Council Bans Smoking on Restaurant Patios N Prohibiting Tobacco Sales Near Schools Also Considered
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INSIDE • Medical pot ordinance moves Rain likely, forward. pg. 3 with temps • Ivory sale around 57º denounced. pg. 4 Volume 20 No. 3 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities January 21, 2010 Council Bans Smoking on Restaurant Patios n Prohibiting Tobacco Sales Near Schools Also Considered BY AMY LYONS California, said passage of the ban would improve the city’s grades. ban on smoking in outdoor The ban takes effect one year dining areas unanimously from the date that the mayor signs Apassed the Los Angeles City the ordinance. The first year will be Council on Wednesday, putting the devoted to a public education cam- city on par with Burbank, Beverly paign that explains the ban. Once Hills and Santa Monica, all cities the ban takes effect, any business that don’t allow patio smoking. The with an outdoor dining area - new ordinance was sent to the including food kiosks, mobile food mayor for immediate approval. trucks and food carts – must post a The ban’s approval comes on the no-smoking sign. Smoking will not heels of a report by the American be allowed within 40 feet of these Lung Association that gave Los venues. Nightclubs and bars that are Angeles a ‘C’ grade for its tobacco closed for public parties will not be control policies and an ‘F’ on curb- subject to the ban. Fines for viola- ing second-hand smoke in multi- tors will be $250. unit apartment buildings. Paul Los Angeles City Councilman Knepprath, vice president for Tom LaBonge, 4th District, who is Advocacy and Health for the also chair of the Arts, Parks, Aging photo by Ian Lovett American Lung Association of The rain didnʼt stop the Salvation Army from collecting donations to help the victims of the earthquake in See Ban page 20 Haiti on Monday and Tuesday at the Original Farmers Market. Angelenos Urged to Help Victims in Haiti BY IAN LOVETT On the municipal level, the Los website, where people can Angeles City Council unanimously donate. s the death toll in Haiti approved a motion by Councilman In West Hollywood, Mayor continues to mount fol- Tom LaBonge, 4th District, encour- Abbe Land encouraged residents Alowing last week’s earth- aging all Angelenos to support and business owners to get quake near the capital, Port-au- Haiti relief efforts, while Mayor involved in the relief effort, high- Prince, local organizations of all Antonio Villaraigosa released a lighting four charities that people kinds have stepped up to offer statement to similar effect, with a could consider — Operation relief to the Caribbean nation. link to the American Red Cross See Donations page 18 Council President 13-Story Tower Planned photo by Ian Lovett John Ainsworth (right) is one of the producers of a reenactment of and Mayor Appear the Prop. 8 trial that will be broadcast via the Internet. in ʻAll My Childrenʼ for Third Street Project BY EDWIN FOLVEN La Brea and the Villas at Park La BY AMY LYONS Brea after the properties were Filmmakers Dramatize he Mid City West sold by Park La Brea. The Ross f you’ve ever thought Los Community Council Dress for Less parcel is the last Angeles politics are a soap T(MCWCC) will examine a See Project page 20 Prop. 8 Case on YouTube Iopera, your theory just gained large housing development next steam. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Wednesday that is proposed at the BY IAN LOVETT “I was very concerned, I saw Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City site of the Ross Dress for Less what happened when people Council President Eric Garcetti, store on Third Street. n the witness stand, a came out, my experience on the 13th District, will appear as them- The project would include 300 middle-aged man was police force made me realize that selves on the long-running daytime condominiums and apartments, Ospeaking about his daugh- gays and lesbians have a very drama “All My Children” in with 75 apartments designated for ter — a lesbian — and his feeling tough time,” the witness said. “I February, a move that they say wel- people ages 62 and older, and 75 about when she came out of the heard the slurs. I saw the violence comes the show to Los Angeles. condominiums designated for closet to him. The judge glanced first hand.” In December, “All My Children” individuals who are 55 and older. casually back and forth between It is a scene that anyone who celebrated its 40-year anniversary The remaining 150 condomini- the witness and the papers on the attended Tuesday morning’s ses- and moved its studio in New York to ums would be sold at market rate desk in front of him, while audi- sion of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Andrita Studios in the Glassell Park and would not have any age ence members kept their eyes the case challenging the constitu- neighborhood of Los Angeles, restrictions. photo by Edwin Folven trained on their laptops, the sound tionality of Proposition 8 in the which is in Garcetti’s council dis- The project is being proposed A large housing development is of their typing offering a faint, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in trict. The new studio is bigger and is by Casden Properties, which built planned at the site of the Ross 21st Century drumbeat. See Actors page 22 See Soap Opera page 21 the neighboring Palazzo at Park Dress for Less. !"