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NOW WHAT? 

With no set plan, school officials 

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Now What? 

With no set plan, Pasadena school officials still want 

their cut of city sales tax funds ASAP. 

— André Coleman 

feature .....................................................................9 

Real Heroes in a Half Shell 

Patagonia’s Old Pas store helps protect desert tortoises — sentinels of the Mojave. 

— Justin Chapman 

life ......................................................................... 11 

Restaurant Review ...................................... 11 

Wheels ..................................................... 14 

Advice ...................................................... 17 

Bulletin ..................................................... 19 

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

Into the Night .............................................23 

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Four In, One Out: City manager selects fi nalists for police chief position 

Villanueva Upsets McDonnell 

Incumbent sheriff voted out of office for the first 

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A VERY PRECIOUS GIFT 

We as a society need to stop 

blaming each other for the ills of 

the country and come together 

in search of answers. We are 

wasting time as the problems 

mount and get worse. 

When you look at the horrified 

faces of children running out of 

a school because of a shooting 

rampage, it is because we failed 

to protect them. 

When young people die while 

having fun at a club, it is because 

we are divided instead of being united for a better cause. 

If we do not act now for the sake of each other, then we will 

lose a very precious gift that was given to us by all those who 

served this nation by being united themselves in great causes. 

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president too, if he so chooses to abolish citizenship for any 

so-called American who fraudulently got himself elected to the 

presidency, and who acts as if he can trade that office in for a 

dictatorship with just a wave of his tiny hand. 

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THE GREEN NEW DEAL 

I’m a 24-year-old software 

engineer, and I am concerned 

that our country does not 

consider its citizen’s lives a 

priority. 

Not long ago the United 

Nations told the world that 

we have 12 years to rid our 

civilization of fossil fuels to 

avoid catastrophic climate 

disaster. 

How do our political 

leaders choose to respond 

to this call for action? It 

seems they see two choices: 

1) follow the president, who 

does not believe in the vast 

majority of scientists who 

have dedicated their entire 

lives toward the subject 

matter, in saying that climate 

change isn’t real, or 2) follow 

Nancy Pelosi and a neoliberal 

agenda in proposing a 

committee with no authority 

to make real actions just to, 

at the surface, appeal to the 

masses. 

However, it turns out that 

there is a less supported yet 

substantially better option. 

We have leaders in our 

country, leaders such as Rep. 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 

who have created a resolution 

to drafted a House Select 

Committee for a Green New 

Deal in Congress. 

The Green New Deal has 

the opportunity to create 

millions of green jobs, rid 

ourselves of fossil fuels and 

become a world leader in 

green energy exports. The 

Green New Deal is our best 

shot at saving our species, all 

the while acting as a massive 

economic stimulus. 

At the time of this writing, 

Ocasio-Cortez’s resolution 

had 10 supporters in 

Congress. If we are to move 

forward as a country and as 

a species, we need Congress 

members everywhere to 

support this action, Congress 

members such as our very 

own Rep. Judy Chu. 

I wonder what side of the 

coin she will be on. 

- SAM BERNDT 

PASADENA 

THE TIME IS NOW 

It’s time to change the 

discourse about climate 

change. We’re facing 

devastating consequences 

due to climate change. I 

support Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s 

resolution to create a House 

Select Committee for a Green 

New Deal in Congress. We 

need a Green New Deal to 

create millions of green jobs, 

move our country off fossil 

fuels, and protect working 

people of all backgrounds. 

Congress members should 

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BY ROBERT M. NELSON AND 

MARGUERITE RENNER 

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU 

WISH FOR 

DEMS MUST BE PATIENT AND FIND COMMON GROUND 

TO CAPITALIZE ON BLUE WAVE 

On election night a slightly blue tide started as a ripple when the news outlets reported 

that the Democrats captured the House. Several days later the momentous tidal wave 

crested. Democrats flipped more than three-dozen House seats, creating the largest 

Democratic shift since the post-Watergate-Nixon scandal more than four decades ago. 

In California, Democrats swept all congressional seats in Orange County, thanks in part 

to the local phone banking and letter-writing efforts of volunteers at many United Democratic 

headquarters around the state. 

President Trump’s pernicious antics sank the GOP. In the aftermath, Trump unraveled. 

He spun the delusion that a GOP pick up of two Senate seats was vindication of his 

administration. 

All groups within the Democratic Party now credit themselves for the victory. Each side 

has its own proposals for traveling the road ahead. 

Let’s be careful when moving forward and remember the adage, “Victory has a thousand 

fathers — defeat is always a bastard child.” 

Forty-four years ago, the inspirational issue to voters was the impeachment of President 

Nixon for his criminal acts while in office. The House voted to impeach. Nixon resigned 

before the Senate could conduct a trial. The post-Watergate Democratic landslide followed. 

Today, many Democrats salivate for a repeat of history. 

While impeachment appears attractive and appropriate, the lessons of history might 

counsel enthusiastic Democrats to be careful of what they wish. 

If Trump is forced to resign, Mike Pence, a real Republican, will ascend to the presidency. 

Pence will then pick someone in his own image as vice president, such as former UN 

Ambassador Nikki Haley. This could create an eight-year Republican succession, assuming a 

Pence-Haley Republican ticket in 2020. 

In January, Democratic control of the House will immunize our country from further 

Republican legislative assaults. Obamacare will survive. Social Security and Medicare will 

be protected. Anti-choice legislation will not pass the Democratic backstop. The House will 

retain Democratic values even if a few turncoat Democrats occasionally vote the other way. 

While Trump has been the most reprehensible of presidents, the cost of surgically 

removing this malignancy is greater than keeping it contained. 

The investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller into foreign interference in Trump’s 

election serves as a containment vessel for Trump’s excesses. In the next few weeks Mueller 

might maintain a low profile, delaying release of the findings until the new Congress is seated. 

Once Mueller’s report becomes public the congressional investigative process will proceed 

under the direction of the House Intelligence Committee, with Rep. Adam Schiff as chair, and 

New York’s Jarrod Nadler as chair of the Judiciary Committee. 

This leaves Trump in office to “twist slowly, slowly in the wind” while the Democrats get 

organized for 2020. 

Locally, re-elected Congressional Democrats Schiff, Judy Chu, Jimmy Gomez and Brad 

Sherman will accumulate another important year of seniority, enhancing their prospects for 

key committee appointments. Freshman Democrat Gil Cisneros (Covina) will lay the first 

brick in his seniority foundation. Assuming the Democrats find a successful presidential 

candidate in 2020, these local representatives will be in line for still greater clout in 

Washington. Time is on their side. 

Democrats can use the next two years to redefine themselves, incorporating lessons 

learned from their Electoral College defeat of 2016. The 2020 Democratic National Committee 

will insist on greater control of resource allocation than the DNC had in 2016. Important 

Democratic strongholds like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin will not be neglected in 

2020. The DNC will press the presidential nominee to reflect the pulse of the party base. 

The campaign of 2016 was a fertile ground for new ideas blossoming in the Democratic 

ranks. Important new concepts that old-line Democrats had ignored were shown to resonate 

with the voters. The 2020 Democrats will reflect these new values such as tuition-free 

higher education at public colleges and universities, a $15 per hour minimum wage, and an 

end to the death penalty. The Democrats will support rejoining the Paris Climate Accord. 

Obamacare will incorporate the concept of “Medicare for All” by adding a “Choose Medicare” 

public option to Obamacare mandatory health insurance. Private insurers will compete with 

Medicare in the marketplace. 

A new vision is on the horizon, but the final coat of paint is still being applied. 

Let’s allow the paint to dry. ■ 

The authors are founding members of the Pasadena Foothills Democratic Club. They are members of the 

California Democratic Party State Central Committee. 


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VILLANUEVA UPSETS 

MCDONNELL 

INCUMBENT SHERIFF VOTED OUT OF 

OFFICE FOR THE FIRST IN MORE THAN A 

CENTURY 

TIME TO PAY UP 

DINE-AND-DASH DATER SENTENCED 

AFTER BEING CAUGHT BY LOCAL 

DETECTIVE 

TALIBAN STRIKES 

THREE US SERVICEMEN KILLED IN 

AFGHANISTAN 

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NOW WHAT? 

WITH NO SET PLAN, PASADENA SCHOOL OFFICIALS STILL 

WANT THEIR CUT OF CITY SALES TAX FUNDS ASAP 

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN 

f Pasadena voters approve a local sales tax measure, 

should the city use two-thirds of the measure’s annual rev- 

to maintain essential city of Pasadena services such 

“Ienue 

as fire, police, paramedics, emergency service/response times; 

keep fire stations open; improve neighborhood and school safety; 

repair streets/sidewalks; address homelessness; maintain afterschool 

programs/senior services; with the remaining 1/3rd of the 

measure’s revenue going to support Pasadena public schools?” 

This extremely wordy question is Measure J, to which an 

overwhelming majority of voters on Nov. 6 said yes. 

Voters in large numbers also approved Measure I, the sales 

tax measure mentioned above, which is expected to raise $21 

million a year for the city. 

But now, more than three weeks since the election, it’s still not 

exactly clear how much money the beleaguered Pasadena Unified 

School District should get from Measure I funds, or when those 

payments will be made. 

Some Board of Education members are demanding their 

yearly cut as soon as possible in order to stave off being taken 

over by the LA County Office of Education (LACOE), and some 

City Council members question whether the financially deficient 

district should get the money without some sort of oversight. 

The City Council is set to vote on an agenda item that could 

advance some Measure I funds to the cash-strapped PUSD, which 

is presently faced with a $10.1 million deficit — a budget gap that 

must be closed by Dec. 17. 

The report on that highly anticipated council agenda item 

was not released by press time, but the item could include some 

type of accountability measure which will require oversight of 

the district’s handling of the money. It will also likely include a 

clause that will allow the city to cease payments once the district 

is financially stable, according to a recommendation made by 

City Manager Steve Mermell in a previously issued report on 

Measures I and J. 

FOUR IN, ONE OUT 

CITY MANAGER SELECTS 

FINALISTS FOR POLICE CHIEF 

POSITION 

The search for the city’s next police chief 

has been narrowed down to four finalists. 

According to City Manager Steve Mermell, 

all four of the candidates are serving 

at a commander level or above in their 

respective departments. 

“I’m very honored to be considered 

for the position,” said Interim Police Chief 

John Perez, who confirmed he is a finalist. 

The names of the other finalists could 

not be confirmed before the Pasadena 

Weekly went to press. 

Former police Lt. Phlunte Riddle, who 

once served as the chief’s adjutant, was 

eliminated from the process without receiving 

an interview, despite serving on the 

force for 28 years before retiring in 2012. 

“It goes without saying that I am disappointed 

by the decision to not allow me 

an interview for the position,” Riddle said. 

“Not only am I qualified and have the equivalent 

experience per the job description, 

but I know I would have made a significant 

contribution to the Police Department and 

the Pasadena community at large.” 

In December, the candidates will 

undergo another round of interviews by a 

panel of community members, followed 

by an additional round of interviews with 

Mermell. 

Perez, 52, has served with the department 

since 1988. He took over as chief 

temporarily with the retirement of former 

Chief Phillip Sanchez in April. Perez, a 

commander, has a master’s degree in behavioral 

science and a doctorate in public 

administration. 

Since taking over, he has made several 

moves that have been lauded by many in 

the community. Under Perez’s leadership 

the department added to the body-worn 

camera policy to allow the release of footage 

of critical incidents no more than 45 

days following an incident. 

In July, Perez named a community advisory 

committee which includes some of 

the department’s staunchest critics. That 

committee will re-evaluate changes to the 

body-worn camera policy. 

So far this year there have been 14 useof-force 

incidents, compared to 26 at this 

time in 2017. 

Along with fewer force-related encounters, 

the number of citizen complaints 

about police use of force has also dropped, 

from 19 at this time last year to six this 

year. 

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BRIEFS 

VILLANUEVA UPSETS 

MCDONNELL 

INCUMBENT SHERIFF VOTED OUT OF 

OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE 

THAN A CENTURY 


Lt. Alex Villanueva 

In a stunning upset, former Lt. Alex Villanueva will 

become the next sheriff of Los Angeles County. 

Villanueva leads current Sheriff Jim McDonnell by 125,878 votes, according 

to the latest vote count released on Tuesday. He becomes the first 

candidate to oust an incumbent sheriff in more than a century. 

According to results released Monday by the County Registrar- Recorder/ 

County Clerk’s Office, Villanueva leads McDonnell with 1,277,340 votes. 

McDonnell so far has only garnered 1,151,462 votes. 

McDonnell conceded defeat on Monday. 

“We are in the process of arranging an orderly transition and a series of 

briefings to assist the new administration and it is my hope that the sheriffelect 

will come to his new position with an open mind. The honor of serving 

as the LA County sheriff is one like no other in law enforcement,” said 

McDonnell. 

There are only about 100,000 provisional ballots left to be counted, according 

to the registrar’s office. Villanueva is expected to be sworn in next 

week. 

Villanueva has vowed to kick federal Immigration and Custom Enforcement 

(ICE) agents out of LA County jails. 

Villanueva attended an event sponsored by the West Hollywood Democrats 

shortly after McDonnell called him to concede. During that appearance 

he talked about changes he planned to make in the department. 

“We’re going to have a new command staff,” he said, according to KABC- 

Channel 7 News. “We’re going to have a whole new look of the department, 

physically. Come January, you’re going to see a whole new look for the 

sheriff’s department in terms of uniforms the deputies will use on patrol, Our 

recruitment efforts, you’re going to see how we’re going to change our course 

of action. We’re going to start recruiting locally instead of nationally.” 

Villanueva retired from the department in February after more than 30 

years on the job. He last worked as a watch commander at the sheriff’s Pico 

Rivera station, overseeing station deputies. He has never held a command 

position inside the department. 

McDonnell, the former chief of Long Beach police and a 29-year veteran of 

the Los Angeles Police Department, was elected in a landslide four years ago, 

pledging reform in the wake of a jail abuse and corruption scandal that led 

to the conviction of dozens of deputies and some of the top brass, including 

former Sheriff Lee Baca and former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka. n 

TIME TO PAY UP 

DINE-AND-DASH DATER SENTENCED 

AFTER BEING CAUGHT BY LOCAL 

DETECTIVE 


A judge sentenced dine-and-dasher dater Paul 

Guadalupe Gonzales to 120 days in jail last Monday 

for defrauding an innkeeper in connection with luring 

Paul Guadalupe 

Gonzales 

several women he met online to expensive restaurants in Pasadena and other 

communities and skipping out on the bill. 

Pasadena Police Detective Victor Cass, who occasionally writes for the 

Pasadena Weekly, testified that he arrested Gonzales on Aug. 25 in Old 

Pasadena after recognizing him. 

According to patch.com, Gonzales told Cass that he used to have a highpaying 

sales job. Gonzales allegedly said he now has no money and suffers 

from physical ailments, explaining that the only way he ever feels better is by 

eating really good food, according to the detective. 

“He stated that he could not afford to eat in the manner that he was used 

to eating,” Cass testified. 

Gonzales initially served just under a month behind bars before being 

released on $100,000 bond following Superior Court Judge Darrell Mavis’ 

decision to dismiss eight felony counts of extortion and two felony counts 

of attempted extortion. Mavis said he did not dispute that the women 

Gonzales abandoned at restaurants were victims, but did not identify a crime 

committed against them. 

Seven women testified that they were embarrassed and believed they 

had no choice but to pay the bill at restaurants in Pasadena, Long Beach 

and Beverly Hills — ranging from under $100 to as much as $250 — after 

Gonzales left the restaurant unbeknownst to them, according to Patch. 

Deputy Public Defender Salvador Salgado argued during the preliminary 

hearing that the extortion-related charges were exaggerated and claimed 

the real victim of a person walking out on a check is the restaurant, not the 

women who were abandoned at the table. n 

NOW WHAT? 

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 

“What LACOE wants is a 

promise from the council and a 

date and an amount. What the 

PUSD wants is an agreement from 

the council to show LACOE,” 

PUSD Board member Patrick 

Cahalan said at the Nov. 19 City 

Council meeting. 

“Should the takeover happen, 

you will be blamed,” Cahalan told 

the council. 

Councilman Steve Madison 

stressed the council is under 

no obligation to meet LACOE 

demands. 

“Their deadline is not our 

responsibility,” Madison said. 

