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Local Democrat Candidates Look Ahead

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The November 4 election, dominated for two years by the Presidential campaign, will have significant repercussions in our congressional and California legislative districts. Following are reports on our three local representative elections.

Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman, representing California’s 30th Congressional District, which includes the Westside of Los Angeles County and the West Valley, is running unopposed in Tuesday’s election.
Waxman, who entered Congress in 1974, has been chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the investigative committee of the House, since 2007. He also serves as Ranking Member of the Committee, which conducts investigations into a wide range of subjects, from the high cost of prescription drugs to waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracting.

State Assembly Race
By DANIELLE GILLESPIE
Staff Writer

California State Assemblywoman Julia Brownley said she’s “looking forward to winning” Tuesday’s election and serving another two years. Brownley, a Democrat who lives in Santa Monica, is running against Woodland Hills resident and Republican Mark Bernsley to represent the 41st District.
Bernsley said one reason he decided to run is because he is tired of politicians representing special interest groups. “I want to fix the systems so they work well and are accountable,” said Bernsley, a business and tax lawyer who owns his own firm.
Since Brownley came into office in November 2006, she has focused mainly on education. She is the chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee Two on Education Finance, which reviews all budget matters related to education, and chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Higher Education in the 21st Century, which focuses on the budgets and long-term goals of the UC and Cal State systems.
If re-elected, Brownley will become chair of the Assembly Education Policy Committee. She hopes to pass a bill she introduced this year that will create the Commission for Funding with Accountability, Transparency and Simplicity. The commission would recommend how to make the current budget system for education simpler, more transparent and effective. The bill is currently in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
“If this state’s constituents can see how their money is being spent and be convinced it’s being spent wisely, then they might invest more in the education system,” said Brownley, who served on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District board for 12 years and was board president three times.
California does not invest as much in education per pupil as other states, Brownley continued. To have successful schools, class sizes must be smaller so teachers can focus on individual students, and teachers need adequate professional development. “All of this requires funding,” she said.
Bernsley, however, thinks Californians are being taxed enough for education, but the money is not being spent appropriately.
“We don’t know where the money is going, and we need sufficient transparency,” said Bernsley who received his bachelor’s degree in business from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his law degree from New York University. He holds a master’s degree in business from USC.
Bernsley, who’s also a small business advisor, would like the state education budget posted on the Internet, so that constituents can easily track how their money is spent.
Brownley, who has a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Washington University and a master’s degree from American University, has also directed her energies on the environment these past two years. She serves on the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and Budget Subcommittee Three on Environmental Resources.
If re-elected, Brownley plans to focus on solving the shortage in California’s water supply. “We need solutions to our water problems, such as conservation and keeping our streams and watersheds clean and useable,” she said.
Bernsley said a part of his environmental focus would be reducing the harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions. He supports the development of alternative fuel and energy sources. He also thinks executives should have more at stake when their companies are guilty of polluting.
Bernsley, who has a 10-year-old daughter with his wife Erica Marlaine, has not campaigned in Pacific Palisades, but has made appearances in Oxnard, Malibu, Agoura Hills and Santa Monica. His political experience consists of chairing the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council’s election committee in 2007. He has also written articles for the South Valley Election Alliance newsletters.
Brownley, the mother of two grown children, Fred, 21, a junior at UC Berkeley, and Hannah, 23, who is teaching English in Chile, didn’t have much time to campaign this year because she was in Sacramento working on the budget crisis. She was disappointed that the budget signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in September did not include additional revenue streams.
“I believe very strongly in a balanced approach of both budget reductions and additional revenue solutions,” she said. “We need to have some revenue solutions next year, or we will have to make critical cuts to education and health care.”
The Republicans took an oath not to raise taxes or add fees, Brownley said. To pass a budget requires a two-thirds majority in both the assembly and senate.
“Democrats hold the majority in the assembly, but we do not have the super majority,” said Brownley, who is hopeful more Democrats will be elected to office.

State Senate Race
By LIBBY MOTIKA
Senior Editor

The race to succeed Sheila Kuehl for State Senate District 23 is an open seat contested by three candidates, including former Assembly member Democrat Fran Pavley, Republican Rick Montaine and Libertarian Party member Colin Goldman.
The district, with only 24 percent Republican registered voters, has long been a liberal bastion (51 percent) most recently occupied by Kuehl, who has served eight years in the Senate and six years in the Assembly.
Pavley, who served three terms in the State Assembly, became known for her landmark legislation on global warming that has become a model for other states and countries. She was the author of AB 1493, known as the Clean Car Regulations, and the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), which will cap greenhouse gas emissions emitted from California.
While out of office, Pavley has been traveling around the country and the world, meeting with government officials on the carbon reduction law, and has served as a senior climate advisor for the Natural Resource Defense Council.
Among the challenges Pavley hopes to address in Sacramento are the increasing water crisis, which is exacerbated by the ongoing drought, a crumbling levee system and the high cost of moving water around the state.
With the luxury of a four-year senate term, which allows for more time to work on policy, Pavley says she would also like to study the critical condition of health care and the poor performance of California schools.
But, she says, it’s all about the budget, a dilemma similar to what she faced her first year in the assembly. “In 2001, the stock market took a dive, we had a $12 billion budget deficit and the energy crisis. We were able to do a combination on the revenue side and with cuts.”
Although much of the budget is negotiated by the legislative leadership and the governor, Pavley will work with the Democratic caucus to promote their priorities and figure out how to fund them. “How we structure a budget may require going back to the ballot,” she says. “We need to build some flexibility in there and spread out the revenue side to reflect the economy now.
“Half of us were all local government officials, who know how to get along. But something happens in Sacramento,” Pavley says, referring to the inability of both parties to work out a budget compromise this summer.
“There are lots of options.” Pavley continues. “Everyone needs to figure this out together. Just for an example, the fastest growing part of the budget is the prison system. We’re spending $40,000 a year to house one person.”
Pavley’s Republican opponent, Rick Montaine. is a technology security analyst and a 39-year resident of the San Fernando Valley. He served on the Winnetka Neighborhood Council from 2004-2007 and has served on the 40th Assembly District Central Committee. His top priorities, if elected, will be creating a business-friendly California for productive industries, balancing the state budget without borrowing from pension funds, and supporting Proposition 98, which prevents government from taking homes or property for private uses.
Libertarian Party challenger Colin Goldman promises a core agenda, which includes restricting the size, power and cost of state government. He says he will fight for the rights of all children to have access to a decent education, including providing “real choice to parents whose children are trapped in failing schools, and a promise to “clean up government, starting by being the only candidate in this race who will not be accepting special interest contributions.”

