A newspaper for the 90,000 readers in Larchmont Village, Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Windsor Village, Vol 3. No. 4 Wilshire Park, Country Club Park, Lafayette Square, Oxford Square, Brookside, Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown April 20172015

[homelessness] Living in Cars Jewish Centers Rebound After Bomb Threats, Arrest Yes, Legal Now By Michael Aushenker Ledger Contributing Writer By Sheila Lane Ledger Contributing Writer In these early months of 2017, local Jewish community In response to the city’s centers—including the West- growing homeless and afford- side Jewish Community Cen- able housing crises, city of- ter and the Silverlake Inde- ficials’ new law, which allows pendent Jewish Community the homeless to live in cars, Center—have been operating vans or motor homes during on heightened alert and deal- the day and overnight in speci- ing with a new normal as a fied areas, is in need of more surfeit of bomb threats target- educational outreach among ing centers and other Jewish community members, accord- institutions have proliferated ing to the Los Angeles Police nationwide and in Canada. Dept. (LAPD). According to the news According to LAPD data outlet ProPublica, be- Wilshire Division’s Dave tween January 1st and March Cordova, there have been a 15th, 145 threats have been few calls from Hancock Park made to the nation’s 104 Jew- homeowners concerned about ish institutions, including people living in vehicles on the community centers and Anti- streets, even though they are Defamation League (ADL) allowed to be there during the Children were back to enjoying arts and crafts, after two recent bomb threats against the Westside Jewish Community Center. Photo: Allison B. Cohen. offices. see HOMELESS page 8 see JCC page 4

Observatory DeVos Worries [people in my neighborhood] Visits Now Officials The Brown-Fager Family: Inviting Journalists from Easier than Ever By Andrew Murphy Davis Muslim-Majority Countries By Allison B. Cohen Contributing Writer Into Their Home By Sheila Lane, Ledger Contributing Writer The city has begun week- Local schools could be hurt in a variety of ways under day DASH bus service to the In recent months, the Since 2006, new U.S. Secretary of Educa- Griffith Observatory and the news has been rife with re- Corie Brown, tion Betsy DeVos’s agenda and Greek Theatre, to help im- ports about the so-called Chris Fager and President Donald Trump’s prove access and reduce traf- “Muslim Ban,” an effort to their two children proposed cuts to education fic, according to the Los An- keep immigrants from six pre- have hosted Daniel funding, according to a Los geles Dept. of Recreation and dominately Muslim countries Pearl Journalism Angeles Unified School Dis- Parks. out of the United States. How- Fellows. trict (LAUSD) Board of Edu- Now, there is access daily ever, there’s a house in Wind- “As a whole,” cation officials. Arooj Zahra, left, and Saher Baloch, both from Paki- from the Metro Red Line Ver- sor Square that has opened said Brown, “they DeVos made a name for stan, are two Daniel Pearl Fellows who stayed with the mont/Sunset Station to the its doors to visitors from such are very serious Brown-Fager family. see DASH page 6 see DEVOS page 6 countries for the past 11 years. people, people of substance.” Greater Los Angeles and at the The Fellows are mid- end of their fellowship partici- career journalists from the pate in a public event hosted Muslim-majority countries by the Los Angeles Press Club who come to the U.S. for to share their experiences. about five months to work in The program, in conjunc- major American newsrooms, tion with the Alfred Friendly including the New York Times, Press Fellowships, is part of Los Angeles Times and the Wall the Daniel Pearl Foundation, The proposal for a Miracle Mile Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) was scheduled to go before the full Los Angeles City Street Journal. an organization created by the Council for a vote March 28th after the Ledger went to press. The HPOZ seeks to preserve historic structures such as the examples All of them work for one family and friends of Dan- of Spanish Colonial Revival and English Tudor Revival homes as seen above. For up-to-date coverage: larchmontledgerla.com. week at the Jewish Journal of see BROWN-FAGER page 5

Street Level: Community News: Community News: Summer Camp Guide: Calendar: A conversation with Did you vote? page 3 Legal action stalled again, Sometimes vacant houses A round-up of summer fun LACMA’s architect, page 5 aren’t so vacant, page 7 and adventure, page 9 LarchmontLedgerLA.com Larchmont Ledger

Who We Are

ALLISON B. COHEN Allison is the pub- SHEILA LANE Sheila has been with the lisher of both the Larchmont Ledger, Larchmont Ledger since February 2015. FOUNDED 2015 PUBLISHER/EDITOR since 2015, and the Los Feliz Ledger since Prior to that she was a writer for an inter- A newspaper for the 90,000 readers Allison B. Cohen 2005. She holds a Master’s Degree from net news program, a contributing writer in Larchmont Village, Hancock Park, the University of Southern California’s to a series of books on Hollywood leg- Windsor Square, Windsor Village, ADVERTISING SALES Annenberg School for Communication ends and a development executive for Wilshire Historic District, Country Libby Butler-Gluck and Journalism (her theses was on local television and film companies, including Club Park, Lafayette Square, Oxford (323) 741-0019 community newspaper development) as well as a B.A., the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Sheila’s connection to the Square, Brookside, Mid-Wilshire [email protected] also from USC, in Broadcast Journalism. Prior to starting Larchmont community stems from years of involvement and Koreatown the Ledger newspapers, Allison wrote for the Los Angeles with the St. James’ Episcopal School, Operation School ASSISTANT EDITORS Times, the Larchmont Chronicle and other publications. Bell and Marlborough School. For editorial consideration, Sheila Lane She has lived in the neighborhoods of Hancock Park, Ox- send story ideas to: Erin Hickey ford Square and Los Feliz and has served as a vestry and LIBBY BUTLER-GLUCK is the Advertis- [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGN school board member for St. James Episcopal Church and ing Manager, overseeing ad sales, client (323) 741-0019 & LAYOUT school, on the board of the Ebell of Los Angeles, as a local relations and management of accounts. 1933 Hillhurst Ave. Big Sunday Captain and a long-time member of the She resides in Los Feliz with her hus- Los Angeles, CA 90027 Tiffany Sims Larchmont Babysitting Co-Op. Allison has two grown band, David and daughter, Georgi. Lib- sons who, after graduating from Loyola High School, now by’s favorite pastime is knitting (she’s attend Georgetown University and Boston College. quite good at it), she loves Korean BBQ For more stories and when asked what her favorite color is, she says she is and updates: ERIN HICKEY Erin joined the Larchmont currently “obsessed with pastels.” LarchmontLedgerLA.com Ledger family in March 2015. Previous- ly, she worked as a freelancer, writing for TIFFANY SIMS has been the graphic de- FLOOD Magazine and copy-editing for signer for the Ledger newspapers since Visit our sister publication online at LosFelizLedger.com Rare Bird Books, J. Ryan Stradal, and 2007. She has a BFA in Graphic Design 826LA. In college, she was managing from UCLA. While she currently lives editor of her school paper, the Union in the Valley, she has owned a triplex in Weekly. A native Angeleno, Erin enjoys window-shopping Silver Lake since 2003. She enjoys going on Larchmont Boulevard and prosciutto sandwiches from to flea markets, DIY home improvement Larchmont Village Wine. projects and fixing up vintage travel trailers.

ROSSMORE AVE Los Feliz Ledger is hiring for an Account Coordinator Perfect opportunity for a soon-to-be college grad MELROSE AVE WILSHIRE BLVD desirous of learning advertising and account management in a fun environment HIGHLAND AVE N Contact: Publisher Allison B. Cohen to set up an interview (323) 741-0019 Fixing Our Sidewalks – Who is Responsible and When Will it be Done?

In 1974, as a result of federal funding, the City of Los Angeles passed an ordinance placing the obligation for maintaining sidewalks on the City. Years have gone by, funding has disappeared and our sidewalks are now often obstacle courses. In 2016 the City Council and mayor approved the Safe Sidewalks LA repair program. This program will ultimately review and, if needed, repair all the sidewalks in Los Angeles. After the review is done and the repairs, if necessary, are made the City will provide maintenance for the sidewalks for 20 years. After that the property owner will be responsible for sidewalk maintenance.

If you have a sidewalk that needs repair and you are willing to pay for the repairs, there is a rebate program where you can be reimbursed up to $2,000. The first step to getting your sidewalk repaired is to go to the Safe Sidewalks LA website - http:// sidewalks.lacity.org/ and fill out a request. Select the Rebate Program and fill out a request. You can also call 311 to file a request. If you know of a dangerous sidewalk and want an immediate repair or if you’re disabled and there is a broken sidewalk use the options on the website for reporting these locations. In these cases, the repairs will usually be temporary asphalt patching.

And, since we’re talking about sidewalks, don’t forget that if you’re missing a parkway tree the Association will help plant one Healing Hands Wellness Center for you. All you have to do is commit to watering and caring for Massage Therapy Acupuncture Chiropractic the new tree. Just send a message through our website!

Safety is still an issue so lock your house and your car, and activate your house alarm if you have one. Contact Officer Come in stressed and leave revitalized. Dave Cordova if you are a victim of a crime and Dave can We are dedicated to your Health and well-being. take a crime report. Call his cell phone, 213-793-0650 or send him an email, [email protected] with all the information, including your name and telephone number. The Association’s website is: www.hancockparkhomeownersassociation.org. The Call for an appointment or visit us online. HPOZ Preservation Plan www.preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/ 323-461-7876 hancock-park regulates our HPOZ. Contact our City Planner, www.healinghandswc.com Renata Dragland ([email protected]), and use the

online form (http://preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/initial.screening.

checklist) if you plan on making changes to the exterior of your house. Report graffiti sightings by calling 311 or at the City’s Anti-Graffiti Request System - http://bit.ly/1cOXua8 and by Follow us @hlnghands calling Hollywood Beautification, 323-463-5180. 414 N. Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles 90004

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Larchmont Robber Still at Large [street level] By Sheila Lane, Ledger Contributing Writer Forgot to Vote?

