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

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

‘Bailing Water’ 

Cash-flush lawmakers contemplate more ways to 

buy our way out of homelessness. 

— André Coleman 

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

Reborn in Music 

A guitar made from a drought-destroyed dawn redwood is the focus of a concert with guitarist 

Laurence Juber at the Arboretum. 

— Bliss Bowen 

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

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

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

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

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

Arts ........................................................................ 16 

Into the Night .............................................18 

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Film ..........................................................23 

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RIGHT OF WAY 

This is terrific. Bicyclists have 

the right of way. Move over Rover, 

I’m coming through. Bike lanes 

are great. They give bicyclists a 

special lane to ride their bikes in. 

They can feel safe and have no 

fear of getting hit by cars. They all 

ride at safe speeds and observe 

all the rules of the road. 

Or do they? 

I have trouble with bicyclists 

who won’t stop at stop signs, 

much less red lights. They just 

take a look and see if the road is 

clear of cars approaching them. 

Cars, trucks and motorcyclists all 

stop at red lights and stop signs. 

Why not bicyclists? 

Oh, they’re different. 

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DIFFERENCE 

After 25 years, Café Santorini 

LEMONS 

Activist hits the streets to find 

remains a local dining staple 

Filmmaker turns a tough 

those most affected by gangs 

childhood into art with ‘Fish Head’ 

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It seems they should all be wearing helmets. I have accident 

and liability insurance. I have a driver’s license, I have registered 

my vehicle. Do bicycles have insurance? Do they have a bicyclist 

driver’s license? Have they registered their vehicle? Are their brake 

lights and headlights working? If not, why not? They’re on the road. 

It seems DMV should start doing their job. Oh, they haven’t got the 

time. Oh, they only deal with motorized vehicles. Then the local cities 

should be making sure these riders are qualified to ride the road. 

Think of all the revenue they could raise. Think of all the citations 

the local police department could issue. This could mean double the 

revenue. It’s well worth the thought. 

Bicyclists should definitely be careful on the road. You may be 

right, but you don’t want to be dead right. 

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JUST SAY IT, MAN 

To the editors of Pasadena 

Weekly, what in the world is this 

review (Film, May 23)? You can 

publish this rant about how comedies 

made by men are better? 

Let’s try a review that uses fi lm 

theory that doesn’t rely on name 

dropping other comedies. I can’t 

stress enough that this comes 

off like a personal opinion and 

it’s a shame that Pasadena 

Weekly supports the homophobic 

and sexist. He thinks he’s 

sly by using phrases like 

“rest assured,” but just say it, 

man. Just say what you want to 

about the lesbian scenes in the fi 

lm and let the paper publish it 

because clearly they will publish 

anything. 

His negative use of the phrases 

“millennial” and “PC culture” 

show a problem with how out of 

touch this review is. If you didn’t 

like the fi lm, totally fi ne. To act 

like females being “raunchy” is a 

problem is unacceptable. Seems 

like you don’t like women in the 

driver’s seat as directors and 

writers either. Wow. I’m hoping 

this doesn’t weigh into major 

aggregates because it’s undoubtedly 

personally biased with no 

critique of the fi lmmaking. 

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A HUMAN UNIVERSAL 

The guest feature on the 

30th anniversary of the Tiananmen 

Square protests was timely 

and needed. Catherine Bauknight 

should be commended 

for her bravery in continuing 

to frame and snap photographs 

as soldiers opened fire on the 

students. It’s unfortunate, 

however, that she writes about 

repression in China only using 

the past tense, of events that 

happened “before discovering 

the rewards of capitalism.” 

Instead, the situation today 

is still repressive and, like in 

so many countries, trending for 

the worse. At the same time, 

private wealth has been on a 

consistent rise. That implies human 

freedom is not as much a 

question of property ownership, 

but basic ownership of one’s 

own life and labor. 

The constant demand for 

that base line continues into 

the present with hundreds of 

strikes over the past year in the 

United States and more than a 

thousand strikes in China. The 

work stoppages span manufacturing, 

education, health, 

and transportation and overflow 

the bulwarks of official 

union bureaucracy. They are 

not removed in spirit from the 

women’s marches and smaller 

groups of women who demonstrate 

in China, risking arrest, 

or from racial minorities in 

either country struggling for 

visibility and dignity. 

The ever resurgent call for 

democracy and self-determination 

within the society, the 

workplace, and the family is a 

human universal, not discovered 

from outside. That 

universal is the bane of existence 

for any elite group that 

consolidates power and wealth 

unto themselves, whether their 

slogans extol collectivism or 

privatism. Reflecting back on 

the Tiananmen student strike 

should also propel us into the 

future. 

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•GUEST OPINION• 

BY CLAIRE W. BOGAARD AND JANICE SOOHOO 

A PLEA FOR HELP 

ACTIVISTS CALL ON CALTRANS TO TAKE BETTER 

CARE OF ITS TENANTS AND PROPERTIES 

Dear Caltrans Director Laurie Berman: 

On behalf of the NO 710 Action Committee, we are writing to ask for your 

immediate help. We write as representatives of the tenants of Caltrans-owned 

houses and the neighbors, who live in or near the corridor of the now-canceled 

State Route 710 Freeway — in Pasadena, South Pasadena and El Sereno (Los 

Angeles). 

A Little Background 

As we believe you know, Caltrans purchased the majority of the 710 properties 

in Pasadena, South Pasadena and El Sereno during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. 

Most of the properties purchased were single-family residences in thriving 

and healthy neighborhoods. Houses purchased ranged from small bungalows 

and Victorian cottages to mansion-sized homes. There are several apartment 

complexes, and a number of properties are now used by nonprofit charitable 

organizations. Scattered about are a few vacant lots. 

Large numbers of the houses are listed on the National Register of Historic 

Places or have been determined eligible for the National Register and/or the 

California Register. Today, most of these Caltrans-owned houses are adjacent 

to established and highly desirable neighborhoods in Pasadena, South Pasadena 

and El Sereno. 

Even Caltrans does not know exactly how many houses and properties its 

owns. We generally refer to 500 Caltrans properties and believe that there are at 

least 460 houses along the corridor of the now-canceled 710 Freeway extension. 

Caltrans has indicated that all of these houses and properties will be sold, but 

progress on this plan is almost non-existent. 

The Current Situation 

In recent years, Caltrans has reduced its care and maintenance of all of these 

properties. Gradually, more and more houses became vacant and subject to 

vandalism and fell into serious disrepair. In Pasadena alone, we know that 25 

percent of the Caltrans-owned houses are vacant. There are a number of longterm 

residents and their families who have lived in their houses for decades. 

Many have taken on the responsibilities and expenses of upkeep and repairs 

themselves. These Caltrans renters hope to be able to purchase their houses 

— either in the affordable price range (if they qualify) or at market rate. These 

tenants look upon these houses as their “homes” and feel and are part of the 

nearby neighborhoods. 

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ONE WIN, ONE LOSS 

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DIFFERENT OUTCOMES 

MONEY MAN 

PORTANTINO RECEIVES NEARLY 

$50 MILLION FOR PCC AND ARROYO 

SECO PROJECTS 

TENSIONS RISE 

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‘BAILING WATER’ 

CASH-FLUSH LAWMAKERS CONTEMPLATE MORE WAYS TO BUY OUR WAY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS 

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN 

While Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature debated 

how best to disburse $1 billion in funds to aid people living 

on the streets of California, an audit revealed staggering 

increases in the number of destitute people experiencing homelessness. 

This new allocation comes on the heels of Measure H, which 

passed in 2017 and increases the Los Angeles County sales tax 

by a quarter of a cent for 10 years. In that time, the measure is 

expected to raise $3.5 billion. 

In 2016, voters in the city of Los Angeles passed Proposition 

HHH, a $1.2 billion bond measure in order to build $10,000 units 

of affordable housing. 

Meanwhile, officials in Pasadena said the city’s own 

decreasing homeless count is not an anomaly. 

According to the local count, there are 542 people 

experiencing homelessness in Pasadena, down from 677 in 2018. 

The 2019 homeless census is the second lowest in Pasadena 

since the count began in 1992. The lowest numbers were recorded 

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in 2016, when 530 homeless people were counted. 

That’s a far cry from Los Angeles where the survey revealed a 

soaring homeless population over last year of more than 36,000 

people, and more than 59,000 people living on the streets around 

Los Angeles County, according to the LA Times. 

“The fact that the recent homeless count indicated that 

Pasadena’s number of homeless actually went down, while 

increasing in other cities, is testament to the efforts of the 

city and local nonprofits,” said City Manager Steve Mermell. 

“Sadly, however, it gives me little comfort, as the problem is so 

pronounced, particularly in Los Angeles County. There is no 

easy solution, as homelessness is the downstream result of many 

other issues. Collectively, we must be willing to implement real 

solutions that get people off the street rather than move them 

around from place to place.” 

But according to the aide of one Los Angeles City Council 

member, many cities are not part of the collective effort and 

instead are using police in suburban areas to remove the 

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SCHIFF TRIES BUT FAILS TO GET 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO 

STOP USING ROUNDUP AROUND 

THE LA RIVER 

US Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) unsuccessfully 

proposed an appropriations amendment 

that would prohibit the US Army Corps of 

Engineers from spending federal dollars to use 

a controversial herbicide in and around the Los 

Angeles River. 

“Many of my constituents who live near the 

Los Angeles River are rightly concerned by the 

Army Corps of Engineer’s use of glyphosate to 

remove vegetation,” said Schiff of the popular 

herbicide Roundup’s active chemical component, 

which the World Health Organization (WHO) has 

determined is a probable cause of cancer. 

“I believe the Army Corps should find alternative 

ways of managing vegetation in the river 

that do not raise health concerns, and I remain 

committed to finding legislative avenues to 

compel them to do so,” Schiff said in a statement 

issued June 14. 

Locally, Roundup has been banned in Pasadena 

since last year. After the Pasadena Weekly 

reported the controversial herbicide was being 

sprayed on county property in Northeast Pasadena, 

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn 

Barger, who represents Altadena, introduced a 

motion to ban use of the herbicide for 30 days 

while county officials studied it and searched for 

an organic replacement. 

Schiff’s proposal would have amended legislation 

currently being considered in the House 

of Representatives to provide funding for the 

Army Corps for fiscal year 2020. The amendment 

was not included by the House Rules Committee 

among the list of amendments that would receive 

a full vote in the House. 

Schiff wrote to Army Corps Chief of Staff 

Col. Kirk E. Gibbs in October 2017 and January 

2018, urging him to find alternatives to using 

glyphosate. 

After the corps indicated it would not stop 

using glyphosate in response to community 

concerns, Schiff also proposed two more proposals 

to prohibit the use of glyphosate in the 

LA River. 

In March 2015, WHO’s International Agency 

for Research on Cancer (IARC) said glyphosate is 

“probably carcinogenic to humans.” The US EPA, 

however, says it is not a carcinogen. 

Roundup was produced by the Monsanto 

Co., which was acquired by Germany-based 

Bayer AG in 2018. Since then, despite the EPA’s 

findings, plaintiffs in three separate lawsuits have 

been awarded nearly $2.5 billion in damages. 

There are currently more than 10,000 other 

lawsuits facing Bayer AG. 

According to the Department of Agriculture, 

in 2014 about 240 million pounds of glyphosate 

had been sprayed in the US. 

— André Coleman 

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BRIEFS 

ONE WIN, ONE LOSS 

TWO LOCAL CASES END IN STARKLY 

DIFFERENT OUTCOMES 

BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN 

Two local lawsuits came to an end this past week. 

First, a City Hall employee was awarded nearly 

$900,000 after he faced retaliation by city officials. Farshid Roumi 

And second, a Los Angeles jury ruled against a 

former Caltech scientist who claimed he was fired in 2016 for exposing misappropriation 

of funds from the Department of Energy. 

Farshid Roumi, 39, an expert in battery research, agreed to transfer federal 

funding for battery research to the school from Parthian Energy LLC, a company 

he co-founded in 2012. 

Two researchers were bought in by the college to help Roumi, but things 

took a bad turn after he learned of the researchers allegedly doing work 

unrelated to the project while being paid from the federal dollars he agreed to 

transfer to the school. 

After objecting, Roumi’s project was shut down and he was fired. 

“They loved him,” plaintiff’s attorney Mark Quigley said of Roumi’s Caltech 

supervisors, when addressing the jury during opening statements, according to 

City News Service. 

In the first case, a jury late last week awarded former Department of Water 

and Power employee Richard Thompson $824,000 after city officials retaliated 

against him for writing a favorable performance evaluation recommending the 

promotion of a female employee who was suing the city for gender discrimination. 

Thompson also claimed the day before he was to testify on behalf of Aurora 

Isabel, he was summoned to meet with his supervisor and two city attorneys, 

who instructed him to say that he did not write Isabel’s performance evaluation 

recommending her for promotion, and that she did. 

After Thompson testified on behalf of Isabel, which resulted in her receiving 

$250,000, the city demoted him from his job as a utility services planning 

supervisor, and took away his office and city vehicle. Thompson was forced to 

take a stress-related leave of absence and later resigned. 

“The city of Pasadena has a duty to follow the law and protect its employees 

from retaliation and harassment, not engage in it,” said attorney Patrick 

McNicholas. “Richard Thompson was an employee of the city for 25 years, 

and because he didn’t agree to lie under oath to protect the city in a separate 

lawsuit, he was humiliated, harassed and ostracized to the point where he was 

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PORTANTINO RECEIVES NEARLY 

$50 MILLION FOR PCC AND 

ARROYO SECO PROJECTS 

BY CAROLINE KIMBEL 

State Sen. Anthony J. Portantino (D-Pasadena) 

announced last week that his requests for the 2019- 

Anthony J. Portantino 

2020 state budget have been approved. 

Portantino asked for $3.5 million to help restore the Arroyo Seco Watershed 

Restoration Project from Proposition 68, and $40.7 million from Proposition 51 

funds for Pasadena City College’s (PCC) Armen Sarafian Building. 

In 2016, voters passed Proposition 51, which mandates the state to issue 

$9 billion in bonds to renovate and improve K-12 public schools and community 

colleges across California. 

Portantino previously served on the PCC Measure P Bond Oversight 

Committee, which oversaw $150 million used to repair and upgrade buildings at 

the college. 

“It was a pleasure to work with educators, city leaders and local activists to 

prioritize projects that will positively impact our community,” said Portantino 

in a prepared statement. “The Arroyo Seco is facing significant challenges due 

to the dam removal project and I was pleased that both South Pasadena and 

Pasadena want to help enhance this important regional watershed. Also, PCC 

continues to be the heart and soul of our community. Being in a position to 

lobby the chancellor, the Department of Finance and the Governor’s office on 

the importance of the Sarafian Building was very important. I am glad that 

these requests were successful,” said Portantino. 

Portantino will also use $3.5 million in Parks, Environment and Water Bond 

funds to help restore the Arroyo Seco. 

The Lower Arroyo Stream Restoration project was chosen by the Council of 

Arroyo Seco Agencies as the top project for funding in April. 

“It is a benefit to have a senator who is familiar with and who appreciates 

the importance of the Arroyo Seco. Our organization is grateful once again 

that Portantino has stepped up on our behalf. I am looking forward to seeing 

how these resources are going to be allocated and am very optimistic that 

South Pasadena and Pasadena will cooperate with the activist community on 

the best utilization plan,” added Tim Brick, managing director, Arroyo Seco 

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homeless from their streets and direct them to Los 

Angeles. 

In one instance, a homeless encampment lines 

the north side of Venice Boulevard under the San 

Diego (405) Freeway in West Los Angeles. 

But on the south side of the street, which 

is in suburban Culver City, there are no tents 

or homeless people. Similar situations exist in 

Manhattan Beach and Rancho Palos Verdes. 

In Eagle Rock, an unincorporated part of Los 

Angeles, tents line the south side of an underpass 

of the Glendale (2) Freeway on Wilson Avenue, but 

ends just before Glendale’s city border. 

“Some police officers are taking the homeless 

out of their cities and moving them to the LA city 

side,” Branimir Kvartuc, a spokesperson for LA 

City Councilman Joe Buscaino, told FOX News last 

week. 

Last year, Buscaino called for an investigation 

after a video showed police dropping a man off on 

the streets in San Pedro. According to Buscaino, 

the man showed signs of mental illness. 

Sheriff’s deputies claimed the man asked for 

a ride to Pasadena where he said he lives. The 

deputies told him they couldn’t drive him there but 

would take him to a bus stop. There is no direct 

route from San Pedro to Pasadena. 

“This call is not a case of dumping,” said Nicole 

Nishida, a public information officer with the 

Sheriff’s Department. Nishida called the incident 

“an act of compassionate service.” 

Critics like Kvartuc point to the disparity in 

Los Angeles’ population compared to its homeless 

number. The city’s 4 million people make up about 

38 percent of the county’s total population, but the 

36,000 homeless people living in the city account for 

61 percent of the county’s homeless population. And 

those numbers are soaring, due in part to rising 

housing costs. Los Angeles is not the only county 

that has experienced large increases in its homeless 

population. Riverside County saw a 22 percent 

increase, San Bernardino County saw 23 percent 

increase and Orange County saw a whopping 48 

percent increase from its last count in 2017. 

“We’re bailing water from the proverbial boat 

with a hole in it and the boat is sinking,” said Ryan 

Bell, spokesperson for the Pasadena Tenants 

Justice Coalition. “The cure is legislation that will 

keep tenants in their homes. Wages have not kept 

pace with rent increases and, astonishingly, 721,000 

LA County households are severely rent burdened, 

defined as spending more than 50 percent of their 

income on rent. Unless and until cities across LA 

County take action to protect renters and stabilize 

the precariously housed, more and more families 

will find themselves sleeping in cars and garages, 

on floors and sidewalks.” 

But so far the efforts to fight the problem include 

legislation to build more housing under legislation 

like SB 50 — which would prohibit cities across 

the state from banning mid-rise apartments within 

a half-mile of public transit and allowing for four 

THE COUNT 

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

2,245 

American military service 

members (0 

more than last 

week) were 

reported 

killed in 

Afghanistan 

since the war 

began in 2001, 

according to The 

Associated Press. 

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rockets landed on a military 

base hosting US forces 

north of Baghdad on 

Monday, according 

to an Iraqi military 

statement. No one 

was injured and 

no one has taken 

responsibility for the 

attack, according to 

Reuters. 

or more homes on parcels of land in single-family 

neighborhoods. 

But it would take years to build enough housing 

to put a dent in the current homeless population. 

Last week, Newsom said that the state will 

spend nearly $1 billion to help combat the problem. 

But no one knows how that money will be divided 

up, or if any accountability standards would be 

included to determine how the money is spent. 

Pasadena could get anywhere between $500,000 

and $1.4 million based on the formula chosen to 

dole out the money. Under Newsom’s plan, the 13 

biggest cities in Los Angeles County, continuums of 

care and all counties would get money. 

But under a plan by the state legislature, money 

would only go to the state’s 13 biggest cities and 

continuums of care. Under that scenario Pasadena 

would receive about $1.4 million. 

The PTJC is currently collecting signatures to 

place a rent control ordinance on the ballot. 

Pasadena, along with Long Beach and Glendale, 

is one of three cities designated a continuum of 

care in California. A continuum of care includes a 

planning body that coordinates housing, services 

and funding for homeless families and individuals. 

“Since 1995 we have had a very strong 

commitment in the fight against homelessness,” 

said Bill Huang. “CoC’s receive federal dollars and 

creates and implements its own strong plan and 

has established its own resources and programs. 

That’s why our numbers went down. We have been 

consistently focused on the issue.” n 

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explosions crippled 

Japanese and Norwegian 

tankers 

last Thursday 

in the Gulf of 

Oman. The US 

has blamed Iran 

for the attack, 

according to CNN. 

Steve Mermell 

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nation now says it is no longer 

constrained by a deal limiting 

its uranium enrichment program. 

Iran says in 10 days 

it will have surpassed 

the limits reached under 

a deal between Iran and 

President Obama, according 

to the Washington Post. 

— Compiled by 

André Coleman 


Dennis Hays 

REBORN IN 

MUSIC 

A GUITAR MADE FROM A DROUGHT-DESTROYED 

DAWN REDWOOD IS THE FOCUS OF A CONCERT WITH 

GUITARIST LAURENCE JUBER AT THE ARBORETUM 

BY BLISS BOWEN 

When drought felled a dawn redwood on the grounds of the LA County 

Arboretum in Arcadia two years ago, it seemed a portentous loss of one 

of the garden’s oldest trees. Thanks to luthier Dennis Hays, its life cycle is 

being extended through art. This Sunday at the Arboretum, Hays will talk about 

building a guitar from the tree’s wood and Laurence Juber will give a pop/jazz 

concert playing that instrument. And scientist Peter Del Tredici will discuss the 

tree’s history, which is richer than is widely understood. 

The dawn redwood’s story reaches back to the fraught period just before 

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. According to Del Tredici, a Marin County native and 

senior research scientist emeritus at Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum in 

Cambridge, in 1941 a Japanese botanist discovered and named a “metasequoia” 

— a “living fossil” in rock. In 1943, a “weird conifer” was discovered in China, and 

a Harvard-educated Chinese botanist, after stumbling across a paper by the Japanese 

botanist, reached out to an American school chum who was now director at 

the Arnold Arboretum. World War II was raging across the globe, but leave it to 

botanists to value Mother Nature and peace over politics. 

“He said, ‘We’d love to study this tree more but we don’t have any resources to 

collect it’ because it was in central China in a remote area,” Del Tredici recounts. 

The Arnold Arboretum director sent $250 — “a small fortune in those days” — to 

collect more living specimens and seed, in exchange for which the Arnold received 

two pounds of dawn redwood seed. In 1948, as the Communist Revolution 

closed up China, the director distributed those seeds, collected the year before, 

“free of charge to 600 botanical gardens and interested individuals” around the 

world. 

“Most of the original introduction of all the [dawn redwood] trees growing 

throughout North America as well as Europe essentially came from this one massive 

collection,” Del Tredici observes. 

“Standing behind every tree is the ghost of the person who went to great 

lengths to bring it into cultivation. So the metasequoia has an amazing array of 

ghosts. If not for the fact that this guy had been a graduate student at Harvard 

and knew his good friend was now the director, and he could write to him and 

ask for money, none of this would have happened. Because China did not open 

again until the 1970s with Nixon; no Americans really went there until 1980. Had 

it not been serendipitously collected, and the seeds sent to the US in 1948, the 

tree never would have made it out of China.” 