Residents Upset by Loud Motorcyclists

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Starting at about 9 p.m. for the past several months, squads of motorcycles have been rumbling down Sunset Boulevard, and the noise is upsetting many Pacific Palisades residents.
Amy Kalp, who lives on Sunset near Temescal Canyon Road, can’t even hear her television set because the sound is so loud. Sylvia Grieb, owner of the Palisades Letter Shop, complains that the motorcyclists gather at night, revving their engines in the Vons parking lot below where she lives off Sunset and Pacific Coast Highway.
“I know they are having fun, but it’s not the appropriate time,” Grieb told the Palisadian-Post.
Residents have called the Los Angeles Police Department to complain. They believe the motorcyclists may be modifying their exhaust systems to make their bikes even louder. They are also concerned about safety, claiming that they have seen the bikers speeding and performing stunts. In July, Kalp said, she followed a group of motorcyclists from Hollywood to her home, and they were traveling around curves at about 60 miles per hour.
On September 25, 19-year-old Jorge DeDious died in an 11 p.m. crash when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a tree on Sunset near Temescal Canyon.
In response to citizen concerns, the LAPD West Traffic Division (which includes the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, Westwood, Century City, Venice, Hancock Park and the Miracle Mile) has dispatched two task forces, where police monitor traffic in a certain area at a specific time.
On September 17, the division sent a special detail to the Palisades that worked from 7:30 to 10:45 p.m., “using a plain car equipped with radar to determine the actual speed, and a motor officer and a patrol vehicle as chase vehicles,” said Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore. “At approximately 9:38 p.m., 15 motorcycles rode west on Sunset. The motorcycles were traveling within 5 mph of the posted speed limit and were not altered to make excessive noise.”
On Wednesday, October 15, police were stationed on Sunset Boulevard between PCH and Capri Drive from 9 p.m. to midnight. They issued 25 citations to motorcyclists and other motorists for speeding and traffic violations, said Nancy Lauer, captain of the West Traffic Division.
“We observed approximately 30 to 40 motorcycles assembled at the gas station on PCH and Sunset,” Lauer added. “The majority conformed to all traffic laws.”
She continued, “We anticipate closely monitoring the area in the future in order to prevent traffic violations. We remain very sensitive to the community’s concerns regarding motorcycle safety.”
In the West Traffic Division, three motorcyclists, including DeDious, have died as a result of an accident this year, Lauer said.
“We have limited resources and we try to distribute them as fairly as we can,” she said. “When deploying resources, we have a host of safety concerns to deal with. We have to balance our resources, and we are doing our best.”
As for the noise, Lauer said, “Our experience has been that the vast majority of bikers have not adjusted their exhaust systems. It’s an exception, not the rule.”
If police hear a motorbike making sound above the legal limit of 90 decibels, the motorcyclist is cited and asked to take his bike into the shop to have it fixed.
Officer Moore said there could be a perception that the motorbikes have altered exhaust systems because “the number of motorcycles plus the time of night increases the sound output.”
Haldis Toppel, president of the Marquez Knolls Property Owners Association, lives about a mile from Sunset and said she too can hear the motorcycles: “I can only imagine what this sounds like when you live right on Sunset and want to go to sleep at some earlier hour of the night.”
Toppel doesn’t think the current law of 90 decibels addresses the noise problem when there are multiple bikers riding together.
“We need to measure and regulate the decibel level generated by multiple machines riding together through a noise ordinance that could take into account the time of day,” she said.

Actress, Author Marcia Wallace To Speak at Chamber Breakfast

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Actress Marcia Wallace

Before the Christmas carols kick in, the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce will welcome a “Carol” of another stripe.
Marcia Wallace, who famously played wiggy receptionist Carol Kester Bondurant on “The Bob Newhart Show,” will be this year’s guest speaker at the Chamber’s annual General Membership Breakfast on November 14 at the Riviera Country Club.
Expect hilarity when the town’s Honorary Mayor Gavin MacLeod introduces the carrot-topped comedienne.
“Eight in the morning may not be my best hour,” Wallace told the Palisadian-Post, half-joking. But she’s looking forward to the event, which she will be attending thanks to MacLeod, her longtime friend and fellow actor.
“Gavin and his wife Patty are two of my favorite people in the world,” Wallace said Tuesday.
Wallace knows the honorary mayor from her “Bob Newhart Show” days, noting that “’Mary Tyler Moore’ [MacLeod’s show] was the first MTM-produced show and our show was the second.”
Stellar cast aside, “Bob Newhart” came with a solid behind-the-scenes imprimatur. The Emmy Award-winning situation comedy was created by David Davis and Lorenzo Music (who supplied the voice of the show’s never-shown Carlton the Doorman).
Davis also co-created “Mary Tyler Moore,” “Rhoda,” “Taxi,” “and then David retired very early,” she said. “He’s married to [‘Rhoda’ star] Julie Kavner, who of course voices Marge Simpson.”
While Wallace and Carol are inseparable in most TV watchers’ minds, anyone under 35 will be more familiar with Wallace’s recurring role on “The Simpsons,” voicing Bart’s teacher, Mrs. Krabappel, which earned her an Emmy in 1992.
Wallace, 66, enjoys working on what is currently television’s longest-running sitcom, entering its 20th season.
“The energy is that of a sitcom, not cartoon energy,” Wallace observed, differentiating “The Simpsons” from typical over-amped animated fare with “rabbits going off cliffs and not dying.”
“My favorite character is Lisa—the heart and soul of the show,” Wallace said. “My dream is to spar with Skinner’s mother.”
There was precedent on “The Bob Newhart Show” for Wallace’s late career.
“Lorenzo left sitcoms and did voiceover!” Wallace said. “He was Garfield!”
Wallace also played Maggie the Housekeeper on “South Park.” So just call her “the Queen of Voice-Over.”
“The older you get, the fewer the parts for women,” Wallace noted. “I’m lucky I’ve always earned a living acting.”
Despite the early hour, Wallace is looking forward to the Chamber breakfast. She can use a little laughter, as she recently lost two dear friends: “Match Game”’s Brett Somers, and Newhart’s TV wife, Suzanne Pleshette.
“She was a beautiful, outrageous, hilarious, talented woman,” Wallace said of Pleshette. “She loved to swear and she was one of the funniest people I have ever known.”
Born in Creston, Iowa, Wallace began acting in 1968 with the improvisational group, The Fourth Wall. “Bewitched” and “Love, American Style” were among her early TV credits.
“[CBS head] Bill Paley had seen me on ‘The Merv Griffin Show,’” Wallace recalled. “He kind of made Grant Tinker [the ‘Bob Newhart’ producer] hire me.”
When “Bob Newhart” ended its six-season run in 1978, Wallace appeared on a roster of game shows longer than Santa’s naughty/nice list, from “Match Game” to “Hollywood Squares.” In the ‘80s and ‘90s, she enjoyed recurring roles on “Full House,” “Charles In Charge,” “Alf” and “Seventh Heaven,” and garnered an Emmy nod guest-starring on “Murphy Brown.” She toured as Olive Madison in a gender-opposite “The Odd Couple,” and in “The Vagina Monologues.”
Twenty-two years ago, Wallace was diagnosed with breast cancer, three days after husband Dennis Hawley proposed to her. Wallace survived her cancer, detailed in her 2005 memoir, “Don’t Look Back, We’re Not Going That Way: How I Overcame a Rocky Childhood, a Nervous Breakdown, Breast Cancer, Widowhood, Fat, Fire & Menopausal Motherhood and Still Managed to Count My Lucky Chickens.”
Alas, her husband died of pancreatic cancer in 1992. Wallace is proud of their 20-year-old son, Mikey, a UCLA junior who, like Mom, loves acting.
Wallace lectures on the book circuit. This year alone, she traveled to Vancouver, Maryland, Wisconsin, Houston, Orlando, Palm Springs and Redding. Shelooks forward to appearing in “Nunsense” in Ann Arbor, and “The Sugarbean Sisters” in South Dakota after this season’s “Simpsons” (which records from March through November) wraps.
Tickets for the Chamber breakfast are $30. RSVP: (310) 459-7963.