The Los Angeles Police a.m. and “currency was tak- So Did Over 1.6 Million Others Department (LAPD) and the en,” though he would not By Michael Darling, Ledger Contributing Writer FBI continue to investigate a specify an amount. bank robbery that occurred As of March 20th, accord- On March 7th, Los Angeles voted for mayor, city councilmembers and several important ballot at the Chase Bank branch at ing to Im, the suspect is still measures. However, according to final results from the Los Angeles County Registrar, only 20% of 101 N. Larchmont Boulevard, at large and an investigation is registered voters in the city of Los Angeles participated in the election. Did you vote, and why do you March 8th. ongoing. think the turnout was so low? According to Tony Im, a A description of the sus- spokesperson for the LAPD, pect is not available at this “Robin and I they said there had been 45 in general voting isn’t exciting the robbery occurred at 9:50 time. both voted, people all day. I think it’s just and non-presidential elections but I think hard to get people interested particularly don’t excite peo- more people in local elections, even though ple. In presidential elections, want to com- there was important stuff on it’s easier to take ideological Renovation Plans to be plain than take the ballot.” sides, but local elections are Unveiled for Burroughs ownership.” – Thomas L., outside Landis more nuanced and require By Sheila Lane, Ledger Contributing Writer – Max H., outside Cheva- Labyrinth on Larchmont more research to form an lier’s Books on Larchmont Boulevard. opinion and people don’t like Boulevard. to do that work.” “I did vote and – Rose H., outside “I think the I don’t really Larchmont Barber Shop on p u b l i c i t y know why the Larchmont Boulevard. around local turnout was so elections is so low.” “In all honesty, lacking the – Michael D., I didn’t but I people aren’t outside Landis Labyrinth on meant to. Lots informed and don’t vote.” Larchmont Boulevard. of people I – Robin J., outside Cheva- know are dis- lier’s Books on Larchmont “I didn’t vote couraged and I After more than 90 years when it first opened its doors, John Burroughs Middle Boulevard. and I have a feel like they feel apathetic School is facing a major renovation. deep guilt about how much their vote “I did vote and about it. I had will do.” HANCOCK PARK—The Los sure Q, a 2008 measure that when I went to lots of extreme – Annette D., outside Angeles Unified School Dis- authorized the school district the polling things happen Hardwear on Larchmont trict (LAUSD) will hold a to issue $7 billion in bonds place at 2 p.m., and was exhausted and I feel Boulevard. community meeting April 5th to repair and upgrade aging I asked and bad about it. Life happens and at John Burroughs Middle classrooms. School to reveal preliminary The value of anticipated architectural design concepts improvements at John Bur- April Community Meetings for the renovation of the roughs is estimated to be more school campus. than $100 million. Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council Mid City West Community Council Teresa Akins, a spokesper- At a community meeting son for LAUSD, announced held in January 2016, Scott Outreach Committee Board of Directors the meeting at the March Singletary, an LAUSD fa- April 1st at 9 a.m. April 4th at 6:30 p.m. Greater Wilshire Neighbor- cilities development manager, 403 N Larchmont Blvd. 543 N Fairfax Ave. hood Council meeting. outlined a broad proposal “We have some prelimi- for the campus that includ- Transportation Committee Planning and Land Use Committee nary designs for upgrades to ed renovating and retaining April 3rd at 7 p.m. April 25th at 6:30 p.m. the campus,” said Akins, “and the historic integrity of some 250 S Rossmore Ave. 543 N Fairfax Ave. we want to share them with buildings while calling for the community and gather the demolition of others. At Governing Board Olympic Park Neighborhood Council stakeholder feedback.” that time, what would replace April 12th at 7 p.m. Identified as a campus those buildings had yet to be 743 S Lucerne Blvd. Governing Board most in need of rehabilitation, determined. April 3rd at 7 p.m. Burroughs was one of the first The April 5th commu- Land Use Committee 1102 Crenshaw Blvd. 11 schools selected by LAUSD nity meeting will be held April 25th at 6:30 p.m. in 2015 to be approved for a in the school library at 6:30 4350 Wilshire Blvd. Outreach Committee modernization project. p.m. John Burroughs Middle April 6th at 7 p.m. Funding will be provided School is located at 600 S. Mc- 4861 W Venice Blvd. by taxpayers through Mea- Cadden Place.

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JCC from page 1 site, including preschoolers potential of such local threats Neighborhood Council None of these bomb and high school students. Ev- as the pair of calls made to the threats have escalated into eryone was kept safe.” Westside JCC. Accepting Grant Applications attacks but they have been Some link this latest wave “We take every threat se- By Sheila Lane, Ledger Contributing Writer alarming enough to move of anti-Semitism to the alt- riously,” said LAPD spokes- members of the U.S. Senate to right’s embracement of Presi- person Officer Tony Im. “We The time is now for com- community,” said Stromberg, call for swift action from the dent Donald Trump in the conduct a thorough investiga- munity non-profit organiza- when funding for the program Trump administration to ad- aftermath of last November’s tion whether they’re credible tions to apply for a grant from was announced last November. dress this recent wave of psy- election, despite statements or not. ... Fortunately, these the Greater Wilshire Neigh- “By recognizing and support- chological terrorism. from the Trump administration were hoaxes and not real.” borhood Council (GWNC). ing the efforts of these commu- While the Silver Lake denouncing the hate crimes. Even prior to the Los According to GWNC nity non-profit organizations, center was not among those For Angeleno Jews, this Angeles incidents, local law board member Julie Strom- the GWNC has an opportu- targeted in these hoax threats, year’s threats have proved a enforcement held a security- berg, the council will award nity to give back to the com- the Westside JCC’s (WJCC) particularly chilling reminder training seminar in early Feb- two grants in an amount up to munity that we represent.” preschool did receive a threat- of a notorious 1999 incident at ruary with the U.S. Dept. of $1,000. The deadline for grant ening call February 27th, the North Valley Jewish Com- Homeland Security’s Office Applicants for the grants, applications is June 2nd at followed by another bomb munity Center in Granada for Bombing Prevention at called “Neighborhood Pur- 5:00 p.m. Recipients will be threat March 8th, according Hills that made worldwide Temple Ramat Zion in North- poses Grants” must be 501c3 announced at the June 14th to WJCC Executive Director news when a shooter, identi- ridge. organizations serving the GWNC Board meeting, sub- Brian Greene. fied as a neo-Nazi, wounded Since the threats began, Greater Wilshire community. ject to a board vote. Founded in 1954, the five people—including chil- the FBI has been actively in- Past winners have proposed Application instructions nonprofit Westside Jewish dren—and went on a rampage vestigating the incidents, projects benefitting schools and more information are Community Center has been that left a mail carrier dead. which have been coming in and a public library. available at the GWNC’s web- a reliable mid-city institution According to a Jewish waves. “The Neighborhoodsite at greaterwilshire.org. Ap- for at least six generations of Journal of Greater Los Angeles In a statement, the FBI Purposes Grants enable plication submissions, and any Angelenos with its font of edu- article published in late Janu- said it is working with the the GWNC to contribute to questions, should be sent to cational, cultural and athletic ary, the Los Angeles area’s four Dept. of Justice Civil Rights areas in need of support in our [email protected] programming for Jews and Jewish community centers— Division in investigating pos- non-Jews alike of all ages. which includes the Granada sible civil rights violations in Greene, who has worked Hills location (now called connection with threats to in his position since 2004, said Valley Jewish Community Jewish Community Centers Los Feliz Ledger this was the first time in the Center) and another in West across the country. community center’s six-decade Hills—had already been ex- “The FBI will collect all Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for updates history that it has been target- amining security procedures available facts and evidence and new stories in between our print edition ed on this level. following bomb threats at and will ensure this matter “In my years at WJCC, the start of the year targeting is investigated in a fair, thor- there has never been an anti- Jewish community centers na- ough, and impartial manner,” Semitic incident,” Greene said. tionwide, including facilities the statement read. “’These threats, even though in Florida, Tennessee, South see JCC page 15 they have all turned out to be Carolina, Delaware, Maryland hoaxes, have been a shock to and a pair in the Bay Area. all of us.” Ayana Morse, director of the Silver Lake center—who According to Greene, po- 2017 lice arrived at the center im- could not be reached by press mediately after the March 8th time—had already scheduled Mother’s Day threat, and within an hour, a meeting with a Los Angeles GIFT GUIDE had evacuated the building Police Dept. (LAPD) officer to and then checked and cleared discuss security. the facility, allowing center ac- “We used it as an oppor- APRIL 13, 2017 tivities—including preschool tunity to review internal pro- AD RESERVATION DEADLINE class, Maccabi Games tryouts cedures and took that as our and senior citizen program- priority takeaway,” Morse told ming—to resume. the Jewish Journal in January. APRIL 26, 2017 In the aftermath of that “Our whole professional staff PAPER DELIVERY incident, Greene said in a state- went through emergency pro- ment, “Today, when the threat cedures to make sure everyone came in, our staff responded felt comfortable and clear on ADVERTISE NOW! quickly and efficiently, follow- how to respond in the event of Florists, Spas, Restaurants & Boutiques! CONTACT anything happening.” ing our emergency procedures. Promote your business in the May edition Libby Butler-Gluck at ... 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Brown, an award-winning with all Fellows, the Brown- A request for a doctor on journalist, became involved Fager family included Ahsan Heal can bring one to your with the program in 2006, Saifi in their evening dinners, home the same day—some- when she was working for the watched Colbert and Stewart times even sooner than two Los Angeles Times. with him, and took him to see hours. “They put out a note the local tourist sites. Compare that to the tradi- Heal doctors are more than happy to make house calls for primary care, internal system-wide across the L.A. “We’re welcoming them tional system we are all used to medicine, pediatrics, and urgent and preventative care, seven days a week, 8:00 Times asking if anybody had a into our home,” said Brown, where it can take you up to 20 a.m.-8:00p.m. spare room for a Daniel Pearl “so it’s very personal. … days to get an appointment. Fellow from Saudi Arabia,” They’re part of our family Heal doctors are more and patients enjoy the ex- With an HMO plan or said Brown. “I forwarded it to while they are here.” than happy to make house perience so much,” says Dr. no insurance, the visit is still a [my husband] Chris and we Chris said there have been calls for primary care, inter- Thomas Ryou, MD, a Stan- reasonable $99. both said immediately, ‘Yeah, many memorable cultural ex- nal medicine, pediatrics, and ford University-trained gen- “People are starting to get that’s great because we have changes and realizations along urgent and preventative care, eral pediatrician who is local over the [idea] that quality the extra bedroom over the ga- the way, but one of his favor- seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 to Hancock Park. care only happens in an of- rage.’” ites was when the kids were p.m. “If you talk to different fice,” says Amy Cohn, head of Brown’s son, Charlie, surprised to learn in a conver- They arrive well equipped physicians, being rushed to see marketing at Heal. who was 12 at the time was sation that Ahsan Saifi had an with the same medications patients is what they like least Beyond the convenience, not alarmed to hear a strang- arranged marriage. and equipment you’d find in a about the job,” said Ryou. 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Bungalow Case Delayed Again By Sheila Lane, Ledger Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles prosecution and entered an Superior Court Judge Eliza- 18-month probation period to beth Harris delayed to April address the issues of his non- 27th, a hearing in the ongoing compliance. criminal case against the own- The requirements of the ers of the Larchmont Bunga- agreement included the pay- low café. ment of various fees and the Community Memory Clinic On March 23rd, defense removal of tables and chairs If you would Are changes in your memory getting in the way of your everyday attorney Richard Hirsch re- from the eatery to adhere to like more activities? Our CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Community quested the delay—known as the establishment’s status as a Memory Clinic can conduct a FREE memory evaluation. a continuance—because legal take-out restaurant as defined information on The results can provide you and your physician with valuable information correspondence between the by the city’s so-called “Q Con- our Community that will allow you to receive the highest level of medical care, preserve defense team and Los Angeles ditions” governing Larchmont Memory Clinic, the best possible quality of life, and promote independence. City Attorney Serena Chris- Boulevard. please call tion was not received or re- In a hearing in February 323.913.4222. Our Community Memory Clinic offers a full range of services, including sponded to by the dates set by 2017, Hirsch told Los Angeles a memory evaluation, resource education, and caregiver support. the court. Superior Court Judge Christo- All services of the Memory Clinic are FREE OF CHARGE AND In February 2016, after pher K. Lui that the death of OBLIGATION. We will not charge your insurance or Medicare. more than six years of legal Mizrahi last August had led You may be offered volunteer research opportunities and education wrangling, the now deceased left the defendant company about how you can join the fight against dementia. Your participation owner of the Larchmont without a chief officer. He will help protect future generations and your loved ones who might Bungalow, Albert Mizrahi, asked for a continuance to give be at risk for developing this devastating illness. plead no contest to violating the company more time. That city codes, including operat- led to the March 23rd hearing We are committed to being the difference. ing without a certificate of that has now been continued occupancy. to April. By doing so, Mizrahi gave The Larchmont Bungalow up his right to a trial, but in continues to operate at 107 N. exchange avoided criminal Larchmont Blvd. April 2017 www.larchmontledgerla.com COMMUNITY NEWS Page 5 Larchmont Ledger

