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JULY 24, 2019 • NO. 20

BY: MICHAEL COOPER

JULY 24, 2019 • No. 20 CLASSIFIEDS

months exp with: acting as Engineer, Audio Quality HULU, LLC Senior Product CONTENTS a liaison between cobblers, Analysis (Calabasas CA): Manager of Discovery manufacturers, & clientele; Bachelor’s in Electrical or Experience Santa Monica, applying knowledge of Electronic Eng or rltd + CA Member of Audience speci cations & materials 2 yrs exp as Eng in audio Engagement Product team, used in the design & cre- quality. Exp must incl: works closely with the ation of customized luxury objective audio quality eval Product, UX, Tech, and busi- footwear; leading the cus- for multi-channel audio sys; object-based audio ness teams to de ne and tomer service function for deliver high value content IRVINEWEEKLY.COM Home Services rendering sys; digital signal

| elite & VIP clientele; man- proc (DSP), audio signal proc discovery experiences. REQ: aging & advising on store & (ASP) & measurement; ASP Bach deg or foreign equiv in stock security, maintenance software QA methodology; Media Studies or Comp Sci 550 & loss prevention for test automation sys archi- + 5 progressive yrs exp in hundreds of thousands of Gardening/Landscape tecture dsgn & implementn. product management occu- dollars in valuable inventory; Mail resume: Xperi Corpora- pation, Approx 5% domestic implementing & maintaining tion, 5220 Las Virgenes Rd, and In’t travel. Send CV to sales processes & protocols Calabasas, CA 91302. EOE. A. Noronha, Hulu LLC, 2500 FOR SALE within a speci c aesthetic in Must be legally authrzd to Broadway, Floor 2, Santa 6 HARRIS DIATOMACEOUS a luxury store environment; wrk in US w/o spnsrship. Monica, CA 90404. Please ref EARTH FOOD GRADE 100%. acting as a cultural liaison, code: TRC -01. EOE OMRI Listed. Available: Hard- ensuring a French luxury ware Stores, The Home De- aesthetic is understood by pot, homedepot.com clientele; & implementing & developing ongoing GIPHY, Inc. Los Angeles, employee education with CA. Headquartered in New HULU, LLC Senior Data 2019 24, JULY respect to product, policies, York, NY seeks Art Director Reporting Analyst Santa & procedures. Mail resume for their Monica, CA Member of LA of ce to formulate de- | to resumestheamericas Content Strategy & Analytics @us.christianlouboutin.com signs & details for graphics. team, providing insights Ref# 18812.00012 Supervise 1 Editor & 1 Artist. into business performance 2 BA in Communication, & key drivers of Hulu’s Media, or rltd. 1 yrs exp as business by partnering with Code Generation Software Digital Media, Video Artist various teams. Designs Merchandise Developer: Associate in CS, or rltd. and develops scalable CIS or rltd. & 5 yrs. rltd. Exp in graphic design & Dashboards via Tableau or exp. CV to: InvestCloud, Inc. digital media with hands-on other similar software. REQ: [email protected]. experience in strategizing Bach deg or foreign equiv in 475 EEO. Job in West Hollywood, of micro-content from Comp Eng or closely related. Want/Trade CA. conception to product Send CV to A. Noronha, Hulu delivery. Must LLC, 2500 Broadway, Floor have some exp. using 2, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Digital Room, LLC has video editing tools such as WANTED an opening for Internet Please ref code: JS-01. EOE HotWheels Johnny Light- Photoshop, After Effects, Marketing Specialist in Van Premiere ning Matchbox Cars Nuys, CA. Develop email Collector will Pay Top Dollar Pro CC, DaVinci, Dragon- campaigns for various com- frame and Cinema 4d. (562) 708-9069 pany brands. Must have: [email protected] EOE. Mktg Mgr, nonalcoholic B.A. in Communications, No Calls Marketing, or rel & 3 yrs of beverage brands. LA metro 185 exp as an Email Marketing area, CA. Develop mkting KORN • PHOTO BY DEAN KARR Specialist. Exp must incl: strategies and innovation Miscellaneous 3 yrs of advanced level for US and international analyses & reporting on all HR Specialist (Lakewood, markets; manage global email KPIs (click to open CA) Maintain employment brands. Req: BA Mktg or Do you have trouble rate, open rate, conversion records related to events, Bus. + 2 yrs exp mgmt of remembering your dreams? rate, unsubscribe rate, such as hiring, termination, global beverage brands, It’s a feeling we at ANIMA bounce rate); 3 yrs of leaves or promotions. innovation, developing price Technologies know