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10.18.18 | VOLUME 34 | NUMBER 41 

opinion ....................................................................3 

Letters ........................................................5 Power Point .................................................6 

news ........................................................................7 

Cut to the Bone 

PUSD plan would close three schools, eliminate 

sports at Blair. 

— André Coleman 

feature ...................................................................10 

On The Ground 

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers tells the story of America’s longest wars 

through the eyes of ‘The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq’. 

— Bliss Bowen 

life ......................................................................... 13 

Restaurant Review ......................................13 

Home .......................................................15 

ABOUT THE COVER: Photo by Daniel Kitayama 

Bulletin ..................................................... 16 

Advice ...................................................... 19 

Arts ........................................................................ 21 

Into the Night .............................................25 

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Malnourished Plan: Council votes to end Orange Grove ‘road diet’ 

Breaking Barriers 

Critics of GOP-backed gas tax repeal say Prop. 6 

would cost county nearly $1 billion for road repairs 

and other projects. 

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CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET 

ALONG? 

“Don’t wear that hat,” my 

husband said. 

We were headed to our country 

club to play a few rounds of golf. 

I had selected a red golf cap 

emblazoned with the white slogan 

Make America Great Again. 

“Too controversial?” I asked. 

“We don’t need to make any 

enemies there,” he replied. 

It seemed ridiculous to worry 

about my hat creating enemies, 

but I switched hats anyway, and instead sported an inoffensive 

yellow cap with the club’s name and logo. 

Make America Great Again, the rallying cry of our current 

beleaguered president. Pity and fear for the safety of any who 

wishes to support him and his agenda. Tolerance has seemingly 

evaporated, and in its place a cheering squad, advocating 

hatred toward any who back the president and his policies, has 

formed. 

The venom exhibited by the anti-Trump movement parallels 

any anti-Semitic or Neo-Nazi fervor. It harkens back to the 

extremism of the McCarthy era, when those suspected of 

communist tendencies were blacklisted from their places of 

work. 

As an American Jew who grew up in the ’70s, this bothers 

me more than a little. There are two sides to every coin, and 

the black and white, no-room-for-discussion stance currently 

held by those on the left exactly embodies the intolerance and 

prejudice of which the left accuses the right, a pathetic irony 

indeed. 

- CAROL DEBRA LEFKOWITZ JONES 

VIA EMAIL 

FEELING BETTER 

World Day for Farm 

Animals on Oct. 2 (Gandhi’s 

birth date) is intended to 

memorialize the billions of 

animals abused and killed for 

food each year. 

Like many others, I always 

thought of farm animals as 

“food on the hoof.” But, after 

watching the deeply moving 

feature film “Okja” on Netflix, 

I realized that a farm animal 

is much like our family dog, 

fully deserving of compassion 

and respect. 

An Internet search showed 

me that farm animals get 

neither on today’s factory 

farms. Male baby chicks are 

suffocated in plastic garbage 

bags or ground up alive. 

Laying hens are crowded into 

small wire cages that tear out 

their feathers. Breeding sows 

spend their lives pregnant 

in metal cages. Dairy cow 

babies are snatched from their 

mothers upon birth so we can 

drink their milk. 

The cruelties inherent in 

factory farming drove me to 

replace animal products in my 

diet with a rich variety of plantbased 

meats and dairy items 

offered by my supermarket. 

I have since learned that my 

cruelty-free diet is also great for 

my health and for the health of 

our planet. 

- PHIL GARGALIS 

PASADENA 

PRESIDENT’S LEAGUE 

The recent funeral of Sen. 

John McCain seemed like one 

for a president. 

That’s because we don’t 

have one. 

In the face of the spineless 

paralysis of the Republicans 

in Congress who are afraid to 

do anything about getting rid 

of this, one of the best ideas 

I’ve heard yet is for all five 

former presidents to combine 

as an irresistible force to put 

pressure on the congressional 

Republicans to remove 

Donald Trump from office. 

In concert with Special 

Counsel Robert Mueller’s 

telling Trump that unless he 

resigns his son will go to jail, 

these two events might do the 

trick. 

- CLIVE LEEMAN 

VIA EMAIL 

FROM THE WEB: 

RE: “BAD NEWS FOR 

DEMS,” AUG. 30 

LOL. Did you actually 

read what you wrote? Take, 

for instance, “He touched a 

tiny nerve with his claims 

that poor, underserved black 

neighborhoods are supposedly 

a mess with lousy public 

schools, high crime and 

violence, and chronic poverty. 

And he dumped the blame for 

that squarely on the Democrats 

who have run most of these 

cities for decades.” I suppose 

you feel that the Republicans 

caused this issue in Los 

Angeles County/City, NYC and 

Chicago? Try a little truth in the 

story you are trying to serve. 

- JOHN IN PASADENA 

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•POWERPOINT• 

JOHN GRULA AND LOUIS SANTILINA 

AMERICA INC. 

CEO/PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’ APPROACH 

IS NO WAY TO RUN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY 

Now that Donald Trump has held himself up as an example of a corporate 

CEO, a nonpolitician who knows how to best run government, it’s well past 

time to examine his assumptions. 

Big companies ruled by CEOs are top-down organizations, with little oversight 

except that provided by their own ethical values and government regulations. 

Monarchies and dictatorships are also top-down governmental systems, in 

some but not all cases answerable to their own government agencies. 

Conversely, the US presidency, the Executive Branch, was designed by the 

framers of the US Constitution to be a bottom-up system, deriving authority 

from the consent of the governed. Although capitalism is our economic engine, 

it is not our governmental system. And it appears Trump and like-minded fellow 

billionaires are trying to engineer a largely self-serving economic system that 

supersedes our basic democratic political values. 

Nearly every war that our country has fought in the past 100 years has been 

against antidemocratic dictators in the defense of the principle of the consent of 

the governed. By design, governing in the US is a slow, deliberate process that, 

ideally, involves all the people voting for their representatives and being able to 

express their opinions to their representatives and the media. 

In addition, the system of checks and balances among the government’s three 

branches (executive, legislative and judicial) works to safeguard our rights and 

make our democratic system even more deliberate. It keeps power diluted and out 

of the hands of a single individual and private entities. 

CEOs don’t have to deal with a system of checks and balances. Much like 

kings, they issue orders and expect them to be followed by their employees 

without question. Business ethics, which are not always a consideration in some 

businesses, seems to be an oxymoron in many cases, used to rationalize the 

cutthroat way in which big businesses are actually run. Democratic governments 

are the opposite, held to account by the people (or board of directors) and their 

agents (the press) in deciding matters impacting the general welfare of everyone. 

In our capitalist financial system, businesses compete against competitors for 

market share, thus creating a system of winners and losers. This kind of thinking, 

when applied to government, can lead and has led to discrimination by deeming 

some people more worthy than others by virtue of their wealth, age, race, gender 

and religion. 

People who do not vote or look for someone to make their decisions for them 

are abdicating their responsibilities as US citizens. They are inviting takeover 

by a rapacious form of government that is much more akin to fascism than 

democracy. 

Consider the many success stories of our present democratic 

government. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are three, just to name 

a few. These programs help keep many millions of seniors out of poverty 

and provide health care for those who otherwise could not afford to get sick. 

Such humane and compassionate treatment is rarely found in an economic 

marketplace dominated by CEOs and their business partners. 

Other government success stories include the US Postal Service, still the 

cheapest and most reliable mail delivery system in the world. Locally, our 

very own Pasadena Water and Power Department (PWP) is a good example of 

public stewardship of a public program. The PWP, a municipal utility owned 

and operated by the city of Pasadena, has consistently outperformed its nearest 

competitor, Southern California Edison, which is a private, investor-owned utility 

run by CEOs and their minions. 

Private businesses and their CEOs are by no means infallible. Remember 

Enron and Wells Fargo Bank? Talk about a lack of ethics and compassion. Enron 

went out of business, but Wells Fargo is still operating. Unfortunately, business 

leaders, unlike elected or appointed public officials, aren’t required to take an 

oath of office. 

Let us not forget that some of our most valuable public servants — police, 

firefighters, librarians and school teachers — are all paid by our tax dollars, 

working for not-for-profit entities. They are not the products of CEOs and private 

business, yet these entities, like all of us, benefit tremendously from those 

services. 

Certainly our current president, who has done everything in his power to 

dismantle environmental and educational protections, as well as scale back civil, 

human and voting rights in the name of saving money, eliminating waste and 

“protecting the public” — all the while allotting vital funds to one of history’s 

most expensive military buildups — is a prime example of what the leader of a 

democratic system of government like ours should not be doing to help his or her 

people.■ 

John Grula and Louis Santilena are Pasadena citizens concerned about our democracy. 


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PASADENA | ALHAMBRA | ALTADENA | ARCADIA | EAGLE ROCK | GLENDALE | LA CAÑADA | MONTROSE | SAN MARINO | SIERRA MADRE | SOUTH PASADENA 

DRIVEN TO PAY 

CRITICS OF GOP-BACKED GAS TAX 

REPEAL SAY PROP. 6 WOULD COST 

COUNTY NEARLY $1 BILLION FOR ROAD 

REPAIRS AND OTHER PROJECTS 

FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS 

PROP. 10 WOULD OPEN THE DOOR 

FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO 

ENACT THEIR OWN RENT CONTROL 

LAWS. 

ILLEGAL 

FUNDRAISER 

ISIS MONEYMEN ARRESTED IN 

BAGHDAD 

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DISTRICT PLAN WOULD CLOSE THREE SCHOOLS, ELIMINATE SPORTS AT BLAIR 

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN 

Angry parents and students packed a Pasadena Unified School 

District Board of Education meeting last week to oppose a 

plan that would close three schools and decimate programs. 

Under the current plan, Cleveland and Franklin elementary 

schools, along with Wilson Middle School, would be closed. The 

district would save almost $2 million a year if all three schools 

were shuttered. 

“We can no longer afford to maintain smaller schools,” said 

Superintendent Brian McDonald. “Cuts are painful and they 

will impact every sector of our budget. However, the board and 

management team are committed to making cuts as far away 

from our core instructional programs as possible. Everything 

is on the table but nothing is final yet. We are actively seeking 

input and suggestions from all stakeholders, including staff and 

parents, as we make decisions in the best interests of all of our 

students.” 

Only 99 students currently attend Cleveland, which has 

seen a 46 percent decrease in its student population since 2016, 

according to a district report. 

Franklin Elementary School only has 183 pupils due to a 25 

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percent decrease. Wilson’s population has decreased 15 percent, 

over the same time period and has 485 students. 

The district is working to close a $10 million budget gap, 

brought on largely by declining enrollment. 

Sports programs would be shut down at Blair High School and 

the Blair Vikings would only play intra-campus contests at Blair 

High School. The school’s International Baccalaureate program 

and music program would also face massive cuts. 

Blair has 532 students. The proposal would change the 

athletic program to intermural competition, eliminating 

competition against other schools and pairing off Blair teams 

against other students on campus. 

“This is not sufficient to maintain a comprehensive CIF 

athletic program,” according to the district’s financial stability 

plan options. 

Blair’s recently ended a 32-game losing streak in football. 

“When I came here I thought I could build something and I will 

do it for free with my staff,” said Football Coach Erick Pineda. 

“The only thing I ask is that you give these kids the opportunity 

to finish what they started.” 

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MALNOURISHED 

PLAN 

COUNCIL VOTES TO END 

CONTENTIOUS ORANGE GROVE 

‘ROAD DIET’ 

The City Council voted unanimously on Monday 

to end a controversial traffic calming plan that 

critics feared would have diverted traffic into 

residential neighborhoods. 

As part of the $2.3 million “road diet,” a 1.8 

mile stretch of East Orange Grove Boulevard 

between Allen and Sierra Madre Villa avenues 

would have been reduced from two lanes to one 

in each direction. 

“It is clear that any project that would remove 

travel lanes along Orange Grove is not supported 

by a significant number of residents along the 

corridor, possibly the majority,” said City Manager 

Steve Mermell. 

“Unfortunately,” Mermell concluded, “given 

what has transpired to date, any further process 

is likely to be met with a lack of trust and suspicion 

that is not conducive to achieving buy-in 

and consensus from the community.” 

From 2008 to 2017 there were 418 collisions 

in that area of Orange Grove resulting in 309 

injuries and three fatalities, 2017, according to 

the city. 

A survey presented in March noted that 73 

percent of Orange Grove Boulevard residents 

thought traffic was too fast, and 47 percent said 

that they felt unsafe crossing the street. 

City officials claimed the reconfiguration 

would have improved the street environment 

for residents by calming traffic, reducing the 

number and severity of traffic collisions, and 

celebrating the history of an iconic Pasadena 

street. 

Residents feared the project would only 

benefit bicyclists due to the added bike lanes on 

the street. 

“The traffic that your road diet will calm away 

from Orange Grove will end up on neighborhood 

streets,” Virginia Reynolds wrote in a letter to 

City Clerk Mark Jomsky. 

The plan was controversial from the beginning. 

Mermell canceled a March 28 meeting after 

local residents registered massive complaints 

at a meeting six days prior at Pasadena City 

College. 

“It’s clear that while all residents want to enhance 

safety, the proposed road diet is likely too 

drastic of a change,” Mermell said at the time. 

“Accordingly, city staff will be reassessing what 

approach we should pursue to address the safety 

concerns that have been raised as part of the 

conversations. This will involve further dialogue 

with residents of the area.” 

More than 150 people at Monday’s City 

Council meeting filled out cards requesting to 

speak about the plan. 

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BRIEFS 

DRIVEN TO PAY 

CRITICS OF GOP-BACKED GAS TAX 

REPEAL SAY PROP. 6 WOULD COST 

COUNTY NEARLY $1 BILLION FOR ROAD 

REPAIRS AND OTHER PROJECTS 

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN AND GARY WALKER 

High-profile House Republican leaders are lending their political and financial muscle 

to a state proposition that could result in lower car registration fees and put an end to 

Sacramento legislators raising taxes on gasoline. 

But if Proposition 6, a repeal of the state’s gasoline tax, passes on Nov. 6, Pasadena 

will no longer receive an estimated $2.3 million from the state, according to Assistant 

City Manager Julie Guitierrez. 

That money is expected to be used for a resurfacing and slurry seal project, which 

will resurface 5.8 miles of streets utilizing rubberized asphalt, and the annual Citywide 

Street and Improvement Project, which will resurface 4.3 miles of streets. 

The money will also be used to place a traffic signal at Garfield Avenue and Washington 

Boulevard. 

Statewide, Gutierrez said Proposition 6, if passed, would eliminate more than $5 

billion annually in transportation funds, and put a stop to more than 6,500 bridge and 

road safety, transportation and public transit improvement projects currently underway 

throughout California. 

The gasoline tax, which funds public transit, freeway repair and maintenance, local 

law enforcement and the Departments of Food and Agriculture and Recreation and 

Parks, was passed on May 1 as Senate Bill 1. 

Soon after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law, state and national Republican 

leaders began pouring money into an organized effort to get Proposition 6 on the ballot 

in time for the midterm elections. 

Through political action committees, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) 

has donated $50,000, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of (R-Bakersfield) has 

contributed over $200,000, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) has given $50,000, and Republican 

gubernatorial candidate John Cox has kicked in $250,000 to the Proposition 6 

campaign, according to state campaign finance records. 

Proponents of the initiative say a family of four will this year pay nearly $800 more 

in taxes due to the gas tax. 

A public Policy Institute of California poll taken last month showed the public 

siding with opponents of the measure by a margin of 52-39 percent, with 8 percent 

undecided. n 

FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS 

PROP. 10 WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENACT THEIR 

OWN RENT CONTROL LAWS 

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN AND GARY WALKER 

Julie Guitierrez 

In May, a Pasadena rent control effort failed after organizers Peter Dreier 

announced they had not collected the required signatures. 

According to organizers, rents have skyrocketed around the city, forcing some 

people to pay more than $2,500 a month for a one-bedroom apartment in Pasadena. 

Similar efforts failed in Glendale, Inglewood and Long Beach. 

Organizers hoped the efforts would help reign in skyrocketing rental costs that have 

forced some parents with school-age children to move east toward the Inland Empire. 

After those efforts failed, supporters of rent control put their hopes in 

Proposition 10. 

The proposition would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Act of 1995, which prevents cities 

from enacting rent control laws on units built before 1995. Passage of the ballot initiative 

would allow cities to enact their own versions of rent control. 

“Unchecked, the situation could bring California to its knees. Quality of life has been 

compromised and stress levels are skyrocketing as fast as the rent check. Community 

ties are broken, eroding the social fabric we rely on,” wrote Peter Dreier, professor 

of politics and founding chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at 

Occidental College in a recent piece for Calmatters.org, a nonprofit journalism website. 

“The fact that people earning $15 an hour cannot afford an apartment in any major 

California city makes it clear that a solution is needed now, not years down the road,” 

Dreier wrote. 

So far, the proposition is not faring well, according to recent polls. 

A poll conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California last month found support 

for the measure trailing 48-36 percent, with 16 percent undecided. 

To make matter worse, opponents of abolishing Costa-Hawkins have outspent 

proponents, raising over $20 million as of the last reporting date, according to state 

campaign finance records. 

Los Angeles apartment owner Michael Millman opposes Proposition 10. If the 

measure passes, he said there will be immediate uncertainty for landlord associations. 

“There’ll be a lot of ‘wait and see,’” said Millman. “The worst thing that could happen 

is unit prices could be rolled back substantially.” 

Potential rental adjustments to pre-Costa-Hawkins levels was a concern for the 

Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, which also opposes Proposition 10. 

Stephen Lewis, general counsel for that city’s rent control board, said the board has 

consistently said they would not pursue rental rollbacks if voters pass Proposition 10. n 


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About fifty-one percent of the high school 

students at Blair High School take part in the 

school’s athletic sports programs. Trustee Scott 

Phelps said cuts to Blair’s program were not likely. 

“It was an idea that staff had,” Phelps told the 

Pasadena Weekly via email. “Not a savings, so it is 

unlikely. We’ll see. The reduction discussions will 

continue and be submitted formally with a countyrequired 

Dec 15 first interim budget. We will have a 

better answer by then.” 

The district is required to have at least a $3 

million reserve for the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020- 

21 school years when the December budget is 

submitted. 

Last year, about 500 students left the district, 

which has been hampered by increasing housing 

costs. The decrease in enrollment will cost the 

district about $5.4 million in state funding by 2020- 

21. 

“If budget shortfalls are due to a decline 

in enrollment, then lets discuss the decline in 

enrollment,” said Tina Fredericks, who leads the 

Democrats of Pasadena Foothills. “If it’s due to 

competition from private schools, then let’s invest 

in really promoting our schools. If the cause is 

affordable housing, then let’s put pressure on the 

Pasadena City Council and the mayor. Deciding 

what to cut is not a choice. You are asking us to 

chop off an arm or a leg. This is a non-choice.” 

District officials have blamed decreasing 

enrollment on “white flight,” a phenomenon caused 

by upper middle-class white families pulling their 

children out of the struggling PUSD schools and 

placing them in area private schools or charter 

schools. 

To make matters worse, as housing prices and 

apartment rents increase in Pasadena, many young 

families and lower income families have moved east 

toward the Inland Empire where they can afford 

homes. Older residents whose children are out of 

the house are staying in their homes, making home 

inventory low and contributing to the rising costs. 

Earlier this year, the board supported a rent 

control initiative that would have capped rent 

hikes, but organizers failed to gather the necessary 

signatures to get the initiative on the November 

ballot. 

Organizers of Proposition 10, which would 

repeal state ordinances and clear the way for cities 

to enact rent control laws, are being badly outspent 

and the proposition appears to be headed for defeat 

at the Nov. 6 election. 

Finally, the state has mandated increases to 

retirement contributions. Health benefits are likely 

to increase over the next three years beyond the 

district’s projections due to the dismantling of the 

Affordable Care Act. 

The contribution taken from PUSD’s general 

unrestricted budget for needed special education 

services over the last five years was $147 million. 

The district’s contribution is likely to go up without 

an increase in funding from the federal government. 

THE COUNT 

As of Monday, 3,029 days after the war in Afghanistan ended … 

2,224 

American military 

service members 

(0 more 

than last week) 

were reported 

killed in Afghanistan 

since 

the war began in 

2001, according to 

The Associated Press. 

80 

nations were warned 

by Joint Chiefs of 

Staff Chairman 

Gen. Joseph 

Dunford at a 

conference on 

Tuesday to not get 

complacent in the 

fight against ISIS, The 

AP reported. 

Earlier this year, officials with the Los Angeles 

County Officer of Education (LACOE) informed the 

board that the district was in danger of becoming 

insolvent and could be taken over by the county. 

According to LACOE Chief Financial Officer 

Candi Clark, the district not only failed to 

implement expenditure reductions for three years, 

but also committed to ongoing expenditures, 

“placing the district in immediate risk of becoming 

insolvent.” 

LACOE is calling for cuts to special education, 

an increase in the district’s insurance fund workers’ 

compensation program, and close monitoring of 

enrollment trends. School funding by the state is 

predicated on student daily average attendance, 

with funding cuts corresponding to steep and 

ongoing reductions in the district’s student 

population. 

Earlier this year, the board of education voted 

to eliminate 139 full-time employees — 87 of 

those positions held by teachers — to close a $6.9 

million gap via current year reductions and revenue 

increases. The board cut another $14.2 million in 

reductions for the 2018-19 school year beginning in 

September. 

The district could receive about $7 million 

annually if voters pass a three-quarter cent tax 

sales tax in the November election. However, 

even if that tax measure passes the money won’t 

be available to the district in time to stave off the 

current budgetary crisis. 

