CLASSIFIED ADS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 6, 2007

December 6, 2007

HOMES FOR SALE 1

8 HOMES LEFT. Condo Alternative PCH/Sunset. Up to 1,550 Sq. Ft. $179,000-$659,000. Some Completely Remodeled, Many Upgrades. Ocean Views, Wood Floors, New Kitchens, Sun Deck, Rec Center w/ Pool/Spa/Gym. Steps from the Sand. Agent Michelle Bolotin, (310) 230-2438 www.michellebolotin.com

HOMES WANTED 1b

WE BUY HOUSES, APTS & LAND! ALL CASH, AS-IS, FAST CLOSE. David, (310) 308-7887

CONDOS, TOWNHOMES FOR SALE 1e

2 BDRM, 2 BA CONDO in village. 15340 Albright St., apt #107. Open house daily, 12-4 p.m. $679,000. (310) 230-7866

FURNISHED HOMES 2

CHARMING COTTAGE, fully furnished, 1 bdrm, 1 ba, frplc, close to village & bluffs. Short term available. No pets. (310) 459-0765

MOVE WITH A SUITCASE! Lovely 1 bdrm+office, 2 ba canyon overlook. F/P, laundry, cable, phone, gdner, fully furn & equip. 2 mos. min. N/S, no pets. $2,650/mo. for everything. (310) 454-2568

SUNSET MESA estate with KILLER OCEAN VIEWS. Newly remodeled, close-in, mid-century, turn-key furnished with the VIEW! $6,500/mo. (760) 568-9426

UNFURNISHED HOMES 2a

FLEXIBLE LEASE OPTIONS. Light filled spotless ranch style 2 bd, 1 bath updated kit, oak flrs, deck view of tree-filled property. Lg brick patio, W/D & gardener incl. 2-car garage w /side entry. Gated rear lot perfect for boat or RV storage. $3,450/mo. (310) 993-4007

OCEAN VIEWS 4 BDRM, 3 BA, office, den, large spa. Queen’s Necklace, quiet cul-de-sac. New carpet & hdwd flrs, updated kitchen, 2 fps. $6,500/mo. Call (310) 457-1522

HIGHLANDS HOUSE. Lovely 3+2, 2000 sq ft., open floor plan, AC. Private patio w/ trees. Community pool, tennis courts. Available Dec.15. $4,700/mo. (310) 999-2661

4 BDRM, 3 BA Unfurn or furn. Great location in Pacific Palisades. Immaculate, beautiful large lot. Many amenities. Available immediately. $6,000/mo. Call Mike, (818) 307-6434, or Jami, (310) 383-2512

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 2c

1 BDRM+OFFICE/DEN, 2 ba, 2 F/P, hdwd flrs, new paint, wood blinds, 1 garage space, laundry on premises. $2,300/mo.+sec. Call (310) 459-5576

$2,500/mo. LARGE, LIGHT 1 bdrm, 1 ba Mediterranean triplex near bluffs. Mucho charm! Unique touches. Built-in bookcases, cabinets, drawers, tile, hdwd. flrs, bay window, garage, garden. 1 yr. lease. N/P, N/S. (310) 829-6931

PRIVATE OCEAN VIEW GUESTHOUSE, partially furnished; small but cool; gated, tropical gardens, patio. Near old Getty villa. No pets, no smoking. $1,450/mo. Ready now. (310) 459-1983

STUDIO APT. UNIQUE. Must see: Newly remodeled, high tech, LG fridge, carpeting, w/d in unit, backyard w/ brick patio. St. parking. Private entrance. Marquez area. Util. inc. $1,750/mo. $2,250 deposit. May consider small pet with deposit. Call (310) 261-4083 or (310) 741-8276. By appt. only.

CONDOS/TOWNHOMES FOR RENT 2d

PERFECT FOR REMODELERS! 2 bdrm, 2½ ba townhouse, hdwd, tile+new carpet. Large roof deck w/ ocean views, W/D, dishwasher, additional storage, parking. $3,650/mo. Agent, (310) 392-1757

TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT. 3 bdrm, 3 ba remodeled Highlands end unit. 1,800 sq. ft. 2 car garage, pool, tennis court, hdwd flrs. Available now. $3,750/mo. (310) 570-8275

1 Bdrm, 1 ba, PALISADES HIGHLANDS CONDO in unique senior bldg near ocean. Quiet, bright, view. Available immediately to qualified person over 62. $1,340/mo. (310) 926-9886

VERY NICE 1 bdrm, 1 ba. Rent includes gas, water, electricity. New applicances, pool, tennis court. One block from beach. Coldwell Banker. Ann Christiansen, (310) 230- 2470

HIGHLANDS TOWNHOME FOR RENT. Sunny 3 bd, 3 ba remodeled end unit, mountain views. 1,750 sq. ft. 2-car garage, W/D, dishwasher, refrigerator, pool, gym, tennis. Avail now. $3,100/mo. (310) 794-2289

$3,200/MO. SANTA MONICA. Prime north of Wilshire. Luxury upper condo 2 bdrm, 2 ba+den. Newly remodeled, hdwd flrs, crown moulding, marble/tile ba, lots of closets, banquet room, spa, 2 car gated pking. Nice view of Pac. Pal. & the SM mts. 1 blk from trendy Montana Ave. & near Ocean Ave., which overlooks the ocean. Available now. Call Bob, (310) 451-8775

ROOMS FOR RENT 3

PACIFIC PALISADES Large sunny room. Opens onto own private patio and yard. Private full bath, share kitchen and laundry. Walk to village. $1,400/mo. (310) 230-1670

