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Letters ........................................................5 Guest Opinion ..............................................6 

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A Complicated Legacy 

Former FBI Director James Comey discusses 

his fi ring, the Russia investigation and why 

Americans must vote Trump out of offi ce. 

— Justin Chapman 

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

Forged in Love 

How Rachel Robinson helped her husband, Jackie, break baseball’s color line. 

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life ......................................................................... 10 

Restaurant Review ......................................10 

Advice ......................................................12 

Bulletin .....................................................13 

Arts ........................................................................ 15 

Into the Night ............................................. 16 

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ENOUGH ALREADY! 

Mr. GorbaTrump, tear down this 

wall! 

- J. R. BALL 

INGLEWOOD 

GRATEFUL CATHOLIC 

I could not let the letter in the 

Pasadena Weekly (“Eyes Wide Open,” Letters, Jan. 17) go 

unanswered. 

I am a product of the Catholic “propaganda system,” and unlike 

Miguel Espinosa, Jr., I am grateful for an open mind that my 

education in a Catholic school gave me, along with the ability to 

read and write, which the “abused sisters” taught me. (Miguel, who 

taught you to read and write?) They also taught me a moral code 

that may seem out of date by today’s standards, but gave me much 

peace of mind, and sense of self and direction. What institutions 

can you name, which have lasted 2,000-plus years and whose story 

is dotted with saints and sinners in every age through the history 

of the Church through the millennia? We cannot even begin to talk 

about the 200-plus year history of the contributions made by the 

Church in this country. (According to Espinosa’s letter, nothing 

good ever came from the Catholic Church.) 

As I grow older I have nothing but gratitude for my education 

and for being “indoctrinated” in our Christian, Catholic way of life, 

spiritually and morally. I have been a member of the Sisters of the 

Holy Cross for 60-plus years, and have taught in three of the 50 

states, plus two years in Ghana, and have never had a priest come to 

our convent bedrooms in his spare time. 

The Church is going through trying times in our generation, 

as it has in the past. Always, after crises and tragedy, growth and 

transformation have followed. The Church is suffering now because 

of some of its members, and it is a tragedy of the first order. Jesus 

says it best — “better a millstone tied around a neck.” Lawsuits 

will bring bankruptcy for some 

dioceses but “the Mafia” will 

not bail them out. The Church 

does best when not depending 

on material gains, but on the 

spiritual growth of its people. 

I am grateful for the years 

of community, service and 

love I have experienced in the 

faith of our ancestors. I hope 

I have made a contribution to 

continuing the Catholic legacy 

of the apostles, who were 

entrusted by Christ/God to the 

Church. Amen. 

- DOLORES BRAY, CSC 

VIA EMAIL 

CAN WE AGREE? 

Continuing the shutdown of our 

federal government was exactly 

what Vladimir Putin would have 

had Donald Trump do for Russia. 

Enough is enough. Republican 

senators must stand up for 

America. … Putin’s desire is to 

impede our democracy. 

We can resolve our differences 

while keeping our government 

working. Even if we don’t agree 

on what the president is doing, 

we can agree that Russian 

corruption has resulted in the 

criminal guilt of Trump appointees 

Manafort, Flynn and 

Cohen; that Putin celebrated 

Trump’s withdrawal of the US 

from Syria; that Putin eagerly 

awaits Trump’s withdrawal from 

NATO; that last year in Helsinki 

Putin was delighted that Trump 

caved in to him by denying US 

intelligence evidence that Russia 

interfered in the 2016 election; 

and that the Russians are 

holding American Marine Paul 

Whelan as a hostage exchange 

for convicted Russian spy Maria 

Butina. Can we agree that (a 

government shutdown) is exactly 

what Putin wants? 

- WALT DUNLOP 

VIA EMAIL 

FROM THE WEB: 

Re: “Pasadena’s Tale of Two Cities,” 

Jan. 24 

Do the “facts” used by the 

authors actually support their argument? 

Does any of it really add up 

to the conclusion they draw? 

And what of that conclusion? 

Pasadena would be a much more 

equitable city if everyone who lives 

here made the same amount of 

money? Such as people living in 

Bradbury or San Marino? 

I understand Pasadena to be a 

community that values diversity. Is 

this, and the cherry-picked “facts” 

that support it, an argument for a 

more homogeneous Pasadena? 

~ PAUL LITTLE 

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•OPINION• 

BY PATRICIA CUNLIFFE 

IN THE NAME OF LOVE 

BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT HONORS 

LEADERS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 

I 

love that Valentine’s Day and Black History Month 

are both in February. It’s a good time to reflect on 

love in general and gives me hope that beyond love 

for our special someone, we might also find love for our 

fellow man. 

Love is all encompassing and recognizes the 

importance of others. If anyone had predicted prior 

to 1991 that four LAPD officers would violently beat 

an unarmed black man, be caught on videotape, and 

still be found “not guilty,” I would never have believed 

it. Much less would I have believed that years later 

it would become a regular occurrence for police to 

murder young African Americans, or that many of our youth would end up in prison 

for crimes they did not commit. 

It is unfortunate that those occurrences are mow more prevalent than recognition 

for the major contributions that African Americans have made to the world. And there 

have been many. That is why it so important to teach black history to young people; 

that they become aware of the inventors, the activists, the architects, the scientists, 

the teachers, the writers, the artists ... Aware of the love of those who have come 

before them, many giving up their lives in hopes of the world becoming a better place. 

Because of those heroes of the past, we now have role models like Patrisse Khan 

Cullors, LeBron James, Stacey Abrams, KRS-One, Kamala Harris, Colin Kaepernick, 

Maxine Waters and Barack and Michelle Obama, among countless others. 

We have people like Donzaleigh Abernathy, author and daughter of the Rev. Ralph 

David Abernathy, who continues to carry on her father’s work today. “I speak and 

teach about Martin Luther King Jr., my father, Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, and the 

American civil rights movement to keep the dream of freedom, liberty, justice and 

equality for everyone alive in America forever.” 

This is a woman who truly walks her talk. I met Donzaleigh Abernathy at a Latinothemed 

event at Cal State, Channel Islands. Farm workers and their families had 

been bused in to attend. She greeted each of them as they arrived. That is love. 

We have artist Rudy Cole, who in his art shines light on lesser known African 

Americans, such as renowned architect Paul Revere Williams, whose designs were 

sought after by many of Hollywood’s Golden Era elite, and Dr Joseph Jackson, whose 

many inventions range from the programmable DVR to Fem-Choice, the first fertility 

prediction app. 

“My intent is to show — especially to the kids — that you don’t need to be an 

athlete or a movie star to achieve great things,” Cole says. “It’s time we give these 

people the recognition that they deserve for all the good that they’ve done.” That is 

love. 

We have poets like Gerda Govine. “I do what I do because I cannot help it. My 

ancestors whisper in my ear, slide in between my sentences and provide protection 

that helps me to make a difference using my poetry as a way to round sharp edges of 

challenging conversations.” That is love. 

If you believe as I do that the way to equip our young people is to acknowledge 

the importance of black history, you owe it to your family to attend not just the Black 

History Parade and Festival, but also the Black History Festival at the Pasadena 

Central Library on Saturday, Feb. 16. At the festival, Cole exhibits “Contributions of 

Black Californians: Science, Art, Inventions to the World”; producer Lyn Goldfarb 

presents the PBS documentary about 20-year Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, 

the first African- American mayor of a predominantly white city, “Bridging the 

Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race”; and Donzaleigh Abernathy, author of 

“Partners to History: Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and the Civil Rights 

Movement,” will speak with a Q&A to follow. 

We need to impress upon our young people that we live in a world in which one 

youthful mistake can ruin an entire life, and that living a good life is really the best 

revenge against haters. They need to understand why they owe a debt of gratitude to 

those who came before and sacrificed so much in order for them to live in a better 

world. Like our heroes of the past, they need to care about the world around them and 

speak out against that which is wrong. It begins by knowing black history, living with 

an appreciation for the past while making progress into the future. ■ 

The Black History Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium of the Pasadena 

Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena. For more information, call (626) 744-4066 or visit cityofpasadena. 

net/library/events/2019-0216. 


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BAD NEWS FOR BACA 

NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS FORMER 

SHERIFF’S CONVICTION 

DUAL CELEBRATIONS 

PASADENA MARKS BLACK HISTORY 

MONTH WITH TWO SPECIAL EVENTS 

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STAY THE COURSE 

COUNCIL VOTES TO RAISE 

MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN 

HOUR IN 2020 

A COMPLICATED 

LEGACY 

FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY DISCUSSES HIS FIRING, THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION 

AND WHY AMERICANS MUST VOTE TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE 

BY JUSTIN CHAPMAN 

The United States is in sore need of ethical leadership, former 

FBI director James Comey said Monday during a talk at the 

Ambassador Auditorium in West Pasadena as part of the 

23rd season of the Distinguished Speaker Series. 

“We must make sure good follows bad,” said Comey before 

an audience of more than 1,200 people. “I’m so worried that 

the picture of leadership today — not just in our national 

government, although that’s deeply concerning to me without 

regard to policy differences but in terms of values — but also 

in sports, entertainment, religious institutions, nonprofit 

organizations and corporations. The vision of leadership is so 

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unethical that I worry people are going to say, ‘That’s just the 

way it is’ and especially young people will just step away from it, 

and then we’re going to be deeply sorry.” 

His wide-ranging remarks covered his hiring by President 

Obama (who he said is the best listener he’s ever met), his firing 

by President Trump (which he said was tacky and tasteless), 

the death of his 9-day-old son Collin, his role in the Russia 

investigation, Trump’s request for loyalty from him and how 

important kindness, toughness, confidence, humility, humor and 

listening are to ethical leadership. 

“Trump doesn’t know anything about leadership,” Comey 

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The Pasadena City Council voted 7-1 on Monday 

to amend the city’s minimum wage ordinance 

and continue toward $15 an hour in 2020. 

District 1 Councilman Tyron Hampton was 

the lone vote against the amendment. 

“Ultimately, we are judged by how we treat 

the least fortunate among us,” said Councilman 

Steve Madison. 

There were about 60 speakers at the meeting. 

Most of them spoke in favor of an amendment 

that would increase the wage to $15 an 

hour by 2020. The opposition came mostly 

from local restaurant owners who wanted the 

council to adopt the state’s minimum wage 

increase schedule, which reaches $15 in 2022. 

Even Rose Queen Louise Deser Siskel, who 

is known for being outspoken, took a stand on 

the issue. “While Pasadena is an extraordinarily 

prosperous city, it also has the highest income 

inequality ratio of any major city,” said Siskel. 

“Ensuring that anyone in our city can earn a 

living wage is truly an issue of equality.” 

The meeting was mandated by an ordinance 

unanimously passed by the council in 2016 

which adopted a minimum wage law that would 

gradually rise to $13.25 in 2018. Before it could 

go the next steps, $14.25 in July 2019 and $15 

in 2020, the city law required the council to 

evaluate the economic impacts of the higher 

wage — an increase schedule adopted by the 

city of Los Angeles and LA County, only neither 

of those ordinances contained an evaluation requirement. 

Following the review, an amendment 

was required to continue the wage-increase 

schedule. 

The issue became a hot topic over the last 

several weeks as supporters and opponents of 

the ordinance attempted to meet with members 

of the Pasadena City Council to sway their 

votes. 

A poll taken by the Pasadena Chamber of 

Commerce revealed 40 percent of the chamber 

members contend increases in the minimum 

wage have forced them to decrease their 

workforce. 

But according to a poll funded by Pasadena 

Organizing for Progress! (POP!), 81 percent of 

Pasadena’s voters supported the increase to 

$15 by 2020. 

“Mayor Tornek and the City Council proved 

Monday night with their votes that Pasadena 

is more than the city of Roses. It is a city of 

raises,” said Ed Washatka of POP!. 

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BRIEFS 

BAD NEWS FOR BACA 

NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS FORMER 

SHERIFF’S CONVICTION 

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN 

A federal appeals court in Pasadena on Monday upheld 

former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca’s convictions 

on charges of obstructing justice and lying to federal Lee Baca 

authorities. 

The three-judge panel of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by 

Baca’s attorneys that the verdict should be overturned because it was tainted by rulings 

made by US District Judge Percy Anderson during the disgraced ex-sheriff’s trial. 

Chief among their concerns were Anderson’s ruling that the jury would not be allowed 

to hear testimony about Baca’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, and a conversation 

that Baca had with an aide about the FBI’s investigation. 

According to prosecutors, Baca ordered his deputies to hide an inmate who was 

passing information to the FBI about abuse in the county’s jail system. Baca’s deputies 

also visited an agent on the inmate abuse case and attempted to intimidate her by 

threatening to take her into custody. 

Baca, 76, was sentenced in 2017 to three years behind bars after a jury found 

he had helped plan the scheme to interfere in the FBI investigation and later lied to 

prosecutors about his role. 

In October the appeals court ruled that the question about excluding evidence of 

Baca’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis “is at least fairly debatable” as it relates to whether it 

could have affected his conviction for making false statements. 

Baca can request another hearing, this time “en banc,” or before all 11 judges on 

the Ninth Circuit. A loss there would allow his attorneys to appeal to the US Supreme 

Court. 

Baca, a liberal-leaning Republican, became a renowned national figure in law 

enforcement circles during his 15 years leading the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s 

Department. 

He left the department in 2014 shortly after the inmate abuse scandal began, 

which started with an ACLU investigation that grew into a county-appointed investigative 

panel that included retired federal judges. 

Twenty-one deputies were ultimately indicted for their part in the abuse. Undersheriff 

Paul Tanaka — Baca’s second in command — claimed that Baca led the efforts 

to cover up the investigation. Tanaka was later sentenced to five years in prison. 

Former sheriff’s Deputy James Sexton — who served four months in prison for 

his part in the scandal — testified that he was just following Baca’s orders during 

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MONTH WITH TWO SPECIAL EVENTS 

SATURDAY 

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI 

Pasadena will play host to two major events this 

Saturday in honor of Black History Month, with both Kaj Goldberg 

the 36th Annual Black History Parade and Festival 

and a special celebration at the Pasadena Central Library commemorating the 

occasion. 

The parade kicks off at 10 a.m. at Charles White Park at Ventura Street and Fair 

Oaks Avenue in Altadena before heading south to its conclusion at the Robinson Park 

Community Center, 1081 N. Fair Oaks Ave., for the festival, which will be held from 

noon to 4 p.m. 

The parade is the oldest and largest Black History Month parade in Los Angeles 

County, and its festival will feature live bands, dance performers, community booths 

and guest speakers in addition to numerous food vendors and food trucks. The grand 

marshal for the parade is KTLA Channel 5 weatherman Kaj Goldberg, and the festival 

marks the first major event at the Robinson Park Community Center since its recently 

completed $12 million renovation. 

That renovation included a 2 ½ acre expansion of the existing park and 

improvements that included new soccer and baseball fields, installation of synthetic 

turf, construction of new restroom and storage facilities, new sports field lighting, site 

amenities and a parking lot. The 19,000 sq. ft. recreation center was also enhanced. 

The Pasadena Central Library’s Black History Festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 

5 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut Street. The event-packed 

schedule features an 11:30 a.m. screening of the documentary “Bridging the Divide: 

Tom Bradley & the Politics of Race”, presented by Lyn Goldfarb. The talk “Partners to 

History: Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy & the Civil Rights Movement” will 

be presented by Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy 

and will be followed by a Q&A session. 

The Metropolitan Praise Dancers will perform at 2:15 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. 

performance by the Down Home Gospel Choirs. Local author and historian Roberta 

Martinez will present her talk “Beyond Jackie, Rosa and Martin: Black Pioneers with 

Pasadena Connections” at 4 p.m. 

All events are free. For more information, call (626) 744-4066 or visit 

cityofpasadena.net/library/events/2019-0216. For a related story on the Black History 

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said. “I’ve never ever heard Trump laugh. It is a 

deeply concerning absence and a sign of insecurity 

in a leader. And to tell that man important stuff 

you almost always have to interrupt him. He’s a 

deeply insecure person.” 

In 2013, President Obama appointed Comey 

as the seventh director of the FBI, succeeding 

Robert S. Mueller III, who now serves as the 

special counsel investigating whether there was 

a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and 

Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election 

and whether Trump obstructed justice of that 

investigation. Mueller was appointed on May 17, 

2017, shortly after Comey was unceremoniously 

fired by Trump. 

Difficult Circumstances 

Before leading the FBI, Comey served as 

counsel for private law firms, Lockheed Martin 

and Bridgewater Associates. He also served as a 

federal prosecutor in New York and Virginia, U.S. 

attorney for the Southern District of New York and 

deputy attorney general under John Ashcroft in the 

Bush II administration. 

Comey has a complicated legacy. His actions 

as FBI director during the 2016 election left both 

Democrats and Republicans upset with him. On 

July 5, 2016, he unexpectedly went around Justice 

Department leadership and recommended that no 

criminal charges should be brought against Hillary 

Clinton for her use of a private email server while 

serving as Secretary of State but added that she 

had been “extremely careless.” 

On October 28, 2016, just days before the 

election, Comey announced that the FBI had 

found new Clinton emails and was reopening 

the investigation. The emails turned out to be 

duplicates, but the damage was done. Meanwhile, 

Comey kept silent on the fact that Trump and his 

associates were being investigated by the FBI 

for their potentially criminal interactions with 

Russians, seen by some as a double standard 

on Comey’s part. On Monday, Comey said he 

regrets having to be a part of that process, but 

thinks he made the right decisions under difficult 

circumstances. 

“I don’t know [if my actions helped elect 

Trump],” he said. “I really, really, really hope 

not. But it doesn’t change how I think about my 

decision—it just increases the pain. The FBI wasn’t 

on anybody’s side and it also wasn’t out to get 

Trump.” 

‘I Expect Loyalty’ 

On Jan. 27, 2017, Trump invited Comey to 

dinner at the White House, an unusual situation 

for a president and an FBI director. Comey 

wrote in his book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, 

THE COUNT 

As of Monday, 4,004 days after the war in Afghanistan ended … 

2,228 

American military 

service members 

(0 more than 

last week) were 

reported killed 

in Afghanistan 

since the war 

began in 2001, 

according to The 

Associated Press. 

2 

bomb disposal soldiers 

were defusing a 

device in Iraq 

when it exploded, 

killing 1 of the 

men, according 

to Reuters. No 

one has claimed 

responsibility for 

the device. 

Lies, and Leadership,” that the move made him 

feel uncomfortable because “the president of 

the United States had invited me to dinner and 

decided my job security was on the menu.” He said 

that Trump told him, “I need loyalty [from you]. I 

expect loyalty.” The request reminded Comey of 

tactics employed by Cosa Nostra bosses, whom he 

helped prosecute in the 1990s. 

“A real leader never asks for loyalty,” Comey 

said in Pasadena. “All they do is give.” 

Trump also told Comey he hoped the FBI 

would let go of the investigation against his 

then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. 

Flynn later pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI 

about his contacts with Russian Ambassador to 

the US Sergey Kislyak in December 2016, during 

the transition. It was then that Flynn told the 

Russians not to overreact to Obama’s sanctions as 

punishment for meddling in the election because 

Trump would soon be president and overturn 

them. 

