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AIDS Healthcare Foundation kicked off its “1-Minute Free HIV Test”

campaign on Sept. 22 at The Abbey in West Hollywood. More than

200 people were tested at the launch event, which was hosted by

Dot Jones, from Fox Television’s “Glee”. Individuals can receive

test results in 60 seconds, and through the end of the year, people

who take the free “1-Minute” test at selected locations will be eligi-

ble to win a brand new Fiat 500 Convertible donated by Santa

Monica Fiat. Testing will be conducted on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 5 to

9 p.m. at the Here Lounge, 696 Robertson Blvd. For information,

visit www.freeHIVtest.net.

Get tested, win a Fiat convertible ‘Comedy and Cars’ is a perfect mix at the Petersen

Disney/Pixar’s John Lasseterand comedian Adam Carolla willbe honored at the PetersenAutomotive Museum’s “Comedyand Cars Gala” being held onThursday, Oct. 4. The gala marks anew direction for the PetersenAutomotive MuseumFoundation’s fundraising efforts,according to Museum Chairman ofthe Board, Steve Young.

“In the past, we have honoredautomotive icons who have

improved our lives through motor-sports and industry innovation,”Young said. “We felt it was time torecognize those who have used thegift of humor to promote theenjoyment of the automobile as acreative outlet, and the call to useit to explore the highways ofAmerica.”

Lasseter, chief creative officerfor Walt Disney and PixarAnimation Studios and principlecreative advisor for Walt Disney

Imagineering, will receive themuseum’s 2012 AutomotiveVisionary Award. It recognizesLasseter’s lifelong passion for theautomobile. He has directed filmssuch as “Toy Story”, “Toy Story2”, “A Bug’s Life” and “Cars”.

Carolla, a comedian, best sellingauthor, radio, and television host,will receive the museum’s 2012Automotive Enthusiast Award. Itrecognizes Carolla’s contributionsto promoting cars as entertain-ment, through building, personal-ization and collecting.

The Petersen AutomotiveMuseum is located at 6060Wilshire Blvd. Tickets are $350.For information, call (323)964-6355, or visit www.petersen.org.

photos courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Museum

Disney/Pixar’s John Lasseter (above) and comedian Adam Carolla

(right) will be honored at the Petersen Automotive Museum on Oct. 4.

Beverly Hills post office may moveThe U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

is proposing the relocation of theBeverly Hills Post Office, located at325 N. Maple Drive, to a yet-to-be-determined location that will be asclose as possible to the current loca-tion. If the move is approved, postoffice box numbers and customers’ZIP Code would not change.

A public meeting will be held toexplain the proposal and hear com-ments at 5 p.m. today in SalterAuditorium at Beverly Hills HighSchool, 241 Moreno Drive.

Written comments are also beingaccepted until Oct. 12 throughDiana Alvarado, Pacific FacilitiesService Office, U.S. Postal Service,1300 Evans Ave. Ste. 200, SanFrancisco CA 94188-8200.

The reason behind the proposal isthe realignment of USPS infrastruc-ture due to a 20-percent drop in totalmail volume over the past threeyears, according to USPS. Theagency does not receive tax dollarsfor its operations or facilities.

If this relocation is approved,

USPS anticipates selling theBeverly Hills Post Office buildingand leasing a smaller facility.

U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California) expressed concern aboutthe USPS proposal. He said the postoffice is centrally-located, allowingpatrons to walk, ride public transitor drive to conduct their business. Italso has an abundance of street andsubterranean parking, he said.

“This proposed relocation is par-ticularly troubling as the city hadpreviously lost a location of anoth-er main post office,” Waxman said.“That post office, built in 1933, islisted on the National Register ofHistoric Places and will be thefuture home of the WallisAnnenberg Center for thePerforming Arts. While I appreciatethe financial challenges the postalservice is facing, I believe it isshort-sighted to relocate and sell abuilding in order to generate a one-time revenue, rather than look forlong-term income streams as asolution.”

Hollywood chamber to join defense of community planThe Hollywood Chamber of

Commerce announced on Sept. 20that it has hired the law firm ofSheppard Mullin to represent thechamber as it seeks to intervene inthe lawsuits challenging the city’sapproval of the HollywoodCommunity Plan update.

“The chamber is stepping up tostand in support of our constituentmembers and with the city in

defense of the long-awaited andcarefully considered HollywoodCommunity Plan update,” chamberpresident and CEO Leron Gublersaid. “An important part of thechamber’s mission is to provideadvocacy on issues that affect ourmembership. After decades ofdecline, Hollywood has turned thecorner. It is a clean, safe and thriv-ing community. The community

plan update provides a roadmap forits continued evolution and eco-nomic vitality.”

The Los Angeles City Councilapproved the HollywoodCommunity Plan update on June19, after almost eight years of com-munity outreach and input. Thechamber is being represented by ateam of land use attorneys atSheppard Mullin.

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photo by Aaron Blevins

A suspicious package forced hundreds of people to evacuate a

building in the 5600 block of Wilshire Boulevard around 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday morning. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Bomb

Squad later determined the package contained a clock that was part

of a promotional device mailed to one of the radio stations located in

the building. KNX Newsradio, KFWB and K-EARTH 101 have stu-

dios at the location, and the package was found by a receptionist on

the second floor. People were allowed back inside around 10:55

a.m.

Clock causes alarm at CBS Radio

photo courtesy 2012 Museum Associated/LACMA

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is displaying

Walter De Maria’s “The 2000 Sculpture” from Monday, Oct. 1

through April 1. The sculpture is a large-scale horizontal piece com-

prised of 2,000 white polygonal shaped rods arranged in a herring-

bone-patterned grid on the floor. A pioneering figure in the develop-

ment of minimal, conceptual, land art, and installation art, De Maria

has made minimalist horizontal sculptures that occupy entire rooms

since 1969. “The 2000 Sculpture” measures 10-by-50 meters, and is

one of a series of works by De Maria featuring groupings of ordered

elements using precise measurements. In 2010, LACMA installed

the sculpture in the Resnick Pavilion, prior to the building’s official

opening. LACMA is located at 5905 Wilshire Blvd. For information,

call (323)857-6000, or visit www.lacma.org.