WANTED TO RENT 3b

LOOKING FOR GARAGE space. Palisades business owner for 18 years. 1 or 2 car garage. Santa Monica or Palisades. John, (310) 877-5959

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

GUESTHOUSE, UNFURNISHED FOR quiet responsible, considerate, retired male. N/S, N/D. No pets. Please leave message for Tom at (760) 662-8716

OFFICE/STORE RENTALS 3c

PALISADES OFFICE SUITES available in the heart of the VILLAGE including 1) Single office suites with windows in each office and some with balconies starting from $1,050 per month and 2) Office suites ranging in size from 950 sf to 2,000 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 Pietra at (310) 591-8789 or email leasing@hp-cap.com

RENTAL SPACE, STORAGE 3d

STORAGE GARAGE IN VILLAGE. Avail 12/1. $289/mo. (310) 454-4668

VACATION RENTALS 3e

FULLY SELF-CONTAINED 24’ Fleetwood Terry trailer across the street from Will Rogers State Beach. Pacific Palisades. $1,400/mo. (310) 454-2515

FULLY SELF-CONTAINED 28’ Kit Road Ranger trailer across the street from Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades. $1,600/mo. (310) 454-2515

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 3f

FULL SERVICE Property Mgt. Co. To rent out &/or manage your house rental. No more tenant hassles. We Do It All. Illana, (310) 498-0468

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 5

FOR SALE: Curves Chevoit Hills. (310) 454-4121

RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN an established boutique store in the Palisades Village. Call (310) 663-7299 leave message

LOST & FOUND 6a

FOUND: BLACK KITTEN, ABOUT 21⁄2 months old, w/ collar, no name tag. By Sunset & Capri. Dr. (310) 454-8413

PERSONALS 6b

SEMPER FI. U.S. Marine, combat wounded Purple Heart veteran needs help. Please contact Ray Nasser, (310) 454-7432, 16321 PCH #63, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

MISCELLANEOUS 6c

SEEING RED? THINK BLUE! Concerned & want to help. Join us. Pacific Palisades Democratic Club. (310) 230- 2084

BOOKKEEPING/ACCOUNTING 7b

BUSINESS OR PERSONAL bookkeeping & organizing available in the Palisades including financial reports, everything to prepare for your visit to your tax person. Highly experienced, fast, discreet, ESTATE SALE management w/ detailed reporting also available. Excellent local references. Call Shirley, (310) 570-6085

COMPUTER SERVICES 7c

COMPUTER SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT. HOME & BUSINESS–Windows Vista/XP–20 Yrs exp. frankelconsulting.com (310) 454-3886

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

DECORATING 7d

X-MAS LIGHTING. We have 20 yrs. of happy customers. Please call Pacific Tree & Landscape for appt. Happy Holidays! (310) 866-3376

GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 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

WILL ORGANIZE any areas in your home. Tailor a practical system for you. Help you prepare for holidays. Efficient, affordable & confidential. (310) 477-6489

HOME INVENTORY SERVICES 7j

HOME INVENTORY SERVICES for FIRE THEFT, Earthquake, Wills/Estates, Rentals, Divorce. Incl video, photos & detailed reports. Pali resident. (310) 230-1437 www.homesweethomevideo.com

NANNIES/BABYSITTERS 8a

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

NANNY, 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Great references, clean DMV, CPR cert. Prefer newborns & toddlers. Call Olga, (213) 675-1185

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

HOUSE & OFFICE CLEANER available full time. Mon.-Sat. Very experienced and excellent references. Own transportation. CDL. Call Miriam, C (213) 925-9088, H (213) 746-4216

HOUSEKEEPER/CATERER Available M-F. Own transportation. CDL. Experienced, references. Call (572) 706-7293

ELDER CARE/COMPANIONS 10a

MALE CAREGIVER available for L/O only. 5 years experience. Good references. Call John, (323) 668-2359

CAREGIVER/NANNY/COMPANION. References, Full/part time, live-in/live-out. Available now. Some housekeeping. Please call (818) 357-8363

CAREGIVER/CNA. Hourly or L/I. Guaranteed satisfaction or you don’t pay. All caregivers are fingerprinted, bonded and covered by liability COMP Ins. Schedule FREE accessment. $17.50-19.50/hr. Karen McDermott, (310) 529-1086

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

RETIRED NURSE looking for P/T work. Driver, watch kids, cook & housekeep. Local references and lives locally. Call Mayu, (310) 393-5856

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

WATERFALLS & POND CONSTRUCTION: Water gardening. Japanese Koi fish. Filtration pond service, repair & maintenance. Free estimates. (310) 435-3843, cell (310) 498-5380. www.TheKingKoi.com

PRECISION LANDSCAPE SERVICES! Tired of mow, blow, let’s go! Specializing in fine maintenance • outdoor lighting • fertilizing • automatic timer repair & installation • artificial grass installation • hillside clean ups • new sod • sprinkler repair. Fair prices. (310) 696-6453

MOVING & HAULING 11b

BC HAULING & CLEAN-UP • Houses • Garages • Apts • & Yards. All junk removed. Home demolition, i.e., patios, yards & walls. Truck with liftgate. (310) 714-1838

INTERIOR PLANTS 11c

CALVIN’S PLANT SPECIALISTS! Interior, exterior plant care & installations. Rose garden maintenance, organic vegetable gardens. Serving Malibu over 50 years. Free estimates. Call (310) 460-8760