Flynn was fired in February 2017 and soon 

began cooperating with Mueller. Former New 

Jersey Governor and Trump supporter Chris 

Christie wrote in a new book that Trump and his 

son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner naïvely 

believed firing Flynn would end the Russia 

investigation. 

Because Comey declined to admit publicly that 

Trump was not personally under investigation at 

the time, Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017. Comey 

learned about his dismissal by seeing a headline on 

TV as the director was speaking to FBI agents at a 

field office in Los Angeles. He said in Pasadena on 

Monday that he felt both numb and stunned. 

The White House’s official line was that Comey 

was fired because of the way he mishandled the 

Clinton email investigation, citing a memo written 

by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. But 

one day after firing Comey, Trump invited Kislyak 

and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov into 

the Oval Office at the White House, where he told 

them, “I just fired the head of the FBI. He was 

crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because 

of Russia. That’s taken off.” 

And during a televised interview with NBC’s 

Lester Holt two days after firing Comey, Trump 

said, “When I decided to just do it, I said to myself, 

I said, ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump 

and Russia is a made-up story, it’s an excuse by 

the Democrats for having lost an election that 

they should have won.’” Trump later claimed Holt 

doctored the footage of that interview. 

Trump also said he would have fired Comey 

whether or not Rosenstein wrote that justification 

memo, and in an upcoming book by former FBI 

Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was also 

fired under pressure from Trump just hours before 

5 

policemen were killed 

on Tuesday when 

militants attacked 

their van 

in Pakistan, 

according to 

Tribune Media. 

The terrorists 

opened fire from 

nearby bushes. 


641 

people were detained in Turkey 

on Tuesday over alleged 

links to a group blamed 

for a 2016 failed 

coup, the state news 

agency Anadolu 

reported. 

— Compiled by 

André Coleman 


HOW RACHEL ROBINSON HELPED HER HUSBAND, 

JACKIE, BREAK BASEBALL’S COLOR LINE 

Jackie Robinson, who would have turned 100 on Jan. 31, is often remembered 

for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice. By confronting 

Jim Crow — both as a baseball player and as a civil rights activist — he 

changed America. 

“Back in the days when integration wasn’t fashionable,” Martin Luther King 

Jr. said of Robinson, “he underwent … the loneliness which comes with being a 

pilgrim walking through the lonesome byways toward the high road of freedom. 

He was a sit-inner before sit-ins, a freedom rider before freedom rides.” 

I’ve written three books about Robinson, in addition to dozens of columns 

and articles. I used to wonder how Robinson persevered in the face of so much 

hate and ugliness. He was certainly as tough a competitor as any athlete who 

ever lived, and he had an unwavering religious faith. 

But I eventually realized that he couldn’t have achieved what he did without 

his wife, Rachel, whose spirit was as formidable as his own. 

Sure, he had his mother, Mallie; his minister, Karl Downs; Brooklyn Dodgers’ 

president, Branch Rickey, who signed him; and sportswriter Wendell Smith, 

who served as his ghostwriter and confidante. 

Rachel, however, was the only constant. 

“She was not simply the dutiful wife,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist 

Roger Wilkins said about Rachel. “She had to live through the death threats, 

BY CHRIS LAMB 



• LIFE • 

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

ANGER 

MANAGEMENT 

COOL A HOT TEMPER BY 

THINKING DIFFERENTLY 

ABOUT THINGS THAT TICK 

YOU OFF 

P. 12 

BULLETIN BOARD 

NEWS AND NOTES FROM 

OUR COMMUNITY 

P. 13 

RESTAURANT 

REVIEW 

Monsieur Crepe 

54 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., 

Sierra Madre 

(626) 355-1508 

105 N. Hill Ave., 

Pasadena 

(626) 639-3511 

monsieurcrepe.com 

Major Cards/No Alcohol 

Heart & Seoul 

MONSIEUR CREPE AND BITE ME OFFER CULTURE, FLAVOR AND FUN 

Bite Me 

2108 Colorado Blvd., 

Eagle Rock 

(323) 274-4434 

bitemegourmasian.com 

Major Cards/ 

No Alcohol 

Green salad 

dining& nitelife 

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and is provided as a service to our readers. 

To advertise in the Dining Directory, call (626) 584-1500. 

Average price per entree 

$ up to $10 

$$ $11–15 

directory 

$$$ $16-25 

$$$$ $25+ 

ALEXANDER’S STEAKHOUSE 

111 North Los Robles Ave. Pasadena, 

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

Alexander’s Steakhouse welcomes you to experience American 

steakhouse cuisine with an innovative and elegant global inspiration. 

Our menu features Certified Angus Beef from the Mid-West, 

corn-fed and dry-aged for 28 days for unparalleled flavor. We 

serve the finest and most luxurious ingredients available including 

authentic Japanese wagyu beef. 

BONNIE B’S SMOKIN BBQ 

1280 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, 

(626) 794-0132 bonniebssmokin.com $$ 

From Tulsa Oklahoma to Southern Cal. with a touch of New 

Orleans soul comes Bonnie B’s Bar B Que Heaven. Our 45-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. 

BY MICHAEL SPRAGUE | PHOTOS BY DANNY LIAO 

The calm of January saw the food scene grow with some 

very welcome additions, among them Asian-inspired sandwich 

shop Bite Me opening in Eagle Rock and Sierra Madre French 

favorite Monsieur Crepe choosing Pasadena for a second 

location. 

Before opening Bite Me (Mords Moi in French) in January, 

Suh Keh Bennett spent over 20 years in the entertainment 

industry, working for film studios and working nearly every 

side of the business. Throughout her tenure in the fast-paced 

Hollywood landscape she clung to her dream of opening up 

her own sandwich shop with an Asian-inspired menu. She kept 

on the lookout for eight years before a modest storefront in 

Eagle Rock became available just before the New Year. Just 

five days after being given the keys to the store she opened the 

doors to Bite Me and welcomed her first customers. 

Bennett honed her restaurant chops as part owner of Ma’s 

Italian Kitchen, where she worked with her now executive 

chef and Bite Me partner Isaias Del Angel. Together they 

run Bite Me, and most days it is just the two of them behind 

the counter prepping, cooking and taking orders. As a team, 

they bring together two culinary cuisines and cultures. The 

Mexicasian breakfast burrito ($12) is Del Angel’s labor of love, 

combining Bennett’s kimchi (her mother’s recipe) eggs, black 

beans, rice, pasilla, cotija cheese, cilantro and salsa for the 

perfect embodiment of their partnership. 

Bite Me’s signature sandwich is the Seoul 

Cheesesteak($15), a gooey melted combination of thinly sliced 

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beef, pasilla chiles that provide more of a kick than an actual 

heat, onions and provolone cheese, finished with kimchi relish 

to add another kind of soul.” 

Bite Me’s ramen burrito ($12) is one of the most unique 

breakfast burritos throughout the Pasadena area. With 

ramen noodles, eggs, cheese, Chinese sausage and green 

onions all rolled into a tortilla, it is the most Los Angeles 

of hangover foods. I typically revile food trends, and ramen 

has been growing on the trend meter. But this is unlike 

the ramen burger, where the concept is fun and it makes a 

great Instagram post but not much more. Instead, the ramen 

burrito actually works; noodles are seasoned well and tender, 

which pairs well with the egg and the Chinese sausage. Most 

importantly, though, the tortilla makes it easy to eat, as you 

would not want to risk walking into work covered in noodles 

from your breakfast burrito. 

Also on the menu are honey butter fries ($4), which are 

fries tossed in, well, honey butter. Influenced by the ultrapopular 

honey butter potato chips that cannot stay on shelves 

in South Korea, Bennett and Executive Chef Del Angel ran 

through every possible ratio of honey butter to potato before 

landing the right balance needed to make it to the menu. 

At the end of your meal, if you have leftovers (and you will 

because the portions are huge), you can rest easy knowing 

Bite Me uses recyclable paper boxes and reusable bags. It is 

a nice touch, one that allows people to ss the people they are 

giving money to are doing even small things to show they care. 

CAMERON’S SEAFOOD 

1978 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 793-3474 Camerons4fish.com $$ 

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

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

brings the ocean home with their fresh catch being cooked 

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

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

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

camerons4fish.com. 

EL PORTAL 

695 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 

your table.


•RESTAURANT REVIEW• 

Honey Fries with Seoul Cheesesteak 

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directory 

Average price per entree 

$ UP TO $10 $$$ $16-25 

$$ $11–15 $$$$ $25+ 

HIKARI SUSHI 

2064 Verdugo Blvd. Montrose 

818-957-1800 Hikarisushiglendale.com $$ 

Hikari Sushi in Montrose is open for business 

to serve you fresh sushi, with a variety of rolls. 

We are the first All You Can Eat Sushi Restaurant 

in the City of Glendale. Please join us! We are 

looking forward to serving you! 

KABUKI JAPANESE RESTAURANTS 

88 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 

(626) 568-9310 

3539 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, 

(626) 351-8963 kabukirestaurants.com $$ 

When you walk into a Kabuki you won’t be overwhelmed 

with Asian decor and music. What you will 

encounter is a casual atmosphere with today’s hottest 

music playing, people smiling and our friendly staff 

welcoming you through the doors. Look for the Red 

Mask. Come eat, drink and have fun! 

TOM'S FAMOUS FAMILY 

RESTAURANT 

1130 E. Walnut St. Pasadena 

626-577-7717 tomsfamous.com $ 

Please come and enjoy homemade breakfast 

lunch and dinner all made from scratch and 

FRESH. Nothing is ever served or made from a 

can. We pride ourselves as being the cleanest 

store with the best quality food and BEST 

service in town. Thank you PASADENA!!!!! 

TOPS WALNUT 

1792 E. Walnut St., Pasadena 

(626) 584-0244 topsburger.com $ 

At TOPS on Walnut & Allen, we maintain the original 

taste from 60 years ago. My father wanted to create 

food as close to homemade as possible. Our primary 

goal and focus is on taste, quality, freshness, cleanliness 

in our service and experienced staff. Most of 

our staff have been with us for more than twenty 

years. We invite you to come to TOPS on the corner 

of Walnut & Allen and taste the difference! Meet our 

staff and experience what quality service should be. 

The same quality service that has made us #1. 

It leaves an impression, one that makes a return 

visit more likely. 

Monsieur Crepe, the haven of authentic French 

cuisine, has officially opened in Sierra Madre. 

I could not be happier that one of my all-time 

favorite desserts, the croissant bread pudding 

($4.95/slice, $29.95/whole), which is served with 

made-from-scratch caramel and whipped cream, 

is even closer to the Pasadena Weekly offices 

now. On one hand, their being closer is a great 

thing, but, on the other hand, I can no longer use 

the excuse that they are far away when I buy the 

entire tray of bread pudding each time I am even 

remotely close to Sierra Madre. 

Monsieur calls their cuisine “Frenchifornia,” 

which is what happened when a classically 

trained French Chef Aurélien Mosconi came to 

Southern California but could not find his French 

staples anywhere. He saw an opportunity and 

brought his French food to Sierra Madre, where 

Southern California flavors seeped their way into 

some French classics, like the pastrami baguette 

($10.75), cured pastrami, caramelized onions, 

melted Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and 

house-made garlic mustard-based mayonnaise. 

They offer sweet and savory crepes for 

breakfast, as well as baguette sandwiches, 

salads and quiche. For breakfast, I suggest the 

grilled salmon crepe ($11.95), served with eggs 

and your your choice of Swiss, sharp cheddar or 

mozzarella cheese. The entire dish is light but 

still filing. 

The dessert crepes do seem to be the star of 

the show, maybe because I have an unwavering 

sweet tooth, or possibly because of their 

commitment to making all of their crepes, sauces 

and toppings in-house makes all the difference. 

The banana split ($9.50), made with fresh 

bananas and strawberries, is tucked away in a 

warm crepe blanket drizzled in a chocolate sauce 

made in-house, served with French vanilla ice 

cream and almond bits. It is tremendously welldone 

and well worth a try no matter what time 

you visit. 

What sells me on Monsieur is the range of 

options in experience and cuisine. There are 

elevated fast-casual breakfasts, a large indoor 

dining room, outside patio seating, coffee and 

espresso options, as well as a range of beautifully 

plated dinners and mouth-watering sweet crepes 

for dessert. You can stop in for a coffee and to 

catch up on some work, an indulgent lunch with 

some of the best and most affordable French food 

in the city, or an intimate dessert date. 

As an introduction to the community, they 

are offering students and school employees a 15 

percent discount when they show their ID. The 

offer is good until March 22. 

MARGARITA’S 

155 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-4193 margaritaspasadena.com $$ 

At Margaritas Mexican Restaurant, our family 

has been sharing our authentic Mexican dishes 

with the wonderful people of Pasadena since 

1977. Guests enter our warm, inviting space and 

leave as family -- with plenty of burritos, tortas, 

tostadas, fajitas, and more to be had in between! 

Our dishes incorporate and pay homage to 

the rich fl avors of bustling mercados, corner 

taquerias, and seaside palapas. So visit us, eat 

to your heart's content at our mouthwatering 

lunch buffet, sip on a refreshing margarita, and 

feel at home. 

SHANDONG DUMPLINGS 

80 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena 

626-578-9777 

227 W. Valley Blvd, 168 A, San Gabriel 

626-308-3777 $ 

Shandong Dumplings is your Reader Recommended 

Winner for BEST DUMPLINGS in the 

2018 Reader’s Poll! We have been a cornerstone 

in the greater Pasadena community and are well 

known for our outstanding cuisine, excellent 

service and friendly staff. Recognized for our 

modern interpretation of classic dishes and 

insistence on using only the highest quality, 

freshest ingredients. Open for Lunch and Dinner 

daily and until 2am Wed-Sat. 

THE MIXX PASADENA 

443 E Colorado Blvd. Pasadena 

(626) 500-0021 themixxpasadena.com $$ 

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 fl avors 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. 



•ADVICE• 

BY PATTI CARMALT-VENER 

ANGER 

MANAGEMENT 

COOL A HOT TEMPER BY THINKING DIFFERENTLY 

ABOUT THINGS THAT TICK YOU OFF 

Dear Patti, 

On the surface, I may seem fine. Underneath, though, I know I’m seething with 

anger all the time. There have been some pretty gnarly times in my past that would 

make anybody angry, but’s it’s not necessarily any particular historical problem or 

reason that triggers me. No matter what confrontational issue arises — and whether 

I act out or not—I feel totally enraged inside and it’s almost always out of proportion 

to the situation. 

I don’t understand why I feel such resentment festering under the surface. I’m 

30 and thought as I aged I might start to mellow out. Yet, so far that has not been the 

case. I have been this way as long as I can remember. I don’t like feeling that way. 

Any helpful insights? 

— Keith 

Dear Keith, 

Anger is a normal emotion we all experience in reaction to a real or imagined threat 

or loss. It is a resentment against being hurt. When feelings associated with painful life 

experiences are cumulatively suppressed, the result is a buildup of intense hurt and 

resentment which interferes with your life, health and relationships. The more these 

feelings are forced to remain below the surface, the less outside stimuli are needed to 

trigger a response that, as you’ve described, is often stronger than the situation actually 

warrants. 

It’s also important to understand the difference between anger and aggression; specifically, 

anger is an emotion and aggression is a behavior that can manifest in destructive, 

violent or intimidating actions. A commonly held belief is that the only effective 

way to express anger is through aggressive outbursts. Anger doesn’t necessarily result in 

aggression, but it’s more likely to occur when one’s emotions are purposely avoided, unaccepted 

and accumulated inside. 

Take a moment to envision yourself with a huge, cumbersome vase filled to its brim 

with water. What if you had to walk around carrying this vase for the rest of your life and 

were never allowed to set it down, even for a second? What if the tiniest spillage emitted a 

horrible odor and no one wanted to be around you? You have three choices: (1) Try to suppress 

the water down in the vase (even though there’s clearly no room); (2) Keep carrying 

it around and try not to spill any water; or (3) Dump the water out as efficiently as you can 

(and with as little smell as possible leaking out) and make a conscientious future effort to 

keep systematically dumping out any new water that accumulates before it ever reaches 

the brim again. By choosing the third option, the water level will steadily be lowered, 

along with the burden of carrying it. It is similar when one is full of anger and resentment 

just under the surface. 

That you acknowledge you’ve had your feelings of anger as long as you can recall suggests 

you may want to explore professional counseling. There are many knowledgeable, 

compassionate psychotherapists out there with various therapeutic modalities created to 

treat the problem you’ve described. Keep in mind that the goal of therapy isn’t to repress 

the feelings of anger but to first dispel the idea that those feelings are wrong and bad. 

Anger and other difficult emotions are a natural part of the human condition. By providing 

a safe place to explore and experience these feelings fully, a therapist can help you identify 

the hurt which underlies your anger, face your feelings and understand their historical 

relevance. Therapy can also help you recognize specific anger triggers and cues, as well 

as develop an awareness of situations, people and behaviors that provoke your anger, and 

learn how to express such wrath in a healthy, assertive and appropriate manner. 

Some of the strategies and techniques which have proven effective in working with 

anger issues include Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral 

Therapy, Heals, Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapies, Assertiveness Training and 

Rageaholics Anonymous. Begin your search now to find the right therapist and situation 

that suits and supports you in your unique journey to learn healthier ways to process and 

understand all your feelings and ultimately improve how you relate to others. Change can 

happen with self-acceptance and, in turn, the acceptance and understanding of others. ■ 

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

Psychotherapy, has been a psychotherapist in private practice for 23 years and has an offi ce in Pasadena. 

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



Bulletin Board 

By Carl Kozlowski 

CATCH THE ‘TRANE’ 

South Pasadena Public Library 

presents concert and doc film 

on jazz legend John Coltrane 

Saturday 

The South Pasadena Public 

Library will host another in 

its ongoing string of creative 

special events on Saturday, when 

it presents a film, live jazz and 

art show in its Community Room 

starting at 6 p.m. as part of the South 

Pasadena Winter Arts Crawl. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. 

for the free event, located at 1115 El Centro Street. No 

tickets or reservations are necessary. 

Presented by the Friends of the Library, the event 

features an art exhibit of paintings of jazz musicians 

by Sam Pace and a live musical performance by Mark 

Hatch and Group 5. The Arts Crawl is a ‘night on the 

town’ for the community and many venues will be 

open throughout downtown South Pasadena. 

The event will climax with a 7 p.m. screening of the 

documentary “Chasing Trane,” which uses archival 

footage and Coltrane’s music, some of it unreleased, 

to explore the extraordinary career and pioneering 

musical advancements of Coltrane, who passed away 

in 1967 at only age 40. Featured commentary by Bill 

Clinton, Carlos Santana, Coltrane family members, 

and a host of top jazz musicians, as well as Denzel 

Washington, whose voice is used for 

Coltrane’s spoken lines. 

The screening will be followed by 

a Q & A by director John Scheinfeld, 

who presented his award-winning 

documentaries “Who Is Harry 

Nilsson” and “The U.S. vs. John 

Lennon” to previous full houses 

at the library.Visit facebook.comA 

rtsCrawlSouthPasadena/?ref=nf. 