[RESTAURANT REVIEW] DEVOS from page 1 of choice and private schools,” “I believe in charter Kali Restaurant herself in Michigan politics, said Rodriguez. “What I want schools but I also know that where she campaigned more to make progress towards is the district currently doesn’t By Pat Saperstein, Ledger Restaurant Critic school choice, including ex- to make sure that all of those have a great plan for where it About a year ago, Kevin crème fraiche panding charter schools and choices are of high quality approves charters so for some Meehan, a veteran of Patina is much more restrained but implementing voucher pro- instead of throwing in more of our communities we have and Bastide, joined forces nearly as compelling. grams that enable more stu- choices for the sake of choice.” too many schools and not with former Providence wine The menu changes fre- dents to attend private schools According to Rodri- enough students,” said Ro- director Drew Langley to quently—some nights the beef with public money. She guez—who oversees schools, driguez. “We really have to open Kali Restaurant on Mel- course is hangar steak, other has promised to continue in part, from Eagle Rock to ramp up the quality in all of rose Avenue, in the spot that nights, filet mignon. Mains campaigning for such as Presi- Los Feliz—while certain parts our schools, but especially in once housed Midtown Bar like lamb, duck breast, tuna, dent Trump’s Secretary of Ed- of Los Angeles could benefit charter schools that are given and Kitchen and before that, or salmon are all livened up ucation. from more school choice, his a lot of autonomy in exchange Pueblo Viejo. with touches like bitter herb While requests for com- district needs more effective for accountability.” On first glance, the sleek, oil or black garlic vinegar. ment from LAUSD Board of oversight of non-traditional Rodriquez also said he understated restaurant seems In addition to the ca- Education Dr. George (District public school options, like is concerned about the presi- almost casual, but the cooking vatelli, there’s always a main 1)—which serves public schools charter schools, of which there dent’s recently released budget is ambitious, with an emphasis course pasta, though a veg- north from Gardena to Han- are 32 charter in his district. which includes a $9 billion cut on getting top-quality organic etarian friend said there wasn’t cock Park—were not returned, These schools are publicly to the Education Department ingredients to give up surpris- enough choice to make a full LAUSD Boardmember Dr. Ref overseen, but are given more and a simultaneous $1 billion ing new flavors. meal. Rodriguez, of District 5 said autonomy than traditional increase in programs that sup- The chef likes to walk the As would be expected school choice is not the main public schools. Some are run port charter schools, school tightrope of nearly-burnt fla- from a Providence alum, the problem in his district. by the LAUSD while others vouchers and similar policies. vors, exploring that edge with wine list is excellent, but cock- “We have magnate pro- by independent non-profit or- Rodriguez said the cuts see DEVOS page 12 ash and charred avocado. tails are also terrific, like the grams, charter schools, zones ganizations. So often, beet salads are Burn Zone Gem with bour- tricked out with overly sweet bon and sweet potato liqueur. nuts and the ubiquitous goat Desserts skew post-mod- You have a PC Expert in your neighborhood! cheese. But here, a vividly ernist with imaginative con- composed beet tartar dish is structions of yogurt panna a completely different offer- cotta or meringue gelato, but ing. the bittersweet chocolate cre- Beets and greens are meux brightened with mint combined in a disc tasting of will scratch the chocolate the earth, and of the essence itch. of the root. A bright yellow With a kitchen apprecia- globe on top masquerades as tion charge of 3% added to an egg yolk, but it’s a puree every bill, a memorable din- of golden beets. Wisps of bit- ner for two will run about ter frisee, almonds and pre- $150 a la carte, while tasting served lemon serve as back- menus are available for $70 ground notes. and $100. It’s likely you’ve never Kali is even open for tasted anything quite like the lunch, adding items like a lamb black barley risotto with black burger and chicken kale salad garlic and toasted cheese. So to appease the Paramount and much umami savoriness has Raleigh studios workers on been coaxed out of these seem- their lunch hours. [email protected] • 323-810-6453 • www.michaelmartin.net ingly simple ingredients that that they reveal a whole other Kali level of muskiness that’s barely 5722 Melrose Avenue been tasted before. (323) 871-4160 Cavatelli with arugula and kalirestaurant.com

DASH from page 1 wood Drive, as well as along two historic venues, local hik- Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz ing trails and Hollywood Sign Village. SETTING THE viewing. “Griffith Park is the “Expanded DASH ser- crown jewel of the city’s park vice will give both Angelenos system, but it is being loved STANDARD and visitors a convenient, af- to death,” said Los Angeles fordable alternative to taking City Councilmember Da- IN their cars up there—making vid Ryu, who oversees the it easier on the environment, area. “This plan provides RESIDENTIAL SECURITY taking the hassle out of find- Angelenos and tourists with ing a parking spot and giving alternative transportation 24/7 Armed Patrol & Response • Locally owned & operated by options which will improve people more time to enjoy a retired LAPD Supervisors place that has so much to of- overall traffic circulation, increase park access and pro- • Manned by active off-duty licensed fer,” said Los Angeles Mayor LIMITED OFFER: vide safeguards for negative- Eric Garcetti. FIRST MONTH FREE law enforcement officers The new routes will run ly impacted neighborhoods FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS • 24-7 direct contact with patrol daily, including Mondays near Griffith Park and the IN THE MID-WILSHIRE AREA. when the Observatory is Hollywood Sign.” officer who never leaves the area MENTION THIS AD closed, from 12 noon to 10 The expanded service • Responds to all alarm monitoring p.m. on weekdays and 10 will be funded from revenues TO FIND OUT MORE. a.m. to 10 p.m. on week- generated by new $4 per hour companies ends. Buses will run every paid parking stations in the Protecting Los Angeles Neighborhoods Since 1991 20 minutes, with stops at Griffith Observatory parking lot and along its main access the Greek Theatre, Griffith Call us today (866) 357-1772 • www.ssa-securitygroup.com Observatory and Mt. Holly- road. Page 6 COMMUNITY NEWS www.larchmontledgerla.com April 2017 Larchmont Ledger

