Edward Imhoff, 92, Longtime Palisadian

July 22, 2010

Edward Imhoff, a 60-year resident of Pacific Palisades, passed away on July 15 at the age of 92.’ Born and raised in Bakersfield, Edward enjoyed a long career in the aerospace industry working for Douglas and the Hughes Aircraft Company. He was an avid hobbyist of cars, woodworking, painting and gardening.’He was known for his welcoming smile and a willingness to lend a helping hand to his fellow neighbor.’ Edward leaves behind his wife, Elain Imhoff; daughter Marian Foster; granddaughters Bridget Foster, Lisa Schofield and Wendy Litke; and great-granddaughter Marilyn Schumway.’ A celebration of Edward’s life will take place at Gates, Kingsley and Gates in Santa Monica at 11 a.m. on July 24. Donations in his name can be made to TreePeople.org.

Boyers’ Photos Are Taking Flight

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July 22, 2010

The lifelong Palisadian, a former music industry executive and children’s book author, boldly takes on photography as her third act.

“Mr. Louie’s Window,” a photo Sara Jane Boyers took in Seattle’s Chinatown, is among the images in the current exhibition “Summer Mix: Images by Members of LACMA’s Photographic Council,” on the Miracle Mile.

Sara Jane Boyers’ latest project, documenting the construction of a hilltop home in Malibu made of 747 airplane remnants, mirrors her own dramatic ascension to the ranks of serious photography. ‘I think with most photographers, their work is very much a reflection of themselves,’ she said during an interview in the Rustic Canyon home she and her husband, Steven, have shared for nearly 35 years. ‘I tend to have a certain reserve; it’s one of the reasons I don’t photograph people too often.’ Indeed, her work’particularly her decade-long pursuit photographing Chinatowns’exudes a sense of solitude and detachment, a provocative sort of emptiness. ‘I like the quiet moment,’ Boyers says. ‘A lot of my work is about peering in on a scene.’ The Chinatown series began in San Francisco 10 years ago when she was visiting colleges with her son, Morgan. She ventured into Chinatown early one morning armed with her camera and came away with some surprisingly rich images. ‘All of sudden, I had a focus,’ she recalls. Forty-five Chinatowns later, from a strip mall in Las Vegas to a cemetery in El Paso and an archeological dig of a once-populous Chinese community in Evanston, Wyoming, Boyers has a smartly honed body of work that will be featured in a show at Craig Krull Gallery next year. ‘I’m not looking for the exotic,’ says Boyers, who fondly remembers visits to L.A.’s Chinatown as a regular part of her childhood. ‘I view it as another part of American history; another aspect of the neighborhood.’ Boyers is well versed in the history of the Chinese and their immigration patterns in North America. Despite this, her meanderings through old and new Chinatowns are unstructured and all about chance: ‘What I know is different from what I photograph.’ Seattle stands out as an especially memorable shoot. After visiting a modern noodle factory filled with gleaming appliances, Boyers later stumbled upon Mr. Louie’s, a soulful storefront where inside an elderly man was making noodles by hand. ‘There was an ancient stove, some simple utensils and not much else,’ she says. ‘The scene had such emotional resonance.’ Boyers captured this ethereal moment in ‘Mr. Louie’s Kitchen,’ a photograph that has become a signature image in the series, along with ‘Mr. Louie’s Window,’ a shot of the exterior, where Chinese characters on a faded orange ‘paper sign animate an otherwise dreary, rain-soaked window. The latter is among the photographs in ‘Summer Mix: Images by Members of LACMA’s Photographic Council,’ an exhibition co-curated by Boyers that opened last weekend at the Creative Photography Workshops/Gallery on Wilshire across from LACMA. There’s a crispness and economy to Boyers’ visuals, qualities that come from years as a writer. ‘I’m so glad as a photographer that I was an editor first,’ says the author of several youth-oriented books including the award-winning ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me,’ a volume that pairs poetry by Maya Angelou with paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Boyers wrote these books in the 1990s when her children, Morgan and Kate, now in their 20s, were teenagers. Inspired by them, she wanted to raise awareness about the art world among young people during a time when art curricula were the first to be cut from schools with strained budgets. ‘Whether as a follower, creator or collector, art is one of the most fulfilling pursuits,’ Boyers says. ‘It demands good critical thinking and is filled with intrigue and challenge.’ Her own exposure to art, particularly photography, came early to this member of the first graduating class at Palisades High School. Her father owned a photo lab in downtown L.A. After earning a bachelor’s degree in art history from UCLA, Boyers studied law at USC and went on to spend 20 years in the music industry as an attorney and personal manager of performers. Yet she never strayed too far from the art world. ‘I wrote a major paper about artists’ rights in law school,’ she says. Even the land she and her husband purchased back in the 1970s to build their current home boasts an art connection. It was sold to them by fellow Palisadians Charles and Ray Eames, the visionary husband-and-wife design duo. Despite her stated reserved, Boyers likes to laugh, often at herself, especially as it relates to ‘Gridlock,’ another current project that requires spending serious time on L.A.’s most congested freeways. ‘I’ll be listening to the news and realize ‘Oh, there’s traffic’ and become very excited,’ she says. Off she goes to find it, the slower moving the better to allow time to click and shoot from her car using a small Leica, a camera particularly associated with street photography. ‘All the while, I’m destroying my clutch,’ she says about the added challenge of driving a stick-shift car in the process. It’s the debris on the side of the road’a single high-heeled shoe, an abandoned surfboard. a crumpled newspaper’that catches her eye most often. Just as with the Chinatown series, she’s attracted to the abstracted details amid the chaos. Though the home in Malibu, one constructed from the salvaged and deconstructed parts of a 747 airplane, is much more of a spectacle to photograph, Boyers’ aesthetic approach remains much the same. ‘I’m interested in showing the wings and their interrelationships, both what’s intended and not intended.’

Rene Magritte Letters Enhance the Getty

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July 22, 2010

The Getty Research Institute has acquired an important group of letters and postcards from the Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte. The group of over 40 autographed letters and postcards to the Belgian surrealist poet Paul Colinet documents Magritte’s life and career from 1934, about the time the two surrealists met, to 1957, when Colinet passed away. They number about 50 pages, and also include a telegram, a typescript copy of a letter, and eight letters and postcards from Colinet, all contained in a brown morocco binder. The collection of letters adds to the already impressive archival holdings on Magritte at the GRI, and offers a valuable glimpse of Magritte within the context of both his personal life and career and surrealism’s spread into Belgium and beyond. Magritte was born Ren’-Fran’ois Ghislain Magritte in 1898, in Lessines, Belgium. In the fall of 1916, he enrolled at the Acad’mie Royale des Beaux-Arts, but also began working as a commercial artist, an endeavor that intermittently afforded him financial stability for the next few decades. By 1920, Magritte had made contact with Marinetti and the futurists, and become fully involved in the Belgian avant-garde. In 1922, he married Georgette Berger, and the following year he saw a reproduction of Giorgio de Chirico’s painting Le Chant d’Amour (1914), which triggered Magritte’s shift away from cubism, though his first full-blown surrealist paintings did not appear before 1925. Magritte’s first one-person show took place in 1927, and he would achieve countless other solo and group exhibitions. His exhibition at LACMA, ‘Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images,’ featured illustrated letters from the GRI Special Collections, and encouraged a reconsideration of Magritte’s legacy by highlighting his importance to later artists.