BOCA Man Returns to Antioch, Green Tea Moves to Swarthmore

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Green Tea, a teen and women’s clothing boutique that opened on Antioch Street in 2004, moved this week into BOCA, a women’s clothing store on Swarthmore.
“It’s a good fit,” said Denise Martinez, who with her husband Mike Mangimelli owns BOCA, Green Tea and BOCA Man. “We’re taking the best of both stores to create one store for the convenience of our customers.”
“We picked out our favorite lines and will continue to carry them,” said Danielle Solis, the former manager of Green Tea, who is now working at BOCA. Less popular lines have been dropped.
“Both stores had a lot of the same customers,” said Solis, agreeing with Martinez’s assessment. “We also had a lot of mothers and daughters shopping, who would shop together in one store and then the other.”
When Green Team opened next to Gift Garden Antiques, the clothing style was called “less dressy” than BOCA, and “edgier.” Martinez believes that by combining stores, women now have more choices and a wider selection.
The sofa, table and television in the center of BOCA have been replaced with merchandise, so that the overall effect of the 2,500-sq.-ft. store remains airy and roomy. New moveable fixtures will soon replace bolted ones and allow more flexibility in arranging the store.
“We had a banner made that says, ‘Green Tea has moved in with her big sister BOCA,’” Martinez said. “Danielle and Misty Simpson [another Green Tea employee] wonder why we didn’t do it before.”
Meanwhile this week, Martinez and Mangimelli are also moving BOCA Man into the Green Tea space until anticipated space opens up on Swarthmore after the holiday season. BOCA Man opened on Antioch (corner of Swarthmore) in 2000, then moved to a temporary location on Sunset (formerly Nest Egg) in June of this year.
The front of the building and the sidewalk have been power-washed. The storefront was repainted on Tuesday and the interior cement floor was stained and polished. Much of the merchandise had been moved in by Wednesday and BOCA Man will reopen this week.
“It’s about the same square footage that we had on Sunset, but the space is better because it’s built for a clothing store,” said Will Mangimelli (Mike’s nephew). “Once we move in, we’ll have a television that’s devoted to sports.”
Contacts: BOCA (310) 459-7259; BOCA Man (310) 454-03891.

Ballona Wetlands

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A Reprieve from the City

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A great egret (formerly known as American egret) stands solitary against the autumn-colored pickleweed landscape in Ballona Wetlands.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer

The sun rises over Ballona Wetlands in Playa del Rey, lighting the crimson pickleweed on a crisp October morning. Like the trees in a forest, the pickleweed has changed colors, marking the beginning of fall.
Great blue herons fly overhead, hungry for salt-marsh harvest mice that live in the pickleweed, while a black-bellied plover, newly arrived from Alaska, glides past.
Through the efforts of local activists and government officials, this tranquil nature reserve in the middle of Los Angeles was made possible. Five years ago, the state acquired more than 600 acres of Ballona Wetlands, located along Ballona Creek, through a partnership with the Trust for Public Land.
The California Department of Fish and Game and the State Lands Commission have jurisdiction over the wetlands, which are transected by Jefferson, Culver and Lincoln Boulevards and extend to the Marina Freeway.
“It’s something that many in L.A. don’t realize is here,” says Marcia Hanscom, co-director of the Ballona Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides research and exploration of Ballona Wetlands.
Unfortunately, that’s because the wetlands are still not easily accessible to the public, Hanscom says. There are no trails or interpretive signs, and the Ballona Creek levee (on the opposite side of the creek from the bike path) has “no trespassing” signs.
Despite that fact, Ballona Institute is striving to educate more people about the wetlands, which have saltwater and freshwater marshes, and are home to two endangered plants (the Lewis primrose and southern tarplant) and two endangered species (the California brown pelican and California least tern).
Earlier this year, the institute opened the Shallow Water Nature Store (221 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey) to carry merchandise related to the wetlands, and the Ballona Institute Research Center and Archive (425 Culver), which has books and maps about the wetlands.
Ballona Institute co-director and ecologist Robert Jan “Roy” van de Hoek leads two-hour nature walks on the first Sunday of every month, and an average of 20 people attend. In addition, van de Hoek offers full-moon nature walks, bicycle tours and van and mini-bus tours. The institute plans to purchase an electric boat, so he can take people on tours along Ballona Creek, which flows through Culver City and empties into Santa Monica Bay.
This winter and spring, van de Hoek will be training docents to help him. The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority awarded the institute a grant of $50,000 to train the docents and to create a pocket field guide with photos and information about the wildlife in Ballona.
Van de Hoek, who also works as a park supervisor for the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, started leading tours around the perimeter of the wetlands 11 years ago when the property was privately owned. He sought to educate the community about the importance of Ballona’s ecology.
“I wanted to share my knowledge of nature through storytelling,” says van de Hoek, who graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in environmental biology and geography. He has worked as a scientist for the U.S. Forest Service and as a wildlife biologist and archeologist for the Department of Interior.
Van de Hoek is not paid for leading the walking tours and his passion for wildlife is evident on a recent fall day at Ballona, when he spies a whimbrel standing on a coastal rock.
“In Alaska, the whimbrel eats mosquitoes and other insects,” van de Hoek says. “Here, it feeds on a smorgasbord of marine animals: worms, snails and fiddler crab. It’s amazing how the whimbrel changes its diet.”
He then spots two striped mullet jumping out of Ballona Creek, and with equal enthusiasm, he explains how striped mullet grow to their full size in the creek and spawn in the ocean.
Van de Hoek also likes to inform visitors about the history of the wetlands, which once covered more than 2,000 acres. He points to trestles left from the Pacific Electric Railroad, which traveled through Ballona in the 1900s. He then relates how aviator Howard Hughes, who once owned part of the wetlands, built a hangar there in the 1940s to store his Spruce Goose, a flying boat he designed to aid in World War II efforts. The hangar is still in Playa Vista and is designated as an historical site.
Bringing out a map, van de Hoek shows how construction of Marina del Rey in the 1950s destroyed about half the wetlands. Today, homes and businesses cover other parts of the former wetlands. “We wanted to save everything left,” van de Hoek says.
He and Hanscom are actively involved in the future of the wetlands, as the state works on the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project and considers five potential ways to rehabilitate the wetlands. The U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers is also looking at possibilities to restore Ballona Creek.
Hanscom says she and van de Hoek are not thrilled with any of the plans yet because they call for what they consider drastic changes.
“We would like to see a plan that is more respectful to the habitat. We believe it’s important to maintain the equilibrium that is already there,” Hanscom says. “The changes should be done in a slow, thoughtful way.”
This year, Hanscom and van de Hoek are also celebrating the fact that these 600 acres are now in the public’s hands. Ballona Institute will host a gala dinner on December 2 at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey to honor elected officials and journalists who helped preserve the wetlands, a family picnic in spring 2009 to honor community activists and an art event called Expressions of the Heart in fall 2009 to recognize the contributions of writers and artists.
“We’re celebrating that the land was acquired and to inform the public that there is more to be involved with,” Hanscom says. “We need to continue to have stewardship.”