Local Places Second In Ebell Playwright Prize [LAFAYETTE SQUARE] By Michael Aushenker, Ledger Contributing Writer News Anchor with Heart and Soul By Laura Collins, Ledger Columnist Mid-Wilshire resident Jes- sica Silvetti placed second for Anyone who has lived in 2016’s Ebell Playwright Prize Los Angeles since way back with her original play, Laura. when we got our news from The Ebell Theatre official- the television, would likely ly announced the winners of remember KTLA-TV News, its annual playwright compe- anchored by Hal Fishman tition earlier this year. and Larry McCormick. Much Silvetti’s three-charac- to our delight, McCormick, ter piece has garnered her a and his very lovely wife, Anita $1,000 cash prize, in addition Daniels-McCormick, once to the prestige of having her lived on our block in LaFay- debut play win. ette Square. “It’s my first time ever ap- Born in 1933, Larry Mc- Cormick, a Kansas native, Former LaFayette Square resident, plying and I actually won,” Larry McCormick was one of the first Silvetti said. Silvetti is shown here with her husband. Photo credit: Catheryn Brockett moved to Los Angeles after African-American news anchors in Others winners were college to take on a series of Los Angeles. Photo Credit: KTLA-TV Northern California play- at the Ebell Club on Wilshire “They see their own re- jobs in radio stations. In 1969, wright Jody Gehrman, who Boulevard. flections in one another,” Sil- McCormick joined KCOP- For many years, Larry Mc- won first place with Tribal Life Silvetti’s Laura centers vetti said. TV as one of the first African- Cormick was our indefatigable in America and West Holly- around what happens when According to Silvetti, the American TV news anchors in host. Always witty and charm- wood-based author Katherine the titular estranged daugh- play is not based on her own the United States. He joined ing, he guided us all through Cortez, who garnered third ter suddenly walks back into life. However, the author does KTLA-TV in 1971 and served the day, and was even there at with A Muse of Fire. mother Nina’s life, and the concede that no fiction is cre- as a news anchor there until the end of the day, helping us The writers were officially emotional awakening they ex- ated in a vacuum. months before his death in pack it all in. feted at a March 5th ceremony perience together. see EBELL page 13 2004. When Larry passed away, When he wasn’t broad- his longtime co-anchor at KT- casting the evening news, he LA-TV, Marta Waller, told the was appearing in some of my Los Angeles Times, “He was, favorite TV shows as a kid, without a doubt, one of the Vacant Houses Open Door to Crime like That Girland Columbo most compassionate and gen- By Sheila Lane, Ledger Contributing Writer and appeared in some classic erous and kind people I’ve ever movies such as The Naked Gun known.” The often busy intersec- and so forth,” he said. ered under construction or and Terminator 3. Visit larchmontledgerla. tion of Beverly Boulevard and According to Pelayo, the abandoned, [a call regarding Every summer, our neigh- com to read a longer version of North Wilton Place requires existence of abandoned houses that property] is not consid- borhood hosts a block-party. this story. drivers to stay alert, but even and their attendant crime is ered an emergency,” he said. the most distracted driver due in part to a one-two com- Pelayo said there are five might notice that something bination of investor interest in or six abandoned houses in his Los Feliz Ledger seems wrong with the house the area and a city bureaucracy area, which includes Larch- Sign up for email alerts to on the southeast corner. that’s slow to issue demolition mont and Windsor Square. keep you up-to-date in Boarded up, surrounded and building permits. “It actually has a lot to between our monthly print edition by a chain-link fence and cov- As an example, Pelayo cit- do with the city,” said Pelayo. Register at www.losfelizledger.com or ered with graffiti, the house ed seven properties just north “There is a lot of delay on email us at: [email protected] became more than an eyesore. of the Wilton house that were permits.” As the Ledger went to press, its sold and demolished to build demolition was in progress. multi-unit family housing. Jerry Shaw, president of While those properties stood SSA Security Group, said he vacant, Pelayo said, crime believed the house attracted spiked in the area. transients, who use it as a base “Once [the houses] were for criminal activity. demolished,” said Pelayo, “the “We have a feeling that crime went away.” [transients] may be exiting According to Pelayo, the that property between 11 p.m. Wilton house was not techni- and 4 in the morning,” said cally abandoned. He said he Shaw, prior to the house’s de- was in contact with the absent molition, “and are participat- owner who has a trespass order ing in a lot of the burglaries on file. This order gives police and thefts of motor vehicles permission to come onto the that are occurring in the area.” property and arrest whoever is Los Angeles Police Dept. not authorized to be there. officer Joseph Pelayo, of the “The owner of that prop- Olympic Division, said that erty has been very cooperative,” while he could not pinpoint said Pelayo. “I can call him and crime to that particular house, say, ‘I’ve gotten calls [about] ac- he said that vacant properties tivity on your property. More do attract criminal activity. than likely, it’s unsecure and “My analogy is that these you need to go by there and … properties are basically like have it checked.’ And he’ll send a bee hive, where you have the somebody the same day.” worker bees go out and do Pelayo said that neigh- their thing and bring every- bors should call police if they thing back to the [hive],” said see activity at an abandoned Pelayo. house, but understand that it In this case, Pelayo said, might take some time for po- “their thing” is crime. lice to respond. The priority, “We’ve discovered, not Pelayo said, is to respond to necessarily at [the Wilton crime in homes that are oc- house], but at other properties cupied. … stolen credit cards and mail “If a property is consid- ®

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[REAL ESTATE] Meanwhile, 12 homes sold January and February Saw Typical Post-Holiday Dips in Sales in Hancock Park’s 90004 zip code, at a median price of $1.24 By Erin Hickey, Ledger Contributing Writer million, up a staggering 63% Southern California real es- in sales between December According to LePage, the year over year increase … of from February of last year. tate sales in January 2017 were 2016 and January 2017. That’s December-to-January price the past two years.” February condo prices in down nearly a quarter from De- partly because some people drop, like the drop in sales, is Locally, there were 33 sin- 90004 were up as well, just cember, but up more than 5% over 40%, with five sold at a from the same time last year, median price of $675,000. according to data from Core “There was still a normal, sharp seasonal drop-off in sales between La Brea-Wilshire saw 7 Logic, a real estate analysis firm December 2016 and January 2017… Historically those months are not single-family home sales in out of La Jolla, CA. February, and the 90036 zip “Southern California home good indicators of how the market will shape up during the rest of code saw a whopping increase sales were the highest for a Janu- the year,” said Core Logic Research Analyst Andrew LePage. in median price of nearly 90% ary in four years,” said Andrew to $2.6 million. LePage, research analyst with Two condos sold in the CoreLogic. “Many of the home- prefer not to buy or sell during typical for the season. gle-family homes and 12 condos area, for a median of $459,000, buyers whose deals were record- the holidays, which translates “Similar to sales, it’s also sold in our coverage area this a nearly 30% increase over the ed in January would have been into a relatively low number of normal for the region’s medi- February—also a traditionally previous year’s median. out shopping in November and deals recorded in January and an sale price to dip between low sales month, per LaPage— Only one home sold this December during a rising-rate February. Historically those December and January, and according to Core Logic. February in Hancock Park’s environment that might have months are not good indica- this year’s … decline be- Lafayette Square boasted spurred some to buy sooner tors of how the market will tween those two months is the month’s highest local sales, 90020 zip code, but it went rather than later.” shape up during the rest of the in line with the average De- with 13 homes sold in the 90019 for a whopping $3.69 mil- However, there was a sig- year,” said LePage. cember-to-January decrease zip code. The median price for lion, an increase of more than nificant drop in sales from Meanwhile, the median of about [3%] over the past the area went up significantly, three quarters over the previ- the previous month, though price paid for a home in South- three decades,” said LePage. over 50% from the same time ous year’s median price for the according to LePage, that is ern California in January was “The [5.3%] year-over-year last year to $1.2 million. area. Condo prices in 90020 standard for January and not $455,000 down just over 3% gain for the January 2017 Two condos sold in the were down, however, nearly cause for concern. from December, but just over median sale price was the same area for a median price 50% from the previous year to “There was still a nor- 5% higher than January of the lowest since June 2016, but it of $533,000, also up, nearly a median of $299,000 for the mal, sharp seasonal drop-off previous year. was still close to the average 20%, from February 2016. three sold.

HOMELESS from page 1 sleeping in cars is allowed on improper dumping of sanita- day under the new law. Larchmont Boulevard between tion waste and the stealing of The ordinance, which be- 1st Street and Rosewood Av- water from residents’ property. came effective in January, is the enue; Beverly Boulevard by the Rodriguez, however, cau- result of lawsuit that involved Wilshire Country Club and tioned against viewing vehicle seven plaintiffs, four of whom Wilshire Boulevard between dwellers as potential criminals. were homeless people arrested Windsor and Irving boulevards. “Sometimes it’s just some- for living in their vehicles in Some have expressed one who hitting a rough patch Venice. concern that allowing people in their life and is doing the best Previously, using one’s ve- to live in their cars might in- they can,” Rodriguez told the hicle as living quarters, either crease crime. But LAPD’s GWNC governing board. “We during the day or night, on Cordova said, so far, that has have to really look at it from a city streets and parking lots not been the case. more humane standpoint and was against the law. According to LAPD Of- try to identify what the issue is City officials, with input ficer Hebel Rodriguez, who and try to help them as best we A new city ordinance allows people to spend the night in their vehicles in non- from representatives of the spoke recently before the can, because putting them in residential areas, such as this stretch of Larchmont Boulevard. city’s 15 council districts, cre- Greater Wilshire Neighbor- jail or giving them a ticket every ated maps that show where hood Council (GWNC) on time we see them is not going to move to non-residential areas people live in their vehicles in daytime stays and overnight the subject, complaints against solve the problem.” between 9p.m. and 6a.m. the city of Los Angeles. sleeping are legal. vehicle dwellers from residents If ticketed, fines begin at At no time are vehicle Rodriguez said the goal According to the maps, usually revolve around trash, $25 for a first offense, $50 for dwellers allowed to be within now is educating residents, a second offense and $75 for a 500 feet of licensed schools, businesses and car dwellers on third. preschools, day-care facilities the new law. Our marketing The new law allows the or public parks. For more info on the ordi- brought 20 offers homeless to live in their vehicles According to 2016 data nance and maps of all Los An- on this North during the day in most areas of from the Los Angeles Home- geles neighborhoods, visit lacity. Bronson home the city. However, they must less Services Authority, 7,100 org/vehicledwelling. to the Seller!

