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

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

Barnstorming Pasadena

Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders,

Kamala Harris, Julian Castro, Jay Inslee and Kirsten

Gillibrand bring their campaigns to the Crown City.

— Justin Chapman and André Coleman

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

Manning Up

Comedian Adam Carolla vents his frustrations in his first comedy special ‘Not Taco Bell Material.’

— Carl Kozlowski

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

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

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

Advice ...................................................... 14

Home Sales ...............................................15

Arts ........................................................................ 17

Into the Night ............................................. 19

Trax ..........................................................20

Ruling the Road

Council proclaims June 7-9 National Gun Violence

Awareness Weekend.

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•LETTERS•

UNCLE JOE

I am one of those people who

in the last election voted for Jill

Stein. It was that or not to vote

at all. No, I don’t feel guilty for

Trump either. But it’s the present

election I want to discuss.

I won’t tell anyone who to vote

for, but here is some information

on “Uncle Joe” Biden: I saw

two videos of him recently. In

one he called young people lazy

and lacking in the work ethic,

because they can’t get off their

couches they are having economic

problems. I actually heard

him say this.

In the second, made about 14

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years ago, he sounds a lot like Trump himself. This was a talk in

Arizona he made in which he said he would love to build a fence on

our border, that the Mexican government is so corrupt that we can’t

treat it like a real democracy, and Mexicans are rushing across the

border bringing drugs.

Joe Biden was vice president when the 2014 coup occurred in the

Ukraine aided by the US government. He sent aid to the opposition.

When they came to power here is what came with them, the Azov

brigade. Heard of them? They are neo-Nazis in every sense of the

word and whenever the US sent military aid to the Ukraine, they

received a lot of it.

This is the Joe Biden who is the probable Democratic candidate

for 2020.

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FAIR PLAY?

In the midst of the Trump administration’s

battle over what

constitutes fair and unfair trade,

while tariffs are being batted

about by both nations, a speculation

has arisen that China may

seek to damage (some would

even say destroy) the value of

US currency by selling off the

huge cache of US Treasury

bonds it holds.

Large scale selloffs of bonds

generally devalue the fiat currency

they represent. This poses

obvious dangers for China itself

as much of the wealth both the

Chinese government holds and

much of the private wealth held

by their citizens in US Treasury

bonds. Harming the value of

US currency may be satisfying

emotionally from the little man

perspective of the “One Hundred

Years of Humiliation,” but doing

so at the long- and short-term

expense of one’s own government

and citizens is not the act

of a responsible world power,

but of a petulant child with an

unresolved inferiority complex.

There is, however, yet another

danger for China that perhaps

it has not yet considered.

In 1911 the dynastic government

of China fell to a more Western

styled Republic led by Sun Yatsen.

In 1913, in an effort to begin

a program to bring China into

the modern world, China floated

a railroad bond internationally.

Soon, China was floating hundreds

of bonds for electricity,

sewers, water and paved road

improvements. When Sun Yatsen

died, who would lead China

became a unresolved issue and

warlords began fighting for

control, each claiming to be the

government of China and each

issuing infrastructure bonds.

Eventually, Chiang Kai-shek

consolidated power and became

the leader of the generally recognized

government of China, as

the Japanese Empire invaded

and attempted to claim it was

the real government of China.

Simultaneously, Mao Zedong

and the communists fought

against Chiang and the Japanese.

During this entire time,

Chiang, as leader of the nationalist

government, sold war

and infrastructure bonds and

Chinese municipal governments

continued to sell infrastructure

bonds. It has been an agreed to

principle in international law

that successor governments pay

the debts of the prior government,

even in the case of revolution,

but China flatly states,

“No, that was THEM. We are not

paying.”

At the present time, these

debts held by American banks

and many citizens are worth $1.5

trillion with continuing compounding

interest. This does not

include the additional trillions

owed to the British, Germans,

French, Dutch, Italians, Canadians,

Australians, and so on. By

abrogating its debt for 73 years,

China has gotten a free ride at

the expense of the rest of the

industrialized world, and has,

in effect, re-loaned us our own

money. As China attempts to

use US Treasury bonds against

us in a trade war, what happens

if someone in the Treasury

says, “Hey, wait a minute, they

owe us $1.5 trillion they are not

paying. Let’s cancel their serial

numbers for the $1.5 trillion

they bought and call it partial

payment.”

Then what happens when

everyone else who owes China

money, but who China has

never repaid, does the same?

China crumbles.

Turnabout is fair play.

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•GUEST OPINION•

BY CATHERINE BAUKNIGHT

ASSAULT ON

DEMOCRACY

REMEMBERING TWO TERROR-FILLED DAYS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE


Before discovering the rewards of capitalism, becoming what Christian

Science Monitor Editor John Yemma in 2011 described as the “wonder of the

age,” communist China was ruled by its leaders with an iron fist.

Today, aside from recent trade departments with the United

States, China has changed dramatically, operating under a long-evolving

economic system that promotes free trade but at the same time retains total

control over all political power.

Thirty years ago, while this transformation from a system which forbids

private ownership to one that encourages individual profit-making was in its

nascent stages, poverty and political oppression in China remained pervasive.

Chinese students and citizens, many of whom had tasted some freedom and

only wanted more, found themselves targets of ruthless government forces that

cracked down hard on their demonstrations for democracy in Tiananmen Square

on June 3 and 4, 1989.

On assignment for Sipa Press, a New York City-based photo agency, I arrived

in Tiananmen Square less than an hour before soldiers started retaliating against

peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators who defied their orders to disband and

disperse.

As the deadly drama unfolded, I photographed some of the brutal results

of the bloody collision between the forces of freedom and oppression, one of

four Western photojournalists documenting the event, according to American

Photographer magazine.

For many Americans, the indelible image of the lone protester holding up

a flower and stopping a tank in its tracks is the only thing they really know

about this massacre. But, as I saw with my own eyes, armed soldiers were an

even greater threat to people scrambling to find a safe place to wait out the

government’s assault on democracy.

As I recall of those events, literal herds of people at a time would move from

one corner of the square to the other as tensions mounted and a voice amplified

by a megaphone warned that soldiers had been ordered to shoot to kill.

The students stood firm, however, remaining where they were and determined

to bring democratic rule to their country. They showed courage and pride, even

after being shot, with many dying from their wounds. Even as some were dying,

they motioned for me to keep shooting what was happening to them and others all

around us.

“For the free world,” many would say to me in hopes that people in other

countries would see what was happening and support them. I remained in the

square photographing until bullets started ricocheting off the cement under my

feet. The images were later distributed throughout the United States by Sipa

Press.

In the end, it was difficult to determine exactly how many people had been

killed. Estimates vary from several hundreds to up to 2,600, with additional

thousands of people wounded.

The anguished faces and terror-filled eyes of the young students who were

prepared to die for their political beliefs haunt me to this day. To speak out on

their behalf, I feel, is not only an honor but a duty to ensure that people never

forget what happened on those two days in Tiananmen Square. ■

PHOTOS: Catherine Bauknight

• NEWS •

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

WEAR ORANGE

COUNCIL PROCLAIMS JUNE 7-9 NATIONAL

GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS WEEKEND

HELPING HAND

COUNCIL VOTE TO AMEND TENANT

PROTECTION ORDINANCE

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BARNSTORMING

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PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS

BERNIE SANDERS, KAMALA

HARRIS, JULIAN CASTRO,

JAY INSLEE AND KIRSTEN

GILLIBRAND BRING

THEIR CAMPAIGNS TO

THE CROWN CITY

BY JUSTIN CHAPMAN

AND ANDRÉ COLEMAN

PHOTOS BY

MERCEDES BLACKEHART

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — leading a parade of Democratic

presidential hopefuls to Pasadena for a Friday afternoon conference

on immigration — came to town with his usual inexhaustible

supply of fire and fury in captivating backers with promises of

Medicare for all, free college tuition and a host of other progressive,

people-driven policy ideas.

The only thing Sanders seemed to lack was an audience, or one

the size that’s he’s grown accustomed to drawing since entering the

presidential election arena in 2016.

“Bernie is very inspirational, but the size of the crowd was

somewhat disappointing,” said Sharon Kyle, who along with her

husband Dick Price publishes the online magazine LA Progressive.

Roughly 2,000 people showed up for Sanders’ morning rally at the

Pasadena Convention Center, half of what organizers had hoped for.

But, “Aside from that,” Kyle said, “it was a great rally. All of his

rallies are great. There is very little on which I don’t agree with him.”

Getting Traction

Whether it’s due to being one of 23 candidates — including five

other US Senators and former Vice President Joe Biden — or because

people either agree or not with what he’s saying, Sanders has seen

marked reductions in the size of the crowds that venture out to hear

him speak.

On Saturday, the same day that the state Democratic Party

Convention was being held in San Francisco, Sanders, a self-described

Democratic Socialist, drew just more than 2,500 people at Guadalupe

River Park in nearby San Jose, thousands less than expected. The

previous week, fewer than 200 people attended a Sanders rally at a

community college in New Hampshire. On May 25, he drew just 2,500

people in his home state of Vermont, where the campaign expected

twice that number. Before Biden jumped into the race, Sanders was

drawing large crowds in his early campaign stops.

“Bernie seems to be a candidate all of a sudden trying to figure

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FORCING CHANGE

BILL THAT WOULD MAKE

DE-ESCALATION NECESSARY

IN POLICE INCIDENTS PASSES

ASSEMBLY

A bill aimed at holding police officers accountable

when they use deadly force cleared the

Assembly last week.

The Assembly voted 67-0 to pass AB 392, the

California Act to Save Lives.

According to the bill’s author Assemblywoman

Shirley Webber (D-San Diego), officers

will be able to use lethal force only when it is

“necessary” and if there are no other options.

Police officers would be forced to rely on

de-escalation techniques, such as verbal persuasion

and crisis intervention methods instead of

lethal force.

The bill still allows officers to immediately

use deadly force in cases in which they face

imminent danger.

The bill also states that imminent harm is

not merely a fear of future harm, no matter how

great the fear and no matter how great the likelihood

of the harm, but instead a situation, from

appearances, that must be instantly confronted

and addressed.

“Changing the use of force standard in

California will change the way officers are trained

to pursue other, non-deadly, resources or techniques

when engaging with the public. In cities

like Seattle and San Francisco, with stricter use

of force policies, police kill fewer people without

any negative impact on law enforcement or community

safety,” the ACLU of Southern California

said in a statement issued after the bill passed.

Delaware and Tennessee also require police

to use all other alternatives before their gun.

A Washington state law requires police to deescalate

if at all possible.

If passed, California would become the only

state to combine a “necessary standard” with

the requirement that courts consider an officer’s

conduct leading up to a use of deadly force when

determining the legality of the officer’s actions.

The bill gained public support after the death

of Stephon Clark in Sacramento helped deadly

force situations into the limelight.

The 22-year old African-American man was

shot and killed by Sacramento police Officers

Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet on March

18, 2018 in his grandmother’s backyard while he

was on the phone. The encounter was filmed by

police video cameras.

A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department

helicopter was involved in observing an

individual on the ground and in directing ground

officers to the point at which the shooting took

place. Helicopter video footage was released

three days after the shooting. The officers stated

that they shot Clark, firing 20 rounds, believing

that he had pointed a gun at them.

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BRIEFS

WEAR ORANGE

COUNCIL PROCLAIMS JUNE

7-9 NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE

AWARENESS WEEKEND

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

As national statistics suggest, Americans in every

state have been adversely affected by gun

violence, either through the death or injury of a

friend or relative, or by being directly involved

in some type of shooting incident, either as an

assailant, a victim or a witness.

For those reasons the public is being asked to participate in Wear

Orange Day today, June 6, and on National Gun Violence Awareness

Weekend, Friday through Sunday.

Now in its fifth year, Wear Orange Day was created to honor the

many lives that have been cut short by gun violence and to support

efforts to reduce gun-related crimes.

On May 20, the Pasadena City Council proclaimed June 7-9 as

National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend in Pasadena.

The proclamation states “Gun violence touches every segment of

our society and impacts people of all ages; it increases the probability

of death in incidents of domestic violence; raises the likelihood of

fatalities by those who intend to injure others, and among those who

attempt suicide; it places children and young people at increased

risk of physical harm and injury; and disproportionately affects communities

of color.”

The last fatal mas shooting in the US occurred on May 31 in Virginia

Beach, Virginia, resulting in 13 people killed and six wounded.

The last fatal mass shooting in California, also on May 31,

occurred in West Covina, ending with one dead and three people

injured.

According to gunviolencearchive.org, 108 people were killed and

255 injured in gun violence-related incidents around the country

from June 1 to June 4.

In 2019, the website found there have been 22,627 gun violence

incidents, resulting in 5,968 deaths, 11,441 injuries, 249 children

ages 0 to 11 killed, and 1,128 children ages 12 to 17 killed. n

HELPING HAND

COUNCIL VOTES TO AMEND TENANT

PROTECTION ORDINANCE

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN

The Pasadena City Council on Monday

unanimously approved the first reading of an

amended Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO)

which now will protect tenants displaced by a

change in a building’s ownership.

According to the amendment, the property

owners will be required to provide relocation

funds and moving expenses to income-qualified tenants in good

standing if the tenancies are terminated within 18 months of the date

the property is transferred.

According to a city staff report, “The changes expanding and

enhancing the ordinance are intended to provide more assistance

to displaced tenants and to keep pace with the rapidly rising rental

housing market as directed by the City Council.”

Rents in Pasadena are among the highest in the state. A onebedroom

apartment in Pasadena costs about $2,100 a month, and

landlords in California can increase the rent as much as they want.

According to Pasadenans Organizing for Progress (POP), a poll

conducted by David Binder Research revealed that 69 percent of

local voters support rent control and 82 percent support a law that

would block evictions without a valid reason.

The poll also found high support for rent control in all seven

council districts.

Several of the council members own rental property in Pasadena,

including Council members Victor Gordo, John Kennedy and

Margaret McAustin. Gordo recused himself on Monday. Kennedy

and McAustin made statements that the ordinance would not impact

them and agreed to participate in the vote.

Councilman Steve Madison attempted to make the ordinance

retroactive to Jan. 1 in order to offer protections to local residents

that received eviction notices.

However, City Attorney Michelle Bagneris said that could not be

done because the ordinance is penal, which means landlords could

face criminal charges and have a right to know going forward that

they are subject to laws. n


Victor Gordo

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out how to get traction again,” “Meet the Press” host

Chuck Todd said Sunday of the Vermont rally.

A Decisive Role

Later last Friday in Pasadena, Sanders, Sen.

Kamala Harris, Julian Castro, a former cabinet

member with the Obama administration, and

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee participated in the

first presidential forum focused on immigration

at the Pasadena Hilton, a few blocks from the city

Convention Center.

While not widely known, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

of New York, also a candidate for president, spoke at a

private event on Thursday, May 30, at the Women’s City

Club of Pasadena

Biden, who did not attend the state Democratic

Party Convention in San Francisco the following

Saturday, and fellow candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg of

South Bend, Indiana, are also finalizing plans to stump

in Pasadena.

Part of the reason candidates are making sure to

traverse California on their respective campaign trails

is because the state has moved its primary election

date up from June to March 3, 2020, also known as

Jay Jay Inslee

Super Tuesday. The earlier date — after only Iowa, New

Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — will ensure

that California voters and the state’s nearly 500 delegates

play a decisive role in determining the eventual

nominee, who will be chosen at the Democratic National

Convention in July 2020 in Milwaukee.

Out of all the candidates, Sanders comes in second

place in most polls behind only Biden, though the

difference is by double digits.

Focus on Immigration

US Rep. Judy Chu, whose district includes most

of Pasadena, delivered introductory remarks at the

immigration forum at the Pasadena Hilton. The event,

titled the Unity + Freedom Forum, was hosted by

FIRM Action, Community Change Action and CHIRLA

Action Fund.

All four candidates who participated — Harris,

Sanders, Castro and Inslee — pledged to enact

comprehensive immigration reform and revoke

President Trump’s Muslim travel ban during their first

100 days in office, in addition to other progressive

immigration policies.

Harris, who formerly served as California attorney

general, said the fight for immigration reform will

not be easy, but that it’s “a fight worth having, and I

promise you we will win this fight.”

Castro, who formerly served as President Obama’s

Housing and Urban Development Secretary, described

specific policy proposals that he would enact if elected

president. His twin brother Joaquin, a congressional

representative from Texas, was also in attendance.

Castro called for a “21st century Marshall Plan” for

Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

“We need a president who’s not going to look down

on these countries but work as a peer in a mutually

beneficial way to ensure that people can find safety and

opportunity in their home country, instead of having

to come here to the United States,” he said. “At the

same time, the truth is we need a lot of the folks who

are coming to the United States right now, because

they add vitality to our country. It would be economic

Kamala Harris

suicide not to have them, because we have a declining

birth rate and an aging population. We need a young,

vibrant workforce. We need immigrants.”

Inslee, who is running as a climate change

candidate, said he would increase foreign aid to

Central American countries, end family separations

at the border, and give asylum seekers hearings in a

reasonable time period and increase the number of

refugees — including those displaced by climate change

— accepted into the United States to 110,000 per year.

After Pasadena, Sanders, Harris, Castro, Inslee,

Gillibrand and nine other candidates traveled to

San Francisco for the California Democratic Party

Convention, which was the largest gathering of 2020

presidential contenders thus far until the first official

Democratic debate will be hosted by MSNBC on June

26-27 in Miami.

Stay the Course

In his speech in Pasadena, Sanders said the

underlying principles of our government will not

be greed, kleptocracy, hatred, lies, racism, sexism,

homophobia, xenophobia or religious bigotry. “We have

news for Donald Trump: we are going to end those

ugly practices when we are in the White House. The

principles of our government will be economic justice,

racial justice, social justice and environmental justice.”

