PV Magazine | Feb/March | Issue 22

2022 | February/March No.22
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ALLEN SANFORD
PV Native Setting the Stage
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John & Judi Bates
Joy of Living and Loving Community
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Editor’s Letter
As we settle into 2022, we are thankful that things are moving
forward in this new year. It is already shaping up to be an exciting
one. We have a great issue to share with you and our team continues
to look for stories that are inspirational and positive with a
focus on community. Please email us if you have a great story idea.
Renee and I were fortunate enough to sit down with Allen
Sanford, the founder of BeachLife. Being a music lover, I had
gone to both festivals and was fascinated with the event not
just for the music but also for the beautiful experience that was
BeachLife. Every detail had been well thought out and made for
an easy and comfortable day replete with great food, beautiful
scenery and awesome music. It was a perfect day and exactly
what Allen Sanford told us he had hoped for BeachLife, an
experience to remember. He is all about serving up memorable
experiences at his events and also his restaurants.
I also had the pleasure of meeting John and Judi Bates at
their home in Rolling Hills. Thank you to David McGowan for the
introduction to this lovely couple. Their “joie de vivre” was infectious
and their compound was fabulous. What a fun day we had
getting to know them. Judi was a gracious host with an obvious
flair for entertaining and decorating. “We had the pleasure of
hearing John’s recollections of the past as he thumbed through
what Judi told us was his favorite Christmas gift, Palos Verdes,
The Great Peninsula. The beautiful photos by Erik Jay seemed to
be a catalyst for endless fascinating stories which thankfully were
being recorded by the Palos Verdes Estates Foundation for a new
project you will read about in this issue.
It’s been another great month meeting new people and hearing
their stories. We hope you enjoy reading this magazine as
much as we enjoy creating it each month.
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Photoshoot at the beautiful home of John and Judi Bates in Rolling Hills
Talking with Allen Sanford in Malaga Cove
Winter rainbow in Lunada Bay
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IN THIS ISSUE
Issue No. 22
Profiles
12
Allen Sanford
PV Resident and founder of BeachLife
Festival shares his motivation and
passion for creating the BeachLife
experience
16
John and Judi Bates
This couple shares their love of family,
friends and the community of
Palos Verdes
making a difference
39
Danielle Lindgren
This PV Native offers a new positive way
of helping parents with autistic children
PV YOUTH
12
30
Rylie Neema
This young baker has turned a passion
into a business
33
Alexander Chang
Palos Verdes High Shcool soccer player
is ready to take his game to the
next level
community
19
PVE Foundation
New Project
History with help from longtime
resident experiences & recollections
22
20
The Farnham Martin Fountain
A part of Palos Verdes history gets a
well-deserved renovation
26
Keeping Students Learning
PV Teachers navigate the changing face
of education during the pandemic
34
The Seahorse Classic
The PCCH hosts this annual golfing
event that raises funds for The
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles,
32
around town
29
Palos Verdes High Hosts Triton Run
PV High Students run to cure cancer
PV PETS
37
Meet Happy, PV Pet of the Month
This beloved dog lives up to his name
for Laura and Marc Schenasi
resident expert
41
Minors and Inheritance
Gregory Becker gives more
helpful advice
39
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A L L E N S A N F O R D
A P a s s i o n f o r E x p e r i e n c e
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Written by Melani Morose Edelstein | Photographed by Victoria O’ Leary
“I am passionate
about experiences.
Music just happens
to be the fuel.”
Living the BeachLife is as much about good
music and good food as it is about good friends
and preserving the culture of the South Bay. Just
ask Allen Sanford. The creator behind the wildly
successful BeachLife Festival, well-known restaurateur,
and Palos Verdes native has embodied the
BeachLife lifestyle he created and he is expanding
the concept and inviting the whole community to
join him.
We chatted in the glorious sunshine with the
highly driven low-key Sanford on the lawn of the
old Malaga Cove Middle school where he was once
a student. With an impeccable eye for detail, Sanford
has set the stage for a new historic South Bay
music experience that is appropriate for people of
all ages.
His casual laid back vibe may be just a guise for
the intelligent, thoughtful entrepreneur who is
committed to growing and sharing his BeachLife
approach to living.
When Saint Rocke opened its doors in 2008, it
immediately set the bar for live music in the South
Bay. Two years later Sanford took the reins of the
Hermosa Beach Summer Concert Series where he
would lead the community event for a decade.
Sanford’s restaurateur fingerprints have
touched many beach city restaurants through
the years, including three iterations of The Rockefeller,
the old Union Cattle Company, Primo Italia,
Saint Rocke, and others but the BeachLife festival
is different. It’s a labor of love and has become a
lifestyle. The idea for the BeachLife festival was not
just to feature bands. Sanford was creating a blueprint
for an unforgettable experience. “I am born
& bred in the South Bay. The desire to do a festival
began a long time ago. Festivals can break bands
and bring the hottest music to you, but I wanted
to put this little formula together where at the end
of the formula, you’re euphoric. You’re with your
friends in the sunshine, on the beach, it’s ok to eat
and drink and music is an essential part of it to
me. It’s got its place in that recipe, a big place.”
Sanford says the idea is that BeachLife is for
everybody and everybody has their own way of
doing it.
