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Schwartz said he will be extra careful when siting the flags at 7 A Moment of Silence for Our a.m. Thursday, making sure they stay upright, but all he means to do is to remind Palisadians of this important day. Veterans—and the Flag Code They will be fluttering throughout Friday, when federal By JOHN HARLOW Yorba Linda to the Los Angeles Na- what they have done for us all, and offices will be closed and the Ma- Editor-in-Chief tional Cemetery near Brentwood. thankful, and remember,” he told rine Corps celebrates its birthday, But, say veterans, too many the Palisadian-Post. and most of Veterans Day on Sat- n Saturday, the 11th day of the people will go about their business This year, however, Schwartz, urday itself. 11th month at the 11th hour, without acknowledging the debt who is famed for planting flowers His breech is hardly the most Othere may be a moment of hush that is owed to the fighting men in public places and keeping road egregious: Old Glory appears on over Pacific Palisades as families and women of the U.S. Armed Ser- medians blooming beautifully, is yoga pants and pet cushions, mar- remember those who served so we vices. trying to steer his way between re- ijuana accouterments and back- might be free. Which is one reason why local spect and form. packs—despite the legally binding It will be the 98th year since “beautifier” Bruce Schwartz will, He has received anonymous The next generation of patriots at Palisades Charter Elementary United States Flag Code, which President Woodrow Wilson marked once again, place small flags in the complaints from an Alphabet Street School learn the Salute from Noe Aguirre, 1st Vice Commander at frowns upon such commercial and the day when major hostilities in Sunset median on Thursday, Nov. resident saying that placing flags American Legion Post 283. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer fashionable abuse. the first World War ceased in an 9, and respectfully remove them on around the neighborhood is disre- When Schwartz collects the armistice, although it only became Saturday evening. spectful and a breach of flag eti- on Flag Etiquette,” points out that ways long enough to keep them Stars and Stripes from the medi- Veterans Day in 1954. “I never served, but my family quette. the flag should never touch the aloft in the turbulence of Sunset an on Saturday, he is expected to The day to honor all veterans was rescued from [the Nazi geno- And, formally, the complainant ground—and some of the little traffic. They should also be re- dispose of them in the most re- will be celebrated across the city, cide camp] Auschwitz, and ev- is right: Section 8 of The Ameri- flags in the median occasionally do. moved every night or else illumi- spectful way, as laid down in the from the Richard Nixon Library in ery year, I am deeply humbled at can Legion guide, “Let’s Be Right The wooden staffs are not al- nated. code, with fire. Palisadian Anti-Roundup Movement Reaches New Milestone A Turkey is Pardoned n Saturday, Nov. 4, nearly from the Thanksgiving Day ta- By MATTHEW MEYER 200 animal adorées put on ble by 50th Assemblymember Reporter Otheir finest cruelty-free attire Richard Bloom. to attend the first annual Dawn Bloom, a committed animal campaign with roots in Pacif- Watch Turkey Pardoning Party. rights activist who fought tooth Aic Palisades to end the use of Hosted by the recently and nail to implement last year’s the herbicide Roundup marked a minted nonprofit organization’s bill that banned orca breeding new chapter this month, as LA’s founder Karen Dawn, Saturday’s in California, told the Palisa- Department of Recreation and soirée was held in a beautiful dian-Post that the pardoning Parks announced that it would no Marquez Knolls backyard where served as a “metaphorical act on longer use the controversial spray the guests of honor, Ellie and behalf of animals everywhere.” near playgrounds and dog parks Tracey Turkeys, were pardoned —GABRIELLA BOCK citywide. All Photos by Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer The Monsanto-manufactured herbicide was already out of use in the Palisades, after a 2016 movement led by Palisadian environ- Karen Dawn mental activist Barbara Edelman pressured Rec and Parks to halt its use in lower Temescal Canyon Park and along the town’s bluffs. Now the department has agreed to stop using Roundup within 100 feet of all Los Angeles recreation centers, children’s play areas and dog parks. The department will continue using the spray to manage other Chef Leslie Durso areas under their purview, main- taining its stance that a key chem- ical in the herbicide, glyphosate, has low toxicity. The validity of that claim de- pends on which organization you ask: The World Health Organiza- tion and the California Office of

Barbara Edelman says the fight isn’t over. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Environmental Health Hazard As- Between the spray’s contin- sessment deem glyphosate “prob- ued use elsewhere and these po- ably carcinogenic to humans,” tential forms of runoff, Edelman but the Environmental Protection is unconvinced that the ruling will Agency has long claimed that the make an impact. spray is likely safe for use. Mon- Beyond her health concerns santo itself consistently defends for hikers, nearby homeown- the product. ers and the employees charged District 11 Councilmember with administering the spray on Mike Bonin, who authored legis- park-managed lands, Edelman lation ordering Rec and Parks to cites worries about the spray’s ef- examine its Roundup policy last fects on local wildlife—bees and Pictured, from left: Dawn, Richard Bloom and Denise Crosby (Continued on Page 3) year, declared the new ruling a butterflies in particular. success, crediting “local activists She believes Rec and Parks’ in Pacific Palisades” as the impe- resistance to banning the spray tus for the change. entirely (a long-term goal that Bo- But you won’t find Edelman nin has echoed) comes down to a Kate Hudson Gets Candid celebrating. matter of money and convenience. alisadian actress, author and motherhood and throwing mem- Her concerns about the spray But, she concluded, that’s fashion mogul Kate Hudson orable holiday parties in Pacific remain, despite the 100-foot buf- not reason enough to use a spray Pjoined friend and local jewelry de- Palisades. fer on sensitive areas. that some leading health agen- signer (and soon-to-be Palisades Hudson, who recently cut her “This is so far from ‘enough,’” cies deem dangerous: “Call me Village tenant) Jennifer Meyer on long, blonde tresses into a cropped she told the Palisadian-Post after old-fashioned or crazy, but it’s my stage for an intimate conversation pixie for her role in Sia’s upcom- the decision was announced. “If opinion that public lands should at the Aero Theater in Santa Mon- ing directorial debut, “Sister,” you saturate areas with a toxic be managed for the public good, ica on Monday, Oct. 30. resides in her childhood home in herbicide, when they run sprin- not for the ease of the Los Angeles Hosted by Live Talks LA, The Riviera—a place that she told klers, when it rains, when the Department [of Rec and Parks].” Hudson discussed her new book audience-goers houses fond mem- wind blows—it doesn’t just sit And so it appears the Pali- “Pretty Fun: Creating and Cele- ories of mother Goldie Hawn’s right on the spot where it’s been sades’ Roundup battle has only brating a Lifetime of Tradition,” annual Thanksgiving Day feasts. deposited.” just begun. and candidly shared stories about —GABRIELLA BOCK Hudson Photo courtesy of Live Talks LA Page 2 Palisadian-Post November 9, 2017 WEB TALK This week’s hottest topics on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram Palisadian-Post

Happy Halloween! You still have a few hours to send in photos of your costumed pets for our Junior Reporter Vanessa Masterson’s Out of the Past pet costume contest to [email protected] (or post them here!). Join Vanessa at the corner of Alma Real and Frontera Drive from April 4, 1974 2 3 to 4 p.m. this afternoon to participate. Photo courtesy of Jérôme 2¢¢ Your Two Cents’ Worth Rousseau. #palisades #palipost #palipet #halloween #costume #pet With weeds gone, Ken Fairweather works in his garden on De Pauw Street. Fair- weather purchased the lot in February at the County Assessors Auction Sale. He Got something to say? Call (310) 454-1321 or email 2cents@ decided to undertake the project because of the “unsightly” look of the property. palipost.com and get those kudos or concerns off your chest. Names will not be used.

Peter Duke Thank you for the balanced pro- file of Peter Duke. To be clear: Mr. Duke and I share virtually no political views. But, he is a sane, sensible voice reminding us that free speech is sometimes uncom- fortable. And to my fellow pro- gressives, remember the truth will set us free. It just takes a while sometimes. Linda Smith Juan!!! Our favorite driver. Our dog, Joe’s best friend :) Sweet Talk Sydney Douglas I would like to publicly thank Omg so cute the residents of Piedra Morada in the Highlands for another memory-making Halloween for our lo- LETTERS TO cal kids. The time and effort put into decorating your outstanding THE EDITOR homes is greatly appreciated by hundreds and hundreds of Pali- sades families. And your gener- Parking Clash osity in buying over 100 pounds My son plays flag football at Temescal each weekend, and this past of candy each year is what makes weekend, I had the unpleasant experience of meeting “officer” Zimmer- you all so terrific. We are lucky to man while I parked in the pay lot. have these neighbors! I parked my car, walked to the ticket machine (which was broken) and noticed that I was already receiving a ticket. When I asked “Offi- cer” Z about it, he was extraordinarily rude and said there was nothing More Fourth he could do about it, that I was supposed to get a ticket prior to parking, Frustrations and that it was clearly stated on the sign. Do you know where the person in this photo is today? Contact [email protected]. I read the “Fourth Frustration” Here are the issues: about alternative Fourth of July -The sign is located at the right hand side of the entrance when you routes to Sunset to my 10-year- drive in to the parking lot. If I stop to get a ticket first, I am backing up old daughter and she wanted to traffic. respond. This is 100 percent typed -The sign is small and there is only one. by her: “He/she is the one who is -The ticket machine was broken ... I personally witnessed at least four tickets given that day—all to people who had the same issue as me. selfish because he/she is coming -I was not given enough time to get a ticket and place it in my car. from Bel Air to a beach house and -When I called the number on the white receipt, it tells me that the that is a wonderful thing to do and extension doesn’t exist. When I call the number on the ticket itself, it’s does he/she really almost run out the same story—the extension doesn’t exist. of gas or is he/she just overreact- Because I’m angry I’m spending time on this. And when I spend ing because going around sunset time on an issue, I won’t let it go until it is resolved (because much like isn’t that hard and you could just yours, my time is valuable). get gas before you start driving I finally reached someone at the 7272 number who is sending me and it’s just one day a year.” a ticket contest form, but this needs to change. In my experience, 50 percent of people will only exact change when they have been exposed or shamed into doing so. Adequate Parking Seems to me that the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Au- Hopefully everyone involved will thority purposely makes it difficult to abide by its rules to generate more recognize that of the potential ticket revenue. Additionally, it begs the question as to whether or not 90 residents in the senior center Officer Zimmerman has a ticket quota that he needs to fulfill each week. in the Highlands, none will have I took photos of the area, including the signs. I have asked the cars on site (or should be driving). MRCA to call me back so that I can speak directly with the person in The 67 parking places being pro- charge of this area. vided only for 23 staff and visiting Nancy Levy doctors, “entertainers” and family members sounds totally adequate. Rony Shram A Place for Fun Thank you for the in-depth cover- age of the Highlands meetings at I am a seventh-grader living in the Palisades, and the controversy the community council, and the over the building of the Caruso Palisades Village is ridiculous. Rebuild- first time we have seen developer ing the village into a fun place will not ruin the Palisades. Just the Rony Shram in public. The two opposite, in fact. meetings went on for hours and It will provide a place for my friends and me to go and have fun hours and hours, and in the end, during the weekends without having to take the bus or be driven to the not everyone who wanted to got Third Street Promenade. I wish these protests would stop, we need a place to go. Also there to speak. But at least your reporter will be a movie theater. What could be better than that? and photographer (Hi there Rich!) Henry Ullendorff stuck it out to the bitter, frustrat- The Palisadian-Post goes to Ensenada with Calvary Church home builders. ing end.

