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Baca pulls Weiss
endorsement in city
attorney campaign
Matlin
to receive
star on
Walk of
Fame
FROM CITY NEWS SERVICE
Marlee Matlin will receive the
2,383rd star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame May 6, honoring an extensive television and
movie career, including being
the youngest winner of the best
actress Academy Award.
Actor-producer Henry Winkler
and Anne Sweeney, president of
Disney-ABC Television Group,
will join Matlin in speaking in
the ceremony in front of the
Musso & Frank Grill on Hollywood Boulevard, the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce, which
administers the Walk of Fame,
announced today.
The ceremony will also include
children from the Northbrook,
Ill.-based International Center of
Deafness & the Arts performing
a song.
Matlin, who lost all hearing in
her right ear and 80 percent of the
hearing in her left ear at the age
of 18 months because of roseola
infantum, made her stage debut
in the 1974 at the age of seven in
the center’s production of “The
Wizard of Oz,” as Dorothy. She
continued to appear with its children’s theatre group throughout
her childhood.
The 43-year-old Matlin will
receive the star three weeks after
the publication of her autobiography, “I’ll Scream Later” and a
day before she will receive the
Mary Pickford Award at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Community Foundation’s 16th
annual Women of Distinction
luncheon.
Born and raised in the Chicago
suburb of Morton Grove, Matlin was discovered in a Chicago
stage production of the Tony
MATLIN page 4
Sheriff calls
councilman’s
television ad attacking
Trutanich “reckless,”
as candidates move
into final weeks of
hotly-contested L.A.
race.
practice since 1998. Before that,
he was a deputy district attorney
for Los Angeles County.
“I can no longer remain silent about the reckless disregard
for the truth that Jack Weiss has
brought to this race,” Baca said.
“Mr. Weiss’ latest television commercial is desperate and an insult
to the principles of the American
legal system, our Constitution
and the Bill of Rights.
BY ALICE WALTON
“Obviously, Mr. Weiss doesn’t
CITY NEWS SERVICE
respect the truth or our justice
Los Angeles County Sheriff system that guarantees a fair trial
Lee Baca pulled his endorsement for everyone,” Baca said. “The
of Councilman Jack Weiss for radical portrayal in his twisted
GARY McCARTHY
At least 15 transients were found living at the former site of KCOP-TV.
Abandoned television studio
called bastion for vagrancy
Facility was vacated
in 2003, but police
discover evidence of
criminal activity and
more than a dozen
people using former
KCOP site as a free
“hotel.”
BY ARIN MIKAILIAN
STAFF WRITER
Acting on an anonymous tip,
police discovered 15 transients
living at the former site of KCOP
studios, leading to the arrest of
three wanted criminals.
Said to have taken place two
weeks ago, the investigation was
reported on a Web site operated
by the Melrose Action Network,
a group of local residents who
work with the Los Angeles Po-
lice Department’s Wilshire Division. The report was assembled
based on information provided
by the LAPD.
Law enforcement officials did
not respond to a request for comment on this story, but the online
report said officers returned to
the site on April 20 and found
nine additional transients occupying the premises. Three were
on parole for undisclosed offenses and another was on probation
for prostitution.
“The transients apparently
made use of the electrical, water, and restroom facilities inside
of the complex while creating a
dysfunctional ‘hotel like’ atmosphere for themselves until police walked in on them,” according to the Web site. In addition,
officers found discarded needles,
which they said suggested narcotics use.
The former KCOP studios, lo-
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cated at 915 La Brea Ave., have
been vacant since the station relocated its operations in 2003.
Since then, the 57,000-squarefoot facility has been unoccupied and was purchased for $11
million by Bomel Management,
which plans to replace the studio
with a mixed-use development.
Melrose Action Network cofounder Peter Nichols said the
incidents were no surprise to
him. He said the Melrose section
of Hollywood has a long history
of what he calls “encampments,”
areas like rooftops and garages
where transients take shelter. He
said encampments have been
found in locations ranging from
the roof of a garage attached to
a Melrose Avenue business, to a
crawl space in the home of an 89year-old resident.
Nichols believes a high number of transients poses a public
BUILDING page 4
FROM CITY NEWS SERVICE
“Obsessed,” described as an
interracial version of the 1986
classic “Fatal Attraction” and
starring pop sensation Beyonce
Knowles, was the top draw at the
continent’s box offices last weekend, an industry-charting firm reported Sunday.
The Sony/Screen Gems film,
also starring Ali Larter and Idris Elba, pulled in $28.5 million during its first two days in
release. In this new version of
“Fatal Attraction,” a successful
African-American asset manager
(Elba) with a happy marriage to
a beautiful woman (Knowles)
is being stalked by an attractive
temporary worker (Larter) in his
office.
Zac Efron’s Warner Bros’ film
“17 Again” finished in second
place, bringing in $11.7 million
for a total of $40 million over
two weeks. Universal’s gritty
urban thriller “Fighting,” starring former Calvin Klein model
Channing Tatum and Terrence
Howard, premiered in third place
with $11.4 million in estimated
sales this weekend.
In its first week in release, Paramount’s “The Soloist” starring
Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey
Jr., opened in fourth place with
$10 million in tickets sold.
Rounding out the top 10 films
PHOTOS BY GARY MCCARTHY
L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, left, said that L.A. City Councilman Jack
Weiss “obviously doesn’t respect the truth or our justice system.”
city attorney Monday over a television commercial that he said
showed a “reckless disregard for
the truth.”
The sheriff had previously
endorsed both Weiss and attorney Carmen Trutanich. Baca
frequently backs candidates on
both sides of the ticket, including the race between Mark Ridley-Thomas and Bernard Parks
for county supervisor and a state
Senate election.