“My way of doing BeachLife is surfing and hanging
out on the beach with my wife and daughter.
But whether you are a sailor, surfer, skater, or volleyball
player, it’s all the same. It’s all BeachLife, and
all that matters is the feeling you get when you’re
with your friends or your family doing your thing.
That’s what we’re about, we care about the experience.
That’s the culture we want to nurture and
I like to try to perfect the experience. This can be
dangerous sometimes because you can ruin it by
trying to perfect it, and you can definitely ruin it by
making a business out of it,” he says laughing. “But
I find a lot of joy in watching people have fun.”
In his younger years and the early days of his
restaurant career, Sanford was all about the fun
himself. Without any experience, he jumped into
bar and restaurant management, feet first. He
met a bar owner whose establishment was not
performing at its peak. Sanford offered to work for
free for three months.
“My Dad always instilled in me that you prove
your worth first, so I told the business owner that
if he thought I was doing a bad job, I’d leave. No
harm, no foul. So long story short, we became
friends and partners. A few years later, the bar
ended up becoming quite popular, but all I really
did was call all my friends and say hey, I got the
keys to a bar. Come down and party…it was madness.
I often didn’t go to bed before five o’clock in
the morning. I’d wake up at three o’clock in the
afternoon and go back to work. We had a place in
Hermosa and everybody would come back after
the bars closed and it was just fun. At an early age,
I learned how to balance having fun while working
hard.” At 26 he opened Union Car Company
with his brother and childhood friends, his first
official restaurant.“Then we built another Union
Cattle in Pasadena. We did Saint Rocke because
I missed music in the South Bay, which was my
first big dive into music and that was received
really well. So all of that continued until I hit my
thirties. Around age thirty-three, I knew I’d had a
good decade of fun, and then it started to weigh
in on me that I pretty much maxed out the fun
and self-focus. It had been a great experience, but
I knew, I just couldn’t see myself doing this for the
next 30 years,” he remembers. During this time,
Sanford fell in love with and married his longtime
friend Colleen. Today they enjoy life in the South
Bay with their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter,
Annika. A private man who loves to philosophize
and theorize as much as he loves hanging out on
the beach with his family, Sanford studied philosophy
in college at Santa Clara University and even
has the Aristotle word “eudaimonia” tattooed on
his arm. To Aristotle, the word meant the highest
form of human good, the only human good that
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“If you think about it, whenever you have a beautiful
moment in life or you’re doing something and it’s magical,
usually there’s a soundtrack. My love is for experiences and
creating nostalgia with people, which I think is really powerful.”
is desirable for its own sake rather than for the
sake of others. Which is also the guiding principle
behind Sanford’s work and his life.
“Growing up here, in PV, was as great of a childhood
as you could possibly have, and there was
nobody around. You set out on your bike at eight
in the morning and just had to be home before
sunset. There were very few rules. I have great
memories of growing up here, and most of my
friends to this day are people I’ve known since I
was three or four years old, “ Sanford shares.
Sanford attended Silver Spur Elementary,
Malaga Cove Middle School and he was part of the
first class to graduate Peninsula High School.
“My parents still live in PV. My dad was involved
in the community when we were young which
has inspired me to do the same. He was part
of the school board that consolidated the high
schools. Because when we were growing up, there
were not a lot of kids here, so we had the opposite
problem of a population surge. It was more that
there are not enough kids.” Allen is the youngest
of the three Sanford brothers, all of whom spent
their childhoods on the hill. Allen has a deep love
and respect for Palos Verdes and the South Bay,
and today lives in an old 1920’s home in Palos
Verdes that he shares with his wife and daughter.
Sanford is very committed to his work, although
his mindset has shifted significantly since the
start of the Covid-19 pandemic. He admits he has
learned a lot in the last few years. He says he is
more humble and has learned to shift his thinking.
He looks at things differently these days,
taking more time to consider all the options
before deciding what’s next. Those parklets that
have popped up in the Hollywood Riviera and all
around the south bay and have kept so many restaurants
going, are a project that Sanford found
himself involved in during the pandemic.
“We have the Rockefeller in Riviera Village, and I
got involved initially because the city didn’t have a
cohesive plan. Nobody had a plan early on because
it had never been thought of. I got involved
by necessity and because of all the hard work that
the Board members of the Redondo Village Association
volunteered, the program ended up being
successful. If I’m to be honest my initial motivation
was to protect our business, but I ended up participating
in something bigger than any individual
– something that was community focused and
driven. Redondo Beach recorded a record sales tax
year last year due to the parklet program.”
Of course, I was in the three worst businesses
you could be in during a pandemic. Restaurants,
events, and music and so that all ended,” he
says reflectively.
Being the kind of guy that admittedly was running
his life at a million miles an hour, the sudden
shift, the slowdown, and the resulting lockdown
threw Sanford for a loop. Then one day he had
an epiphany. “I thought oh wait, maybe we could
use public space to offset this thing. So when that
came up, I just saw a lane where I could go,” and
so he hit that lane running.
“It was natural. We already know how to do all
this stuff,” Sanford realized. “This is just temporary
construction. This is what we do for a living. So it
was just a knee-jerk reaction to just jump in and
go, here’s how we should do it, here’s what we’re
going to do. Everybody kind of agreed and we just
did it, we created it all just two days before July
4th.” Sanford and his team built twenty-two parklets
in a week and the customers showed up.