Like nine other candidates since the release of

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian

interference in US elections and obstruction of justice

Julian Castro

on the part of Trump, Sanders also changed his

position on impeachment following Mueller’s press

conference explaining his thinking in the Russia

investigation. Sanders now believes impeachment

inquiries must begin.

“As you all know,” Reuters News Service quotes

Sanders saying at the party convention, “there is

a debate among presidential candidates who have

spoken to you here in this room and those who have

chosen for whatever reason not to be in this room

about the best way forward. We cannot go back to

the old ways. We have to go forward with a new and

progressive agenda.”

Said Kyle, “There are a lot of people in the race,

but [Sanders] has enough money to stay the course

and he will probably be in there until the end.” But,

she said, “I think Warren and Biden will give Sanders

a run for his money.” n

Manning

ADAM CAROLLA

UpCOMEDIAN VENTS HIS FRUSTRATIONS IN HIS

FIRST COMEDY SPECIAL ‘NOT

TACO BELL MATERIAL’

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI

Adam Carolla has built a media empire

throughout his unusual 20-plus-year

career in radio, TV and podcasting.

As the co-host with Pasadena-based Dr.

Drew Pinsky on the longtime syndicated

radio smash “Loveline,” he established

himself as a no-nonsense comedic

counterpoint to the advice Pinsky dished

out about drugs and relationships.

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From there, he teamed up with a young Jimmy Kimmel as co-host of Comedy

Central’s “The Man Show,” where the two outrageously take aim at all things

involving men in pop culture and society. They also created another hit, “Crank

Yankers,” for the network before Kimmel made the leap to hosting his own latenight

talk show on ABC.

Carolla went a different direction by entering the world of podcasting, launching

a studio complex in Glendale to house Carolla Digital, from which he produces

an array of podcasts each week that draw millions of listeners on the Podcast One

platform. He recounted his rise to fame and fortune with his trademark sardonic

wit in the bestselling memoir “Not Taco Bell Material,” and now he’s released his

first standup special using the same name.

PW: Tell us about the special. How’d you decide to finally do one now?

CAROLLA: It’s an hour-plus standup special, a mix of straight standup with autobiographical

tale. Beginning, middle and end with some visuals so it’s a combo

of a one-man show and stand up. The book was a good template as a “This is your

life” kind of thing. But at some point, when people ask, “Why’d you call it this or

that?” well, you have to call it something.

You shot it in Portland at the Aladdin Theatre. Since Portland is known to be

overrun with young liberal activists, wasn’t that a weird choice for you since

you rail against the so-called “snowflake” generation?

There are guys with kilts and knives if you get a little out of the city. My biggest

cities are Seattle and Portland, even though I don’t come across as a Seattle/Portland

guy. We’re in this weird no man’s land these days of me expressing my opinion

and some people saying, “Think about what that sounds like coming from you.” I

say, “Why should I have to?” Do what I say to do and have a better life.

There were some suggestions of things I should remove from the special and I

said no. I don’t think enough of myself to edit myself. That’s not courageous, it’s

just low self-esteem. I’m making jokes, so how can I offend anybody? If it’s funny,

it’s in. If there’s no laugh, it’s out. I don’t care about the topic.

I don’t want to sound like Oprah, saying, “You’ve gotta become your best you.”

Look at Howard Stern — everyone clutched their pearls when he started, then he

got big and everyone expects him to be outspoken without complaining anymore.

Snoop Dogg can now smoke pot in a police station. If you hang out long enough,

you can be you, no matter what.

Jimmy Kimmel recently said he thinks “The Man Show” would be bigger than

ever if done today. Do you believe that, considering we’re in the #MeToo era

with men expected to watch what they say everywhere?

The pendulum swings. Look at hair bands in the 1980s, which I never enjoyed.

A bunch of dudes who looked like chicks with spandex and eyeliner, like Cinderella

and Motley Crue. You had all that huge for a few years and what’s the very

next musical genre that’s ushered in? Grunge. We went from nothing but makeup,

Aquanet and teased hair to Kurt Cobain with a wrinkled shirt everywhere. Those

guys probably wouldn’t go onstage without wrinkling their shirts on purpose. Did

the Cinderella guys care? Did the Soundgarden guys not care? The answer is one’s

a reaction to the other. The more safe spaces we create, the more octagons will

spring up. When you have enough of this, this other stuff will spring up. I feel like

the more you try to push people into this world of use the right pronoun [regarding

gender identity issues], the more you’ll create crazy fringe comics.

You’re known as a libertarian, and not a fan of big government and so-called

“handouts.” What inspires that viewpoint?

Whatever situation you find in life will become the standard mark for you. We’re

all wired to get used to wherever we are fast. When you climb into a Jacuzzi, you

put your foot in and say “This is hot!” But five minutes later, you’re drinking a piña

colada in it. We’re built to acclimate. If any of us went to prison, it’s horrific sounding,

but at some point you would acclimate.

So my kids are acclimated to a different place than we ever were. My kids are

even living in a $7 million house, but for them that’s treading water and surviving.

I lived way poorer growing up and well into adulthood, and that was my base. But

once you have a base, you want more. If you say free health care, housing, et cetera

is my base, then you want a free foot massage. And we can’t afford it at some point.

You don’t wake up thankful for your base. Every single morning, I jump in a

freezing cold swimming pool and say I’m awake. I’m way off my base. I’m under a

freezing body of water, and I try to find ways to kick my butt a little bit. I perform

at the Ice House Thursdays for free, and another club on Sundays. I’m trying to

shake up my baseline a little bit. In a world of perfect heating and air, you have to

shake your baseline a little bit. ■

“Not Taco Bell Material” is available at chassy.com and on streaming services. To hear the complete

interview with Carolla, from the radio show “Man Up” that Kozlowski co-hosts from 8-9 p.m. Saturdays

on KRLA 870 AM, visit manupshow.net/episodes.


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695 E Green St

Pasadena, CA 91101

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BONNIE B’S SMOKIN BBQ

1280 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena,

(626) 794-0132 bonniebssmokin.com $$

From Tulsa Oklahoma to Southern Cal. with a touch

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

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

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

burger made with our own sauces, soul bowl and

homemade peach cobbler. Voted best BBQ & Soul

food in Pasadena for our ribs, collard greens and

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

Pasadena.

Gateway to

Success

AFTER 25 YEARS, ABEL RAMIREZ OF

EL PORTAL SHOWS NO SIGNS OF

SLOWING DOWN

BY MICHAEL SPRAGUE / PHOTOS BY DANNY LIAO

Abel Ramirez’s name has become ubiquitous in Pasadena. The

77-year-old restaurateur has become enmeshed in the city’s

rich culinary landscape with three restaurants on Arcade Row

in the heart of the Playhouse District, and has become a community

leader, taking on roles with the Senior Center, the Pasadena Playhouse

and the Tournament of Roses Association.

This year marks El Portal’s 25th anniversary, a milestone for any

business owner in Pasadena, but especially remarkable for Ramirez, a

Mexican-American immigrant who embodies the American Dream.

As a business owner, Ramirez’s son, Armando Ramirez, said his

father is a product of a different era of business. His was driven by

personal interactions, as opposed to online relationships, which

Armando admits causes them to occasionally butt heads.

Nevertheless, Armando concedes that his father’s guidance and


CAMERON’S SEAFOOD

1978 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena

(626) 793-3474 Camerons4fish.com $$

Since 1984, Cameron’s Seafood has been serving

its freshest seafood, and has become a landmark

in Pasadena. Cameron’s brings the ocean home

with their fresh catch being cooked over mesquite

wood grills that burn all day long.Enjoy the very best

Seafood, Steaks, Salad & Pasta! Voted Best Seafood

in Pasadena Weekly for 27 years! Now you can order

on-line: camerons4fish.com.



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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.

HILL STREET CAFÉ

1004 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge

818-952-1019 hillstreetcafelacanada.com $$

Hill Street Café is celebrating over 25 years of

serving the community quality meals made of

quality ingridients. we want to thank all of you

who stuck with us during the remodeling process

and we want to welcome back everyone else. in

our recent remodel, we have added an outdoor

patio, a bar and more dining area, we have created

a relaxed ambience with a touch of modern but

still retaining our extensive menu, our friendly

service and most important a family atmosphere.

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!

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.

MARGARITA’S

155 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena

(626) 449-4193 margaritaspasadena.com $$

At Margaritas Mexican Restaurant, our family

has been sharing our authentic Mexican dishes

with the wonderful people of Pasadena since

1977. Guests enter our warm, inviting space and

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

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

Our dishes incorporate and pay homage to

the rich flavors of bustling mercados, corner

taquerias, and seaside palapas. So visit us, eat

to your heart's content at our mouthwatering

lunch buffet, sip on a refreshing margarita, and

feel at home.

SHANDONG DUMPLINGS

80 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena

626-578-9777

227 W. Valley Blvd, 168 A, San Gabriel

626-308-3777 $

Shandong Dumplings is your Reader Recommended

Winner for BEST DUMPLINGS in the

2018 Reader’s Poll! We have been a cornerstone

in the greater Pasadena community and are well

known for our outstanding cuisine, excellent

service and friendly staff. Recognized for our

modern interpretation of classic dishes and

insistence on using only the highest quality,

freshest ingredients. Open for Lunch and Dinner

daily and until 2am Wed-Sat.

TOM'S FAMOUS FAMILY

RESTAURANT

1130 E. Walnut St. Pasadena

626-577-7717 tomsfamous.com $

Please come and enjoy homemade breakfast

lunch and dinner all made from scratch and

FRESH. Nothing is ever served or made from a

can. We pride ourselves as being the cleanest

store with the best quality food and BEST

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

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.

GATEWAY TO SUCCESS


face-to-face persona has led El Portal to the last

quarter-century of success. Where other eateries

may share their customer's food pictures on social

media, Ramirez takes the “Cheers” approach and

anoints barstools with plaques bearing the names of

the most prominent patrons.

Armando said at the core of El Portal’s

success is his father and his undying commitment

to giving guests the best possible dining

experience. It is that emphasis that Armando

believes is his father’s best asset.

“I say to everybody, ‘He’s our best PR.’

Everyone knows Abel from not just the

restaurant, but from all the things he is involved

in.” Armando said.

A picture of Abel is on the menu at El Portal,

and if you call on a weekday afternoon, there is a

good chance that he will answer the phone.

If you go to Arcade Row you will likely see

the septuagenarian clad in a business suit and

shuffling between his three restaurants. He

trusts that his restaurants are running properly,

but he feels guilty being away from the action

and enjoys celebrating milestones and everyday

achievements with his customers.

Abel keeps a stash of mini piñatas to celebrate

with young visitors, some of whom recall receiving

them years ago. It’s that personal connection that

has cemented Abel’s reputation in Pasadena.

“One of the biggest things he has taught us

is to really get to know our customers and give

them the best experience,” Armando said. "He

has long emphasized the importance of making

customers happy and ensuring they feel that

they’ve had a good meal at a decent value."

“I am not convinced that the new technology

is the way to run a restaurant; I like being there,

you see my face, I see you. That is what counts

for me,” said Abel.

Abel said he and his son have reached an

agreement to merge their management styles —

Abel acts as the face of the business while his son

takes on the new media marketing.

Abel adds that owning a restaurant has never

been easy, but this moment in time is the most

difficult time he has experienced.

“If anyone would ask me today to open a

restaurant, my immediate answer would be to

say 'No, thank you,'” Abel said.

He attributes the level of difficulty to the

sheer volume of competition in the area and the

increasing cost of doing business in California.

Despite the high-costs and razor-thin margins,

Abel said he is most proud of having a way to

support his more than 60 employees, half he

estimates to be full-time workers.

As a founding member of the Playhouse District

Association, Abel Martinez took a stake in Colorado

Boulevard and watched it evolve over the past

quarter-century from his storefront. He said when he

opened El Portal the area he is currently in was not

the commerce destination it is today.

“Since then, this area of Pasadena is great.

People come to us, we have the Pasadena

Playhouse, we have the theaters, we have culture

and commerce. It is a great area.” Abel said.

Abel admits there were a lot of lessons to

learn over the years — the one he jokes about

now is the downside of hiring his family members

as he did when he first opened.

“We started with a lot of family. I learned that

is the worst thing you could do because then you

are not the boss and you have 18 bosses around

you,” Abel said.

The menu has evolved since 1995. He said

he has had to add more diversity to some of

the menus to accommodate the increase in

vegetarians and more health-conscious guests.

The El Portal family of restaurants is

inescapable on Arcade Row. Between El Portal,

Yahaira’s and Vanessa’s, every type of dining

is offered, the latter two named after his

granddaughters.

Each eatery takes on a different style, from

pastries and coffee at Vanessa’s to brunch at

Yahaira’s or a full dinner at El Portal.

Catering has given Abel an avenue to grow

even closer to his customers. He regularly caters

graduation parties and weddings of the children

of regulars, many of whom he watched grow into

adulthood.

Abel said he has no interest in stepping away

from Arcade Row anytime soon, though he

acknowledges someday his son will step into

running the entire operation.

“We have so many guests who are extended

family. We don’t see them as customers. We know

their lives," Abel said. "I am very lucky."



Bulletin Board

By Carl Kozlowski

DOUBLE DADDY DUTY

Pasadena offers two great ways to

celebrate Father’s Day June 16

No kid really likes what’s

known as a “Disney dad,” the

kind of father who is distant

most of the time but shows up

occasionally to spoil his children

with extravagant adventures like

trips to Disneyland. With Father’s

Day coming up June 16, there are

three much more affordable ways

to hang out with your kids while

giving them genuine quality time

to boot.

First off, one of Pasadena’s

biggest annual events — the

Pasadena Chalk Festival — takes

place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. both

Saturday, June 15, and Sunday,

June 16, along with the Pasadena

Car Show. Thousands of artists

will take to the sidewalks of the

Paseo Colorado and surrounding

blocks to create an eye-popping

array of artworks that draw tens

of thousands of admirers, while

the streets are filled with classic

cars to boot. Admission to both is

free.

Meanwhile, The Rose nightclub

will put a special Father’s Day

twist on its weekly Soulful

Sunday Brunch, where a delicious

brunch buffet is accompanied

by live soulful music to shift

the celebration into high gear.

The band B.I.G. (Brothers

Igniting a Groove) provides the

entertainment, performing R&B,

smooth jazz and old school funk,

with a repertoire of over 100 songs

and counting.

Admission is $29 for adults

and $12 for children under 13 if

you want the brunch and show,

and just $15 general admission

for those seeking to just enjoy the

music. Call (888) 645-5006 or viit

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com.

HEALTHY HONOR

New ChapCare clinic named in

tribute to LA County Supervisor

Kathryn Barger

ChapCare clinics has announced

the opening of its new state-of-theart

Kathryn Barger Health Center,

located at 1595 N. Lake Ave. The

health center was made possible in

part by generous funding provided

by Los Angeles County Supervisor

Kathryn Barger, 5th District.

Additional funding was provided by

the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA).

The new 4,500 square foot

Kathryn Barger Health Center has

13 medical exam rooms (an increase

of eight), and four behavioral health

counseling rooms (including one

group room). The new facility is

located just a few blocks away from

ChapCare’s Lake Health Center, and

will absorb the patients from the

current facility. At full capacity,

ChapCare expects to be able to

serve 3,800 unduplicated patients at

this new health center, an increase

of over 1,500 from its current Lake

Health Center site.

The Kathryn Barger Health Center

is a comprehensive health care

facility. Hours of operation are 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ChapCare

provides low- or no-cost health

services (Medi-Cal and Medicare)

and accepts many Covered California

and private insurance plans. Call

(626) 398-6300.

TIMELESS CREATIVITY

Contemporary Crafts Market

returns to Pasadena Convention

Center June 7-9

Local arts and crafts fans will

have the chance to browse and shop

to their heart’s content this weekend

as the Contemporary Crafts Market

(CCM) returns to the Pasadena

Convention Center Friday through

Sunday, June 7-9. The market offers

the chance to meet today’s modern

masters, acclaimed artisans, and

shop for all things handcrafted:

fine furnishings, textiles, ceramics,

jewelry, blown glass and more.

The three-day public, juried

event will enable attendees to meet

acclaimed artisans and discover

the skill and timeless traditions

infused into every item of functional,

decorative and wearable art that is

one-of-a-kind and made by hand.

The Contemporary Crafts Market

takes place from 10 am to 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Sunday. at the Pasadena

Convention Center, Exhibit Hall,

300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Tickets

are $8 at the door. n



•ADVICE•

BY PATTI CARMALT-VENER

REJECTION HURTS

REPLACE THAT CRITICAL INNER VOICE WITH ONE THAT HAS MORE

SUPPORTIVE AND POSITIVE OPINIONS

Dear Patti,

I’m sitting in our family car, writing you because I don’t want my parents

to know how upset I am. I’m a senior in high school and have always known

that I would need financial aid for college. I’ve been training and counting

on an athletic scholarship for golf for the last four years. Today I received the

last rejection letter. Out of the 11 schools I applied to, I have not received any

scholarships. There are two colleges I have been accepted to but I will have to take

out huge student loans.

At first I was shocked. I had always been told that I was a shoo-in. Now I’m so

mad at myself for being so arrogant, so sure of myself. I should have done my due

diligence and made sure that I had a better backup plan. Looking back, there were

two other girls on my team that were drafted and recruited by the colleges of their

choice. Not me! So why was I so stupid to think I was such a great athlete!

I love both of my parents dearly, but if I’m honest they lack the discipline it

takes to get somewhere in life. My dad always talks about how he wanted to be a

veterinarian but instead he’s a car mechanic. My mom cleans houses, and while she

seems content it hurts me to see her work so hard for such long hours. She says she’s

happy to have her marriage and children, but I can’t help wonder if she would’ve

been happier if she’d been more successful.