Thursday, July 22 – Thursday, July 29

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July 22, 2010

THURSDAY, JULY 22

Story-craft time, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Suggested for ages 4 and up. Campfire and marshmallow roast, 7 p.m. in Temescal Gateway Park, north of Sunset, and continuing on Thursday evenings this summer. The programs, complete with an interpretive nature program, campfire songs and activities, are free. Parking is $7.

FRIDAY, JULY 23

Palisades Beautiful holds its quarterly meeting, 3 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Topics include the upcoming November tree planting and an update on the work of two summer interns. The public is invited to attend. Contact: palisadesbeautiful@earthlink.net and palisadesbeautiful.org.’ Humor columnist W. Bruce Cameron (‘8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter’) reads ‘A Dog’s Purpose,’ a first novel that follows the spiritual journey of a dog through four incarnations. Ten percent of the cover price of pre-sales only will go to Animal Alliance, a Los Angeles that rescues animals and helps low-income individuals keep their pets. ‘Lost in Radioland,’ a 1940’s comedy presented by Theatre Palisades, plays tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. For tickets and information, call (310) 454-1970.

MONDAY, JULY 26

Monthly meeting of the Pacific Palisades Civic League, 7:30 p.m. in Tauxe Hall at the Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz. There are three homes on the agenda as new business: 1214 Chautauqua (new two-story residence), 1118 Iliff (second-story addition), and 916 Kagawa (new two-story residence). ‘ Jacqueline Bridgeman, a former features writer at the Palisadian-Post, signs and discusses ‘The Lonely Sky: The Personal Story of a Record-Breaking Experimental Test Pilot,’ a recently re-issued book she wrote in 1955 with Bill Bridgeman, America’s foremost experimental test pilot, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books. (See story, page 12.)

TUESDAY, JULY 27

Pajama storytime for children of all ages (parents and teddy bears welcome), 7 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Temescal Canyon Association hikers will take the Backbone Trail from Will Rogers State Historic Park to Chicken Ridge. The public is invited to join. Meet at 6 p.m. in the front parking lot at Temescal Gateway Park for carpooling. Contact: (310) 459-5931 or visit temcanyon.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28

Sunrise Assisted Living hosts a free Alzheimer’s support group on the second Monday and fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at 15441 Sunset. RSVP: the front desk (310) 573-9545.

THURSDAY, JULY 29

Story-craft time, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Suggested for ages 4 and up. Lisa Brackmann reads and signs ‘Rock Paper Tiger,’ a novel that takes readers on a wild ride through the world of online gaming, artists and international espionage in contemporary China. The author, who lives in Venice, has lived and traveled extensively in China.

Surf Spike Gold at Jr. Nationals

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July 20, 2010

Palisadians Power Manhattan Beach Club to Volleyball Title

MVP Steven Irvin tips the ball past two Outrigger blockers during the final set of the 18 Open Division championship match July 5. The Manhattan Beach Surf rallied to win, 25-23, 21-25, 15-13.

When the chips were down at the USA Volleyball Boys’ Junior National Championships, Manhattan Beach Surf Coach John Beckwith knew he could turn to Steven Irvin and Robert Feathers–and the Pacific Palisades pair responded, leading their squad to the 18 Open Division championship July 5 in Austin, Texas. Beckwith, Irvin and Feathers all went to Corpus Christi back in the day. Now, they are taking their prep and club programs to unprecedented heights. Surf rallied from early deficits in the first and third sets to upset top-seeded Outrigger of Hawaii, 25-23, 21-25, 15-13, in the gold medal match and Irvin was selected Most Valuable Player of the tournament. “Without a doubt it helped having John [Beckwith] coaching us because I’m already so familiar with his style and I know exactly what he expects,” said Irvin, an outside hitter headed for Stanford. “We joked around with him when we fell behind, saying that it was our strategy.” The victory served as a measure of revenge for Surf players and their coach, for Beckwith was an assistant at Loyola High in the spring when the Cubs won their second consecutive CIF Southern Section Division I and state regional championships. Early in the season, however, Loyola had lost at the Best of the West Tournament to Punahou of Hawaii, which also defeated CIF finalist Mira Costa to supplant Loyola as the No. 1 ranked team in the country according to ESPN Rise. Since most of Surf’s squad consisted of players from Loyola and Mira Costa, and the Outrigger team was made up primarily of Punahou players, the significance of the rematch in Texas was clear: national bragging rights. “It was a huge deal for everyone on our team–not just those of us from Loyola but the Mira Costa players, too,” said Feathers, a middle blocker who is undecided on college but is considering USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego. “There was definitely a motivation to get those [Hawaii] guys back because they had beaten both of our teams. When we got to Austin we really came together and felt we were the best despite not being the top-ranked team on paper.” The championship was just as satisfying to Beckwith as it was to his players because he experienced the same thrill when he was their age. Beckwith, who grew up in the Alphabet Streets, was a middle blocker at Loyola and played alongside fellow Palisadian Curt Toppel on the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s 18 Open team that won the gold medal at the Junior Olympics in New Orleans. “It’s great to see Robert [Feathers] and Steven [Irvin] doing so well because I took the same track as them,” Beckwith said. Outrigger led 19-16 in the first set, but Surf came back to win it on a block by Kevin Donohue. In the third set, the Surf took its first lead, 13-12, on a kill by Vaun Lennon. Then, on match point, Christopher Heppell and Bryce Miller combined for a block… and the celebration began. “We only had 11 guys on our roster, which is very rare because most teams have 14 or 15,” Beckwith said. “Maybe that’s why we became so close-knit. Every player had an important role and felt like the team was counting on him when his number was called.” Joining Irvin on the all-tournament team were Feathers, Donohue and Miller. UCLA-bound Kene Izuchukwu, fresh off winning the Post Cup Award as the outstanding senior athlete at Palisades High, amazed both the crowd and his teammates with his 41-inch vertical leap and his array of thunderous spikes. “Kene made some plays that were just crazy,” Irvin said. “We’d be like ‘Did he really just do that?'” The Manhattan Beach club beat Envol Elite of Puerto Rico, 25-21, 25-21, in the quarterfinals and beat Pittsburgh Volleyball Club of Keystone, 25-13, 25-22, in the semifinals. “Kene [Izuchukwu] and I came over from the Pacific Palisades Volleyball Club,” Feathers said. “We were on different teams last year, but we made the switch to play with Steven this year for Manhattan Beach and it worked out.” Feathers, who lives minutes away from Irvin in the Highlands, has enjoyed quite a run over the last five club seasons (four with PPVBC and one with Manhattan Beach), claiming two golds, one silver and two bronze medals. Irvin, meanwhile, grew up in a volleyball family (his older sister Kelly and younger sister Christine both play indoor and beach and his father played on two national championship teams at UCLA). He played for PPVBC in ninth grade and joined the Southern California Volleyball Club as a sophomore before switching to Manhattan Beach. “There’s something special about winning for your school and in front of a huge crowd, but this is just as big because it’s a higher level,” said Irvin, who was named 2010 CIF Division I Player of the Year. “It’s pretty hard to imagine having a better year than this.” Two other Palisadians, Tommy Stoeckinger and Kyle Houge, were also on Loyola’s 2010 championship squad and both played significant roles for their clubs in Texas. Stoeckinger, who will be a senior at Loyola in the fall, led SCVC Quiksilver to the bronze medal in the 17 Open Division, defeating Piterres of Puerto Rico in the third-place match, 25-16, 22-25, 15-13. Houge led Pali Black 18 Kaepa to fourth place in the 18 Club Division, the division right below Open. The team posted a 7-6 record, falling to High Line of Southern California in a marathon semifinal, 25-23, 19-25, 18-16, then being edged by Spectrum 18s of Southern California, 20-25, 25-14, 15-11, in the bronze medal match. Another Palisadian who left Texas with a gold medal around his neck was Jackson Bantle, an outside hitter for the SCVC Quiksilver 15 Open team, which swept Southern California 949 Black in the final, avenging a 25-18, 26-24 loss earlier in the tournament. SCVC trailed 8-4 in the second set of the championship match, but Bantle served an ace to tie the score 10-10 and Quiksilver never trailed again.