Flash forward to 2017 and serendipity continued playing a hand after the dawn 

redwood at the LA County Arboretum succumbed to drought. Hays, a woodworker 

inspired by post-war designer Sam Maloof, volunteers at the Maloof Foundation 

in Rancho Cucamonga. Because of that, the Arboretum invited him to create 



REBORN IN MUSIC 


artwork with a chunk of the redwood for its “Forces of Nature II” exhibit in late 

2017. 

For much of his career Hays made furniture, but more recently, “totally out of 

the blue,” he began building guitars. “It was just a fluke,” he says, “that my first guitars 

were made out of rescued redwoods.” He retrieved some eucalyptus and “four 

large beams of the dawn redwood” — “air dried by nature” — and … let it sit. 

“I really didn’t know what I was going to do with it,” Hays admits. “Quite 

frankly, I’d been making guitars for several years — I’ve probably made 40 in total 

— but I’d started back on my studio furniture making. A couple weeks before the 

show, I said, ‘I’ve gotta do something significant with the dawn redwood. I’m not a 

sculptor, I’m not an artist in that sense, so I’ll make a guitar’ — just a total ‘what 

the heck.’ And it turned out incredibly well. I’ve made a total now of five dawn 

redwood-topped guitars.” 

Cedar, mahogany, maple, spruce, swamp ash and even koa are the usual woods 

of choice for guitar makers. Hays opts for walnut for his guitar bodies and necks, 

Spanish cedar for the interior bracing, and redwood for tonewood on the top: “It 

really does make the majority of the sound.” 

Hays says he studied classical guitar forms for “dimensions, proportions, sizes” 

before creating his original design. He learned to play and now jams regularly 

with some friends. The redwood sounds beautiful, he says, but his main goal is to 

open minds. 

“My main theme in all this rescue wood at the Arboretum is to try to highlight 

using unconventional stuff and getting out of the stereotypic mode that a lot of 

woodworkers have that you have to make a guitar with spruce top. No, you don’t,” 

he declares, adding that all his dawn redwood guitars are made “for the benefit of 

the Arboretum.” 

As a scientist, Del Tredici has long studied the relationship between woody 

plants and their environment, and increasingly he’s focused on the effects of the 

climate crisis. In that context, the dawn redwood offers potentially more lessons 

as Southern California girds itself for a hotter, dryer future. 

“Everybody makes these assumptions that the native species are the best 

adapted, and it’s true, they are very well adapted — to the conditions that used 

to exist,” he notes. “But what is going to adapt to the conditions that are going to 

happen in the future is an open question. So this whole idea of native and nonnative 

is a very thorny issue … In California, where the weather is changing, predictions 

are that in a lot of the savannah area, there’ll be more shrubs and grasslands 

than trees; there won’t be enough moisture to support tree growth over the long 

haul. You can see it in the San Gabriel Mountains. As you go to higher elevations, 

a lot of those trees have died already. It’s a huge problem. They just can’t tolerate 

the modern conditions. 

“Botanic gardens provide a window [and] give you some inkling of the plants 

that will perform under changing conditions. That’s why it’s really important that 

we don’t just grow native plants, but keep collecting plants, and experimenting, 

looking for what’s going to make a good street tree in the future.”■ 

“Ancient Tree Reborn in Music” with Laurence Juber, Peter Del Tredici and Dennis Hays at the Los Angeles 

County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, June 23; tickets are 

$12 for Arboretum members/$15 for nonmembers. Info: (626) 821-3222. arboretum.org, laurencejuber.com, 

dwhays.com, arboretum.harvard.edu/people/peter-del-tredici/ 


• LIFE • 

BULLETIN BOARD 

NEWS AND NOTES FROM 

OUR COMMUNITY 

“TEARS OF JOY ARE LIKE THE SUMMER RAIN DROPS PIERCED BY SUNBEAMS."- HOSEA BALLOU 

ETHICALLY BOUND 

A THERAPIST MUST TREAT BDSM 

PATIENTS WITH RESPECT 

HOME SALES 

RECENT HOME SALES 

IN THE GREATER 

PASADENA AREA 

P. 13 

RESTAURANT 

REVIEW 

Losing 

Our Soul 

HERE’S WHY YOU NEED TO VISIT 

BIG MAMA’S RIB SHACK BEFORE 

THEY CLOSE 

BY MICHAEL SPRAGUE I PHOTOS BY DANNY LIAO 

One of Pasadena’s few remaining soul 

food spots, Big Mama’s Rib Shack, 

will be closing their doors on July 

20 following a change of ownership of the 

building they reside in. 

First opened in 2002, Big Mama’s has 

established itself as a destination for soul 

food and live music with their Saturday night 

“Down and Dirty Blues.” The expansive 

Southern soul food menu is anchored by their 

signature Tennessee-style takes on fried 

chicken, ribs and catfish. They have Po’ boy 

sandwiches, hot links, sweet potato pies, and 

any Southern BBQ side one could imagine. 

Soul food is one component in the long 

list of factors that will leave a hole in the 

city’s culinary landscape. The other draw is 

Big Mama’s own founder Dargin McWhorter; 

the gravel voiced 83-year-old Chattanooga 

native has become his own attraction. He 

came to California from Tennessee to get 

away from the segregated South with $12 

in his pocket and not knowing a soul. With 

that small amount of cash and a drive to take 

care of his mother and siblings, he became 

a professional boxer, opened a recording 

studio and even co-produced a gold record. 

He played quarterback on his college football 

team, owned a car dealership and ran 

three restaurants all based on his mother’s 

recipes. Even in his 80s Dargin still has a 

John Wayne stature and looks like he could 

still throw one of the uppercuts that earned 

him a Golden Gloves championship more 

than a half-century ago. Dargin has stories, 

and guests are happy to take Dargin’s trip 


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Big Mama’s 

Rib Shack 

1453 N. Lake Ave., 

Pasadena 

(626) 797-1792 

bigmamaspasadena.com 

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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. 

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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$ up to $10 $$$ $16-25 

$$ $11–15 $$$$ $25+ 

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. 

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. 

LOSING OUR SOUL 


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. 

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. 

through history. As he sits and talks to one guest you 

can watch as a queue of guest’s eyes wait for Dargin 

to come to their table and regale them with his 

stories of his past lives. 

When Dargin explains how he segued his 

Forrest Gump-like myriad careers and passions 

into the restaurant industry he offers an insight 

into Southern life, “Down South everyone makes 

their own sauce. They take pride in it,” Dargin says. 

Always enterprising, Dargin saw that Southern 

California was nearly devoid of the soul-food 

classics and realized that he could bring to the area 

what he learned from his mother — the titular “Big 

Mama” — at her Chattanooga restaurant. 

As Dargin entertains guests, his daughter — 

Dargetta Carlisle — runs the day to day operations 

of the store. Sitting with the father-daughter pair 

is like watching a comedy duo of yesteryear. While 

Dargin shares his stories that his daughter has likely 

heard countless times, she chimes in with one-liners 

that break up her father’s train of thought with a 

deep laughter. 

Dargetta was born and raised in Pasadena, a 

byproduct of Pasadena’s public schools. She said 

she cannot imagine herself living in any other city 

or, more importantly, reopening Big Mama’s in any 

other city. She holds out hope that they will be able 

to find another spot within city limits so that they 

can continue bringing her grandmother’s recipes to 

people who enjoy them. Even if they find a kitchen 

without a storefront where they can continue to 

cater and serve through delivery services, they want 

to continue. 

There are layers of authenticity to Big Mama’s. 

The woman’s face that acts as the official mascot 

of Big Mama’s is not a stock image they bought 

the rights to. It is actually Dargin’s mother. It is a 

true McWhorter family affair between Dargin and 

Dargetta in the front of the house and Dargin’s wife 

Anita running the kitchen. They bake their pies and 

cornbread, and their fried chicken is done from 

scratch with their secret recipe batter. 

So, before Big Mama’s shutters and the 

opportunity to visit one of the most authentic 

Southern experiences is gone, here are some 

recommendations to make your visit count. The 

famous fried chicken dinner ($12.75) is three pieces 

of chicken and two sides. The chicken is served 

the perfect shade of golden brown — while it has 

more than enough flavor to stand alone, it would 

not be true to the Southern roots if you did not pour 

some hot sauce on it. As for sides, the macaroni 

and cheese is served old school and simple, and 

hearty. There is no crunch or baked bread crumb 

top, just creamy, melted cheese, which is exactly 

what you want when nearly everything else has 

Cajun and Southern spices and batter. Big Mama’s 

has countless sides that aren’t found everywhere, 

so if you are like me, it may be hard to narrow it 

down. With how incredibly low priced the sides are, 

ordering more than the two that come with most 

entrees won't be too big of a hit on your wallet. You 

cannot go wrong with the hush puppies (five for 

$3.50), candied yams ($3.75), collard greens ($3.75), 

black eyed peas ($2.75), or the fried okra ($3.75). 

Big Mama’s has traditionally Southern dishes, 

with recipes that came from someone born and 

raised in the deep South, so one should try some 

of the most traditional dishes they serve to really 

get the full experience. The oxtails ($21.95) carry 

a higher price tag than some of the other items, but 

with how seasoned and tender they are after slow 

cooking, the dish is worth every penny. If you are 

craving some New Orleans style fried seafood, the 

Creole combo ($25.95) is where it is at, it comes 

with two fried shrimp, two fried oysters, two pieces 

of fried catfish and fish with hush puppies, plus 

your choice of two sides. It honestly does not get 

more Southern than that. Pair it with one of the 

Louisiana-brewed Abita beers that they serve and 

you’ll essentially walk out with a subtle Cajun drawl 

and a yearning for the bayou life. And trust me, once 

you’ve had it you’ll keep your eyes open for when Big 

Mama’s hangs up another shingle in town. 



Bulletin Board 

By Carl Kozlowski 

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS 

Pasadena Educational 

Foundation welcomes new board 

members 

The Pasadena Educational 

Foundation (PEF), a nonprofit 

fundraising group for the 

Pasadena Unified School 

District, is welcoming four 

new members to its board of 

directors. 

The board’s new members 

are: Lorena Yépez Hernandez, 

Roberto Hernandez, Robyn 

Mizes and Linda Morales. 

“All four individuals 

demonstrate a great 

commitment to our community 

and our schools,” PEF Board 

President Kathy Onoye said in 

a prepared statement. 

“Their expertise, leadership, 

and professional knowledge 

will be a great asset to our 

board of directors” Onoye continued. “We are honored that Lorena, Roberto, Robyn, 

and Linda have chosen to serve on our board and look forward to their contributions.” 

SUMMER SUSTENANCE 

Tournament of Roses Foundation 

announces 2019 grant awards 

totaling $200,000 

The Pasadena Tournament 

of Roses Foundation has 

presented grants totaling 

$200,000 to 23 San Gabriel 

Valley organizations. 

The funds will support 

new and ongoing programs 

benefiting children, teens, 

adults and seniors. Since its 

inception, the Tournament of 

Roses Foundation has funded 

over $3 million in charitable 

contributions on behalf of 

the Tournament of Roses 

Association. 

New this year are three 

$25,000 grant awards to 

support sustainable programs 

by investing in people. One 

of these new grants, a twoyear 

grant, was awarded to Pasadena Educational Foundation to fund their Summer 

Academic Support for Low Performing Middle School Students program. The other 

two grants are single-year grants for $25,000.00 and were awarded to the PTA 

California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc., Blair High School to fund the 

Blair Aquatics program and the Boys & Girls Club of the Foothills to fund their Think 

Digital STEM Education program. 

Twenty other community programs received grants in the categories of Performing 

and Visual Arts, Sports and Recreation, and Education (Early Childhood Education, 

Literacy and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). A complete list of 2019 

Tournament of Roses Foundation grant recipients, along with brief descriptions, can 

be found at tournamentofroses.com/foundation. 

For more information about the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation, 

call Evan McCrary at (626) 449-4100 or wroite to him at EMcCrary@ 

tournamentofroses.com. n 



•ADVICE• 

BY PATTI CARMALT-VENER 

ETHICALLY 

BOUND 

A THERAPIST MUST TREAT BDSM 

PATIENTS WITH RESPECT 

Dear Patti, 

My husband and I both agree that we have a good relationship, but recently we 

felt like we were drifting apart and started going to couples therapy. We specifically 

wanted to work on our intimacy and better communication with each other. I 

thought the sessions were going pretty good until the third time. I admitted that 

I had long buried sexual fantasies about being dominated and tied up. I felt very 

vulnerable admitting I was interested in domination and bondage, but I wanted 

to know how my husband felt about it. I was secretly hoping he might be into 

experimenting with some of my kinky desires, but I didn’t want to turn him off. 

Instead of being supportive, it felt like the therapist insinuated that I was 

perverted for even having these ideas. She pushed for me to see her individually so 

we could look at my childhood history in order to figure out where this “urge to act 

out” stems from. I told her I didn’t like that she assumed I needed fixing, especially 

since I’m high functioning and not suffering from depression or anxiety. 

Now, I no longer trust her to work with us as a couple and certainly not in 

individual therapy, which I wasn’t even seeking. I thought a therapist would create 

a safe place for me to open up with my husband, not make me feel defensive and 

judged. My husband was disappointed that we have to start all over again with a 

new therapist, but he actually seemed excited that I wanted to open up more to him. 

I wish I could find a therapist that has similar kinky interests and might 

understand. 

— Renee 

Dear Renee, 

Psychotherapy is a vulnerable, intimate journey traveled together by a patient (or 

two) and a therapist. In order to be effective and healing, there must be trust and support 

present. I understand that you had a negative experience, but I’m actually quite 

impressed with how you handled it. You spoke up immediately when you felt judged. 

When it became clear that the issue wasn’t going to be resolved, you left but you didn’t 

give up, and you’re still looking for another couples therapist. 

A significant number of adult Americans engage in consensual sexual behaviors 

that involve bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism and masochism 

(collectively abbreviated BDSM). It is important that a professional therapist 

who treats couples that are interested or involved in BDSM understand the difference 

between abuse, violence, and BDSM, differentiating between pathological and nonpathological 

behavior. A therapist needs to be able to recognize the difference between 

clinically significant psychological distress and socially induced stress related to the 

BDSM interests. As you know yourself, it was stressful to open up to your husband and 

you felt the need to hide feelings long ago when they initially surfaced. 

Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for people interested in BDSM to experience 

stress related to being honest, internalized shame, relationship conflicts with existing 

partners, and as you experienced, opening up in therapy. Therefore, having an accepting 

therapist that can model a positive, supportive attitude is extremely beneficial and 

has intense therapeutic power. 

Therapists are often encouraged by their peers to explore their own countertransference 

in order to be aware of how the therapy they provide is influenced by their 

own emotions, values, and biases. This is especially true when working with minority 

populations, such as patients involved with BDSM. Without an understanding of one’s 

own emotions, a therapist’s feelings of anger, worry, or fear can manifest into a deeply 

felt conviction that the patient’s behaviors are self-destructive, even without concrete 

diagnostic evidence that the patient is being harmed. When that’s the case, there is a 

good possibility that countertransference is occurring. 

I understand your desire to be with a therapist with similar interests, but it has been 

shown that having an interest in BDSM alone is not enough to qualify someone to work 

with BDSM patients. Professional clinicians should have coursework, supervision, 

and specialty training related to BDSM patients before ever attempting to specialize in 

these issues therapeutically. 

Patients who believe they are negatively judged by their therapists based upon their 

BDSM interests are less likely to share information openly, which limits the therapeutic 

bond and weakens the success of therapeutic interventions. Therefore, it is important 

that BDSM patients receive competent treatment including respect and positive 

regard. 

I hope this information helps you in finding the right therapist. ■ 

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 

RECENT HOME CLOSINGS IN THE PASADENA WEEKLY FOOTPRINT 

source: CalREsource 

A PLEA FOR HELP 


The Challenges 

Most of these houses are in 

poor or deplorable condition — 

due to the lack of maintenance 

on the part of Caltrans. As 

mentioned above, many have 

been vacant for years. Most 

properties need new plumbing 

and new gas and electrical 

systems. Most, if not all, of the structures will need to be seismically 

upgraded. Foundations will need attention and may need to be rebuilt. Many 

will need new roofs and all will need to be treated for termites and other 

pests. Most properties will need to be painted and to have some minimal 

landscaping work. 

Tenants or anyone planning to purchase a Caltrans house will need 

financing, which will be very difficult, if not impossible, to find with these 

houses not meeting code and in such poor condition. Buyers in the affordable 

ranges will have their own set of challenges. 

Caltrans is Failing to Protect Current Tenants 

Caltrans continues to raise rents and is forcing tenants out — sometimes 

by refusing to accept rent payments — and then leaving the property vacant 

and subject to vandalism, etc. The tragic part is that many of these tenants 

can no longer find affordable housing in the area, are forced to leave the 

area, or live in their cars and/or become homeless. After everything that the 

current tenants have suffered through the years, they do not deserve this 

treatment. Instead, Caltrans should immediately freeze the rents. It is widely 

believed that Caltrans is trying to ”empty” the 710 Corridor so that it might 

sell all the properties at market rate. These practices are cruel and unfair and 

must end immediately. 

Our State’s Critical Housing Shortage 

These days, California newspapers report every day on the worst housing 

shortage — market-rate, workforce, moderate and low income — in the 

history of our State. A recent article reports on a Riverside County family 

that is moving to Idaho to achieve its share of the American Dream of home 

ownership. The husband was quoted: “It is not affordable to own a house 

anymore!” The article concludes that the family is: “among thousands who 

are being priced out of the market due to the limited number of homes for sale 

and the relentlessly rising home prices.” 

With over 450 houses already planned for sale, which are suited to various 

levels of housing needs, Caltrans should help address this critical housing 

shortage by prioritizing the sales process of its real estate in the former 710 

Corridor. 

In Conclusion 

We strongly urge that Caltrans arrange to meet with the mayors and their 

housing officials in the three communities — Pasadena, South Pasadena and 

Los Angeles — and to work in cooperation with them to develop a plan for the 

sale of the Caltrans properties. 

Here are a few ideas: 

- The cities and Caltrans could identify and retain contractors to bring the 

houses up to code 

- Caltrans should provide funds for the cities to oversee the work on the 

properties 

- The cities could recommend several local real estate companies to assist 

with the timely sale of the properties 

- CalHFA should be approached for help with the affordable sales 

- Local experienced nonprofit housing organizations could assist with the 

affordable sales 

- Caltrans must comply with the Roberti Bill, created to protect the tenants 

and their neighborhoods 

- Caltrans should consider selling properties to the nonprofits along the 

corridor at the price that Caltrans originally paid for the property 

- Vacant land should be zoned for affordable housing — when possible 

These are difficult times for the Caltrans tenants, the adjacent 

neighborhoods and the cities. We look to you for your strong leadership to 

help us. We all need to see the 500 properties sold in a fair and timely way — 

and as soon as possible. 

Thank you for this opportunity to bring these important issues to your 

attention. ■ 

Claire W. Bogaard and Janice Soohoo are members of the No 710 Action Committee. 

