WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • Suspect arrested in wifeʼs murder. pg. 3 Clear and • Dispensaries sunny, with warned to close. temps around pg. 4 75º Volume 20 No. 18 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities May 6, 2010 Knock, Knock, Arizona Law Triggers Itʼs the Census Bureau Calls for Boycotts n West Hollywood is First City in Southern n Workers Go California to Approve Sanctions Door-to-Door to BY AMY LYONS amounted to $60,000. City staff, Count Residents she said, will continue to research ikening SB 1070, Arizona’s the exact figures. BY IAN LOVETT new anti-immigration law, to “With Prop. 8, we felt the devas- annah Landon had been LProposition 8, the ban on tating effects of a law that margin- wondering for several same-sex marriage, West alizes an entire class of human Hmonths why she hadn’t Hollywood City Councilmember beings,” Horvath said. “No one is received a census form in the mail. Lindsey Horvath last week equal until everyone is equal. When But when a census worker showed authored a resolution to suspend the LGBT population was targeted, up at her door last Saturday, she travel and implement financial the City of West Hollywood stood realized she had seen the form sanctions on the state. On Monday, behind them. Now, we want to send before after all. West Hollywood became the first the message that we stand in soli- “I threw it out a couple times,” city in Southern California to offi- darity with marginalized communi- Landon said. “I kept thinking it was cially authorize a boycott on ties across the board. I can’t imag- junk mail. I get so much junk, and I Arizona when the council unani- ine trying to be a leader in a city just threw it away with the rest mously adopted the resolution. where we authorize law enforce- before I really looked at it.” “With official travel now banned ment to detain people by saying and a comprehensive review of the ‘you look like you don’t belong For the past five months, the phot by Edwin Folven United States Census Bureau has city’s contracts underway, West here’.” West Hollywood resident Richard Maggio celebrates receiving his Hollywood has drawn a line in the West Hollywood Mayor Pro worked to encourage everyone to honor at a luncheon and dance on Tuesday. return the census forms by mail. As sand on this unacceptable and Tempore John Duran, a long-term of May 1, however, those mail-in unconscionable anti-immigration civil rights advocate and lawyer, census forms became null and void. law,” Horvath said. “Numerous compared SB 1071 to Proposition Instead, census workers hit the cities are now considering action 187, a 1994 ballot initiative in May is a Merry Month for and I hope the tremendous response California that was passed and pavement, going door-to-door in an effort to count, and collect demo- of support we have received gives eventually struck down in federal graphic information from all those others the courage to join us.” court. Proposition 187 denied who did not return their census West Hollywood Seniors Horvath said that a preliminary access by illegal immigrants to forms by mail. review of data shows that contracts social services, healthcare and pub- were honored Tuesday during a So far, an estimated 70 percent of BY EDWIN FOLVEN between the City of West lic education. luncheon and dance that kicked people in Los Angeles have Hollywood and Arizona from 2005 “History tells us that criminaliz- ’ve always said you off West Hollywood’s Senior returned their census forms — very – 2009 amounted to just under $1 ing a group of people leads to should love and be Month. close to the statewide rate of return, million. For 2009, contracts respectful to seniors Maggio joined honorees See Immigration Law page 21 71 percent, and the national rate, 72 “I because one day, you will be one Muriel Schoichet and Ruth percent. yourself,” said Richard Maggio, Williams at the celebration at the However, participation varies one of three senior citizens who See Seniors page 21 See Census page 20 The Tradition Continues... Hailing a Taxi May Be Permanent Option

BY EDWIN FOLVEN want to keep it going. extend the “Hail-A-Taxi” pilot pro- Los Angeles City Council gram indefinitely until a permanent pilot program allowing President Eric Garcetti, 13th ordinance can be drafted. The pro- people to hail a taxi in District, and City Councilmember gram allows pedestrians to flag AHollywood has been so Jan Perry, 9th District, have co- down a taxi from the curb, and successful that some city officials authored a motion that would allows taxi drivers to temporarily stop in no-stopping zones and alongside parked vehicles to pick up and drop off passengers. The pilot program originally went into effect in Hollywood and in down- town Los Angeles on July 31, 2008, and has been credited with improv- ing transportation in both areas. “Just like we’re not known for subways, Los Angeles isn’t known for taxis either,” Garcetti said. “But photo by Karen Villalpando I don’t think perceptions should Emily Villalpando, pictured in front of the historic “Columns”, has drive our city’s reality, so I’ve taken accepted an invitation to attend the prestigious University of Missouri action to make the Hail-A-Taxi School of Journalism. The University of Missouri, with the top rated pilot program permanent in journalism school in the country, has produced many noteworthy Hollywood.” graduates in diverse fields, including Jim Lehrer, George C. Scott, Kerry Morrison, executive direc- Elizabeth Vargas, Tennesse Williams, Sheryl Crow and editor and photo by Amy Lyons tor of the Hollywood Property publisher of the Park Labrea News and Beverly Press, Karen Some city officials and local business leaders want to continue allowing Owners Alliance, which oversees Villalpando. people to hail taxis in Hollywood. See Taxi page 21       

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Tickets elebrate Mother’s Day at are $25-$30.00. 2055 South CTheatricum Botanicum with The Joy of Low Sepulveda Blvd.; (310)477-2055. “Momentum Place”, an afternoon of Budget Films live entertainment geared toward he American Cinematheque at the moms, which will take place on For All Our Mothers Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 9 at TEgyptian Theatre will present, “It Mother’s Day concert, “For All Came from Kuchar”, a documentary 2:00pm. The 12th annual AOur Mothers”, will be presented “Momentum Place” brings modern film about low-budget filmmakers, at First Baptist Church of Glendale on the Kuchar brothers, on Friday, May 7 dance, aerial acts, juggling and perfor- Saturday, May 8 at 7:30pm. The con- mance art together for one spectacular at 7:30pm. Early film buffs George cert will include performances by and Mike Kuchar grew up in the afternoon at Theatricum Botanicum’s mezzo-soprano, Ruby Hinds, cellists rustic outdoor amphitheater. Tickets Bronx in the 1950’s and began mak- Ruslan Biryukov and Maksim ing their own melodramas at age 12, are $20 general admission, $15 for Velichkin, and more. First Baptist students and seniors, and $10 for chil- using family and friends in such home Church of Glendale, 209 N. Louise movies as “I Was A Teenage Rumpot” dren 12 and under. 1419 N. Topanga St., Glendale. Tickets are $15- $50 Canyon Blvd.; (310)455-2322. and “Born of the Wind”. Their films and can be purchased by calling have inspired filmmakers John (323)663-3601. Waters, Buck Henry and Atom Take Mom to Egoyan, all of whom are interviewed Spa Luce in the documentary. Tickets are $11, Cancer Education ake mom to Spa Luce for the with discounts for members, students he UCLA-LiveSTRONG royal treatment on Mother’s Day. and seniors. The Egyptian Theatre, TSurvivorship Center of T Photo by Chris Haston The “Mommy and Me” package will 6712 Hollywood Blvd.; (323)466- Excellence at UCLA’s Jonsson Pop culture expert Charles Phoenix will share fun 3-D images in his “3- be offered on Sunday, May 9. It 3456. Comprehensive Cancer Center pre- D Retro Slide Show Extravaganza” on Sunday, May 9 at 3:00pm at the includes a 50-minute custom massage sents the fourth annual “Cancer Downtown Independent. See sensational Stereoscopes of the Victorian and a side-by-side blooming flower Survivor Education Day” on era and time travel back to Southern California in the 1930-50s while lis- manicure and pedicure for $225 per 8 Mother’s Day Saturday, May 8 from 9:00am – tening to Phoenix narrate in his signature comic style. Tickets are $35. person. The “Mother’s Only” pack- 1:00pm. The event features talks by Shopping with Downtown Independent, 251 S. 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BY EDWIN FOLVEN 56-year-old Hollywood resi- Adent pleaded not guilty on April 30 to charges that he mur- dered his wife, nearly 15 months after the victim disappeared. The victim, Lesley Anne Herring, 46, was last seen on February 7, 2009 at a condominium complex where the couple lived in the 2700 block of N. Cahuenga Blvd. The suspect, Lyle Herring, was taken into custody on April 28 at California State University, Northridge, where he worked as a recruiter. Shiara Davila, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles photo by Edwin Folven County District Attorney’s office, confirmed Herring has been Lyle Herring, who has been arrested for murdering his wife, appeared at a press conference in March 2009 where police asked for help in finding photo by Edwin Folven charged with one count of murder, the missing woman. Four people were injured by a knife-wielding suspect on Monday at and he is scheduled to return to the Target store at Santa Monica Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. court for a preliminary hearing on June 30. He is being held on $1 mil- after his wife disappeared. San Diego and Mexico. Herring lion bail at the Twin Towers jail Detectives first spoke with him on had told investigators that the trip facility. February 19, 2009, Gable said. was pre-planned, and that he Lesley Anne Herring was report- Herring told police he and his wife applied for some jobs at colleges in Four People Stabbed at Target ed missing on February 12, 2009 by had had an argument, and he left the San Diego area. Herring then her sister, actress Aasha Davis. Her the following Tuesday on a trip to See Suspect page 22 Store in West Hollywood body has not been located, accord- ing to police. BY IAN LOVETT weapons and followed his Investigators held a press confer- instructions. Grant then detained ence on March 24, 2009 outside Pregnant Woman and Baby our people were stabbed on her with the help of a Target secu- Herring’s condominium, where FMay 3 at a Target shopping rity guard. they asked for help in locating the Killed in Drive-By Shooting complex in West Hollywood. In all, four people — three victim. Lyle Herring was present at At 12:46pm, Layla Rosetta females and one male — were the press conference, and spoke BY EDWIN FOLVEN by and fired several shots. The vic- Trawick, 34, a resident of stabbed during the attack. One of inaudibly for a short period before tim was struck in the upper torso, Antioch, California, drew two the females remains at the hospi- declining to answer any questions. pregnant woman and her baby and was driven by a private party to knives and began stabbing people tal in critical condition. Two He denied having anything to do Awere shot and killed in a drive- the Kaiser West Los Angeles at random inside the store. other people also reported with his wife’s disappearance, and by shooting on Wednesday in a Medical Center, where she was pro- An off-duty Los Angeles injuries from the incident, though at the time, was described as a “per- neighborhood south of Pico nounced dead, according to French. County Sheriff’s deputy, Clay they were not suffering from stab son of interest” by police. Boulevard, between Robertson and French said the incident is Grant, heard the commotion, and wounds. Det. Chris Gable, with the Los La Cienega Boulevards. believed to be gang related, but he stepped around an aisle to see Trawick has been charged with Angeles Police Department’s The shooting occurred around did not have any description of the Trawick wielding knives. Grant four counts of attempted murder, Hollywood Division, is the lead 9:15am in the 1900 block of suspects or the vehicle. The incident drew his firearm, identified him- five counts of assault with a investigator on the case, but was not Corning Street. According to Los is being investigated by detectives self as a sheriff’s deputy, and deadly weapon, and special alle- immediately available for com- Angeles Police Department from the LAPD’s West Los Angeles ordered Trawick to get down on gations of use of a deadly ment. Gable was present at the spokesman Richard French, the Division. Anyone with information the ground. Though at first she weapon and causing great bodily press conference last year, however, woman was standing in front of an is asked to call (310)444-0701. moved away from Grant, injury. Prosecutors have asked and stated that investigators had a apartment building when a group of During weekends and off-hours, call Trawick eventually dropped her for her bail to be set at $4 million. very difficult time locating Herring men in a sports utility vehicle drove (877)LAPD24-7.