Hill Cycles Through New Stage

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July 20, 2010

Palisadian Tom Hill pedals up toward the summit of the famous Tourmalet on his way to second place in his age division at the L

He may be 50 years old, but Tom Hill is hardly slowing down. The Pacific Palisades cyclist participated in the L’ Etape du Tour bike race–one of the stages of this year’s Tour de France–last Sunday and took the silver medal in his age group on the 113-mile route from the town of Pau to the summit of the famous Tourmalet. “This was my third time doing it and definitely the most difficult because we climbed 14,600 feet and previous years have been closer to 12,000 feet. The 98-degree heat was also a big challenge,” said Hill, who did the race in the Pyrenees in 2005 and in the Alps the following year. “After the last time (2006) I promised myself that it was too painful and I wouldn’t come back. However, this is also Lance Armstrong’s last Tour de France, so I wanted to be here for that.” The pros in the Tour de France will be riding the same course today, which is the 17th out of 20 stages in this year’s Tour. “Actually, our race was a bit longer since we took a different route before reaching the first climb,” Hill said. Hill was in a field of about 10,000 cyclists from 49 countries. His starting number was 3,941, so it took him three minutes of pedaling just to reach the starting line. The race is chip timed so you know your exact time at the finish. There were have check points along the way to make sure no one could take a shorter route. Only 6,888 riders finished because there were time limits set on the course and riders who failed to reach them in time were pulled out of the race. “I cramped up at Mile 70 and had to take a few minutes to stretch before continuing up the Soulor,” said Hill, who, along with his wife, got special Presidential passes to watch the final stage and finish in Paris on Sunday. “All three climbs had their own challenges. Marie Blanque was six miles long with an average grade of 7.6 percent with the final 2.5 miles at 13 percent, which really takes a lot out of you since it requires standing up a lot to pedal. The Soulor is 8 miles long with an average grade of 7.8 percent and seemed to go on forever. Then the final and most difficult climb is the Col du Tourmalet which is one of the most famous climbs in France. It’s 12 miles long with an average grade of 7.5 percent. We are climbing for 11 miles prior to reaching the base of this monster so it’s a long haul!” Hill finished the course in 8 hours and 15 minutes and admitted all of his pre-race training paid dividends. The fastest time in the L’ Etape was 5 hours and 59 minutes and the pros are expected to take five hours to finish. “I was very happy about getting second place in my age group,” he said. “I had trained hard prior to arriving in France, having competed in seven events that were 100 or more miles in California–including the King of the Mountain Challenge, which consists of three timed races, each of which is 100 miles long and climbs about 12,000 feet.” Like in the Tour de France itself, there were some accidents. Hill witnessed some bad crashes during the high-speed descents on the technical terrain of the narrow Pyranees roads. In the end, though, the satisfaction of finishing was worth the sweat. “Thankfully, the fans cheering all along the course keeps you motivated,” Hill said. “There are also hundreds of spectators on the Tourmalet that pour ice cold spring water on your head and back, which helps keep your body temperature in check and helps eliminate fatigue and cramping.” The Tour de France–including the same route Hill rode–is televised on Versus early in the morning and again in the evenings in the United States. “As of right now I can say I probably won’t do this event again just because it is so hard on the body,” Hill confessed. “The suffering on the climbs in the high heat is really difficult.” However, when it comes to competitive cycling, Hill has learned never to say never.

Blues Beat Rush, Clinch Playoffs

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July 20, 2010

Midfielder Christie Shaner and the Pali Blues will open the W-League playoffs in Vancouver against the Whitecaps on Saturday.

It all came down to the last game of the season last Saturday night at Stadium by the Sea. The Pali Blues had to win in order to keep their hopes of a third consecutive W-League soccer championship alive. And win is exactly what the home side did with a resounding 4-0 victory over the Colorado Rush. That, combined with the Seattle Sounders’ 1-1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps, clinched a playoff berth for the Blues, who travel to Burnaby, British Columbia, this Saturday looking to upset the Western Conference champion Whitecaps. Julie Bukh scored twice, fellow Danish midfielder Cathrine Paaske Sorenson added a goal and Stanford and United States U-23 national team striker Christen Press also scored for the Blues (3-4-3), who snapped a seven-game winless streak. The Blue Hat Club and Tony Danza’s Army were out in full force to support the hometown Blues. The Blues, a Pacific Palisades-based women’s club coached by Charlie Naimo, will play the unfamiliar role of underdog against Vancouver (6-0-4), which won both regular season meetings between the squads. The Whitecaps beat the Blues, 2-1, at Stadium by the Sea on June 19 (snapping the Blues’ 33’game unbeaten streak) and took the second game, 3-2, in Vancouver on June 27. Winners of back-to-back W-League titles, the Blues won their first W-League title in their debut season, beating FC Indiana 2-1 in the championship game in Virginia Beach on August 2, 2008. They repeated as champions by defeating the Washington Freedom Reserves 2-1 in Germantown, Maryland on August 7, 2009. For more information, contact Pali Blues General Manager Viva Ann Guerrero at viva@bluessoccerclub.com.