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

ALHAMBRA 

932 North Electric Ave. 6/5/19 $4,820,000 3 1,236 1907 

501 North El Molino Street 6/6/19 $1,030,000 5 2,219 1930 $899,000 8/24/16 

2405 Hitchcock Drive 6/5/19 $778,000 3 1,777 1950 $220,000 5/1/92 

2236 South Campbell Ave. 6/4/19 $700,000 3 1,243 1947 

112 North Atlantic Blvd. #B 6/6/19 $480,000 2 1,005 1992 $363,500 8/10/15 

ALTADENA 

3050 Marengo Ave. 6/5/19 $805,000 3 1,264 1925 $700,000 11/4/15 

2374 Grandeur Ave. 6/3/19 $530,000 3 1,297 1922 

ARCADIA 

1620 South 4th Ave. 6/3/19 $1,860,500 2 985 1947 $875,000 8/12/14 

1327 Linda Way 6/3/19 $1,200,000 4 1,834 1963 $880,000 3/16/16 

135 Alta Street #A 6/4/19 $775,000 3 1,859 1990 

4265 Lynd Ave. 6/4/19 $735,000 4 2,116 1946 

843 East Longden Ave. 6/4/19 $645,000 3 1,789 1950 

EAGLE ROCK 

2411 Langdale Ave. 6/3/19 $1,425,000 2 807 1922 $500,000 1/8/18 

911 La Loma Road 6/6/19 $990,000 4 2,235 1947 $490,000 8/27/09 

2537 Hyler Ave. 6/4/19 $902,000 3 1,308 1927 $575,000 3/26/07 

4911 Algoma Ave. 6/5/19 $866,500 3 1,980 1985 $172,000 6/1/87 

GLENDALE 

1609 San Gabriel Ave. 6/5/19 $1,700,000 3 2,192 1950 

1633 Santa Barbara Ave. 6/4/19 $1,423,000 2 2,467 1925 $1,350,000 6/7/18 

1960 El Arbolita Drive 6/6/19 $1,408,000 3 2,596 1936 $1,175,000 11/8/13 

2455 Prospect Ave. 6/4/19 $745,000 3 1,505 1968 

1324 East Garfi eld Ave. 6/3/19 $720,000 3 1,288 1924 

1327 East Acacia Ave. 6/3/19 $665,000 2 1,022 1938 $232,000 6/1/89 

2239 Montrose Ave. #8 6/3/19 $660,000 2 1,298 2000 $592,500 7/12/16 

2427 North Verdugo Road 6/5/19 $619,000 1 980 1925 

3481 Stancrest Drive #334 6/4/19 $505,000 2 1,060 1974 $407,500 4/27/06 

LA CANADA 

635 Berkshire Ave. 6/6/19 $4,250,000 6 6,107 1949 $10,000 1/1/92 

4228 Chula Senda Lane 6/6/19 $2,750,000 2 2,357 1950 

4284 Hampstead Road 6/4/19 $2,600,000 3 3,039 1976 

4736 Gould Ave. 6/4/19 $2,500,000 5 3,792 1941 $2,220,000 6/4/07 

547 Meadowview Drive 6/4/19 $1,492,000 4 2,509 1973 $1,760,000 2/14/19 

515 Starlight Crest Drive 6/4/19 $1,492,000 4 4,266 1966 $1,700,000 3/29/12 

5156 Redwillow Lane 6/4/19 $1,492,000 4 4,707 1990 $750,000 12/1/89 

PASADENA 

890 Huntington Circle 6/3/19 $6,300,000 7 7184 1933 $3,430,000 7/20/04 

325 South Grand Ave. 6/5/19 $3,300,000 7 5908 1893 $2,310,000 4/25/03 

420 South Greenwood Ave. 6/5/19 $2,150,000 4 2888 1926 $1,112,000 5/21/03 

929 South Oakland Ave. 6/5/19 $2,145,000 4 2617 1920 $995,000 3/12/04 

1340 East California Blvd. 6/4/19 $1,755,000 3 3600 1931 $956,500 3/14/19 

2750 San Pasqual Street 6/3/19 $1,535,500 3 1770 1952 $489,500 9/3/99 

722 East California Blvd. 6/6/19 $1,467,000 5 1905 1922 $1,050,000 2/15/07 

1151 South Los Robles Ave. 6/6/19 $1,421,000 3 2036 1948 $799,000 1/24/05 

99 Annandale Road 6/5/19 $1,396,000 3 2148 1936 $1,049,000 6/18/12 

3840 Canfi eld Road 6/5/19 $1,181,000 2 1850 1950 

981 Worcester Ave. 6/6/19 $1,149,500 4 1911 1912 $905,000 3/12/15 

1436 Paloma Street 6/4/19 $1,125,000 5 2434 1924 

1390 Riviera Drive 6/6/19 $1,100,000 3 2095 1955 $310,000 8/1/90 

135 Backus Ave. 6/4/19 $1,000,000 5 2054 1924 $305,000 6/3/09 

2174 Casa Grande Street 6/6/19 $990,000 3 1518 1931 $610,000 11/16/09 

2212 East Crary Street 6/3/19 $945,000 3 1614 1950 $710,000 11/17/05 

1545 Knollwood Terrace 6/3/19 $945,000 4 2159 1954 $1,800,000 5/3/19 

2245 East Dudley Street 6/3/19 $941,000 3 1736 1928 $247,500 3/1/89 

87 Columbia Street 6/4/19 $905,000 2 1142 1925 

144 West Claremont Street 6/4/19 $790,000 2 726 1925 $440,000 2/19/18 

210 West Montana Street 6/3/19 $720,000 2 1,315 1946 

804 East Ladera Street 6/4/19 $695,000 2 864 1921 $625,000 6/20/17 

330 Cordova Street #330 6/3/19 $673,000 2 1,592 1981 $630,000 8/19/16 

1857 Belmont Ave. 6/5/19 $667,500 3 956 1924 $180,000 11/27/00 

1421 Valencia Ave. 6/5/19 $657,000 2 1,072 1926 $577,000 11/28/17 

3512 Milton Street 6/5/19 $615,000 3 1,108 1926 $533,000 2/25/19 

1415 El Sereno Ave. #3 6/3/19 $500,000 3 1,006 1980 $320,000 6/17/15 

377 North Wilson Ave. 6/4/19 $450,000 2 756 1905 

SAN MARINO 

811 South Santa Anita Ave. 6/6/19 $2,108,000 4 3219 1949 

2865 Lorain Road 6/5/19 $1,925,000 3 2369 1953 $540,000 12/5/00 

SIERRA MADRE 

450 Foothill Ave. 6/6/19 $799,000 3 1367 1949 $335,000 2/8/02 

144 North Mountain Trail 6/5/19 $628,000 2 760 1907 

SOUTH PASADENA 

835 Rollin Street 6/5/19 $1,400,000 4 2334 1960 $720,000 6/15/11 

1853 Hanscom Drive 6/5/19 $550,000 4 1891 1966 


• ARTS • 

16 PASADENA WEEKLY | 06.20.19 

GRAY AREA 

SIERRA MADRE RESIDENT LISA VERLO’S COMEDIC ‘MUSI- 

CAL MEMOIR’ ‘HOLLYWOODN’T’ SOLO SHOW AT HOLLY- 

WOOD FRINGE INCLUDES SONGS WRITTEN WITH HUBBY 

FRANK SIMES, CANDID TALK ABOUT SEX, HOLLYWOOD 

AND THE SPACE BETWEEN COERCION AND CONSENT 

P.18 

GET YOUR OWN... 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

TIMELY FLICK 

Free fi lms screen 

at 1 p.m. on 

select Fridays 

at the Pasadena 

Senior Center, 

85 E. Holly St., 

Pasadena. This 

Friday’s fi lm 

is “My Fellow 

Americans” 

(1996), starring 

James Garner and Jack Lemon as two former 

US presidents who join forces to expose the 

corruption of the sitting president. Call (626) 

795-4331 or visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org. 

SPACE COMPETITION 

The Pasadena 

Public Library’s 

Central Branch 

Family Science 

Fiction Classics 

film series 

screens “Countdown” 

(1968), 

about two astronauts 

vying to be 

the first American 

to walk on the moon, starting at 2 p.m. Saturday at 

285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena. Call (626) 744-4066 

or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net. 

WORLD SOUNDS 

Carina La Dulce 

(carinamusic. 

com) performs 

or visit edwinmills.com. 

gypsy fusion 

world music at 

7 p.m. Saturday 

at Edwin Mills by 

Equator, 22 Mills 

Place, Pasadena. 

No cover. Call 

(626) 564-8656 

CIVIL WAR HISTORY 

The Pasadena 

Civil War Round 

Table discusses 

“Before the 

Shooting Started 

— The Causes 

of the Civil 

War,” featuring 

Pepperdine University 

Professor 

of History Stewart 

Davenport. Topics include anti-and pro-slavery 

forces and economic, social and religious differences 

between the two sides. It starts at 7:15 p.m. 

Tuesday at the Pasadena Public Library’s Central 

Branch, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, free and 

open to the public. Visit pasadenacwrt.org. 

FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS 

MAGIC WITH A 

MESSAGE 

ILLUSIONIST IVAN AMODEI 

BRINGS LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC 

TO THE ALEX THEATRE 

P.20 

TAKING THE REINS 

MEMBERS OF GLENDALE-BASED 7HORSE ESCAPE THE MUSIC 

INDUSTRY MACHINE AND RECLAIM THEIR CAREERS 

Phil Leavitt has been in the music industry for three decades, 

first banging the drums for the band dada for over 25 years 

and since 2011 as the lead singer and drummer for its offshoot 

sister band 7Horse. He’s seen the heights of stardom as dada scored 

the worldwide hit “Dizz Knee Land” with its debut album and attendant 

world tours, and revealed a tenacious ability to survive 

the turbulent music industry as the band continued to maintain a 

successful cult following all the way until 2017. 

Now, however, Leavitt and his 7Horse bandmate Joie Calio (who 

also played in dada and shares vocal duties and plays lead guitar) 

have decided to turn their careers upside down and beat the record 


TOTAL WINNER 

‘THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN 

FRANCISCO’ SPOTLIGHTS HUGELY 

TALENTED NEWCOMER JIMMIE 

FAILS 

P.23 

Phil Leavitt and Joie Calio 

business machine at their own game. They have already achieved 

some impressive successes, with their 2012 song “Meth Lab Zoso 

Sticker” having been chosen as the de facto theme song of “The 

Wolf of Wall Street” by director Martin Scorsese himself in addition 

to having their songs used in 55 other TV shows and films. 

With their current album “Superfecta” and a string of standalone 

singles they are releasing throughout this summer, they have doubled 

down on the DIY approach and expanded the album’s release 

with the surprisingly ever-growing fan demand. They will also kick 

off the start of a planned tour next Thursday, June 27, at the Viper 

Room on Sunset Boulevard, in a show that also employs their new


approach of taking full control. 

“In the past, we played clubs and had a booking agent call the promoter, the promoter 

made a deal with a lowball guarantee that covers our expenses and then they promote the 

show,” explains Leavitt. “They have an email list of everyone who comes through the ticketing 

site, and then they hit ticket buyers with a $15 price for the promoter, and another $15 in 

fees that we as a band don’t even see. 

“Then they hit their email list to push the show, which could be everyone who bought a 

ticket for bands from Pantera to Mariah Carey, so they’re casting a wide net, which often 

doesn’t work,” adds Leavitt. “The fans are paying inflated ticket prices and it’s tough to get 

word out about the gigs. So we’ve changed the whole approach. We rented the Viper Room 

out and we’re running the tickets through our web site with no fees added. It’s $25 and we 

hope our audiences will support that, and we’re looking to change the paradigm of how 

these work. We basically said no, we’re not doing that.” 

The key to all the changes is social media, which has placed power in the hands of bands 

and other performers worldwide to take charge of their own destiny, rather than relying on 

major corporate and media gatekeepers to give them attention. Despite the fact that they’ve 

received regular airplay on more than 50 radio stations nationwide, 7Horse isn’t counting 

on radio to advance their careers anymore. They are banking nearly everything on the Viper 

Room show, believing that “If we can prove it in Los Angeles, we’ll do it elsewhere for everybody 

else who wants to see us.” 

“Do you still want to see live rock and roll?” asks Leavitt. “We need an answer on that. 

We have everything riding on this one, so it’s a big one for us.” 

Despite the fact that 7Horse has two of the three members of dada in it, Leavitt notes 

that their sonic stylings are different. He regards dada as “a very cerebral band, with music 

that hits you from the neck up, while 7Horse was created to hit you from the waist down, the 

belt down.” 

As such, 7Horse is intended as a rock band with a heavy blues edge, while mixing 1960s 

British Invasion influences with some modern rock touches. They’ve broadened their sound 

on “Superfecta” by adding Brian Whelan as a multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist. 

“It was a necessity to change our sound from dada,” says Leavitt. “We were trying to 

make a dada record in 2010 and were in the middle of it and were scheduled in studio and 

the guitar player told us he wasn’t available and had another project that would take up 

all his time. Out of that frustration, we already had the time set aside and our engineer at 

the time said why don’t you guys just come in? 

“Joie and had been talking about it, we’d been listening to a lot of blues, early rock and roll, 

and figured it’ll give us something to do,” he adds. “And out of that session came the ‘Zoso’ 

song. Sometimes the best songs come from creativity borne out of frustration. You gotta get it 

out rather than keep it pent up.” 

Since then, 7Horse has toured both on its own and occasionally along with playing sets of 

dada songs in a 25th anniversary tour in 2017 when former member Mike Gurley was able to 

join them for a run of shows. There’s been “a lot of van rides over thousands of miles,” with 

Leavitt’s wife along for the ride as their tour manager and merchandise salesperson, but 

Leavitt is happy to have Glendale as his home base. 

“I like living here, on this side of LA, where it’s a little more open and less congested,” 

says Leavitt. “I’m near the 2 Freeway, which is the access to everything. I’m close to Dodger 

Stadium and love that. Joie’s in Seattle, but he lives in my house when he’s down here. We get 

together as much as we can.” ■ 

7Horse will play with Killer Country opening at 8 p.m. June 27 at the Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. 

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Visit 7horsemusic.com. 



•INTO THE NIGHT• 

BY BLISS BOWEN 

Lisa Verlo 

•NITELIFE• 

Gray Area 

SIERRA MADRE RESIDENT LISA VERLO’S COMEDIC ‘MUSICAL MEMOIR’ 

‘HOLLYWOODN’T’ SOLO SHOW AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE INCLUDES SONGS 

WRITTEN WITH HUBBY FRANK SIMES, CANDID TALK ABOUT SEX, HOLLYWOOD 

AND THE SPACE BETWEEN COERCION AND CONSENT 

Thursday June 20 through Wednesday June 26 

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—Twanguero 

The Boulevard Bar 

3199 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 356-9304 

blvdbar.com 

Fridays—Drag performances hosted by Tia 

Wanna every Friday 

Cabrera’s Mexican Cuisine 

655 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 795-0230 

cabreras.com 

Thursdays—Live jazz 

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—Karaoke 

Coffee Gallery Backstage 

2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena 

(626) 798-6236 

coffeegallery.com 

Thursday—The Salty Suites 

Friday—Victoria Vox 

Saturday—Thenagain Everly Brothers tribute 

Sunday—The Beatunes Beatles tribute 

Tuesday—Dave Harvey Presents Bill Barry, 

Austin Musick and Bliss Bowen, w/special 

guest Dylan Brody 

Wednesday—Nick Justice; Caris w/David Caris 

and Terry Ragno 

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—Kindal Tate 

Saturday—Carina La Dulce 

Tuesday—Legendary Bingo fundraising event 

Wednesday—Anne O’Brien 

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—Yaasss Comedy; Laugh Lounge w/ 

Mark Serritella; 

Friday—Bryan Callen; Deathsquad; The Better 

Seeing Is Believing 

POPULAR OLD BLIND DOGS BRING A BIT OF 

SCOTLAND BACK TO CALTECH 

Lisa Verlo wanted to write a musical about sex 

— a family musical, that is, with sex education 

elements. The longtime Sierra Madre resident 

writes musicals with her husband, Frank Simes (aka 

musical director for the Who), and at the time she was 

also separately writing about skeletons in the closets of 

certain Norwegian ancestors. Somehow those distinct 

thought trains merged and picked up speed on a new 

set of tracks. 

What arose from that was “Sex Rated G,” a onewoman 

show with music she performed at the 2015 

Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which mixed Verlo’s 

personal history with “statistics, and commentary on 

body shaming.” Two years later, as the #MeToo tidal 

wave roared across the globe, she began retooling 

“Sex” with details from her own past as an actress, a 

change encouraged by director Jessica Lynn Johnson. 

Verlo is performing her “musical memoir,” retitled 

“Hollywoodn’t,” this Saturday and Wednesday as part of 

the Hollywood Fringe festival. 

She laughs now at how much her healthy, curious 

teenage self “just wanted to look at naked pictures in 

the library.” While working on her show, she explains, “I 

ended up writing sexual memoirs. I had a very strange 

introduction to sex. From 16 to 21, I was with the same 

guy, my first boyfriend. We decided to wait until I 

was 18 to go on the pill, and then we moved out to LA 

together [from Michigan]. It ended up he was into S&M, 

but young and innocent.” 


Landing in LA with said boyfriend and dreams of 

being an actress, Verlo studied at the Lee Strasburg 

Institute, and wrote letters to her “top 10 directors,” 

including Warren Beatty, who answered and, after 

lengthy conversation, invited her to a meeting at his 

house. Beatty comes across as relatively generous, in 

Verlo’s telling, but other characters she subsequently 

encountered were far less so. 

“I would be asked to compromise my values, basically, 

for a part,” she recalls. “I never did any porn but I 

did an AFI film where they asked me to take my top off 

because I was to play a 15-year-old girl and I was 24.” 

She agreed, thinking it was an art film. But when 

the grad student director drove her to the first screening, 

she says, “he totally molested me. I fought him off 

enough to have it not go further, but he was the director 

of the first movie I was in. I was really bummed because 

I thought he had a girlfriend and I thought it was safe.” 

Researching what happened to that director before 

performing an earlier incarnation of “Hollywoodn’t” at 

last year’s Fringe, Verlo learned he was a college professor 

— and had been arrested: “He had molested women 

in two or three colleges but nobody reported him. He 

was finally brought up on [charges of] actually having a 

sexual performance by a child. He did time, but only on 

weekends, and he’s out already.” 

That discovery galvanized her. Statistics were out 

of the script; the creepy director, his mind games, and 

some creatively deployed Barbie and Ken dolls were 

HOUSE FAVORITES OLD BLIND DOGS, A TOP SCOTTISH GROUP, RETURNS TO 

CALTECH SATURDAY FOR A PASADENA FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY SHOW. 

The Dogs have been a popular draw here, having sold out shows in the 

past. Saturday will mark the group’s sixth appearance at Caltech. As the 

Society’s usual venue, Beckman Institute Auditorium is being renovated, so the 

performance will be held in the larger Ramo Auditorium. 

Hailing from Aberdeenshire, the group is known for its high-energy 

performances, with soaring a fiddle playing, virtuoso pipe work and driving 

percussion, making the band’s live shows must-see events for lovers of the 

Scottish sound. 

Their latest album is “Room with a View.” 

Visit oldblinddogs.co.uk. — John Sollenberger 

Music starts at 8 p.m. Saturday in Ramo Auditorium, on the Caltech campus, 1200 

E. California Blvd., Pasadena. Tickets are $25 general admission, $5 for Caltech 

students and Children. Call (626) 395-4652 or visit pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org 

for tickets, information and a map to the venue.


•NITELIFE• 

in. Refocused on her sexual awakening and personal experiences, the new 

“Hollywoodn’t” confronts the “gray area” of coercion and consent. Verlo 

wants to take it on the college circuit. 

Onstage, she calls out Hollywood associates who professionally enable 

sexual predators. One is a woman, an acting teacher who advised the ingénue 

to sleep with Beatty: “You’ve probably done it for less, and he’s known for 

using a lot of women in his movies that he sleeps with.” 

“She was kind of jaded — like, this is what goes on. But I wasn’t, because I 

had only been with one boyfriend,” Verlo insists, laughing. “I had not done it 

for less!” 

That exchange inspired one of the hour-long show’s songs, the tongue-incheek 

“You’ve Done It for Less,” whose slinky beat evokes tacky lounges and 

cheap drinks: 

Show w/Rene Vaca 

Saturday—Six Weeks to Standup Comedy 

Workshop w/Rudy Moreno; Old School Presents; 

Comedy Juice 

Sunday—Dave McNary’s All Star Variety Show 

Wednesday—Ice House Open Mic; Wednesday 

Night Live w/Rudy Moreno 

Kings Row Gastropub 


(626) 793-3010 

kingsrowpub.com 

Thursday—Thirsty Thursday w/Mike Moody 

Friday—The Nic Fresard Trio; 

Saturday—The Krows 

Sunday—Reggae Sunday w/My Reggae Band; 

Will Champlin 

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 James 

Intveld & the Swing Sinners 

Plate 38 


(626) 793-7100 , plate38.com 

Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select 

Fridays & Saturdays 

The Mixx 


(626) 500-0021 

themixxclub.com 

Thursday—Jazz Moves 

Friday—Dinner and jazz w/The Jazz Zone 

Saturday—Dale Fielder Quartet 

Tuesday—Devon Rowland Blues Jam 

The Rose 

Paseo Colorado 


(888) 645-5006 

wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com 

Thursday—Gary Hoey 

Friday—Erotic City Prince tribute 

Saturday—John Hiatt 

Sunday—Guitar Shorty 

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—Artur Menezes 

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—Live music w/Echo Park Project; Deejay 

Joey Vega; Deejay Vince; Deejay Miro 

Saturday—Live music w/La Salsa Orchestra; 

Deejay Jojo; Deejay Miro; Deejay Marco 

J.C. Hyke Songwriter Serenade 

Matt Denny’s Ale House Restaurant 


(626) 462-0250 

mattdennys.com, jchyke.com 

Tuesday—Guest host John M; Nick Goodman; 

Hunter and the Wicked; Partners; Jeff Kossack & 

the Other Hand 

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; Doug McDonald 

Sunday—Sunny & Cher 

Monday—Eric Eckstrand Trio 

Tuesday—Tom Armbruster 

Wednesday—Karen Hernandez w/vocalist Marvin 

Robinson 

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 

“So he wants a little kiss, big deal 

Then he wants you to undress, get real … 

Run out and buy some lingerie 

To hang on that fine line between work and play 

And bask in the glory of being pursued 

It’s all in the moves and the attitude” 

“I could have made a misery out of it,” Verlo acknowledges, but a little 

laughter helps process weighty themes. And she still enjoys her teenage 

self’s sexual curiosity and love of flirtation. Bottom line: we need “a new 

language, a new vocabulary — not just a verbal vocabulary, but a physical 

vocabulary” about consent. 

“I feel like this is very cathartic, finally being able to come clean — not 

just as a person with my experiences, but even with myself. I started uncovering 

all the ways I had framed all these things that happened, just to feel 

OK about it. That’s also why my show [asks], what have we been conditioned 

to accept as inevitable? We were all just so conditioned. Child molestation 

is all about grooming. But we are groomed as a culture, by our media, to 

accept certain behavior and certain standards. … 

“What’s really amazing about doing this show: We uncover more and 

more all the time. You go deeper and deeper. Because when you really go 

for the truth of what’s underneath the motivations, that’s where you get 

the gold. That’s where you start resonating with others.” n 

Lisa Verlo performs “Hollywoodn’t” for ages 17+ at the Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa 

Monica Blvd., Hollywood, at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22, and Wednesday, June 26; $22. 

Tickets: hollywoodfringe.org/projects/6087?tab=tickets. about.me/lisaverlo, theatreplanners.com/lounge.html 

All Bases Covered 

JOHN HIATT BRINGS HIS DIVERSE MUSICAL STYLE TO THE ROSE 

JOHN HIATT, A MULTIGENERATIONAL, MULTI-GENRE SINGER-SONGWRITER AND RECORDING ARTIST, VISITS PASA- 

DENA SATURDAY TO PERFORM AN ACOUSTIC SHOW AT THE ROSE NIGHTCLUB. 

Stylistically, Hiatt’s covered a lot of bases during his 40-plus-year career, including delving into new wave, blues and 

country. 

He adopted a blend of rock, country, blues and folk with his 1987 release, “Bring the Family.” Along the journey, Hiatt 

has garnered 11 Grammy nominations, plus a variety of other honors. His songs have been covered by artists including 

Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night and the Neville Brothers. 

His most recent release is the 2018 “The Eclipse Sessions.” 

Visit johnhiatt.com. — John Sollenberger 

Doors open at 6 p.m., special guest David Luning starts at 8 p.m. and Hiatt performs at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Rose, 245 E. Green 

St., Pasadena. Tickets are $48 to $78. Call (888) 645-5006 or visit wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com. 



•CALENDAR• 


Ivan Amodei 

Magic With a Message 

ILLUSIONIST IVAN AMODEI BRINGS LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC TO THE ALEX THEATRE 


You have to be one hell of a magician to 

confound the legendary magic duo of 

Penn & Teller on their CW network TV 

show “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” but Ivan 

Amodei is one of the few to have accomplished 

just that. In the past couple of 

years, he has parlayed that achievement 

into a fast-rising career that brings him 

to the stage of the historic Alex Theatre 

in Glendale on Saturday night. 

Titled “Secrets & Illusions,” the 

show features Amodei leading audiences 

on an epic journey to discover the 

secrets of life. 

Set on the dark and deserted 

streets of Paris, audiences will enter the 

legendary Louvre Museum, where an 

enchanting musical muse escorts them 

through galleries, while Ivan uncovers 

life’s greatest mysteries deep inside 

the priceless works of art, one dazzling 

illusion at a time. 

The 90-minute spectacular focuses 

on providing “magic with a message,” 

and displays Amodei’s signature style of 

thought-provoking vignettes, audience 

participation, and storytelling. 