De Maria exhibit opens Oct. 138,000 poundscollected incoastal cleanup

Braving scorching heat,Southland volunteers collected andremoved nearly 20 tons of ocean-bound trash from Los AngelesCounty watersheds on Sept. 15, aspart of Heal the Bay’s 23rd annualCoastal Cleanup Day.

More than 9,000 participantsscoured local beaches, inlandwaterways, regional parks andurban neighborhoods from 9 a.m.to noon. Heal the Bay mobilized 58sites throughout the county, cover-ing 56 miles of terrain. FromCompton to Malibu, local business-es, faith-based organizations,school groups and youth sportsteams worked in tandem to gatherand remove 38,598 pounds ofdebris. Cigarette butts, plastic bot-tles and caps, snack-food packag-ing, plastic bags and Styrofoamfragments are among the most fre-quently found items at cleanups.

The campaign has captured acumulative 1.6 million pounds oftrash since 1990.

War criminals targeted by federal billCongressmen Steve Israel (D-

New York) and Howard Berman (D-California) introduced legislation onSept. 12 to ensure that there are nosafe harbors for Nazi war criminals.The War Crimes Accountability Actof 2012 would prohibit defense salesto countries that refuse to deport,prosecute or enforce an arrest war-rant against a Nazi war criminal.

In addition to Nazi criminals, thestatute would also apply to warcriminals accused by an internation-al tribunal of planning or abettingcrimes against humanity.

“So long as there are Nazi warcriminals at large, we will never restin our efforts to bring them to jus-tice,” Berman said. “There must beconsequences for countries that con-tinue to harbor those who have com-mitted such heinous acts.”

According to the SimonWeisenthal Center, a global Jewishhuman rights organization that’sworked extensively to bring Naziwar criminals to justice, the majorobstacle to finding and prosecutingthese war criminals is the lack of

political will in many countries. Thisbill will put pressure on these coun-tries to cooperate and stop harboringthese criminals.

The center commended the legis-lators for drafting the act, whichcould force uncooperative govern-ments to take action against warcriminals.

“This legislation can serve as animportant tool in the pursuit of jus-tice and a reminder in the final yearsof the hunt for Nazi war criminalsthat there should be no statute oflimitations on mass murder and nosafe harbor for Nazi killers,” saidRabbi Abraham Cooper, associatedean of the Simon WiesenthalCenter, a leading Jewish humanrights organization named in honorof the famed Nazi hunter. “We notethat the bill mentions the Center’sOperation Last Chance and theimportant work by our chief Nazihunter, Efraim Zuroff. Significantly,this bill provides a practical incen-tive for countries who have donenothing to deal with Nazi war crim-inals.”

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“End of Watch”

As far as Hollywood fodder goes,cop movies are as common asbaristas with unpublished screen-plays. “End of Watch” can’t com-pare to cop flicks like “LethalWeapon”, but it adds a new level ofrealism to an often sensationalizedgenre. It’s equal parts entertaining,thought-provoking and boring ––worth the view even if it occasion-ally collapses on itself.

The driving storyline — the drugcartel’s hit on the hero cops ofSouth Central — is far less impor-tant than the film’s primary func-tion as a near-two-hour, day-in-the-life mock-reality documentaryabout two cops on and off the clock.First, we begin with the primaryformula for any buddy cop film:two officers with very differentbackgrounds. Brian Taylor (JakeGyllenhaal) served in the militaryand comes from a disjointedCaucasian family. Mike Zavala(Michael Peña) is from a Mexicanfamily with incredibly strong ties.Sure, Brian becomes a surrogate

family member, but it is the job thatmakes the two true brothers.

Some of the film’s best momentsaren’t crazy chase scenes or high-octane shootouts, but banterbetween Brian and Mike while theydrive from crime to crime. In dia-logue equal parts humor and sincer-ity, Gyllenhaal, as Brian, and Peña,as Mike, are the ideal cop combo:same wave length, unified move-ment under pressure and fantasticinternal jokes.

I’m encouraged to see a film-maker like David Ayer, known forcop films like “Street Kings” and“Harsh Times”, turn to the found-footage genre for inspiration. Igreatly enjoy films like“Cloverfield” and any of the“Paranormal Activities” series, butit’s comforting to see how well suit-ed the genre is for cop films, and

it’s so much better than that charadeof a reality show, “Cops”, that didlittle more than pick and choosewhat to show, thus reinforcing vari-ous stereotypes.

At least “End of Watch” attemptsan air of authenticity even if itdigresses to gangster clichés andeven some rather convenient here-comes-the-cavalry moments. I’mnot sure how accurate this one is inportraying the daily life of a beatcop in South Central, but it doeshighlight how stressful the job canbe. Plus, Los Angeles CityCouncilman Eric Garcetti’s cameoas himself is pretty fantastic too.

“Dredd”

It’s difficult to imagine anyoneredeeming the awful 1995 filmwhere Sly continually grunts outthe one-liner, “I am the law.” Well,director Pete Travis, with a screen-play by Alex Garland (“28 DaysLater”) almost eliminates that trav-esty with a reboot of the “JudgeDredd” comic book series. Butdon’t trust the 3D sales pitch; youdon’t need to see limbs flying atyour face. Still, “Dredd” replaces“Judge Dredd’s” campy sensibilitywith solid action, creative visualsand a more focused storyline.