According to the report 

prepared by Mermell, city officials 

and PUSD’s executive leadership team had a joint 

conversation on Nov. 8 with LACOE officials to 

determine under what conditions the district could 

count revenues anticipated to be received as a 

result of Measure J toward its 3 percent reserve 

requirements. 

LACOE made it clear that it would only accept 

budget reductions or specific revenues that can be 

relied upon. 

LACOE officials also said they would only accept 

a formal agreement with the city and will not accept 

a resolution of intent. 

Therefore, even if the city is willing to move 

expeditiously, there is no guarantee of acceptance 

by LACOE in lieu of further district budget 

reductions in time to meet the Dec. 17 deadline. 

LACOE is in the “driver’s seat,” wrote Mermell, and 

ultimately will decide what is and is not acceptable. 

In his report, Mermell also said the district 

still needs to make cuts to cover costs incurred by 

special education programs to prevent LACOE from 

taking over the district. 

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. 

“Unless even further actions are taken, the 

district is unlikely to evidence a 3 percent reserve 

for fiscal year 2020-2021 by the time it submits 

its fiscal plan which is required by Dec. 17 thus 

triggering intervention by LACOE,” Mermell wrote. 

According to Mermell’s report, a formal 

agreement between the city and the PUSD would be 

predicated on the district agreeing to prioritize the 

use of the funds to meet state-mandatory reserve 

requirements. 

Also as part of any agreement, on or about the 

first day of each fiscal year during the term of the 

agreement the city would advance the district an 

initial amount of funding well under the anticipated 

THE COUNT 

As of Monday, 3,036 days after the war in Afghanistan ended … 

2,227 

American military 

service members 

(3 more 

than last week) 

were reported 

killed in Afghanistan 

since 

the war began in 

2001, according to 

The Associated Press. 

3 

US service members 

were killed and 3 

others wounded 

on Tuesday by 

an improvised 

explosive device 

in Afghanistan. 

The Taliban claimed 

responsibility for the 

ambush, according to CNN. 

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amount of revenue, Mermell wrote 

in his report. At the end of the fiscal 

year, once the city has received 

a final accounting from the 

California Department of Tax and 

Fee Administration, the city would 

provide a payment to the district 

for the balance of funds. The fiscal 

year ends June 30. 

The agreement could have a 

fixed initial term of perhaps three 

years or could automatically 

renew annually unless otherwise 

terminated. Once the district is 

financially solvent and able to meet 

its 3 percent reserve annually, the 

city could end the agreement, or 

the transfer of funds could occur 

annually as part of the city’s normal 

budgetary process, Mermell wrote. The process 

would be similar to annual transfers from the city’s 

power and light fund to the city’s general fund. 

The City Council and the Board of Education 

may also establish an ad-hoc committee comprised 

of no more than three members from each body 

to enhance coordination between the city and 

the district to review the district’s progress in 

achieving fiscal stability. 

Councilman Victor Gordo said the city would be 

making a big mistake if it did not find a way to help 

the school district. 

“If we lose control of the district after this 

tremendous mandate from the voters that would be 

a tremendous mistake for the council,” Gordo said. 

“Voters intended that we keep local control.” 

Local residents also told the council they 

wanted the city to honor the spending priorities laid 

out in Measure J. 

“I am confident that we can at least agree on 

the fact that strong public schools are in the best 

interest of virtually all of our city, and thus I am 

confident that you will stand not to continue 

sending messages of belittling distrust public 

education’s way, but rather with voters to do the 

right thing by finally choosing to work together 

on the difficult task of providing for all of our 

children,” said Mike Severa, who spoke during the 

Nov. 19 meeting. 

The district has been in a state of declining 

enrollment due to rising housing prices and 

apartment rent increases in Pasadena that have left 

many lower income families unable to live in PUSD 

communities — Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra 

Madre. 

The problem has been compounded by 

state-mandated increases in district retirement 

contributions. Health benefits are also likely to 

increase over the next three years beyond the 

district’s projections, due to the dismantling of the 

Affordable Care Act. n 

1 

radio host who satirized ISIS 

was fatally shot on 

Friday in Syria. Raed 

Al Fares was hunted 

by the extremist 

group. The activist 

saw radio as a way 

to spread awareness, 

according to CNN. 

5 

people were killed and 16 

others wounded in in Iraq 

on Nov. 18 when a car 

bomb exploded. The 

car was parked near 

a restaurant, Reuters 

reported. The blast set 

nearly a dozen vehicles 

on fire. 

— Compiled by 

André Coleman 


Real Heroes in 

a Half Shell 

PATAGONIA’S OLD PAS STORE HELPS PROTECT 

DESERT TORTOISES — SENTINELS OF THE MOJAVE 

BY JUSTIN CHAPMAN 

The tortoise population in the Mojave Desert is under threat. The main culprit? 

Humans. 

Transition Habitat Conservancy (THC), told a packed house during a 

presentation on Nov. 9 at Patagonia’s store in Old Pasadena about threats 

desert tortoises face and ongoing conservation efforts. Founded in Ventura, 

Patagonia sells sustainable outdoor clothing and gear for travel, climbing, 

trail running, hiking, fly fishing and snow sports. 

Last year, Patagonia’s Pasadena store selected THC as one of 

its grantees in its Action Works Retail Grants Program to help 

support their tortoise conservation efforts. The $9,500 annual 

grant goes toward THC’s native food gardens, a low-cost and 

low-effort habitat enhancement project that helps assist 

tortoise survival. 

“Patagonia is an amazingly philanthropic corporation,” 

said Hanford. “They’re really showing how a business 

could be run. They do a request for proposals for grants 

and then the staff at that store looks through them and 

picks what they want. They want to be told of an environmental 

or climate problem, and what we might do to help 

it. They were not interested in funding a research grant; they 

want boots-on-the-ground impact, tipping the scales toward 

assisting the environment.” 

Romeo Lodia, who runs the grants program at the Pasadena 

store, said each Patagonia store gets a fixed budget from the parent 

company per fiscal year, which runs from May through April. Organizations 

that apply through Patagonia’s website get funneled to the store 

closest to where they operate. Lodia said the Pasadena store selected THC 

for a grant last fiscal year and this fiscal year, which runs through April. 

“It’s a democratic process,” Lodia said. “Each employee for that specific fiscal 

year gets to vote on the proposal and then we come up with a good number 

as far as the amount to give that group.” 

PHOTO:Mercedes Blackehart 

NEARLY EXTINCT 

The native food garden project involves angling corrugated metal sheets on the 

desert floor to concentrate falling water into one area to trigger native annuals to bloom, 

a main staple in the tortoise’s diet, rather than invasive plants. The result is that the target 

area receives more moisture at up to a 10:1 ratio. 

“We’re always thinking of these outside-the-box approaches to help the tortoises,” said 

Hanford. “To our knowledge, nothing like this has ever been done. We were going for a lowcost, 

low-management solution. It wouldn’t be that effective if we came up with this expensive, 

labor-intensive way to save the tortoises because who’s going to do it? The idea is to give the tortoises 

a leg up in these really trying times.” 

Patagonia Pasadena’s 12 other grantees include local environmental organizations, such as the Arroyo 

Seco Foundation and the Arroyo & Foothills Conservancy. THC, headquartered in Piñon Hills near 

Palmdale on the other side of the Angeles National Forest from Pasadena, is a nonprofit organization that 

focuses on land acquisitions and habitat stewardship in the West Mojave Desert. The conservancy has acquired 

over 7,000 acres of land and works to improve thousands of additional acres in Southern California. 

The California desert tortoise, or Gopherus agassizii, is the official state reptile and functions as a flagship, 

umbrella and indicator species found in southeastern California, western Arizona, southern Nevada 

and southwestern Utah. Along with Gopherus morafkai, found east of the Colorado River in Arizona and in 

the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa, the two desert tortoise species inform scientists about the health 

of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts — and the prognosis isn’t good. 

Before white settlers arrived in the Southwest, there were between 50 to 300 desert tortoises per square 



Cody Hanford, executive director of 

Transition Habitat Conservancy 

REAL HEROES IN A HALF SHELL 


mile. Now there are fewer than five on average per square mile, and often less than 

that. The population has decreased by 90 percent since the 1980s. They are effectively 

extinct in certain historic territories such as the Victorville, Palmdale and 

Lancaster areas. They have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered 

Species Act since 1990, making it illegal to harass, collect or harm tortoises 

with penalties of up to $50,000 in fines and one year in prison. Military bases in the 

desert all have tortoise conservation programs because of its federally protected 

status. 

“The tortoise tells us so much about the health of the desert,” said Dr. Kristin 

Berry, a research biologist and ecologist specializing in desert tortoises who works 

for the US Geological Survey. “It’s a sentinel of the well-being of our environment. 

The tortoise can be spokesanimal, so to speak, for the desert.” 

HUMAN THREAT 

Berry’s remarks were part of the Mojave Project, an experimental transmedia 

documentary led by Kim Stringfellow, an associate professor at San Diego State 

University, exploring the physical, geological and cultural landscape of the Mojave 

Desert. The Mojave Project is part of Fulcrum Arts’ EMERGE Program, formerly 

known as the Pasadena Arts Council and still based in Pasadena. Stringfellow 

wrote in a KCET article that Berry is “the person perhaps most credited with gaining 

protection of Gopherus agassizii under the federal Endangered Species Act. 

“Urbanization, mining, agriculture, livestock grazing, tract home subdivisions, 

military land use, industrial solar and wind installations and recreational spillover 

from greater Los Angeles is rampant [in the desert],” wrote Stringfellow. “The issue 

[of livestock on tortoise habitat land] ignited the 2014 Cliven Bundy standoff in Bunkerville, 

Nevada, when rancher Bundy — who stopped paying grazing fees to the 

federal government in 1993, while continuing to illegally graze his cattle on public 

land — refused to remove them from the Gold Butte area of southern Nevada. The 

[Bureau of Land Management’s] planned roundup of his livestock backfired when 

armed militia groups and individuals showed up in support of Bundy, eventually 

forcing authorities to release 300 of his confiscated cattle back onto public land on 

April 12, 2014.” 

There are many reasons for the tortoise’s decline, all of them directly or indirectly 

related to humans. Respiratory disease is the primary culprit; tortoises 

in captivity that are released back into the wild spread bacteria that makes wild 

tortoises lose their appetite and sense of smell. Poaching, cattle grazing and the 

increasing development of desert towns, roads, power lines and industrial wind and 

solar panels also threaten their habitat. Translocating tortoises has also been found 

to be disruptive and ineffective. 

The popularity of Off-Highway Vehicles (OHVs) such as dirt bikes and quads 

has exploded in the last 20 years, especially in tortoise habitat areas. And climate 

change is making conditions too hot and dry, even in the desert. 

Ravens are particularly challenging. The nonnative birds, which eat baby tortoises, 

have increased in the desert by 1,000 percent since the 1970s. There is a 95 

percent mortality rate in the tortoise’s first five years of life, because they have to 

live to six in order for their shells to be raven-proof. Ravens have increasingly been 

subsidized in the desert by humans, who leave trash and build power lines where 

they nest. 

PROTECTING ‘MINI-DINOSAURS’ 

Hanford said THC and many other conservation groups are working to mitigate 

the impacts of these threats to desert tortoises, which he calls “mini-dinosaurs.” 

Indeed, the turtle form dates back 220 million years to the late Triassic Period. Wild 

desert tortoises can live up to 50 years and captive tortoises can live to 100. They 

hibernate from about October to March every year and spend up to 98 percent of 

their lives underground in burrows that they dig, which help support about 30 other 

species such as lizards, snakes and rabbits. Their extinction “would have a ripple 

effect across the desert,” said Hanford. 

In addition to purchasing land to permanently conserve, THC works closely with 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), other government agencies and other tortoise 

conservation groups to come up with creative solutions to protect this critical 

species. Those solutions include placing solar and wind installations in areas of the 

desert that are already disrupted, rather than disrupting new areas; erasing unofficial 

dirt roads that OHVs create; and using a 3D printer to create fake baby tortoise 

shells to discourage ravens from eating them. 

Hanford, originally from Tennessee, has been doing desert conservation work 

in California since 2003. He led desert restoration crews for the Student Conservation 

Association and worked as an environmental and land acquisition consultant 

for nonprofits, land trusts and federal, state and local agencies. In 2015, he started 

working fulltime for THC and became the conservancy’s executive director in 2016. 

CONSERVATION AMBASSADORS 

There are several steps that visitors to the desert can take to minimize their 

impact on tortoises, Hanford said. 

“First, do no harm,” he said. “Assume that if you’re in the Mojave Desert, you’re 

in tortoise habitat. Drive very carefully, and on official roads only. Don’t rescue 

tortoises that don’t need rescuing. Zoos and national parks are handed tortoises all 

the time by seemingly well-intentioned folks. Move it if it’s on the highway, but once 

you’ve taken it into your car, that tortoise is probably not going to be in the wild 

anymore, which is a loss for them. Consider your impacts with ravens: your trash 

subsidizes them. And finally, vote with the environment in mind.” 

Hanford and other tortoise experts also recommend adopting tortoises that are 

already in captivity. Captive desert tortoises cannot be returned to the wild because 

they develop and spread respiratory diseases. 

“Adopting tortoises is not going to save the tortoises in the wild, but what it 

does do is it keeps their spirit and plight alive and front and center,” said Hanford. 

“People get exposure to them, so they serve as ambassadors.” 

About 200 desert tortoises need to be adopted in Southern California, according 

to Linda Crawford, adoptions chair of the Foothills Chapter of the California Turtle & 

Tortoise Club, which coordinates adoptions in San Gabriel Valley. That chapter meets 

at 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Friday of every month in the Palm Room at the LA County 

Arboretum, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Learn more at tortoise.org/foothill. ■ 

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• LIFE • 

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Millie’s Café 

1399 E. Washington Blvd., 

Pasadena 

(626) 486-2407 

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IT’S ‘CRASH’ NOT 

‘ACCIDENT’ 

GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO STOP 

USING THE WORD ‘ACCIDENT’ IN 

TRAFFIC CRASHES TAKES HOLD 

P. 14 

“LIFE IS NEVER COMPLETELY WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES."- STAN LEE 

EMOTIONAL 

REATTACHMENT 

BONDING WITH SON’S YOUNG 

STEPSON REQUIRES MORE WORK 

ON GRANDMA’S PART 

P. 17 

Blueberry French Toast 

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Alexander’s Steakhouse welcomes you to experience American 

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Breakfast 

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MILLIE’S CAFÉ’, AN LA STAPLE, FINDS A HOME IN PASADENA 

There is nothing quite like breakfast on a Sunday morning. 

The inevitable dread of Monday morning looming, the 20- to 

40-minute wait times at every decent restaurant within a 

15-mile radius, yet, here in SoCal it’s likely a beautiful day and much 

needed after an eventful weekend. It’s all bittersweet, really. Since 

I am very much a breakfast person, I have been especially looking 

forward to trying Millie’s Café which opened earlier this month. 

Serving breakfast all day, it’s located on the corner of 

Washington Boulevard and Hill Avenue in Pasadena, the newest and 

second iteration of the one well-loved in Silver Lake since 1926. On 

this particular Sunday following Thanksgiving, turkey comas and an 

overindulgence in pumpkin pie clearly didn’t keep the crowds away. 

To make the most of what was left of the holiday weekend I decided 

to bring my parents along this time, which was both fun and slightly 

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nerve-wracking as they are pretty hard to please. When we arrived, 

there was a crowd of about 12 people waiting outside standing 

around, and although we were told it would be a 25-minute wait, it 

was closer to 35. In the meantime, we browsed their extensive menu 

and knew what we wanted to order by the time we were seated. 

The interior itself is rather small and narrow, lined with table 

top counters against the windows, although not ideal for more than 

two people, and two main long rows that contain the majority of the 

seating. Our coffee was ordered first and we went traditional: Two 

coffees ($3.25) and an iced coffee which came in a large glass and 

tasted great. Millie’s checks off just about every milk alternative 

anyone could ever want: soy, almond, coconut, hemp, along with 

the trendier options of cashew and oat, all for just a $1 upcharge. 

Although it wouldn’t be our first choice for breakfast, we did notice 


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-yearold 

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 

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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. 

EL PORTAL 

625 E. Green St., Pasadena 

(626)795-8553 Elportalrestaurant.com $$ 

Pasadena Weekly readers have been rewarding El Portal 

with the title of Best Mexican Food in the city for years. 