DIVINE INSPIRATION 

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performs 

at Pasadena Presbyterian Church on 

Saturday 

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) will 

perform a program including “Road to the Sun,” 

which was written expressly for the group by 

jazz legend Pat Metheny, at 8 p.m. Saturday 

at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 E. 

Colorado Boulevard. 

Also on the program are their masterful 

arrangements of Rossini’s “Overture to the 

Barber of Seville” and Manuel de Falla’s “El 

Amor Brujo.” New works by Frederick Hand and 

Robert Beaser will round out the show. 

Comprised of four uniquely 

accomplished musicians bringing a 

new energy to the concert stage with 

programs ranging from bluegrass 

to Bach, the Grammy-winning 

LAGQ consistently play to soldout 

houses worldwide. Their 

programs provide a fresh look at 

Latin, African, Far East, Irish, folk 

and American classics. 

Tickets are $30 to $50. Call (626) 

386-5720 or visit lasoundfoundation. 

org. 

FIFTEEN FOR FAMILIES 

The Pasadena Ronald McDonald House celebrates its 

15th anniversary today 

Since opening on Valentine’s Day in 2004,, 

the Pasadena Ronald McDonald House has 

provided 23,000 families a “home away from 

home” when they travel to Pasadena to 

receive specialized treatment for their 

children. The combined 9,000 square 

foot space features 12 bedrooms, 

eight bathrooms, two large kitchens, 

a family room, two fully-stocked 

pantries, two laundry rooms, 

computers with internet access, a 

resource library and a spectacular 

backyard with outside dining tables and a 

barbecue grill. 

Activities are coordinated by the staff with 

volunteer groups to help families relieve the stress 

of their child receiving treatment. Activities have 

included pet therapy, recreational activities, arts 

and crafts and birthday parties. 

The Pasadena house is located across the 

street from Huntington Hospital. Families who 

need the services of the House are referred by 

medical personnel. Their hospital partners include: 

Huntington Hospital, Shriners for Children Medical 

Center in Pasadena, City of Hope, Los Angeles 

County + USC Medical Center, Children’s Hospital 

Los Angeles, UCLA Medical Center, Orthopaedic 

Institute for Children and the Grossman Burn 

Center. 

With demand ever growing, the house 

must expand soon to meet community 

needs. The house is a program of Ronald 

McDonald House Charities of Southern 

California, and more information on 

their needs and fund drive can be found 

at rmhcsc.org/pasadena. 

SETTING THE STAGE 

Longtime Pasadena Playhouse prop master 

screens film directing debut Saturday 

Veteran Pasadena Playhouse prop master Ralph 

Michael Brekan has made his own big leap toward 

showbiz success with his directorial debut on the 

short film “Decentered,” which is nominated for a 

2019 People’s Choice Award at the Hollywood Reel 

Independent Film Festival. 

The film will screen at the festival at 5:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, Feb. 20, at LA Live Regal Cinemas, 

located at 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. 

The film offers to “peek behind the veil of a 

shadow government as it watches Americans 

through the eyes of former combat soldier 

Finn Renfro. As he battles to divest himself 

from military life and government control, a 

psychological warfront for national security and 

invasion of privacy unfolds, following a veteran 

gone berserk who could foil it all.” 

Tickets for the screening are $18.60. Visit 

eventbrite.com/e/hriff-2019-hollywood-reelindependent-film-festival-tickets-55503879598 

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FORGED IN LOVE 


endure the vile screams of the fans and watch her husband get knocked down by 

pitch after pitch. … She was beautiful and wise and replenished his strength and 

courage.” 

Rachel Isum met Jackie Robinson at UCLA when she was a freshman and he 

was a senior. Jackie was a four-letter athlete and “a big man on campus,” as she 

described him. 

They married five years later on Feb. 10, 1946, a few months after Brooklyn 

Dodgers President Branch Rickey signed Jackie to play for the organization’s top 

minor league team, the Montreal Royals. 

Two-and-a-half weeks after the wedding, the Robinsons left the relative 

comfort of Los Angeles to go to spring training in Florida. Robinson would have 

to confront both baseball’s color line and the Jim Crow laws of the South, where 

blacks who challenged segregation risked jail, injury or death. 

Rachel knew she and Jackie could not react to every racial epithet hurled their 

way. But she wasn’t averse to quiet forms of resistance. When their plane stopped 

in New Orleans on their flight to Florida, Rachel saw something she had never 

seen before: separate restrooms for “white women” and “colored women.” She 

defiantly walked into the restroom marked “white women.” 

During that first spring training, segregation laws prohibited the Robinsons 

from staying in the same oceanfront hotel in Daytona Beach with his white teammates. 

Nor could they eat in white restaurants. They stayed with a black family 

and ate their meals in a black restaurant. 

Robinson, feeling the weight of representing millions of black Americans, 

struggled during the beginning of spring training. He had trouble hitting, and he 

hurt his throwing arm so badly that he could barely lift it. 

Rachel calmed Jackie every night in their small room, massaging his sore arm 

as he raged against the indignities he faced on and off the field. She also learned 

she was pregnant while they were in Daytona Beach, but decided not to tell him. 

“There was such an incredible amount of pressure, it might have driven two 

people apart,” she told Sports Illustrated in 2013. “But it had the opposite effect on 

us, it pushed us together.” 

At some point, as Rachel later told Robinson biographer Arnold Rampersad, 

Jackie began to refer to himself not as “I” but as “we.” Jackie and Rachel were 

united as civil rights activists; they knew, as Rachel put it, “that the issue wasn’t 

simply baseball but life and death, freedom and bondage, for a lot of people.” 

As the spring progressed, Jackie’s arm improved and so did his confidence. He 

played the 1946 season with the Montreal Royals before being promoted to the 

Dodgers the next spring. He established himself as one of the best players in the 

National League. But the racist epithets continued to rain down on him from the 

stands and the dugouts of opposing teams. 

Rachel was determined to make their home a refuge from that malevolence, 

whether the Robinsons were living in Montreal, New York City, or later, in Stamford, 

Connecticut. 

“We had a pledge to each other that we were going to try to keep the house a 

haven,” she said. “Someplace safe. Someplace we didn’t have to replay the mess 

outside.” 

Rachel raised their three children while her husband was playing baseball 

and crusading for civil rights. After earning her master’s degree, she worked as a 

nurse-therapist and researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New 

York. She then taught nursing at Yale University while she served as director of 

the Connecticut mental health center. 

After Jackie died, Rachel created the Jackie Robinson Foundation, which has 

provided scholarships for 1,400 college students. 

When the Jackie Robinson biopic “42” was released in 2013, Brian Helgeland, 

the film’s writer and director, asked Rachel what she thought of the film. 

“I loved how much we kissed,” Helgeland recalled Rachel telling him. “And then 

she got emotional,” he continued. “It was the only thing she ever said to me about 

the finished film. And it hit me: Her take-away from the whole thing was that she 

got to see her husband one more time.” ■ 

Chris Lamb is a professor of journalism at Indiana University — Purdue University Indianapolis. 

Professor Lamb does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or 

organization that would benefi t from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affi liations beyond 

their academic appointment. A version of this story fi rst appeared in The Conversation. 


• ARTS • 

NOLA TO LA 

FUNKY NEW ORLEANS BRASS OCTET 

THE SOUL REBELS BLAST INTO ACE 

HOTEL SATURDAY WITH BIG FREEDIA 

AND MACY GRAY 

FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS 

PUPPY LOVE 

GROOM EXPO WEST RETURNS TO 

PASADENA 

LOVE IS A FUNNY 

THING 

‘WHAT MEN WANT’ AND ‘ISN’T IT 

ROMANTIC’ BRING MUCH NEEDED 

LAUGHTER BACK TO THE MOVIES 

P.16 

‘F’ IS FOR FUNNY 

COMIC BILL BURR LETS HIS INNER RAGE RIP AT PASADENA CIVIC AUDITORIUM SATURDAY 


Named by Rolling Stone as “the undisputed heavyweight champ 

of rage-fueled humor,” Bill Burr has parlayed his many frustrations 

with everyday life into a career as one of the top comics 

in America today. Standing up to a world gone mad with political 

correctness, he has proudly laid claim to being “the dude, bro guy” 

who loudly admits his cynicism toward the world around him, and 

become regarded as one of the main heirs to the style of comedic 

righteous indignation pioneered by George Carlin and Richard 

Pryor. 

One sure sign of his explosive rise is the fact that just two years 

after headlining shows at Pasadena’s Ice House comedy club, Burr 

is making the leap on Saturday night to performing at the 3,000- 

seat Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Building off his wildly successful 

“Monday Morning Podcast,” in which he delivers an hour-long dose 

of outrage for the week, as well as his five Netflix specials and the 

Netflix animated series “F Is For Family,” he should draw a packed 

house of devoted disciples. 

A 50-year-old Massachusetts native, Burr studied radio at Emerson 

College in Boston, which has also produced numerous other 

comedy stars, including Jay Leno, Denis Leary and Dane Cook. He 

developed his working-class attitude from a string of blue-collar day 

jobs at the start of his comedy career, including work as a forklift 

operator in a warehouse. He quickly became admired among many 

other comedy stars for his unbelievably direct aim at all manner 

of societal targets, and after making the rounds of podcasts with 

superstars, including Adam Carolla, Marc Maron and Joe Rogan, he 

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Bill Burr 

decided to take control of the medium and launched the “All Things 

Comedy” podcast network with Al Madrigal. Home to 67 podcasts 

from 93 comedians, ATC began as a podcast network but is continually 

growing to include all forms of content, including videos, 

comedy specials and records. 

Burr has also been slowly but surely growing a reputation as a 

terrific comedic actor as well, playing a key role in the Kevin Costner 

drama “Black and White” while also recurring as Patrick Kuby 

in two seasons of “Breaking Bad,” and one of the Miami Herald reporters 

who brought down 1988 Democratic presidential candidate 

Gary Hart in last fall’s film “The Front Runner.” 

His passion remains firmly rooted in performing standup, 

however. Despite his onstage vitriol, his personal life has become 

much happier via his marriage to producer, director and 

screenwriter Nia Hill and becoming a father two years ago to his 

daughter, Lola. 

“There’s a lot of drama in my life. If you’re a comedian, everything 

you do all day is silly, but comedians make everything 

dramatic in their life funny. Believe me,” Burr says. “I fail a lot in my 

personal life, and then I talk about it. Or certain things bug me. I 

don’t like this about myself, but I’m very easily agitated and I have a 

temper which is something I’m working on. It’s great for my comedy, 

but not in any other area of my life.“ n 

Bill Burr performs at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green 

St., Pasadena. Tickets are $50. Visit ticketmaster.com. 

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GET YOUR OWN... 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

AWARENESS 

Conscientious 

Projector presents the 

documentary “Being the 

Change: A New Kind of 

Climate Documentary” 

by Mary Grandelis and 

Dave Davis, exploring 

the work of climate 

scientist, activist and 

author Peter Kalmus. 

It starts at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Feb. 14 at 

Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond 

Ave., Pasadena. Free. Call (818) 517-8878 or visit 

conscientiousprojector.wordpress.com. 

CLASSICAL FREEBIE 

First United Methodist 

Church of Pasadena, 

500 E. Colorado Blvd., 

Pasadena, presents a 

concert, “Eternal Creation: 

Three Beethoven 

Piano Sonatas,” 

performed by pianist 

Junko Ueno Garrett at 

4 p.m. Saturday. Free. 

Visit fumcpasadena.org. 

BLACK HISTORY 

CELEBRATION 

The Pasadena Public 

Library’s Central 

Branch, 285 E. Walnut 

St., presents the Black 

History Festival, with 

an art display by Rudy 

Cole, the documentary 

“Bridging the Divide: 

Tom Bradley and His 

Politics of Race,” a 

presentation by Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter 

of Rev. Ralph Abernathy, a dance and gospel 

performance and other events. It runs from 11 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Call (626) 744-4066 or 

visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net. 

TRAGIC HISTORY 

Author Icy Smith and 

illustrator Gayle Garner 

Roski discuss and sign 

their book, “Mei Ling in 

China City,” based on 

a true story set in Los 

Angeles during World 

War II, chronicling the 

friendship between a 

Chinese-American girl, 

Mei Ling Lee, and Japanese-American Yayeko 

Akiyama, who was interned at Manzanar, 

starting at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Huntington, 

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Free. Call (626) 

405-2100 or visit huntington.org. 



•INTO THE NIGHT• 

BY BLISS BOWEN 

TRAX BY BLISS 

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, Signs (Fantasy/ 

Concord): HHHH 

Aside from the wow factor of their collective 

musicianship, what’s gratifying about Susan 

Tedeschi and Derek Trucks’ 12-piece, swampy 

blues-rock-soul revival of a band is that they 

continue to sound like they care enough to dig deep 

and try harder. That includes ignoring commercial 

strictures to embrace spiraling, elastic guitar solos, 

gospel-rich harmonies, and collaborating with 

friends (Doyle Bramhall II, Warren Haynes, Oliver 

Wood) on songs slamming injustice (the “poison 

in the well” indictment “Shame”) and celebrating 

life and love (“Walk Through This Life,” “I’m Gonna 

Be There”) over funky, horn-punched grooves. 

tedeschitrucksband.com 

NOLA to LA 

FUNKY NEW ORLEANS BRASS OCTET THE SOUL REBELS BLAST INTO 

ACE HOTEL SATURDAY WITH BIG FREEDIA AND MACY GRAY 

it all now, been through 

hell and we’re back 

“Seen 

We’re so strong now, we 

can’t help but give back … 

There’s a lot goin’ on in the 

world today 

There’s just so much to listen to 

and so much to say 

But sometimes you’ve gotta let 

the chips fall where they may 

And enjoy yourself, enjoy 

yourself 

Everybody get up on the floor” 

—“504,” from the Soul Rebels’ 

2012 album “Unlock Your Mind” 

There are almost 1,900 miles 

sprawling between the City of Angels 

and the Big Easy — a day-and-a-half 

drive if you drive like you’re flying, 

or a three-hour hop in the air by 

plane. In your mind, though, it’s an 

instant trip with a playlist direct 

from Bourbon Street. Cue up funky 

brass octet the Soul Rebels, and if 

your blood’s still pumping their joyful 

invitations for living life to the fullest 

and “representin’ that 504” area code 

constitute irresistible temptation. 

What happens in New Orleans stays 

in NOLA, after all. 

This weekend the “socially 

soulful” players are bringing the 

party to the Theatre at Ace Hotel in 

Downtown LA, with party guests 

who are themselves worth the price 

Big Freedia 

of admission: NOLA’s irrepressible 

“Queen of Bounce,” Big Freedia, and 

mercurial R&B survivor Macy Gray, 

whose woozy, boozy, teasing wish 

of a love song “Tell Me” (from last 

year’s fine album “Ruby”) should be a 

highlight of her turn onstage with the 

Soul Rebels. 

The show is part of the Way Up 

Tour the Soul Rebels kicked off 

last month with a gig on home turf 

at Tipitina’s. Post-LA, it wends its 

way to Indonesia and China before 

returning home to rejuvenate, then 

ping-pongs to the East Coast and 

back home again for the French 

Quarter Fest. With saxophone, sousaphone, 

trombones and trumpets 

Macy Gray 

blaring over a double drum setup, 

their funk-soul-hip-hop-jazz gumbo 

is as robust as SR’s schedule. Even 

when they good-naturedly warn listeners 

“We Gon’ Take Your Body” 

over a hot, lean lick, or urge everyone 

on the dance floor to “Drinka 

Little Poison (4 U Die)” (as they did 

for a song contributed to the New 

Orleans-set series “Treme”), it all 

goes down like happily addictive 

medicine. n 

The Soul Rebels are joined by Big Freedia and 

Macy Gray at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, 929 S. 

Broadway, Downtown LA, at 8 p.m. Saturday, 

Feb. 16; $26-$56. Info: (213) 623-3233. 

Thesoulrebels.com, acehotel.com 

RYAN BINGHAM, American Love Song 

(Axster Bingham Records): HHH½ 

The open roads of 2007’s “Mescalito” led the 

resilient troubadour to this, his most consistent 

— and consistently interesting — album since 

then. Co-produced with longtime Dylan guitarist 

Charlie Sexton, it’s Stonesy tough and tender; the 

depression of “Blue” gives way to the stomping 

groove and magnetic lick of “Hot House,” then 

the prayerful “Stones” and anguished “America.” 

Anti-bullying standout “Wolves” protests injustice; 

elsewhere Bingham alternates piano-barreled 

roadhouse rock (“Jingle and Go”) with valentines to 

his wife (“Lover Girl”), and the fingerpicked blues 

of “Beautiful and Kind” is viscerally satisfying: “I’ve 

been dreaming, walking down this road alone at 

night/ It’s gonna lead to love and peaceful times.” 

ryanbingham.com 

NINA NESBITT, The Sun Will Come Up, 

The Seasons Will Change (Cooking Vinyl): 

HHH½ 

After a rejuvenating recording break, the Scottish- 

Swedish singer-songwriter’s second full-length 

winds insightful, sometimes biting lyrics around 

acoustic guitars, piano, and electronically textured 

arrangements more spaciously intimate than 

previous releases. A yearning for “Sacred” love 

and integrity tussles with the “high hopes and low 

blows” of romance in the age of Tinder (“Is It Really 

Me You’re Missing”), while sticky pop hooks and 

Nesbitt’s falsetto pull attention to the striking lyrics 

of standouts like “Empire,” “The Best You Had,” 

“Things I Say When You Sleep” and ’90s bangersinspired 

“Loyal to Me.” ninanesbittmusic.com 

COLIN LINDEN & LUTHER DICKINSON 

WITH THE TENNESSEE VALENTINES, Amour 

(Stony Plain): HHH 

Opening with a delicious, Dobro-greased 

instrumental saunter through the traditional blues 

“Careless Love,” the veteran guitarists create 

a relaxed sonic vibe for a tasty set of romantic 

country, pop and R&B standards by Charlie 

Feathers, Kris Kristofferson and Jimmy Reed, 

among others. It takes nothing from their guest 

vocalists (including Ruby Amanfu and “Nashville” 

TV show alums Jonathan Jackson and Sam 

Palladio) to say an album of Linden and Dickinson’s 

rootsy instrumentals would be just as appealing. 

colinlinden.com, lutherdickinson.com 



•CALENDAR• 

Puppy Love 

GROOM EXPO WEST RETURNS TO PASADENA 

BY JANA J. MONJI 

If you watched the Netflix original series “Dogs” you know that Pasadena was 

prominently featured in episode 4, “Scissors Down,” which looked at last year’s 

Groom Expo West. This year’s expo and competition begins today, Thursday, 

and runs until Sunday at the Pasadena Convention Center. 

Although the Netflix episode starts in Tokyo and introduces the audience 

to two Japanese dog groomers, Kenichi Hagase of Bubbles grooming saloon 

and Miki Takagi of Tall Tree and some of their clients, three other competitors 

are also featured: Cat Orson, who was a member of Groom Team USA; Blake 

Hernandez, who has his own line of shears; and Jackie Bolton of Canada. In the 

film, Hernandez says Groom Expo West is “rough” because “It brings out the 

biggest hitters.” 