only hands-on exp working w/ Inform job applicants of strategies and measuring FOOD...3 too well. You’re in a surreal n. performance of brands. major email service provider details such as duties & From decadent filet mignon to humble patisserie pastries, world where you can do such as Marketo, Mailchip, responsibilities, compensa- Mail resume, cover ltr & anything. And then you Bronto; 2 yrs exp w/Excel tion, bene ts, schedules/ ltrs of recomm. con rming here are four dishes you need to try. wake up, and the dream re ecting an ability to use working conditions. Address experience to: HR, Pabst fades. It’s gone, Like smoke pivot tables to summarize employee relations issues, Brewing Company, 10635 BY MICHAEL COOPER on the breeze. Or is it? data & to leverage advanced such as harassment alle- Santa Monica Blvd. Suite formulas (e.g. Index Match, gations, work complaints/ 350, Los Angeles, CA 90025- Here at ANIMA Technologies, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, etc.); other employee concerns. 9002. we’ve built something we 2 yrs exp in managing 40hrs/wk, Bachelor’s degree can call a Dream Camera. deliverability for email in Politics/Business Admin. Just call or text the number programs, demonstrating or related required. Resume MUSIC...6 and we’ll get your dreams knowledge of CAN-SPAM & to Eve Hair, Inc. Attn. Faith back. (916) 619-6192 MKTG MGR Your guide to August concerts. deliverability best practices Son, 3935 Paramount Blvd, City National Bank has an such as benchmarking de- Lakewood, CA 90712 oppty in Los Angeles, CA for BY PAUL ROGERS liverability against industry an Exec VP, Mktg & Product standards, check IP health, Strategies. Mail resume to & optimizing email content Attn: J. Doss, 555 S. Flower to ensure high deliverability; St, 18th Fl, Los Angeles, CA 2 yrs exp w/triggered email HEAD OF CLIENT LEAD- 90071; Ref #LALDU. Must be programs such as shopping ERSHIP & OPERATIONS legally auth to work in the ARTS...8 cart abandonment emails, (Sid Lee USA, Inc – Culver US w/o spnsrshp. EOE The idiosyncrasies of memory in the Gallery @ WorkWell. post-purchase nurturing City, CA) Develop/maintain Employment emails, welcome email se- strong relationships with BY EVAN SENN ries, re-activation email pro- sr. level clients. Oversee grams; & 3 yrs exp working planning & execution of Christin Louboutin LLC seeks & collaborating w/designers interactive advertising Market Research Analyst, a Boutique Manager in LA, & copywriters to create campaigns for clients, F/T, MBA reqd., Mail resume: CA. Will: manage staf ng, successful email campaigns. manage $15-20 million in Imperium Marketing Group, space, sales & visuals of the Quali ed applicants (prin- business, oversee 20+ high Inc. 630 N. La Brea Ave. Suite ENTERTAINMENT...10 cipals only) should email pro le projects, oversee/ LA’s Women’s Boutique, 110, Inglewood, CA 90302. Learning about bats on the Sea & Sage Audubon Society’s & play a critical role in resumes to human_resourc- build account leadership the success of the store’s es@ digitalroominc.com (No dept., manage account summer bat walks. performance; master & calls). EOE P&L, control agency fees/ utilize product knowledge, production budgets, over- BY SCOTT FEINBLATT sales procedures, revenue Enterprise Solutions see creative development/ Mobile Programming LLC management, team plan- Architect Integration production processes. Bach in Agoura Hills, CA is seek’g ning, loss prevention, client Engineer for L.A. Care in degree or equiv in Business, A) Software Developers to relations & protocols; train Los Angeles,CA to design Communication, Marketing, build, test & program sftwr new sales professionals with and build Service-Oriented Advertising or Media Studies for mobile apps; B) Software regard to our unique luxury Architecture. and 5 yrs exp in job offered Developers II to perform footwear lines; and imple- Reqs.: BS degree (or foreign or Account Mgr, Account app analysis, design & pro- ment the overall strategy edu. equiv.) in CS, IT or Dir, or Account Exec position gramm’g functions. No trvl; for the store, & ensure the closely related & 7 yrs. exp. overseeing/planning no telecom. Job duties are store’s alignment with all in job or as software eng. execution of advertising/ proj-based @ various sites corporate operations, poli- designing and implement- marketing campaigns for w/in US. Relo may be req’d cies, & procedures, among ing Oracle SOA suite, JAVA int’l accounts req’d. Resume @ proj end. Mail resumes other responsibilities. Req JSP applications, ORACLE/ to: Sid Lee USA, Inc. Attn: to: Mobile Programming 36 months exp in the posi- PL/SQL, and SQL Server Jennifer Adler, 3585 Hayden LLC, Attn: HR, 30300 Agoura tion offered or a related lux- Batch processes. CV to L.A. Ave, Culver City, CA 90232 or Rd., Ste. B140, Agoura Hills, COVER: Photo by Moulin ury retail sales role. Req 36 Care, Attn: J.Torres, 1055 W [email protected]. CA 91301. 7th St., 7th Fl. LA, CA 90017. For all inquires: [email protected]