TREE SERVICE 11d

DON’T PANIC, IT’S ORGANIC®! NEED HELP AFTER THE FIRE? Fire Sale Property Restoration. If your property was damaged or destroyed by fire, let us help you restore it. Free housecall w/ mention of this ad. Since 1972. Natural pest control, lawn, roses, tree, pond, fruit trees, veg. gdns, natural spraying, whole property restoration, water mgmt & more as seen on PBS, NBC, CBS, YOUTUBE & more. Invisible Gardener Inc. (310) 457-4438. Doing it organically keeps the oceans clean. www. InvisibleGardener.com

WINDOW WASHING 13h

HAVING A PARTY? SELLING some real estate, or just want to do some spring cleaning? Get those WINDOWS SHINING by calling No Streak Window Cleaning where we offer fast friendly quality service you can count on! For a free estimate call Marcus, (323) 632-7207. Lic. #122194-49, Bonded

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

PERSONAL SERVICES 14f

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES OFFERED in exchange for room. Pet care, errands, driving, cooking+, organizing. Local refs. Honest & reliable. Call A. Kirstin, (310) 383-8188

LET DIANA DO IT! Holiday/Grocery shopping • Party Planning • Bill Paying • Organizing • Errands & more. Long-time Pal. Resident. Excellent Refs. New Clients 20% off. Call DIANA AT (310) 573-9649

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

PEAK PERFORMANCE Fitness Training • Ivan Baccarat, A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer • Body Shaping • Strength • Endurance • Prenatal/Post Partum • Cardio Kickboxing • Stretch/Flexibility • Plyometrics • Fat Loss • Core Work Individualized Program Design • 20 Yrs. Experience • Insured • References • Call for a free consultation: (310) 829-4428

“FIT” Jen Into Your Life. I am a certified in-home personal trainer with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. I design unique fun fitness programs tailored to individual goals. Palisades references available. Call Jen for your complimentary first session. (818) 623-7173

CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER. Mobile service. Train at home, in gym or outdoors. Contact Thomas, (310) 365-8878

START THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW YOU! Experienced fitness trainer with B.A. in Kinesiology. Ask about holiday specials. (310) 383-7081 • DQTfitness@yahoo.com

TUTORS 15e

INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. Children & adults. 25+ years teaching/tutoring exper. MATH, GRAMMAR, ESSAY WRITING & STUDY SKILLS. Formerly Sp. Ed. Teacher. Call Gail, (310) 313-2530

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

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

READING SPECIALIST • Master of Education—Reading and Learning Disabilities • Special Education Teaching Certificate: K-12 • Regular Education Teaching Certificate: K-9 • Elementary Education Teaching experience: 12 yrs • Services provided for special & regular education students of all levels • Academic areas taught include reading (phonics and reading comprehension) writing and spelling • Private tutoring includes accessing the student’s needs, developing an individualized education program and implementation of that program. Palisades resident. Call Brandi, (310) 230-9890

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 & Spanish! 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 grades • Levels • Grammar • Conversational • SAT • Children, adults • Great references. Noelle, (310) 273-3593

SPANISH TUTOR CERTIFIED TEACHER for all levels. Has finest education, qualifications, 20 yrs exper. Palisades resident, many good references, amazing system, affordable rates. Marietta, (310) 459-8180

TUTORING & HOMEWORK HELP. Teacher with credentials in Elementary, Special Ed., and Reading. Masters in Education & 23 years classroom teaching experience, 2 years as Reading Recovery specialist. Palisades resident. Affordable rates. Diana, (310) 717-5472 dianaleighw@yahoo.com

CREDENTIALED MATH & STUDY SKILLS TEACHER (BA-UCSD, M.Ed-UCLA, PhD Candidate-USC) Tutor K-College. Most subjects. 15 years recent classroom experience in the Palisades. Libby, (310) 963-0093

SPANISH TUTOR & PALISADES resident from South America is back in town! All ages, students, housewives, travellers, business people, all professionals, SAT & AP Prep. Call (310) 741-8422

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

ProCPM—We Manage Your Construction Project So You Don’t Have To. Your Home Built/Remodeled For Less—Less Time, Less Cost, Less Stress. (310) 459-6276 • www.ProCPM.com

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. Lic. #775688. Please Call (310) 454-6849 or (818) 317-8286

NORTH BAY ELECTRIC. Serving the Palisades area since 1984 • Service Calls • Remodel Work • New Construction • (310) 456-7076. Lic. #493652

FENCES 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.

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

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

CONSTRUCTION • ELECTRIC • PLUMBING, Painting, tile, drywall, driveway, carpentry, stucco. I have good references. Non-lic. Call (818) 849-4144

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 • 53 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. Ref’s. 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

PLUMBING 16t

BOTHAM PLUMBING AND HEATING. Lic. #839118. (310) 827-4040

JLK PLUMBING. Re-pipe and sewer specialist & all plumbing repairs. Mention this ad & receive 10% off. Lic. #722414. Call (310) 678-6634

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. Michael Hoff Construction today, (310) 230-2930

HELP WANTED 17

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

IN HOME OFFICE. Computer savvy. Good phone skills. P/T Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Call Lynda, (310) 459-5820

HOUSEKEEPER/DISHWASHER: Join our hospitality team at Aldersgate Retreat & Cultural Center, Pacific Palisades. P/T $10/hr. Weekend and weekday shifts available. Call Cris, (310) 454-6699

PALISKATES is hiring women’s sales associates. P/T & F/T seasonal and permanent positions available.
Contact Ashley, (310) 230-6085 ext. 2 Paliskates@yahoo.com