The commercial in question,
titled “Polluters,” indicates that
Trutanich has defended people
accused of drunken driving, rape,
owning assault weapons and polluting Southern California waters.
Trutanich has been in private
commercial against Mr. Trutanich undermines public trust for
the fairness and integrity required
by our courts.”
Ace Smith with the Weiss
campaign said Baca was always
in the Trutanich camp, and rejected the statement that the sheriff made his decision based on a
television spot.
“We stand by every word of
every one of those commercials.
We’ll meet the Trutanich campaign on any street and go over
every word of those commercials,” Smith said.
The two candidates were
scheduled to debate Tuesday
in a town hall-style forum, but
that event was canceled after the
CAMPAIGN page 4
Health emergency declared
as officials brace for swine flu
Los Angeles County
reports two probable
cases and two possible
cases as scare spreads
across the country.
in Los Angeles County Tuesday,
and while test results were pending on a man whose death was
initially suspected of being linked
to the disease, health officials
said the man was likely a victim
of seasonal flu or pneumonia.
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of the Los Angeles County
BY ROBERT PERKINS
Department of Public Health,
CITY NEWS SERVICE
told the Board of Supervisors
LOS ANGELES — Two prob- that there were still no confirmed
able and two possible cases of cases of swine flu in the county,
swine flu were being investigated but he said, “of course, they are
Audiences ‘Obsessed’
with Beyoncé drama
Modern-day “Fatal
Attraction” pulls in
more than $28 million
in opening weekend.
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expected.”
“We currently are investigating
two possible flu clusters in two
schools located in the Santa Clarita Valley,” he said. “We have at
this point two probable cases and
two possible cases of swine flu.”
The county coroner’s office
reported earlier that it was investigating two deaths as possibly stemming from swine flu,
but Fielding downplayed those
reports. One case — the death of
FLU page 4
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• Arts & Entertainment,
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SCREEN GEMS
Left to right: Idris Elba, Ali Larter and Beyoncé Knowles share
a scene in the film directed by Steve Shill.
are: “Earth,” Disney, debut- Movie,” Disney, $6.4 million
ing with $8.6 million since its this weekend, $65.6 over three
Wednesday opening; “Monsters weeks; “Fast & Furious,” Univs Aliens,” Paramount, $8.6 mil- versal, $6.1 million this weeklion this weekend, $175.8 mil- end, $145.2 million over four
lion over five weeks; “State of weeks; and “Crank: High VoltBLACK VALLEY FILMS
Play,” Universal, $6.9 million age,” Lionsgate, $2.4 million this
this weekend; $25.1 over two weekend, $11.5 million over two Kati Lopez is among the South L.A. farmers profiled in “The
Garden.” PAGE 3
weeks; “Hannah Montana The weeks.
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APRIL 30, 2009
CALENDAR
Compiled by
Marisela Santana
MUSIC
VISUAL
■ The Charles Mingus — Son of Watts — Musical Cara-
■ Robin Thicke & Jennifer Hudson
The Grammy-winning stars are co-headlining
a multi-city tour this spring. The six-week trek
takes the duo to more than 19 cities from coast
to coast. The road trip marks the first official
tour for Hudson, who recently won a Grammy
for her self-titled debut and just took home
three NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding
New Artist, Outstanding Album and Outstanding Duo for her collaboration
with Fantasia on “I’m His Only Woman.” Hudson said, “I am so grateful. …
My first Grammy and my first tour; it doesn’t get any better than this!” May
2. NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE, 777 Chick Hearn Court, Los Angeles. (213)
763-6030
van Project, Part 2
The yearlong tribute that started in September 2008
continues with a second part of the Mingus Musical
Caravan Celebration, with an array of events and exhibits
throughout the Los Angeles area. Made possible by the
Department of Cultural Affairs, the tribute continues
through a visual arts exhibition of memorabilia relating to the jazz musician. On
display are 70 vintage album covers, which chronicle his recording history from
1946 to 1989. April 30 through May 24. William Grant Still Arts Center,
2520 S. West View St., Los Angeles. (323) 913-4031
■ Sparkle and Twang: Marty Stuart’s American
Musical Odyssey
■ Zapp/Whodini
The Autry National Center of the American West
takes museum-goers on a tour through the life and
times of American music with “Sparkle and Twang:
Marty Stuart’s American Musical Odyssey,” an
exhibition that tells the story of country music icon
Marty Stuart’s personal experiences with some of the
most famous stars of American music, highlighting
several of the greatest performers on the country, bluegrass, rockabilly and
Southern gospel scenes. The exhibit features history makers Ray Charles, Patsy
Cline, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Bob Dylan, among
others. April 30 through August 23. Autry National Center, 4700 Western
Heritage Way, Los Angeles. (323) 667-2000
R&B and hip-hop pioneers, Zapp and Whodini will coheadline at the Grove of Anaheim on Sunday with special
guests Egyptian Lover and Twilight 22. Zapp had a string
of post-Parliament funk hits during the ‘80s including
“More Bounce to the Ounce,” “Dance Floor” and the
technologically inspired slow jam, “Computer Love.”
Zapp’s influence in popular music is highly evident.
“More Bounce to the Ounce” is one of most used samples in hip-hop. May 3.
Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim. (714) 712-2700
■ Katy Perry
The amount of time it took Perry to rise to fame over two
singles she released over a two-year period is unheard of,
especially considering she rose to fame in 2007 with an
Internet hit entitled “Ur So Gay,” and later scored in 2008
with her breakthrough single, “I Kissed a Girl.” May 9.
Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St., Santa Barbara.