In a dystopian future, most of theplanet is uninhabitable, save a smallarea on the East Coast referred to asMega-City One. With 800 millionresidents populating a small space,law enforcement can only respondto 6 percent of crimes daily. Forsuch a unique catastrophe, humani-ty’s last haven has its own breed of

police officers: judges endowedwith all the power of the legal sys-tem, from incarceration to execu-tion. A citizen’s right to a speedytrial never found such a perversefruition.

In the midst of a corrupt city, cor-rupt system and occasionally cor-rupt judges, we find our uncompro-mising hero, Judge Dredd (KarlUrban). He never negotiates, henever discriminates and he nevermisses. He’s equal parts idealismand masculine overcompensation.Just imagine a future where thePunisher isn’t a fugitive, but a rolemodel.

Things shake up when he men-tors a new recruit, Anderson (OliviaThirlby), a mutant (oh yeah, thenuclear wasteland of the future alsohad a few genetic side effects onhumanity) with telepathic abilities,

making her a very strong candidatefor becoming a judge. OnAnderson’s final day as a trainee,what begins as a routine triple-homicide turns into a race to theexit of Peach Trees, a 200-level res-idential unit controlled by drug lordMadeline Madrigal (Lena Headey),or Ma-Ma to those she considersfriends.

This is as B-movie that is asraunchy as they come, but it’s justover-the-top enough to be entertain-ing –– even including some trulygreat moments. Plus, Dredd’s gunwith regular, armor-piercing andincendiary rounds is pretty fantas-tic. “Dredd” isn’t as terrible as mostneo-exploitation films — nor asgreat — and it even proves ratherwatchable if you just sit back andsuspend any semblance of aestheticmerit.

‘End of Watch’ and ‘Dredd’ nail the grit in cop dramas

photo courtesy of Open Road Films

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as officer Brian Taylor in “End of Watch”.

photo courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment

Karl Urban stars in “Dredd”, a film that is entertaining with some great

moments.

“Age has its wisdom that reasonknows not of.” (Sorry, I don’t knowwho said that, and haven’t time tolook it up now, since my editor isholding his breath hoping my copyarrives before press time. And no,there’s no prize for the person whorecognizes any of these quotes.)

“Age cannot wither her, nor cus-tom stale her infinite variety.”(Shakespeare: “Anthony andCleopatra”).

“Crabbed age and youth cannotlive together. Youth is full of plea-sure, age is full of care.”(Shakespeare: “The PassionatePilgrim”).

“Age I do abhor thee — Youth isfull of care. Age do I abhor thee —Youth I do adore thee.”(Shakespeare: “The PassionatePilgrim”).

“Is not old wine sweetest, old pip-pins toothsomest, old wood burnbrightest, old linen wash whitest?Old soldiers, sweethearts are surest,and old lovers are soundest.” (JohnWebster).

Anyhow, none of the quotes Ifound really fit the column I hadplanned for this week (although itwas fun looking them up). Settingaside the Oxford Dictionary ofQuotations, from which I was tryingto find a couple of pull-quotes thatmight help Mad’s Musing along thisweek, I suddenly found myself rat-tling into the Jewish New YearHolidays at an unlawful speed, andrealized I wasn’t as concerned withgetting a speeding ticket as I waswith age and youth, and with thecouple of weeks ahead, which aren’tabout age and youth, but about theHigh Holidays and atonement, andabove all, family, eternally the mostimportant part of any celebration.

My husband’s sister, Rose, hasbeen visiting from Florida for thelast couple of weeks. Sadly on herown now, her husband, a Veteran,gone, her children off on their own,a sweet apartment, but with no oneto share it, she’s not as agile as sheonce was, but then who is? Rose washere to check out the Jewish HomeFor the Aged, although we never gotaround to it because of the hours wespent talking, reminiscing, sharingmemories, greeting family, who usu-ally only come together, often fromfar away, for holidays. What is agilestill is Rose’s memory — she haslimitless wonderful, humorous, sad,sorry, loving, hilarious tales of longpast and excitingly recent personal,family, national and regional lorethat keeps us, mouths open (whenwe’re not chewing, and sometimeseven when we are) … for the huge

breakfasts and suppers we are con-suming while sharing the long andrecent past, present and, fortunately,also still future tales (if one can havememories of the future), moments,people, places, until we end eachday, sometimes over a glass of wine,sometimes with cocoa and toast (inboth cases, we’re all in the right agebracket for either). We also reminsceabout the ever-fresh family storiesthat we’ve heard and laughed at,cried over, gone from exhaustinghilarity to sad and sane, tear-jerkingpast and long past, present and evenfuture loving and reminiscentmoments (can one reminisce aboutthe future?); remembering parents,relatives, houses we’ve lived in,lives we’ve lived, laughs we’veshared, sorrows too to even thingsup; our children, our travels, thefunny sayings of children; parentswho came from far countries in badtimes, to escape dictators andtyrants; our sisters and brothers,some sadly long gone, but alwayswith us; some we wished we’d nevermet; some we wished we could rem-inisce with again over coffee, orwine, or, in my case, tea. Some wewill never be able to, except in mem-ory. Lots of laughs, poring over oldphotographs, drinking more coffee,talking over each other, remember-ing things we’d long forgotten, peo-ple in our past, towns, cities, coun-tries and houses we’ve lived in; petswe’ve nuzzled, meals we’ve shared,joys and sorrows in equal doses.Interrupting each other as our mem-ories trip over our tongues.

I find myself remembering thingsI thought I had forgotten, and OHwho, along with his brother, bothwho sometimes thought they wantedto forget the past, are finding it farmore entertaining than they believedpossible. On the weekends, the next,actually the current generation, wereinvited into our family circle, andwere as charmed as we were to hear,once again, or sometimes for thefirst time, the old (our) stories of par-ents’ trials and tribulations whenthey were growing up, in a radicallydifferent world from their own.What seemed as if they would beboring old people’s stories becamereal again as we dug out old photos,and laughed at the clothes and thehairstyles, even photos of ourselvesat an earlier age. We saw the spirit ofour parents, and our parents’ parents,in fading sepia tones, reflecting thelives they lived, or sadly sometimes,lived through, our children, theirchildren, their children’s children, inturn reflecting the much harder, lessprotected lives of Jews in Europe

during the 19th and 20th centuries,the difficulties they had to faceunder tyrants and conquerors, pover-ty and lack of entitlement, and, bycomparison, the comfort and almostacceptance of “the other” we havecome to experience. What a differ-ence a century makes!