I’ve been seeing the counselor at school since the first rejection letters started

coming in. Even though I’ve been crying every day, my counselor doesn’t think

I’m depressed. She says I’m responding to disappointing news with deep

sadness, which she believes is normal. I hope she’s right because I feel so upset

that it’s hard to think about anything else right now. I’ll probably go to one of the

colleges that did accept me but I’m not excited about it. I’m not looking forward

to having to work throughout my whole time in college and still end up with a

huge financial burden in student loans. It just hurts so much that I don’t feel

special or talented anymore. I just feel average.

— Ashley

Dear Ashley,

I agree with your counselor that it’s very normal to be sad in a situation where you

experience a major life loss and rejection, as you just have. However, it’s definitely

not emotionally healthy to turn on yourself with such an extreme negative voice. If I

had a daughter that had just lost a life dream and in the middle of her pain you called

her arrogant, stupid, not special or talented, and just average, I would calmly but

firmly ask you to leave the premises. Then I would nurture my daughter and quietly

wait until she could begin to re-build her dream again.

It’s easy for most people to be proud of themselves when they are doing well

and meeting their life goals. It’s hardest to be your own true friend when things are

tough, but that’s when it’s most important to do so. Your adult life is just beginning

and there will probably be many disappointments. Those will be the times when you

will need a nurturing, loyal internal voice, a voice that can see your own worth when

you are having difficulty doing so.

While you may not be clinically depressed now, there are studies showing that

people with a depressive disorder are more apt to have self-critical thought patterns,

a harsh inner critic. If you start beating yourself up with accusations and self-flagellations,

you’re more likely to suffer from depression or anxiety. Shaming, judging,

and isolating yourself will only make things worse.

Rejection hurts. Be as kind and gentle to yourself as you can. Challenge that

critical voice by replacing it with more supportive and positive opinions about

yourself. Work on building yourself up more, focusing on you rather than comparing

yourself with others. Allow your heart to dream and don’t ever discard your

desires for the life you really want. Your life is a work in progress. Nothing big

gets accomplished overnight; change of any kind is challenging. But persist in

taking small steps and appreciate each accomplishment you make. Don’t ever lose

your unique and valuable self. If you continue to feel sad and blue, I recommend

further professional counseling. n


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 office in Pasadena. Contact

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

HOME SALES

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HOME CLOSINGS IN THE

PASADENA WEEKLY FOOTPRINT

source: CalREsource

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

ALHAMBRA

1125 North Hidalgo Ave. 5/20/19 $1,050,000 3 1,798 1940

116 South Almansor St. 5/24/19 $1,000,000 4 1,898 1909 $639,000 11/3/05

1300 South Primrose Ave. 5/24/19 $980,000 3 1,931 1938

525 North Alahmar St. 5/22/19 $971,500 5 2,729 1935

2809 West Grand Ave. 5/20/19 $870,000 2 1,890 1923 $535,000 2/5/14

204 South Hidalgo Ave. 5/21/19 $788,000 3 1,858 1923 $670,000 11/23/15

1309 South Palm Ave. 5/22/19 $742,000 3 1,821 1953

2301 Roark Drive 5/21/19 $650,000 3 1,627 1948

228 North Marguerita Ave. #E 5/23/19 $648,000 3 1,424 1992

801 Winthrop Drive 5/21/19 $641,000 2 1,158 1948

228 South Olive Ave. #B103 5/23/19 $639,000 3 1,360 2009 $570,000 7/29/16

210 North Monterey St. #408 5/23/19 $635,000 2 1,090 2015 $566,000 9/23/15

ALTADENA

1164 Dolores Drive 5/21/19 $1,081,000 3 1,872 1964 $805,000 11/28/06

1735 East Calaveras St. 5/20/19 $976,500 2 1,903 1950

286 East Altadena Drive 5/22/19 $845,000 4 2,129 1947 $225,000 3/16/99

2924 Emerson Way 5/20/19 $730,000 2 976 1926 $500,000 1/12/18

727 Royce St. 5/22/19 $677,000 3 1,200 1925

ARCADIA

1004 Mayfl ower Ave. 5/24/19 $2,180,000 $960,000 11/24/14

230 California St. 5/24/19 $1,650,000 3 1,850 1937 $1,180,000 4/3/15

1727 El Vista Circle 5/20/19 $1,190,000 3 1,645 1950

1815 South 3rd Ave. #8 5/21/19 $1,031,500 3 1,606 1955 $920,000 8/12/15

1900 Lee Ave. 5/21/19 $975,000 3 1,290 1951

303 Genoa St. #B 5/24/19 $930,000 3 2,348 1996

53 Bonita St. #B 5/23/19 $910,000 3 2,252 2002 $728,000 5/1/13

11234 Lynrose St. 5/22/19 $658,000 4 1,542 1950

306 South 1st Ave. #108 5/21/19 $630,000 3 1,670 2007 $518,000 3/18/08

2926 South 10th Ave. 5/23/19 $610,000 3 1,003 1948 $173,040 4/23/99

EAGLE ROCK

1323 Brampton Rd. 5/22/19 $1,140,000 3 1760 1948 $769,000 4/23/18

4746 Vincent Ave. 5/23/19 $895,000 2 1188 1924 $595,000 2/27/06

GLENDALE

1407 West Kenneth Rd. 5/24/19 $6,000,000 5,696 1927 $3,375,000 9/13/13

1411 West Kenneth Rd. 5/24/19 $6,000,000 6,424 1927 $3,375,000 9/13/13

1710 West Kenneth Rd. 5/24/19 $1,220,000 3 2,011 1930 $694,000 6/11/14

1420 Allen Ave. 5/23/19 $1,000,000 4 1,545 1938 $860,000 5/16/17

1344 5th St. #2 5/24/19 $554,000 2 1,291 1981 $554,000 4/23/18

1035 Elm Ave. 5/21/19 $78,000 1,972 1938 $479,000 11/9/10

LA CANADA

1222 Green Lane 5/24/19 $3,450,000 4 3,090 1957 $1,875,000 4/7/15

816 Chehalem Rd. 5/24/19 $2,150,000 3 1,810 1952 $1,160,000 4/21/15

4551 Viro Rd. 5/23/19 $1,215,000 3 1,555 1946

5160 Redwillow Lane 5/23/19 $422,500 3 1,570 1957

PASADENA

380 South Arroyo Boulevard 5/24/19 $4,255,000 5 5091 1919 $3,597,500 7/12/18

1906 Country Lane 5/22/19 $3,218,000 4 6670 2010

1490 El Mirador Drive 5/20/19 $3,105,000 4 3990 1963 $3,050,000 11/16/17

1812 Linda Vista Ave. 5/24/19 $2,926,000 5 5055 1933

251 South Orange Grove Blvd.#10 5/20/19 $2,673,000 3 3092 1980 $1,350,000 1/19/05

885 Linda Vista Ave. 5/21/19 $2,500,000 4 3162 1938

1640 Knollwood Drive 5/21/19 $1,775,000 5 3348 1955

2082 Lambert Drive 5/22/19 $1,432,000 3 3073 1924 $1,200,000 5/20/17

3540 Grayburn Rd. 5/21/19 $1,320,000 3 1931 1940 $900,000 7/12/05

550 Eaton Drive 5/24/19 $1,160,000 2 1449 1948 $852,000 11/13/17

3171 East Villa Knolls Drive 5/24/19 $1,150,000 3 2424 1966

845 Adelaide Drive 5/24/19 $1,125,000 3 1798 1934 $962,000 2/17/15

245 South Bonnie Ave. #D 5/22/19 $1,010,000 2 1276 1921 $600,000 8/31/18

111 South De Lacey Ave. #403 5/24/19 $963,000 2 1550 2007 $915,000 7/5/07

1501 Creekside Court #B 5/22/19 $865,000 3 1874 1988 $645,000 9/7/12

845 South Marengo Ave. #7 5/23/19 $850,000 3 1640 2002 $795,000 4/11/13

1517 Creekside Court #A 5/20/19 $840,000 3 1567 1988 $631,500 6/19/15

747 South Orange Grove Blvd.#2 5/23/19 $765,000 2 1651 1957 $201,000 10/14/97

2607 Dove Creek Lane #B 5/22/19 $731,000 3 1776 1988

382 East California Blvd.#104 5/20/19 $705,000 2 1356 1973 $445,000 11/14/13

3768 Sycamore St. 5/21/19 $700,000 2 1170 1949 $180,000 6/1/88

395 Redwood Drive 5/22/19 $688,500 2 1178 1950

245 South Holliston Ave. #202 5/22/19 $615,000 2 1113 1985 $192,000 10/1/89

3625 East Del Mar Boulevard 5/22/19 $579,000 2 1136 1928

266 North Mar Vista Ave. #3 5/23/19 $546,500 2 1111 1984 $432,000 12/16/15

1127 East Del Mar Blvd.#325 5/22/19 $510,000 2 1288 1967

125 North Allen Ave. #311 5/23/19 $450,000 2 1147 1973 $345,000 3/17/14

65 North Allen Ave. #314 5/24/19 $380,000 2 1159 1973 $158,000 7/7/08

48 Painter St. 5/22/19 $250,000 2 832 1923 $246,000 6/9/11

SAN MARINO

2784 Fleur Drive 5/20/19 $2,250,000 4 3007 1927 $2,383,000 6/10/15

2759 Doresta Rd. 5/23/19 $1,780,000 4 1841 1928 $685,000 6/24/99

1965 South El Molino Ave. 5/22/19 $1,580,000 3 2075 1924 $455,000 3/1/00

SIERRA MADRE

776 Valle Vista Drive 5/23/19 $1,350,000 5 2853 1965

778 Idlehour Lane 5/23/19 $980,000 3 1508 1971 $646,500 5/13/04

SOUTH PASADENA

1115 Maple St. 5/23/19 $1,649,000 3 2220 1922 $1,050,000 7/27/18

220 Camino Del Sol 5/24/19 $1,525,000 3 1812 1965 $1,285,000 10/3/14

2042 Pine St. 5/23/19 $1,400,000 3 1658 1921 $789,000 9/28/05



• ARTS •

‘NO SUGARCOATING’

ROOTSY SONGS OF ADDICTION AND

ATTRACTION FROM NASHVILLE ART-

IST RENEE WAHL AND BAND AT LOVE

SONG BAR

P.19

FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS

SUPER SATURDAY

MAKE SOME ‘NOISES’

A NOISE WITHIN PRESENTS FINAL

WEEKEND OF CLASSIC FARCE

‘NOISES OFF’

THE CROWN CITY THROWS TWO GIANT ARTS PARTIES THIS WEEKEND

P.21

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI

There’s nothing like great early-summer weather to inspire

people to seek fun in the sun, and this weekend offers three

big events in the Crown City to kick the season off right.

Following two colorful, successful editions that brought several

thousand art-lovers to the district in 2017 and 2018, “BoldPas:

A Day of Art & Play in Old Pasadena” returns from noon to 8

p.m. Saturday, June 8. The event, presented by the Old Pasadena

Management District and staged in Old Pasadena’s historic 19thcentury

alleys, is free to the public and offers a one-day-only opportunity

to encounter artistic, ephemeral interventions in unique

urban spaces.

BoldPas features installations that are stylistically bold —

showcasing bright colors, surprising scale, and unique materials

— and all invite direct interaction with event-goers. Seventeen

installations will be on view, created by selected artists from the

greater Los Angeles area who will be on hand throughout the day

to present their work to visitors.

Among the innovative installations are a 50-foot canvas sus-


FUNNY LADY

MINDY KALING STEPS UP TO BIG

SCREEN STARDOM BY WRITING AND

CO-STARRING WITH EMMA THOMP-

SON IN THE NEW DRAMEDY ‘LATE

NIGHT’

P.24

GET YOUR OWN...

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER

TRUE CRIME

Peter Houlahan

discusses and

signs “Norco

80: The True

Story of the Most

Spectacular

Bank Robbery

in American

History” at 7

p.m. tonight,

Thursday, June

6 at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado

Blvd., Pasadena. Call (626) 449-5320 or visit

vromansbookstore.com.

JURIED ART

Art on Palm,

a juried art

show and sale,

features works in

a wide range of

media, including

ceramics, glass,

leather, metals,

mixed media,

textiles, photography

and wood

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to

3 p.m. Sunday at Loma Alta Park, 579 W. Palm

St., Altadena. Proceeds benefit Sierra Madre’s

Creative Arts Group. Admission is free. Visit

artonpalm.com.

DAD GIFT

Families can create

a special gift

for Dad in honor

of Father’s Day,

with all materials

provided, starting

at 3 p.m.

Tuesday at the

Pasadena Public

Library Villa

Parke Branch,

363 E. Villa St. Pasadena. Call (626) 744-6510

to sign up and visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net.

STATE HISTORY

The Pasadena

A Book Club of

California discussion

features

Artist Pat Hunter

and author

Janice Stevens

discussing

“Remembering

the California

Missions” at 7

p.m. Wednesday at the Women’s City Club of

Pasadena, 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena. Free

and open to the public. Call (415) 781-7532 or

visit bccbooks.org.



SUPER SATURDAY


pended above an alley, a sea of balloons that invites

exploration, street artists transforming a wall with

graffiti, murals, a pop-up tattoo parlor, shadow

people who come to life and many more attractions.

Three Old Pasadena businesses will showcase

large-scale installations on their exterior façades,

as Gold Bug (34 Union St.) features “Underwater

Dreams,” Homage (100 N. Fair Oaks Ave.) features

“Senbazuru: The Legend of 1,000 Cranes” and Maude

Woods (55 E. Holly St.) features “Orbs.”

Finally, the Armory Center for the Arts (145 N.

Raymond Ave.) will host the program “Descubra”

from 1 to 5 p.m. A program created by the Smithsonian

Latino Center to inspire the next generation of

science, history, and cultural enthusiasts, it features

free, hands-on art making activities for all ages, live

ukulele performances and workshops and informal

conversations with arts and science professionals.

Printed maps will be available event day at all

three info booths and art stops located in the district,

so attendees can take a self-guided tour of all

the districtwide Art Installations, Art Stops, and Art

Activities.

Meanwhile, Saturday is also hopping in the Playhouse

District, as the Pasadena Playhouse throws

its second annual “Block Party” from noon to 10 p.m.

on Colorado Boulevard and El Molino Avenue. This

free event features live music, food, libations, guided

tours, and activities, all curated by local arts organizations

and community partners.

More than 12,000 people attended last year’s inaugural

event, and this Saturday will feature another

full day of fun, with live music and performances by

more than 20 community and performance groups

all day on two outdoor stages. There will also be

more than 25 interactive exhibits, activities, games

and a kids’ zone provided by numerous community

partners and organizations.

The Party will feature a Main Stage and a Family

Stage, with the Main one offering performances from

Plaza de la Raza Mariachi Youth Ensemble presented

by El Portal, Ballet Folklorico Quetzal, Debatable

Productions, The NoteAbles Children’s Choir from

the Professional Child Development Associates,

Rhythms of The Village, School of Rock Pasadena,

and SiZa, among others.

The Family Stage will feature Bob Baker Marionette

Theater, Jimmy H. Comedy Magician, Pasadena

Civic Ballet Musical Theater, Tutu School Pasadena,

Vroman’s Bookstore and more. Backstage tours of the

historic Pasadena Playhouse will also be a key part of

the day, with food trucks including: Vchos, Kona Ice,

Wise BBQ, Coolhaus, Belly Bombz, Lobsta Truck, Dinas

Dumpling, and India Jones, plus snack stands and libations

all available for purchase as well.

Those attending in the afternoon can enjoy

free mini-tours of the Playhouse District during

the block party at 3 and 4:30 p.m., led by Pasadena

Walking Tours. Visit pasadenawalkingtours.com for

more info, and to learn about the tours they host at

2:30 p.m. most Saturdays (except this week). Their

regular tours are $20 for adults, $5 for children ages

5 to 12 and free for under 5, with custom pricing for

group tours. Email info@pasadenawalkingtours.

com.

Pasadena Transit will make it easy for people

to attend both, by offering free frequent service on

its Route 10 between Lake Avenue and Fair Oaks

Avenue. Buses will run every 6 to 8 minutes from 12

noon to 10:30 p.m., allowing seamless transportation

between BoldPas and Block Party. n

For those wishing to take the Metro Gold Line to Memorial Park

or Del Mar Station, all art installations are within walking distance

from both stations. Plan your trip on metro.net or call 323.

GO.METRO (323) 466-3876.



•INTO THE NIGHT•

BY BLISS BOWEN

‘No Sugarcoating’

•NITELIFE•

Thursday June 06 through Wednesday June 12

PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar submissions

is noon. Wednesday of the week before the

issue publishes.