#$ #%($!#( 0#1'")3 &($ ( 48B74F (6AD9E6549 249@DC ! ! " 2 January 21, 2010 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 22 Spike Heels England fishing village and revolves n Friday, January 22, at 8:00pm, Calendar around the star-crossed love affair Oa production of “Spike Heels” between a traveling carnival man and a mill worker. The score includes will open at Actors Circle Theatre. University will present an opening songs that have become standards The play, written by Theresa Rebeck, reception for “Mercedes Matter: A including “If I Loved You.” The is a contemporary comedy about sex- Retrospective Exhibition”, on Freud Playhouse is located at UCLA’s ual harassment, misplaced love, and Saturday, January 23 from 5:00pm – Macgowan Hall. Call (310)825-2101. love triangles. Actors Circle Theatre, 7:00pm. This is the first retrospective Tickets are $60-$75. 7313 Santa Monica Blvd. For tickets, exhibition of paintings by Mercedes priced at $15, call (323)960-7792. Matter, a key figure in the New York City avant-garde of the 1940s and 28 Art Los Angeles Dog Sees God ‘50s. The exhibit features more than Contemporary 40 oil paintings and drawings created limited engagement of “Dog rt Los Angeles between 1921 and 1985. The gallery is ASees God: Confessions of a Contemporary (ALAC), an on Pepperdine’s main campus, 24255 A Teenage Blockhead” will be on stage international contemporary art fair, Pacific Coast Highway., Malibu. Call at the new Lounge Theatre 2 in will be held Thursday, January 28- (310)506-4851. Hollywood, beginning Friday, January Sunday, January 31 at the Pacific 22 at 8:00pm. The show is the inau- Design Center. The fair presents more gural production of Urban Theatre 24 In Search of The than 50 top international blue chip and Movement, a multicultural collective Miraculous emerging galleries from around the of artists. The play builds on the foun- world, with a strong focus on Los he Los Angeles premiere of a solo dation of Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” Angeles galleries. The fair provides a show by Broadway actor Mary and opens with CB (Charlie Brown) T sophisticated yet accessible environ- MacDonald Hamill, “William & Mary mourning over his dog’s sudden ment for art collectors, curators, and in Search of the Miraculous” will have death. His gang of friends are also patrons of the arts alike to enjoy. A red its second of two shows at the Santa dealing with some heavy problems. carpet event will kick off the event Monica Playhouse on Sunday, The Lounge Theatre 2, 6201 Santa at 7:00pm opening night. The Pacific January 24 at 7:00pm. A perfect day is Monica Blvd. Tickets are $18 and can Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave. shattered by the innocent observation be purchased by calling (562)293- Call (323)851-7530. 8645. of a three-year-old child in this story that uses excerpts from Shakespeare’s texts and clips of music. Tickets are The Joffrey Ballet at Poker at Claude $15 in advance, $20 at the door. The Pepper Senior Center Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St. the Music Center he Claude Pepper Senior Center Call (310)394-9779. he Joffrey Ballet returns to the Tpoker group has been invited to TMusic Center with a four-day the Normandie Casino in Gardena, 26 Carousel at engagement of Sir Frederick Ashton’s one of the oldest casinos in the Los “Cinderella” beginning on Thursday, Angeles area, on Friday, January 22. UCLA January 28 at 7:30pm. Widely consid- The group and their guests will play at Photo by Robert E Bechwith eprise Theatre Company at ered one of Ashton’s greatest full- a complimentary poker seminar, fol- “Orpheus Descending”, a rarely produced Tennessee Williams classic, is RUCLA’s Freud Playhouse will length ballets, “Cinderella” is the clas- lowed by a buffet lunch. The seminar on stage at Theatre/Theater now through February 21. The play is a open a production of the musical sic rags-to-riches story brought to life will be presented by poker author and modern version of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in the American “Carousel” on Tuesday, January 26. in a stunning ballet. Tickets are $25- expert Don Vance.