 

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BY IAN LOVETT

ommon Ground and CHollywood 4WRD have announced the results of last week’s efforts to identify and regis- ter homeless people living in Hollywood. The groups identified 257 indi- viduals living on the street, 180 of whom allowed their photographs to be taken. photo by Edwin Folven “We are delighted to have suc- The Better Alternative Treatment dispensary on Melrose Avenue is cessfully interviewed 257 people,” photo courtesy of the Hollywood BID one of hundreds throughout the city that will be forced to close. said Kerry Morrison, executive Kerry Morrison, executive director of the Hollywood Property Owners director of the Hollywood Business Alliance, records information during the homeless registry. Improvement District, which founded Hollywood 4WRD. “We with a high mortality risk, includ- cost of $3.3. Only 37 percent of Pot Dispensaries Are Notified don’t feel like we interviewed ing 60 who were tri-morbid — that those surveyed had health insur- everyone. Each morning when we is, they suffered simultaneously ance coverage. concluded the interviews, we still from substance abuse, mental ill- The goal of the registration was They Must Close by June 7 could have talked to more people. ness, and a chronic physical impair- to help connect those members of But this represents a huge amount ment. In addition, respondents the homeless community most at into effect next month, and that n of work by our eighty volunteers reported 199 inpatient hospitaliza- risk with services. Towards that City Attorney Plans it’s time for them to close up over three nights.” tions during the last year, and 244 end, Morrison announced they had shop,” Mateljan said. “They have Crack Down on Outlets The survey found that 110 people emergency room visits during last raised $62,000 to pay the initiation between now and when the ordi- That Stay Open had health conditions associated three months, at an estimated total nance goes into effect to close See Homeless Registry page 22 BY EDWIN FOLVEN down.” Mateljan said the letters were Letters to the Editor he Los Angeles City sent to both dispensary operators TAttorney’s Office on Tuesday and property owners, and the Land Near Hollywood important place for me. At the the festival I was touched by the mailed letters to 439 medical locations were culled from a list time, a lot of the teenagers at the young peoples’ friendly relation- marijuana dispensaries, notifying of illegal dispensaries provided Sign Should be Open park used drugs, and that troubled ship. I wish them good luck. the owners that they must close by the Los Angeles Police me. by June 7 when the city’s perma- Department. He said the list does to Public As a member of the West Sofia Gelman nent medical marijuana ordi- not contain the names of every egarding the article titled Hollywood Senior Advisory Fuller Avenue nance goes into effect. illegal dispensary operating in the R“Hefner Steps Up to Save the Board, I asked city officials to cre- The owners of dispensaries that city, but the City Attorney’s Peak” in the April 29 issue, now ate a place for teenagers inside the continue operating after June 7 Office plans to target other illegal that the land will be incorporated senior center at Plummer Park. I will be subject to misdemeanor dispensaries as their locations are into Griffith Park, will park wanted to organize my friends to Have an Opinion? criminal prosecution, including identified. Approximately 1,000 patrons finally be able to actually create interesting programs for six months in jail and a $1,000 dispensaries are currently use the land, or will all the alarms teens. Now, I bow low to the city Sound Off! fine, as well as civil penalties of believed to be operating through- and sensors still be in place to alert officials for taking special care of up to $2,500 a day that they stay out the city. Approximately 130 the authorities if someone dares them. The Park Labrea News and open. The letters were the first that were in business before the hike near the sign? If it’s the latter, The West Hollywood Sheriff’s Beverly Press encourages our step in closing illegal dispensaries city passed a moratorium in 2007 I’d rather the land go to develop- Department has provided teens readers to submit Letters to with many good programs. throughout the city, according to will be allowed to stay open if ers. Hopefully it’s the former. the Editor via e-mail at: Volunteers tutor them in math, City Attorney spokesperson they meet the new standards out- [email protected]. Frank Mateljan, who added that lined in the permanent ordinance. Jon Burrows physics and chemistry. On Letters must be signed by the plans call for aggressive prosecu- The list contained numerous Sunday, April 25, I was invited to author. Readers may also tion after June 7. The City dispensaries operating illegally in their Teen Film Festival at Fiesta Attorney’s Office is hoping most Hollywood, the Wilshire area, WeHo Teens Host Hall. The teens, under the guid- submit comments for publi- of the illegal dispensaries will and the Melrose/Fairfax Districts. Great Film Fest ance of staff member Ashley cation as letters to editor via voluntarily close. They include the 420 Caregivers Beyer, worked on their projects postings on the website at: “This is a blanket notice going at 1253 N. Vine St.; the Westside hen I came to West for weeks. The films reflect their www.beverlypress.com, or out to let these operators know Healing Center at 6915 Melrose WHollywood as an immi- behavior and show the environ- www.parklabreanews.com. ment in Plummer Park. Watching that the ordinance will be going See Dispensaries page 22 grant, Plummer Park became an

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WILSHIRE & FAIRFAX FAIRFAX & 6TH WEST HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD 6121 WILSHIRE 601 S. FAIRFAX 852 N. LA BREA 5270 SUNSET BL. Museum Row (Corner of Fairfax (Corner of La Brea and (2 Blks. E. of Western at (1/2 Bl. W. of Fairfax) and 6th St.) Willoughby, North of Melrose) Hobart) 6 May 6, 2010 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Questions Remain in Beutnerʼs Plan for DWP n Utility Agrees to Give Beutner, councilmembers “We’ve come to a place where expressed their frustration with and we have a bitter taste in our $73.5 Million Payment distrust of the DWP. Many made mouths,” said Los Angeles City to City of L.A. reference to videos on CBS local Council President Eric Garcetti, news that showed DWP employees 13th District. “The DWP doesn’t BY IAN LOVETT drinking while driving department respect the governing structure, and vehicles, and visiting strip clubs members of the public thinks the while at work. n Tuesday, the Los Angeles See LADWP page 22 ODepartment of Water and Power (DWP) tried to mend fences with the Los Angeles City Council, which has had few kind words for Only Three Koo Koo Roos the department over the last sever- al months. The DWP Board of Will be Left Standing Commissioners finally agreed on Tuesday to transfer $73.5 million BY AMY LYONS Angeles and Woodland Hills. in reserve funds to the city’s deplet- “The leases on the stores that ed General Fund — a move the agic Brands, owners of the closed were the biggest factor in department had previously resisted, MKoo Koo Roo and making them no longer financially because the city council refused to Fuddruckers chain of restaurants, feasible,” Chambers said. “But go along with a rate increase. In closed ten of thirteen Koo Koo Roo there are a number of additional addition, new Interim General stores in Los Angeles County last factors. When you look at the Koo Manager, Austin Beutner, visited week, closures that were effective Koo Roo brand, the food is high the city council and answered immediately. Three Koo Koo Roo quality and the salaries are higher questions for more than an hour. stores in West Hollywood, Santa than at your average fast food Beutner vowed to bring Monica and Larchmont Village place. When you have expensive phot by Amy Lyons increased transparency to the will remain open. leases, any shift in the economy department. Magic Brands filed for bankrupt- can be a big problem.” “Trust begins with engagement cy and is being bought by Affluence of a store’s customer and transparency,” Beutner said. Tavistock, a Florida-based compa- base, said Chambers, was not a fac- ‘Old Christine’ Star “Yesterday, I sat through while the ny that owns Café Del Rey, tor in the store closings. He also department presented a preliminary California Café, the Napa Valley said that he is unaware of any budget. I’m sure all the information Grill and several other restaurants immediate plans for the ten empty Honored on Walk of Fame was in there, but it was in Greek. nationwide. storefronts. He said the three exist- For those who don’t speak Greek, ing stores are likely to survive if the received the 2,407th star on the Dwayne Chambers, senior vice BY AMY LYONS like myself, we need to put it in new owner intends to keep them Hollywood Walk of Fame in the president of Magic Brands, said the English. We’re going to make sure open. n a star ceremony packed television category on Tuesday. major factor in deciding which that the average person will under- “The new owners may have dif- with comedy – including Louis-Dreyfus, a two-time stores to shutter was the cost of the stand his or her DWP bill, and that ferent plans, but those stores are remarks by “Seinfeld” co-cre- Emmy-winning actress for lease. The now-closed stores are in I the policymakers will understand. Beverly Hills, Marina del Rey, profitable. If they stay with the ator Larry David, and a mis- comedic roles on “Seinfeld” and Hopefully, therein lies the founda- basics of the brand, the stores spelling etched into Hollywood “The New Adventures of Old Pasadena, downtown Los Angeles, tion for further civil engagement.” Boulevard – Julia Louis-Dreyfus Torrance, the Miracle Mile, Toluca should continue to be profitable,” See Julia Louis-Dreyfus page 20 Still, despite wide support for Lake, Manhattan Beach, West Los Chambers said.