Book ‘Em, Nan-O!

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Nancy Covey Once Again Organizes Talent For McCabe’s as Guitar Shop Turns 50

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Left to right: Elvis Costello, Nancy Covey and Richard Thompson at Covey’s farewell concert at McCabe’s, June 30, 1984.
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“Nancy Covey had a profound influence on my musical youth, although I was not able to put a face and name to my teenage experiences until a couple of weeks ago.” columnist Phil Gallo recalled in a September 29 Variety editorial. “Covey ran the venue at a time when my musical tastes were being shaped, in this case largely by folk-based musicians whose music had no correlation to anything being played on the radio or in any other venue in Los Angeles. McCabe’s was a slice of heaven.”
McCabe’s Guitar Shop turns 50 this year, and Covey, who booked the venerable Santa Monica vender’s back-room concerts from 1974 to 1984, had brought live acts to the intimate music haven across three decades.
Covey, a Palisadian, also helped organize a royal fete for the half-century-old store at UCLA’s Royce Hall. No less than Covey’s husband, Richard Thompson, Pretenders singer Chrissy Hynde, Los Lobos, Jackson Browne, Peter Case, David Lindley, Jennifer Warnes and others who started there or played McCabe’s early in their careers paid homage to the legendary little music shop that could at the October 2 concert.
“My mother bought her first guitar there,” Covey tells the Palisadian-Post. “That’s how I first knew about it. I went away to college and to Europe with a backpack and I came back in the early ‘70s.”
Covey intended to return to Oregon, where she attended college, and continue a hippie existence. So she went to McCabe’s looking for odd jobs.
“I needed gas money to get to Oregon to teach there,” she says. “ I needed $30 to get back. Thirty dollars! You could drive from L.A. to Oregon for $30 back then.”
Robby Kimmel, a musician in the Stone Ponies who day-jobbed it at McCabe’s, on 3101 Pico Boulevard, hired Covey.
“He ran the concerts at McCabe’s and I started out by cleaning the house he shared with his girlfriend. He was doing a concert in Santa Barbara and he needed help answering phones. After a week, he said, ‘Wow, you’re the person I’m looking for.’”
Kimmel convinced Covey to delay her Oregon plans and work at McCabe’s for $75 a week.
“The shoe fit,” Covey says. “After six months, I was hooked.”
Upon Kimmel’s departure a year later, Covey took over booking gigs. Covey’s big discoveries included Vince Gill and John Hyatt (who opened for John Lee Hooker) “my main discovery. I was just blown away by him. He’s quirky and great. It was his first L.A. gig.”
Covey flew to England to convince future husband Thompson to play.
“He hadn’t played in America,” she says. “He came over, we fell in love and there you go.”
Thompson went on to record the famous heart-wrenching divorce album “Shoot Out The Lights” with ex-wife Linda Thompson. Thompson and Covey, married for 24 years, have a son, Jack, 17, who attends Crossroads and plays bass in a band called Mangrass.
McCabe’s has enjoyed many memorable moments. Joni Mitchell sat in with Eric Andersen, and Covey indulged her love of roots, Cajun and blues music by booking those genres’ top practitioners. Covey recalls that “Los Lobos called me…They wanted to play for free and they actually played at our wedding in Malibu.” But the best McCabe’s concert ever booked may have been Covey’s June 1984 going-away party.
“All these people showed up: Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon. And then Elvis Costello came,” Covey says. “This is a 150-seat theatre. When Elvis walked onstage, the audience was enthralled.”
The Royce Hall show earlier this month was no less magical.
“I hadn’t produced shows in a long time,” Covey says. “So the first people I called were the people I felt had a real connection to McCabe’s: Jackson Browne, Los Lobos, the magician Ricky Jay.”
The house band included Thompson and Van Dyke Parks, while Covey was able to detour Loudon Wainwright and Blind Boys of Alabama from their respective tours to perform on the UCLA stage, filled with musicians for the closer: Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”
“[Former L.A. Times music critic] Steve Hochman said it was the best concert he had ever seen,” Covey says.
The music industry has seen many of its institutions crumble recently, from the Tower Records on the Sunset Strip, to New York’s CBGB and the Bottom Line; places where music history was made. Covey admits she is surprised to find McCabe’s still strummin’…but she understands why.
“It’s because of Bob Riskin,” Covey says, noting the shop’s founding father, whose mother was actress Fay Wray. “He’s been in the back of this little office for the better part of 50 years. McCabe’s is not a chain, it’s not corporate. It’s one man’s vision.”
Covey knows why so many top-flight musicians have gravitated to McCabe’s over the decades.
“I budgeted it so I could pay the musicians really well,” Covey says. “Besides, they were playing in a guitar shop. All musicians love to be in a guitar shop.”

Talk: Miracle of Seaweed

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Seaweed to wrap sushi, to thicken ice cream, to wash your face . . . but the real magic is seaweed in your garden.
So says horticulturalist Dexter Friede, an expert on organic fertilizers at Grow More since 1992. He will discuss the benefits of seaweed and other organic stimulants and fertilizers when the Palisades Garden Club meets at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 3, at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford.
Although Grow More is a leading manufacturer of agricultural, horticultural and specialty chemicals, Friede says that, since the early ‘90s, organic products have become popular.
“Those sales have increased considerably in the home market, especially because the amino acids found in organics have a nitrogen value similar to chemicals, resulting in vigorous growth.
“Where you really notice the benefit from organic fertilizers is in flavor, as the plant takes advantage of the nutrients in the soil.” Friede notes that “a lot of gardeners use granular fertilizers to replenish exhausted soil by planting in the same spot season after season.”
Easy to apply, he says. But this treatment is counterproductive and often leads to a build-up of salt that contributes to rock-hard clay soils.
The secret of organics is that they build up beneficial bacteria that are grown in the roots of the plants, according to Friede. “If you can get that activation, you’ll have better growth.”
That’s where seaweed comes in. Seaweed extract has natural amino acids and trace nutrients, including the full vitamin B complex.
“Seaweed helps prevent plants from going into stress,” Fried says helps propagate new plants, and if used as a spray, stimulates leaf growth.” A miracle indeed.
Friede will bring samples to the meeting, undoubtedly with a little seaweed extract in the mix.