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DISHES WORTH THE DRIVE DISHES WORTH FOOD HULU, LLC Senior Product HULU, LLC Senior Product Manager of Discovery Experience Santa Monica, CA Member of Audience team, Engagement Product works closely with the and busi- UX, Tech, Product, ne and ness teams to de deliver high value content discovery experiences. REQ: equiv in Bach deg or foreign Media Studies or Comp Sci yrs exp in + 5 progressive management occu- product 5% domestic pation, Approx travel. Send CV to and In’t Hulu LLC, 2500 A. Noronha, Floor 2, Santa Broadway, Monica, CA 90404. Please ref code: TRC -01. EOE Market Research Analyst, Market Research resume: Mail MBA reqd., F/T, Imperium Marketing Group, Suite Ave. Inc. 630 N. La Brea 110, Inglewood, CA 90302. MKTG MGR City National Bank has an oppty in Los Angeles, CA for Mktg & Product an Exec VP, to Strategies. Mail resume Attn: J. Doss, 555 S. Flower St, 18th Fl, Los Angeles, CA 90071; Ref #LALDU. Must be legally auth to work in the US w/o spnsrshp. EOE Mktg Mgr, nonalcoholic Mktg Mgr, beverage brands. LA metro CA. Develop mkting area, strategies and innovation for US and international markets; manage global brands. Req: BA Mktg or Bus. + 2 yrs exp mgmt of global beverage brands, innovation, developing price strategies and measuring of brands. n. performance cover ltr & Mail resume, rming con ltrs of recomm. experience to: HR, Pabst 10635 Company, Brewing Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90025- 9002. HULU, LLC Senior Data Reporting Analyst Santa Monica, CA Member of Content Strategy & Analytics insights team, providing into business performance & key drivers of Hulu’s business by partnering with various teams. Designs and develops scalable or via Tableau Dashboards REQ: other similar software. equiv in Bach deg or foreign Comp Eng or closely related. Hulu Send CV to A. Noronha, Floor LLC, 2500 Broadway, 2, Santa Monica, CA 90404. code: JS-01. EOE Please ref Mobile Programming LLC Mobile Programming in Agoura Hills, CA is seek’g to Developers A) Software sftwr build, test & program for mobile apps; B) Software Developers II to perform app analysis, design & pro- gramm’g functions. No trvl; no telecom. Job duties are sites @ various proj-based w/in US. Relo may be req’d resumes end. Mail @ proj to: Mobile Programming LLC, Attn: HR, 30300 Agoura Rd., Ste. B140, Agoura Hills, CA 91301. IRVINEWEEKLY.COM @ HR Specialist (Lakewood, CA) Maintain employment to events, related records such as hiring, termination, leaves or promotions. job applicants of Inform details such as duties & compensa- responsibilities, ts, schedules/ tion, bene working conditions. Address issues, employee relations such as harassment alle- gations, work complaints/ other employee concerns. degree 40hrs/wk, Bachelor’s in Politics/Business Admin. Resume required. or related Inc. Attn. Faith to Eve Hair, Son, 3935 Paramount Blvd, Lakewood, CA 90712 GIPHY, Inc. Los Angeles, GIPHY, in New CA. Headquartered NY seeks Art Director York, for their de- ce to formulate LA of signs & details for graphics. Supervise 1 Editor & 1 Artist. BA in Communication, Media, or rltd. 1 yrs exp as Digital Media, Video Artist or rltd. Exp in graphic design & digital media with hands-on experience in strategizing from of micro-content conception to product Must delivery. have some exp. using video editing tools such as Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere CC, DaVinci, Dragon- Pro frame and Cinema 4d. EOE. [email protected] No Calls Engineer, Audio Quality Engineer, Analysis (Calabasas CA): in Electrical or Bachelor’s Eng or rltd + Electronic 2 yrs exp as Eng in audio Exp must incl: quality. objective audio quality eval for multi-channel audio sys; object-based audio sys; digital signal rendering (DSP), audio signal proc proc