Our little family circle has beengloriously enlarged by our comingtogether again, as cognizant adults ina world that, for some of our elders,couldn’t have gone away fastenough to allow them to fulfill theirdreams and hopes.

So there are rainbows, and applepie and rhubarb, and chopped liverand kishke (which I’ll explain someday for those who may not have hadthat rich and desperately unhealthypleasure), and chicken soup andmatzo balls and yes, there are fairiesat the bottom of our garden — most-ly provided by the family membersof previous generations who prayedto make this beautiful life possiblefor their children and grandchildrenhere, and to come.

And, Mr. Shakespeare, in “ThePassionate Pilgrim”, you werewrong about “Crabbed age andyouth cannot live together. Youth isfull of pleasure, age is full of care.”My sister-in-law, Rose, is still full ofall the sweet things good women aremade of, although she’s chronologi-cally older than most of the stillvibrant family. And that other smartmouthed quip by John Webster in1495 or thereabouts: “Is not oldwine sweetest, old pippins tooth-somest, old wood burn brightest, oldlinen wash whitest? Old soldiers,sweethearts are surest, and oldlovers are soundest.

“Go fly a kite, Mr. Webster. Whodied and made you an authority?”(MadtheBad1@AOL, circa 2012).

On Wednesday at sundown, hav-ing fasted for 24 hours, we asked forforgiveness of our sins, and wel-come in The New Year with theblowing of the Shofar — the Ram’shorn, always blown by a veteran ofcountless other New Year services,that signifies the end of the Day ofAtonement, when we all renounceour sins (if we have any) on YomKippur, the most significant day inthe Jewish calendar.

And then we’ll all eat.

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Creepy-crawly fun returns to the Los Angeles County NaturalHistory Museum (NHM) with the annual “Spider Pavilion” run-ning through Nov. 4.

Visitors can walk through a habitat where hundreds of spiderswork on their webs, and can learn about web architecture and engi-neering. One of the most popular attractions are the spider feed-ings.

There are roughly 15 local and exotic spider species inside thepavilion, from the large golden silk spiders of the Nephila genus, togolden orb weavers known for their intricate webs and yellow andblack markings. The world’s largest spider, Nephila maculata fromMalaysia, is returning to the exhibit. They are about the size of apalm of an adult’s hand, and can engineer webs up to six feetacross.

NHM hopes convey how harmless and gentle spiders are, andhow important they are to the ecosystem. Gallery interpreters cananswer questions, and before entering the habitat, visitors can getacclimated in the adjacent interpretive area. Museum entomolo-gists will display exotic arthropods from NHM’s living collections,such as scorpions, brown and black widows, and spiders thatambush and hunt rather than weave webs (including the green lynxand desert wolf spiders).

The Spider Pavilion is located on the South Lawn, outside themain museum building at 900 Exposition Blvd. For information,call (213)763-DINO, or visit www.nhm.org.

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by Madeleine Shaner

Older generations mix with the new

The following crimes occurred inWest Hollywood and the areaspatrolled by the LAPD’s Wilshireand Hollywood Divisions betweenSept. 18 and Sept. 23, and werecompiled from www.crimemap-ping.com.

Sept. 18

At 6 a.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a business in the 7100block of Hollywood.

An unknown suspect stole a vehi-cle parked in the 7500 block ofLexington at 5 p.m.

At 8:30 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked nearthe corner of 9th and Wilton.

An unknown suspect burglarized avehicle in the 900 block of S.Citrus at 9 p.m.

Sept. 19

At 8 p.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a petty theft in the 900block of Westbourne.

An unknown suspect assaulted avictim in the 400 block of S. LaBrea at 10:45 a.m.

At noon, an unknown suspectcommitted a petty theft in the 7600block of W. Sunset.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 1400 block ofQueens at noon.

At noon, an unknown suspectcommitted a petty theft in the 7600block of W. Sunset.

An unknown suspect committed apetty theft in the 7900 block ofSunset at 12:45 p.m.

At 6:55 p.m., an unknown suspectphysically assaulted a victim in the8500 block of Sunset.

Sept. 20

At 10:45 a.m., an unknown sus-pect burglarized a vehicle parkednear the corner of Rosewood andCroft.

An unknown suspect committed apetty theft in the 8400 block ofMelrose at 3 p.m.

At 5:30 p.m., an unknown suspectassaulted a victim in the 900 blockof Gardner.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 5900 block ofColgate at 6 p.m.

At 7 p.m., a burglary was reportedin the 7300 block of Beverly.

Sept. 21

At 1:55 a.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a burglary in the 7900block of Melrose.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 8200 block of SantaMonica at 2:21 a.m.

At 3:20 a.m., an unknown assault-ed a victim near the corner ofHollywood and Orange.

An unknown suspect burglarized avehicle parked near the corner of

Melrose and Edinburgh at 1:15p.m.

At 2 p.m., a vehicle burglary wasreported near the corner of 6th andLa Brea.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 7300 block of SantaMonica at 2:30 p.m.

At 2:30 p.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a petty theft in the 8800block of Cynthia.

An unknown suspect committed apetty theft in the 8100 block of W.3rd at 4 p.m.

At 4 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked in the1200 block of N. Sycamore.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 100 block of S.Highland at 5 p.m.

Sept. 22

At 1 a.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a strong-arm robbery inthe 8400 block of W. Sunset. Aphysical assault was reported atthe same location around 1:45a.m.

