theatre and honored supporter Sandra 

Sanders, who was presented with the “Keys to 

Our Heart” award for her service on the board 

and generosity to the Palos Verdes Performing 

Arts (PVPA). Among the many highlights of 

the evening was the “Reach for the Stars Musical 

Revue,” which celebrated music from 

Broadway spanning eight decades. 

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PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE CARTOZIAN 

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1. Julie Moe Reynolds and Abby Douglass. 

2. Keys to our Heart honoree Sandra Sanders. 

3. Honoree Sandra Sanders and children James, 

Diane and John. 

4. John, Sandra, Julie and Jocelyn Sanders. 

5. Adam Wagoner, Sandra Sanders, Sadie Sanders, 

Jocelyn Bennion and Annika Smith. 

6. Kehrl Blenko and Mary Carroll. 

7. Steve and Lisa Hansen. 

8. Dr. Allen Ginsburg and Charlotte Ginsburg, 

Quinn and Rochelle Fregeau. 

9. Dr. Greg Ginsburg and Valerie Neuner, Danny 

and Simone Ginsburg. 

10. Chuck and Marylyn Klaus. 

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Belle 

of the Bay 

by Kevin Cody 

The old boys’ club was no problem for Southern born Sandra Sanders 

Sandra Sanders opened Re/Max Palos Verdes in a medical building at 

Palos Verdes Drive North, and Crenshaw Boulevard in 1984. Re/Max 

(Real Estate Maximums) was a franchise founded a decade earlier by 

Denver-based Dave Liniger and his future wife Gail Main. 

Prior to Re/Max, real estate offices split sales commissions 60-40, with 

the 60 percent going to the agent. The broker provided agents with an office, 

logistical support and marketing. 

Re/Max upended this business model by introducing “rent-a-desks.” Instead 

of closely split commissions, agents paid brokers a flat fee, plus a 

small percent of their commissions. In return, brokers gave agents a desk 

and logistical support. Re/Max predated today’s shared offices by half a century. 

The rent-a desk model attracted top producing agents, leaving conventionally 

structured offices with the less productive agents. Re/Max brokers 

were discouraged from keeping low producers because their franchise fee 

was based on the number of agents they had. 

“Everyone has to contribute. If an agent isn’t selling, I bring them in and 

tell them, ‘You’ve got to sell,’” Sanders said in explaining how the system 

works. 

Within five years Sanders had over 40 agents, and had opened a second 

office in Malaga Cove. 

Then, in 1989, longtime Peninsula broker Ron Florence sold his Carriage 

Realty to Coldwell Banker, a national, split-commission brokerage. Over 70 

agents promptly left Coldwell Banker and joined Re/Max Palos Verdes. 

“Agents were loyal to Ron, but they weren’t loyal to Coldwell because it 

was from out of the area. And Carriage’s office was right across from ours, 

in Malaga Cove. So, I got lucky. But you have to be somewhat good to be 

lucky,” Sanders said. 

Two years prior to Sanders opening Re/Max Palos Verdes, Bob Todd converted 

his Spring Realty offices in the Beach Cities to Re/Max. Todd’s 

Re/Max Beach Cities enjoyed even faster growth in his hyperactive market 

than Re/Max Palos Verdes. By the time Todd retired in 2005, he owned 14 

Re/Max offices with over 700 agents in the Beach Cities and West Los Angeles. 

Todd’s rival in the Beach Cities was Shorewood Realtors, a conventional 

commission broker, founded in 1969 by Arnold Goldstein and Larry Wolf. 

To stem the exodus of their agents to Todd’s Re/Max, Goldstein and Wolf 

adopted the rent-a-desk model. The two companies battled for dominance 

in the Beach Cities for the next three decades, until the Great Recession of 

2008. 

During their expansion years, both Re/Max Beach Cities and Shorewood 

attempted to expand to the Peninsula, without success. 

“You’re looking at her,” Sanders said by way of explaining why they failed. 

Todd’s Malaga Cove office was one of nearly a dozen offices she bought in 

her consolidation of the Peninsula market. 

When the Great Recession hit and home prices plummeted, Sanders 

closed her San Pedro office and put her own money into her company to 

keep it afloat. But her chief rivals fared worse, providing her another lucky 

opportunity. 

In 2010, Todd’s daughter Kelly Amundson, who took over Re/Max Beach 

Cities after Todd’s conviction on loan fraud cost him his real estate license, 

called Sanders’ son James. 

“Kelly told James she was filing for bankruptcy and even though we were 

competitors, she wanted what was best for her agents and thought we 

would be a good fit. So, for just $200,000, we acquired their 200 agents and 

their offices in the Beach Cities and West Los Angeles,” Sander said. 

The sale left Shorewood as Sanders’ biggest rival. Like Sanders, Shorewood 

founders Goldstein and Wolf were approaching 80. Unlike Sanders, 

they were ready to retire. In 2014, they sold Shorewood, with its nine offices, 

and 250 agents, to Denver-based real estate mogul Roger Herman. 


Sandra Sanders with 

other top Peninsula real 

estate brokers Steve 

Watts, Raju Chhabria, 

and Chris Adlam in 

2010. 

Photo by David Fairchild 

Two years later, Shorewood was dissolved during Herman’s bankruptcy 

and its assets acquired by Vista Sotheby’s. 

Peninsula brokers Adlam and Associates, and the Edler Group, and Realtors 

Gerard Bisignano and Darin DeRenzis formed Vista Sotheby’s in 

2007. In 2015, they established a Beach Cities beachhead by merging with 

South Bay Brokers, which, like Re/Max Beach Cities and Re/Max Palos 

Verdes, was formed in the mid 1980s by Jim Van Zanten and Jack Gillespie. 

The Shorewood and South Bay Brokers transactions made Vista 

Sotheby’s the second largest Peninsula real estate broker and the third 

largest in the South Bay, behind Keller Williams and Sanders’ Re/Max. 

Sanders said she chose not to bid on Shorewood because she thought 

she could win over a significant number of Shorewood agents without paying 

for the company’s assets. 

“And we did. 75 to 80 Shorewood agents joined us,” she said. 

In 2012, as the Great Recession receded and South Bay home prices rebounded, 

Sanders rebranded Re/Max Palos Verdes as Re/Max Estate Properties 

and ditched the cheesy, red, white and blue Re/Max business cards 

in favor of black cards with the Re/Max balloon embossed in silver, to reflect 

her increasingly wealthy market. 

Last year, Re/Max Estate Properties accounted for over 40 percent of the 

Peninsula’s 1,280 home sales and over 30 percent of the South Bay’s 7,896 

homes sales. 

Sanders’ 17 offices, 725 agent and more than $5 billion in annual sales 

have surpassed Todd’s levels during the pre Great Recession South Bay 

real estate boom years. 

Sanders explains her success to new agents by telling them about the 

first time she went fly fishing. 

“My husband and I went to a lodge in Montana, and I caught 21 fish the 

first day. Back at the lodge the other guests were complaining about not 

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catching any fish. So the next day, I studied why I was catching fish and 

others weren’t. The first reason was I had a good guide. He went up and 

down the river looking for the best holes to cast in while the other guides 

settled in one place.The second reason was I cast left and right. I worked 

really hard. 

“A good coach and a good work ethic is all you need.” 

Sanders’ coach, she said, was the legendary motivational speaker Jim 

Rohn. 

“I listened to his tapes and what I learned was ‘Work harder on yourself 

than on your business.’” 

Nothing in Sanders upbringing portended her becoming the most successful 

real estate broker in one of the nation’s wealthiest, most competitive 

real estate markets. 

Beginning with the fact that she is a woman in a field long dominated 

by men. 

Sanders acknowledged having had her “me too” moments, but insists 

they never hindered her career. 

“There was an old boys’ club that I was not included in,” Sanders said. 

“I can’t say it hurt me, but I certainly noticed that I wasn’t included.” 

“When I started, Re/Max had almost no female brokers. And most of 

them were partners with their husbands. It’s still that way,” she said. 

“But I was never motivated to break through the glass ceiling. I was motivated 

to do the best job I could every day of the week,” she said. 

“My advice to women is the same I give to men. Color, creed and gender 

don’t matter. It’s what’s inside you.” 

Sandra McConnell grew up an only child in Minden, a town of 8,000 in 

the northeast corner of Louisiana, near Shreveport and the Red River. It 

bequeathed her a disarming Southern accent, a supportive husband and 

not much else. 

Her father, an oil field supervisor, died when she was nine, leaving her 

to care for her English-born, epileptic mother Fairy Maurice Barnes Mc- 

Connell. 

“I had no ambition. I just wanted to be get married and be a housewife. 

When it was time to go to college, my mother told me I could be a teacher, 

a nurse or a secretary. She was a teacher and hated it and I didn’t want to 

be a nurse, so I studied business at Louisiana Tech University.” 

At 22, she married Glover Sanders, her highschool sweetheart, who possessed 

an engineering degree from Texas A&M. 

“Part of the reason I married Glover was he agreed to have my mother 

live with us. He must have really loved me because mother was crazy as 

well as epileptic,” Sanders said. 

When Glover was offered a job at Union Carbide in Torrance, the couple, 

with young children John and Diane and her mother moved to a small 

home on Spring Creek Road in Rancho Palos Verdes. 

After their third child James entered St. John Fisher in 1973, Grover suggested 

to his wife that she apply her formidable energy to selling real estate. 

“I was bored and just wanted to make some extra money. But, being 

competitive, I wanted to do well. After eight months, I had six homes in 

escrow, so it became a career.” 

She started with the Rockoff brothers’ Robert’s Realty and over the next 

10 years worked for a half dozen other Peninsula brokers before starting 

Re/Max Palos Verdes. She said she affiliated with Re/Max because she 

thought its commission structure would enable her to attract the Peninsula’s 

top Realtors. 

In recent years, Sanders has relinquished responsibilities to her sons John 

and James and daughter Diane. She’s dialed back her 24/7 days to 10 to 4, 

Monday through Friday, leaving her time to swim in her pool at her ranch 

style Rolling Hills home. 