ASP (ASP) & measurement; QA methodology; software test automation sys archi- dsgn & implementn. tecture Xperi Corpora- Mail resume: Rd, tion, 5220 Las Virgenes Calabasas, CA 91302. EOE. to Must be legally authrzd wrk in US w/o spnsrship. HEAD OF CLIENT LEAD- ERSHIP & OPERATIONS (Sid Lee USA, Inc – Culver CA) Develop/maintain City, with relationships strong level clients. Oversee sr. planning & execution of interactive advertising campaigns for clients, manage $15-20 million in business, oversee 20+ high oversee/ projects, le pro build account leadership dept., manage account fees/ agency P&L, control over- budgets, production development/ see creative Bach processes. production in Business, or equiv degree Communication, Marketing, Advertising or Media Studies and 5 yrs exp in job offered Account or Account Mgr, or Account Exec position Dir, overseeing/planning execution of advertising/ marketing campaigns for Resume int’l accounts req’d. to: Sid Lee USA, Inc. Attn: 3585 Hayden Jennifer Adler, CA 90232 or Culver City, Ave, [email protected]. Digital Room, LLC has an opening for Internet Marketing Specialist in Van Nuys, CA. Develop email campaigns for various com- pany brands. Must have: B.A. in Communications, & 3 yrs of Marketing, or rel exp as an Email Marketing Specialist. Exp must incl: 3 yrs of advanced level on all analyses & reporting email KPIs (click to open rate, open rate, conversion rate, unsubscribe rate, bounce rate); 3 yrs of hands-on exp working w/ major email service provider such as Marketo, Mailchip, 2 yrs exp w/Excel Bronto; ecting an ability to use re pivot tables to summarize data & to leverage advanced (e.g. Index Match, formulas etc.); SUMIF, VLOOKUP, 2 yrs exp in managing deliverability for email demonstrating programs, & knowledge of CAN-SPAM deliverability best practices such as benchmarking de- liverability against industry IP health, check standards, & optimizing email content deliverability; high to ensure email 2 yrs exp w/triggered as shopping such programs cart abandonment emails, nurturing post-purchase emails, welcome email se- email pro- ries, re-activation grams; & 3 yrs exp working & collaborating w/designers & copywriters to create successful email campaigns. ed applicants (prin- Quali cipals only) should email to human_resourc- resumes (No es@ digitalroominc.com calls). EOE Enterprise Solutions Integration Architect in Engineer for L.A. Care Los Angeles,CA to design and build Service-Oriented Architecture. (or foreign Reqs.: BS degree in CS, IT or edu. equiv.) & 7 yrs. exp. closely related eng. in job or as software designing and implement- ing Oracle SOA suite, JAVA JSP applications, ORACLE/ PL/SQL, and SQL Server CV to L.A. Batch processes. 1055 W Attn: J.Torres, Care, 7th St., 7th Fl. LA, CA 90017. Code Generation Software Code Generation Software Developer: Associate in CS, CIS or rltd. & 5 yrs. rltd. exp. CV to: InvestCloud, Inc. [email protected]. Hollywood, EEO. Job in West CA. months exp with: acting as a liaison between cobblers, & clientele; manufacturers, applying knowledge of cations & materials speci used in the design & cre- ation of customized luxury footwear; leading the cus- tomer service function for elite & VIP clientele; man- & aging & advising on store maintenance stock security, for & loss prevention of thousands of hundreds dollars in valuable inventory; implementing & maintaining & protocols sales processes in c aesthetic within a speci environment; a luxury store acting as a cultural liaison, luxury ensuring a French aesthetic is understood by clientele; & implementing & developing ongoing employee education with policies, to product, respect Mail resume & procedures. to resumestheamericas @us.christianlouboutin.com Ref# 18812.00012 FOR ALL INQUIRIES: ALL FOR PUBLISHER CLASSIFIEDS Home Services Merchandise Employment