An unknown suspect robbed a vic-tim near the corner of SantaMonica and McCadden at 3:15a.m.

At 10 a.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a grand theft in the7900 block of Sunset.

An unknown suspect stole a vehi-cle parked near the corner ofLucerne and 1st at noon.

At 9:30 p.m., an unknown suspectassaulted a victim in the 300 blockof N. Sycamore.

Sept. 23

At 6:45 a.m., an unknown suspectassaulted a victim near the cornerof Las Palmas and Santa Monica.

An unknown suspect committed agrand theft in the 7400 block ofMelrose at 4 p.m.

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The following information was reported to the West Hollywood Sheriff’sStation and the LAPD’s Wilshire Division between Sept. 18 and Sept. 23,

2012. If you are a victim of a crime, here are the telephone numbers of locallaw enforcement agencies; Los Angeles Police Department, Wilshire Division

(323)485-4022 and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department WestHollywood Station (310)855-8850.

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Physician assistant sentencedfor Medicare fraud scheme

A Los Angeles physician assis-tant who stole the identities of doc-tors to write medically unnecessaryprescriptions for expensive durablemedical equipment (DME) anddiagnostic tests was sentenced onSept. 18 to serve 72 months inprison in connection with a $18.9million Medicare fraud scheme.

In addition to his prison term,David James Garrison, 50, wassentenced to three years of super-vised release and ordered to pay$24,935 in restitution, jointly withhis convicted co-defendants.

In June 2012, after a two-weektrial, a federal jury found Garrisonguilty of one count of conspiracy tocommit health care fraud, sixcounts of health care fraud and onecount of aggravated identity theft.Evidence showed that Garrisonworked at fraudulent medical clin-ics that operated as prescriptionmills and trafficked in fraudulentprescriptions and orders for med-ically unnecessary DME and diag-nostic tests that were used by

fraudulent supply companies andmedical testing facilities to defraudMedicare. Garrison wrote the pre-scriptions and ordered the tests onbehalf of doctors who did notauthorize him to do so.

Between March 2007 andSeptember 2008, Garrison’s co-conspirator Edward Aslanyan andothers owned and operated severalLos Angeles medical clinics estab-lished for the sole purpose ofdefrauding Medicare. Aslanyanand others hired street-level patientrecruiters to find Medicare benefi-ciaries willing to provide therecruiters with their Medicarebilling information in exchange forexpensive, high-end power wheel-chairs and other DME, which thepatient recruiters told the benefi-ciaries they would receive for free.As a result of this fraud scheme,Garrison and his co-conspiratorssubmitted over $18.9 million infalse claims to Medicare andreceived $10.7 million on thoseclaims.

Investment broker charged

A 58-year-old investment brokerhas been charged with smashingmore than 75 windows in business-es and homes in Beverly Hills andalong Ventura Boulevard over a six-month period, the DistrictAttorney’s Office has announced.

Michael Steven Poret was noti-fied to appear for arraignment onSept. 28 in Beverly Hills SuperiorCourt, said Deputy DistrictAttorney Annemarie Acosta, whofiled the case last week.

The Encino resident is chargedwith 12 total counts, including sixfelony counts of vandalism over$400 in damage between Jan. 27and July 3, five counts of posses-sion of an array of weapons and onefelony count of possession of a con-trolled substance, methampheta-mine.

Poret, who works for an invest-ment bank in Beverly Hills, wasfirst arrested July 3 by Beverly Hillspolice officers after he allegedlyvandalized a home for the secondtime. He was arrested again on July12 by LAPD officers, Acosta said.

He is suspected of using a slingshot to fire metal projectilesthrough dozens of windows inBeverly Hills and the San FernandoValley, causing damage estimatedbetween $65,000 to $125,000.

If convicted, he faces up to 10years, eight months to be served incounty jail.

Felon pleads to robbery at USCA Los Angeles man pleaded no

contest on Sept. 25 to robbing fourUSC students at gunpoint in Aprilbefore he was shot in the leg bycampus police while fleeing.

Jeremy Hendricks, 24, pleadedto two counts of second-degreerobbery and one count of assaultwith a semiautomatic firearm andadmitted the gun use allegation,said Deputy District AttorneyMario Haidar. He was sentencedby Judge Melissa Widdifield to 20years in state prison.

Haidar said Hendricksapproached two male and twofemale USC students walkingalong 28th Street on April 18,pulled a gun and demanded all

their possessions. Three of the stu-dents threw items in his backpackwhile a fourth student hid behind acar.

When the suspect walked away,the students screamed for help andflagged down a USC campus secu-rity officer. Hendricks was shotonce in the leg during the chasebefore he was arrested.

At the time of his arrest in April,Hendricks was on probation forpossession of a deadly weapon. Inexchange for his plea, the remain-ing charges, including attemptedrobbery, assault with a firearm,possession of a firearm by a felonand carrying a loaded firearm withprior convictions were dismissed.

Loz Feliz burglar information soughtDetectives are asking for the pub-

lic’s help in identifying a burglaryand sexual battery suspect who hasentered and burglarized multiple res-idences in the Los Feliz community.Between March 27 and Aug. 17, thesuspect has entered 13 single familyand multi-unit dwellings along LosFeliz Boulevard.

He frequently enters the victim’sresidence between the hours of 11p.m. and 4 a.m., and takes the vic-tims’ property while they are asleepinside. The suspect has made sexualcontact with some of the victims,and when they wake up, the suspectleaves on foot.

He has been described as a 25-to30-year-old male Hispanic withblack hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 7inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall with aslim build and broad shoulders. Heweighs between 160 to 180 pounds.Some witnesses have described thesuspect as having a closely shavenhaircut and a thick mustache.

The community is advised to locktheir doors and windows at nightand pay attention to their surround-ings.

Anyone with information aboutthe suspect or these crimes is askedto contact Robbery HomicideDivision at (213)486-6910.