This charming little hacienda with brick walls, festive 

colors, fine art and a California elegant courtyard brings 

the authentic cuisine of Mexico and the Yucatan region to 

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HIKARI SUSHI 

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Hikari Sushi in Montrose is open for business 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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Shandong Dumplings is your Reader Recommended 

Winner for BEST DUMPLINGS in the 

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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. 

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TOPS WALNUT 

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At TOPS on Walnut & Allen, we maintain the original 

taste from 60 years ago. My father wanted to create 

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THE MIXX PASADENA 

443 E Colorado Blvd. Pasadena 

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The Mixx Pasadena is a modern bar/lounge/ 

restaurant with live entertainment 5 days a 

week. Our menu hits the spot whether you’re 

in the mood for a savory munchie, a full lunch/ 

dinner, or a decadent dessert. Come to The 

Mixx to unwind for happy hour or a lively 

hangout…we’re the perfect spot!! 

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. 

BREAKFAST (EXTRA) SPECIAL 


they have fresh cracked coconut ($3.99) on their 

beverage menu, which is intriguing enough alone 

to plan for our return. We didn’t want to waste time 

browsing the menu once more, so we ordered our 

entrees as well. 

On the “Breakfast Special” portion of the 

menu, we ordered steak and eggs ($17.99), made 

with 16 ounces of certified angus hand-cut ribeye 

steak, served with two eggs any style (scrambled), 

and sourdough toast. The steak was cooked and 

seasoned perfectly, tender and easy to cut. My father, 

whose favorite breakfast meal happens to be steak 

and eggs, was both delighted and impressed. My 

mom and I went rather simple, but after all the eating 

the previous days felt it was necessary. She went with 

The Usual ($12.99), made with two eggs any style 

(she opted for scrambled egg whites) served with an 

order of French toast, pancakes (or a waffle) and two 

strips of bacon or sausage (bacon, of course). Lucky 

for me, she went with pancakes and I got to try those 

fluffy beauties. They are light, but not too airy and 

even have a sweet taste to them. One bite and I knew 

I’d have to come back to try all of their specialty 

pancakes that include sweet potato, buckwheat, 

toasted coconut, banana walnut, monkey banana, 

fresh blueberry, and chocolate chip. Another unique 

feature is that Millie’s offers all of their pancakes 

in the classic short and full stacks, but in singles as 

well. As someone who loves to order bits from all 

over the menu, I appreciate the option to taste and 

not commit fully. 

I went with a breakfast special as well, the two 

eggs with a choice of meat ($10.75) and like mother, 

like daughter, I ordered egg whites, but preferred the 

turkey sausage patty and their house-made biscuits. 

While the biscuit paled beside the pancakes, they 

were still delicious. Crispy and flaky on the outside, 

and fluffy and buttery on the inside, it was a great 

substitute to traditional toast. 

Millie’s already extensive menu for meat eaters 

and vegetarians is accompanied by a separate, 

entirely vegan menu featuring a tofu scramble 

($10.25), no huevos rancheros ($11.49), a healthy 

green burrito ($10.75), soyrizo benedict ($13.25), and 

gluten-free pancakes ($5.49-9.99), to name a few. 

You’d think they were strictly vegan with as many 

options as they provide. Both menus offer similar 

lunch options as well, making it the perfect place 

to dine for all kinds of dietary restrictions at any 

time of day (between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.). The only 

miniscule thing I hope they tweak in their new home 

as they get settled in is that hash browns are only 

served Monday through Friday. As someone who 

only indulges in breakfast outings on the weekends, it 

would be a great addition to an already near-perfect 

meal. 

What did make for a perfect overall experience at 

Millie’s Cafe was the outstanding customer service. 

From the moment we arrived, a man who turned out 

to be the owner, Robert Babish, was one of the most 

attentive people on the floor. Before being seated I 

walked in twice, and both times he made eye contact 

with me and asked how he could help before I even 

spoke. Once we were seated, servers whisked by, 

balancing full plates, drinks and checks, yet noticed 

each time my parents’ coffee hit below the halfway 

mark and offered refills, then refilled our waters 

when the carafe reached a level undesirable to them. 

We were asked multiple times how we were doing, 

and when Robert noticed my parents spoke Spanish, 

offered up to speak to them in Spanish as well. While 

this should all be a given for good customer service 

anywhere, it’s the eagerness and joy the entire staff 

exhibited that felt truly authentic and refreshing. It’s 

an added bonus that the food itself is amazing. My 

picky parents were happy and I foresee many, many 

Sunday visits here, and by the looks of the crowds 

Millie’s is already attracting, I’m not the only one. 




•WHEELS• 

BY LAUREN HOLLAND 

It’s ‘Crash’, NOT 

‘Accident’ 

GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO STOP USING THE WORD ‘ACCIDENT’ 

IN TRAFFIC CRASHES TAKES HOLD 

Words matter. 

One such word is “accident,” which brings to mind a capricious happenstance — a 

happening that lacks forethought and diminishes culpability. 

With auto collisions, however, the use of the word “accident” in general, and more 

specifically in the government and media, has been under fire. Survivors and surviving loved 

ones feel that the term is a cruel insult to the injuries and losses they have suffered. 

“When I hear the word accident in relation to Zachary’s death it makes me angry. It makes 

me angry when people talk about the crash as an accident. No one set out to hurt anyone that 

day, but careless driving and other human factors contributed to the death of my grandson.” 

said Beverly Shelton, known affectionately as “Grandma Beverly” in transportation safety 

circles. 

“Eighty-five percent of all road crashes are deemed preventable, but 100 percent of 

distracted driving is preventable — distracted driving is a choice 100 percent of the 

time.” 

Grandma Beverly is a co-founder of the Southern California chapter of Families for Safe 

Streets, and a governing board member of CalWalks. She helped to organize an event for the 

annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims on Nov 18 at LA Historic Park. 

The event was punctuated by a renewed commitment to change the dominant discourse 

regarding the term “accident” in relation to road collisions. 

Grandma Beverly has endured the unimaginable loss of her first-born grandson since Feb. 

27, 2009. Five-year-old Zachary Michael Cruz was killed in a Berkeley crosswalk. Grandma 

Beverly has become a tireless advocate for raising public awareness of the very real costs 

of distracted driving as well as fighting for changes in local, state and federal level policies 

related to road crashes. 

According to Grandma Beverly, “Eighty-five percent of all road crashes are deemed 

preventable, but 100 percent of distracted driving is preventable — distracted driving is a 

choice 100 percent of the time.” 

In a March 4, 2014 interdepartmental memo, the US Department of Transportation Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s George Reagle stated, “Changing the way we think 

about events and the words we use to describe them affects the way we behave.” The memo 

goes on to encourage the use of “crash,” collision,” and “injury” as substitutes for “accident” 

in FMCSA documents. 

In 2016 the Associated Press Stylebook began cautioning journalists to avoid the 

term “accident” when referring to auto collisions indicating that the word “can be read as 

exonerating the person responsible.” 

This call for a shift in the lexicon was started by Families for Safe Streets, a grassroots 

organization whose members have been impacted by auto collisions (either survivors of road 

crashes or surviving loved ones of road crash fatalities). The organization is joined by other 

grassroots groups in a nationwide push to end the use of what many survivors and grieving 

family members view as a reprehensible term. 

A New York Times article on May 22, 2016 pointed out that the auto industry borrowed 

the word “accident” from the business community (which had appropriated the term 

to limit culpability over injuries suffered in dangerous and sometimes deadly working 

environments). In the 1920’s, at the very outset of deadly auto collisions, the term “accident” 

lent an innocuous connotation to a practice that has since claimed more than 3 million lives. 

More than 100 years after the advent of the automobile, and the near immediate incidence 

of deadly and debilitating road crashes, people are waking up to the reality that the words 

we use can and do drive the dominant discourse on important social issues, including motor 

vehicle collisions. Words matter. n 





•ADVICE• 

BY PATTI CARMALT-VENER 

EMOTIONAL 

REATTACHMENT 

BONDING WITH SON’S YOUNG 

STEPSON REQUIRES MORE WORK 

ON GRANDMA’S PART 

Dear Patti, 

I have two adult children, Emily and Lucas. Emily has two children, Sophia (12) and 

Olivia (8) and I’m extremely close with them. Sophia and Olivia stay with me at least 

one weekend a month and the three of us always have a fabulous time. 

Lucas got married a year ago and his wife has a son from a previous marriage, 

Jackson (8). Lucas recently had a serious talk with me. I didn’t realize it but Lucas 

is hurt and angry because he thinks I’ve done very little to bond with his stepson. He 

thinks I’m way too distant and formal with Jackson and that it’s obvious how much 

I favor the other two grandchildren. He says the girls often brag to Jackson that they 

spend the weekend with me and how I often buy them things. Lucas also pointed out 

I have pictures of the girls all over Facebook and absolutely none of Jackson and that 

the whole extended family has noticed. 

Lucas also stated that if things don’t change, he wasn’t going to bring his family to 

Christmas because it wouldn’t be fair to subject Jackson to unhealthy family favoritism. 

I feel brokenhearted Lucas feels this way. I certainly want to fi x things but I’ve 

had a relationship with Sophia and Olivia for years and I can’t seem to instantly feel 

that way about Jackson. To be completely honest, Jackson can act bratty, especially 

toward Olivia. During family gift-giving, Jackson seems only interested in the gifts 

he gets rather than being a part of the family. 

Shouldn’t I be allowed to fuss over my granddaughters and love them without being 

obligated to do 100 percent equal for a child who thinks of me as not much more 

than his stepdad’s mother? 

— Sue 

Dear Sue, 

It’s understandable for you to not have the same emotional attachment to Jackson as 

you do with your granddaughters but that’s all the more reason to work on the relationship. 

The problem isn’t that you love or give too much to Olivia and Sophia but that there’s 

a lot of catching up to do with your relationship with Jackson. Invest the time and effort 

in getting to know him as an individual and connect with him on a personal level. Every 

relationship is different, but take your cues from Lucas and Jackson’s mom. Figure out 

who Jackson is and what his passions and interests are. Spend time with both Jackson and 

Lucas until you both feel more comfortable alone. It may be worthwhile to plan outings 

tailored to Jackson’s special interests. 

Close family bonds don’t happen overnight but require time and effort to build. Even 

if Jackson is initially standoffish, you’re the adult and grandmother and he’s just a child. A 

blended family is an adjustment for all but imagine how difficult it must be for Jackson to 

feel like an outsider. Allow your relationship to develop gently, without pushing. Don’t be 

too hard on yourself or Jackson if things seem a little awkward at first. You may not feel 

an instant attachment, which is completely normal. The more time you spend with him, 

though, the closer you’ll become. 

Ask Jackson to bring some of his favorite toys or books, as well as his baby pictures 

or things from his early childhood. Look through his pictures. Have him discuss certain 

memories with you. Show an interest in him and his life. You may not be in total control of 

your heart, but you can strive to control your behavior. One key to being a good step-grandparent 

is to treat your grandchildren equally whether they’re biological or not. If you have 

the girls over once a month, do something with Jackson once a month, too. If you buy the 

girls gifts, pick up something for Jackson. If you don’t know what he likes, find out. 

You clearly love Lucas. Listen to him. He’s trying to tell you his family is important to 

him and that Jackson is his responsibility to protect and love. He needs your help in making 

Jackson feel included and welcomed and wants you to strive to form a bond to ensure a 

loving, happy family. 

“A step-grandparent is someone who steps up when needed, steps back when it causes 

conflict and steps in to give a child one more person to love.” — Anonymous. ■ 

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

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

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




Bulletin Board 

By Carl Kozlowski 

A WONDERFUL LIFE INDEED 

Caltech celebrates alumnus Frank Capra with a screening of ‘It’s 

a Wonderful Life’ Saturday 

As part of its 2018-19 season CaltechLive! will present 

A Celebration of Caltech Alumnus Frank Capra with a 

free screening of “It’s a Wonderful Life” at 7 p.m. Saturday 

in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, preceded by a familyfocused 

gathering, featuring crafts, cocoa and cookies. 

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Frank Capra’s 

graduation from Caltech, this tribute will include insights 

into Capra’s life by his son Tom Capra. Joining him on 

stage will be Jimmy Hawkins, who played Little Tommy in 

the film and will share anecdotes about what was happening when the cameras were 

not rolling. This will be followed by a screening of Capra’s famous holiday film. 

“Cry Wilderness,” a book based on Capra’s manuscripts recently found by his 

family, will be available for sale. Caroling by members of the Caltech Glee Club will 

add to the festivities of the evening. 

This event is open to the public, free of charge, but tickets are required. For 

information and tickets, call the Caltech Ticket Office at (626) 395-4652. 

Beckman Auditorium is located at 332 South Michigan Avenue, Pasadena (south of 

Del Mar Boulevard). Free parking is available in the Caltech parking structures. Call 

(626) 395-4652, or refer to the website at events.caltech.edu. 

BASEBALL AND BOOKS 

The Baseball Reliquary ends the year with panel discussion and 

readings at Central Library tonight 

The Baseball Reliquary concludes its busy 2018 season 

of exhibitions and programming with a very special 

evening beginning at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Nov. 29, at the 

Donald R. Wright Auditorium, Pasadena Central Library, 

285 E. Walnut Street. 

“L.A. Baseball: From the Pacific Coast League to the 

Major Leagues” is a panel discussion and reading related 

to the new book published by the Photo Friends of the Los 

Angeles Public Library and edited by longtime Reliquarian 

David Davis. Featured speakers will include several contributors to the book: Tomas 

J. Benitez, David Davis, Lynell George, Amy Inouye, Glynn Martin, Bob Timmermann, 

and Tom Zimmerman. 

Copies of the “L.A. Baseball: From the Pacific Coast League to the Major Leagues” 

book will be available for $16.39 (which includes CA sales tax), payable by cash, 

check, or credit card. Visit baseballreliquary.org. 

LITERATURE AND LIBATIONS 

Light Bringer Project hosts fundraising party for Litfest Pasadena 

2019 on Sunday 

Litfest Pasadena has quickly turned into the literary 

event of the year in the Crown City, with dozens of writers 

conducting readings and panels on all manner of topics 

each May. Those who can’t wait to get their fill of book talk 

are invited to attend a holiday party and fundraiser for 

Litfest Pasadena 2019 to be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at 

the century-old Pasadena Highlands home of Bill and Mary 

Lea Carroll, located at 1075 E. Topeka St., Pasadena. 

The event will feature food and drink, live music, 

readings and mingling with authors, artists and educators. Sponsored by the local 

arts nonprofit Light Bringer Project, which just hosted the 41st Annual Pasadena 

Doo-Dah Parade on Nov. 18, the holiday-themed party costs $20 and advance tickets 

are available at brownpapertickets.com/event/3899613?fbclid=IwAR296uhoVLGwLL 

QY_EFmqvxMbUfFioXcJz9ZjHAoHdWt9bzCjrnC94lUCg4. 

All proceeds go directly to funding Litfest Pasadena 2019. n 



• ARTS • 

KEEPING IT REAL 

POE THE PASSENGER ROCKS ‘ 

AUTHENTICATE’ AT OLD TOWNE 

PUB WITH RELEVANT ELEPHANTS 

SATURDAY 

FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS 

COMEDY CRACKUP 

FRAZER SMITH HOSTS 10-ACT SHOW 

AT THE ICE HOUSE 

WIPING OUT HATE 

‘BOY ERASED’ REVEALS A 

HARROWING TRUE-LIFE TALE OF 

ABUSE IN GAY CONVERSION THERAPY 

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PETULA CLARK BRINGS EIGHT DECADES OF ENTERTAINMENT SUCCESS TO THE ROSE 

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI 

There aren’t many performers anywhere in the world who have 

maintained their artistic careers for eight decades. 

Petula Clark is among those special few, continuing to 

artistically thrive as a hugely successful singer, actress and composer 

since debuting as a child singer during World War II. 

— and will headline a concert at The Rose nightclub in Pasadena 

on Sunday night. 

These days, the internationally acclaimed 86-ear-old British native, 

who headlines Sunday night at The Rose in Pasadena, divides 

her time between Geneva, Switzerland and London when she’s not 

on the road. 

Speaking from the Miami stop of her current 20-city American 

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Petula Clark 

tour at the end of a momentous year in which she was enshrined 

on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside a class that included 

Snoop Dogg, Ice T and “Weird Al” Yankovic, Clark made it clear 

she has no intentions of slowing down. 