Hagase has been giving presentations around Pasadena and notes that 

American and Japanese concepts of cuteness aren’t the same, but Hagase wants 

to present his personal style. On Thursday, he will be giving a presentation on 

his version of Japanese styling, and on Friday demonstrate how to construct a 

safe and efficient grooming environment. Also on Friday, Opson will be giving a 

talk about how she grooms mixed breeds (“Mixed Breed Mania”), and Hernandez 

will give a presentation on marketing and branding. 

Billed as the West Coast’s “most illustrious grooming show,” the exhibition’s 

product displays and seminars are for anyone involved in the training, breeding, 

exhibiting, handling and grooming of dogs and cats, and spectators can watch 

the World Grooming Games. 

Sporting and Salon Freestyle is the competition shown in “Dogs” and this 

year it is scheduled for Saturday morning, but there are also competitions for 

poodles (Saturday afternoon); all other purebreds (Friday afternoon) and wirecoated 

breeds (Friday morning). Sunday afternoon features the Andis Creative 

Styling Tournament, which allows for “creative sculpting, color application, 

character creation and design.” 

The five tournaments offer prize money and trophies in three competitive 

skill levels. The contests aren’t just about pampered pets. The Rescue Round-Up 

(Sunday morning) draws dogs from local groups and gives the groomers two 

and a half hours to make the dogs more visually pleasing, thus more adoptable. 

Top prizes are $2,500 for Best in Show. First place winners for Creative Styling 

and Rescue Round-Up will take home $1,500 and $1,000, respectively. 

The expo is closed to pets that are not involved in the competitions or 

demos, but service animals are permitted. The cost to attend the trade show 

is $10 with pre-registration or $15 at the door. Doors open at 10 a.m., Friday, 

Saturday and Sunday. They close at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 5 p.m. on 

Sunday. Attendees will be able to view parts at the shows (morning competitions 

start before the trade show opens), but the price for the other events and 

seminars varies. n 

For more information, visit groomexpowest.com or barkleighevents.com/groom-expo-west. 

Thursday Feb. 14 through Wednesday Feb. 

20 

PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar 

submissions is noon Wednesday of the week 

before the issue publishes. Send to johns@ 

pasadenaweekly.com 

THURSDAY 

Boston Court Pasadena 

70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 683-6801 

bostoncourtpasadena.org 

Boston Court’s Winter Concert Series features 

pop music vocalist Storm Large, starting at 8 

p.m. Tickets are $20 to $35. 

The Blue Guitar 

Arroyo Seco Golf Course 

1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena 

blueguitar.club 

The club at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents 

Mark Hatch & Group 5 in a special Valentine’s 

Day show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, available 

on the website. 

The Bunny Museum 

2605 N. Lake Ave., Altadena 

(626) 798-8848 

thebunnymuseum.com 

The museum, home to a collection of live rabbits 

and bunny-related art, hosts a Valentine’s 

Day party from 7 to 10 p.m., including allyou-can-eat 

food and drink. Admission is $18 

per person, free for members. 

Conscientious Projector 

Armory Center for the Arts 

145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 

(818) 517-8878 

conscientiousprojector.wordpress.com 

The documentary “Being the Change: A 

New Kind of Climate Documentary” by Mary 

Grandelis and Dave Davis explores the life 

and work of climate scientist, activist and 

author Peter Kalmus, and ways that he and 

his family have reduced their household 

carbon footprint. Kalmus is scheduled to join 

a discussion following the film. It starts at 7 

p.m. Free. 

Pasadena Presbyterian Church 


(626) 793-2191 

ppc.net 

Exciting Irish tenor Emmet Cahill, Celtic 

Thunder singer, performs at 7:30 p.m. Tickets 

are $30 general admission, with meet-andgreet 

tickets available for $45, available at 

emmettcahill.com. 

Pasadena Senior Center 

85 E. Holly St., Pasadena 

(626) 795-4331 

pasadenaseniorcenter.org 

A discussion of the beneficial effects of 

chocolate on the heart starts at 10 a.m. Pianist 

Bob Lipson and commentator/performer 

Saul H. Jacobs present a fun, interactive 

performance highlighting the great American 

songwriter Harold Arlen, who composed the 

music for songs such as “Stormy Weather,” 

“Over the Rainbow,” “That Old Black Magic” 

and many others, starting at 2 p.m. 

FRIDAY 



(626) 683-6801 


Boston Court’s Winter Music Series presents 

“One Body,” featuring Timur Bekbosunov 

and the Isaura Quartet performing a chamber 

cantata by composer John Kennedy, based 

on texts by Walt Whitman and St. Augustine, 

starting at 8 p.m. on Boston Court’s music 

stage. Tickets are $20 to $35. The Theatre @ 

Boston Court presents the David Hare play, 

“The Judas Kiss,” the story of Oscar Wilde’s 

love for Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas in 

1895 England, which led to Wilde’s two-year 

imprisonment for homosexuality. It opens at 

8 p.m. Friday and continues at 8 p.m. Thursdays 

through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays 

through March 24. Tickets are $20 to $39. 

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and 

Botanical Gardens 

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino 

(213) 622-7001 

laco.org 

The orchestra’s In Focus series presents 

“Homages and Souvenirs,” curated by 

LACO Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, at 7 

p.m., in a program featuring works that pay 

tribute to places and people. The concert 

includes a commissioned work by Juan Pablo 

Contreras, “Musas Mexicanas,” a collection 

of musical portraits inspired by leading 

Mexican women including Frida Kahlo, 17th 

century poet Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and 

La Malinche, an Aztec woman who aided in 

the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. 

Works by Tchaikovsky and Dohnányi are also 

included. Tickets are $49 and up. 

Norton Simon Museum 

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-6840 

nortonsimon.org 

The film, “Hiroshima Mon Amour” (1959), by 

Alain Resnais, is the story of a French actress 

engaged in a brief affair with a Japanese 

architect in post-war Hiroshima, screening 

from 6 to 7:30 p.m. is included in Norton 

Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for 

seniors, free for students, those 18 and under 

and members. 



(626) 795-4331 


Friday is the reservation deadline for the 

Center’s Black History Month celebration, 

scheduled for noon to 2:30 p.m. Monday. The 

event includes Pasadena Senior Center Ebony 

Ladies of Distinction celebrating African- 

American culture with a soul food luncheon 

and live music by JazzZone. Cost is $8, or $6 

for members, all ages welcome. Free films 

screen at 1 p.m. on select Fridays. Friday’s 

film is “Tea with the Dames” (2018). 

SATURDAY 

A Noise Within 

3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 356-3121 

anoisewithin.org 

The theater company presents Shakespeare’s 

classic, “Othello,” the tragic story of love 

thwarted, opening at 8 p.m. and continuing 

through April 28. Tickets are $25 and up. 



(626) 683-6801 


Boston Court presents members of the 

Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra performing 

string quartets by Beethoven, Bartók and 

Billy Childs, starting at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 

to $35. 

Crowell Public Library 

1890 Huntington Drive, San Marino 

(626) 300-0777 

crowellpubliclibrary.org 

San Marino Environmental Services Manager 

and City Arborist Ron Serven conducts a 

mindfulness workshop, with information on 

ways to grow as a human being, and become 

more self-aware, starting at 10 a.m. Free. 

First United Methodist Church of Pasadena 


fumcpasadena.org 

The church presents a concert, “Eternal 

Creation: Three Beethoven Piano Sonatas,” 

performed by pianist Junko Ueno Garrett at 

4 p.m. Free. 




(626) 405-2100 huntington.org 

A Family Drop-In program, “Garden Party,” 

celebrates the Lunar New Year with stories 

in Mandarin and English and hands-on 

activities, designed for families with children 

ages 3 and up, from 1 to 2 p.m. Admission is 

included in Huntington admission of $29 for 

adults, $24 for seniors, $13 for youth ages 

4 to 11. 

Norton Simon Museum 

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-6840 nortonsimon.org 

A guided tour visits the exhibition “Woven 

Tales of Helen and Dido” from 1 to 2 p.m., 

included in Norton Simon admission of $15 

for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, 

those 18 and under and members. 

Pasadena Heritage Walking Tour 

Various locations, Old Pasadena 

(626) 441-6333 pasadenaheritage.org 

Guests can walk Pasadena’s former downtown, 

Old Pasadena, now a National Register 

Historic District, led by a knowledgeable 

docent, as they appreciate the historic, 

architectural variety and its fascinating history, 

starting at 9 a.m. Cost is $20, or $18 for 

members. Meeting location is provided with 

ticket purchase. 

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 


(626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net 

In a Black History Month event, the library 

presents the Black History Festival, with an 

art display by Rudy Cole, a documentary film, 

“Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and His 

Politics of Race,” a presentation by Donzaleigh 

Abernathy, daughter of the Rev. Ralph 

Abernathy, titled “Partners to History: Martin 

Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and the 

Civil Rights Movement,” a performance by 

Metropolitan’s Praise Dancers and the Down 

Home Gospel Choirs, and a presentation by 

local author and historian Roberta H. Martinez, 

“Beyond Jackie, Rosa and Martin: Black 

Pioneers with Pasadena Connections.” The 

festival runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Pasadena Public Library, Lamanda Park 

Branch 

140 S. Altadena Drive, Pasadena 

(626) 744-7266 

pasadenapubliclibrary.net 

A free Zumba class for all ages and skill levels 

starts at 11 a.m. 

Pasadena Symphony 

Ambassador Auditorium 

131S. St. John Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 793-7172 

pasadenasymphony-pops.org 

The Symphony performs Tchaikovsky’s 

“Piano Concerto No. 1” and “Symphony 

No. 5” in concerts at 2 and 8 p.m. David 

Lockington conducts, and featured soloist 

is Russian-American pianist Olga Kern, a 

Van Clyburn International Piano Competition 

winner, who has ancestral links to the great 

composer. Tickets are $35 and up. 

SUNDAY 

All Saints Church 

132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 796-1172 allsaints-pas.org 

LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan delivers 

his annual pre-Oscars presentation on his 

picks for the awards at 10:15 a.m. in the 

Rector’s Forum. 

Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse 

1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge 

(818) 790-0717 flintridgebooks.com 

Physician, author and YouTube sensation Dr. 

Robert Hamilton offers tips from his book, “7 

Secrets of the Newborn: Secrets and (Happy) 

Surprises of the First Year,” starting at 1 p.m. 

Free. 




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he would be eligible for retirement 

benefits, McCabe wrote that Trump 

ordered Rosenstein to write that 

memo against his wishes. 

‘Shameful’ Attacks 

Trump has called Comey 

an “untruthful slime ball” and 

a “showboat.” Comey’s “aww 

shucks” demeanor strikes some 

as genuine and others as not so 

much. After Comey had a friend 

deliver the contemporaneous 

memos he wrote after his 

awkward meetings with Trump to 

the media, Trump tweeted, “James 

Comey better hope that there are 

no ‘tapes’ of our conversations 

before he starts leaking to the 

press!” When questioned during a 

congressional hearing about the 

existence of such tapes, Comey 

said, “Lordy, I hope there are 

tapes.” 

A lifelong Republican, Comey 

has since his firing turned his 

ire on Trump and congressional 

Republicans. The latter have 

hauled Comey before Congress 

several times in the past two years. 

•CALENDAR• 

–CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 

(626) 405-2100 

huntington.org 

Author Icy Smith and illustrator Gayle Garner 

Roski discuss and sign their book, “Mei Ling 

in China City,” based on a true story set in 

Los Angeles during World War II, chronicling 

the friendship between a Chinese-American 

girl, Mei Ling Lee, and Japanese-American 

Yayeko Akiyama, who was interned with her 

family at Manzanar. It starts at 2 p.m. Free. 

Shoseian Whispering Pine Teahouse 

Brand Library Park 

1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale 

shoseianteahouse.com 

The Japan Foundation and Shoseian 

Teahouse host a workshop featuring three 

master plasterers from Japan demonstrating 

the traditional Japanese plastering technique 

known as Juraku, from 1 to 3 p.m. Children 

will be able to inscribe messages of peace 

in the wall being plastered. A bake sale is 

included. Admission is free. 

Shumei America National Center 


shumei.us/event/green-life-food-festival/ 

The Green Life Food Festival seeks to raise 

awareness by connecting growers and consumers 

with a variety of farming techniques 

emphasizing natural agriculture, and focusing 

on the appreciation of nature with information 

about living greener lifestyles. Guests can enjoy 

delicious foods, organic wines, a macrobiotic 

cooking class, agricultural workshops, 

discussions and other fun activities from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $10. 

Soulful Sunday Brunch 

The Rose 


(888) 645-5006 

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com 

Enjoy a live Motown-style band, gospel choir 

and mouthwatering brunch from $29 to 

$58. The $18.50 general admission does not 

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

music starts at 11 a.m. 

Vroman’s Bookstore 


After the most recent hearings 

in December, Comey tweeted 

that it “wasn’t a search for truth, 

but a desperate attempt to find 

anything that can be used to 

attack the institutions of justice 

investigating this president. They 

came up empty today but will try 

again. In the long run, it’ll make 

no difference because facts are 

stubborn things.” 

Comey told reporters that 

Republicans were “talking again 

about Hillary Clinton’s emails, 

for heaven’s sake,” and called 

Republicans’ silence in the face of 

Trump’s attacks on the FBI and 

other US institutions “shameful.” 

“I’ve been a Republican most of 

my adult life,” he said in Pasadena. 

“What I say to my Republican 

colleagues is, imagine the next 

president’s a Democrat and she 

starts calling for the jailing of 

private citizens, attacking the 

intelligence agencies and the 

FBI and calling for criminal 

investigations of her political 

opponents. What’s your reaction 

going to be? Your head’s going to 

(626) 449-5320 

vromansbookstore.com 

Vroman’s launches its Open Discussion 

Project, as guests discuss books pertinent 

to today’s divisive social and political times. 

Sunday’s event features a discussion of 

Ari Berman’s book, “Give Us the Ballot,” 

exploring the transformation of American 

democracy following passage of the Voting 

Rights Act and the forces that sought to limit 

it from the very start. It starts at 3 p.m. 

MONDAY 



(626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com 

Adam Higginbotham discusses and signs 

“Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the 

World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster” at 7 p.m. 

TUESDAY 

Pasadena Public Library, La Pintoresca 

Branch 

1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 744-7268 pasadenapubliclibrary.net 

In a Black History Month event, guests can 

hear stories, poems, songs and folktales 

from Ina Buckner-Barnette that celebrate the 

month, starting at 1 p.m. 



(626) 795-4331 pasadenaseniorcenter.org 

The winter term of the Masters Series with 

the theme “Exploring Motion Pictures” 

continues from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through 

March 5. Tuesday’s discussion, “On Location 

in Pasadena,” features cinematographer 

Jared Cowan showing clips and photos of 

familiar local places shown in films, from 

“Gone with the Wind” to “La La Land.” Cost 

is $15 per session. 



(626) 449-5320 vromansbookstore.com 

explode. So why is it not exploding 

now? This is about America’s 

values. I get why Donald Trump is 

doing it; in a way, it’s kind of his 

thing. What’s most disturbing is, 

Republicans are standing there 

with their hands in their pockets 

looking at their shoes.” 

He added that Trump is trying 

to burn down the FBI because he 

sees it as a threat, but that in the 

long run the institution and the 

country will survive the Trump 

presidency. 

“We are going to be OK. All of 

this will pass,” he said. “But we 

need a moment of inflection in this 

country. If Trump were removed 

from office by impeachment, a 

whole lot of people would believe 

that there’d been a coup. We need 

to vote the values that glue us 

together. We need to remove him 

from office using that mechanism, 

so we send a message that we will 

not have a leader who does not 

embody those values.” 

Learn more about the 

Distinguished Speaker Series at 

speakersla.com. n 

Sara Holland, author of “Everless,” and Laura 

Sebastian, author of “Ash Princess,” discuss 

and sign their books, in conversation with 

Jessica Cluess at 7 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY 



(626) 795-4331 


A chair yoga class for seniors with mobility 

issues starts at 1 p.m. 

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 


(626) 744-4066 


Free films screen at 1 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Wednesday’s film is “The American President” 

(1995). In a STEAM activity for teens 

and adults, guests can learn about and then 

use 3D printing, from 5 to 6 p.m. 

Pasadena Public Library, Hastings Branch 

3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 744-7262 


In celebration of the Lunar New Year, guests 

are invited to an interactive story time, crafts 

and other activities, starting at 3:30 p.m. 

The Rose 


(888) 645-5006 

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com 

Make your own music with karaoke in the 

Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday 

through Saturday night. 

Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter 

Music Series 

Arroyo Seco Golf Course 

1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena 

blueguitar.club 

Brad Colerick’s weekly singer-songwriter 

series features Ernest Troost and Lisa 

Sanders at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general 

admission, $17 for table seating, available on 

the website. n


•FILM• 


Love Is a Funny Thing 

‘WHAT MEN WANT’ AND ‘ISN’T IT ROMANTIC’ BRING MUCH 

NEEDED LAUGHTER BACK TO THE MOVIES 

The past couple of years have been dire for the 

state of comedy films, with not one reaching $100 

million blockbuster status last year, and not one 

major romantic comedy released into theaters at all. 

Only 2017’s “Girls Trip” really connected with audiences 

at a huge hit level, but that was marred by nonstop 

crassness including a scene in which Jada Pinkett 

Smith urinated on an entire crowd of Mardi Gras partiers 

when she got trapped dangling above them. 

So I’m happy to report that things finally seem to be 

turning a corner, as theaters this weekend feature two 

major rom coms in last week’s hit “What Men Want” and 

the fantastic new release “Isn’t It Romantic.” Both films 

solidly deliver on both providing laughter and romance, 

and are a lot of fun to see while with an audience also 

unleashing the nearly-forgotten sound of collective 

laughter. 

“Men” stars the excellent actress Taraji P. Henson 

(“Hustle and Flow,” Fox TV’s “Empire”) in a genderflipped 

take on the 2000 smash hit Mel Gibson comedy 

“What Women Want,” in which he played a sexist rich 

guy who suddenly acquired the ability to hear women’s 

thoughts, and used it to his advantage. Here, Henson 

plays a sports agent named Ali Davis who is successful 

representing Olympic athletes but is overlooked for a 

promotion to partner at her firm because she’s not landing 

deals for professional star athletes. 

Ali is also clueless in her dating life, focused only on 

her own pleasure during hookups and not bothering to 

think about long-term relationships. But when she visits 

a bizarre psychic (Erykah Badu) during a bachelorette 

party for one of her friends and drinks some strangetasting 

tea the oracle gives her, she wakes up with the 

ability to hear what every man around her is thinking. 

The results are funny from the get-go, as writer 

Tina Gordon Chism comes up with a seemingly endless 

parade of hilarious thoughts for Ali to overhear. And 

now that she can hear what her agency rivals are thinking, 

she’s able to trick her way into the running to land 

America’s hottest basketball prospect as her star client 

— if she can get past the doubts of his eccentric father 

Joe “Dolla” Barry (Tracy Morgan). 