Duo tries to extortStevie Wonder

A man who falsely claimed to beStevie Wonder’s nephew and theman’s girlfriend pleaded no conteston Sept. 24 to attempting to extortthe singer, the Los Angeles CountyDistrict Attorney’s Officeannounced.

Alpha Lorenzo Walker, 38, andTamara Eileen Diaz, 38, pleaded nocontest to the amended charge ofattempted extortion.

The pair was arrested May 2 aftermaking false claims regardingStevie Wonder and his family mem-bers, and then threatened to sell thaterroneous information unless StevieWonder paid them $5 million.

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‘Declare Yourself’ registered

Registering to vote can be exciting, especially if pop icon Christina

Aguilera is signing you up. In this photo from the Sept. 23, 2004

issue of the Park Labrea News, Aguilera was joined by TV producer

Norman Lear as part of the “Declare Yourself” campaign, an organi-

zation founded by Lear. The producer, who owned an original copy

of the Declaration of Independence, organized a countrywide tour of

the document that year and received a huge public response. Lear

wanted to get young people more involved in the political process,

and enlisted the help of Aguilera to raise awareness. On Monday

and Tuesday, Fairfax High School hosted a voter registration cam-

paign on campus as part of National Voter Registration Day on Sept.

25. For information, see page 3.

Crossword Puzzle

Answers page 22

Letters to the Editor

Mike Feuer fills the voidyet again

Once again, our community canthank Assemblyman Mike Feuerfor helping fill the void resultingfrom the loss of the Fairfax HighSchool college counselor [“Fairfills college counselor void atFairfax”, Sept. 20 issue].A few weeks ago, Feuer respondedto the need for a Town Hall meetingon gun violence to help our com-munity better understand the issuesand efforts underway to solve that problem too.   As Feuer runs for our city attorney,I am sure our community will joinme in fully supporting him. Wewish him much success as he facesthe difficult task of unseating theincumbent, City Attorney Carmen

Trutanich (who recently failed inhis attempt to become the L.A.County District Attorney).  Our citywill indeed be fortunate to haveMike Feuer serving as our cityattorney.

George�EpsteinDetroit�Street

Emergency prepared-ness is a team effort

Thank you for the wonderfulstory about the new battalion chiefof Battalion 18, Alicia Welch(“New battalion chief builds rela-tionships”, Sept 20 issue). ChiefWelch has made a positive impactin the community with her effortsand her development of the battal-

ion’s relationships with theCommunity Emergency ResponseTeam (CERT) and OlympiaMedical Center, which hosted the“Light Search and Rescue” part ofthe CERT training in the MiracleMile area.

Our hospital CEO, JohnCalderone, is proud to be a partnerin emergency preparedness with theLos Angeles Fire Department andCERT, and has opened the doors atOlympia for any future endeavorsin support of paramedics, firefight-ers and our community disaster pre-paredness. Thank you again for thein-depth coverage of this importantseries of events.

Steven�RosenthalPublic�relations�managerOlympia�Medical�Center�

Stone to play ingolf tourney

Actress Sharon Stone will play inWestview School’s 2nd AnnualGolf Tournament at MountainGateCountry Club on Oct. 1.

The school works with students,grades six to 12, with learning dif-ferences. Proceeds from the tourna-ment will benefit the school.Gilmore Bank, a sponsor of theevent, is currently recruiting moresponsors, golfers and donors to getinvolved.

For individual and corporatesponsor information, contact EllenRetting, director of development, at(310)478-5544, ext. 123.

Triathletes coming to Mid-CityNearly 2,500 triathletes will hit

the Pacific Ocean off Venice Beachon Sept. 30 for the swim leg of the13th annual Herbalife Triathlon LosAngeles, and participants will trav-el through Mid-City on their waydowntown.

The athletes will race to theocean to swim 0.9 miles, then jumpon their bikes and cycle 24.8 milesacross Los Angeles to downtown,where they will run 6.2 miles, fin-ishing at L.A. Live.

The cycle and run portion of thetriathlon will be managed in threesectors, with streets closing andopening in waves as the competi-tors move from Venice to down-town. To ensure the safety of thecompetitors, spectators and vehicu-lar traffic, the Los Angeles Police

Department and the city’sDepartment of Transportation offi-cers will not allow vehicles to crossthe course.

The first sector will stretch fromVenice Beach to theFairfax/Wilshire area, and streetclosures will occur in waves from 7to 10 a.m. The second sector will gofrom the Fairfax/Wilshire toOlympic/Cherry, with closuresexpected from 7:10 a.m. to 12:15p.m. The downtown closures willbe from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Street closure information can befound by calling (323)224-6534 orby visitinglatriathlon.com/assets/files/LADOT.pdf.

For additional information, visitwww.latriathlon.com.

Ocean acidification hearing soughtEnergy and Commerce

Committee Ranking Member HenryWaxman and Energy and PowerSubcommittee Ranking MemberBobby Rush sent a letter to Energyand Commerce CommitteeChairman Fred Upton and Energyand Power Subcommittee ChairmanEd Whitfield on Sept. 14, urgingthem to hold a hearing on oceanacidification and its damage to sensi-tive marine ecosystems and species.

According to Waxman and Rush,the warming and acidification of theoceans are already causing rapiddeclines in oyster production,endangering the already criticallyinjured North Atlantic right whale,and affecting deep sea marine life.

The members wrote, “Global cli-mate change has the potential tocause radical changes in the world’soceans and its ecosystems, includingthose that provide food for humansand support local economies.”

On a different note, Waxmanreleased a statement praisingMcDonald’s announcement that itwill post calories for all items on itsmenu boards and drive-thru menusin the U.S., saying that it is a greatdevelopment for consumers.

“Accurate information helps con-sumers make informed choices fortheir diets. And it is especiallyimportant in our battle against thenation’s growing epidemic of child-hood obesity,” he said.