550 Gardening/Landscape 185 Miscellaneous 475 Want/Trade Do you have trouble Do you have trouble your dreams? remembering a feeling we at ANIMA It’s know only Technologies in a surreal too well. You’re you can do world where anything. And then you wake up, and the dream gone, Like smoke fades. It’s Or is it? on the breeze. at ANIMA Technologies, Here we’ve built something we Camera. can call a Dream Just call or text the number and we’ll get your dreams back. (916) 619-6192 Christin Louboutin LLC seeks a Boutique Manager in LA, ng, manage staf CA. Will: space, sales & visuals of the Boutique, Women’s LA’s in & play a critical role the success of the store’s & master performance; knowledge, utilize product revenue sales procedures, management, team plan- client ning, loss prevention, train & protocols; relations with new sales professionals to our unique luxury regard footwear lines; and imple- ment the overall strategy the ensure & for the store, alignment with all store’s corporate operations, poli- among cies, & procedures, Req other responsibilities. 36 months exp in the posi- lux- or a related tion offered Req 36 sales role. ury retail FOR SALE HARRIS DIATOMACEOUS GRADE 100%. FOOD EARTH Hard- OMRI Listed. Available: The Home De- Stores, ware pot, homedepot.com WANTED HotWheels Johnny Light- ning Matchbox Cars Dollar Collector will Pay Top (562) 708-9069 KORN • PHOTO BY DEAN KARR JULY 24, 2019 • No. 20 • No. 2019 24, JULY COVER: Photo by Moulin by Photo COVER: Irvineweekly.com For all inquires: [email protected] all inquires: For MUSIC...6 guide to Your August concerts. BY PAUL ROGERS ARTS...8 The idiosyncrasies of memory in the Gallery @ WorkWell. BY SENNEVAN ENTERTAINMENT...10 Learning about bats on the Sea & Sage Society’sAudubon summer bat walks. BY SCOTT FEINBLATT FOOD...3 From decadent filet mignon to humble patisserie pastries, arehere four dishes you need to try. BY MICHAEL COOPER CONTENTS 6 FOOD IRVINEWEEKLY.COM |

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MOULIN French culture. I was born and including intricate dessert classics with a sweet tooth, these pastries are Croque Madame, which Vrignaud raised in Montmartre, Paris, and like our mille feuille, tropezienne, or definitely worth some time in traffic! describes as “iconic.” created Moulin out of love for the St. Honoré,” says Vrignaud. For those The other dish to spotlight is the “[It] features toasted house-baked French bistro culture I’ve missed bread and generous layers of since moving to California in the Béchamel sauce, jambon de Paris, 1980,” says proprietor Laurent Vri- and Emmental cheese. The defining gnaud. “Since opening, Moulin has ingredient is a perfect sunny side up seen tremendous support from locals egg, complete with a photo-worthy and visitors alike.” runny yolk,” says Vrignaud. The The first location prompted addi- combination of the fresh-baked tional locations in Laguna Beach bread, cheese and runny yolk makes and San Clemente and soon in this a delicious dish definitely worth Costa Mesa, in addition to two other the drive from L.A. to Irvine! locations. “Moulin is O.C.’s portal to Tune in next month for two new Paris. From the moment you step Irvine restaurants and four brand inside, Moulin transports you to new dishes worth the drive from L.A. France with the smell of fresh baked to Irvine! bread, the sight of artisan pastries glistening in the patisserie and fresh Bacchus Bar and Bistro chickens turning in the rotisserie, 6735 Quail Hill Pkwy, Irvine, CA accompanied by the sound of people 92603 speaking French.” Says Vrignaud. (949) 502-4600 “It is an all-encompassing French bacchusbarandbistro.com experience unlike anywhere else in the county.” Moulin The first dish worth the drive from 1000 Bristol St N St. 10, Newport L.A. to Irvine is really any of the Beach, CA 92660 artisan pastries from their patisserie. (949) 474-0920 “Our French pastry chefs create moulin.com next-level patisserie items daily, MOULIN IRVINEWEEKLY.COM | JULY 24, 2019 | 5 LICENSED CULTIVATOR: LICENSE #: PML18-0001689 OG Kush. Kush. OG BOSIM 1628 MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC 1628 MANAGEMENT COMPANY BOSIM A California Original Since 1996 Since Original A California AVAILABLE AT AT AVAILABLE @therealogkushstory www.joshd.com CULTIVATE CARE • ENJOY RESPONSIBLY • 21+ ONLY RESPONSIBLY • ENJOY CARE CULTIVATE MUSIC Fri 8/9 WIZ KHALIFA, PLAYBOI Thu 8/29 CARTI, MONEYBAGG YO THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, An adolescent rap prodigy who’s NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH even now barely into his thirties, Wiz FLYING BIRDS, AFI Khalifa seems to have been a pop So great is the appetite for Smash- culture fixture forever, signing to ing Pumpkins’ sound that during Warner Bros. Records as a teenager, the band’s 2000-2006 hiatus L.A.’s marrying tabloid-fodder model Amber similarly-named Silversun Pickups