To win the traditional-minded Joe over, she pretends 

her latest one-night stand Will (Aldis Hodge) — who 

turns out to be a widowed single dad — and his son are 

her husband and son. But juggling all the lies puts her in a 

precarious place that will force her to learn some lessons. 

These are all standard rom com plot elements, but 

“Men” succeeds greatly by handling its standard-level 

core material extremely well. Led by Henson and Morgan 

(who’s at his absolute nuttiest here), the cast is uniformly 

excellent, providing a constant stream of laughs 

while also handling the more heartfelt moments solidly 

as well. This isn’t high art, and it is predictable overall, 

but if you’re looking to laugh and have an upbeat date 

night, you will definitely be satisfied. 

“Romantic” is far more inventive, as it plays fast and 

loose with every cliché in the romantic comedy genre 

to hilarious results. Starring comic force of nature 

Rebel Wilson (the “Pitch Perfect” trilogy) as a New 

York City architect named Natalie in her first-ever lead 

performance, the film opens by showing that she was 

obsessed with the movie “Pretty Woman” as a child in 

the ’90s until her mother convinced her that rom coms 

are filled with lies and no man will ever marry her since 

she’s heavyset. 

Natalie is first seen waking up in an insanely tiny 

apartment before trudging to an office where she gets 

zero respect from everyone except her best friend Josh 

(Adam Devine), who is secretly in love with her. Natalie 

hopelessly pines for a handsome billionaire client 

named Blake (Liam Hemsworth), who utterly disregards 

her and treats her like the office coffee girl. 

But things change when Natalie bangs her head into 

a pole while escaping a subway mugger, and wakes up 

to a shinier, hopelessly happier world in which everyone 

and everything around her seems to be part of a giant 

real-life romantic comedy. Suddenly Blake is obsessed 

with her, her newly glowing confidence is making her a 

star at work and her humble hovel has become an endlessly 

large, palatial condo filled with dozens of glamorous 

shoes and outfits that fit her perfectly. 

To get back to the real world, she has to convince 

someone to fall in love with her, and Natalie sets her 

sights on winning Blake over. When Josh suddenly is 

engaged to a supermodel (Priyanka Chopra), she has to 

decide which guy will bring her true happiness. 

This no doubt sounds predictable again, but the 

script by Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox and Katie Silberman 

and the direction by Todd Strauss-Schulson are 

magical. “Romantic” tears apart seemingly hundreds 

of ridiculous rom com tropes while constantly creating 

fresh takes on the timeworn genre, and Strauss- 

Schulson keeps everything moving with high energy, 

including two incredible song and dance numbers that 

had the audience I screened this with applauding and 

cheering loudly. This will almost surely be on my ten 

favorite films list at the end of the year. 

Either of these films is a fine choice for a fun night 

out on this Valentine’s weekend. Yet more importantly, 

they show that there’s still life in the comedy genre.. n 

“WHAT MEN WANT”: B 

“ISN’T IT ROMANTIC”: A 

Taraji P. Henson in What Men Want 


FLICK FINDER 

SHOWTIMES 

Friday Feb. 15 to Thursday Feb. 21 

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. 

Call theater for titles and showtimes 

IPIC THEATERS AT 

ONE COLORADO PASADENA 

42 Miller Alley, (626) 639-2260. 

Alita: Battle Angel Fri.-Thurs., 1, 4, 7:15, 

10:15 p.m. 

Cold Pursuit Fri. 1:30, 4:45, 7:45, 10:50 p.m.; 

Sat. 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 p.m.; Sun. 1:45, 

4:45, 7:45, 10:40 p.m.; Mon. 1:40, 4:45, 7:45, 

10:45 p.m.; Tues. 12:45, 3:45, 10:40 p.m.; 

Wed. 1:30, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 p.m. 

Happy Death Day 2U Fri. 2:15, 5:15, 8, 10:45 

p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 2:15, 5:15, 8, 10:50 p.m.; 

Mon. 2:15, 5:15, 8, 10:45 p.m.; Tues. 2:50, 

5:20, 8, 10:50 p.m.; Wed. 2:30, 5:15, 8, 10:45 

p.m.; Thurs. 2:15, 5:15, 8, 10:50 p.m. 

Isn’t It Romantic Fri. 1:45, 4:15, 7, 9:30 p.m.; 

Sat. 1:55, 4:20, 7, 9:30 p.m.; Sun.-Mon., 

1:45, 4:15, 7, 9:30 p.m.; Tues. 1:45, 4:15, 

6:45, 9:15 p.m.; Wed.-Thurs., 1:45, 4:15, 7, 

9:30 p.m. 

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Fri. 

12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 p.m.; Sat. 1:45, 4:45, 

7:45, 10:30 p.m.; Sun.-Mon., 12:45, 3:45, 

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

p.m.; Wed. 1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 p.m. 

Out of Africa Tues. only, 7 p.m. 

Patrick Tues. only, 12:30 p.m. 

What Men Want Fri.-Wed., 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 

10:30 p.m. 

LAEMMLE’S PLAYHOUSE 7 

673 E Colorado Bl, 

(626) 844-6500. 

Black Orpheus Wed. only, 7 p.m. 

Cat Video Festival Mon. only, 7:30 p.m. 

Gundam NT Tues. only, 7 p.m. 

My Fair Lady Wed. only, 7 p.m. 

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name Mon. 7:30 

p.m.; Tues. 1 p.m. 

ARCLIGHT PASADENA 14 

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

Alita: Battle Angel Fri.-Mon., 11:15 a.m., 2, 

4:45, 7:30, 10:15 p.m. 

ArcLight Presents... Before Sunrise Tues. 

only, 7:30 p.m. 

Happy Death Day 2U Sat.-Sun., 11:45 a.m., 

2:45, 5:30, 8, 10:30 p.m. 

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 

Thurs. only, 6, 8:15, 10:30 p.m. 

Isn’t It Romantic Sat.-Mon., 11:30 a.m., 2:15, 

5:15, 7:45, 10 p.m. 

GLENDALE 

PACIFIC GLENDALE 18 

The Americana at Brand,322 

Americana Way, Glendale 

(818) 551-0218. 

Alita: Battle Angel Fri.-Mon., 11:15 a.m., 2, 

4:45, 7:30, 10:15 p.m. 

Happy Death Day 2U Fri.-Sun., 11:50 a.m., 

2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 p.m. 


Thurs. only, 6, 8:30 p.m. 


3D Thurs. only, 11 p.m. 

Isn’t It Romantic Fri.-Mon., 10:30 a.m., 

12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 p.m. 

UA LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE 

1919 Verdugo Bl, (818) 952-1940. 

Alita: Battle Angel Fri.-Wed., 12:30, 6:45 

p.m. 

Alita: Battle Angel 3D Fri.-Wed., 3:40, 9:50 

p.m. 

Black Panther Sat. 7 p.m.; Mon. 4 p.m.; Wed. 

1 p.m.; Thurs. 10 p.m. 

BlacKkKlansman Fri. 1 p.m.; Sat. 10 p.m.; 

Mon. 7 p.m.; Wed. 4 p.m. 

Bohemian Rhapsody Fri. 7 p.m.; Sun. 4 p.m.; 

Tues. 1 p.m.; Wed. 10 p.m. 

The Favourite Fri. 10 p.m.; Sun. 7 p.m.; Tues. 

4 p.m.; Thurs. 1 p.m. 

Green Book Fri. 4 p.m.; Sun. 1 p.m.; Mon. 10 

p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. 

Happy Death Day 2U Fri.-Wed., 11 a.m., 1:40, 

4:20, 7, 9:45 p.m. 



Isn’t It Romantic Fri.-Wed., 11:10 a.m., 1:30, 

4, 6:45, 9:20 p.m. 

A Star Is Born Sat. 4 p.m.; Mon. 1 p.m.; Tues. 

10 p.m.; Thurs. 7 p.m. 

Vice Sat. 1 p.m.; Sun. 10 p.m.; Tues. 7 p.m.; 

Thurs. 4 p.m. 

ARCADIA 

AMC SANTA ANITA 16 

Westfield Shoppingtown Mall,400 

Baldwin Ave, (888) 262-4386. 

2019 Best Picture Showcase Day One Sat. 

only, 11 a.m. 

Alita: Battle Angel — An IMAX 3D Experience 

Fri.-Sun., 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 

11 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., 10:30 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 

7:45, 10:45 p.m. 

Alita: Battle Angel 3D Fri.-Sun., 9:30 a.m., 

12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., 

11:45 a.m., 3, 6:30, 9:30 p.m. 

Cold Pursuit Fri.-Mon., 11:10 a.m., 2, 5, 7:50, 

10:45 p.m. 

Fighting With My Family Thurs. only, 7, 9:45 

p.m. 


Happy Death Day 2U Fri.-Wed., 10:45 a.m., 

1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 p.m. 


Thurs. only, 6, 9 p.m. 

Isn’t It Romantic Fri.-Mon., 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 

4:50, 7:15, 9:50 p.m. 

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Fri.- 

Mon., 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7, 9:45 p.m. 

My Fair Lady 55th Anniversary (1964) Presented 

by TCM Sun. 1, 5 p.m.; Wed. 3, 7 p.m. 

What Men Want Fri.-Mon., 10:20 a.m., 1:20, 

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

ALHAMBRA 

EDWARDS ALHAMBRA 

RENAISSANCE STADIUM 14 & IMAX 

1 E. Main Street, 

(626) 300-0107. 

Alita: Battle Angel Fri. 7:45, 10:35 p.m.; Sat. 

11 a.m., 1:55, 4:50, 7:45 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs., 11 

a.m., 1:55, 4:50, 7:45, 10:35 p.m. 

Alita: Battle Angel — An IMAX 3D Experience 

Fri. 1, 4, 7 p.m.; Sat.-Thurs., 1, 4, 7, 10 p.m. 


Happy Death Day 2U Fri. 4:45 p.m.; Sat.- 

Thurs., 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 

p.m. 



Isn’t It Romantic Sat. 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 

7:15, 10 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs., 12 noon, 2:25, 

4:50, 7:20, 9:50 p.m. 

Miss Bala Sat. only, 10:35 p.m. 

My Fair Lady 55th Anniversary (1964) Presented 

by TCM Sun. 1 p.m.; Wed. 3, 7 p.m. n 


Business Directory 

BUY/SELL/TRADE 

3rd Generation - 

Buy*Sell*Trade 

Vintage Jewelry & Collectibles Free 

Verbal Appraisals. Two locations. 1325 

Huntington Dr., South Pasadena and 56 

S. De Lacey, Old Pasadena. 

(626) 844-0471 (323) 254-2505 

www.thirdgenerationco.com 

CLOTHING/ACCESSORIES 

Custom-made Adorable Baby Clothes 

Featuring the Lovbugz Characters 

Buy at: www.zazzle.com/lovbugz 

PUBLIC NOTICES 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

FOR CHANGE OF NAME 

Case No.19GDCP00022 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFOR- 

NIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. 

Petition of TIMOTHY MARLEN 

ROGERS, for Change of Name. TO 

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) 

Petitioner: Timothy Marlen Rogers 

fi led a petition with this court 

for a decree changing names as 

follows: a.) Timothy Marlen Rogers 

to Toby Metta Rogers 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: 3/20/2019. Time: 

8:30 AM. Dept.: 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: 

January 23, 2019. Darrell Mavis, 

Judge of the Superior Court. PUB- 

LISH: Pasadena Weekly 1/31/19, 

2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 

ESTATE JEWELRY 

JEWELRY (VINTAGE) 

Miscellaneous Items 

#1 - String of Pearls - $24.99 

#2 - Silver Bracelet - $12.99 

#3 - Vintage German 

Miniature (ceramic) - $9.99 

#4 - Vintage Gold/F Swank 

Cuffl inks - $4.99 

#5 - 14K Diamond Ring 

$99.99 

#6 - Silver Earrings - $6.99 

#7 - Vintage Hummel 

Figurine - $69.99 

#8 - Silver Spoon - $3.99 

#9 - Vintage Seiko Watch 

(hers) - $9.99 

#10 - Vintage Turquoise Ring 

(his) - $9.99 

#11 - Older Pearl Broche -$9.99 

#12 - Vintage Cuckoo Clock 

Black Forest - $199.99 

#13 - Vintage Broche 

(beautiful) - $4.99 

#14 - Vintage German Travel 

Clock - $49.99 

ASK FOR TOMAS 

#323-254-2505 

12-4PM TUES-SAT 

Notice of Public Hearing 

Notice of Public Hearing 

to Amend Single-Family 

Residential Standards 

(Mansionization) 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The 

proposed project consists of Zoning 

Code amendments responding 

to community concerns related to 

single-family residential development 

perceived to be out of scale 

or character with existing neighborhoods. 

The proposed amendments 

would revise existing development 

standards related to single-family 

dwellings within the RS-1, RS-2, RS- 

4, and RS-6 zones. 

PROJECT LOCATION: Citywide 

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINA- 

TION: The Planning Commission 

will consider whether adoption of 

the proposed Zoning Code amendments 

are exempt from the California 

Environmental Quality Act under 

Class 5 ß15305 Minor Alterations 

in Land Use Limitations and Class 

8 ß15308 - Actions by Regulatory 

Agencies for Protection of the Environment. 

Class 5 consists of minor 

alterations in land use limitations in 

areas with an average slope of less 

than 20%, which do not result in any 

changes in land use or density. Class 

8 consists of action taken by regulatory 

agencies, as authorized by state 

and local ordinance, to assure the 

maintenance, restoration, enhancement, 

or protection of the environment 

where the regulatory process 

involves procedures for protection of 

the environment. 

APPROVALS NEEDED: The Planning 

Commission will conduct a 

public hearing and consider the proposed 

CEQA exemption and code 

amendments on February 27, 2019. 

The Planning Commission will forward 

its recommendation to the City 

Council. The City Council will make 

a fi nal decision on the CEQA exemption 

and proposed amendments at a 

separately-noticed public hearing. 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 

Planning Commission will hold a 

public hearing to receive input from 

the public and provide comments 

on proposed revisions to Section 

17.22 of the Pasadena Municipal 

Code, pertaining to the RS-1, RS-2, 

RS-4, and RS-6 single-family residential 

zones. 

Date: Wednesday, February 27, 

2019 

Time: 6:30 p.m. 

Place: City Hall 

Council Chamber, Room S249 

100 North Garfi eld Avenue 

PUBLIC INFORMATION: Any interested 

party or their representative 

may appear at the meeting and 

comment on the project. Written 

comments should be sent to 

Martin Potter, Associate Planner, 

at the address listed below. If you 

wish to challenge this matter in 

court you may be limited to raising 

only those issues you or someone 

else raised at the public hearing 

described in this notice, or written 

correspondence delivered to 

the hearing body, at or prior to the 

public hearing. 

For more information about the 

project and the related environmental 

documentation or to schedule an 

appointment: 

Contact Person: Martin Potter, Associate 

Planner 

Phone: (626) 744-6710 

E-mail: mpotter@cityofpasadena. 

net 

Website: cityofpasadena.net/planning 

Mailing Address: 

Planning & Community Development 

Department 

Planning Division, Community 

Planning Section 

175 North Garfi eld Avenue, Pasadena, 

CA 91101 

ADA: In compliance with the 

American with Disabilities Act 

(ADA) of 1990, listening assistive 

devices are available with a 24-hour 

advance notice. Please call (626) 

744-4009 or (626) 744-4371 (TDD) 

to request use of a listening device. 

Language translation services are 

available for this meeting by calling 

(626) 744-4009 at least 48 hours in 

advance. 

Published: 2/7/19, 2/14/19 

Pasadena Weekly 

NOTICE INVITING BIDS 

For Hale Building Interior 

Remodel 2nd Floor In the 

City of Pasadena, California 

Sealed bids will be received until 

2:00 p.m., March 13, 2019, by the 

City Clerk of Pasadena, 100 N. 

Garfi eld Ave. 2nd Floor Room 228, 

Pasadena, for HALE BUILDING 

INTERIOR REMODEL- 2ND FLOOR, 

in the City of Pasadena, California. 

Plans and Specifi cations are available 

on the City website at: https:// 

www.planetbids.com/portal/portal. 

cfm?CompanyID=14770. 

From time to time, the City fi nds it 

necessary to issue addendum(a) to 

bid specifi cations after those bid 

specifi cations have been released. 

Only those parties that have registered 

with the City as a plan holder 

on a particular project will receive 

the addendum(a) for that project. 

The City is not responsible for 

notifi cations to those parties who 

do not directly register as a plan 

holder on the City’s database. It 

is the responsibility of all perspective 

bidders to register on the City’s 

database to ensure receipt of any 

addendum(a) prior to bid submittals. 

Additionally, information on 

any addendum(a) issued for any bid 

specifi cations for any project will 

be available on the City website at: 

https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=14770 

The City reserves the right to reject 

as nonresponsive any bid that fails 

to include the information required 

by any addendum(a) posted on the 

City website. 

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 

February 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. 

Hale Building (First Floor Lobby) 

175 North Garfi eld Avenue, Pasadena, 

CA 91101. This meeting is 

to answer any questions regarding 

the project plans and specifi cations. 

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY 

If Prospective Bidders do not attend 

the mandatory meeting and/or signin 

on the attendance sheet, their bid 

package will not be accepted and 

will be deemed un-responsive at 

the time of bid opening. Submitted 

package will be verifi ed by the attendance 

sheet. 

Deadline for Bidder Request for Information 

and/or Equal Substitution 

Request must be submitted to the 

Agency Representative by March 

1, 2019, 4:00 p.m. All RFIs and/or 

Substitution request must be submitted 

via e-mail to James Tong, 

email: jtong@cityofpasadena.net. 

Each Bidder must hold an active 

Class B and/or C-61/D-34 License 

at the time of bid submission, except 

as to joint venture Bidders, 

who shall be licensed as provided 

in Business and Professions Code 

ßß 7029.1 and 7028.15(c). 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 

1770 to 1782 of the California 

Labor Code, the California Department 

of Industrial Relations has 

ascertained the general prevailing 

rate of wages in the county in which 

work is to be done. A copy of the 

general prevailing rate of wages 

is on fi le with the City Engineer 

and is available for inspection and 

reference during regular business 

hours. 

A contractor or subcontractor shall 

not be qualifi ed to bid on, be listed 

in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements 

of Section 4104 of the 

Public Contract Code, or engage 

in the performance of this public 

works project unless currently 

registered and qualifi ed to perform 

public work pursuant to Labor Code 

Section 1725.5. It is not a violation 

of Labor Code Section 1771.1 for an 

unregistered contractor to submit 

a bid that is authorized by Section 

7029.1 of the Business and Professions 

Code or by Section 10164 

or 20103.5 of the Public Contract 

Code, provided the contractor is 

registered to perform public work 

pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the 

time the contract is awarded. 

This Project is subject to compliance 

monitoring and enforcement by the 

Department of Industrial Relations. 

The Contractor must post job site 

notices prescribed by regulation 

(See e.g. 8 Cal. Code Reg. Section 

16451(d). 

Contractors and Subcontractors 

must furnish electronic certifi ed 

payroll records directly to the 

California Labor Commissioner 

(aka Division of Labor Standards 

Enforcement). 