PASADENA, SOUTH

PASADENA & ALTADENA

1881 Bar

1881 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena

(626) 314-2077

facebook.com/1881bar

Fridays—Live jazz

Saturdays—Gypsie jazz

Wednesdays—Reggae

The Blue Guitar

Arroyo Seco Golf Course

1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena

(323) 769-3500

blueguitar.club

Thursday—Maria Schafer and Brad Black

The Boulevard Bar

3199 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena

(626) 356-9304

blvdbar.com

Fridays—Drag performances hosted by Tia

Wanna every Friday

Cabrera’s Mexican Cuisine

655 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena

(626) 795-0230

cabreras.com

Thursdays—Live jazz

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—Karaoke

Coffee Gallery Backstage

2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena

(626) 798-6236

coffeegallery.com

Thursday—Ginger Cowgirl Trio

Saturday—Matinee show w/Brett Perkins; evening

show w/the Licata Brothers and friends

Sunday—Ike’s Creek

Der Wolfskopf

72 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena

(626) 219-6054

derwolfskopf.com

Fridays—“Night Court” features Deejay Kind Cromang

spinning vinyl soul, funk, disco and boogie

Edwin Mills by Equator

22 Mills Place, Pasadena

(626) 564-8656

edwinmills.com

Friday—Ana Gazzola

Saturday—Bri Sarikcioglu

Tuesday—Gary Wicks

Wednesday—Liela Avila

El Portal Restaurant


(626) 795-8553

elportalrestaurant.com

Fridays—Mariachi México

Saturdays—Alanniz

Sundays—Mariachi Bella

Ice House

24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena

(626) 577-1894

icehousecomedy.com

Thursday—Psychic Medium Comedium; Stand-

Up All-Stars

Friday—Deathsquad; Kari Assad’s Quinceañera

Saturday—The Better show w/Rene Vaca; Michael

Yo and Friends; Comedy Juice

Sunday—Dave McNary’s All Star Variety Show;

Cool Beans Comedy w/Tone Bell and Drew Lynch;

Cool Beans U Alum Show

Wednesday—Ice House Open Mic

–CONTINUED ON PAGE 20

ROOTSY SONGS OF ADDICTION AND ATTRACTION FROM NASHVILLE

ARTIST RENEE WAHL AND BAND AT LOVE SONG BAR

PHOTO: Deone Jahnke

Singer-songwriter Renee Wahl

laughs often — especially

when admitting she likes to

“geek out” on the science behind

how music affects us psychologically.

A physics major who served

in the Air Force and taught physics

to audio engineers, she quotes

Einstein (“imagination is more

important than knowledge”) while

connecting science and songwriting.

“People tend to think of science

as this hard, concrete, boring

thing, but it’s really not. It’s not

that knowledge isn’t important, but

even in science there’s a creative

aspect, as there is in songwriting.

If you’re just looking at songwriting

or science from the perspective

of formula, you’re not creating

anything new.”

Wahl’s touring behind her

smartly composed new album, “Cut

to the Bone,” recorded with Lucinda

Williams guitarist Stuart Mathis

at his home studio and a deft band

that fleshes out the music’s rootsy

tension and release. Songs like “Six

Days Til Sunday,” the sultry “Temptation”

and “Cold Day in Memphis”

depict characters grappling with

desires that can get the better of

them, as Wahl moans like a tougher

Kelly Willis over steel-buffed waves

of guitar, organ and strings.

Wahl, who lives with “horses,

a donkey, and a bunch of dogs”

on 37 acres outside of Nashville,

pointedly avoids staking out political

positions. Yet her song “To the

Bone” is political, at least insofar

as it concerns “people that try to

make you think they’re going to fix

all your problems, and really they’re

only in it for themselves.”

“Well, you come around here,

black Cadillac and all

The right time, the right place,

and the answer to their call

They drop to their knees begging,

‘Rescue me’

But I’m not falling for you, dear,

even though it would be so easy”

“People choose who they want

to follow based on what they’re

being told they’re gonna get from

them, and across the board, people

have their own agendas. Whether

it’s a politician, a lover, or a religious

leader, they tend to gravitate

to those positions of power because

they may already be a little corrupt,

or they become corrupt because of

those positions of power. It’s not all

black and white.”

Her song “Meds,” which

humorously shuffles through a

“virtual rainbow” of antidepressant

medications, has elicited

positive responses from audiences

— even though, Wahl acknowledges

with a laugh, she gets the

impression that “some people

aren’t sure if they should respond

to it … It’s a funny song about a

very serious subject.”

“I tend to write a little on the

dark side, and this is probably

the darkest collection I’ve had,”

she says of the album. “It has this

theme of really looking deep at

yourself and others, and what’s

going on in our life and the world,

looking at both the positive and

negative and not necessarily

painting things in a pretty picture.

There’s no sugarcoating.” n

Renee Wahl performs at the Love Song Bar

at the Regent, 450 S. Main St., downtown

LA, at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 6; Tawny Ellis

and Lasers Lasers Birmingham perform earlier.

Free admission. Info: (213) 284-5728.

Reneewahl.com, spacelandpresents.com/

info/the-love-song-bar/

Rising Waters

IKE’S CREEK DISPLAYS AWARD-WINNING STYLE AT

COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE

IN 2017, THE AMERICANA ROOTS BAND IKE’S CREEK, PLAYING SUNDAY AT

COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE, WAS FOUNDED BY SINGER-SONGWRITER AND

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST KOREY SIMEONE.

Simeone had traveled from his home state of Idaho to Austin, Texas in 1997 and

toured internationally with various bluegrass acts before eventually settling in Los

Angeles.

There he hooked up with guitarist and mandolin player Thomas Moose and Cori

Cable Kidder on vocals, and in a fairly short time Ike’s Creek had taken the Americana

scene by storm, combining top-shelf songwriting, bluesy vocals and virtuoso instrumental

skills.

Their rocket-like rise was highlighted in 2018 by capturing No. 1 honors in the band

category at the prestigious Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest.

Ike’s Creek has a voluminous repertoire of original songs. Their debut album is “Up,

Rising.”

Visit ikescreek.com. — John Sollenberger

Music starts at 7 p.m. Sunday at Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena.

Tickets are $20. Call (626) 798-6236 or visit coffeegallery.com.



•NITELIFE•

–CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19

TRAX BY BLISS

SANTANA, Africa Speaks (Concord):

HHHH

By rights, Latin Grammy-winning Spanish diva

Buika’s name should join Rock and Roll Hall of

Famer Carlos Santana’s above the title. The Rick

Rubin-produced album is Santana’s most inspired,

interesting album in years. But while his playing’s

robust, and kudos to percussionist Karl Perazzo and

drummer Cindy Blackman Santana, as singer and

lyricist it is Buika — and, on “Blue Skies,” British

R&B singer Laura Mvula — who illuminates the

music with fierce soul. Highlights: hypnotic thumper

“Los Invisibles” (based on Rachid Taha and Steve

Hillage’s “Barra Barra”), “Oye Este Mi Canto,” “Yo

Me Lo Merezco.” santana.com, buikaofficial.com

STEVIE REDSTONE, Shot in the Dark (selfreleased):

HHH

At its strongest, the LA songwriter’s 10-track

offering tips a melodic hat to old-school soul

and AM pop radio while honoring generations of

separation from the heyday of the Everly Brothers,

the Beach Boys, and Motown. The percussion riff

opening “Shots Fired” recalls the Rolling Stones’

“Sympathy for the Devil,” but the song tacks in a

slicker, more earnest direction over electric guitar,

horns and a raft of background vocals. Highlights:

the title track, romantic “Looking Glass,” droughtinspired

“Rivers in the Sky.” RIYL Diane Birch, A.J.

Croce. stevieredstone.com

Kings Row Gastropub


(626) 793-3010

kingsrowpub.com

Live music most nights of the week

MEOWMEOWZ! Retro ‘80s Thrift Shop


(626) 798-6969

facebook.com/meowmeowz

Fridays and Saturdays—Live music every Friday

and Saturday; all ages welcome

Old Towne Pub

66 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena

(626) 577-6583

theoldtownepub.com

Live music most nignts of the week

Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association

73 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena

(626) 799-5689

pasadenaballroomdance.com

Saturday—Saturday Swing Dance features the

Jumpin’ Joz Band

Plate 38


(626) 793-7100

plate38.com

Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select

Fridays & Saturdays

The Mixx


(626) 500-0021

themixxclub.com

Thursday—Isela Sotelo

Saturday—Estani & LaBlue

Sunday—LA Blues Society

Tuesday—Mark Sells & Soul Brothers Blues Jam

The Rose

Paseo Colorado


(888) 645-5006

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com

Thursday—Deejay Quik

Friday—DSB Journey Tribute

Saturday—Wilson Phillips

Sunday—Soulful Sunday Brunch; P.O.D.

T. Boyle’s Tavern

37 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena

(626) 578-0957

tboylestavern.com

Sunday—Action Trivia

Tuesday—Action Trivia

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

Arcadia Blues Club

16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia

(626) 447-9349

arcadiabluesclub.com

Saturday—The Healers

The Buccaneer

70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre

(626) 355-9045

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

Wednesday—Wednesday Night Platter Party:

Bring your fave vinyl to be spun on turntable

First Cabin


(626) 446-2575

Fridays-Saturdays—Pat O’Brien & the Priests of

Love exalt the blues and classic rock

The Granada

17 S. First St., Alhambra

(626) 227-2572

thegranadala.com

Thursday—Deejay Zonik; Deejay Marco; Deejay

Miro

Friday—Classes and performance by Alejandro

Rey and Erica Nicole; Deejay Vince; Deejay Marco;

Deejay Miro

Saturday—Live music w/La Verdad; Deejay Zonik;

Deejay Miro

J.C. Hyke Songwriter Serenade

Matt Denny’s Ale House Restaurant


(626) 462-0250

mattdennys.com, jchyke.com

Tuesday—Dave Clausen; James Houlahan;

December Fades; Coolhouse

Pizza Place California

303 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel

(626) 570-9622

facebook.com/pizzaplaceca

Sundays—Open mic the first three Sundays of

every month

Villa Catrina

251 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia

(626) 294-1973

villacatrina.com

Thursdays—Comedy open mic every first and

third Thursday of the month

Wednesdays—Karaoke w/Deejay Zary

WEST OF PASADENA

Colombo’s Restaurant

1833 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock

(323) 254-9138

colombosrestaurant.com

Thursday—Trifecta

Friday—Steve Thompson; Blue Soul

Saturday—Ernie Draffen; Ed Romero

Sunday—Sunny & Cher

Monday—Eric Eckstrand Trio

Tuesday—Tom Armbruster

Wednesday—Karen Hernandez w/James Arnold

Days Inn Lounge

450 Pioneer Drive, Glendale

(323) 259-5900

tommydodson.com

Fridays—Tommy Dodson and friends present

Cabaret Fridays

The Oak and Vine

117 E. Harvard St., Glendale

(818) 507-7011

theoakandvine.com

Live music most nights of the week

Winchester Room

6522 San Fernando Road, Glendale

(818) 241-5475

thewinchesterroom.com

Friday—Karaoke

Saturday—Karaoke n

JEMS, JEMS (self-released): HH½

Silky, smoothly braided vocals are the musical

signature of singer-songwriters Emily Colombier,

Jessica Rotter and Sarah Margaret Huff, and may

strike listeners as a sunnier counterpart to sibling

trio Joseph. The pop country sheen of “Completely”

recalls the Wreckers, while the stormy relationship

angst of “Middle of the Night” (“I can’t stand you

but I can’t stand to be alone”) is calmed by the

graceful harmonies of “Master Weaver,” “Right on

Time” and CSN’s “Helplessly Hoping.” At Chinatown

Summer Nights in Downtown LA Saturday, June

8, and Highland Park Bowl in Highland Park

Wednesday, June 12. wearejems.com

ELENI MANDELL, Wake Up Again (Yep Roc):

HHH½

Restraint’s the most formidable shade in the pop

chameleon’s palette and clean melodies. Several

songs were inspired by Mandell’s experiences

teaching songwriting to women inmates, incisively

portrayed in spooky opener “Circumstance,”

“Evelyn” and “Box in a Box” (“She’s clever like a

fox/ She’s not one to deny it/ But it never mattered

half as much/ As a skill for staying quiet”). Mostly

midtempo pop daubed with rock and country,

the album quietly takes stock; the dreamy “Ghost

of a Girl” and title track evoke earlier Mandell

recordings: “If I could rewind/ Go back in time/

…Let me go back.” At Dynasty Typewriter at the

Hayworth in LA Sunday, June 9. elenimandell.com

Get Movin’

JUMPIN’ JOZ BAND SWINGS AT PASADENA BALLROOM DANCE SATURDAY

THE JUMPIN’ JOZ BAND WILL BE DOING THE MUSICAL HONORS THIS WEEKEND AT THE PASADENA BALLROOM DANCE

ASSOCIATION’S SATURDAY SWING DANCE

Founded by Rick “Joz” Joswick, the band boasts a repertoire that combines swing, jump, jazz and early R&B, in the

vein of Count Basie, Louie Prima, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and other greats.

Having performed at top venues around Southern California, including the Derby, Disneyland, the Avalon Ballroom and

Rusty’s Rhythm Club, the band offers a high-energy live show, with members decked out in vintage attire.

Drummer, singer and arranger Joswick keeps the beat in the style of drummer Gene Krupa, and, being a swing dancer

and teacher he knows what it takes to keep feet moving.

Visit facebook.com/jumpinjozband. — John Sollenberger

A free dance lesson starts at 7:30 p.m., following by dancing at 8 p.m. Saturday night at Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association, at

Grace Hall, 73 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena. Admission is $20. Call (626) 799-5689 or visit pasadenaballroomdance.com.



•CALENDAR•

Deborah Strang, Erika Soto, Geoff Elliott and Jill Hill in Noises Off

Make Some ‘Noises’

A NOISE WITHIN PRESENTS FINAL WEEKEND OF CLASSIC FARCE ‘NOISES OFF’

A truly funny comedy never gets old,

and A Noise Within (ANW) — a Pasadena

gem that is the Los Angeles area’s

most renowned repertory theater — is

living by that principle with its current

season-ending run of the beloved farce

“Noises Off.”

The show was such a hit in the previous

season that ANW brought it back

by popular demand, and the madcap

story of the disastrous backstage shenanigans

at a theater closes its current

run this weekend.

Playwright Michael Frayn’s joyfully

out-of-control British farce features an

under-rehearsed and overworked cast

and crew with a penchant for drama

more personal than professional, preparing

for the world premiere of a new

play aptly titled “Nothing On.” As the

production progresses, the bumbling

cast brings the house down — literally.

The idea for the 1982 play came in

1970, when Frayn was watching from

the wings a performance of “The Two

of Us,” another farce that he had written

for actress Lynn Redgrave. Each act

of “Noises Off” contains a performance

of the first act of a play within the play,

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI

a sex farce called “Nothing On.”

Act One takes place at the technical

rehearsal at midnight, with the cast

hopelessly unready on midnight the

night before the first performance.

Act Two takes place during a matinee

performance a month into the run,

with the focus more on the backstage

shenanigans among the deteriorating

cast, while Act Three shows one of the

final performances, in which everyone

is at each other’s throats and the set is

completely falling apart.

Throughout, doors slam, characters

engage in incredible physical comedy

and the show maintains a wildly unpredictable

edge. There are also spoof

advertisements and acknowledgements

of mystical props that do not actually

appear, adding an extra layer of laughs

to the mix. .

The play, which is the theater’s

most requested production, is codirected

by ANW’s producing artistic

directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and

Geoff Elliott, who founded the theater

in 1993. A lighter change of pace from

their usual fare of dramatic classics

that are often reinvented in unique stylistic

settings, “Noises” has proven to

be a smash hit several times throughout

the ensemble’s history.

“’Noises Off’ is truly one of our

signature productions, with audience

members returning to see it two or

more times,” says Elliott.

Rodriguez-Elliott adds, “Everything

about the deft physical and verbal

iinterplay between actors is ideal for

A Noise Within’s focus on ensemble

work.”

ANW’s previous stagings of

Frayn’s outlandish production have

won rave reviews from critics, whose

praise included “a superb cast hit the

banana peel running and never let

up” (Los Angeles Times); “laser sharp

comic timing” (Broadway World); “A

Noise Within tackles the comedy with

aplomb” (TheaterMania); and “Michael

Frayn’s delightfully complicated British

farce could hardly have a better rendition

than this” (Backstage). n

“Noises Off” runs tonight through Sunday at

A Noise Within, 3352 Foothill Blvd., Pasadena.

Tickets are $25 to $70. Call (626) 356-3100 or

visit anoisewithin.org.

Thursday June 06 through Wednesday June 12

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 Emerging Artist Series


(626) 683-6801, bostoncourtpasadena.org

Boston Court’s Emerging Artists Series features

bass-baritone James Hayden at 8 p.m. Tickets are

$10, free for students.

The Blue Guitar



blueguitar.club

The club at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents

singer Maria Schafer and trumpeter Brad Black and

their band at 7 p.m. Tickets are $13 general admission,

$18 for table seating, available on the website.

Descanso Gardens

1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge

(818) 949-4200, descansogardens.org

Descanso launches its annual Music on the Main

live jazz series with Latin jazz drummer Louie Cruz

Beltran from 6 to 7:30 p.m., included in Descanso

admission of $9 general admission, $6 for students

and seniors, $4 for children 5 to 12, free for those

4 and younger.

Music on the Green

The Alhambra

1000 S. Fremont Ave., Alhambra

(626) 300-5000, thealhambra.net

Music on the Green features a variety performance

by the Alhambra Junior High Honor Band from

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Free.

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch


(626) 744-4066, pasadenapubliclibrary.net

The Family Education Series features a discussion

of the 10 early warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease

from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Pasadena Senior Center

85 E. Holly St., Pasadena

(626) 795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org

Cultural Thursdays features the Truluck Jazz Trio

playing and discussing jazz’s early influences

through today’s modern styles starting at 2 p.m.

South Pasadena Library Community Room

1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena

(626) 403-7350 , southpasadenaca.gov

Author Night features two baseball authors, Jason

Turbow, who wrote “They Bled Blue: Fernandomania,

Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest

Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen,” chronicling

the 1981 season, and Ron Rapoport, author of

“Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, The Life of

Ernie Banks.” It starts at 7 p.m. Free.

Vroman’s Bookstore


(626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com

Peter Houlahan discusses and signs “Norco 80: The

True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in

American History” at 7 p.m.

FRIDAY




Boston Court’s Emerging Artists Series presents

pianist David Kaplan at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10, free

for students.