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------Day Camps Art Works Cost: $275 per week-long session and safety-approved riding helmets offer a coeducational program for For your budding Picasso, Art First day to register: Now. Early bird are provided. Located in a beautiful, students grades 9-12. In addition to Aloha Beach Camp Works offers artist-taught classes registration prices end May 1st. private riding club in Atwater traditional academic courses, there Nothing says summer like a day focusing on a variety of drawing, 4107 West Burbank Blvd., Burbank Village on the edge of Griffith are more unique courses in subjects at the beach. Campers ages 4-15 painting, sculpting and mixed Website: burbankmusicacademy.com Park, Enterprise Farms is a U.S. Pony such as hiking and orienteering, will learn to surf, boogie board media techniques. The camp Phone: (818) 845-ROCK (7625) Club Riding Center and has been a film history and yoga. Meanwhile, and swim in Aloha Beach Camp’s provides paint shirts, but your Los Angeles favorite for over 20 years. Immaculate Heart Middle School three different age-appropriate kids should dress for a mess Camp TIOH will continue to offer an all-girls programs: at Keiki Camp, children nonetheless. Art Works also offers Summer at Temple Israel of Dates: 6/12 – 9/15 program for students entering aged 4-7 can swim and play in the a separate teen camp for ages 12 Hollywood’s Camp TIOH means Ages: 6 and up. grades 4-8, with Arabic language, gentle surf at Paradise Cove in and up. exciting field trips to places like Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. animation and even forensic Malibu, occasionally taking field the Science Center, Glowzone, the Cost: $525 per week science classes offered. trips to nearby Zuma. Kahuna Camp Dates: 6/13 – 8/30 Aquarium of the Pacific and Lucky First day to register: Now. offers surfing, jet skiing, boogie Ages: 6 – 12 or 12 and up for teen camp. Strike Bowling; fun themed days Paddock Riding Club Dates: Middle School: 6/19 – 7/14; boarding and more to campers Schedule: 10:00 a.m – 2:00 p.m. like “Pajama Day,” “Crazy Hat and 3919 Rigali Ave., Los Angeles High School: 6/19 – 7/21 aged 8-11; The High-Action Camp Cost: $110 per day or $455 for the week. Hair Day,” and “Sports Day;” and Website: enterprisefarms.com Ages: 4th – 12th grade offers teens aged 12-15 a little First day to register: Now. Friday Shabbat celebrations. Most Phone: (323) 665-8977 Schedule: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for more autonomy, allowing them to 660 N. Larchmont Blvd. of all, it means fun in an enriching morning classes, Afternoon classes begin at choose which activities appeal to Website: artworksstudio.org and nurturing environment. Golden State Gymnastics 12:15 p.m., but hours vary. them in an environment with other Phone: (323) 463-2562 Get your child moving with Cost: Middle School: $70 – $280 per children their age, so they never Dates: 6/26 – 8/4 gymnastics fundamentals that will course; High School: $200 – $700 per have to worry if they’re “too old” Burbank Music Academy Ages: 1st – 7th grade. teach them to flip, jump and tumble course, depending on number of weeks. for camp. The best part is, Aloha Rock-N-Roll Camp Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., with an their way to strength and flexibility First day to register: Now. offers day-by-day enrollment, rather Got a mini-Grace Slick, Keith Moon early morning drop off option beginning at at this beginner-targeted day 5515 Franklin Ave., Los Feliz than a traditional pre-set “session” or Jimi Hendrix on your hands? Send 8:00 a.m. camp. In addition to gymnastics, Website: immaculateheart.org schedule, so you can handpick them to Burbank Music Academy’s Cost: $375 per week daily activities include arts and Phone: (323) 461-3651 which days your child attends. Aloha Rock-N-Roll Camp, where they will First day to register: Now, with an early crafts, games, and outdoor water offers free transportation from over learn the basics of guitar, bass, bird discount until May 6th. play. L’ecole du Soleil 20 bus stops throughout L.A. drums, vocals and stage presence. 7300 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles Dates: 5/30 – 8/11 Does the new Beauty and the Beast Once they’re familiar with all of Website: camp.tiohdayschool.org Ages: 4 and up. movie have your child dreaming Dates: 6/12 – 8/18 their options, students can choose Phone: (323) 876-8330 Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. of the French countryside? Learn Ages: 4 – 15. which instrument to play in an age- Cost: $350 per week. Sibling and multiple to speak and read in French just Schedule: 9:45 a.m. – 2:35p.m. with and ability-appropriate band. No Enterprise Farms week discounts available. like Belle at Lycée International’s pickup between 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. and prior music experience is needed, If “I want a pony” is a common First day to register: Now. French language summer camp. drop-off between 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. but an advanced camp option is refrain in your home, Enterprise 1828 N. Keystone St., Burbank Students will participate in French Cost: $115 per day depending on when you available to experienced musicians Farms is the camp for your child. Website: goldenstategym.com language verbal, written and register and for how many days. by audition. At Enterprise, junior equestrians Phone: (818) 558-1177 reading exercises, plus a healthy First day to register: Now. can enjoy a fun-filled day of riding, dose of games, sports and outdoor Website: alohabeachcamp.com Dates: 5/30 – 8/14 along with lunch, snacks and a riding Immaculate Heart activities. No previous French Phone: (818) 932-4600 Ages: 6 and up. demonstration on Fridays. No riding This year, for the first time, language exposure required. 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CAMP GUIDE continued… Dates: 6/20 – 7/29 First day to register: Now. rigid programming of the school Cost: $280 per week and up, depending Ages: Preschool – 6th grade Drop off and pick up at Pinwheels year to play, imagine, be silly, get on session. Referral and group discounts Dates: 6/19 – 7/21 Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Preschool dirty and have fun. Campers get available. Ages: 4 – 10 Cost: $2,255 – $2,500 for six weeks, 4607 Prospect Avenue, Los Feliz to choose from a wide variety of First day to register: Now. Early bird Cost: $350 per week, $90 per day. $240 depending on grade level Website: silverlakecamps.com activities as well as engage in discount available until April 15th. for part-time (any 3 days per week). First day to register: Now. $100 Phone: (323) 445-3790 creative play with other campers. 416 South Victory Blvd., Burbank First day to register: Now. registration fee waived for current Page Website: swordplayla.com Lycée International de Los Angeles (LILA) Students. Silver Lake Recreation Center Dates: 6/19 – 9/1 Phone: (818) 903-0200 4155 Russell Ave., Los Feliz 419 Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills Day Camp Ages: SK-PreK caters to 3-4 year-olds; Website: ecoledusoleil.com Website: pageschool.com Silver Lake’s bustling Rec Center Summerkids is designed for K-6th grade; Theatre 360 Performing Arts Phone: (323) 665-4526 Phone: (323) 272-3429 hosts a daily mix of activities and Summer Challenge is for 7th-9th Camp designed to keep kids entertained, All the camp’s a stage, and all the Marlborough Summer School graders. Prime Time Sports Camp from sports and games, to crafts campers merely actors. Theater 360 Marlborough’s coeducational Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. with Get your sweat on at Prime Time’s and cooking. Kids 7 and older offers Broadway-style training with Summer School aims to provide extended care available. sports training and recreation swim once a week, and there is an the option to focus on either musical children with a fun and enriching Cost: $380 per week, with discounts camp, which mixes traditional optional field trip every Friday, theater or acting at three different learning experience beyond the depending upon the number of weeks camp activities with sports, though no camp is held for children levels. Campers learn songs, scenes, traditional classroom, including registered. including basketball, soccer, who choose not to attend the field monologues, and dances from a “Mathemagic,” drum lessons, First day to register: Now. hockey, lacrosse and many more, trip. variety of theatrical sources. circus performance and other 3697 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Altadena plus weekly tournaments and a unique class options. Although Website: summerkids.net special “World Cup Soccer Week.” Dates: 6/12 – 8/12 Dates: 6/6 – 8/19 Marlborough is all-girls during the Phone: (626) 577-9979 Ages: 5 – 12 Ages: 3 – 19 school year, they open their doors Dates: 6/12 – 8/11 in Silver Lake. Schedule: 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with Swordplay Studios Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. with to boys too for summer school. Ages: 4 – 14 extended care options available En garde! Swordplay Studios offers extended care available Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. with Cost: $140 per week, $30 field trip fee the best in fencing, stage combat Cost: Showbiz Kidz (ages 3-5): $200 per Dates: 6/19 – 7/28 extended care available. First day to register: 5/13 priority or 5/15 and even Jedi lightsaber or Harry one-week session, $360 per two-week Ages: K – 9th Grade Cost: $320 and up per week $65 and up regular, with a mandatory parent meeting Potter wand instruction. Sword session; Performing Arts Camp (ages 6-19) Schedule: 8:15 a.m.–2:45 p.m., with per day on 5/6 at 1:00 p.m or 5/10 at 6:30 p.m. Master Tim Weske has over 20 years and Academy Program (advanced level extended care available. First day to register: Now, with an early 1850 W. Silver Lake Dr., Silverlake of sword training and education students ages 13-19): $310 per one-week Cost: Tuition varies and includes any bird discount until April 15th. www.laparks.org/reccenter/silver-lake experience, and all instructors session, $620 per two-week session materials or field trip fees. Tuition for the Ivanhoe Elementary School Phone: (323) 644-3946 are trained swordfighters with 75 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena five-week Morning Period courses begins 282 Herkimer St. classroom management training. Website: theatre360.org at $465. Tuition for Afternoon Classes is primetimesportscamp.com Studio LOL: A Comedy School Phone: (626) 577-5922 $800 and up. Phone: (310) 838-7872 for Kids Dates: 6/12 – 8/18 First day to register: Now. Whether your child is a class clown Ages: 5 – 16 Wizard of Art 250 South Rossmore Ave., LA School of Rock looking to finesse their routine, or a Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Summer art workshops at this marlboroughsummerschool.org School of Rock will have your kids wallflower in need of a confidence Phone: (323) 964-8401 declaring “I love rock n’ roll” in boost, Studio LOL’s summer camp no time, thanks to their five day will give them the skills they need Natural History Museum: performance-driven summer to get the whole room laughing. Adventures in Nature Summer camps, each of which culminates Day Camp in a live rock show for friends and Dates: 6/13 – 8/11 From the depths of the ocean to family at the end of the week. Ages: 5 and older. the center of the earth, from huge With a focus on teamwork and Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. or 10:00 dinosaurs to the microscopic accountability, children will not a.m. – 1:00 p.m. for younger kids 5-8. creatures in your own backyard, only learn a new instrument, Cost: $250 – $300 per week. animal and nature lovers of all they’ll make new friends and build First day to register: Now. stripes will learn something new confidence too. 11634 Ventura Blvd., Studio City and exciting at Adventures in Website: studiolol.com Nature day camp, which splits its Dates: 6/12 – 8/18 Phone: (818) 660-3460 time between the Natural History Ages: 7 – 18, some prior music instruction Museum and La Brea Tar Pits. suggested. Summer Sports Camp Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Young athletes can enjoy a half- Dates: 6/19 – 7/28 at the Natural History Cost: $495 per week for full day, $250 per day of tennis or soccer right in the Museum, 7/31 – 8/4 at the La Brea Tar week for half day heart of Los Feliz at the Riverside Pits. First day to register: Now. Drive sports center. With a staff Ages: K – 8th Grade 7801 Beverly Boulevard, LA of seasoned, high-energy pros, Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. with Website: fairfax.schoolofrock.com children get superior training and extended care available. Phone: (323) 999.1919 have lots of fun. Both the tennis Cost: $270 per week for members, program and the Soccer Academy $300 per week for non-members. Silverlake Beach Camp divide kids by level. On hotter days, First day to register: Now. Elementary school children there is also an option to cool off in Natural History Museum can learn to appreciate the art, the adjacent swimming pool. 900 Exposition Blvd. architecture and natural beauty of Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits Los Angeles with small-group field Dates: 6/19 – 8/11 5801 Wilshire Blvd trips to museums, historic sites, Ages: 5 – 14 Website: nhm.org/summercamp noteworthy neighborhoods and, Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Phone: (213) 763-3499 of course, the beautiful beaches Cost: $200 per week around Los Angeles. With groups First day to register: Now. Page School Summer Camp no larger than 25, counselors can 3401 Riverside Dr., Griffith Park Page Private School incorporates provide individualized attention to Soccer: hollywoodsocceracademy.com academics and exciting children, whether it’s making sure (310) 926-7668 extracurricular activities into their they wear their sunscreen or simply Tennis: latennis.com (323) 663-6060 day camp to create a fun-filled and taking plenty of photos of their educational environment. adventures for you to enjoy. Themed weeks at Page include Summerkids “DIY Week” and “Super Hero Week” Dates: 7/10 – 8/4 Family-owned for more than 35 for elementary level students and Ages: Pre K – Pre 5th grade years, the first rule of Summerkids themes like “Buggin’ Out” and Larchmont Little Free Library Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. is have fun! At Summerkids, “Hollywood Walk of Fame” for Cost: $425 per week. children can take a break from the preschoolers. 4th Anniversary Thank you to our neighbors, friends, patients, and the entire community for making this Little Free Library a great success and a pride and joy of Larchmont community. The office is always happy to receive more books.