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The Hammer Museum presents an exhibit titled “Zarina: Paper LikeSkin” running from Saturday, Sept. 29 through Dec. 30.

The exhibit is the first retrospective of works by the Indian-bornAmerican artist, Zarina. Approximately 60 works dating from 1961 tothe present will be displayed, such as “Dividing Line” (above). Paperis central to Zarina’s practice, both as a surface on which to print, andas a material with its own properties and history. Zarina works inwoodcuts as well as three-dimensional casts in paper pulp. The con-cept of home — whether personal, geographic, national, spiritual orfamilial — resonates throughout her works.

“‘Paper Like Skin’ reveals the breadth of Zarina’s vision and theversatility of her practice,” Hammer Museum director Ann Philbinsaid. “It joins a series of survey exhibitions organized by the Hammerthat highlight important but under recognized female artists. The pre-sentation of Zarina’s work also emphasizes the museum’s commit-ment to the study and collection of works on paper through itsGrunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.”

The Hammer Museum is located at 10899 Wilshire Blvd. For infor-mation, call (310)443-7000, or visit www.hammer.ucla.edu.

‘Paper Like Skin’ opens Saturday

photo courtesy of CAFAM

The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) is celebrating the 50th

anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement with an exhibit titled

“Balancing Act: The Glass Sculpture of Steve Klein” running from

Sept. 30 through Jan. 6.

The exhibit is the first in Southern California of works by Long

Beach-based sculptor Klein, who interprets original works of archi-

tecture, visual art and natural landscapes as stylized contemporary

glass sculptures. Klein’s works are kiln-formed with hand-blown

components, stripes and geometric patterns. The works will include

Klein’s “Exploration 153”, made of colorful, hand-blown glass.

CAFAM is located at 5814 Wilshire Blvd. for information, call

(323)937-4230, or visit www.cafam.org.

No broken glass at CAFAM exhibitShow thosepearly whites at‘Smile Gala’

Operation Smile is holding its30th anniversary “Smile Gala” onFriday, Sept. 28 at the BeverlyHilton Hotel.

Brooke Burke-Charvet, DavidCharvet, Jill Grey, the SanukCorporation,  the Argyros family,Krista Jajonie and Daneia Sanadikiwill be honored. Operation Smile isan international children’s medicalcharity with a network of more than5,000 volunteers, striving to helpimprove the health and lives of chil-dren. Since 1982, Operation Smilehas provided more than two millionhealthcare evaluations and conduct-ed over 200,000 free surgeries forchildren and young adults born withcleft lips, cleft palates and otherfacial deformities.

A cocktail party and silent auctionbegins at 6 p.m.; followed by thedinner, awards, and entertainment at7 p.m. The Beverly Hilton Hotel islocated at 9876 Wilshire Blvd. Forinformation, call (323)904-4400, orvisit www.operationsmile.org.

Alpert to perform for Fairfax HighMusic legend Herb Alpert will

perform a benefit concert on Oct. 6at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre to sup-port his alma mater, Fairfax HighSchool. Alpert will be joined by hiswife, vocalist Lani Hall, and theconcert will be the highlight ofFairfax High School’s 2012 Hall ofFame induction ceremony.

“It’s an opportunity for our alum-ni and community members to wit-ness and celebrate the incrediblelegacy our past and current studentshave forged,” Fairfax High directorof development Joyce Kleifieldsaid.

Proceeds will support educationprograms at Fairfax High. Theevening will commence at 6 p.m.

with a no host bar social hour anddinner for all ticket holders, withperformances by Fairfax studentsand alumni.

“People need to experience firsthand the incredible young scholarstoday’s students are,” Friends ofFairfax co-founder Whitney Westonsaid. “It’s no accident that so manysuccessful and caring people gradu-ated from Fairfax.”

The Ebell Theatre is located at743 S. Lucerne Blvd. Tickets are$75 to $250. For sponsorship infor-mation, call Kleifield at (323)370-1220, or e-mail to joyce@friendsof-fairfax.org. For tickets and informa-tion, call (800)595-4849, or visitwww.friendsoffairfax.org.

The spectacle in the sky that wasEndeavour’s Southern Californiafly-over has concluded, signaling adramatic end to the storied history ofthe NASA space shuttle, now head-ed to its new home at the CaliforniaScience Center.

Endeavour, hitching a ride on theback of a 747 Shuttle CarrierAircraft, flew from Florida toCalifornia before leaving theEdwards Air Force Base to begin itsTour de California on Sept. 21.

Accompanied by jets, the modi-fied aircraft and the orbiter headednorth for a flyby in Sacramento andSan Francisco. Endeavour then trav-eled south, flying over NASA’sAmes Research Center andVandenberg Air Force Base beforeheading to Los Angeles.

In L.A., the shuttle gave a nod andsalute to several landmarks, such asDisneyland, The Getty Center,Griffith Observatory, Los AngelesCity Hall, Malibu Beach, NASA’sJet Propulsion Laboratory, UniversalStudios, Venice Beach and its futurehome, the California Science Center.

The aircraft landed at Los AngelesInternational Airport (LAX) atapproximately 12:45 p.m., markinga bittersweet moment for those whohad built and maintained the space

shuttle. “It’s kind of a rough one in some

ways and a nice one in others,” saidPete Freeland, a former senior testengineer who worked on Endeavourfor five years.

He had helped build and maintainthe shuttle, which required modifi-cations every eight to 10 years.Specifically, Freeland had helpedmaintain the shuttle’s flight controlsand pyrotechnics, among otherthings.

“It was basically like bringing inyour car for a 30,000-mile check-up,” he said.

While Freeland would have likedto see Endeavour used for morespace missions, he said the flyoveron Friday represented a new chapterfor NASA. The organization’s goalis to share the technology with theworld in an effort to benefitmankind, Freeland said. The displayof Endeavour, with all of its spacebells and whistles, aims to do justthat.