“We are facing some very difficult budgetary 

decisions in the immediate future,” said McDonald. 

“But I know that the strong and resilient community 

of Pasadena Unified will come together to make the 

best possible decisions to strengthen and build on 

this success.” n 

10 

people behind an ISIS 

fundraising group 

were arrested in 

Baghdad and 

Erbil last week 

by Iraqi special 

forces, according to 

Reuters. 

Superintendent Brian McDonald 

1 

embassy received a threat 

of a pending attack 

from ISIS on Monday. 

According to Reuters, 

the Iranian Embassy 

is taking the threat 

seriously but remains 

open. 

— Compiled by 

André Coleman 



On The 

Ground 

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER 

C.J. CHIVERS TELLS THE STORY OF AMERICA’S LONGEST 

WARS THROUGH THE EYES OF ‘THE FIGHTERS: AMERICANS IN 

COMBAT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ’ 

BY BLISS BOWEN 

Last year, veteran New York Times journalist C.J. Chivers won a Pulitzer 

Prize for “The Fighter,” a feature for New York Times Magazine. In his probing 

depiction of PTSD-troubled Marine Samuel J. Siatta, Chivers observed 

that “the waste and shame of a respected vet being warehoused in a penitentiary 

for a crime he could not recall was part of the foot soldiers’ experience of the 

Afghan war, including the return to a country content to thank them without 

understanding them, or why they sometimes stand apart.” Italics are added for 

emphasis to the last half of that statement because it also applies to the combat 

veterans in Chivers’ new book “The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan 

and Iraq.” 

Lucidly written and emotionally involving, “The Fighters” goes a long way 

toward explaining those soldiers to those willing to listen. 

Chivers, a former Marine captain who served in the Persian Gulf War, draws 

on reporting stretching back to 9/11. Of the half-dozen military members 

tracked in “The Fighters,” Chivers spent time on the ground with four during 

their tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. As a result their accounts are uncommonly 

vivid — and invaluable, because theirs are voices too rarely heard, 

even now, in America’s 18th year of war in Afghanistan. 

Malfunctioning (and sometimes nonexistent) equipment, flammable uniforms, 

undertrained recruits, overloaded gear packs, sleep deprivation, and 

supposed allies who treat the US military like a deep-pocketed bank and 

arsenal: these are only some of the challenges confronting soldiers in surreal 

environments cultural worlds removed from their working-class hometowns. 

Certain key themes recur throughout their varied stories — in particular, the 

frustration caused by military regulations preventing trained fighters from 

actually fighting, and the cognitive dissonance experienced by the Marine 

“grunts” who “lived the unforgiving details” of military plans that would not 

and were not working despite official claims of success. 


Another persistent problem is Afghan counterparts who are clearly untrained 

and lacking necessary equipment, despite millions of American dollars provided for 

that purpose — so why not jettison any pretense of Afghans leading the fight? Time 

and again, obtuse political policy undercuts strategic objectives and, by extension, 

effective management of the war. In that, “The Fighters” echoes Steve Coll’s recent, 

CIA-focused book “Directorate S,” which likewise told of State Department 

and official military declarations that were detached from reality. 

Writing from the perspective of Navy Commander 

Layne McDowell, Chivers offers the tempered realizations 

of a once gung-ho “G-Monster” fighter pilot: 

“Across the country the joint Afghan-Western hold 

was tenuous and sparse, challenged by patient enemies 

who had studied the Americans and their tactics 

for a decade. Obama’s surge had pushed fresh forces 

out into much of the country only to meet populations 

that often did not want them there. Airpower helped 

reduce Western casualties. It bought time. But it could 

not win the war, much less foster real peace, and the statistics 

about its use could be reassuringly deceptive. … 

Some of the world’s most expensive attack aircraft were 

being applied to small and seemingly unsolvable tactical 

problems.” 

Chivers divides chapters with brief news updates, 

establishing a timeline against which his subjects train, 

deploy, and try to recover. In one such update, then Defense 

Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s infamous dismissal of equipment 

complaints (“You go to war with the army you have, not 

the army you might want or wish to have”) cuts more deeply 

after reading of earnest soldiers sacrificing limbs and mental 

equilibrium. After Rumsfeld’s resignation in 2006, Al-Qaeda 

militants form the Islamic State of Iraq, setting the stage for 

more grisly confrontations. 

Battle scenes depicted here are not for the squeamish; 

particularly grim is a discovery of an Afghan hut decimated by 

a mistakenly guided US rocket, where mangled pieces of women 

and children need to be officially documented. These are costs 

of war often untallied by politicians because the dead were not 

American — but the book reveals the extent to which soldiers are 

haunted by lingering memories of such scenes, and recollections of 

bicycles sighted by doorways moments before rockets were fired. 

Some of the smaller moments in Chivers’ pages are the most gripping 

in their humanity, such as when Marines are instructed to “write 

their letters home” and make arrangements for their own deaths 

before deploying (with 145-pound gear packs) into the “meat grinder” 

that was Helmand Province. First Lieutenant Jarrod Neff, who’d joined 

up thinking military experience would help him get a cop job back in 

Massachusetts, awakens in a Marja hut “face-to-face with the skinned 

head of a goat” in a bowl guarded by “mewling cats.” Career Army pilot 

Mike Slebodnik goes online in Afghanistan to order anniversary flowers 

be delivered to his wife in the States. Army Specialist Robert Soto, an 

aspiring actor from the Bronx who enlisted at age 17 because he “wanted 

to punish those who carried out the World Trade Center attacks,” bitterly 

fixates on the perceived waste of “PXs stocked with sundries.” Beloved 

Marine medic Dustin “Doc” Kirby reflexively makes a pile of his teeth and 

pieces of his mouth after being shot in the face. Special Forces Sergeant Leo 

Kryszewski, who required numerous surgeries after being injured in a rocket 

attack in Iraq, retires after 24 years — and eventually hires on as an “armed 

embedded civilian adviser” with a private contractor that pays him as much 

as $1,200 a day to work alongside new Special Forces teams. 

The role of private contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq is underexplored 

here, which is regrettable given the demoralization their better-compensated 

presence has caused within ranks. Likewise, while a few female officers serve 

valiantly at pivotal moments (and mothers and girlfriends are literal lifesavers 

for post-service soldiers), the role of women in the military is barely covered. 

And when Georgia native Joe Dan Worley becomes a Navy corpsman, he naively 

believes he won’t be assigned to active duty even though momentum toward the 

Iraq invasion is building; he’s too focused on work and family to pay attention to 

the news — a serious problem that persists today, one that raises troubling questions 

about American apathy and education. 

Perhaps those issues are better explored elsewhere. Either way, Chivers opts not 

to pass judgment on his subjects, instead delivering clear, factual reporting that is 

enlightening and unsettling. “The Fighters” is a valuable book that deserves to be 

read so that people will, hopefully, understand. ■ 

C.J. Chivers discusses “The Fighters” at Chevalier’s Bookstore, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los 

Feliz, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24; call (323) 465-1334 for details. Chivers also speaks at the 

Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda at noon on Thursday, Oct. 25, and then at 7 p.m. Thursday 

at the Buena Vista Branch Library, 300 N. Buena Vista Ave., Burbank; call (818) 238-5620 

for info. cjchivers.com 



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Kozy Korner 

Thai Food 

213 W. Wilson Ave, 

Glendale 

(818) 242-6608 

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GLENDALE’S INTIMATE KOZY 

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BY EVELYN GARCIA | PHOTOS BY DANNY LIAO 

Nothing works up an appetite like a full day of perusing 

and shopping around the Americana in Glendale. 

While it's surrounded by some great, albeit overly 

crowded restaurants, I wanted to try something new and 

away from the commotion of large families and tourists. Only 

a couple of blocks away is Kozy Korner, a Thai restaurant that 

embodies its name with its tiny interior. 

Located on Wilson Avenue, right next to Hyatt Place, it 

is one of the smallest eateries I’ve ever dined in, seating a 

maximum of 20 people. It could not be more intimate, which 

left us feeling a bit guilty walking in 45 minutes before their 

closing time counting only four other people already dining 

when we arrived. It served as a perfectly quiet place to enjoy 

dinner on a rainy evening. There is not much parking in the 


ALEXANDER’S STEAKHOUSE 

111 North Los Robles Ave. Pasadena, 

(626) 486-1111 alexanderssteakhouse.com $$$$ 

Alexander’s Steakhouse welcomes you to experience 

American steakhouse cuisine with an innovative and 

elegant global inspiration. Our menu features Certified 

Angus Beef from the Mid-West, corn-fed and dry-aged 

for 28 days for unparalleled flavor. We serve the finest 

and most luxurious ingredients available including 

authentic Japanese wagyu beef. 

BONNIE B’S SMOKIN BBQ 

1280 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, 

(626) 794-0132 bonniebssmokin.com $$ 

From Tulsa Oklahoma to Southern Cal. with a touch 

of New Orleans soul comes Bonnie B’s Bar B Que 

Heaven. Our 45-year-old traditional recipes are made 

with love. Try our new sweet pea’s double Fried 

burger made with our own sauces, soul bowl and 

homemade peach cobbler. Voted best BBQ & Soul 

food in Pasadena for our ribs, collard greens and 

Slim's Mac & Cheese. We are thankful and appreciate 

Pasadena. 

CAMERON’S SEAFOOD 

1978 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 793-3474 Camerons4fish.com $$ 

Since 1984, Cameron’s Seafood has been serving its freshest 

seafood, and has become a landmark in Pasadena. Cameron’s 

brings the ocean home with their fresh catch being cooked 

over mesquite wood grills that burn all day long.Enjoy the very 

best Seafood, Steaks, Salad & Pasta! Voted Best Seafood in 

Pasadena Weekly for 27 years! Now you can order on-line: 

camerons4fish.com. 


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HIKARI SUSHI 

2064 Verdugo Blvd. Montrose 

818-957-1800 Hikarisushiglendale.com $$ 

Hikari Sushi in Montrose is open for business 

to serve you fresh sushi, with a variety of 

rolls. We are the first All You Can Eat Sushi 

Restaurant in the City of Glendale. Please join 

us! We are looking forward to serving you! 

KABUKI JAPANESE RESTAURANTS 

88 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 

(626) 568-9310 

3539 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, 

(626) 351-8963 kabukirestaurants.com $$ 

When you walk into a Kabuki you won’t be 

overwhelmed with Asian decor and music. 

What you will encounter is a casual atmosphere 

with today’s hottest music playing, 

people smiling and our friendly staff welcoming 

you through the doors. Look for the Red 

Mask. Come eat, drink and have fun! 

MARGARITA’S 

155 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-4193 margaritaspasadena.com $$ 

At Margaritas Mexican Restaurant, our family 

has been sharing our authentic Mexican 

dishes with the wonderful people of Pasadena 

since 1977. Guests enter our warm, inviting 

space and leave as family -- with plenty of 

burritos, tortas, tostadas, fajitas, and more 

to be had in between! Our dishes incorporate 

and pay homage to the rich flavors of bustling 

mercados, corner taquerias, and seaside palapas. 

So visit us, eat to your heart's content 

at our mouthwatering lunch buffet, sip on a 

refreshing margarita, and feel at home. 

SHANDONG DUMPLINGS 

80 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena 

626-578-9777 

227 W. Valley Blvd, 168 A, San Gabriel 

626-308-3777 $ 

Shandong Dumplings is your Reader Recommended 

Winner for BEST DUMPLINGS in 

the 2018 Reader’s Poll! We have been a 

cornerstone in the greater Pasadena community 

and are well known for our outstanding 

cuisine, excellent service and friendly staff. 

Recognized for our modern interpretation of 

classic dishes and insistence on using only 

the highest quality, freshest ingredients. 

Open for Lunch and Dinner daily and until 

2am Wed-Sat. 

TOM'S FAMOUS FAMILY 

RESTAURANT 

1130 E. Walnut St. Pasadena 

626-577-7717 tomsfamous.com $ 

Please come and enjoy homemade 

breakfast lunch and dinner all made from 

scratch and FRESH. Nothing is ever served 

or made from a can. We pride ourselves as 

being the cleanest store with the best quality 

food and BEST service in town. Thank 

you PASADENA!!!!! 

TOPS WALNUT 

1792 E. Walnut St., Pasadena 

(626) 584-0244 

topsburger.com $ 

At TOPS on Walnut & Allen, we maintain the 

original taste from 60 years ago. My father 

wanted to create food as close to homemade 

as possible. Our primary goal and focus is 

on taste, quality, freshness, cleanliness in 

our service and experienced staff. Most of 

our staff have been with us for more than 

twenty years. We invite you to come to TOPS 

on the corner of Walnut & Allen and taste the 

difference! Meet our staff and experience 

what quality service should be. The same 

quality service that has made us #1. 

WE OLIVE 

32 E Colorado Blvd 

Pasadena, CA 91105 

626-787-1000 

weolive.com/Pasadena $$ 

We Olive Pasadena features an array of olive 

oils, vinaigrettes, dips, and other one of a 

kind flavors and offers complimentary Olive 

Oil tastings. 

We now serve lunch & dinner! Enjoy the 

summer evenings on our We Olive Patio! 

Happy Hour M – F 3:30 – 7pm! Enjoy cheese 

and charcuterie and California small patch 

wine. Shopping for a gift? Check out our 

wide selection of customized gourmet gifts. 

Located in Old Pasadena right next to free 90 

minute parking. 

ZELO GOURMET PIZZAS 

328 E. Foothill Blvd.Arcadia 

626-358-8298 

myzelopizza.info $$ 

It’s the cornmeal crust that makes this pizzeria 

stand out from the rest. This locally owned 

establishment’s signature dish is the fresh, 

corn, balsamic-marinated, oven-roasted red 

onion pie. Zelo Pizzeria has expanded the 

dining room to better serve you, so come in 

and give Zelo Pizzeria a try. 

VERTICAL WINE BISTRO 

70 N. Raymond Avenue 


(626) 795-3999 

verticalwinebistro.com $$ 

Set above the streets of Old Town Pasadena, 

Vertical Wine Bistro offers a warm, inviting 

dining experience with an elegant and 

comfortable atmosphere. Our Chefs use only 

the freshest ingredients when designing our 

menu. We offer a wide selection of beer, wine 

and hand crafted cocktails. Tuesday - Sunday: 

5:00pm til Close - Happy Hour (Tues- 

Fri): 5:00pm - 7:00pm – Closed Monday 

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surrounding area, but we were lucky to squeeze into 

one of the metered spots right outside the hotel. 

We looked through the extensive menu quickly, 

and since we couldn’t decide on what to start with, 

ordered the “Kozy combination” ($12.50), which is 

a large platter of various appetizers on their menu: 

shrimp tempura, blanket shrimp, fried wontons, 

vegetable tempura, and egg rolls. Although a hasty 

decision, it ended up being the best one (other than 

going to Kozy Korner in the first place). 

I have to admit that upon first being seated I 

wasn’t sure it would be anything out of the ordinary 

— but at first bite into the vegetable tempura I was 

quickly proven wrong as it was easily the best out 

of the fried goodness in front of us. You can’t really 

go wrong with tempura in general, but at Kozy 

Korner the veggies are breaded in a coating much 

thicker and crispier than any either of us had tried. 

The wontons were great as well, thin, crunchy and 

amazing dipped in their sweet and sour sauce. We 

expected to take at least half of the appetizer home 

and much to our surprise, ended up eating almost 

all of it, including the complimentary side salad our 

waitress brought over. 

I ordered the Thai iced coffee ($3.75) which was 

served over crushed ice and just the right amount 

of sweet. It was probably not the smartest drink 

to order after 8 p.m., but I did not regret it. After 

deciding on our entrees, several parties came in 

one by one, and we no longer felt guilty nor rushed 

by our waitress like we did when we first walked 

in. The small space suddenly became crowded, yet 

somehow didn’t feel cramped or overwhelming, even 

though most tables were taken. What is clear from 

an abundance of amazing Yelp reviews and evident 

to regulars who frequent Kozy Korner (whose photos 

are featured along the restaurant's walls) is the 

pleasantly surprising fact that their size has not been 

a hindrance in all of the years they have been open. 

Rather, it gives Kozy Korner a unique charm that 

generic chain restaurants in the area just don’t have. 

For our entrees, we decided on the Pad Kee Mao 

($9.50) and the Chicken with Basil Leaves over Rice 

($10.95) both labeled as spicy on the menu. Anything 

marked with the chili can be ordered spicy, medium, 

or mild, so I went with medium. Better safe than 

sorry, right? The pad kee mao is a pan fried flat 

noodle with chili, onion, bell pepper and basil leaves. 

In between gulps of water to help quell the fiery chili 

in the dish, I enjoyed every bite. The noodles were 

not too greasy or heavy, but were served in such 

a large portion I did have to take some home. All 

noodle dishes can be ordered with chicken, pork, 

tofu, or for an upcharge: beef, shrimp, squid or duck. 

My friend’s chicken over rice was equally delicious. 

The stir fried ground chicken was more flavorful, 

mixed seamlessly into the rice, and was served in 

just as large of a portion. 

Other traditional dishes featured on their menu 

and well-worth trying include pad Thai ($9.50), ladnah 

($9.50), Thai curry with roasted duck ($11.50), 

and fried rice ($9.50). Soups are also a big portion 

of their menu, ranging from Tom Yum Kai (a spicy 

broth soup with chicken, lemongrass, lime juice, 

mushrooms and tomatoes $5.50-$9.50), tom kha 

seafood (coconut soup with seafood galanga and 

lime juice $15.50), and a tofu combination soup 

(ground chicken, fish balls and shrimp $13.50). Many 

of their dishes can even be ordered a la carte with a 

choice of chicken, pork, or tofu allowing for a variety 

of shareable entrees. 

Despite the late dinner rush while we were there, 

the service was quick and our waitress, who seemed 

to be the only one going from table to table, was 

informative and attentive. I left dinner stuffed and 

content with a long list of dishes I need to try on 

my next visit. Kozy Korner is feel-good, authentic 

Thai cuisine that provides a cozy (no surprise there) 

dining experience with even better food — a perfect 

combination for the coming months. 