“We had people calling us saying, how do you
do it? So we were really on the front side of it. And
those decks, they’re great. So fast forward now
and the City is looking at making them permanent,
which is kind of a culture change,” he admits
proudly. “It was rewarding for me to get involved
with the community. I really enjoy it. I guess that’s
a sign of getting older because I used to not care
and now I consider it kind of an obligation to
help the community. He says people everywhere
have responded positively and seem to agree
the parklets are an absolutely perfect addition to
beach life. So great are they, there is a possibility
that they become permanent. “That was a very
special time for me. It was the eleven members of
the Redondo Village Association that volunteered
the time to make it happen, and I’d venture to say
that those parklets saved at least half of the businesses
down there in the Riviera, including ours,”
he recalls.
“I don’t want our beach culture to get lost. That
requires more of us getting involved. I am interested
in being part of the inevitable change while
protecting what is important to the community.”
Sanford is also at the forefront of some big changes.
In an effort to include the whole community
in the BeachLife, (BeachLife Festival is slated to
return to Redondo May 13-15), Sanford and his
team have announced the addition of a second
festival coming in September, which will feature
Country & Americana music focused on the
central California cowboy surfer culture. He is also
opening another restaurant in the Riviera Village
next to Rockefeller called BeachLife Restaurant,
which he says will be “inspired by the old Chart
House, before it was corporate” as the inspiration,
and a community center in Redondo waterfront
called the California Surf Club, which he hopes will
become a meeting place for like-minded people
that love the ocean and culture. “BeachLife has
been lucky enough to be a part of the Redondo
Waterfront revival, and we are very motivated and
excited to be a part of the changes coming down
there which are sorely needed. At the same time, I
think its clear that our community loves the active,
outdoor lifestyle instead of movie theatres & malls,
and hopefully the BeachLife Festival has captured
the imagination of what can be possible down
there.” This flourishing son of the South Bay is
leading his most authentic BeachLife and inspiring
his whole community to come along.
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“Palos Verdes is our beautiful
home and community.
We just love it.”
John and Judi Bates
It is
Joie de Vivre
It’s not just the sweeping ocean views and unobstructed
city lights that lead people to the Palos
Verdes Peninsula.
John and Judi Bates, local residents who have
called PV home for more than four decades, found
their piece of paradise thanks to their family. “Judi
is a fifth-generation Californian,” explains John.
“Her great grandparents are from Redondo so she
was born here and we have never lived anywhere
else together in the state of California, nor would
we,” he says.
John, a highly contributive Palos Verdes community
advocate who spent a lifetime working in
commercial real estate is enjoying the fruits of his
labor these days. When asked about his success
in business John tell us, “I have a partner that I got
together with when we both worked at Coldwell
Banker maybe 45 or 50 years ago. Our business is
acquiring property and doing deals. We have built
it up today where we own commercial properties,
shopping centers, and apartments. We own a
building in the Riviera Village called Riviera Center
run mostly by our kids. They collect the rent and
Four Decades on the Peninsula
Written by Melani Morose Edelstein | Photographed by Erik Jay
we spend it,” he laughs and says,” It worked out
pretty well.”
We met up with the Bates’ in their glorious,
eclectic home in Rolling Hills where they shared a
bit about their lives. Filled with treasures collected
from travels, antiques and religious relics, it was a
warm reflection of this interesting and fun couple.
Judi’s passion is design and when asked about
acquiring all of these fabulously interesting and
colorful pieces, she lights up and says,”I just love
going to flea markets and estate sales. It’s so much
fun!” You immediately get the feeling that entertaining
and family are at the heart of this home.
“We have a big family, there is always something
going on here. We have his, hers, and ours for a
total of seven kids we have raised,” Judi shares.
“There were John’s two and my two when we got
together which was perfect. Then one of us decided
we should try for one more,” she laughs. “He
said are you crazy, we have a perfect setup. But
I said just one. So then, we had three more,” she
adds behind her big sheepish smile.
The couple who clearly display their Joie de vie
and bring a smile to their visitors, also share fourteen
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren,
and amazingly, all of them live locally.
Judi began exploring PV with her family when
she was a child, sharing leisurely Sunday drives
along the Peninsula’s winding roads. With parents
who always wanted to live here, Judi feels
fortunate. “I landed on top of the world living up
here and my mom was thrilled and I was so glad
she could enjoy it with me,” she says.
The couple, who enjoy so much of what the
Peninsula has to offer, are quintessential Palos
Verdes people from their lifestyle to their stunning
seven-acre property in Rolling Hills. Filled
with antiques and fun and unique finds they
have curated over the years, their beautiful
property features plenty of open space for their
animals and lots of cool eclectic areas to entertain
and enjoy life.
“This place is booming with activity,” says John,
who is fascinated by the land’s avocado orchard.
“We have almost seven acres and about 400 avocado
trees. The previous owners had a relationship
with growers. It’s cool. It’s not a money-making
operation but we do sell them and now they
get hand-picked professionally and yield about
12 to 20 tons a year. We take them to Temecula
and love to watch the process,” he muses. “It’s an
interesting thing to do.”