Anthony Doubles Up La Canada

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July 20, 2010

Blake Anthony won the boys' 16s singles and boys' 18s doubles titles at the La Canada Tournament last weekend. — Blake Anthony won the boys’ 16s singles and boys’ 18s doubles titles at the La Canada Tournament last weekend.

Palisadian Blake Anthony captured two titles at the 14th annual Tennis For All Junior Open in La Canada last weekend. The Southern California Regional Level 4 tournament featured top players from the L.A. area. In the boys’ 16s singles division, Anthony didn’t drop a set on his way to winning the 64-player draw. In the semifinals he beat fifth-seeded Alan Leahy, 6-2, 6-3, and in the final he beat third-seeded Joshua Kim, 6-1, 6-3. After winning the singles championship, Anthony played two doubles matches to win the 18s age division title. Anthony and his partner Jake Yasgoor, who are both 15 years old, won the 18s with a 6-1, 6-2 semifinal win over John Lee and Alex Wood, then upset top-seeded Gregory Lee and Adam Shapiro, 6-3, 6-3 in the final. The victory marked Anthony’s first 18s’ title and his fifth title this year. Next week, Anthony heads to Salt Lake City, Utah, along with fellow Palisades residents Alex Giannini, Robbie Bellamy and Spencer Pekar to represent Southern California at the USTA 16s Zonal Team Championships against teams from the Northern California, Hawaii, Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Inter Mountain sections.   * * * * * * * Riviera Hosts ITA Summer Circuit The Riviera Tennis Club was the site for last weekend’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association Summer Circuit event, a tournament featuring some of the nation’s top men’s and women’s college and high school players. Walker Kehrer, who grew up in Pacific Palisades and now plays at Stanford, advanced to the semifinals of the men’s singles draw, losing a marathon match 7-6, 4-6, 11-9, to eventual champion Daniel Faierman of Del Mar. After a first-round bye, Kehrer beat Tyler Gottshall of Loyola Marymount, 6-4, 6-2, in the round of 32; beat Chris Palacio of Palomar, 6-1, 6-3, in the round of 16 and beat Michael Sperry of Eastern Illinois, 6-2, 6-2, in the quarterfinals. Faierman beat Gary Parizher of Washington University, 6-2, 6-4, in Sunday’s final. Palisades High’s Alex Giannini won his first match before falling to Faierman, 7-5, 1-6, 10-3 in the round of 16. Kehrer and his longtime coach Ross Loel beat former Palisades High player Justin Atlan and his UC San Diego partner Hall Fess, 8-4, in the quarterfinals of the doubles. “It was a great tournament and we’re proud we got to host it,” said Pam Austin, Riviera’s Director of Tennis. ‘We love having the college kids.’ Alexandria Walters of Pepperdine defeated Alison Ramos of USC, 7-6, 6-7, 10-8 in the women’s singles final. Palisadian Caroline Richman, who plays for Amherst College, beat Julia Blakeley of Irvine, 6-4, 6-2, in the first round and lost to Kathryn Webb of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 6-2, 6-2, in the second round. Richman and partner Kellen Alberstone of Bowdoin College lost to Roxanne and Sierra Ellison of San Diego State in the quarterfinals of the doubles draw. Walters and partner Anamika Barghava beat the Ellison sisters , 8-5, in the women’s doubles final.

CLASSIFIED ADS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 15, 2010

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July 16, 2010

HOMES FOR SALE 1

OCEAN VIEW HOME FOR SALE!! Marquez Knolls Estates. 3 bedrm, 2 bath. Expansive ocean and canyon views! Move in as is or design to your liking. Owner/agent. Call: Alex, (310) 291-5554

LOTS FOR SALE 1a

MALIBU LA COSTA ACTIVE BCH CLUB RIGHTS LOT 3900 Carbon Canyon Road. Own share in private beach and tennis courts. Zoned residential, legal lot: 6,280 sq. ft. burn-out site. 160 feet of road frontage just off PCH. GREAT INVESTMENT. For sale by owner. $129,000. (310) 317-0700

CONDOS/TOWNHOMES FOR SALE 1e

MALIBU CIVIC CENTER CONDO Single story garden unit with courtyard and private entrance, quiet and secluded 2 BR, 2 full bath, near Pepperdine, shopping and beaches. Entire complex recently refurbished w/ pool, tennis courts and laundry. Great location. For sale by owner: $439,000. (310) 317-0700

FURNISHED HOMES 2

EXECUTIVE RENTAL! MOVE RIGHT IN! Immaculate, fully furnished, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. Pool, gym, spa, near trailheads, mountain view, minutes to the beach. (310) 459-9111

PAC. PAL. First floor of 2-story house. Master bdrm + guest room w/ sep entry, 2 bths, study, living rm, dining rm, kitchen w/ brkfst area, laundry. All utils, cable, internet, gardener, maid. Steinway grand. Beautiful garden. Quiet. Walk to village, bus, beach, hiking trails. No storage, no pets. $2,100/mo. + $2,000 sec. 2-year lease. Avail. 8/1. (310) 459-6462

MALIBU OCEAN VIEW GUEST HOUSE Carbon Canyon. 1 BR, 1 bath, laundry, full kitchen and storage. Private tranquil setting with amazing canyon and ocean vistas set in acreage far apart from main residence and other homes. Private entrance and parking, pool. Eames, Noguchi modern interior. Available August 1, furnished or unfurnished. Water & electr. included. For rent by owner. $2,500/mo. (310) 317-0700

SUPER CHARMING furnished 2 bd, 1.5 ba cottage with beautiful large yard, separate studio off garage. $4,975/mo. Dolly Niemann, Prudential Cal Realty (310) 230-3706

UNFURNISHED HOMES 2a

DUPLEX FOR RENT 1 bdrm + fireplace, 1 bath, quiet residential area near village. $2,600/mo. (310) 738-4400

ONE BLOCK FROM VILLAGE 1 bedroom guesthouse. Good light, very private, separate yard, personal washer/dryer, hardwood floors, gas stove, refrig/dishwasher, Direct TV premier pkg incl. Near shops, trails and beach. $2,400/mo. (310) 230-1123

HIGHLANDS PANORAMIC MOUNTAIN w/ ocean view, bright, 3 bdrm, 2 ba, high ceilings, fireplace, 2 decks, stainless steel appliances, olympic pool, tennis, gym, gardener incl. $4,200/mo. Marty, (310) 459-2692

2 BEDROOM 1.5 BATHROOMS. Hrdwd & tile floors. 930 Hartzell Street. New interior paint. Large enclosed backyard, fruit trees. Pets OK. 1 yr lease. $3,500/mo. Call (310) 570-3435 or (310) 454-9110

3 BDRM, 1 BA. $3,800/mo. 1/2 utilities, 2 car parking, close to village, schools, shops & beach. Pets ok. Appliances, W/D, D/W & refrigerator. Min 1 year lease. By appt. only. Eric, (310) 428-3364