HOME SALES 

RECENT HOME CLOSINGS IN THE PASADENA WEEKLY FOOTPRINT 

source: CalREsource 

ADDRESS PRICE BDRMS.SQ. FT.YR. BUILTPREV. PRICE PREV. SOLD 

ALHAMBRA 

2611 Montezuma Avenue 10/01/18 $1,118,000 7 3174 1971 $800,000 06/22/2007 

125 South Primrose Avenue 09/26/18 $825,000 3 1849 1938 $525,000 04/04/2014 

1001 South 4th Street 09/27/18 $725,000 3 1235 1935 $140,000 05/21/1998 

1409 Pedley Drive 09/28/18 $720,000 3 1376 1947 $130,000 08/30/1996 

506 North Chapel Avenue #F 09/26/18 $585,000 3 1281 1987 $420,500 08/14/2013 

15 Hampton Court #G 09/28/18 $579,000 3 1376 1981 $370,000 11/26/2008 

408 West Main Street #1A 09/26/18 $578,500 2 1170 2012 

501 North 3rd Street #D 09/27/18 $564,000 3 1440 1985 $112,000 08/06/1985 

777 East Valley Boulevard #36 09/28/18 $470,000 2 1147 1963 $125,000 03/08/1996 

717 Orange Grove Avenue 09/25/18 $465,000 2 1268 1926 $142,000 09/04/1997 

100 South Electric Avenue #2 10/02/18 $435,000 2 1003 1979 

893 South 4th Street #B 10/02/18 $400,000 2 986 1991 $143,500 03/14/1991 

ALTADENA 

1970 Midwick Drive 09/25/18 $1,673,000 4 2703 1926 $1,412,500 06/09/2006 

1600 Homewood Drive 09/25/18 $1,559,500 5 3112 1918 $1,435,000 10/02/2013 

3470 Rubio Crest Drive 09/25/18 $1,088,000 4 2234 1965 

2853 Highview Avenue 09/28/18 $965,000 3 1344 1947 $592,000 12/08/2011 

978 Wapello Street 09/25/18 $950,000 3 1841 1928 $725,000 09/16/2013 

2378 Catherine Road 10/02/18 $880,000 3 1752 1928 

507 Mountain View Street 09/28/18 $840,000 2 1092 1910 $400,000 03/31/2015 

3170 Maiden Lane 09/26/18 $790,000 2 1264 1941 $203,500 06/08/2012 

4372 Canyon Crest Road 09/25/18 $750,000 3 1185 1949 $160,000 08/05/1996 

2820 Lincoln Avenue 09/26/18 $590,000 3 1356 1923 $83,000 05/02/1985 

ARCADIA 

323 Whispering Pines Drive 09/26/18 $5,680,000 5 7127 2004 $5,800,000 10/01/2013 

925 Hampton Road 09/26/18 $3,600,000 4 3175 1941 

607 East Camino Real Avenue 09/26/18 $2,105,000 3 1802 1956 $1,080,000 07/25/2014 

15 Bishop Court 09/25/18 $2,050,000 5 4800 1995 $1,383,000 07/19/2011 

522 Peachtree Lane 10/01/18 $1,108,000 3 1979 1956 

301 Altern Street 09/26/18 $1,050,000 4 1715 1955 $900,000 10/31/2013 

28 East Santa Anita Terrace 10/02/18 $1,020,000 4 2045 1961 $833,000 03/27/2006 

1333 South 10th Avenue 09/25/18 $850,000 3 1386 1956 $122,000 06/24/1985 

148 La Porte Street 09/25/18 $650,000 3 1632 1947 $375,000 10/27/2004 

5420 Mapletree Avenue 09/28/18 $648,000 3 1063 1950 $179,500 04/18/1994 

EAGLE ROCK 

1391 Hill Drive 09/25/18 $1,265,500 3 1857 1955 $802,000 11/04/2014 

1022 Rockdale Avenue 09/26/18 $895,000 2 2629 1985 $840,000 12/28/2017 

5044 Mosaic Court 09/26/18 $785,000 3 1845 2013 $550,000 03/15/2013 

4364 York Boulevard 09/26/18 $760,000 3 1093 1950 

GLENDALE 

1338 Balmoral Drive 09/25/18 $2,688,000 5 4752 1985 $220,000 08/02/1983 

2225 Mira Vista Avenue 09/26/18 $1,850,000 2 1463 1922 $820,000 02/02/2016 

906 Whitehaven Terrace 09/27/18 $1,295,000 3 1938 1973 $422,000 10/23/1995 

1608 Ina Drive 09/27/18 $1,254,000 3 2664 1977 $950,000 01/17/2018 

1512 Sunshine Drive 09/28/18 $1,210,000 4 2389 1967 $950,000 08/11/2008 

657 West Glenoaks Boulevard 09/27/18 $1,175,000 5 3352 1928 $288,000 07/09/1997 

3821 El Lado Drive 09/25/18 $1,064,000 3 1456 1954 $150,000 10/29/1980 

949 Rosemount Road 09/25/18 $1,031,000 3 2011 1926 $877,500 09/02/2014 

2021 Oak Valley Road 10/02/18 $1,008,000 3 1473 1955 $537,000 04/30/2003 

1318 Alameda Avenue 09/26/18 $965,000 2 1353 1936 $755,000 03/01/2017 

3834 2nd Avenue 09/27/18 $956,000 3 1398 1958 $810,000 09/01/2016 

1917 Eden Avenue 09/28/18 $935,000 3 1994 1929 $768,500 06/11/2015 

1018 North Howard Street 09/26/18 $930,000 3 2072 1953 $380,000 08/02/1999 

2645 East Glenoaks Boulevard 09/27/18 $900,000 2 1285 1928 $610,000 07/09/2008 

4228 Boston Avenue 10/01/18 $900,000 2 1645 1942 $759,000 07/29/2014 

ADDRESS PRICE BDRMS. SQ. FT. YR. BUILT PREV. PRICE PREV. SOLD 

GLENDALE 

1013 Newby Street 09/26/18 $875,000 3 1392 1931 $605,000 12/01/2017 

1912 East Chevy Chase Drive 09/25/18 $799,000 4 1996 1939 

342 Myrtle Street #103 09/25/18 $750,000 3 1430 2015 

2469 Montrose Avenue #C 10/03/18 $750,000 3 1708 1996 $600,000 02/28/2006 

1391 East Windsor Road 10/02/18 $700,000 4 1642 1941 $200,000 06/14/1999 

3649 Honolulu Avenue 09/25/18 $682,000 2 930 1947 $589,000 10/31/2005 

1214 Romulus Drive 09/28/18 $667,500 3 1690 1928 $285,000 04/29/1991 

250 West Fairview Avenue #301 09/25/18 $636,000 3 1436 1981 $410,000 08/22/2013 

1125 East Maple Street #20 09/26/18 $600,000 2 1755 1981 $382,000 10/09/2012 

315 Chester Street #107 09/25/18 $562,000 3 1493 1992 $140,000 09/19/1997 

645 Balboa Avenue #1F 10/02/18 $540,000 2 1210 2005 $415,000 05/03/2005 

335 North Adams Street #214 09/25/18 $518,000 2 1069 1974 $430,000 03/18/2016 

1224 Stanley Avenue #4 09/26/18 $515,000 2 756 2002 $418,000 03/02/2016 

350 West Loraine Street #105 09/26/18 $480,000 2 1141 1981 $131,000 09/30/1986 

1116 East Palmer Avenue #14 09/28/18 $461,000 1 780 1987 $410,000 09/08/2017 

110 North Everett Street #108 09/28/18 $435,000 2 1021 1981 $289,000 03/09/2010 

310 North Jackson Street #303 09/25/18 $410,000 1 733 1973 $287,500 05/12/2015 

570 West Stocker Street #112 09/26/18 $405,000 1 891 1976 $385,000 12/21/2017 

1137 North Maryland Avenue #2 09/28/18 $400,000 3 1458 1980 $210,000 06/12/2001 

460 Oak Street #218 10/03/18 $390,000 1 839 1984 $305,000 08/25/2015 

600 West Stocker Street #108 09/25/18 $382,000 1 880 1962 $249,000 09/29/2009 

LA CANADA 

524 Dartmouth Place 10/02/18 $3,360,000 4 4729 1929 $3,400,000 01/30/2007 

5165 Alta Canyada Road 09/28/18 $2,600,000 3 3929 1941 $2,250,000 10/06/2015 

4619 Daleridge Road 10/02/18 $2,360,000 4 3689 2008 $1,630,000 05/31/2012 

5112 Redwillow Lane 10/01/18 $1,560,000 3 1844 1956 $1,215,000 03/11/2016 

185 Starlight Crest Drive 10/02/18 $1,275,000 3 1930 1966 $565,000 10/16/1991 

PASADENA 

524 South Grand Avenue 09/25/18 $2,809,000 3 4284 1977 $2,500,000 06/30/2011 

1004 East Topeka Street 09/27/18 $1,305,000 2 1598 1916 $305,000 10/28/1988 

1445 Arroyo View Drive 09/26/18 $1,246,000 3 1942 1947 $205,000 07/06/1984 

2353 East Mountain Street 09/27/18 $1,084,000 4 2200 1936 $687,000 11/23/2005 

56 Esther Street 09/25/18 $1,057,500 3 1527 1949 $313,000 06/24/2003 

978 South Marengo Avenue #112 09/28/18 $850,000 3 1580 2007 $659,000 10/01/2012 

1088 South Marengo Avenue #6 09/28/18 $790,000 3 1420 2004 $702,000 03/01/2016 

3964 Sycamore Street 10/03/18 $770,000 2 1328 1949 $565,000 01/24/2017 

1471 East Villa Street 10/01/18 $715,000 2 1132 1942 $440,500 04/03/2017 

633 East California Boulevard #303 10/01/18 $690,000 3 1658 1982 $588,000 04/27/2005 

330 Cordova Street #325 09/26/18 $680,000 2 1592 1981 $185,000 12/14/1994 

1742 Glen Avenue 09/25/18 $660,000 4 1924 1965 

1409 North El Molino Avenue 10/02/18 $652,000 2 998 1924 

1074 North Los Robles Avenue 09/25/18 $635,000 3 1768 1903 

960 San Pasqual Street #101 09/28/18 $599,000 2 1261 1964 $725,000 11/30/1981 

139 South Los Robles Avenue #206 10/02/18 $580,000 1 760 1927 $475,000 03/27/2015 

2466 East Mountain Street #49 09/25/18 $580,000 3 1364 1965 $370,000 04/14/2010 

85 North Catalina Avenue 09/27/18 $517,000 2 836 1929 

1135 East Villa Street 10/01/18 $470,000 1 978 1908 

SAN MARINO 

1305 Belhaven Road 09/26/18 $1,539,500 3 1626 1950 

SIERRA MADRE 

407 West Orange Grove Avenue 10/02/18 $900,000 2 1735 1960 $178,000 01/03/1980 

177 Santa Anita Court 09/26/18 $873,000 3 1600 1956 $615,000 08/25/2011 

SOUTH PASADENA 

517 Garfi eld Avenue 09/26/18 $888,000 1 1032 1924 $660,000 10/05/2009 

95 Short Way Street 09/25/18 $865,000 1 1081 1951 $268,000 02/21/1990 

1401 Mission Street #204 09/28/18 $855,000 2 1680 2010 $582,000 09/23/2011 

1030 Orange Grove Avenue 10/03/18 $510,000 1 578 1947 



Bulletin Board 

By Carl Kozlowski 

JUST SAYING THANKS 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage hosts 17th annual 

BBQ for Pasadena’s first responders 

The Pasadena office of Coldwell Banker 

Residential Brokerage will host its 17th Annual 

Charity BBQ for Pasadena’s first responders 

and their support staff from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Wednesday, Oct. 24, at La Casita Del Arroyo, 177 S 

Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena. 

“For the past 16 years we have held this charity 

barbecue for Pasadena’s first responders and their 

support staff as a thank you for their great service 

to the community,” said Lori Ramirez, branch manager of the Pasadena office 

of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. 

“We hold the event offsite because of the sheer size of the turnout, and our 

affiliate agents pitch in to provide meals at the event,” said Ramirez. “This is 

one of our most popular events, and our whole office gets very involved.” 

‘THE ADVOCATES’ 

Documentary about caseworkers on homelessness 

screens one time only Tuesday at Laemmle Playhouse 7 

A one-night screening of the documentary “The 

Advocate,” about caseworkers on the frontline of 

Greater LA’s homelessness crisis, will be held at 

7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Laemmle Playhouse 7 

in Pasadena. 

A Q&A session with a panel of experts on the 

subject will follow the screening. 

Supported by the United Way of Greater Los 

Angeles, “The Advocates” focuses on caseworkers 

intimately involved in getting people off the streets and into homes. 

The film premiered last month to a sold-out theater at the LA Film Festival. 

The guest panel includes: Mary Kirchen, founder of Housing Works; Anne 

Miskey , CEO of Union Station Homeless Services; and Claudia Perez, founder 

of LA on Cloud9 and an advocate who has lived experience; and Remi Kessler, 

director of “The Advocates.” 

The film is also playing two shows daily October 19–25 at the Laemmle 

Monica, and has additional one-night-screenings in Encino and North 

Hollywood. 

“We’d love to get the word out to the Pasadena community about the 

screening, as we know the increasing numbers of people facing homelessness 

has meant it’s no longer a fringe issue, and really in the hearts and minds of 

the community,” said Jen Smith, a spokeswoman for the film. 

“The event is a really great way for those concerned to get a good 

understanding of the landscape of work being done to resolve it, and ask 

questions to the experts regarding supportive housing, and other hot-button 

topics,” Smith said. 

Laemmle Playhouse 7 is located at 673 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call 

(310) 478-3836 or visit Laemmle.com for more information. 

HOOKED UP 

Glendale Arts receives funding for Alex Theatre network 

upgrades 

The Community Foundation of the Verdugos 

has awarded Glendale Arts $15,000 to go toward 

improving the internet and data network system at 

the historic Alex Theatre. 

Advances to the network create a more 

reliable, efficient and faster system that allows 

for future improvements, ultimately building a 

foundation that will allow the Alex to support 

larger-scale productions and attract higher-quality 

entertainment to Glendale, said Glendale Arts CEO Elissa Glickman. 

“The Community Foundation of the Verdugos creates a meaningful impact 

on the community at-large through their support of our local nonprofit and 

community-based organizations,” Glickman said in a prepared statement. “We 

are honored to receive this grant and fortunate that we can continue to work 

together on enhancing the quality of life for the people of Glendale.” n 





•ADVICE• 

BY PATTI CARMALT-VENER 

TIME TO TALK 

HAVING SEX LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK SHOULD CONCERN 

BOTH PARTNERS 

Dear Patti, 

I’m a male nurse in a hospital and work the late shift at a station which periodically 

can be very quiet. This sometimes leaves the nurses time to talk among themselves 

and it can get quite personal. A common theme is whether or not they are having 

frequent sex with their partners. Some complain or worry when they’re having 

sex only once a week and their concern escalates when it is up to one month free of 

any sex. 

It was brought up in a teasing way that I often participate in these intimate conversations 

except for when we talk about “gettin’ some.” It was said all in good fun, 

but it was also said with a degree of accuracy. There are cycles where my wife and I 

don’t have sex for a few months and then we’re more active again. We’re in a dry spell 

now. I’m uneasy to look at it myself, let alone admit this fact out loud to others. 

I want to know what is considered “too little sex” to be categorized as no longer 

normal. If my wife and I are having less sex than most other couples, that can’t be 

good. How long is too long without sex? Does this necessarily affect our happiness? 

What are the chances that this is an indication our marriage is on a downward 

spiral? 

— Richard 

Dear Richard, 

The Archives of Sexual Behavior published a study with over 26,000 participants that 

reported having sex that averages out to once a week. Another study published in The 

Journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science (with 30,000 participants) concluded 

that couples having sex once a week were the happiest and couples having sex 

two or more times a week were no happier than those having sex once a week. This same 

study reflected that those who were having sex less than once a week reported lower 

levels of happiness than those having sex once a week or more. Another study shows 

that it’s actually beneficial to talk about sexual dry spells with close friends as it helps to 

normalize the idea as well as de-escalate the concern. 

Having stated that, it’s more important to be able to recognize the reasons you and 

your wife aren’t having more sex rather than focus on how often you’re having it. If 

you’re having frequent fights with her or lacking passion and romance, then it could be a 

symptom of a much deeper-rooted problem. A lack of sexual intimacy in a marriage can 

be a major source of anxiety, frustration, trigger insecurities and have damaging effects 

on you or your wife’s self-confidence. It may be a good time to seek profession help to 

help you understand your issues and guide you to work it out together. 

If, however, the decline in sex is a matter of circumstance rather than emotion and 

the normal flow of intimacy decreases and rises when one or both of you are extremely 

busy at work or overwhelmed with the tasks of parenthood, then it may be more circumstantial 

and nothing to be that concerned about. Work on the problem together. Ask 

yourself and your partner what is going on between you and in your life when you get to 

this place. Discuss your needs openly with each other and try to share your feelings. 

Be careful to not just automatically blame your spouse for the situation. Ask yourself 

what your own role is in this. Talk to each other. Make sure that you spend alone time 

together. Don’t be afraid to share your fantasies and desires with each other. Remember 

the times you were passionate toward each other? Endeavor to bring those moments 

back. Make the commitment to each other to take the time to fix your intimacy issues. 

Focus on your connection with one another and be open with your feelings. 

Remember that good, satisfying sex (even if it’s once a month or less) may be preferable 

to having sex once a week when it’s not eliciting sexual pleasure, satisfaction and 

feelings of intimacy and closeness — the physical and emotional bond which partners 

build with one another over time — achieved in healthy relationships. n 

Patti Carmalt-Vener, a faculty member with the Southern California Society for Intensive Short Term 

Psychotherapy, is a psychotherapist in private practice with offices in Pasadena, Santa Monica and Canoga 

Park. Contact her at (626) 584-8582 or email pcarmalt@aol.com. Visit her website, patticarmalt-vener.com. 



• ARTS • 

A SATISFIED MAN 

GRANT LANGSTON AT WINE & SONG 

WEDNESDAY 

FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS 

GHOST STORY 

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE SCARES UP 

A GOOD TIME WITH THE BRITISH HIT 

THRILLER ‘THE WOMAN IN BLACK’ 

FRIGHT FEST 

THE LATEST ‘HALLOWEEN’ IS AN 

ENTERTAINING THRILLER WITH A 

SLAM-BANG PERFORMANCE BY 

JAMIE LEE CURTIS 

PHOTO: John Thvedt 

P.25 

TEN YEARS OF TERROR 

UNBOUND PRODUCTIONS CELEBRATES A DECADE OF MORTIFYING 

ENTERTAINMENT IN ALTADENA 

P.28 

Alan Abelew and Kevin Dulude 2nd-Floor 


Cemeteries and mausoleums normally aren’t on the top of 

anyone’s list as places to go for a good time. But for the past 

decade, Jonathan Josephson and his theater troupe Unbound 

Productions has defied expectations by staging some of the most 

popular events of the Los Angeles-area Halloween season at the 

Mountain View Mausoleum and its neighboring cemetery in Altadena. 

The troupe’s “Wicked Lit” series of audience-interactive one-act 

plays based on classic horror stories has played to sold-out crowds, 

drawing over 14,000 patrons to Altadena during the past five years 

alone. They’ve also bested the local theater scene by winning numerous 

Ovation Awards and have been picked as the “Best Halloween 

Event of the Year” by Hollywood Gothique. 

While their daring concept has certainly paid off with both critical 

acclaim and popular success, Josephson recalls that even he 

was surprised that the owners of Mountain View were open to the 

concept. With this year’s smash-hit edition, titled “The Chimes and 

the Corpse,” presently running through Nov. 10, he took a look back 

to the earliest days of his idea coming to fruition. 

“We did our first show at Greystone Manor in Beverly Hills and it 

was really successful, but we couldn’t go back due to construction 

there, and a friend from Pasadena Historical Society said Mountain 

View had been open to public performances in the past,” says 

Josephson. “These are stories of classical horror, and we admitted 


P.32 

GET YOUR OWN... 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

NEIGHBORLY VIBE 

On Friday, 

the Pasadena 

Senior Center, 

85 E. Holly St., 

Pasadena, screens 

“Won’t You Be 

My Neighbor?” 

(2018), the story 

of the late Fred 

Rogers, creator, 

writer and 

producer of the long-running, children’s TV series, 

“Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Free. Call (626) 795- 

4331 or visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org. 

ARTS AND FUN 

The annual free 

South Pasadena 

Arts Crawl, 

sponsored by the 


Chamber of Commerce 

and the 


Art Center, features 

art activities 

for all ages 

at various galleries, live music, open houses and 

food and drink for purchase from 5 to 9 p.m. 

Saturday in the vicinity of Mission Street and 

Meridian Avenue. Visit southpasadena.net for a 

complete listing of activities. 

YOUNG DIVA 

Vocalist Liela 

Avila (soundcloud.com/ 

lielamusic) and 

her band perform 

top 40, Motown 

and R&B covers 

starting at 8:30 

p.m. Sunday 

at Kings Row 

Gastropub, 20 E. 

Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. No cover. Call (626) 

793-3010 or visit kingsrowpub.com. 

MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE 

Author and 

travel expert 

Cheryl Suchors 

discusses her 

new memoir, “48 

Peaks: Hiking 

and Healing in 

the White Mountains” 

at 7:30 

p.m. Monday at 

Distant Lands, 20 

S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Free, but call (626) 

449-3220 to RSVP and visit distantlands.com 

for information. 



Deborah Dominguez in The Ebony Frame 

22 PASADENA WEEKLY | 10.18.18 

TEN YEARS OF TERROR 


that dark things happen in the shows, but dark things 

happen in Shakespeare too. If we said we’re doing 

reckless murder stories with jump scares and blood 

everywhere, that would not be allowed. 

“That was a big conversation, and obviously it’s an 

ongoing conversation,” he continues. “They’ve never 

asked for script approval, but we do tell them what 

we’re planning to do. We tell them murders and magic 

happen in the play but very little blood, that we’re very 

respectful of the space and don’t allow touching of 

monuments and crypts. The lights are freestanding, so 

they don’t touch anything. We’re very respectful of the 

space and so they’ve trusted us.” 

There are some changes in this year’s production, 

as Wicked Lit is presenting two one-acts rather than 

the usual three, and is keeping the action indoors in 

the mausoleum this year as well. Josephson wrote the 

adaptation of “The Chimes: A Goblin Story” himself, 

basing it on a novella by Charles Dickens, while “Teig 

O’Kane and the Corpse” is a world premiere adapted 

by Kerry Mazmierowicztrimm from a short story by 

Ernest Rhys. 

“The Chimes” tells the story of a conflicted father 

and the goblins that bring him to the brink of death 

and back again, while “Corpse” is the 35th play to 

receive its world premiere from Unbound Productions. 

Several of these plays have gone on to be produced by 

schools and theater companies across the country and 

around the world. including England, Scotland and 

Cameroon. This year’s production features a museum 

of props and costumes from past “Wicked Lit” 

productions in lieu of the brief and comedic pre-show 

segments of years past, but ticket prices are also lower 

this year than in the past. 

“Mountain View said the show’s great and they 

love us, but they asked if there was a way to reimagine 

the show that could be much more contained and 

lessen the impact of the footprint we use all over their 

space,” explains Josephson. “They need to do their 

work running the mausoleum, with frequent guests 

and services. Every year, some people have mobility 

issues or say the show is too long, so we saw this as an 

opportunity to make the show more physically accessible 

and easy to navigate. But don’t worry. We’re still 

maintaining artistry, tech capability and everything 

we’re known for.” 

“Chimes” was originally produced at Mountain 

View in 2010, but Josephson notes that Unbound opted 

to revisit it due to their having developed plenty of new 

technical capabilities in the years since then. 

“Our tech abilities have grown up and it’s like doing 

it with fresh eyes now,” says Josephson. “Because that 

play was designed just to be set in a chapel, it really 

allows that play to be self-contained. It’s our homage 

to the literary greats and that kind of storytelling. It’s 

prime Dickens, an 1840s story about a very poor man 

in a remote church somewhere in the countryside 

who’s confronted by magical goblins who take him on 

a series of journeys to ultimately change his point of 

view about his daughter, who wants to marry a guy the 

father doesn’t approve of. 

“That contrasts nicely with ‘O’Kane,’ which is a 

much more obscure story,” he adds. “But we’re creating 

a magical extension of a mausoleum in the art 

gallery on the second floor, and it has a folklore kind 

of feel to it. It’s about a guy making bad decisions with 

his life and relationships who finds himself magically 

attached to a corpse, and has to help it find a resting 

place before he can find peace.” n 

Unbound Productions presents “Wicked Lit: The Chimes and 

the Corpse” at 7:30 and 9 p.m. tonight, Oct. 11, through Sunday, 

Wednesdays through Sundays from Oct. 24 through Nov. 4, and 

Nov. 8 through 10 at Mountain View Mausoleum & Cemetery, 2300 

N. Marengo Ave., Altadena. Tickets start at $30. Visit wickedlit.org 

or call (323) 332-2065 

PHOTO: John Thvedt




•INTO THE NIGHT• 

BY BLISS BOWEN 

A Satisfied Man 

GRANT LANGSTON AT WINE & SONG WEDNESDAYXXX 

•NITELIFE• 

Thursday Oct. 18 through Wednesday Oct. 24 

PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar submissions 

is noon. Wednesday of the week before 

the issue publishes. 