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Page 10 SUMMER CAMP GUIDE www.larchmontledgerla.com April 2017 Larchmont Ledger popular Los Feliz art school feature $2,400 for two weeks. Catalina Sea Camp in Los Feliz, this sleepaway camp Cost: $425 – $450 per week. drawing, painting, cartooning, and First day to register: Now. Treat your mini marine biologist offers a variety of themed weeks First day to register: Now. clay sculpting. All ages are welcome. 26800 Saunders Meadow Rd., Idyllwild to a one- or three-week session at and fun-filled field trips. This year’s 3200 Canyon Drive, Hollywood Single hour classes are also available Website: guideddiscoveries.org Catalina Sea Camp. Children and themes include “Sports Madness,” Website: laparks.org/dos/camps/ throughout the summer. Phone: (800) 645-1423 teens can participate in various “Pokémon Training Camp,” “Jedi hollywoodland.htm ocean-themed activities, study Quest” and more. Phone: (323) 467-7193 Dates: Mid-June – August Camp JCA Shalom marine biology and even learn Ages: 4 and up With a focus on Tikkun Olam— how to prepare seafood with a Dates: 6/12 – 8/11 YMCA Camp Surf Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. creating a better world—Camp JCA specialized program developed Ages: 7 – 14 Located on the beach near San Cost: $250 per week, materials included Shalom has offered Winter, Spring by the Catalina Island Marine Cost: $425 – $450 per week Diego, YMCA’s Camp Surf has First day to register: Now. and Fall sessions in addition to Institute. First day to register: Now. a strong focus on ocean fun, 1947 Hillhurst Ave. Los Feliz traditional Summer camp for over 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Griffith Park. although campers participate in Website: thewizardofart.com 60 years. The camp, which takes Dates: 6/10 – 8/11 http://www.laparks.org/camp/griffith- a wide range of other activities Phone: (323) 661-0341 place at the Shalom Institute in Ages: 8 – 17 park-boys-camp like rock climbing, archery, Malibu, provides a positive Jewish Cost: $1,700 – $1,800 per one-week Phone: (323) 664-0571 games, campfires, skits and Zoo Camp living experience and encourages session. $4,600 per three-week session. dances. Sessions are a week Animal lovers unite for the personal growth, self-discovery First day to register: Now, but space is Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa long and divided into groups adventure of a lifetime at the L.A. and, of course, fun! filling up quickly. Located within 40 acres of pine by age: Mariners, Watermen, Zoo and Botanical Gardens this Toyon Bay, Avalon, Catalina Island forest near the shores of Bluff Lake, Beachcombers, and SOUL Surfers. summer. Children will get to see Dates: 6/20 – 8/6 Website: catalinaseacamp.org a short drive from downtown Big their favorite creatures up close Ages: 2nd – 12th grade Phone: (800) 645-1423 Bear, Camp Gilboa offers a scenic Dates: 6/11 – 8/11 and learn about flora and fauna in a Cost: $1,235 – $4,195 based on session. and spiritually enriching Jewish Ages: 3rd – 11th grade fun and educational environment. Shalom Institute Catalina Island Camps overnight camping experience. Cost: $680 – $780 tiered pricing, with 34342 Mulholland Hwy., Malibu The Catalina Island Camps program Campers can swim, hike, dance YMCA member discounts available. Dates: 6/19 – 8/11 Website: campjcashalom.com aims to foster a positive identity, and celebrate Shabbat near the First day to register: Now. Ages: Pre-K – 6th grade Phone: (818) 889-5500 social skills, community and an beautiful serene waters. 560 Silver Strand Blvd., Imperial Beach Schedule: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. with appreciation for nature. In addition Website: ymca.org/camp/camp-surf.html extended care available. Camp Ramah to traditional sleepaway camp Dates: 6/28 – 8/13 Phone: (760) 765-0642 Cost: $65 per day, with member discounts Located in beautiful Ojai for 60 cabins, campers are allowed Ages: 8 – 17 available. years, Camp Ramah is the perfect to choose from a selection of Cost: $2,600 – $5,125, depending on YMCA Camp Marston First day to register: Now. place for your camper to enjoy overnight adventures, where they number of weeks. 4-night introductory Overnighters at Camp Marston Los Angeles Zoo fresh mountain air and gorgeous can hike, get to know campers session available for $725 get to explore over 200 acres of 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Feliz views in a peaceful wooded setting. from other cabins and sleep under First day to register: Now. trails and forests near San Diego, Website: lazoo.org/education It is also the first Jewish summer the stars. Campers also have 8339 West Third St., Los Angeles including a lake, swimming pool, Phone: (323) 644-4211 camp in the United States with the opportunity to develop new Website: campgilboa.org climbing tower, and archery range. a solar energy system, helping skills and earn badges in various Phone: (323) 653-6772 Arts and crafts, sports, dance, Overnight Camps teach children about protecting activities, including sailing, water- drama, and hiking are also on the their environment. Activities skiing and gardening. Hollywoodland Girl’s Camp schedule. Sessions are grouped include swimming, arts and crafts, by age: Explorers (age 7 – 11), Astrocamp Camp Hollywoodland is an all-girls sports, Israeli dance and Jewish Challengers (age 11 – 13), and Shoot for the stars at Astrocamp, Dates: 6/19 – 8/14 camp nestled in nearby Griffith music, cooking, organic gardening, Mountaineers (age 13 – 16). where campers can train like Ages: 2nd – 11th grade Park. 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[IMMACULATE HEART] [Turning Point] A Hive of Activity Flower Day, Stories of Freedom and More By Lauren Berger ’18 By Jack Beiley, 7th Grade