Contemporary Crafts Market

Pasadena Convention Center

300 E. Green St., Pasadena, craftsource.net

The Contemporary Crafts Market makes its annual

visit, featuring one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted items

by talented artisans, with functional, decorative

and wearable art items including jewelry, ceramics,

blown glass, furnishings and textiles. It runs from

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8 at the door.

Digital Stories Presentation

South Pasadena Library Community Room

1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena

(626) 403-7350, southpasadenaca.gov.

A multi-media event honoring the “Freeway Fighters,”

once called Citizens United to Save South

Pasadena, a group of South Pasadenans who have

been waging a fight to keep the 710 Freeway out,

features 10 digital stories made by local residents.

They tell their personal stories about their involvement

in the years-long resistance to the freeway

extension. It starts at 7 p.m. Free.

Norton Simon Museum

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena

(626) 449-6840, nortonsimon.org

A guided tour visits highlights of the Norton Simon

collections, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., p.m., included

in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12

for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under

and members.

Pasadena Senior Center

85 E. Holly St., Pasadena


Free films screen at 1 p.m. on select Fridays.

Friday’s film is “Maria by Callas” (2017).

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and

Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino

(626) 405-2100, huntington.org/among-the-roses

The Huntington presents its annual An Evening

Among the Roses gala, from 6 to 10 p.m. The

garden party honors and celebrates the contributions

of LGBTQ artists, scholars, donors and staff

of the institution. Guests will enjoy cocktails, hors

d’oeuvres, a special performance and dancing

among the blooms. This year’s event pays special

tribute to renowned local artist, Lari Pittman, whose

work has had a profound effect on the cultural and

civic landscape of Los Angeles. All are welcome to

attend. Tickets are $110 to $2,500.

Institute of Culinary Education

521 E. Green St., Pasadena, ice.edu

The Institute presents a paella dinner party, as

guests learn to make the one-pot Spanish dish,

including seafood, chicken, chorizo, rice and other

items in a hands-on class. Styles highlighted are

cuttlefish-ink paella and paella from Valencia, plus

Spanish tapas and a traditional dessert from 6 to 10

p.m. Cost is $105. Visit eventbrite.com/e/the-paelladinner-party-tickets-56683712510

for tickets.

Sierra Madre Library

440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre

sierramadrelibraryfriends.org

Friends of the Sierra Madre Library hosts its Best

Used Book Sale, offering hundreds of titles in all

styles, including fiction, non-fiction, art, history

and others, for adults and children from 3 to 7 p.m.

Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.




Kimberly Roberson discusses and signs “The Greek

Persuasion” at 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Angeles Chorale

First Baptist Church of Glendale

209 N. Louise St., Glendale

(818) 591-1735, angeleschorale.org

The choral group presents “Tango and Fire: Passionate

Songs of Argentina,” featuring the West

Coast premiere of composer Martin Palmeris’a

“Misa a Buenos Aires,” along with a tango ensemble,

accompanied by the traditional instrument,

the bandoneon, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30

in advance, $35 at the door.

Arcadia Performing Arts Center

188 Campus Drive, Arcadia

(626) 821-1781, arcadiapaf.org

Japanese drumming group Makoto Taiko performs

its awe-inspiring, traditional Japanese drumming

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets are $15 to $40.

Art on Palm

Loma Alta Park

579 W. Palm St., Altadena, artonpalm.com

The juried art show and sale features works in a

wide range of media, including ceramics, glass,

leather, metals, mixed media, textiles, photography

and wood from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds benefit Sierra

Madre’s Creative Arts Group. Admission is free.

BoldPas: A Day of Art and Play

Various locations, Old Pasadena

oldpasadena.org/boldpas

The Old Pasadena Management District presents

its annual “BoldPas: A Day of Art and Play in Old

Pasadena” from noon to 8 p.m. The pedestrian

alleyways of the district feature 16 temporary art

installations by a variety of artists and hands-on

activities for adults and children. The installations

are the result of more than 70 creative proposals

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•CALENDAR•

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from LA-area artists. Artworks include a 50-foot canvas suspended

above an alley, a sea of balloons that invites exploration,

street artists transforming a wall with graffiti, murals, a pop-up

tattoo parlor, shadow people who come to life and many more

attractions. Admission to all activities and attractions is free. Visit

the website for locations.




Boston Court’s Emerging Artists Series presents soprano Alina

Roitstein at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10, free for students.

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten-Free Expo

Pasadena Convention Center


(818) 716-1513, celiac.org/cdf-conference/

Guests can receive valuable, current information on the disease

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $20 in

advance, $25 at the door.

Eat|See|Hear Film Series

Pasadena City Hall Centennial Square

100 N. Garfield Ave., Pasadena, eatseehear.com

The annual outdoor film series presents “The Princess Bride,”

with food trucks and live music, from 5:30 to 11 p.m. Live music

is by Your Smith. Tickets are $14 general admission in advance,

$16 at the door, $8 for children 12 and younger, free for those

younger than 5.

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia

(626) 821-4624, arboretum.org

Instructor Brie Wakeland leads a workshop on making mead,

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

Norton Simon Museum

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena

(626) 449-6840, nortonsimon.org

A guided tour visits works exploring meditation, 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

Arden Road Neighborhood, Pasadena

(626) 441-6333, pasadenaheritage.org

The tour of the Arden Road neighborhood, located in the Oak

Knoll district of Pasadena, explores the prestigious neighborhood,

including various gracious, historic homes, from 9 to 11:15 a.m.

Tickets are $20, or $18 for members.

Pasadena Playhouse Block Party

Corner of El Molino Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena

(626) 356-7529, playhouseblockparty.org

The annual party comes to the Playhouse District, from noon

to 10 p.m. The free event features live music, performances by

more than 20 community performance groups, backstage tours

of the Playhouse, more than 25 interactive exhibits, games, activities

and a kids’ zone. Food trucks, snack stands and libations for

purchase are included.

SoCal Beep Baseball

Brookside Park

360 N. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena

socalbeepbaseball.org/beepbaseballbash

SoCal Beep Baseball, an organization bringing baseball to the

blind and visually impaired, and the San Gabriel Valley Panthers,

a beep baseball team, host the Beep Baseball Bash, with batting

stations, a scrimmage game, a silent auction and food trucks. It

starts at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $75 to participate, depending

on activities desired. The event is open to the public, and admission

to watch is free.




Teri Turner, in conversation with Donal Skehan, discusses and

signs “No Crumbs Left: Whole30 Endorsed, Recipes for Everyday

Food Made Marvelous” at 11 a.m.

SUNDAY




Boston Court’s Emerging Artists Series presents pianist, performance

artist and poet Todd Moellenberg at 2 p.m. Tickets are

$10, free for students.

Cellar Sessions Music Series

Old Oak Cellars Winery

2620 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, cellarsessions.thundertix.com

The monthly concert series features an afternoon with Marty

Axelrod and Jodi Siegal, starting with a wine tasting at 3 p.m.

followed by music at 3:45 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25

at the door.

College Access Plan Fundraiser

Bacchus’ Kitchen

1384 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, collegeaccessplan.org

The Laughter School Special variety show features The Rumoli

Bros., Brandon Firla, Steph Tolev, Helen Hong, Eddie Della Siepe,

Levi MacDougall, the Katie Thiroux Trio, burlesque performer

Ruby Darling and a cooking demo by Chef Claud Beltran starting

at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40. The event raises funds for Pasadenabased

non-profit College Access Plan. Visit collegeaccessplan.

org for tickets.

Pasadena Senior Center Women’s Basketball League

Caltech’s Braun Athletic Center

1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena


Women 40 and older of all skill levels are invited to play 3x3

basketball games from 9 to 11:30 a.m., ending Sunday. Registration

cost is $35 per player. Call or email Oma Soto at omaksoto@

hotmail.com to register.

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.




The Open Discussion Project features a discussion of the book,

“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates at 3 p.m.

MONDAY


285 E. Walnut St., Pasasdena

(626) 744-4066

pasadenapubliclibrary.net

In a STEAM event for adults and teens, guests are invited to try

virtual reality using Oculus Rift from 6 to 8 p.m.




James Ellroy discusses and signs “This Storm” at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY

Pasadena Public Library, Villa Parke Branch

363 E. Villa St., Pasadena

(626) 744-6510


Families can create a special gift for Dad in honor of Father’s Day,

starting at 3 p.m. with all materials provided. Call to sign up.

WEDNESDAY

Book Club of California Book Discussion

Women’s City Club of Pasadena

160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena

(415) 781-7532

bccbooks.org

Artist Pat Hunter and author Janice Stevens discuss “Remembering

the California Missions” at 7 p.m., free and open to the public.

One Colorado

41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena

(626) 564-1066

onecolorado.com

June Wine Wednesdays feature wine flights hosted by Sage

Vegan Bistro & Brewery through June 26. Guests can enjoy live

music in the courtyard, all starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s

event features a secret Sangria recipe, for $6 a glass. Live music

is by Adryon de Leon. The music is free. Check in at the courtyard

bar by 6:15 p.m. for tickets.



(626) 744-4066


Free films screen at 1 p.m. Wednesdays. Wednesday’s film is

“The Pursuit of Happyness” (2006).

The Rose


(888) 645-5006

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com

Make your own music with karaoke in the Lobby Lounge at The

Rose Wednesday through Saturday night.



(626) 449-5320

vromansbookstore.com

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, in conversation with Rick Kieffel, discusses

and signs “The Labyrinth of the Spirits” at 7 p.m.

Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter Music Series



blueguitar.club

Brad Colerick’s weekly music series features John Elliott and John

Roy Zat at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table

seating. n



FLICK FINDER

SHOWTIMES

Friday June 07 to Thursday June 13 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.

The Princess Bride Tues. only, 7:30 p.m.

IPIC THEATERS AT

ONE COLORADO PASADENA

42 Miller Alley, (626) 639-2260.

Aladdin Fri. 12:10, 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 p.m.;Sat.-Wed.,

12:10, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45 p.m.

Dark Phoenix Fri. 1, 3:45, 4:15, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:45

p.m.;Sat.-Sun., 1, 3:45, 4:15, 7, 7:30, 10:10, 10:45

p.m.;Mon.-Tues., 1, 3:40, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 10, 10:45

p.m.;Wed. 1, 3:40, 4:15, 7:30, 9:30, 10:45 p.m.;Thurs. 1,

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

Godzilla: King of the Monsters Fri.-Sat., 12 noon, 3:25,

6:45, 10:20 p.m.;Sun. 12 noon, 3:25, 6:45, 10 p.m.;Mon.-

Tues., 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10:15 p.m.;Wed. 12:15, 3:35,

6:45, 10:15 p.m.

Men in Black: International Thurs. only, 4, 7:15, 10:30

p.m.

Rocketman Fri. 12:45, 4, 7:15, 10:15 p.m.;Sat.-Sun.,

12:45, 4, 7:15, 10:30 p.m.;Mon. 12:30, 4, 7:15, 10:30

p.m.;Tues.-Wed., 12:45, 4, 7:15, 10:15 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Fri. 12:20, 1, 2:45, 5:15,

7:45, 10:35 p.m.;Sat. 12:20, 1, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:40

p.m.;Sun. 12:20, 1, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 p.m.;Mon.-

Tues., 12:50, 1:45, 4:25, 7, 9:45 p.m.;Wed. 12:50, 1:50,

4:25, 6:45, 10 p.m.

LAEMMLE’S PLAYHOUSE 7

673 E Colorado Bl, (626) 844-6500.

Arrangiarsi: Pizza... & the Art of Living Wed. only, 7

p.m.

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite/Petrushka (2019)Mon.

7:30 p.m.;Tues. 1 p.m.

The Dead Don’t Die Thurs. only, 7:20, 10:10 p.m.

Free Trip to Egypt Wed. only, 7 p.m.

Heavy Water Thurs. only, 7 p.m.

ARCLIGHT PASADENA 14

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

Dark Phoenix Sat.-Sun., 11:30 a.m., 4:30, 7, 9:30 p.m.

Dark Phoenix 3D Sat.-Sun., 12:30, 3 p.m.

The Dead Don’t Die Thurs. only, 7, 9:30, 11:45 p.m.

Men in Black: International Thurs. only, 4, 9, 11:30 p.m.

Men in Black: International 3D Thurs. only, 7:30 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Fri. 7:15 p.m.;Sat. 1:15, 7:15

p.m.;Sun. 11:15 a.m., 1:15, 7:15 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 3D Fri. 9:15 p.m.;Sun. 3:15,

9:15 p.m.

Shaft Thurs. only, 6, 8:30, 11 p.m.

GLENDALE

PACIFIC GLENDALE 18

The Americana at Brand,322

Americana Way, Glendale

(818) 551-0218.

Dark Phoenix Fri.-Sun., 11:45 a.m., 2:25, 5:05, 7:45,

10:25 p.m.

Dark Phoenix 3D Fri.-Sun., 1:55, 4:35 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Fri.-Sun., 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.

Dark Phoenix 3D Fri.-Thurs., 2 p.m.

Men in Black: International Thurs. only, 4, 7, 10 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Fri.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 4:30, 7:15,

9:50 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 3D Fri.-Thurs., 1:45 p.m.

Shaft Thurs. only, 6, 9:30 p.m.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix Fri.-Thurs., 11:10 a.m., 4:50, 7:40,

10:30 p.m.

ARCADIA

AMC SANTA ANITA 16

Westfield Shoppingtown Mall,400 Baldwin Ave,

(888) 262-4386.

Aladdin Sat. only, 10:45 a.m.

Dark Phoenix Fri.-Sat., 10:30 a.m., 1:15, 4, 6:45, 7:45,

9:30, 10:30, 12:15 a.m.;Sun.-Mon., 10:30 a.m., 1:15, 4,

6:45, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30 p.m.;Tues. 10:30 a.m., 1:15, 4,

6:45, 7, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30 p.m.;Wed. 10:30 a.m., 1:15, 4,

6:45, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30 p.m.

Dark Phoenix: The IMAX 2D Experience Fri.-Wed., 9:30

a.m., 12:15, 3, 5:45, 8:30, 11:15 p.m.

The Dead Don’t Die Thurs. only, 7, 9:45 p.m.



Men in Black: International Thurs. only, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30,

10, 10:30 p.m.

Men in Black: International — The IMAX 2D Experience

Thurs. only, 5, 8, 11 p.m.

Men in Black: International 3D Thurs. only, 6:15, 9:15

p.m.

RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders Tues. only, 7:30 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Fri.-Wed., 9:30 a.m., 12 noon,

2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9, 11:15 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 3D Fri.-Wed., 10:15 a.m.,

12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 p.m.

Shaft Thurs. only, 6, 9 p.m.

ALHAMBRA

EDWARDS ALHAMBRA RENAISSANCE STADIUM

14 & IMAX

1 E. Main Street,

(626) 300-0107.

Dark Phoenix 3D Fri.-Thurs., 2:15 p.m.

Dark Phoenix: The IMAX 2D Experience Fri.-Tues., 11

a.m., 1:45, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 p.m.;Wed. 11 a.m., 1:45,

4:35, 7:25, 10:15 p.m.;Thurs. 10:15 a.m., 1 p.m.

Despicable Me Tues.-Wed., 10 a.m.



Late Night Thurs. only, 7, 9:45 p.m.

Men in Black: International Thurs. only, 4:30, 7:20,

10:10 p.m.

Men in Black: International — The IMAX 2D Experience

Thurs. only, 4, 6:50, 9:40 p.m.

RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders Tues. only, 7:30 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Fri. 11 a.m., 4:15, 6:30, 9

p.m.;Sat.-Mon., 11 a.m., 4, 6:30, 9 p.m.;Tues. 11:05 a.m.,

4, 6:30, 9 p.m.;Wed.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 4, 6:30, 9 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 3D Fri. 2 p.m.;Sat.-Thurs., 1:30

p.m.

Shaft Thurs. only, 6, 9 p.m.

Turbo Tues.-Wed., 10 a.m.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix Fri. 11:30 a.m., 5:05, 7:50, 10:40

p.m.; Sat.-Thurs., 11:30 a.m., 5:05, 7:55, 10:45 p.m. n

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•FILM•

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI

Ever since the battle royale for ratings that occurred between

David Letterman and Jay Leno in the 1990s through 2015,

late-night comedy talk shows have established a gossipfueled

niche in the minds of American TV viewers.

The new movie “Late Night”— starring Emma Thompson in a

terrific, multilayered performance as a female talk show host in

danger of losing her job to ageism and creative laziness, and Mindy

Kaling of “The Office” fame as a young woman writer who inspires

her to revive her creative spirit— offers a funny, insightful and

surprisingly touching look at that world.

The movie follows a young Indian-American woman named Molly

(Kaling), who works as a quality control inspector at a chemical

plant in Pennsylvania but dreams of working in the comedy business.

When longtime late-night host Katherine Newbury (Thompson)

learns that her ratings are collapsing since she’s out of touch

with the current zeitgeist and she has only one year left to be on her

major TV network, she puts out word to hire a “diverse” writer.

Molly lands an interview through an incredibly clever tactic and

wins the job because she’s the only female who applied. The rest of

the writing staff are white men, who resent her presence immediately

for having no comedy background and being an obvious case

of de facto affirmative action.

At first, Molly fires back wisecracks in reply to their resentment,

and is filled with politically correct self-pity, wishing the world

would open before her just for being a “woman of color.” But eventually,

she realizes that just as Katherine fought her way to success

nearly 30 years ago, she too has to prove herself, work hard and

truly be funny on the job.

She also saves Katherine at a press event that is going disastrously,

by presenting herself as a bold move by Katherine. As she

and her boss become friends, Katherine learns to take comedic

chances again and find her spark while Molly learns that nothing

comes free in life.