(805) 962-7411
THEATER
SPECIAL EVENTS
■ Seal
The British soul singer and songwriter makes his way into Los Angeles to
promote his sixth studio album, “Soul,” which was released late last year. The
album was produced by David Foster and is made up of cover versions of 11 soul
music classics. The album’s lead single was “A Change Is Gonna Come.” So
far, the album has peaked at No. 1 on French Album Charts for 13 consecutive
weeks. May 6. NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE, 777 Chick Hearn Court, Los
Angeles. (213) 763-6030
■ Stick Fly
An upper-class African-American family wrestles with
parental expectations, sibling rivalry, and issues of
class and race in a play that stars Chris Butler, Avery
Clyde, Tinashe Kajese, Terrell Tilford, John Wesley
and Michole Briana White. Directed by Shirley Jo
Finney, playwright Lydia R. Diamond opens a portal
onto life in the African-American upper middle class.
April 30 through May 31. The Matrix Theatre, 7657 Melrose Ave., Los
Angeles. (323) 960-7740
■ The Accomplices
The Fountain Theatre remounts last season’s
hit play based on the true story of Jewish activist
Hillel Kook (aka Peter Bergson). What the U.S.
government and American Jews did — and
didn’t — do to help Jews fleeing the Nazis is the
subject of this blistering account by former New
York Times political reporter Bernard Weinraub.
In 1940, Hillel Kook arrived in the U.S. fresh from the underground resistance
in Palestine. Changing his name to Peter Bergson, he sought aid for the rescue
of European Jews from the Nazis. Shocked to find himself blocked by both the
Roosevelt administration and the Jewish establishment, Bergson spearheaded an
extraordinary campaign of public rallies, hard-hitting newspaper advertisements
and lobbying in Congress in his one-man fight to save millions and end the
conspiracy of silence and inaction that continues to haunt society to this day.
April 30 through June 14. The Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los
Angeles. (323( 663-1525
■ Lydia
Written by Octavio Solis, “Lydia” is a powerful and
passionate new play that portrays with a deep, emotional
impact the lies and secrets that both bind a family together
and create heartbreaking fissures. In the Texas border town
of El Paso during the 1970s, a Mexican-American family
struggles with the aftermath of an accident that has injured
their beloved young daughter Ceci, and has deeply affected
her family. April 30 through May 17. Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand
Ave., Los Angeles. (213) 628-2772
■ Bronzeville
Ben Guillory directs the Robey Theatre Company,
in association with the New Los Angeles Theatre
Center, for the premiere of Tim Toyama’s and Aaron
Woolfolk’s “Bronzeville.” It’s World War II and
FDR has signed executive order 9066 requiring that all
Japanese-Americans be transported to internment camps
during the war. High paying factory jobs are luring huge
numbers of Southern Blacks to Los Angeles. “No Blacks
Allowed,” clauses limit housing choices, so Blacks end
up in recently vacated commercial and retail properties in Little Tokyo. When
one of those Black families discovers a young Japanese-American man hiding
in their new home, three generations of family members struggle with doing the
right thing. April 30 through May 17. The New LATC, 514 S. Spring St., Los
Angeles. (213) 489-7402
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■ Gospel! Gospel! Gospel!
Actor James Pickens Jr. presents a
live stage production of Otis Sallid’s
acclaimed play, “Gospel! Gospel!
Gospel,” featuring a star-studded cast
that includes Vickie Winans, Loretta
Divine, Rocky Carroll, Chante Moore
and Kenny Lattimore. The play
takes audiences on an inspirational,
foot-stomping, hand-clapping journey
of gospel music from slavery to the
present day. Tickets can be purchased
at www.jamespickensjrfoundation.
com. May 15-16. Wilshire Ebell
Theatre, 4401 W. 8th St., Los
Angeles. (323) 939-0126
MUSICAL
■ Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fatts Waller Musi-
cal
■ Beneath Rippling Water
Written and performed by Sybyl Walker — directed
by Gregg T. Daniel — “Beneath Rippling Water” is a
compelling, hilarious, disturbing trilogy about navigating
the maze of secrets, life and love. Utilizing drama, comedy,
song and spoken word, Walker creates unforgettable
portraits of three unique and fascinating women in
love. Audiences can journey into the depths of what lies
beneath the surface of 12 womens’ lives; the joys and the
vulnerabilities, and experience a very human story about
hope, love and reclaiming oneself. April 24 through May 17. Fremont Centre
Theatre, 1000 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena. (866) 811-4111
■ Back to Bacharach and David
The Off-Broadway hit begins a 23performance run directed by Kathy
Najimy with musical arranger Steve
Gunderson, in a tribute to the brilliant
songs written by Burt Bacharach and
Hal David between 1960-70. The cast
includes Diana DeGarmo, Tom Lowe,
Susan Mosher and Tressa Thomas.
Through May 17. The Music Box @
Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. (323) 464-0808
The production celebrates the 30th
anniversary of the Tony Award-winning
revue, which pays tribute to one of America’s
true originals, the charismatic songwriter,
singer, pianist and superb entertainer from
the 1920s and ‘30s, Thomas “Fats” Waller.