As her fortune grew Sanders became one of the Peninsula’s principal 

philanthropist. She served on the Norris Theater Board of Director for a 

dozen years and has also contributed to the Palos Verdes Art Center, Marymount 

College, St. John Fisher, Rainbow Services and Torrance Memorial 

Medical Center. In 2013, The Palos Verdes Chamber of Commerce named 

her Woman of the Year and last month she received the Norris Theater 

Key to Our Heart award. 

At 82, Sanders credits her energy to a positive attitude, exercise and moderation. 

“I take life as it comes. I think stress ages people,” she said with her understated 

Southern sensibility. PEN 


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Cancer Support Community 

Exceeds fundraising goals 

This year’s event surpassed our fundraising goal by more than 

$60,000,” said Judith Opdahl, CSCRB executive director and cancer 

survivor. “This would not be possible without our generous sponsors, 

auction donors, and guests who truly get in the spirit to make Girls Night 

Out a tremendous success every year.” Girls Night Out featured its customary, 

festive “Rock Your Pink” theme. Attendees donned their fanciest 

pink attire to honor the women in their lives who have been touched by 

cancer. Each evening kicked off with a silent auction followed by dinner 

and a live auction from the stage. Highlights included stays in Mexico 

and Palm Springs, jewelry by Kendra Scott, VIP tickets to Ellen, Judge 

Judy, and Dancing with the Stars shows and VIP Lakers and Kings tickets. 

1. The “Super” ladies of Malaga Bank 

Rock their Pink. 

2. Judith Opdahl and Rene Gilbertson. 

3. Nancy Forman, Pearl Kaperl and Jill 

Polliner. 

4. Karen Beck, David Plakos and Judy 

Shepherd. 

5. Jennifer Bernier, Debra Faber, Amy 

Friedman, Irma Rendon, Britt Wanek, 

Christine Winkler PhD, Beth Bowen 

and Suzie Winkler. 

PHOTOS BY THERESA PLAKOS 

6. (Back) Diane Kazan, Larissa 

Sonnen Lisa Myers and Betty Peterson. 

(Middle) Maria Kazan, Elyse Linn and 

Sutha Sachar. (Front) Jan Schlesinger 

and Barbara Roth. 

7. Sophie Rietdyk, Maureen Hazard, 

Jackie Halverson, Marianne Cuttic and 

Alicia Henderson. 

8. Charmaine Wilson, Charlotte 

Ginsburg and Paula Moore. 

9. Janet Glazier, Jacqueline Glass and 

Jamie Born. 

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Grammaphone 

by Ryan McDonald 

Amber Corwin and Franklin Farrow have developed a “telepresence” device to tackle loneliness among the elderly. Photo by Ryan McDonald 

Call Grampma simplifies calling family while addressing an epidemic of loneliness 

Call Grampma’s video phone connects to phones and devices through an app. Photo courtesy Amber Corwin 

Amber Corwin started training from an early age to become a champion 

figure skater. The sport’s demanding travel schedule meant she 

was often a continent away from her Peninsula family. Calls to her 

grandparents were a rare treat when travelling. 

Franklin Farrow grew up in the United Kingdom, where his father 

worked was a doctor and saw many of his patients on house calls. The trade 

brought him to the homes of rich and poor, and one ailment appeared to 

strike the elderly with an equivalent lack of class discrimination: loneliness. 

Corwin and Farrow are now married partners in Call Grampma, an easyto-use 

device that beams sound and images from a phone or other device 

to a tablet repurposed as a video phone. 

Corwin and Farrow frame their sales pitch around “Joe and Frida,” a fictional 

couple. 

“They’re good through their 60s. But as they get into their 70s, they start 

to lose some of their appetite for ‘technological complexity,’” Farrow said. 

The typical customer for their product is a middle-aged adult looking to 

buy the device for a parent — someone like Joe or Frida. 

The simplicity of the product, they say, is part of its allure. Call Grampma 


comes with all the software uploaded. There are no menus to navigate. On 

the videophone, each contact is identified by a picture of the person. That 

person, presumably a younger family member, downloads the Call 

Grampma app to a smartphone. 

The ease of the Call Grampma is what sold Anna Gould, a Redondo 

Beach resident whose mother lives in Temecula. She visits her mother 

twice a month, and uses the Call Grampma to fill the time in between. 

Gould bought the product for her mom as a Christmas present. Her children 

had tried to show their grandmother how to use video chatting on a 

cell phone, but it never seemed to work. Now, up to four generations of 

the family commune without having to battle traffic on the 91 East. 

“They were trying to teach her how to Facetime. They probably tried to 

show her 100 times,” Gould laughed. “But when we saw this, it was, ‘Oh 

my gosh, she just has to push one button?’ When our cell phone rings and 

when we pick up she sees our faces and we just talk to her. She absolutely 

loves it.” 

Fittingly for its low-tech ethos, the humble stand was one of the design 

elements Corwin and Farrow tinkered with the most. They initially thought 

about including wheels, but worried it would tip over. The current version 

is sturdy but lightweight, and is easily positioned at eye-level for a person 

sitting down. Most of the weight is in the tablet’s lithium ion battery, which 

can hold a charge for as long as three weeks. 

The product arrives at a time of increasing concern about the effects of 

solitude. Last year, in Farrow’s native United Kingdom, Prime Minister 

Theresa May appointed a “Minister for Loneliness.” In the United States, 

about 25 percent of men and 45 percent of women over 75 live alone, according 

to census data. 

Loneliness in this group is associated with a host of medical issues. Some 

of these problems stem from physical infirmity, like not having someone 

to help with grocery shopping. But other associated conditions, including 

higher blood pressure and a greater incidence of dementia, are harder to 

explain, and seem to be rooted in the simple lack of people to talk to. 

Corwin and Farrow have partnered with Little Brothers, a San Franciscobased 

charity that matches volunteers with the elderly. The organization 

is launching a pilot program to use Call Grampma to increase contact between 

volunteers and the elderly. Cathy Michalec, Little Brothers’ executive 

director, said that loneliness among the elderly has long been a 

problem. What’s changed, she said, is the graying of the population. 

“This organization has been around 27 years. Maybe seniors can’t go to 

the senior center because they can’t get down the stairs. Or they can’t drive 

anymore. Or they lose their social network when they retire,” she said. “As 

baby boomers age, that’s what’s happening. In San Francisco, 25 percent 

of population by 2020 is going to be elderly. People are just living longer.” 

Locally, the Beach Cities Health District is establishing similar volunteer 

programs and crafting long-term plans to address the “Silver Tsunami.” 

Corwin and Farrow are discovering applications beyond what they initially 

imagined. 

“It’s not just for a younger person communicating with an older person. 

It can be used to set up networks, with multiple elderly people talking together. 

Imagine recreating the feel of a family dinner, with a bunch of different 

people together,” Corwin said. 

The product recently became available on Amazon, and they hope to be 

selected for “Shark Tank,” the popular television show in which entrepreneurs 

compete for funding. They are looking to attract investors to increase 

production. 

Corwin and Farrow view their product less as a phone enhancement 

than as means for “telepresence.” With its larger screen and elevated position 

on the stand, it mimics the feeling of having another person nearby, 

like a neighbor, even if the two aren’t talking to one another the whole 

time. Farrow said that, by allowing for these more passive interactions, 

“hopefully a bit of that wisdom of the elderly will rub off.” 

Michaelec, of Little Brothers, said that she too is interested in the “telepresence” 

possibilities. She said that at orientations in the organization’s San 

Francisco office, she notices that many of the young volunteers seem lonely 

themselves. They are often tech workers new to the city, whose work environment 

does not provide the social connection humans crave and need. 

“This device that Amber and Franklin have shared with us, it’s reciprocal: 

both sides are getting something out of it.” 

To learn more, visit CallGrampma.com. PEN 



Providence Little Company of Mary 

Honors the Hunt Family 

Over 150 donors, executives, physicians, Community Ministry Board and 

Foundation members of Little Company of Mary gathered at the Doubletree 

Hotel to honor Priscilla Hunt and her late husband, Donald G. Hunt. 

The Hunts made a $20 million, transformational gift to the Cardiac Center 

of Excellence. This donation is the largest in the history of the medical center. 

The hospital’s Heritage Tower will be renamed the Donald and Priscilla 

Hunt Tower in honor of this landmark contribution. Priscilla was serenaded 

by tenor Ryan Gallagher and presented with over 100 handwritten thank 

you notes and a personalized silver heart locket. Dr. Rod Hochman commented 

on the strength of the two petite women in the room: Priscilla and 

Sister Terrence Landini, LCM. Priscilla shared her views on philanthropy, 

and then observed, “Wow. Little Company of Mary really knows how to do 

it right. I am truly honored.” 

PHOTOS BY KEATS ELLIOT 

1. The Hunt grandsons Sean 

Williams, Saxon Nowotka and Ryan 

Moore. 

2. Hunt daughter Brenda Nowotka, 

Providence Little Company of Mary 

chief executive Mary Kingston, and 

Priscilla Hunt’s granddaughter 

Melissa Moore. 

3. Priscilla Hunt explains her 

approach to philanthropy. 

4. Carolyn Elliott, Paula Del Vicario, 

and Debbie and Steve Dinsmore MD. 

5. Steve Morikawa and Yvonne Liu. 

6. Michele Del Vicario MD, Ron 

Johnson and John Armato MD. 

7. Janice Brandmeyer and Maureen 

Moore. 

8. Debbie Greene, Ed and Alanna 

Kennedy and Patty Sullivan. 

9. Marlene Young, Priscilla Hunt 

and Sean Armstrong. 

10. Tenor Ryan Gallagher, Sister 

Nancy Jurecki OP, Sister Terrence 

Landini LCM and Providence Little 

Company of Mary chief executive 

Mary Kingston. 