PASADENA, SOUTH 

PASADENA & ALTADENA 

1881 Bar 

1881 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 314-2077 

facebook.com/1881bar 

Fridays—Live jazz 

Saturdays—Gypsie jazz 

Wednesdays—Reggae 

The Blue Guitar 

Arroyo Seco Golf Course 

1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena 

(323) 769-3500 

blueguitar.club 

Thursday—Mark Goldenberg w/Adam Levy and 

Frank Potenza 

The Boulevard Bar 

3199 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 356-9304 

blvdbar.com 

Fridays—Drag performances hosted by Tia 

Wanna every Friday 

Cabrera’s Mexican Cuisine 

655 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 795-0230 

cabreras.com 

Thursdays—Live jazz 

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—Karaoke 

Coffee Gallery Backstage 

2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena 

(626) 798-6236 

coffeegallery.com 

Thursday—The Roadhouse Series presents a 

tribute to Gram Parsons 

Friday—Dan Krikorian 

Saturday—The Salty Suites 

Sunday—Nathan McEuen & Jesse Olema 

Der Wolfskopf 

72 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 219-6054 

derwolfskopf.com 

Fridays—“Night Court” features Deejay Kind 

Cromang spinning vinyl soul, funk, disco and 

boogie 

Edwin Mills by Equator 

22 Mills Place, Pasadena 

(626) 564-8656 

edwinmills.com 

Friday—Lynn Cardona 

Tuesday—Alejandra Arellano Trio 

Wednesday—The Riner Scivally Trio 

The Mixx 


(626) 500-0021 

themixxpasadena.com 

Thursday—Jazz Zone 

Saturday—Estaire Godinez 

Tuesday—John Marx Blues Jam 

El Portal Restaurant 

695 E. Green St., Pasadena 

(626) 795-8553 

elportalrestaurant.com 

Fridays—Mariachi México 

Saturdays—Alanniz 

Sundays—Mariachi Bella 

Ice House 

24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 577-1894 

icehousecomedy.com 

–CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 

PHOTO: Lee Celano 

Grant Langston has long 

been familiar to local 

audiences, thanks to 

roadhouse-style gigs with his 

Supermodels band at clubs like 

T. Boyle’s and songwriter nights 

such as the Wine & Song showcase 

he’s playing Wednesday. With 

at least 10 albums to his credit, 

he’s a prolific veteran of LA’s independent 

Americana scene. 

By day, the Alabama-raised 

musician cuts a very different figure 

as the CEO of online dating 

service eHarmony. It’s a detailattentive 

position that exercises 

his restless intelligence and often 

calls for him to hop a flight to Europe 

or Australia to promote the 

company. It also requires communication 

and organizational 

skills he’s long employed as a 

bandleader (although it’s unlikely 

you’ll find him donning a cowboy 

hat while gladhanding business 

partners). The question of how a 

married father of two manages 

to work a high-pressure job and 

still regularly carve out creative 

space for writing, recording and 

performing sparks a thoughtful 

conversation. 

“Music is like my left arm, or 

my leg,” he explains. “It is not an 

option, honestly, for me to stop 

playing music and continue being 

a happy, productive person in the 

rest of my life.” 

Having started singing harmony 

in church choir at age 6 and 

playing guitar at 10, he says he 

long ago realized that “the only 

thing that is really, absolutely 

essential is music.” He played in 

a rock band while studying political 

science at Auburn University, 

and continued paying dues in 

dive bar bands after moving to 

LA in 1988. These days, if he isn’t 

fronting his Supermodels he can 

be found playing in the Jolenes, a 

rollicking side project with fellow 

songwriters Dan Janisch and David 

Serby, or singing three-part 

harmony in Davey Meshell’s soul 

band the TransAtlantics. 

Earlier this year Langston 

released “Los Angeles Duets,” 

a relaxed, truthfully titled collection 

of 10 songs co-written 

and sung with friends from LA’s 

roots and songwriter communities, 

including Janisch and Serby, 

Claire Holley, Groovy Rednecks 

frontman Tex Troester, Brian 

Whelan, Emily Zuzik, and bassist/producer 

Ted Russell Kamp, 

with whom he wrote “The Road 

to Fame” (“You don’t pick music, 

it picks you/ And there’s ain’t 

another thing that I wanna do”). 

It’s another example of how strict 

scheduling and compartmentalization 

enable his commitment 

to music. 

“I’m touching bases with all the 

things that matter. I’m spending 

time with my son — we’re playing 

with trucks and that’s awesome, 

and that gives me a deep, deep 

satisfaction. I’m writing a song 

with Ted Kamp and that gives me a 

deep satisfaction. And I’m running 

this business, which is also satisfying 

to me in a lot of ways, and of 

course it makes the money that 

runs the rest of my life. I am not a 

guy that could exist without these 

two worlds.” n 

Wine & Song presents Grant Langston 

at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Arroyo 

Seco Golf Course, 1055 Lohman Lane, 

South Pasadena; $15. Los Tres are also 

on the bill. Wineandsong.com, grantlangston.com 

A Musician’s 

Musician 

BILL STAINES, SONGWRITER FOR HIT MAKERS, 

PLAYS CALTECH SATURDAY 

Bill Staines, a songwriter for major hit-makers, takes the stage at Caltech’s Beckman 

Institute Auditorium Saturday night in a Pasadena Folk Music Society show. 

While Staines isn’t really well-known hereabouts, many know his work, which 

includes songs recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, Jerry Jeff Walker, Nanci Griffith, the 

Clancy Brothers and many others. Composer David Amram has referred to him as “a 

modern-day Stephen Foster. His music will be around 100 years from now.” 

Saturday night marks his first appearance at Caltech. 

Staines mixes traditional and contemporary songs with his own originals. His writing 

and performing are in the tradition of the great Woody Guthrie, earning the singing 

songwriter critical acclaim nationwide. 

Staines’ talent keeps him on the road for more than 175 shows a year, a testament 

to his ongoing durability. 

Visit acousticmusic.com/staines. — John Sollenberger 

Music starts at 8 p.m. Saturday in Caltech’s Beckman Institute Auditorium, 400 S. Wilson 

Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for Caltech students and children. Call (626) 

395-4652 or visit pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org. 



•NITELIFE• 

–CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25 

TRAX BY BLISS 

DOYLE BRAMHALL II, Shades (Mascot/ 

Provogue): HHHH 

Playing with Tedeschi Trucks Band seems to have 

rubbed off on the veteran guitarist in productive 

ways. Lean arrangements and songwriting 

depth make this Bramhall’s strongest and 

most consistently enticing album, as his guitar 

expressively colors the gospel-cadenced “Break 

Apart to Mend,” slow-burning Norah Jones 

collaboration “Searching for Love,” and hooky, 

Stevie Wonder-kissed soul of “Everything You 

Need” (with Eric Clapton), and he trades solos 

and harmonies with Tedeschi Trucks through a 

fervent reading of Bob Dylan’s “Going Going Gone.” 

Bramhall plays the Across the Great Divide benefit 

for the Americana Music Association and Blues 

Foundation at Ace Hotel in downtown LA Friday, 

Oct. 19. db2music.com 

SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES, 

Love’s Middle Name (Blue Corn): HHHH 

The Boston artist’s forthright knack for pairing 

tough rock hooks with plainspoken lyrics has 

always been viscerally satisfying, and this reunion 

with producer Eric “Roscoe” Ambel arrives with 

a deeper sense of triumph. Smartly constructed 

rockers like “Let Me Try It” and “Are You Still Takin’ 

Them Pills,” country-dusted confessional “I Can’t 

Change It,” and a defiant take on Brennen Leigh and 

Noel McKay’s “Lucky Rocks” find Borges assessing 

the costs of love, divorce and sobriety with sly 

humor and a bracing lack of self-pity. sarahborges. 

com 

BLACK LILIES, Stranger to Me (Attack 

Monkey): HHH 

Smooth-singing frontman Cruz Contreras is 

joined by ex-Everybodyfields bassist Sam Quinn, 

guitarist Mike Seal and pedal steel player Jonathan 

Keeney for the Knoxville band’s fifth album. The 

storytelling drama of “Don’t Be Afraid” and acoustic 

“Earthquake” echo earlier recordings, but gone are 

the rootsy country and soul along with Trisha Gene 

Brady’s fiery vocals; these restructured Black Lilies 

lean into chunkier rhythms, driving electric guitars 

and Eagles-esque harmonies. The latter band’s 

influence is most evident during “Joy and Misery” 

and the revved-up “Ten Years.” Although the 

Lilies’ sound’s more consistent compared to past 

arrangements, results are mixed. theblacklilies.com 

Thursday—Comedians You Should Know 

Friday—Heather McDonald—Juicy Scoop 

Live; The Chill w/Josh Adam Meyers; Momo 

Rodriguez; Deathsquad 

Saturday—Cool Beans Comedy Improv class; 

Murray Valeriano and Friends w/Cristela Alonzo 

and Steve Halasz; Michael Yo and Friends; 

Yassss Comedy Nite w/Narcizo Gonzalez; Ralph 

Figueroa and Friends 

Sunday—Fritz Coleman Speaks to a Generation 

Grateful American Charity and Na’ Amat USA 

SFVC Benefit; Dave McNary’s All-Star Variety 

Show; Cool Beans Comedy w/Jamie Kennedy 

and Tone Bell 

Wednesday—Ice House Open Mic; Smokin’ 

Comedy Wednesday w/Ibo Brewer 

Kings Row Gastropub 


(626) 793-3010 

kingsrowpub.com 

Thursday—Thirsty Thursday w/Liela Avila 

Friday—Mike Moody & The Motion 

Saturday—Estani Y La Ascension 

Sunday—Reggae Sunday w/My Reggae Band; 

Shake Up Sundays w/Liela Avila 

MEOWMEOWZ! Retro ‘80s Thrift Shop 


(626) 798-6969 

facebook.com/meowmeowz 

Fridays and Saturdays—Live music every 

Friday and Saturday; all ages welcome 

Old Towne Pub 

66 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 577-6583 

theoldtownepub.com 

Live music most nignts of the week 

Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association 

73 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 799-5689 

pasadenaballroomdance.com 

Saturday—Saturday Swing Dance features Phat 

Cat Swinger 

Plate 38 


(626) 793-7100 

plate38.com 

Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select 

Fridays & Saturdays 

The Rose 

Paseo Colorado 


(888) 645-5006 

roseconcerts.com 

Friday—Larry Dunn’s Anthology of Earth, Wind 

and Fire 

Sunday— Soulful Sunday Brunch 

Wednesday—Basia 

T. Boyle’s Tavern 

37 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 578-0957 

tboylestavern.com 

Sunday—Geeks Who Drink Trivia 

Tuesday—Geeks Who Drink Trivia 

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY 

Arcadia Blues Club 

16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia 

(626) 447-9349 

arcadiabluesclub.com 

Friday—Ricky Z 

Saturday—San Pedro Slim w/Henry Carvajal 

The Buccaneer 

70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre 

(626) 355-9045 

https://www.facebook.com/Buccaneer-847437898642883/ 

Wednesday—Wednesday Night Platter Party: 

Bring your fave vinyl to be spun on turntable 

First Cabin 


(626) 446-2575 

Fridays-Saturdays—Pat O’Brien & the Priests 

of Love exalt the blues and classic rock 

The Granada 

17 S. First St., Alhambra 

(626) 227-2572 

thegranadala.com 

Thursday—Deejay Vince; Deejay Aragon 

Friday—Live music w/La Verdad; Deejay 

Marco; Deejay Moreno; Deejay Miro 

Saturday—Live music w/Conjunto Oye; Super 

Deejay Robby; Deejay Miro; Deejay Vince 

Sunday—Ballroom Dinner Dance w/Two’s Company; 

Deejay Steve; Deejay Zonik; Deejay Marco 

Tuesday—Deejay Goodtimes 

J.C. Hyke Songwriter Serenade 

Matt Denny’s Ale House 


(626) 462-0250 

mattdennys.com, jchyke.com 

Tuesday—Allan Frank; Magician Scott Smith; 

Jimmy Yessian; Jeff Kossack 

Villa Catrina 

251 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia 

(626) 294-1973 

villacatrina.com 

Thursdays—Comedy open mic every first and 

third Thursday of the month 

Wednesdays—Karaoke w/Deejay Zary 

WEST OF PASADENA 

Colombo’s Restaurant 

1833 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock 

(323) 254-9138 

colombosrestaurant.com 

Live music most nights of the week 

Days Inn Lounge 

450 Pioneer Drive, Glendale 

(323) 259-5900 

tommydodson.com 

Fridays—Tommy Dodson and friends present 

Cabaret Fridays 

The Oak and Vine 

117 E. Harvard St., Glendale 

(818) 507-7011 

theoakandvine.com 

Live music most nights of the week 

Winchester Room 

6522 San Fernando Road, Glendale 

(818) 241-5475 

thewinchesterroom.com 

Friday—Karaoke 

Saturday—Karaoke n 

PAUL KELLY, Nature (Cooking Vinyl): 

HHH½ 

Two dozen albums into his award-winning career, 

the beloved Aussie artist remains a prolific force 

of creativity. As he did with 2016’s Shakespeareinspired 

“Seven Sonnets and a Song,” Kelly 

challenges himself as a songwriter by crafting 

compelling melodic settings for verse by classic 

poets — in this case, Gerard Manley Hopkins, 

Phillip Larkin, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas and Walt 

Whitman — as well as poems of his own. In a band 

of intuitive players, the guitar parts of nephew Dan 

Kelly and Ash Naylor bring particular vitality and 

occasional delicacy to Kelly’s natural imagery and 

themes. paulkelly.com.au 

Waterfront Blues 

SAN PEDRO SLIM RETURNS TO ARCADIA BLUES CLUB 

San Pedro Slim, who along with special guest and frequent collaborator guitarist Henry Carvajal will be playing Saturday at 

the Arcadia Blues Club, was born David Kiefer, in the gritty seaport town from which he takes his stage name. 

The wailing singer, songwriter and harmonica player started out his professional life there, playing his first professional 

gig at a seedy bar in 1991. Slim got an early musical education by soaking up the sounds of the artists he saw at 

local venues, among them James Harmon, Johnny Dyer, Smokey Wilson and Rod Piazza. 

His first album, “Another Night on the Town,” was released in 1997, featuring a cast of top blues artists, including 

Carvajal. Slim has released a string of CDs since then, and he plays festivals and clubs around the area. 

Visit sanpedroslim.net. — John Sollenberger 

Music starts at 7 p.m. Saturday at Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 

Call (626) 447-9349 or visit arcadiabluesclub.com. 




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28 PASADENA WEEKLY | 10.18.18 

Ghost Story 

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE SCARES UP A GOOD TIME WITH THE 

BRITISH HIT THRILLER ‘THE WOMAN IN BLACK’ 

When is the last time you really 

unleashed a good scream in a theater 

— and not in a movie theatre, but an 

actual live-performance one? The 

Pasadena Playhouse will give audiences 

the chance to do just that when 

it presents the horror thriller “The 

Woman in Black” through Nov. 11, 

continuing an eclectic and unusually 

fun array of shows amid its 100th anniversary 

season. 

The second longest-running play in 

the history of London’s vaunted West 

End Theatre District, “Woman” has 

been keeping audience members on the 

edge of their seats and shrieking their 

lungs out for 30 years. Yet despite that 

success and a hit movie based on the 

play in 2012, the current production is 

part of the play’s first-ever American 

tour. 

The play is a two-man tour de force 

in which Adam Wesley Brown plays 

a young lawyer tormented by horrific 

visions in his isolated, windswept 

mansion on England’s forbidding North 

Coast, and Bradley Armacost plays 

seven other characters in the tale as 

well as the lawyer as an older man. The 

lawyer believes that his family has been 

cursed by a ghostly woman in black, 

and tells his terrifying story to exorcise 

the fear that grips his soul. It all begins 


innocently enough, but as he reaches 

further into his darkest memories, he 

quickly finds that there is no turning 

back. 

“I think the reason it’s running 

so long is that people just like a good 

ghost story, and we’re coming to Pasadena 

at the perfect time for it,” says 

Armacost, speaking from his Chicago 

home. “People enjoy a really gripping 

story, and it’s told by two actors on a 

more or less simple bare stage. 

“That hearkens back to the age of 

radio, as we take audiences from London 

to a remote sea village in northern 

England, and an island with a horse 

onstage and a ghost onstage, all done 

with your imagination,” he continues. 

“It really asks an audience to color and 

make the play their own. No two people 

will see the woman in black the same 

or the scary mansion because they’re 

filling the colors in themselves.” 

“The Woman in Black” was originally 

a hit novel by Susan Hill before 

being adapted for the stage by Stephen 

Mallatratt. But the key player in all of 

the show’s productions is director 

Robin Herford, who commissioned 

Mallatratt’s adaptation and has overseen 

not only the 30-year run in the 

West End, but also its overseas tours 

including in Asia and the current North 

American run. 

That kind of hands-on perfectionism 

has paid off richly, not only at the 

box offices worldwide but with its rave 

reviews. London’s The Independent 

raved “The atmosphere is so chargedup 

that on more than one occasion the 

entire audience screamed in terror,” 

while fellow British newspaper Daily 

Mail called it “A nerve-shredding experience.” 

“The challenge as an actor from 

my standpoint is to serve the story 

well, and to honor that as an actor is a 

delight,” says Armacost. “It’s basically 

two actors with chairs and boxes and a 

lot of imagination. The book is taught 

as part of literature classes in Britain, 

so we have lots of student matinees 

scheduled from junior high through 

high school on the American tour and 

they just love it. They call out “Don’t 

go in there!” and scream, but in a very 

controlled and respectful manner. It’s 

fun to see grown up audiences do the 

same. You can almost set your watches 

as everyone screams. It’s a release, 

and then they laugh at themselves.” n 

“The Woman in Black” runs through Nov. 11 at 

the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., 

Pasadena. Tickets start at $25. Call (626) 356- 

7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org. 

Thursday Oct. 18 through Wednesday Oct. 24 

PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar 

submissions is noon Wednesday of the week 

before the issue publishes. Send to johns@ 

pasadenaweekly.com 

THURSDAY 

The Blue Guitar 



blueguitar.club 

The club at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents 

Mark Goldenberg, Adam Levy and Frank Potenza 

at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, 

$15 for table seating, available on the website. 

Cancer Support Community 

76 E. Del Mar Blvd., Ste. 76, Pasadena 

(626) 796-1083 

cscpasadena.org 

Dr. Robert Chu offers information on complementary 

cancer therapies, including acupuncture, 

nutrition and exercise, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. 

tonight, Nov. 15 and Dec. 20. Free, but call for 

reservations. 

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 


(626) 744-4066 

pasadenapubliclibrary.net 

The Huntington Hospital Community Outreach 

Department offers free flu shots from 3 to 5 

p.m. In honor of National Disabilities Awareness 

Month, author Romy Wylie discusses the birth 

of a child with Down syndrome and the death of 

another baby to cancer in her book, “Loving Andrew: 

A Fifty-Two Year Story of Down Syndrome,” 

at 7 p.m. 

Pasadena Senior Center 

85 E. Holly St., Pasadena 

(626) 795-4331 

pasadenaseniorcenter.org 

Dr. Greg Sanchez of Home Instead Senior 

Care discusses roles of various medical and 

non-medical professions and organizations that 

work together to support patient care starting at 

10 a.m. 

San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyists Meeting 

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic 

Garden 

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia 

sgvoh.org 

The club’s meeting features an American Orchid 

Society webinar, “Green with Envy,” an exploration 

of green-colored species and ways to introduce 

the green spectrum into hybrids, starting at 

7 p.m., free and open to the public. 

Vroman’s Bookstore 


(626) 449-5320 

vromansbookstore.com 

Marie Miranda Cruz discusses and signs “Everlasting 

Nora” at 7 p.m. 

FRIDAY 

Barbara La Marr Celebration 

Shakespeare Club 

171 S. Grand Ave., Pasadena 

(800) 838-3006 

barbaralamarr.brownpapertickets.com 

A speakeasy-themed cocktail party, “Putting on 

the Ritz with the Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for 

Hollywood,” presented by the Pasadena Museum 

of History and celebrating the late actress Barbara 

La Marr (1896-1926), features jazz by the John 

Reynolds Trio, adult beverages and appetizers 

starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 general public, 

$20 for Museum members. Tickets must be 

purchased in advance by phone or on the website. 

Norton Simon Museum 

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-6840 

nortonsimon.org 

A film, “The Browning Version” (1951), is the 

story of a middle-aged schoolmaster in failing 

health (Michael Redgrave) re-examines his life 

when a young student offers an unexpected 

gesture of kindness. It runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m., 

included in regular museum admission of $15 

for adults, $12 for seniors, free for members, 

students and those 18 and younger. 

Parson’s Nose Theater 

95 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 403-7667 

parsonsnose.com 

The company presents “Mark Twain and Friends: 

A River Journey” by LA playwright and actor 

Greg White, a story where Twain returns from the 

dead and introduces some of the characters he 

met in his legendary travels. A preview starts at 

8 p.m. Friday and regular performances start at 8 

p.m. Saturday, continuing at 8 p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 18. 