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Editor-in-Chief Managing Director outrage over the weather, I was It is a rarity for a major developer to provide such TLC when tend- [email protected] [email protected] “warmed” by the nice gesture. ing to a construction site. Thank you Rick and your team! 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November 9, 2017 Palisadian-Post Page 3 PALISADES Neighborhood News Holiday Bandits Hit El Medio Bluffs ‘Albert.io’ at Pali High Alphabet Streets Palisades Charter High School introduced a new online student resource this month, called “Albert.io.” By GABRIELLA BOCK deer went missing at Christmas The interactive practice site is designed to help students prepare Reporter time. ¢ for Common Core subject areas and the AP, SAT and ACT tests. Beaver told the Palisadi- Students will work through the program’s practice questions on key he Grinch started early this an-Post that his inexpensive set concepts and teachers will be able to monitor each student’s prog- year,” Palisadian Timothy of pumpkins were monetarily ress and performance. —MATTHEW MEYER “THuber said after a crew of thiev- worthless to anyone trying to turn ing humbugs swept the Alphabet a profit, a factor that has led him to THE VILLAGE Streets of multiple Halloween believe that the thieves are more home decorations last month. likely to be pranksters attempting PPCC to Plan Party On Oct. 28, just a few days to sour the community’s holiday before Halloween, Huber and his revelries. At the next meeting of the Pacific Palisades Community Coun- children went outside to find that “Scrooge’s nephews strike yet cil, to be held at Palisades Branch Library at 7 p.m. on Thursday, their 12-foot-tall inflatable ghost again,” he reported. “Neighbors Gone ghost Photo courtesy of Tim Huber Nov. 9, area representatives will be discussing their holiday party had disappeared from the front enjoy seeing the colorful deco- at Gladstones on Dec. 14, where awards will be given out to this lawn of their Iliff Street home. rations every year so it’s a real zombies had somehow wandered told the Post that they aren’t going year’s “Sparkplugs” (vibrant community leaders). Also scheduled Just around the corner on shame when unkind people have off their properties. to let a few rotten eggs ruin their to be discussed is homelessness, the Temescal Canyon Association Monument Avenue, John Beaver to come and ruin it.” In Pacific Palisades, home families’ festive spirits. meeting on Dec. 4 with Senator Ben Allen and the last library book and his family are grieving the Others in the area have dealt decorating is an adored annual tra- “Despite all of the stolen sale of the year on Dec. 9. —JOHN HARLOW loss of a set of five-foot light up with similar beloved decorations dition beginning with the Fourth items, we are still planning to do pumpkins stolen sometime during gone amiss: Two residents on of July and rounding off with the up our house big for the holidays,” Via Mesa the middle of the day. Hartzell Avenue had lights and Post’s Deck Your Halls holiday Beaver said. And this wasn’t the first time blow-up props removed from their decorating contest in December. And for the porch pirates and Audition for ‘The Lion King Experience Jr.’ Beaver’s house has been stripped yards while another two home- And although the theft of their pumpkin bandits? Young actors in grades three through eight are invited to audi- of its holiday cheer: Last year the owners in El Medio Bluffs were decorations came as an unpleasant “We hope they get coal in tion for Theatre Palisades Youth’s “The Lion King Experience Jr.” family’s set of prized wire rein- saddened to find that their holiday surprise, both Beaver and Huber their stockings.” Auditioners should come prepared to sing a one-minute selection from a Broadway musical or Disney movie, as well as dressed for Turkey Pardoning (Continued from Page 1) dance. Audition dates are Nov. 16-17, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., as well as Nov. 18 from 12 to 5 p.m.—all at Pierson Playhouse, located at 941 Temescal Canyon Road. For more information, visit theatrepalisades.org. —SARAH SHMERLING El Medio Bluffs Republicans Offer ‘Americanism’ The Pacific Palisades Republican Club will be showing five-minute videos prompting the Conservative message, aspre- pared by nationally syndicated radio host Dennis Prager, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 at 15905 Sunset Blvd. The theme of the videos will be “Americanism Through the Power of the Internet,” which Prager promised will be “persuasive, entertaining and educational.” —JOHN HARLOW Pacific Palisades Scholarship Opportunities Local teenagers have two upcoming opportunities to earn Bruce Greenwood and guests at the first scholarship money. annual DawnWatch Turkey Pardoning Drive Smart is offering a $10,000 prize for a digital short that helps educate peers about the dangers of driving distracted as part of its Drive Smart: No Distraction, No Excuses Teen Digital Short Contest. The fourth annual contest runs through Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. For more information, visit drivesmartnow.com Palisadian Watchdog Group Launches FDA Legal Battle High school seniors have a chance to win one of 30 $40,000 college scholarships to the “makers of tomorrow”—anyone who By MATTHEW MEYER [and] you’re feeling pretty se- comment. remain anonymous. plans to study science, technology, engineering or math. Open Reporter cure,” she said. But without a Alan C. Milstein, a noted clin- CRS has attracted financial through Dec. 1, visit edison.com for more details. specific explanation about the ef- ical trials litigator, will represent support from other prominent Pal- —SARAH SHMERLING he Palisadian Center for fectiveness of pre-clinical trials, CRS and its fellow plaintiffs in isadians, including “Simpsons” Responsible Science is tak- “there’s a huge omission.” front of a Federal District Judge co-developer Sam Simon, who Marquez Knolls Ting the FDA to court over what The group says many partici- in Washington, D.C. was deeply involved in varied it deems life-saving changes to pants might not realize how often CRS was founded in 2012 by charitable works until his death St. Matthew’s Christmas Faire the way clinical participants are clinical trials have fatal conse- a Palisadian woman who, Drake from cancer in 2015. warned about the dangers of vol- quences. said, is still actively involved in The group’s board of directors The Parish of St. Matthew is inviting the Pacific Palisades com- unteering for drug trials. Through media reports and the day-to-day operations of the includes doctors, scientists and munity to its annual Christmas Faire on Friday, Nov. 17, from 6 to Former participants and the SEC filings, CRS cites a list of “at young organization but prefers to pharmaceutical industry leaders. 9 p.m. in the church’s Sprague Auditorium. father of a boy who died while least 153 treatment-related deaths It will feature a silent auction with items ranging from profes- participating in a cancer therapy in clinical trials in the last four sional sports tickets to toys and beauty treatments, with net pro- trial are joining CRS in the suit, years.” ceeds from the evening donated to the church’s outreach partners. which was announced on Oct. 24 “I will never say that’s the Viola Superstar Visits —MATTHEW MEYER after the FDA rejected a formal number of people that have died,” petition to make the changes. Drake added. “I say that’s at least Rustic Canyon The plaintiffs are demand- how many people have died … ing more explicit warnings in the If it’s disputed by the FDA, then False Alarm FDA’s “informed consent” pro- they can tell us how many.” The Los Angeles Police Department deployed multiple helicop- tocols—the procedures by which CRS first asked the FDA for ter units on Friday, Nov. 3, after a burglary was reported near The medical trial administrators must the expanded, specific warnings Riviera rim. After further investigation LAPD determined the inci- explain to subjects any harm that through a citizen petition. dent to be a false alarm. —GABRIELLA BOCK could befall them during testing. In their rejection letter, which Specifically, the group says is available in its entirety on CRS’ trial participants need to be given website, the FDA stood by its cur- Spotted in the Palisadian-Post: a better understanding that “the rent informed consent guidelines, February 22, 1973 drugs they are being given have stating that CRS failed to provide been tested largely in animal mod- evidence of “how the proposed els,” and that animal testing is not warnings would be understood by Dreyfus (l) with the Amerigo Trio Photo courtesy of Instant Encore Potrero Canyon Stays Fundless necessarily predictive of the risks prospective research subjects.” Karen Dreyfus, the celebrated violist from Philadelphia, will to human subjects. The letter also cited concerns make her debut with Chamber Music Palisades at St. Matthew’s Potrero Canyon Park could become a reality in the near Tamara Drake, CRS’ director that requiring such warnings future if part of the Los Angeles federal revenue sharing money Church, located at 10931 Bienveneda Ave., at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, of research and regulatory policy, would hinder the guidelines’ flexi- Nov. 14. Although the USC teacher is best known for her recordings is diverted to it. said that means current informed bility to be applied broadly across Once considered an urgent project to protect lives and of Mozart and Strauss, on the night she will be joining four other consent procedures may be luring trials. talented musicians to explore Medieval music before taking on the property, the park landfill has been nearly forgotten since the trial participants into a false sense Now that the debate has de- controversial land swap of 1969. more modernist works of Manual de Falla, who appears on Spanish of security. veloped into a lawsuit, FDA offi- currency, and the Austrian composer Alfred Uhl. “You read all of these forms cials declined a request for further Page 4 Palisadian-Post November 9, 2017