All bids must be accompanied by 

bid security in the amount of fi ve 

percent (5%) of the bid price, in 

the form of cash, cashier’s check, 

money order, or surety bond. 

Bids are to be signed and submitted 

in DUPLICATE. Bidder must submit 

bids with one ORIGINAL and one 

COPY, marked as such. 

Refer to the Specifi cations for complete 

details and bid requirements. 

Specifi cations and this notice shall 

be considered a part of any contract 

made pursuant thereto. 

STEVE MERMELL 

City Manager 

Dated: November 26, 2018 (Authorized 

by City Attorney) 

Publish: February 7, 2019, February 

14, 2019 







Petition of CHUYUN TSAI, for 

Change of Name. TO ALL INTER- 

ESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: 

Chuyun Tsai fi led a petition with 

this court for a decree changing 

names as follows: a.) Chuyun Tsai 

to Chuyun Kuo 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: 4/11/19. Time: 8:30 AM. 

Dept.: E. The address of the court 

is, 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: February 

5, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of 

the Superior Court. PUBLISH: 

Pasadena Weekly 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 






Petition of JUN RYUL SUR, for 

Change of Name. TO ALL INTER- 

ESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: 

Jun Ryul Sur fi led a petition with 

this court for a decree changing 

names as follows: a.) Jun Ryul Sur 

to Jim Ayahara 2.) THE COURT OR- 

DERS 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: 

03/27/2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 

E. 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: February 6, 2019. Darrell 

Mavis, Judge of the Superior 

Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 

2/14/19, 2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 

Order of Publication 

Non-Resident Notice 

In the circuit court for 

Monroe County, Tennessee 

105 College Street, South, Suite 3 

Madisonville, TN 37354 

Docket # V18151S 

Rachel Nickel 

Plaintiff 

Vs 

Ryan Nickel 

Defendant 

In the cause it appearing by affi davit 

that the defendant Ryan Nickel address 

unknown is not a resident 

of the State of Tennessee, and that 

personal service of process can 

not be had upon him. He therefore 

is hereby required to serve answer 

on or before 8 day of April, 2019, 

the same being 30 days from the 

last publication of this notice, 

upon Monroe County circuit court, 

105 College Street, South, Suite 3, 

Madisonville, TN 37354. Failure 

to do so, judgment by default will 

be taken against you for the relief 

demanded in the complaint and a 

hearing ex parte can be set. 

It is further ordered that this notice 

be published for four consecutive 

weeks in the Pasadena Weekly. 

Issued this the 05 day of 

February, 2019. 

Published: 2/14/19, 2/21/19, 

2/28/19, 3/7/19 

Martha M. Cook, Circuit Court 

Clerk 

Donna Murphy, Deputy Clerk 

NOTICE INVITING BIDS 

FOR RENEWABLE 

DIESEL FUEL 

Bidders are required to submit 

all items listed in the BIDDER’S 

CHECKLIST including acknowledgement 

of all addendums. Bids 

will be received prior to 3:00pm, 

February 27, 2019, by the City 

Clerk, 100 North Garfi eld Avenue, 

Rm S228, Pasadena, CA 91109, and 

will be opened at that time and place 

and will be opened at that time. The 

bids shall be clearly titled: 

RENEWABLE DIESEL FUEL 

Copies of the Specifi cations may be 

obtained by mail or in person from 

the Purchasing Division, 100 N. 

Garfi eld Ave., Room S-349, 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. 

Steve Mermell 

City Manager 

DAT ED: FE BRUA RY 14, 2 019 

PUBLISH: FEBRUARY 14, 2019 


BULK SALES NOTICES 

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 February 19, 2019 at 2:00 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: 

Gladys Vasquez 

Gina Williams 

Christine Suro 

Auction by StorageTreasures.com 

800-213-4183 

Pasadena Weekly 2/7/19, 2/14/19 

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 AVENUE 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 February 14th, 2019 

And Ending On Or After February 

21st, 2019 12:00pm. 

The Personal Goods Stored Therein 

by the Following May Include, but 

are not limited to: MISC. HOUSE- 


HOLD GOODS, PERSONAL ITEMS, 

FURNITURE, CLOTHING AND/OR 

BUSINESS ITEMS ETCÖ 

565 Em Van Cartier 

612 Tiffany Walker 

035 Timothy Williams 

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. 


NOTICE OF PUBLIC 

LIEN SALE 

Notice is hereby given per Section 

21700 et seq. of the California Business 

& Professions Code that the 

Undersigned, ARROYO PARKWAY 

SELF STORAGE, located at 411 S. 

Arroyo Pkwy. Pasadena, County 

of Los Angeles, California, will 

conduct a public lien sale of the 

personal property described below 

at 12:00PM on the 22nd day of February, 

2019. The Undersigned will 

accept cash bids to satisfy a lien for 

past due rent and incident incurred. 

The items to be sold are generally 

described as follows: 

Offi ce & home furniture, area rugs/ 

carpet, tools, tool boxes, clothing, 

shoes, mattress, bedframe, 

bedding, cabinets, boxes, sealed 

boxes, bags, bikes, toys, artifi cial 

trees, fl owers, music albums, CD’s, 

DVD’s, videos, music instruments, 

artwork, pictures, luggage, household 

appliances, products and supplies, 

kitchen supplies, sewing machines 

and supplies, craft supplies, 

sporting and exercise equipment, 

stereo equipment, speakers, television, 

offi ce equipment and supplies, 

computer equipment/parts/ 

soft-ware & hardware, fax machines/printers, 

communications 

and electronic equipment, books, 

fi le cabinets, maintenance and 

construction tools, dollies, storage 

containers, cabinets, miscellaneous 

decorations, hats, purses, 

shelves, promotional merchandise 

and products, other commercial, 

personal and household items, 

stored by the following persons: 

NAME OF ACCOUNT 

Ana L. Flores 

Nancy Middleton 

Monique Sturdivant 

Melvin G Songco 

Auctioneer’s Name: Jim O’ Brien 

Auctioneer’s Telephone#: 

(951) 681-4113 

Bond#: 10067768 

Publish Pasadena Weekly 

2/7/19, 2/14/19 

NOTICE OF SALE OF 

ABANDONED PROPERTY 

Notice Is Hereby Given That Pursuant 

To Sections 21700-21716 

Of The Business And Professions 

Code, Section 2328 Of The UCC, 

Section 535 Of The Penal Code And 

Provisions Of The Civil Code, PSA 

SELF STORAGE 8000 ARTSON 

ST. ROSEMEAD 91770, County Of 

Los Angeles, State Of California 

Will Sell By Competitive Bidding 

The Following Units. Auction to Be 

Conducted through Online Auction 

Services of WWW.LOCKERFOX. 

COM with bids opening on or after 

3:00 pm, FEBRUARY 15TH 2019 

and closing on or after 12:00pm, 

FEBRUARY 25th 2019. 

The Personal Goods Stored Therein 

by the Following May Include, but 

are not limited to: MISC. HOUSE- 

HOLD GOODS, PERSONAL ITEMS, 

FURNITURE, CLOTHING AND/OR 

BUSINESS ITEMS/FIXTURES. 

SCOTT, JOE 

ACEVES, JOSE 

Purchases Must Be Made in Cash 

and Paid at the time of Sale. All 

Goods are Sold as is and must be 

Removed within 24 Hours of the 

time of Purchase. PSA Self Storage-Rosemead 

Reserves the Right 

to Retract Bids. Sale is Subject to 

Adjournment. 


PROBATE NOTICES 

NOTICE OF PETITION TO 

ADMINISTER ESTATE 

OF PATRICIA HINDLEY 

HAYMOND 

Case No. 18STPB09812 

To all heirs, benefi ciaries, creditors, 

contingent creditors, and persons 

who may otherwise be interested in 

the will or estate, or both, of PATRI- 

CIA HINDLEY HAYMOND 

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has 

been fi led by Patricia N. Haymond 

in the Superior Court of California, 

County of LOS ANGELES. 

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE 

requests that Jeffrey Siegel be appointed 

as special administrator 

with general powers 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 on March 14, 2019 at 8:30 AM 

in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill 

St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. 

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of 

the petition, you should appear at 

the hearing and state your objections 

or fi le written objections with 

the court before the hearing. Your 

appearance may be in person or by 

your attorney. 

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent 

creditor of the decedent, you 

must fi le your claim with the court 

and mail a copy to the personal representative 

appointed by the court 

within the later of either (1) four 

months from the date of fi rst issuance 

of letters to a general personal 

representative, as defi ned in section 

58(b) of the California Probate 

Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of 

mailing or personal delivery to you 

of a notice under section 9052 of 

the California Probate Code. 

Other California statutes and legal 

authority may affect your rights as 

a creditor. You may want to consult 

with an attorney knowledgeable in 

California law. 

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept 

by the court. If you are a person interested 

in the estate, you may file 

with the court a Request for Special 

Notice (form DE-154) of the filing 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: 

ANTHONY C GROSSMAN ESQ 

SBN 175408 

SCHOFIELD & GROSSMAN 

201 S LAKE AVE 

STE 403 

PASADENA CA 91101 

CN957068 HAYMOND Jan 31, Feb 

7,14, 2019 

NOTICE OF AMENDED 

PETITION TO ADMINISTER 

ESTATE OF WILLIAM D. 

FENDER Case 

No. 18STPB11107 




the will or estate, or both, of WIL- 

LIAM D. FENDER 

AN AMENDED PETITION FOR 

PROBATE has been fi led by James 

Daniel Fender in the Superior Court 

of California, County of LOS AN- 

GELES. 

THE AMENDED PETITION FOR 

PROBATE requests that Susan 

Hartley and Melinda Olsen be appointed 

as personal representative 

to administer the estate of the 

decedent. 

THE AMENDED 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, 


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 amended petition 

will be held on Feb. 25, 2019 

at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 67 located 

at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 

90012. 



























YOU MAY EXAMINE the fi le kept 

by the court. If you are a person 

interested in the estate, you may fi le 


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




1250. A Request for Special 

Notice form is available from the 

court clerk. 

Attorney for petitioner: 

HOWARD R HAWKINS ESQ 

SBN 100875 

LAW OFFICES OF 

HOWARD R HAWKINS 

2146 BONITA AVE 

LA VERNE CA 91750 

CN957089 FENDER Feb 7,14,21, 

2019 


ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: 

VIVIAN WARE AKA VIVIAN 

YVONNE WARE AKA 

VIVIAN Y. WARE CASE NO. 

19STPB01026 




the WILL or estate, or both of VIV- 

IAN WARE AKA VIVIAN YVONNE 

WARE AKA VIVIAN Y. WARE. 


been fi led by GABRIELLA FRABO- 

TTA in the Superior Court of California, 


THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests 

that GABRIELLA FRABOTTA 

be appointed as personal representative 


decedent. 

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s 

WILL and codicils, if any, be 

admitted to probate. The WILL and 

any codicils are available for examination 

in the fi le kept by the court. 




Estates Act with limited authority. 

(This authority will allow the personal 

representative to take many 

actions without obtaining court 

approval. Before taking certain 

very important actions, however, 

the personal representative will be 

required to give notice to interested 

persons unless they have waived 

notice or consented to the proposed 

action.) The independent administration 

authority will be granted 

unless an interested person fi les an 

objection to the petition and shows 

good cause why the court should 

not grant the authority. 

A HEARING on the petition will 

be held in this court as follows: 

03/07/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located 

at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS AN- 

GELES, CA 90012 





































court clerk. 

Attorney for Petitioner 

MAURICE ABADIA - SBN 159766 

LAW OFFICE OF MAURICE ABADIA 

301 E. COLORADO BLVD. SUITE 

616 

PASADENA CA 91101 

2/14, 2/21, 2/28/19 

CNS-3219800# 

PASADENA WEEKLY 


ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: 

PHILLIP U. LEGGETT CASE 

NO. 19STPB01085 




the WILL or estate, or both of PHIL- 

LIP U. LEGGETT. 


been fi led by KIMBERLY H. SPEARS 

in the Superior Court of California, 


THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests 

that KIMBERLY H. SPEARS 

be appointed as personal representative 


decedent. 

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s 

WILL and codicils, if any, be 

admitted to probate. The WILL and 

any codicils are available for examination 

in the fi le kept by the court. 




Estates Act . (This authority will 

allow the personal representative 

to take many actions without obtaining 

court approval. Before taking 

certain very important actions, 


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: 

03/11/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 

located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS 

ANGELES, CA 90012 





































court clerk. 

Attorney for Petitioner 

KEITH J. MOTEN, ESQ. - SBN 

240381 

MARCELA J. PENA, ESQ. - SBN 

283092 

MOTEN & ASSOCIATES 

355 S. GRAND AVE. SUITE 2450 

LOS ANGELES CA 90071 

2/14, 2/21, 2/28/19 

CNS-3220441# 

PASADENA 

WEEKLY 

TRUSTEE SALES 

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS 

No. CA-18-827259-CL Order No.: 

730-1803782-70 YOU ARE IN DE- 

FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST 

DATED 10/21/2004. UNLESS YOU 

TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR 

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT 

A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN 

EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE 

OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST 

YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A 

LAWYER. A public auction sale 

to the highest bidder for cash, 

cashier’s check drawn on a state 

or national bank, check drawn by 

state or federal credit union, or a 

check drawn by a state or federal 

savings and loan association, or 

savings association, or savings 

bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to 

the Financial Code and authorized 

to do business in this state, will 

be held by duly appointed trustee. 

The sale will be made, but without 

covenant or warranty, expressed 

or implied, regarding title, possession, 

or encumbrances, to pay 

the remaining principal sum of 

the note(s) secured by the Deed of 

Trust, with interest and late charges 

thereon, as provided in the note(s), 

advances, under the terms of the 

Deed of Trust, interest thereon, 

fees, charges and expenses of the 

Trustee for the total amount (at the 

time of the initial publication of 

the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated 

to be set forth below. The 

amount may be greater on the day 

of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT 

TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL 

AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): David 

Tran and Betty Duong Recorded: 

11/15/2004 as Instrument No. 04 

2954271 of Offi cial Records in the 

offi ce of the Recorder of LOS AN- 

GELES County, California; Date of 

Sale: 2/21/2019 at 10:00 AM Place 

of Sale: Behind the fountain located 

in Civic Center Plaza, located at 

400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 

91766 Amount of unpaid balance 

and other charges: $98,839.83 

The purported property address is: 

360 S EUCLID ST AVE UNIT 326, 

PASADENA, CA 91101 Assessor’s 

Parcel No.: 5722-033-169 NOTICE 

TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you 

are considering bidding on this 

property lien, you should understand 

that there are risks involved 

in bidding at a trustee auction. You 

will be bidding on a lien, not on the 

property itself. Placing the highest 

bid at a trustee auction does not 

automatically entitle you to free and 

clear ownership of the property. You 

should also be aware that the lien 

being auctioned off may be a junior 

lien. If you are the highest bidder at 

the auction, you are or may be responsible 

for paying off all liens senior 

to the lien being auctioned off, 

before you can receive clear title to 

the property. You are encouraged to 

investigate the existence, priority, 

and size of outstanding liens that 

may exist on this property by contacting 

the county recorder’s offi ce 

or a title insurance company, either 

of which may charge you a fee for 

this information. If you consult either 

of these resources, you should 

be aware that the same lender may 

hold more than one mortgage or 

deed of trust on the property. NO- 

TICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The 

sale date shown on this notice of 

sale may be postponed one or more 

times by the mortgagee, benefi - 

ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant 

to Section 2924g of the California 

Civil Code. The law requires that 

information about trustee sale 

postponements be made available 

to you and to the public, as a courtesy 

to those not present at the sale. 

If you wish to learn whether your 

sale date has been postponed, and, 

if applicable, the rescheduled time 

and date for the sale of this property, 

you may call 916-939-0772 for information 

regarding the trustee’s 

sale or visit this Internet Web site 

http://www.qualityloan.com, using 

the fi le number assigned to this 

foreclosure by the Trustee: CA- 

18-827259-CL. Information about 

postponements that are very short 

in duration or that occur close in 

time to the scheduled sale may 

not immediately be refl ected in the 

telephone information or on the 

Internet Web site. The best way to 

verify postponement information is 

to attend the scheduled sale. The 

undersigned Trustee disclaims any 

liability for any incorrectness of the 

property address or other common 

designation, if any, shown herein. If 

no street address or other common 

designation is shown, directions 

to the location of the property may 

be obtained by sending a written 

request to the benefi ciary within 10 

days of the date of fi rst publication 

of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is 

set aside for any reason, including 

if the Trustee is unable to convey 

title, the Purchaser at the sale shall 

be entitled only to a return of the 

monies paid to the Trustee. This 

shall be the Purchaser’s sole and 

exclusive remedy. The purchaser 

shall have no further recourse 

against the Trustor, the Trustee, 

the Benefi ciary, the Benefi ciary’s 

Agent, or the Benefi ciary’s Attorney. 

If you have previously been discharged 

through bankruptcy, you 

may have been released of personal 

liability for this loan in which case 

this letter is intended to exercise 

the note holders right’s against 

the real property only. Date: Quality 

Loan Service Corporation 2763 

Camino Del Rio South San Diego, 

CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON 

SALE information only Sale Line: 

916-939-0772 Or Login to: http:// 

www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement 

Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 

5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. 

TS No.: CA-18-827259-CL IDSPub 

#0149453 1/31/2019 2/7/2019 

2/14/2019 

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS 

No. CA-14-655057-HL Order No.: 

VTSG670159 YOU ARE IN DE- 

FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST 








LAWYER. A public auction sale 

to the highest bidder for cash, 

cashier’s check drawn on a state 

or national bank, check drawn by 

state or federal credit union, or a 

check drawn by a state or federal 

savings and loan association, or 

savings association, or savings 

bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to 

the Financial Code and authorized 

to do business in this state, will 

be held by duly appointed trustee. 

The sale will be made, but without 

covenant or warranty, expressed 

or implied, regarding title, possession, 

or encumbrances, to pay 

the remaining principal sum of 

the note(s) secured by the Deed of 

Trust, with interest and late charges 

thereon, as provided in the note(s), 

advances, under the terms of the 

Deed of Trust, interest thereon, 

fees, charges and expenses of the 

Trustee for the total amount (at the 

time of the initial publication of the 

Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated 

to be set forth below. The amount 

may be greater on the day of sale. 

BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID 

LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT 

DUE. Trustor(s): TANYA LLANES 

TARVER, A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded: 

10/25/2006 as Instrument 

No. 06 2367512 of Offi cial Records 

in the offi ce of the Recorder of LOS 

ANGELES County, California; Date 

of Sale: 3/12/2019 at 10:00 AM 

Place of Sale: Behind the fountain 

located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 

Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 

91766 Amount of unpaid balance 

and other charges: $2,557,233.28 

The purported property address 

is: 1441S OAKLAND AVENUE, 

PASADENA, CA 91106 Assessor’s 

Parcel No.: 5325-001-056 5325- 

001-053 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL 

BIDDERS: If you are considering 

bidding on this property lien, you 

should understand that there are 

risks involved in bidding at a trustee 

auction. You will be bidding on 

a lien, not on the property itself. 