WANTED: ONE EXCELLENT housekeeper. Two days per week. Must speak English well. Must have excellent references. Call Michele at (310) 454-5287

AUTOS 18b

2003 ACURA TL, white with beige leather. Local, professional owner. Perfect condition, 62,000K. ABS Anti-lock, air, alloys, Bose 6 CD changer, moonroof. $14,995. Steve, (310) 459-5662

BLACK F-150 2007 FX2 Package, Supercrew Sport, leather captain chairs, 6000 K, premium sound, all options except navigation. Rear seat DVD, 5.4L Triton V8 engine & parking sensors. $28,000. (310) 849-1598

GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 18d

MULTI-FAMILY SALE. 507 Via de la Paz. Saturday, Dec. 8th 8:30 a.m. Lots of kids toys, clothes, games, books, videos, DVDs, electronic equip & more. No Early Birds!

SATURDAY, DEC. 8, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 2 families. Many NEW toys. Baby furniture (Bellini rocker, toddler bed, high chair). Gifts, electronics, Karges chairs. Fancy women’s clothing & much more. 1357 Chautauqua Blvd. (N. of Sunset)

THINK XMAS! “Redecorating” Sale! Hi-end quality. Antique bronze Chinese lamps/Pr. cherry side tables/Chenile sofa/Contemp tufted leather chair (Grace)/Plus linens/knick-knacks/costume jewelry/books/CDs/VCRs/toys! 1135 Ravoli (Sunset to Amalfi). FRI.-SAT., Dec. 7-8; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Photos/info: www.bmdawson.com

ESTATE SALE: Pacific Palisades. Fri.-Sat.-Sun., Dec. 7, 8 & 9. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 1268 Amalfi, N. of Sunset. Complete hsehold of vintage & residential furn, china, porcelain, wedgewood, dolls, jewelry, books, etc.

MISCELLANEOUS 18g

27” PANASONIC COLOR TV. 3 yrs old and in great working condition. Panasonic DVC/CD player, also great working condition. TiVo DVR box. Please call Doris, (310) 913-2753

WANTED TO BUY 19

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

Art For Human Rights

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December 5, 2007

PaliHi art teacher Angelica Pereyra works on the Human Rights Task Force art project with her students, from left, Chris Lee, Jasmine Hutchison, Take Ikuno and Medhat Hanna.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, *Staff Photographer*

By AMY MARCZEWSKI Special to the Palisadian-Post In June 1993, this Lifestyle page featured Palisades High senior Angelica Pereyra, who described her life as a traveling student riding the bus every day from her home in East L.A. ‘As a student, school is my only job and so I figured I would do my best and take it as far as my effort, persistence, and abilities could take me,’ Angelica said. She was an editor on the ‘Tideline’ student newspaper, leader of the Latino Awareness Class, and a tutor at Palisades Elementary four afternoons a week. Angelica went on to UCLA as a scholarship student, earned her teaching credential, and then returned to PaliHi as a teacher, first in math and now in art. Her persistent, can-do attitude is unchanged. In her classroom there’s a small flyer on the wall with the iconic image of a woman flexing her upper arm, which typically includes the message ‘We Can Do It!’ but instead it reads in Spanish: ”Nadie me puede decir que me calle!’ ‘No one can tell me to keep my mouth shut!’ Back in 1993, Angelica told the Palisadian-Post, ‘I come on the bus and I’ve been working hard to let students at Pali as well as those in the surrounding community know that ‘bussed-in kids’ do enhance the environment at Pali in a positive way.’ This motivation to effect change in the world around her continues to drive Angelica, who still lives in East L.A., and it inspires her students to create and learn. ‘There was something about Pali, a gravitation to come back here, something about the diversity I encounter here every day,’ Angelica says. ‘I wanted to serve my community [of East L.A.], because I think it’s important for kids of color to see professionals of color. But I also think that white kids need to see professionals of color.’ Given what Angelica calls the ‘diversity of diversity of diversity’ that is PaliHi, she knew that her impact would be significant at a school where 24 percent of the 2,700 students are Latino. One facet of Angelica’s job as role model has been to incorporate human rights into the curriculum, even during her first four years teaching math at Pali. ‘I had to get through the state standards,’ she says, ‘but beyond that, there are all these ‘teachable moments.’ How do we [as human beings in society] deal with each other?’ Angelica explored this question in creative ways. When discussing properties of equality in algebra she broadened the discussion to the topic of equality in society. A lesson on the mathematical subject of identity elements segued into discussions of cultural and personal identity. ‘This is such an important concept for this age group,’ she says. ‘To have them question it allows them to think about and solidify their own identities.’ Now, as an art teacher, Angelica continues to incorporate human rights into the curriculum. She insists that these concepts are essential for young artists: ‘An artist has to know about everything going on in the world, because if you have something to say, you’d better know what you’re talking about.’ In order to assure that her students ‘know what they’re talking about,’ Angelica keeps a library of Human Rights Watch reports from around the world in her classroom. ‘I try to keep the reports near the supplies so that the students remember they’re there as a resource.’ Angelica’s three key classroom philosophies underscore the value she places on human rights: ‘Excellence doesn’t happen by default,’ ‘Process is the currency of the classroom,’ and ‘The classroom is a space where all maintain their dignity.’ Considered as a whole, these ideologies constitute a miniaturized version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted following World War II in order to guarantee the rights of individuals in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Angelica’s version guides students through art projects that at times draw their inspiration directly from the original document. This fall, the HRW Student Task Force club, with Angelica and Spanish teacher Sandra Martin as co-teacher advisers, has continued a third year of activism dedicated to bringing protection to the people of Darfur. When Angelica learned about a November rally at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that would urge China to take a stronger leadership role in bringing protection to the people of Darfur, Angelica quickly thought of a way to involve her classes. The rally aimed to encourage China to use its status as host of the 2008 Olympic Games to bring the message of peace and brotherhood that the Olympics conveys to Darfur, where violence has reigned since 2003. Dozens of students submitted original art works for a portfolio that will be delivered to the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles, urging China to ‘Bring the Olympic dream to Darfur.’ Students presented early sketches and explained their vision to Angelica, who asked pointed questions to get them to think about the impact of their images. ‘It’s in the doing that [students] come to ownership of the information,’ says Angelica, whose students demonstrated strong knowledge of the links between China and Sudan after completing their artwork. In this case, her role as art teacher overlapped, as it often does, with different disciplines, such as current events and global politics, and her students’ creativity generated more than a pretty painting. While Student Task Force efforts have been geared towards large-scale on-campus actions in the past, including assemblies with activist guest speakers and hosting a simulated refugee camp, Angelica and Sandra Martin have worked together to broaden this focus. Sandra, whose students translated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Spanish as part of their coursework last year, explained: ‘We are pushing the kids to take into consideration that small actions can make a big difference.’ These small actions, like incorporating human rights into their daily classwork, empower the students to work continually to effect change. ‘Not everything in high school is remembered,’ Angelica says, ‘but students in the Task Force will remember their experiences. I don’t see anything else so worthy of my time.’ (Amy Marczewski has a Ph.D. in French and Francophile studies from UCLA and is a consultant for the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force at eight Westside high schools.)