Admission is a “pay what you will” basis for the 

preview, then $35 thereafter for adults, $25 for 

seniors and $20 for students. 



(626) 795-4331 


A free health fair offers screenings for glucose, 

blood pressure and hearing, plus counseling and 

health and community resources, from 9 to 11 

a.m. Call (626) 685-6732 for information. Free 

films screen at 1 p.m. Fridays. Friday’s film is 

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (2018). 

SATURDAY 

First United Methodist Church of Pasadena 


fumcpasadena.org 

The church’s new season of free, monthly concerts 

begins with “Beethoven and His Mentors,” 

featuring works by Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn. 

Performers include Lisa Eden, soprano, David 

Garrett, cellist, Junko Ueno Garrett, pianist and a 

chamber orchestra directed by Minister of Music 

Gregory Norton. It starts at 4 p.m. 

Leigh Purtill Ballet Company Production 

Lanterman Auditorium 

4491 Cornishon Ave., La Cañada Flintridge 

leighpurtillballet.com 

The company celebrates Halloween with “Sweet 

Sorrow, A Zombie Ballet” (zombieballet.com), 

an original ballet choreographed by artistic 

director Leigh Purtill, with performances at 7 

p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. An “afterlife” 

party follows the Sunday performance. Tickets 

are $5 to $20. Visit the website for tickets and 

information. 



(626) 449-6840 


A guided tour visits works portraying narrative 

in South Asian art from 1 to 2 p.m., included in 

regular museum admission of $15 for adults, $12 

for seniors, free for members, students and those 

18 and younger. 



(626) 744-4066 


The Teen Anime Club meets to enjoy Japanese 

snacks, view classic anime and the newest manga 

in the library collection from 2 to 4 p.m. 

Pasadena Symphony 

Ambassador Auditorium 

131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 793-7172 

pasadenasymphony-pops.org 

The Symphony’s Classics season opens with a 

performance of Mozart’s “Requiem,” plus works 

by Elgar, Mendelssohm and Robert Levin, with 

performances at 2 and 8 p.m. Guest performers 

are Amanda Keenan, soprano, Tracy Van Fleet, 

mezzo-soprano, James Onstad, tenor, Lee Poulis, 

baritone, the Donald Brinegar Singers and the JPL 

Chorus. David Lockington conducts. Tickets are 

$25 and up. 

Reduced Shakespeare Company 

Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium 

332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena 

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(626) 395-4652 

events.caltech.edu 

The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents 

“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 

(abridged) (revised),” an irreverent romp through 

all 37 of the Bard’s plays in 97 minutes, starting at 

8 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $49. 

South Pasadena Arts Crawl 

Mission Street and Meridian Avenue, South 

Pasadena 

southpasadena.net 

The annual free South Pasadena Arts Crawl, 

sponsored by the South Pasadena Chamber of 

Commerce and the South Pasadena Art Center, 

features art activities for all ages at various galleries, 

live music, open houses, food and drink for 

purchase and sales at various businesses from 

5 to 9 p.m. in the vicinity of Mission Street and 

Meridian Avenue. Visit the website for a complete 

listing of activities. 



(626) 449-5320 


Tahereh Mafi discusses and signs “A Very Large 

Expanse” at 4 p.m. 

SUNDAY 

Alex Theatre 

216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale 

(818) 243-2539 

alextheatre.org 

“Laugh 4 A Cause: Maz Jobrani and Friends” is 

a fundraiser for the Adventist Health Glendale 

Cancer Care Guild, featuring Jobrani, K-von, Don 

Friesen and Lory Tatoulian, starting at 6 p.m. 

Tickets are $25 to $100. 

All Saints Church 

132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 796-1172 

allsaints-pas.org 

Grammy-winning artist and All Saints parishioner 

Tena Clark visits the Rector’s Forum at 10:15 a.m. 

to discuss her new book, “Southern Discomfort,” 

exploring her coming of age in rural Mississippi 

during the Civil Rights Era. 

Church of the Good Shepherd 

400 E. Duarte Road, Arcadia 

(626) 447-2181 

cgsum.org 

Gary Kovacic and a panel of church members 

host a forum to explain the 11 state measures on 

the upcoming ballot ranging from housing and 

water assistance to children’s health care and fuel 

taxes at 11:15 a.m. 

Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse 

1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge 

(818) 790-0717 

flintridgebooks.com 

Editor Laurie Gibson presents “Book Publishing 

1-2-3,” a workshop for writers of all levels, from 

3 to 5 p.m. Registration fee is $35. Register in 

advance at the book store. 



(626) 449-6840 


The Fall Family Festival for those with children 

4 to 10 invites guests to enjoy performances 

by dance artist Rebecca Bruno and join a dance 

workshop incorporating sound and sculpture with 

collaborator Mak Kern, then create wind chimes, 

join interactive tours and touch and try musical 

instruments and art materials from 1 to 3 p.m., 

included in regular museum admission of $15 

for adults, $12 for seniors, free for members, 

students and those 18 and younger. 

Soulful Sunday Brunch 

The Rose 


(888) 645-5006 


Enjoy a live Motown-style band, gospel choir 

and mouthwatering brunch from $29 to $58. 

The $18.50 general admission does not include 

brunch. Brunch starts at 10 a.m. and music starts 

at 11 a.m. 

MONDAY 

Distant Lands 

20 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 449-3220 

distantlands.com 

Author and travel expert Cheryl Suchors 

discusses her new memoir, “48 Peaks: Hiking 

and Healing in the White Mountains,” at 7:30 p.m. 

Free, but call to RSVP. 

Sierra Madre Playhouse 


(626) 355-4318 

sierramadreplayhouse.org 

The Playhouse presents a free, staged reading 

of “The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez at 7 

p.m. This is the story of a wounded Confederate 

veteran returning home following the Civil War, 

whose home has been abandoned and in ruins. 

The two former slaves are still living there, and 

during the Passover holiday the veteran, who is 

Jewish, notes the irony of a Jewish slave owner 

returning home to new post-war realities. 



(626) 449-5320 


Erika Kotite discusses and signs “She Sheds” 

at 7 p.m. 

TUESDAY 

Pasadena Civil War Round Table 



pasadenacwrt.org 

Author and historian Ronald C. White, author 

of biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses 

S. Grant, presents “Ulysses S. Grant: A New 

Vision of American Leadership,” a discussion of 

Grant’s leadership abilities, resuscitating Grant’s 

image during the war and his presidency, after 

the former general was the target of numerous 

personal attacks. It starts at 7:15 p.m., free and 

open to the public. 

Pasadena Museum of History 

470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena 

(626) 577-1660 

pasadenahistory.org 

Mindy Johnson, historian and author of the book, 

“Ink and Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation,” 

discusses the pioneering women behind 

the creative and technical advances in animated 

film at Walt Disney Studios. Doors open at 5:30 

p.m. and the lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets 

are $12, or $10 for members. Visit inkandpaint. 

bpt.me or call (800) 838-3006 for tickets. 

Pasadena Public Library, La Pintoresca Branch 

1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 744-7268 


“Bubblemania” for kids features a presentation on 

the science of bubbles starting at 3:30 p.m. 



(626) 795-4331 


The fall term of the Masters Series, which 

embraces lifelong learning, continues from 2 

to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 13. Tuesday’s 

session features Tom Plate, clinical professor and 

distinguished scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies 

at Loyola Marymount University, discussing the 

culture and politics of the Korean Peninsula. Cost 

is $15 for each session. 

Shine On! A Celebration of Health and Wellness 

Pacific Clinics’ William Compton Wellness Center 

66 Hurlbut St., Pasadena 

(626) 441-4221 

pacificclinics.org 

The event brings together numerous organizations 

that provide health and wellness services in 

Pasadena from 3 to 6 p.m. It includes a resource 

fair and a workshop on using laughter to heal the 

body, led by Sebastien Gendry, founder and CEO 

of The Laughter Wellness Method. Free. 



(626) 449-5320 


Hope Ewing discusses and signs “Movers & 

Shakers” at 7 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY 

Home Care Assistance Mind Fit Series 

The Fair Oaks 

951 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 773-4490 

homecareassistance.com/pasadena 

The last of a series of presentations to boost brain 

health, by brain fitness expert Becky Happach 

of Home Care Assistance, offers proactive ways 

to enhance cognitive functioning, using the 

organization’s cognitive therapeutic method. It 

runs from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free. 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and 

Botanical Gardens 

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino 

(626) 405-2100 

huntington.org 

A Ritchie Distinguished Fellow Lecture features 

Gregory Nobles, professor emeritus of history at 

Georgia Institute of Technology in “Reader, Can 

You Assist Me? John James Audubon and the 

Origins of Citizen Science,” discussing the role 

of ordinary observers in scientific developments 

from Audubon’s era to the present day, starting at 

7:30 p.m. Free; no reservations required. 

La Cañada Flintridge Library 

4545 N. Oakwood Ave., La Cañada Flintridge 

lacountylibrary.org 

The Friends of the Library volunteer group hosts 

a book sale from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. Oct. 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26 and 

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27, to fund new books and 

equipment at the library. 



(626) 449-6840 


A Middle School Arts Lab for kids 11 to 14 invites 

guests to view Ellsworth Kelly’s “Suite of Twenty- 

Seven Color Lithographs” then create prints using 

his techniques, from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m., included 

in regular museum admission of $15 for adults, 

$12 for seniors, free for members, students and 

those 18 and younger. 



(626) 744-4066 


Free films screen at 1 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Wednesday’s film is “Catch Me If You Can” 

(2002). In a STEAM activity for teens and adults, 

guests 13 and older are invited to make a wooden 

bookmark using machines in the library’s 

Innovation Lab, with all materials provided, from 

5 to 6 p.m. Visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net/steam 

to sign up. 



(626) 795-4331 


A Medicare resource fair and lecture offers 

information to make informed decisions about 

medical and prescription plans that best serve 

your needs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Representatives 

from a variety of health care plans will be 

on hand with information. Guest performers 

from MUSE/IQUE perform songs from a simpler 

time at 4 p.m. 

The Rose 


(888) 645-5006 

ONGOING 

A Noise Within, 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, 

presents “A Picture of Dorian Gray,” 

based on a novella by Oscar Wilde. Gray, 

who sells his soul to preserve his youth, 

pays a price, descending into debauchery 

as those around him are drawn to their 

own ruin. It opened Sept. 23 and continues 

through Nov. 16. Tickets are $25 and up. 

The company presents “Rosencrantz and 

Guildenstern Are Dead,” by Tom Stoppard, a 

comedy based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” 

which opened Oct. 7 and continues through 

Nov. 18. Tickets are $20 and up. Call (626) 

356-3121 or visit anoisewithin.org. 

Boston Court Performing Arts Center 

70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 683-6801 

bostoncourtpasadena.org 

Regular performances of “Everything that 

Never Happened” started Oct 7. The story, by 

Sarah B. Mantell, is based on Shakespeare’s 

“The Merchant of Venice,” exposing the 

realities of Jewish history and drawing threedimensional 

characters from the stereotypes 

depicted in the original piece. It continues 

through Nov. 4. Tickets are $20 to $39. 

Dean Productions presents “The Tempest,” 

the classic Shakespeare comedy, closing 

Saturday at Brand Park, 1601 W. Mountain 

St., Glendale. Admission is free, but visit 

deanproductionstheatre.com for reservations. 

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, 

Pasadena, presents the exhibition “Shiguchi: 

The Hidden Art of Japanese Joinery,” 

showcasing the work of architect, historian 

and preservationist Yoshihiro Takishita and 

exploring the intricate craft of the ancient 

joiner’s art known as shiguchi. It went on 

view Sept. 27 and continues through Nov. 4 

from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 

noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays 

and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Call 

(626) 793-3334 or visit gamblehouse.org. 

Huntington Library, Art Collections and 

Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San 

Marino, presents a new work written and directed 

by playwright Stan Lai, “Nightwalk in 

the Chinese Garden,” offered in partnership 

with the CalArts Center for New Performance. 

The play is set against the backdrop 

of the garden, lake and pavilions at night, 

weaving together elements of the Chinese 

romantic tragicomedy “The Peony Pavilion” 

with tales of early 20th century California. 

The play is performed in English with some 

passages from “The Peony Pavilions” sung 

in Chinese. The work opened Sept. 21 and 

is presented from 7:30 to 9 p.m. nightly, 

except Sundays, through Oct. 26. Tickets are 

$95 to $150, or $85 to $140 for members. 

The exhibition “Architects of a Golden Age: 

Highlights from The Huntington’s Southern 

California Architecture Collection” features 

some 20 original drawings and plans depicting 

elegant, powerful, whimsical and iconic 

buildings constructed between 1920 through 

1940, during a time of architectural innovation, 

rapid growth and the arrival of new 

talent from around the country. It remains on 

view through Jan. 21. Call (626) 405-2100 

or visit huntington.org. 


Make your own music with karaoke in the 

Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday through 

Saturday night. 

Sierra Madre Playhouse 


(626) 355-4318 

sierramadreplayhouse.org 

Foolish Mortals, a group of advanced performers 

of the AKT Academy artists-in-residence at the 

Playhouse, perform two works, including Washington 

Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” 

and Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” presented 

in the style of old-time radio drama, starting 7 

p.m. Free. 

IAMA Theatre Company, in a guest production 

at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El 

Molino Ave., Pasadena, presents “American 

Hero,” playwright Bess Wohl’s darkly 

comic celebration of the power of unity and 

teamwork to overcome adversity. “American 

Hero” is the story of three up-and-coming 

sandwich makers at a sub franchise whose 

quest to attain the American dream is 

interrupted by a series of strange events, 

and they become unlikely allies in a postrecession 

world. The play opened Sept. 21 

and continues at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday 

and 7 p.m. Sunday, closing Sunday. Tickets 

are $30. Call (323) 380-8843 or visit iamatheatre.com. 

Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., 

Pasadena, presents “The Woman in Black,” 

based on Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost novella 

of the same name, adapted by the late 

playwright Stephen Mallatratt. It is the story 

of a man obsessed with the belief that his 

family has been cursed by a ghostly woman 

in black, and he tells his story to exorcise 

the fear that grips him. It opened Oct. 17 and 

continues at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through 

Fridays (no performance Oct. 18), 2 and 8 

p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays 

through Nov. 11. Tickets are $25 and up. In 

addition, special Halloween packages are 

available Oct. 30 and 31, including special 

seating, a free drink before the show and 

a haunted tour of the Playhouse following 

the performances. Prices for the Halloween 

package are $125 and up. Call (626) 356- 

7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org. 

USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los 

Robles Ave., Pasadena, presents its fall 

exhibition “Ceremonies and Celebrations: 

Textile Treasures from the USC Pacific Asia 

Museum Collection,” on view through Jan. 

6. The exhibition explores select examples 

across Asia, highlighting ideas that can 

connect the continent’s vast regions. Some 

examples on display are rarely exhibited 

because of their fragile nature and the negative 

effects of light on the natural dyes they 

contain. “Ceremonies and Celebrations” is 

divided into four thematic sections: gender, 

status, religion and ceremony. It explores 

the ways these themes are reflected in textile 

art. Related programming, including discussions, 

workshops, film and performances, 

are included during the exhibition’s run. Call 

(626) 449-2742 or visit pacificasiamuseum. 

usc.edu. 

Unbound Productions presents its Wicked 

Lit series of plays, which opened Oct. 4 and 

continues through Nov. 10 at Mountain View 

Mausoleum, 2300 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena.This 

year’s series is titled “The Chimes 

and the Corpse,” and each night features 

performances of two adapted works. One 

is “The Chimes: A Goblin Story,” adapted 

from a novella by the same name by Charles 

Dickens. The other is “Teig O’Kane and 

the Corpse” by Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm, 

adapted from the short story by Ernest Rhys. 

Each evening features performances at 7:30 

and 9 p.m. Tickets are $30 and up. Call (323) 

323-2065 or visit wickedlit.org. 



(626) 449-5320 


Maura Milan, in conversation with Romina Russell 

and Bree Barton, discusses and signs “Ignite 

the Stars” at 7 p.m. 

Wine & Song Music Series 



wineandsong.com 

Brad Colerick’s weekly singer-songwriter series 

presents Los Tres and Grant Langston at 7 p.m. 

Tickets are $10 general admission, $15 for table 

seating, available on the website. n 



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Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween 

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Fright Fest 

THE LATEST ‘HALLOWEEN’ IS AN ENTERTAINING THRILLER WITH A 

SLAM-BANG PERFORMANCE BY JAMIE LEE CURTIS 

not normally a fan of horror films and rarely review them, for 

two reasons: First, they’re critic-proof, as their hordes of uncritical 

fans tend to flock to even the worst ones with no regard for 

I’m reviews. And second, they often are devoid of any sense of humanity, 

seeking only to offer depraved imagery and the reduction of human 

beings to slabs of meat as entertainment. 

Yet there’s something remarkable about the ones that actually have 

some artistic ambition and rise above the sheer ugliness of so much of 

the genre, and John Carpenter’s original 1978 “Halloween” is a prime 

example of a horror film done right. Giving viewers characters to care 

about, building suspense with a dreadfully brilliant sense of atmosphere 

and pacing, and overlaying it all with an unforgettable score, 

he deployed suspense to put viewers on the edge of their seats before 

using explosive bits of tastefully shot violence to unleash the tension. 

That film inspired countless imitators, including seven official 

sequels and two reboots, nearly all of which were considered vastly 

inferior. But now, 40 years later, a new “Halloween” surpasses even 

the original in terms of suspense, chills, laughs and sheer quality on 

every level—with original star Jamie Lee Curtis returning to wreak 

revenge with a richly layered performance that takes her from emotional 

wreck to badass avenging angel. 

The new edition is supposed to be a direct sequel to the original, 

simply ignoring the other nine films. It’s an odd choice in one respect. 

The original “Halloween II,” also written by Carpenter and his original 

co-writer Debra Hill, directly followed the ending of the first film, with 

killer Michael Myers continuing his rampage at a hospital where Curtis’ 

character Laurie Strode is being treated for injuries from earlier 

the same night. 

But the new story finds Laurie a paranoid, PTSD-afflicted disaster 

who has spent the intervening decades building a booby-trapped 

fortress of a home in the woods outside of her hometown of Haddonfield, 

Illinois. She has assembled a fearsome array of guns that she has 

mastered, and alienated her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) along the 

way by subjecting her to a childhood filled with fear as she trained her 

to also be ready to kill Myers if the chance ever arose. 

Karen and her own daughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) have long 

scoffed at Laurie’s fears, but the menace Laurie’s been waiting for is finally 

unleashed when Myers is transferred to a new prison and winds 

up escaping by killing the driver on his transfer bus. He heads back 

to Haddonfield in search of Laurie on Halloween night, with the town 

overrun by costumed kids out trick or treating and a sheriff who’s 

woefully unprepared for a fresh rampage — leaving Laurie as the only 

hope for the town to take Myers down. 

What follows is a perfectly pitched battle of blood, guts and wits 

that is relentlessly entertaining. Kudos must be given to director 

David Gordon Green, who also co-wrote the film with frequent collaborators 

Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley. The three have mostly 

made their mark in outrageous comedies, some of which hit (HBO 

series “East Bound and Down” and “Vice Principals”) and some didn’t 

(Green’s films “The Sitter,” “Snow Angels” and “Your Highness” are on 

my all-time worst list). 

But somehow they were given the reins of this film and did an 

improbably great job with it. While the gore is at a higher level than 

the original “Halloween,” since films have gotten progressively more 

graphic over the years, most of the killings here use smart editing to 

leave a lot to the viewers’ imagination, with the bloodshed revealed 

mostly after each killing. Thus, in all but its most violent scene, the 

film keeps things at a level of fun scares rather than unpleasant ugliness. 

One other advantage the new “Halloween” has over the original 

is that it’s being released in the age of the #Metoo movement. Curtis’ 

Laurie Strode was already a smart and resourceful fighter as a 

teenager, surviving even as three of her friends were slaughtered, but 

when it’s time to unleash hell here, she rivals Linda Hamilton’s Sarah 

Connor from “The Terminator” as a full-on female warrior. 

Seeing her punch, kick and wield all manner of weapons in the 

epic battle against her tormentor provides a cathartic kick for the 

audience. With this film expected to be a monster hit, here’s hoping 

that Curtis gets plenty of other opportunities and is just one of many 

underemployed veteran actresses who can get another chance to 

show the world what they have to offer. n 

“HALLOWEEN” GRADE: A 

BAD TIMES AT THE 

EL ROYALE 

Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Chris 

Hemsworth 

Length: 141 minutes 

Directed by: Drew Goddard 

Rating: R 

This "Pulp Fiction"-style crime thriller, about 

seven disparate people coming together at a 

time-worn roadside motel for one dangerous 

night, is exciting and unpredictable in its 

own right. But writer-director Goddard adds 

spiritual depth to the quests of his characters 

that gives the film timeless power. My favorite 

film so far this year. Grade: A 

FIRST MAN 

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy 


Directed by: Damien Chazelle 

Rating: PG13 

The story of Neil Armstrong's quest to become 

the first man on the Moon should have been 

thrilling, but instead is mostly muted and 

muddled in the bizarrely boring approach 

taken by director Chazelle. The imagery is 

pretty but Gosling sleepwalks through the role 

and viewers will feel like they're floating in 

space rather than on the edge of their seats. 