But crisis hits when a disgruntled rival reveals that Katherine

Funny Lady

MINDY KALING STEPS UP TO BIG SCREEN STARDOM BY WRITING AND CO-STARRING

WITH EMMA THOMPSON IN THE NEW DRAMEDY ‘LATE NIGHT’

engaged in a one-night fling with her male head writer three years

before. The news humiliates her and devastates her Parkinson’sstricken

husband (John Lithgow), forcing her to make the biggest

decisions of her life and career.

“Late Night” is an extremely well-written and engaging dramedy

that is rated R for relatively mild foul language, but otherwise maintains

a sweet innocence. The film’s smart script (by Kaling herself)

offers some surprising takes on the lack of diversity in late-night talk

show writers’ rooms, which are often dominated strictly by white men.

What’s refreshing about Kaling’s take on the issue is that she

finds a way to show the men as more than just jerky stereotypes

while also painting Molly as a person who needs to step up her

creativity and show them a better way with her actions rather than

just her words.

Kaling is also a fun comic foil for Thompson’s Katherine, bringing

her youthful charm and naivete against the veteran host’s

world-weariness and inner sadness. One of the film’s strongest suits

lies in the way it weaves together the famous optics of other real-life

stars — Katherine wears suits and a hairdo like Ellen DeGeneres,

and her show’s title logo is copied from that of Stephen Colbert’s

CBS show — to make viewers feel that Katherine very well could be

a formidable real-life figure.

The movie has extremely funny moments with the writingstaff

banter and the comedy stunts that Molly convinces the newly

invigorated Katherine to perform for her show. But mostly this is a

touching story of finding your place in the world on the one hand for

Molly, and finding your drive and passion for life after losing it for

Katherine.

In a summer filled with special effects-driven action spectacles

and endless sequels and reboots, “Late Night” provides a fresh

take on lovable characters and helps add a dose of humanity to the

season. n

“LATE NIGHT”: A

Mindy Kaling in Late Night

CAPSULE REVIEWS

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI

ROCKETMAN

Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell

Length: 121 minutes

Directed by: Dexter Fletcher

Rating: R

This outstanding biopic of Elton John takes a

different approach to telling a music legend's life

story than last year's "Bohemian Rhapsody," using

elaborate fantasy song and dance numbers that

make this feel like a spectacular Broadway show,

while also telling a more emotional tale of the rough

road to self-acceptance.

Grade: A

MA

Stars: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers,

Juliette Lewis

Length: 99 minutes

Directed by: Tate Taylor

Rating: R

The latest comedic horror film from the usually

reliable Blumhouse (“Get Out,” “Split”) stars Oscarwinner

Octavia Spencer as a mysterious small-town

woman who invites teens to party in her house on

the edge of town, but turns out to have malevolent

intentions. The first half is pretty fun, but the last

half hour’s logic collapses and the film becomes an

ugly mess.

Grade: D

JOHN WICK 3:

PARABELLUM

Stars: Keanu Reeves

Length: 131 minutes

Directed by: Chad Stahelski

Rating: R

The third time’s the charm, as Reeves returns as the

world’s greatest hitman, dashing across New York

while fighting off seemingly hundreds of assassins

eager to take him down for a $14 million bounty. You

really don’t even have to know the prior two films in

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Stars: Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever

Length: 102 minutes

Directed by: Olivia Wilde

Rating: R

This gender-flipped ripoff of 2007’s smash hit

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experience four years of partying in their final night

before graduation. The actors are appealing talents

mired in a cesspool of terrible behavior that is not

only clichéd by now but tries to shred the envelope

of good taste. Opening weekend bombed, so it’s

clear that thankfully kids these days don’t relate to

this. Grade: D

THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM

Stars: John Chester, Molly Chester

Length: 91 minutes

Directed by: John Chester

Rating: PG

This documentary focusing on a real-life couple who

gave up cramped living in Santa Monica to restore

seemingly dead land in Ventura County, and the

eight-year process that resulted in a modern-day

Garden of Eden, is absolutely riveting and stunning

to behold. Highly recommended for the whole family.

Grade: A


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Public Notices

ORDER TO SHOW CAuse

FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case

No.19GDCP00182

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition

of GRACE KIM GONG, for Change of

Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

1.) Petitioner: Grace Kim Gong filed

a petition with this court for a decree

changing names as follows: a.) Grace

Kim Gong to Grace Kim 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 file 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

filed, the court may grant the petition

without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEAR-

ING: Date: 07/02/2019. 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 filed: May 7, 2019. Darrell

Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court.

PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/16/19,

5/23/19, 5/30/19, 6/6/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAuse


No.19NWCP00176


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1.) Petitioner: Timothy Raiji Santo filed


changing names as follows: a.) Timothy

Raiji Santo to Timothy Raiji Tsuruda 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 file 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 filed, the court may grant the

petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF

HEARING: Date: 07/17/2019. Time: 1:30

PAM. Dept.: C Room: 312. The address

of the court is 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk,

CA 90650. 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

filed: May 10, 2019. Judge Margaret

M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court.


6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAuse


No.19NWCP00175



of MEGAN MARIE AMO, for Change of


1.) Petitioner: Megan Marie Amo filed


changing names as follows: a.) Megan

Marie Amo to Megan Amo Tsuruda 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 file a

written objection that includes the reasons

for the objection at least two court

MORLIN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP,

A Delaware Limited Partnership as Agent

for the JOINT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL,

an unincorporated association, will receive

qualifications packages from general contractors

wishing to become pre-qualified for an available

bidding opportunity at Los Angeles Union

Station. It is the intent of this Joint Management

Council to select a firm that will provide

construction services at Los Angeles Union Station

at the best overall value. In order to be fully

considered for prequalification and subsequent

bidding opportunities, please proceed to

the RFIQ questionnaire at: https://forms.gle/

M5EEA4EKeKExKfATA. Completed forms are due

on or before close of business by July 22, 2019.

Submissions received after 5:00pm on July 22,

2019 will be rejected.

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 filed, the court may grant the

petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF

HEARING: Date: 07/17/2019. Time: 1:30

PAM. Dept.: C Room: 312. The address

of the court is 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Norwalk,

CA 90650. A copy of this Order to

Show Cause shall be published at least

once each week for four successive





filed: May 10, 2019. Judge Margaret

M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court.


6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19

PASADENA GleN COMMUNitY

seRVices DistRict

Notice OF ADOPtioN OF PROPoseD

FINAL BUDGet FOR FiscAL YEAR

2019-2020 &

Notice OF PLAciNG FiscAL YEAR

2019-2020 DIRect AssessMENts

ON TAX Roll

REGulAR MeetiNG OF THE BOARD

OF DIRectoRS

1820 PASADENA GleN RD.

PASADENA, CA 91107

Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 7:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE

GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DIS-

TRICT HAS PREPARED A PROPOSED

FINAL BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020. THE

PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET FOR FIS-

CAL YEAR 2019-2020 IS AVAILABLE

FOR INSPECTION AT 1820 PASADENA

GLEN ROAD, CALIFORNIA 91107.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN THAT THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DIS-

TRICT WILL CONDUCT A HEARING

ON THE PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET

ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019, COM-

MENCING AT 7:00 P.M., AT THE HOME

LOCATED ABOVE. ANY PERSON MAY

APPEAR AT THE TIME OF THE HEAR-

ING AND BE HEARD REGARDING ANY

ITEM IN THE PROPOSED FINAL BUD-

GET, OR REGARDING THE ADDITION

OF OTHER ITEMS. FOLLOWING THE

HEARING, THE BOARD OF DIREC-

TORS MAY ADOPT THE PROPOSED

FINAL BUDGET AS THE DISTRICT’S

FINAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR

2019-2020.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN THAT THE

GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PASA-

DENA GLEN COMMUNITY SERVICE

DISTRICT HAS FILED WITH ITS BOARD

OF DIRECTORS A REPORT THAT DE-

SCRIBES THE CHARGES FOR EACH

AFFECTED PARCEL OF REAL PROP-

ERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT. A PUB-

LIC HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED

FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019, AT 7:00

O’CLOCK P.M., IN THE HOME LOCATED

AT 1820 PASADENA GLEN RD., CALI-

FORNIA 91107, AT WHICH TIME THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL HEAR

AND CONSIDER ANY OBJECTIONS, OR

PROTESTS TO THE REPORT AND CON-

SIDER (i) ADOPTING THE REPORT; (ii)

DIRECTING THE DISTRICT SECRE-

TARY TO FILE SAID REPORT WITH THE

LOS ANGELES COUNTY AUDITOR;

AND (iii) REQUESTING THE COUNTY

AUDITOR TO PLACE THE FISCAL YEAR

2019-2020 DIRECT ASSESSMENTS

ON THE TAX ROLL. THE DIRECT AS-

SESSMENTS PROVIDE FUNDING AND

ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CON-

STRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF

STREET ROADS FOR FIRE ENGINE AC-

CESS AND STORM WATER CULVERTS

TO DIVERT THE FLOW OF WATER AND

MUD AWAY FROM RESIDENCES.

IF APPROVED THE BOARD OF DIREC-

TORS WILL DIRECT THE DISTRICT

SECRETARY TO FILE SAID REPORT

WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY

AUDITOR AND REQUEST THE AUDI-

TOR TO PLACE THE FISCAL YEAR

2019-2020 DIRECT ASSESSMENTS

ON THE TAX ROLL.

Pasadena Weekly, 5/30/19, 6/6/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAuse


No.19bbcP00171



of ROBIN LEROY RITTER, for Change of


1.) Petitioner: Robin Leroy Ritter filed


changing names as follows: a.) Robin

Leroy Ritter to Rob Ritter 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 file 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

filed, the court may grant the petition

without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEAR-

ING: Date: 07/05/2019. Time: 8:30 PAM.

Dept.: B. The address of the court is 300

E. Olive Avenue Burbank, CA 91502. 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 filed: May 15, 2019. Darrell

Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court.


6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19

City of Pasadena Notice INVitiNG

biDS

stReet LIGHT Pole SUPPLY

Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be received

prior to 2:00 p.m., June 26, 2019,

by the City Clerk, 100 N. Garfield Ave.,

Room S-228, Pasadena, CA 91109, and

will be opened at that time and place. The

bids shall be clearly titled.

Plans and Specifications are available

on the City website at: https://

www.planetbids.com/portallportal.

cfm?CompanyiD=14770.

The Pasadena Supplements and Modifications

to the Standard Specifications

for Public Works Construction

(“Greenbook”) is available, if needed,

online at: https://ww5.cityofpasadena.

netlpublic-works/wp- content/uploads/

sites/52/2016/10/Supplements-and-

Modifications-to-the-Green-Book-

2006-Edition.pdf

From time to time, the City finds it

necessary to issue addendum(a) to bid

specifications after those bid specifications

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

notifications 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

specifications for any project will be

available on the City website at: https://

www.planetbids.com/portallportal.

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.

Refer to the Specifications for complete

details and bidding requirements. The

Specification and this Notice shall be

considered a part of any contract made

pursuant thereunder.

Steve Mermell

City Manager

DATED: March 27, 2019

PUBLISH: June 6, 2019

Pasadena Weekly

ORDER TO SHOW CAuse


No.19bbcP00196



of MIGUEL COSIO-GALLEGOS for

Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Miguel Cosio-

Gallegos filed a petition with this court

for a decree changing names as follows:

a.) Miguel Cosio-Gallegos to Miguel A

Cosio 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

file 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 filed, the court may

grant the petition without a hearing. NO-

TICE OF HEARING: Date: 07/19/2019.

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: B. The address

of the court is 300 East Olive Avenue

Burbank, CA 91502. A copy of this Order

to Show Cause shall be published at

least once each week for four successive





filed: June 3, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge

of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena

Weekly 6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19,

6/27/19

ORDER TO SHOW CAuse


No.19GDCP00206



of ELLEN PHILLIPS KEARNEY for

Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Ellen Phillips

Kearney filed a petition with this court

for a decree changing names as follows:

a.) Ellen Phillips Kearney to Ellyn

Peace Kearney 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 file 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 filed, the court may

grant the petition without a hearing. NO-

TICE OF HEARING: Date: 08/13/2019.

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E. The address

of the court is 600 East Broadway Ave.,

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 filed:

May 28, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of

the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena

Weekly 6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19,

6/27/19

Bulk Sales Notices

Notice TO CREDitoRS OF BULK

SALE

(Division 6 of the Commercial Code)

Escrow No.204937-AY

(1) Notice is hereby given to creditors

of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk

sale is about to be made on personal

property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business addresses

of the seller are: EUNSOOK A. KIM AND

JEFFREY J. KIM, 131 W CALIFORNIA

BLVD., PASADENA, CA 91105

(3) The location in California of the chief

executive office of the Seller is:

(4) The names and business address of

the Buyer(s) are: KASAJO ENTERPRIS-

ES, INC., 131 W CALIFORNIA BLVD.,

PASADENA, CA 91105

(5) The location and general description

of the assets to be sold are: GOODWILL,

COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE, FUR-

NITURE, FIXTURES & EQUIPMENT,

LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT, INVEN-

TORY, ETC. of that certain business

located at: 131 W CALIFORNIA BLVD.,

PASADENA, CA 91105

(6) The business name used by the

seller(s) at said location is: OAKS

CLEANERS

(7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale

is JUNE 24, 2019, at the office of PRIMA

ESCROW INC., 3600 WILSHIRE BLVD.,

SUITE 1028 LOS ANGELES, CA 90010

Escrow No. 204937-AY, Escrow Officer:

AERAN YU

(8) Claims may be filed with Same as

ì7î above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is: JUNE

21, 2019

(10) This Bulk Sale is subject to Section

6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial

Code.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business

names and addresses used by the

Seller within three years before such list

was sent or delivered to the Buyer are:

NONE

DATED: MAY 21, 2019

TRANSFEREES: KASAJO ENTER-

PRISES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPO-

RATION

LA2281212 PASADENA WEEKLY

6/6/2019

Notice OF Public SAle

Pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of

Calif. Business & Professions Code

SPACE BANK MINI STORAGE will sell

at public auction 10:00am on Tuesday,

June 18, 2019 at 3202 Foothill Blvd,

Pasadena, CA the following personal

property:

Bran, L (K-242) Bikes, boxes, misc

Frahm, J (31-1011a) Boxes, shelves

Frahm, J (31-1045) Boxes, furniture,

misc

Frahm, J (31-1048) Boxes, furniture,

shelves, piano

Frahm, J (K-272) Boxes, furniture, appliances

Frahm, J (K-259) Boxes, decorations,

appliances

Golden Sands Contr. (G-60) Ladder,

metal frame

Morris, MD (V-20) Luggage, clothes

Mozoomdar, I (L-42) Furniture, misc

household

Stelzer, D (31-1052n) Boxes, furniture,

misc household

All sales are subject to prior cancellation.

Sale terms, rules & regulations available

at time of sale.

Pasadena Weekly 6/6/19, 6/13/19

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 June

18, 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, office furniture & equipment,

sporting goods, etc.; belonging to the

following:

Monica Garfias

Leonardus F Nadepansa

Monica Garfias

Shirley Robles

Auction by StorageTreasures.com

800-213-4183

Pasadena Weekly 6/6/19, 6/13/19

Probate Notices

Notice OF PetitioN TO ADMINisteR

estAte OF:

WilliAM D. SIRkel AKA WilliAM

siRkel AND WilliAM DAVID SIRkel

CASE NO.19STPB02156

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,

contingent creditors, and persons who

may otherwise be interested in the Non-

Domiciliary WILL or estate, or both of

WILLIAM D. SIRKEL AKA WILLIAM

SIRKEL AND WILLIAM DAVID SIRKEL.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been

filed by SHERYL ANN PATTON in the

Superior Court of California, County of

LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests

that SHERYL ANN PATTON be appointed

as personal representative to

administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s

Non-Domiciliary WILL and codicils, if

any, be admitted to probate. The Non-

Domiciliary WILL and any codicils are

available for examination in the file kept

by the court.

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

files 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: 06/21/19

at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 located at 111

N. HILL STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA

90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the

petition, you should appear at the hearing

and state your objections or file

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 file

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 first issuance

of letters to a general personal representative,

as defined 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 au-

06.06.19 PASADENA WEEKLY 25


thority 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

HEATHER L. CAMPOPIANO, ESQ. -

SBN 201068

THE CAMPOPIANO LAW OFFICES, P.C.

725 COLLEGE AVENUE, SUITE 400

SANTA ROSA CA 95404

5/30, 6/6, 6/13/19

CNS-3258229#

PASADENA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF:

MURIEL A. WALTHER

CASE NO.19STPB04846

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent

creditors, and persons who may

otherwise be interested in the WILL or

estate, or both of MURIEL A. WALTHER.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been

filed by DEBORAH WALTHER in the

Superior Court of California, County of

LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests

that DEBORAH WALTHER be appointed

as personal representative to administer

the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to

administer the estate under the Independent

Administration of Estates Act . (This

authority will allow the personal representative

to take many actions without

obtaining court approval. Before taking

certain very important actions, however,

the personal representative will be

required to give notice to interested persons

unless they have waived notice or

consented to the proposed action.) The

independent administration authority

will be granted unless an interested person

files 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: 06/24/19 at

8:30AM in Dept. 2D 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 file

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 file

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 first issuance

of letters to a general personal representative,

as defined 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

TODD R. MOORE, ESQ. - SBN 193303

HAHN & HAHN LLP

301 E. COLORADO BLVD., 9TH FL.

PASADENA CA 91101

5/30, 6/6, 6/13/19

CNS-3258774#

PASADENA WEEKLY

Trustee Sales

Title Order No.05938091 Trustee Sale

No.83587 Loan No.399202047 APN

5707-011-012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU

ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF

TRUST DATED 7/30/2018. UNLESS

YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A

PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-

PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU

SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On

6/12/2019 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA

TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed

Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of

Trust Recorded on 8/2/2018 as Instrument

No. 20180778924 in book N/A,

page N/A of official records in the Office

of the Recorder of Los Angeles County,

California, executed by: HOVSEP HU-

NANYAN, A SINGLE MAN , as Trustor

PS FUNDNG, INC., A DELAWARE COR-

PORATION , as Beneficiary WILL SELL

AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST

BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time

of sale in lawful money of the United

States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn

by 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 association, savings

association, or savings bank specified

in section 5102 of the Financial Code

and authorized to do business in this

state). At: Behind the fountain located in

Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic

Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, NO-

TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE continued all

right, title and interest conveyed to and

now held by it under said Deed of Trust

in the property situated in said County,

California described the land therein:

As more fully described on said Deed of

Trust The property heretofore described

is being sold ìas isî. The street address

and other common designation, if any, of

the real property described above is purported

to be: 745 LINDA VISTA AVENUE

PASADENA, CA 91103. 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, if

any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust,

estimated fees, charges and expenses of

the Trustee and of trusts created by said

Deed of Trust, to-wit $999,399.64 (Estimated).