“I love what I do and have been singing since I was 5 or 6 and 

was a star in England by 8 or 9, so stardom, fame and money never 

concerned me very much,” says Clark. “I just love it and am enjoying 

it now more than I ever have. Tony Bennett would probably say 

the same thing — he loves to sing and sings divinely, so why not 

keep doing it? 

“When you’re on tour you eat when you can and what you can 

and you sleep rather strangely, and you’re living a gypsy way of 


P.29 

GET YOUR OWN... 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

BASEBALL HISTORY 

The Pasadena 

Public Library’s 

Central Branch, 

285 E. Walnut St., 

celebrates the 

book “LA Baseball: 

From the Pacific 

League to the 

Major Leagues,” 

exploring the 

diversity of 

baseball fans, recounting the history of the area’s 

baseball dating back to the 19th century. It starts 

at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Nov. 29. Call (626) 

744-4066 or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net. 

TREE LIGHTING 

The Pasadena 

Playhouse District 

Tree Lighting 

starts at 7 p.m. 

Friday at the Pasadena 

Playhouse 

courtyard, 39 S. 

El Molino Ave., 

includes live 

music and a 

performance by 

the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Call (626) 744- 

0340 or visit playhousedistrict.org. 

HOLIDAY HIJINKS 

The South Lake 

Avenue Business 

Association 

presents the 

free Holidayfest, 

featuring live 

music, traditional 

carolers and holiday 

characters, 

Santa meet-andgreets, 

horse 

and carriage rides and a scavenger hunt. It runs 

from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at The Shops on 

Lake Avenue, 345 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Visit 

southlakeavenue.org. 

FREE CONCERT 

Non Duo (nonduo1.com) 

plays a 

cozy concert featuring 

a haunting, 

eclectic combination 

of bluegrass, 

ballads, folk, 

rock and some 

holiday songs 

from 6:30 to 8:30 

p.m. Saturday 

at the Altadena Public Library, 600 E. Mariposa 

St., Altadena. Free. Call (626) 798-0833 or visit 

altadenalibrary.org. 



Petula Clark 



life, which I actually like,” she adds. “If somebody 

mentions the ‘R’ word to me, retirement, what would 

I do? People say write a book, but the idea of writing 

a book has come up so many times in many different 

countries, and the idea of that doesn’t appeal to me at 

all. Sitting around thinking about the old days is not 

at all interesting to me. I’m much more interested in 

living my life today.” 

Clark was born with the name Sally, but her 

father created the stage name of Petula for her, 

based on two former girlfriends of his, named Pet 

and Ulla. She loved to sing in her church choir from 

the time she was a young child and was performing 

with a street band from the age of 7, but her big 

break came at the ripe old age of 9 when she attended 

a BBC broadcast with her father and the show was 

delayed by an air raid. 

During the bombing, the program’s producer 

asked for a volunteer to perform in order to calm the 

nervous audience. Clark leapt into action with a stunning 

rendition of “Mighty Lak’a Rose,” which earned 

her a rapturous response and led to more than 500 

BBC programs designed to entertain the troops, as 

well as a British tour with fellow child performer 

Julie Andrews. 

Clark crossed over into acting at 12 after director 

Maurice Elvey discovered her performing at London’s 

Royal Albert Hall and cast her in the war drama 

“Medal for the General.” Thus began a dual-track 

career that saw her score 15 consecutive Top 40 hits 

in the US at her mid-1960s peak and led to her selling 

more than 68 million records. In addition, she set the 

record for playing the classic role of Norma Desmond 

in the play “Sunset Boulevard” more than any other 

actress in history due to her 2,500 performances during 

its London West End theatrical run. 

“I was listening to jazz growing up, and back then 

Peggy Lee was the singer I absolutely adored while 

everybody else was singing to Judy Garland,” she 

recalls. “I don’t know if I was terribly influenced by 

her. I just like the way she sounded and I do her song 

“Fever” in my shows now. But I always try not to be 

influenced too much by people. You have to find your 

own style and develop that. There are some great 

singers around now but a lot of them are trying to 

sound like someone else and I don’t understand the 

thinking behind that.” 

Clark’s remarkable successes have resulted in her 

receiving two of the highest honors on the planet, 

as she was made a Commander of the Order of the 

British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998 and installed 

as a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des 

Lettres of France by the French Minister of Culture 

in 2012. Those two honors reflect the fact that Clark 

recorded many of her many hit singles and albums in 

French as well as English. She also recorded in Spanish, 

Italian and German. 

It’s easy to see why Clark’s life was deemed worthy 

of not just one but rather three appearances on 

the tribute TV series “This Is Your Life” across different 

decades. For those who think of her primarily as 

the singer of the 1964 classic song “Downtown,” Sunday’s 

concert will be a richly rewarding experience 

that spans not only the hits but some of her favorite 

album cuts and some cover tunes as well. 

“’Downtown’ is a completely amazing song, and 

when I sing it onstage now the whole audience is 

singing along with me,” says Clark. “How can you 

define that? Some songs just seem to stay, have that 

sound, that phrase that sticks in people’s psyches. It 

doesn’t matter — anywhere I go into any country in 

the world, it’s a hit.” n 

Petula Clark performs at 9 p.m. Sunday at the Rose, 245 E. Green 

St., Pasadena. Tickets are $38 to $68. Call (888) 645-5006 or visit 

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com. 



•INTO THE NIGHT• 

BY BLISS BOWEN 

Poe the Passenger 

•NITELIFE• 

Thursday Nov. 29 through Wednesday Dec. 05 

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—Jon Mayer Trio 

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—David Harvey Presents Skip Heller, 

the Brothers Landau, Melinda Gibson and Dylan 

Brody 

Friday—Laurence Juber 

Saturday—The Tall Men Group 

Sunday—Matinee show w/The New Ash Grove 

Players; Janileigh Cohen; evening show w/The 

Biffle & Shooster Christmas Show 

Wednesday—Jeremy Clyde: The Bottom 

Drawer Sessions 

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 

Saturday—Liela Avila 

Tuesday—Liam Wall 

Wednesday—Gretje Angell 

The Mixx 


(626) 500-0021 

themixxpasadena.com 

Thursday—Le Musique Jazz Band 

Friday—Paris Escovedo 

Tuesday—Glen Doll & the Deep Blue 

El Portal Restaurant 


(626) 795-8553 

elportalrestaurant.com 

Fridays—Mariachi México 

Saturdays—Alanniz 

–CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 

Keeping It Real 

POE THE PASSENGER ROCKS ‘AUTHENTICATE’ AT OLD TOWNE PUB 

WITH RELEVANT ELEPHANTS SATURDAY 

For much of this year Poe the 

Passenger has been teasing 

the release of its second EP, 

“Authenticate”; like a lot of young 

bands, they make a social media 

event of each show announcement 

and recording. After posting 

singles and videos online they 

finally sent the EP into the world 

in September, and those five 

songs will likely form the core 

of their set when they return to 

Old Towne Pub Saturday night 

with brothers in musical arms the 

Relevant Elephants. 

Formed three years ago, Poe 

the Passenger and friends have 

found a steady home base at 

the Pub. Chicago-raised frontman 

Jeff Pridgen, lead guitarist 

Stefano Capucci, bassist Matt 

Rosenblum, and drummer Trant 

Marderosian dressed up as a 

motley crew of pirates, captains 

and what looked like a reptilian 

space alien when they played 

there on Halloween, leading 

ghoulishly made-up patrons who 

were responsive to their calls for 

clapping and singing along. Their 

ballad “All in Line” prompted a 

joking invitation to hold lighters 

aloft in classic rock concert fashion, 

belying the song’s earnest 

delivery and intent. 

Pridgen, who is also an actor, 

has spoken in the past about the 

band’s namesake as an imaginary 

character whose adventures 

and life questions they strive to 

chronicle in their songs. Relatability 

is key in terms of their subject 

matter. “Miles Apart,” which 

they recently promoted with a 

video performance on a pine 

needle carpet in Angeles National 

Forest, questions the viability of 

dreams and romance in the real, 

pressurized world of emotional 

and physical distance: “Can we 

have our dreams with oceans in 

between/ You remain in my heart/ 

… Is it ever enough?” Its acoustic 

textures and harmonies give way 

to the thrumming drums and 

urgency of “The Difference,” an 

angry rocker more focused on 

social and political tumult: 

“They tell me we’re different 

… 

A Gemini divides your face 

it’s taken over 

Will we ever bleed the same 

as one another 

If history repeats when will 

we be closer … 

We learn to live but we all 

die off 

Show me the difference.” 

Foo Fighters and Green Day 

are obvious influences throughout 

“Authenticate,” whose title 

comes across as a mission statement 

of the need to be genuine 

in life. Its production is slicker 

than the EP they put out last year, 

“Temperature,” and not surprisingly 

it is more polished than 

the band’s live shows. But their 

energy is engaging, as is their 

open-hearted message. n 

Poe the Passenger returns to Old Towne 

Pub, 66 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, 

8 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1; call for 

full lineup and other details. Info: (626) 

577-6583. poethepassenger.com, theoldtownepub.com 

Torrid Guitar 

SHAWN JONES WAILS AT ARCADIA BLUES CLUB FRIDAY 

Blazing guitar master Shawn Jones and his band wail the blues in rocking style at 

Arcadia Blues Club Friday night. 

The singer-songwriter is known for his blistering guitar work. Six-string expertise 

and a soulful voice have propelled Jones professionally, leading him to tours of the US, 

the UK and Europe. In true road warrior style, he performs some 200 dates per year 

worldwide. 

The Southern California native was indoctrinated into music early in life, having 

grown up soaking in the sounds of his father singing and playing guitar, instilling n 

him the dream of a life of performing. For the past 25 years, Jones’ dream has been 

a reality. His virtuosity has led to his band performing on concert bills with acts including 

Robert Cray, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa 

and a host of others, while recording numerous albums. 

Visit shawnjonesmusic.com. — John Sollenberger 

Music starts at 7 p.m. Friday 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. 



•NITELIFE• 

–CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 

TRAX BY BLISS 

BETH HART, Live at the Royal Albert Hall 

(Provogue): HHHH 

Strolling through the packed London venue, singing 

“As Long as I Have a Song” a cappella while 

hugging fans, the glammed-up LA powerhouse 

swiftly establishes how they respond to her voice 

and story and she to their affection. That symbiotic 

dynamic repeats throughout this smartly filmed 

concert DVD. Hart’s intuitive band is equally 

supportive, flexing as she shifts between newly 

arranged anthems (“Lifts You Up”), devastating 

balladry (“Leave the Light On”), lighthearted 

acoustic numbers (“The Ugliest House on the 

Block”) and stunning Joplin-esque showcases 

(“Caught Out in the Rain”). Deft camera work 

enhances performance immediacy, while betweensong 

stories about Hart’s struggles with bipolar 

disease, addiction, and family dysfunction ground 

her showmanship in emotional grit. bethhart.com 

SUPERFONICOS, Suelta (Discos Fonicos): 

HHH½ 

The buzz-generating Austin octet’s self-described 

“Caríbe soul,” rooted in greasy Afro-Colombian 

rhythms and progressive messages of “peace 

and unity,” heats up with fiery electric guitar solos 

and the kind of rubbery grooves that keep feet 

moving throughout this six-track EP, their first. 

From the magnetic title track through the gaita- and 

saxophone-studded “Ethiopian Dust,” which tips a 

trippy hat to Ethiopian jazz father Mulatu Astatke, 

to the fear-defying “El Miedo” and slippery “Sigue 

Pa’Lante,” it’s a keeper. superfonicos.com 

Sundays—Mariachi Bella 

Ice House 

24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 577-1894 

icehousecomedy.com 

Thursday—Comedy Mix with the Jackson 6 

Friday—Steve Byrne; The Chill w/Josh Adam 

Meyers; Shang and Friends; The States TV 

Saturday—Alex Reymundo “Stop Me if I Lie”; 

Frazer Smith and the KLOS cast from Misfit 

Island 

Sunday—Marc Maron; Dave McNary’s All-Star 

Variety Show 

Wednesday—Ice House Open Mic; Sirius XM 

All Star Comedy Night live taping 

Kings Row Gastropub 


(626) 793-3010 

kingsrowpub.com 

Thursday—Thirsty Thursday w/Mike Moody 

Friday—Just Gentlemen 

Sunday—Reggae Sunday w/My Reggae Band 

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 Lil 

Mo & the Dynaflos 

Plate 38 


(626) 793-7100 

plate38.com 

Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select 

Fridays & Saturdays 

The Rose 

Paseo Colorado 


(888) 645-5006 

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com 

Thursday—Cupcake Theatre presents Dreamgirls 

Friday—Danity Kane 

Saturday—Vince Neil of Motley Crue 

Sunday— Soulful Sunday Brunch; Petula Clark 

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 

Colombo’s Restaurant 

1833 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock 

(323) 254-9138 

colombosrestaurant.com 

Thursday—Trifecta 

Friday—Steve Thompson; Blue Soul 

Saturday—Ernie Draffen; 

Sunday—V Tones 

Monday—Eric Ekstrand Trio 

Tuesday—Tom Armbruster 

Wednesday—Jimmy Spencer & Karen 

Hernandez 

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 

WEST OF PASADENA 

Colombo’s Restaurant 


(323) 254-9138 

colombosrestaurant.com 

Thursday—Trifecta 

Friday—Steve Thompson; Blue Soul 

Saturday—Ernie Draffen; 

Sunday—V Tones 

Monday—Eric Ekstrand Trio 

Tuesday—Tom Armbruster 

Wednesday—Jimmy Spencer & Karen 

Hernandez 

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 

VARIOUS ARTISTS,Dreaming of Dylan 

(BMG): HHH 

Inspired by her wishful dreams of dinners with 

Dylan, Mary Lee’s Corvette frontwoman Mary Lee 

Kortes collected Bob-centered imaginings from 

an international cast of social workers, educators, 

scientists, economists, filmmakers, lawyers, 

writers, medical professionals and musicians 

(including Jimbo Mathus, Patti Smith and Warren 

Zanes). Some are two-line wisps of memory; others 

laugh-out-loud stories; others, poetically offbeat 

recollections of dream Dylan retrieving his guitar 

from a freezer or walking Civil War battlefields. 

Daniel Root’s photographs and Rina Root’s 

illustrations handsomely illuminate the decadeseliding 

surreality of dreams, and the quality most try 

to bridge: Dylan’s inscrutability. maryleekortes.com 

DOE PAORO, Soft Power (Anti): HHH½ 

R&B grooves and echoes of ’70s pop bards (Carole 

King, Randy Newman, Nicolette Larson) shimmer 

through LA songwriter Sonia Kreitzer’s third 

album as Doe Paoro. “Fading Into Black” poetically 

references upheaval caused by the 2016 election 

(“Only something time can cure”), while tracks like 

“Cruelty of Nature,” “Walking Through the Fire” 

and “The Projector” thoughtfully probe the state 

of communication between the sexes and in the 

media. The “power” she champions may be subtle, 

but it’s compelling. At the Lodge Room in Highland 

Park Thursday, Nov. 29. doepaoro.com 

Paris in Pasadena 

PARIS ESCOVEDO SHOWCASES LATIN STYLE AT THE MIXX 

Enjoy an evening of Latin music and jazz when percussion master Paris Escovedo visits The Mixx in Pasadena Friday night. 

The Oakland native began playing timbales as a child, displaying talent early on. In fact, percussion master Tito Puente 

gave Escovedo his first set of timbales. The highly acclaimed, trailblazing percussionist has since graced stages alongside 

industry greats, including Bobby Brown, Lauren Hill, Silk, Collective Soul, Pink, Shaun Mullins, Arrested Development and 

many others. 

One might say Escovedo comes by his talent naturally. He is the son of the legendary late percussionist Thomas “Coke” 

Escovedo, who performed with the hit Latin band Azteca, among others, and was a visionary who shepherded Latin music 

artists to the San Francisco music scene. 

Visit facebook.com/paris.escovedo. — John Sollenberger 

Music starts at 9 p.m. Friday at The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Tickets are $10. Call (626) 500-0021 or visit themixxpasadena.com. 