L.A. Times Columnist Sandy Banks to Speak

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Los Angeles Times columnist Sandy Banks

For popular Los Angeles Times columnist Sandy Banks, an enthusiasm for newspapers began as a child growing up in Cleveland.
“During the winter, my routine in elementary school was to lie on the floor, prop my feet on the heating vent, and clip my favorite Ann Landers and Dear Abby columns,” Banks said during a recent phone interview.
Now it’s her column that gets clipped by legions of fans dedicated to her slice-of-life features that appear every Tuesday and Saturday in the paper’s California section. Banks will discuss her long, varied career as a journalist at the Palisades Branch Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 6.
A 29-year veteran of the Times, Banks spent 18 years as a reporter and editor in the Metro newsroom before taking on “Life as We Live It,” a twice-weekly column that ran from 1997 to 2003 spotlighting issues that women face. When that column ended, she served a stint as an editorial writer before returning to Metro in 2005. Among other notable articles, she wrote a perceptive profile of then-Mayor James Hahn, who was fighting for his political life. Her reinstatement as a regular columnist in 2007 brought cheers from her loyal readership.
Infused with equal doses of humor and compassion, Banks’ pieces never slip into preachiness. “A lot of columnists finger-wag and tell readers what to think,” Banks says. “I’m not very good at that. I don’t have all the answers.”
With deceptive simplicity, she takes the personal and gives it universal resonance. In a recent column, Banks, a widowed mother of three daughters, contemplates life as an empty nester: her youngest is a senior in high school. Just when she imagines the older daughters are launched, they circle back to the nest.
“Now I’m being crowded by three young women spreading their stuff around instead of spreading their wings,” Banks writes.
The story culminates with a visit to Aunt Tiny, a 101-year-old with boundless joie de vivre. This encounter arms Banks—and her readers—with an inspiring road map for living a full life, with or without kids.
Though her prose style appears effortless, Banks, like so many other wordsmiths, describes writing as a “torturous” process. “I labor over every word,” she says.
One piece she didn’t labor over brought about the shift from news reporting to personal essays. “A year or so after my husband died, I wrote a personal piece about struggling to be both a mother and father,” recalls Banks, whose kids were eight, five and three at the time. “I concluded that all I can be is a mom.
“When writing that story, the words just flowed out of me,” she continued. “The piece won the Times’ writing award for that year. It unleashed so much response.”
It also catapulted her to feature columnist status, a position she views as a double-edged sword.
“Reporting is not as intense; you have some down time,” she says. “There’s a relentlessness to writing a column that drives me crazy.”
Fellow L.A. Times columnist Al Martinez put it another way. “He knew I was nervous and said ‘Well, kid, it’s kind of like being married to a nymphomaniac. It’s really good while you’re doing it, but then, right away, you’ve got to do it all over again.’”
Though her topics range from gay marriage to the relative merits of the SAT, Banks drew the most response ever writing about her daughter’s trials with giving up her blankie.
“I heard from grown-ups from all over the world,” she says with a laugh.
Banks is currently taking a mini-hiatus from her column in order to write a special post-election piece. Her column will resume in mid-November.
In conversation, Banks possesses the no-nonsense style characteristic of her Midwestern roots. After graduating from Cleveland State University, she married her high-school sweetheart and headed west. She landed a job as a reporter with the Times in 1979 and has stuck with the paper ever since—through good times and bad.
“We’ve been through difficult times before,” she says of recent upheavals. “In the end, it’s about the readers, and I try to focus on doing the best job I can.”

The Pacific Palisades Library Association is hosting the talk by Sandy Banks. Admission is free.

Palisadian Men Who Love Trail Running

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At 72, Pacific Palisades resident Stan Swartz runs about 25 miles a week along the hiking trails in the Santa Monica Mountains. Swartz started running the trails 26 years ago, and he used to put in an average of 75 miles a week. ‘There is a freedom running in the mountains. I don’t have to watch every time I step off a curb for traffic,’ Swartz said. ‘I also see a lot of animals such as birds, deer and rabbits.’ Swartz is one of many local residents who enjoy running scenic trails in places such as Will Rogers State Historic Park, Temescal Gateway Park, Los Liones Canyon and Malibu Creek State Park. ‘We are very fortunate to have such easy access to the mountains,’ said Swartz, a builder and general contractor who has lived with his wife Elaine in Pacific Palisades for 36 years. Swartz and fellow Palisadian runners John Weiler and Eric Edmunds say trail running is a way to exercise while experiencing nature. ‘I will get out of the car and start running and soon I am in the middle of nowhere,’ said Edmunds, 55. ‘It’s very therapeutic to get away from the city.’ Swartz agreed and said he first discovered the joy of trail running after his street running club hosted a Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot on a hiking trail in the Palisades Highlands. He and a few friends started running trails regularly and soon thereafter he founded the Trail Runners Club for men and women in 1988. The nonprofit club has grown to 175 members and meets every Sunday. Swartz has missed only 12 Sundays since the club formed, and some of those were because of bad weather. He is the club’s oldest member with three grown children and seven grandchildren. Swartz has also co-authored two books ‘Trail Running: From Novice to Master’ and ’50 Trail Runs in Southern California,’ which are available at Village Books. He ran more than 200 trails before recommending the 50 trails highlighted in his book. Edmunds, who has run trails for 31 years and has lived in Pacific Palisades since 1986, said many of the trails highlighted in Swartz’s book are those he discovered on his own. He began running trails in the Bel Air and Brentwood areas while attending law school at UCLA. ‘I started exploring and pretty soon I had a knowledge of all the great spots,’ Edmunds said. ‘Trail running is one of my greatest passions.’ Edmunds joined Swartz’s Trail Runners Club about seven years ago. He also enjoys running with his wife, Debora, and children, Alex, 21 and Chelsea, 19. He finds trail running a wonderful break from his work as a trial lawyer. ‘It’s the antithesis to the stress and pressure of the court,’ Edmunds said, adding he sometimes thinks of briefs in his head while running. Swartz has introduced residents to his passion of trail running, including Weiler who moved to Pacific Palisades 12 years ago. Weiler met Swartz at the Palisades-Will Rogers 5K/10K. ‘I didn’t realize trail running was available in Los Angeles,’ said Weiler, a 64-year-old seafood company owner. ‘It is very relaxing, enjoyable and scenic.’ ‘You don’t have to be a good runner either,’ he continued. ‘If you can run a 10K, you can run any of the trails.’ For more information about Swartz’s Trail Runners Club, visit www.trailrunnersclub.com. Anyone (men or women) interested in running should e-mail Swartz at stan@trailrunnersclub.com or call (310) 459-3757. The group has runners of every pace and skill level. Hikers are also welcome. Membership is $45 per year, but runners can participate two or three times for free before joining. The club is hosting the 26th annual 9.5-mile Turkey Trot Fun Run on November 27. For more information, visit Trail Runners Club’s Web site and click on ‘Special Events.’