Accrued interest and additional

advances, if any, will increase this figure

prior to sale. The beneficiary 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 caused

said Notice of Default and Election of Sell

to be recorded in the county where the

real property is located and more than

three months have elapsed since such

recordation. DATE: 5/16/2019 CALI-

FORNIA TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee

8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM

HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-

2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMA-

TION LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.

com CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO

S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFOR-

NIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COL-

LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A

DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED

WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

ìNOTICE 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 office 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 or 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, beneficiary, 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 844-477-

7869, or visit this internet Web site www.

stoxposting.com, using the file number

assigned to this case T.S.# 83587. Information

about postponements that are

very short in duration or that occur close

in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately

be reflected in the telephone

information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement

information is to attend the scheduled

sale.î CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS

Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser Blvd.

Anaheim Hills, CA 92808

#918873, Pasadena Weekly 5/23/19,

5/30/19, 6/6/19

T.S. No.: 2018-01050-CA

A.P.N.:5730-027-018

Property Address: 1205-1207 North

Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91104

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE ß 2923.3(a)

and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMA-

TION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT AT-

TACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF

THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE

COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.

NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE

INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT

ATTACHED

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN

DE LA INFORMACI”N DE ESTE DOCU-

MENTO

TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPOR-

MASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA

NAKALAKIP

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY

OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER

A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/01/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-

TECT 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.

Trustor: Charles James, a married man,

as his sole and separate property

Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive,

LLC

Deed of Trust Recorded 11/07/2006

as Instrument No. 06 2471723 in book

—-, page—- and of Official Records

in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles

County, California, Date of Sale:

06/20/2019 at 09:00 AM

Place of Sale:

Vineyard Ballroom Doubletree Hotel

Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore

Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650

Estimated amount of unpaid balance,

reasonably estimated costs and other

charges: $ 639,639.83


THE TRUSTEE 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 FED-

ERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK

DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,

A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAV-

INGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION

5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND

AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN

THIS STATE:

All right, title, and interest conveyed to

and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter

described property under and

pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as:

More fully described in said Deed of

Trust.

Street Address or other common designation

of real property: 1205-1207 North

Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91104

A.P.N.: 5730-027-018

The undersigned Trustee disclaims

any liability for any incorrectness of the

street address or other common designation,

if any, shown above.

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 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:

$ 639,639.83.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves

the right to bid less than the total debt

owed, it is possible that at the time of the

sale the opening bid may be less than the

total debt.

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 beneficiary of the Deed of Trust

has executed and delivered to the

undersigned a written request to commence

foreclosure, and the undersigned

caused a 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















to investigate the existence, priority, and

size of outstanding liens that may exist

on this property by contacting the county

recorder’s office 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 this property.



may be postponed one or more times by

the mortgagee, beneficiary, 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 (866)-960-8299

or visit this Internet Web site http://www.

altisource.com/MortgageServices/

DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.

aspx using the file number assigned to

this case 2018-01050-CA. Information

about postponements that are very short

in duration or that occur close in time to

the scheduled sale may not immediately

be reflected in the telephone information

or on the Internet Web site. The best way

to verify postponement information is to

attend the scheduled sale.

Date: May 17, 2019

Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for

beneficiary

C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237

Ventura, CA 93003

Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299

http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx

Trustee Sale Assistant

WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY

BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR

ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Pasadena Weekly 5/23/19, 5/30/19,

6/6/19

Title Order No.95521583 Trustee Sale

No.83573 Loan No.9160015754 APN

5830-014-066

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU

ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF

TRUST DATED 9/17/2004. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU,

YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

On 6/19/2019 at 10:30 AM, CALIFOR-

NIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed

Trustee under and pursuant to

Deed of Trust Recorded on 9/24/2004

as Instrument No. 04 2459023 in book

N/A, page N/A of official records in the

Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles

County, California, executed by: NORIK

AGHAJANIAN AND ASPRAM AGHAJA-

NIAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT

TENANTS , as Trustor MORTGAGE

ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS-

TEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR BANK-

ERSWEST FUNDING CORPORATION ,

as Beneficiary WILL SELL AT PUBLIC

AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER

FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in

lawful money of the United States, by

cash, a cashier’s check drawn by 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 association, savings association, or

savings bank specified in section 5102

of the Financial Code and authorized to

do business in this state). At: Behind the

fountain located in Civic Center Plaza

located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona,

CA 91766, NOTICE OF TRUST-

EE’S SALE continued all right, title and

interest conveyed to and now held by it

under said Deed of Trust in the property

situated in said County, California described

the land therein: As more fully

described on said Deed of Trust. The

property heretofore described is being

sold ìas isî. The street address and other

common designation, if any, of the real

property described above is purported

to be: 3506 GIDDINGS RANCH ROAD

ALTADENA AREA, CA 91001. 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, if any, under the terms

of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees,

charges and expenses of the Trustee and

of trusts created by said Deed of Trust,

to-wit $257,699.97 (Estimated). Accrued

interest and additional advances,

if any, will increase this figure prior to

sale. The beneficiary 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 caused said

Notice of Default and Election of Sell to

be recorded in the county where the real

property is located and more than three

months have elapsed since such recordation.

DATE: 5/21/2019 CALIFORNIA

TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee 8190 EAST

KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA

92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR

TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG

ON TO: www.stoxposting.com CALL:

844-477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’,

VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD

SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR

ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

ìNO-

TICE 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 office or a title insurance

company, either of which may





or deed or trust on the property.



may be postponed one or more times

by the mortgagee, beneficiary, 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 844-477-

7869, or visit this internet Web site www.

stoxposting.com, using the file number

assigned to this case T.S.# 83573. Information








sale.î CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS

Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser Blvd.

Anaheim Hills, CA 92808

Stox Posting #91864, Pasadena Weekly

5/30/19, 6/6/19, 6/13/19


Recording requested by: TS

No.CA-19-848720-NJ Order No.:

190627645-CA-VOI

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED

OF TRUST DATED 1/26/2009. 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 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 specified 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,



pay the accrued 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. BEN-

EFICIARY MAY BID LESS THAN THE

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s):

STEPHNE L. MITCHELL, AN UNMAR-

RIED WOMAN Recorded: 2/3/2009 as

Instrument No. 20090143256 of Official

Records in the office of the Recorder of

LOS ANGELES County, California; Date

of Sale: 7/2/2019 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 accrued balance and other

charges: $388,998.76 The purported

property address is: 972 E CALIFORNIA

BLVD #306, PASADENA, CA 91106

Assessor’s Parcel No. : 5327-018-045

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If

you are considering bidding on this

















exist on this property by contacting the







or deed of trust on the property.


sale date shown on this Notice of Sale










and, if applicable, the rescheduled


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 file

number assigned to this foreclosure by

the trustee: CA-19-848720-NJ. Information








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 beneficiary within

10 days of the date of first publication of

this Notice of Sale. 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. 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. 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. As required by law, you

are hereby notified that a negative credit

report reflecting on your credit record

may be submitted to a credit report

agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of

your credit obligations. 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-19-848720-NJ IDSPub #0153206

5/30/2019 6/6/2019 6/13/2019

TSG No.: 8748949 TS No.:

CA1900284683 FHA/VA/PMI No.:

APN: 5746-019-020

Property Address: 300 LOLA AVENUE

PASADENA, CA 91107 NOTICE OF

TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DE-

FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,

DATED 05/13/2009. UNLESS YOU

TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A

PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-

PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE

PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU

SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On

06/20/2019 at 10:00 A.M., First American

Title Insurance Company, as duly

appointed Trustee under and pursuant to

Deed of Trust recorded 05/29/2009, as

Instrument No. 20090799751, in book ,

page , , of Official Records in the office of

the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES

County, State of California. Executed

by: ZHI WEI AND GANG LIU, WIFE AND

HUSBAND AS COMMUNITY PROP-

ERTY, WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP,

WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO

HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CA-

SHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT

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# 5746-019-020 The street address

and other common designation,

if any, of the real property described

above is purported to be: 300 LOLA

AVENUE, PASADENA, CA 91107 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,



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 $ 286,075.84. The beneficiary

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

















exist on this property by contacting the







or deed of trust on the property.













and if applicable, the rescheduled


property, you may call (916)939-0772

or visit this Internet Web http://search.

nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx,

using the file number

assigned to this case CA1900284683

Information about postponements that

are very short in duration or that occur

close in time to the scheduled sale

may not immediately be reflected 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 COLLEC-

TOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A

DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED

MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE

FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMA-

TION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772

NPP0353891 To: PASADENA WEEKLY

05/30/2019, 06/06/2019, 06/13/2019

Fict. Business Names

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE-

MENT FILE NO.2019120106

Type of Filing: Amended. The following

person(s) is (are) doing business

as: PIRAMIDE PRODUCTS, PIRAMIDE

PRODUCTS INC. 14430 Victory Blvd.

Van Nuys, CA 91401. COUNTY: Los

Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or

Organization Number: 4211395. REG-

ISTERED OWNER(S) Piramide Products

Incorporated, 14430 Victory Blvd. Van

Nuys, CA 91401. State of Incorporation

or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS

IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact

business under the fictitious business

name or names listed above on:

8/2011. I declare that all information in

this statement is true and correct. /s/

Wilmer O. Lopez. TITLE: CEO, Corp or

LLC Name: Piramide Products Incorporated.

This statement was filed with

the LA County Clerk on: May 7, 2019.

NOTICE in accordance with subdivision

(a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name

statement generally expires at the end

of five years from the date on which it

was filed in the office 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: 5/16/19, 5/23/19,

5/30/19, 6/6/19




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

F & E CONSTRUCTION CORPORA-

TION. 13000 San Fernando Road St. 3

Sylmar, CA 91342 COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) F & E

Construction Corporation, 13000 San

Fernando Road St. 3 Sylmar, CA 91342.

State of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a

Corporation. The registrant commenced

to transact business under the fictitious

business name or names listed above

on: 1/2016. I declare that all information

in this statement is true and correct. /s/

David Steven Guerra. TITLE: Secretary,

Corp or LLC Name: F & E Construction

Corporation. This statement was filed

with the LA County Clerk on: May 7,

2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision

(a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious

Name statement generally expires at the

end of five years from the date on which it
















Weekly. Dates: 5/16/19, 5/23/19,

5/30/19, 6/6/19



Type of Filing: Original The following


SANDY HILL STUDIO; 616 Westminster

Ave. Venice, CA 90291. COUNTY:

Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S)

Taylor Comden, 616 Westminster Ave.

Venice, CA 90291. 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/: Taylor Comden.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed

with the LA County Clerk on May 6,



Name Statement generally expires at the












the use in this state of a Fictitious Business

Name in violation of the rights of


law (see Section 14411 et seq., business

and professions code). Publish: Pasadena

Weekly. Dates: 5/16/19, 5/23/19,

5/30/19, 6/6/19



Type of Filing: Original. The following

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

KYORISO; 561 E. Green St. Pasadena,

CA 91101. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REG-

ISTERED OWNER(S) Areerat Hansanugrum,

20341 Haynes St. Winnetka, CA

91306. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCT-

ED 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/: Areerat Hansanugrum.


with the LA County Clerk on April 23,




















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L.A. GREEN REAL ESTATE TEAM; 9454

Wilshire Blvd., #100 Beverly Hills, CA

90212. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGIS-

TERED OWNER(S) Miguel Pedraza, 406

W. Avenue 42 Los Angeles, CA 90065.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an

Individual. The registrant commenced to

transact business under the Fictitious

Business Name or names listed above


in this statement is true and correct.

/s/: Miguel Pedraza TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA

County Clerk on May 6 2019. NOTICE

in accordance with subdivision (a) of

Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement

generally expires at the end of five

years from the date on which it was filed

in the office 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


Business Name statement must be filed

before the expiration. The filing of this

statement does not of itself authorize






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VELVET PAISLEY; 129 Maple St., #A

Burbank, CA 91505. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Maria

Suzette Alexander, 129 Maple St., #A

Burbank, CA 91505. THIS BUSINESS IS






true and correct. /s/: Maria Suzette Alexander

TITLE: Owner. This statement was

filed with the LA County Clerk on May 6




















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AKUMA KUN TOYS, AKIRA IMPORT

AND EXPORT, PRADHAN CONSULT-

ING. 4030 Spencer St., Suite 101 Torrance,

CA 90503, 1306 Firmona Ave.

Redondo Beach, CA 90278. COUNTY:


Akemi Pradhan and Anuj Pradhan,

1306 Firmona Ave. Redondo Beach, CA

90278. State of Incorporation or LLC:

California. THIS BUSINESS IS CON-

DUCTED BY a Married Couple. The registrant


under the fictitious business name or

names listed above on: 5/2019. I declare


true and correct. /s/ Akemi Pradhan.






















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STRIPEDBEATLE PRODUCTIONS LLC.

411 Micheltorena St. Los Angeles, CA

90025. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REG-

ISTERED OWNER(S) Stripedbeatle

Productions LLC, 411 Micheltorena

St. Los Angeles, CA 90025. State of

Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited

Liability Company. The registrant


the fictitious business name or names


information in this statement is true and

correct. /s/ Adrian Vega Albela Osorio.

TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC

Name: Stripedbeatle Productions LLC.


County Clerk on: May 9, 2019. NOTICE


Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement


















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as: MILLE GRUS HAIR STUDIO; 8000

W. Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA

90046, 11216 Hortense St., #3 North

Hollywood, CA 91602. COUNTY: Los

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S)

Chizuru Watanabe, 11216 Hortense St.,

#3 North Hollywood, CA 91602. THIS

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to





/s/: Chizuru Watanabe. TITLE: Owner.


County Clerk on May 13, 2019. NOTICE




















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LFG CONSULTIING, LFG DEVELOP-

MENT. 131 E. Holly St., #315 Pasadena,

CA 91103. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles

of Incorporation or Organization

Number: 201811310482. REGISTERED

OWNER(S) Konvoy Rentals LLC, 131

E. Holly St., #315 Pasadena, CA 91103.


THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED

BY a Limited Liability Company. The

registrant commenced to transact business

under the fictitious business name

or names listed above on: 04/2019. I

declare that all information in this statement

is true and correct. /s/ Christopher

Garner. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp

or LLC Name: Konvoy Rentals LLC. This

statement was filed with the LA County

Clerk on: May 10, 2019. NOTICE in accordance

with subdivision (a) of Section

17920, a Fictitious Name statement

generally expires at the end of five years

from the date on which it was filed in

the office of the county clerk, except, as

provided in subdivision (b) of Section














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EVERNEST REAL ESTATE ADVISORS,

EVERNEST. 20 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite

203 Pasadena, CA 91105. COUNTY:

Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation

or Organization Number: C3312170.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) CA Dream

Home Group Inc., 20 E. Colorado Blvd.,

Suite 203 Pasadena, CA 91105. State of


BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation.


transact business under the fictitious


on: N/A. I declare that all information


/s/ Carlos Edmundo Escarcega. TITLE:

CFO, Corp or LLC Name: CA Dream

Home Group Inc. This statement was

filed with the LA County Clerk on: April

18, 2019. NOTICE in accordance with

subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a

Fictitious Name statement generally

expires at the end of five years from the

date on which it was filed in the office 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:

5/16/19, 5/23/19, 5/30/19, 6/6/19





SUNLAND PRINTING AND COPY CEN-

TER; 7566 Foothill Blvd. Tujunga, CA


ISTERED OWNER(S) Robert Lee Ward,

9999 Maude Ave. Sunland, CA 91040.







/s/: Robert Lee Ward. TITLE: Owner.


County Clerk on May 15, 2019. NOTICE




















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as: MAACO. 21801 S. Western Ave.

Torrance, CA 90501, 10620 Southern

Highlands Parkway #110 Las Vegas,

NV 89141. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) J&A Companies

Inc. which will do business in

California as MAACO Collision Repair

and Auto Painting, 3660 Belvedere

Park Lane Las Vegas, NV 89141. State

of Incorporation or LLC: Nevada. THIS






in this statement is true and correct. /s/

Joseph A. Taormina. TITLE: President,

Corp or LLC Name: J&A Companies

Inc. which will do business in California

as MAACO Collision Repair and Auto

Painting. This statement was filed with





















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MAMA SHAWERMA. 2040 Colorado

Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041. COUNTY:


Mama Shawerma LLC, 2040 Colorado

Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041. State of








correct. /s/ Mohammad Bani Hamdan.

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name:

Mama Shawerma LLC. This statement

was filed with the LA County Clerk on:

May 10, 2019. NOTICE in accordance

with subdivision (a) of Section 17920,

a Fictitious Name statement generally













of a fictitious business name in violation



14411 et seq., Business and Professions


5/23/19, 5/30/19, 6/6/19, 6/13/19





L.S. NOTARY; 1621 Lyndon St., Apt. C

South Pasadena, CA 91030. COUNTY:


Luge Sylina Jia, 1621 Lyndon St., Apt. C

South Pasadena, CA 91030. THIS BUSI-

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.