•CALENDAR• 

Anyone who’s seen a comedy show in 

major LA area clubs over the past 15 

years has come to love Frazer Smith. A 

legendary rock DJ on numerous LA radio 

stations for decades, Smith honed 

an anarchic, Howard Stern-style show 

that propelled him to the top of the 

ratings for a full quarter-century from 

1977 to 2002. 

When the bland corporatization 

of major radio stations left him out in 

the cold, Smith adapted smoothly to 

become the most popular MC in LA 

comedy in addition to becoming a hot 

standup in Las Vegas. He launched an 

on-air comeback four years ago with a 

Sunday night show at his old stomping 

grounds on KLOS-FM, and on Saturday 

night he will be bringing both of his 

worlds together as the host and booker 

of the “Frazer Smith and the KLOS Cast 

from Misfit Island” show at the Ice 

House comedy club in Pasadena. 

“What makes this fun is that it’s all 

regulars from my radio show,” Smith 

says, referring to the 10-comic lineup. 

“Most of the people that are regulars 

on my show are standups. We’re talking 

Rick Reynolds, the film guy on my 

show each week, plus my producer Mel 

FRAZER SMITH HOSTS 10-ACT SHOW AT THE ICE HOUSE 


Garcia, former ‘TMZ’ bullpen guy Brian 

McDaniel, Brody Stevens, and Don Barris 

and the Ding Dong Crew from the 

Comedy Store. 

“Taylor Brooks, who does voices 

on the show, will be there, plus Randy 

Kagan and the 420 Comic Jeff Peterson 

too. It’s an untraditional lineup, but 

they’re all good standups and utterly 

crazy people,” adds Smith. 

The show is intended to celebrate the 

success of the radio show, and give their 

fans a chance to interact with its on-air 

personalities. Smith has been keeping 

his live game sharp, continuing to host 

shows at the Ice House on Thursday 

nights, the Laugh Factory’s Friday night 

Midnight Madness show and Saturday 

shows at the Improv in Hollywood. 

Smith is also looking forward to the 

strong possibility that KLOS will have 

him provide comedic commentary on 

the next Rose Parade on New Year’s 

Day. The station opted to sit out this 

year’s parade, but there appear to 

be positive signs that Smith and his 

crew will be helping get 2019 off to a 

righteously raucous start. But for now, 

he’s happy honing his rapid-fire array 

of news jokes. 

Frazer Smith (far right) and the KLOS cast from Misfit Island 

Comedy Crackup 

“The style I’ve been trying to do 

is the old Rodney Dangerfield style,” 

says Smith. “Not many are doing one 

liners, so I’m one of the only guys in 

the marketplace to do that. They’re 

really rapid-fire jokes, but if you watch 

the old YouTube clips on Carson, you’ve 

got to get the momentum when you do 

it that quickly. It’s a fun style that can 

light up a room. 

“The stuff I’m joking about is Trump, 

Clinton, Kavanaugh, Roseanne, all the-hot 

button topics, which is what I’ve always 

tried to do,” he continues. “I pretty much 

study everything, looking at my TMZ app 

and the news, trying to figure out what’s 

topical. Rodney would do a lot about his 

life, wife, doctor and dog, but traditionally 

one liner guys like Johnny Carson, Bob 

Hope and David Letterman do topical 

stuff. Certainly these days there is no lack 

of topics. The news writes your set for 

you. I’m having a ball and it seems to be 

connecting.” n 

“Frazer Smith and the KLOS Cast from Misfit 

Island” performs at 10:30 p.m. Sunday at 

the Ice House, 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. 

Tickets are $10. Call (626) 577-1894 or visit 

icehousecomedy.com. 

Thursday Nov. 29 through Wednesday Dec. 05 

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 




The club at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents 

the Jon Mayer Trio at 7:30 p.m. Tickets 

are $10 general admission, $15 for table 

seating, available on the website. 

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 


(626) 744-4066 

pasadenapubliclibrary.net 

The Teen Writers Meetup invites teens to 

meet other teens, perform writing exercises, 

discuss writing and share ideas from 

6 to 7:30 p.m. Email jgov@cityofpasadena. 

net to sign up. The book “LA Baseball: From 

the Pacific League to the Major Leagues” 

explores the diversity of baseball fans, from 

Issei immigrants from Japan and members 

of Riverside’s Cahuilla Indian tribe to 

Mexican-American kids, recounting the history 

of the area’s baseball dating back to the 

19th century, with photos from the library’s 

photo collections, presented by the book’s 

editor, David Davis, graphic designer Army 

Inouye and several writers and cultural 

historians. It starts at 6:30 p.m. 

Pasadena Senior Center 

85 E. Holly St., Pasadena 

(626) 795-4331 

pasadenaseniorcenter.org 

Dr. Bonnie Olsen, clinical psychologist 

at Keck Medicine at USC, presents “Live 

Longer and Stronger,” a discussion of key 

ingredients leading to productive, engaging 

and well-balanced lives, starting at 10 a.m. 

South Pasadena Library Movie Night 

South Pasadena Library Community Room 

1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena 

(626) 403-7350 

southpasadenaca.gov 

The library screens the 2018 film “Best 

F(r)iends” by co-writer, co-star and South 

Pasadena resident Greg Sestero, who wrote 

the book “The Disaster Artist,” which was 

made into a film in 2017. It starts at 7 p.m. 

Sestero is scheduled to attend, along with 

the film’s female lead, Kristen Stephenson 

Pino and Pasadena Weekly film reviewer 

and Arts Editor Carl Kozlowski. A Q&A follows 

the screening. Free. 

FRIDAY 

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 


(323) 561-3044 

cfaer.org 

The Center presents an all-ages concert 

featuring Linda Perhacs, playing American 

psychedelic folk rock, whose first album, 

“Parallelograms” was released in 1970. 

Also performing is Los Angeles-based 

Scott Gilmore, multi-instrumentalist and 

recording artist, who combines psychedelia 

and other styles. It starts at 8 p.m. A set by 

Deejay Natasha Khan and visuals by Whiz 

World are included. Tickets are $15. 

Harvest Festival Original Art & Craft Show 

Pomona Fairplex 

1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona 

(925) 392-7300 

harvestfestival.com 

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 

p.m. Sunday, featuring more than 24,000 

handmade creations, strolling performers, 

the interactive Kidzone, contests, 

specialty foods and demonstrations. Some 

participating artists will personalize items 

for gift-givers. General admission tickets 

are $9, $7 for military members, $4 for 

youth ages 13 to 17, free for kids younger 

than 12. Those who donate canned goods 

at the Foothill Family Shelter receive $2 off 

admission. Tickets are good for the entire 

weekend. 

Pasadena Playhouse District Tree Lighting 

Pasadena Playhouse Courtyard 

39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 744-0340 

playhousedistrict.org 

The lighting starts at 7 p.m. and includes 

live music, a performance by the Bob Baker 

Marionette Theater and free hot chocolate 

and coffee. Free. 



(626) 795-4331 


Artists from the MUSE/IQUE orchestra 

discuss ways that music, when paired with 

words, can evoke deep wells of memory 

and unite a crowd of people in a single, 

shared emotion, starting at 3:30 p.m., in 

advance of this weekend’s concert. Guests 

who register in advance at the Welcome 

Desk will be eligible for a limited number of 

tickets for the concert. 

SATURDAY 

Altadena Public Library 

600 E. Mariposa St., Altadena 

(626) 798-0833 

altadenalibrary.org 

Non Duo (nonduo1.com) plays a cozy 

concert featuring its haunting, eclectic 

combination of bluegrass, ballads, folk, 

rock and some holiday songs from 6:30 to 

8:30 p.m. Free. 

A Noise Within 

3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 356-3121 

anoisewithin.org 

A Noise Within brings back its annual holiday 

favorite, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles 

Dickens for its annual run. The classic 

story of greed and forgiveness opens at 2 

p.m. Saturday and continues through Dec. 

23. The company’s Co-Producing Artistic 

Director Geoff Elliott adapted the play 

from the novella, and co-directs with Julia 

Rodriguez-Elliott. Tickets start at $25. 

“It’s A Wonderful Life” Screening 

Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium 

Michigan Avenue south of Del Mar Boulevard, 

Pasadena 

(626) 395-4652 

events.caltech.edu 

Caltech celebrates alumnus Frank Capra 

with a screening of “It’s a Wonderful Life” 

(1946), starring James Stewart, starting 

at 7 p.m. Free, but call or visit the website 

for tickets. 

Noor Breakfast with Santa 

300 E. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 200, Pasadena 

noorevents.com 

Breakfast with Santa features photos 

with Santa for the kids, arts and crafts for 

children, a photo booth and other activities. 

Breakfast seatings run in two sessions, 

from 8:30 to 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to 

noon. Tickets are $20 for children ages 2 to 

11, $35 for adults. 

Norton Simon Museum 

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-6840 

nortonsimon.org 

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A guided tour visits works reflecting classical 

influences, 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. 

Old Pasadena Holiday Kick Off 

Mercantile Place 

Colorado Boulevard between Raymond and 

Fair Oaks avenues, Pasadena 

One Colorado 

41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena 

(626) 356-9725 

oldpasadena.org 

The Holiday Kick Off starts from 1 to 4 p.m. 

at Mercantile Place with free face painting 

and photo opportunities with costumed 

elves. It continues from 6 to 9 p.m. at One 

Colorado, with holiday karaoke for kids at 

6 p.m. and for grown-ups at 7 p.m., plus 

cookies, cocoa, photo ops with Santa, a 

family photo booth and other activities. All 

activities are free. 

Pasadena Heritage Walking Tour 

Various locations, Old Pasadena 

(626) 441-6333 

pasadenaheritage.org 

The preservation group hosts a walking 

tour of Old Pasadena from 9 to 11:15 

a.m. Tickets are $18, or $15 for members. 

Meeting location is provided with ticket 

purchase. 

Pasadena Public Library, Santa Catalina 

Branch 

999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 744-7272 


Families are invited to create a holiday 

wreath, starting at 11 a.m., with all materials 

provided. 

Pasadena Public Library, Lamanda Park 

Branch 

140 S. Altadena Drive, Pasadena 

(626) 744-7266 


The Pasadena African-American Genealogy 

Group meets from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. 

Pasadena Symphony Association Holiday 

Look In Home Tour 

Various locations, Pasadena 

(626) 793-7272 

http://www.pasadenaholidaylookin.org/ 

The Women’s Committee of the Pasadena 

Symphony Association presents the annual 

Holiday Look in Home Tour and Boutique. 

The self-guided tour visits four historic 

and architecturally significant homes and 

gardens in Pasadena, decorated for the 

holidays by four of the city’s most prominent 

floral designers. Live music by local 

musicians enhances the festivities. Tours 

run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 

Sunday, and the boutique is open from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at the Scottish Rite 

Cathedral, 150 N. Madison Ave., Pasadena. 

Tickets for the tour are $35. Home locations 

are on the tickets, which are valid for both 

days. Admission to the boutique is free. 

South Lake Avenue Holidayfest 

The Shops on Lake Avenue 

345 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena 

southlakeavenue.org 

The South Lake Avenue Business Association 

presents the free Holidayfest featuring 

live music, in-store specials by more than 

50 South Lake businesses, traditional 

carolers and holiday characters, Santa 

meet-and-greets, horse and carriage rides 

and a scavenger hunt. It runs from noon to 

5 p.m. Live music is provided by rock band 

The Jacks, soulful pop singer-songwriter 

Maggie Szabo and Latin rock and world 

music group La Santa Cecilia. 

SUNDAY 

Castle Green Holiday Tour 

99 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 

castlegreen.com 

Pasadena’s former grand hotel, the 

1898-vintage Castle Green, is once again 

open to the public for the holidays in its 

annual tour from 1 to 5 p.m. The fully 

restored, luxurious condominium complex 

was designed by architect Frederick I. 

Roehrig, with Moorish, Spanish and Victorian 

elements. The day will feature music, 

other entertainment and self-guided tours 

of the building, including some 25 private 

apartments. Tickets are $30 in advance, 

$35 at the gate the day of the tour. 

Garfield Heights Home Tour 

Various locations, Pasadena 

garfieldheights.org 

The annual Garfield Heights Home Tour 

features five historic homes and the 

gardens at one Italianate Victorian house 

on the city’s north side. Garfield Heights 

is Pasadena’s second oldest landmark 

district. It runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 

tour features a Victorian home, a Victorian 

cottage, a Colonial Revival and an Arts and 

Crafts residence. Live, roving entertainment 

is included. In addition, vendors, 

exhibitions and food trucks are included in 

the tour. Tickets are $25 in advance, $10 for 

Garfield Heights residents, $30 the day of 

the tour (available at the ticket house, 1245 

N. Garfield Ave., Pasadena) and $20 for 

purchase of five or more tickets. Locations 

are provided with ticket purchase. 

Lake Avenue Church 

393 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 844-4721 

lakeave.org 

Advent season begins with a carol singalong 

from 10:25 to 10:55 a.m. Free. 

LitFest Pasadena Holiday Kickoff Party 

Private residence 

1075 E. Topeka St., Pasadena 

litfestpasadena.org 

The kickoff party for LitFest 2019 features 

food and drink, music, readings, authors, 

artists and educators from 2 to 5 p.m. Cost 

is $20 per person, available on the website. 

MUSE/IQUE Concert 

Pasadena Civic Auditorium 


(626) 539-7085 

muse-ique.com 

The orchestra presents a concert, “Singing/ 

Stories,” performing works by Ray Charles, 

Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Joni 

Mitchell, Paul Simon and others, from “La 

Boheme” to “Hit the Road, Jack.” Mingling 

starts at 6 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 

p.m. Tickets are $70. 

Pasadena-Foothills Association of Realtors 

Wreath Auction 

Parkway Grill 

510 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena 

(626) 795-2455 

pfarcf.org 

The Pasadena-Foothills Association of 

Realtors Charitable Foundation hosts its 



annual wreath auction starting at 5:30 p.m., 

featuring dinner, wreaths and holiday items. 

Tickets are $175. 

Soulful Sunday Brunch 

The Rose 


(888) 645-5006 

roseconcerts.com 

MONDAY 

Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau 

Visitor Hotline Kickoff 

Pasadena Convention Center 


(877) 793-9911 

visitpasadena.com 

The Tournament of Roses Royal Court will 

make an appearance to help launch the 

annual Visitor Hotline, which is active from 

Monday through Dec. 31. The 101st Rose 

Queen is Louise Deser Siskel. The event 

starts at 10 a.m. 

Vroman’s Bookstore 


(626) 449-5320 

vromansbookstore.com 

Constantine Singer discusses and signs 

“Strange Days” at 7 p.m. 

TUESDAY 

Camerata Pacifica 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and 

Botanical Gardens 

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino 

(805) 844-8410 

cameratapacifica.org 

The chamber ensemble is joined by the 

Calder String Quartet in a program of works 

by Beethoven, Arensky and Mendelssohn 

starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $58. 

Cancer Support Community 

76 E. Del Mar Blvd., Ste. 215, Pasadena 

(626) 796-1083 

cscpasadena.org 

Dr. Arash Asher discusses ways for cancer 

patients to reduce fatigue from 6:30 to 8 

p.m. Free, but call for reservations. 

Pasadena Education Network Parent 

Program 



penfamilies.org 

The organization’s final parent program 

of the year features a discussion of the 

PUSD open enrollment program, whereby 

families can attend a school other than their 

assigned neighborhood school, starting at 

7 p.m. Free. 



(626) 795-4331 


Guests can learn how to use social media, 

such as Facebook and Skype, and keep in 

touch with family and friends through email 

in free sessions from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays 

and Thursdays, starting Tuesday. Attendees 

can bring a laptop or use an on-site 

computer. One-on-one, 30-minute sessions 

with instructor Edison Samuel are available. 

Call or sign up at the Welcome Desk. A free 

writing club for Senior Center members 

meets at 10 a.m. every Tuesday, beginning 

Tuesday. Instructor Dr. Sam Eisenstein, 

who formerly taught creative writing at Los 

Angeles City College, leads the club. 

Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena Concert 



(626) 797-1994 

tuesdaymusicaleofpasadena.blogspot.com 

The free concert features a string quartet 

by Schubert, a piano sonata by Schubert 

performed and narrated by Louise Earhart, 

arias sung by soprano Ingrid Helge accompanied 

by flute, violin and piano. Roberta 

Wilcox will perform variations on “A Carnival 

of Venice.” It starts at 12:30 p.m. 