“The show isn’t just magic tricks, it 

actually has parts that address important 

life things like facing fears, making 

choices and finding love all in a funny 

way with illusions that support the message,” 

says Amodei. “I say ‘we’re gonna 

face your fear today,’ and a spectator 

comes on stage and we play Russian 

Roulette with a 12 inch hunting knife 

hidden in a paper bag straight up and 

you have to decide which one to slam 

your hand into. 

“There’ll be a large butcher knife with 

a 12-inch blade, hidden under a paper bag 

drilled into a stand so the blade is straight 

up,” Amodei continues. “I cover the entire 

stand and knife with a paper bag and put 

the identical ones that are empty there 

too, then mix them up on the table so we 

don’t know which is which. And I tell her 

the game is slam hand on the bag and 

then come to which one will have the 

knife. Most people run out and I have to 

get a second participant. That just adds 

to the suspense, and the whole point is to 

face your fears.” 

The 45-year-old Amodei was born 

in Sicily and moved to the US at the age 

of two, becoming fascinated by magic 

when he saw a family friend performing 

tricks when he was 5. He first started 

performing small-group magic as a 

waiter to earn better tips while saving 

for college, then moved on to parlor-size 

audiences before going fully professional 

with large-scale crowds. 

Rather than waiting for gigs to come 

to him or languishing at a day job and 

performing at parties for side money, 

Amodei created a full-fledged show 

after college and took the risk of selling 

tickets to theaters he rented. 

“The show’s illusions are demonstrations 

of messages in life, not a 

magic show where I put a girl in a box 

and saw her in half,” says Amodei. 

“This is a show about thinking about 

the messages and facing your fears. 

The participation allows the show to go 

in a different direction. It’s a show that 

actually will help inspire you to move on 

to the next level of your life. 

“A lot of people are stuck and 

don’t know what they want to do,” he 

concludes. “This is about how you can 

achieve more and demonstrate and 

prove what I’m saying is right. All of the 

show’s illusions have premises in them, 

including finding love, purpose in life, 

why are you on this planet, your destiny. 

What if you said yes to that job, no to 

that job, move to this state? Things that 

actually prove certain things about life. 

It’s a really different show.” n 

Ivan Amodei performs “Secrets & Illusions” at 

7:30 p.m. Sat. at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand 

Blvd., Glendale. Tickets are $35 to $85. Call 

(818) 243-2539 or visit alextheatre.org. 

Thursday June 20 through Wednesday June 26 

PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar 

submissions is noon Wednesday of the week 

before the issue publishes. Send to johns@ 

pasadenaweekly.com 

THURSDAY 

The Blue Guitar 




The club at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents 

Twanguero at 7 p.m. Tickets are $14 general 

admission, $20 for table seating, available on 

the website. 

Crowell Public Library 

1890 Huntington Drive, San Marino 

(626) 300-0777 

crowellpubliclibrary.org 

Tracy McCubbin, of the company dClutterfly, 

presents a workshop on “Making Space, 

Clutter Free,” explaining the seven emotional 

clutter blocks leading to an inability to get rid 

of unneeded items, starting at 2 p.m. Free. 

Descanso Gardens 

1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge 

(818) 949-4200 

descansogardens.org 

Descanso’s annual Music on the Main live 

jazz series features piano-driven jazz by Yuko 

Mabuchi 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. 

Norton Simon Museum 

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-6840 

nortonsimon.org 

Thursday Summer Fun, Gameplay, invites 

guests to explore games reflected in the collections, 

then design a puzzle of their own, from 1 

to 3 p.m., included in Norton Simon admission 

of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for 

students, those 18 and under and members. 

Pasadena Public Library, Hastings Branch 

3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 744-7262 

pasadenapubliclibrary.net 

A Pasadena Fire Department meet-and-greet 

invites guests to meet the local heroes at 4 

p.m. Author Kathleen Vallee Stein discusses 

her book “Loving Choices, Peaceful Passing: 

Why My Family Chose Hospice” at 7 p.m., 

followed by a Q&A session. 

Pasadena Senior Center 

85 E. Holly St., Pasadena 

(626) 795-4331 

pasadenaseniorcenter.org 

Anthem Blue Cross representatives discuss the 

dangers of sun exposure at 10 a.m. 

San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyists 

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic 

Garden 

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia 

sgvoh.org 

The club hosts and open forum for questions 

on all things related to orchids starting at 7 

p.m. Free and open to the public. Refreshments 

are included. 

FRIDAY 

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 

2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock 

(323) 561-3044 

cfaer.org 

Mary Frances Spencer and Gongphoria present 

Summer Solstice Sound Bath, a sonic vibrational 

concert featuring symphonic gongs and 

crystal singing bowls. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. 

and the concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 

in advance, $25 at the door. 

Pasadena Senior Center 

85 E. Holly St., Pasadena 

(626) 795-4331 

pasadenaseniorcenter.org 

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

This Friday’s film is “My Fellow Americans” 

(1996). 

SATURDAY 

Alex Theatre 

216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale 

(818) 243-2539 

alextheatre.org 

Master illusionist Ivan Amodel, winner of Penn 

& Teller’s “Fool Us,” brings his new stage tour, 

“Secrets & Illusions” to Glendale. It is set on 

the dark and deserted streets of Paris. Guests 

seemingly enter the Louvre, where a musical 

muse escorts them through the galleries, while 

Amodel uncovers life’s greatest mysteries 

deep inside priceless works of art, and other 

illusions. It starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 

to $85. 

Arcadia Performing Arts Center 

188 Campus Drive, Arcadia 

(626) 821-1781 

arcadiapaf.org 

Tribute artist James Garner and his band 

faithfully recreate the music of Johnny Cash 

starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $60. 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and 

Botanical Gardens 

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino 

(626) 405-2100 

huntington.org 

“Night Owls,” a Family Evening event, invites 

families to learn about the animals that call the 

Huntington home. Guests can tour the Desert 

Garden, meet night creatures from the Wildlife 

Learning Center and explore the Orbit Pavilion 

at night, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per 

person, free for kids younger than 5. Register 

at huntington.org/calendar. A monumental 

new, site-specific installation, “Tang Qingnia: 

An Offering to Roots” by artist Tang Qingnian 

goes on view, featuring full-size prints of five 

banner paintings, the largest one, 18 feet 

long, suspended from a framework above the 

water of the Chinese Garden lake. It continues 

through Sept. 23, during regular Huntington 

hours, included in Huntington admission of 

$29 for adults, $24 for seniors, youth 4 to 11, 

$13, free for those younger than 4. 

Norton Simon Museum 

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 449-6840 

nortonsimon.org 

A guided tour visits works from the Spanish 

Golden Age 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 POPS 

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic 

Garden 

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 793-7172 

pasadenasymphony-pops.org 

The POPS launches its Sierra Summer Concert 

Series with music from the Great American 

Songbook, from Stephen Foster’s “Beautiful 

Dreamer” to Broadway favorites including 

“Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” and “Maria,” to 

music of Frank Sinatra. Michael Feinstein conducts. 

Guest vocal soloists are Kevin McKidd 

and Melissa Errico. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. 

for picnicking and the concert starts at 7:30 

p.m. Tickets are $25 and up. 

Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 


(626) 744-4066 


The Family Science Fiction Classics film series 

screens “Countdown” (1968), about two astronauts 

vying to be the first American to walk on 

the moon, starting at 2 p.m. 

Vroman’s Bookstore 


(626) 449-5320 

vromansbookstore.com



ONGOING 

Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents the musical “Dames at Sea,” a story about 

a woman who arrives on Broadway from Utah. She is cast in the chorus of a show, but the theater soon closes. Her 

songwriting sailor boyfriend persuades the captain of his ship to allow the show to move on deck. It opened June 15 and 

continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through July 21. Tickets are $25 to $45. Call (626) 355- 

4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org. 

Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, presents 

Kit Steinkeltner’s “Ladies,” a fictional account of the real women 

behind the Blue Stocking Society, the world’s first major feminist 

movement in 1750s London. Their ambitious goals created 

scandal in London society and conflicts among themselves. 

It opened June 1 and continues at 8 p.m. Thursdays through 

Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through June 30. Tickets are $20 

to $39. Call (626) 683-6801 or visit bostoncourtpasadena.org. 

Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 

presents the exhibition “The Sweetness of Life: Three 18th 

Century French Paintings From the Frick Collection,” featuring 

visions of contemporary life and fashion, by Francois Boucher, 

Jean-Siméon Chardin and Jean-Baptiste Greuze, on view 

through Sept. 9 during regular museum hours. Admission is 

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

seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members. 

Call (626) 449-6840 or visit nortonsimon.org. 

Pasadena Museum of History, 470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena, 

presents the exhibition “Giddy Up: Children Take the Reins,” 

featuring an array of more than 35 small-scale carousel horses 

and exotic creatures that guests of all ages will be able to touch 

and view through Sept. 15, during regular hours of noon to 5 

p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Call (626) 577-1660 or visit 

pasadenahistory.org. 

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

“Gather: Surprising Stories & Other Mischief,” which opened 

May 24. Starring John C. Reilly and Betsy Brandt, it was created 

by Reilly and Patrick Murphy, who directs. The show takes 

audiences to wondrous worlds full of legendary creatures and 

colorful characters, as traditional folklore and contemporary 

pieces come to life in a magical experience for all ages. The show 

continues at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 

closing Saturday. Tickets are $56. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit 

pasadenaplayhouse.org. 

Jet Tila discusses and signs “101 Epic Dishes: Recipes that 

Teach You How to Make the Classics Even More Delicious” 

at 3 p.m. 

SUNDAY 

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia 

(626) 821-4624 

arboretum.org 

A discussion and musical performance explores the 

Arboretum’s Dawn Redwood, a tree once thought to be 

extinct, which died during California’s recent drought. Wood 

from the tree was fashioned into a guitar by luthier Dennis 

Hays. Peter Del Tredici, senior research scientist emeritus 

at Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, discusses the 

tree’s history, and popular artist Laurence Juber, formerly of 

the group Wings, will perform pop and jazz classics on the 

guitar. The event runs from 3 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $15, or 

$12 for members. 

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. 

Taste of Eagle Rock 

Corner of Hill Drive and Eagle Rock Boulevard, Eagle Rock 

cerb.us/taste-of-eagle-rock 

Community service organization The Collaborative Eagle 

Rock Beautiful (CERB) hosts the event, featuring food and 

beverages, including beer and wine from various Eagle Rock 

establishments from 4 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $45 for adults, 

$35 for designated drivers, $15 for kids 6 to 12, free for 

those 5 and younger. 

MONDAY 

Maureen Choi Quartet Concert 

Bacchus’ Kitchen 

1384 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena 

(626) 594-6377 

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bacchuskitchen.com 

Jazz violinist and Spanish resident Maureen Choi and her 

quartet perform a concert of music at the intersection of 

jazz and Spanish cultures, starting with a three-course 

dinner at 6 p.m., followed by the concert at 7 p.m. Tickets 

are $85. Visit maureenchoi.com for tickets. 



(626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com 

Lauren Kate discusses and signs “The Orphan’s Song” at 

7 p.m. 

TUESDAY 

Cancer Support Community 

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

(626) 796-1083 

cscpasadena.org 

City of Hope Provost and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Steve 

Rosen discusses how to build awareness among patients 

and caregivers about talking with their health care teams 

about personalized medicine testing, targeted therapy, immunotherapy 

and inheritable cancers from 6:30 to 8 p.m. 

Free, but call for reservations. 

Descanso Gardens 

1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge 

(818) 949-4200, descansogardens.org 

Descanso’s annual World Rhythms world music series 

features Angel City Chorale from 6 to 7 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. 

Pasadena Civil War Round Table 



pasadenacwrt.org 

The Round Table discusses “Before the Shooting Started—The 

Causes of the Civil War,” featuring Pepperdine 

University Professor of History Stewart Davenport. Topics 

include anti-and pro-slavery forces, irreconcilable ideas 

between the two sides, economic, social and religious differences 

between the two and other topics. It starts at 7:15 

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



(626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com 

Tanja Hester discusses and signs “Work Optional: Retire 

Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way” at 7 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY 

One Colorado 

41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena 

(626) 564-1066 

onecolorado.com 

June Wine Wednesdays feature wine flights hosted by 

Sage Vegan Bistro & Brewery. Guests can enjoy live music 

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

event features rosé flights for $16. Live music is salsa by 

the Iris Sanda Band. The music is free. Check in at the 

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

Pasadena Playhouse 

39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena 

(626) 356-7529 

pasadenaplayhouse.org 

The play “Good Boys,” by “Riverdale” creator Roberto 

Aguirre-Sacasa opens at 8 p.m. The intense drama is set in 

1988 at a private prep school, involving a model student, 

in the mold of his father, a disturbing video tape and a 

privileged family facing difficult choices. It continues at 8 

p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays 

and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through July 21. Tickets are 

$25 and up. 



(626) 744-4066 


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

is “Calendar Girls” (2003). 

Sierra Madre Playhouse 

87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre 

(626) 355-4318 

sierramadreplayhouse.org 

The Playhouse continues its series of classic movie musical 

screenings with “Gold Diggers” (1933), starting at 8 

p.m. Admission is $10 per film. 

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 

Elizabeth Pomeroy discusses and signs “Glen Dawson: 

Mountaineer and Bookman” at 7 p.m. 

Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter Music Series 




Brad Colerick’s weekly music series features Ike’s Creek 

and Alice Howe at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, 

$17 for table seating. n 



•FILM• 


Total Winner 

‘THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO’ SPOTLIGHTS 

HUGELY TALENTED NEWCOMER JIMMIE FAILS 

It’s no secret that San Francisco is beset 

with all manner of troubles these days, 

from rampant homelessness to terribly 

unsanitary conditions in much of its prime 

locations. Yet its huge hills and beautiful historic 

architecture still hold a magical allure 

for millions, and a young actor-writer named 

Jimmie Fails makes a dramatic stand for 

its preservation in the stunning new drama 

“The Last Black Man in San Francisco.” 

Fails has come out of seemingly nowhere 

with the film, in which he plays a somewhat 

fictional version of himself and co-wrote the 

story with his best friend and director, Joe 

Talbot. The story follows Fails and his best 

friend, Monty (Jonathan Majors), as Jimmie 

tries desperate and inventive measures to 

reclaim his childhood home after 12 years 

when its owners are forced to leave the 

premises. 

Jimmie has had the deck stacked 

against him his entire life, with a mother 

who abandoned him years ago and a father 

who is a former junkie and subsists by 

making and selling pirated DVDs in a dingy 

hotel room. Monty is stuck working in a 

fish shop while dreaming of becoming a 

playwright, and spends much of his time 

outside of work listening to the conversations 

and arguments of the people he sees 

on the streets around him. 

When Jimmie realizes that the older 

white couple who took over the house when 

his family fell apart are being evicted due to 

a familial property dispute, he and Monty 

break in and start squatting there. He has 

always been told his grandfather built the 

fantastical house, and even manages to 

reclaim his grandfather’s assortment of odd 

furniture and other possessions to fill its 

massive empty space. 

On the one hand, this brings Jimmie great 

happiness. On the other, it also creates a 

Jimmie Fails, left, and Jonathan Majors in “The Last Black Man in San Francisco“ 

slow-building tension as they struggle to remain 

unnoticed and wonder when the other 

shoe is going to drop. 

“Last” doesn’t rely much on conventional 

narrative, but rather is a mesmerizing visual 

poem and mood piece that grabs viewers 

from the start and never lets go. Co-writer 

and director Joe Talbot, the real Fails’ reallife 

best friend, kicks things off with an aweinspiring 

opening sequence in which Jimmie 

and Monty hop on the same skateboard and 

soar through the streets of San Francisco on 

their way to work. 

As they zip through the streets and soar 

up and down its incredible hills, numerous 

images of the people they pass are freezeframed 

or slow-motioned as they stare at the 

two young friends flying by. This visual trick 

and many others are employed by Talbot 

throughout the film, creating a unique look 

from start to finish that recalls and even surpasses 

the dazzling cinematography of Spike 

Lee’s visionary early work. 

With Emile Mosseri’s stirring musical 

score that combines orchestral power with a 

jazzy undertone, “Last” becomes a feast for 

the senses. Fails is making his literal feature 

film debut here as both writer and actor, and 

the result caused a sensation at this year’s 

Sundance Film Festival. 

In fact, The Hollywood Reporter critic 

Todd McCarthy regarded it as “by far the 

best narrative film I saw at Sundance…Every 

scene is fresh and unpredictable, visual 

poetry and realism are exquisitely woven together.” 

Such high praise is richly deserved, 

and if you’re looking for an intelligent and 

compelling film amid the bombast of summer 

blockbusters, this is likely your best bet 

of the season. n 

“THE LAST BLACK MAN IN 

SAN FRANCISCO”: A 

FLICK FINDER 

SHOWTIMES 

Friday June 21 to Thursday June 27 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. 

Princess Mononoke Tues. only, 7:30 p.m. 

IPIC THEATERS AT 

ONE COLORADO PASADENA 

42 Miller Alley, (626) 639-2260. 

Men in Black: International Fri.-Sun., 1, 4:30, 7:30, 

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

1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 p.m. 

Rocketman Fri.-Tues., 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 p.m.; Wed. 

1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 p.m. 

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Fri. 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 p.m.; 

Sat. 1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 p.m.; Sun. 1:05, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 

p.m.; Mon.-Tues., 1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 p.m.; Wed. 1, 3:30, 

6:30, 9 p.m. 

Shaft Fri.-Wed., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 p.m. 

Toy Story 4 Fri.-Sun., 12:30, 12:45, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9:30, 

10 p.m.; Mon.-Tues., 12:40, 12:45, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9:30, 

9:45 p.m.; Wed. 12:45, 1, 3:45, 4, 6:45, 9:30, 10 p.m.; 

Thurs. 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 p.m. 

LAEMMLE’S PLAYHOUSE 7 

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

Kinky Boots the Musical Tues. only, 7 p.m. 

The Taming of the Shrew Mon. 7:30 p.m.; Tues. 1 p.m. 

Yesterday Thurs. only, 7:20, 10:10 p.m. 

ARCLIGHT PASADENA 14 

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

Annabelle Comes Home Tues. 5, 7:15, 9:30, 11:45 p.m.; 

Wed.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15 p.m. 

Child’s Play Fri.-Sun., 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 

6:30, 8:30, 10:30 p.m. 

Toy Story 4 Fri.-Sun., 10 a.m., 4:45, 7, 9:15 p.m. 

Toy Story 4 3D Fri. 3:30 p.m.; Sat. 1:15, 3:30 p.m.; Sun. 

3:30 p.m. 

Yesterday Thurs. only, 7, 9:30, 12 midnight 

GLENDALE 

PACIFIC GLENDALE 18 

The Americana at Brand,322 

Americana Way, Glendale 

(818) 551-0218. 

Annabelle Comes Home Tues. 5, 7:30, 10 p.m.; Wed. 

11:45 a.m., 2:15, 5:30, 8, 10:30 p.m.; Thurs. 11:45 a.m., 

2:20, 5:30, 8, 10:30 p.m. 

Child’s Play Fri. 5:45, 8 p.m.; Sat. 5:45 p.m.; Sun. 5:50, 

8:05, 10:20 p.m. 

Toy Story 4 Fri.-Sat., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1, 2, 3:30, 

4:30, 6, 7, 8:30, 9:30, 11, 12 midnight; Sun. 10:30 a.m., 

11:30 a.m., 1, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 6, 7, 8:30, 9:30 p.m. 

Yesterday Thurs. only, 7:15, 10 p.m. 

UA LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE 

1919 Verdugo Bl, (818) 952-1940. 

Annabelle Comes Home Tues. 5, 7:50, 10:30 p.m.; Wed.- 

Thurs., 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 p.m. 

Toy Story 4 Fri.-Thurs., 11:10 a.m., 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 p.m. 

Toy Story 4 3D Fri.-Thurs., 1:50 p.m. 

Yesterday Thurs. only, 7, 9:50 p.m. 

ARCADIA 

AMC SANTA ANITA 16 

Westfield Shoppingtown Mall,400 Baldwin 

Ave, (888) 262-4386. 

Anna Fri.-Thurs., 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 p.m. 

Annabelle Comes Home Tues. 5, 8, 11 p.m.; Wed.- 

Thurs., 11:25 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 p.m. 

Child’s Play Fri.-Thurs., 10:15 a.m., 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 

8:15, 10:45 p.m. 

Forrest Gump 25th Anniversary Sun. 3, 7 p.m.; Tues. 3, 

7 p.m. 


Men in Black: International Fri. 10:45 a.m., 12:15, 1:30, 

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

12:15, 1:30, 3:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 p.m.; Tues. 7 p.m. 

Men in Black: International 3D Fri.-Sun., 6:15, 9:15 p.m. 

MET Summer Encore: La Boheme (2010) Wed. only, 7 

p.m. 

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Sat. only, 11 a.m. 

Shaft Fri.-Sun., 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 p.m. 

Toy Story 4 Fri.-Sat., 9:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:30, 2, 

3:15, 4:45, 6, 7:30, 8:45, 10:15, 11:30 p.m.; Sun. 9:45 

a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:30, 2, 3:15, 4:45, 6, 7:30, 8:45, 

10:15, 11:15 p.m.; Mon. 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1:15, 1:45, 

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

a.m., 12:45, 1:15, 3:30, 4, 6:45, 9:30 p.m.; Wed.-Thurs., 

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

Toy Story 4 3D Fri.-Sun., 10:45 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45 

p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., 11:30 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 p.m. 

Toy Story 4: The IMAX 2D Experience Fri.-Sun., 10:15 

a.m., 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 p.m.; Mon. 10 a.m., 12:45, 

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PUBLIC NOTICES 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case 

No.19NWCP00176 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition 

of TIMOTHY RAIJI SANTO, for 

Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED 

PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Timothy Raiji 

Santo filed a petition with this court for 

a decree 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. 

PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/30/19, 

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



No.19NWCP00175 



of MEGAN MARIE AMO, for Change 

of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PER- 

SONS: 1.) Petitioner: Megan Marie 

Amo filed a petition with this court for 


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 days before the matter 

is scheduled to be heard and must 

appear at the hearing to show cause 

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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. 

PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 5/30/19, 

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



No.19BBCP00171 



of ROBIN LEROY RITTER, for Change 

of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PER- 

SONS: 1.) Petitioner: Robin Leroy 

Ritter fi led a petition with this court for 


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 fi le a written objection that includes 

the reasons for the objection at 

least two court days before the matter 

is scheduled to be heard and must appear 

at the hearing to show cause why 

the petition should not be granted. If 

no written objection is timely fi led, the 

court may grant the petition without a 

hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 

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 fi led: May 

15, 2019. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the 

Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena 

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

6/20/19 



No.19BBCP00196 



of MIGUEL COSIO-GALLEGOS for 


PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Miguel 

Cosio-Gallegos filed a petition with 

this court for a decree changing names 

MORLIN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP, 

A Delaware Limited Partnership as Agent 

for the JOINT MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, 

an unincorporated association, will receive 

 

 

bidding opportunity at Los Angeles Union 

Station. It is the intent of this Joint Management 

 

construction services at Los Angeles Union Station 

at the best overall value. In order to be fully 

 

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. 

as follows: a.) Miguel Cosio-Gallegos 

to Miguel A Cosio 2.) THE COURT OR- 

DERS that all persons interested in this 

matter appear before this court at the 

hearing indicated below to show cause, 

if any, why the petition for change of 

name should not be granted. Any person 

objecting to the name changes 

described above must 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: 07/19/2019. 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 

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: 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 



No.19GDCP00206 



of ELLEN PHILLIPS KEARNEY for 


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 OR- 

DERS that all persons interested in this 

matter appear before this court at the 

hearing indicated below to show cause, 

if any, why the petition for change of 

name should not be granted. Any person 

objecting to the name changes 

described above must 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: 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 

INVITATION TO BID 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 

THE CITY OF PASADENA, hereinafter 

referred to as the City or City, will receive 

at the stated location prior to the 

Bid Deadline established below, sealed 

Bids for the Contract for construction of 

the Work generally described as: 

INSTALLATION OF RESTROOM 

BUILDING AT DESIDERIO PARK 

BID DEADLINE: July 9, 2019 at 2:00 

pm 

BID OPENING: July 9, 2019 at 2:00 pm 

PLACE FOR RECEIPT AND OPENING 

OF BIDS: 

City of Pasadena, City Clerk’s Offi ce 

100 North Garfi eld Avenue, 2nd Floor, 

Room S-228 

Pasadena, CA 91101 

Attention: M. Kris Markarian, City Engineer, 

Owner’s Representative 

MANDATORY PREBID JOB WALK 

Date/Time: June 20, 2019 at 10:00 am 

Location: Desiderio Neighborhood 

Park (Entrance off S. Arroyo Blvd) 

10 N. Arroyo Blvd. 


DEADLINE FOR BIDDER REQUESTS 

FOR INFORMATION AND OR EQUAL 

SUBSTITUTION REQUESTS: 

Date/Time: June 28, 2019 at 2:00 pm 

SHARP 

Attention: Tiffi ny Tran 

E-mail: ttran@cityofpasadena.net 

(all RFIs must be submitted via e-mail) 

1. Bidder Information and Addenda: 

Project Manual and Drawings are 

available on the City website at: 

https://www.planetbids.com/portal/ 

portal.cfm?CompanyID=14770 free of 

charge. Additionally, Registered Bidders 

may pick up one (1) CD copy of 

the Project Manual and Drawings at the 

Public Works Permit Window for $5.00 

(there is an additional fee for mailing 

the CD). A CD can be requested by 

telephone at (626) 744-4195, by fax at 

(626) 396-8999, or by email to 

pw-permits@cityofpasadena.net. 

Additional CDs and hard copies may 

be purchased at ARC (formerly Ford 

Graphics), 681 S. Raymond Avenue, 

Pasadena, CA 91105, Tel: (626) 583- 

1122. The cost for duplicating CDs or 

printing the Bidding Documents shall 

be the responsibility of the Bidders. 

Due to the size of the electronic files, 

e-mailing of Bidding Documents is not 

possible. 

Addenda, if any, will be issued via 

e-mail or CD (no hard copy) to Bidders 

who attend and sign in at the mandatory 

prebid job walk (ìRegistered Biddersî) 

and by posting on the City’s 

website. Material suppliers, Subcontractors, 

and other Sub-bidders may 

obtain copies of Bidding Documents 

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

and 

ARC (formerly Ford Graphics). The 

City reserves the right to extend the Bid 

Deadline and Bid Opening by issuing 

an Addendum to Registered Bidders 

no later than 72 hours prior to the Bid 

Deadline. 

From time to time, the City fi nds it 

necessary to issue addendum(a) to bid 

specifi cations after those bid specifi 

cations have been released. Only 

those parties that have registered with 

the City as a plan holder on a particular 

project will receive the addendum(a) for 

that project. The City is not responsible 

for notifi cations to those parties who do 

not directly register as a plan holder on 

the City’s database. It is the responsibility 

of all perspective bidders to register 

on the City’s database to ensure 

receipt of any addendum(a) prior to bid 

submittals. Additionally, information 

on any addendum(a) issued for any bid 

specifi cations for any project will be 

available on the City website at: https:// 

www.planetbids.com/portal/portal. 

cfm?CompanyID=14770 

The City reserves the right to reject 

as nonresponsive any bid that fails to 

include the information required by 

any addendum(a) posted on the City 

website. 

2. Mandatory Prebid Job Walk: Each 

Bidder must attend the mandatory 

prebid job walk. Failure to attend the 

mandatory prebid job walk or arriving 

at the prebid job walk late may disqualify 

your Bid. All attendees are required 

to sign in and initialed out during the 

walkthrough to be acknowledged to be 

in attendance and eligible to bid and receive 

Addenda. The meeting will held at 

Desiderio Park located at 10 N. Arroyo 

Blvd., Pasadena, California 91105. 

3. Contractors License Required: Each 

Bidder must hold an active license 

issued by the California Contractors 

State License Board in the following 

classifi cation(s): Class B (general 

building contractor). In addition, the 

Bidder (if it will self-perform the demolition 

work) or a listed Subcontractor 

must hold a Class C21 (building moving/demolition) 

license and all applicable 

State certifi cations from the California 

Contractors State License Board 

and any necessary registrations from 

the Division of Occupational Safety 

and Health at the Bid Deadline. Regardless 

of tier and dollar value of the Work, 

the C21 licensee must be listed on the 

Subcontractor Listing form (000302) 

submitted with the Bid. 

4. Pasadena City Business License: 

Each Bidder shall obtain and keep current 

a Pasadena City Business License 

prior to commencement and throughout 

the duration of the Work. 

5. Request for Information (ìRFIî). All 

RFI’s must be in writing, must be submitted 

via e-mail to the e-mail address 

specifi ed above, and must be received 

no later than the date and time specifi 

ed above. Any RFI submitted after the 

date and time specifi ed above will not 

be considered. 

6. Time for Completion: The selected 

Contractor shall achieve Substantial 

Completion of the entire Work no later 

than EIGHTY WORKING DAYS after the 

date of commencement established in 

City’s initial Notice to Proceed (Contract 

Time). 

7. Liquidated Delay Damages: If the selected 

Contractor fails to achieve Substantial 

Completion of the Work called 

for in the Contract Documents within 

the Contract Time, liquidated delay 

damages in the amount of $1,000.00 

per day will be assessed as provided in 

Section 4.5 of the Agreement Between 

City and Contractor. 

8. Withdrawal of Bids: Bids shall remain 

open and valid for one hundred 

twenty (120) days after the Bid Deadline. 

9. Acceptance and Rejection of Bids: 

City reserves the right to reject any or 

all Bids or to waive any irregularities 

or informalities in any Bids or in the 

bidding. 

10. Contract Award: Award will be 

made to the responsive and responsible 

Bidder submitting the lowest Bid 

Price; however, if Alternate Bid items 

are included in the Bid Form, the lowest 

Bid will be determined in accordance 

with Paragraph 3 of the Instructions to 

Bidders, Alternate Bid Items. 

11. Bid Security: Each Bid shall be accompanied 

by Bid Security, in the form 

of cash, a cashier’s check, money order 

or Bid Bond executed by a Californiaadmitted 

surety insurer in an amount of 

not less than fi ve percent (5%) of the 

amount of the total of the Base Bid price 

on the base contract, excluding any 

Alternate Bid Items. 

12. Bid Forms: Each Bid shall be submitted 

on the City’s pre-printed forms. 

If any Bidder makes any alteration, 

strike-through or otherwise deviates 

from any of the pre-printed Bid forms, 

or makes any qualifi cations of the Bid 

forms in separate documents submitted 

with the Contractor’s Bid, the Bid 

may be considered non-responsive. 

No verbal, telephoned, e-mailed, telegraphic, 

or faxed Bids and/or modifi - 

cations of Bids will be accepted. Late 

Bids shall be returned to the Bidder 

unopened. 

13. Bidder Mandatory Qualifi cations: 

Bidder shall satisfy the mandatory 

qualifi cation requirements established 

in the Instructions to Bidders, including, 

but not limited to, the insurance 

requirements established in Exhibit A 

of the Agreement. 

14. Subcontractors: Each Bidder 

shall submit, on the form furnished 

with the Contract Documents, a list 

of Subcontractors to be used on this 

Project as required by the Subletting 

and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act, 

California Public Contract Code section 

4100 et seq. 

15. City Requirements: This Project 

is subject to the City’s Competitive 

Bidding and Purchasing Ordinance, 

(Chapter 4.08 of the Pasadena Municipal 

Code), the California Fair Employment 

and Housing Act (Government 

Code Section 12900 et. Seq.), the 

City’s Living Wage Ordinance (Chapter 

4.11 of the Pasadena Municipal Code) 

and the rules and regulations promulgated 

thereunder. 

16. Prevailing Wages: This Project is 

subject to the provisions of Labor Code 

Section 1720 et seq., and the requirements 

of Title 8 of the California Code 

of Regulations Section 16000 et seq., 

which govern the payment of prevailing 

wages on public works projects. The 

Director of the Department of Industrial 

Relations, State of California (DIR) 

pursuant to the California Labor Code, 

has determined the general prevailing 

rates of wages in the locality in which 

the Work is to be performed. Copies of 

these determinations are maintained at 

the City’s Public Works Department offi 

ce, are available during City’s normal 

business hours and are also available on 

the Internet at the Department of Industrial 

Relations website: http://www.dir. 

ca.gov/dlsr/DPreWageDetermination. 

htm. Future effective general prevailing 

wage rates, which have been predetermined 

and are on file with the California 

Department of Industrial Relations are 

referenced but not printed in the general 

prevailing wage rates. If there is a difference 

in the Pasadena Living Wage rates 

and the California prevailing wage rates 

for similar classifi cations of labor, the 

Contractor and Subcontractors shall 

pay not less than the highest wage rates. 

See the Supplementary Conditions, 

Section I for details regarding payment 

of Prevailing Wages. 

17. California Department of Industrial 

Relations Public Works Contractor 

Registration Notice to Bidders and 

Subcontractors: 

A. A Contractor or Subcontractor shall 

not be qualifi ed to bid on, be listed in 

a Bid proposal, subject to the requirements 

of Section 4104 of the Public 

Contract Code, or engage in the performance 

of this public works project 

unless currently registered and qualifi 

ed to perform public work pursuant to 

Labor Code Section 1725.5. It is not a 

violation of Labor Code Section 1771.1 

for an unregistered contractor to submit 

a bid that is authorized by Section 

7029.1 of the Business and Professions 

Code or by Section 10164 or 

20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, 

provided the contractor is registered to 

perform public work pursuant to Section 

1725.5 at the time the contract is 

awarded. 

B. This Project is subject to compliance 

monitoring and enforcement by the Department 

of Industrial Relations. 

C. The Contractor must post job site 

notices prescribed by regulation 

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

16451(d)). 

D. Contractors and Subcontractors 

must furnish electronic certifi ed payroll 

records directly to the California Labor 

Commissioner (aka Division of Labor 

Standards Enforcement). 

18. Local Business Participation and 

Local Hiring Program: The City is seeking 

to maximize participation by Pasadena 

contractors, businesses, and 

residents in the Project. Each Bidder 

must begin outreach efforts and submit 

documentation evidencing its outreach 

to Local Businesses and strategy for 

Local Hiring with its Bid submittal. See 

Instructions to Bidders, Paragraph 30 

and Supplementary Conditions, Section 

00 08 00 for details. 

19. Neighborhood Friendly: Local 

businesses, government facilities, and 

residents who are subject to potential 

impacts from the Project surround the 

Project site. The Contractor and Subcontractors 

on the job will be required 

to take all reasonable steps necessary 

to avoid inconvenience and disruptions 

to the Project site’s neighbors. The 

Pasadena City Noise Ordinance will 

be strictly enforced, and traffi c impact 

mitigation plans may be required in 

connection with hauling, cranes, and 

other activities that have the potential 

to excessively disrupt traffi c fl ows. 

20. Performance and Payment Bonds: 

The selected Contractor shall furnish 

to the City within fi fteen (15) calendar 

days after award and tender of a contract, 

a Faithful Performance Bond and 

Payment Bond, each in the amount of 

one hundred percent (100%) of the 

Contract Sum, and in conformance 

with the requirements of the Contract 

Documents. Each bond must be issued 

by a California admitted surety insurer. 

21. Third-Party Project Manager: The 

City may utilize City-staff to provide 

project management services or, in 

its discretion, may retain a third-party 

construction manager to assist with 

the administration, development, and 

management of the Project. 

22. Insurance: All Contractors must 

provide the insurance described in 

Exhibit A of the Agreement. 

23. Substitution of Securities/ Security 

Deposit in Lieu of Retention: Pursuant 

to Section 22300 of the California Public 

Contract Code, the Contractor who 

receives award of the Contract may, at 

its sole cost and expense, substitute 

approved securities equivalent to any 

retained funds withheld by the City to 

ensure performance of the Work or, in 

the alternative, request the City make 

payment of retention to an escrow 

agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 

such Contractor shall have thirty (30) 

calendar days following award of the 

Contract to submit a written request 

to the City to permit the substitution of 

securities for retention or payment to 

an escrow agent; failure to do so shall 

be deemed a waiver of the right. 

STEVE MERMELL 

City Manager 

Date Authorized by City Attorney: 

March 21, 2019 

Publication Date: June 13, 2019 & June 

20, 2019 

Pasadena Weekly 

NOTICE INVITING BIDS 

for 

BERKSHIRE CREEK AREA IMPROVE- 

MENTS 

In the City of Pasadena, California 

Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 

p.m., July 10, 2019, by the City Clerk 

of Pasadena, 100 N. Garfi eld Ave. 2nd 

Floor Room 228, Pasadena, for BERK- 

SHIRE CREEK AREA IMPROVEMENTS, 

in the City of Pasadena, California. 

Plans and Specifi cations are available 

on the City website at: https:// 


cfm?CompanyID=14770. 

The Pasadena Supplements and Modi- 


fi cations to the Standard Specifi cations 

for Public Works Construction 

(ìGreenbookî) is available, if needed, 

online at: http://cityofpasadena.net/ 

PublicWorks/Engineering_Division/ 

A CD of the Plans and Specifi cations, 

and Pasadena Supplements and Modifi 

cations to the Greenbook is available 

upon the payment of $5.00, and can be 

requested by calling (626) 744-4195, 

fax (626) 396-8999, or email 

pw-permits@cityofpasadena.net. 

From time to time, the City finds it 


specifi cations after those bid specifi cations 

have been released. Only those 

parties that have registered with the City 

as a plan holder on a particular project 

will receive the addendum(a) for that 

project. The City is not responsible for 

notifi cations to those parties who do not 

directly register as a plan holder on the 

City’s database. It is the responsibility 

of all perspective bidders to register on 

the City’s database to ensure receipt 

of any addendum(a) prior to bid submittals. 

Additionally, information on 

any addendum(a) issued for any bid 

specifi cations for any project will be 

available on the City website at: https:// 


cfm?CompanyID=14770 The City reserves 

the right to reject as nonresponsive 

any bid that fails to include the information 

required by any addendum(a) 

posted on the City website. 

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for June 

27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the Public 

Works Fair Oaks Conference Room, 

Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfi eld 

Ave, Floor S039 Pasadena, California. 

This meeting is to answer any questions 

regarding the project plans and 

specifi cations. 

ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY 

Each Bidder must hold an active Class 

A License at the time of bid submission, 

except as to joint venture Bidders, who 

shall be licensed as provided in Business 

and Professions Code ßß 7029.1 

and 7028.15(c). 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 

1770 to 1782 of the California Labor 

Code, the California Department of Industrial 

Relations has ascertained the 

general prevailing rate of wages in the 

county in which work is to be done. A 

copy of the general prevailing rate of 

wages is on file with the City Engineer 

and is available for inspection and reference 

during regular business hours. 

A contractor or subcontractor shall not 

be qualifi ed to bid on, be listed in a bid 

proposal, subject to the requirements 

of Section 4104 of the Public Contract 

Code, or engage in the performance 

of this public works project unless 

currently registered and qualifi ed to 

perform public work pursuant to Labor 

Code Section 1725.5. It is not a violation 

of Labor Code Section 1771.1 for an unregistered 

contractor to submit a bid that 

is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the 

Business and Professions Code or by 

Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public 

Contract Code, provided the contractor 

is registered to perform public work pursuant 

to Section 1725.5 at the time the 

contract is awarded. 

This Project is subject to compliance 



The Contractor must post job site notices 

prescribed by regulation (See e.g. 

8 Cal. Code Reg. Section 16451(d). 

Contractors and Subcontractors must 

furnish electronic certifi ed payroll records 

directly to the California Labor 



All bids must be accompanied by bid 

security in the amount of fi ve percent 

(5%) of the bid price, in the form of cash, 

cashier’s check, money order, or surety 

bond. 

Bids are to be signed and submitted in 

DUPLICATE. Bidder must submit bids 

with one ORIGINAL and one COPY, 

marked as such. 

Refer to the Specifi cations for complete 

details and bid requirements. Specifi cations 

and this notice shall be considered 

a part of any contract made pursuant 

thereto. 

STEVE MERMELL 

City Manager 

Dated: June 4, 2019 (Authorized by City 

Attorney) 

Publish: June 13 & 20, 2019 


City of Pasadena 

Notice of Public Hearing 

City Council 

2019 Public Health Goals Report on 

Water Quality 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose 

of the hearing is for Pasadena City 

Council to consider staff’s recommendation 

to accept and approve the 2019 

Public Health Goals (ìPHGî) Report. 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City 

Council will hold a public hearing to 

receive testimony, oral and written, and 

make a determination on Pasadena Water 

and Power’s 2019 PHG Report. The 

hearing is scheduled for: 

Date: August 26, 2019 

Time: 7:00 p.m. 

Place: Pasadena City Hall 

Council Chambers, Room S249 100 

North Garfi eld Avenue 

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: 

California Health and Safety Code Section 

116470 (b) requires water utilities 

that serve more than 10,000 service 

connections to prepare a PHG Report 

every three years in addition to the annual 

Consumer Confidence Report. The 

PHG Report must contain information 

on the ìdetectionî of any contaminants at 

concentrations greater than the PHG or 

the Maximum Contaminant Level Goal 

(ìMCLGî) set for the contaminant. The 

purpose of the legislation, which establishes 

this requirement, is to provide 

consumers with information on levels 

of contaminants that are even below 

the enforceable mandatory Maximum 

Contaminant Level (ìMCLî) so they are 

aware of whatever risks that might be 

posed by the presence of such constituents. 

?PHG The Public Health Goal is a 

non-enforceable goal. It is a ìrisk assessmentî 

value that estimates the lowest 

concentration of a substance which 

would not pose a signifi cant public 

health risk. It is determined solely on 

health effects. The PHG is set by the 

California Environmental Protection 

Agency’s Offi ce of Environmental Health 

Hazard Assessment. 

?MCLG The Maximum Contaminant 

Level Goal is a non-enforceable 

standard. It is a ìrisk assessmentî value 

that estimates the lowest concentration 

of a substance which would not pose a 

signifi cant public health risk. It is determined 

solely on health effects. The 

MCLG is set by the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

?MCL The Maximum Contaminant 

Level is a legally enforceable standard. 

It is a ìrisk managementî value which is 

as close to the PHG or MCLG as technologically 

and economically feasible. For 

example, if the PHG is set at a concentration 

that is too small to measure, the 

MCL cannot be set at the PHG. If the Best 

Available Technology (ìBATî) for the removal 

of a contaminant can only reduce 

the concentration to a certain amount, 

the MCL cannot be set below that value. 

All Community Water Systems (ìCWSî) 

must comply with the MCL. 

PUBLIC INFORMATION: Any interested 

party or their representative may appear 

at the meeting and comment on the 

project. Written comments may also be 

mailed to the City Clerk’s offi ce (100 N. 

Garfi eld Avenue, Room S228, Pasadena 

CA 91101) for transmittal to the City 

Council. If you wish to challenge this 

matter in court you may be limited to 

raising only those issues you or someone 

else raised at the public hearing 

described in this notice, or written correspondence 

delivered to the hearing 

body, at or prior to the public hearing. 

For more information about the project 

or to schedule an appointment: 

Contact Person: David Eugene Kimbrough, 

Ph.D. 

Water Quality Manager 

Phone: (626) 744-3704 

E-mail: dkimbrough@cityofpasadena. 

net 

Mailing Address: Pasadena Water and 

Power 

245 W. Mountain Avenue 


Website: For a copy of the Draft 2019 

PHG Report or for more information 

about PWP’s water quality, please visit 

www.PWPweb.com/WaterQuality. 

ADA: In compliance with the American 

with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, 

listening assistive devices are available 

with a 24-hour advance notice. Please 

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

(TDD) to request use of a listening device. 

Language translation services 

are available for this meeting by calling 

(626) 744-4009 at least 48 hours in 

advance. 

Published on: June 20, 2019 


NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING 

OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA- 

TION OF THE CITY OF PASADENA 

SECTION 5310 PROGRAM GRANT 

APPLICATION 

NOTICE is hereby given that a public 

hearing will be held by the City of 

Pasadena to receive comments from 

nonprofi t agencies regarding the City of 

Pasadena’s intent to apply for the Federal 

Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of 

Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities 

Program. This public hearing will be 

held by the Department of Transportation 

on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 

at 2:00 p.m., at the Department of 

Transportation’s offi ce located at 221 

East Walnut Street, Suite 210, Pasadena, 

California 91101. 

A public hearing is required to allow private 

nonprofi t agencies to demonstrate 

whether they are readily available to provide 

paratransit service. ìReadily Availableî 

is defined as “interested, willing 

and capable of providing the proposed 

service at a comparable cost to the identifi 

ed clientele, in the same service area, 

with the same hours of frequency, and at 

the same level of service.” If nonprofi t 

agencies are not readily available to 

carry out the proposed service, then the 

public agency becomes eligible to apply 

for the funding. 