Long time residents of Palos Verdes the Bates’
enjoy the diverse vibes the Peninsula offers. “We
bought a house in 1976 in Malaga Cove. We still
own it today. We were going to remodel because
it was pretty beat up after the kids and dogs and
all the running around, so we wanted to remodel
it. But as it turns out rather than renting a place
for two years we thought we would buy another
place too and we just liked it up here,” says Judi.
John agrees. “We decided we would buy one
place and flip it back in 2004 and we bought this
house. After we got started on it, we realized how
peaceful it was and so calm with no neighbors in
sight plus there was lots of space for our animals.
We decided that we just couldn’t leave,” he says.
Growing up John never had any animals. That
changed when he met Judi. Today she says,
he helps feed their creatures and has grown to
love them. Judi had turtles and lizards and cats
and dogs growing up. “Now we have a couple of
horses, little mini horses, a pig, goat, chickens and
a couple of rabbits and dogs.”
The couple enjoys holidays at home with the
whole family and every single day living on the
Peninsula. “The virtues of the area are pretty obvious
as compared to anyplace else in the world
really, I mean we absolutely love Palos Verdes,”
John laughs. Palos Verdes Estates is a great city
as is all of the Peninsula. We didn’t know much
about Rolling Hills in the early days because you
don’t have a reason to just drive around. Our kids
had friends back here and I came behind the
gates a couple of times and thought wow that’s
weird how did I not know about this back here. It’s
pretty incredible,” John admits.
Celebrating two major anniversaries at La Venta
Inn, their 25th and their 40th, the family is clearly
and happily entrenched in Palos Verdes.
The Bates family lifestyle is admittedly pretty
laid-back. After a lifetime of world travel including
for a time a house where they spent many
occasions with the whole family in Puerto Vallarta
Mexico and so many hours on the tennis
courts that John’s knee wore out, they are still
busy and making the most
of each moment.
“The gorgeous views,” Judi muses. “When we
lived in Malaga Cove the sunsets from our deck
I mean, just wow. We had 30 years of dream
sunsets there and now up here it’s just as beautiful
but a totally different feel. No matter where I
go, when we come home, when we come back
it’s just great here. Whether I go into LA or Palm
Springs or even Europe, it just always feels so
good to come back to Palos Verdes. It’s our beautiful
home and community and we love it.”
Inside the “tequila room” with all of John and Judi’s treasures they have
collected through the years.
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PVE Foundation
New Project Documents History
with Help from Longtime Residents
community
A LIFE WELL LIVED.
A LIFE WELL EARNED.
Since 1998, Belmont Village has safely delivered an unparalleled
senior living experience for thousands of families. Collaborations
with experts from the nation’s top healthcare institutions and
universities, including UCLA and USC, have established our
national leadership in demonstrably effective cognitive health and
wellness programs. Combining the highest levels of hospitality and
care, our communities make life worth living.
The PVE Foundation kicked off this new exciting project
in February with longtime PV residents John and Judi
Bates. During the time they lived in PVE, John had been
instrumental in helping save the Palos Verdes Beach Club,
once known as the Roessler Pool. His fundraising, project
management and visionary leadership were key factors of
the success of this project. His contributions along with others
at that time have made it possible to have this historical
landmark continue to be a beautiful and useful gathering
place for our community.
The PVE Foundation is pleased to capture this and other
stories for generations to come. This is an important factor
in “honoring our history” and allowing future generations to
know the struggle and victories that past generations have
encountered to keep our City unique and beautiful.
This story and others will be available through audio and
video through the PVE Foundation website in the future.
John Bate’s story will be featured at the PVE Foundation Inaugural
Gala on March 5th and available to the public soon.
The Foundation is proud to be able to honor our residents
who have contributed to the rich history of our city through
this special project.
The PVE Foundation has been on the fast track for making
a difference for Palos Verdes Estates and its residents.
Formed a little over two years ago, the Foundation has a
number of projects and events already on its list of accomplishments.
Most notably is the recent restoration of the
Farnham Martin Fountain, at the Malaga Cove Library.
The working statement of the Foundation is “honoring our
history, securing our future.” To carry forward this mission, a
new project has been launched to document the stories and
contributions of longtime residents of Palos Verdes Estates.
For more information about this or other PVE Foundation
projects and events, go to: PVEFoundation.org or to order
a copy of the beautiful hardcover book, Palos Verdes, The
Great Peninsula go to: pvpublications.com
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community
The Farnham Martin Fountain
Yesterday and Today
Written by Cindy Donnelly
The Farnham Park Fountain is the focal point of
the Farnham Martin Park that adjoins the Malaga
Cove Library. If you raised your children in the area,
you may have found yourself exploring the park
and fountain after a visit to the library, or perhaps
enjoyed a moment of reflection or even a picnic
at this scenic spot. But did you ever wonder about
how it came to be or why it is named after Farnham
Martin?
The park was one of the ongoing efforts of The
Palos Verdes Project as it strived to build a new
community on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. It was
built in 1928, and pre-dates the construction of the
Malaga Cove Library. It is the only landscaped park
in the city of Palos Verdes Estates and the fountain
is the oldest in the city. The nationally-revered Olmsted
Brothers landscape architecture firm were
hired by the Palos Verdes Project to design and
build the park and to create the landscape design
and its unique water feature. Important aspects
of the park include the use of local Palos Verdes
stone for the fountain and stairs, along with the
use of plants ideally suited to the local climate
and grown in a Palos Verdes on-site nursery. The
park has many of the characteristics typical of
Olmsted parks.