Sustainable ‘Green’ Homes Hit the Market

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December 5, 2007

This Ray Kappe-designed LivingHome in Brentwood has been described as “the Nexus between green living, high technology and high design.” Photo: Everett Senton Gidley

The concept of ‘green’ living is hardly new. That color has come to define nearly any object or action that is environmentally friendly, and with the real threat of global warming looming, many people have jumped on the bandwagon and altered their lifestyles in order to minimize their ecological footprints. From recycling bottles, cans, light bulbs and cell phones, to bringing re-usable cloth bags to the market, to driving hybrid cars, Angelenos have proved that greener living isn’t just a fad. ‘I have never seen any movement gain such traction in such little time. It is amazing how many people want green and talk about how improving the environmental standards in their home can improve their life and improve the world for the next generation,’ said George Penner, a partner in the Westside real estate firm deasy/penner&partners, which currently has two houses on the local market that feature sustainable eco-design. Sustainable is a term that refers to houses (or other buildings/objects) that have been built to comply with the principles of economic, social and ecological sustainability, reducing the use of non-renewable resources, minimizing environmental impact and increasing the relationship between the house and the natural environment. One of deasy/penner&partners’ latest listed sustainable homes is described as ‘the Hybrid Green House,’ located at 407 Almar Ave. in Pacific Palisades. From the outside, no one would know that this Spanish Colonial Revival-style home was created using only recycled, sustainable materials. Designed by Jensen Daggett, a developer who wished to ‘build green’ for herself, the 6,800 sq. ft. home has six bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and a one bedroom/one bathroom apartment. It sits on a street-to-street lot in the El Medio bluffs neighborhood and features sweeping coastline and ocean views. However, the home’s most attractive element is its ability to maintain a classic Spanish look, blending well with the neighborhood, while remaining eco-friendly. ‘Most people in the green industry happen to be individuals who are leaning towards more modern designs,’ said listing agent Frank Langen. ‘Maybe it’s a coincidence, but they end up using steel and other elements like prefab.’ Conscious, yet classic looking, building elements include recycled Styrofoam construction blocks, lightweight concrete, denim insulation, hydronic floor heating and a tankless water heating system. ‘Everyone is talking green. The [real estate] market is ready for it,’ Langen said. ‘There are Priuses driving around everywhere, but the car is just one small impact. The building sector of the economy has a much more negative impact on the environment.’ Another locally listed home takes sustainable, green living to a whole new level. Located at 12321 Rochedale Lane in the Crestwood Hills area of Brentwood, the 4,057-sq.ft. home, designed by Rustic Canyon resident Ray Kappe, is described as ‘the Nexus between green living, high technology and high design.’ ‘It’s really the first LivingHome on the open market,’ said agent Barry Gray. ‘As far as I know, it’s probably the first prefab and LEED certified home to be on the market in Southern California.’ (The house has not yet actually been LEED certified, but is expected to receive gold, the Leadership Energy Environmental Design’s highest certification. Points are earned for energy efficiency and sustainability in water use, air, materials and more.) The home, which was prefabricated offsite and constructed on Rochedale, features only environmentally preferred products and systems, including a SunPower solar electric system, forced hot-air radiant heat and cooling systems, a Valcucine eco-friendly kitchen, water- and energy-efficient appliances, windows and doors with insulated glazing, tankless water heaters and LED lights. It also features a Control 4 home automation system that can be set up so that the house knows when its residents leave and will turn off unnecessary energy-using functions. ‘Everything in the house is environmentally conscious,’ Gray said. This seemingly futuristic house has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a state-of- the-art media room. The home is framed mostly in glass and features a full wrap-around deck, providing for sweeping views of the canyon as well as the ocean. ‘On a clear day you can see Catalina,’ Gray said. Green living comes at a price, of course. The Hybrid Green House on Almar is listed at $7.5 million and the Ray Kappe LivingHome in Brentwood is listed at $4.3. ‘Without question, for people who are in the market for purchasing homes today, one of the topics that comes up, beyond bedroom, pool, views and garage is, ‘Are there any green components involved?” Penner said. As the green movement continues to expand, people are looking for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle on all levels, and not just in the home, but as a home.