The cast includes Eugene Barry-Hill, Doug
Eskew, Armelia McQueen, Roz Ryan and Debra Walton. The show includes
30 songs. April 30 through May 31. Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave.,
Los Angeles. (213) 628-2772
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COMEDY
■ Carlos Mencia
The mind and body of Mencia is bringing his “At Close
Range” Tour into the L.A. area for a rare appearance at
the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino with his unique
brand of comedy, usually focusing on political, race,
culture, and social class issues, all the while juxtaposing
existing social issues with ethical conventions. This show
is as close to the Los Angeles area Mencia is going to get. He’s hitting 80 cities
in the next couple of months, and L.A. isn’t one of them. May 7. San Manuel
Indian Bingo and Casino, 777 San Manuel Blvd., Highland. (800) 359-2464
CLEAN COIN
LAUNDERLAND
■ Bill Cosby
As of 2008, the veteran stand-up performer
continues to lecture to Black communities
(usually at churches) about his frustrations with
certain problems prevalent in underprivileged
urban communities such as taking part in illegal
drugs, teenage pregnancy, Black Entertainment
Television, high school dropouts, antiintellectualism, gangsta rap, vulgarity, thievery,
offensive clothing, vanity, parental alienation,
single parenting and failing to live up to the ideals
of Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the African American
ancestors that preceded Generation X. May 9. Morongo Casino Resort and Spa,
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Fruit of their labor
In depicting the
struggles of a band of
South L.A. community
farmers, Scott
Hamilton Kennedy
thought it best to
abandon any idea of
impartiality.
BY OLU ALEMORU
STAFF WRITER
It has all the ingredients of
a routine Hollywood thriller: a
charismatic underdog battling a
rich and powerful foe, political
skullduggery and — sadly, for us
common folk — an all-too-predictable ending.
However, there is little banality
to be found in “The Garden,” an
engrossing documentary about
the fight to save a 14-acre parcel
of land in South Los Angeles that
was once the largest community
garden in the nation.
Located at East 41st and South
Alameda Streets, the acreage became home to a thriving, mostly
immigrant community of local
fruit and vegetable growers who
became known as the South Central Farmers.
Established in the wake of the
devastating 1992 riots, the collective seemed to achieve a miracle,
creating a sustainable (a word
that’s now all the rage) community that grew its own food and
fed its families.
But three years ago that dream
came to an end when the garden
was publicly bulldozed after the
city and a partner of the site’s
former owner won a court victory to evict the farmers.
Produced and directed by Scott
Hamilton Kennedy, the underdogs, certainly at the beginning,
were self-appointed farmers’
leaders Rufina Juarez and “Tezo”
Tezozomoc. They were aided and
abetted in their fight by the aptlynamed civil rights attorney Dan
Stormer, and celebrity supporters like Darryl Hannah, Danny
Glover and Willie Nelson.
The rich and powerful foe
came in the form of real estate
developer Ralph Horowitz, who
re-purchased the land in a closeddoor deal in 2003. The following January, Horowitz issued an
eviction notice for the farmers to
leave by Feb. 29, 2004.
As for skullduggery, take
your pick. City Councilwoman
Jan Perry, in whose 9th District
the farm was located; a mayoral
candidate named Antonio Villaraigosa, who publicly champi-
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oned the growers cause but was
subsequently linked by the L.A.
Times to a company that is negotiating with Horowitz to build
warehouses on the site.
Then there’s the late Juanita
Tate, the fiery community leader
who formed Concerned Citizens
of South-Central Los Angeles to
fight construction of a waste incinerator on the site in 1986. Tate,
whose organization has long supported Perry, died in 2004, the
same year Concerned Citizens
was asked to return a $2.2 million grant from the state that was
to buy land in South L.A. for a
soccer field. It was subsequently
revealed that some of the grant
funds went to Tate’s two sons;
the money was ultimately repaid,
but an investigation into the matter is still pending.
“One of my film partners saw a
‘Life & Times’ piece on Horowitz and thought there might be
a documentary in it,” Kennedy
said in a Monday telephone interview with The Independent.
“We had to act fast and started
shooting just five days before
the first eviction notice. The first
time I stepped onto the garden I
was hooked. Local government
and the community had come
together. It wasn’t a fix-all solution, but it was a step in the right
direction and it worked.”
He added: “Then they got this
mysterious eviction notice and
it became a David-and-Goliath
struggle.”
Kennedy, who employs an intimate cinema verité approach,
takes full responsibility for the
editorial slant of the film, which
empathizes with the farmers.
“We show opposition to Tezzo
and Juarez and there were elements where some farmers may
have been misled,” said Kennedy. “But it’s hard to start your
own democracy because ego and
power come into play.”
That might be a perfect description for Horowitz, who later
turned down a private foundation’s offer to repay his $16.3
million purchase price. Citing
alleged anti-Semitic remarks and
picketing of his house, Horowitz
claimed he wouldn’t sell the land
to the farmers even if they offered him $100 million.
“I never saw anything anti-Semitic and even ‘The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles’ backed that
up,” said Kennedy. “Sure, there
was anger and frustration but I go
with Tezzo’s assessment that this
was a smokescreen.”
Friday Night
Lights, Season 3
BY ARIN MIKAILIAN
STAFF WRITER
Given the record of dramas set
in American suburbia created by
such revered teen dramas as “The
O.C.,” much wasn’t expected
from “Friday Night Lights.” Just
another family issues-oriented
show with a few footballs thrown
into the mix. Right?
But after watching a few episodes of season 3 on DVD, the
first of the series I’ve watched,
I was moved. “Friday Night
Lights,” a spin-off of the 2004
film of the same name (which
was based on a book) doesn’t
make sex, drugs and partying the
core of its promise to entertain its
viewers.
The show is about its characters and how they cope with the
harsh realities of high school
football — seriously — and
what it takes to be the best on the
field and at home.
For those new to the program,
the show follows the life of Eric
Taylor (Kyle Chander), coach of
the Dillon Panthers as he tries
to take his team to the top and
manages life as a family man as
well.
Instead of going for cheap
laughs or silly dramatic twists,
realistic conflicts and challenges
arise over and over again, bringing viewers closer to these small
town folk.
As for the season 3 DVD itself,
it doesn’t offer much in comparison with other television series
that are out on DVD. There’s a
sticker on the box that promises
13 minutes of deleted scenes
from a lost storyline and some
commentary. But that’s all folks.