8 May 6, 2010 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Teens Warned About Sunset Bridge Demolished During 405 Widening n Carpool Lane Project ject, which involves the demolition overpasses that needs to be demol- Texting While Driving of the Sunset Bridge. ished and rebuilt in order to widen Designed to Improve The Los Angeles County the 405 and add a carpool lane. The Traffic Flow Metropolitan Transportation other two overpasses that will be Authority (Metro) will reconfigure rebuilt are at Skirball Center Drive BY AMY LYONS traffic and place concrete barriers and Mulholland Drive. on Sunset Boulevard between When complete, the new Sunset onstruction of a carpool lane Church Lane and Thurston Street Bridge will feature higher capacity Con a 10-mile stretch of the San from May 7-10. Sunset Bridge traf- on and off ramps, seismic upgrades, Diego (405) Freeway will begin on fic will be reduced to two lanes in expanded shoulders and an expand- Friday, May 7, with preliminary each direction. This configuration ed median. steps on the first phase of the pro- will be in place for approximately The I-405 carpool lane project is 10 months. That section of Sunset expected to be complete in 2013, Boulevard will be closed to through according to Metro. traffic the night of Friday, May 7 The new carpool lane will span and Saturday, May 8 for traffic the northbound I-405 between the LAPD Cracks reconfiguration. Santa Monica (10) Freeway and the Ramp closures will be in effect Ventura (101) Freeway, realign 27 Down During for the northbound 405 on and off on and off-ramps, widen 13 exist- ramps on Sunset Boulevard, and for ing underpasses and structures, Motorcycle the eastbound Sunset Boulevard- improve mobility and decrease pol- southbound 405 on ramp when the lution due to expected ridesharing. Sunset Bridge is fully closed. For project updates, visit Awareness The Sunset Bridge is one of three www.metro.net/projects/i-405/. Month he Los Angeles Police TDepartment will deploy extra officers throughout May to patrol areas frequented by motorcyclists. The program is part of Motorcycle photo courtesy of the Fourth District Council Office Safety Awareness Month, and offi- merican Idol 2009 winner Kris Allen (left) and finalist Allison cers will crack down on traffic vio- AIraheta joined Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge, lations committed by motorcy- 4th District, on April 30 at a rally to raise awareness about the dangers clists, as well as drivers who oper- of texting while driving. ate their vehicles unsafely around The rally was held at John Marshall High School in Los Feliz, motorcyclists. which is LaBonge’s alma matter. The event was held in conjunction The number of motorcycle fatal- with Oprah Winfrey’s “No Phone Zone” campaign, which is designed ities in California increased 175 to discourage teens from texting while driving. percent from 1997 to 2008, the last “When you get behind the wheel, turn on the music and enjoy the year statistics are available. The ride. You don’t need to text or talk on the phone,” LaBonge said. primary reason for the increase “Safety comes first.” was speeding and driving under the influence. The LAPD program is funded through a grant from the California WeHo Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Selling Fake Picasso Drawing Administration. The LAPD rec- ommends that people who are new West Hollywood art and make full restitution to the buyer of to riding motocycles or haven’t Aantiques dealer has agreed to a the fake Picasso, and to forfeit an ridden in a while attend a plead guilty to federal charges that artwork by painter, Willem de California Motorcyclist Safety she sold a fake Picasso pastel Kooning, that Khan had purchased Program. drawing titled “La Femme Au with some of the proceeds from the For information, call (877)RIDE Chapeau Bleu”, or “The Woman in sale of the fake Picasso. 411, or visit www.CA-msp.org. the Blue Hat”. Tatiana Khan, 70, agreed on April 29 to plead guilty to making false statements to the FBI and wit- ness tampering. Khan is expected to appear before United States District Judge Manuel L. Real on Thursday, May 6, to formally enter MOTHERS the guilty pleas. Khan, the owner of the Chateau Are Precious and Allegré gallery at 815 N. La Cienega Blvd., admitted in the plea agreement that she paid an art Beautiful. restorer $1,000 to create a repro- duction of the drawing. Khan then Give her something sold the fake Picasso as an original for $2 million. She allegedly told the buyer that the drawing was special this much more valuable, but she was able to sell it for $2 million Mother’s Day, because it was owned by the Malcolm Forbes family, and to keep the sale private, the Forbes May 9 family was willing to let Khan sell the artwork well below its market value. Khan also falsely told an FBI agent who was investigating the sale that she had obtained the drawing from an acquaintance — not the person who created the reproduction — and admitted that she told the art restorer to lie to the FBI when agents inquired about the source of the fake drawing. According to the plea agree- ment, Khan will likely be sen- tenced to approximately 21 months   in federal prison. 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great with Josh Brolin in the lead, or could be terrible with Megan Summer Movie Preview Fox as a prostitute. June 30: Less than a year later, he summer movie season has another “Twilight” flick, “Eclipse”, Tbegun. And it’s hard to imagine is ready for the tweens and “Iron Man 2” will set a poor mood Twihards to get another peak at for the movie season, but crazier Taylor Latner’s abs. With the bleak- things have happened. Remember est of lights, I can at least be curious “The Matrix Reloaded”? Robert with the franchise’s latest director Downey, Jr. and the all star cast are David Slade, known for his cine- sure to make us all fall in love again matic brutality in “Hard Candy” with the big metal superhero, but and “30 Days of Night”. what about the rest of the summer? July 2: “The Last Airbender” The epic battle of “Iron Man 2” sets brings to life the stellar kids cartoon the stage for the weekend battles to that captured the attention of people of all ages with both rich characters come between competing films. racial representation. photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures June 4: “Get Him to the Greek” and smart storytelling. But a shad- Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), left, and Detective Allen Gamble May 14: Maximus is back from marks a curious spin-off to the ow looms over this fantasy adven- (Will Ferrell) solve crimes and get laughs in “The Other Guys”. the dead. But his days as a gladiator wildly hysterical “Forgetting Sarah ture as the lead characters of the in Rome are over. I guess he’ll have Marshall”, bringing back rock god show have been recast for the to settle for taking on the Sheriff of Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) in a movie as what director M. Night roots with his psychological film — I don’t think I need to say any- Nottingham in 12th century new adventure with music studio Shyamalan refers to as the “neu- “Inception”, starring Leonardo more. Owen Wilson as the voice of England. Russell Crowe becomes intern Aaron (Jonah Hill). But tral” casting of white characters. DiCaprio. What’s it about? Not a Great Dane in “Marmaduke”…oh the liberator of the poor in the new “Killers” might just take the week- It’s not shocking, it’s just sad that sure, but it looks amazing and is an boy. And then there’s Angelina “Robin Hood”, which appears to be end with beloved (and sure hated Paramount Pictures decided to take easy shoo-in over “The Sorcerer’s Jolie’s latest action endeavor, a much edgier and more action- by some) actors Ashton Kutcher the “easy” way out with a cultural Apprentice”. “Salt”, where she doesn’t know if packed film about the original and Katherine Heigl trying to make ly textured story. August 6: No competition here, she’s a secret spy or not. I remem- hooded hero. love work amidst spy games — Mr. as “The Other Guys” is the only ber the first time I saw this film; it May 21: May the battle of “who and Mrs. Smith probably don’t choice. Director Adam McKay was called “Imposter” with Gary cares” begin. On one side, Saturday have anything to worry about but “The Last (“Anchorman” and “Step Sinise. Night Live’s latest film, Aldous might. Brothers”) returns with his BFF, “MacGruber” brings Will Forte June 11: The battle of ‘80s nos- Airbender” Will Ferrell and new co-star Mark front and center for this action farce talgia commences as Mr. T takes on Wahlberg. A new buddy cop movie of the original man with a mullet, Daniel Son at the box office. “The brings to life to end them all and I’ll be there to MacGyver. On the other side, Karate Kid”, this time set in China the stellar kids see this one unfold. “Shrek Forever After” attempts to and starring Jackie Chan and Jaden August 13: What do Sylvester recover from its horrific third has the makings for a deal breaker cartoon that Stalone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, installment, taking our favorite among die hard fans, but don’t plan Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, ogre into an alternate reality where on “The A-Team” saving the day as captured the Steve Austin, Bruce Willis, he’s made no impact on the world they could each go either way. and…wait for it…Arnold around him. Get ready for “It’s a Thinking back on those days with attention of Schwarzenegger have in common? Wonderful Life” with more fart my Mr. T sweatshirt stuffed with people They’re all in “The Expendables”. jokes. muscle pillows, I’m sadly con- But if that sounds ludicrous, then May 28: HBO’s leading ladies vinced it won’t be good for one rea- of all ages. try “Shaun of the Dead” director return in “Sex and the City 2”, but son…“The Losers” was amazing, Edgar Wright’s most commercial this time the “city” part just went thus “The A-Team” won’t be — the venture to date, comic book adapta- global as the gang embarks on a gods of action have spoken. tion “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” journey that might provide them July 18: Cowboys step up with where our leading man, played by with some perspective on life at Woody in “Toy Story 3” with no June 9: Filmmakers have finally Michael Cera, must defeat his girl- home. Meanwhile, Disney tries to other option but to be entertaining given the “Alien vs. Predator” films friend’s seven ex-boyfriends in do the impossible, create a video (though “How to Train Your a rest, deciding on a “Predators” order to win her love. game adaptation that isn’t terrible. Dragon” has this year’s Animated instead. But another villain will rule Amidst the battles for the week- Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a Persian Feature Oscar pinned down) and the day, “Despicable Me”, featuring end, there are always a few surefire prince in “Prince of Persia: Sands yet another superhero film, DC the voice talents of Steve Carell as failures and some even bigger ques- of Time”, proving once again just Comics “Jonah Hex”, brings a a supervillain who recently learns tion marks. The “Step Up” fran- how much Disney cares about western superhero tale that could be he has to be a daddy too. June 16: “Dark Knight” director chise returns with its third install- Christopher Nolan returns to his ment cleverly titled “Step Up 3D”

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logical needs, he seems unable to ʻTwo Wrongsʼ Hits Right Notes help himself when he mentally conjoins two of his regular clients whom he feels would be perfect laywright Scott Caan decides for each other - the lovely, but Pto ignore the old saying, ‘Two slightly defensive Shelly (played wrongs don’t make a right’, and Mad About Theater to a fare-thee-well by an equally re-shapes two very wrongs into a decorative Bre Blair), and the charming, very contemporary sharp-looking, slightly depressed right, if slight, comedy of man- and prickly Terry (assumed like a ners, “Two Wrongs”. It’s a neatly second skin by Val Lauren). organized play that pokes fun at Just by accident, of course, the the convention of the psychia- two young singles have been trist’s couch. by Madeleine Shaner given the same date and time for Larry Clarke as Julian, a seem- their appointments and, what do ingly by-the-book psychologist, you know, they can’t help noticing who is skirting the moral over- the unfortunate/fortunate schedul- sight of his responsibility by ference) along with his other extending the exigencies of his duties. Despite his stated avoid- office to include relationship ance of meddling in his patients’ counseling (or maybe just inter- private lives beyond their psycho- Director Missy Yager knows

where the photo courtesy of the Lounge Theatre From left, the talented ensemble cast of “Two Wrongs” includes Val laughs are, and Lauren as Terry, Larry Clarke as Julian and Bre Blair as Shelly. keeps her

actors on track tither, and the denouement takes the couples’ scene by a less than all three into very deep, farcically involved spectator is laugh-track all the way unscrupulous waters. What tran- ready, but has some hidden depths spires is a moral quandary for the that are nevertheless immediately through. mis-directed doctor, and borders realized through the laughter. on high comedy distress for the It’s short and definitely sweet, two mixed-up kids. possibly in need of a couple more Delightful performances by all, a authorial curves, but a lot of fun is ing...and each other. When the bit of a lesson learned, and of had by all. Director Missy Yager couple of mixed-up kids report course, a gratifying turnabout for knows where the laughs are, and back, separately, to their coun- all, mixed up with some specious- keeps her actors on track all the selor, it’s happy time all over ly biting psychobabble, which way through. again. Except Dr. Neutral has those who are familiar with the Through May 9, Fridays and become slightly, and unprofes- ‘couch’ genre, and those who Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at photo courtesy of the Lounge Theatre sionally less so (neutral that is) as aren’t, will jointly appreciate. 2:00pm and 7:00pm. Larry Clarke plays Julian and Bre Blair does a powerful turn as Shelly his clients’ relationship has pro- The simplistic, but enjoyable Tickets are $20. The Lounge in “Two Wrongs”. gressed. His unprofessional med- play-by-play account of a bit of Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica dling has got him all in a personal over-enthusiastic intervention in Blvd.; (323) 469-9988.