Immaculate Spring Break. And while The month Lofthouse-Quesada. The stu- journeys to freedom. He met Heart High some students indulge in a of March dents worked with Andrea with both elementary and School con- week of sleeping in, many was an ex- to create a “collage” of sorts middle school students and it tinues to buzz in April. On participate in three distinct citing month for Turning inspired by Jackson Pollock. was inspiring to all. April 8th, Immaculate Heart faculty-lead trips. Whether Point School. We celebrated Level 7 worked to create Students in Level 4 invites incoming 9th graders saying “Au Revoir” and fly- a beloved school tradition, “faceless dolls,” which is a through Middle School are and their parents to a welcome ing to France, uncovering Flower Day, when every stu- tradition within the Domin- about to embark on their an- breakfast and reception. We marine life in Catalina Is- dent brings in a bouquet of ican Republic and that were nual service learning trips. look forward to meeting our land, or touring major Mid- flowers and then some of our then framed on a splatter From Lazy W Ranch, Ri- new Pandas and members of Atlantic colleges, IH students volunteer parents create beau- painted canvas. ley’s Farm and the Grand the Class of 2021. know how to keep busy! tiful arrangements and deliver In February, to honor Canyon, to the Dominican Next, the high school School resumes on the them to all of our staff. black history month, Turn- Republic and Italy, Turning hosts class elections. Actively 24th, with our traditional Another exciting event ing Point welcomed Michael Point students will be able to encouraging students to pur- Mary’s Day just around the that went on in March was McCarty, an African folktale get a taste of the rich and di- sue leadership roles, IH offers corner. Arguably the most be- our annual visiting artist. storyteller who came and told verse cultures that make up students an array of positions loved tradition at Immaculate This year, Turning Point’s the students stories from his our global citizenship phi- within their sections, grade Heart, Mary’s Day celebrates visiting artist was Andrea life and stories about people’s losophy. levels, and the overarching the high school’s patroness, student council (ASB). Mark- Mary, the mother of Jesus. ing the first of many elections, With a special liturgy and stu- April 11th signals the begin- dent-organized activities, each ning to a new year of student Mary’s Day centers on a differ- [BRAWERMAN EAST] (the hero of the Purim story), campaigning, speech making, ent theme. This year’s theme is but if she was a ninja. Even the and voting. Ave Stella Maris: Mary, Star ‘Wacky’ Purim teachers had silly costumes. After a re-centering Holy of the Sea. Immaculate Heart By Julia Vaughan and Miles Gerber, 3rd Grade We started the day off with Week prayer service, school has much to look forward to a parade so each grade could lets out for the Easter holi- in this busy time before the the evil plans and the Jewish show off their wacky fashion. day and a much anticipated school year closes. people are saved. Families, We also got to play a schools, and synagogues usu- bunch of really fun carnival ally have big parties for Purim games like hotshot basket- and last Friday at Brawerman DEVOS from page 6 students and Rodriguez said ball, a Purim hockey game, we had an awesome celebra- he worries such for English and an obstacle course. After will force local schools to pro- tion. language learners and other the games, the grades split vide fewer essential services to First, everyone was al- minority groups could be next. up to do their own activities students, while DeVos’s hands Brawerman Elementary lowed to wear whatever they “This sets us back in spe- while kindergarteners made off approach to civil rights en- School just celebrated the wanted (we usually have a cial education, civil rights, and hamantashen for the whole forcement and special needs Jewish holiday of Purim. On dress code). The dress-up enforcement for transgender school. Hamantashen are spe- programs undermines the pro- Purim, we tell the story of an theme was “Wacky!” so there kids. I’m very concerned that cial cookies you eat on Purim, tection of his district’s most evil guy who advises the king were a lot of crazy costumes. this hands-off approach might and every year the Kindergar- vulnerable students. and tells him to be mean to A lot of people dyed their hair take states back to a time ten class makes a bunch of dif- Shortly after confirma- the Jewish people who live in and painted their faces. Some where equity and access were ferent flavors for the rest of the tion, DeVos reversed Obama- his city. Luckily the Queen people wore pajamas. One per- era protections of transgender limited,” Rodriguez said. school to try. They were super (who is secretly Jewish) ruins son dressed like Queen Esther delicious (and messy)!

BROWN-FAGER from page 5 a deep respect for the Paki- Turkey, Syria, Tunisia and stani journalists she met, but Malaysia. is inspired by all the Fellows. Typically, guests are in “You realize how easy Experience Immaculate Heart! their 20s or 30s and stay any- it is for [American journal- where between one and six ists] to do our job. If I make Join us for a Summer of Discovery weeks before they find a place somebody mad as a jour- of their own or move on. nalist, the repercussions Emal Haidary, from Af- are nothing,” said Brown. ghanistan, stayed with the “For each country and for family in 2011 when he was each journalist it’s different, working at the Los Angeles but they take a lot more risks Times. just doing their job than we “Living with the Brown- ever do.” Fager family was one of the Hayley said her biggest greatest experiences of my shock came from learning that life,” said Haidary in an there can be violence against email. “In Afghanistan, we journalists. “Educating the Hearts & Minds of Young Women Since 1906” often see American soldiers in “[I heard] stories of peo- the streets, who are afraid of ple who stayed with us and Middle School Summer Session people and Afghans who are then disappeared in their own June 19 - July 14 afraid of them. [The family countries … and were tor- One, Two and Four-Week Classes and I] often talked about our tured,” she said. similarities and how lack of All the family members For Girls Entering Grades 4 - 8 close communication has af- agree that the insight, friend- fected the U.S. policies in Af- ship and knowledge they’ve High School Summer Session ghanistan. … This is in addi- gained over the years has been June 19 - July 21 tion to having tons of fun with invaluable. This summer, they Two and Five-Week Courses for them, from going to movies will continue their family tra- All High School Students and concerts to eating Corie’s dition by hosting two Paki- signature food. The experience stani journalists. completely changed my mind “We get so much more Academics, Enrichment, & Learning Fun! about Americans in a very out of it than we give,” said good way.” Brown. ”I can’t imagine not 5515 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Brown said she developed doing it.” (323) 461-3651 ♥ www.immaculateheart.org Page 12 SCHOOL NEWS www.larchmontledgerla.com April 2017 Larchmont Ledger

[GIRLS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY] [CITIZENS OF THE WORLD] Little Library Field Trips and Our First Ever Preparing for New Learning Units Best of Yearbook By Quinton Palmer, 5th grade Neighborhood By Niah Overstreet and Yvenie Joseph, ‘21 As we enter And more exciting events the spring are on the horizon. This year, The “Larchmont Little Free clay and styrofoam wings and trimester, the the school will host its first Library” founded by local den- got to explore what it’s like to Fifth Grade school-wide musical produc- tist Dr. Arthur A. Kezian, is cel- work in the Stars Room. at CWC- tion, Into The Woods. The play ebrating its 4th anniversary. GALA is producing the Hollywood is about many fairytale char- Over 8,000 books have school’s first yearbook. There is ready for acters and what happens when passed through the tiny li- are 12 ad pages available. A new learning units. In math their stories mix together. This brary, whose motto is “Take half page advertisement is $25, class, we are moving on from all-student production features one back and give another and a quarter page is $15, but our decimal unit to our frac- a cast of more than 25 and a back with a smile.” This month, GALA ninth the prices will go up. Contact tion unit, starting with a quick large crew working behind the Book donations are wel- graders went on a field trip to galayearbook2016@gmail. fractions review. scenes. There will be two per- come, and Kezian and his staff the L.A Zoo. The girls met com to make an order. And in social studies, formances Saturday, March are happy to pick up books. some engineers who were in- In Advisory, students are we are studying the Colonial 25th in the auditorium of Jo- 443. North Larchmont volved in planning some of the learning about drug use. The Time Period and the Revolu- seph LeConte Middle School. Blvd. (323) 467-2777 zoo’s habitats. girls are learning about the ef- tionary War. We used note- GALA students also heard fect of drugs on our bodies and cards to create pieces that fit more about the California how drugs hinder life goals. into a timeline, and presented High Speed Rail Project. Stu- In English, 9th grade our work in groups. dents tried building bridges students are finishing writing In science, we have been using paper and paperclips their Hidden Figures essays working on trioramas about and layered various materials and are starting Romeo and the atmosphere and what it to clean dirty water. Juliet, including learning Ar- does for Earth. Working in We also went on another istotle’s six elements of a play. pairs, we followed the instruc- field trip to the Aerospace In Algebra, students are tions step-by-step to create Corporation. Students built learning about geometric and unique projects. spaceships out of sprite bottles, arithmetic sequences.