A World Self Portrait

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December 5, 2007

Stan's Cafe Artistic Director James Yarker adds rice to one of the symbolic mounds in the — Stan’s Cafe Artistic Director James Yarker adds rice to one of the symbolic mounds in the

There are 2.3 million Americans in prison, nine million American children without health insurance in 2007, and more than 33 million people living with HIV. While we comprehend these numbers as astonishing, they’re cold statistics, which feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to find relevance on a personal level. In the recently opened exhibition, ‘Of All the People in All the World’ at the Skirball Cultural Center, six performers from Stan’s Caf’ (pronounced kaff) try to flesh out the numbers by measuring out statistics in grains of rice. Mounds of rice, large and small, stand in for the individuals in the aggregate. A pile representing the population of California is about the same size as the pile representing the people living in the United States who were born elsewhere. Another mound educates the viewer on what 100,000 looks like, then a series of smaller piles offers a ratio of the number of doctors per 100,000 individuals in countries around the world. Over the course of the month, the show, which occupies three galleries, will evolve. Performers will dismantle old piles and measure out new ones, at times in response to suggestions from visitors. The experience is heightened by the juxtapositions of one pile of rice to another. One sizable pyramid, representing the number of people living in gated communities in the United States is compared to a grotesquely similarly sized pile that shows the number of prisoners worldwide (9 million v. 8 million). Four years ago, Stan’s Caf’ Artistic Director James Yarker, who early on had a penchant for math and science, began to think about visualizing the increasingly enormous, incomprehensive and overwhelming society we live in. ‘I began to think about how many people I share this planet with, a number alone that makes no sense,’ Yarker told the Palisadian-Post. ‘I realized I needed something discreet, uniformly sized and cheap.’ Yarker says that his Indonesian neighborhood in Birmingham, England prompted the idea of using rice. Rice filled all the criteria, and ‘it’s tall and thin, like me,’ he added. ‘Of All The People In All The World’ was originally conceived as a gallery piece, Yarker said. ‘But we were persuaded by the director of Warwick Arts Center that it would be better suited to their foyer space where hundreds of people each day would pass it. In a kind of cheat of the usual site specific procedure, this show arrives in kit form ready to go and then adapts itself to the architectural, historical and social setting it finds itself in.’ The exhibit has returned to the Skirball for a second time–this year for a month. Along with choosing statistics unique to Los Angeles’the size of Dodger Stadium filled to capacity; L. A.’s population in 1890, 1940 and 2007, Yarker and his troupe have emphasized historical themes’the birth of the U.S.A., and Jewish themes’the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust, the number saved by Oskar Schindler, and the number of Jews living in Jerusalem compared to the number of Muslims living in Jerusalem–or the number of Civil War soldiers who were killed in action, as compared to those who died from disease. The exhibition spaces are serenely powerful as the viewer walks among piles of long-grain rice, scattered across the gallery floor like miniature pyramids of Giza. ‘It’s very important to be here, walking among the piles,’ Yarker said. ‘It’s a powerful resonance not only seeing yourself in the show and in relation with other people, but the existential thing, ‘What’s my place in the world? ‘Where do I belong? ” The exhibition will be on view at the Skirball, 2701 Sepulveda Blvd., through December 30. Exhibition hours are Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (310) 440-4500.

This Doctor Makes House Calls

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December 5, 2007

Dr. Herbert Rubin is a Palisadian doctor who makes house calls his business.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, *Staff Photographer*

In an era when technology has made it possible to find obscure medical facts on the Internet by simply opening up a cell phone, it is comforting to know that a seemingly extinct tradition is still alive in Pacific Palisades. Straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting, Palisadian Dr. Herbert Rubin will make house calls. He is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year by appointment. Rubin, an internist with a specialty in gastroenterology, was in private practice for 31 years in Beverly Hills and Century City. Upon retiring in 2006, he and wife Anne Marie moved from Westwood to the Huntington Palisades to be closer to their daughter and three granddaughters. Retirement left Rubin with unaccustomed time on his hands. ‘I missed doctoring and patient interaction,’ he said, ‘so I started looking for an alternative.’ ‘I had wanted to be a doctor since I was four years old and modeled myself after my uncle, who was a small-town general practitioner,’ Rubin told the Palisadian-Post. ‘I was searching for a way to be a caring, old-fashioned Marcus Welby kind of good doctor without the office hassles.’ The small-town atmosphere of the Palisades provided the perfect environment for Rubin to start his own traveling physician business: Doctor House Call. ‘This is a way for a doctor to serve a need, especially for older folks,’ he said. ‘It’s also a way to practice and do what I love, and I think patients will love it.’ His new practice, which opened this week, will target patients from ’18 to 120- year-olds, but I don’t deliver babies or do surgery.’ He stressed that if people have an emergency, they should call 911. When he visits homes, Rubin promises to spend time with patients because ‘there are no time restraints. I can take as long as necessary to take good care of them. I can even bring them hot chicken soup or something from the drug store or market.’ Rubin’s practice is limited to the Westside, from Santa Monica and Brentwood to Malibu. He doesn’t take any insurance, but will provide forms to request reimbursement from insurance companies. His fee schedule and policy statements are on the Web site www.doctorhousecall.com. The Rubins have four children: Shari, who is married to Ed Glazer and lives in the Palisades with their three children; Hillary (husband Scott Weintraub); Alexie, who graduated from Columbia/Barnard last May; and Anthony a senior at New York University. ontact: Doctorhousecall@gmail.com or (310) 435-5209.