(626) 449-5320 


David Kipen discusses and signs “Dear Los 

Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 

1542 to 2018” at 7 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections 

and Botanical Gardens 

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino 

(626) 405-2100 

huntington.org 

A Distinguished Fellow Lecture features 

Martha A. Sandweiss, professor of history 

at Princeton University, discussing “Reading 

a Photograph: Stories from the 19th 

Century West,” exploring how a single 

photo of treaty negotiations from Fort Laramie 

in 1868 reveals tangled stories about 

race, violence and family life that would otherwise 

be hidden from view. It starts at 7:30 

p.m. Free; no reservations required. 

Los Angeles County Arboretum and 

Botanic Garden 

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia 

(626) 821-4623 

arboretum.org 

An old fashioned wreath-making workshop 

explores the basics of wreath making, using 

fresh greens from the Arboretum grounds 

and cuttings from the LA Flower Mart, from 

10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $45, or $35 for 

members. All materials are provided, but 

guests should bring their own clippers and 

any special decorations they would like to 

add. 



(626) 744-4066 


Free films screen at 1 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Wednesday’s film is “Bush Christmas” 

(1947). 

The Rose 


(888) 645-5006 

roseconcerts.com 

Make your own music with karaoke in the 

Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday 

through Saturday night. 



(626) 449-5320 


Local Author Day features Susan Kay Wyatt, 

author of “No Crown Required: Raising 

a Confident, Courageous and Compassionate 

Daughter,” and Tom King, author 

of “Amelia Earhart Unrescued,” discussing 

and signing their books at 7 p.m. 

Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter 

Music Series 




Brad Colerick’s weekly singer-songwriter 

series presents Fox and Bones and Maurice 

Tani at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 general 

admission, $15 for table seating, available 

on the website. n 

ONGOING 

McGinty’s Gallery at the End of the World, 869 E. Mariposa St., Altadena, presents the exhibition “The Night Before,” featuring works by 

30 local artists that range from realistic to abstract, monotone to multiple colors. It opened Nov. 2, continuing through Jan. 4. Call (626) 

710-6422 or visit facebook.com/mcgintys-gallery-at-the-end-of-the-world. 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, presents the exhibition “Rituals of Labor 

and Engagement: Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra, Jr.,” in partnership with the Vincent Price Art Museum, focusing on the theme of 

identity, on view Nov. 10 and continuing through Feb. 25 in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. Call (626) 405-2100 or visit 

huntington.org. 

Antaeus Theatre Company, at the Kiki & 

David Gindler Performing Arts Center, 110 

E. Broadway, Glendale, presents Lillian Hellman’s 

“Little Foxes.” This is an epic drama 

about a Southern family in crisis in 1900, a 

time and place in which women had limited 

options and men appeared to hold all the 

power. Here, an ambitious woman pulls out 

all the stops, including blackmail, to wrest 

the family business away from her scheming 

brothers. Cameron Watson directs. It 

opened Oct. 25 and continues at 8 p.m. 

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. 

Sundays and 8 p.m. Mondays through Dec. 

10. Tickets are $35. Call (818) 506-1983 or 

visit antaeus.org. 

Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain 

St., Glendale, and Thinkspace Projects 

present “Nexus II,” a group exhibition featuring 

a curated selection of international artists 

from the New Contemporary Art Movement. 

It opened Nov. 3 and continues through Jan. 

11. Visit glendaleca.gov. 

Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, 

La Cañada Flintridge, presents its familyfriendly 

light show experience, Enchanted 

Forest of Light, featuring a gentle, one-mile 

hike through Descanso’s most beloved 

areas, with a variety of large-scale displays 

by professional lighting artists, many of 

which are interactive. Celestial Shadows 

spins polyhedral installations exploring 

geometry through light, shadow and perception. 

Lightwave Lake is installed at Descanso 

Lake, and the popular Aqueous features a 

flowing and glowing, interactive landscape 

of meandering pathways. It opened Nov. 18 

and continues from 5:30 to 10 p.m. daily 

(except Dec. 24 and 25) through Jan. 6. 

Tickets are $28 to $30 for general admission 

for adults, seniors and children 2 to 18, free 

for children younger than 2, and $23 to $25 

for members, depending on the date and 

time selected. Call (818) 949-4200 or visit 

descansogardens.org. 

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic 

Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, presents 

the Moonlight Forest, featuring magnificent 

lantern art depicting exotic animals, 

shimmering flowers, whimsical pandas, 

dragons and other themes created by artists 

from China’s Sichuan province, celebrating 

the ancient tradition of lantern-making. It 

opened Oct. 26 and continues from 5:30 to 

10 p.m. nightly, except Mondays and Tuesdays, 

through Jan. 6. Admission is $28 for 

adults, $25 for seniors and $23 for children 

ages 3 to 17. Call (626) 566-3708 or visit 

arboretum.org. 

Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino 

Ave., Pasadena, presents “Bob Baker’s 

Nutcracker,” the beloved fairy tale performed 

by the Bob Baker Marionettes, which opened 

Nov. 24 and continues through Dec. 31. 

Tickets are $20, free for children younger 

than 2. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org. 

Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra 

Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents a stage 

adaptation of “A Christmas Story,” based on 

the screenplay by Jean Shepherd, the hilarious 

story of Shepherd’s fictional family, the 

Parkers, whose patriarch wins a very special 

prize in a contest, and other misadventures 

during a Christmas season in the mid-20th 

century. It opened Nov. 23 and continues 

with 2:30 p.m. matinees on select Saturdays, 

8 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays and 

special performances at 7 p.m. Dec. 19 and 

20, closing at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 30.Tickets are 

$45 general admission, $40 for seniors, $25 

for youth up to age 21. Call (626) 355-4318 

or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org. 



FLICK FINDER 

SHOWTIMES 

Friday Nov. 30 to Thursday Dec. 6 

Note: Times are p.m., and daily, unless 

otherwise indicated. All times are 

subject to change without notice. 

PASADENA 

ACADEMY 6 

1003 E Colorado Bl, 

(626) 229-9400. 

Bad Times at the El RoyaleFri.-Thurs., 3:40, 

9:45 p.m. 

Crazy Rich AsiansFri.-Thurs., 1, 4, 7:30, 10:10 

p.m. 

Goosebumps 2: Haunted HalloweenFri.-Thurs., 

12:10, 2:30, 4:50 p.m. 

HalloweenFri.-Thurs., 12 noon, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 

10:20 p.m. 

The Hate U GiveFri.-Thurs., 7:10, 10:05 p.m. 

The House With a Clock in Its WallsFri.-Thurs., 

3:20, 10:15 p.m. 

Incredibles 2Fri.-Thurs., 12:45, 6:50 p.m. 

Night SchoolFri.-Thurs., 12:30, 7:40 p.m. 

SmallfootFri.-Thurs., 11:50 a.m., 2:15, 4:40, 7, 

9:30 p.m. 

IPIC THEATERS AT 

ONE COLORADO PASADENA 

42 Miller Alley, (626) 639-2260. 

Bohemian RhapsodyFri.-Mon., 12 noon, 3:30, 

7, 10:15 p.m.;Tues. 12 noon, 3:15, 6:45, 10 

p.m.;Wed. 12 noon, 3:30, 7, 10:15 p.m. 

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of 

GrindelwaldFri.-Wed., 12:15, 3:45, 7:15, 10:30 

p.m. 

Green BookFri.-Mon., 12 noon, 3:15, 6:45, 10 

p.m.;Tues. 12 noon, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45 p.m.;Wed. 

12 noon, 3:15, 6:45, 10 p.m. 

Instant FamilyFri.-Mon., 1, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45 

p.m.;Tues. 12:30, 3:45, 10:50 p.m.;Wed. 1, 4:15, 

7:30, 10:45 p.m. 

The King and ITues. only, 7 p.m. 

Ralph Breaks the InternetFri.-Mon., 12:30, 3:30, 

6:30, 9:30 p.m.;Tues. 12:30, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 

p.m.;Wed. 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 p.m. 

Robin HoodFri.-Mon., 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 

p.m.;Tues. 1, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 p.m.;Wed. 1:15, 

4:30, 7:45, 10:45 p.m. 

LAEMMLE’S PLAYHOUSE 7 

673 E Colorado Bl, 

(626) 844-6500. 

Bolshoi Ballet: La SylphideMon. 7:30 p.m.;Tues. 

1 p.m. 

The King and ITues. only, 7:30 p.m. 

The LeopardWed. only, 7 p.m. 

The MercyThurs. only, 7 p.m. 

Met Summer Encore: The Magic FluteSat. only, 

12:55 p.m. 

NT Live: Antony & CleopatraThurs. only, 7 p.m. 

ARCLIGHT PASADENA 14 

280 E Colorado Bl, (626) 568-8888. 

Miracle on 34th StreetMon. only, 7:30 p.m. 

GLENDALE 

PACIFIC GLENDALE 18 

The Americana at Brand,322 

Americana Way, Glendale 

(818) 551-0218. 

Call theater for showtimes 

UA LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE 

1919 Verdugo Bl, (818) 952-1940. 

The King and I: LiveTues. only, 7 p.m. 

MiraiWed. only, 7 p.m. 

PokÈmon the Movie: The Power of UsSat. only, 

12:55 p.m. 

ARCADIA 

AMC SANTA ANITA 16 

Westfield Shoppingtown Mall,400 

Baldwin Ave, (888) 262-4386. 

Allegiance to BroadwayTues. only, 7:30 p.m. 

A Bad Moms Christmas EventThurs. only, 7:30 

p.m. 

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote (2018)Sun. only, 

12:55 p.m. 

Burn the Stage: The MovieWed.-Thurs., 7 p.m. 

The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute 

Special EncoreSat. only, 12:55 p.m. 




12:55 p.m. 

Sleepless in Seattle 25th AnniversarySun. 1, 7 

p.m.;Wed. 4, 7 p.m. 

Wilder vs FurySat. only, 6 p.m. 

ALHAMBRA 

EDWARDS ALHAMBRA 

RENAISSANCE STADIUM 14 & IMAX 

1 E. Main Street, 

(626) 300-0107. 

Allegiance to BroadwayTues. only, 7:30 p.m. 

Burn the Stage: The MovieWed.-Thurs., 7 p.m. 

The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute 

Special EncoreSat. only, 12:55 p.m. 




12:55 p.m. 

The Polar ExpressSat. only, 12 noon 

Schindler’s ListThurs. only, 7 p.m. 

Superman 40th AnniversaryMon. only, 7 p.m. 

Wilder vs FurySat. only, 6 p.m. n 

Enjoy 

the show. 

For more reviews, check out 

pasadenaweekly.com 



•FILM• 


Nicole Kidman and Lucas Hedges in Boy Erased 

CAPSULE REVIEWS 


Wiping Out Hate 

‘BOY ERASED’ REVEALS A HARROWING TRUE-LIFE TALE OF ABUSE IN 

GAY CONVERSION THERAPY 

Garrard Conley was an all-American teenager with a deep 

secret while growing up in small-town Arkansas as the 

son of a Baptist pastor and his obedient wife. Conley was 

gay and terrified of his parents discovering and disowning him as 

a result, and when he was outed against his will as a 19-year-old 

college student, he was forced to choose between being utterly 

abandoned by all his friends and family or entering gay conversion 

therapy that would ostensibly turn him straight. 

The resulting bizarre experiences in the therapy program and 

the incredible twists that followed inspired Conley to write the 

memoir “Boy Erased,” which became an instant bestseller and has 

now become a great new film by the talented rising writer-director 

Joel Edgerton. 

Starring three Oscar-caliber actors in Lucas Hedges (nominated 

for “Manchester by the Sea”), Nicole Kidman (winner for “The 

Hours”) and Russell Crowe (a two-time winner for “Gladiator” and 

“A Beautiful Mind”), it is a movie that explores faith and sexuality 

as well as the ways in which a belief system can threaten familial 

bonds if it’s applied too rigidly. 

The movie renames Conley as Jared Eamons and follows him 

at a small Christian college shortly after he breaks up with his 

longtime girlfriend due to their new long-distance status. Jared 

has always steered clear of anything more sexual than kissing her, 

ostensibly because as a preacher’s kid he’s determined to save sex 

for marriage, but in reality because he’s actually attracted to men. 

He forms an extremely close friendship with another guy at 

school, until one night when his friend asks if he can just crash 

on the other bunk bed in Jared’s dorm room. After they exchange 

lingering looks, Jared wills himself to sleep, but is shocked in 

the middle of the night to find that his friend rapes him and then 

breaks down crying and saying he has to turn himself in for the 

incident and another same-sex rape he committed. 

Already confused and afraid, Jared’s world falls apart when 

the other boy indeed turns himself in but claims that he had a 

consensual, long-running affair with Jared. Jared tries to deny the 

allegation of an affair but can’t find a way to articulate the fact he 

was raped by a man he was drawn to. With his highly conservative 

father threatening him to either accept a conversion-therapy 

program or risk losing his home, family and the right to inherit the 

family’s successful auto dealership, Jared hopes for the best and 

enters the program. 

Run by a seemingly compassionate man named Victor Sykes 

(played by writer-director Edgerton), the program starts out with 

Sykes telling his charges they are flawed but still loved by God, and 

that he can help them break their homosexual attractions. But as 

the days roll on, Jared starts to notice all sorts of insidious aspects 

to the program and starts making a desperate effort to convince 

his parents to get him out. 

The truly impressive thing about “Boy Erased” is that Edgerton 

has not stacked the deck like most issue-oriented films by depicting 

the religious conservative parents of Jared as over-the-top 

wrathful caricatures. Having grown up in Arkansas myself with 

plenty of friends from that kind of philosophical background, I 

can attest that Edgerton has done a masterful, thoughtful job 

of making Jared’s parents simply people who have had one way 

of thinking their entire lives and are having difficulty changing 

deep-rooted mindsets. This sense of subtlety and respect is a much 

more powerful means of imparting the film’s touching message of 

tolerance than a pointed polemic ever could. 

Crowe and Kidman nail their performances, giving Jared’s parents 

a deeply conflicted yet caring relationship with their son that 

ultimately is transformative and loving. But Hedges is a revelation, 

marking himself as a true talent who should stick around for many 

years to come, and all three actors might be contenders for Oscars 

this season. 

The film continues Edgerton’s impressive run as a director, 

which began in 2015 with the outstanding thriller “The Gift” and 

continued in 2017 with the moving historical drama “Loving,” 

about the interracial couple who convinced the US Supreme 

Court to allow mixed-race marriages. Edgerton has a powerfully 

empathetic approach to his topics and characters, even imbuing 

the insidious Sykes with a level of sympathy for a good portion of 

the film. 

Amid an era in which Americans are too often divided by rigid 

beliefs on either side of the sociopolitical spectrum, “Boy Erased” 

sets an example of the power of film to create understanding and 

increase acceptance of those with whom we differ. It’s highly 

recommended for those looking for a thoughtful alternative to the 

bombast of most overhyped holiday fare. n 

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Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali 

Length: 130 minutes 

Directed by: Peter Farrelly 

Rating: PG13 

This terrific true-life dramedy deserves to 

sweep the Oscar nominations, and has already 

claimed the first Best Picture critics prize 

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Mortensen and Ali make magic in the story of 

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Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, 

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Directed by: Stephen Caple, Jr. 

Rating: PG13 

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SCRUGGS 

Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, 

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Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 

Rating: R 

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stars, grand dialogue, beautiful scenery 

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Stars: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. 

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Directed by: Jason Reitman 

Rating: R 

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candidacy with a reckless fling that he 

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Reitman directs in such low-energy fashion 

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fact that Hart is utterly impossible to root for. 

Grade: D 


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PUBLIC NOTICES 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 

CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 

18STCP02716 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition 

of LUCY JANE LUDLOW, for Change 

of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PER- 

SONS: 1.) Petitioner: Lucy Jane Ludlow 

fi led a petition with this court for 

a decree changing names as follows: 

a.) Lucy Jane Ludlow to Lucy Jane 

Mavros 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. NO- 

TICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/15/19. 

Time: 10:30 AM. Dept.: 44 Room: 

418. The address of the court is 111 

N. Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012. 

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 26, 2018. Judge Edward 

B. Moreton, Jr., Judge of the 

Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena 

Weekly 11/8/18, 11/15/18, 11/22/18, 

11/29/18 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 

CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 

18GDCP00017 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition 

of LAN NGUYEN, for Change of Name. 