Grade: C 

A STAR IS BORN 

Stars: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga 


Directed by: Bradley Cooper 

Rating: R 

The fourth update for this classic tale of tragic 

romance is co-written, directed by and stars 

Bradley Cooper, who plays fading rock star 

Jackson Maine as he falls for an unknown 

young singer played by Lady Gaga, helping her 

career while headed for disaster. The songs 

are terrific, the performances Oscar-worthy. 

This will be a major Oscar contender. 

Grade: A 

NIGHT SCHOOL 

Stars: Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish 


Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee 

Rating: PG13 

Teaming up two comedy superstars under 

a director on a hot streak should have 

guaranteed this being a timeless comedy 

classic. But this story of a man going back to 

school for his GED amid a classful of weirdos 

and a hardass teacher is hit-or-miss with the 

laughs. But its positive messages on education 

and second chances will leave most viewers 

smiling. Grade: B 

A SIMPLE FAVOR 

Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, 

Henry Golding 


Directed by: Paul Feig 

Rating: R 

Director Feig made his name as a master 

director of female comedies (“Bridesmaids”), 

but he tries to shake things up with a 

Hitchcockian thriller about a rich woman who 

disappears and the friend who discovers she’s 

not what she seems as she searches for her. 

Problem is, Feig keeps trying for laughs that 

negate the thrills, while the often too-shocking 

twists make it hard to laugh. Grade: C 


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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION: 

BUSINESS LICENSE COMMISSION 

500 W. TEMPLE STREET, RM 374 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 

CN954141 Oct 11,18,25, 2018 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case 

No. ES021575 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition 

of JOSEFINA LEON JOHNSON AND 

DANIEL GEORGE JOHNSON, for 

Change of Name. TO ALL INTEREST- 

ED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Josefi na 

Leon Johnson and Daniel George 

Johnson fi led a petition with this 

court for a decree changing names 

as follows: a.) Emma Jay Johnson to 

Emma Jay Johnson 2.) THE COURT 

ORDERS that all persons interested 

in this matter appear before this 

court at the hearing indicated below 

to show cause, if any, why the petition 

for change of name should not be 

granted. Any person objecting to the 

name changes described above must 

fi le a written objection that includes 

the reasons for the objection at least 

two court days before the matter is 

scheduled to be heard and must appear 

at the hearing to show cause why 

the petition should not be granted. If 

no written objection is timely fi led, 

the court may grant the petition without 

a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: 

Date: 12/4/18. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 

E Room: 260. The address of the 

court is Glendale Courthouse, 600 

East Broadway Glendale, CA 91206. 

A copy of this Order to Show Cause 

shall be published at least once each 

week for four successive weeks prior 

to the date set for hearing on the petition 

in the following newspaper of 

general circulation, printed in this 

county: Pasadena Weekly. Original 

fi led: October 2, 2018. Darrell Mavis, 

Judge of the Superior Court. PUB- 

LISH: Pasadena Weekly 10/11/18, 

10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18 

City of Pasadena 

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 

FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 

REPORT, DESIGN 

DEVELOPMENT, AND 

CONSTRUCTION 

DOCUMENTATION FOR 

COLORADO STREET BRIDGE 

SUICIDE MITIGATION 

ENHANCEMENTS 

The City is seeking Professional Services 

for Environmental Report, Design 

Development, and Construction 

Documentation for Colorado Street 

Bridge Suicide Mitigation Enhancements 

as outlined in this RFP. Parties 

interested in responding are asked 

to submit one (1) unbound original 

hard copy (marked ‘Original’), fi ve 

(5) bound copies, and one (1) electronic 

copy in PDF format on CD or 

thumb drive in a sealed envelope or 

package no later than 2:00PM on 

11/27/2018, to: 

City of Pasadena 

Attention: Tiffi ny Tran, P.E. 

Department of Public Works 

Professional Services for Environmental 

Report, Design Development, 

and Construction Documentation for 

Colorado Street Bridge Suicide Mitigation 

Enhancements 

100 N. Garfi eld Avenue 

3rd Floor, Room N306 


A copy of the RFP is available on 

the City website at: https://www. 

planetbids.com/portal/portal. 

cfm?CompanyID=14770 . 

The Proposal shall be clearly titled: 


Professional Services for Environmental 

Report, Design Development, 

and Construction Documentation for 

Colorado Street Bridge Suicide Mitigation 

Enhancements 

ATTN: TIFFINY TRAN, P.E. 

All Proposals shall be enclosed in 

sealed envelopes, distinctly marked 

“RFP” with the title of the RFP and 

the Proposer’s name and address 

appearing on the outside. Proposals 

received after the Proposal Deadline 

may not be accepted by the City. 

DEADLINE FOR RFP QUESTIONS 

The deadline to submit questions 

related to this RFP is 11/15/2018, 

prior to 

12:00 p.m. (noon). 

Questions regarding this Request for 

Proposals should be directed only to 

the person(s) designated below. Do 

not contact any other City employee 

or offi cial regarding this RFP. Questions 

shall be in written format and 

be submitted ONLY via e-mail. Any 

questions submitted after the date 

and time specifi ed will not be considered. 

General and/or technical questions: 

Ms. Tiffi ny Tran, P.E. 


(626) 744-6771 

ttran@cityofpasadena.net 

Pre-proposal Meeting 

There is no pre-proposal 

meeting for this RFP. 

Dated: October 9, 2018 

Publish: October 18, 2018 

Pasadena Weekly 

Introduced by: 

Councilmember Hampton 

ORDINANCE NO. 7333 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF 

PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 17 

(ZONING CODE) OF THE PASADENA 

MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW THE 

CONVERSION OF HOTELS AND MO- 

TELS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 

AND AMENDING TITLE 4 (REVENUE 

AND FINANCE) TO WAIVE CERTAIN 

FEES FOR CONVERSIONS 

The People of the City of Pasadena 

ordain as follows: 

SECTION 1. This ordinance, due to 

its length and corresponding cost of 

publication, will be published by title 

and summary as permitted in Section 

508 of the Pasadena City Charter. 

The approved summary of this ordinance 

is as follows: 

“Summary 

The proposed ordinance adds sections 

17.50.075 and 17.61.055 to 

Title 17 (Zoning Code) of the Pasadena 

Municipal Code to allow hotels 

and motels with 80 or fewer guest 

rooms to be converted to affordable 

housing. The proposed ordinance 

waives land use restrictions and 

provides fl exibility in complying with 

development standards in order to facilitate 

conversions, establishes criteria 

and performance standards for 

projects to be eligible, and creates a 

new entitlement, a Hotel Conversion 

Permit, which would be required to be 

approved in order to allow hotel and 

motel conversions. The proposed 

ordinance also amends sections 

4.17.050, 4.19.050, 4.32.050, and 

4.53.050 of Title 4 of the Pasadena 

Municipal Code (Revenue and Finance) 

to waive certain development 

fees for conversions. 

Ordinance No. 7333 shall take effect 

30 days from its publication.” 

SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall 

certify the adoption of this ordinance 

and shall cause this ordinance to be 

published by title and summary. 

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take 

effect 30 days from its publication. 

Signed and approved this 15th day of 

October, 2018. 

Terry Tornek 

Mayor of the City of Pasadena 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing 

ordinance was adopted by the City 

Council of the City of Pasadena at its 

meeting held this 15th day of October 

2018, by the following vote: 

AYES: Councilmembers Gordo, 

Hampton, Madison, McAustin, Wilson, 

Mayor Tornek 

NOES: Councilmember Masuda 

ABSENT: Vice Mayor Kennedy 

ABSTAIN: 

None 

Date Published: October 18, 2018 


Mark Jomsky City Clerk 

NOTICE INVITING BIDS 

FURNISH LABOR AND 

MATERIALS FOR FUEL 

ISLAND MAINTENANCE 

AND REPAIR 

Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be 

received prior to 3:00PM, November 

13, 2018 by the City Clerk, 100 North 

Garfi eld Avenue, Rm S228, Pasadena, 

CA 91109, and will be opened 

at that time and place. 

The bids shall be clearly titled: 

FUEL ISLAND MAINTENANCE AND 

REPAIR 

The bids shall be clearly titled. Copies 

of the Specifi cations may be 

obtained by mail or in person from 

the Purchasing Division, 100 North 

Garfi eld Avenue, Rm 348, Pasadena, 

CA 91109. Telephone No. (626) 744- 

6755. 

Refer to the specifi cations for complete 

details and bidding requirements. 

The Specifi cation and this Notice 

shall be considered a part of any 

contract made pursuant thereunder. 

A mandatory pre-bid conference will 

be held at which time each bidder will 

have the opportunity to clarify and 

ask questions regarding the Specifi - 

cations. The pre-bid conference will 

be held at 10:00AM October 30, 2018 

in the Public Works (BSFMD Conference 

Room) 345 W. Mountain Street, 

Pasadena, 91103. 

Bid security in the amount of fi ve percent 

(5%) of the total bid price in the 

form of cash, a certifi ed or cashier’s 

check, money order, or surety bond 

must accompany the proposal. 

Refer to the Specifi cations for complete 

details and bid requirements. 

The Specifi cations and this Notice 

shall be considered a part of any contract 

made pursuant thereto. 

Bidder must possess a C-61 Limited 

Specialty License with a sub-category 

D-40 Service Station Equipment 

and Maintenance license OR 

A-General Engineering Contractor’s 

License, in addition to AQMD Rule 

461 certifi cation training and possess 

an International Code Council 

(ICC) Vapor Testing Certifi cation to 

bid on this specifi c ation. 

STEVE MERMELL 

CITY MANAGER 

DAT ED: OCTOBE R 18, 2 018 

PUBLISH: OCTOBER, 18, 2018 


NOTICE INVITING BIDS 

FOR SMALL PLATFORM 

TACTICAL ROBOT 

Bids will be received electronically 

through Planet Bids (www.planetbids.com). 

A bid received after the 

time set for the bid opening shall not 

be considered. Bidders are required 

to submit (upload) all items listed in 

the BIDDER’S CHECKLIST including 

acknowledgement of all addendums. 

Bids will be received prior to 3:00 PM 

October 30, 2018, and will be opened 

online at that time. The bids shall be 

clearly titled: 

SMALL PLATFORM TACTICAL RO- 

BOT 

The Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) will provide the funding 

for this procurement from the 2016 

Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) 

Grant, Contract No. C-129724, between 

the City of Los Angeles (grant 

recipient) and the City of Pasadena 

(grant subrecipient). 

Copies of the Specifi cations may be 


the Purchasing Division, 100 N. 

Garfi eld Ave., Room S-349, Pasadena, 

CA 91109, Telephone No. (626) 

744-6755. 



The Specifi cation and this 

Notice shall be considered a part of 

any contract made pursuant thereunder. 

Steve Mermell 

City Manager 

DATED: OCTOBER 18, 2018 

PUBLISH: OCTOBER, 18, 2018 


NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR 

WATER WALL BARRICADE 

RENTAL 

Bids will be received electronically 

through Planet Bids (www.planetbids.com). 

A bid received after the 

time set for the bid opening shall not 

be considered. Bidders are required 

to submit (upload) all items listed in 

the BIDDER’S CHECKLIST including 

acknowledgement of all addendums. 

Bids will be received prior to 3:00 

PM, October 30, 2018, and will be 

opened online at that time. The bids 

shall be clearly titled: 

WATER WALL BARRICADE RENTAL 

Copies of the Specifi cations may be 


the Purchasing Division, 100 N. 

Garfi eld Ave., Room S-349, Pasadena, 

CA 91109, Telephone No. (626) 

744-6755. 



The Specifi cation and this 

Notice shall be considered a part of 

any contract made pursuant thereunder. 

Steve Mermell 

City Manager 

DATED: OCTOBER 18, 2018 

PUBLISH: OCTOBER 18, 2018 


BULK SALES NOTICES 

NOTICE OF SALE OF 

ABANDONED PROPERTY 

Notice Is Hereby Given That Pursuant 

To Sections 21700-21716 

Of The Business And Professions 

Code, Section 2328 Of The UCC, 

Section 535 Of The Penal Code And 

Provisions Of The Civil Code, PSA 

SELF STORAGE 8000 ARTSON ST. 

ROSEMEAD 91770, County Of Los 

Angeles, State Of California Will Sell 

By Competitive Bidding The Following 

Units. Auction to Be Conducted 

through Online Auction Services of 

WWW.LOCKERFOX.COM, with bids 

opening on or after 3:00pm, OCTO- 

BER 12TH 2018 and closing on or 

after 3:00pm, OCTOBER 22th 2018. 

The Personal Goods Stored Therein 

by the Following May Include, but are 

not limited to: MISC. HOUSEHOLD 

GOODS, PERSONAL ITEMS, FUR- 

NITURE, CLOTHING AND/OR BUSI- 

NESS ITEMS/FIXTURES. 

MARY FRANCES CARRASCO 

KAREN CARDONA 

Purchases Must Be Made in Cash 

and Paid at the time of Sale. All 

Goods are Sold as is and must be 

Removed within 24 Hours of the time 

of Purchase. PSA Self Storage-Rosemead 

Reserves the Right to Retract 

Bids. Sale is Subject to Adjournment. 

Pasadena Weekly 10/11/18, 

10/18/18 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE 

Pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of 

Calif. Business & Professions Code 

SPACE BANK MINI STORAGE will 

sell at public auction 10:00am on 

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 3202 

Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA the following 

personal property: 

Ballard, S (H-8b) Suitcase, clothes, 

misc 

Hurst, K (S-12) Furniture 

Professional Technology (F-148) 

Janitorial equip & products, boxes, 

misc. 

Spencer, J (K-207) Boxes, furniture 

Vega, K (G-36) Clothes, furniture, 

misc 

All sales are subject to prior cancellation. 

Sale terms, rules & regulations 

available at time of sale. 

Pasadena Weekly 10/11/18, 

10/18/18 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE 

Notice is hereby given per Section 

21700 et seq. of the California Business 

& Professions Code that the 

Undersigned, ARROYO PARKWAY 

SELF STORAGE, located at 411 S. Arroyo 

Pkwy. Pasadena, County of Los 

Angeles, California, will conduct a 

public lien sale of the personal property 

described below at 9:00AM on 

the 2nd day of November, 2018. The 

Undersigned will accept cash bids to 

satisfy a lien for past due rent and incident 

incurred. The items to be sold 

are generally described as follows: 

Offi ce & home furniture, area rugs/ 

carpet, tools, tool boxes, clothing, 

shoes, mattress, bedframe, bedding, 

cabinets, boxes, sealed boxes, bags, 

bikes, toys, artifi cial trees, fl owers, 

music albums, CD’s, DVD’s, videos, 

music instruments, artwork, pictures, 

luggage, household appliances, 

products and supplies, kitchen 

supplies, sewing machines and supplies, 

craft supplies, sporting and exercise 

equipment, stereo equipment, 

speakers, television, offi ce equipment 

and supplies, computer equipment/parts/soft-ware 

& hardware, 

fax machines/printers, communications 

and electronic equipment, 

books, fi le cabinets, maintenance 

and construction tools, dollies, storage 

containers, cabinets, miscellaneous 

decorations, hats, purses, 

other commercial, promotional, personal 

and household items, stored by 

the following persons: 

NAME OF ACCOUNT 

Clifton Johnson 

Ahmed Johnson 

Auctioneer’s Name: Jim O’ Brien 

Auctioneer’s Telephone#: 

(951) 681-4113 

Bond#: 10067768 

Publish Pasadena Weekly 

10/18/18, 10/25/18 

PROBATE NOTICES 

NOTICE OF PETITION TO 

ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: 

CLARA J. DOWELL AKA 

CLARA JANE DOWELL 

CASE NO. 18STPB06088 

To all heirs, benefi ciaries, creditors, 

contingent creditors, and persons 

who may otherwise be interested in 

the WILL or estate, or both of CLARA 

J. DOWELL AKA CLARA JANE DOW- 

ELL. 

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been 

fi led by CLARE E. DOWELL in the Superior 

Court of California, County of 

LOS ANGELES. 

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests 

that CLARE E. DOWELL be 

appointed as personal representative 

to administer the estate of the 

decedent. 

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s 

WILL and codicils, if any, be 

admitted to probate. The WILL and 

any codicils are available for examination 

in the fi le kept by the court. 

THE PETITION requests authority to 

administer the estate under the Independent 

Administration of Estates 

Act with limited authority. (This 

authority will allow the personal 

10.18.18 PASADENA WEEKLY 33

epresentative to take many actions 

without obtaining court approval. 

Before taking certain very important 

actions, however, the personal representative 

will be required to give 

notice to interested persons unless 

they have waived notice or consented 

to the proposed action.) The independent 

administration authority will 

be granted unless an interested person 

fi les an objection to the petition 

and shows good cause why the court 

should not grant the authority. 

A HEARING on the petition will 

be held in this court as follows: 

10/29/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located 

at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, 

CA 90012 

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of 

the petition, you should appear at the 

hearing and state your objections or 

fi le written objections with the court 

before the hearing. Your appearance 

may be in person or by your attorney. 

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent 

creditor of the decedent, you 

must fi le your claim with the court 

and mail a copy to the personal representative 

appointed by the court 

within the later of either (1) four 

months from the date of fi rst issuance 

of letters to a general personal representative, 

as defi ned in section 58(b) 

of the California Probate Code, or (2) 

60 days from the date of mailing or 

personal delivery to you of a notice 

under section 9052 of the California 

Probate Code. 

Other California statutes and legal 

authority may affect your rights as 

a creditor. You may want to consult 

with an attorney knowledgeable in 

California law. 

YOU MAY EXAMINE the fi le kept 

by the court. If you are a person interested 

in the estate, you may fi le 

with the court a Request for Special 

Notice (form DE-154) of the fi ling of 

an inventory and appraisal of estate 

assets or of any petition or account 

as provided in Probate Code section 

1250. A Request for Special Notice 

form is available from the court clerk. 

Attorney for Petitioner 

WILLIAM E. EICK - SBN 056944 

EICK & FREEBORN LLP 

2604 FOOTHILL BLVD. SUITE C 

LA CRESCENTA CA 91214 

10/4, 10/11, 10/18/18 

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PASADENA WEEKLY 


ADMINISTER ESTATE OF 

ESTELLA MESA SANCHEZ 

CASE NO. BP153872 




the will or estate, or both of ESTELLA 

MESA SANCHEZ, ESTELLA SAN- 

CHEZ, STELLA SANCHEZ. 


fi led by Maria Theresa Lopez in the 

Superior Court of California, County 

of LOS ANGELES. 


that: Maria Theresa Lopez be 

appointed as personal representative 


decedent. 

THE PETITION requests authority 

to administer the estate under 

the Independent Administration of 

Estates Act. (This authority will allow 

the personal representative to 

take many actions without obtaining 

court approval. Before taking certain 

very important actions, however, 

the personal representative will be 

required to give notice to interested 

persons unless they have waived 

notice or consented to the proposed 

action.) The independent administration 

authority will be granted unless 

an interested person fi les an objection 

to the petition and shows good 

cause why the court should not grant 

the authority. 

A HEARING on the petition will be 

held in this court as follows: Date: 

October 31, 2018, Time: 8:30 AM, 

Dept.: 9, Location: 111 North Hill 

Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 




















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knowledgeable in California law. 








as provided in Probate Code Section 



Attorney for Petitioner: 

Alison Minet Adams 

SBN 1107475 

12400 Ventura Blvd., #701 

Studio City, California 91604 

(510) 384-3423 


10/4/18, 10/11/18, 10/18/18 


ADMINISTER ESTATE OF 

ROBERT LEE CARTER 





the will or estate, or both of ROBERT 

LEE CARTER AKA BOBBY CARTER. 


fi led by Lunona N. Burton and Melissa 

English in the Superior Court of 

California, County of LOS ANGELES. 


that: Lunona N. Burton and 

Melissa English be appointed as 

personal representative to administer 

the estate of the decedent. 

THE PETITION requests authority 

to administer the estate under 

the Independent Administration of 

Estates Act. (This authority will allow 

the personal representative to 















held in this court as follows: Date: 

October 26, 2018, Time: 8:30 AM, 

Dept.: 5, Location: 111 North Hill 

Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 




















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knowledgeable in California law. 








as provided in Probate Code Section 



Attorney for Petitioner: 

Halil Hasic 

SBN 245251 

633 West 5th St., 26th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

(424) 240-9272 


10/4/18, 10/11/18, 10/18/18 

NOTICE OF ANCILLARY 

PETITION TO ADMINISTER 

ESTATE OF: 

FRANCES J. MCCURDY 





the WILL or estate, or both of FRAN- 

CES J. MCCURDY. 

A ANCILLARY PETITION FOR PRO- 

BATE has been fi led by PATRICK F. 

MCCURDY AND CHRISTOPHER J. 

MCCURDY in the Superior Court of 

California, County of LOS ANGELES. 

THE ANCILLARY PETITION FOR 

PROBATE requests that PATRICK F. 

MCCURDY AND CHRISTOPHER J. 

MCCURDY be appointed as personal 

representative to administer the estate 

of the decedent. 

THE ANCILLARY PETITION requests 

the decedent’s WILL and codicils, 

if any, be admitted to probate. The 

WILL and any codicils are available 

for examination in the fi le kept by 

the court. 

THE ANCILLARY PETITION requests 

authority to administer the estate under 

the Independent Administration 

of Estates Act . (This authority will 

allow the personal representative to 















held in this court as follows: 11/05/18 

at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. 

HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 




















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VANESSA M. TERZIAN 

SBN 245041 

PRIMUTH, DRISKELL & 

TERZIAN, LLP 

790 E. COLORADO BLVD. 

SUITE 300 

PASADENA CA 91101 

BSC 216231 

10/11, 10/18, 10/25/18 

CNS-3182361# 



ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: 

NORMAN J. HORTON 





the WILL or estate, or both of NOR- 

MAN J. HORTON. 


fi led by FREDRICK V. COFFEE in the 

Superior Court of California, County 

of LOS ANGELES. 


that FREDRICK V. COFFEE 

be appointed as personal representative 


decedent. 

THE PETITION requests authority to 

administer the estate under the Independent 

Administration of Estates 

Act with limited authority. (This 

authority will allow the personal 

representative to take many actions 

without obtaining court approval. 

Before taking certain very important 

actions, however, the personal representative 

will be required to give 

notice to interested persons unless 

they have waived notice or consented 

to the proposed action.) The independent 

administration authority will 

be granted unless an interested person 

fi les an objection to the petition 

and shows good cause why the court 

should not grant the authority. 


held in this court as follows: 11/14/18 

at 8:30AM in Dept. 2D located at 111 

N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 

90012 




















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LESLIE E. RILEY- SBN 265987 

VARNER & BRANDT LLP 

3237 E. GUASTI RD., SUITE 220 

ONTARIO CA 91761 

10/18, 10/25, 11/1/18 

CNS-3184887# 


TRUSTEE SALES 

TS No.: CA-18-838642-NJ Order 

No.: 8743542 NOTICE OF DEFAULT 

“AND FORECLOSURE SALE” 

WHEREAS, on 11/4/2009, a certain 

Deed of Trust was executed by NA- 

DINE GWALTNEY, A WIDOW, as 

trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE 

ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS- 

TEMS, INC. (MERS) AS NOMINEE 

FOR FINANCIAL FREEDOM ACQUI- 

SITION LLC, A SUBSIDIARY OF 

ONEWEST BANK, FSB, ITS SUC- 

CESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as benefi - 

ciary, and was recorded on 

11/12/2009, Instrument No. 

20091700269 in the Offi ce of the 

County Recorder of LOS ANGELES 

County, CA; and WHEREAS, the 

Deed of Trust was insured by the 

United States Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development (the Secretary) 

pursuant to the National Housing 

Act for the purpose of providing 

single family housing; and WHERE- 

AS, the Deed of Trust is now owned 

by the Secretary, pursuant to an Assignment 

recorded on 12/9/2011 as 

Instrument Number 20111667813 in 

Book xx, Page xx of LOS ANGELES 

County, CA; and WHEREAS, a default 

has been made in the covenants and 

conditions of the Deed of Trust in 

that: THE PROPERTY CEASED TO BE 

THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF THE 

BORROWER(S) FOR A REASON 

OTHER THAN DEATH AND THE 

PROPERTY IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL 

RESIDENCE OF AT LEAST ONE 

OTHER BORROWER AND, AS A RE- 

SULT, ALL SUMS DUE UNDER THE 

NOTE HAVE BECOME DUE AND PAY- 

ABLE. This default can be resolved if 

at least one borrower takes possession 

of the property as his or her 

principal residence. In order to cure 

the default in this manner you must 

contact Quality, the current trustee, 

whose contact information is set 

forth herein. WHEREAS, by virtue of 

this default, the Secretary has declared 

the entire amount of the indebtedness 

secured by the Mortgage 

to be immediately due and payable 

and suffi cient payment has not been 

made as of the date of this notice; and 

WHEREAS, the total amount due as of 

9/18/2018 is $741,611.90. NOW 

THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers 

vested in Quality Loan Service Corp. 

by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure 

Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 

et seq., by 24 CFR Part 27 subpart B, 

and by the Secretary’s designation of 

Quality Loan Service Corp as Foreclosure 

Commissioner as indicated 

on the attached Foreclosure Commissioner 

Designation, notice is 

hereby given that on 10/30/2018 at 

10:00 AM local time, all real and personal 

property at or used in connection 

with the following described 

premises will be sold at public auction 

to the highest bidder: Commonly 

known as: 1299 Cordova St, Unit 

200, Pasadena, CA 91106 Located in: 

City of Pasadena , County of LOS 

ANGELES, CA More particularly described 

as: PARCEL 1 AN UNDIVID- 

ED 859/34,937 INTEREST IN AND 

TO LOT 1, TRACT 35853, CITY OF 

PASADENA, COUNTY OF LOS AN- 

GELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS 

PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 919 

PAGES 52 AND 53 OF MAPS, IN THE 

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORD- 

ER OF SAID COUNTY EXCEPT 

UNITS 1 TO 32 INCLUSIVE AS 

SHOWN AND DEFINED ON CONDO- 

MINIUM PLAN RECORDED JUNE 28, 

1979 AS INSTRUMENT NO 79- 

705443, OFFICIAL RECORDS PAR- 

CEL 2 UNIT 12 AS SHOWN AND DE- 

FINED ON CONDOMINIUM PLAN 

RECORDED JUNE 28, 1979 AS IN- 

STRUMENT NO 79-705443, OFFI- 

CIAL RECORDS PARCEL 3 AN EX- 

CLUSIVE EASEMENT TO USE 

PARKING SPACE (S) PS12, FOR VE- 

HICLE PARKING PURPOSES AS DE- 

FINED ON SAID CONDOMINIUM 

PLAN EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL 

OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER 

HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES BE- 

LOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, WITH- 

OUT RIGHTS OF SURFACE ENTRY, 

AS RESERVED IN INSTRUMENTS OF 

RECORD The sale will be held Behind 

the fountain located in Civic Center 

Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center 

Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 The Secretary 

of Housing and Urban Development 

will bid $749,805.80 There will 

be no proration of taxes, rents or 

other income or liabilities, except that 

the purchaser will pay, at or before 

closing, his pro rata share of any real 

estate taxes that have been paid by 

the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure 

sale. When making their bids, 

all bidders except the Secretary must 

submit a deposit totaling approximately 

$74,980.58 in the form of 

certifi ed check or cashier’s check 

made out to the Secretary of HUD. A 

deposit need not accompany an oral 

bid. If the successful bid is oral, a 

deposit of $74,980.58 must be presented 

before the bidding is closed. 

The deposit is nonrefundable. The 

remainder of the purchase price must 

be delivered within 30 days of the 

sale or at such other time as the Secretary 

may determine for good cause 

shown, time being of the essence. 

This amount, like the bid deposits, 

must be delivered in the form of a 

certifi ed or cashier’s check. If the 

Secretary is the highest bidder, he 

need not pay the bid amount in cash. 

The successful bidder will pay all 

conveyancing fees, all real estate and 

other taxes that are due on or after the 

delivery date of the remainder of the 

payment and and all other costs associated 

with the transfer of title. At 

the conclusion of the sale, the deposits 

of the unsuccessful bidders will be 

returned to them. The Secretary may 

grant the winning bidder an extension 

of time within which to deliver the remainder 

of the payment. All extensions 

will be for 15-day increments 

for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. 

The extension fee shall be paid in the 

form of a certifi ed or cashier’s check 

made payable to the Secretary of 

HUD. If the high bidder closes the 

sale prior to the expiration of any extension 

period, the unused portion of 

the extension fee shall be applied toward 

the amount due. If the high bidder 

is unable to close the sale within 

the required period, or within any extensions 

of time granted by the Secretary, 

the high bidder may be required 

to forfeit the cash deposit or, 

at the election of the foreclosure 

commissioner after consultation with 

the HUD representative, will be liable 

to HUD for any costs incurred as a 

result of such failure. The Commissioner 

may, at the discretion of the 

HUD representative, offer the property 

to the second highest bidder for 

an amount equal to the highest price 

offered by that bidder. There is no 

right of redemption, or right of possession 

based upon a right of redemption, 

in the trustor(s) or others 

subsequent to a foreclosure completed 

pursuant to the Act. Therefore, 

the Foreclosure Commissioner will 

issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) 

upon receipt of the entire purchase 

price in accordance with the terms of 

the sale as provided herein. HUD 

does not guarantee that the property 

will be vacant. The scheduled foreclosure 

sale shall be cancelled or 

adjourned if it is established, by 

documented written application of 

the mortgagor to the Foreclosure 

Commissioner not less than 3 days 

before the date of sale, or otherwise, 

that the default or defaults upon 

which the foreclosure is based did 

not exist at the time of service of this 

notice of default and foreclosure sale, 

or all amounts due under the mortgage 

agreement are tendered to the 

Foreclosure Commissioner, in the 

form of a certifi ed or cashier’s check 

payable to the Secretary of HUD, before 

public auction of the property is 

completed. To obtain a pre-sale reinstatement 

all defaults must be cured 

prior to the scheduled sale, plus all 

other amounts that would be due under 

the mortgage agreement if payments 

under the mortgage had not 

been accelerated, advertising costs 

and postage expenses incurred in 

giving notice, mileage by the most 

reasonable road distance for posting 

notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s 

attendance at the sale, 

reasonable and customary costs incurred 

for title and lien record 

searches, the necessary out-ofpocket 

costs incurred by the Foreclosure 

Commissioner for recording 

documents, a commission for the 

Foreclosure Commissioner, and all 

other costs incurred in connection 

with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. 

To obtain information regarding 

reinstating the loan by paying 

the sums that are delinquent you 

should contact the Foreclosure Commissioner, 

Quality Loan Service 

Corp., at the address or phone number 

listed below. Tender of payment 

by certifi ed or cashier’s check or application 

for cancellation of the foreclosure 

sale shall be submitted to the 

address of the Foreclosure Commissioner 

provided below. QUALITY 

MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COL- 

LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT 

A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION 

OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. Dated: Foreclosure Commissioner 

Nicole Jordan, Assistant 

Vice President on behalf of Quality 

Loan Service Corporation 2763 

Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, 

CA 92108 (866) 645-7711 Quality 

Loan Service Corporation 2763 

Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 

92108 (866) 645-7711 For Sale Information: 

Sales Line: 916-939- 

0772 Website: www.nationwideposting.com 

TS No.: CA-18-838642-NJ 

A notary public or other offi cer completing 

this certifi cate verifi es only 

the identity of the individual who 

signed the document to which this 

certifi cate is attached, and not the 

truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of 

that document. State of: California) 

County of: San Diego) On 9/18/2018 

before me, Katherine A. Davis a notary 

public, personally appeared Nicole 

Jordan, who proved to me on the 

basis of satisfactory evidence to be 

the person(s) whose name(s) is/are 

subscribed to the within instrument 

and acknowledged to me that he/she/ 

they executed the same in his/her/ 

their authorized capacity(ies), and 

that by his/her/their signature(s) on 

the instrument the person(s), or the 

entity upon behalf of which the 

person(s) acted, executed the instrument. 

I certify under PENALTY OF 

PERJURY under the laws of the State 

of California that the foregoing paragraph 

is true and correct. WITNESS 

my hand and offi cial seal. Signature 

Katherine A. Davis Commission No. 

2095368 NOTARY PUBLIC - California 

San Diego County My Comm. 

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10/18/2018 

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 

TS No. CA-14-655600-CL Order 

No.: 090056986 YOU ARE IN DE- 

FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST 

DATED 7/20/2006. UNLESS YOU 

TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR 

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT 

A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN 

EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF 

THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, 

YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 

A public auction sale to the highest 

bidder for cash, cashier’s check 

drawn on a state or national bank, 

check drawn by state or federal credit 

union, or a check drawn by a state or 

federal savings and loan association, 

or savings association, or savings 

bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the 

Financial Code and authorized to do 

business in this state, will be held 

by duly appointed trustee. The sale 

will be made, but without covenant 

or warranty, expressed or implied, 

regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, 

to pay the remaining 

principal sum of the note(s) secured 

by the Deed of Trust, with interest 

and late charges thereon, as provided 

in the note(s), advances, under 

the terms of the Deed of Trust, 

interest thereon, fees, charges and 

expenses of the Trustee for the total 

amount (at the time of the initial 

publication of the Notice of Sale) 

reasonably estimated to be set forth 

below. The amount may be greater 

on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY 

MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE 

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): 

HENRY JAN, AN UNMARRIED MAN 

Recorded: 7/27/2006 as Instrument 

No. 06 1664767 of Offi cial Records 

in the offi ce of the Recorder of LOS 

ANGELES County, California; Date of 

Sale: 11/27/2018 at 10:00 AM Place 

of Sale: Behind the fountain located 

in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center 

Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount 

of unpaid balance and other charges: 

$919,469.77 The purported property 

address is: 2244 GALBRETH RD, 

PASADENA, CA 91104 Assessor’s 

Parcel No.: 5743-008-019 NOTICE 

TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are 

considering bidding on this property 

lien, you should understand that 

there are risks involved in bidding at 

a trustee auction. You will be bidding 

on a lien, not on the property itself. 

Placing the highest bid at a trustee 

auction does not automatically entitle 

you to free and clear ownership of the 

property. You should also be aware 

that the lien being auctioned off may 

be a junior lien. If you are the highest 

bidder at the auction, you are or may 

be responsible for paying off all liens 

senior to the lien being auctioned off, 

before you can receive clear title to 

the property. You are encouraged to 

investigate the existence, priority, 

and size of outstanding liens that 

may exist on this property by contacting 

the county recorder’s offi ce 

or a title insurance company, either 

of which may charge you a fee for 

this information. If you consult either 

of these resources, you should be 

aware that the same lender may hold 

more than one mortgage or deed of 

trust on the property. NOTICE TO 

PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date 

shown on this notice of sale may be 

postponed one or more times by the 

mortgagee, benefi ciary, trustee, or 

a court, pursuant to Section 2924g 

of the California Civil Code. The 

law requires that information about 

trustee sale postponements be made 

available to you and to the public, as 

a courtesy to those not present at the 

sale. If you wish to learn whether your 

sale date has been postponed, and, if 

applicable, the rescheduled time and 

date for the sale of this property, you 

may call 916-939-0772 for information 

regarding the trustee’s sale or 

visit this Internet Web site http:// 

www.qualityloan.com, using the fi le 

number assigned to this foreclosure 

by the Trustee: CA-14-655600-CL. 

Information about postponements 

that are very short in duration or that 


occur close in time to the scheduled 

sale may not immediately be refl ected 

in the telephone information or on 

the Internet Web site. The best way 

to verify postponement information 

is to attend the scheduled sale. The 

undersigned Trustee disclaims any 

liability for any incorrectness of the 

property address or other common 

designation, if any, shown herein. If 

no street address or other common 

designation is shown, directions to 

the location of the property may be 

obtained by sending a written request 

to the benefi ciary within 10 days of 

the date of fi rst publication of this Notice 

of Sale. If the sale is set aside for 

any reason, including if the Trustee is 

unable to convey title, the Purchaser 

at the sale shall be entitled only to 

a return of the monies paid to the 

Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s 

sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser 

shall have no further recourse 

against the Trustor, the Trustee, the 

Benefi ciary, the Benefi ciary’s Agent, 

or the Benefi ciary’s Attorney. If you 

have previously been discharged 

through bankruptcy, you may have 

been released of personal liability for 

this loan in which case this letter is 

intended to exercise the note holders 

right’s against the real property only. 

Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 

2763 Camino Del Rio South San 

Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For 

NON SALE information only Sale 

Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: 

http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement 

Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 

5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. 

TS No.: CA-14-655600-CL IDSPub 

#0145919 10/11/2018 10/18/2018 

10/25/2018 

FICT. BUSINESS NAMES 

STATEMENT OF 

ABANDONMENT OF USE OF 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 

FILE NO: 2018-233519 

FILE NO: 2016-181748 DATE FILED: 

07/20/2016. Name of Business(es) 

ELEVEN 88 ART AND DESIGN, 806 

S. Date Ave., Alhambra, CA 91803. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S): April Connors, 

806 S. Date Ave., Alhambra, CA 

91803. Business was conducted by 

an Individual. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and 

correct. (A registrant who declares 

as true information which he or she 

knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 

REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/ 

LLC (PRINT) April Connors TITLE: 

Owner. If corporation, also print 

corporate title of offi cer. If LLC, also 

print tile of offi cer or manager. This 

statement was fi led with the County 

Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 

the date indicated by the fi led stamp 

in the upper right corner: September 

13, 2018. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT 

THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF 

THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE 

IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLERK by: 

Maxine Carrasco, Deputy Publish: 

Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 9/27/18, 

10/4/18, 10/11/18, 10/18/18 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 

2018234396 

Type of Filing: Original The following 

person(s) is (are) doing business as: 

MAYFLOWER BOOKKEEPER; 1724 

Mayfl ower Ave. Arcadia, CA 91006. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Channa Tun, 1724 Mayfl 

ower Ave. Arcadia, CA 91006. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 

The registrant commenced 

to transact business under the Fictitious 

Business Name or names listed 

above on: 08/2018. I declare that all 

information in this statement is true 

and correct. /s/: Channa Tun. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was fi led with 

the LA County Clerk on: September 

14, 2018. NOTICE in accordance with 

subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a 

Fictitious Name Statement generally 

expires at the end of fi ve years from 

the date on which it was fi led in the 

offi ce of the county clerk, except, as 

provided in subdivision (b) of Section 

17920, where it expires 40 days after 

any change in the facts set forth in the 

statement pursuant to Section 17913 

other than a change in the residence 

address of a registered owner. a new 

Fictitious Business Name statement 

must be fi led before the expiration. 

The fi ling of this statement does not 

of itself authorize the use in this state 

of a Fictitious Business Name in violation 

of the rights of another under 

federal, state, or common law (see 

Section 14411 et seq., business and 

professions code). Publish: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 9/27/18, 10/4/18, 

10/11/18, 10/18/18 



2018240315 


person(s) is (are) doing business 

as: TRANSPORT MARTINEZ; 

13825 Beaver St., Unit 53 Sylmar, CA 

91432. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REG- 

ISTERED OWNER(S) Jose F. Martinez 

and Ruth Martinez, 13825 Beaver 

St., Unit 53 Sylmar, CA 91432. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a 

Married Couple. The registrant commenced 

to transact business under 

the Fictitious Business Name or 

names listed above on: N/A. I declare 

that all information in this statement 

is true and correct. /s/: Ruth Martinez. 

TITLE: Wife. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County Clerk 

on: September 20, 2018. NOTICE 

in accordance with subdivision (a) 

of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 

Statement generally expires at the 

end of fi ve years from the date on 

which it was fi led in the offi ce of the 

county clerk, except, as provided in 

subdivision (b) of Section 17920, 

where it expires 40 days after any 

change in the facts set forth in the 













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2018224956 



as: FRANK’S VACUUM & SEWING 

MACHINE; 2145 Verdugo Blvd. 

Montrose, CA 91020. COUNTY: Los 

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

Julie P. Lewis and Harlin L. Lewis, 

1176 E. Topeka Street Pasadena, 

CA 91104. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY a Married Couple. The 

registrant commenced to transact 

business under the Fictitious Business 

Name or names listed above on: 

01/1987. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and correct. 

/s/: Julie P. Lewis. TITLE: Owner. 

This statement was fi led with the LA 

County Clerk on: September 5, 2018. 

NOTICE in accordance with subdivision 

(a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious 

Name Statement generally expires at 

the end of fi ve years from the date on 


















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2018239700 



CALPHAE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES; 

118 Ω East 54th Street Los Angeles, 

CA 90011. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pedro Vargas, 

118 Ω East 54th Street Los Angeles, 

CA 90011. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The 



Name or names listed above 

on: 04/2018. I declare that all information 


correct. /s/: Pedro Vargas. TITLE: 
























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2018230082 



YAU SHING LOCKSMITH & HANDY- 

MAN; 9167 Garibaldi Ave. Temple 

City, CA 91780. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Wah 

Shu Li, 9167 Garibaldi Ave. Temple 

City, CA 91780. THIS BUSINESS IS 






in this statement is true 

and correct. /s/: Wah Shu Li. TITLE: 
























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2018229780 

Type of Filing: Original. The following 


as: FRANK R. WEBB ARCHITECTS, 

FRANK WEBB ARCHITECTS, FRANK 

R. WEBB ARCHITECTS, INC. 8607 

Venice Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 

90034, 80 Glastonbury Boulevard, 

Glastonbury, CT 06033. COUNTY: 

Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 

3777147. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Inc., 80 

Glastonbury Boulevard, Glastonbury, 

CT 06033. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: CT. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The 


business under the fi ctitious business 

name or names listed above on: 

N/A. I declare that all information in 

this statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Daniel S. Kantor. TITLE: Treasurer, 

Corp or LLC Name: The S/L/A/M 

Collaborative, Inc. This statement 


on: September 11, 2018. NOTICE in 

accordance with subdivision (a) of 

Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 

statement generally expires at the 














of a fi ctitious business name in violation 



Section 14411 et seq., Business and 

Professions code). Publish: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 9/27/18, 10/4/18, 

10/11/18, 10/18/18 



2018235493 


person(s) is (are) doing 

business as: TOOSHIEBABY. 2216 

Eckhart Ave. Rosemead, CA 91770. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of 

Incorporation or Organization Number: 

201816310297. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Twotaur LLC, 2216 

Eckhart Ave. Rosemead, CA 91770. 

State of Incorporation or LLC: CA. 

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED 

BY a Limited Liability Company. The 






Diana Trieu. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC 

Name: Twotaur LLC. This statement 
























Weekly. Dates: 9/27/18, 10/4/18, 

10/11/18, 10/18/18 



2018219785 



as: FELT. 1601 N. Sepulveda Blvd., 

#211 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. 


OWNER(S) Nice LLC, 1601 N. Sepulveda 

Blvd., #211 Manhattan Beach, 

CA 90266. State of Incorporation or 

LLC: DE. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. 