A Strong Opening Statement

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December 5, 2007

Girls Hoops Finishes Third out of 16 Teams at Palisades Beach Invitational

Junior guard Hannah Smith looks for a teammate to pass to against Panorama at last week's Palisades Beach Invitational. — Junior guard Hannah Smith looks for a teammate to pass to against Panorama at last week’s Palisades Beach Invitational.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, *Staff Photographer*

With a new coach, a new system and a new attitude, the first few games of the season figured to be a time of adjustment for the Palisades High girls basketball team. So much for a slow start. The Dolphins sprinted out of the blocks, winning four of five games in their own tournament, the fourth annual Palisades Beach Invitational, and showing signs that they are ready to challenge for the Western League title. Leading the way was senior forward Tuekeha Huntley, who scored 76 points in five games (an average of 15.2 per game) and pulled down 28 rebounds (5.6 per game). Senior point guard Mariah Lyons added 59 points, 11 assists and 16 steals in the tournament while junior center Dominique Scott averaged 12 points per game. In its first game last Wednesday, Palisades opened a 22-1 lead in the first quarter en route to a 61-8 victory over Panorama. The Dolphins followed that with a 44-35 victory over Crossroads and a 53-6 rout of Los Angeles Adventist. First-year Head Coach Torino Johnson liked a lot of what he saw, but also saw plenty of room for improvement. “It’s all about getting better each game,” he said. “We want to be a team that can go out and compete against anyone. There are some tough teams in this tournament and the next two [tournaments] we play. That’s good for us.” The Dolphins’ only loss was to View Park, which lost in the finals to Bell-Jeff, 78-60. Notre Dame Academy beat Wilmington Banning to take fifth place and Crossroads beat Louisville, 42-24, in the seventh place game. Palisades closed out the tournament with a 52-45 victory over league rival L.A. University in the third place game’an early indication that the Dolphins will be a factor when league play begins in January. It was the Dolphins highest finish yet in their tournament. They came in fifth place last year and fourth place in the first two years. Next up for the Dolphins (4-1) is a nonleague game at Crenshaw next Monday. Palisades participates in the Nike Tournament December 19-22 and the Best of the West Tournament Dec. 26-31.

New Faithful?

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December 5, 2007

A woman driver struck a fire hydrant on Sunset Boulevard between Las Lomas and Muskingum on Sunday afternoon. “I was driving home about three and I saw a huge geyser and then a wave of water rushing down Sunset,” Gary Rochlin said. “It was a nice neighborhood event. How often do you get to see a geyser on Sunset?” Fire Station 69 shut off the water, and Sunset was closed for about an hour.

Dolphins Start Fast In Beverly Hills

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December 5, 2007

Josh Gilmore shoots between two Antelope Valley defenders on his way to a basket in the Dolphins' 65-31 victory Monday at the Beverly Hills Tournament. — Josh Gilmore shoots between two Antelope Valley defenders on his way to a basket in the Dolphins’ 65-31 victory Monday at the Beverly Hills Tournament.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, *Staff Photographer*

The Palisades High boys varsity basketball team could not have picked a better place to try to bounce back from its first loss of the season. The Dolphins did just that Monday afternoon in the opening round of the Beverly Hills Tournament, routing Antelope Valley 65-31 on the same floor on which they have hoisted the winner’s trophy six times. The easy victory restored some of the confidence Palisades lost in a 62-36 defeat at the hands of Campbell Hall in the championship game of the Vikings’ tournament on Saturday. “We won our first three games so easily that maybe we started thinking we were better than we are,” said Dolphins’ Coach James Paleno, who earned his 300th coaching victory last Wednesday in Pali’s season opener. “They jumped on us early and we just couldn’t make a basket. We shot 28 percent, had eight assists and 25 turnovers’that tells you all you need to know.” In its prior two games, Palisades led West Adams Prep, 26-0, after the first quarter and led Canoga Park, 48-0, after the first quarter on the way to blowout wins. Monday’s game was more of the same, as the Dolphins raced to a 37-16 halftime lead and cruised from there. All-City guard Aaron Hawk-Harris led the way with 17 points, slick-shooting forward Irvin Kintaudi added 10 points and Aaron Fitts, Garrett Frick and Josh Gilmore each added eight for Palisades (4-1). “We’ve had success here,” said Paleno, who has witnessed every one of Palisades’ wins at the tournament, either as a head coach or an assistant. “During one stretch we won it five times in six years.” Point guard Taylor Shipley had seven points, Bruce Sarmento scored four and Brandon Greer added three. After Palisades’ post-game talk, Paleno watched the next game between View Park and Crossroads closely, knowing the Dolphins would play the winner in the quarterfinals Wednesday (result undetermined at press time). Saturday night’s final could match the second-seeded Dolphins against highly-ranked and top-seeded Long Beach Poly.