CLASSIFIED ADS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 30, 2008

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UNFURNISHED HOMES 2a

MARQUEZ: 3 BR+2 BA, great room w/ open beamed ceiling, country kitchen & designer baths, new AC, patios & zen garden for entertaining. $5,750/mo. (310) 502-3665

$4,500/MO. 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath+den house with white picket fence, just steps from the village, hardwood floors, newer appliances, lovely garden with paid gardener. (310) 266-9387

ALPHABETS: 6 BD, 5 BA. Quiet cul-de-sac, walk to village. Granite kitchen, new appliances, Rustic Canyon view. Available now. $6,000/mo. (310) 454-3710

EL MEDIO BLUFFS home built in 2006. 4 bdrms, 4 baths, large great room, quiet street. Avail. 1/1. $10,000/mo. (310) 595-0080

MARQUEZ: 2 bedroom, 1 bath, hardwood floors, great neighborhood, $3,000/mo. (310) 721-7403

STROLL TO THE VILLAGE from this cozy 2 bd, 2 ba home. Fireplace, detached garage, will consider small pet. Avail Nov. $4,100/mo. Jim, (310) 459-6545

GUESTHOUSE, UPPER ALPHABETS. Adorable studio. Furnished/unfurnished. $1,650/mo. including utilities. Covered parking. Available. (310) 454-4318

CHARMING 2 BDR, 2 BA, furnished/unfurnished. Breathtaking view from back deck, rolling yard. Available immediately. 1 yr. lease min., F/L. $5,300/mo. plus util. (310) 502-8427

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 2c

$1,500/mo. VERY CUTE BACHELOR, garden setting, full bath & kitchen, breakfast nook, plantation shutters, in triplex near bluffs. No pets. Non-smoking. 1 yr lease. (310) 804-3142

CHARMING PRIVATE ONE bedroom guesthouse. High ceilings, tile floors, appliances, laundry connection. $1,495/mo. Includes utilities. Elly, (310) 877-3074

HOLYOKE BLUFFS: Newly redone large studio. Top-of-the-line full kitchen w/ granite & stainless appls. Full bath. Design décor. Charming patio, separate entrance. Tranquil location. Laundry facilities, utilities, HD cable included. Unique setting for right person. Refs. 6 mo. lease. $1,890/mo. w/ dep. (310) 454-3806

1 BDRM UPPER Hardwood floors. Laundry room. Covered parking. $1,490/mo. Walking distance to village and beach. (310) 589-9195 x203

GUEST HOUSE, PALISADES. Furnished/unfurnished, spacious, bdr, bath, kitchen, FPL, additional queen bed loft, W/D in unit. Beautiful gardens, private pool. $1,800/mo. (310) 459-1227

CONDOS, TOWNHOMES FOR RENT 2d

GEM IN THE PALISADES, 2 bdrm, 2½ ba, townhouse, hdwd, tile, carpet. Large roof deck, own laundry room, W/D, dishwasher. Additional storage. Parking. $3,500/mo. (310) 392-1757

FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED immaculate, one bedroom. Minimum age 62 years. Close to everywhere. $1,300/mo. Broker, ofc, (310) 456-8770 or (310) 795-3795

LUXURY CONDO for rent in village. 2 bdrms, 2 baths, 2 balconies, 2 fireplaces, security parking. 9 month minimum lease. $3,950/mo. Full built-in kitchen. Stackable washer/dryer in unit. Call (310) 999-4425

1 BDRM, AMAZING OCEAN VIEW, resort condo in Pacific Palisades. Pool, tennis, 24 hour security. $2,850/mo. See details on website: www.oceanview750.com

WANTED TO RENT 3b

LOCAL EMPLOYED male seeks guesthouse. Quiet, local references. Non-smoker, no pets. Call Palisadian-Post, (310) 454-1321

WANTED: GARAGE to rent. Would like long-term rental for small vintage car. Seldom driven. Please respond to Mr. Nye, (310) 839-1984 x114

GERMAN FEMALE JOURNALIST relocating to Los Angeles. Seeks apartment or guesthouse in Palisades/Santa Monica area. Furnished or unfurnished, non-smoker, no pets. Please call (310) 382-7012

OFFICE/STORE RENTALS 3c

BRIGHT, OPEN AND AIRY OFFICE SPACE available in the Pacific Palisades Village near shops and restaurants. Approx. 1,000 sf. Call (310) 459-5800

PALISADES OFFICE SUITES AVAILABLE in the heart of the Village including: 1) Last remaining single office suite at $1,500 per month and 2) Office suites ranging in size from 1,015 sf to 3,235 sf, all with large windows with great natural light. Amazing views of the Santa Monica mountains, private balconies and restrooms. Building amenities include high speed T1 internet access, elevator and secured, underground parking. Call Brett at (310) 591-8789 or email brett@hp-cap.com

STORE FOR RENT, 875 Via de la Paz. Formerly a dress boutique. In excellent condition. Call (310) 459-4441

VACATION RENTALS 3e

FOUR FULLY SELF-CONTAINED TRAILERS for rent across from Will Rogers State Beach & about 2 miles from Santa Monica Pier. $1,095/mo. & $995/mo. (310) 454-2515

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 5

MAKE MONEY NOW! Revolution in anti-aging technology. Promoting younger looking skin naturally. No need for Botox or Restylane. Representatives wanted. Join our sales team now! (310) 795-1515

BOOKKEEPING/ACCOUNTING 7b

BANK STATEMENT & INVESTMENT RECONCILIATIONS, small business or personal bookkeeping, property, staff & nursing care management/scheduling are available in the Palisades. This can include QuickBooks gathering of data for 2008 to prepare for your visit to your CPA. Call (310) 570-6085 or email: saekorn@aol.com

BOOKKEEPING & FINANCE SERVICES for home & office: organize mail, pay bills, reconcile banks/credit cards/investments accounts, financial analysis/planning/budgeting/counseling. Computer expertise. Caring & thorough. (310) 218-6653, (310) 459-2066

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 * SET-UP, TUTORING, REPAIR, INTERNET. Problem-Free Computing, Guaranteed. Satisfying Clients Since 1992. If I Can’t Help, NO CHARGE! COMPUTER WORKS! 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/

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 • Garage Sale Specialist • (310) 454-0359 • bmdawson@verizon.net • www.bmdawson.com • Furniture • Antiques • Collectibles • Junque • Reliable professionals • Local References

ORGANIZING SERVICES 7h

LET’S SIMPLIFY! Organization for Home and/or Office. • Moving • Readying home to show • Downsizing. Kathleen, (310) 463-0800, kmurphyparadise@yahoo.com

NANNIES/BABYSITTERS 8a

NANNY NEEDED, Marquez area, Tues.-Sat., F/T, L/O. English & refs req’d. Must drive. Call (310) 459-8895 & lv msg.