THEN
The park’s namesake, Farnham Martin, had
worked for the Olmsted firm since 1908 and
served as the first superintendent of parks in the
Palos Verdes Homes Association. Martin oversaw
planting and landscaping throughout the city and
managed the on-site nursery, as well as parks and
playgrounds for the city. He also lived in the community
and was known for organizing recreation
opportunities and parties for the residents. Tragically,
he was killed in a traffic accident in Torrance
in December of 1928, and it was decided that the
park would be dedicated to the Farnham Battles
Martin Memorial Park in honor of his many contributions
to the Palos Verdes community. The park
was dedicated in January of 1929 in what must
have been a bittersweet ceremony.
The park was added to the National Register of
Historic Places in 1996, joining the neighboring
Malaga Cove Library and Art Gallery. For nearly a
century, residents and visitors enjoyed this hidden
gem, but visitors over the past decade were not
able to fully enjoy the fountain as it had fallen into
disrepair. However, it is not the end of the fountain’s
life quite yet. Read on to see how the PVE
Foundation is about to end the long dry spell.
NOW
After existing for more than 10 years in disrepair,
The Farnham Martin Park Fountain next to the
Malaga Cove Library has been restored. The Palos
Verdes Estates Foundation, an independent, nonprofit
organization that has been established to
make lasting community impact across generations,
chose this project as part of their ongoing effort of
“honoring our history, securing our future.”
Karen Logan of the PVE Foundation leadership
team recently indicated that the foundation looks
for projects that incorporate beautification, historical
restoration, and safety. The fountain had not been
working for some time and the repair work will fix
cracks, bring it up to code, correct electrical issues
and restore the stones to their original look.
A fundraising drive was started in October of 2021
and donations came from both inside and outside
of the city, from current and former residents. Some
donations arrived with a personal note explaining
what the fountain meant to them and expressing
how they wanted it to continue to be enjoyed by
future generations. In addition to restoration, the
funds raised will also help to maintain the fountain
to ensure longevity of the beautiful and historical
water feature.
The timing of the fountain restoration is exciting as
there is currently a heightened recognition of the
Olmsted Brothers’, the architects of the fountain and
park, projects and their legacy happening across the
country. In addition, Palos Verdes Estates will soon
celebrate its centennial and the fountain flowing
again will add to the festivities.
Photographed by Erik Jay
Photographed by Erik Jay
Image courtesy the Palos Verdes Library District Local History Collection
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PV Educators
Excited to be Back in the Classroom
Teaching and Nurturing
Written by Melani Morose Edelstein
In the past two years, defined by uncertainty
and unpredictability one thing is for sure, the face
of education has changed forever.
As we have seen right here on the Palos Verdes
Peninsula, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a
profound impact on students and teachers. We
all know that the coronavirus created a mass disruption
of schooling in the spring semester of
the 2019-20 school year.
The magnitude and speed of school closures
were unprecedented and although all the consequences
are still murky, the importance of
students learning in a classroom alongside their
peers and the role of the teacher have become
crystal clear.
Educators in Palos Verdes are excited to be
back in classrooms and engaging, in person, with
their students once again. There is no question
that classrooms are more than a vehicle for learning.
They offer friendship and community, and
they give many students a safe place to socialize
and grow.
Today, our classrooms might look a little different
but school is still happening and kids are still
learning in large part thanks to the tireless efforts
of teachers. Katie Rieder, a second-generation
Palos Verdes teacher who was born, raised, and
educated in PV currently teaches 6th grade
Language Arts at Miraleste Intermediate. She has
been teaching for a dozen years, is grateful to be
back in the classroom full time, and feels especially
gratified for the resilience of her students.
“I realized at the beginning of this whole thing
that curriculum, though important, is not the
whole focus and shouldn’t be. Focusing more
on social and emotional development has really
helped the kids feel safe and to advance in the
curriculum,” Rieder says. “There is a hunger to be
back in the classroom and a hunger to learn at an
even greater pace now, that I haven’t seen before
and I wasn’t anticipating,” she says happily.
A recent survey by the National Education Association
found that the majority of educators felt
under-prepared to teach online when the pandemic
forced them out of the classrooms in March
of 2020. In 2022, that same survey revealed teachers
are extremely confident about being back
in the classroom in person. We spoke to several
teachers and support staff who work for the Palos
Katie Rieder pictured in her classroom with her brother Josef Rieder,
Miraleste Intermediate school music director and 8th grade social studies teacher.
Verdes Peninsula Unified School District and the
majority feel supported by parents and the administration.
Teachers say a lot of that confidence to
return to the classroom comes from safety measures
that were put in place and also from their
overwhelming commitment to lifelong learning
and professional development.
“Well I am definitely more confident in my use
of technology and so are the kids,” says Lisa Anne
Larkin a Palos Verdes elementary school teacher
who has spent time working with third and fourth
graders at three different PVPUSD schools. Despite
the tumultuous year teachers agree that the
use of technology is definitely a positive outcome
of the pandemic and will pave the way for future
classrooms that are high tech. When on Friday,
March 13, 2020 (yes it was Friday the 13th) schools
shuttered buildings and went online there was no
infrastructure in place and no training for teachers
but just like their students, teachers are learners
and they figured it out quickly.