The $29.98 price seems a little
steep for a single season of a littlewatched (but critically beloved)
television show that doesn’t offer much beyond episodes that
have already been aired. With
all series apparently released for
home video these, it seems that
more attention should be given
to crafting bonus features while
shows are in production.
NBC
Critically-acclaimed but struggling to find an audience, “Friday
In “The Garden,” a band of mostly-Latino community farmers in South L.A. do battle with a stubborn landowner and a local Night Lights” follows a small-town Texas high school football
bureaucracy.
team.
BLACK VALLEY FILMS
CONCERT REVIEW
Aterciopelados wows audience with displays of artistic freedom
BY JOSE RODRIGUEZ
SPECIAL TO THE INDEPENDENT
It was a night of polarities and
sensitivities; both conjugated on
a night that gave the Colombian
rock band Aterciopelados and
Alex Cuba an affirmation of their
passionate and squalid, yet faithful, group of followers.
People, mostly from the land
of Gabriel García Marquez and
Manuel Patarroyo, converged
into Los Angeles’ newest venues,
The Conga Room, to support one
of their best exponents of the
“rock en Español” genre for a
night of artistic freedom, explosion, courage and their signature
organic rock sound.
With the birth of the L.A.
LIVE/Nokia Center Square, Los
Angeles is now sporting a new
entertainment center, a space
where one can catch a performance, dance, or just have a nice
dinner. The Conga Room is a
place beautifully decorated and
accentuated with works of the
multitalented Mexican artist Sergio Arau. His work gives the new
venue a touch of authenticity on
a city that strives to find some.
Luchadores and loteria characters are much more closer to any
first, second, or even third generation Mexican-American (or
Latino) than Aztec figures or preColumbian names in Nahuatl.
The show’s first act was com-
Andrea Echeverri leads Arteciopelados onstage at the Conga Room, at the new downtown L.A.
manded by the courageous and Cuba. It is not easy to stand up in and far more, to embark on this
talented Alex Cuba, a Cuban- front of an audience of avid fans endeavor with a guitar as his only
Canadian singer/songwriter from and followers of the closing act, weapon of combat. But for the
writing and a simple, yet splendid, execution of his weapon.
With a style infused by reminiscences of Facundo Cabral, Jorge
Drexler, Pablo Milanes and others, Alex easily captivated the
attention of the audience — that
for approximately 50 minutes
— didn’t mind waiting for the
main act.
After a quick set up on stage,
Andrea Echeverri and her coconspirators held almost 400
followers musically hostage for
more than one hour. With an
artistically courageous set Aterciopelados maintained the level
of excitement, anticipation, and
enthusiasm of their fans. The
band executed a well-balanced
set presented with emotion and
musical precision. The crowd
was waiting to hear their popular tunes, like “Baracunatana,”
“La Estaca,” “Rompecabezas,”
or their first grand hit “Floresita
Rockera,” but instead, the combo
presented a refined and introverted repertoire that brought the audience to a state of appreciation
PHOTO BY JOSUE RODRIGUEZ and awe.
Live complex.
The more popular tunes came
later, which ignited the level of
enthusiasm of the concurrence
delight of the crowd, Alex gave a
that without a doubt gave the
spectacular performance that did
not need more than good song band a complete and sincere two
thumbs up.
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Battling swine flu
FLU FROM PAGE 1
a 45-year-old La Mirada man —
was ruled out as a swine flu case.
“There were two cases that
were apparently misreported. One
is definitely not swine flu and the
other one is still being looked at,”
Fielding said.
The case still being examined
is a 33-year-old Long Beach
resident who exhibited flu-like
symptoms before he died Monday afternoon at Bellflower Medical Center, coroner’s spokesman
Ed Winter said. Although it will
likely be another 24 to 48 hours
before test results are finalized,
Winter said swine flu is not expected to be the cause of death.
“It could be, however, the
symptoms that he went into the
hospital with were not anything
like the swine flu,” Winter said.
Although no cases have been
confirmed, the Board of Supervisors declared a local health emer-
gency until further notice.
The declaration is designed to
facilitate Fielding’s ability to address the issue by authorizing him
to manage local, state and federal
supplies and services with costs
up to $500,000 for swine influenza-related activities.
Fielding and other county
health officials said the disease
is likely already present in the
county, and just has not been
reported. The disease resembles
regular influenza, so people may
not distinguish it from a common
flu, said Dr. Laurene Mascola, director of the county’s Department
of Public Health’s Acute Communicable Disease Control.
Fielding said there are generally 1,000 deaths in the county
from seasonal flu every year.
A total of 11 cases have been
documented in California — five
in San Diego County, five in adjacent Imperial County and one in
Sacramento. At least another six
LOS ANGELES INDEPENDENT PUBLIC NOTICES
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD
WEST HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
AND NOTICE OF COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING
PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
EAST SIDE PROJECT AREA
TO EXTEND THE TIME LIMIT FOR COMMENCEMENT OF EMINENT DOMAIN
PROCEEDINGS BY THE AGENCY
AND RELATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of West Hollywood
(“City Council”) and the West Hollywood Community Development Commission
(“Agency”) will hold a joint public hearing on Monday, May 18, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., or
as soon thereafter as possible, at the West Hollywood Park, 647 North San Vicente
Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, to consider:
The proposed Second Amendment to the
Redevelopment Plan for the East Side Project Area (“Amendment”) and related
Negative Declaration
The East Side Project Area (“Project Area”) was established by the City Council on June
2, 1997. Land uses in the Project Area consist primarily of multifamily and single family
residential and commercial uses. A map showing the boundaries of the Project Area is
attached hereto and made a part hereof. A large scale copy of the Project Area map and
a copy of the legal description for the Project Area that was recorded in the Los Angeles
County Recorder’s office are available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk
at West Hollywood City Hall, 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California.