Placing the highest bid at a trustee 

auction does not automatically entitle 

you to free and clear ownership 

of the property. You should also be 

aware that the lien being auctioned 

off may be a junior lien. If you are 

the highest bidder at the auction, 

you are or may be responsible for 

paying off all liens senior to the lien 

being auctioned off, before you can 

receive clear title to the property. 

You are encouraged to investigate 

the existence, priority, and size 

of outstanding liens that may exist 

on this property by contacting 

the county recorder’s offi ce or a 

title insurance company, either of 

which may charge you a fee for this 

information. If you consult either 

of these resources, you should be 

aware that the same lender may 







02.14.19 PASADENA WEEKLY 21




information about trustee sale 

postponements be made available 

to you and to the public, as a courtesy 

to those not present at the sale. 

If you wish to learn whether your 

sale date has been postponed, and, 

if applicable, the rescheduled time 


you may call 916-939-0772 for information 

regarding the trustee’s 

sale or visit this Internet Web site 

http://www.qualityloan.com, using 


foreclosure by the Trustee: CA- 

14-655057-HL. Information about 

postponements that are very short 

in duration or that occur close in 

time to the scheduled sale may 

not immediately be refl ected in the 

telephone information or on the 

Internet Web site. The best way to 

verify postponement information is 

to attend the scheduled sale. The 



property address or other common 

designation, if any, shown herein. If 

no street address or other common 

designation is shown, directions 

to the location of the property may 

be obtained by sending a written 

request to the benefi ciary within 10 

days of the date of fi rst publication 

of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is 

set aside for any reason, including 

if the Trustee is unable to convey 

title, the Purchaser at the sale shall 

be entitled only to a return of the 

monies paid to the Trustee. This 

shall be the Purchaser’s sole and 

exclusive remedy. The purchaser 

shall have no further recourse 

against the Trustor, the Trustee, 

the Benefi ciary, the Benefi ciary’s 

Agent, or the Benefi ciary’s Attorney. 

If you have previously been discharged 

through bankruptcy, you 

may have been released of personal 

liability for this loan in which case 

this letter is intended to exercise 

the note holders right’s against 

the real property only. Date: Quality 

Loan Service Corporation 2763 

Camino Del Rio South San Diego, 

CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON 

SALE information only Sale Line: 

916-939-0772 Or Login to: http:// 

www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement 

Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 

5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. 

TS No.: CA-14-655057-HL IDSPub 

#0149724 1/31/2019 2/7/2019 

2/14/2019 

TSG No.: 180296406 TS No.: 

CA1800283751 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 

APN: 5729-009-016 Property 

Address: 255 ROBINSON ROAD 

PASADENA , CA 91104 NOTICE OF 

TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DE- 

FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, 








LAWYER. On 02/26/2019 at 10:00 

A.M., First American Title Insurance 

Company, as duly appointed 

Trustee under and pursuant to Deed 

of Trust recorded 06/30/2008, as 

Instrument No. 20081157813, in 

book , page , , of Offi cial Records in 

the offi ce of the County Recorder 

of LOS ANGELES County, State 

of California. Executed by: PHILIP 

E KOEBEL, AN UNMARRIED MAN, 

WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION 

TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, 

CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIV- 

ALENT or other form of payment 

authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at 

time of sale in lawful money of the 

United States) Behind the fountain 

located in Civic Center Plaza, 

400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona 

CA 91766 All right, title and interest 

conveyed to and now held by 

it under said Deed of Trust in the 

property situated in said County 

and State described as: AS MORE 

FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE 

MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST 

APN# 5729-009-016 The street 

address and other common designation, 

if any, of the real property 

described above is purported to be: 

255 ROBINSON ROAD, PASADENA 

, CA 91104 The undersigned Trustee 

disclaims any liability for any 

incorrectness of the street address 

and other common designation, if 

any, shown herein. Said sale will 

be made, but without covenant or 

warranty, expressed or implied, 

regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, 

to pay the remaining 

principal sum of the note(s) secured 

by said Deed of Trust, with interest 

thereon, as provided in said 

note(s), advances, under the terms 

of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges 

and expenses of the Trustee and of 

the trusts created by said Deed of 

Trust. The total amount of the unpaid 

balance of the obligation secured 

by the property to be sold and 

reasonable estimated costs, expenses 

and advances at the time of 

the initial publication of the Notice 

of Sale is $578,050.49. The benefi - 

ciary under said Deed of Trust has 

deposited all documents evidencing 

the obligations secured by the 

Deed of Trust and has declared all 

sums secured thereby immediately 

due and payable, and has caused a 

written Notice of Default and Election 

to Sell to be executed. The 

undersigned caused said Notice of 

Default and Election to Sell to be 

recorded in the County where the 

real property is located. NOTICE 

TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you 

are considering bidding on this 

property lien, you should understand 

that there are risks involved 

in bidding at a trustee auction. You 

will be bidding on a lien, not on the 

property itself. Placing the highest 

bid at a trustee auction does not 

automatically entitle you to free and 

clear ownership of the property. You 

should also be aware that the lien 

being auctioned off may be a junior 

lien. If you are the highest bidder at 

the auction, you are or may be responsible 

for paying off all liens senior 

to the lien being auctioned off, 

before you can receive clear title to 

the property. You are encouraged to 

investigate the existence, priority, 

and size of outstanding liens that 

may exist on this property by contacting 

the county recorder’s offi ce 

or a title insurance company, either 

of which may charge you a fee for 

this information. If you consult either 

of these resources, you should 

be aware that the same lender may 










information about trustee sale postponements 

be made available to 

you and to the public, as a courtesy 

to those not present at the sale. If 

you wish to learn whether your sale 

date has been postponed, and if 

applicable, the rescheduled time 


you may call (916)939-0772 

or visit this Internet Web http:// 

search.nationwideposting.com/ 

propertySearchTerms.aspx, using 


case CA1800283751 Information 

about postponements that are 

very short in duration or that occur 

close in time to the scheduled sale 

may not immediately be refl ected 

in the telephone information or on 

the Internet Web site. The best way 

to verify postponement information 

is to attend the scheduled sale. If 

the sale is set aside for any reason, 

the Purchaser at the sale shall be 

entitled only to a return of the deposit 

paid. The Purchaser shall 

have no further recourse against the 

Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the 

Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First 

American Title Insurance Company 

4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011- 

F Irving, TX 75063 First American 

Title Insurance Company MAY BE 

ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR 

ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A 

DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB- 

TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE 

INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 

(916)939-0772 NPP0347569 To: 

PASADENA WEEKLY 01/31/2019, 

02/07/2019, 02/14/2019 

T.S. No. 074767-CA APN: 5330- 

013-027 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S 

SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO 

PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE 

IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF 

TRUST, DATED 12/28/2015. UN- 

LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO 

PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT 

MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. 

IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION 

OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO- 

CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU 

SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER 

On 3/14/2019 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR 

RECON CORP, as duly appointed 

trustee under and pursuant to 

Deed of Trust recorded 1/7/2016, 

as Instrument No. 20160016369, , 

of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of 

the County Recorder of Los Angeles 

County, State of CALIFORNIA 

executed by: EDWARD D. POL- 

LOCK AND KATHY E. POLLOCK 

HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL SELL 

AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST 

BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S 

CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE 

OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK 

DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL 

CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK 

DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL 

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA- 

TION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, 

OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN 

SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL 

CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO 

BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: VINE- 

YARD BALLROOM, DOUBLETREE 

HOTEL LOS ANGELES - NOR- 

WALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, 

NORWALK, CA 90650 all right, 

title and interest conveyed to and 

now held by it under said Deed of 

Trust in the property situated in 

said County and State described 

as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON 

SAID DEED OF TRUST The street 

address and other common designation, 

if any, of the real property 

described above is purported to 

be: 2103 SAN PASQUAL ST PASA- 

DENA, CALIFORNIA 91107 The 



street address and other common 

designation, if any, shown herein. 

Said sale will be held, but without 

covenant or warranty, express or 

implied, regarding title, possession, 

condition, or encumbrances, 

including fees, charges and expenses 

of the Trustee and of the 

trusts created by said Deed of Trust, 

to pay the remaining principal sums 

of the note(s) secured by said Deed 

of Trust. The total amount of the 

unpaid balance of the obligation 

secured by the property to be sold 

and reasonable estimated costs, 

expenses and advances at the time 

of the initial publication of the Notice 

of Sale is: $393,324.70 If the 

Trustee is unable to convey title for 

any reason, the successful bidder’s 

sole and exclusive remedy shall 

be the return of monies paid to the 

Trustee, and the successful bidder 

shall have no further recourse. The 

benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust 

heretofore executed and delivered 

to the undersigned a written Declaration 

of Default and Demand for 

Sale, and a written Notice of Default 

and Election to Sell. The undersigned 

or its predecessor caused 

said Notice of Default and Election 

to Sell to be recorded in the county 

where the real property is located. 

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: 

If you are considering bidding 

on this property lien, you should 

understand that there are risks involved 

in bidding at a trustee auction. 

You will be bidding on a lien, 

not on the property itself. Placing 

the highest bid at a trustee auction 

does not automatically entitle you 

to free and clear ownership of the 

property. You should also be aware 

that the lien being auctioned off may 

be a junior lien. If you are the highest 

bidder at the auction, you are 

or may be responsible for paying 

off all liens senior to the lien being 

auctioned off, before you can receive 

clear title to the property. You 

are encouraged to investigate the 

existence, priority, and size of outstanding 

liens that may exist on this 

property by contacting the county 

recorder’s offi ce or a title insurance 

company, either of which may 

charge you a fee for this information. 

If you consult either of these 

resources, you should be aware 

that the same lender may hold 

more than one mortgage or deed of 

trust on the property. NOTICE TO 

PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date 

shown on this notice of sale may 

be postponed one or more times by 

the mortgagee, benefi ciary, trustee, 

or a court, pursuant to Section 

2924g of the California Civil Code. 

The law requires that information 

about trustee sale postponements 

be made available to you and to 

the public, as a courtesy to those 

not present at the sale. If you wish 

to learn whether your sale date has 

been postponed, and, if applicable, 

the rescheduled time and date for 

the sale of this property, you may 

call (800) 280-2832 or visit this 

Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION. 

COM, using the fi le number assigned 

to this case 074767-CA. 

Information about postponements 

that are very short in duration or that 

occur close in time to the scheduled 

sale may not immediately be refl 

ected in the telephone information 

or on the Internet Web site. The best 

way to verify postponement information 

is to attend the scheduled 

sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: 

(800) 280-2832 CLEAR RECON 

CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, 

California 92117 

Stox 915790 Pasadena Weekly 

1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 

FICT. BUSINESS NAME 

STATEMENT OF 

ABANDONMENT OF 

USE OF FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 

2019015648 

FILE NO: 2017-039391 DATE 

FILED: 02/15/2017. Name of 

Business(es) VIRTUAL EYES, 780 

Earlham St., Apt. 9 Pasadena, CA 

91101. REGISTERED OWNER(S): 

Christopher Najmi, 780 Earlham 

St., Apt. 9 Pasadena, CA 91101. 

Business was conducted by an Individual. 

I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and correct. 

(A registrant who declares as true 

information which he or she knows 

to be false is guilty of a crime.) 

REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/LLC 

(PRINT) Christopher Najmi TITLE: 

Owner. If corporation, also print 

corporate title of offi cer. If LLC, also 

print tile of offi cer or manager. This 

statement was fi led with the County 

Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 

the date indicated by the fi led stamp 

in the upper right corner: January 

17, 2019. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT 

THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY 

OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT 

ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. 

LOGAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY 

CLERK by: Maxine Carrasco, 

Deputy Publish: Pasadena Weekly. 

Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 

2/14/19 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

NAME STATEMENT FILE 

NO. 2019003727 

Type of Filing: Original. The following 

person(s) is (are) doing 

business as: SEVEN-STAR US. 

2043 Shaded Wood Rd. Walnut, 

CA 91789. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) All 

Season Travel & Tour Inc., 15433 

Fairfi eld Ranch Rd., Chino Hills, 

CA 91709. 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/ Shian Zhao. 

TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: 

All Season Travel & Tour Inc. This 

statement was fi led with the LA 

County Clerk on: January 7, 2019. 

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: 1/24/19, 

1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019005694 


person(s) is (are) doing business 

as: COATES FRIED CHICKEN 

AND BURGERS. 353 W. Bonita Avenue 

Claremont, CA 91711, 310 N. 

Indian Hill Blvd., #733 Claremont, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Grizzly’s 

Biscuits and Donuts Claremont 

LLC, 310 N. Indian Hill Blvd., #733 

Claremont, CA 91711. 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: N/A. I declare that all 

information in this statement is true 

and correct. /s/ Matt Fong. TITLE: 

President, Corp or LLC Name: Grizzly’s 

Biscuits and Donuts Claremont 

LLC. This statement was fi led with 

the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 

2019. NOTICE in accordance with 

subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a 






















1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019005476 



business as: GEORGE CHEUNG 

DESIGN. 437 La Terraza St. South 

Pasadena, CA 91030. COUNTY: 

Los Angeles. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Cheung Skelton Group, 

LLC, 437 La Terraza St. South 

Pasadena, CA 91030. State of 







above on: 12/2018. I declare that 


true and correct. /s/ Richard Skelton. 

TITLE: Member, Corp or LLC 

Name: Cheung Skelton Group, 


























1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019012673 

Type of Filing: Original The following 


as: ERIN DOROTHY PHOTOS; 

530 S. Lake Ave. 816 Pasadena, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Erin 

Dorthy Kaller, 77 S. Grand Oaks 

Ave. 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: N/A. I 

declare that all information in this 

statement is true and correct. /s/: 

Erin Dorothy Kaller. TITLE: Owner. 

This statement was fi led with the 

LA County Clerk on: January 15, 



Fictitious Name Statement generally 















Fictitious Business Name in violation 



Section 14411 et seq., business 

and professions code). Publish: 


1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019016186 



business as: THE PAINTED LADY 

POTTERY; 757 W. 1ST Claremont, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Katie 

Sandridge, 757 W. 1ST Claremont, 

CA 91711. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The 

registrant commenced to transact 

business under the Fictitious Business 

Name or names listed above 

on: 12/2018. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true 

and correct. /s/: Katie Sandridge. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement was 

fi led with the LA County Clerk on: 

January 18, 2019. 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 filed before the expiration. 

The filing 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 



1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2018318985 



business as: BOGAEV MEDIA; 

3947 Franklin St. La Crescenta, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Barbara 

Bogaev, 3947 Franklin St. La Crescenta, 






on: N/A. I declare that all information 


/s/: Barbara Bogaev. TITLE: Owner. 

This statement was filed with the 

LA County Clerk on: December 24, 




expires at the end of fi ve years from 

the date on which it was filed 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 filed before 

the expiration. The filing 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: 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 

2/7/19, 



NO. 2019009178 



as: H & A CLEANING SERVICES; 

5911 Reseda Blvd., #23 Tarzana, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Heidi Karina 

Anaya Hernandez, 5911 Reseda 

Blvd., #23 Tarzana, CA 91356. THIS 




the Fictitious Business Name or 

names listed above on: N/A. I declare 

that all information in this statement 

is true and correct. /s/: Heidi Karina 

Anaya Hernandez. TITLE: Owner. 

























Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 

2/14/19 


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NO. 2019015221 



business as: RICE & BEANS 

CAKES; 5577 Pioneer Blvd., #12 

Whittier, CA 90601. COUNTY: Los 

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

Meena Chung, 5577 Pioneer 

Blvd., #12 Whittier, CA 90601. 


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/: Meena Chung. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was fi led 

with the LA County Clerk on: 






which it was fi led in the offi ce of 

the county clerk, except, as provided 

in subdivision (b) of Section 


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: 

1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019006961 



business as: JMA MANAGE- 

MENT; 120 South Mentor Avenue 

Unit 101 Pasadena, CA 91106. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGIS- 

TERED OWNER(S) James Manabu 

Abe, 120 South Mentor Avenue 







12/2018. I declare that all information 


and correct. /s/: James Manabu 

Abe. TITLE: Owner. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County Clerk 

on: January 9, 2019. NOTICE in 

accordance with subdivision (a) of 























1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019009673 



business as: LDHPLUS, FRIDAY 

4PM; 116 N. 4th St., #A Alhambra, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Chloe 

Yoon, 120 South Mentor Avenue 







N/A. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and 

correct. /s/: Chloe Yoon. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was fi led 

with the LA County Clerk on: 

























1/24/19, 1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019002129 



business as: MOMENT. 936 S. 

Olive Street #203 Los Angeles, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) MMNT 

LLC, 936 S. Olive Street #203 

Los Angeles, CA 90015. State of 



BY a Corporation. The registrant 


under the fi ctitious business name 



statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Han Chang. TITLE: CEO, Corp or 

LLC Name: MMNT INC. This statement 

was fi led with the LA County 

Clerk on: January 3, 2019. NOTICE 

in accordance with subdivision (a) 

of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 

statement generally expires at the 






change in the facts set forth in 

the statement pursuant to Section 




Name statement must be fi led before 

the expiration. The fi ling of this 


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: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 

2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019017610 



business as: THE LAW OFFICES 

OF PATRICK M. KENNEDY; 211 

S. Barrington Ave., Ste. 4 Los Angeles, 

CA 90049. COUNTY: Los 


Patrick McNeely Kennedy, 211 S. 

Barrington Ave., Ste. 4 Los Angeles, 








correct. /s/: Patrick McNeely Kennedy. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement 




















Business Name in violation of 



14411 et seq., business and professions 


Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 

2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019011797 



business as: PERSONAL TOUCH 

LEGAL DOCUMENT SERVICE; 

145 Harkness Ave., Apt. E Pasadena, 



Dustyn Lamont Benedict, 145 

Harkness Ave., Apt. E Pasadena, 

CA 91106THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 

The registrant commenced to 

transact business under the Fictitious 

Business Name or names 

listed above on: 01/2019. I declare 


is true and correct. /s/: Dustyn 

Lamont Benedict. TITLE: Owner. 


























1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019016772 



business as: GIRLIEWORLD; 

1006 Del Rey Ave. Pasadena, CA 

91107. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christine 

Frances Karas-Gough, 1006 Del 

Rey Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107. 




under the Fictitious Business Name 




Christine Frances Karas-Gough. 





















Business Name in violation of 



14411 et seq., business and professions 


Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 

2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019010658 



business as: DESIGN WITH SKILL. 

1441 Huntington Dr., #192 South 

Pasadena, CA 91030. COUNTY: 

Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 

4215159. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

Hill Architects, PC, 1441 Huntington 

Dr., #192 South Pasadena, CA 

91030. State of Incorporation or 

LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS 







true and correct. /s/ Samantha Hill. 


Hill Architects, PC. This statement 























14411 et seq., Business and Pro- 


fessions code). Publish: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 1/24/19, 1/31/19, 

2/7/19, 2/14/19 



NO. 2019020516 



as: MEKORMA, MEKORMA 

SOFTWARE. 8265 W. Sunset Blvd. 