FURNISHED APARTMENTS 2b

P.P. GUEST HOUSE, WRITER’S RETREAT Light, bright, quiet studio, 17′ x 22′. Garden setting. All utils, laundry, maid. Near shops, trails, beach. No pets. No storage. $1,135/mo.+$800 sec. Avail 7/15. Ph. (310) 459-6462

FURNISHED 2 BEDROOM FOR RENT Fully furnished Palisades 2 bedroom apartment, July 15-Sept. 1. Cozy home. $2,300/mo. all in. T: (310) 270-3248, info@patrickholland.co.uk

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 2c

TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH, sunny & roomy upper floor, glimpse of bay, walk to daily errands. Small pet considered. Available now. $2,200/mo. Call Michael, (310) 883-8049

PALISADES SINGLE/STUDIO apt. New paint, full kitchen, new carpet, gas stove, refrigerator, laundry, covered parking, storage. Non-smoker, no pets. One year lease. $1,085/mo. (310) 477-6767

CONDOS, TOWNHOMES FOR RENT 2d

OCEAN VIEW GEM! STEPS TO BEACH (1+1) Romantic CUSTOM ocean vu. Blonde wd floors, balcony, 2 pools, Tennis/24 hr. sec./Sunset & PCH. $2,550/mo. (includes util.). Owner MIKKI, (509) 263-5873 Pacific Palisades’This won’t last!

SPECTACULAR OCEAN/MOUNTAIN VIEW IN PACIFIC PALISADES. 3.5% BROKER COOPERATION. CATHEDRAL CEILINGS, BATHROOM WITH MARBLE TILE SPA TUB. MULTIPLE PATIO BALCONY, LARGE GOURMET KITCHEN WITH TOP STAINLESS APPLIANCES, 24/7 SECURITY GUARDED. HEATED POOL, JACUZZI AND HEALTH CLUB PRIVILEGES. (310) 463-7826, drsgoodman@yahoo.com

ROOMS FOR RENT 3

ROOM FOR RENT: furnished bedroom w/ separate entrance on lower level of nicely renovated townhouse. Pvt. bath, laundry privileges; enjoy pool, gym, tennis courts. Serene location in the Highlands; perfect for busy prof, grad student, or one who travels. No smoking, no pets, month-to-month. $950/mo. incl. utilities. Karen, (310) 230-7804

ROOM FOR RENT in separate cottage w/ separate entrance. Built-ins, stove small refrig, sink, micro & storage area w/ washer & dryer. $850/mo. Utilities & cable incl, street prkg only, no pets. (310) 210-8455

RENTALS TO SHARE 3a

LOOKING FOR A FURNISHED BEDROOM in a house or large condo/apartment. Middle aged, professional single man, quiet, neat, non-smoker, responsible. Great tenant. (240) 461-3643

OFFICE/STORE RENTALS 3c

CORNER WINDOW OFFICE, cathedral ceilings, 2nd floor, First Federal Bank building on Sunset, in Palisades Village, 320 sq. ft. $1,200/mo. Call Ev Maguire, (310) 600-3603 or (310) 454-0840

SPACE FOR LEASE (310) 454-9606, (818) 458-4454. Ask for Irena.

OFFICE SUITE in the Atrium Building on Via de la Paz. 2 offices, reception area and restroom. Attractive space approx. 900 sq. ft. One year plus sub-lease. Rent negotiable. Great space. (310) 459-5353

PALISADES OFFICE FOR RENT: 2nd floor, 15115-1/2 Sunset Blvd. Across from Ralphs. $800/mo. (310) 459-3493

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 3f

BIG EMPTY HOUSE? Colorado security executive (44) will live on your property, pay some rent and take care of it. Excellent references, Ivy League degree, law enforcement experience. I need to be in Malibu/Westside for one year researching and writing a screenplay. Your house will never be safer! Please contact davefriend496@gmail.com or call (303) 815-5911

COMPUTER SERVICES 7c

MARIE’S MAC & PC OUTCALL. I CAN HELP YOU IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE WITH: ‘ Consultation on best hard/software for your needs ‘ Setting up & configuring your system & applications ‘ Teaching you how to use your Mac or PC ‘ Upgrades: Mac OS & Windows ‘ Internet: DSL, Wireless, E-mail, Remote Access ‘ Key Applications: MS Office, Filemaker, Quicken ‘ Contact Managers, Networking, File Sharing, Data backup ‘ Palm, Visor, Digital Camera, Scanner, CD Burning FRIENDLY & PROFESSIONAL ‘ BEST RATES (310) 262-5652

YOUR OWN TECH GURU * EXPERT SET-UP, OPTIMIZATION, REPAIR. Problem-Free Computing Since 1992. Work Smarter, Faster, More Reliably. If I Can’t Help, NO CHARGE! ALAN PERLA, (310) 455-2000

THE DETECHTIVES’. PROFESSIONAL ON-SITE MAC SPECIALISTS. PATIENT, FRIENDLY AND AFFORDABLE. WE COVER ALL THINGS MAC Consulting ‘ Installation ‘ Training and Repair for Beginners to Advanced Users ‘ Data recovery ‘ Networks ‘ Wireless Internet & more (310) 838-2254 William Moorefield www.thedetechtives.com

USER FRIENDLY’MAC CONSULTANT User friendly. Certified Apple help desk technician and proud member of the Apple consultant network. An easy approach to understanding all of your computer needs. Offering computer support in wide variety of repairs, set-ups, installs, troubleshooting, upgrades, networking, and tutoring in the application of choice. Computer consulting at fair rates. Ryan Ross: (310) 721-2827 email: ryanaross@mac.com ‘ For a full list of services visit: http://userfriendlyrr.com/

EXPERT COMPUTER HELP ‘ On-site service’no travel charge ‘ Help design, buy and install your system ‘ One-on-one training, hard & software ‘ Troubleshooting, Mac & Windows, organizing ‘ Installations & upgrades ‘ Wireless networking ‘ Digital phones, photo, music ‘ Internet Serving the Palisades, Santa Monica & Brentwood DEVIN FRANK, (310) 499-7000

DECORATING 7d

INTERIOR DESIGN LH Design offers both residential & office interior design consultation. Large & small projects welcomed. Call Lisa at (310) 717-1030 for an appointment.