City Unveils “5-Year Plan” for Potrero In-Fill

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December 5, 2007

People living along the rim of Potrero Canyon, along with various other residents who have been following the canyon’s saga for more than 20 years, received some unsettling news last Wednesday evening. Construction and completion of the long-awaited (though not necessarily beloved) city park from Potrero down to Pacific Coast Highway is easily six or seven years away, according to projections by George Wolfberg, chairman of the Potrero Canyon Community Advisory Committee. At the committee’s monthly meeting, members learned that Los Angeles city engineers who have been studying the infill and stabilization project in Potrero have determined that dirt-hauling trucks and land-shaping tractors must return to complete Phase II before Potrero Canyon Park can finally be built and opened to the public. The timeline is grim, said George Wolfberg, chairman of the Potrero Canyon Community Advisory Committee, as he outlined the stages that need to be accomplished by various city departments, not to mention important decisions by the City Council and the Coastal Commission. Wolfberg later provided more detail in the following report to the Palisadian-Post: ‘With the strong support of Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s office and his District Director Norman Kulla, the City has in place a team to complete Phase II [infill and rough grading] of the Potrero Canyon Project. ‘The old manual surveys and grading records are being digitized by City engineers to facilitate completion of design for the grading. It has been discovered that the large conical buttress fill at the end of Friends Street has some geologic issues that need to be remediated. In addition, the City’s project to relocate a sewer main and storm drain impacted by the Via de las Olas ‘killer slide’ will occupy a portion of Potrero Canyon and apparently hold up any further work. The project is presently expected to begin next June with a possible nine-month construction period. ‘The next step will be construction of a buttress fill to protect two properties on Alma Real. This fill will extend across the canyon and cover the former Sun Spot area next to Pacific Coast Highway. The City does not have funds available to complete the Phase II construction. Everyone expects funding will come from the sale of the two surplus properties on Alma Real. ‘Before any property is sold, the Coastal Commission permit for the project must be amended. The permit currently prohibits any sales until the project is completed. It could take up to a year for the City to prepare a package and the Coastal Commission to approve the sale. During this time, it should be possible to determine if the two lots will provide adequate funding to complete the rough grading. The sale of property normally takes about nine months. Every effort will be made to accelerate the timetable. ‘So, realistically, it could be 2010 before serious work is underway to complete the Potrero rough grading.’ Last Wednesday, Wolfberg said that city engineers have determined that Potrero (once a wild, deep canyon) was only 65 percent filled by the previous contractor. Committee member Rob Weber, who joined Wolfberg at a briefing with city engineers a day earlier, noted that the city ‘will need to import a lot more dirt,’ and that Potrero will need ‘significant grading just to shore up the canyon walls.’ This work could take two years, Weber warned. ‘The city is finally of top of the situation and committed to it,’ Weber said, ‘but we were surprised to learn that the project wasn’t as far along as we thought it was.’ Meanwhile, at last Wednesday night’s meeting, the seven-person Potrero recreation subcommittee held its final public discussion about parking and Recreation Center access proposals related to the future canyon park. The subcommittee then voted on 17 proposals, most of them dealing with ways to expand parking and access opportunities at the Rec Center. They voted 6-1 against a controversial proposal to ‘close the Frontera [tennis courts] entrance to all vehicle and pedestrian access,’ which proponents in the Huntington Palisades believe would reduce traffic on residential streets around Frontera. The entire Potrero committee will vote on these various proposals at their January meeting.

Paleno Earns 300th Win

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December 5, 2007

Sifting through old scorebooks before the start of his 17th season, Palisades High boys basketball coach James Paleno made an interesting discovery: he had 299 victories’one shy of a milestone few people in his profession reach. “It was one of the questions on a tournament information sheet I had to fill out and I had no idea so I went back and counted,” Paleno said. “That number just means I’ve been doing this [coachingI for a long time.” The Dolphins didn’t make their coach wait long for victory 300, beating Hoover of Glendale, 70-53, in last Wednesday night’s season opener. That victory improved Paleno’s record to 300 wins and 136 losses’a .688 winning percentage. As only the second head coach in the program’s history, Paleno remembers thinking he had big shoes to fill when he took over for Jerry Marvin in 1991. Since then, the Dolphins have won three league titles (1994-96) and qualified for the City Section’s upper division playoffs 15 out of 16 times. Like many coaches, Paleno remembers the losses more than the wins’particularly the Dolphins’ defeat at the hands of Crenshaw in the City semifinals in 1996. “That’s the furthest we’ve ever gotten in the playoffs,” Paleno recalled. “We had a strong team that year and we almost made it.” The fact that Palisades plays in the same league as perennial state powers Fairfax and Westchester year after year lends more credibility to Paleno’s record. “It’s great for us to be able to play those teams twice every season,” Paleno said. “If that doesn’t prepare us for the playoffs I don’t know what would.” Paleno doesn’t pay much attention to pre-season rankings, so he downplayed his team’s No. 25 spot in several Southern California polls, saying the rankings at the end of the season are the only ones that matter. Last winter, the Dolphins posted 19 wins but fell one short of a state playoff berth, losing to Sun Valley Poly, 60-58, in the City quarterfinals. “The strength of this team is how hard we work,” said Paleno, who remembers his days as a 6′ 2″ power forward at Hamilton High from 1973-75. “We usually win by out-executing and out-smarting the other team.” Paleno takes great satisfaction in seeing his former players go on to succeed in college. He laughed when telling the story of Dolphins’ starting point guard Taylor Shipley, whose father was Paleno’s teammate at Hamilton. “But I have to clarify that he was two years ahead of me,” Paleno joked. Paleno has built a stable program in which the majority of his players move up from the freshman and junior varsity squads. “The thing I’m most proud of is the fact that I’ve only coached three kids who didn’t start as students at Palisades in ninth or 10th grade,” Paleno said.

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