11. Priscilla Hunt and CEO 

Providence St. Joseph Health Rod 

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Skating away 

by Stephanie Cartozian Photos by Tony LaBruno 

Daughter Stella’s Princess nursery. 

After nearly two decades in the NHL, Stanley Cup winner 

Brad Stuart, with sons Logan and Jake, is honored by the Colorado Avalanche upon his retirement 

in 2016. Photo courtesy of the Stuart family 

In 1998, 18-year-old Brad Stuart, of Rocky Mountain 

House, Canada, population 7,000, was drafted 

third overall by the San Jose Sharks. Ten years and 

five trades later, the top-four defenceman won the 

Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings. Stuart recently 

retired after playing over 1,000 National Hockey 

League games, including a season with the LA Kings. 

He said he’s enjoying his new, stay-at-home lifestyle. 

“I missed a lot of important school events. I missed my 

kids birthdays. You find yourself not wanting to go on 

the road,” Stuart acknowledged. 

He and his wife Melissa relocated to Palos Verdes 

from Los Gatos and selected a home in the Estates at 

Trump National Golf Course that was designed by the 

architectural firm Archlite and was being built by 

Michael Mulligan. 

“We were awed by the seaside beauty and having 

Catalina Island as the backdrop for our view sealed the 

deal,” Melissa said. 

The couple, who has three children, was equally impressed 

with the Palos Verdes Peninsula school system. 

During construction, the family rented a nearby home 

so they could oversee the construction and the work 

with interior designer Lori Dennis on what they call 

“kid friendly, California Coastal.” 

Brad’s hometown of Rocky Mountain House is close 

to Banff and Jasper National Parks and is described as 

a “cozy, high altitude, charming town with a main 

street peppered with quaint coffee shops and art galleries.” 


The game room features table hockey, and pool and family photographs. 

Brad Stuart is ready to enjoy his family and the ocean view 

At, 14, he left home for Red Deer, Alberta to pursue his 

NHL dreams. “I moved in with my grandparents to play a 

better team with more exposure to scouts,” he said. 

Stuart described his ice hockey career as a “crazy adventure 

of trades.” 

“I learned to never order drapes because by the time they 

came, we were already packing up and moving to our next 

location,” Melissa said. 

The Stuarts said they made many friends with coaches 

and team managers. But in the end, Brad said, “You are just 

a number. We learned never to get too comfortable in our 

environment because it was always changing. Two months 

after I was granted a two year extension with the San Jose 

Sharks, I was traded to the Boston Bruins.” 

His new, stay at home lifestyle, is a welcome change for 

his family. “This is what a family feels like, this is what normal 

is,” Melissa said. 

Their new home reflects their new lifestyle. The colors 

are warm, it’s open and spacious and the kitchen has a 14- 

foot, granite island where the family gathers for meals. 

The couple put the barbeque right outside the great room 

to make it easily accessible from the kitchen for family gatherings. 

Evidence of her husband’s adaption to his new 

lifestyle, Melissa said, is “the other day he came home with 

a new crock pot.” 

The floors are a combination of polished limestone and 

wide plank, walnut hardwood. Double, leaded glass entry 

doors open to a grand foyer lit by a massive, green tinted 

chandelier. Extra wide stairs lead to the second level, which 

is spacious and generously lit by skylights. Daughter Stella’s 

The Stuart family at the beach having just taken up residence on the Peninsula. 

(Photo by Heidi Walter) 


RPV Residents 

Backyard balconies overlook the ocean and Catalina Island. 

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 in a tightly sealed 

container and your filter in a sealed ziplock bag. EDCO 

will pick them up and drop off a free 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 recycling. Call EDCO at 310-540- 

2977 or go to www.rpvrecycles.com. 

nursery is a Princess room with a crown on the wall by the head of the 

crib and a delicate, crystal chandelier that hangs in the center of the room. 

The taupe and pastel pinks along with natural cotton and linen fabrics create 

a warm feeling in the small room, marked with a capital “S” on the 

wall. Boys Logan and Jake have a huge, ice hockey mural in their bedroom 

with bunk beds and sports equipment expressive of their love of the sport. 

Stuart coaches both boy’s Junior Kings Teams at the Toyota Sports Center 

in El Segundo. 

The downstairs has white, coffered ceilings with modern details and 

wide open living spaces conducive to keeping an eye on the children while 

tending to other activities. The kitchen is well appointed, with five bar 

Leaded glass doors open to the the grand foyer, featuring a scaled glass 

chandelier 

Composting Workshop 

Sat. April 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. 

Hesse Park, Fireside Room 

Document Shredding Event and 

Electronic Waste Roundup plus 

Free Mulch Giveaway 

Sat. April 21 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. 

RPV Civic Center, 30940 Hawthorne Blvd 

(for RPV Residents Only) 

Household Hazardous Waste Roundup 

Sat. April 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

RPV Civic Center 

For More information on Used Oil Recycling, go to: 

1-800-CLEANUP 

For Weekly Household Hazardous Waste Disposal 

(including Sharps, Used Oil and 

Electronic Waste Disposal) go to: 

Gaffey SAFE Center 

1400 N Gaffey St, San Pedro, 90731 

Phone: 800.988.6942 

Open Every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 


stools in sea green, an extra large, 

stainless steel refrigerator and a 

butler’s pantry to hold a bounty of 

kitchen essentials. The game room 

features family photos, a sign that 

says, “Family Love,” table hockey 

and a pool table. The room opens 

up to the backyard playhouse, slide 

and pool. 

Melissa said there was a lot of 

stark white on the walls when they 

moved in, and after living with it 

for awhile they decided to repaint 

with warmer, light seagreen and 

peach walls that blend seamlessly 

with the furnishings and decor. 

The upfront ocean view and 

Catalina Island at the back door 

step is different from the mountain 

where Stuart grew up with and 

also a world away from Silicon Valley, 

where they last lived. 

Stuart said he’s fully satisfied 

coaching his sons’ hockey teams, 

playing golf, helping with the children’s 

carpools and spending time 

with his family. 

But he hasn’t forgotten how he 

got to where he is. 

“It’s not about scoring the goal. 

It’s about working hard. That’s all 

we ask for, I tell my kids,” the Stanley 

Cup winner said. PEN 


Our neighborhood, 

your home. 

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Horse cents 

by Yvonne Liu 

PonyApp co-founder Lindsay Douglass competing in Chantilly, France, at the Longines Global Champion Tour in 2017. Photo courtesy of PonyApp.com 

“Equestrians needed an app, and we were the best people to do it.” 

-- International show jumper Lindsay Douglass 

When she was a sixth grader growing up in Rancho Palos Verdes, 

Lindsay Douglass would hop on a bus from school to the Rolling 

Hills riding stables, where she would ride her palomino pony 

Oscar until dark. Now, the 25-year-old international equestrian and Stanford 

engineering graduate is developing an app designed to bring order to the 

business side of the equestrian world. 

One day in 2015, Douglass and her Stanford classmate Lucy Davis, an 

Olympic silver medalist, were at the campus stable, the Red Barn, staring 

at piles of months-old invoices — many scratched on small bits of papers 

— for horse owners. In that moment, the idea for PonyApp was born. 

Bookkeeping for horse management is complicated by the fact that multiple 

professionals are involved in a horse’s care and training. Douglass 

grew up using a binder stuffed with bills from trainers, veterinarians, and 

other equine service people. 

“Equestrians everywhere deal with this problem. The possibility of taking 

the biggest pain point out of their day made us excited. At the very least, 

we would solve our own problems,” Douglass said. 

Douglass and Davis envisioned an app that would enable everyone involved 

with horses — professionals, young riders, old riders, trainers, farriers 

and veterinarians — to connect efficiently. They could keep abreast of 

the industry and competitions, and most importantly, simplify invoicing 

and payments in one place. 

Douglass and Davis began while they competed on the western horse 

show circuit by asking fellow horse enthusiasts what they would like in an 

equestrian app. 

Douglass and Davis incorporated the app into their Stanford engineering 

Capstone project, an independent senior project that requires students to 

address real world problems. Professors and advisors provided guidance 

on how to structure their company and raise funds. Douglass and Davis 

did the early app design work and then outsourced the engineering to a 

Chicago design firm. 

Last year, after two years of research and development, PonyApp was 

launched at a glittering affair at Two Swans Farm, a luxury horse farm in 

Wellington, Florida. Wellington serves as the equestrian hub during the 

winter show jumping season when international competitors and trainers 

gather. 

“Wellington was the ideal place for us to market our app. When the people 

leave, they go to the four corners of the world, and they take PonyApp 


with them.” 

Douglass said that PonyApp has been downloaded 32,000 times and 

there are 50,000 horses in over 50 countries on the app. The app’s revenue 

comes from premium subscriptions, transaction fees, an online store and 

partnerships with equestrian media outlets such as Horse and Hound and 

EuNews. 

Professional international show jumper Alden King Giacopuzzi of Rolling 

Hills Estates uses PonyApp for her business Alderin Sporthorses, located 

at Palos Verdes Stables. She teaches children and adults and trains horses. 

“I am trying to organize my business and find an easier way to keep track 

of my clients’ lesson counts because I sell my lessons in packages. And I 

want a way for all my staff to get all the information needed through the 

app on their phones.” 

After graduating from Stanford in 2015, Douglass worked in product design 

at BMW for a year before turning her attention full time to PonyApp 

and to competing in show jumping. 

“Growing up in RPV, I was just one of those girls who was absolutely 

obsessed with horses,” Douglass said. She started riding at the Portuguese 

Bend Riding Club at five years old, and later moved to Rolling Hills riding 

stables. Douglass started competing in horse shows at age eight. When she 

was 15, she entered her first show on the East Coast and progressed to international 

competitions five years later. 

Has your home turned 

into a “fixer” 

over the years? 