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THU 10-11 a.m. Tai Chi for all ages with Elliot Barden. Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Road. Christian Herrmann, Jr. Mary Catherine 9 10-11:30 a.m. Tai Chi for Seniors. Loose, comfortable clothing and shoes are rec- NOV ommended. Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. r. Christian Herrmann, Jr., 96, died of pneu- Elizabeth Isabelle 10:30 a.m. Visionary Women’s Awards Luncheon, hosted by Alzheimer’s Greater Dmonia on Oct. 23, following a distinguished Los Angeles. $175. 323-930-6204. Riviera Country Club, 1250 Capri Drive. career on the UCLA medical school faculty. Burns Lipson 6:30-8 p.m. Not Your Mother’s IUD: a look at modern day long-acting contraceptive Hired in 1954 as the second faculty member in devices. Presented by UCLA Health OB/GYN Dr. Amy Stoddard. 800-516-5323. UCLA what became UCLA’s Department of Neurology, Medical Center - Auditorium, 1250 16th Street. no one could have foreseen that 63 years later, he would still be active there. For 17 years, he FRI 9:45 a.m. Community Chair Yoga with Alison Burmeister. Seated yoga and was vice chairman of the Department and Chair breathwork. $15 suggested donation. Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haver- of the Residency Selection Committee. And his 10 ford Ave. service continued after his formal retirement in NOV 3:30-5 p.m. Needle Arts Circle, hosted by Margaret Hatfield. Palisades Branch 1986, the year he moved to the Palisades. In Library, 861 Alma Real Drive. recent years, he attended Grand Rounds, did credentialing and assisted the 8 p.m. “In-Laws, Outlaws, and Other People (That Should Be Shot)” Presented by The- education office. atre Palisades. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Adults $20; students and A “Neurologist’s Neurologist,” Dr. Herrmann helped thousands of pa- seniors $18. 310-454-1970. Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Road. tients and generations of students with his kind, patient and thorough manner. 8 p.m. Concert. A program of music by Rozsa, Schubert and Tchaikovsky, with violinist UCLA honored him in 2008 when it gave his name to a conference room in Annelle Greogry. $35. musicguildonline.org. St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave. the Reed Neurological Research Center. Similarly, he provided leadership at the Edgewater Towers HOA for three decades, including a term as HOA SUN president. 12 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club 32nd Holiday Home Tour & The son of Christian Herrmann, a Lansing, Michigan, tailor and haber- Boutique. The boutique will feature 40 merchants. Palisades Charter High School, dasher, and Agnes (Bauch) Herrmann, a conservatory graduate who taught NOV 15777 Bowdoin Street. piano and voice, Dr. Herrmann grew into a proficient pianist, organist and ary Catherine Elizabeth Isabelle Burns Lip- pipe organ aficionado, who played both piano and organ in his Edgewater Mson died Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Portland, Or- MON Towers condominium. And he credited his lifelong interest in electricity to egon. 9:45 a.m. Community Yoga with Alison Burmeister. 60 minutes of Vinyasa Flow. his fascination with the plug for his mother’s curling iron. Mary was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Dec. 13 $15 suggested donation. Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. His childhood home, known as Herrmann House, is now an official 20, 1923, the first child (and only daughter) of four NOV 7-8:30 p.m. A Front Door to a Home and a New Beginning. Pacific Palisades historical site, and the residence of the Lansing Community College’s pres- Burns children. She grew up in a vibrant and close- Task Force on Homelessness Community Meeting. Palisades Branch Library, 861 ident. Dr. Herrmann’s donated a 1995 addition that houses a solarium and knit Irish Catholic world, through Depression and Alma Real Drive. conference center. The house and the family cottage in Petoskey, Michigan, World War II years. were important to him. She graduated from Mundelein College (now TUES Dr. Herrmann was a University of Michigan at Ann Arbor graduate part of Loyola Chicago), and worked in journalism 8:30-9:30 a.m. Community Yoga Class with Alison Burmeister. $15. Pacific Pali- and began medical school there in 1941. After Pearl Harbor, he joined the and then in advertising, where she met Bob Lipson 14 sades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. Navy, attended its year-round school at the Naval Medical Center San Diego from Brooklyn. Mary and Bob married in 1954 and NOV 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tai Chi for seniors with Elliot Barden. Rustic Canyon Recreation for two years, and graduated from medical school in 1944. He completed had seven children. Center, 601 Latimer Road. an internship and part of a residency in Detroit, then, after the war, took a In 1965 the family relocated from Deerfield, 7 p.m. Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association meeting. Rustic Canyon Recreation residency at the Neurologic Institute of New York at Presbyterian Hospital. Illinois, to Pacific Palisades, where the last two Center, 601 Latimer Road. This was one of this country’s first EEG (electroencephalography) labo- children were born. Mary was a lively, witty, warm ratories, where the diagnostic value of brain waves was being investigated. “I part of the life of her parish (Corpus Christi) in the WED 9:15 a.m. Open House. Featuring a presentation and campus tours. 310-454-0737. read EEGs at night,” he later said. “This was the time of iron lungs and polio Palisades. Palisades Presbyterian Preschool, 15821 Sunset Blvd. … I slept in an adjacent room to take care of these patients” and those with After Bob died in 1982, Mary remained there 15 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Badminton every Wednesday and Friday. All adults welcome. myasthenia gravis (a neuromuscular disease in which he later specialized). for a time, spent a few years in Palm Springs, moved NOV Equipment provided. Palisades Recreation Center - Large Gym, 851 Alma Real His colleague, Dr. Yvette Bordelon, reported that everyone was speaking to Solana Beach, finally relocating in her last years Drive. of Dr. Herrmann in the hallways the day UCLA’s neurologists learned of to Portland, Oregon, near two of her children. She 11:15 a.m. Chinese Tea Tastings: Health, energy and relaxation benefits. 310-351-9229. his death. was a fun, animated conversationalist, a gracious Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Road. “They wanted to share how Dr. Herrmann changed their lives,” she hostess and a hilarious mother. 12-2 p.m. A Matter of Balance: Fall Prevention. An eight-week workshop, through Dec. 6. said. On Oct. 28, he was remembered here. 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Pali High Football Hosts Playoff Opener Tonight or the fifth time in five- sea sons under head coach Tim FHyde, the Palisades High football team is in the City Section Divi- sion I playoffs and for the second straight season the Dolphins will host a first-round game. Palisades, seeded third in the 16-team bracket, will play No. 14 Canoga Park tonight at 7 at Stadi- um by the Sea. “Canoga Park is well-coached and watching them on film they Kalea Martin lines up a forehand in her Ireland Amato stretches for a volley winner during her 6-0, 6-0 victory over El Camino Real’s Caroline Ross hits a backhand in her look a lot like the teams we faced win at No. 3 doubles. Photo: Steve Galluzzo No. 1 singles player Isabella Libman in the semifinals last Thursday. Photo: Steve Galluzzo win at No. 1 doubles. Photo: Steve Galluzzo in nonleague games my first three years and all three of them were competitive,” Hyde said. “We’re really excited to be hosting a playoff game again, we know this is a new season and we can’t wait to get underway.” Open and Shut If seedings hold up, Palisades would host sixth-seeded Dorsey, last year’s Division I finalist, in Pali High Girls Tennis Captures Fifth Straight City Crown the quarterfinals and travel to No. By STEVE GALLUZZO against Granada Hills, with the hometown team in Pennsylvania complete without winning this.” at No. 2 and freshman Kalea Mar- 2 South Gate in the semifinals—a Sports Editor Dolphins winning the last four, so to its first-ever state semifinal ap- Freshman Noe Winter ousted tin joined junior Gigi Feingold to rematch of a Week 4 meeting that it was refreshing for the Dolphins pearance last fall and returned to senior Sophia Sands, 6-1, 6-0, at win 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 3 doubles. the Rams won, 32-31. Valley Mis- he opponent was different, to face a new team this year in the Palisades for their junior year. No. 3 singles and Sophia Arvin It was the 25th City title for sion League winner San Fernan- but the result was the same culmination of a new “Final Four” “It’s exciting to finally get a prevailed, 6-1, 6-0, over Cleve- the Dolphins and their 18th un- do is the No. 1 seed and wouldn’t Tfor the Palisades High girls ten- format. Palisades had defeated an- chance to lead the team,” Ireland land’s Elizabeth Kaplan in a battle der Coach Bud Kling, who has play the Dolphins until the finals. nis team on Tuesday afternoon at other West Valley League team, El said after beating Cleveland’s of sophomores at the No. 4 spot. amassed 1,174 career wins (boys “The goal at first was to make Balboa Sports Center in Encino. Camino Real, by the same score Amy Chen, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1 sin- The Dolphins (25-3) were and girls) since 1979 and needs 49 the Open Division (consisting of The top-seeded Dolphins won in the semifinals last Thursday at gles. “Tennis is harder in LA but equally dominant in doubles ver- more to break the national record. the top eight teams in Div. I). Los- their fifth consecutive City Sec- the Palisades Recreation Center. we like to play better players.” sus Cleveland, which fell to 13-2. “We have depth, which makes ing to Venice took us out of that,” tion championship—and became Taking charge of the finals “It was more on our backs Juniors Alex Miller and Caro- for great practices,” Kling said. receiver Alex Vaupen said. “This the first Open Division winners— were twins Ireland and Sophia this time,” added Sophia, a 7-5, line Ross paired to win, 6-1, 6-2, at “We had five new starters, but they way we won’t have long bus rides. with a 7-0 shutout of second-seed- Amato, who helped the Dolphins 6-0 winner at No. 2 singles over the No. 1 position, senior co-cap- came through when it counted. Everyone thinks we can go all the ed Cleveland from Reseda. The capture their third straight title as Cavaliers freshman Victoria Ka- tain Maddy Goore and freshman It’s the best group of parents I’ve way and that’s what I expect.” previous six finals pitted Palisades freshmen two years ago, led their plan. “The season wouldn’t be Halsey Hulse triumphed, 6-3, 6-0, had in over 40 years of coaching.” Pali High Volleyball Advances in City Playoffs Palisadian-Post hree times the Palisades High girls volleyball team was one FOOTBALL CONTEST point from defeat in the second set of last Thursday’s City Sec- Ttion Open Division quarterfinal match against San Pedro. All three Sponsored by The Yogurt Shoppe times the Dolphins survived, thanks to clutch kills by Alex Laita and a timely ace by Angelina Burton that fueled a 25-18, 28-26, 25-16 sweep that was much tougher than the box score indicated. 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Shakir Promoted to Ravens’ Active Roster ast Tuesday, Maurquice Shakir got the call that every NFL rookie dreams of getting when the Baltimore Ravens informed him that he Lwas being promoted to the active roster from the practice squad. The 6-foot-4, 313-pound offensive guard, who joined the Ravens on May 2 as an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State, was called up to replace wide receiver Griff Whalen, who was waived. The 24-year-old Shakir was an All-City first team and All-Western League Palisades High water polo player Luis Urias (center) beats El Camino Real’s Robert Dracic and Yuan-Gabriel Escusa to a loose ball in last Friday’s City quarterfinal at lineman at Palisades High in 2010, starting all 13 games and leading the Maggie Gilbert Aquatic Center. The Dolphins netted six fourth-quarter goals to win 12-5. Top-seeded Palisades defeated fourth-seeded Birmingham 14-7 in the Dolphins in pnacake blocks under head coach Perry Jones. semifinals Tuesday and plays third-seeded Granada Hills for its sixth consecutive section title tonight at 7 at Los Angeles Valley College. Photo: Steve Galluzzo Shakir started all 21 games in his two seasons at Santa Monica Col- lege (2012 and 2013), helping the Corsairs to a 17-4 record. Page 6 Palisadian-Post November 9, 2017 Athlete of the Week Perfect Ten JV Football Defeats University 42-7 to Complete Undefeated Season

By STEVE GALLUZZO Much of Marsden’s coach- Sports Editor ing stipend this fall was spent on doughnuts—his team’s reward on COURTNEY ove over 1972 Miami Dol- Monday after every shutout: “Two Mphins... you have company. per player and we have 50 kids so O’BRIEN Another school of Dolphins has it adds up,” Marsden joked. achieved perfection and the stats He didn’t have to worry about compiled throughout its remark- that this week after the Wildcats able season are normally attain- used a trick “double pass” on the able only in video games. third play from scrimmage to snap Palisades High’s junior varsi- the Dolphins’ streak of 20 straight ty football team routed University quarters not alllowing a point dat- 42-7 last Friday to finish 10-0 and ing back to the Huntington Park take its place as perhaps the best game Sept. 22. It also marked the JV squad in the program’s history. first time Palisades had trailed Those 1972 Miami Dolphins all season, but it wasn’t for long. posted a 17-0 record and remain Waka White capped the visitors’ the only team in NFL history to go first series with a three-yard run undefeated. Forty-five years later, and Tayari Gloster put them ahead the Pali High Dolphins also won for good on their next drive, scor- Palisades’ Jake Lyon turns the corner on a punt return in the third every game, seven by shutout, and ing on a 20-yard toss sweep. Ken- quarter of last Friday’s league game at University. Photo: Steve Galluzzo outscored their opponents 330-20. neth Cline’s 10-yard scoring run “I’m very proud of you all,” extended the lead late in the first but as a unit I’ve never had a team the Sea with a 26-0 victory and it Courtney, a sophomore forward/midfielder on the women’s Marsden told his team in the post- quarter and Gloster’s 25-yard run- like this,” Marsden admitted. “We set the tone as Palisades went un- soccer team at Princeton University, led the Tigers to the Ivy game huddle, after which players made it 28-7 at halftime. had no field, no sled, no tackling scored upon in five home games. League championship and a No. 13 national ranking with a 14-2 posed with the first-place banner. Gloster scored for the third dummies for all of camp, but we Line coach Kelly Loftus, who overall record. The lifelong Palisadian and former Harvard-West- “It was a chance to finish what we time on a 35-yard screen pass were able to go no-huddle and run has taught football for 40 years lake High standout was twice named Ivy league Player of the started and we sealed the deal. It’s from Forrest Brock in the third screens in Week 1 against Cleve- in Michigan, Minnesota and Cal- Week and finished the regular season as the conference co-lead- not easy going undefeated in any quarter and Joe Hernandez capped land we normally don’t try until ifornia and served as Pali High’s er with nine goals (including four game-winners) and made Top sport, but it happened because you the scoring with a five-yard run in Week 6. We didn’t lose one player varsity head coach from 2007-09, Drawer Soccer’s national team of the week. The Tigers open were unselfish. Top to bottom, ev- the fourth quarter, becoming the to grades. It just shows how smart said it best: “I’ve never had a team NCAA Tournament play on Saturday. To nominate your favorite eryone was all in and that makes 21st Dolphins player to score at and coachable these guys are.” go 10-0 and to have that many dif- Palisadian for Athlete of the Week, email [email protected]. it really fun as coaches. Now take least one touchdown this season. On August 31, the JVs chris- ferent people score touchdowns is this as a springboard to varsity!” “We didn’t have a superstar, tened the new turf at Stadium by simply amazing!”