GARAGE, ESTATE SALE SERVICES 7f

PLANNING A GARAGE SALE? * an estate sale? a moving sale? a yard sale? Call it what you like. But call us to do it for you. We do the work. Start to finish ‘ BARBARA DAWSON ‘ Estate/Garage Sale Specialist (310) 454-0359 bmdawson@verizon.net ‘ www.bmdawson.com ‘ Furniture ‘ Antiques ‘ Collectibles ‘ Junque ‘ Reliable professionals ‘ Local References

ORGANIZING SERVICES 7h

PERSONAL ASSISTANT available. Full or part time, long or short term. Reliable, mature & confidential. Great organization skills, travel experience, local errands, event planning. Residing in Palisades for 16 yrs. $30/hr. (818) 404-3434 (c), (310) 573-1008 (h)

PERSONAL ASSISTANT: Outgoing & cheerful individual available for office or home organization. Office skills, errands & event planning. Part time or temporary OK. Reasonable rates. Pam, (310) 733-8433

MISCELLANEOUS 7o

WANT MORE CUSTOMERS? Using a unique cutting edge system, we help local businesses to dominate their market, crush their competition and generate more sales and income. ‘ Works on ANY business ‘ Gets Page 1 listings on Google ‘ Increases your website traffic ‘ Converts traffic into long-term buying customers. Call: (310) 230-1278 for your FREE consultation

NANNIES/BABYSITTERS 8a

GREAT NANNY * Eduvina has been with our family for ten years, providing constant loving care of three children and one house. The children are grown and we are helping her seek new employment. Three to four days per week. Contact (310) 415-0804 or saradtucker@yahoo.com if interested.

HOUSEKEEPERS 9a

PROFESSIONAL MAID SERVICES In Malibu! We make your home our business. Star sparkling cleaning services. In the community over 15 years. The best in housekeeping for the best price. Good references. Licensed. Call Bertha, (323) 754-6873 & cell (213) 393-1419 professionalmaidinmalibu@google.com

LOOKING FOR A HOUSEKEEPING or babysitting job. Available Monday through Friday. Good references and experience. Drivers license and own car. Please call Alicia, (323) 394-5901

HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. Excellent deep cleaning. Good references. English fluently. Reliable & experienced. Aurora, (213) 663-3943

HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTING. 25 years experience. Excellent references. Reliable. Pet friendly. Willing to work weekends. Available now. Call Elizabeth, (323) 463-7889

HOUSEKEEPER/NANNY Available now, Monday-Friday. Excellent local references, legal to work in this country. Drivers license, own car. Comfortable with pets. Feel free to call me at: (323) 542-7729 or rahurtado79@yahoo.com

ELDER CARE/COMPANIONS 10a

SPECIALIZE WITH SENIORS Friendly/patient personal trainer. Customize workouts to fit your needs. Enjoy P/T in the convenience of your own home. Call Karen for free consultation and GET STARTED! (818) 626-8670

DO YOU NEED PART-TIME HELP? Scandinavian lady w/ over 15 yrs exp, refs & good driv rec. Avail for active senior F/M, live-out, as priv driver, cook & companion. Please call Ms. Anna, Tel: (310) 312-6099

GARDENING/LANDSCAPING 11

PALISADES GARDENING ‘ Full Gardening Service ‘ Sprinkler Install ‘ Tree Trim ‘ Sodding ‘ Sprays, non-toxic ‘ FREE AZALEA PLANT ‘ Cell,(310) 701-1613, (310) 568-0989

FREE PATIO BRICKS!! Free patio bricks. Dozens of ready to use red patio bricks. Unused supply from previous patio project.
Call Drew for pickup (310) 962-6366

MOVING & HAULING 11b

HONEST MAN SERVICES All jobs, big or small. Moves & hauls it all. 14 foot truck. 20th year Westside. Delivery to 48 states.
(310) 285-8688

POOL & SPA SERVICES 13e

PALISADES POOL SUPPLY SWIMMING POOL SERVICE & REPAIR 15415 Sunset Blvd., P.P. 90272 (310) 459-4357 www.PalisadesPool.com

STEREO, TV, VCR SERVICES 13g

1 REMOTE CONTROL THAT WORKS! Is your entertainment system not entertaining you? We can tune up your system, bring it up to date, hide wires, mount TVs, install speakers, etc. We can even reprogram or replace your remote control so it is easy to use. Call us, we can help! Lic. #515929. Stanford Connect, (310) 829-0872

WINDOW WASHING 13h

THE WINDOWS OF OZ. Detailed interior/exterior glass & screen cleaning. High ladder work. Solar panels/power washing also avail. Owner operated. Lic., bonded & insured. Free estimates. (310) 926-7626

MR. CRYSTAL WINDOW CLEANING Please call Gary: (310) 828-1218 Free estimate, friendly service, discounts. Licensed & Insured.

AUTO DETAILING 13i

DOES YOUR CELL PHONE WORK? Are you tired of going outside to use your cell phone at home? We may be able to boost your cell phone to work indoors. Call us, we can help! Stanford Connect, (310) 829-3115

CATERING 14

CHEF & EVENT MANAGER! Cordon Bleu Chef and 15 year veteran event manager wants to help you plan your event! $60 per hour. Please call or email Danielle . . . (310) 691-0578 or daniellesamendez@gmail.com

PET SERVICES/PET SITTING 14g

PRIVATE DOG WALKER/housesitter, Palisades & Santa Monica. S.M. Canyon resident. Please call or email Sherry, (310) 383-7852, www.palisadesdogwalker.com

CLUBHAPPYDOG.COM (310) 359-3433 Doggie day camp, play group, outings. ‘The Club Med for Dogs.’ Start your puppy at 4 months old.

FITNESS INSTRUCTION 15a

HAVE FUN! GET FIT! NORDIC WALKING CLASSES Certified Advanced Nordic walking instructor, Palisades resident teaches private/group classes in the Palisades. Weekends. (310) 266-4651

SCHOOLS, INSTRUCTION 15d

3 DAY SONGWRITING WORKSHOP FOR KIDS. Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Give the life-long gift of music! Very patient, creative teacher. Music degree, USC. Qualified, experienced, local. Lisa Donovan Lukas. Contact for more information: (310) 454-0859, lisa@palisadesmusicstudio.com, www.lisadonovanlukas.com

TUTORS 15e

INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION Children & adults. 20+ years teaching/tutoring exper. MATH, GRAMMAR, ESSAY WRITING & STUDY SKILLS. Formerly Sp. Ed. teacher. Call Gail, (310) 313-2530

MS. SCIENCE TUTOR Ph.D., Experienced, Palisades resident. Tutor All Ages In Your Home. Marie, (310) 888-7145

PROFESSIONAL TUTOR. Stanford graduate (BA and MA, Class of 2000). Available for all subjects and test prep (SAT & ISEE). In-home tutoring at great rates. Call Jonathan, (310) 560-9134

MATH & CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS: COLLEGE ESSAYS, SAT/SAT II/ACT/ISEE/HSPT MATH PREP. All math subjects thru calculus. Jr. high thru college level writing skills. Fun, caring, creative, individualized tutoring. Local office in Palisades Village. Call Jamie, (888) 459-6430

EXPERIENCED SPANISH TUTOR All grade levels ‘ Grammar ‘ Conversational ‘ SAT/AP ‘ Children, adults ‘ Great references. Noelle, (310) 273-3593, (310) 980-6071