In compliance with the Disabilities Act 

of 1990, listening assistive devices are 

available from the City Clerk’s Offi ce 

with a 24-hour advance notice. Please 

call (626)-744-4055. 

Translators are available from the Department 

of Transportation offi ce with 

48-hour advance notice. Please call 

(626)-744-4055. 

Comments regarding the proposal may 

be submitted by phone at (626) 744- 

4055, by e-mail at transit@cityofpasadena.net, 

or via standard mail to City of 

Pasadena Transit Division, 221 E. Walnut 

St. Suite 199, Pasadena, CA 91101. 

Hay disponibles traductores a través de 

la ofi cina de la División de Transporte 

P˙blico, previa notifi caciÛn y con un 

mÌnimo de 48 horas de anticipación. 

Llame al (626) 744-4055. 

Los comentarios respecto a propuesta 

pueden ser enviados por telÈfono al 

(626) 744-4055, en e-mail en transit@ 

cityofpasadena.net, o por correo postal 

dirigido a City of Pasadena Transit Division, 

221 E. Walnut St. Suite 199, Pasadena, 

CA 91101. 

Published on 6/20/19 



FURNISH LABOR AND MATERI- 

ALS FOR 

LD-19-03 SEISMIC ANCHORAGE 

OF ELECTRICAL UNITS AT VILLA 

SUBSTATION 

Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be 

received prior to 11:00 AM, July 10, 

2019 by the City Clerk, 100 North Garfi 

eld Avenue, Rm S228, Pasadena, CA 

91109, and will be opened at that time 

and place. 

The bids shall be clearly titled: LD-19- 

03 SEISMIC ANCHORAGE OF ELEC- 

TRICAL UNITS AT VILLA SUBSTATION 

The bids shall be clearly titled. Copies 

of the Specifi cations may be obtained 

by mail or in person from the Purchasing 

Division, 100 North Garfi eld Avenue, 

Rm 348, Pasadena, CA 91109, 

Telephone No. (626) 744-6755. 

Refer to the specifi cations for complete 

details and bidding requirements. The 

Specifi cation and this Notice shall be 

considered a part of any contract made 

pursuant thereunder. 

A mandatory pre-bid conference will 

be held at which time each bidder will 

have the opportunity to clarify and ask 

questions regarding the Specifi cations. 

The pre-bid conference will be 

held at 9:00 AM, June 26, 2019 in the 

in the Large Conference Room, 1055 E. 

Colorado Blvd., Suite #350, Pasadena, 

CA 91106. 

Bid security in the amount of fi ve percent 

(5%) of the total bid price in the 

form of cash, a certifi ed or cashier’s 

check, money order, or surety bond 

must accompany the proposal. 

Class ìAî, or Class ìBî, or Class ìC-60î 

to bid on this solicitation 


details and bid requirements. The 

Specifi cations and this Notice shall be 


pursuant thereto. 

STEVE MERMELL 

CITY MANAGER 

DATED: June 20, 2019 

PUBLISH: June 20, 2019 



SPECIFICATION WD-19-03 

FURNISH AND DELIVER 

TEMPORARY WATER STORAGE 

TANKS FOR THE MONK HILL TREAT- 

MENT PLANT 

Three (3) copies of sealed bids will be 

received prior to 11:00 A.M., July 9, 

2019, by the City Clerk, 100 North Garfi 

eld Avenue, Rm S228, Pasadena, CA 

91109, and will be opened at that time 

and place. 

The bids shall be clearly titled: TEMPO- 

RARY WATER STORAGE TANKS FOR 

THE MONK HILL TREATMENT PLANT 

Copies of the Specifi cations may be 

obtained by mail or in person from the 

Purchasing Division, 100 North Garfi 

eld Avenue, Rm 348, Pasadena, CA 

91109, Telephone No. (626) 744-6755. 

Refer to the specifi cations for complete 

details and bidding requirements. The 

Specifi cation and this Notice shall be 


pursuant thereunder. 

STEVE MERMELL 

CITY MANAGER 

DATED: June 20, 2019 

PUBLISH: June 20, 2019 



for 

POLICE DEPARTMENT MAIN LOBBY 

SECURITY DOORS 

In the City of Pasadena, California 

Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 

p.m., July 12, 2019, by the City Clerk 

of Pasadena, 100 N. Garfi eld Ave. 

2nd Floor Room 228, Pasadena, for 

POLICE DEPARTMENT MAIN LOBBY 

SECURITY DOORS, in the City of Pasadena, 

California. 

A copy of the bid package is available 

on the City website at: https:// 


cfm?CompanyID=14770. 

The Pasadena Supplements and Modifi 

cations to the Standard Specifi cations 

for Public Works Construction (ìGreenbookî) 

is available, if needed, online at: 

https://ww5.cityofpasadena.net/ 

public-works/wp-content/uploads/ 

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

Modifications-to-the-Green-Book- 

2006-Edition.pdf 

From time to time, the City fi nds it 


specifi cations after those bid specifi 

cations have been released. Only 

those parties that have registered with 

the City as a plan holder on a particular 

project will receive the addendum(a) 

for that project. The City is not responsible 

for notifi cations to those parties 

who do not directly register as a plan 

holder on the City’s database. It is the 

responsibility of all perspective bidders 

to register on the City’s database 

to ensure receipt of any addendum(a) 

prior to bid submittals. Additionally, information 

on any addendum(a) issued 

for any bid specifi cations for any project 

will be available on the City website 

at: https://www.planetbids.com/ 

portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=14770 

The City reserves the right to reject 

as nonresponsive any bid that fails to 

include the information required by 

any addendum(a) posted on the City 

website. 

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 

June 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Pasadena 

Police Department Building located 

at 207 Garfi eld Ave, Pasadena, 

California. This meeting is to answer 

any questions regarding the project 

plans and specifi cations. 

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY 

If Prospective Bidders do not attend the 

mandatory meeting and/or sign-in on 

the attendance sheet, their bid package 

will not be accepted and will be deemed 

un-responsive at the time of bid opening. 

Submitted package will be verifi ed 

by the attendance sheet. 

Deadline for Bidder Request for Information 

and/or Equal Substitution 

Request must be submitted to the 

Agency Representative by July 3, 2019, 

2:00 p.m. All RFIs and/or Substitution 

request must be submitted via e-mail 

to Tiffi ny Tran, email: ttran@cityofpasadena.net 

Each Bidder must hold an active Class 

A,B, C-28, or D-28 License at the time 

of bid submission, except as to joint 

venture Bidders, who shall be licensed 

as provided in Business and Professions 

Code ßß 7029.1 and 7028.15(c). 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 

1770 to 1782 of the California Labor 

Code, the California Department of 

Industrial Relations has ascertained 

the general prevailing rate of wages in 

the county in which work is to be done. 

A copy of the general prevailing rate of 

wages is on file with the City Engineer 

and is available for inspection and reference 

during regular business hours. 

A contractor or subcontractor shall not 

be qualifi ed to bid on, be listed in a bid 

proposal, subject to the requirements 

of Section 4104 of the Public Contract 

Code, or engage in the performance 

of this public works project unless 

currently registered and qualifi ed to 

perform public work pursuant to Labor 

Code Section 1725.5. It is not a violation 

of Labor Code Section 1771.1 for 

an unregistered contractor to submit a 

bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 

of the Business and Professions Code 

or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the 

Public Contract Code, provided the 

contractor is registered to perform 

public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 

at the time the contract is awarded. 

This Project is subject to compliance 



The Contractor must post job site notices 

prescribed by regulation (See e.g. 

8 Cal. Code Reg. Section 16451(d). 

Contractors and Subcontractors must 

furnish electronic certifi ed payroll records 

directly to the California Labor 



All bids must be accompanied by bid 

security in the amount of fi ve percent 

(5%) of the bid price, in the form of 

cash, cashier’s check, money order, or 

surety bond. 

Bids are to be signed and submitted in 

DUPLICATE. Bidder must submit bids 

with one ORIGINAL and one COPY, 

marked as such. 


details and bid requirements. 

Specifi cations and this notice shall be 


pursuant thereto. 

STEVE MERMELL 

City Manager 

Dated: June 10, 2019 (Authorized by 

City Attorney) 

Publish: June 20, 2019 & June 27, 

2019 


Introduced by Vice Mayor Hampton 

ORDINANCE No.7349 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY 

OF PASASDENA, CALIFORNIA 

AMENDING THE LIGHT AND 

POWER RATE ORDINANCE, TI- 

TLE 13, CHAPTER 13.04 OF THE 

PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE 

The People of the City of Pasadena ordain 

as follows: 

SECTION 1. This ordinance, due to its 

length and the corresponding costs of 

publication, will be published by title 

and summary as permitted by Section 

508 of the Charter. The approved 

summary of this ordinance reads as 

follows: 

“SUMMARY 

The purpose of Ordinance No. 7349 is 

to amend the Light and Power Rate Ordinance, 

Title 13, Chapter 13.04 of the 

Pasadena Municipal Code as directed 

by the City Council on June 10, 2019, to 

implement adjustments to the electric 

rates and amendments to the Electric 

Utility Assistance Program. 

This ordinance shall take effect upon 

publication by title and summary.” 

SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify 

the adoption of this ordinance and 

shall cause this ordinance to be published 

by title and summary. 

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take 

effect upon its publication by title and 

summary. 

Signed and approved this 17th day of 

June, 2019. 

Terry Tornek 

Mayor of the City of Pasadena 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing 

ordinance was adopted by the City 

Council of the City of Pasadena at its 

meeting held this I7th day of June, 

2019, by the 

following vote: 

AYES: Councilmembers Gordo, Madison, 

Masuda, McAustin, Wilson, Vice 

Mayor Hampton, Mayor Tornek 

NOES: Councilmember Kennedy 

ABSENT: None 

ABSTAIN: None 

Date Published: June 20, 2019 


Mark Jomsky, CMC 

CITY CLERK 

Introduced by Vice Mayor Hampton 

ORDINANCE No.7350 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF 

PASADENA AUTHORIZING THE IS- 

SUANCE BY THE CITY OF NOT TO 

EXCEED $12,625,000 AGGREGATE 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CITY OF 

PASADENA ELECTRIC REVENUE 

REFUNDING BONDS, 2019A SERIES, 

PAYABLE OUT OF THE LIGHT AND 

POWER FUND, AND APPROVING THE 

EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A 

TENTH SUPPLEMENT TO ELECTRIC 

REVENUE BOND FISCAL AGENT 

AGREEMENT, AN ESCROW AGREE- 

MENT AND A CONTINUING DISCLO- 

SURE AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION 

THEREWITH 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XIV 

of the Charter (the “Charter”) of the 

City of Pasadena (the “City”), the City 

Council of the City (the “City Council”) 

is authorized to provide for the issuance 

of revenue bonds for the purpose 

of providing moneys for the acquisition 

and construction of additions to, 

extensions, improvements, or repairs 

of the electric works of the City, or the 

purchase for intertie purposes of undivided 

joint interests or rights of use in 

other generation or transmission facilities, 

constructed either by governmental 

agencies or investor-owned companies, 

or for the purpose of refunding 

any revenue bonds issued for such 

purposes, by ordinance authorizing the 

issuance of such revenue bonds; and 

WHEREAS, the City has heretofore 

authorized and issued $40,655,000 

principal amount of its City of Pasadena, 

California Electric Revenue Bonds, 

2009 Series (the “2009 Bonds”), of 

which $15,885,000 principal amount 

are outstanding and unpaid; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XIV 

of the Charter, the City now proposes 

to issue its Electric Revenue Refunding 

Bonds, 2019A Series (the “2019A 

Bonds”) pursuant to the Electric 

Revenue Bond Fiscal Agent Agreement, 

dated as of August 1, 1998 (the 

“Master Fiscal Agent Agreement”), by 

and between the City and The Bank of 

New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 

as successor fi scal agent (the “Fiscal 

Agent”), as amended and supplemented, 

including as amended and 

supplemented by a Tenth Supplement 

to Electric Revenue Bond Fiscal Agent 

Agreement, by and between the City 

and the Fiscal Agent (the Master Fiscal 

Agent Agreement as so amended and 

supplemented hereinafter, the “Fiscal 

Agent Agreement”), in order (i) to refund 

all of the outstanding 2009 Bonds 

and (ii) to pay costs of issuance of the 

2019A Bonds, said 2019A Bonds not to 

constitute an indebtedness of the City 

but to constitute obligations which 

shall be payable as to both principal 

and interest, and any premiums upon 

the redemption of any thereof prior to 

maturity, only from the Light and Power 

Fund of the City and certain other funds 

as provided in the Fiscal Agent Agreement; 

and this Ordinance is for the 

purpose of authorizing the issuance of 

such 2019A Bonds. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the People of the 

City of Pasadena ordain as follows: 

Section 1. Summary. This ordinance, 

due to its length and corresponding 

cost of publication, will be 

published by title and summary as permitted 

by Section 508 of the Pasadena 

City Charter. The approved summary of 

this ordinance is as follows: 

“Summary 

This uncodifi ed ordinance authorizes 

the issuance of approximately 

$12.625 million in 2019A Bonds for 

the primary purpose of refunding the 

outstanding and unpaid principal 

amount of Electric Revenue Bonds, 

2009 Series. 

Ordinance no. 7350 shall take effect 

upon publication.” 

Section 2. Authorization to Issue 

2019A Bonds; Purpose; Principal 

Amount. 

(a) Pursuant to Article XIV of the 

Charter, the City Council does hereby 

authorize to be issued, upon the terms 

and conditions as hereinafter set forth, 

the 2019A Bonds in the aggregate 

principal amount of not to exceed 

$12,625,000 for the primary purpose 

of refunding the 2009 Bonds maturing 

on or after August 1, 2020, and paying 

the costs and expenses incidental to 

the issuance of the 2019A Bonds. 

(b) This Ordinance shall constitute 

complete authority to issue the 2019A 

Bonds pursuant to the Fiscal Agent 

Agreement as provided herein. 

Section 3. Issuance of 2019A 

Bonds. The 2019A Bonds shall be issued 

pursuant to and in accordance 

with the terms and conditions set forth 

in this Ordinance, and more specifi - 

cally in the Fiscal Agent Agreement, including 

the Tenth Supplement. 

Section 4. Date of Issuance; 

Interest Rates for the 2019A Bonds. 

The 2019A Bonds shall be dated their 

date of delivery. The interest rates to 

be payable on the 2019A Bonds shall 

not exceed such rates as will result in 

a true interest cost to the City of greater 

than three percent (3%) for the 2019A 

Bonds. 

Section 5. Maturity Dates. The 

maximum term for the 2019A Bonds 

shall not exceed the fi nal maturity 

date of the 2009 Bonds. Subject to the 

preceding sentence, the 2019A Bonds 

shall mature and be payable on such 

dates as specifi cally set forth in the 

Tenth Supplement described in Section 

6 hereof. 

Section 6. Source of Payment. 

The 2019A Bonds shall not constitute 

an indebtedness of the City but shall 

constitute obligations which shall be 

payable as to both principal and interest, 

and any premiums upon the redemption 

of any thereof prior to maturity, 

only from the Light and Power Fund 

of the City, as provided in Article XIV of 

the Charter, and certain other funds as 

authorized by Article XIV and provided 

in the Fiscal Agent Agreement. 

Section 7. Approval of Tenth Supplement. 

In order to prescribe the terms 

and conditions upon which the 2019A 

Bonds are to be issued, secured, executed, 

authenticated and held, the 

Tenth Supplement proposed to be 

executed and entered into by the City 

and the Fiscal Agent, in substantially 

the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, 

is hereby approved, and the Director of 

Finance (or, in the absence of the Director 

of Finance, his designee) is hereby 

authorized and directed, for and in the 

name and on behalf of the City, to ex- 

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ecute, and the City Clerk is authorized 

to affi x the offi cial seal of the City to, 

and deliver the Tenth Supplement in 

substantially such form, with such 

changes (including, without limitation, 

such changes as may be requested by 

rating agencies providing ratings on 

the 2019A Bonds) as may be approved 

by the Director of Finance (or, in the 

absence of the Director of Finance, his 

designee), acting on behalf of the City, 

subject to advice of counsel, such execution 

thereof to constitute conclusive 

evidence of the approval of the City of 

all changes from the form of the Tenth 

Supplement presented to this meeting. 

Section 8. Escrow Agreement. An 

Escrow Agreement relating to the Refunded 

Bonds proposed to be executed 

and entered into by and between the 

City and The Bank of New York Mellon 

Trust Company, N.A., as the Escrow 

Agent, in substantially the form attached 

hereto as Exhibit B, is hereby 

approved, and the Director of Finance 

(or, in the absence of the Director of 

Finance, his designee) is hereby authorized 

and directed, for and in the name 

and on behalf of the City, to execute and 

deliver the Escrow Agreement in substantially 

said form, with such changes 

as may be approved by the Director of 

Finance (or, in the absence of the Director 

of Finance, his designee), acting 

on behalf of the City, subject to advice 

of counsel, such execution thereof to 

constitute conclusive evidence of the 

approval of the City of all changes from 

the form of the Escrow Agreement presented 

to this meeting. 

Section 9. Continuing Disclosure 

Agreement. The Continuing Disclosure 

Agreement, proposed to be executed 

and entered into by and between 

the City and the Digital Assurance 

Certifi cation, L.L.C., in substantially 

the form attached hereto as Exhibit C 

is hereby approved, and the Director 

of Finance (or, in the absence of the 

Director of Finance, his designee) is 

hereby authorized and directed, for and 

in the name and on behalf of the City, 

to execute and deliver the Continuing 

Disclosure Agreement in substantially 

said form, with such changes as may 

be approved by the Director of Finance 

(or, in the absence of the Director of Finance, 

his designee), acting on behalf 

of the City, subject to advice of counsel, 

such execution thereof to constitute 

conclusive evidence of the approval of 

the City of all changes from the form of 

the Continuing Disclosure Agreement 

presented to this meeting. 

Section 10. Offi cial Action. All actions 

heretofore taken by the offi cers 

and agents of the City with respect to 

the issuance of the 2019A Bonds and 

the negotiation and execution of said 

agreements are hereby approved, 

confi rmed and ratifi ed. The City Manager, 

the Director of Finance, the City 

Treasurer, the City Clerk and any and 

all other offi cers of the City are hereby 

authorized and directed, for and in the 

name and on behalf of the City to do any 

and all things and take any and all actions, 

including, without limitation, the 

execution and delivery of any and all 

certifi cates, requisitions, agreements 

and other documents, which they, or 

any of them, may deem necessary 

or advisable in order to consummate 

the issuance, sale and delivery of the 

2019A Bonds pursuant to the agreements 

described herein. 

Section 11. Provisions Necessary 

and Desirable. The provisions of this 

Ordinance are deemed necessary and 

desirable to facilitate the issuance and 

sale of the 2019A Bonds authorized by 

this Ordinance. 

Section 12. Publication. The City 

Clerk shall certify to the adoption of 

this Ordinance and shall cause this 

Ordinance to be published by title and 

summary. 

Section 13. Effective Date. This 

Ordinance shall take effect on the date 

of publication pursuant to Section 11, 

subject only to the right of referendum 

provided in Section 1413 of the City 

Charter. 

Signed and approved this 17th day of 

June, 2019. 

Terry Tornek 

Mayor of the City of Pasadena, California 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing 

Ordinance was adopted by the City 

Council of the City of Pasadena at its 

regular meeting held June 17, 2019, by 

the following vote: 

Ayes: Councilmembers Gordo, Kennedy, 

Madison, Masuda, McAustin, 

Wilson, Vice Mayor Hampton, Mayor 

Tornek 

Noes: None 

Absent: None 

Published: June 20, 2019 


Mark Jomsky 

City Clerk 

BULK SALES NOTICES 

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED 

PROPERTY 

Notice Is Hereby Given That Pursuant 

To Sections 21700-21716 Of The 

Business And Professions Code, Section 

2328 Of The UCC, Section 535 

Of The Penal Code And Provisions Of 

The Civil Code, ALLEN AVENUE SELF 

STORAGE PASADENA, 234 N. ALLEN 

AVE PASADENA CA 91106, County Of 

Los Angeles, State Of California, Above 

Address Will Sell, To Satisfy Lien Of 

The Owner, At Public Sale. Auction To 

Be Conducted Through Online Auction 

Services of WWW.LOCKERFOX.COM, 

with bids opening On Or After June 

20th, 2019 And Ending On Or After 

June 27th, 2019 12:00pm. 

The Personal Goods Stored Therein 

by the Following May Include, but are 

not limited to: MISC. HOUSEHOLD 

GOODS, PERSONAL ITEMS, FURNI- 

TURE, CLOTHING AND/OR BUSINESS 

ITEMS ETCÖ 

Aunjel Adams 

Renee Doyle 

Denise Hanson 

Ron Lee 

Purchases Must Be Made in Cash and 

Paid at the time of Sale. All Goods are 

Sold as is and must be Removed within 

72 Hours of the time of Purchase. Allen 

Ave Self Storage-Pasadena Reserves 

the Right to Retract Bids. Sale is Subject 

to Adjournment. 

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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE 

Notice is hereby given per Section 

21700 et seq. of the California Business 

& Professions Code that the Undersigned, 

ARROYO PARKWAY SELF 

STORAGE, located at 411 S. Arroyo 

Pkwy. Pasadena, County of Los Angeles, 

California, will conduct a Public 

Lien Sale of the personal property described 

below at 9:00AM on the 28th 

day of June, 2019. The Undersigned 

will accept cash bids to satisfy a lien 

for past due rent and incident incurred. 