Pali High Cross Country Squads Triangle Defense Dominate at League Finals Meet f the Palisades High cross coun- lowed by Alec Stewart (16:38.74), try team wanted to send a mes- Ben Hamer (16:40.24), Mason Isage at the Western League finals Cadden (16:40.63), Ethan Massa- last Thursday in Elysian Park, it ji (a personal-best 16:41.00) and was mission accomplished. Finn Cawley (16:41.31). The Dolphins defeated sec- Palisades took 10 of the top ond-place Venice by 47 points in 13 spots in the JV boys division. the varsity boys race, sweeping the Emmett Kallmeyer was first in top six spots. Brent Smith ran the 18:04.14, Jake Greanias was sec- three-mile course in 16:37.62, fol- ond in 18:09.93, Luca Tagliati was fourth in 18:43.52 and Andrew McCoy placed fifth in a personal-best 18:47.87. Mark Barboza won the frosh/soph boys race in a Palisades tailback Kaalan Day runs the ball during his first varsity personal-best 17:31.81. game Friday night at University High. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer The Dolphins swept the top five positions in the varsity girls division, paced by freshman Mi- Football Scores Early and Often randa Schriver (17:48.65), Sar- ah Bentley (17:52.78), Kimia in 36-8 Triumph over University Samandi (18:55.24), Elisa Kim (20:03.49) and Jessica Bierschenk By STEVE GALLUZZO (20:05.05). Sports Editor Ilaria Stewart (22:26.02), Car- oline Hall (22:22.46) and Elena here was no emotional letdown for the Palisades High varsi- Schultz (22:31.58) swept the top ty football team last Friday night at University. The Dolphins three spots in the JV girls race and Ttook all the frustrations from the previous week’s hardfought loss to Casandra Hernandez ran a per- archrival Venice out on the Wildcats and the result was a 36-8 victory sonal-best 20:07.93 for first in the that clinched third place in the Western League. frosh/soph girls race, followed by Alex Vaupen scored on touchdown runs of 11 and 36 yards and Jennifer Karlan (21:01.65), Chloe caught a 65-yard touchdown pass from Daniel Hayes. Hayes and Da- Boldra (21.34.21), Sophia Klotz kotah Hamilton also ran for scores and Will Janney made a tackle in A trio of Hurricanes converges to block a jumper in the lane by Sean Gilhooly Brent Smith won the varsity boys (a personal-record 21:39.46) and the end zone for a safety and had an interception, his fourth this year. of the Fighting Irish in a Co-Ed Bantam Division basketball game Saturday at race in 16:37. Photo: Steve Galluzzo Alicia Sigworth (22:01.62). (Continued on Page 7) the Palisades Recreation Center. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Pacific Palisades Weissmuller Qualifies for Golf Regionals Bed & Breakfast he arrow is pointing up for the Palisades High shot a 102, Sara Medernach shot a 106, Spencer Kel- Jo Ann Bright Expecting Visitors? girls golf program after another year of progress len shot a 120 and Maliyah Flemmings shot a 125. (310) 459-5930 No Rooms For Them? Tended in a fourth-place finish—the Dolphins’ highest Angelina Kim of Fairfax and Jasmine Lew from AAA Call Me! ever—at last week’s City Section Championships at Marshall each shot a 4-under 68 to tie for first before I Have 1, 2 Bedrooms. Balboa Golf Course in Encino. Kim won with a par on the first playoff hole. Plantscapes Over 35 Years in Business Private Bath. Private Entrance. Palisades’ six players combined to post a score of “Overall, this season was a huge success,” Pali Indoor Plants & Landscaping 528 (only the top five are counted). Cleveland (412) High Coach James Paleno said. “We won the West- Designed, Installed & Maintained (310) 454-5893 won its first title, defending champion Granada Hills ern League for the second straight year and improved (421) was second and Van Nuys (421) was third. one spot in City competition. I believe Melanie, Lillia Sophomore Lillia Weismuller led the Dolphins and Mariana all had great chances to shoot a qualify- with a 97 to qualify for today’s Southern California ing score based on their previous results at Balboa. Regional at Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside. We only lose Maliyah, so we expect improvement Junior Melanie Matayoshi, Palisades’ only re- again next year. It’s a great group of young ladies gional qualifier last fall, shot a 103. Mariana Paleno who succeed in the classroom and on the course.”

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Dakotah Hamilton fights for extra yardage Will Janney (right) tackles University’s Angel Olivares in the end zone for a safety in the first quarter of last Darion Robinson defends University wideout versus University. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Friday’s Western League finale. The Dolphins won 36-8 to clinch third place. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Kareem Miles. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Pali High Football (Continued from Page 6) Western League Football Final Standings “My first two touchdowns were on jet sweeps—the first was good blocking, the second I cut it back inside,” Vaupen said. “On the last one I was wide open. It was one of the easiest I’ve ever scored.” Three JV players saw varsity action for the first time. Will Clif- ford ran 19 yards for a first down, Kaalan Day carried four times for six yards and Jared LaViolette had two assisted tackles at cornerback. Last week’s results Hamilton gained 107 yards in 10 carries—the sixth time this sea- Palisades 36, University 8 son he has run for 100+ yards. Sy Fairfax 20, Venice 14 Riley had 10 tackles, Cole Aragon Westchester 36, Hamilton 0 Alex Vaupen scored three TDs. recovered a fumble and Campbell Junior varsity call-up Will Clifford rumbles for a first down in last Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Geddes kicked three PATs. Friday night’s league win at University. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

St. Matthew’s Volleyball Stages Epic Comeback Fleet of Foot t’s not over ‘til it’s over. The St. Matthew’s eighth-grade girls volleyball team proved that adage still holds true in last Thursday’s Delphic ILeague championship match at Chaminade. The Falcons saved nine set points to complete a 25-18, 27-25 sweep of the host Eagles and capture their third straight league title under three different coaches. Elia Rubin hit 12 of her match-high 17 kills in the second set—six in an 8-0 run that pulled St. Matthew’s even at 24-24. Setter Fiona Fisher had 20 assists and three aces, libero Emily Graves had 11 digs and two aces, Peyton Brau had three blocks and Ava and Olivia Kaplan each added five kills. This group of players accumulated a 31-1 record over three years, going 9-0 as sixth-graders (beating Crossroads to win the Pacific Basin League title), 11-1 in seventh grade (avenging its only loss to Marl- borough in the Delphic League final) and 11-0 this season. Rounding out the roster were Kate Albert, Cate Childress, Piper Lacy, Ellis Muir, Bella Rahi, Lauren Rowen and Ibby Rawlins. At the Pacific Basin League swim championships on Saturday, the Falcons’ boys (Jack Higley, Jack Shoemaker, Cassian Carmichael and Nuzzy Sykes) were third out of eight schools while the girls (Saman- Kolbi Klein (center) and Penelope Chang of the Blue Dolphins keep it away from Emerson Rawles of Peyton Brau tips the ball at net. tha Momtazee, Lucy Bowden, Sophie Gilford, Julia Momtazee, Elena the Purple Palm Trees in an AYSO Girls U8 game Saturday at Kenter Canyon. Klein scored three goals. Photo: Steve Galluzzo Roby and Georgia Jones) finished fourth out of nine schools. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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Monica and friend By PATRICK FRANK but they are considered only background interesting as the class nosed a 1994 Cha- Special to the Palisadian-Post preparation for the degree Master of teau Pontet Canet: “Prunes, peppercorns, Wine, which requires further individual vanilla, tobacco, clove” she called out, alisadians excel in many fields, but study, tasting, research and writing. and we nod our heads; it’s all in there. in the realm of wine education, none Recently, in a required research paper Testing your palate alongside such a Psurpass Monica Marin. From her post at on the relationship between grape yields professional is always enlightening. the Wine House near Pico and Sepulveda, and wine quality, Marin wrote that lower Tastings were interspersed Marin teaches several classes per week yields mean higher quality. with well-organized lectures on on all types of wines: She has probably Wrong: It’s not that simple, so she geography, climate and soils of trained more Angelenos who work in the had to rewrite the paper. that region. The teaching ma- beverage trades (and more mere amateur “It was very painful,” she freely ad- terials come from the Ecôle du wine fanatics) than any other instructor. mitted. She is now about halfway through Vin de Bordeaux, a coalition of A recent visit to one of her classes—a the MW course and hopes to join the elite growers that supports training half-day seminar on Bordeaux—shows group of only 46 Masters of Wine in the and certifies instructors, - in why she is so successful: Both knowl- United States. cluding Marin. edgeable and charismatic, Marin is a born Marin lived in London for 10 years, But she’s so committed teacher, at one moment explaining the during which she married a man in the to education that she added tortuous complexity of the ranked Grands entertainment industry and had a daugh- to the lecture several photos Crus Classées of St. Emilion and a second ter. However, “I didn’t enjoy the quality of Bordeaux dirt that she later getting the class chuckling about the of life in London,” she said, citing the cli- took herself, noting clay, fact that the most recent ranking of those mate that choked out the sun and grated gravel and limestone soils winemakers ironically led to lawsuits. against her Mediterranean sensibilities. that make a difference in the Marin’s path to Pacific Palisades The family relocated to Santa Mon- texture of the final product. was long but not unpleasant. A native of ica, and then, about eight years ago, to The class also gets solid Spain, she grew up with wine on the table the Alphabet Streets where they still live. consumer-oriented advice: and a Real Madrid soccer poster on the Impelling that move was the quality of “Nobody thinks about white wall. Palisadian schools, she said. wines from Bordeaux,” She earned a degree in communica- Now Marin spends about 80 percent Marin said as we swirled a tion at the Universidad Complutense in of her workweek at the Wine House, one $20 white from the Graves Madrid, one of the country’s most pres- of the very few wine shops in this region subregion. It’s delicious, with tigious. that has an education program. vanilla, lemon and soil notes. This led her to work in public rela- The majority of her WSET students “White Burgundy costs tions, where she specialized at first in cor- are in the business, alongside a substan- double and is not as good,” she porate hospitality. She staged banquets tial minority of both curious consumers explained. The new Côtes de and events for music companies such as and future wine geeks. The more commit- Bordeaux appellation, created in Universal and Polygram, where her nat- ment-phobic can sign up for one of many 2009, is bringing “affordable wines ural inclination toward the wine portion single classes on various wine regions of quality” that are “honest and di- of the events drew the attention of her and styles that she offers every month. rect.” Not at all snobbish like tradition- superiors. The half-day Bordeaux seminar fea- al Bordeaux can be. We leave the class Her PR firm sent her to wine school tured three tastings of five wines each, carrying a sheaf of papers, maps, tasting in London, where she mastered Levels 2 covering most of the subregions and notes and better appreciation. and 3 of the Wine and Spirits Education even a couple of aged bottles. About a When she’s not teaching, Marin or- Trust curriculum. She soon added Level half hour in, someone asks a sophisticat- ganizes private tasting events and wine 4, and today she teaches all four levels in ed question about the Carménère grape, cellars for clients while she writes and classes at the Wine House. which is widely planted in Chile. For translates wine education materials in The WSET courses are intended decades the Chileans thought it was the English, Spanish and French. Person- for professionals in the business and re- Merlot of Bordeaux until recent genetic ally, she’s exploring wines of France’s tail parts of the wine world (rather than research clarified its identity. Jura region these days, in search of new restaurant service, which has its own So what’s the difference between the vinous thrills from that cool-climate sommelier curriculum). Each WSET lev- two? Marin nails it: Carménère makes zone between Burgundy and Switzer- el is more difficult than the last. more spicy wines, while Merlot has more land. Level 1 can be done in a day; Level 2 pyrazines, which yield green pepper Despite her deep knowledge of Eu- requires 18 hours of class time; Level 3, notes, especially in youth. Her compe- ropean regions, she does not neglect Cal- 34 hours; while Level 4 takes two years tence puts the class right at ease. ifornia: She raved recently about some of classes on alternate Sundays. Each lev- This was very much a guided tasting, Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from the el goes more deeply into wine law, cus- as she encouraged tasters to spot aromas Santa Rita Hills. As for her spare time, toms and wine types across the world. A and flavors, picking out traits of the dif- she said, “I like to cook, to eat, to drink testing and certification program provides ferent grape varieties and commenting on great wines and to travel to South Amer- structure similar to any college degree. bouquet, texture and aging potential of ica and Europe, where I can continue If the levels sound serious, they are, the wine in the glass. This got especially eating and drinking more great wines!”