It happens to the best of us homeowners. Time is taking a toll on 

our California houses built and purchased in the rush of the 60’s 

as the Traditionalists/Silent Generation born before 1945 started 

their families and worked toward their American Dream. Termites 

and soft wood, rust in the galvanized pipes, poor quality of copper 

water lines, and weeds growing in the seams of terracotta main 

sewer lines, our soils that shrink and expand with drought one 

year and pouring rains the next causing settlement. The enemy. 

ARGH! 

Olympic individual bronze and team gold medalist Beezie Madden (center) 

with PonyApp co-founders Lindsay Douglass and Lucy Davis at the PonyApp 

launch party last winter at Two Swans Farm, in Wellington, Florida. 

Douglass decided to specialize in jumping rather dressage or other types 

of horse competitions because, she said, “There’s nothing quite like the 

adrenaline and excitement of jumping.” She would sneak her horse to 

parks and fields so that she could jump higher than her coach would allow 

during practices. 

While still a teenager, she won the Seahorse Classic Grand Prix at the 

Portuguese Bend National Horse Show. “The PBNHS is the show I’ve gone 

to for the longest; it’s just so special because there is so much tradition at 

the show. You hear about people who competed when they were kids and 

now they’re grandparents.” 

On the international show jumping circuit, Douglass, who is coached by 

renown equestrian coach Mickey Hayden, won a Grand Prix event in Belgium 

in 2014. Last year she placed sixth at the China World Cup league 

final in the 1.4-meter jump. Douglass and Davis were invited to compete 

in China with other top equestrians from around the world. “No one spoke 

English, but people were still caring for their horses in the same way. It 

reinforced our belief that horse care is universal,” she said. 

“Show jumping. It’s our sport, our lifestyle, our everything. It’s all one 

and the same. This industry needed an app, and we were the best people 

to do it,” Douglass said. “You need just as much passion to start a company 

as you need to go to the top levels of a sport. Luckily for me, they are one 

and the same.” 

Visit PonyApp at ThePonyApp.com. PEN 

Over the last several years only “HGTV House Hunter” model 

homes were selling. Sellers are investing $25,000 to fix up a house 

before putting up the For Sale Sign. But times are changing. The 

price of homes are so high that the Millennials are buying the Fixers 

again at lower prices to remodel themselves over time. That 

is what this Baby Boomer did all through the 70’s and 80’s. My 

daughters thought everyone washed their dinner dishes in the 

bathroom! 

HOW TO SELL A FIXER: 

1. Clean the home, mow the grass, pull weeds, wash down 

exterior cobwebs. 

2. Hire a Certified Home Inspector and Termite Inspector and 

provide their Reports to prospective buyers. 

3. Your Realtor will find comparative homes that have sold in 

the near by area that were in similar original condition or in 

need of updates/repairs, using the square footage and lot 

size to reasonably price your home. 

4. Have the home appraised. Optional. You must do this 

normally if the home belonged to a deceased loved one. 

5. The more information you provide good or bad, the more 

buyers will feel comfortable and safe about making an offer. 

6. DISCLOSE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HOME ON THE 

TRANSFER DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. 

7. If priced right you will get multiple offers, my Seller 

certainly did. 

LINDA CAVETTE 

Realtor DRE#01294739 

(310) 544-8455 

LKCavette@aol.com 

www.LindaCavette.com 

Coldwell Banker Palos Verdes and Beach Cities 

“Life is a Journey measured and 

remembered by the Homes in which we live” 




Front row (left to right): Julia Davis, Madeline Babros, Emily Warter, Adelaide Brannan, Emily Levin. Second row: Catherine Mihm, Marissa Hong, Michelle Renslo, Mia 

Daly, Mia Gioiello, Julia Cotter. Third row: Melia Harlan, Helena Ruzic, Tate Robinson, Natalie Watts, Hanalei Emnace; Top row: Kara Lee, Audrey Yun, Daniella Cooper 

Evergreen Ball 

Las Niñas Gala 

Las Madrecitas, an auxiliary of 

the Charitable Children’s 

Guild of the Orthopædic Institute 

for Children (OIC), held its 52nd 

annual Evergreen Ball in the 

Grand Ballroom of the Beverly 

Wilshire Hotel on Saturday, January 

6. The evening recognizes 

19 high school girls for their community 

service and volunteer 

service to OIC. Dr. Anthony 

Scaduto, OIC’s president and 

chief executive officer, presented 

each Las Niñas honoree with a 

white gold medallion in recognition 

of their service. Each member 

of the Las Niñas senior class 

has contributed several hundred 

hours of volunteer service to OIC 

and their community throughout 

their high school years. PEN 

The father daughter dance. 

PHOTOS BY GILMORE STUDIOS 


Anne St. Cyr 

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edlergroup.com 

Anne.StCyr@vistasir.com 

BRE # 01930136 

Selling the Neighborhood 

We Live, Work & Play

Peninsula baseball 

mourns Coach ‘Dozer’ 

by Randy Angel 

Peninsula High School was hit 

hard when former Panther 

player and current freshman 

baseball coach Brett Mendoza passed 

away, six days following a traffic accident. 

Mendoza, 31, suffered traumatic 

head injuries during the March 4 accident. 

His wife, Savannah, escaped 

serious injury during the accident, 

which occurred on the border of Redondo 

Beach and Hermosa Beach. 

The couple resided in Redondo 

Beach. 

During his senior year at Peninsula Peninsula freshman coach Brett Mendoza 

(right) with player Edward 

in 2005, Mendoza led the Bay League 

with a .485 batting average. He was 

Rosas. Photo courtesy of Heston 

a four-year letterman and two-year 

Quan 

captain for Coach Dennis Gonzalves 

and a three-time All-Bay League selection 

Following high school, Mendoza played baseball for Loyola Marymount 

University and then was asked to help the Peninsula program by varsity 

head coach Brian Bowles. 

“He was tough on our kids. He challenged them to work hard and do 

better, but he was also like a big brother to them,” Bowles said in a Daily 

Breeze interview. 

Mendoza began as an assistant coach for the Panther freshman team in 

2016, and became an assistant varsity coach last season. 

He served as the freshman head coach this year and also coached middle 

school players. 

A GoFundME page set up for Mendoza’s family has surpassed the goal 

of $15,000. 

In addition to his wife, Mendoza is survived by his parents, Martha and 

Rudy Mendoza, and sister, Lauren. 

A memorial service was held Thursday, March 22 at St. John Fisher 

Catholic Church in Rancho Palos Verdes. The Peninsula High baseball 

team is also planning a ceremony to retire Mendoza’s No. 7 jersey. PEN 

Brett Mendoza and wife Savannah. Photo courtesy of GoFundMe 

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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. 

On Going 

Tidepool Wonders for the Month 

Explore low tides on the rocky shore with Cabrillo Marine Aquarium: April 

1, 3 to 4:30 p.m.; April 14, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.; April 15, 2 - 3:30 p.m. 

and April 28, 1:30 - 3 p.m. with a walk offered in Spanish April 15, 1:30 - 

3 p.m. Meet in the aquarium’s John M. Olguin Auditorium for a slideshow, 

followed by a walk led by CMA Staff. Free; reservations required for groups 

of ten or more. Young children must be accompanied by an adult. Non-slip 

shoes and outdoor clothing recommended. Discover more about the ocean 

in the aquarium’s Exhibit Hall, Exploration Center, Aquatic Nursery and touch 

tank. Open weekends 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday, noon 

to 5 p.m. 3720 Stephen M. White Drive in San Pedro.For reservations, further 

information, or to receive a calendar of events, please call (310) 548-7562 

or visit our website at www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org. 

Saturday, March 24 

12-Steps to a Spiritual Awakening 

Identify sources of suffering and unhappiness, experience the resources and 

process for healing, learn skills and actions to establish and foster a stable 

sense of well-being. This 12-Step methodology promises enlightenment for all 

who embrace and incorporate this way of life. 1-5 p.m. $25. (310) 377- 

4867 or maryjoseph.org. Mary & Joseph Retreat Center, 5300 Crest Rd., 

RPV. 

Gathering for the Grand 

This marks the 10th annual Gathering for the Grand Gala Fundraiser, celebrating 

art, inspiration and education. This year's event, themed: The Beatles: 

All You Need is Love, will be held at the Palos Verdes Golf Club at 3301 Vía 

Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates, 5 p.m., and features a cocktail reception, 

extensive silent auction, elegant dinner, live entertainment, dancing and speakers 

and guests. This year GVF will honor Andrew and Adela Silber of The 

Whale & Ale British Pub & Restaurant in San Pedro. Attendees are encouraged 

to dress in ‘60s psychedelic and mod fashion. Advanced payment and 

RSVP required. (310) 833-4813 or grandvision.org. 

House of Yahweh “Irish Spring” Gala 

House of Yahweh holds its first fundraising gala at the Norris Pavilion, 501 

Indian Peak Rd., Rolling Hills Estates, at 5:30 to 10 p.m. Sit down dinner, entertainment, 

live auction including two trips, and silent auction. For more information 

Kathy Bradford at (310) 265-9812. 

Sunday, March 25 

ESL Class 

No fee; cost of textbook only. Emphasis on conversation and pronunciation. 

Learn not only English language but American culture, history and geography! 

Adults and high school students are welcome. Sundays, 10:30 a.m. - noon, 

thru May 20. Peninsula Community Church, 5640 Crestridge Rd., RPV. 

www.pccpv. org. 

Parent-Child High Tea 

Seated high tea party for a maximum of 30 people under the olive trees on 

the terrace of Villa Narcissa. Followed by book signing and storytelling of 

Katrina Vanderlip’s new book “A Tail of Twin Peacocks”. 4 p.m. Dress for a 

party. One child per adult. Adults $100, children $50; includes one book. 

RSVP katrinavanderlip@yahoo.com. 

Printmaking 

Join printmaker and painter Pamela Smith Hudson for a workshop to learn to 

make your own mono print, a fun method for kids or first-time printmakers. 