Local Studentsʼ Art Heads to Russia he Los Angeles Unified School which the exhibit will be sent to the TDistrict (LAUSD) and the Los annual International Art Festival, Angeles-St. Petersburg Sister City Master Class, in St. Petersburg, Committee (LASPSCC) have Russia. The gallery at the school is developed an art and cultural open from 1:00 to 5:00pm, and a exchange to celebrate the 20-year ceremony with the student artists friendship between the two cities. will be held on May 6 from 5:00 to An exhibit of more than 200 art- 7:00pm. works from LAUSD Local District Charles White Elementary Four elementary, middle and high School is located at 2401 Wilshire school students will be exhibited Blvd. through May 6 at Charles White For information, visit Elementary School Gallery, after www.lausd.org.

   

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serve an exquisite brunch that mom of the downtown theatre and muse- and walnuts, to an open-faced fried won’t soon forget. For starters, um district at the Hilton Hotel’s egg sandwich on grilled sourdough RESTAURANT order up fresh Kenter Canyon Checker’s Downtown, where with prosciutto, the specials for Farms young field greens with mothers will eat for free on Sunday, mom are unlimited. Maine lobster crumbled goat cheese, spiced May 9. The a-la-carte Mother’s risotto and seared Maine diver scal- NEWS pecans and orange basil vinaigrette. Day brunch will be served on lops are also on the menu for those If greens aren’t on mom’s mind, Sunday, May 9 from 10:00am – mothers who love seafood. The free choose from steamed Northern 5:00pm in the newly renovated din- food for mom offer is valid up to mussels, Acquerello Carnaroli ing room that has artwork evoking $30 in value and does not include Mammaʼs Day Mother’s Day brunch will get risotto or cream of cauliflower the hotel’s 1920s origins. Checkers’ alcohol, tax or gratuity. Certain underway at the Renaissance soup. Next, choose from breakfast executive chef, Todd Allison, has conditions and restrictions apply. at Drago Hollywood Hotel. Judy Wexler will items including a jalapeno jack created a menu full of variety. From Cran-Van Cocktail is a refreshing perform numbers from her debut scramble with sautéed shrimp, eggs buttermilk pancakes filled with blend of house-made cranberry- reat the main woman in your CE, “Easy on the Heart” while served Brooks Benedict style, corn- strawberries, blueberries or bananas vanilla infusion with sparkling Tlife to Mother’s Day dinner at moms and the people that love flake-crusted sourdough French Drago Centro. The six- course din- them enjoy a scrumptious meal. A toast and more. A Kobe beef burger ner menu includes ricotta-stuffed pancake station lets children pre- or pan-roasted Scottish salmon are squash blossoms, shrimp and scal- pare special pancakes for mom. amongst the offerings for a more Treat lop agnolotti, duck confit and so Also on the menu are assorted lunch-like meal. 545 East much more for just $75. Those din- omelets, waffles and more. Also on Thompson Blvd., Ventura;   ing a la carte may want to enjoy a the menu are carved prime rib, (805)652-7070. M O M special Mother’s Day seasonal champagne, mimosas and more. berry tart filled with vanilla pastry The cost is $44.95 for adults, to a Corned Beef at cream and strawberry jam, comple- $21.95 for children 12 and under. Motherʼs Day at mented by basil syrup, balsamic For reservations, call (323)491- reduction, and whipped cream cre- 1000 or visit Park Grill Canter’s this Mother’s Day! ated by pastry chef Jashmine www.jazzandblues.org. 1755 North Corpuz especially for the occasion. Highland Ave. his Mother’s Day, give mom The feast goes from 5:00pm – Tthe celebrity treatment with a 9:00pm on Sunday, May 9. Drago delightful brunch at Centro, 525 South Flower Street, Motherʼs Day at the InterContinental Los Angeles Suite 120; (213)228-8998 . Century City hotel’s Park Grill. On Hampton Courtyard Sunday, May 9, from 11:30am – 2:30pm, Executive Chef Jonathan A Royal Feast other’s Day brunch will be Wood is inviting guests to enjoy a Mserved al fresco in the mouth-watering menu in the gar- for Mom Hampton Courtyard at the London den, complete with a children’s buf- West Hollywood, which overlooks fet. Feast on wild mushroom ravio- pice up Mother’s Day with an the city skyline and the Hollywood li; Harissa marinated grilled chick- SIndian feast at Bombay Palace. Hills on Sunday, May 9 from en breast; breakfast pastries; sea- A lavish brunch that includes north- 11:30am - 3:00pm. Celebrate sonal fruits and berries and so much ern and southern Indian dishes as Mother’s Day with decadent meals more. The made-to-order omelet well as tandoori and curries will be featuring all-you-can-drink cham- station will include bell peppers, served on Sunday, May 9 from pagne, mimosas and Bloody mushrooms, cilantro, goat cheese,  12:00pm to 3:00pm for just $25 per Marys, as well as a tantalizing cheddar cheese and mozzarella. At person. Deep and Harveen Sethi, selection of pastries, artisanal the waffle station, golden waffles    owners of Bombay Palace, invite cheeses, hand-rolled sushi, freshly can be made and dressed with your mothers to lead their families in a prepared eggs, salads, and more. choice of chocolate sauce, whipped delicious taste of India with a great The offerings include smoked cream or maple syrup. Guests can banquet that includes vegetable Pacific salmon, cream cheese- also partake in the savory apple- samosas and alu papri chaat for Bagels, steak Benedict, age smoked wood smoked bacon, Sonoma   #! % !"# "   '  beef tenderloin, iced shrimp and a starters; entrees of chicken tikka chicken apple sausage, and crispy           masala, lamb rogan josh, goan fish slew of egg dishes. The cost is $85 breakfast potatoes . The cost is $45 curry, aloo gobi and sag paneert. per person. 1020 N. San Vicente for adults ($55 including   &$  Each guest over the age of 21 will Blvd. West Hollywood; (310)358- Champagne) and $25 for children enjoy a complimentary glass of 7788 ages 3 to 12. Advance reservations champagne. 8690 Wilshire Blvd., are highly recommended. 2151 Beverly Hills; 310-659-9944. Avenue of the Stars; (310)284- Motherʼs Day 6536. KJAZZ Motherʼs Brunch at Brooks Moms Eat Free at Day Brunch reat mom to an unforgettable Checkers TMother’s Day brunch at n Sunday, May 9, from Brooks. From10:00am-3:00pm on his Mother’s Day, treat mom to O11:00am - 2:00pm, the KJAZZ Sunday, May 9, the restaurant will Ta decadent brunch in the heart Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 13 May 6, 2010 wine. All special brunch cocktails bly flowing. Menu items include fet costs $35 for adults, $15 for are $12 and a full bar menu is also beef baron, shrimp Caesar salad children under 12. 135 North Grand available. and traditional fish and chips, as Ave.; (213)972-7322. RESTAURANT For dining or hotel reservations, well as a decadent dessert station call (213)624-0000. 535 South featuring dolce de leche flan or Grand Ave. tiramisu parfait. All mothers Motherʼs Day at the NEWS receive a gift as a token of the Biltmore Omni’s appreciation. The cost is buttermilk pancakes. The cost is Mom and The City $31.50, all-inclusive, including a Momʼs Day Brunch he Millennium Biltmore Hotel $30 per person. t Ciudad, mom will be treated glass of champagne. 251 South Olive St.; (213)617-3300. Tis offering a lavish affair for at The Standard Alike a queen on Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day at its restaurant, Prix fixe menu highlights include Smeraldi’s, featuring made-to- Cat and Fiddle for mango, avocado and Greek yogurt Motherʼs Day order brunch entrees, fresh seafood, he restaurant at The Standard salad with wildflower honey and chef-attended carving stations, an Twill offer a family-style, prix- Motherʼs Day Marcona almonds; artichoke and Brunch at Kendallʼs assortment of fruit and salads, a fixe Mother’s Day brunch on goat cheese quiche; and chimichur- selection of Biltmore desserts and Sunday, May 9. Toast mom with a oin the folks at Cat and Fiddle ri roasted prime rib. Three-course classic brasserie with contem- champagne. The cost is $49 for choice of “ma”tini or “mom”osa, Jfor a Mother’s Day meal on the menu is $39. 445 South Figueroa Aporary flourishes, Kendall’s adults, $25 for children. If mom and enjoy a generous spread for the patio. Specials include roast beef St.; (213)486-5171. brings a fresh approach to brasserie prefers something a little lighter table: berry “mezze,” Greek yogurt with Yorskshire pudding and cuisine with inspired seafood dish- than brunch, then try elegant tea in with ricotta and honey; Farmer’s sauteed whitefish with almonds and Grand Eats for Mom es and updated French favorites. the Rendezvous Court at the Market vegetable and cheese scallions. Mother’s Day menu highlights Millennium Biltmore Hotel. It scramble; mom’s kickass fried For dessert, try the peach cob- rand Café at the Omni Los include Maine lobster bisque, clas- includes a selection of assorted tea chicken, waffles and grain mustard- bler. Also on Mother’s Day, get GAngeles Hotel will be full of sic croquet monsieur, Alsacienne sandwiches, freshly-baked scones, maple; smoked salmon flat bread; mimosas all day for $3.50 and Mother’s Day cheer on Sunday, tart flambé, and strawberry pista- desserts, tea and champagne. $35 Meyer lemon-crème fraiche; home Bloody Marys for $5. Free jazz is May 9. A champagne buffet will chio sable Breton with pistachio adults, $25 kids. 506 South Grand fries, redbliss potatoes and also part of the fun. 6530 Sunset keep the mood festive and the bub- cream and red rose coulis. The buf- Ave.; (213)624-1011. caramelized onion; and bottomless Blvd.; (323)468-3800.