Copies of the legal description are available upon request, free of charge.
The purpose of the proposed Amendment is to extend the time limit for commencement
of eminent domain proceedings by the Agency to acquire real property in the Project
Area for a period of 12 years, as allowed by the Community Redevelopment Law
(California Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq.). Without the Amendment, the
Agency’s eminent domain authority in the Project Area will expire on June 2, 2009. The
Amendment would prohibit the use of eminent domain to aquire property for a project
when any person resides on that property provided that (i) the City’s zoning ordinances,
as they now exist or may hereafter be amended, permit such residency on the property
and (ii) the residency has been continuous from no later than the date the Agency gave
the owner of the property notice of its decision to appraise the property for that project.
At the above-stated day, hour, and place, any and all persons having any comments for
or against the proposed Amendment and related Negative Declaration, or who deny that
significant blight remains in the Project Area, or have any comments on the regularity of
any of the prior proceedings, may appear before the City Council and Agency and show
cause why the proposed Amendment should or should not be adopted. In addition, at
any time not later than the hour set for public hearing on the proposed Amendment, any
person may file written comments with the City Clerk of the City of West Hollywood on
the proposed Amendment or on the related Negative Declaration.
Interested persons may inspect and, upon payment of the costs of reproduction, obtain
copies of the proposed Amendment and related documents, including the related Negative
Declaration, the existing Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area (and the prior amendment
thereto), and the reports and information required by Health and Safety Code Section 33352
(to the extent warranted by the proposed Amendment) (“the Report”) at the office of the
City Clerk at West Hollywood City Hall, 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood,
California. The Report will be available at the City Clerk’s office on or about April 23, 2009.
If you challenge the approval and adoption of the Amendment or Negative Declaration in
court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the
joint public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the
Agency or the City Council at, or prior to, the joint public hearing.
To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices
(ALD) will be available for checkout at the meetings. If you require special assistance to
attend (e.g. transportation) or to participate in the meetings (e.g. signer for the hearing
impaired), you must call or submit your request in writing to the Transportation Division
at (323) 848-6375 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The Transportation Division
mailing address is 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069. The City
TDD line for the hearing impaired is (323) 848-6496.
___________________________________
Thomas R. West
City Clerk
CNSB#1576257
BUSINESS
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN
OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
LICENSE
Date of Filing Application: March 23, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are:
WILSON MARK ANTHONY JR
The applicants listed above are applying to the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell
alcoholic beverages at:
410 Boyd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1631
Type of license(s) applied for:
47- On-Sale General Eating Place
4/30/09
HIN-1578183#
LOS ANGELES INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAMES
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20090587922
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
Alive Living, 14863 Raquel Lane, Santa Clarita,
CA 91387, County of Los Angeles
Registered owner(s):
Linda Bedassian, 14863 Raquel Lane, Santa
Clarita, CA 91387
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. (A registrant who declares as true
information which he or she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
S/ Linda Bedassian, Owner
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of
Los Angeles on April 22, 2009.
NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of
Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement
generally expires at the end of five years from
the date on which it was filed in the office of the
County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision
(b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after
any change in the facts set forth in the statement
pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in
the residence address of a registered owner. A New
Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed
before the expiration.
The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious
Business Name in violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State, or common law (See Section
14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
New Filings
4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21/09
HIN-1578374#
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20090500812
Reydco, 1835 Grace Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
90028, County of Los Angeles
Brian Dyer, 1835 Grace Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
90028
This business is conducted by an individual
above on 03/1/2009
guilty of a crime.)
S/ Brian Dyer, Owner
Los Angeles on April 7, 2009
people in San Diego County are
suspected of having contracted
the disease, and there were unconfirmed reports of two additional cases in Sacramento and
two in Marin County.
A total of 64 cases of swine flu
have been confirmed in six states,
according to the federal Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. No fatalities have been reported.
The disease is most prevalent
in Mexico, where about 2,000
people have developed influenza
and about 150 are suspected of
dying from the disease. Only
26 of them had been confirmed
as of Tuesday morning to have
been swine flu sufferers. Cases
of swine flu also have been confirmed in Canada, Scotland and
Spain. Unconfirmed cases have
been reported in New Zealand,
France and Israel.
Dr. Mark Horton, director of the
California Department of Public
Health, said about one-fourth of
the federal stockpile of 5 million
courses of vaccines targeting the
disease have been sent to Sacramento for possible distribution to
local jurisdictions, if needed.
About 625,000 courses of antiviral medication were expected to be made available to Los
Angeles County, adding to the
county stockpile of 49,000, said
Dr. Alonzo Plough, director of
the Los Angeles County Public
Health Emergency Response.
An additional 1.8 million
courses in state and federal reserves could potentially be made
available to the county, he said.
Physicians say that the antiviral
treatments should not be taken as
a preventative measure, but rather
in consultation with a doctor if a
patient is suffering from flu-like
symptoms. Taking such drugs as
Tamiflu and Relenza prophylactically, if they turn out not to be
needed, could only make the virus drug-resistant, they say.
Several measures were being
taken to guard against the spread
LOS ANGELES INDEPENDENT PUBLIC NOTICES
Original
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14/09
HIN-1574198#
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20090568562
Life Tech Center, 2441 Honolulu Ave., Suite
142, Montrose, CA 91020, County of Los
Angeles.
David Morse, 11450 Ruggiero Ave., Sylmar, CA
91342.
John Cowden, 11450 Ruggiero Ave., Sylmar, CA
91342.
This business is conducted by Joint venture
above on N/A.
guilty of a crime.)
S/ David Morse, President
Los Angeles on April 20, 2009.