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) 

Petitioner: Lan Nguyen fi led a petition 

with this court for a decree changing 

names as follows: a.) Annie Ngoc Vy 

Nguyen to Saki Ngoc Vy Nguyen 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: 12/21/2018. 

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: NCG-D. 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 22, 

2018. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the 

Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena 

Weekly 11/22/18, 11/29/18, 12/6/18, 

12/13/18 

NOTICE INVITING BIDS 

FURNISH LABOR AND 

MATERIALS FOR SEISMIC 

ANCHORAGE OF ELECTRI- 

CAL UNITS AT CHESTER 

SUBSTATION 

Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be 

received prior to 11:00 AM, December 

19, 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: SEIS- 

MIC ANCHORAGE OF ELECTRICAL 

UNITS AT CHESTER SUBSTATION 

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 9:00 AM, December 5, 

2018, in the Large Conference Room, 

1055 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite #350, 

Pasadena, CA 91106. 

Bid security in the amount of fi ve percent 

(5%) of the total bid price in the 

form of cash, a certifi ed or cashierís 

check, money order, or surety bond 

must accompany the proposal. 

The Contractor must have a Class 

‘î contractor’s license to bid on this 

specifi cation. 

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. 

STEVE MERMELL 

CITY MANAGER 

DAT E D: NOV E M BE R 27, 2 0 18 

PUBLISH: NOVEMBER 29, 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 , 600 S. Garfi eld Ave, Alhambra 

CA, 91801 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 12pm PST, 

Thursday, November 29th, 2018 and 

closing on or after 12 pm PST on 

Monday, December 10th, 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. 

Harris, Norman 

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 from time 

of Purchase. PSA Self Storage Alhambra 

Reserves the Right to Retract 

Bids. Sale is Subject to Adjournment. 

Pasadena Weekly 11/29/18, 12/6/18 

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, December 11, 2018 at 3202 

Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA the following 

personal property: 

Bran, L (K-242) Clothes, bikes, 

boxes, misc 

Carlin, C (F-177) Boxes, bags, 

clothes 

Shelton, S (V-19) Clothes, bags, furniture, 

microwave 

Silen, J (S-32) Furniture, refrig, misc 

household 

Spearman, C (J-69) Electronics, 

bags, bikes, clothes 

All sales are subject to prior cancellation. 

Sale terms, rules & regulations 

available at time of sale. 


NOTICE OF SALE 

ABANDONED PERSONAL 

PROPERTY 

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned 

intends to sell the personal 

property described below to enforce 

a lien imposed on said property 

pursuant to the California Self Storage 

Act. Items will be sold at www. 

storagetreasures.com by competitive 

bidding ending on December 11, 

2018 at 12:00 p.m. Property has been 

stored and is located at A-1 Self Storage, 

2300 Poplar Blvd., Alhambra, CA 

91801 Sale subject to cancellation up 

to the time of sale, company reserves 

the right to refuse any online bids. 

Property to be sold as follows: 

misc. household goods, computers, 

electronics, tools, personal items, 

furniture, clothing, offi ce furniture & 

equipment, sporting goods, etc.; belonging 

to the following: 

Robert A Hernandez 

Auction by StorageTreasures.com 

800-213-4183 

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, ALLEN AV- 

ENUE SELF STORAGE PASADENA, 

234 N. ALLEN AVE PASADENA CA 

91106, County Of Los Angeles, State 

Of California, Above Address Will 

Sell, To Satisfy Lien Of The Owner, At 

Public Sale. Auction To Be Conducted 

Through Online Auction Services of 

WWW.LOCKERFOX.COM, with bids 

opening On Or After December 5th, 

2018 And Ending On Or After December 

12th, 2018, 12:00pm. 

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 ETCÖ 

YATES, ROBERT 

JOHNSON, DEBBIE 

LEE, RON 

BROWNING, DAVID 

CLARK, LISA 

Purchases Must Be Made in Cash and 

Paid at the time of Sale. All Goods are 

sold as is and must be removed within 

72 Hours of the time of Purchase. Allen 

Ave Self Storage-Pasadena Reserves 

the Right to Retract Bids. Sale 

is Subject to Adjournment. 


SUMMONS 

SUPERIOR COURT OF 

CALIFORNIA, COUNTY 

OF SAN BERNARDINO, 

CITATIONFREEDOM FROM 

PARENTAL CUSTODY AND 

CONTROL CASE NUMBER 

FFCSS 1800056 

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION OF: 

Adoption of TRINITY YUE-NI WENG 

Petitioner, KEVIN HAYS 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CAL- 

IFORNIA, To Chien Pang Weng and to 

all persons claiming to be the father 

or mother of minor person(s) named 

Trinity Yue-Ni Weng. 

By order of this Court you are hereby 

cited and advised that you may appear 

before the Judge Presiding in 

Department 315 N. Arrowhead Ave., 

San Bernadino, CA 92415. Of the 

above-entitled court on January 14, 

2019 at 1:30pm of that day, then and 

there to show cause, if any you have, 

why said person should not be declared 

free from the control of (his/ 

her) (their) parents according to the 

petition on fi le herein. 

If the Court fi nds that the interest of 

the minor(s) requires his or her protection, 

the court shall appoint counsel 

to represent the minor(s). Such 

counsel shall be appointed whether 

or not the minor(s) is able to afford 

counsel. 

The purpose of this action, to free the 

minor(s) from the custody of (his/ 

her) (their) parents(s) is to permit the 

adoption of said minor(s) to a suitable 

parent. 

The Court may continue these proceedings, 

not to exceed thirty (30) 

days, as necessary to appoint counsel 

and enable counsel to become 

familiar with these proceedings. 

Given under my hand and seal of the 

Superior Court of the County of San 

Bernardino, State of California, this 

15th day of November, 2018. 

Clerk, by A.C, Deputy. 

The name, address, and telephone 

number of plaintiff’s attorney, or 

plaintiff without an attorney, is: 

Eric N. Chung, Esq. (SBN 263030) 

Chung & Ignacio, LLP, 8577 Haven 

Ave., Suite 306 Rancho Cucamonga, 

CA 91730 

(909) 652-3022 

PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly, 

11/29/18, 12/6/18, 12/13/18, 

12/20/18. 

SUPERIOR COURT OF 

CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF 

FRESNO, CIVIL DIVISION 

SUMMONS CASE NUMBER 

18CECG03175 

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: BEST 

VALUE HOME REMODELING, INC., 

LETTY JULIAO-GREEN, VICTORIA 

JULIAO TORRES, et al., 

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAIN- 

TIFF: ANLIN INDUSTRIES 

DATED: 08/28/2018 

NOTICE! You have been sued. The 

court may decide against you without 

your being heard unless you respond 

within 30 days. Read the information 

below. 

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after 

this summons and legal papers 

are served on you to fi le a written 

response at this court and have a 

copy served on the plaintiff. A letter 

or phone call will not protect you. 

Your written response must be in 

proper legal form if you want the 

court to hear your case. There may 

be a court form that you can use for 

your response. You can fi nd these 

court forms and more information 

at the California Courts Online Self- 

Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ 

selfhelp), your county law library, or 

the courthouse nearest you. If you 

cannot pay the fi ling fee, ask the court 

clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do 

not fi le your response on time, you 

may lose the case by default, and your 

wages, money, and property may be 

taken without further warning from 

the court. 

There are other legal requirements. 

You may want to call an attorney right 

away. If you do not know an attorney, 

you may want to call an attorney referral 

service. If you cannot afford an 

attorney, you may be eligible for free 

legal services from a nonprofi t legal 

services program. You can locate 

these nonprofi t groups at the California 

Legal Services Web site (www. 

lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California 

Courts Online Self-Help Center 

(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), 

or by contacting your local court or 

county bar association. NOTE: The 

court has a statutory lien for waived 

fees and costs on any settlement or 

arbitration award of $10,000 or more 

in a civil case. The courtís lien must 

be paid before the court will dismiss 

the case. 

The name and address of the court is: 

Superior Court of California, County 

of Fresno, 1130 O Street Fresno, CA 

93721 

The name, address, and telephone 

number of plaintiff’s attorney, or 

plaintiff without an attorney, is: 

Gubler & Abbott, 1110 N. Chinowth 

Street Visalia, CA 93291 

DATE: August 28, 2018, by M. 

Douangkham, Deputy. 

PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly, 

11/29/18, 12/6/18, 12/13/18, 

12/20/18 

PROBATE NOTICES 

NOTICE OF PETITION TO 

ADMINISTER ESTATE OF 

ROBERT LEE CARTER 

CASE NO. 18STPB10527 

To all heirs, benefi ciaries, creditors, 

contingent creditors, and persons 

who may otherwise be interested in 

the will or estate, or both of ROBERT 

LEE CARTER AKA BOBBY CARTER. 

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been 

fi led by Lunona N. Burton and Melissa 

English in the Superior Court of 

California, County of LOS ANGELES. 

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests 

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 

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: 

December 14, 2018, Time: 8:30 AM, 

Dept.: 4. Location: 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: 

Halil Hasic 

SBN 245251 

633 West 5th St., 26th Flr. 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

(424) 240-9272 

PASADENA WEEKLY 

11/15/18, 11/22/18, 11/29/18 

FICT. BUSINESS NAMES 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 

2018276379 

Type of Filing: Original. The following 

person(s) is (are) doing business 

as: TRI-VALLEY SPINE AND 

PAIN CENTERS, TRI VALLEY SPINE 

AND PAIN CENTERS. 710 S. Central 

Ave., Suite 340 Glendale, CA 91204. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Glendale Pain Medicine 

Associates Inc., A Professional 

Corporation, 1500 S. Central Ave., 

suite 126 Glendale, CA 91204. State 

of Incorporation or LLC: California. 

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY 

a Corporation. The registrant commenced 

to transact 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/ Christopher K. Kaypekian, 

M.D. TITLE: President, Corp 

or LLC Name: Glendale Pain Medicine 

Associates Inc., A Professional 

Corporation. This statement was fi led 

with the LA County Clerk on: October 

31, 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 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: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 11/8/18, 11/15/18, 

11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018274733 

Type of Filing: Original The following 


as: ELLA ROSE & CO.; 5605 N. Willard 

Ave. San Gabriel, CA 91776. 


OWNER(S) Sarah Brow, 5605 N. Willard 

Ave. San Gabriel, CA 91776. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 

The registrant commenced 

to transact business under the 

Fictitious Business Name or names 



and correct. /s/: Sarah Brow. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was fi led with 

the LA County Clerk on: October 30, 

2018. NOTICE in accordance with 


Fictitious Name Statement generally 














of a Fictitious Business Name in violation 



Section 14411 et seq., business and 

professions code). Publish: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 11/8/18, 11/15/18, 

11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018274315 


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

LAW OFFICES OF DIANE M. COMI 

& ASSOCIATES; 2135 Huntington 

Drive Suite 205 San Marino, CA 

91108. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REG- 

ISTERED OWNER(S) Diane Marie 

Comi, 790 Granada Avenue San Marino, 

CA 91108. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The 

registrant commenced to transact 

business under the Fictitious Business 

Name or names listed above on: 

04/1991. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and correct. 

/s/: Diane Marie Comi. TITLE: 
























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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018267553 



STICKER THEORIES; 8270 Boyson 

St. Downey, CA 90242. COUNTY: Los 

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

Samantha Espinoza, 8270 Boyson 

St. Downey, CA 90242, Victor Loza, 

3050 California St. Huntington 

Park, CA 90255. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY Copartners. The 




N/A. I declare that all information in 

this statement is true and correct. /s/: 

Samantha Espinoza. TITLE: General 

Partner. This statement was fi led with 























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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018278633 



as: INVISIBLE INDUSTRIES, 

KINTSUGI MEDIA; 480 Portofi no 

Court #312 Pomona, CA 91765, PO 

Box 1603 Baldwin Park, CA 91706. 


OWNER(S) Jose A. Mercado, 480 

Portofi no Court #312 Pomona, CA 

91706. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY an Individual. The 






/s/: Jose A. Mercado. TITLE: Owner. 

This statement was fi led with the 

LA County Clerk on: November 2, 






















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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018264391 



as: ASHBRIDGE VENTURES, DRUM 

LESSONS IN LA, DRUM LESSONS 

FOR KIDS, LA DRUM ACADEMY; 

719 Yale St., #609 Los Angeles, 

CA 90012. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Stefano I 

Ashbridge, 719 Yale St., #609 Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 

The registrant commenced to transact 

business under the Fictitious 

Business Name or names listed above 

on: N/A. I declare that all information 


/s/: Stefano I Ashbridge. TITLE: 
























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2018265729 



as: CREATIVE ANOMALY; 77 N. 

Altadena Drive Pasadena, CA 91107. 


OWNER(S) Kevin Hernandez, 77 N. 

Altadena Drive Pasadena, CA 91107. 

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED 

BY an Individual. The registrant 

commenced to transact business 

under the Fictitious Business Name 

or names listed above on: 01/2018. 

I declare that all information in this 

statement is true and correct. /s/: 

Kevin Hernandez. TITLE: Owner. 


LA County Clerk on: October 19, 






















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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018264413 

Type of Filing: Amended The following 


as: LUMINARI VENTURES, THE LA 

BAG LADY; 719 Yale St., #609 Los 

Angeles, Ca 90012. COUNTY: Los 


Danielle Lamar Torres Ashbridge, 

719 Yale St., #609 Los Angeles, Ca 








/s/: Danielle Lamar Torres Ashbridge. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement was 

fi led with the LA County Clerk on: 

October 18, 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: 11/8/18, 11/15/18, 11/22/18, 

11/29/18 



2018272652 



as: GEOGHEGAN & BURKE PUB- 

LISHING; 1884 N. Alvarado St. Los 

Angeles, CA 90026. COUNTY: Los 


Kim Gruenenfelder Smith, 1884 N. 

Alvarado St. Los Angeles, CA 90026. 





or names listed above on: N/A. I 

declare that all information in this 


Kim Gruenenfelder Smith. TITLE: 
























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2018276046 



as: GLOWING GODDESS GETAWAY, 

GODDESS GETWAY; 475 Washington 

Blvd. Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. 


OWNER(S) Sailene Leann Ossman, 

865 Rose Ave. Venice, CA 90291, 

Deidra Harper, 18765 Haywire Ranch 

Rd. Meadow View, CA 95722. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a 

General Partnership. The registrant 






Sailene Leann Ossman. TITLE: Partner. 

This statement was fi led with 























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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018261786 



as: WASPY RECORDS.; 925 W. 

Channel St. San Pedro, CA 90731. 


OWNER(S) Christian C. Chavez, 925 

W. Channel St. San Pedro, CA 90731. 


an Individual. The registrant commenced 


the Fictitious Business Name or 

names listed above on: N/A. I declare 

that all information in this statement 

is true and correct. /s/: Christian C. 

Chavez. TITLE: Owner. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County 

Clerk on: October 16, 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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2018278706 



as: PARADIME CLOTHING.; 24119 

Del Monte Dr., Unit #50 Valencia, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christopher 

Jacoub, 24119 Del Monte Dr., 

Unit #50 Valencia, CA 91355, Emmanuel 

Anumba, 29626 Teasedale Pl 

Castaic, CA 91384. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. 


to transact business under the Fictitious 

Business Name or names 

listed above on: 11/2018. I declare 


is true and correct. /s/: Christopher 

Jacoub. TITLE: General Partnership. 
























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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018264691 



as: EL ALIENS CLOTHING; 4928 

6th Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90043. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGIS- 

TERED OWNER(S) Patrick James 

Jordan, 4928 6th Ave. Los Angeles, 








/s/: Patrick James Jordan. TITLE: 
























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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018278091 



as: ONEPLUS; 90 S. Hemosa 

Ave. Sierra Madre, CA 91024-2451. 


OWNER(S) Richard Lambakis, 90 

S. Hemosa Ave. Sierra Madre, CA 

91024-2451. THIS BUSINESS IS 




Name or names listed above 



/s/: Richard Lambakis. TITLE: Owner. 
























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11/22/18, 11/29/18 



2018262939 



THE FOODIE SPACE. 4712 Admiralty 

Way #135 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. 


OWNER(S) UGR Supplies LLC, 4712 

Admiralty Way #135 Marina Del Rey, 

CA 90292. State of Incorporation or 

LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability 

Company. The registrant commenced 

to transact business under the fi ctitious 

business name or names listed 

above on: 06/2018. I declare that all 


and correct. /s/ Ugne Ragauskaite. 

TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC Name: 

UGR Supplies LLC. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County Clerk on: 

October 17, 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 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: Pasadena Weekly. 

Dates: 11/8/18, 11/15/18, 11/22/18, 

11/29/18 



2018278814 



as: MINDFUL CONNECTIONS.; 1001 

South Marengo avenue Pasadena, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Amanda 

Hsu, 1001 South Marengo avenue 

Pasadena, CA 91106. THIS BUSI- 

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 



Business Name or names listed 



and correct. /s/: Amanda Hsu. TITLE: 


the LA County Clerk on: November 5, 






















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2018270319 



as: FEMMEWELL.; 1706 Fair Oaks 

Ave., 1 South Pasadena, CA 91030. 


OWNER(S) Myrna Lillian Powell, 

1706 Fair Oaks Ave., 1 South Pasadena, 








/s/: Myrna Lillian Powell. TITLE: 
























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2018281690 



VEMP. 5920 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, 

CA 90028, 12700 Inglewood 

11.29.18 PASADENA WEEKLY 31

Ave., #1222 Hawthorne, CA 90250 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 

3854227. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

AAA Chronic Medical Supply Inc., 

1975 Sereno Dr., 46 Vallejo, CA 

94589. State of Incorporation or 


CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The 


business under the fi ctitious business 

name or names listed above 

on: 11/2018. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and 

correct. /s/ Micah Davonte Wilson. 

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: 

AAA Chronic Medical Supply Inc. 

















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: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 11/15/18, 11/22/18, 

11/29/18, 12/6/18 



2018276093 



as: SPARK THEATRICAL; 227 North 

Saltair Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90049. 


TERED OWNER(S) Laurie Bernhard, 

227 North Saltair Ave. Los Angeles, 








/s/: Laurie Bernhard. TITLE: Owner. 


LA County Clerk on: October 31, 






















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2018282568 



as: FRONTIERSMAN PICTURES; 

1034 Lantana Drive Los Angeles, CA 


ISTERED OWNER(S) Ryan Steven 

Green, 1034 Lantana Drive Los Angeles, 








/s/: Ryan Steven Green. TITLE: 


the LA County Clerk on: November 7, 






















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11/29/18, 12/6/18 



2018277909 



as: GHB VINTAGE; 13529 

Leadwell St., #3 Van Nuys, CA 

91405. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christine 

Felton, 13529 Leadwell St., #3 Van 

Nuys, CA 91405. THIS BUSINESS IS 







/s/: Christine Felton. TITLE: Owner. 
























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11/29/18, 12/6/18 



2018281131 



as: SUPERSTAR ENTREPRENEUR, 

SUPERSTARENTREPRENEUR.COM; 

261 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 208 

Pasadena, CA 91101. COUNTY: Los 


Loren A. Roberts, 261 E. Colorado 

Blvd., Suite 208 Pasadena, CA 91101. 


an Individual. The registrant commenced 


the Fictitious Business Name or 

names listed above on: 10/2018. I 



Loren A. Roberts. TITLE: Owner. 
























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11/29/18, 12/6/18 



2018289659 



SOLAR ROCKET DATA ANALYTICS. 

217 S. Catalina Ave., Unit 7 Pasadena, 

CA 91106, 2245 E. Colorado 

Blvd. Unit 247 Pasadena, CA 91107. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of 

Incorporation or Organization Number: 

201831810303. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Solar Rocket LLC, 217 S. 

Catalina Ave., Unit 7 Pasadena, CA 

91106. State of Incorporation or LLC: 

California. 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 



/s/ Anthony G. Miranda. TITLE: 

President, Corp or LLC Name: Solar 

Rocket LLC. This statement was fi led 

with the LA County Clerk on: November 

16, 2018. NOTICE in accordance 

with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, 

a Fictitious Name statement generally 



















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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018286679 



as: COACH COLLISION WORKS. 

California Coach Collision Inc. 22064 

Valley Boulevard Walnut, CA 91789. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 

41215683. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

California Coach Collision Inc., 

22064 Valley Boulevard Walnut, 



CONDUCTED BY a Corporation The 



name or names listed above on: 



/s/ Linda Lujan. TITLE: Secretary, 

Corp or LLC Name: California Coach 

Collision Inc. This statement was fi led 























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018286677 

Type of Filing: Amended. The following 

person(s) is (are) doing 

business as: CALIFORNIA COACH 

COLLISION. 22064 Valley Boulevard 

Walnut, CA 91789. COUNTY: Los 

Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 4125168. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) California 

Coach Collision Inc., 22064 Valley 

Boulevard Walnut, CA 91789. State 



BY a Corporation The registrant 


under the fi ctitious business name 



statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Linda Lujan. TITLE: Secretary, Corp 

or LLC Name: California Coach Collision 

Inc. This statement was fi led 























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018289614 



as: SWOFE REALTY. 1100 S. 

Hope St., Suite 103 Los Angeles, 


Articles of Incorporation or Organization 

Number: 4169860. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Swofe Realty Inc., 1100 

S. Hope St., Suite 103 Los Angeles, 









/s/ Howard Ming Fai Li. TITLE: 

President, Corp or LLC Name: Swofe 

Realty Inc. This statement was fi led 























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018289616 



as: HUMBLE BIT, HUMBLEBIT. 

COM. 30 N. Raymond Ave., Suite 811 


Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 4169860. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Humble 

Bit LLC, 30 N. Raymond Ave., Suite 

811 Pasadena, CA 91103. State of 

Incorporation or LLC: California. 







statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Howard Ming Fai Li. TITLE: CEO, 

Corp or LLC Name: Humble Bit LLC. 
























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018272252 



as: DENTEX DENTAL STUDIO. 176 

W. Paramount St. Azusa, CA 91702. 


TERED OWNER(S) Tian Jin, DDS, 

Inc., 176 W. Paramount St. Azusa, 








this statement is true and correct. 

/s/ Tian Jin. TITLE: President, Corp 

or LLC Name: Tian Jin, DDS, Inc. 

This statement was fi led with the LA 

County Clerk on: October 26, 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, 















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2018280576 



OUTSIDE PLANT CONSTRUCTION, 

LLC. 2826 Paloma St. Pasadena, CA 


ISTERED OWNER(S) Outside Plant 

Construction LLC, 2826 Paloma 

St. Pasadena, CA 91107. State of 

Incorporation or LLC: California. 




under the fi ctitious business name or 

names listed above on: N/A. I declare 


is true and correct. /s/ David Johnson. 

TITLE: Manager, Corp or LLC 

Name: Swofe Realty Inc. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County 

Clerk on: November 6, 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 

fi ctitious business name in violation 





Weekly. Dates: 11/22/18, 11/29/18, 

12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018286198 



123! SNACK; 1635 Neil Armstrong 

St., #138 Montebello, CA 90640. 


TERED OWNER(S) Robert Armando 

Jimenez Escobar and Karla Bright 

Rojas Sojo, 1635 Neil Armstrong St., 

#138 Montebello, CA 90640. THIS 


General Partnership. The registrant 



or names listed above on: N/A. I declare 


is true and correct. /s/: Robert 

Armando Jimenez Escobar. TITLE: 


the LA County Clerk on: November 






















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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018288854 



as: WOLFF-MILLS DESIGN; 6810 

Forbes Avenue Lake Balboa, CA 


ISTERED OWNER(S) Alyson Wolff- 

Mills, 6810 Forbes Avenue Lake Balboa, 








/s/: Alyson Wolff-Mills. TITLE: 
























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018289307 



CRAVEN TRAVEL SERVICES; 2187 

E. Villa St. Pasadena, CA 91107. 


OWNER(S) Ana Maria Craven, 2187 

E. Villa St. Pasadena, CA 91107. THIS 





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


correct. /s/: Ana Maria Craven. TITLE: 
























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018288912 



as: MULTI SERVICIO ADVERTIS- 

ING; 10034 Clybourn Ave. Sunland, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sonia 

Gonzalez, 10034 Clybourn Ave. Sunland, 








/s/: Sonia Gonzalez. TITLE: Owner. 
























Weekly. Dates: 11/22/18, 11/29/18, 

12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018289998 



as: EAGLE ROCK HIGHT SCHOOL 

CLASS OF 1967 REUNION; 374 S. 

Craig Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107. 


OWNER(S) Linda Heineman, 374 S. 

Craig Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107. THIS 





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


correct. /s/: Linda Heineman. TITLE: 
























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018289170 



as: PARISA KJ; 140 N. Wilson 

Ave., Apt. #6 Pasadena, CA 91106. 


OWNER(S) Parisa Khosravi Jafari, 

140 N. Wilson Ave., Apt. #6 Pasadena, 








Parisa Khosravi Jafari. TITLE: Owner. 
























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12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018287942 



ìHANDEL WITHî CARE SERVICES; 

113 West El Sure Street Monrovia, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Remia D. 

Gonzales, 113 West El Sure Street 

Monrovia, CA 91016. THIS BUSI- 



transact business under the Fictitious 




/s/: Remia D. Gonzales. 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 

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 

TANTRA FBSM GODDESS - 

CMT Fit Beauty Masseuse 

Deep, Sensual, fantasy, 

fetish, Private, Table 

Incall/Outcall (818) 821-9090 



















Weekly. Dates: 11/22/18, 11/29/18, 

12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018290380 



BRIGHTVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 

SERVICES. 890 S. Rosemead Blvd., 

Apt. 45 Pasadena, CA 91107, 3579 

E. Foothill Blvd., Suite 110 Pasadena, 




OWNER(S) Brightview Behavioral 

Health Center, 890 S. Rosemead 

Blvd., Apt. 45 Pasadena, CA 91107. 

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. 


BY a Corporation. The registrant 





statement is true and correct. /s/ Rita 

B. Mason. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC 

Name: Brightview Behavioral Health 

Center, LLC. This statement was fi led 























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12/13/18, 12/20/18 



2018290028 



as: SPLASH AND DASH LA VERNE. 

1485 Foothill Boulevard La Verne, 

CA 91705, 32 Foxtail Court Azusa, 




OWNER(S) Sadie Corp., 32 Foxtail 

Court Azusa, CA 91702. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: California. THIS 


Corporation. The registrant commenced 


the fi ctitious business name or names 



and correct. /s/ Beverlie Dunbar. 

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: 

Sadie Corp. This statement was fi led 























Weekly. Dates: 11/29/18, 12/6/18, 

12/13/18, 12/20/18 



2018273105 



as: BRIGHT NAILS LLC, NAILS 101. 

18439 E. Colima Rd., Ste. A Rowland 

Heights, CA 91748. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 


Number: 201827810074. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Bright Nails 

LLC, 18439 E. Colima Rd., Ste. A 

Rowland Heights, CA 91748. State 



BY a Limited Liability Company. The 





this statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Zihan Xu. TITLE: Managing Member, 

Corp or LLC Name: Bright Nails 

LLC. This statement was fi led with 























Weekly. Dates: 11/22/18, 11/29/18, 

12/6/18, 12/13/18 



2018289375 



UPUPON; 333 Saint Bonaventure St. 

Claremont, CA 91711. COUNTY: Los 


Mark John Oanes, 333 Saint Bonaventure 

St. Claremont, CA 91711. 








Mark John Oanes. TITLE: Owner. 
























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12/13/18, 12/20/18 



2018287250 

Type of Filing: Amended The following 


as: FIREWALKER PUBLICATIONS; 

997 N. Garfi eld Avenue Pasadena, CA 


ISTERED OWNER(S) Diane E.M. Tegarden, 

997 N. Garfi eld Avenue Pasadena, 








/s/: Diane E.M. Tegarden. TITLE: 
























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12/13/18, 12/20/18 



2018295273 



as: BC LIVE PRODUCTIONS, BC 

LIVE PRODUCTIONS LLC. 7742B 

Clybourn Ave., Sun Valley, CA 91352. 


OWNER(S) BC Live Productions LLC, 

7742B Clybourn Ave., Sun Valley, CA 

91352. State of Incorporation or LLC: 

California. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. 


transact business under the fi ctitious 

business name or names listed 



and correct. /s/ Brett Collins. TITLE: 

CEO, Corp or LLC Name: BC Live 

Productions LLC. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County Clerk 

on: November 27, 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, 















Weekly. Dates: 11/29/18, 12/6/18, 

12/13/18, 12/20/18 



2018295415 



CBD ADAPT; 254 N. Lake Ave., #320 



Brian Urbina, 254 N. Lake Ave., #320 

Pasadena, CA 91001. THIS BUSI- 



transact business under the Fictitious 




/s/: Brian Urbina. TITLE: Owner. 
























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as: SPOILED SPORT SPECIALTIES, 

SPOILED SPORT USA; 5707 Freeman 

Ave. La Crescenta, CA 91214. 


OWNER(S) Thomas Kramer, 5707 

Freeman Ave. La Crescenta, CA 








/s/: Thomas Kramer. TITLE: Owner. 

















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: 

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WHOLESOME NEEDS; 444 N. Amelia 

Ave., Apt. 4B San Dimas, CA 91773, 

300 E. Bonita Ave., #4414 San Dimas, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Brian Matthew 

Porter and Pauline Porter, 444 

N. Amelia Ave., Apt. 4B San Dimas, 

CA 91773. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY a Married Couple. The 






Brian Matthew Porter. TITLE: Owner. 

















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: 

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CHOICE 

THURSDAY 11.29.18 

The South Pasadena Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena, screens 

the 2018 film “Best F(r)iends” by co-writer, co-star and South Pasadena resident Greg Sestero, who 

wrote the book “The Disaster Artist,” which was made into a film in 2017. It starts at 7 p.m. Sestero is 

scheduled to attend, along with the film’s female lead, Kristen Stephenson Pino, and Pasadena Weekly 

film reviewer and Arts Editor Carl Kolzlowski. A Q&A follows the screening. Free. Call (626) 403-7350 

or visit southpasadenaca.gov. 

FRIDAY 11.30.18 

SATURDAY 12.01.18 

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, presents an all-ages 

concert featuring Linda Perhacs, playing American psychedelic folk rock, and whose first album 

“Parallelograms” was released in 1970. Also performing is Los Angeles-based Scott Gilmore, 

multi-instrumentalist and recording artist, who combines psychedelia, kosmische and other styles. It 

starts at 8 p.m. A set by Deejay Natasha Khan and visuals by Whiz World are included. Tickets are $15. 

Call (323) 561-3044 or visit cfaer.org. 

EVENTS 

FOR THE WEEK OF 

11.29–12.06 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

Calder String Quartet 

SUNDAY 12.02.18 

MONDAY 12.03.18 

A Noise Within, 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena brings back its annual holiday favorite, “A 

Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The classic story of greed and forgiveness opens at 2 

p.m. Saturday and continues through Dec. 23. Tickets start at $25. Call (626) 356-3121 or visit 

anoisewithin.org. 

MUSE/IQUE presents a concert, “Singing/Stories,” performing works by Ray Charles, Bob 

Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and others at the Pasadena 

Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Mingling starts at 6 p.m. and the concert starts 

at 7 p.m. Tickets are $70. Call (626) 539-7085 or visit muse-ique.com. 

Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau Visitor Hotline Kickoff features the Tournament 

of Roses Royal Court in an appearance to help launch the hotline, which is active 

from Monday through Dec. 31. The 101st Rose Queen is Louise Deser Siskel. The event starts 

at 10 a.m. at 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Visit visitpasadena.com. 

TUESDAY 12.04.18 

Camerata Pacifica chamber ensemble is joined by the Calder String Quartet in a program of works by 

Beethoven, Arensky and Mendelssohn, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. 

Tickets are $58. Call (805) 844-8410 or visit cameratapacifica.org. 

WEDNESDAY 12.05.18 

THURSDAY 12.06.18 

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, presents 

an old fashioned wreath-making workshop, exploring the basics of wreath making, using fresh greens 

from the Arboretum grounds and cuttings from the LA Flower Mart, from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $45, 

$35 for members. All materials are provided, but guests should bring their own clippers and any special 

decorations they would like to add. Call (626) 821-4623 or visit arboretum.org. 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, 

San Marino, and sommelier Brad Owen present an in-depth lecture on Champagne and 

sparkling wine, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., followed by a tasting of a dozen wines. Cost is $105, or $90 

for members. Visit huntington.org/calendar to register.

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