Rock With the      Thee’s    Marketʼs This Week’s Special Bartenders Apple Squares reg. $2.65 Now $1.99 on’t miss a rockin’ good time         Dat the Original Farmers Market on Friday, May 21, when Give our hearts for the Farmers Market Rock & Roll  Bartenders’ Ball 2 will shake, rattle Mother’s Day! and roll at EBs’ on the West Patio. cakes • cookies • pastries Bartenders Cynthia Catania, Jay Souza and Lucky Islam will per- form for a second time at the mar-   ket with their bands. Last year,             EB’s hosted a show featuring all      three bartenders and their bands, and fans requested a repeat perfor- mance. The show begins at 7:00pm with Catania, quickly followed by spe- cial guest Speedtwinn. Next up is Souza and 50 Cent Hair Cut and, closing out the evening, Chemistry of the Universe, featuring the ever- popular Islam. EB’s and 326 Beer & Wine, at the Original Farmers Market, corner of Third & Fairfax. For more information, visit www.farmersmarketbars.com. Everything to Fill Your Spring Picnic Basket

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A man reported at 7:00am that an Burglars Hit LaBonge Family Home POLICE BLOTTER unknown Hispanic male guest at os Angeles City crime last week,” LaBonge said. his residence in the 1200 block of LCouncilmember Tom “Two burglars broke into our Detroit stole a laptop computer, LaBonge, 4th District, had his home in Silver Lake and stole television and an iPhone during The following information was reported to the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station Silver Lake home burglarized on some personal items belonging to between April 21 and April 28, 2010. If you are a victim of a crime, here are the the night. The loss was estimated telephone numbers of local law enforcement agencies; Los Angeles Police at about $1,175. April 30. my wife.” Department, Wilshire Division (323)485-4022 and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s “Like many other people in the No one was home, and no one Department West Hollywood Station (310)855-8850. At 9:50pm, after stopping a bicy- was injured during the burglary. clist for code violations, a check of A neighbor provided a descrip- WEST HOLLYWOOD During the night, unknown burglars the serial number revealed the “This has been tion of the burglars to the Los broke into a retail business in the bicycle had been reported stolen Angeles Police Department’s PROPERTY CRIME 8600 block of Santa Monica and and the Hispanic male suspect a very upset- Northeast Division and they are stole several bottles of liquor, val- was arrested for possession of ting event for investigating. April 21 ued at about $985, and caused an stolen property. “This has been a very upsetting estimated $500 damage to a large my family, but event for my family, but it was a glass window. During the night, unknown thieves April 27 property crime. We were not con- stole two unlocked bicycles, valued it was a prop- fronted physically,” LaBonge at about $1,250, from the side of a A man reported that during the day An unknown African-American erty crime. We residence in the 1000 block of an unknown burglar had entered male burglar entered a residence said. Hayworth. his apartment in the 900 block of in the 900 block of Kings at were not con- LaBonge noted a recent surge Palm and had stolen about $800 4:40am and stole a wallet, cash, in crime in the Los Feliz and April 23 cash that was atop a table. iPhone and miscellaneous items, fronted physi- Silver Lake areas, and encour- all valued at about $665. Some cally.” aged residents to step up neigh- During the night, unknown thieves At 8:45pm, an unknown thief stole items were later recovered in the borhood watch programs. He also a wallet valued at $100 containing area, stole four tires and rims off of a --Tom LaBonge said he planned to hold a neigh- vehicle parked by a residence in identification and about $165 cash borhood meeting to discuss the the 400 block of Westmount. The from an unlocked vehicle with the An unknown burglar entered a resi- Los Angeles City windows down in a parking lot in Councilmember, 4th District issue. loss was estimated at about dence in the 8300 block of Anyone with any information $2,500. the 8900 block of Santa Monica. Willoughby during the night and stole a laptop computer, wallet, key about the burglary is encouraged At 6:50pm, as he approached his April 25 ring and other items. The loss was City of Los Angeles, unfortunate- to call Det. Steve Henderson at vehicle parked in the 900 block of estimated at about $2,570. The ly, my family was the victim of a (213)847-4266. Westmount, a man was forcibly An unknown burglar entered a resi- suspect also stole the victimʼs vehi- robbed by an unknown Hispanic dence in the 8300 block of cle, valued at $9,000, which was male suspect who took the victimʼs Fountain during the night and stole parked in her driveway. cellular phone, valued at $400, and two laptop computers, a wallet and Police Chase Ends Up in the Ocean fled in a vehicle driven by a second the keys to a vehicle, which was April 28 unknown suspect. also stolen. The loss was estimat- 27-year-old Los Angeles man through Beverly Hills, Inglewood ed at about $24,510. At 3:15am, an unknown African- Asuspected of leading police on and Santa Monica before the sus- An unknown Caucasian male thief American male suspect stole two a high-speed chase in a stolen pect abandoned the vehicle at the stole several bottles of wine from a During the night, an unknown bur- pairs of sunglasses, valued at Ranger Rover on May 1 before Santa Monica Pier. market in the 9000 block of Beverly glar entered a residence in the about $480, from a retail business and left on foot at 10:19pm. The 1100 block of Greenacre and stole in the 8500 block of Melrose and abandoning the vehicle and jump- loss was estimated at about $560. a laptop computer, valued at fled in a vehicle. ing off the Santa Monica Pier was $3,000, and two backpacks. charged today with multiple Harmon alleged- April 24 During the week, three male sus- felonies. At 1:30pm, following a stop for a pects were arrested for theft or Gerjuan Deshon Harmon, 27, is ly jumped to the At 2:00am, as they were walking vehicle code violation in the 500 robbery after being observed also suspected of burglarizing two beach from the home, a woman and two men were block of La Cienega, a Caucasian shoplifting at local markets and a UCLA dorm rooms before leading robbed at gunpoint in the 900 block male suspect was later arrested for retail store. police on a car chase around West pier and ran into of Spaulding by three unknown reasonable cause receiving stolen property and taking a vehicle with- Los Angeles. the ocean. He Hispanic male suspects who took During the week, seven vehicles Harmon, who has several prior out the ownerʼs consent. were burglarized by unknown sus- the victimsʼ cash, identification, burglary convictions, was charged was arrested credit cards and miscellaneous pects. Total estimate of damage items and then fled in a vehicle. A woman reported at 10:30pm that and articles taken was $6,230. with two counts of first-degree bur- after wading an unknown burglar entered her glary, one count of car theft and one Three unknown Hispanic male sus- residence in the 1100 block of During the week, three reported count of felony evading police. He back to the pects robbed a couple at gunpoint Vista and stole a laptop computer, stolen vehicles were recovered is being held on $265,000 bail. beach. at 2:03am as they walked on the jewelry and miscellaneous items, and the owners notified. The pursuit began at 11:30pm sidewalk in the 7600 block of all valued at about $20,420. shortly after police received a call Willoughby. The suspects stole a During the week, fifteen vehicles about a man driving drunk in West wallet, cellular phone, cash, cam- April 26 were impounded for thirty days Los Angeles. Officers identified the Harmon allegedly jumped to the era, identification and credit cards, since they were being driven by an black 2010 Range Rover as having beach from the pier and ran into the and miscellaneous items and fled At 3:00am, following a traffic colli- unlicensed driver or a person with ocean. He was arrested after wad- sion in the 8400 block of Santa a suspended or revoked license. been reported stolen on April 19, in a vehicle. The loss was estimat- ing back to the beach. ed at about $457. Monica, a male driver was arrested officials said. The pursuit wound for driving under the influence of Mario Haidar. The jury also found Man Convicted of Murdering Girlfriend Escapee Convicted of Home Invasion true the special allegations that Barrios personally used a firearm, ne of two men who escaped arrested several hours later not far n May 4, after less than a day accompanied him outside to a shotgun. He faces up to 50 years last week from a county jail from the facility. Charges have not of deliberations, jurors con- talk. After shooting McCowen O in state prison. O where they were being held during been filed in connection with the victed a 31-year-old Los Angeles three times at close range, the vic- Barrios was charged with the their trial was found guilty today escape. man accused of fatally shooting his tim fell out of his SUV. Munoz March 27, 2009 home invasion on multiple counts of armed rob- Jurors deliberated for one day girlfriend, then engaging police in a then drove to Forest Lawn in robbery in Encino in which the bery. before finding Winder Estuardo standoff. Glendale. Once there, he made housekeeper and the homeown- Winder Estuardo Barrios and Barrios, 24, guilty of all 15 counts, Rene Sajid Munoz was convicted phone calls to friends telling them er’s daughter were tied up at gun- Jose Antonio Aldana, both 24, including home invasion robbery, of one count of first-degree murder, what he had done. point. TV’s and computers were escaped from the North County false imprisonment by violence, four counts of attempted murder In order to prevent the defen- stolen from the home. He also Correctional Facility near Castaic assault with a firearm and 10 and nine counts of assault with a dant’s escape, officers set up a was convicted of pulling a string on April 28 where they were being counts of second-degree robbery, firearm on a peace officer. Jurors roadblock in the cemetery. The of armed robberies a day earlier in held during their trial. 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Munoz was armed with two shot-      guns and two handguns on April 3, 2008, when he drove to a bowling alley in the Mid-Wilshire area to 8757 Burton Way & confront his live-in girlfriend, Kelly      8750 Burton Way McCowen, 37. Munoz fatally shot the victim in "! Los Angeles, CA 90048 his sports utility vehicle when she 1/2 Bl. E. of Robertson Bl. Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 15 May 6, 2010

victims’ bicycles. The second suspect stood is Sentence Comes Koreatown Bike Theft Turns Violent Paramedics rushed both victims five-feet-five-inches tall and to a local hospital. weighs 150 pounds. He was last Down for 2007 os Angeles Police men parked their bicycles near a One of the victims was listed in seen wearing a blue or black LDepartment Olympic detec- catering truck. While they pur- critical condition and the other was baseball cap, blue sweater with tives are trying to identify two chased food, two males walked up treated for non life-threatening white long-sleeves with the let- Murder of 15- men suspected of shooting two and each grabbed a bicycle. The injuries. ters ‘LA’ on the chest and blue people during a robbery on April owners of the bikes tried to stop the Both suspects are described as jeans. year-old Runaway 4, in the Koreatown area. suspects from taking their property. Hispanic males between 17 and 19 Video footage of one of the The robbery occurred at During the struggle, one suspect years of age. The first suspect suspects is available at n May 3, a Los Angeles man 3:00am near a car wash near the pulled out a handgun and shot one stands five-feet-six-inches tall and www.lapdtv.org. Owas convicted by a Superior corner of Pico Boulevard and victim twice. Then the same sus- weighs 140 pounds. He was last Anyone with information is Court jury of the 2007 strangulation Westmoreland Avenue. pect fired a shot at the other victim. seen wearing a black shirt and blue urged to call Olympic gang murder of a 15-year-old runaway in According to investigators, two Afterward, the pair rode off on the jeans. detectives at (213)-382-9430. Hollywood. Deputy District Attorney Samuel Hulefeld said the jury deliberated about a day and a half before con- victing Gilton Beltrand Pitre of one count of first-degree murder and one count of unlawful sex with a minor under the age of 16. Pitre, 38, faces multiple life prison terms when he returns to court for sentencing on June 3. Hulefeld said Pitre strangled Alyssa Gomez in at room at the Olive Motel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood sometime between June 3 and 4, 2007. Her body was dumped in an alley about a mile away. Evidence presented at trial showed the defendant approached the victim on the street the evening of June 3, 2007, and asked if they were going to “hang out.” Hulefeld said Pitre checked into the motel under this own name. Later, a surveillance camera showed him carrying something large and wrapped in a blanket from the motel and putting it into the trunk of his car. The victim was found in the alley the morning of June 4, 2007, wrapped in the motel’s bedding. DNA evidence recovered linked Pitre to the crime. Los Angeles police arrested Pitre on July 18, 2007. He was charged two days later and has remained in custody since his arrest. LAPD Cracks Down on Bike Thefts