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Japanese bonsai, where the plant’s GALLERY @ WORKWELL On the opposite side of the WorkWell roots are bound by soil and moss, space, there are small oices, sitting which is meant to reflect the wabi-sabi areas, conference rooms, and a principles of “beauty in imperfection.” REGARDLESS OF THE UNEXPECTED LOCATION THIS COLLECTION OFFERS communal kitchen — this area is diicult One of the women behind Fibers to navigate when looking for art. The and Florals reflected on losing her MEDIUMS AND STYLES FOR ALL TASTES wall spaces are narrow and the work grandmother while making this that is able to fit on these walls is small installation, stating that working with BY EVAN SENN in comparison to the space and visible florals and foliage in her memory has amenities. Between the oices, however, become a kind of self-care, aiding in PHOTOS COURTESY OF EVAN SENN & JASMIN PANNIER you can find breathtaking framed her healing from grief. 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The photographs view is fairly open to interpretation, wonder at the magic and memory they of memory using relatable visual of paper works by Ali Sabet that recall scattered throughout the large are smaller than they feel, but the forcing the viewer to confront seem to contain. This installation is one language components that allow the figurative scribblings of Willem communal work area. Saleh’s paintings imagery is inspiring and picturesque. their stored image banks, recall of the many works currently on view viewers to interpret the imagery and DeKooning — quick, chaotic, female are sleek and graphic figurative designs In the rounded glass conference room personal memories and highlight the at Irvine’s coworking space, WorkWell, composition into something personally figure-centered, and infused with that resemble the kings and queens of at WorkWell, there is an intriguing idiosyncrasies in all of us. that encourages imagination and meaningful to them. energy. Placed on a large wall near playing cards. Through his paintings, he installation called “Kokedama: personal reflection with the exhibition Walking into “Idiosyncrasies,” it is the entrance to WorkWell, the grid of creates a fascinating bridge between Compassion and the Grieving Garden,” “Idiosyncrasies” is on view through “Idiosyncrasies.” diicult to see any art at first. This eight mostly-black brush paintings the traditional visuals of Iranian made by Fibers and Florals that seems August 15; Gallery @ WorkWell, Put together by Rue Rue Life and coworking space is filled with beautiful on white paper are playful, lively and calligraphy, figurative cubism and to blend into the architecture and 17322 Murphy Ave., Irvine; Aquila Projects, this contemporary architecture, water features, plant life inviting, setting an approachable contemporary graphic design. design of the space making it almost PHOTO BY JASMIN PANNIER workwelloc.com/gallery. 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At 7:15 p.m., Additionally, she stressed what humans the sanctuary’s website, it is the home to the probability that we’d be bitten the briefi ng began inside one of the should do in the event that they see a for more than 200 bird species, and by insects. Insect repellent had been buildings. Stephanie Remington, bat — especially insofar as it related it functions as a living laboratory for recommended as well. As soon as the Orange County’s leading bat biologist to helping them. Foremost among students, teachers and the public. For tour began, I realized that I should have and conservationist, presented an Remington’s advice was that a human participants of the Audubon Society’s used a repellent. I didn’t actually get informative slideshow to the crowd of should never touch a bat because bats bat tours, it also provides at least two bitten by any mosquitos, but I did fi nd around 20 people who had signed up can carry a number of diseases; she species of bats for observation: the myself swatting at insects along the for the evening’s Summer Bat Walks said that if a human handles a bat, the Mexican free-tailed bat and the Yuma way. In any event, it was now dark out, IRVINEWEEKLY.COM

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The session, which lasted around to determine the likelihood that it could Before our walk through the sanctuary overhead. an hour, was a basic primer on have caused an illness. Furthermore, began, two distinctly tuned sets of bat As Remington led our band of bat watchers into the fi eld, those of us equipped with the bat detectors held MEXICAN FREETAILED BAT them up in the air in the hopes of intercepting the otherwise inaudible signals. Before long, the devices tuned 2019 24, JULY