The registrant commenced to 

transact business under the fi ctitious 

business name or names listed above 



correct. /s/ Robert S. Fetcher. TITLE: 

Manager, Corp or LLC Name: Nice 

LLC. This statement was fi led with 




Fictitious Name statement generally 



















Weekly. Dates: 9/27/18, 10/4/18, 

10/11/18, 10/18/18 



2018241453 



as: TARGET HOME LOANS, WPA 

LENDING. 121 W. Lexington Drive 

#L106L Glendale, CA 91203, 9353 

Bolsa Ave., #K21 Westminster, CA 

92683. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles 

of Incorporation or Organization 

Number: 3734749. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) GV Lending and Realty, 

Inc., 121 W. Lexington Drive #L106L 

Glendale, CA 91203. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: CA. THIS BUSI- 

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. 


to transact business under the fi ctitious 

business name or names listed 



and correct. /s/ Robert M. Le. TITLE: 

CEO, Corp or LLC Name: GV Lending 

and Realty, Inc. This statement 
























Weekly. Dates: 9/27/18, 10/4/18, 

10/11/18, 10/18/18 



2018248238 

Type of Filing: Amended. The following 


as: DOWNEY HYUNDAI. 7550 

Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA 90241. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles 



OWNER(S) Downey Hyundai Inc., 

7550 Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA 

90241. State of Incorporation or 

LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The 






Rakesh Malhotra. TITLE: President, 

Corp or LLC Name: Downey Hyundai 

Inc. This statement was fi led with the 

LA County Clerk on: September 28, 

2018. NOTICE in accordance with 














The fi ling of this statement does 

not of itself authorize the use in this 

state of a fi ctitious business name 

in violation of the rights of another 

under federal, state, or common law 

(see Section 14411 et seq., Business 

and Professions code). Publish: 


10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018244358 

Type of Filing: Amended. The following 


as: MORTGAGE HEAVEN, THE 

ABICH GROUP. 898 N. Fair Oaks 

Ave., Suite A-1 Pasadena, CA 91103. 




OWNER(S) Real Estate Haven Mortgage 

Corp., 898 N. Fair Oaks Ave., 

Suite A-1 Pasadena, CA 91103. State 

of Incorporation or LLC: California. 


BY a Corporation. The registrant 

commenced to transact business 

under the fi ctitious business name or 



is true and correct. /s/ Omar Abich. 

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: 

Real Estate Haven Mortgage Corp. 

This statement was fi led with the 
























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018246511 



as: BECKETT STUDIO; 1051 E. 

Altadena Drive Altadena, CA 91001. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGIS- 

TERED OWNER(S) Edward Beckett 

and Sharon Bailey Beckett, 1051 E. 

Altadena Drive Altadena, CA 91001. 


BY a Married Couple. The registrant 


under the Fictitious Business Name 

or names listed above on: 01/2000. 

I declare that all information in this 

statement is true and correct. /s/: 

Edward Beckett. TITLE: Owner. 



















state of a Fictitious Business Name 



(see Section 14411 et seq., business 

and professions code). Publish: 


10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018237414 



as: CUTE ëN CLEVER; 29025 

Catherwood Ct. Agoura Hills, CA 


ISTERED OWNER(S) Beverly Higgins, 

29025 Catherwood Ct. Agoura 

Hills, CA 91301. THIS BUSINESS IS 







correct. /s/: Beverly Higgins. TITLE: 

























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018248369 



TAGGED SHIRTS; 639 N. Broadway 

Unit 609 Los Angeles, CA 90012. 


OWNER(S) Christopher Najmi, 639 

N. Broadway Unit 609 Los Angeles, 







this statement is true and correct. /s/: 

Christopher Najmi. TITLE: Owner. 

























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018228407 



as: BARTHOLOMEW METHOD 

WELLNESS; 830 Traction Ave., 

3rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013. 


OWNER(S) Sean Bartholomew, 830 

Traction Ave., 3rd Floor Los Angeles, 







this statement is true and correct. /s/: 

Sean Bartholomew. TITLE: Owner. 

























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018240990 



as: SLAM TECH SOLUTIONS; 

21509 Craig Ct. Carson, CA 90745. 


OWNER(S) Steven Lam, 21509 Craig 

Ct. Carson, CA 90745. THIS BUSI- 

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 






and correct. /s/: Steven Lam. TITLE: 















SENSUAL MASSAGE 

RAVISHING REDHEAD 

Enjoy an exotic rubdown in pleasant 

comfortable surroundings. Call 

(818) 799-7575 

TOP LESS HAIR STYLIST 

Greatest Hair cuts & Great Fun! 

Call (818) 799-7575 

THAI LADY MASSAGE IN 

SOUTH PASADENA 10AM - 10PM 

(909) 323-9853 

WONDERFUL MASSAGE EL MONTE 

Beauty, Clean & Private with shower 

Great Massage, Stress Relief ½ hr $30, 

1 hr $40. Relaxation. Call Karen 

(626) 409-4288 

Instagram:@lekaren25 

PRETTY MASSAGE 

(626) 803 - 7108 












10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018240001 



as: KTS CAREER COACHING; 1751 

Colorado Blvd., #321 Los Angeles, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Karen Suarez, 

1715 Las Flores Drive Los Angeles, 






on: N/A. I declare that all information 


/s/: Karen Suarez. TITLE: Owner. 

























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018228418 



as: ANGIE MITCHELL FITNESS, 

ANGIEMITCHELLFITNESS, ANGI- 

EMITCHELL FITNESS; 11254 Huston 

St., Apt. 104 North Hollywood, CA 


ISTERED OWNER(S) Angela Mitchell 

Rodriguez, 11254 Huston St., Apt. 

104 North Hollywood, CA 91601. 


BY an Individual. The registrant 






Angela Mitchell Rodriguez. TITLE: 

























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018228156 



as: LWB POTTERY; 2091 Huntington 

Dr. South Pasadena, CA 91030. 


OWNER(S) Lynn Warnesky-Baker, 

2091 Huntington Dr. South Pasadena, 








/s/: Lynn Warnesky-Baker. TITLE: 

























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018246621 

Type of Filing: Amended The following 


as: SISCO SOLUTIONS, PASADE- 

NAPORPERTYINSPECTIONS.COM; 

518 Hathaway Ave. Monterey Park, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Warren 

Sisco, 518 Hathaway Ave. Monterey 

Park, CA 91754. THIS BUSINESS IS 







/s/: Warren Sisco. TITLE: Owner. 

























10/11/18, 10/18/18, 10/25/18 



2018250443 



as: HOUSE OF VFS; 747 Zanja St. 

Pasadena, CA 91103, PO Box 93905 

Pasadena, CA 91109. COUNTY: Los 


Peggy Ann Names, 747 Zanja St. 

Pasadena, CA 91103. THIS BUSI- 



to transact business under the 

Fictitious Business Name or names 

listed above on: N/A. I declare that all 


and correct. /s/: Peggy Ann Names. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement was 

fi led with the LA County Clerk on: 

October 2, 2018. NOTICE in accordance 

with subdivision (a) of Section 

17920, a Fictitious Name Statement 

generally expires at the end of fi ve 

years from the date on which it was 

fi led in the offi ce of the county clerk, 

except, as provided in subdivision 

(b) of Section 17920, where it expires 

40 days after any change in the facts 

set forth in the statement pursuant to 

Section 17913 other than a change in 

the residence address of a registered 

owner. a new Fictitious Business 

Name statement must be fi led before 

the expiration. The fi ling of this statement 

does not of itself authorize the 

use in this state of a Fictitious Business 

Name in violation of the rights 

of another under federal, state, or 

common law (see Section 14411 

et seq., business and professions 

code). Publish: Pasadena Weekly. 

Dates: 10/4/18, 10/11/18, 10/18/18, 

10/25/18 



2018253265 



as: LIGHT AND DARK IMAGINATION; 

1107 Fair Oaks Avenue #61 South 



Jennifer Maimone, 3917 Lowell 

Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90032. 








Jennifer Maimone. TITLE: Owner. 


County Clerk on: October 5, 2018. 



Name Statement generally expires at 




















11/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018241792 



as: WHITE WOLF MAGIK; 1416 S. 

Alamitas Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016. 


TERED OWNER(S) Susan Hoskinson, 

1416 S. Alamitas Ave. Monrovia, 








/s/: Susan Hoskinson. TITLE: 

























10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018252026 



CHANGE REACTION; 6239 Strickland 

Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90042. 


OWNER(S) Adela Vangelisti and 

John Tristan Vangelisti, 6239 Strickland 

Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90042. 

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY 

a General Partnership. The registrant 






John Tristan Vangelisti. TITLE: General 

Partner. This statement was fi led 

with the LA County Clerk on: October 























10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018238337 



as: EDS CONSULTING; 2809 

El Nino Drive Altadena, CA 91001. 


TERED OWNER(S) Elva Delia Sandoval, 

2809 El Nino Drive Altadena, 








/s/: Elva Delia Sandoval. TITLE: 

























10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018250645 



as: R. ARCH; 2936 Walton Ave. Los 

Angeles, CA 90007. COUNTY: Los 



Roberto Ramirez, 2936 Walton Ave. 

Los Angeles, CA 90007. THIS BUSI- 





above on: N/A. I declare that all information 


correct. /s/: Roberto Ramirez. TITLE: 


the LA County Clerk on: October 2, 






offi ce of the county clerk, except, 

as provided in subdivision (b) of 

Section 17920, where it expires 40 

days after any change in the facts 

set forth in the statement pursuant 

to Section 17913 other than a change 

in the residence address of a registered 


Name statement must be fi led 

before the expiration. The fi ling of 

this statement does not of itself authorize 

the use in this state of a Fictitious 

Business Name in violation of 

the rights of another under federal, 

state, or common law (see Section 

14411 et seq., business and professions 

code). Publish: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 10/11/18, 11/18/18, 

10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018252738 


person(s) is (are) doing 

business as: ALLEYCAT APPAREL; 

1360 Arroyo Dr. Monterey Park, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Marianela 

Lopez, 1360 Arroyo Dr. Monterey 








correct. /s/: Marianela Lopez. TITLE: 

























Weekly. Dates: 10/11/18, 11/18/18, 

10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018252736 



as: M.C PATTERN DESIGN, 

L.A PATTERN AND PRODUCTION; 

1360 Arroyo Dr. Monterey Park, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Marianela 

Lopez, 1360 Arroyo Dr. Monterey 








correct. /s/: Marianela Lopez. TITLE: 

























Weekly. Dates: 10/11/18, 11/18/18, 

10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018229345 



as: KBH INSURANCE SERVICES; 

19634 Ventura Blvd., Suite 102 

Tarzana, CA 91356. COUNTY: Los 


Hasmig Boyajian, 20051 Ingomar 

Street Canoga Park, CA 91306. 

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY 

an Individual. The registrant commenced 





is true and correct. /s/: Hasmig Boyajian. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement 

























11/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18 


NAME STATEMENT FILE 

NO. 2018 

250044 Type of Filing: Original. The 

following person(s) is (are) doing 

business as: TRANSPORT ASSIST. 

2693 E. Washington Blvd., Ste. B 


Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 3557115. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Transport 

Assist, 2693 E. Washington Blvd., 

Ste. B Pasadena, CA 91107. State 





under the fi ctitious business name 



statement is true and correct. /s/ Kenon 

Calhoun. TITLE: Vice President, 

Corp or LLC Name: Transport Assist. 


County Clerk on: October 2, 2018. 



Name statement generally expires at 




















10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018252228 



as: UNDISCOVERED TAX; 21701 

Parthenia St., Apt. 202 Canoga Park, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Tuan Hoang, 

21701 Parthenia St., Apt. 202 

Canoga Park, CA 91304. THIS BUSI- 







and correct. /s/: Tuan Hoang. TITLE: 

























Weekly. Dates: 10/11/18, 10/18/18, 

10/25/18, 11/1/18 



2018226014 



as: LOVE YOUR HOOD CLOTH- 

ING COMPANY, LYH CLOTHING 

COMPANY; 13745 Hanwell Ave. 

Bellfl ower, CA 90706. COUNTY: Los 


Manuel Frank Gonzalez IV, 13745 

Hanwell Ave. Bellfl ower, CA 90706. 





or names listed above on: N/A. I 

declare that all information in this 


Manuel Frank Gonzalez IV. TITLE: 

















the expiration. The fi ling of this 

statement does not of itself authorize 


Business Name in violation of the 

rights of another under federal, state, 

or common law (see Section 14411 



Dates: 10/4/18, 10/11/18, 10/18/18, 

10/25/18 

STATEMENT OF 

ABANDONMENT OF USE 

OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

NAME FILE NO: 2018-240714 

FILE NO: 2017-258079 DATE FILED: 

09/12/2017. Name of Business(es) 

PACIFIC COCO, 145 N. Earle St., San 

Gabriel, CA 91775. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S): Kenneth Terauchi and 

David Si Kwong, 145 N. Earle St. San 

Gabriel, CA 91775. Business was 

conducted by an Individual. I declare 


is true and correct. (A registrant who 

declares as true information which 

he or she knows to be false is guilty 

of a crime.) REGISTRANTS NAMES/ 

CORP/LLC (PRINT) Kenneth Terauchi 

TITLE: Partner. If corporation, 

also print corporate title of offi cer. If 

LLC, also print tile of offi cer or manager. 

This statement was fi led with 

the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES 

County on the date indicated by the 

fi led stamp in the upper right corner: 

September 21, 2018. I HEREBY 

CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A 

CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL 

STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OF- 

FICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, LOS ANGE- 

LES COUNTY CLERK by: J Correa, 

Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly. 

Dates: 10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18, 

11/8/18 



2018255218 



as: SHIKA LAW; 10880 Wilshire 

Blvd., Suite 1101 Los Angeles, CA 

90024. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Tomoyuki 

Shikanai, 10978 Wilkins Ave., Apt. B 

Los Angeles, CA 90024. THIS BUSI- 







and correct. /s/: Tomoyuki Shikanai. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement was 

fi led with the LA County Clerk on: 

October 9, 2018, 2018. NOTICE in 























10/25/18, 11/1/18, 11/8/18 



2018257982 



as: TAROTARTS, TAROT ARTS; 962 

East Woodbury Rd., Pasadena, CA 

91104. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Philip 

Gibson and William Tora, 962 East 

Woodbury Rd., Suite 534 Pasadena, 


DUCTED BY a General Partnership. 

The registrant commenced to transact 

business under the Fictitious 




and correct. /s/: William Toro. TITLE: 

Partner. This statement was fi led 

with the LA County Clerk on: October 























Dates: 10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18, 

11/8/18 



2018247521 



as: PURE SURGERY CENTER. 

542 S. Fair Oaks Avenue Pasadena, 

CA 91105, 1510 S. Central Avenue 

Ste. 120 Glendale, CA 91204. 




OWNER(S) Spirit Medical Management, 

Inc., 1510 S. Central Avenue 

Ste. 120 Glendale, CA 91204. State 





under the fi ctitious business name 

or names listed above on: N/A. I 

declare that all information in this 

statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Kazuyo Blaine. TITLE: Secretary, 

Corp or LLC Name: Spirit Medical 

Management, Inc. This statement 

























10/25/18, 11/1/18, 11/8/18 



2018259022 



DIRECT EVOLUTION FILMS; 1621 

Lyndon St., Apt. C South Pasadena, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Xuhong 

Jia, 1621 Lyndon St., Apt. C South 

Pasadena, CA 91030. THIS BUSI- 







and correct. /s/: Xuhong Jia. TITLE: 

























Dates: 10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18, 

11/8/18 



2018251887 



as: SWEET PARAKEET; 7712 

Ventura Cyn., Ave. Van Nuys, CA 


ISTERED OWNER(S) Leslie Huber- 

Yedlin, 7712 Ventura Cyn. Ave., 

Van Nuys, CA 91402, Melody Urieli, 

5002 Tilden Ave., #105 Sherman 

Oaks, CA 91423. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. 

The registrant commenced to 

transact business under the Fictitious 

Business Name or names 

listed above on: N/A. I declare that 

all information in this statement is 

true and correct. /s/: Leslie Huber- 

Yedlin. TITLE: Partner. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County 

Clerk on: October 3, 2018. NOTICE 

– in accordance with subdivision 


Name Statement generally expires 

at the end of fi ve years from the date 

on which it was fi led in the offi ce of 

the county clerk, except, as provided 

in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, 
















10/25/18, 11/1/18, 11/8/18 



2018241964 



as: VANROD OMNIARTS; 5262 Craner 

Ave. #2 Los Angeles, CA 91601, 

3727 W. Magnolia Blvd., #186 

Burbank, CA 91505. COUNTY: Los 


Lorraine Vanrod, 5262 Craner Ave. 

#2 Los Angeles, CA 91601. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY 

an Individual. The registrant commenced 





is true and correct. /s/: Lorraine Vanrod. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement 



– in accordance with subdivision 


Name Statement generally expires 

at the end of fi ve years from the date 

on which it was fi led in the offi ce of 

the county clerk, except, as provided 

in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, 
















10/25/18, 11/1/18, 11/8/18 



2018257058 



as: KOLEKTIBO ARKIPELAGO; 422 

El Centro St., Unit A South Pasadena, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christopher 

Angelo Perez Yniguez and 

Stacie Anne Escario Yniguez, 422 El 

Centro St., Unit A South Pasadena, 


DUCTED BY a Married Couple. The 






/s/: Christopher Angelo Perez Yniguez. 

TITLE: Husband. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County 

Clerk on: October 11, 2018. NOTICE 

– in accordance with subdivision (a) 






















10/25/18, 11/1/18, 11/8/18 



2018251827 



as: SIX2SIX COOKIE CO.; 95 South 

Quigley Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107. 


TERED OWNER(S) Amy Keoroghlian, 

95 South Quigley Ave. Pasadena, 








/s/: Amy Keoroghlian. TITLE: 



2018. NOTICE – in accordance with 






















Dates: 10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18, 

11/8/18 



2018260199 



as: INTENTIONE MOTUS TRAIN- 

ING.; 625 E. Del Mar Blvd., #206 



Daniel Armando Argueta, 625 E. 

Del Mar Blvd., #206 Pasadena, CA 

91101. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY an Individual. The 






/s/: Daniel Armando Argueta. TITLE: 

























Dates: 10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18, 

11/8/18 



2018256810 



as: FHEARGHUIS.; 6910 N. 

Willard Ave. San Gabriel, CA 91775. 


TERED OWNER(S) Mark A. Ferguson, 

6910 N. Willard Ave. San Gabriel, 








/s/: Mark A. Ferguson. TITLE: 

























Dates: 10/18/18, 10/25/18, 11/1/18, 

11/8/18 


8 

CHOICE 

THURSDAY 10.18.18 

The Blue Guitar at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents Mark Goldenberg, Adam Levy 

and Frank Potenza at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, $15 for table seating, 

available at blueguitar.club. 

EVENTS 

FOR THE WEEK OF 

10.18–10.25 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

FRIDAY 10.19.18 

SATURDAY 10.20.18 

SUNDAY 10.21.18 

A speakeasy-themed cocktail party, “Putting on the Ritz with the Girl Who Was Too 

Beautiful for Hollywood,” presented by the Pasadena Museum of History and celebrating 

the late actress Barbara La Marr (1896-1926) features live jazz by the John Reynolds Trio, 

adult beverages and appetizers starting at 6 p.m. at the Shakespeare Club, 171 S. Grand Ave., 

Pasadena. Tickets are $25 general public, $20 for Museum members. Tickets must be purchased 

in advance by calling (800) 838-3006 or visiting barbaralamarr.brownpapertickets.com. 

The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents “The Complete Works of William 

Shakespeare (abridged) (revised),” an irreverent romp through all 37 of the Bard’s plays 

in 97 minutes, starting at 8 p.m. in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 332 S. Wilson Ave., 

Pasadena. Tickets are $10 to $49. Call (626) 395-4652 or visit events.caltech.edu. 

“Laugh 4 A Cause: Maz Jobrani and Friends” is a fundraiser for the Adventist Health Glendale Cancer Care 

Guild, featuring Jobrani, K-von, Don Friesen and Lory Tatoulian starting at 6 p.m. at the Alex Theatre, 216 

N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tickets are $25 to $100. Call (818) 243-2539 or visit alextheatre.org. 

MONDAY 10.22.18 

TUESDAY 10.23.18 

WEDNESDAY 10.24.18 

THURSDAY 10.25.18 

The Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents a free 

staged reading of “The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez at 7 p.m. This is the story of 

a wounded Jewish Confederate veteran returning home following the Civil War. His home is 

in ruins, but two former slaves are still living there. During the Passover holiday they struggle 

with their shared past and the irony of a Jewish slave owner returning home to new post-war 

realities. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org. 

The Civil War Round Table features historian Ronald C. White, author of biographies of 

Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, discussing “Ulysses S. Grant: A New Vision of 

American Leadership,” an examination of Grant’s leadership abilities, resuscitating Grant’s 

image during the war and his presidency, after the former general became the target of numerous 

personal attacks. It starts at 7:15 p.m. at the Pasadena Public Library’s Central Branch, 

285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, free and open to the public. Visit pasadenacwrt.org. 

Basia Terzetrzelewska performs her global fusion of jazz, pop, Brazilian, Latin and R&B at The Rose, 

245 E. Green St., Pasadena. Doors open at 6 p.m. and Terzetrzelewska starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $24 to $48. 

Call (888) 645-5006 or visit wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com. 

Jeff Dale & the South Woodlawners (jeffdaleblues.com) play rocking Chicago blues, 

starting at 8 p.m. at The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. No cover. Call (626) 500-0021 

or visit themixxpasadena.com.

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