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/: Luge

Sylina Jia. TITLE: Owner. This statement




a Fictitious Name Statement generally













of a Fictitious Business Name in violation



14411 et seq., business and professions


5/23/19, 5/30/19, 6/6/19, 6/13/19





KESHISHIAN ENGINEERING; 2654 Risa

Dr. Glendale, CA 91208. COUNTY: Los

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Anthony

Keshishian, 2654 Risa Dr. Glendale,

CA 91208. THIS BUSINESS IS






true and correct. /s/: Anthony Keshishian.

TITLE: Owner. This statement






















5/23/19, 5/30/19, 6/6/19, 6/13/19





ESCOBAR SECURITY; 15533 Sandra

Lane Sylmar, CA 91342, PO Box 7101

Van Nuys, CA 91409. COUNTY: Los

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S)

Matthew Jeremiah Escobar-Wilson,

15533 Sandra Lane Sylmar, CA 91342.





on: 4/2019 I declare that all information


/s/: Matthew Jeremiah Escobar-Wilson






















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JUST WING IT VACATIONS, JUST

WING IT, JWI VACATIONS; 2703

Strathmore Ave. Rosemead, CA 91770.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED

OWNER(S) William Vuong Lee, 2703

Strathmore Ave. Rosemead, CA 91770.







/s/: William Vuong Lee. TITLE: Owner.






















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FIRST CAMPAIGN; 1633 Brigden Rd.

Pasadena, CA 91104-3128. COUNTY:


Rebecca Katz, 1633 Brigden Rd. Pasadena,

CA 91104-3128. THIS BUSINESS

IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.



Name or names listed above on: 4/2019.

I declare that all information in this statement

is true and correct. /s/: Rebecca

Katz. TITLE: Owner. This statement




















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GARFIELD AND HELLMAN FUEL;

631 N. Garfield Ave. Monterey Park,

CA 91754, 394 Ave. 64 Pasadena, CA


ISTERED OWNER(S) Fouad N. Dagher,

394 Ave. 64 Pasadena, CA 91105. THIS

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an

Individual. The registrant commenced

to transact business under the Fictitious

Business Name or names listed

above on: 01/2014. I declare that all


correct. /s/: Fouad N. Dagher. TITLE:

Owner. This statement was filed with

the LA County Clerk on: April 25, 2019.



Statement generally expires at the end

















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GRAND CAPTIAL MGMT. 440 E. Route

66 Glendora, CA 91740. COUNTY: Los

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) CG

Financial, Inc., 272 East Puente Street

Covina, CA 91723. State of Incorporation


IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The



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


true and correct. /s/ Carl Grande. TITLE:

President, Corp or LLC Name: CG Financial,

Inc. This statement was filed





















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GOTOMARKET CONSULTING; 2552

Foothill Blvd., #101 La Verne, CA 91750.


OWNER(S) Jeffrey P. Wolf, 2552 Foothill

Blvd., #101 La Verne, CA 91750.


BY an Individual. The registrant commenced

to transact business under the

Fictitious Business Name or names

listed above on: 5/2019 I declare that

all information in this statement is true

and correct. /s/: Jeffrey P. Wolf TITLE:






















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ROOSTERDREAMS; 831 Orange Grove

Place South Pasadena, CA 91030.


OWNER(S) Roya Yasharpour, 831 Orange

Grove Place South Pasadena, CA





listed above on: 5/2019 I declare that all


correct. /s/: Roya Yasharpour TITLE:






















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

CRETIVE ANGEL; 3361 Albedo Street

Hacienda Heights, CA 91745. COUNTY:


Lauren Michelle Figueroa, 3361 Albedo

Street Hacienda Heights, CA 91745.







/s/: Lauren Michelle Figueroa, TITLE:






















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MODERN JANE, MODERN JANE CBD.

25 Eagles Nest Drive South El Monte,

CA 91733. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Herb and

Me LLC. 25 Eagles Nest Drive South El

Monte, CA 91733. State of Incorporation


IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability

Company. The registrant commenced





/s/ Yumi Han-Colbert. TITLE: CEO,

Corp or LLC Name: Herb and Me LLC.









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: 5/23/19,

5/30/19, 6/6/19, 6/13/19





DOUGLAS REALTY, JVC FINANCIAL &

INVESTMENT; 8653 Garvey Ave., Suite

101 Rosemead, CA 91770. COUNTY:


Douglas D. Nguyen, 8653 Garvey Ave.,

Suite 101 Rosemead, CA 91770. THIS







/s/: Douglas D. Nguyen, TITLE: Owner.






















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as: THE BARILARI LAW OFFICE; 155

N. Lake Ave., Ste. 800 Pasadena, CA


ISTERED OWNER(S) Anthony Barilari,

155 N. Lake Ave., Ste. 800 Pasadena,

CA 91101. THIS BUSINESS IS CON-

DUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant





true and correct. /s/: Anthony Barilari,






















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JOHN’S INCREDIBLE PIZZA COMPANY

CARSON. 506 Carson Town Center Carson,

CA 90745, 22342 Avenida Empresa

Suite 220 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA


TERED OWNER(S) JIPC 14, LLC, 22342

Avenida Empresa Suite 220 Rancho

Santa Margarita, CA 92688. State of








correct. /s/ John M. Parlet. TITLE: Managing

Member, Corp or LLC Name: JIPC

14, LLC. This statement was filed with





















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OVERHAUL ARCHITECTURE. 1026 Old

Mill Road Pasadena, CA 91108, 530 S.

Lake Avenue #380 Pasadena, CA 91101.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation

or Organization Number:

2919116. REGISTERED OWNER(S)

Mary Chou Design and Architecture,

A Professional Corporation, 1026 Old

Mill Road Pasadena, CA 91108. State

of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a

Corporation. The registrant commenced





/s/ Mary Chou. TITLE: CEO, Corp

or LLC Name: Mary Chou Design and

Architecture, A Professional Corporation.






















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A.I.M. FOR WELLNESS, DBA COLBERT

ACUPUNCTURE. 8725 La Tijera Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY:

Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation

or Organization Number: 4098442.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) A.I.M. For

Wellness, 8725 La Tijera Blvd. Los Angeles,

CA 90045. State of Incorporation

or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS

CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The



or names listed above on: 01/2018. I declare

that all information in this statement

is true and correct. /s/ Ramona Colbert.

TITLE: Owner, Corp or LLC Name: A.I.M.

For Wellness. This statement was filed





















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

CONVERSATION; 3423 Perlita Ave. Los

Angeles, CA 90039-1931. COUNTY:


Eneida M. Martinez, 3423 Perlita Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90039-1931. THIS





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

this statement is true and correct. /s/:

Eneida M. Martinez. TITLE: Owner. This




17920, a Fictitious Name Statement


















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KJAIN CONSULTING; 13488 Maxella

Ave., #405 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292.


OWNER(S) Kabir Jain, 13488 Maxella

Ave., #405 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292.








Kabir Jain. TITLE: Owner. This statement

was filed with the LA County Clerk

on: May 2, 2019. NOTICE in accordance




















5/30/19, 6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19





as: KLIEK BOUTIQUE; 2 E. Holly St.

Pasadena, CA 91103, 1661 Forest

Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103. COUNTY:


Krystal Yvette Calloway, 1661 Forest

Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103. THIS







/s/: Krystal Yvette Calloway. TITLE:







was filed in the office of the county

clerk, except, as provided in subdivision

(b) of Section 17920, where it

expires 40 days after any change in the


to Section 17913 other than a change in

the residence address of a registered



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


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VVS1. 2369 Chandelle Place Diamond

Bar, CA 91765. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) VVS1,

LLC, 2369 Chandelle Place Diamond

Bar, CA 91765. State of Incorporation


IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability

Company. The registrant commenced





/s/ Virginia V. Garcia. TITLE: President,

Corp or LLC Name: VVS1, LLC. This



















rights of another under federal, state,

or common law (see Section 14411 et

seq., Business and Professions code).

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates:

5/30/19, 6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19





IN BLOOM WELLNESS INTEGRA-

TIVE NUTRITION COUNSELING. 1546

Golden Gate Avenue Unit 106 Los

Angeles, CA 90026. COUNTY: Los

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) In

Bloom Wellness Integrative Nutrition

Counseling LLC, 1546 Golden Gate Avenue

Unit 106 Los Angeles, CA 90026.



BY a Limited Liability Company. The



or names listed above on: 04/2019. I


is true and correct. /s/ Jennifer L.

Huber. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp

or LLC Name: In Bloom Wellness Integrative

Nutrition Counseling LLC. This























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AUTASTIC KUTZ; 14700 Western Ave.,

Suite 104 Gardena, CA 90247, 1619

W. 145 St. #A Gardena, CA 90247.


OWNER(S) Dalisa Michelle Lee, 14700

Western Ave., Suite 104 Gardena,

CA 90247. THIS BUSINESS IS CON-

DUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant





true and correct. /s/: Dalisa Michelle

Lee. TITLE: Owner. This statement









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







law (see Section 14411 et seq.,

business and professions code). Publish:


6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19





as: JOY VISION BRANDS. 530 S.

Lake Ave., #258 Pasadena, CA 91101.


OWNER(S) SR Forty Three, 530 S. Lake

Ave., #258 Pasadena, CA 91101. State

of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY

a Corporation. The registrant commenced

to transact business under


listed above on: 04/2019. I declare


is true and correct. /s/ Sarah Rothenberg.

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC

Name: SR Forty Three. This statement























6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19





MAJESTIC AUTO GROUP, MAJESTIC

AUTO REGISTRATION SERVICES.

1143 S. San Gabriel Blvd. San Gabriel,


REGISTERED OWNER(S) HL Auto

Group Inc., 1143 S. San Gabriel Blvd.

San Gabriel, CA 91776. State of Incorporation

or LLC: California. THIS







/s/ Erica To. TITLE: Secretary, Corp or

LLC Name: HL Auto Group Inc. This























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SGV AUTO GROUP. 1143 S. San Gabriel

Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91776. COUNTY:


HL Auto Group Inc., 1143 S. San Gabriel

Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91776. State of








/s/ Erica To. TITLE: Secretary, Corp or

LLC Name: HL Auto Group Inc. This























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CALL ME COZY CASHMERE; 4024

Ethel Ave. Studio City, CA 91604.


OWNER(S) Penny Ellers-Britton, 4024

Ethel Ave. Studio City, CA 91604, Linda

Feitelson-Manet, Impasse Bateau

Ivre, PTE Aux Cannonniers, 30515.


a General Partnership. The registrant



listed above on: 05/2019. I declare


is true and correct. /s/: Penny Ellers-

Britton. TITLE: Partner. This statement























6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19





JOYSTYLE; 1771 N. Sycamore Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90028. COUNTY:


Laetitia Hugues, 1771 N. Sycamore

Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90028. THIS







/s/: Laetitia Hugues. TITLE: Owner. This

















authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious

Business Name in violation of the



seq., business and professions code).


6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19





PEACH AAA HEALTH SPA, ASIAN

HEALTH CENTER; 5105 W. Sunset

Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027, 526 S.

Orange Ave., Apt. D Monterey Park, CA


TERED OWNER(S) Yuyun Lan, 526 S.

Orange Ave., Apt. D Monterey Park, CA





listed above on: 05/2019. I declare that


and correct. /s/: Luyun Lan. TITLE:























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BEARDED EFFLEURAGE. 1012 East

Ave., J #134 Lancaster, CA 93535.


OWNER(S) Destiny Nashell Blount,

1012 East Ave., J #134 Lancaster, CA

93535, Alexi Carolann Gray, 1012 East

Ave., J #134 Lancaster, CA 93535.


Copartners. The registrant commenced

to transact business under the Fictitious




/s/: Destiny Nashell Blount. TITLE:

Partner. This statement was filed with






















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as: SENTRY INVESTIGATIONS; 210

E. Walnut Ave., Unit D Monrovia, CA


ISTERED OWNER(S) Stephen Daniel

Aragon, 210 E. Walnut Ave., Unit D

Monrovia, CA 91015. THIS BUSINESS




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


is true and correct. /s/: Stephen

Daniel Aragon. TITLE: Owner. This























6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19





SCS ENGINEERING; 3270 Dora Verdugo

Glendale, CA 91208. COUNTY:


Patrick Meserkhani, 3270 Dora

Verdugo Glendale, CA 91208. THIS






in this statement is true and correct. /s/:

Patrick Meserkhani. TITLE: Owner. This


Clerk on: June 3, 2019. NOTICE in accordance





















6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19





MM BOOKKEEPING; 3270 Dora Verdugo

Glendale, CA 91208. COUNTY:


Melody Meserkhani, 3270 Dora

Verdugo Glendale, CA 91208. THIS







Melody Meserkhani. TITLE: Owner.


County Clerk on: June 3, 2019. NOTICE




years from the date on which it was

filed in the office 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











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RAI LIGHTING; 1403 N. Dominion Ave.

Altadena, CA 91104. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hector

J. Corona, 1403 N. Dominion Ave.

Altadena, CA 91104. THIS BUSINESS




Name or names listed above on:

05/2019. I declare that all information

in this statement is true and correct. /s/:

Hector J. Corona. TITLE: Owner. This























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as: MEME’S SWEET TREATS; 8939

Gallatin Rd., #2 Pico Rivera, CA 90660,

2445 Walnut Grove Ave. Rosemead, CA


ISTERED OWNER(S) Eileen Villegas,

8939 Gallatin Rd., #2 Pico Rivera, CA





listed above on: 05/2019. I declare that


and correct. /s/: Eileen Villegas. TITLE:























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CELEBRATIONZ; 20714 Seine Ave.,

Unit 2 Lakewood, CA 90715. COUNTY:


Dionna Martiene Merritt, 20714 Seine

Ave., Unit 2 Lakewood, CA 90715. THIS







/s/: Dionna Martiene Merritt. TITLE:























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BALLOON GENIE; 30 N. 3rd Street

Apt. D Alhambra, CA 91801. COUNTY:


Sara Yolanda Morales Rodriguez, 30 N.

3rd Street Apt. D Alhambra, CA 91801.


an Individual. The registrant commenced

to transact business under



information in this statement is true

and correct. /s/: Yolanda Morales Rodriguez.

TITLE: Owner. This statement























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SOUTHERNCALI SOLAR, THE SOLAR

SOURCE, MARTY SOLAR PARTY AND

ENERGY SAVER INC, MARTY SOLAR

PARTY AND ENERGY SAVER INC.,

SOLAR BULLDOGS, SOLAR PLANET

ELECTRIC, SOLAR WATCHDOGS,

SOUTHERN CALI SOLAR, SPE, 916-

C W. Burbank Blvd., #190 Burbank,


Articles of Incorporation or Organization

Number: C4014013. REGISTERED

OWNER(S) Marty Solar Party and Energy

Saver Inc., 916-C W. Burbank Blvd.,

#190 Burbank, CA 91506. State of








/s/ Martin T D Lam. TITLE: President,

Corp or LLC Name: Marty Solar Party

and Energy Saver Inc. This statement


June 4, 2019. NOTICE in accordance





















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8South Pasadena Library Author Night features baseball authors Jason Turbow, who wrote “They Bled

Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever

Seen,” chronicling the 1981 season, and Ron Rapoport, author of “Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub,

The Life of Ernie Banks.” It starts at 7 p.m. at the South Pasadena Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro St.,

South Pasadena. Free. Call (626) 403-7350 or visit southpasadenaca.gov.

THURSDAY 06.06.19

FRIDAY 06.07.19

The Contemporary Crafts Market features one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted items by talented

artisans, with functional, decorative and wearable art items including jewelry, ceramics, blown

glass, furnishings and textiles. It runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10

a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena.

Admission is $8 at the door. Visit craftsource.net.

CHOICE EVENTS

FOR THE WEEK OF

06.06–06.13

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER

SATURDAY 06.08.19

SUNDAY 06.09.19

The Pasadena Playhouse Block Party comes to the corner of El Molino Avenue and

Colorado Boulevard from noon to 10 p.m. The free event features live music, performances

by more than 20 community performance groups, backstage tours of the Playhouse,

more than 25 interactive exhibits, games, activities and a kids’ zone. Call (626) 356-7529 or

visit playhouseblockparty.org.

MONDAY 06.10.19

The Boston Court Pasadena Emerging Artist Series presents pianist, performance artist

and poet Todd Moellenberg at 2 p.m. at 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $10, free for

students. Call (626) 683-6801 or visit bostoncourtpasadena.org.

Colombo’s Restaurant, 1833 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock presents jazz by the Eric Ekstrand

Trio at 7 p.m. No cover. Call (323) 254-9138 or visit colombosrestaurant.com.

TUESDAY 06.11.19

J.C. Hyke’s Songwriter Serenade features Dave Clausen, James Houlahan,

December Fades and Coolhouse at 7 p.m. at Matt Denny’s Ale House Restaurant,

145 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. No cover. Visit jchyke.com.

WEDNESDAY 06.12.19

THURSDAY 06.13.19

Wine Wednesdays at One Colorado, 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena, feature wine flights by Sage

Vegan Bistro & Brewery through June 26. Guests can enjoy live music in the courtyard starting

at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s event features a secret Sangria recipe, for $6 a glass. Live music is by

Adryon de Leon. Music is free. Check in at the courtyard bar by 6:15 p.m. for tickets. Call (626)

564-1066 or visit onecolorado.com.

The Music on the Green series features funk by Reverend Doctor (reverenddoctor.com)

from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Alhambra, 1000 S. Fremont Ave., Alhambra. Free. Call

(626) 300-5000 or visit thealhambra.net.



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