Josef Rieder shown at Miraleste Intermediate School in his classroom.
One of the overwhelming guidelines for teachers,
who took it to heart to help students in every creative
way possible, was to just give a lot of grace.
“The expectations at that time were anyone’s
guess. We just wanted our students to keep learning,”
says Larkin.
Josef Rieder, a Palos Verdes born and raised
music and social studies teacher who has spent
time teaching both middle school and high school
students here on the hill, says he has happily taken
some of the lessons of remote learning back to his
classroom where he is thrilled to be, every day.
“This is my community and I value the fact that
I can work in my community and contribute to it
in a positive way,” he says. “The kids are doing a
fantastic job. They’re being asked to do a lot and
they’re doing it, every day. Against all this background
stress that they have to deal with like,
masks and tests and being called out of class for
contact tracing and all of that. So, there’s a lot going
on. In addition to the normal day-to-day stress
of school, these kids are just having to deal with
a lot and I’m proud of them for just being able
to handle it because it’s not easy,” explains Rieder
who uniquely understands his students and
where they come from. Rieder’s mother and sister
are also PVPUSD educators.
”These kids still need support, because it’s not
like the last two years are just going to disappear
from memory. I went to school here. So I feel I
have a little bit of a sense of things,” he says, “but
it’s good to be back. It’s fantastic. We have so many
great things on campus. I feel lucky because I get
to deal with work I enjoy on a daily basis. Being in
school is great. Working from home is like purgatory
for me. It’s not that every day at school is easy
but I get to make music and the staff is great and
the students, it’s good,” he says, definitively.
Some key things became clear as the pandemic
wears on: Going to school in-person is how students
learn best. Teachers are supporters, mentors,
helping hands and resource specialists. Schools
are more than a place to learn. They’re also safe
places to be while parents are working. We know
that schools support kids’ physical, mental, social,
and emotional health and with proper safety
measures, schools are doing a great job of limiting
the spread of the virus. Teacher, Katie Rieder is exhausted
and proud and feels uplifted by the work
she and her colleagues are doing.
“I wish every parent knew how much we love
their students and how much we give of ourselves
our minds and bodies and everything in order to
make their kids’ experience the best. I put in so
many hours. Not for kudos but because I want
the kids to have the best, most comfortable, and
nurturing experience they can have in my class
with as little stress as possible. If I could tell parents
anything I’d say that we’ve been working nonstop
in order to make that happen and it hasn’t gotten
easier in fact it’s gotten harder,” Rieder explains
passionately. “Honestly we were creating everything
from scratch. Now, we have great online
resources and paper resources and the challenge
is trying to figure out what the best combination
of those is, to keep students engaged, and also
to make sure no one is falling behind. So it’s just
a whole new ballgame. But we have been forced
to pivot so many times so I’m definitely more
confident in my choices now,” she says and with
a glimmer in her eye it is clear this teacher and
her teammates across the district are hitting the
ball out of the park and keeping students in class,
learning and engaged.
“Focusing more on social and
emotional development has really
helped the kids feel safe and to
advance in the curriculum. There is a
hunger to be back in the classroom
and a hunger to learn at an even
greater pace that I haven’t seen
before and I wasn’t anticipating.
It’s wonderful.”
– Katie Rieder
6th grade language arts teacher
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BUILDING HOMES BEYOND OUR AREA
Remember the Tritons Walk
Photos by Maggie Puhl
On February 18, 2022, Palos Verdes High School
along with Be The Change, which is a club on
campus, hosted the Remember the Tritons Walk.
All of the money raised goes to the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society to help find a cure for cancer.
The school has had many Sea Kings battling it or
directly affected by it. To make a donation or find
out more information about how you can help,
reach out to @pvbtc with any questions.
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Rylie Neema: A Baker on the Rise
Written by Melanie Morose Edelstein
Rylie’s Lemon Pound Cake
Pound Cake Ingredients:
3 cups all purpose flour, spooned into measuring
cup and leveled-off with a knife
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk or low fat milk
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest, packed
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
2¼ cups granulated sugar, plus more for the pan
3 large eggs
pv youth
Syrup Ingredients:
¼ cup water
¼ cup granulated sugar
1½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Glaze Ingredients:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Eleven-year-old Rylie Neema loves baking and has
been doing it almost her entire young life. Particularly
passionate about desserts, Rylie recently started her
own pastry business, On Pointe Pastries.
Her culinary journey began due to an unexpected
obstacle in dietary needs: a milk allergy. This allergy
forced her mom to get creative early. By the time she
was one and a half, Rylie was already a helpful hand in
the kitchen, assisting her mom in baking bread and
muffins. By the time she was six years old, she could
bake on her own.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Rylie decided to
hone her craft and perfect her baking skills while she
stayed home. She was able to dedicate all her time to
baking for once, as she is usually occupied playing soccer,
dancing at Fusion Dance Studio, being a Girl Scout
and attending Montemalaga Elementary School.
“I do want to someday go to some kind of culinary
school,” Rylie said. “I want to cook just because I like to
stay busy. It’s not like work to me. It’s relaxing and fun.”