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On Oct. 9, the sixth-grade Corpus Christi girls, led by Coach Kristi Heaton, played St. Matthews in a three-game match, with Corpus Christi coming out on top and winning the last game. Photo courtesy of Regan Colwell Eastman Over 300 Palisadians attended the first annual Charlotte & Gwe- nyth Gray Foundation to Cure Batten Disease Bingo Night at the Jonathan Club in Santa Monica. The Kapur family host- Photos courtesy of Erin McKee Chidsey ed the annual Bollinger Block Pumpkin Carving Party, which was attended by about 40 people. Win- ners of this year’s contest were Chuck Peil, Max Ju- dah and Eric Mugnier. Photos courtesy of Kimber Peil MANDELL PHOTO ORGANIZATION

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‘Gatsby’ Comes to Glittering Life at Pali High By JOANNA SHEPHERD Luke” series was born. Intern “I always had the ‘Little Luke’ character in my head about a little ecent evidence suggests that boy who always wants to be older reading for pleasure is the than he is and can never just ‘live Rsingle biggest factor in a child’s in the moment’,” she shared with success at school—even more so the Palisadian-Post. “My nephew than their social or economic back- was just that way, and then I started ground. Studies also demonstrate hearing the same theme among my that children who read for enjoy- own children and their friends.” ment every day perform better on In this first book, Little Luke reading tests than those who don’t, embarks on a seven-day quest to develop a broader vocabulary and grow one inch in time for his birth- have a better understanding of oth- day celebration at Adventure Land, er cultures. where the 48” height requirement However, some parents strug- for the Ghoster Coaster—the ride gle to find quality books that match Luke has idolized for the past both the interests and reading level Robin Afrasiabi year—threatens to keep his dream of their child. Photos courtesy of Robin Afrasiabi just out of reach. This exact plight is what in- “Little Luke and the Ghoster spired Palisadian mom Robin relatable early chapter books for, Coaster” was published just last Afrasiabi’s first children’s book, most specifically, young boys ages month, but book No. 2 is already “Little Luke and the Ghoster 5-8,” Afrasiabi explained. underway. In his next adventure, Coaster.” It was in this moment that the “Little Luke and the Littlest Lab- “My co-author [Dani Shear] two Marquez Charter Elementary radoodle,” “Luke learns the hard and I were chatting at the Marquez School moms resolved to be part way that with a little dog comes Book Fair about the lack of quality, of the solution, and the “Little some big responsibilities, and readers will find out if he is indeed big enough take this on,” Afrasiabi A tale of 1920s decadence—with modern flair Photos courtesy of Cheri Smith revealed. Afrasiabi lives in El Medio Bluffs and is a proud mom of two By MATTHEW MEYER Marquez Elementary bookworms, Reporter to whom she accredits her intro- duction to the wonderful world of he Great Gatsby” at Pali- early chapter books. sades Charter High School She has written for both the “Tbrings the glitz of prohibition-era book and newspaper publishing New York to modern day Pacific sectors, and public relations world, Palisades through a clever blend and has also taught critical reading of contemporary music and dance courses and adult learning theory paired nicely with 1920s set-de- at several California colleges at sign, costuming and actor affec- both the undergraduate and grad- tations. uate level. On opening night, “Gatsby” got off to a rousing start, as a flap- per dancer ensemble introduced the play’s grand revelry with a pulsing number set to modern music. “A little party never killed nobody,” the song’s vocal track wailed (thanks, Fergie), in a glib bit of foreshadowing that caught Young Palisadian readers dive into “Little Luke and the Ghoster Coaster,” written by a local mom. the ear of all those familiar with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic tale. with musical interludes featuring story’s climax. Pali’s adaptation, directed by gorgeous vocals from jazz sing- The lives of “Gatsby’s” char- sisters Cheri and Monique Smith, ers Taylor Schonbuch and Enzo acters unravel in the aftermath, made effective use of these glam- Alexander, kept the production’s and the decadent world that Pali’s orous dance numbers throughout pacing and atmosphere fresh. varied production built felt all the the evening. And in their portrayal of more real as it crumbled. Set to the electronic and hip- Tom’s mistress, Myrtle Wilson, It was a somber ending to a hop-infused soundtrack of Baz and her husband George, Martha story well told. Luhrmann’s 2013 “Gatsby” adap- Ward and Declan Wells deserve tion, the dances conveyed the re- credit for providing the evening’s “The Great Gatsby” will ap- bellious energy of the play’s set- emotional high-point. No moment pear in Mercer Hall on Nov. 9, 10 ting for modern ears and eyes—an gripped the audience quite so in- and 11 at 7 p.m., with an addition- effective translation rather than a tensely as the couple’s violent ex- al matinee performance at 2 p.m. jolting departure. change on stage shortly before the on Nov. 11. With the scene set, Jack But- ler’s opening monologue as narra- tor Nick Carraway proved that Pa- Dr. Sherri Nader li’s “Gatsby” was in good hands. PSY 22116 / LCS 22848 From his opening lines, Butler Licensed Clinical Psychologist nailed the wistful, Midwestern ca- Adjunct Faculty, USC dence of the reflective Carraway. Individuals / Couples / Families / Parenting In a relatively understated Children / Adolescents / Teenagers role, his quietly expressive mono- logues were a highlight of the per- Weekend Appointments Available formance, even before his emo- (310) 459-6350 • Pacific Palisades tional final address allowed Butler www.SherriNader.com to flex more dramatic theatrical muscles. A quartet of wealthy characters, all self-absorbed in their own ways, made up the rest of the core cast. As leading women, Fiona Aular and Gabi Feingold were complementary: Aular’s Dai- sy Buchanan was all the more breathless and distant alongside Feingold’s cunning, confident (and often downright funny) Jor- dan Baker, and vice versa. When sharing the stage with Daisy’s arrogant brute of a husband Tom Buchanan (Ezra Scho- eplein), the three displayed their connection as actors through the disconnect of their characters— cutting one another off mid- speech, each moving the conversation in their own direction. And Jagger Hunt brought proper nuance to Jay Gatsby, confident and suave at one moment, vulnerable and self-conscious in the next, but with consistency in his mannerisms and speech that brought the contradictory Gatsby to convincing life. The story unfolded with plenty of creative staging, including a nicely executed sequence in which Baker narrated the tale of Gatsby and Daisy’s meeting stage-right, while actors portrayed the action stage-left. Moments like this, along November 9, 2017 Palisadian-Post Page 13

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TEEN VIEW

By ANDREW SCHWARTZ Special to the Palisadian-Post

Here is the final installment in a series of winning pieces from the Friends of the Palisades Library’s Children’s Summer Creative Writing Contest. Andrew Schwartz, a Vistamar School student, took home first prize for high school.

The Game of Life Life is a game Everyone is racing for money and fame Not me because success doesn’t have a specific date Help the people that helped you The people that help you get through the dark They were that spark that made the flame If you get lost you have only yourself to blame To help yourself you need to help others Like your sisters and brothers Help people on the street Make sure they have something to eat Try to help them to their feet, because people just close their eyes and walk away What if it happens to you one day? Not everyone has a dollar to spare But the world isn’t always fair We need to work as one We all live under the same sun We all need to think smart Wars happen from the start Let’s try not to rip earth apart