The items to be sold are generally described 

as follows: 

Offi ce & home furniture, area rugs/ 

carpet, tools, tool boxes, clothing, 

shoes, mattress, bedframe, bedding, 

cabinets, boxes, sealed boxes, bags, 

bikes, toys, artifi cial trees, fl owers, 

music albums, CD’s, DVD’s, videos, 

music instruments, artwork, pictures, 

luggage, household appliances, 

products and supplies, kitchen supplies, 

sewing machines and supplies, 

craft supplies, sporting and exercise 

equipment, stereo equipment, speakers, 

television, offi ce equipment and 

supplies, computer equipment/parts/ 

soft-ware & hardware, fax machines/ 

printers, communications and electronic 

equipment, books, file cabinets, 

maintenance and construction tools, 

dollies, storage containers, cabinets, 

miscellaneous decorations, hats, purses, 

shelves, promotional merchandise 

and products, offi ce supplies ,other 

commercial, personal and household 

items, stored by the following persons: 

NAME OF ACCOUNT 

Arroyo Parkway Self Storage LLC 

(2 storage spaces) 

Ashley Guillermo 

Nancy Denise Middleton (2 storage 

spaces) 

Melvin G. Songco 

Monique Sturdivant 

Paul F. White 

Auctioneer’s Name: Jim O’ Brien 

Auctioneer’s Telephone#: 

(951) 681-4113 

Bond#: 10067768 

Publish Pasadena Weekly 

6/13/19, 6/20/19 

SUMMONS 

SUMMONS (Family Law) 

CITACI”N (Derecho familiar) 

CASE NUMBER (N⁄MERO DE CASO): 

18PDFL02353 

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name) 

AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): 

QITENG LU 

You have been sued. Read the information 

below and on the next page. Lo 

han demandando. Lea la informacion a 

continuaction y en la pagina siguiente. 

Petitioner’s name is Nombre del demandante: 

NINGNING ZHANG 

You have 30 calendar days after this 

Summons and Petition are served on 

you to file a Response (form FL-120) at 

the court and have a copy served on the 

petitioner. A letter or phone call will not 

protect you. 

If you do not file your Response on 

time, the court may make orders affecting 

your marriage or domestic partnership, 

your property, and custody 

of your children. You may be ordered 

to pay support and attorney fees and 

costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, 

ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. 

If you want legal advice, contact a 

lawyer immediately. You can get information 

about fi nding lawyers at the 

California Courts Online Self-Help 

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

at the California Legal Services 

Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), 

or by contacting your local county bar 

association. 

Tiene 30 dÌas corridos despuÈs de 

haber recibido la entrega legal de esta 

CitaciÛn y PeticiÛn para presentar una 

Respuesta (formulario FL-120 Û FL- 

123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega 

legal de una copia al demandante. Una 

carta o llamada telefÛnica no basta 

para protegerlo. 

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, 

la corte puede dar Ûrdenes 

que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de 

hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus 

hijos. La corte tambiÈn le puede ordenar 

que pague manutenciÛn, y honorarios 

y costos legales. Si no puede 

pagar la cuota de presentaciÛn, pida 

al secretario un formulario de exenciÛn 

de cuotas. 

Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, 

pÛngase en contacto de inmediato 

con un abogado. Puede obtener informaciÛn 

para encontrar a un abogado 

en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de 

California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el 

sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de 

California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) 

o poniÈndose en contacto con el colegio 

de abogados de su condado. 

NOTICE: The restraining orders on 

page 2 are effective against both 

spouses or domestic partners until 

the petition is dismissed, a judgment 

is entered, or the court makes further 

orders. These orders are enforceable 

anywhere in California by any law enforcement 

offi cer who has received or 

seen a copy of them. 

AVISO: Las Ûrdenes de restricciÛn que 

fi guran en la p·gina 2 valen para ambos 

cÛnyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que 

se despida la peticiÛn, se emita un fallo 

o la corte dÈ otras Ûrdenes. Cualquier 

autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o 

visto una copia de estas Ûrdenes puede 

hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar 

de California. 

NOTE: If a judgment or support order 

is entered, the court may order you 

to pay all or part of the fees and costs 

that the court waived for yourself or 

for the other party. If this happens, the 

party ordered to pay fees shall be given 

notice and an opportunity to request 

a hearing to set aside the order to pay 

waived court fees. 

AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de 

manutenciÛn, la corte puede ordenar 

que usted pague parte de, o todas las 

cuotas y costos de la corte previamente 

exentas a peticiÛn de usted o de la otra 

parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada 

a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir 

aviso y la oportunidad de solicitar una 

audiencia para anular la orden de pagar 

las cuotas exentas. 

1. The name and address of the court 

are (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte 

son): California Superior Court, County 

of Los Angeles, Pasadena Courthouse, 

300 East Walnut St. Pasadena, 

CA 91101. 

2. The name, address, and telephone 

number of the petitioner’s attorney, 

or the petitioner without an attorney, 

are (El nombre, direcciÛn y n˙mero de 

telÈfono del abogado del demandante, 

o del demandante si no tiene abogado, 

son): Elaine Yang, Esq., Yang and Chen 

LLP, 17890 Castleton Street Suite 101 

City of Industry, CA 91748 

Date (Fecha): May 21, 2019 

Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Anthony 

Castillejo, Deputy (Asistente) 

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: 

You are served AVISO A LA PERSONA 

QUE RECIBI” LA ENTREGA: Esta entrega 

se realiza 

Published: Pasadena Weekly 6/13/19, 

6/20/19, 6/27/19, 7/4/19 

-IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR 

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 

AT FRANKLIN, IN RE: ELISHA FAITH 

DYER, DELBERT AND ANGELA 

HARDIN, PETITIONERS vs. SARAH 

ELIZABETH COTTON AND MAURICE 

DYER, RESPONDENTS. ORDER FOR 

SERVICE BY PUBLICATION 

It appearing to the Court that diligent 

effort has been made to serve the Respondent, 

MAURICE DYER, to no avail 

so that ordinary process of law cannot 

be served upon him; and 

It is therefore ORDERED that service 

of process upon Respondent shall issue 

by publication, and he is hereby 

required to appear and answer or 

otherwise defend against the Petition 

for Dependency and Neglect filed by 

Petitioners with 30 days after the date 

of the last publication of this notice, 

otherwise a default judgement will be 

entered against said Respondent in 

open court for the relief demanded in 

the Petition for Dependency and Neglect. 

It is therefore ordered that service 

of process shall issue against the 

above Respondent, MAURICE DYER, 

by publication in a newspaper of general 

circulation serving Los Angeles, 

California, once weekly for a period of 

four (4) consecutive weeks. Filing may 

be made at the Juvenile Court of Williamson 

County, Tennessee, 408 Century 

Court, Franklin, Tennessee 37064, 

Docket No. 34323. 

Pasadena Weekly, 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 

7/4/19, 7/11/19 

PROBATE NOTICES 

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMIN- 

ISTER ESTATE OF JUDITH RAE 

JOHNSTON 

Case No.19STPB04165 

To all heirs, benefi ciaries, creditors, 

contingent creditors, and persons who 

may otherwise be interested in the 

will or estate, or both, of JUDITH RAE 

JOHNSTON 

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been 

filed by Paola Colozzo and Robert K. 

Johnston in the Superior Court of California, 

County of LOS ANGELES. 

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests 

that Paola Colozzo and Robert 

K. Johnston be appointed as personal 

representative to administer the estate 

of the decedent. 

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s 

will and codicils, if any, be admitted to 

probate. The will and any codicils are 

available for examination in the 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 

on July 17, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 

No. 67 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 fi rst issuance of letters to a general 

personal representative, as defi ned in 

section 58(b) of the California Probate 

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

mailing or personal delivery to you of a 

notice under section 9052 of the California 

Probate Code. 

Other California statutes and legal authority 

may affect your rights as a creditor. 

You may want to consult with an attorney 

knowledgeable in California law. 

YOU MAY EXAMINE 

the file kept by the court. If you are a 

person interested in the estate, you 

may file with the court a Request for 

Special Notice (form DE-154) of the 

filing of an inventory and appraisal of 

estate assets or of any petition or account 

as provided in Probate Code section 

1250. A Request for Special Notice 

form is available from the court clerk. 

Attorney for petitioner: 

KELLEY BANNON LASHLEY ESQ SBN 

202882 

CALLETON MERRITT 

DE FRANCISCO & 

BANNON LLP 

131 N EL MOLINO AVE 

STE 350 

PASADENA CA 91101-1873 

CN960236 JOHNSTON Jun 13,20,27, 

2019 

NOTICE OF FIRST AMENDED PETI- 

TION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: 

LELA A. LIGHTNER 

CASE NO. 17STPB11373 

To all heirs, benefi ciaries, creditors, 

contingent creditors, and persons who 

may otherwise be interested in the lost 

WILL or estate, or both of LELA A. 

LIGHTNER. 

A FIRST AMENDED PETITION FOR 

PROBATE has been filed by DESIREE 

ROBINSON in the Superior Court of 

California, County of LOS ANGELES. 

THE FIRST AMENDED PETITION FOR 

PROBATE requests that DESIREE 

ROBINSON be appointed as personal 

representative to administer the estate 

of the decedent. 

THE FIRST AMENDED PETITION requests 

the decedent’s lost WILL and 

codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. 

The lost WILL and any codicils are 

available for examination in the file kept 

by the court. 

THE FIRST AMENDED PETITION 

requests authority to administer the 

estate under the Independent Administration 

of Estates Act . (This authority 

will allow the personal representative 

to take many actions without obtaining 

court approval. Before taking certain 

very important actions, 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: 08/08/19 at 

8:30AM in Dept. 5 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 fi rst issuance of letters to a general 

personal representative, as defi ned in 

section 58(b) of the California Probate 

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

mailing or personal delivery to you of a 

notice under section 9052 of the California 

Probate Code. 

Other California statutes and legal authority 

may affect your rights as a creditor. 

You may want to consult with an attorney 

knowledgeable in California law. 

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the 

court. If you are a person interested in 

the estate, you may file with the court 

a Request for Special Notice (form 

DE-154) of the filing of an inventory 

and appraisal of estate assets or of any 

petition or account as provided in Probate 

Code section 1250. A Request for 

Special Notice form is available from 

the court clerk. 

Attorney for Petitioner 

LEMUEL B. MAKUPSON 

SBN 207383 

LAW OFFICE OF LEMUEL MAKUP- 

SON, APC 

301 E COLORADO BLVD. 

SUITE 708 

PASADENA CA 91101 

6/20, 6/27, 7/4/19 

CNS-3264747# 

PASADENA WEEKLY 

TRUSTEE SALES 

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS 

No.CA-14-650064-RY Order No.: 

VTSG1156278 

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED 

OF TRUST DATED 7/8/2005. UNLESS 

YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT 

YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD 

AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN 

EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF 

THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, 

YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 

A public auction sale to the highest bidder 

for cash, cashier’s check drawn on 

a state or national bank, check drawn 

by state or federal credit union, or a 

check drawn by a state or federal savings 

and loan association, or savings 

association, or savings bank specifi ed 

in Section 5102 to the Financial Code 

and authorized to do business in this 

state, will be held by duly appointed 

trustee. The sale will be made, but without 

covenant or warranty, expressed or 

implied, regarding title, possession, or 

encumbrances, to pay the remaining 

principal sum of the note(s) secured 

by the Deed of Trust, with interest and 

late charges thereon, as provided in the 

note(s), advances, under the terms of 

the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, 

charges and expenses of the Trustee for 

the total amount (at the time of the initial 

publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably 

estimated to be set forth below. 

The amount may be greater on the day 

of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO 

BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT 

DUE. Trustor (s): STEVEN MITCHELL 

AND NICOLE ROSS-MITCHELL, HUS- 

BAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS 

Recorded: 7/20/2005 as Instrument 

No. 05 1706628 of Offi cial Records 

in the offi ce of the Recorder of LOS 

ANGELES County, California; Date of 

Sale: 7/30/2019 at 10:00 AM Place 

of Sale: Behind the fountain located 

in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 

Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 

Amount of unpaid balance and other 

charges: $784,583.18 The purported 

property address is: 2361 NORTH 

ARROYO BOULEVARD, PASADENA, 

CA 91103 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 

5823-030-011 5823-030-017 Legal 

Description: Please be advised that the 

legal description set forth on the Deed 

of Trust is in error. The legal description 

of the property secured by the Deed 

of Trust is more properly set forth and 

made part of Exhibit “A” as attached 

hereto. PARCEL 1: LOT 10 OF TRACT 

NO. 25707, IN THE CITY OF PASA- 

DENA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP 

RECORDED IN BOOK 782, PAGE(S) 

16 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE 

COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUN- 

TY. PARCEL 2: AN UNDIVIDED 1/15TH 

INTEREST IN LOT 16 OF TRACT 25707, 

IN THE CITY OF PASADENA, COUNTY 

OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALI- 

FORNIA AS PER MAP RECORDED IN 

BOOK 782, PAGE 16 OF MAPS, IN THE 

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER 

OF SAID COUNTY. NOTICE TO PO- 

TENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering 

bidding on this property lien, you 

should understand that there are risks 

involved in bidding at a trustee auction. 

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the 

property itself. Placing the highest bid 

at a trustee auction does not automatically 

entitle you to free and clear ownership 

of the property. You should also 

be aware that the lien being auctioned 

off may be a junior lien. If you are the 

highest bidder at the auction, you are 

or may be responsible for paying off all 

liens senior to the lien being auctioned 

off, before you can receive clear title to 

the property. You are encouraged to 

investigate the existence, priority, and 

size of outstanding liens that may exist 

on this property by contacting the 

county recorder’s offi ce or a title insurance 

company, either of which may 

charge you a fee for this information. If 

you consult either of these resources, 

you should be aware that the same 

lender may hold more than one mortgage 

or deed of trust on the property. 

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The 

sale date shown on this notice of sale 

may be postponed one or more times 

by the mortgagee, benefi ciary, trustee, 

or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g 

of the California Civil Code. The law 

requires that information about trustee 

sale postponements be made available 

to you and to the public, as a courtesy 

to those not present at the sale. If you 

wish to learn whether your sale date has 

been postponed, and, if applicable, the 

rescheduled time and date for the sale 

of this property, you may call 916-939- 

0772 for information regarding the 

trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web 

site http://www.qualityloan.com, using 

the file number assigned to this foreclosure 

by the Trustee: CA-14-650064- 

RY. Information about postponements 

that are very short in duration or that 

occur close in time to the scheduled 

sale may not immediately be refl ected 

in the telephone information or on the 

Internet Web site. The best way to verify 

postponement information is to attend 

the scheduled sale. The undersigned 

Trustee disclaims any liability for any 

incorrectness of the property address 

or other common designation, if any, 

shown herein. If no street address or 

other common designation is shown, 

directions to the location of the property 

may be obtained by sending a written 

request to the benefi ciary within 10 

days of the date of first publication of 

this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside 

for any reason, including if the Trustee 

is unable to convey title, the Purchaser 

at the sale shall be entitled only to a return 

of the monies paid to the Trustee. 

This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and 

exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall 

have no further recourse against the 

Trustor, the Trustee, the Benefi ciary, the 

Benefi ciary’s Agent, or the Benefi ciary’s 

Attorney. If you have previously been 

discharged through bankruptcy, you 

may have been released of personal 

liability for this loan in which case this 

letter is intended to exercise the note 

holders right’s against the real property 

only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 

2763 Camino Del Rio South San 

Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For 

NON SALE information only Sale Line: 

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

qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: 

(866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan 

Service Corp. TS No.: CA-14-650064- 

RY IDSPub #0153767 6/13/2019 

6/20/2019 6/27/2019 

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee 

Sale No.130637-5 Loan No.79911-1 

Title Order No.19-259858 APN 5734- 

008-003 TRA No. 


OF TRUST DATED 10/22/2014. UN- 

LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT 




THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, 


MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 

as the duly appointed Trustee 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 specifi ed 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 it 

under said Deed of Trust, described as 

follows: Trustor(s): MAVIS MORALES 

Deed of Trust: recorded on 10/28/2014 

as Document No. 20141136906 of offi - 

cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder 

of LOS ANGELES County, California, 

Date of Trustee’s Sale: 07/09/2019 

at 10:00AM Trustee’s Sale Location: 

Behind the fountain located in Civic 

Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, 

Pomona CA 91766 The property situated 

in said County, California describing 

the land therein: AS MORE FULLY 

DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST 

The property heretofore described is 

being sold “as is”. The street address 

and other common designation, if any, 

of the real property described above is 

purported to be: 559-561 E. CALIFOR- 

NIA BLVD., PASADENA, CA 91106. 

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 


implied, regarding title, possession, 

or encumbrances, to pay the remaining 


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 the 

trusts created by said Deed of Trust, 

to-wit: $102,182.89 (Estimated). Accrued 

interest and additional advances, 

if any, will increase this fi gure prior 

to sale. The Benefi ciary may elect to 

bid less than the full credit bid. The 

benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust 

heretofore executed and delivered to 

the undersigned a written Declaration 

of Default and Demand for Sale, and a 

written Notice of Default and Election 

to Sell. The undersigned caused said 

Notice of Default and Election to Sell 

to be recorded in the county where 

the real property is located and more 

than three months have elapsed since 

such recordation. 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. 

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you are considering bidding on this 

property lien, you should understand 

that there are risks involved in bidding 

at a trustee auction. You will be bidding 

on a lien, not on the property itself. 

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction 

does not automatically entitle you 

to free and clear ownership of the property. 

You should also be aware that the 

lien being auctioned off may be a junior 

lien. If you are the highest bidder at the 

auction, you are or may be responsible 

for paying off all liens senior to the lien 

being auctioned off, before you can 

receive clear title to the property. You 

are encouraged to investigate the existence, 

priority, and size of outstanding 

liens that may exist on this property by 

contacting the county recorder’s offi ce 

or a title insurance company, either of 

which may charge you a fee for this information. 

If you consult either of these 

resources, you should be aware that the 

same lender may hold more than one 

mortgage or deed of trust on the property. 

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: 

The sale date shown on this notice of 

sale may be postponed one or more 

times by the mortgagee, benefi ciary, 

trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 

2924g of the California Civil Code. The 

law requires that information about 

trustee sale postponements be made 

available to you and to the public, as 

a courtesy to those not present at the 

sale. If you wish to learn whether your 

sale date has been postponed, and, if 

applicable, the rescheduled time and 

date for the sale of this property, you 

may call 916-939-0772 or visit this 

Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, 

using the file number 

assigned to this case 130637-5. 

Information about postponements 

that are very short in duration or that 

occur close in time to the scheduled 

sale may not immediately be refl ected 

in the telephone information or on the 

Internet Web site. The best way to verify 

postponement information is to attend 

the scheduled sale. Date: 06/05/2019 

MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 

11707 Fair Oaks Blvd., Ste 202 Fair 

Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 962-3453 Sale 

Information Line: 916-939-0772 or 

www.nationwideposting.com Lauren 

Meyer, Vice President MORTGAGE 

LENDER SERVICES, INC. MAY BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO 

COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA- 

TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR 

THAT PURPOSE. NPP0354633 To: 

PASADENA WEEKLY 06/13/2019, 

06/20/2019, 06/27/2019 

T.S. No.: 9948-5158 TSG Order No.: 

DS7300-19001213 A.P.N.: 5730-025- 

022 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 


OF TRUST DATED 02/03/2005. UN- 

LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT 




THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, 


Affi nia Default Services, LLC, as the 

duly appointed Trustee, under and 

pursuant to the power of sale contained 

in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 

02/11/2005 as Document No.: 05 

0323414, of Offi cial Records in the 

offi ce of the Recorder of Los Angeles 

County, California, executed by: 

JULIE PATERSON, AN UNMARRIED 

WOMAN, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT 

PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST 

BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at 

time of sale 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 

specifi ed 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 it 

under said Deed of Trust in the property 

situated in said County and state, and 

as more fully described in the above 

referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & 

Time: 07/10/2019 at 11:00 AM Sale 

Location: By the fountain located at 

400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 

91766 The street address and other 

common designation, if any, of the real 

property described above is purported 

to be: 1155 PALM TERRACE, PASA- 

DENA, CA 91104 The undersigned 

Trustee disclaims any liability for any 

incorrectness of the street address 

and other common designation, if any, 

shown herein. Said sale will be made 

in an ìAS ISî condition, but without 


implied, regarding title, possession, 

or encumbrances, to pay the remaining 


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 the 

trusts created by said Deed of Trust, 

to-wit: $223,234.16 (Estimated). Accrued 

interest and additional advances, 

if any, will increase this fi gure prior to 

sale. It is possible that at the time of 

sale the opening bid may be less than 

the total indebtedness due. NOTICE 

TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are 

considering bidding on this property 

lien, you should understand that there 

are risks involved in bidding at a trustee 

auction. You will be bidding on a lien, 

not on the property itself. Placing the 

highest bid at a trustee auction does 

not automatically entitle you to free 

and clear ownership of the property. 

You should also be aware that the lien 

being auctioned off may be a junior 

lien. If you are the highest bidder at the 

auction, you are or may be responsible 

for paying off all liens senior to the lien 

being auctioned off, before you can 

receive clear title to the property. You 

are encouraged to investigate the existence, 

priority, and size of outstanding 

liens that may exist on this property by 

contacting the county recorder’s offi ce 

or a title insurance company, either of 

which may charge you a fee for this information. 

If you consult either of these 

resources, you should be aware that the 

same lender may hold more than one 

mortgage or deed of trust on the property. 

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: 

The sale date shown on this notice of 

sale may be postponed one or more 

times by the mortgagee, benefi ciary, 

trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 

2924g of the California Civil Code. The 

law requires that information about 

trustee sale postponements be made 

available to you and to the public, as 

a courtesy to those not present at the 

sale. If you wish to learn whether your 

sale date has been postponed, and, if 

applicable, the rescheduled time and 

date for the sale of this property, you 

may call, (800) 758-8052 for information 

regarding the trustee’s sale or 

visit this Internet Web site, www.homesearch.com, 

for information regarding 

the sale of this property, using the file 

number assigned to this case, T.S.# 

9948-5158. Information about postponements 

that are very short in duration 

or that occur close in time to the 

scheduled sale may not immediately be 

refl ected in the telephone information 

or on the internet Web site. The best 

way to verify postponement information 

is to attend the scheduled sale. 