LOVING NANNY, 30 yrs experience; 8 yrs in the Palisades; excellent references; does not drive but walks everywhere; great English; perfect for babies & small kids; housework too; like a member of the family; 100% reliable; full or part time. Call Teresa, (310) 367-8521

EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN NANNY is looking for afternoon or weekend job. Clean DMV. Legal and references. Call Monika, (818) 481-1549

NANNY/PERSONAL ASSISTANT/DRIVER. Reliable, college graduate seeks permanent or temporary placement. Live-out. Great references. Open availability. Feel free to call Alexandra, (323) 799-7012

NANNY, TOP REFERENCES from Pac. Pal. & West LA. CDL, F/T, P/T, live-out (live-in when needed). Infant-school age. Pet care too! Phyllis, (818) 340-7183

DOMESTIC AGENCIES 9

VIP NANNY AGENCY • “Providing very important people with the very best nanny.” • Baby Nurses • Birthing Coaches • Housekeepers. (818) 907-1017, (310) 614-3646

HOUSEKEEPERS 9a

“PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.” 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. Call Bertha, (323) 754-6873 & cell (213) 393-1419

HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTER/ELDER CARE, day or night, available Monday-Sunday. Own transportation, excellent ref’s. Call Maria, (310) 948-9637

HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTING available anytime. Own transportation. Reliable, 15 years experience. References. Call Nidia, home, (310) 477-4157 or cell, (310) 422-7624

HOUSECLEANING AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. Own transportation, live-in or live-out, for one day or 5 days a week. Good references. For more information call Marina, (562) 408-2068

HOUSEKEEPER OR BABYSITTER available Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. 5 years experience. Great references. Own car. CDL. Good record. Call Gloria, (323) 812-0504

HOUSEKEEPERS & BABYSITTING, local references, own transportation, very experienced & pleasant! Avail Mon thru Fri. Live-out. Call Elva, (310) 966-7244 (cell) or Lilliana, (310) 741-1808

HOUSEKEEKPER AVAILABLE Monday thru Friday, 5 days a week. Live-in or out. Good references. Speaks English. Two years experience. Call Haydi, (323) 299-2289

HOUSEKEEPING, 20 years experience. Good references, available Mon.-Sat. Love pets and children. N/S. Lives local. Call Marina anytime. (310) 572-7984, cell (310) 817-9515

HOUSE CLEANING, 15 yrs experience, references if needed. Free estimate. Available Monday thru Friday. Speaks English. Call Nury, (323) 907-2213 (cell), or (323) 232-4287 (home)

EUROPEAN CLEANING SERVICE. Reliable, local references. Experienced. Own supplies. Call today. (818) 324-9154

ELDER CARE/COMPANIONS 10a

GOOD COMPANY Senior Care. A premiere private duty home care agency. Provides in-home care and companionship to help people remain independent and happy at home. If you are a caring individual who would like to join our team, please call (323) 932-8700. joni@goodcopros.com

EUROPEAN CAREGIVER. Any days & some nights. Over 12 yrs experience in private homes, hospitals, convalescent homes. Excellent local references. Call Martine, (310) 458-3037 or (424) 214-9091

EXPERIENCED ELDERCARE/COMPANION. Available full time, flexible days, live-out, own car, CA DL, CPR trained, good English. Please call Nora, (323) 842-7543 or (213) 675-0126

LIVE-IN COMPANION & HELPER will trade services for lodging. Mature, responsible female, looking for live-in helper situation, will trade for living quarters. Run errands, shopping, some food prep. Care for dog(s), etc. Longtime Westside resident, great local references, healthy lifestyle, n/s, n/d. English speaking only. (310) 720-6103

GARDENING, LANDSCAPING 11

PALISADES GARDENING • Full Gardening Service • Sprinkler Install • Tree Trim • Sodding/Seeding • Sprays, non-toxic • FREE 10” Flats, Pansies, Snap, Impatiens. (310) 568-0989

JEFF MAYER LANDSCAPE DESIGN. Custom residential landscaping, irrigation, lighting, maintenance. C-27#853041. Certified Arborist #WE-5991A. Phone (951) 236-9891

BUDGET SPRINKLERS and LANDSCAPING • Installations, upgrading & sod. Repairs, wood fencing. Free est. (310) 398-8512. St. lic. #768354. Free houseplant w/ every estimate. “You call, we haul”

“CALVIN’S GARDENS” • Let’s create that organic vegetable & herb garden you’ve dreamed of! Also, interior residential/commercial accounts. Gardening for 30 years. Call (310) 460-8760

MOVING & HAULING 11b

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

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 12c

STEPHEN FELDMAN, M.F.T. • PSYCHOTHERAPY • “Moving yourself/a loved one forward” • (310) 535-0515 • therapist.psychologytoday.com/45652

WINDOW WASHING 13h

EXPERT WINDOW CLEANER • Experienced 21 yrs on Westside. Clean & detailed. Can also clean screens, mirrors, skylights & scrape paint off glass. Free estimates. Brian, (310) 289-5279

THE WINDOWS OF OZ. Detailed interior/exterior glass & screen cleaning. High ladder work. 10% new customer discount. Next day service available. Free estimates. Licensed & bonded. (310) 926-7626

CATERING 14

HOLIDAY EVENT PLANNER & CULINARY STUDENT. Le Cordon Bleu student and event planner to help with your holiday prep, cooking, serving, menus & all event details. 10+ years experience. $20/hr. Please call Danielle, (310) 691-0578

PERSONAL SERVICES 14f

GREAT ORGANIZER! Declutter your home, office, closet, etc. Errands, bill paying, etc. No project too large or too small. Local references! Please call “T”, (310) 488-9575

GOT STRESS? Call Spa dMarie for Relaxing Treatments. (310) 454-5302

PET SERVICES/PET SITTING 14g

HAPPY PET • Dog Walking • Park Outings • Socialization • Insured. Connie, (310) 230-3829

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

PERSONAL TRAINER 15c

GET THE BASEBALL EDGE: LEARN FROM A PRO, PLAY LIKE A PRO! Featuring: Brennan Boesch, Cal All-Pac 10, Detroit Tigers 2006-present; Chris Errecart, Cal All-Pac 10, Milw. Brewers 2006-present; and other guest instructors. Private lessons and info: (310) 454-8244

TUTORS 15e

Start School With The Right Backup. In-home private tutoring K-12. 30+ years teaching/ tutoring exper. Math, reading, grammar, essay writing & study skills. Former special 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

CLEARLY MATH & MORE! Specializing in math & now offering chemistry & physics! Elementary thru college level. Test prep, algebra, trig, geom, calculus. Fun, caring, creative, individualized tutoring. Math anxiety. Call Jamie, (310) 459-4722

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

POSITIVE KIDS • • • HAPPIER FAMILY! Exceptional teacher/consultant. Change performance. Increase skills. Improve grades K-8. Call Alexis, (310) 854-9627

PERSONALIZED SPANISH TUTORING! South American teacher w/ university degree. All ages & levels. Learn, improve, get confident for studies & traveling. Experienced w/ children. (310) 741-8422