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Hudson’s mixed media paintings, on exhibit, show how she incorporates printmaking 

with collage and other art processes. Free. 2-4 p.m. South Bay Contemporary 

SoLA Gallery, 3718 W. Slauson Ave., LA, (310) 429-0973. 

southbaycontemporary.org. 

Wednesday, March 28 

Birding with Wild Birds Unlimited 

At George F Canyon. Explore the birds in nesting season making a home in 

the canyon. 8:30 a.m. Free and all ages welcome. 27305 Palos Verdes Drive 

East, Rolling Hills Estates RSVP at: www.pvplc.org, Events & Activities. 

Pen Seniors Lecture Series 

In addition to being the weekday weatherman since 1984, Fritz Coleman is 

a comedian and will make you laugh out loud. This talented celebrity is also 

a writer, philanthropist, former disc jockey and radio personality. 10:30 a.m. 

Arrive early as seating is limited. Hesse Park, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., RPV. 

Mac Users Group Meeting 

Lomita VFW Hall, 1865 Lomita Blvd., 6:30 p.m., Beginners Q & A 8 p.m., 

presentation on a subject of interest to all Mac users. See website sbamug.com 

for more info, or call (310) 644-3315 email: info@sbamug.com. Free. All 

Mac/iPad/iPhone users and potential users are welcome. 

Friday, March 30 

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 Dr. E., 

Rolling Hills. 

Saturday, March 31 

Oh What A Night! 

The exhilarating musical revue, Oh What a Night! returns with the musical 

tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The production has thrilled audiences 

across the country with its is boundless energy, nostalgic choreography 

and classic hits. 8 p.m. $80-$75. palosverdesperformingarts.com or 

(310) 544-0403. Norris Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Dr., RHE. 

Music Legends Live 

Legends of R & B share the stage for one night in a benefit for St. Jude's Children's 

Hospital Foundation. The Dazz Band, Evelyn Champagne King, Side 

Effect and Ozone and a bevy of comedic hosts will have you dancing and 

singing all the way home. 7 p.m. Tickets $21 - $86 at www.jaymichaelsteamentertainment.com. 

Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro, 

(310) 548-2493. 

Sunday, April 1 

Terranea Brunch 

Holiday brunch offers a selection of food, an “eggstravagant” Egg Hunt and 

activities are included in admission. Seatings 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adults: $85, 

Children 5-10: $47, Children under 5 complimentary. Grand Ballroom. (310) 

265-2836. 100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes. terranea.com. 

Easter Brunch 

Continue your family tradition or start a new one! Enjoy a delicious buffet 

brunch and celebrate Easter with family and friends. 10 a.m. Reservations required 

by Tuesday, March 27. Adult $27; Children 4-12 $14; Children under 

4 Free. (310) 377-4867 or maryjoseph.org. Mary & Joseph Retreat Center, 

5300 Crest Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes. 

Eggstravaganza 

Music, fun and games on the Terranea’s Meadows include a petting zoo, egg 


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hunt, arts and crafts, and more! The 

Terranea Easter Eggstravaganza 

Egg Hunt is complimentary for all resort 

guests and included in the price 

of the Easter Ballroom Brunch and 

brunch at Catalina Kitchen and 

mar'sel. The Easter Egg Hunts occur 

at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2 p.m., 

to accommodate all dining reservations. 

Other fun activities 10-11 

a.m., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and 

1-3 p.m. For more information: 

(310) 265-2836. 100 Terranea 

Way, RPV. terranea.com. 

Monday, April 2 

Floral Designers 

The South Coast Floral Designers 

meet the first Monday of the month 

at South Coast Botanic Garden, with 

the exception of July and August. 

Classroom A. 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. For 

additional information contact Gudy 

Kimmel at (310) 530-2382 or Judy 

Unrine at (310) 378-0227. 

www.californiagardenclubs.org. 

26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos 

Verdes Peninsula. 

Narcissa paint out 

Focus on the art of sketching under 

the direction of Katrina Vanderlip 

and local artists. Week-long workshop 

by advanced reservation only 

and will take place at Villa Narcissa. 

Katrina Vanderlip will give a tour of 

the house and tell you some of the 

history throughout the week. Please 

contact Katrina at Katrinavanderlip@yahoo.com 

to learn how to be a 

participant in the paint-out. All profits 

from the painting week will go towards 

much needed repairs and 

maintenance of the estate. 

Friday, April 6 

Grunion run 

Dr. Karen Martin of Pepperdine University 

presents Surf, Sand and Silversides. 

California Grunion will be 

compared with other beach-spawning 

fishes to show how the rewards 

of this behavior may outweigh the 

risks. Free, reservations required. 7- 

9 p.m. RSVP to lecture@cmaqua. 

org. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 

3720 Stephen White Dr., San 

Pedro. 

Saturday, April 7 

Cactus, Succulent Show 

Today and Sunday, Francis Young 

Hall will overflow with thousands of 

St. John Fisher Catholic Church 

Holy Week Services - March 29 - April 1 

Wednesday, March 28 

Penance Service 7:30 pm 

Holy Thursday, March 29 

7:30 pm 

Good Friday, March 30 

3 pm, 7:30 pm 

Holy Saturday, March 31 

8 - 10 pm 

Easter Sunday, April 1 

7 am, 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm 

Top of the Hill at Crenshaw and Crest 

Rancho Palos Verdes 

310-377-5571 www.sjf.org 


sculptural, rare, colorful and beautiful 

cacti and succulents. Cactus & Succulent 

Society members and growers 

will be on hand to help you select 

plants to best meet your needs—indoors 

or outdoors and for drought-tolerant 

landscapes. Free with Garden 

admission. southcoastcss. org for 

more information. South Coast 

Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw 

Best of The Beach 2017 Winner 

Best Eclectic, American Contemporary 

Daily Breeze “2015 South Bay’s Favorite” 

American Restaurant & Bar 

“ Best New Restaurant”- Richard Foss of Easy Reader 

Favorite Soul Food of 2015- Daily Breeze( yeah, we were surprised 

too) 

Hey! We like to party, especially with YOU! Call us for your next 

Occasion. We’ve got a Banquet Room perfect for any celebration 

Call 310-378-8119 for details 

DAVID FAIRCHILD PHOTOGRAPHY 

"Its Like You’re There All Over Again" 

Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, (310) 

544-1948 or southcoastbotanicgarden.org. 

Family Guided Walk 

310-483-5090 WWW.DAVIDFAIRCHILDSTUDIO.COM 


Family Science & Stories 

Gather the kids for a hands-on science 

experience about the elusive 

gray fox of Palos Verdes. See rare 

footage of local foxes, examine taxidermy 

specimens and pelts, and 

learn about how this beautiful animal 

thrives in our canyons and hills. 

Followed by related storytime. 10 

a.m. Free. All ages welcome. 

George F Canyon, 27305 Palos 

Verdes Dr. E., Rolling Hills. For more 

information, (310) 547-0862 or 

RSVP at: www.pvplc.org. 

Second Sundays At Two 

Rolling Hills United Methodist 

Church's concert series presents: 

Berlin-based Israeli pianist Einav 

Yarden at 2 p.m. Admission is free. 

26438 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills 

Estates. 

Finalists perform 

Have you ever heard a tuba concerto? 

Are you ready for a high-qualeventcalendar 

Bring children for an easy, beautiful, 

walk in George F Canyon. Free. 9 

a.m. 27305 Palos Verdes Dr. E., 

Rolling Hills. (310) 547-0862 or 

RSVP at: www.pvplc.org. 

Volunteer Day 

Help restore the unique canyon habitat 

at Alta Vicente Reserve, home to 

many threatened and endangered 

wildlife species. 9 a.m. to noon. 

30940 Hawthorne Blvd., RPV. Sign 

up at pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 

Going native 

Featuring guided tours of 3 native 

and drought tolerant gardens in 

Palos Verdes. Great opportunity to 

see and learn about California native 

plants from experts. $25 members 

$30 non-members. 9:30 a.m. 

or 1:30 p.m. For info and reservations 

call: (310) 629-0500 www.sccnps.org. 

At South Coast Botanic 

Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., 

Palos Verdes Peninsula. 

Ultimate Eagles 

Thrill to the high-flying harmonies, 

stellar songwriting and guitar riffs of 

the most authentic Eagles tribute 

group in the country, On the Border. 

8 p.m. $75-70, plus facility fee. 

Please note: there is no elevator for 

balcony access. App.artspeople.com 

or (310) 544-0403 x 

221. Norris Theatre, 27570 Norris 

Center Dr., Rolling Hills Estate. 


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that shows class and quality both inside and out. The 4,919 square foot home’s original Spanish villa theme was 

redesigned and expanded by well known Hollywood architect Gerard Colcord in the 1970s. Sitting on nearly a 

half acre lot, this two story home has ocean, city, and mountain views from both levels, and all 4 bedrooms and 3 

of the bathrooms are downstairs. On the upper level is the expansive grand salon with beautiful high open beam 

ceilings, and and impressive mezzanine, along with the 4th half bathroom. Your chance to own a home for the 

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Kentucky Derby gala 

For Peninsula Heritage School 

Parents and friends of Peninsula Heritage School 

joined faculty and administrators at the annual 

“Kentucky Derby” Winter Gala on February 24 at 

Brouwerij West in San Pedro. A silent auction, a rousing 

live auction, along with dinner, dancing, and even several 

video horse races provided the Derby-attired guests 

a delightful evening. Proceeds will benefit the school’s 

science and visual and performing arts programs. 

PHOTOS BY JOAN BEHRENS 

1. Scott and Zisha Yamano. 

2. Jett and Aubrey Abramson. 

3. Maria and Art Auerbach, Patricia and Alain Cailler. 

4. Melissa Camouse and Nicole Tangen. 

5. David and Kylie Esturain, Faith and Bruce Trotman. 

6. Brian, Melissa, Nancy and Fred Lovell. 

7. Erik and Rachel Swanholt. 

8. Goran Visnjic and John Teng. 

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ity, free concert? The five finalists in the Peninsula Symphony’s 2018 Edith 

Knox Young Artists Competition will perform for professional judging. Firstprize 

winner announced at the end of the program and will solo with the Peninsula 

Symphony at its June 17 concert. Free. 2 p.m. Redondo Union High 

School Auditorium, 631 Vincent St., Redondo Beach. 