Original
4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21/09
HIN-1574172#
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20090399020
Scout, 1646 N. Cherokee Avenue, Hollywood,
CA 90028, County of Los Angeles.
Joseph Grana, 1646 N. Cherokee Avenue,
Hollywood, CA 90028.
This business is conducted by an individual.
above on 01/01/09.
guilty of a crime.)
S/ Joseph Grana, Owner
Los Angeles on March 19, 2009.
New Filings
4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7/09
HIN-1566113#
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20090456506
1. Los Angeles Independent, 2. Hollywood
Independent, 3. The Westsider, 4. West
Hollywood Independent, 5. Culver City Star,
6. Culver City Westchester Wave, 1730 W.
Olympic Blvd. #500, Los Angeles, CA 90015,
County of Los Angeles
Equal Access Media West, Inc., California, 1730 W.
Olympic Blvd., #500, Los Angeles, CA 90015
This business is conducted by a Corporation
above on 2001.
guilty of a crime.)
Equal Access Media West, Inc.
S/ Pluria Marshall, Jr. President
Los Angeles on March 31, 2009.
New Filings
4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30/09
HIN-1558654#
GOVERNMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council of the City of Beverly Hills at its
regular meeting to be held on Tuesday, May 13,
2009, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the
City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA
90210, will hold a public hearing to consider:
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS DECLARING AND
IMPLEMENTING WATER CONSERVATION
“STAGE B”
Pursuant to the City’s Emergency Water
Conservation Plan Ordinance set forth in Section
9-4-301et. seq. of the City’s Municipal Code, the
City Council may declare and implement water
conversation stages upon recommendation by City
staff. This resolution will declare and implement
Stage B water conservation requirements as
set forth in Section 9-4-304 of the Beverly Hills
Municipal Code.
All interested persons are invited to attend and
speak on this matter. Written comments are also
invited and should be addressed to the City Council,
c/o City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Room 290,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210; and should be received
prior to the City Council Meeting.
Please remember, if you challenge the City
Council’s action in court, you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone else
raised at the hearing before the City Council or in
written correspondence delivered to the City, either
at or prior to the public hearing.
BYRON POPE, CMC City Clerk
4/30/09
HIN-1573761#
CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PROPOSED RATE INCREASE - COMMERCIAL
SOLID WASTE &
RECYCLING SERVICES FOR PERMANENT
ROLL OFF BOXES
Pursuant to the provisions of the Franchise
Agreement between the City of West Hollywood
and Arakelian Enterprises, Inc. D.B.A. Athens
Services for Integrated Solid Waste Management
Services, the City Council of the City of West
Hollywood hereby declares its intention to amend
the Franchise Agreement to change the scope
of services and increase rates for commercial
integrated solid waste management services.
This is being considered in order to cover rising
costs to operate the solid waste program as well
as to increase diversion of recyclables away from
landfills by processing 100% of the commercial
waste through Athens Services’ Materials Recovery
Facility.
The City Council is contemplating phasing in a rate
increase over a period of approximately 3.5 years
for commercial customers using permanent roll off
boxes for disposal of rubbish and restaurant food
waste. This would be implemented as a 6.10%
increase to the pull rate on July 1, 2009; October
1, 2009; October 1, 2010; and October 1, 2011.
The disposal rate would be increased to the Athens
Materials Recovery Facility Rate of $76.30/ton on
July 1, 2009. Additionally, the established rates
may be increased annually in accordance with the
Consumer Price Index.
APRIL 30, 2009
of the potentially deadly disease.
Workers at Los Angeles International Airport, where 45 flights
from Mexico arrive daily, were
disinfecting restrooms to try to
stop the spread of the disease.
Swine flu is usually transmitted to humans by pigs, but public health officials said they were
concerned about the possibility
of a pandemic because the new
strain appears to be spreading
from human to human.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced
a nationwide health emergency
Sunday.
In Mexico City, people have
taken to wearing surgical masks,
and the government has closed
schools and canceled public
events, including church services,
in an effort to control the spread
of the disease.
Mascola said that the surgical
masks could actually make problems worse by providing a false
sense of security, and that they
were not recommended as a preventative measure.
Transient haven
BUILDING FROM PAGE 1
safety risk in the neighborhood,
saying, “It’s the Melrose Action
Network’s belief that a portion
of [local] crimes could be connected to street transients.”
According to Bomel Management development partner Steven Firtel, the old KCOP studios
have on-duty security in addition
to 24-hour monitoring. But Nichols said he does not understand
why the transients are able to
continue returning. “I’m dumbfounded,” he said, “how this vacant lot, which makes up nearly
three acres, isn’t secured.”
Firtel said armed security
guards with Select Patrol have
rooted out transients in the past,
and taken various measures to
discourage their return, noting
that the water was shut off about
a year ago. The main problem,
as Firtel sees it, is that the transients keep finding ways to get
in. “No matter how much we put
in or spend, they still find a way,”
he said. “We root them out, they
come back and we do it all over
again.”
Since January, Firtel said
Bomel Management has been
working with the LAPD to help
better secure the old studio lot.
He said Wilshire Division Senior
Lead Officer Arthur Gallegos
has provided recommendations
on how to reduce the number of
transients at the location. Some
that have already been followed
include removing a number of
abandoned cars from the studio
lot and boarding up windows.
Since following the LAPD’s
recommendations, Firtel said
security guards have not encountered any transients. He
later added that he is not certain
whether the heightened measures
will solve the problem completely, but said that Bomel Management would continue working
to eliminate the entire problem.
“I’m not sure this will solve everything,” he said, “but if they
come up with any more recommendations, we’ll follow it.”