“When you’re actually able tophysically be there, it’s a completelydifferent experience,” Freelandadded.

He said Endeavour was special,traveling at blistering speeds — upto Mach 25 — and withstandingtemperature variations that arealmost unfathomable. Maintenancecrews used to marvel at the micro-meteorites they would pluck fromthe shuttle during check-ups,Freeland said. He described seeing itup close as “amazing.”

Freeland said he hopes that theflyover reinvigorates interest inNASA’s space programs. He saidthere are between 60 and 70 astro-nauts in the program, and mostmembers of the public cannot nameone.

“There’s a lot of unsung heroesand a lot of amazing work that’sgoing on,” Freeland said, adding that

he hopes the public will continue tobe supportive. “It’ll always berisky.”

Endeavour’s first mission beganon May 7, 1992, and its primaryassignment was to capture a mal-functioning communications satel-lite and replace its rocket motor.According to NASA, it took threeattempts to capture the satellite, andan “unprecedented” three-personspacewalk ensued.

The shuttle, also called OV-105,made history is several ways. It waspart of the longest spacewalk inspace history, and became the firstspace shuttle to use a drag chutewhile landing.

However, NASA ended the 30-year space shuttle program in July2011, when Atlantis completed theprogram’s 135th mission. NASA isnow working toward exploring therest of the solar system, with anemphasis on Mars. The agency isalso developing its Space LaunchSystem, which may provide a newcapability for exploring space.

In the interim, Freeland, who is nolonger active with NASA, said thepublic should continue to promotespace exploration through their leg-islators and attend future NASAlaunches.

“That would go a long way,” hesaid.

Endeavour will be transportedfrom LAX on Oct. 12, and will trav-el across the San Diego (405)Freeway before arriving at theCalifornia Science Center inExposition Park, where it will be puton display on Oct. 30.

For information, visit www.cali-forniasciencecenter.org.

18 September 27, 2012 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press

Endeavour lands in L.A.

By AAron Blevins

photos by Edwin Folven

(Above) Accompanied by two jets, Endeavour flies over the Griffith

Observatory and the Hollywood Sign. (Below) The observatory hosted as

many as 2,500 people for the space shuttle Endeavour flyover.

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Space shuttle Endeavour, atop a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flew over LAX twice before landing. The shuttle

will be transported from the airport on Oct. 12.

photo by Aaron Blevins

Pete Freeland, who helped maintain Endeavour’s flight controls and

pyrotechnics, said he was pleased that NASA will be able to share the

space shuttle and its technology with the world.

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Sisters Ann (left) and Nancy Wilson of Heart were honored with the

2,481st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, when the

Seattle natives added another milestone to their 40-plus years in the

music industry. The duo created many hits during their career, such

as “Crazy on You”, “Magic Man”, “Barracuda”, “Straight On”, “These

Dreams”, “Alone”, “What About Love”, “If Looks Could Kill” and

“Never”. Heart began a 50-plus city tour on June 29 that will run

through November. A new studio CD, “Fanatic”, will be released on

Oct. 2. The Wilsons’ star was placed in front of The Musicians

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Flowers were placed Wednesday on the Walk of Fame star of singer

Andy Williams, who died on Sept. 25 at age 84. Williams was huge-

ly popular during the 1960s and ‘70s, and was known for numerous

songs such as his signature hit, “Moon River”. Williams went on to

host his own musical variety television series, “The Andy Williams

Show”, which aired from 1962 to 1971 and introduced new perform-

ers at the time such as Elton John, and Donny and Marie Osmond.

Williams’ Walk of Fame star is located at 6667 Hollywood Blvd.

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Children’s films to screen at LACMAThe 8th annual Los Angeles

International Children’s FilmFestival will be held from Oct. 5 to 7at the Los Angeles County Museumof Art. More than 100 films will bepresented from around the world,with various genres represented.Former Laurel Span School student

Nicholas Mastrangelo will havethree animation short films screenedat the event at noon on Oct. 6 in theBrown Auditorium. The event isfree. For more information, visitwww.lachildrensfilm.org/events.psp. LACMA is located at 5905Wilshire Blvd.

‘Kick It Off &Kick It Up’ galais Oct. 6

The Autry National Center hasannounced its 25th annual gala witha celebratory look back at the pastquarter century and the launch of itsJubilee Year. The gala is among thelargest fundraisers of the year for theAutry, honoring the best of theAmerican West with award presen-tations, a silent and live auction, din-ner and dancing.

Founded in 1988, the Autry wasthe vision of America’s favoritesinging cowboy, Gene Autry, whowanted to pay tribute to theAmerican West. Since then, theAutry has shared the stories of thediverse people of the AmericanWest with millions of visitors.Making Gene’s vision a reality weretwo determined pioneers and thisyear’s gala honorees, his wife,Jackie Autry, and the Autry’s firstexecutive director, Joanne Hale. Asfounders and life trustees, Jackie andJoanne built the foundation for whatis now a popular cultural attractionwith a museum that performs ongo-ing scholarly research and presents arange of changing exhibitions andmore than 150 programs per year.

“The Autry’s strong collection ofWestern objects and art and the col-lection of the Southwest Museumprovide our institution with unparal-leled diversity and strength,” Autrypresident and CEO W. Richard WestJr. said. “We have the unprecedent-ed opportunity to tell the story of theWest in ways no other cultural orarts institution can. As we gather tocelebrate the Autry’s 25th anniver-sary gala, I have not the slightestdoubt that with the support of ourgala patrons and the broader com-munity, we can achieve this goal,protect the institution’s legacy, andimplement the hopes and aspirationsof those who founded the Autry.”

The event will begin at 6 p.m. onOct. 6. For information, call(323)667-2000, ext. 331. The centeris located at 4700 Western HeritageWay.

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