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Calvary Church of Pacific Palisades Adult Bible Study, Sunday School, 10:15 a.m. e have seen this before, and Rogue Machine Theater and di- Sunday Worship Services: 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship, 11:00 a.m. we shall see this again. rected by Michael Arabian, lo- Sunday Morning Children & Youth Programs: ages 0-18 W Communion – 1st and 3rd Sundays The Oxford historian’s prayer cally popular for his “Waiting for Wednesday Evening Children & Youth Programs: ages 3-18 5th Sundays – 10:30am Combined Worship has never seemed so apt as the Godot” at the Mark Taper Forum Weekly Small Groups and Service Opportunities Preschool: Enroll now! (310) 459-3425 Getty Villa Theater Lab on PCH and producing the TV pilot for “3rd 701 Palisades Drive • Pacific Palisades • 310-454-6537 15905 Sunset Blvd • 310-459-2358 • www.plc.cc opens its new season this month Rock from The Sun,” which went www.calvarypalisades.org with “The Suppliant Woman” by “La Danaide” by Rodin on to run for six years. Twitter & Vimeo: calvarychurchpp St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Aeschylus. Photo courtesy of Rodin collection He is known for taking a cine- Facebook & Instagram: calvarypalisades The Reverend Bruce A. Freeman, Rector Fifty women flee arranged matic approach to older texts. The Reverend Christine Purcell, Associate Rector marriages in Egypt and turn up in On the other hand, unlike most The disenfranchised women Community United Methodist Church Sunday Services: 8:00 am Holy Eucharist, Pastor Wayne B. Walters, Pastor Argos, Greece: Does the ruler offer Hollywood blockbusters today, it here are Syrian boat people, arriv- 10:15 am Choral Eucharist Worship: Sundays, 10 a.m., Sunday School, Childcare compassion or bow to political re- passes the Bechdel Test—the wom- ing in life jackets and overcrowded and Children’s Education Weekly Children and Youth Programs for all ages alities and turn them away? an known as the Danaid speaks to boats. Nursery/Toddler Care available www.palisadesmethodist.org Sadly, a familiar dilemma in other woman, and not just about the There are no heroes or vil- Weekday worship: Wednesdays, 10:00 am Preschool — Enroll now: 310-454-4600 today’s Mediterranean persists with guys. lains here—they are all offstage, 1031 Bienveneda * Pacific Palisades * 310-454-1358 801 Via de la Paz • Pacific Palisades • 310-454-5529 consequences washing up even on The fate of the lost daughters presumably murdering those who www.stmatthews.com Californian shores. There are no of Danaos seems to rest with the stayed behind. But there is a mes- Corpus Christi Catholic Church easy answers, in 470 B.C. or today. king of Argos, but he is also re- sage in a bottle here, thrown into Rev. Msgr. Liam Kidney, Pastor SYNAGOGUES “The Suppliant Woman,” the vealed as spinning at the mercy of Greek waters 25 centuries ago and Fr. Dennis P. Mongrain, Associate Pastor only survivor from a long-vanished both his populace and other world arriving for us today. MASSES Chabad Jewish Community Campus quartet so gloomy and violent it had powers. The play, translated by George Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. A Warm & Welcoming Community For All! to end with a broad comedy known And who knows what the gods, Theodoridis, opens on Friday, Nov. Saturday, 5:30 p.m. (Vigil Mass) "Judaism Done Joyfully" as a satyr play. This is not that. especially Aphrodite, might throw 17. 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his brand new estate, located in the prestigious area of TRustic Canyon, sits on an ultra-private, flat, one-acre lot, surrounded by towering sycamore and redwood trees, butterfly gardens, and a charming creek running along the back of the property. Behind its gates rests a stunning European farmhouse designed by AIA Mcllelan Architects in conjunction with interior designer Eliana Rokach. The equestrian-inspired estate is made for entertaining, offering a 3,000-square-foot master suite wing, covered parking for 10 cars and gated, uncovered parking for at least 20 more, gourmet kitchen and auxiliary kitchen, a stunning pool house, 50’ infinity pool with spa, an enchanting tree house, and ample outdoor and indoor gather- ing areas. The home comprises two wings joined by an interior footbridge surrounded by Steel Belgian doors and enjoys views of the expansive lush gardens from almost every room. Just minutes from the beach and from Palisades Village, this estate redefines luxury.

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rently $1.13 million, which is a 26 Homes in Escrow percent increase over this time last New Property Tax Portability Initiative year. There are currently 15 piec- By MICHAEL EDLEN Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San than the one they are selling if ‘Dramatically Lower’ es of raw land available, ranging Special to the Palisadian-Post Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura, they choose to, in which case their from a 3,600-square-foot lot on San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, property tax will be a blend of the By MICHAEL EDLEN highest-priced property is a sev- Posetano, offered at $175,000, to ropositions 60 and 90 were El Dorado and Tuolumne. People original tax base plus approxi- Special to the Palisadian-Post en-bedroom, 13-bath on San Remo $19 million for an ocean view, constitutional initiatives are highly advised to verify tax mately 1.2 percent of the amount that is asking $38 million. Coastal Commission-approved lot Ppassed by California voters in the transferability with the county above that level that the new home s of Oct. 31, there were 61 sin- The lowest sale price so far on Corona Del Mar in The Hun- 1980s to provide property tax re- they are considering before start- is purchased for. gle-family Palisades residenc- this year was a two-bedroom, one- tington. There have been two sales lief by preventing reassessment ing the process of moving. Although there predictably Aes listed in the Multiple Listing bath on Radcliffe, which sold for so far this year. of property value when a senior A new initiative is likely to be may be some opposition to this Service, which is 28 percent low- $1.5 million. The highest sale so There are currently 78 avail- citizen sells their existing resi- on the ballot next year to further new initiative, its benefits seem to er than the available inventory this far this year continues to be the able leases in the Palisades. They dence and purchases or constructs expand the portability of prop- far outweigh any drawbacks. Ulti- time last year. So far this year, 229 off-market sale on Casale in The range from a one-bedroom, one- a replacement residence worth the erty taxes. The reason for this is mately these broadened terms will Palisades homes have sold, which Riviera, which sold for over $32 bath on Sunset asking $2,950 per same or less than the one being that many thousands of senior help California homeowners of all is only 3 percent higher than last million. month to a five-bedroom, six-bath sold. homeowners have been increas- ages—whether immediately or in year at this time. There are now 26 There are 13 condominiums/ home on Posetano, asking $50,000 Those propositions were en- ingly limited by the requirements the years to come. homes in escrow in the Palisades, townhouses on the market. They per month. acted to encourage people age of Propositions 60 and 90, which Hopefully you will be glad to which is dramatically lower than range from one-bedroom, one-bath There have been 203 leases so 55 or older to “move down” to a has resulted in many people feel- sign in favor of this being placed the 49 in escrow at this time. on Sunset (Edgewater Towers), of- far this year. The highest lease so smaller home and be able to con- ing forced to continue living in on the ballot next year. I think that The average sale price per fered at $589,500, to a four-bed- far this year was a five-bedroom, tinue paying approximately the homes that are no longer suitable the initiative will be in circula- square foot has increased by 7 room, four-bath condo on Tramon- seven-bath on San Remo for same amount of annual property for them. tion between December 2017 and percent, as compared with the to (that is not yet built) for over $85,000 per month and the low- taxes as before. This in turn has added to the February 2018, perhaps for a few same period in 2016, and is now $5.185 million. est was $2,850 per month for a Proposition 60 originally re- state’s current housing shortage weeks. at $1,110 per square foot. Median Nine condos are currently in one-bedroom, one-bath on Sunset. quired that the replacement and for younger families seeking larg- On behalf of all generations sale prices are currently $3.15 mil- escrow. There have been 62 con- The median was $7,895 per month. the original be located in the same er homes. of homeowners and those wish- lion, compared to $2.715 million do sales so far this year, ranging county, and 90 was passed to en- The new initiative will mostly ing to be homeowners: California one year ago. from $540,000 for a one-bedroom, Michael Edlen, an agent with able other counties to opt in if they be paid for by the California As- Realtors encourage your support The lowest-priced available one-bath condo on Sunset to $1.65 Coldwell Banker, has been keep- elected to. The tax relief is not sociation of Realtors, with each of this approach to aiding housing home is a four-bedroom, three- million for a three-bedroom, three- ing statistics on Pacific Palisades automatic but must be requested member in the state contributing throughout California. Most like- bath on Avenida De Cortez in The bath unit on Palisades Drive. The housing prices for the last 31 within three years of the replace- toward the costs. Every effort will ly there will be at least one public Highlands at $2.169 million. The median condo sale price is cur- years. ment property purchase. be made to encourage and free meeting in Pacific Palisades be- There are some eligibility re- more senior owners to move if fore year-end to discuss the issues, quirements, and the replacement they choose to do so, even if they benefits and any questions people Pacific Palisades Home Sales property must be of equal or lesser have already once had the tax re- may have. Your attendance is en- value than the original property. If lief as provided for by the current couraged. 2017 vs. 2016 the replacement property is pur- propositions in effect. Brought to you by Michael Edlen chased within the first year after As I understand the intention Michael Edlen has been one January 1st – October 31st an original property is sold, it may of the broadening or expansion of of the leading real estate agents in be up to 105 percent or less of the Number Median Price per Average # Active as Prop 60 and 90, the main features the Westside for nearly 30 years, Year st market value of the sold proper- of the new initiative will be: and is committed to helping se- Sold Sales Price Square Foot D.O.M. of August 31 ty. It can be up to 110 percent or All 58 California counties niors and other homeowners 2017 229 $3,150,000 $1,110 58 61 less of the market value if a re- would be included, not just the achieve their home desires in any placement home is bought within current 11, so seniors would be way possible. He can be reached 2016 223 $2,715,000 $1,037 62 85 the second year after the original able to move far more freely and at 310-230-7373 or michael@mi- home is sold. take their current property tax chaeledlen.com. Also, the propositions stip- base forward. Statistical comparisons for 2017 vs 2016 ulate that this is a one-time-only The carry-forward of the orig- SUBSCRIBE TO Number of Sales ...... 3% higher filing. The tax relief cannot be inal property’s tax base will be Palisadian-Post Median Sale Prices ...... 16% higher granted if the claimant or spouse able to be repeated over and over, Price per Square Foot ...... 7% higher was granted relief in the past. so owners will not feel stuck in the Average Days On Market ...... 6% shorter As of this year, 11 of the property they may have moved to Active Inventory ...... 28% lower state’s 58 counties have opted in years ago. www.PaliPost.com Statistics based upon M.L.S. records of Palisades single family residences only to enable a transfer of property tax They would be able to buy a (310) 454-1321 (Including Sunset Mesa) base to their county. These are Los replacement home that costs more

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By SARAH SHMERLING mailbox. hung above our front door,” Lauren Managing Editor “Our kids were the architects of said. “My daughter told me we really this spooky house,” Ashley explained needed to ‘up our game this year’ if we Best Theme iant spiders, creepy zombies, to the Post. “At the end of the day, it’s wanted to win, so we couldn’t resist the ghoulish ghosts. Thirty-eight all about the children in this great com- creepy addition.” Ghomes donned their Halloween best munity of the Palisades having fun.” This is the second time the Evans and entered the 2017 Palisadian-Post Over in the The Huntington, the family has taken home a prize. In 2015, Creep Your Crypt contest. Archipley family—Jack (2), Johanna, they earned the DIY-Originality trophy. And though each home was Leona (5) and Jeff—snagged the award “All of us are so excited to have spooky, three winners were voted on for DIY-Originality. won,” Lauren said. by the community in three categories: “We had a lot of fun doing it,” Jeff McKay said that when she found Creepiest Crypt, DIY-Originality and Archipley shared after learning that out, she “exploded with happiness.” Best Theme. their Chapala Drive home had won. “It was really fun competing as a DIY-Originality Taking home the award for Creep- A blaze of orange and purple lights family, and winning is just the icing on iest Crypt this year was the Cohen illuminated their front yard, which in- the cake,” Lauren shared. family—Scott, Ashley, Mason (9) and cluded a fenced off graveyard guarded Each of the winners takes home a Soleil (7). Their Alphabet Streets home, by a monster. sparkly trophy, in addition to hundreds located on Embury Street, featured an Down the road from the Archip- of dollars worth of certificates to local assortment of spooky creatures, in- leys, another Chapala Drive home restaurants and businesses. cluding a skeleton sporting a “beware won the prize for Best Theme: Lauren, The next chance to participate in a of zombie dog” sign and ghosts sus- McKay, Beau and dog Jack Evans. home decorating contest is Deck Your pended from their trees. Their favorite “Our favorite decoration this year Halls. Check the Post later this month decoration was a bloodied head on the was the electric ‘no vacancy’ sign we for all the details. Creepiest Crypt Soleil and Mason Cohen: Creepiest Crypt