SCIENCE & MATH TEACHER FOR HIRE. Super organizer. Start on the right foot! B.S. Biochemistry, SUNY Stony Brook, M.A. Columbia University, Teacher’s College. Certified New York (Westchester) public school teacher, now teaching in LA! Prefer students 7th grade to College. I work in the Palisades, but prefer to tutor at your home. Practice tests available! SAT II subject test coaching! Academic progress monitoring & notebook organization! Alex Van Name: (310) 295-8915, www.310tutoring.com

SPANISH TUTOR, CERTIFIED TEACHER for all levels. Has finest education, qualifications, 21 yrs exper. Palisades resident, great references, amazing system, affordable rates. Marietta, (310) 459-8180

SPEED READING COURSE! Increase speed, comprehension, memory. Homework, SAT, non-fiction, fiction. Group discounts. Experienced instructor. (310) 383-4400

MUSIC LESSONS & INSTRUCTION 15h

FIND YOUR VOICE! Singing & Performance Coaching • All ages • Singing • Songwriting • Recording • Demos • Talent Shows • School Plays • Laurie, (310) 579-5668 • Native Palisadian • soundeyes@aol.com

CARPENTRY 16a

FINE WOODWORKING: Carpentry of any kind. Bathrooms, kitchens, doors, cabinets, decks & gates. State lic. #822541. No project too small. References available. Reasonable prices. Contact: Ed Winterhalter at (310) 213-3101

CONCRETE, MASONRY, POOLS 16c

MASONRY, CONCRETE & POOL CONTRACTOR. 36 YEARS IN PACIFIC PALISADES. Custom masonry & concrete, stamped, driveways, pools, decks, patios, foundations, fireplace, drainage control, custom stone, block & brick, tile. Excellent local references. Lic. #309844. Bonded/insured/ workmen’s comp. Family owned & operated. MIKE HORUSICKY CONSTRUCTION, INC. (310) 454-4385 • www.horusicky.com

CONSTRUCTION 16d

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

DOORS 16f

“DOOR WORKS” • Residential and commercial, door repairs, replacements. Handicap services, weatherstripping. Free est. Premium service. Lic. #917844. (310) 598-0467, (818) 346-7900

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

ELECTRICAL WORK. Call Dennis! 26 yrs experience, 24 hours, 7 day service. Lic. #728200. (310) 821-4248

FENCES, DECKS 16j

THE FENCE MAN. 14 years quality workmanship. Wood fences • Decks • Gates • Chainlink & overhang • Lic. #663238, bonded. (818) 706-1996

INDEPENDENT SERVICE CARLOS FENCE: Wood & Picket Fences • Chain Link • Iron & Gates • Deck & Patio Covers. Ask for Carlos, (310) 677-2737 or fax (310) 677-8650. Non-lic.

DECK REPAIR, SEALING & STAINING. Local resident, local clientele. 1 day service. Marty, (310) 459-2692

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

GOLDEN HARDWOOD FLOORS. Professional Installation and refinishing. National Wood Flooring Association member. License #732286. Plenty of local references. (877) 622-2200 • www.goldenhardwoodfloors.com

JEFF HRONEK, 39 YRS. RESIDENT • HARDWOOD FLOORS INC. • Sanding & Refinishing • Installations • Pre-finished • Unfinished • Lic. #608606. Bonded, Insured, Workers Comp. www.hronekhardwoodfloors.com (310) 475-1414

GLASS & MIRRORS 16n

PROFESSIONAL GLASS INSTALLER/DESIGNER. Call Tony for free quotes: (818) 518-5168. Non-lic.

HANDYMAN 16o

HANDYMAN • HOOSHMAN • Most known name in the Palisades. Since 1975. Member Chamber of Commerce. Lic. #560299. 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

HANDYMAN. Painting exterior/interior, baseboard, water damage repair, drywall repair, tile. 18 yrs. Excellent service & experience. Free estimates. Non-lic. Call Fortino Matias, (310) 502-1168

HANDYMAN SERVING PALISADIANS for 14 years. Polite & on time. No job too small. Ref’s available. Non-lic. Ready for winter? (310) 454-4121 or cell, (310) 907-6169. djproservices@yahoo.com

PETER PAN HOME REPAIR. Serving all of the Westside!! (310) 663-3633

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 • 54 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

SQUIRE PAINTING CO. Interior and Exterior. License #405049. 25 years. Local Service. (310) 454-8266. www.squirepainting.com

ZARKO PRTINA PAINTING. Interior/Exterior. 35 years in service. License #637882. Call (310) 454-6604

PROFESSIONAL AND AFFORDABLE interior/exterior kitchen cabinet repaints and finishes. Licensed and bonded and on time! Lic. #105761. Call All Seasons Painting, (310) 678-7913

REMODELING 16v

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

LABOR OF LOVE HOME REPAIR & REMODEL. Kitchens, bathrooms, cabinetry, tile, doors, windows, decks, etc. Work guar. Ken Bass, General Contractor. Lic. #B767950. (310) 487-6464

COMPLETE CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION • New/Spec Homes • Kit+bath remodeling • Additions • Quality work at reasonable rates guaranteed. Large & small projects welcomed. Lic. #751137. Call Michael Hoff Construction, (310) 823-3137

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DRIVERS: TEAMS EARN TOP DOLLAR plus great benefits. Solo drivers also needed for Western Regional. Werner Enterprises, (800) 346-2818 x123

ADMIN. ASSIST., Malibu: Career-oriented, organized, detailed. Excellent communication, phone, writing skills. Computer literate (Quickbooks, Word, Excel, Photoshop). Resume: adam@amazingtaste.com

Full-Time RECEPTIONIST NEEDED for busy Brentwood financial firm. Full benefits, nice offices, great staff. Front desk experience and professional demeanor required. First, call (877) 577-3377 to leave a message. Also fax resume (800) 750-7550, but voicemail is required.

MAINTENANCE COUPLE NEEDED. Salary and living quarters. Please call (310) 454-2515 or (310) 633-0461

MOTHER’S HELPER NEEDED. Must have car. Drive kids MWF. References. Light cooking a plus. Needed immediately. Call for interview. (310) 230-4191

HOUSEKEEPER WANTED M, W, F, 9-5. Must speak English with car; loves animals & children. Highlands area. Call Julie @ (310) 230-0286

AUTOS 18b

1999 FORD F250 Super Duty V10 Supercab Longbed, black w/ lumber rack & Weatherguard tool box. Great work truck! $6,500 OBO. (310) 576-0622

GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 18d

DESIGNER REMODELING SALE. Custom all wood combination of desk, filing cabinets & bookshelves. Signed Carrier Belleuse sculpture. New executive gifts, briefcases, pens, tote bags & polo shirts, etc. Also, household items & books. By appointment only. (310) 459-0057

MOVING SALE! Antique furn/furnishgs/knick-knacks/collectibles/household goods. 3115 Coolidge, Mar Vista (TG672 C-1), Fri.-Sat., Oct. 31-Nov. 1; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Photos/details: www.bmdawson.com

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WANTED: Old tube guitar amplifiers, working or not. ‘50s, ‘60s, etc. Tommy, (310) 895-5057 • profeti2001@yahoo.com

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