207B West Hollywood, CA 90046 

. COUNTY: Mekorma. Articles 

of Incorporation or Organization 

Number: 3750447. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Mekorma Enterprises 

Colorado Inc., 8265 W. Sunset 

Blvd., 207B West Hollywood, CA 


LLC: CO. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY a Corporation. The 


business under the fi ctitious business 

name or names listed above 



correct. /s/ Scott Wiley. TITLE: Vice 

President, Corp or LLC Name: Mekorma 

Enterprises Colorado Inc. 




















of a fi ctitious business name in violation 






2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 



NO. 2019015234 



as: PRECISE PROS PLUMB- 

ING; 120 N. Lomita St. Burbank, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Ismael 

Acuna Jr., 120 N. Lomita St. Burbank, 

CA 91506. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 


transact business under the Fictitious 

Business Name or names 



true and correct. /s/: Ismael Acuna 

Jr.. TITLE: Owner. This statement 












statement pursuant to Section 




Name statement must be fi led 

before the expiration. The fi ling of 

this statement does not of itself 








2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 



NO. 2019017639 



business as: LONG BEACH DUI 

ATTORNEY, LONG BEACH CRIMI- 

NAL LAWYER; 3780 Kilroy Airport 

Way Suite 200 Long Beach, CA 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) David 

Jay Givot, 3780 Kilroy Airport Way 

Suite 200 Long Beach, CA 90806. 








David Jay Givot. TITLE: Owner. 


























1/31/19, 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 



NO. 2019021881 



business as: CITRUS PATHOL- 

OGY MEDICAL GROUP; 1350 

Fairlawn Way Pasadena, Ca 91105. 


TERED OWNER(S) Kenneth Allen 

Frankel, 1350 Fairlawn Way Pasadena, 

CA 91105, David Chun, 400 

Wallis Pasadena, CA 91106. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a 

General Partnership. The registrant 



or names listed above on: 09/2009. 

I declare that all information in 

this statement is true and correct. 

/s/: Kenneth Allen Frankel. TITLE: 

General Partner. This statement 


























2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 



NO. 2019018827 



business as: BALLCHOICE. 340 

S. Lemon Ave., #8899 Walnut, CA 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Canopy 

Online Services LLC, 340 S. Lemon 

Ave., #8899 Walnut, CA 91789. 

State of Incorporation or LLC: CA. 




transact business under the fi ctitious 

business name or names 



true and correct. /s/ Russell Chang. 


Canopy Online Services LLC. This 

statement was fi led with the LA 

County Clerk on: January 23, 2019. 


(a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious 

Name statement generally 


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 








of a fi ctitious business name in violation 






2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 



NO. 2019024238 



as: FRANK PRODUCTIONS; 

810 South Flower St., Apt. 1112 Los 

Angeles, CA 90017. COUNTY: Los 


Jakob Steven Frank, 810 South 

Flower St., Apt. 1112 Los Angeles, 








correct. /s/: Jakob Steven Frank. 



























2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 

STATEMENT OF 

ABANDONMENT OF USE 

OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

NAME FILE 

NO: 2019016656 

FILE NO: 2015-283477 DATE 


Business(es) MYNT TUTORING, 

940 E. Union Street #102 Pasadena, 

CA 91106. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S): Marina Grijalva, 11500 

Tennessee Avenue #318 Los Angeles, 

CA 90064. Business was conducted 

by an Individual. I declare 


is true and correct. (A registrant 

who declares as true information 

which he or she knows to be false 

is guilty of a crime.) REGISTRANTS 

NAMES/CORP/LLC (PRINT) Marina 

Grijalva TITLE: Owner. If corporation, 

also print corporate title of 

offi cer. If LLC, also print tile of offi - 

cer or manager. This statement was 

filed with the County Clerk of LOS 

ANGELES County on the date indicated 

by the filed stamp in the upper 

right corner: January 18, 2019. 

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 

COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE 

ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN 

MY OFFICE. DEAN C. LOGAN, LOS 

ANGELES COUNTY CLERK by: Estrellieta 

Policarpio, Deputy Publish: 


2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19 



NO. 2019028007 

Type of Filing: Amended. The following 


business as: SYNCHRONIS. 730 S. 

Los Angeles Street, Suite 501 Los 


Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 4234754. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sawano 

Architects, Inc., 730 S. Los Angeles 

Street, Suite 501 Los Angeles, CA 









is true and correct. /s/ Albert 

Sawano. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC 

Name: Sawano Architects, Inc. 


LA County Clerk on: February 1, 















filed before the expiration. The filing 









2/14/19, 2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019025640 



business as: ADVANCED HOMEC- 

ARE. 1210 E. 223rd St., Suite 

325 Carson, CA 90745, 27349 

Jefferson Ave., Ste. 100 Temecula, 



Advanced DME Services, Inc., 

27349 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 100 

Temecula, CA 92590. State of 



BY a Corporation. The registrant 






/s/ Weaster Chhun. TITLE: CFO, 

Corp or LLC Name: Advanced DME 

Services, Inc. This statement was 























14411 et seq., Business and Professions 


Weekly. Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019024955 



business as: ZOBOT. 2275 Huntington 

Dr., 382 San Marino, CA 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Zobot 

LLC, 2275 Huntington Dr., 382 San 

Marino, CA 91108. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: California. THIS 


a Limited Liability Company. The 





all information in this statement 

is true and correct. /s/ Quenby L. 

Steinhoff. TITLE: Managing Member, 

Corp or LLC Name: Zobot LLC. 








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 





state of a fi ctitious business name 



(see Section 14411 et seq., Business 



2/14/19, 2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019028040 

Type of Filing: Amended. The 

following person(s) is (are) doing 

business as: ARROYO CHOP 

HOUSE. 536 South Arroyo Parkway 

Pasadena, CA 91105. COUNTY: Los 


Arroyo Partners, LLC, 100 E. Corson 

Street Suite 320 Pasadena, CA 



IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability 

Company. The registrant 





statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Robert F. Smith. TITLE: Managing 

Member, Corp or LLC Name: Arroyo 

Partners, LLC. This statement was 

filed with the LA County Clerk on: 

February 1, 2019. 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 filed 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 








state of a fi ctitious business name 



(see Section 14411 et seq., Business 



2/14/19, 2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019013438 

Type of Filing: Amended The following 


business as: NAVA STUDIO & 

DESIGN; 308 Stowe Terrace Los 



Robert Andrew Nava, 308 Stowe 

Terrace Los Angeles, CA 90042. 






I declare that all information in this 


Robert Andrew Nava. TITLE: Owner. 























Section 14411 et seq., business and 

professions code). Publish: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019021735 



as: CALIFORNIA CLAYWORKS; 

1842 Burnell Dr. Los Angeles, CA 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Zachary 

Leener, 1842 Burnell Dr. Los Angeles, 








/s/: Zachary Leener. TITLE: Owner. 

























Weekly. Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019026739 



as: HAPPY WOK; 19705 E. Colima 

Road #4 Rowland Heights, CA 

91748, 2106 Countryman Lane La 

Canada, CA 91011. COUNTY: Los 


Patrick Arevalo, 19705 E. Colima 

Road #4 Rowland Heights, CA 

91748, Liezle Arevalo, 19705 E. 

Colima Road #4 Rowland Heights, 

CA 91748. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY a Married Couple. The 






/s/: Patrick Arevalo. TITLE: Husband. 

This statement was filed with 
























Weekly. Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019017709 



as: V DRIP BY NATURALLOOKZ; 

1100 S. Hill St., Apt. 614 Los Angeles, 



Vickie Smith, 1100 S. Hill St., Apt. 

614 Los Angeles, CA 90015. THIS 





or names listed above on: N/A. 



/s/: Vickie Smith. TITLE: Owner. 

























Weekly. Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019017263 



as: D-MAR ENTERPRISES, 

PURPLE FLOUR; 3209 Community 

Ave. La Crescenta, CA 91214. 


TERED OWNER(S) Mateo Patricio 

A.L. Matibag, 3209 Community 

Ave. La Crescenta, CA 91214. THIS 




the Fictitious Business Name or 

names listed above on: 01/2019. I 



Mateo Patricio A.L. Matibag,. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was filed with 

























Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 2/21/19, 

2/28/19 



NO. 2019015517 



business as: ALFREDOS PHOTOS; 

14729 Victory Blvd. Van Nuys, CA 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Alfredo 

Cuevas Jr, 16500 Halsted St. North 

Hills, CA 91343. THIS BUSINESS IS 







and correct. /s/: Alfredo Cuevas Jr. 








which it was filed in the offi ce of the 










The filing of this statement does not 

of itself authorize the use in this state 

of a Fictitious Business Name in violation 





Weekly. Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019030518 



as: JOEP SPORCK COMPOSER; 

2122 El Sereno Ave. Altadena, CA 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Joseph 

Anna Maria Gertruda Sporck, 2122 

El Sereno Ave. Altadena, CA 91001. 








/s/: Joseph Anna Maria Gertruda 

Sporck. TITLE: Owner. This statement 

was filed with the LA County 

Clerk on: February 5, 2019. NOTICE 

in accordance with subdivision (a) 

of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 













The filing of this statement does not 

of itself authorize the use in this state 

of a Fictitious Business Name in violation 





Weekly. Dates: 2/7/19, 2/14/19, 

2/21/19, 2/28/19 



NO. 2019030742 



as: B. HOME LOS ANGELES; 

1001 Fremont Avenue #1244 South 



Elizabeth Hoyt Stephens, 1001 

Fremont Avenue #1244 South Pasadena, 






02/2019. I declare that all information 


/s/: Elizabeth Hoyt Stephens. 



February 5, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 


17920, a Fictitious Name Statement 

generally expires at the end of fi ve 

years from the date on which it was 

filed in the offi ce of the county clerk, 









must be fi led before the expiration. 

The fi ling of this statement does 








2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019022333 



as: SSK CONSULTING; 449 

E. Montecito Ave. Sierra Madre, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) So S 

Kwo, 449 E. Montecito Ave. Sierra 

Madre, CA 91024. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 


business under the Fictitious 

Business Name or names listed 

above on: 01/2019. I declare that all 

information in this statement is true 

and correct. /s/: So S Kwo. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was fi led with 

























2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019015316 



as: ALLIANCE PARTNERS, 

ALLIANCE PARTNERS REAL ES- 

TATE ADVISORY, ALLIANCE PART- 

NERS, REAL ESTATE ADVISORY; 

620 N. Brand Blvd., 2nd Floor 

Glendale, CA 91203. COUNTY: Los 


Emil Akopian, 620 N. Brand Blvd., 

2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91203, 

David Issaians, 620 N. Brand Blvd., 

2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91203 THIS 








Emil Akopian. TITLE: General Partner. 

This statement was fi led with 

























2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019032992 



business as: STEVENS AND STE- 

VENS; 27516 Weeping Willow Dr. 

Valencia, CA 91354. COUNTY: Los 


Jeffrey Stevens, 27516 Weeping 

Willow Dr. Valencia, CA 91354, 

Gina Stevens, 27516 Weeping Willow 

Dr. Valencia, CA 91354. THIS 








Jeffrey Stevens. TITLE: General 

Partner. This statement was fi led 

with the LA County Clerk on: February 

7, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 


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, 


















2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019030940 



as: OPLEX ENTERTAINMENT; 

1113 N. Avenue 64 Los Angeles, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Gil V Satrain 

1113 N. Avenue 64 Los Angeles, 








correct. /s/: Gil V Satrain. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was fi led with 

the LA County Clerk on: February 5, 






in the offi ce of the county clerk, 


















2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019029721 



business as: AZZURRO KITCHEN 

IMPORTS. 1142 Wesley Avenue 



Azzurro Kitchen Imports LLC, 

1142 Wesley Avenue Pasadena, 









statement is true and correct. /s/ Fabio 

Tesei. TITLE: President, Corp or 

LLC Name: Azzurro Kitchen Imports 


























2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 

STATEMENT OF ABANDON- 

MENT OF USE OF FICTI- 

TIOUS BUSINESS NAME 

FILE NO: 2019029711 

FILE NO: 2014-005389 DATE 


Business(es) ITAL-WEST FOODS, 

1142 Wesley Ave., Pasadena, CA 

91104. REGISTERED OWNER(S): 

Fabio Tesei, 1142 Wesley Ave., 

Pasadena, CA 91104. Business 

was conducted by an Individual. I 


statement is true and correct. (A 

registrant who declares as true information 

which he or she knows 

to be false is guilty of a crime.) 

REGISTRANTS NAMES/CORP/ 

LLC (PRINT) Fabio Tesei TITLE: 

Owner. If corporation, also print 

corporate title of offi cer. If LLC, also 

print tile of offi cer or manager. This 

statement was fi led with the County 

Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 

the date indicated by the fi led stamp 

in the upper right corner: February 

4, 2019. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT 

THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY 

OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT 

ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. DEAN C. 

LOGAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY 

CLERK by: Victor Zavala, Deputy 


2/14/19, 2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019033800 



business as: TYLER GONZALEZ 

ARCHITECTS. 139 S. Hudson Ave., 

Suite 300 Pasadena, CA 91101. 


TERED OWNER(S) Tyler and Kelly 

Architecture, Inc., 139 S. Hudson 

Ave., Suite 300 Pasadena, CA 









is true and correct. /s/ Robert Tyler. 

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC 

Name: Tyler and Kelly Architecture, 

Inc. This statement was fi led with 

























2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019034142 



business as: BOSS BEAUTY BOU- 

TIQUE; 278 E. Rowland St. Covina, 

CA 91723, 370 E. Navilla Pl., #1 

Covina, CA 91723. COUNTY: Los 


Wendy Phuong Do, 370 E. Navilla 

Pl., #1 Covina, CA 91723. THIS 








Wendy Phuong Do. TITLE: Owner. 


LA County Clerk on: February 8, 
























2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019033925 



business as: ZAPDABA; 333 W. 

California Blvd., #201 Pasadena, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Peter 

Mead, 333 W. California Blvd., 

#201 Pasadena, CA 91105, Edie 

Mead, 333 W. California Blvd., 

#201 Pasadena, CA 91105. THIS 








Edie Mead. TITLE: General Partner. 

This statement was filed with the LA 

County Clerk on: February 8, 2019. 



Name Statement generally expires at 

the end of fi ve years from the date on 



















2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019028290 



as: FIREFLY COUNSELING; 

200 E. Del Mar Blvd., Suite 119 

Pasadena, CA 91105, PO Box 90771 



Katrin Lynn Koutassevitch, 655 N. 

Marengo Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101. 





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


is true and correct. /s/: Katrin 

Lynn Koutassevitch. TITLE: Owner. 

This statement was filed with the LA 

County Clerk on: February 1, 2019. 



Name Statement generally expires at 

the end of fi ve years from the date on 



















2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019037099 



as: HARLOW + ZO; 15326 Ashley Ct. 

Whittier, CA 90603. COUNTY: Los 


Crystal Medina, 15326 Ashley Ct. 

Whittier, CA 90603. THIS BUSI- 

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 



Fictitious Business Name or names 



is true and correct. /s/: Crystal Medina. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement 

was filed with the LA County Clerk 

on: February 12, 2019. NOTICE in 























2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019035059 



as: PERENNIAL BOOKKEEPING 

SERVICE. 210 N. Encinitas Ave. 

Monrovia, CA 91016. COUNTY: Los 


Perennial Living, LLC, 210 N. Encinitas 

Ave. Monrovia, CA 91016. State 

of Incorporation or LLC: California. 


BY a Limited Liability Company. The 


business under the fi ctitious business 

name or names listed above 



/s/ Kellie Cowles. TITLE: President, 

Corp or LLC Name: Perennial Living, 

LLC. This statement was filed with 


2019. NOTICE – in accordance with 














the expiration. The filing 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 


Business and Professions code). 


2/14/19, 2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 



NO. 2019035404 



as: DATA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 

LLC. 512 N. Orange Grove Blvd. 



Data Research Associates LLC, 512 

N. Orange Grove Blvd. Pasadena, 









statement is true and correct. /s/ Neil 

J. Abbasi. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC 

Name: Data Research Associates 

LLC. This statement was filed with 


2019. NOTICE – in accordance with 














the expiration. The filing 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 


Business and Professions code). 


2/14/19, 2/21/19, 2/28/19, 3/7/19 


8Feel the love on Valentine’s Day as Beatles tribute act Abbey Road (abbeyroadtribute.com) 

plays Fab Four hits from the early days to the later recordings, including classics like “She 

Loves You” and “All You Need is Love,” at The Rose, 245 E. Green St., Pasadena. Doors 

open at 6 p.m. and music starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $24.50 and $38.50. Call (888) 645- 

5006 or visit wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com. 

DAYS 

THURSDAY 02.14.19 

CHOICE EVENTS 

FOR THE WEEK OF 

02.14–02.21 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

FRIDAY 02.15.19 

SATURDAY 02.16.19 

SUNDAY 02.17.19 

The Theatre @ Boston Court, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, presents the David Hare play, 

“The Judas Kiss,” the story of playwright Oscar Wilde’s love for Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas in 

1895 England, an affair which led to Wilde’s two-year imprisonment for homosexuality. It opens at 

8 p.m. Friday and continues at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through 

March 24. Tickets are $20 to $39. Call (626) 683-6801 or visit bostoncourtpasadena.org. 

The Pasadena Symphony performs Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” and “Symphony 

No. 5” in concerts at 2 and 8 p.m. at Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena. 

Featured soloist is pianist Olga Kern, a Van Clyburn International Piano Competition winner, 

with ancestral links to the great composer. Tickets are $35 and up. Call (626) 793-7172 or visit 

pasadenasymphony-pops.org. 

Catch a performance of the musical “Ragtime: The Musical” at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at 

the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, continuing through March 3. 

Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org. 

MONDAY 02.18.19 

A performance of Antaeus Theatre Company’s production of playwright Martin McDonaugh’s dark comedy 

“The Cripple of Inishmaan” starts at 8 p.m. at the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center, 110 E. Broadway, 

Glendale,. Tickets are $35. Call (818) 506-1983 or visit antaeus.org. 

TUESDAY 02.19.19 

WEDNESDAY 02.20.19 

The Pasadena Senior Center’s Masters Series, “Exploring Motion Pictures” continues 

from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through March 5 at 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena. Tuesday’s discussion, 

“On Location in Pasadena,” features cinematographer Jared Cowan showing clips and photos 

of familiar local places shown in fi lms, from “Gone with the Wind” to “La La Land.” Cost is $15 

per session. Call (626) 795-4331 or visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org. 

Brad Colerick’s weekly Wine & Song singer-songwriter series features Ernest Troost and 

Lisa Sanders at 7 p.m. at Arroyo Seco Golf Course, 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena. 

Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating, at blueguitar.club. 

THURSDAY 02.21.19 

Azusa Pacifi c University West Campus, 901 E. Alosta Ave., Azusa, presents Thornton 

Wilder’s classic “Our Town,” opening at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21, continuing through March 3 in the 

Black Box Theater. Tickets are $17 for seniors, APU students and alumni, $20 general admission. 

Call (626) 815-5494 or visit apu.edu/theater.

02.14.19

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