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on Ambien, which might be why Palisadian Steve Soboroff’s Rentals Gone Bad: How a Goldie woke up one night to find her houseguest standing at the end of her bed staring at her. Palisadian Club is Haunting “It was terrifying. She started Project (Finally) Breaks cooking bacon in her [$1,100-per- a Serial Scam Artist month] room, broke the sink with bacon fat ($600 plumbing bill), Ground in Malibu By JOHN HARLOW doors sadly familiar to Palisadians which she denied, broke the wash- Editor-in-Chief trying to stay in their homes by rent- er-dryer machine ($1,200) and By SARAH SHMERLING the five-member Police Commis- ing out a room. threatened to ‘end my life’” when Managing Editor sion for the second time. He had he three women who are sitting In this case, though, tensions Goldie tried to move her out. been serving as vice president. He in my office at the Palisadi- escalated when Sarah declared, “I “I offered to let her stay until fter spending years held up in replaces Matt Johnson, who will Tan-Post are as loud and colorful as am your worst nightmare,” claimed this December, but she demanded court, work has begun on the now serve as vice president. exotic birds—indignant, enraged the home was breaking city codes another year. And she had the zoning Afuture Whole Foods and the Park “Matt, your service as pres- and, most of all, focused on bringing and threatened to report her unless code guide under her mattress—she project in Malibu, a development ident has been nothing short of a woman who has worked in the lo- she got to stay rent free. It took 11 knew how to blackmail renters with owned by President of the LAPD remarkable during a remarkably cal beauty industry and caused them months to get her out. city infractions. So, I got her out by Police Commission and longtime difficult time,” Soboroff said in a injury over the years to justice. Diane encountered Sarah on reporting her to the police for elder Pacific Palisades resident Steve speech after his election, making They are a club, who came to- Craigslist in 2013 when she was abuse.” Soboroff. note of how touchy the climate is gether when court papers from Santa looking for another room. But Sarah did not leave hap- “It’s a very small and intimate around police officers. Monica and elsewhere revealed they Diane offered her a $1,250 pily—recycling an old John Car- project,” Soboroff explained to Steve Soboroff “All of us need to push the had all been defrauded and threat- room, which Sarah snubbed in favor son gag, unfunny in real life: She the Palisadian-Post. “No parking Photo courtesy of Steve Soboroff reset button with those we have ened by the same woman—and they of a master suite once occupied by hid uncooked fish in a wardrobe to structures, buildings only 15 per- disagreed with … Fasten your are not taking the insult and financial Diane’s daughter for about $200 per stink up the place. She has done this cent of the land.” by providing the goods, services seatbelts everybody, and let’s get loss sitting down. month more. Not that she paid up. elsewhere. In the development, locat- and atmosphere unique to and close moving,” Soboroff concluded. Unusually, I am not naming the “She did not have a checking ac- So where is Sarah now? ed near the intersection of Cross to Malibu.” He is also a real estate devel- women. By mutual agreement, we count, just paid in post office checks. “She is probably in West LA, Creek Road and Civic Center Way, Measure R has since been oper, philanthropist and one-time are calling them “Bette,” “Diane” The first $500 check then vanished but she will be looking to scam an- a grocery store will occupy nearly ruled illegal, allowing the project to mayoral candidate. and “Goldie” after the (largely Pali- from my desk, she blamed visitors— other woman in the Palisades, we are 25,000 square feet of retail space. break ground without voter appeal. When he has time, Soboroff sadian) actresses in the 1996 movie and then complained on Yelp how the kind of target she likes,” Goldie There will be over 13,000 square Soboroff, a man of many in- also collects typewriters that were “The First Wives Club.” the Palisades post office would not said. “She is a serial scam artist who feet of additional commercial re- terests, was recently elected with previously owned by famous indi- Because of that, we are not refund a check in cash for her. may have been guilty of serious vi- tail space for 10-12 complementary a unanimous vote as president of viduals. naming the alleged scammer, al- “She then claimed that the olence in the past. We don’t want tenants, up to 4,000 square feet of though we have looked up court pa- room’s balcony was too low, it broke to use our names because she scares outdoor seating and a landscape an- pers that confirm some of the horrors city code, and tried to blackmail me us—but we want to warn Palisadi- chored by 80 California sycamore recounted by the club—we are using for free rent. She took batteries out ans she is out there. Watch out for trees. the name “Sarah,” after the movie’s of a smoke detector, saying it was her—a late, middle-aged woman It will also include a manipulative nemesis played by broken and illegal. She said the in the Palisadian beauty business 6,200-square-foot, fully accessible Sarah Jessica Parker. staircase was unsafe, that she might who does not have a checking ac- Shane’s Inspiration Playground The stories the club told are al- fall—so I warned my insurance count and is seeking a room in your and Kitchen Community Learn- most as dark as that movie plot— company she was likely to report a home.” ing Garden for local students and and a warning to anyone needing ‘slip and fall.’ And the lesson? adults who are interested in grow- to rent out a room to a stranger in “Of course, she claimed she had “She gave me five references ing sustainable, organic food. Whole Foods and the Park lot Photos courtesy of City of Malibu Pacific Palisades. injured herself—and she did have a but I never checked them out,” Di- The project was a part of a le- Let’s go back to 2011 when big bruise on her leg, maybe from ane said. “You can check out a crim- gal battle after Malibu voters ap- bejeweled Bette rented out an blood thinners—but by then, I had inal history for $5 online—do that, proved a formula retail ordinance, $800-per-month room to Sarah, only installed CCTV cameras that caught too. That is how we all connected, Measure R, and later voted down to bump into her the next day, naked her leaping over bushes, so that did and now we are looking out for oth- the project’s plans, which were, at and shouting in the shared laundry not play.” ers in the same position. the time, called Measure W. room. In the summer of 2016, Sarah “And do not be fooled by “After 10 years, we are under “I did not think I had to include a met Goldie, a famed comedienne charm.” construction and, although de- ‘no nudity’ clause in the deal,” Bette who once declined to take her For, no matter how wonderful layed, the Whole Foods and The said, shaking her head remorsefully. clothes off for Playboy—she does these three ladies are, you do not Park project will be better than we This was followed by a litany not put up with nonsense. want to be in their club. But you ever anticipated,” Soboroff said. of horrors, including deliberately Sarah was charming and sweet can reach them at landlordbeware@ “[We are] keeping folks off PCH The future of the project blocked toilets and kicked-down at first, Goldie recalled. She was gmail.com.

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By MICHAEL OLDHAM Special to the Palisadian-Post

oming from his home in Cala- basas, Michael Carbajal often Cdrives along Pacific Coast High- way while making his way to Santa Monica or Beverly Hills for “coffee or whatever” day trips. The drive is an escape of sorts from the tech-related film work he’s done over the years for NASA, Lock- heed Martin, and many recog- nizable names in the private and public realm. While cruising south on PCH in Castellammare, Carbajal often looks to his right and takes in the Jewel Carmen blue of the Pacific Ocean, with its Photo courtesy of Wikipedia mysteries hidden beneath the sur- face. the real estate listing states, Cas- But other hidden mysteries tillo del Mar features “solid oak inside Castellammare have caught peg and groove floors, magnif- Carbajal’s attention in the last sev- icent leaded/stained glass win- eral months. dows, hand-carved hardwood “The whole area is interest- doors, original art deco tiles, bow ing,” he explained recently to the Michael Carbajal at the sidewalk café Photo courtesy of Michael Oldham and truss ceilings, hand-burnished Palisadian-Post. redwood beams and corbels, and During his southbound PCH Todd, who starred in such features the actress’ death, one of Holly- Road in December of 1935. That former home and café. thick lathe and plaster walls.” commute, Carbajal often turns as the Western-themed “Nevada” wood’s most enduring mysteries. was when the 29-year-old actress Recently, the former Ro- After visiting Castillo del Mar, away from the glistening waters in 1927 and the 1929 romance-dra- “The more books I read on it, was discovered dead from car- land-Carmen house has come on designed by architect Nathaniel of the Santa Monica Bay just as ma “The Bachelor Girl,” once the more interesting it is,” Carbajal bon monoxide poisoning in her the market. Carbajal was “really Coleman, Carbajal soon thought the highway intersects with Porto lived atop the structure. explained. chocolate Lincoln Phaeton. It was eager” to tour the Italianate-style of some interesting coincidences Marina Way. Todd, who was well known Todd’s death also has a phys- parked inside a garage. property built in 1927. He luckily about Roland and a childhood TV There, he glances to his left as a fast-living lady off screen, ical tie-in during Carbajal’s PCH The garage belonged to Todd’s got his chance to see the bluff-hug- hero of his that he wasn’t aware of as he approaches a building he’s moved into her ocean-view pad commutes. Just as he passes Todd’s lover at the time of her death, film ging house, known as “Castillo del until he left the house. The hero of “always been drawn to … over during the summer of 1935. former home, Carbajal goes under director Roland West, who was Mar,” when he tagged along with his was TV’s “Batman” star and the years.” The building that holds “I love history but am not a a pedestrian bridge, which was married at the time to Jewel Car- “a qualified investor who was in- former Palisadian Adam West. Carbajal’s fascination is a sprawl- watcher of silent movies or the around—though since redone— men, a retired silent-film player. terested in seeing it.” Carbajal explained that after ing, Spanish-style structure, stand- stars of them, though the subject during the operational days of the Carbajal has his own theories Out of courtesy to the sellers, leaving the house and joining his ing at 17575 PCH. is becoming more intriguing,” actress’ café. about the often-questioned circum- Carbajal will keep some of the fin- friends at Gladstone’s nearby, he The budding screenwrit- Carbajal admitted. The bridge allows Palisadians stances surrounding Todd’s death. er details of the walk-through of thought of something coincidental er became interested in the Carbajal’s research also told to walk over PCH, leaving the hot “The more I read … the more the Revello Drive mansion to him- about the director and Adam. white-colored building with many him that below Todd’s apartment summer sands of the beach behind there is to the story,” he shared. self. He will say he was impressed “It suddenly occurred [to me] ocean-facing windows, and he home, the striking actress with fa- them while leading them to a set of But for now, he is keeping those by the rich historic exteriors of the that Adam West, the first Batman I began to research it “as a hobby,” mous long legs ran her namesake stairs. The stairs lead to Castella- theories to himself. He added that five-bedroom mansion that sits at can remember, and also the first ce- explaining that he is “interested in restaurant: Thelma Todd’s Side- mmare Drive, and from there, you he “just finished [his] screenplay the end of the private drive. lebrity I met in my life when I was the historic aspects of LA.” walk Café. can take another set of stairs that outline” about Todd’s life and The 3,400-plus interior square a child, had died the day before,” But as he researched the Carbajal’s further research end on Posetano Road. death. footage of the ocean-view house Carbajal explained. Adam passed three-level building, he learned into Todd, aka “The Ice Cream Carbajal learned that Todd’s Some time ago, Carbajal was offered Carbajal plenty of phys- away on June 9, 2017. Roland and that silent film actress Thelma Blonde,” also informed him about life came to an end on Posetano able to get himself a tour of Todd’s ical vintage reference points. As Adam “share the same surname in ‘West,’ as well as them both living in the Palisades, where Adam was REPRESENTING EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE & THEIR HOMES the honorary mayor.” This was not too strange of a MARGULEAS TEAM RANDY FREEMAN coincidence, until Carbajal real- 310.230.3719 ized that a Roland-directed film By giving 10% of each commission to these charities 310.420.9242 (cell) was the inspiration for the Batman character. Comic book writer and [email protected] artist Bob Kane claimed that he got www.randyfreeman4realestate.com the idea for the Batman character Berkshire Hathaway Home Services from watching the 1930 movie 2011 Top 100 Agents in Region “The Bat Whispers.” We have been fortunate to donate $575,720 since 2014. Serving Pacific Palisades/Westside since 1991 DRE #01088639 “The Bat Whispers” was based on a 1920 play called “The Bat,” which was adopted into a film of AVAILABLE PROPERTIES SINCE 1996 the same name in 1926. 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for a tiny house is right around Decluttering our lives by con- $60,000 (plus that minor issue of solidating all of our books onto Move Over, McMansions the cost of land in the Palisades)— an e-reader and donating the hard but it could still leave you with a copies, or ditching the cable box Reinventing the Idea of lot more play money. for a streaming service on a tablet Has that oceanfront property or laptop, are a great start. Obvi- Startup founders Photos courtesy of Patch of Land and PeerStreet Dreaming Big in the Palisades you’ve always wanted been a bit ously, downsizing will require you of a stretch budget-wise? to take a look at what you have and Tiny homes can be easily determine what you can and can- Crowdfunding Your Flip moved to any location of your not live without. choosing (within reason, of course; Are you guilty of having an Two Los Angeles-Based Startups George Clooney’s backyard is off expansive wardrobe, of which you limits). only wear 10 percent? (You’re not Offer Savvy Solutions We are lucky enough to live alone; I raise my hand with you.) under this beautiful Palisadian sun, Tiny house living is not an By GABRIELLA BOCK home financing faster than a bank and tiny homes are known for their easy switch, but it might just Reporter or mortgage broker. incredible patio buildout possibil- change your life for the better. If For people with outstanding ities. With a tiny house, you can we start thinking small, the world n just the last decade alone, debt, such as student loans or truly take advantage of the ulti- of possibility might just get very, crowdfunding websites like open mortgages on another home, mate indoor/outdoor lifestyle. very big. IKickstarter and Indiegogo have crowdfunding allows borrowers swiftly grown into powerful mod- to bypass a traditional mortgage ern tools for financing both indus- lender’s request for income infor- try and independent projects. mation and individual credit his- The internet fundraising sites tory. have been the backbone behind The relationship presents it- popular products such as the Peb- self as a win-win opportunity for The 269-square-foot KODA cube Photo courtesy of KODA ble Time smartwatch, which raised both the borrower and the investor, $1 million in less than an hour, and as higher interest rates provide a By MARIE TABELA day, they can find their way into the revival of the 1980s cult clas- quick return on as little as a $1,000 Special to the Palisadian-Post Pacific Palisades. sic television show “Mystery Sci- investment. Much like our enormous (al- ence Theatre 3000.” (It isn’t uncommon to see as icture walking into your cus- beit, beautiful) Palisadian homes, Others have successfully used many as 100 small investors back- tom-built dream home, com- the tiny homes can be customized the sites to fund individual needs, ing a single 12-month flip.) Pplete with semi-precious stone to include your must-haves, like a ranging anywhere from honey- And apparently, access to countertops, Macassar ebony full-sized washer and dryer, a full moon trips to open heart surgery. quick cash is as attractive in the hardwood floors, artisanal fixtures refrigerator, and even a king-sized So it only makes sense that real estate industry as it is on oth- made by hand, plenty of natural bed. millennials looking to ante in to er P2P crowdlending websites: light, creative storage options and Tiny house builders know all the West Coast real estate game Since its inception in 2012, Patch more … but it is 250 square feet. of the best tricks for storage, too. would turn to crowdfunding: Prop- of Land has successfully managed (The average home in America Maximize the space in the erties in dense, coastal metros are more than $150 million worth of is 2,600 square feet, and that aver- stairs (yes, stairs!) up to your far more expensive than in mid- financial transactions. age just keeps rising.) sleeping loft by creating shelving western and southern regions— Although the websites are To most of us, a 250-square- and drawers within each step. with the median home price in Los only intended for those wishing foot home sounds like a one-way Utilize your wall space with Angeles sitting at $550,000—and to quickly fix and sell a property, ticket to ending up in intensive creative shelving to display your without an investor (or a cool trust profits garnered from a successful family therapy. However, with the photos and knick-knacks, or to fund account), buying a house flip can easily open up a door to a creative way these tiny homes are store your cookware and dishes. when you’re young can be as future in real estate or simply fund being built, coupled with family Save space by having a dinner ta- cost-challenging as procuring tick- the down payment on that first sizes getting smaller, do we really ble that folds up flat onto the wall ets to the next World Series. family starter home. need all that space? (now you see it, now you don’t!). To meet the changing demands In an age where we are all The possibilities are truly of the millennial marketplace, LA- In 2016, the Orange County about simplifying our lives, the endless with tiny houses, and tiny based companies Patch of Land Register reported that 7.6 percent trend in building bigger homes house designers have a plethora and PeerStreet have launched of all LA County real estate sales doesn’t really seem to make sense. of design ideas to make your tiny peer-to-peer fundraising platforms were home flips, averaging profits Before you completely dismiss the space feel clutter-free and even that match hopeful young buyers of nearly $127,000 per sale, the idea, let’s explore a little bit about roomy. with investors who can provide highest in the region. tiny houses and see if maybe one On top of that, the median cost The classic small house Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