to the frequencies of the Yuma Myotis | started emitting various clicking 10 sounds that were not too dissimilar from those of a Geiger counter. As the tour progressed, and we entered into some choice feeding grounds, adjacent to ponds, we could observe the flitting bat silhouettes that corresponded to the signals we were intercepting. Not too long after, the instruments that were tuned to the frequencies of the Mexican free-tailed bats began making sounds that resembled a sequence of water drops falling into a body of water. The leisurely walking tour lasted about an hour. It was punctuated with stops at primo areas, where we could both see and hear plenty of bat action. Throughout it all, Remington answered questions, and the volunteers MEXICAN FREE TAILED BATS EXITING BRACKEN BAT CAVE provided additional information about the sanctuary and the Irvine Ranch SEND IN THE BATS Water District. At one point, one of the guests, who happened to have a set of night vision goggles passed them LEARNING ABOUT BATS ON THE around. The goggles provided a bit more visibility, but given how fast the SEA & SAGE AUDUBON SOCIETY’S bats move about, they didn’t provide us the ability to see any of the detail SUMMER BAT WALKS of the animals. Still, walking a nature trail at night, in the midst of swarms BY SCOTT FEINBLATT and straggling bats, with instruments that enabled us to hear their otherwise PHOTOS COURTESY OF AUDUBON SOCIETY bats. Throughout the slideshow, she urged people whose property detectors were distributed to a handful inaudible echolocation sounds was a which featured photographs of bats contains palm trees that they should not of willing participants — one tuning unique experience. t was 7 p.m. on a Friday night, and bon Society, I followed the signs past from batcon.org (an international trim those trees in the spring because for each of the two species we were to Curious souls are encouraged to I was travelling on an isolated little some buildings wherein other activities organization dedicated to the bats can roost in them, and in the spring encounter. Essentially, the instruments check out the Summer Bat Walks road called Riparian View, which were winding down for the day. Finally, conservation of bats), Remington baby bats rely on that home for safety register the various pulses and clicks and learn a bit more about these hugs the San Diego Creek just I saw my greeters standing around a identifi ed various characteristics of bat until they are able to fly. that bats emit; bat echolocation sounds fascinating creatures of the night. betweenI Michelson Drive and Campus table with several displays featuring physiology and behavioral tendencies. After the presentation, it was time to are typically ultrasonic, ranging The tour is designed for adults and Drive. The sun wasn’t quite setting yet, the subject that had brought me here Among these details were facts about venture into the fi eld and see some from around 20 kilohertz (the highest children 7 or older. The cost is $18 for but the day was winding down, and — bats. the frequencies and pulse rates that bats. The Sea & Sage Audubon Society frequency most humans can hear) to adults and $10 for children age 7-12. my destination necessitated darkness. Various volunteers adorned in bats use in echolocation (the use of is a part of the San Joaquin Marsh 200 kHz. After we had been equipped Appointments are necessary, and they After I pulled into the parking lot of the reflective vests excitedly pointed out sonar coupled with their enhanced and Wildlife Sanctuary, a 300-acre with our bat detectors, we followed can be booked through September Sea & Sage Audubon Society, an Orange the display items. These included a aural attributes) for use in navigation freshwater wetland that is maintained Remington into the marshlands. 7 at seaandsageaudubon.org/ MYOTIS YUMANENSIS YUMA_MYOTIS County chapter of the National Audu- collection of children’s books about and fi nding food; details about their by the Irvine Ranch Water District, A prerequisite to coming on the tour BatInformation/batwalkssummer.htm. 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