SCIENCE & MATH TUTOR All levels (elementary to college). Ph.D., MIT graduate, 30 years experience. Ed Kanegsberg, (310) 459-3614

GROZA LEARNING CENTER Tutoring K-12, all subjects & reading. SAT, ISEE, HSPT, ACT, ERB, STAR. Caring, meticulous service. GrozaLearningCenter.com ‘ (310) 454-3731

MATH/SCIENCE/SAT TUTOR Widely used by Palisades residents. Excellent references. Dozens of satisfied clients at top schools. Call Will at (510) 378-7138

MUSIC LESSONS & INSTRUCTION 15h

SUMMER PIANO LESSONS Have fun and learn to play with passion. Creative and patient teacher, experienced in personalizing lessons to the needs & interests of each student. Conservatory Grad/Music Therapist, 20+ yrs exp, ages 4-adult, all levels. Free consultation. Karen, (310) 230-7804

CARPENTRY 16a

LOCAL, LICENSED, INSURED & BONDED Carpenter/Cabinet Maker. Palisades references available. No job is too big or too small! Call Peter @ Wood Werks, (310) 421-6129

CONCRETE, MASONRY, POOLS 16c

MASONRY, CONCRETE & POOL CONTRACTOR 40 YEARS IN PACIFIC PALISADES New Construction & Remodels. Hardscapes, landscapes, custom stone, stamped concrete, brick, driveways, retaining walls, BBQs, outdr kitchens, fireplaces, foundations, drainage, pool & spas, water features. Exlnt local refs. Lic #309844. Bonded, ins, work comp. MIKE HORUSICKY CONSTRUCTION, INC. (310) 454-4385 ‘ WWW.HORUSICKY.COM

CONSTRUCTION 16d

PALISADES CONST. SERVICES All phase construction and remodeling. All interior and exterior construction. Additions, concrete, tile, wood work (all), brick, patios, bathrooms, fences, bedrooms, permits. We have built (2) new 2,500 sq. ft. Palisades homes in last 3 yrs. Please contact us to schedule your free consultation and free estimate. ALL JOBS WELCOME. Please call: Kevin, Brian Nunneley, (310) 488-1153. Lic. #375858 (all Palisades referrals avail.)

SEME TILE. License #920238, insured. All phases of tile work. Kitchens, bathrooms, walkways, etc. No job too small! Call Steve, (310) 663-7256. FREE estimates! Email: semetile@gmail.com & website: www.semetile.com

ALAN PINE, GENERAL CONTRACTOR New homes ‘ Remodeling ‘ Additions ‘ Kitchen & bath ‘ Planning/architectural services ‘ Insured ‘ Local refs. Lic. #469435. (800) 800-0744 or (818) 203-8881

HGTV CONSTRUCTION/DESIGN TEAM We are a full service construction/design team ready to remodel any room for you. We revive any room or outdoor space for you. We can bring your ideas to life. From simple affordable alterations to extensive overhauls and additions. We are the right company for you. Call (310) 877-5577 & (310) 877-5979 http://debonairrenovations.com/home/home.html

ELECTRICAL 16h

PALISADES ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. All phases of electrical, new construction to service work. (310) 454-6994. Lic. #468437 Insured Professional Service

ELECTRICIAN HANDYMAN Local service only. Non-lic. Please call (310) 454-6849 or (818) 317-8286

LICHWA ELECTRIC. Remodeling, rewiring, troubleshooting. Lighting: low voltage, energy safe, indoor, outdoor, landscape. Low voltage: telephone, Internet, CCTV, home theatre, audio/video. Non-lic. Refs. LichwaElectric@gmail.com, (310) 270-8596

FENCES, DECKS 16j

THE FENCE MAN 18 years quality work ‘ Wood fences ‘ Decks ‘ Gates ‘ Chainlink & patio ‘ Wrought iron. Lic. #663238, bonded. (818) 706-1996

FLOOR CARE 16m

GREG GARBER’S HARDWOOD FLOORS SINCE 1979 Install, refinish. Fully insured. Local references (310) 230-4597 Lic. #455608

CENTURY HARDWOOD FLOOR Refinishing, Installation, Repairs. Lic. #813778. www.centurycustomhardwoodfloorinc.com
centuryfloor@sbcglobal.net (800) 608-6007 ‘ (310) 276-6407

JEFF HRONEK, 40 YRS. RESIDENT. HARDWOOD FLOORS INC. ‘ Sanding & Refinishing ‘ Installations ‘ Pre-finished ‘ Unfinished ‘ Lic. #608606. Bonded, Insured, Workers Comp. www.hronekhardwoodfloors.com (310) 475-1414

HANDYMAN 16o

HANDYMAN ‘ HOOSHMAN Most known name in the Palisades. Since 1975. Member Chamber of Commerce. Non-Lic., but experience will do it. Call for your free est. Local refs available. Hooshman, (310) 459-8009, 24 Hr.

LABOR OF LOVE carpentry, plumbing, tile, plaster, doors, windows, fencing & those special challenges. Work guaranteed. License #B767950. Ken at (310) 487-6464

LOCAL RESIDENT, LOCAL CLIENTELE. Make a list, call me. I specialize in repairing, replacing all those little nuisances. Not licensed; fully insured; always on time. 1 Call, 1 Guy: Marty, (310) 459-2692

‘ DJ PRO SERVICES ‘ Carpentry, Handyman, Repairs. ALL PROJECTS CONSIDERED. See my work at: www.djproservices.com Non-lic. (c) (310) 907-6169, (h) (310) 454-4121

PALISADES CONSTRUCTION SERVICES All jobs and calls welcome!! All phases of const. and home repair. A fresh alternative from the norm, very courteous, very safe, very clean!! Call for a free estimate and consultation. Please call: Kevin, Brian Nunneley, (310) 488-1153. Lic. #375858

PALISADES HOME REPAIR SERVICES (25 years) Local resident. Services include: ‘ Carpentry ‘ Electrical ‘ Plumbing ‘ Plaster ‘ Drywall ‘ Concrete. (310) 622-2773. Call us for same day service. Fast, clean, best prices. Lic. #294272

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 16p

SANTA MONICA HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATION: New and old service and repairs. Lic. #324942 (310) 393-5686

PAINTING, PAPERHANGING 16r

PAUL HORST ‘ Interior & Exterior ‘ PAINTING ‘ 56 ‘ YEARS OF SERVICE
Our reputation is your safeguard. License No. 186825 ‘ (310) 454-4630 ‘ Bonded & Insured

TILO MARTIN PAINTING For A Professional Job Call (310) 230-0202. Refs. Lic. #715099

ALL SEASONS PAINTING 35 years experience. Local references. Kitchen cabinet clean-ups, decks, garage doors, fences. No job too small! Lic. #105761. Randy, (310) 678-7913

J W C PAINTING Residential & commercial. Years of experience. Affordable & reliable. Local references. Lic. #914882. Free estimates. jwcpnc@yahoo.com. Call Jason Childs (Charlie), (310) 428-4432

CALIFORNIA BEST PAINTING ‘ Interior ‘ Exterior ‘ Residential ‘ Commercial ‘ Plaster ‘ Drywall & Repair ‘ FREE ESTIMATES! Lic. #854322. Bonded & Insured. (877) 430-1112, (213) 382-0020

PLUMBING 16t

EXPERT PLUMBER 25 YRS. EXP. Intelligent, cost effective solutions for your plumbing problems. Encompassing all aspects of residential and commercial plumbing. Reasonable, reliable, excellent references. Karl Kolpin, (310) 200-7239. Lic. #776518 B-C36 Bonded, insured.