Beethoven with a C 

Beethoven carried the tradition of Joseph Haydn’s Masses with his Mass in C, 

work commissioned by the Esterhazy Family. This Mass is scored for soloists, 

chorus and orchestra. Join the Joanna Medawar Nachef Singers as they salute 

this giant of the Classical world of Music with this magnificent masterpiece. 7 

p.m. $40-$20, plus facility fee. 310-544-0403 Ext 221, app.artspeople.com.Norris 

Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Dr., Rolling Hills Estates. 

Tuesday, April 10 

AARP Driving Classes 

Join the sponsored program to receive a state mandated discount on auto insurance. 

You must call (310) 377-3003 for a reservation. Bring your CA driver’s 

license and attend both sessions (today and Thursday, April 12) to obtain 

the certificate for insurance discount. 8:45 a.m. $15 for AARP members; $20 

all others. (310) 377-3003 or for Peninsula Newsletter for Active Seniors go 

to: pvseniors.org. Hesse Park, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes. 

Wednesday, April 11 

Woman's Club 

The Palos Verdes Woman's Club meets at noon at the Rolling Hills Country 

Club, 1 Chandler Ranch Road, Rolling Hills Estates. For the program Peter 

Small will present "Historical Characters Brought to Life." $38. For reservations 

and information call (310) 378-1349. 

Kiss Me 

Brush up your Shakespeare with Cole Porter’s musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, 

presented by the Palos Verdes High School Drama Department. Performances 

April 13-22. April 13-14 and 21 at 7 p.m., April 15, 21-22 at 2 p.m., and 

April 20 at 3 p.m. $20 for adults; $15 for students and can be purchased at 

www.pvhsdrama.com or at the door if seats still available. In the MPR at Palos 

Verdes High School, 600 Cloyden Road, Palos Verdes Estates. For further information, 

visit the website, or call (310) 378-8471, ext. 237. 

Thursday, April 12 

Fleet Foxes 

Fleet Foxes is Robin Pecknold, Skyler Skjelset, Casey Wescott, Christian 

Wargo, and Morgan Henderson. 8 p.m. $45. Warner Grand Theatre, 478 

W. 6th St., San Pedro, (310) 548-2493. 


Guided Walk 

Appreciate some of the best wildflower viewing and geological formations on 

the cliffs of a former basalt quarry. See faults, folds and igneous intrusions. 

Moderate to strenuous walk. 9 a.m. Free and open to the public. Park along 

Forrestal Dr. or park in lot at Ladera Linda Community Center. Meet near gate. 

32201 Forrestal Drive, RPV. For more information, contact (310) 541-7613 

ext. 201 or sign up at www.pvplc.org. 

Outdoor Volunteer Day 

At Portuguese Bend Reserve, Ishibashi Trail, RPV., 9 a.m. – noon. Help restore 

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

pvplc.volunteerhub.com. 

White Point Stories 

Share the joy of storytelling with your children with retired Children’s Librarian 

Carla Sedlacek for stories and activities featuring nature themes, exciting props 

and songs. 10 a.m. Free. 1600 W. Paseo del Mar, San Pedro. 


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www.pvplc.org. 

Wed., April 18 

Birding 

Explore the birds in nesting season 

making a home in the George F 

Canyon. The program is free and all 

ages welcome. Presented by the 

Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 

and Wild Birds Unlimited. 

8:30 a.m. 27305 Palos Verdes 

Drive East, RHE. www.pvplc.org. 

Can you Dig it? 

The Diggers Garden Club meets the 

second or third Wednesday of the 

month, 10 a.m. to noon. For more 

information, contact Sharon Ratterree 

(424) 558-0919 or 

sacat4@aol.com. South Coast 

Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw 

Blvd., Palos Verdes Pen. southcoastbotanicgarden.org. 


Soulful Living 

Weekend retreat provides opportunities 

to access your inner wisdom 

through prayer experiences, ritual, 

dreamwork and film. Renew, nourish 

and energize. 7 p.m. to Sunday at 

1:30 p.m. Shared $245 ($230 if 

paid by March 30); single $340 

($325 if paid by March 30). Mary 

& Joseph Retreat Center, 5300 Crest 

Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes, (310) 

377-4867 or maryjoseph.org. 


Earth Day Celebration & 

Film 

The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land 

Conservancy invites the community 

to a special Earth Day Celebration 

and film. The two-part event begins 

with volunteer day and choice of 

family activities at White Point Nature 

Preserve, 1600 W. Paseo del 

Mar, San Pedro. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. At 

5 p.m. enjoy free screening of acclaimed 

documentary JANE at the 

Warner Grand Theatre, 478 West 

6th St., San Pedro. www.pvplc.org. 

Nature with a Naturalist 

Enjoy coastal views and learn more 

about the plants, animals, restoration 

area and more! 9 a.m. Meet at the 

information White Point kiosk between 

parking lot and Nature Center. 

1600 W. Paseo Del Mar, San 

Pedro. RSVP (310) 541-7613 or 


Temple Emet ~ Feel the Difference!! 

Programming 

for all 

We are more than a Synagogue 

We are a Family! 

They say you can't choose your family 

But, you can choose your friends 

We are there for you when others can't be 

We travel together, dine together, go to movies, theatre, cruise, bowl, 

do paint & game nites, we are there for simchas and shivas, hospital and home visits, 

we share, care, and are truly there for each other. 

Are you ready for something more in your life? Something different? 

Try us! Temple Emet! We are Truly Unique. 

Youth to those 

young at 

heart! 



Cirque by the Sea 

Vistas for Children Fashion Show 

Over 350 guests gathered for a spectacular 18th Annual Vistas Boutique 

and Fashion Show. Vistas has been helping children for over 

40 years. This year they celebrated at the newly renovated Crowne Plaza 

Hotel’s Coral Ballroom in Redondo Beach. Guests shopped the more 

than 25 carefully selected vendors for the Vistas Boutique. During the 

luncheon guests enjoyed a fashion show organized by Suzanne Von 

Schaack and the magical theatrical Vistas children production. Dancers 

and models showcased the latest LA fashions by designers who included 

Kentaro Kameyama, winner of the 16th season of television’s Project 

Runway. 

1. Velveth Schmitz and her children. 

2. Mayra Harris and Lori Burzminski. 

3. Gretchen Privett, Julie Beckman, 

Carolyn Perry and Linda Perry. 

4. Pat Heybl, Cindy Percz, Vanja 

Kapetanovic, Jenna Hills and Brenda 

Snyderham. 

5. Kim Vallee, Judy Brilhart, Selmira 

D’Angelo and Pam Secor. 

6. Diana Ozolins, Guadalupe 

Doumerz, Loretta Thompson and 

Nancy Ozolins. 

PHOTOS BY TONY LABRUNO 

7. Madeline Jordan and Antonia 

Lavender. 

8. Susan Brooks and Cindy Percz. 

9. Pam Branam, Cindy Percz, Rene 

Berliner, Brenda Betty and Olga Arana. 

10. Alex Angelino and Pam Branam. 

11. Claire Campbell, Kylie Lazar and 

Olga Mangual. 

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Earth Day Composting 

Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 

for an composting presentation by Denise Epport of 

Triformis Corp. Free. 11 a.m. White Point Nature 

Preserve, 1600 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro. (entrance 

only via Western Ave.) RSVP: 


Piano music 

Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay concludes its 

season at the Norris Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Featured 

soloist is pianist Rufus Choi, Gold Medal winner of 

the 2007 Iturbi International Competition. Preview 

Talk by Stephen Richards starts at 6:45 p.m. Single 

tickets $63 (includes facility fee) and available 

through the box office, (310) 544-0403, ext. 221 

or online at www.palosverdesperformingarts.com. 

www.mycosb.org. 


Wonderland Tea Party 

Put on your Cheshire grin and imagination cap (or 

top hat) for an adventure through the South Coast 

Botanic Garden’s wonderland of trails and hidden 

treasures. Search for rabbit holes, dare to play an 

Eat Me, Drink Me game, and brew and sip rose tea 

in the Rose Garden. 1-4 p.m. Free with membership 

or Garden admission. RSVP highly encouraged. 

26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula. 

(310) 544-1948 or southcoastbotanicgarden.org. 

Wednesday, April 25 

Birding 

Explore the birds making a home in the George F 

Canyon. Free and all ages welcome. Presented by 

Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy and 

Wild Birds Unlimited. 8:30 a.m. 27305 Palos 

Verdes Drive East, RHE. www.pvplc.org. 

Thursday, April 26 

Spirit of Ireland 

Las Candalistas presents Celebrate the Spirit of Ireland. 

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy the history and culture 

of Ireland, performance by the Celtic Irish 

Dance Academy, traditional Irish music by 

singer/guitarist Denis Murray. Enter a chance to 

win a trip for two to Ireland, valued at $5,250! 

Enjoy a gourmet luncheon, shop boutique vendors, 

Las Candalistas Creations, Garden Shoppe and 

Gourmet Pantry and silent auction items. www.lascandalistas.org 

for online reservations or call (310) 

798-7499 for more information. Catalina View 

Gardens, 6001 Palos Verdes Dr S, RPV. 


H.E.L.P. Gala 

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H.E.L.P.’s Wild, Wild West Gala Fundraiser begins 

at 6:30 p.m. and will be filled with music, auctions, 

lots of fun and dinner. To make reservations call 

(310) 533-1996. Help4srs.org. Held at the Palos 

Verdes Golf Club, 3301 Via Campesina, Palos 

Verdes Estates. 

42nd Street 

Come and meet those dancing feet in a glittery and 

glamorous production of the classic of a small town 

dancer who becomes a Broadway star. $80-$30. 

Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 

2 p.m., through May 13. Palos Verdes Performing 

Arts Norris Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Dr., RHE. 

Palosverdesperformingarts.com or (310) 544- 

0403x221. 


Ritual and Labyrinth 

Using media, music, art and your feet, experience 

a day filled with ritual and fun with Sue Ballotti. 

Dress comfortably and wear walking shoes. 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. $50 ($45 if paid by April 20) Lunch included. 

Mary & Joseph Retreat Center, 5300 Crest 

Rd., RPV. (310) 377-4867 or maryjoseph.org. 

Needle Artists by the Sea 

Shoreline Stitchers’ Showcase, a judged needlework 

show and boutique. A variety of needlework 

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will be on display. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Admission $10. Sponsored by Needle Artists by the Sea, of the American 

Needlepoint Guild. www.needleartistsbythesea. org. South Coast Botanic Garden, 

26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes. 

Native Plant Sale 

At White Point Nature Education Center, noon – 2 p.m. Plants sold on firstcome, 

first-serve basis. White Point Nature Preserve located at 1600 W. Paseo 

del Mar in San Pedro. For more information call (310) 541-7613. 

Spring Fling 

Destination: Art’s first big exhibition of 2018. Gala Public Reception, 4 – 7 

p.m. for a special show and sale celebrating local natural beauty and the 

work of local artists. Explore your “personal art signature” as you begin, or 

enhance, the use of art in your home. 1815 W. 213th St., #135, Torrance; 

(310) 742-3192. www.destination-art.net. 


Strings vs Winds 

Peninsula Symphony’s 51st season concert, A House Divided, features Händel’s 

Music for the Royal Fireworks (version for winds), and Shchedrin’s Carmen 

Suite for strings and percussion. Doors open 6 p.m. Pre-concert lecture 

(members only) at 6:15, concert at 7 p.m. Concert and parking are free. Redondo 

Union High School Auditorium, 631 Vincent S., Redondo Beach (PCH 

at Diamond). For information call the Symphony Office at 310-544-0320, e- 

mail music.pensym@verizon.net, or visit Pensym.org. 

Full Moon Yoga 

Enjoy yoga for all levels on Terranea Resort's Ocean Lawn overlooking the 

Pacific Ocean. Bring your own mat. 7 p.m. Suggested donation $20 to support 

the PVP Land Conservancy. 100 Terranea Way, RPV. PEN 

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Freedom4You youth contests 

n Winners of the Freedom4U Youth Photography contest had their work exhibited 

at Paul’s Photo in Torrance during March. On May 22, Freedom4You and Hitchcock 

Automotive Resources will host the annual South Bay Teen Idol Vocal Contest. 

The entry deadline is May 1 for submissions of one minute, one song videos. Entrants 

must be from the South Bay/Harbor area and be ages 13 to 18. For details 

visit FreedomCommuity.com 

30 Year Anniversary 

The Palos Verdes Flower Talking Clock donated by 

Michel Medawar and his family, celebrated its 30th 

Year on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. 

Your clock reminds you of its presence every time 

you wind it. If the accuracy of the clock is not 

what it used to be, or the chimes are not as 

strong or rhythmic, or maybe it just stops; that means 

your clock is talking to you and telling you that its endless 

life is in jeopardy. 

It is imperative to maintain and service your clock 

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

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

in damage that drastically shortens the life of a 

fine timepiece. 

Michel Medawar has been extending the lives of 

timepieces for over sixty years as his father did sixty 

years before. He is the inventor of the first talking clock 

in the world. He is a graduate from Patek Philippe in 

Geneva, Switzerland, The Theod Wagner Clock Co. in 

Wiesbaden, Germany, and the Howard Miller Clock 

Co. in Zeeland, Michigan. Call him so that he may 

come to your home and offer you a free estimate for 

servicing your clock. Or bring your wall or mantel 

clock to our store to see our showroom and receive the 

same complimentary diagnosis. 

We are located at 810C Silver Spur Rd., in Rolling Hills Estates, Ca. 

90274. Or call us at (310) 544-0052 

Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Tuesday - Saturday 

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Call 310.544.0052 



Mad Hatter High Tea Party 

Villa Narcissa Style 

The Portuguese neighborhood guests and curated outliers were the invitees 

to the Katrina Vanderlip Mad Hatter Tea Party to benefit the Vanderlip 

Heritage Fund. Joan Shriver had the funniest get up with a spoon 

faced mask and top hat while her son Steve sported a flourescent yellow 

and black striped spider hat with orange fluff and a blue feather scarf. The 

venue was the Villa Narcissa, and the guests were asked to share one of 

their most embarrassing moments at the dining room table. After a few 

glasses of champagne, the roars of laughter could be heard from outside. 

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE CARTOZIAN 

1. Steve and Joan Shriver. 

Edward Perlberg and Jackie Balestra. 

2. Brian and Diana Anderson, Corinne 4. Sharing stories. 

Gerrard and Katrina Vanderlip. 5. The tea. 

3. Katrina Vanderlip and husband 6. The bites. 

Betty Raley Wing 

7/21/1923 ~ 2/4/2018 

Wing, a prominent business 

man and inventor. Together 

they traveled the world and 

supported many worthwhile 

causes. 

She was preceded in death by 

three husbands, one brother 

and two sisters. From her first 

two marriages she is survived 

by sons Edward and Stephen 

and three grandchildren. From 

her marriage 

with George, she 

is survived by his 

children from a 

Betty Raley Wing passed 

away on February 4, 

2018. She was ninety 

four. 

Born in Colorado, 

Betty was 

a long time resident 

of the South 

Bay and deeply 

involved with 

the Palos Verdes 

Art Center. She 

was a founding 

member of The 

Circle, a key support 

group of the 

Center and 

served as its 

president twice. 

She also served 

on the Art Center board of directors. 

Betty was married to George 

previous marriage, 

George IV, 

Suzanne, Zola 

and Judi, six 

g r a n d c h i l d r e n 

and ten great 

grandchildren. 

Betty was an 

elegant, gracious 

lady, always imp 

e c c a b l y 

dressed. She dazzled 

a wide range of people 

with her sparkling conversation 

and sharp wit. 

She was loyal to friends and 

family and a fierce defender of 

deeply held principles. Donations 

may be made to fund established 

in her name at the 

Palos Verdes Art Center. 

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Ek Kardia Serving the Community 

n The 2018 high school senior class members of Ek Kardia were recently honored 

for their service to the South Bay. Ek Kardia, which means "from the heart" in 

Greek, is a faith-based mother-daughter service organization designed to foster a 

lifelong practice of giving from the heart. 

TRUSTS, WILLS, PROBATE 

After practicing law in the 

Manhattan and Hermosa Beach area for 

over 28 years I'm pleased to announce the 

relocation of my offices to Palos Verdes. 

Please call for a free consultation. 

MARGARET A. JONES 

Attorney At Law 

655 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 125 

Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 

(310) 544-2255 

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PALOS VERDES PENINSULA 

REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED 

(Front row) Natalie Watts, Leah Heffernan and Emma Wendorff. (Middle 

row) Hayley Zakman, Megan Colaruotolo, Rebecca Schubert, 

Angelina Norris, Kara Lee, Kaitlyn Tang, Karly Galosic, Eliza Steere, 

Amanda Houtz and Claire Malit. (Back row) Nicole Yee, Nicole Vogel, 

Christina Vogelzang, Christine Miller, Elise Hall, Camille Fechner, 

Alyssa Yeh and Rachel Hood. 

Trojan League South Bay 

n Fun Times and the “Fight On” spirit were shared at the Trojan League of the 

South Bay Luncheon at the Palos Verdes Golf Club. Celebrating their 44 year anniversary 

as well as their two-term past presidents who have contributed their time 

and resources so generously. Eighteen of the twenty-two presidents were in attendance 

including four of the charter members: Sigrid Allman, Jea Baran, Donna 

Gibbs, and Regina Leimbach. They reminisced how times have changed before 

email, technology and Facebook. But what has not changed is their life-long 

friendships and support of their alma mater… USC! PEN 

Front Row-Sara Jane Bettge, Pam Bowers, Jody Murdock, Alice Remp, Jea 

Baran, Suzanne Krapf and Regina Leimbach Back Row-Melody Nishida, 

Dale Harbour-Day, Nancy Lovell, Paula Hawkins, Julie Haynes, Sigrid Allman, 

Kathie Chapman, Donna Gibbs, Beth Petak-Aaron, Helaine Lopes 

and Patti Johnson. 

SPECIAL SUNDAY BRUNCH 

APRIL 22, 11:00am – 2:00pm 

$40 

Palos Verdes Golf Club - 3301 Via Campesina, PVE 

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Meeting- Tuesday March 27, 2018 

11:00am – 2:00pm 

Palos Verdes Golf Club - $40 

FEATURED SPEAKER – MARK MEUSER 

CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE 

TOPIC 

Cleaning up the corruption in the voting process in 

California. L.A. has approximately 144% voter 

registration. It is impossible to have more people 

registered to vote than are eligible to vote. 

Join Mark in his quest for Election Integrity. 

BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND GUESTS 

GENTLEMEN ALWAYS WELCOME 

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ONCE IN A 

RED MOON 

The housemade crusty bread 

served on seating 

shows Luna Rossa is putting its 

woodfired oven to good use 

Luna Rossa manager Augusto Cali. 

Photo by Brad Jacobson (CivicCouch.com) 

by Richard Foss 

Iwas reminded to visit a restaurant by an eclipse. No, really. 

You might remember that we had a super blue blood moon a 

while ago, and my wife and I got up before dawn to see it. It 

was worth a few moments of contemplation before going back 

indoors to get warm. 

Somehow, when we went out for dinner the next evening it 

must have been in my mind. We went to Luna Rossa, which of 

course is Italian for red moon, on the second floor of the Peninsula 

Promenade. I had last visited in 2012, about a year after they 

opened, and at that time the food was uneven but showed promise. 