etectives arrested three 19- Dyear-old men on April 29 after they cut the locks on two bicycles outside the Evans Adult School, at Sunset Boulevard and Figueroa Street. “Witnesses called police after they saw the trio ride up on bikes, cut the locks, then ride away, guid- ing the two stolen bikes beside them,” said Lt. Paul Vernon, who oversees detective operations for downtown. At that moment, an off-duty LAPD officer, who was working security at the school, started chas- ing the thieves, followed closely by the detectives, who soon caught the thieves. The detectives returned the two stolen bikes to their rightful owners, who were both students at the school. At the police station, the detectives found a driver’s license number etched on one of the thieves’ own bicycles. The driver’s license number returned to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who reported that bicycle stolen in 2004 from Whittier, California. That bicycle was valued at $800. Detectives will hold the other bike to determine if it too was stolen. Josue Bran, Jessy Guerrero, and Hugo Ascencio were booked for Grand Theft, and bail was set at $20,000 each. All three men reside in Hollywood and attend Hollywood High School. 16 May 6, 2010 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Shriver Honored for TV Program on Alzheimerʼs he Academy of Television Arts diagnosed, and one-third of to have been a part of this project T& Sciences honored California Americans have direct experience that I hope helped to lift the veil of First Lady Maria Shriver and her with Alzheimer’s. I am so honored shame associated with this horren- program, “Grandpa, Do You Know dous and debilitating disease, and Who I am”, at the third annual draw attention to the incredible Television Academy Honors on “I am not alone. work of scientists who hope to one May 5 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. day find a cure,” Shriver said. “Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Every 70 sec- The documentary was part of Park La Brea am” is a documentary featuring onds, someone “The Alzheimer’s Project”, which commentary by Shriver that is was created by HBO Documentary geared towards children and young in this country Films and the National Institute on Resident Foils Scam teens coping with a grandparent is diagnosed, Aging at the National Institutes of afflicted by Alzheimer’s disease. Health. =The documentary was inspired and one-third of Several other programs and by Shriver’s children’s book, Americans have episodes were also honored at “What’s Happening to Grandpa?”, Television Academy Honors, and her own experience with her direct experi- including “CSI”; “Glee”; father, Sargent Shriver. ence with “Explorer”; “Private Practice”; “I’ve been a child of Alzheimer’s “Taking Chance”; “Unlocking since my father, Sargent Shriver, Alzheimer’s.” Autism” and “Vanguard”. was diagnosed in 2003,” Shriver The awards celebrate the power said. --Maria Shriver of television, and programs that “I am not alone. Every 70 sec- California First Lady have a significant impact creating onds, someone in this country is positive social change.

          

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Comedy Night Benefits Kids with HIV ʻHidden Historiesʼ Explores LGBT Lives in Old West

he Autry National Center pre- Tsents the second program in its “Out West” series on Thursday, May 13, with a program titled “Hidden Histories” running from 7:00–9:00pm. “Hidden Histories” examines the lives of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender individuals in the American west from the 1800s to modern times. Several objects will be displayed during a tour of the Center, includ- ing Elizabeth Bacon Custer’s day dress from the 1870s, the Concord mail stagecoach from 1855, a post office letter box, cowboy gear, and other objects related to the LGBT photo courtesy of Autry national Center western experience. “Hidden Histories” examines the lives of LGBT individuals in the The “Out West” series is directed American west from the 1800s to modern times. by UCLA history professor photo courtesy of Michael Schwartz/WireImage Stephen Aron, who is also the exec- Autry National Center weaves the the LGBT community and our pres- The Children Affected by AIDS Foundation held its “Night of Comedy utive director of the Institute for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans- ence throughout our nation’s great gender community into the rich history.” VIII” fundraiser on May 1 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Ray Study of the American West at the Autry National Center. UCLA tapestry of the American West,” The Autry National Center is Romano (left), Doris Roberts and Kevin Nealon were among the English professor Blake said Jarrett Barrios, president of the located at 4700 Western Heritage comedians who participated. Proceeds from the fundraiser are used Allmendinger, who specializes in Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Way in Griffith Park. for direct care and assistance to children affected by HIV and the literature of the American West, Defamation (GLAAD). “It is so For more information, call AIDS. Since 1993, the foundation has raised more than $30 million will give the keynote address. important for Americans to hear (323)667-2000, or visit for AIDS programs. For information, visit www.caaf.org. “With Hidden Histories, the stories that reflect the diversity of www.theAutry.org.

      

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ʻVinylʼ Offers Window to Jewish History Bass Honored for A Gown that Mom Will Love Youth Advocacy

tate Assembly Member Karen SBass, 47th District, was honored on Monday for her advocacy for foster youth. “While there is much still to do, I am very proud of what we have accomplished for foster youth in California,” Bass said. “This month stands as a reminder to all of us that we still have the responsibility to help foster youth get an education and get jobs, and not have home- lessness or incarceration be a default.” Bass is a joint author of Assembly Bill 12, which would extend the state’s support for foster youth from 18 to 21. The legislation is designed to increase the chances of a successful transition from the foster care program into productive adulthood.

photo courtesy of Josh Kun and Roger Bennett The 1957 album “Mish Mosh”, by Mickey Katz, is one of many that Park La Brea Hosts will be included in the exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center. Senior Forum kirball Cultural Center pre- expected to find the music they Ssents an exhibit titled “Jews were raised with — Jewish pop free forum for senior citizens on Vinyl” running from stars, traditional songs and Aon protecting against fraud will Show mom a glimpse of glamour this Mother’s Day by taking her to Wednesday, May 12 through Hebrew folk tunes. They were be held on Tuesday, May 11 from the Hollywood History Museum to view the “Hollywood Graffiti September 5. surprised, however, at the variety 10:30am to 12:30pm at the Park La Gown”, a black velvet dress covered with more than 400 silver and The exhibit brings Jewish pop of material they uncovered. Brea Activities Center, located at platinum hand-beaded signatures of influential females worldwide. history to life in sound and From 1948 through the 1980s, 475 S. Curson Ave. inside the Park The gown will be on display at the museum through November 28, images, and will include items every aspect of Jewish culture La Brea Complex. when it will be auctioned by the Heritage Auction House to benefit spanning the history of Jewish was expressed in audio. They Speakers from the Los Angeles AIDS Project Los Angeles, Project Angel Food and Aid for AIDS. recorded music from the 1940s to found recordings by famous County Department of Consumer Names on the dress include Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, Rita the 1980s. Visitors to “Jews on Jewish entertainers, comedians, Affairs, Adult Protective Services Hayworth, Halle Berry, Mother Teresa and more. Stars such as Stefanie Vinyl” can lounge in a 1950s sub- and Catskills bands, as well as and several other agencies will offer Powers, Alison Arngrim, Donna Mills, Romi Dames, Eve Plumb, urban living room while examin- recordings by cantors, music for presentations on telemarketing Susan Olsen, Della Reese, Rich Little and Florence Henderson will ing examples of album cover art weddings and holidays, and lec- fraud, fake lotteries, check scams, attend a May 6 private gala to kick off the exhibit at the Hollywood and tuning into tracks from LPs tures by Golda Meir and David identity theft, Real estate scams, History Museum. such as “Batman and Rubin”, Ben Gurion. reverse mortgages and foreclosures. The Graffiti Gown was created in 1980 by Jerry Skeels and Randy Chubby Checker’s “Hava “Pieced together, these In addition, participants will learn McLaughlin, an Emmy Award-winning design team. They crafted the Nagilah Twist”, and The Barry scratched, once loved and now how to protect themselves against dress as a vehicle for raising AIDS awareness. The gown has been Sisters’ version of Butch Cassidy forgotten audio gems tell the abuse by caregivers, family mem- worn at several fundraising events and galas by multiple stars, includ- and the Sundance Kid speaking story of Jews in America,” bers and conservators. Information ing Donna Mills and Lindsay Wagner (pictured in the gown above, Yiddish. Organized by the according to Kun. “Finding this will also be provided on advanced with McLaughlin (left) and Skeels at a United Nations conference). Contemporary Jewish Museum music felt like discovering a for- health directives. When Skeels died in 2007, McLaughlin became more devoted to the in San Francisco, “Jews on gotten kingdom of sound.” The forum is being presented by purpose of the Graffiti Gown. The gown is expected to garner $1 mil- Vinyl” was developed by guest Kun and Holt will hold a dis- Los Angeles County Supervisor lion for AIDS charities. curators Roger Bennett and Josh cussion and slideshow on Zev Yaroslavsky, 3rd District, Kun, along with David Tuesday, May 11 at 8:00pm as Jewish Family Services, and the Katznelson and Courtney Holt, of part of the exhibit’s opening. Los Angeles County Departments the Idelsohn Society for Musical The Skirball Cultural Center is of Consumer Affairs and Preservation. located at 2701 N. Sepulveda Community Senior Services. In their nationwide hunt to res- Blvd. For information, visit For information, call (323)936- cue vinyl LPs, Bennett and Kun www.skirball.org. 7194, or (213)974-7238.