If the 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. Affi nia Default 

Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 

1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 833-290- 

7452 For Trustee Sale Information Log 

On To: www.homesearch.com or Call: 

(800) 758-8052. Affi nia Default Services, 

LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure 

Associate This communication is 

an attempt to collect a debt and any information 

obtained will be used for that 

purpose. However, if you have received 

a discharge of the debt referenced 

herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this 

is not an attempt to impose personal 

liability upon you for payment of that 

debt. In the event you have received 

a bankruptcy discharge, any action to 

enforce the debt will be taken against 

the property only. NPP0354597 To: 

PASADENA WEEKLY 06/20/2019, 

06/27/2019, 07/04/2019 

FICT. BUSINESS NAMES 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- 

MENT FILE No.2019135177 

Type of Filing: Original. The following 

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

JOHN’S INCREDIBLE PIZZA COM- 

PANY CARSON. 506 Carson Town 

Center Carson, CA 90745, 22342 

Avenida Empresa Suite 220 Rancho 

Santa Margarita, CA 92688. COUNTY: 

Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

JIPC 14, LLC, 22342 Avenida Empresa 

Suite 220 Rancho Santa Margarita, 

CA 92688. State of Incorporation or 

LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability 

Company. The registrant commenced 

to transact business under the fi ctitious 

business name or names listed 

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

in this statement is true and 

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

Managing Member, Corp or LLC 

Name: JIPC 14, LLC. This statement 

was filed with the LA County Clerk on: 

May 14, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 

with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, 

a Fictitious Name statement generally 

expires at the end of fi ve years from 

the date on which it was filed in the 

offi ce of the county clerk, except, as 

provided in subdivision (b) of Section 

17920, where it expires 40 days after 

any change in the facts set forth in the 

statement 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 fi ctitious 

business name in violation of the 

rights of another under federal, state, 

or common law (see Section 14411 et 

seq., Business and Professions code). 

Publish: Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 

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



Type of Filing: Amended. The following 


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 to transact 

business under the fi ctitious business 

name or names listed above on: 

06/2014. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and correct. /s/ 

Mary Chou. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC 

Name: Mary Chou Design and Architecture, 

A Professional Corporation. 

This statement was filed with the LA 

County Clerk on: May 13, 2019. NO- 

TICE in accordance with subdivision 

(a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name 

statement generally expires at the end 

of fi ve years from the date on which 

it was filed in the offi ce of the county 

clerk, except, as provided in subdivision 

(b) of Section 17920, where it 

expires 40 days after any change in the 

facts set forth in the statement 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 fi ctitious business name 

in violation of the rights of another 

under federal, state, or common law 

(see Section 14411 et seq., Business 

and Professions code). Publish: Pasadena 

Weekly. Dates: 5/30/19, 6/6/19, 

6/13/19, 6/20/19 




person(s) is (are) doing business 

as: 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 registrant commenced 

to transact business under 

the fi ctitious business name 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 























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Type of Filing: Original The following 


as: LA CONVERSATION; 3423 Perlita 

Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90039-1931. 

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED 

OWNER(S) Eneida M. Martinez, 3423 

Perlita Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90039- 

1931. 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 


true and correct. /s/: Eneida M. Martinez. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement 




a Fictitious Name Statement generally 













authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious 

Business Name in violation of the 



seq., business and professions code). 


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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. 


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/: Kabir Jain. TITLE: 

Owner. This statement was filed with 

the LA County Clerk on: May 2, 2019. 

NOTICE in accordance with subdivision 

(a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious 

Name Statement generally expires 

at the end of fi ve years from the date 

on which it was filed in the offi ce of 

the county clerk, except, as provided 

in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, 

where it expires 40 days after any 

change in the facts set forth in the 













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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 

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/: 

Krystal Yvette Calloway. TITLE: Owner. 


County Clerk on: May 24, 2019. NO- 



Statement generally expires at the end 

of fi ve years from the date on which 

it was filed in the offi ce of the county 











this state of a Fictitious Business Name 



(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 





VVS1. 23669 Chandelle Place Diamond 

Bar, CA 91765. COUNTY: Los 

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

VVS1, LLC, 23669 Chandelle Place 

Diamond Bar, CA 91765. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: California. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a 

Limited Liability Company. The registrant 


under the fi ctitious business name or 



true and correct. /s/ Virginia V. Garcia. 

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: 

VVS1, LLC. This statement was filed 

with the LA County Clerk on: May 21, 

2019. NOTICE in accordance with 

subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a 

Fictitious Name statement generally 
















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146111 


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

BLOOM WELLNESS INTEGRATIVE NU- 

TRITION COUNSELING. 1546 Golden 

Gate Avenue Unit 106 Los Angeles, CA 

90026. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGIS- 

TERED OWNER(S) In Bloom Wellness 

Integrative Nutrition Counseling LLC, 

1546 Golden Gate Avenue Unit 106 Los 

Angeles, CA 90026. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability 

Company. The registrant commenced 


business name or names listed above 

on: 04/2019. I declare that all information 

in this statement is true and correct. 

/s/ Jennifer L. Huber. TITLE: Managing 

Member, Corp or LLC Name: In Bloom 

Wellness Integrative Nutrition Counseling 

LLC. This statement was filed with 





of fi ve years from the date on which it 

was filed in the offi ce of the county clerk, 

except, as provided in subdivision (b) of 

Section 17920, where it expires 40 days 

after any change in the facts set forth in 

the statement pursuant to Section 17913 

other than a change in the residence address 

of a registered owner. a new Fictitious 

Business Name statement must be 

filed before the expiration. The filing of 

this statement does not of itself authorize 

the use in this state of a fi ctitious 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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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 

STATEMENT FILE No.2019146346 



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 



commenced to transact business under 



information in this statement is true and 

correct. /s/: Dalisa Michelle Lee. TITLE: 

















the use in this state of a Fictitious Business 

Name in violation of the rights of 


law (see Section 14411 et seq., business 


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JOY VISION BRANDS. 530 S. Lake Ave., 

#258 Pasadena, CA 91101. COUNTY: 


SR Forty Three, 530 S. Lake Ave., 

#258 Pasadena, CA 91101. State of 

Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. 


transact business under the fi ctitious 




/s/ Sarah Rothenberg. TITLE: President, 

Corp or LLC Name: SR Forty Three. This 

statement was filed with the LA County 

Clerk on: May 30, 2019. NOTICE in 

accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 

17920, a Fictitious Name statement 

generally expires at the end of fi ve years 

from the date on which it was filed in 

the offi ce of the county clerk, except, as 


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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MAJESTIC AUTO GROUP, MAJESTIC 

AUTO REGISTRATION SERVICES. 1143 

S. San Gabriel Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 

91776. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REG- 

ISTERED OWNER(S) HL Auto Group 

Inc., 1143 S. San Gabriel Blvd. San 

Gabriel, CA 91776. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The 

registrant commenced to transact business 

under the fi ctitious business name 

or names listed above on: 05/2019. I 

declare that all information in this statement 

is true and correct. /s/ Erica To. 

TITLE: Secretary, Corp or LLC Name: HL 

Auto Group Inc. This statement was filed 


2019. NOTICE in accordance with subdivision 


Name statement generally expires at the 

end of fi ve years from the date on which it 
















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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 


BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. 


transact business under the fi ctitious 




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

LLC Name: HL Auto Group Inc. This 


Clerk on: May 29, 2019. NOTICE in 

accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 

17920, a Fictitious Name statement 


















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CALL ME COZY CASHMERE; 4024 Ethel 

Ave. Studio City, CA 91604. COUNTY: 


Penny Ellers-Britton, 4024 Ethel Ave. 

Studio City, CA 91604, Linda Feitelson- 

Manet, Impasse Bateau Ivre, PTE Aux 

Cannonniers, 30515. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. 






/s/: Penny Ellers-Britton. TITLE: Partner. 


County Clerk on: May 30, 2019. NOTICE 

in accordance with subdivision (a) of 

Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement 

generally expires at the end of fi ve 

years from the date on which it was filed 

in the offi ce of the county clerk, except, 

as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 














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JOYSTYLE; 1771 N. Sycamore Ave. Los 

Angeles, CA 90028. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Laetitia 

Hugues, 1771 N. Sycamore Ave. Los 

Angeles, CA 90028. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The 


under the Fictitious Business Name 



is true and correct. /s/: Laetitia 

Hugues. TITLE: Owner. This statement 





expires at the end of fi ve years from the 

date on which it was filed in the offi ce of 

the county clerk, except, as provided in 

subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where 

it expires 40 days after any change in the 





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: 

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 

all information in this statement is true 

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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SENTRY INVESTIGATIONS; 210 E. Walnut 

Ave., Unit D Monrovia, CA 91015. 


OWNER(S) Stephen Daniel Aragon, 

210 E. Walnut Ave., Unit D Monrovia, 

CA 91015. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant 





true and correct. /s/: Stephen Daniel 

Aragon. TITLE: Owner. This statement 






















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SCS ENGINEERING; 3270 Dora Verdugo 

Glendale, CA 91208. COUNTY: 


Patrick Meserkhani, 3270 Dora Verdugo 

Glendale, CA 91208. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant 



names listed above on: 6/2019. I declare 


true and correct. /s/: Patrick Meserkhani. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed 

with the LA County Clerk on: June 3, 



Name Statement generally expires at the 

















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MM BOOKKEEPING; 3270 Dora Verdugo 

Glendale, CA 91208. COUNTY: 


Melody Meserkhani, 3270 Dora Verdugo 

Glendale, CA 91208. THIS BUSI- 

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 

The registrant commenced to transact 

business under the Fictitious Business 

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


is true and correct. /s/: Melody 

Meserkhani. TITLE: Owner. This statement 

was filed with the LA County Clerk 

on: June 3, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 

with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a 

Fictitious Name Statement generally 


















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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 






is true and correct. /s/: Hector J. 

Corona. TITLE: Owner. This statement 






















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as: MEME’S SWEET TREATS; 8939 

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

2445 Walnut Grove Ave. Rosemead, CA 


TERED OWNER(S) Eileen Villegas, 8939 

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

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an 

Individual. The registrant commenced to 





/s/: Eileen Villegas. TITLE: Owner. This 


Clerk on: May 20, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 

with subdivision (a) of Section 

17920, a Fictitious Name Statement 


















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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 







Dionna Martiene Merritt. TITLE: Owner. 






















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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 Incorporation or LLC: California. 

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a 

Corporation. The registrant commenced 



on: N/A. I declare that all information 


Martin T D Lam. TITLE: President, Corp 

or LLC Name: Marty Solar Party and Energy 

Saver Inc. This statement was filed 





















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BOWTIE ALLERGY SPECIALISTS. 375 

Huntington Dr., Suite C San Marino, CA 

91108. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles 

of Incorporation or Organization Number: 

3565121. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

Karl Von Tiehl, MD Inc., 375 Huntington 

Dr., Suite C San Marino, CA 91108. 

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. 







/s/ Karl Von Tiehl. TITLE: President, 

Corp or LLC Name: Karl Von Tiehl, MD 

Inc. This statement was filed with the LA 

County Clerk on: June 6, 2019. NOTICE 


Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement 


















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as: LA INTERN. 464 E. Walnut Street 

Pasadena, CA 91101, PO Box 93074 

Pasadena, CA 91109-3074. COUNTY: 


Providence Christian College, 464 E. 

Walnut Street Pasadena, CA 91101. 

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. 







Dawn Dirksen. TITLE: CFO, Corp or LLC 

Name: Providence Christian College. 




Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement 


















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GRAND AUTO ELECTRIC & REPAIR; 

775 E. San Bernardino Rd., Ste. D Covina, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Felix Predciado 

Jr., 15551 Klamath St. La Puente, CA 







and correct. /s/: Felix Preciado Jr. TITLE: 






















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ATTUNE COLLECTIVE; 14668 Ragan 

Drive La Mirada, CA 90638. COUNTY: 


Adrienne Fong, 14668 Ragan Drive La 

Mirada, CA 90638. THIS BUSINESS 






is true and correct. /s/: Adrienne 

Fong. TITLE: Owner. This statement 
















not of itself authorize the use in this state

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as: BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA; 7318 

Alabama Ave., 3206 Canoga Park, CA 

91303, PO Box 6918 Woodland Hills, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Omar I. Dickens, 

7318 Alabama Ave., 3206 Canoga 

Park, CA 91303. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The 



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


true and correct. /s/: Omar I. Dickens. 

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed 




Name Statement generally expires at the 

















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EXECUTIVE OFFICE SOLUTIONS; 9142 

Woodley Avenue North Hills, CA 91343. 


OWNER(S) Ani Oganesyan, 9142 

Woodley Avenue North Hills, CA 91343. 







/s/: Ani Oganesyan. TITLE: Owner. This 


Clerk on: June 5, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 




















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STATEMENT FILE NO.2019156967 



MADDOX & ASSOCIATES; 1000 E. Walnut 

Street Pasadena, CA 91106, PO Box 

91839 Pasadena, CA 91109. COUNTY: 


James Oliver Maddox, 2249 Paloma 

Street Pasadena, CA 91104. THIS BUSI- 

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 





is true and correct. /s/: James Oliver 

Maddox. TITLE: Owner. This statement 


on: June 7, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 




















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PROSPERITY LIFTOFF; 125 W. 8th St. 

Claremont, CA 91711. COUNTY: Los 

Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) 

Margaret Smith, 125 W. 8th St. Claremont, 

CA 91711. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The 





is true and correct. /s/: Margaret 

Smith. TITLE: Owner. This statement 






















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

AND J SOLAR SOLUTIONS; 3318 South 

Del Mar Ave., Suite 202 Rosemead, CA 

91770. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REG- 

ISTERED OWNER(S) John Frederick 

Wolcott and James Louis Rango, 3318 

South Del Mar Ave., Suite 202 Rosemead, 

CA 91770. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. 





is true and correct. /s/: James 

Louis Fango. TITLE: General Partner. 






















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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

NAME STATEMENT FILE 

No.20191245458 



as: OUTLET FOR ARTISTS; 15224 

South White Ave. Compton, CA 90221. 


OWNER(S) John Fernando Contreras, 

Hernan Adolfo Cardona, Antoine 

Christopher, 15224 South White Ave. 

Compton, CA 90221. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. 






Fernando Contreras. TITLE: General 

Partner. This statement was filed with 





















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STONE FACE; 4044 Huron Avenue 

Culver City, CA 90232-4017. COUNTY: 


Joseph Stone, 4044 Huron Avenue 

Culver City, CA 90232. THIS BUSINESS 






is true and correct. /s/: Joseph 

Stone. TITLE: Owner. This statement 


June 11, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 




















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as: FACILITY ENVIROMENTS; 530 S. 

Lake Ave., #295 Pasadena, CA 91101. 


OWNER(S) Ellen L. Chess, 530 S. Lake 

Ave., #295 Pasadena, CA 91101. THIS 







/s/: Ellen L. Chess. TITLE: Owner. This 


Clerk on: May 29, 2019. NOTICE in accordance 














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: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 7/4/19, 

7/11/19 





OSTEOSTRONG SOUTH PASADENA. 

630 Mission Street Ste. A South Pasadena, 

CA 91030, 560 West Main Street 

C-241 Alhambra, CA 91801. COUNTY: 


Bone Hackers LLC, 560 West Main 

Street C-241 Alhambra, CA 91801. State 

of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS 

BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited 

Liability Company. The registrant 





and correct. /s/ Ricardo Ayala. TITLE: 

Manager, Corp or LLC Name: Bone 

Hackers LLC. This statement was filed 





















Weekly. Dates: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 

7/4/19, 7/11/19 





OBJECT & DAWN. 6931 Kittyhawk 

Ave., Apt. 302 Los Angeles, CA 90045, 

13428 Maxella Ave., #223 Marina del 

Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Object & 

Dawn LLC, 6931 Kittyhawk Ave., Apt. 

302 Los Angeles, CA 90045. State of 








and correct. /s/ Michael Long. TITLE: 

Partner, Corp or LLC Name: Object & 

Dawn LLC. This statement was filed with 

the LA County Clerk on: June 13, 2019. 




















Weekly. Dates: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 

7/4/19, 7/11/19 





LUCID AVIATION RESOURCES. 410 

Raymondale Dr., Unit 12 South Pasadena, 


REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lucid 

Rabbit LLC, 410 Raymondale Dr., Unit 

12 South Pasadena, CA 91030. State of 








correct. /s/ Lord Nicolas. TITLE: President, 

Corp or LLC Name: Lucid Rabbit 

LLC. This statement was filed with the 

LA County Clerk on: June 11, 2019. 




















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7/4/19, 7/11/19 





BINGE! CREATIVE, BINGE! NETWORK 

SOLUTIONS. 204 Yale Ave., Ste. B Claremont, 

CA 91711, 463 S. Oakland Ave., 

Apt. #7 Pasadena, CA 91101. COUNTY: 

Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation 

or Organization Number: 4272852. 

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Binge! Inc., 

463 S. Oakland Ave., Apt. #7 Pasadena, 

CA 91101. State of Incorporation 

or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The 


under the fi ctitious business name 



is true and correct. /s/ Joseph 

Bartucca. TITLE: President, Corp or 

LLC Name: Binge! Inc. This statement 

















of a fi ctitious business name in violation 



14411 et seq., Business and Professions 


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APINITECH, APINI TECHNOLOGY, 

APINI TECH; 615 W. Montecito Ave., 

Sierra Madre, CA 91024. COUNTY: 


Konstantin Zamuruyev and Nina Zamuruyev, 

615 W. Montecito Ave., Sierra 

Madre, CA 91024. THIS BUSINESS IS 

CONDUCTED BY a Married Couple. The 



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


true and correct. /s/: Konstantin Zamuruyev. 

TITLE: Husband. This statement 






















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MCCOY PRODUCTIONS; 10707 Magnolia 

Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601. 


OWNER(S) Ronald D. McCoy and 

Cynthia E. McCoy, 28611 Vista Madera 

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275. 


a General Partnership. The registrant 


the Fictitious Business Name or 



true and correct. /s/: Ronald D. McCoy. 

TITLE: General Partner. This statement 






















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WORD ON THE TABLE; 850 N. Marengo 

Ave., Apt. #7 Pasadena, CA 91103. 


OWNER(S) Latisha Robinson, 850 N. 

Marengo Ave., Apt. #7 Pasadena, CA 







correct. /s/: Latisha Robinson. TITLE: 






















Weekly. Dates: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 

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TERSIUM; 239 S. Marengo Ave., Unit 

303 Pasadena, CA 91101. COUNTY: 


Ricardo Casanova-Guzman and Aida P. 

Casanova, 239 S. Marengo Ave., Unit 

303 Pasadena, CA 91101. THIS BUSI- 

NESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Married 

Couple. The registrant commenced to 





/s/: Ricardo Casanova-Guzman. TITLE: 






















Weekly. Dates: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 

7/4/19, 7/11/19 





as: E & F TRUCKING; 8001 Somerset 

Blvd., Suite 204 Paramount, CA 90723. 


OWNER(S) Ernesto Clemente, 6531 

San Luis Street Paramount, CA 90723. 







/s/: Ernesto Clemente. TITLE: Owner. 
















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: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 7/4/19, 

7/11/19 




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

FORECLOSURES; 4600 West 142nd 

Street Hawthorne, CA 90250. COUNTY: 


Sandy Yee Quan, 4600 West 142nd 

Street Hawthorne, CA 90250. THIS 





on: N/A. I declare that all information 


/s/: Sandy Yee Quan. TITLE: Owner. 


County Clerk on: June 17, 2019. NO- 





was filed in the offi ce of the county 





to Section 17913 other than a change in 

the residence address of a registered 





this state of a Fictitious Business Name 



(see Section 14411 et seq., business 


Weekly. Dates: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 

7/4/19, 7/11/19 


NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 

2019170682 



LOS ANGELES IRON WORKS; 2017 

Baxter St. Los Angeles, CA 90039. 


OWNER(S) Fernando Dante Tellez, 

2017 Baxter St. Los Angeles, CA 

90039. THIS BUSINESS IS CON- 

DUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant 





true and correct. /s/: Fernando Dante 

Tellez. TITLE: Owner. This statement 


June 18, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance 







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: 

Pasadena Weekly. Dates: 6/20/19, 

6/27/19, 7/4/19, 7/11/19 


NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 

2019171529 



HAYKI NET CABINET; 226 N. Cedar 

St., #1 Glendale, CA 91206. COUNTY: 


Suren Abraamyan, 226 N. Cedar St., #1 

Glendale, CA 91206. THIS BUSINESS 

IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 





is true and correct. /s/: Suren 

Abraamyan. TITLE: Owner. This statement 


on: June 18, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance 





















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8Descanso Gardens’ Music on the Main live jazz series, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada 

Flintridge, features piano-driven jazz by Yuko Mabuchi 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. Call (818) 949-4200 or visit descansogardens.org. 

THURSDAY 06.20.19 

FRIDAY 06.21.19 

SATURDAY 06.22.19 

SUNDAY 06.23.19 

MONDAY 06.24.19 

THURSDAY 06.27.19 

The Pasadena POPS launches its Sierra Summer Concert Series at the Arboretum, 

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, with music from the Great American Songbook. Michael Feinstein 

conducts. Guest vocal soloists are Kevin McKidd and Melissa Errico. Gates open at 

5:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 793-7172 or 

visit pasadenasymphony-pops.org. 

Community beautification organization The Collaborative Eagle Rock Beautiful 

(CERB) hosts the Taste of Eagle Rock, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the corner of Hill Drive and 

Eagle Rock Boulevard, Eagle Rock, featuring food, beverages, including beer and wine, from 

various local establishments. Tickets are $45 for adults, $35 for designated drivers, $15 for 

kids 6 to 12, free for those 5 and younger. Visit cerb.us/taste-of-eagle-rock. 

A Maureen Choi Quartet concert features jazz violinist Maureen Choi performing music at the intersection of jazz 

and Spanish cultures, starting with a three-course dinner at 6 p.m., followed by the concert at 7 p.m. at Bacchus’ 

Kitchen (bacchuskitchen.com), 1384 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena. Tickets are $85. Call (626) 594-6377 or visit 

maureenchoi.com for tickets. 

TUESDAY 06.25.19 

WEDNESDAY 06.26.19 

Catch a performance of “Dames at Sea,” the story of a Broadway showgirl whose 

songwriting sailor boyfriend persuades the captain of his ship to allow her canceled show 

to move on deck, at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra 

Madre, It starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $45. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit 

sierramadreplayhouse.org. 

Dave Harvey Presents at Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena 

features Americana sounds with Bill Berry, Austin Musick, Bliss Bowen and special 

guest, humorist and storyteller Dylan Brody at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. Call (626) 798-6236 

or visit coffeegallery.com. 

Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, stages the play “Good Boys,” by 

“Riverdale” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, opening at 8 p.m. The intense drama is set in 1988 at a 

private prep school, involving a model student, a disturbing video tape and a privileged family facing 

difficult choices. It continues through July 21. Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit 

pasadenaplayhouse.org. 

CHOICE EVENTS 

FOR THE WEEK OF 

06.20–06.27 

BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

Maureen Choi 

The Blue Guitar, at Arroyo Seco Golf Course, 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena 

presents jazz by the Jon Mayer Trio at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for 

table seating. Visit blueguitar.club.

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