REMODELING 16v

KANAN CONSTRUCTION References. BONDED ‘ INSURED ‘ St. Lic. #554451 DANIEL J. KANAN, CONTRACTOR, (310) 451-3540 / (800) 585-4-DAN

COMPLETE CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION Kitchen+bath ‘ Additions ‘ Tile, carpentry, plumbing. Quality work at reasonable rates guaranteed. Large & small projects welcomed. Lic. #751137. Call Michael Hoff Construction, (310) 774-9159

HELP WANTED 17

THE SKI CHANNEL & THE SURF CHANNEL located in the Palisades village have immediate openings for interns in programming, production & marketing. (310) 230-2050

PHYSICIANS MANAGEMENT NETWORK INC., A medical billing & coding company located in Palisades Village Center has an immediate opening for a F/T experienced medical billing and coding expert. Contact sunny@pmninc.biz (310) 230-7400

PART-TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT: Computer data entry, online research, organizing, filing. Multi-tasking self starter, focused, detail minded. Excel/Word. Flex sked. High energy office. Fax resume: (310) 459-3814

HOUSEKEEPER WANTED: We need a housekeeper 3 dys/wk (MWF) 9 a.m.-4 p.m. w/ excellent ref. Great cleaning, ldry, ironing, poss lt cooking, occ child care. Must speak English. Good w/ pets. (310) 614-9040

2 MANICURING BOOTH STATIONS FOR RENT, Good location. (310) 454-7588 or (818) 322-5812

FURNITURE 18c

MUST SELL! MOVING SALE! Pine armoire. Two (2) pine nightstands. Brass white daybed with trundle (twin). White dresser with bookcase. White desk. Sofa loveseat. Needs to be recovered. Call (310) 738-1117 for appointment. CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!

GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 18d

38TH ANNUAL MALIBU ANTIQUES LAWN SALE
July 17-18, 9:30 a.m. (No earlier!) Great furniture: pine armoire, ’50s iron table/chairs, tile top tables, Mission desk, hatch cover table, lots more! Garden pieces, incl 5 old wrought iron plant stands. 2 sets blue/white dishes, china, glass, copper, silver, lots of jewelry, Chinese peasant antiques, Indian baskets, 100s of collectible/useable tools. Western: buggy wheels and seats, Double D jackets, RR Lanterns, too much to list here. 5838 Bonsall Drive, Zuma Canyon, Malibu.

SUNDAY, JULY 18, 9 a.m. 1378 Las Canoas Rd., 90272. Household items, vintage decorative what-nots, antique cast iron king bed . . . etc.

PETS, LIVESTOCK 18e

Weimaraner Puppies AKC Litter * 6 rare blue Weim. male pups & 3 silver (1 male, 2 female). Smart, excellent companions, family, bird dog: $685 to $865. (310) 936-5853, Chris

Caltrans Pressed to Remove PCH Materials

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Looking south, this photograph shows where Caltrans materials are stored along Pacific Coast Highway, below Castellammare. Photo: Stuart Muller

A meeting, organized by Kara Seward of Senator Fran Pavley’s office, was held June 16 to ask the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to clean up its maintenance material stored below Castellammare and near Potrero Canyon along Pacific Coast Highway. Several Pacific Palisades residents, representatives from Assemblywoman Julia Brownley’s office, Caltrans and the Coastal Commission, and two members of Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s office attended. ‘They unanimously told Caltrans to pack up their stuff and put it somewhere other than on PCH or in the Palisades,’ resident Stuart Muller told the Palisadian-Post. ‘There were no ifs or buts accepted. The clear message was ‘Just do it, NOW!’ Caltrans did not put up much of a defense and in the end seemed to accept the outcome we demanded.’ Seward remembers the meeting slightly differently. ‘Caltrans said they would be in touch with the Coastal Commission to see whether there were any exemptions to store materials there,’ she told the Post on June 24. ‘Andrew Willis, who is an enforcement analyst, wasn’t sure and was going to check into it.’ Jim Fowler, Caltrans maintenance manager for the West Region, said that materials had been stored along PCH in Castellammare since the 1980s and were used for emergencies. He said that Caltrans owns a narrow strip of land near Potrero where they store K-rails, but the other construction materials, including cement pipes, the shed and the water tower, belonged to the City of Los Angeles. ‘We plan to move the wood posts and the I-beam steel [from Castellammare],’ Fowler said, explaining that the wood is placed between the steel beams to shore up various retaining walls, such as those between Chautauqua Boulevard and Potrero Canyon and near the Getty Villa. ‘The concrete blocks are used for retainer walls and we have crash cushion material here.’ Fowler explained that Caltrans keeps materials along the highway for unexpected landslides, falling boulders and other issues on local roadways. ‘We keep the stuff close by in case of an emergency.’ ‘This removal might happen quickly (especially the Castellammare junk) or never happen,’ Muller said. ‘We need to push on all fronts. This really needs to be a united community effort. If we pull this reclamation project off, we will have improved a priceless natural resource.’ At a PCH Task Force meeting held June 23 in Malibu, Jesse Switzer, Brownley’s senior field representative, addressed the issue. ‘The coast is not an appropriate place to store construction material that isn’t assigned to specific local projects or required to be accessible so as to enable Caltrans to respond to an unexpected emergency situation.’ Some of the material at Castellammare was removed on June 28, and tarps were placed covering other materials. Caltrans is speaking to L.A. County representatives, hoping they may have land off PCH where the steel I-beams can be stored, but still close enough to be readily accessible in an emergency situation. ‘We have a yard at Los Flores Canyon, but we barely have room for vehicles,’ Fowler said. Even if Caltrans clears everything out of the site at Castellammare, the chain-link fence will remain in place, because the state agency owns that strip of land. ‘If we had money, we could put redwood slats in the chain-link to make it look more attractive,’ Fowler noted. Enforcement analyst Willis told the Post on June 30 that Pavley’s staff has informed Caltrans that if they intend to retain storage facilities, they need a coastal development permit to authorize it. ‘Development is a broadly defined term under the Coastal Act which includes the placement of solid materials on a site, which Caltrans has done, or a change from an undeveloped site to a storage area,’ Willis said, noting that he has not heard from Caltrans about their intentions.

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