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Grand jury indicts alleged Malibu mountain murderer

MATTHEW HALLDaily Press Editor

A man has been indicted for the fatal shooting of a camper in Malibu and attempting to kill 10 others in connection with a series of shootings over a two-year period between 2016 and 2018.

A grand jury returned the

superseding indictment against Anthony Rauda, 43 on Oct. 21 for one count of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and five counts of second-degree burglary. The indictment was unsealed on Tuesday.

Rauda was arrested in October of 2018 by sheriff ’s deputies who saw him on a Malibu ridge top

dressed in black and carrying a rifle. Officers were searching the area for a suspect who had stolen food from several businesses and homes. He was jailed for a probation violation related to being a felon in possession of a gun and he was eventually connected to a series of shootings

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SMMUSD agenda highlights: construction, Malibu campus plan

BRENNON DIXSONSMDP Staff Writer

With more than a dozen items listed on Thursday’s agenda relating to campus facilities updates, change orders and the awarding of contracts, construction will be

a topic weighing heavily on the minds of local board of education members this week.

More than $1 million in funding could be approved if all of the items listed under the agenda’s “Facilities Improvement Projects” section were to be ratified by Santa Monica-

Malibu School District’s Board of Education Thursday.

A majority of the funds will come from previous bond measures, and most of the items are a result of amendments to agreements

Courtesy photos PARTY ON THE PIER: UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital’s 20th Annual “Party on the Pier” took place on Sunday, November 3, at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier. Proceeds from the event pro-vide unrestricted funding to launch high-priority programs that benefit children being treated at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and around the world. Guests of the party had the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of fun-filled activities including carnival games filled with Mattel, Inc. toys, unlimited access to rides, photo booths with some of their favorite celebrities, and much more.

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City Hall releases report on scooter and bike usage

MADELEINE PAUKERSMDP Staff Writer

Almost half of the roughly 2.7 million trips electric scooter and bike riders took in Santa Monica from October 2018 to September 2019 replaced car trips, according to a report the city of Santa Monica released Monday.

The city released the report on scooter and bike usage two months before the pilot program it launched last September to regulate the devices comes to an end. The pilot program permits Bird, Lime, Lyft and Jump, which is owned by Uber, to deploy a certain number of devices in Santa Monica as long as they shared data with the

city, maintained safe fleets and responded quickly to community complaints.

“In September 2017, we in Santa Monica witnessed the launch of a new business model that allowed users to rent shared, dockless GPS-enabled e-scooters with their

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Wednesday, November 6Field Sports Advisory Council Regular MeetingRegular monthly meeting of the Field Sports Advisory Council (FSAC). FSAC is an advisory council to the Recreation and Parks Commission. Virginia Avenue Park, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Artist signingWriter / Artist Jack Foster will be at Hi De Ho Comics signing his book “Gun.” Books will be for sale in store. Visit http://www.hidehocomics.com/ for more information.

Planning CommissionThe Commission acts through open and civil discourse that is informed by public input, impartial analysis, and best prac-tices in land use and planning. City Hall Council Chamber, 7 p.m.

Andrea CentazzoLegendary European improviser Andrea Centazzo performs solo on percussion and electronics, accompanying his film about Leonardo DaVinci. Main Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

NANOWRIMO Writing WorkshopTo help participants complete a novel within a month, Juniper Ekman leads the first hour of writing sprints and writing exercises to get the creative juices flow-ing. The optional second hour is for free writing surrounded by your hard work-ing peers. Call 310-458-8682 or email [email protected] to register. Montana Avenue Branch Library, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Life Size Candy LandCelebrate International Games Week by turning yourself into a human game piece in this colorful, life-size version of Candy Land. Every player wins with our game. Presented by Fairview’s Teen Advisory Council and sponsored by the Friends of the Library. For ages 5-10. (60 min.) Space is limited. Fairview Branch Library, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 7Soundwaves: PartchThe Grammy-winning Partch ensem-ble gives a preview of their upcoming performance on the Jacaranda Music

series, featuring the unique composi-tions and instruments of Harry Partch. Main Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Community Kids: Mayor Gleam DavisMayor Gleam Davis will speak about her work in social justice and read the book, “Thank You Omu!” as part of the Read for the Record campaign. Ages 6-13. Main Library, Children’s Activity Room, 5 - 6 p.m.