I had meant to get back soon to find out how the place matured, 

but somehow it took an eclipse to jog my memory. 

It had been so long that I actually forgot where the entrance 

was – the first sign you see as you exit the parking structure is 

for their private dining room. (They really ought to have a sign 

somewhere near the bottom of the stairway pointing to the main 

entrance, because we weren’t the first to go all the way to the 

top of the stairs and then discover that you can’t get in there.) 

Go around the building to the right and you’ll find the escalator 

that will actually get you to their second floor location. 

Once you‘re inside the atmosphere is old-school Italian, with 

a formal looking dining room just past the clubby bar by the 

entry. The yellow walls and natural light make the environment 

stylish and comfortable for a mall location. 

The menu is slanted toward Northern Italy and includes the 

traditional pastas and both grilled items and pizzas from a woodfired 

oven. This isn’t the place to go for arcane regional dishes, 

and the comfort food is a good match for the décor. They bring 

out very good housemade crusty bread to start, which shows that 

they’re putting that oven to good use. 

My wife and I were decided to start the meal with the salmon 

and potato salad but decided that something lighter was in order 

and split a small Caesar. A generous portion of anchovies is $3.50 

extra and worth it, because the sharp flavor completes what is 

otherwise a very mild dressing. I added a gentle sprinkle of pepper 

too, and my wife who usually prefers hers without agreed 

that it was an improvement. The portion was generous as a salad 

for one person and enough for a light starter for two. 

We had ordered the small salad because we liked the look of 

two of the entrees but also wanted to try something from that 

oven, so had pizza as a second course. The thin, crisp crust was 

very good and the portion of sauce and topping moderate so no 

one element overshadowed another, which is true to the tradition 

of Naples rather than the Italian-American more-is-better idea. 

We had chosen the pizza that is a house specialty, a vegetarian 

item with eggplant, zucchini, artichoke, olives, tomato, onion, 

and bell pepper, and though we asked for the bell pepper to be 

omitted it was still a well-balanced set of flavors. The pizza was 

quite large and with a salad would have been a good lunch or

light dinner for two. 

For main courses we chose a mushroom risotto and a bowl of tortellacci 

pasta filled with wine-braised short rib meat in a truffled Alfredo sauce. 

That latter item is probably the most unusual item on the menu, since it’s 

a bit counterintuitive to braise beef in red wine and then stuff it in pasta 

in a white sauce. It works well because the shaved truffles in that sauce 

add a slight muskiness that is a very good complement to meaty flavors. 

Our server offered some grated parmesan. It wasn’t essential but added 

nicely to the flavor. 

The risotto was well-made and had a rich, full mushroom flavor balanced 

with garlic in the white wine sauce. I think I might have liked a dash more 

herbs in it to add complexity, but it was quite decent as it was. 

We paired our meal with glasses of wine from an unexpectedly short 

and California-centric list. There are a many very good Italian wines available 

at a price that makes them an attractive proposition by the glass, and 

it was surprising not to find them in a place that otherwise celebrates Italian 

authenticity. 

We had just a little room left for dessert so decided to split what was referred 

to as a mini-tiramisu. The portion was actually larger than we expected, 

and even though we liked the light but rich cake we wouldn’t have 

wanted a larger portion. Unlike most of the rest of the desserts, this one is 

made in house and made very well, with the sweetness of the cream, slight 

wine flavor, and bitterness from chocolate and espresso all harmonizing. 

We were also offered a complimentary last item of a fritter called a frappe. 

This is just fried dough topped with a sprinkle of powdered sugar, a crisp 

little finish to the meal. 

Dinner for two with three glasses of wine ran $130, about what I’d expect 

for this caliber of food in this location. Luna Rossa isn’t groundbreaking 

but the cooking is solid, and you shouldn’t wait for a sign from the 

skies to stop in. 

Luna Rossa is at 550 Deep Valley Drive in Rolling Hills Estates. Opens daily 

11:30 a.m., closed 9 p.m. Sun.-Thur., 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Full bar, corkage $25, 

some vegetarian items. Menu at lunarossapv.com (warning: website blasts 

music). Phone 310-377-0202. PEN 

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1st Windows low prices, high quality 

Find 24/7 convenience at 1stwindows.com or visit the Signal Hill showroom. 1st 

Windows promises the best prices in the South Bay. No games, no commissioned 

salespeople, no high-pressure sales. A volume, repeat-business dealer since 1995, 

1st Windows is known for its straightforward and efficient service as well as its 

quality products, lines and workmanship. 

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Catalina Paint 

Catalina Paints, formerly known as Supreme Paints, is a destination for top quality 

house paints as well as wallpaper and window coverings. The Manhattan Beach 

location recently started carrying Farrow and Ball paints, and both the Redondo 

Beach and Manhattan locations carry Benjamin Moore, Cabot Stains, Hunter 

Douglas and a whole lot more. For a complete list of products and locations, 

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1002 S. Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, (310) 540-4456 

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Custom Design & Construction takes the stressful process of home remodeling and 

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with a single company that provides both design and construction all under one 

roof, you don’t have to be the middleman and your exact final price is in place 

before work even begins. That means no surprises down the road. Ask about 

easy in-house financing and if you aren’t sure where to start, please attend a free 

home remodeling seminar or stop by the Design Center. Call Custom Design & 

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2001 E. Mariposa Avenue, El Segundo 

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Destination: Art 

Experience Destination: Art’s first big art exhibition of 2018, “Spring Fling.” Art 

lovers, interior designers, and home and garden enthusiasts are invited to a Gala 

Public Reception Saturday, April 28, 4 - 7 p.m. for this special show and sale, 

celebrating the natural beauty of the South Bay and the work of local artists. This 

event can help you explore your “personal art signature” as you begin, or enhance, 

the use of art in your home. Visit this unique studio and gallery concept, 

open Thursdays through Saturdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays noon to 4 

p.m. 

(310) 742-3192 

1815 W. 213th St., #135, Torrance 

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Beautiful pools, spas and outdoor 

living space by Horusicky Construction 

Beautiful swimming pools, creative spas and artistic masonry work of all sizes are 

offered by Horusicky Construction. Started by Michael Horusicky, Sr. and now 

run by Mike Jr. and his sons, the family has been in business for over 45 years 

and is known for its quality work. Offering complete new pool and spa construction 

and remodels, hardscape, decking, outdoor kitchens, brick and stone projects of 

all sizes as well as landscaping. Horusicky Construction can meet all of your 

hardscape needs with the experience and expertise that you can trust. Log onto 

Horusicky.com to see their photo gallery and customer comments and reviews. 

Call or email to schedule a free estimate. 

(310) 544-9384 

Whether it is real wood Or composite wood 

Call The DexPerts at Learned Lumber 

South Bay’s oldest lumber yard. 

South Bay’s oldest lumber yard 

• Trim 

• Doors 

• Siding 

• Decking 

• Lumber 

• Windows 

• Hardware 

• Referrals 

Free parking in our 6th Street lot 

635 Pacific Coast Highway - Hermosa Beach 

310-374-3406 

Stocking Dealer 


Suzy Zimmerman, Agent 

Insurance Lic#: OF71296 

4010 Palos Verdes Dr N, Suite 

103 

Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 

Bus: 310-377-9531 

www.zimziminsurance.com 

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Watch & Clock 

Established 1947 

Celebrating 

Our 

70 th 

Anniversary! 

(310) 833-6891 

We Buy 

Watches! 

714 S. Weymouth Avenue 

San Pedro, CA 90732 

Not affiliated with Rolex USA 

SPRING SPECIALS 

$ 9 8 0 

Residential Water Heater 

40 gal. installed! ($1080 - 50 gal. also available) 

Includes hot & cold water supply lines 

Expires May 31, 2018 

FULL SERVICE PLUMBING 

SEWER VIDEO INSPECTION 

ROOTER SERVICE 

COPPER REPIPES 

$ 7 5 

Rooter Service - Main Line 

Must have clean-out access. Some restrictions may apply. 

Expires May 31, 2018 

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Kitchen Collection team creates timeless results 

Jackie Balint, CKD, has been a designer in the kitchen and bath industry since 

1981 and is the owner of The Kitchen Collection in Riviera Village in Redondo 

Beach. She and her daughter Debra offer years of expertise in practical and personalized 

kitchens and baths. They work with clients and contractors to create 

timeless projects, utilizing quality products and providing personal attention from 

concept to completion. Jackie and Debra have worked on projects throughout the 

country and have had many of their projects featured in architectural publications. 

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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Lindahl Concrete’s work is legendary 

Lindahl Concrete is the leading concrete and masonry company in the South Bay. 

They value good relationships with their customers and produce the highest quality 

work. View their work of driveways, pool decks, patios, walkways, barbecues, 

city work, stone work, and more at their website. They are stamping, pavers and 

sand/washed finished concrete specialists. Visit their garden showroom to see 

samples of colors and finishes. Workman’s Comp & General Liability Insured. Call 

Casey Lindahl, Founder and President of Lindahl Concrete Construction. Lic. 

#531387. 

(310) 326-6626 

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Lindahlconcrete.com 

Mattucci Plumbing 

At Mattucci Plumbing, the level of service you receive is a guarantee. For plumbing 

repairs and installations in the South Bay and Greater Los Angeles, Mattucci’s professional 

technicians are all about making services and equipment work as great 

as possible. Customer satisfaction is their #1 priority. Call today or book an appointment 

online. Their professional team is available whenever you need them 

and a live person will gladly assist you 24 hours a day. Call today for your free 

estimate. 

(310) 543-2001 

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Pete Fer Plumbing, 

Heating & Air offers 

repairs, remodels 

Pete Fer Plumbing is a complete mechanical 

contracting company, providing 

plumbing, heating and air 

conditioning for new construction, remodeling, 

service and repair to commercial 

and residential customers. 

They provide 24 hour service, seven 

days a week through an automated 

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PLASTERING 

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310-847-7663 

Family owned 

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• Drywall Work 

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Kitchens 

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