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The camps also 12011 San Vicente Blvd., include walking field trips to sever-      al destinations in the Miracle Suite 330  Mile. Drop off and pick up will be at Los Angeles, CA 90049 !& ! the Petersen Automotive Museum, $  6060 Wilshire Blvd. (310) 440-9200 %# !   !" %& ( For information and to register, call Holly at (323)937-4230 ext. 28, or [email protected] e-mail to [email protected]. 20 May 6, 2010 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Census Takers Go Door-To-Door From page 1 widely across different areas of the ever lives there. one, they’re still suspicious.” city and the county. The Los Angeles Census Manager, Al To help reach out to these hard- “Hollywood Alcove” has a 65 per- Fontenot, said this early in the door- to-count communities, the Census cent return rate. But within that to-door phase, the Census Bureau is Bureau employs partnership spe- area, participation in West still trying to find what strategies cialists who can speak the language Hollywood is at 66 percent, work best. and work with trusted figures in the Hollywood neighborhood is at 59 “We went out for the first time on community. percent, Miracle Mile is at 57 per- Saturday,” Fontenot said. “Right Israel Stepanian has worked with cent, and Hancock Park is at 74 per- now, we’re just trying to get our the Hollywood Complete Count cent. arms around what’s out there, and Committee for more than a year. As Traditionally, Los Angeles has look at what’s effective.” an Armenian, he said he has been severely undercounted in the Fontenot named several reasons reached out to that community census. According to Los Angeles why people were less likely to be through the Armenian Chamber of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, counted in some areas than in oth- Commerce, which has a chapter in approximately 76,800 Angelenos ers. For instance, communities with Hollywood. photo courtesy of the U.S Census Bureau were not counted in the 2000 cen- a higher percentage of renters, like “The chamber is the best way to Census takers will be going door-to-door to count individuals who did not sus, which cost the city $206 mil- West Hollywood, tend to have a get people involved,” Stepanian return their forms by mail. lion over the past decade. lower response rate than communi- said. “I’ve also visited two To try to count more than a mil- ties of homeowners, like Hancock Armenian churches, and two for them,” Stepanian said. “Next 31, enumerators went out across the lion Angelenos who did not return Park. Immigrant communities are schools. And we’ve had two articles time, perhaps they will have the city to homeless shelters, and the census forms in the mail among the most undercounted, with about the census in Armenian census form in Armenian. People looked for people sleeping on the between now and mid-July when language barriers and distrust of newspapers. Anytime there is an also have preconceived notions streets. Fontenot said the results of the count officially ends, census government rendering many people Armenian event, I go and promote about how government works. that count were not yet available. enumerators have been strategically disinclined or unable to respond to the census, and let people know that When they come from countries in Anyone who didn’t return the deployed. In the Hollywood the census. they should open the door for enu- the Soviet world, they have a dis- form by mail and hasn’t been visit- Alcove, 993 enumerators are going “We’re getting initial reports merators. We’re doing as much as trust of the government, and that’s ed by an enumerator can call door-to-door for an average of 20 from offices that one of the prob- we can to get everyone counted.” an issue as well.” (866)872-6868 to complete the cen- hours per week, mostly in the late lems people have encountered is Stepanian said he thought Efforts have also been made to sus questionnaire by phone. More afternoons and evenings, and on that in some of the immigrant com- Armenian participation was better count Hollywood’s homeless popu- information is available at weekends, when more people are at munities, this new Arizona law has than it had been 10 years ago, but lation in the census. On March 29 - www.2010census.gov. home. Enumerators will visit each made people fearful of any govern- still lagged behind the citywide non-responsive address up to three ment representative,” Fontenot average. times, after which they will try to said. “Even though we tell them we “Some people don’t know the find other methods to contact who- don’t share census data with any- language, which makes it difficult Mayorʼs New Appointee Will Explore Programs for Volunteers

ayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa Mhas appointed Rafael González as chief service officer of Los Angeles to institute more programs that empower residents to volunteer and perform commu- nity service. Los Angeles was recently cho- sen by Cities of Service to build on its prior success of volunteerism. Cities of Service was founded in September 2009 by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg photo by Amy Lyons and 16 other mayors — including Villaraigosa —in response to President Barack Obama’s call to Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gets Star mobilize millions of Americans to From page 6 volunteer service. “I believe in service and its abil- Christine” showed her hallmark sense of humor when Leron Gubler, ity to make a difference in our Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, announced a neighborhoods,” Villaraigosa said. rare mistake, the misspelling of the actress name on her star. Louis- “Rafael brings a deep understand- Dreyfus smiled and laughed as the mistake was announced and the ing of service. He knows Los Chamber of Commerce scrambled to temporarily fix the error; a per- Angeles’ diverse communities and manent fix is forthcoming. The only other misspelling in the history he has a rich background in service of the Walk of Fame happened on the star of Dick Van Dyke, accord- learning, civic education, commu- ing to Gubler. nity organizing, non-profit man- Louis-Dreyfus earned worldwide acclaim and recognition for her agement, and city government.” portrayal of Elaine Benes in “Seinfeld”. She received an Emmy The chief service officer will award, a Golden Globe award, five Screen Actors Guild awards and lead a planning process to develop four American Comedy awards during the show’s nine-year run. She and implement a comprehensive, currently stars on “The New Adventures of Old Christine”, for which citywide service plan to increase she also won an Emmy in 2006. Her star is located at 6250 Hollywood volunteerism. González will con- Blvd., in front of the W Hotel. vene committees of service experts and stakeholders, conduct assessments of existing service levels, and identify collaborative )'(9"&8'))$3 partnerships to promote volun- teerism. 49"&15&$3!29 “We have an opportunity to uti- lize service not just as a communi- 0#'7'#6!( $(!5'104&'2 ty builder but as a critical strategy !"#$$!!!" that can make a difference on those issues we care the most about, such as education, the envi- ronment and community develop- '"$04$#!33'!%$!0#!)'(9 &$3!2'45'(($! ment,” González said. Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 21 May 6, 2010 Seniors Honored in West Hollywood From page 1 Andaz Hotel. Jewish Women, Los Angeles. May designed to enhance their City Councilmembers Abbe Williams has lived in West lives, according to Leslie Isenberg, Land and Lindsey Horvath present- Hollywood since 1949, and said at social services program administra- ed the awards, along with Ric one point, four generations of her tor for the City of West Hollywood. Rickles, chair of the city’s Senior family all lived in the city at the “They are involved in every Advisory Board. same time. She has served on aspect of the West Hollywood com- Maggio has lived in West numerous commissions and boards, munity, and we offer a variety of Hollywood his entire life, and including more than 20 years on the special events that appeal to the became involved in local politics Public Safety Commission. She is a diverse senior community, from a when he became president of the member of the Eastside senior health forum to a fabulous Shoreham Heights Neighborhood lecture series and a variety of day Association in 1989. Maggio also trips,” Isenberg said. “A lot of them served on the city’s Business “We have were involved in the movement to License Commission from 1990 to remained make West Hollywood a city, and 1994; was appointed to the Rent it’s an honor and a pleasure to cele- Stabilization Commission in 1994; committed to our brate them.” and has served on the senior core values of The events include a lecture on Advisory Board. He has helped ini- Tuesday, May 11 at 1:00pm titled tiate several programs in West protection for “Discover the Architecture of West Hollywood, including “Golden affordable Hollywood — A Review of the Best Couples”, which honors couples Old and New Buildings”, being married 50 years or more. housing for held at the West Hollywood “Living in West Hollywood into Community Center at Plummer my senior years in good health, and everybody, and Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. For with family and friends, is one of social service information, call (323)876-1717. the most important journeys in my In addition, the 9th annual Senior life,” Maggio said. “There is no end programs.” Health Fair will be held on to that journey, just the next voy- Wednesday, May 12 from 10:00am photo courtesy of Karen Graciela Calderon age.” -Senior Month honoree to 2:00pm in the Community Thousands of people demonstrated in Los Angeles last weekend Schoichet is originally from The Ruth Williams Center at Plummer Park. The free against the Arizona Immigration law. The City of West Hollywood Bronx, but moved to the Los event will include health screenings has approved an economic boycott. Angeles area in 1948 and eventual- and information provided by more ly settled in West Hollywood. She Redevelopment Project Area than 50 community organizations. began her career as a community Committee and the Rent For information, call (323)848- organizer and was active in local Stabilization Committee. Williams 6820. Immigration Law Sparks politics with the County of Los will also be honored with the Los Throughout May, a photography Angeles prior to West Hollywood Angeles County Older Americans project that was a collaboration becoming a city. She was a deputy Recognition Award on Monday at between the LGBT community, Protests, Boycotts to former Los Angeles City the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. West Hollywood seniors and local From page 1 Councilman Michael Woo, 13th “[West Hollywood] is a great city youths will also be displayed at the District, representing him in the where people take care of each Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. unnecessary social tensions and has publicly supported a boy- Hollywood area. Schoichet has other,” Williams said. “We have McCadden Pl. The West potentially to hate incidents. This cott. served on the city’s Senior Advisory remained committed to our core Hollywood Senior Advisory Board law will undoubtedly lead to “The City of Los Angeles has Board since 1999, and is a member values of protection for affordable will also host a reception during its racial profiling,” Duran said. a history of engaging in econom- of the Board of Directors for the housing for everybody, and social meeting on Wednesday, May 26 in Los Angeles has not yet passed ic boycotts and divestment, and it West Hollywood Democratic Club. service programs.” Room 5 and 6 at the Community a boycott of Arizona, but is a tactic that works,” Williams is a well-known com- Senior citizens age 55 or older Center in Plummer Park. Councilmembers Janice Hahn, Villaraigosa said. “While we rec- munity activist in West Hollywood, comprise approximately 25 percent For information about Senior 15th District, and Ed Reyes, 1st ognize that as neighbors, we who also serves as director of advo- of West Hollywood’s population, Month activities, call (323)848- District, are calling for economic share resources and ties with the cacy for the National Council of and the city hosts programs each 6510, or visit www.weho.org. sanctions. The councilmembers State of Arizona that may be dif- introduced a resolution calling ficult to sever, our goal is not to for the boycott on April 27 and it hurt the local economy of Los was originally scheduled to be Angeles, but to impact the econ- Taxi Program May Become Permanent heard before the full council on omy of Arizona. Our intent is to From page 1 May 4. A spokesperson for Hahn use our dollars, or the withhold- said it has been delayed due to ing of our dollars, to send a mes- the Hollywood Business get around.” tions associated with the program. extra time needed by city staff to sage.” Improvement District, said a per- The Board of Taxi Morrison said members of her staff determine the fiscal impact of the In related news, manent program would be benefi- Commissioners has indicated that have discussed the program with boycott. Councilmember Jose Huizar, cial for Hollywood. there has been an increase in people numerous taxi drivers, who said Ben Golombek, a spokesperon 14th District, introduced a “People are becoming aware of flagging down taxis in Hollywood they have seen an upswing in rider- for Los Angeles City Controller motion on May 3 to have a street the program and people are taking since the pilot program began, but ship. Wendy Greuel, said a prelimi- named after Father Luis advantage of this,” Morrison said. no official numbers are available. “It’s all anecdotal, but it is being nary review by the controller’s Olivares, founder of Coalition “It seems to be most useful in the The city’s Parking Enforcement well received by the drivers and office found that the city’s non- for Human Immigrant Rights of evening when there is a lot of traf- Bureau also reported that there has passengers,” Morrison added. proprietary departments, such as Los Angeles (CHIRLA), a multi- fic. It makes it easy for people to not been any noticeable increase in Capt. Peter Whittingham, the the Department of Water and ethnic collaborative of advocacy park in one location and use a taxi to traffic congestion, collisions or cita- commanding officer of patrol for Power and the Los Angeles groups, social service providers, the Los Angeles Police International Airport, had 14 policy makers, and legal services Department’s Hollywood Division, contracts worth $7.2 million with organizations dedicated to said the Hail-A-Taxi program is a companies based in Arizona. A advancing human and civil rights tool to help reduce drinking and dri- more comprehensive review of of immigrants and refugees in ving in Hollywood. all contracts is underway. Los Angeles. CHIRLA has called “Making that program permanent Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for a boycott of Arizona. would be a welcome sign,” Whittingham said. “It would be great if more nightclubs actively participated in this type of program. Department of Public Worksʼ Driving under the influence is a sig- nificant problem for us, especially on Saturday and Sunday mornings News Program Gets Honors around 2:00am.” ity Works”, the City of Los divisions within the Department of Yusef Robb, a spokesperson for Angeles Department of Public Works. Garcetti, said the full city council “C Public Works’ half-hour television “We are honored to receive this will have to decide whether to make news program, was honored by the prestigious award from CAPIO, the the program permanent, and a date California Association of Public statewide leader in governmental to consider the motion has not been Information Officials (CAPIO) on communications and information,” set. But Garcetti hopes it can be April 15 at its Excellence in Public Works Board president implemented as soon as possible, Communications Awards. Cynthia M. Ruiz said. “It distin- and has spearheaded an effort to The Excellence in Communica- guishes ‘City Works’ among the have 200 signs announcing the tion awards recognize the most cre- very best video productions in the Hail-A-Taxi program installed ative and effective municipal com- state.” throughout Hollywood. munication campaigns. “City “City Works” is produced in part- “Curbside taxi service can reduce Works” was selected from nearly nership with L.A. City View traffic and parking congestion and photo by Edwin Folven 200 entries statewide. The program Channel 35. help people get around safely after People can hail taxis in Hollywood under a program designed to keep spotlights personnel, projects and For information, visit www.lac- enjoying Hollywood’s nightlife,” traffic moving and provide more transportation options. special programs of the bureaus and ityview.org. Garcetti added. 22 May 6, 2010 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Dispensaries are Notified to Close From page 4 Ave.; Better Alternative Treatment at 1915 N. Highland Ave.; L.A. lates that is illegal to sell, cultivate at 7353 Melrose Ave.; Buds on Confidential Caregivers at 7263 or distribute marijuana. Melrose at 7418 Melrose Ave.; Melrose Ave.; the La Luna Dispensaries must be 1,000 feet California Herbal Healing Center Collective and Lounge at 7406 away from sensitive places such as at 1437 N. La Brea Ave.; Green Melrose Ave.; as well as many oth- schools, religious institutions and Medicine at 7318 Melrose Ave.; ers. community centers, and cannot be Hollywood Hills Holistic Medicine The permanent ordinance stipu- located adjacent to residential neighborhoods. The ordinance dic- tates that property owners can be held equally responsible for allow- ing an illegal dispensary to operate within their buildings. If a property owner is cited, the City Attorney’s Office can also revoke a certificate photo by Edwin Folven of occupancy for the location, mak- Exclusive Meds on Melrose Avenue is on the list of dispensaries that are ing it illegal to rent the space in the required to close under the new ordinance. future. Local law enforcement officials also said they will begin proactive- sion will be made at the department Watch, said he is guardedly opti- ly looking for illegal medical mari- level,” Whittingham said. “There mistic the dispensaries in the juana dispensaries that do not close are a few that we have had prob- Melrose area will close, but said he by June 7. Capt. Peter lems with and there is a general plans to monitor the situation. Whittingham, the commanding concern in the community.” “Our neighborhood watch mem- officer of patrol for the LAPD’s Local residents and neighbor- bers will be walking the streets on Hollywood Division, said he hood groups are also being encour- June 7, and we will be checking to believes the dispensary closures aged to help the city enforce the see if any illegal marijuana stores will have a positive effect in the ordinance by identifying dispen- are still open. If they are, we will community. saries that do not close and report- report that to the city attorney and photo by Edwin Folven “From a law enforcement stand- ing them to the police department. the LAPD immediately,” Lerner The La Luna Caregivers Lounge on Melrose Avenue is also on the list point, it would be better if we had Paul Lerner, the co-founder of the said. “We want this long nightmare compiled by the LAPD and the City Attorneyʼs Office. none, in my opinion, but that deci- Melrose Action Neighborhood to come to an end.” Suspect Faces Charges of LADWP Interim Manager Discusses Plans From page 6 Murdering His Wife department doesn’t respect them.” where we make investments. How We had to cut back to Monday and Councilmember Tony Cardenas, do we make sure aqueducts and Thursday, and lost all our grass From page 3 6th District, echoed Garcetti’s mis- water are safe and reliable? How do because of it,” Zubiate said. “A lot of trust. we prepare for state [carbon emis- schools complained to the district. went to Mexico, where he had enough evidence to have the “The cynical side of me thinks sions] legislation that’s on the way? We can’t maintain fields with this previously planned to spend case filed by the Los Angeles maybe department staff are trying to It’s really important that we look at limited budgeting of water, and Valentine’s Day with his wife. County District Attorney’s communicate in Greek on purpose, the system as a whole.” that’s why the district’s negotiating Gable said at the time that the Office and obtain an arrest war- because they don’t want us to under- Nor did Beutner address proposed with the DWP.” circumstances were “unusual”. rant for Lyle Herring. stand details and ask questions to fig- exceptions for the Los Angeles As councilmembers and the pub- Herring said he did not report Lesley Anne Herring was ure out what the heck is going on Unified School District (LAUSD). lic wait for answers to these ques- his wife missing because he originally from the Washington over there,” Cardenas said. “I A city council motion, currently in tions, Beutner urged patience as the was not overly concerned about D.C. area, but moved to Los chaired a committee that oversaw the committee, proposes to exempt department prepares for yet another her disappearance, and Angeles approximately 11 Department of Water and Power, and LAUSD, which is currently plan- transition of leadership. assumed she would return. years ago. She had been I have never as an elected official ning to lay off hundreds of teachers “We need to find the right leader, Around the same time as his employed at SimplexGrinnell, a experienced such willingness to pur- in an effort to close a $650 million and in the meantime, I hope to send wife’s disappearance, Herring company in Glendale specializ- posefully withhold information. One budget gap, from the electricity rate the department down a path of trans- also cut off his long dreadlocks ing in home and fire safety. of the things I hope you can do is cre- increases that will begin on July 1. parency and accountability,” and appeared at the press con- Davis reported her sister miss- ate a willingness to engage in policy Fairfax High School Principal, Ed Beutner said. “Any changes or ference with short hair. Herring ing after co-workers notified dialogue.” Zubiate, said LAUSD was also actions should be measured by asked Gable to explain to the her that Lesley had not shown Beutner, who is the ninth different negotiating to be allowed to water results. Until the new leader is on the media why he had cut off his up for work for a couple of days general manager in the last decade at school fields more often. scene doing work, I encourage dreadlocks, and Gable said and no one answered the phone the DWP, will have little time to “We’ve already gotten in unoffi- everyone to withhold their votes and Herring had told him that he cut at her condominium. Davis said implement changes. He will hold the cial trouble, because we were water- give him or her a chance to do their his hair on February 14, 2009 at the time that it was very general manager job for the next six ing more than we were supposed to. job.” because he owed some uniden- unusual for her sister to “just months, during which time, in addi- tified people money, and there disappear”. tion to running the DWP, he will also was a threat to get the money Anyone with further infor- lead the search for a new permanent said, her organization’s original back. No suspects were named mation about the case is asked general manager, and continue to Homeless goal was to find shelter for the 10 in the disappearance for nearly to contact Det. Gable at serve as a deputy mayor to Mayor most vulnerable people who were From page 4 14 months. The case was pro- (213)972-2910. Antonio Villaraigosa. identified, and get them quickly off filed in March 2009 on an During weekends and off- In addition, despite Beutner’s the street. Two new homeless shel- ters are also planned for the episode of “Nancy Grace” on hour, call the LAPD’s 24-hour, resolve to change the culture at the costs for housing 62 homeless Hollywood area. CNN. Investigators only toll-free hotline at department, many questions remain. members of the community, as “We have uncharted territory recently were able to gather (877)LAPD247. Councilmember Janice Hahn, 15th soon as shelter becomes available. ahead,” Morrison said. “One thing District, asked about another $20 “We’ve identified demand for that was really touching is I’ve million in DWP reserve funds, in which there is no ready supply, in already received a number of addition to the $73.5 million, and terms of housing,” Morrison said. emails from volunteers who say whether that too could be transferred “But we came to believe that only they can’t stop thinking about the to the city’s General Fund. Hahn also by engaging and educating the people they met, and want to know asked if Beutner intended to contin- community could we have a strong what they can do to help.” ue with last year’s conservation plan, enough voice to press for what we To volunteer or donate, email which limited watering lawns to two needed.” [email protected]. days every week, and which many Morrison acknowledged Los believe led to a number of water Angeles County Supervisor Zev main breaks around the city. Yaroslavsky, 3rd District, for his In each case, Beutner, who began attention to the needs of Answers From Page 16 as DWP general manager only a few Hollywood’s homeless population. days ago, said studies were under- “Yaroslavsky is certainly a per- way, but he did not yet know the son who has his heart in this issue,” answer. Morrison said. “I’m hoping he will “We should note that that program feel emboldened to push for what worked,” Beutner said of the water we need because he’s seen such conservation effort. “L.A. saved strong community support for more water than the cities of Santa this.” photo by Edwin Folven Monica and Long Beach used com- Morrison met with Yaroslavsky Aasha Davis, the missing womanʼs sister, appealed to the public bined. We’re not sure if it’s been on Wednesday to discuss ways in last year during a press conference about the disappearance. She proven yet that it was correlated with which the county could help find was joined by Lt. Beverly Lewis (left), formerly of the LAPDʼs the main breaks. We have an aging housing for some of the more vul- Hollywood Division, and Linden Telford, the victimʼs brother. infrastructure. We need to come up nerable people the registry identi- with a long-term strategy about fied. In the meantime, Morrison