A number of local residents
have responded to the incident
by posting comments on the
Melrose Action Network Web
site. One, who posted under the
name “Down by Law,” wrote
that he does not rule out the possibility that a transient stabbed
and killed Melrose area resident
Katan Khaimov on a local sidewalk last year.
“Many of the crimes in our
neighborhood are committed by
vagrants looking to get money
for drugs or booze, and here is a
property owner who is basically
giving the criminals a free base
of operations,” the post read.
“How do we know that one of
these vagrants didn’t kill Katan
Khaimov? That murder took
place five blocks away from this
property.”
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing shall
be held on such proposed amendment to the
Franchise Agreement on May 18, 2009, at the hour
of 6:30 p.m. in the City Council chambers in the
main auditorium at West Hollywood Park, 647 N.
San Vicente Boulevard, West Hollywood, California,
at which time any and all interested persons
may present evidence or object to the proposed
amendments to the Franchise Agreement.
Additional information is available regarding the
proposed amendments to the Franchise Agreement
on the City of West Hollywood website www.weho.
org. If you have questions please call the City of
West Hollywood Department of Public Works (323)
848-6375.
Thomas R. West
City Clerk
4/30, 5/7/09
WHI-1575753#
WEST HOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
REPORT PREPARED IN CONNECTION
WITH SOLID WASTE AND/OR RECYCLABLE
COLLECTION AND/OR DISPOSAL SERVICE
FEES IN THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD
The City of West Hollywood annually collects solid
waste and/or recyclable collection and/or disposal
service fees (“solid waste fees”) on the tax roll in
the same manner, by the same persons, and at
the same time as, together with and not separately
from, the general taxes of the City.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the City Council of
the City of West Hollywood has caused a written
report to be prepared and filed with the City Clerk
regarding the City’s solid waste fees for fiscal year
2009-2010. Such report contains a description of
each parcel of real property receiving solid waste
and/or recyclable collection and/or disposal service
furnished by the City and the amount of the fee for
each parcel for fiscal year 2009-2010 computed in
conformity with Part IX of Chapter VII of Article V of
the City’s Municipal Code.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that
on the 18th day of May, 2009 at 6:30 P.M. in the
West Hollywood Park Auditorium, 647 San Vicente
Boulevard, West Hollywood, California 90069, a
public hearing will be held on the above-described
report. The report is on file in the office of the
City Clerk, 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West
Hollywood, California 90069 and available for public
inspection.
At the public hearing, the City Council will hear and
consider all objections or protests to the report.
Thomas R. West
City Clerk
4/30, 5/7/09
WHI-1575708#
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
REPORT PREPARED IN CONNECTION WITH
ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE FEES IN THE CITY
OF WEST HOLLYWOOD
The City of West Hollywood annually collects sewer
service charges on the tax roll in the same manner,
by the same persons, and at the same time as,
together with and not separately from, the general
taxes of the City.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the City Council of
the City of West Hollywood has caused a written
report to be prepared and filed with the City Clerk
regarding the City’s sewer service charge for fiscal
year 2009-2010. Such report contains a description
of each parcel of real property receiving sewer
maintenance services furnished by the City and the
amount of the charge for each parcel for fiscal year
2009-2010 computed in conformity with Chapter
15.12 of Article 1 of Title 15 of the City’s Municipal
Code.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that
on the 18th day of May, 2009 at 6:30 P.M. in the
West Hollywood Park Auditorium, 647 San Vicente
Boulevard, West Hollywood, California 90069, a
public hearing will be held on the above-described
report. The report is on file in the office of the
City Clerk, 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West
Hollywood, California 90069 and available for public
inspection.
At the public hearing, the City Council will hear and
consider all objections or protests to the report.
Thomas R. West
City Clerk
4/30, 5/7/09
WHI-1575705#
SHOWTIME
Marlee Matlin, who in recent years been seen in “The L Word”
and “Dancing with the Stars,” was the youngest performer to
ever be named best actress when she won a 1986 Academy
Award for her work in “Children of a Lesser God.”
Matlin honored
MATLIN FROM PAGE 1
Award-winning play, “Children
of a Lesser God.”
Matlin was then cast in the
film version, which premiered
in 1986, winning the best actress Oscar at the age of 21, the
youngest to win the award and
one of the few performers to win
an Oscar in a film debut.
Matlin’s other film credits include “Walker,” “The Man in the
Golde Mask,” “The Player,” “It’s
My Party,” “Hear No Evil,” “The
Linguini Incident,” “What the
#$*! Do We (K)now!?” and its
sequel, “What the Bleep!? Down
the Rabbit Hole.”
Matlin also has an extensive
list of television credits, including starring in the 1991-93
NBC crime drama, “Reasonable
Doubts” and was a cast member
of Showtime’s “The L Word” for
its final three seasons.
Matlin is a four-time Emmy
nominee, three for outstanding
guest actress in a drama for appearances on “Picket Fences,”
“The Practice” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” The
fourth was for outstanding guest
actress in a comedy for the 1993
episode of “Seinfeld,” “The Lip
Reader.”
Matlin also starred in the madefor-television movies, “Bridge to
Silence,” her first speaking role,
“Against Her Will: The Carrie
Buck Story,” “Dead Silence,”
“Freak City,” “Where the Truth
Lies,” and “Sweet Nothing in
My Ear.”
Baca backs away
CAMPAIGN FROM PAGE 1
Trutanich campaign announced
he would no longer appear with
Weiss in a public venue. The
Weiss campaign offered to debate Baca instead.
“If Carmen Trutanich doesn’t
have the courage to defend his
deplorable record on polluters
and guns, we will meet Sheriff
Baca at high noon,” Smith said.
Weiss and Trutanich will face
off in the May 19 election to replace termed-out City Attorney
Rocky Delgadillo.
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