Rylie has attended online and in-person baking classes
from talented, and some famous, chefs. When she
begins to build her customer base, Rylie said she hopes
to give back to other people.“I’m going to be donating
a portion of my revenue when I get revenue because I
like giving back,” Rylie said. “Meals on wheels is one of
the organizations I like.”
In the near future, Rylie plans to sell her pastries at a
farmers market. Rylie’s dream is to participate in the
Kids Baking Championship and win.
Rylie and Chef Eric Crowley
Baking Directions:
• Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C)
•In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
•In another medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, lemon zest and lemon juice.
• For this next step, use an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or a hand mixer if an electric mixer is
unavailable). In the attached bowl (or a large mixing bowl), cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light
and fluffy (3 to 4 minutes). Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after
each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl again.
• With the mixer on low speed, beat in one quarter of the flour mixture, then one third of the buttermilk mixture. Beat
in another quarter of the flour, then another third of the buttermilk mixture. Repeat with another quarter of the flour
and the remaining buttermilk mixture. Beat in the remaining flour mixture. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and
give a quick mix to make sure all of the ingredients are well incorporated.
• Thoroughly grease a 10-inch bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray or vegetable shortening and be sure to get into
all the crevices. Coat the greased pan generously with granulated sugar, making sure the entire surface of the pan is
evenly coated.
• Spoon the thick batter into the prepared bundt pan and smooth with a rubber or silicon spatula.
• Bake for 65 to 75 minutes, or until the cake is golden and a tester comes out clean.
• Set the cake on a cooling rack. Carefully run an offset spatula or table knife around the edges of your pan, between
the pan and the cake, to loosen the cake from the pan. Cool the cake in the pan for no more than ten minutes.
• Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
• Invert the warm cake onto a cooling rack.
• Slip a large piece of parchment paper, aluminum foil, paper towels or plate under the rack for easy clean-up.
• Slowly brush the hot syrup over the cake, letting it soak in. Allow the cake to cool completely for about one hour.
• When the cake is cool, carefully transfer it to a serving platter.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice. Add more confectioners’ sugar or lemon
juice as necessary to make a thick but pourable glaze. It should be the consistency of molasses or honey. Spoon the
glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides. Allow the glaze to harden at room temperature for about
10 minutes.
• Slice the lemon pound cake, serve and enjoy!
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Alexander
Chang
Setting Big Goals
After receiving a rare invitation to train with a top
German soccer academy, Palos Verdes teen Peter
Alexander Chang hopes to make his mark overseas.
Chang is a sophomore at Palos Verdes High
School and plays for the varsity soccer team. This
past summer, he caught the attention of former
Bundesliga player, Marcel Lowitsch, who now lives
in Los Angeles. Lowitsch recommended Chang to
the top-tier Bundesliga Youth Academy, Rot Weiss
Essen. In January, Chang completed a trial training
with the team and was invited to come back this
summer.
“It was an amazing and rare opportunity,” said
Chang.“The level of play is very high in Germany, and
I feel fortunate to have been invited back. My goal is
to someday play soccer as a professional, so this was
an important chance for me to get noticed.”
Chang attended daily training sessions with Rot
Weiss Essen and watched several of their games.
He also took part in private athletic sessions with
Bundesliga professional trainers.
“I got really good feedback on my ball skills, but
one area that the coaches want me to focus on is
becoming physically stronger,” said Chang. “That’s
what I’ll be focusing on for the next few months.”
Peter Alexander Chang is one of a few South Bay
players that Lowitsch has taken an interest in.
“There are a lot of talented kids in the U.S.,” said
Lowitsch.“In Germany, people think that it’s only
American football, basketball and baseball that
interest young people here. That just isn’t true. I see
a lot of potential in these American kids and want
to give them the chance to showcase their skills.”
Marcel Lowitsch and Alexander
Palos Verdes High School Varsity Soccer Team
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PCCH volunteers ready to greet golfers at the Seahorse Classic check-in table.
It’s all smiles for PCCH President Carey Romer
(lower right), with Seahorse Classic Chairs Sue
Wilkinson (upper left), Kelly Walsh (upper right) and
Jacquie Leimbach (lower left).
THE
SEAHORSE
CLASSIC
Giving Back One
Swing at a Time
Written by Maureen Hazard
It’s All Fore the Children
Since 1990, many South Bay golfers have gathered
at Palos Verdes Golf Club to participate in the
annual Seahorse Classic Golf Tournament, now
impressively in its 32nd year. Run by the Peninsula
Committee Children’s Hospital (PCCH), this popular
little tournament by the sea has raised much
needed funds over the years for the young patients
at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).
A long-standing tradition at the Seahorse Classic is the charming Scottish
bagpiper at the start of the tournament.
community
Longtime premier tournament sponsor, Martin Chevrolet’s Joe Giacomin,
with Seahorse Classic tournament and sponsor chairs.
Fun in the garden for golfers after playing in the Seahorse Classic.
Joe Leimbach sporting his Dodger best taking a swing
at the Seahorse Classic.