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By SARAH SHMERLING Shmerling: Where did you go tate broker friend asked if I would running into friends along the way. Managing Editor to college and what did you study? join his firm and work part-time, I It’s hard to find what we have here, Kohl: I went to Northwestern jumped on board and found that I and I can’t imagine living any- ue Kohl knows Pacific Pali- University for undergraduate and loved it! That was the beginning of where else. sades. Living in the Alphabet graduate school in Evanston, Illi- my real estate career. SStreets since 1994 and raising five nois, and received both a Bachelor Not long after the beginning, Shmerling: How has the Pal- kids in the area, she’s become an of Science and Master of Science I took a 12-year “hiatus” during isades changed in the time that expert on all things community, in speech and language pathology. which time I was busy raising four you’ve lived here? including schools, sports and good I worked in clinics with stroke and lovely children—later to be five. I Kohl: The Palisades has be- take-out. cerebral palsy patients, and also have now been working full-time come a bit less “sleepy” during Read all about why the Berk- with children who had speech dis- in real estate for 29 years, first with the time I’ve lived here. There are shire Hathaway HomeServices orders. Jon Douglas in Brentwood and for more restaurants, schools and, of agent loves the Palisades, how she College was an exciting ad- the past 20 years at Berkshire Ha- course, many more people. Shops approaches new clients and more. venture after spending kindergar- thaway HomeServices here in Pa- have become more upscale, and ten through 12th grade in an all cific Palisades. Time flies! real estate values have skyrock- Shmerling: Tell me about girls school! I loved being just eted. your childhood. outside of Chicago and experi- Shmerling: How long have In most neighborhoods, Kohl: I was born and raised encing real seasons. The winters you lived in the Palisades and many older, smaller, single-fam- on the Westside in Beverly Hills weren’t as rough as many make in which neighborhoods? What ily homes have been replaced when it was just a sweet little them out to be (maybe a little cold brought you here and why do you with new, larger homes. The Pal- village with a local record store, and windy) but, of course, I came stay? isades tops the list of locations for Baskin Robbins, etc. After school back to LA at the first opportunity. Kohl: I moved from Brent- families looking for safe, friend- (at Westlake), we would drive wood to the Palisades in 1994. All ly neighborhoods and excellent into town for ice cream or to meet Shmerling: What was your the kids went to school here, both schools. Plus, we have a terrific Sue Kohl with Teddy Photo courtesy of Gunnar Kohl friends at Hamburger Hamlet. It first job out of college? What led at St. Matthews and Corpus Chris- rec center, a fabulous community was quite different from the in- you to choose a career in real es- ti schools. All their sports activi- aquatic center at Pali High and a experience, I mean not only trans- so many years. I have extensive ternational destination that it has tate? ties were here, and it seemed like wonderful local library. Almost actional, but also knowing how to knowledge about schools, sports become. Kohl: My first job out of col- quality of life might be better with every religious organization is deal effectively with clients during and good take-out. Additionally, I I loved riding horses at the lege was teaching high school stu- less time spent driving on Sunset represented here, so you don’t re- what can be a very emotional tran- have served on the PPCC (Pacif- Griffith Park Equestrian Cen- dents with language disorders and and more time spent at work and ally ever need to leave town. sition, whether buying or selling. ic Palisades Community Council) ter and pretty much all sports. learning challenges. I taught all play. A person’s home is typically for the past four-and-a-half years: My kids love to make fun of my the subjects they would have tak- We have lived in the same Shmerling: How does your his/her largest asset, so negotiat- one year as youth sports represen- “nerd factor” when I tell them that en in a regular classroom: English, house on Iliff in the Alphabet background help you when working skills are critical in order to tative and for the last three-and-a- during the last two years of high history, math, driver’s ed, sex ed Streets since 1994. What I love ing with clients to buy or sell a achieve the best possible outcome half years representing the Alpha- school, I spent most of my week- … It was fun and very rewarding. most about the Palisades is the home? for your client. A major part of bet Streets. It has been a unique end nights studying for the SAT. My mother had been in real sense of belonging to a small Kohl: Well first of all, expe- that negotiation involves the bro- opportunity to get to know other They weren’t inclined to follow in estate when I was growing up, community while living in a huge rience is the best teacher in the ker on the other side, so I’ve made community volunteers, stay in the those footsteps! and I had free time at night and sprawling city. I love walking the real estate profession, so I feel a point to maintain great relation- loop about what’s happening in on weekends, so when a real es- dogs into town or to the beach and extremely well educated. And by ships with other local profession- town and to have interaction with als, which has been easy, as most LA city officials on a regular basis. of the brokers in town are terrific, Shmerling: Do you represent smart people. homes in all neighborhoods of the It also helps to have raised a Palisades? 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Kohl: Absolutely! My three Shmerling: Thoughts on main areas are the Palisades (all Caruso’s Palisades Village proj- neighborhoods), Brentwood and ect? Santa Monica. Kohl: I could not be more excited about Caruso’s Village Shmerling: Tell me about project. He is transforming what how you approach new clients was a semi-dead, depressing who are aiming to buy or sell a street into a picturesque, thriving home. village center. How fantastic and Kohl: My first job with buy- fun will it be to walk into town ers is to ascertain the client’s pri- for dinner and a movie? To sit at orities. What do they value the a restaurant having dinner and most? Privacy? Views? Prox- a glass of wine while your kids imity to the Village? It helps to play in the new park? know what the most and least Caruso and his team have important factors are in the cli- done an extraordinary job of out- ent’s search. The next step is to reach to find out what we want make sure the client is qualified and how we envision our new and ready to jump in when the village center. I think we should right property comes along. thank our lucky stars to have a For sellers, the main focus developer with such excellent is getting the highest price, but aesthetic taste and sensitivity to- again, it’s important to find out ward the community. about other priorities, as each Only eight more months! seller has a specific reason for selling and specific needs in the Shmerling: What do you process. The first part of my ap- and your family like to do for proach with any client is making fun? sure they know I am available Kohl: We have a very large, 24/7 via any means of commu- blended family, which can be nication they choose. Staying in crazy but mostly a lot of fun. close touch is the key to a happy There are five Kohl kids (all transaction. grown—Courtney, David, Jon- ny, Kristin and Gunnar), plus a Shmerling: What are some son-in-law, Jay Paulson, and two current trends in real estate? adorable grandsons. Kohl: We’ve had several My husband, Bob Benton, hugely successful years here on has three sons (Michael, Chris the Westside, but it’s been more and Greg), plus a beautiful difficult than usual during the daughter-in-law (Molly) and

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