EBELL from page 7 like to stroll with their boxer statement from Playwright “Anything that you write, mix, Barkley, and frequent the Prize Chair Cynthia Comsky, there’s always going to be local coffeehouses. the honor, which has been pre- something autobiographical,” She said she has witnessed sented now for at least three she said. “There’s always a piece her neighborhood explode in years, was inspired by a play- of one’s self in one’s work. Cer- the last 10 years and she loves writing prize first awarded by tainly, you’re inspired by mo- the familial area where she the Ebell Theatre in 1928. ments in your life.” lives. An eight-woman com- Silvetti said she originally “It feels like a little com- mittee—including Comsky; embarked on the writing jour- munity,” she said. “I love liv- marketing consultant Laura ney that became Laura six ing in this area. ... It’s changed Foti Cohen; writer/editor years ago. a lot in the last decade but it’s Claudia Lagresa; and ac- “It was something I kept so central to [every part of tress Robin Riker—were this coming back to,” she said. L.A.]. I’m not too far from the year’s judges. Silvetti is a New York beach and I don’t always have University theater major who, to use the freeway. I can also of late, has been scripting and walk to the museums and res- directing short films and webi- taurants.” Start Here Where Love of Learning Lives sodes, often with her husband Silvetti’s work mostly cen- and creative partner Ethan ters around female characters Kogan. Three months before because she said she feels that the Ebell Playwright Prize while ageism in Hollywood deadline, she said, “I decided has decreased in recent years, to bunker down to complete there is still a dire need for the play.” more complex female roles Born in Mexico to a musi- beyond the stereotypical, two- cian father and a mother who dimensional wife/girlfriend/ worked on films as a produc- mother parts. tion coordinator, the Valley- Silvetti said her minor raised Silvetti grew up visiting in women’s studies at college movie sets since an early age. helps her inform such writing. At NYU’s Tisch School Up next for Silvetti is of the Arts, she prepared to writing and directing a four- wbtecc.org brawerman.org/east become an actress and for part bilingual web series for years performed as a member Alzheimer’s Greater Los An- of the Actor’s Gang, the Tim geles, due later this year. She Robbins-founded Culver City- additionally said she would based theater group. be submitting “Laura” to However, along the way, more play competitions and Silvetti’s interest in writing festivals. and directing deepened. The Ebell Playwright “It was something I was Prize is sponsored by the Eb- always passionate about and ell Women’s Club of Los An- that writing bug was always geles, which was founded in there,” she said. 1984 and is dedicated to the A decade-long Mid- advancement of women in ev- Wilshire resident, Silvetti said ery branch of culture, includ- she draws much inspiration ing literature and the arts and from her walkable neighbor- sciences. wbtla.org hood, which she and Kogan According to an online

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[MOTHER OF INVENTION] [STARGAZING] What Restorative Discipline Means for LAUSD Parents April Meteor By Rita Mauceri, Ledger Columnist Showers fifth grade and we’ve never ing, connectedness and the points out, “we see that over- Anthony Cook had any concerns about the willingness to change because reliance on punitive strategies Ledger Columnist way our school handled be- people matter to each other.” like suspension or expulsion havioral problems, nastiness, According to the Institute isn’t working. The UCLA This year, the or bullying. for Restorative Justice and Re- Civil Rights Project has found Lyrid meteor But I’ve talked to enough storative Dialogue (IRJRD), that schools with high sus- shower benefits friends who have kids enrolled “The goal of Restorative Dis- pension rates are less safe, less from the lack in public schools throughout cipline is to change the school equitable, and have lower aca- of interfering the city to know that there can climate rather than merely re- demic outcomes.” moonlight. The be vastly different experiences spond to student behavior.” The move to restorative shower’s peak will occur dur- discipline seems like a smart ing the night and early morn- and significant step forward ing of April 21st to 22nd. Restorative justice fosters belonging for LAUSD. On their web- Lyrid meteors can be seen site, you will find information as early as 10 p.m. and until If you are the parent or over exclusion, social engagement over on how restorative discipline dawn starts at 3:54 a.m. The guardian of one of the more control, and meaningful accountability works, as well as a projection meteors appear to stream from a point in the sky near the con- than 640,000 kids attending over punishment. that it will be implemented in public school in Los Angeles, all schools by 2020. stellation Lyra the Lyre’s bright- you probably received an au- For our children, this re- est star, Vega. From a dark wil- tomated phone call recently sults in some huge positives, derness location you may see up informing you that LAUSD when it comes to how disci- It utilizes practices like including an opportunity to be to 12 Lyrids per hour. was moving to a “restorative pline is dealt with. “respect agreements” and heard, a greater understanding Te moon starts the discipline” system. So, what exactly is re- “classroom circling”—group of how their actions impact oth- month as waxing crescent, and I got such a call and was storative justice? Essentially, conversations—to help en- ers, accountability and responsi- is first quarter on the 3rd. On pleasantly surprised that the dis- it is a whole-school approach courage empathy and resolve bility, understanding their role the following nights it is wax- trict had taken such a significant that encourages community issues. as a member of the larger school ing gibbous until the 10th, and all-encompassing step. and, according to the Schott More school districts community, less bullying and when it is full. Restorative discipline, also Foundation for Public Educa- throughout the U.S. are mov- safer school environments. On following nights, it is known as restorative justice, is tion, “fosters belonging over ing away from punitive “zero Challenges and conflicts waning gibbous and it rises af- a “top down” approach that re- exclusion, social engagement tolerance” models that have will no doubt always be a ter sunset until it becomes last quires the collective support of over control, and meaningful proven to be largely counter- part of school culture, but as quarter on the 19th, then it all administrators and teachers accountability over punish- productive and adopting this a parent of soon-to-be middle is waning crescent until New in the nation’s second largest ment. Its practices replace fear, more progressive approach. schoolers, this news could not Moon on the 26th. public school district. uncertainty, and punishment In large part, the shift has have come at a better time. On the following night, My kids are finishing up as motivators with belong- occurred because, as Edutopia Well done, LAUSD. the moon returns to the eve- ning sky as waxing crescent. Re a d y. Set. Enroll.

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[THEATER REVIEW] actors are for the most part be- This is a play that will se- Disinherit the Wind Challenges Darwinian Evolution lievable, but Matt Chait’s in- riously rile people who hold terpretation of Professor Cates a firm belief in evolution, but By Marilyn Tower Oliver, Ledger Theater Critic is the linchpin that focuses the will intrigue those who are Playwright and actor Matt the 1925 Scopes “Monkey The scene then shifts 5 action. open enough to invite a new Chait’s courtroom drama, Trial,” which championed the years later to the present, out- The play’s provocative interpretation of scientific Disinherit the Wind, currently right of schools to teach evo- side a courtroom where thesis is intriguing, but the ac- theories. onstage at the Ruby Theatre in lution. While controversial at Cates is suing the univer- tion at times becomes bogged the Complex, explores the pos- that time, evolution is now sity for back wages and rein- down by too much theorizing, Disinherit the Wind at the sibility that Darwin’s theory of regarded as a given tenet by statement. too many scientific explana- Complex (Ruby Theatre), 6476 evolution has perhaps become most scholars. The defense accuses Cates tions, and wordy dialogue. Santa Monica Blvd., Fridays, a new form of scientific ortho- The play opens with a rather of mixing religion and science At a running time of close Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at doxy that can’t be challenged. long lecture and big screen slide with his unorthodox beliefs to three hours, the play made 3 p.m. through April 9th, $25, The play’s title is a refer- show in which neurobiologist that there is another, spiritual me eager for a final resolution. Students with ID $15 (promo ence to Jerome Lawrence’s Professor Bertram Cates por- theory to rival Darwin’s expla- I believe the play could use code 005). Street parking. (323) 1955 play, Inherit the Wind, trayed by Chait lectures about nation for life on Earth. some serious cuts that would 960-4420, www.plays411.com/ a fictionalized account about the genetic code. Director Gary Lee Reed’s tighten up the action. disinherit.

[HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] JCC from page 4 America for hatred or acts of By Mike Guardabascio, Ledger Columnist So far, one arrest has been prejudice or violence or anti- made in connection with the Semitism,” Pence said. Loyola High School Marlborough girls basketball to Maranatha in the second nationwide bomb threats. Locally, life continues as The Cubs made a deep team, which started 7-7 before round on the road. In March, federal authori- normal with the hopes that run in the CIF Southern Sec- winning 11 consecutive games ties arrested 31-year-old Juan such incidents will not be tak- tion playoff this year after a to finish the regular season. Harvard Westlake Thompson, a suspect allegedly en any further. third place finish in the Mis- The Mustangs made it It was the winter of the behind the harassment of at “We are very grateful for sion league. They made it to to the CIF-SS champion- Wolverines, as both Harvard- least eight Jewish community the help and cooperation of our the semi-finals where they fell ship game in the 2A bracket Westlake basketball teams centers in St. Louis, Missouri; local law enforcement agencies,” to the eventual CIF champi- with Leuzinger. They fell in played in CIF championship and another suspect of dual the Westside JCC’s Greene said. ons, Harvard-Westlake. the championship 60-36, but games and got to take home Israel-American citizenship “Our JCC is closely monitoring Loyola finished the season earned a berth in the CIF some hardware. believed tied to threats against the situation and coordinating with a record of 19-10. Loyola’s State playoffs where they The Wolverines boys bas- JCCs in the United States and with local law enforcement, soccer team finished with an won two games before fall- ketball team defeated Pasa- Canada. the Dept. of Homeland Secu- overall record of 15-10-5. ing in the quarterfinals, 58- dena 68-58 to claim the CIF In addition to this year’s rity and the FBI, as well as the 55, to Serra. Southern Section Division myriad JCC threats, another Community Security Initia- Los Angeles High The future is bright for the 1A championship. The Wol- wave of anti-Semitism has tive of the Jewish Federation of School program, with their top two verines girls basketball team included the desecration of Greater Los Angeles.” The Sentinels’ winter sea- scorers being freshmen. made the Open Division, Jewish cemeteries in St. Lou- Security and safety remains son wasn’t nearly as memora- the “best of the best” playoff is; Rochester, New York; and the WJCC’s top priority. ble as their CIF championship Campbell Hall bracket featuring the top 16 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “At the same time, we will football campaign in the fall, It was a rough winter for teams from across all divi- On February 22nd, Vice not be bullied by terrorism,” but they did have success on Campbell Hall, with the Vi- sions. President Mike Pence con- Greene said. “We stand tall the hardcourt. kings’ basketball teams and They reached the CIF demned the nationwide van- with other JCCs around the Both soccer teams fin- girls soccer teams all strug- championship game against dalism from the St. Louis country and continue to be a ished with records under .500 gling. nationally ranked Long Beach cemetery site. gathering place for our com- and missed the playoffs, but But the Campbell Hall Poly, but came up short, 68-52. “There is no place in munity.” the boys basketball team went boys soccer team had a great 18-8 overall, but fell 56-39 to year, with a regular season re- Central City in the first round cord of 16-4-1, good enough of the playoffs. to claim a Gold Coast League championship. Marlborough The Vikings won their What a winter for the playoff opener 4-2 but fell

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