Teeing up the Idea
Since 1957, PCCH had been running the very successful
annual Portuguese Bend National Horse
Show —the year-long solitary focus of the committee
and arguably the backbone of the group’s
identity as a non-profit organization. In 1990, a few
long-time Committee members called “sustainers”
were looking for a project to keep themselves busy,
since most of the major horse show duties were
taken up by the newer “active” members. Lo and
behold, they discovered that golf tournaments presented
a relatively untapped fundraising option for
the group and suggested that PCCH hold one run
exclusively by PCCH sustainers to raise even more
money for CHLA during the spring each year.
Worth a Shot
It’s no small surprise that the idea was initially met
with some resistance, as it didn’t seem to fit into
the group’s singular horse show tradition. But
Suzie Farman and Sally Grischy, the drivers of the
idea and two of the first golf chairs of the event,
never gave up. “We were like salmon swimming
upstream,” laughs Farman. “We had to work very
closely with the board, and eventually everyone
agreed that it was a great opportunity.”
PGA legend Chi Chi Rodriguez, a frequent crowd pleaser at the
Seahorse Classic in the 1990’s.
An Ace in the Hole
The sustainers ramped up quickly, cleverly modifying
their beloved horse show seahorse logo with a
golf ball and greens flag and officially naming the
annual event the “Seahorse Classic.” The first tournament
was held at the Rolling Hills Country Club
and featured a shotgun best ball format complete
with a whopping $100,000 hole-in-one opportunity
(courtesy of Prudential Bache Securities), as well as
two enticing closest to the pin prizes sponsored by
Toyota Motor Sales and American Airlines. “The first
tournament was very homegrown. Back then a lot
of singles and doubles would enter requiring us to
work out handicapping for the foursomes. There
was no dinner or silent auction, but we ended
with a fun cocktail party,” recollects Karen Learned,
PCCH Archives Chair and two-time Seahorse Classic
Chairman. By any scorecard, the inaugural Seahorse
Classic was a tremendous success for CHLA that
year and indeed proved that the forward-thinking
ladies of PCCH had truly teed up a winner with a
special golf tournament that was here to stay.
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PALOS VERDES NATIVE Danielle Lindgren
Helping parents of autistic children redefine how they understand autism and
make decisions about their child’s care from a modern, positive perspective.
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Danielle discovered her passion for working with
autistic individuals at a young age. As a member of
the Palos Verdes National Charity League, Danielle
regularly volunteered with different groups in the
community. Danielle knew she found her calling
after volunteering at her first event with (what is
now known as) The Friendship Foundation, an organization
that fosters friendships between individuals
with developmental disabilities and their neurotypical
peers. Throughout high school, Danielle
served as president of the Friendship Circle club at
PVHS and volunteered close to 1,000 hours with the
organization. By her senior year, Danielle’s experiences
and friendships made the decision to pursue
a career as a speech language pathologist (SLP)
specializing in autism an obvious choice.
While working as a SLP, Danielle was often one of
the first providers working with families after their
child received an autism diagnosis and she quickly
realized that overwhelmed families were regularly
left on their own to learn about the diagnosis,
navigate therapies and resources and make potentially
life-changing decisions about their child’s
care. Because Danielle spends a majority of her free
time seeking out the most up-to-date resources for
supporting autistic children, she knows how much
misinformation and negative, deficits-based material
was being presented to parents.
Danielle realized that she had to help more
families understand neurodiversity and feel confident
in making individualized, strengths-based
choices for their child. This led Danielle to start
her own company offering collaborative coaching
for parents with young autistic children. She
guides families through individualized coaching
and education, shares trustworthy and up-to-date
resources and acts as a liaison between all of the
professionals on a child’s team to bridge any gaps
in a child’s care. Danielle is grateful to be one of the
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If I die, will my children receive their entire
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Contributed by Gregory Becker
When minors receive an inheritance outside of a
trust, the inheritance is usually managed through
an expensive court supervised guardianship proceeding.
Upon the minor turning 18, the proceeding
terminates, the child receives the remainder of
the inheritance outright and free of trust and Pearl
Jam is hired to celebrate the child’s birthday with
100 of his/her closest friends.
How do we avoid a court supervised guardianship?
How do we prevent our children from receiving
windfalls at 18? How do we involve a third party
to make sure a child’s spouse does not exert undue
pressure over the separate property inheritance?
One answer is: Sprinkling Trusts.
A common sprinkling trust holds the majority of
the child’s inheritance in the trust until the child
attains a certain age which is often between 25 and
35. Prior to the child reaching the termination age,
the successor trustee will sprinkle money out to the
child for his or her health, education, maintenance
and support. This standard can be broadened and
can provide for a more liberal use of the trust funds
if desired.
In some families, there are many children of
different ages and/or different needs. In such a
circumstance, we often create Family Pot Trusts
that keep the trust estate in one big fund until
a minimum age so that the youngest and/or
neediest of the children have what they need to
make it to that minimum age. Once all children
have reached the minimum age, the remainder
of the trust assets are distributed to sub-trusts or
outright to the beneficiaries depending on the
parents’ wishes.
Most of my clients believe that a windfall at 18
can stifle motivation and lead to unintended consequences.
I don’t disagree and that is why I am a
big fan of sprinkling trusts.
Gregory Becker is a Palos Verdes Native and California trusts and estates
attorney who lives in Rolling Hills with his wife Tiffany and three children,
Ethan, Caroline, Landon and their dog, Parker.
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(310) 543-1126
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