The history of trees in Pacific Palisades Everywhere you turn in the Palisades you are surrounded by growing, sprout-ing, expanding, spreading, thriving green canopies, blossoming, leaf fall-ing, aging, a root-bound arboreal splen-dor, and disappearing and dying trees. What’s the History and Politics behind so many trees in the Community? 7 p.m. Theatre Palisades, 941 Temescal Canyon Road, Pacific Palisades.

NOMA MeetingA presentation by the developer of The Plaza at Santa Monica, the downtown project planned for city-owned land at 4th/5th and Arizona Avenue, with mem-ber questions and public discussion will be front and center at the North of Montana Neighborhood Association’s monthly meeting 7 p.m. at the Montana Branch Library. All are invited, with social time beginning at 6:30 pm.

Friday, November 8Introduction To Foundation Directory Online (Fdo)Learn how to use Foundation Directory Online to search for grantmakers aligned with your nonprofit’s goals. Main Library, Computer Classroom 2nd Floor, 11 a.m. - noon.

QuickLook Legal ResearchLocating Legal Documents – This class is an introduction to using the LA Law Library and electronic databases to locate court filings. Class covers basic information regarding pleadings and briefs; instruction on finding briefs, in both electronic and print form. Main Library, Multipurpose Room, 2nd Floor, 1:30 - 5 p.m.

SANTA MONICA MALIBU UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT

Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District of Los Angeles County (SMMUSD) will receive sealed bids from contractors holding a type “C-7” license, on the following: Bid #20.03.SMS - Santa Monica High School Interim Repairs/Upgrades Project – Campus wide Cabling & IDFs at Santa Monica High School. This scope of work is estimated to be between $170,000 -$200,000 and includes the installation of campus wide cabling, including fiber for data, copper for emergency phones, and fire alarm control panel (FACP) network cabling; the partial removal of existing cabling; and the replacement or expansion of IDF equipment racks for rack space expansions. All cabling will be installed in existing underground conduits from building to building. Installation of cabling inside the building will be within existing conduits or new pathways and other associated improvements per bidding documents. All bids must be filed in the Districts Purchasing Office located at 1651 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 on or before 12/11/19 no later than 2:00 PM at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened. Each bid must be sealed and marked with the bid name and number. Bidders must attend a Mandatory Job Walk to be held at the site, on 11/20/19 at 10:00 AM. All General Contractors and Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (M/E/P) Subcontractors must be pre-qualified for this project per bidding documents. To view the projects bidding documents, please visit ARC Southern California public plan room www.crplanwell.com and reference the project Bid #.

Prequalification Due Date & Instructions for Application Submission: All applications are due no later than 11/27/19 - Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has contracted with Colbi Technologies, Inc. to provide a web-based process for prequalification called QualityBidders. To submit an application at no cost please visit www.qualitybidders.com. Once you have been approved, you will receive an email indicating your approval expiration date and approval limit. The Districts approved contractors listing can be obtained via the FIP website at http://fip.smmusd.org/contractors.html.

Mandatory Job Walk: 11/20/19 at 10:00 AM

Job Walk location: Santa Monica High School located in Santa Monica, CA – All Attending Contractors MUST meet the District representatives at the schools 4th Street pedestrian gate, adjacent to the High Schools Football Field/Track, opposite the Civic Center parking structure. Bidders will be escorted onto the campus from that location.

Bid Opening: 12/11/19 at 2:00pm

Any further questions or clarifications to this bidding opportunity, please contact Sheere Bishop-Griego at [email protected] directly. In addition, any pre-qualification support issues relative to Colbi Technologies, Inc., website or for technical support please contact [email protected] directly.

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Proposals must include forms furnished by the City of Santa Monica. Request for Proposals may be obtained on the City’s Online Vendor Portal. The website for this Request for Proposals and related documents is: Planet Bids or http://vendors.planetbids.com/SantaMonica/bidsearch4.cfm. There is no charge for the RFP package.

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LOS ANGELESLAX expands ride-hailing, taxi pickup area after long waits

Los Angeles International Airport is expanding by 50% its new area for pickups by ride-hailing services and taxis after seeing long wait times develop.

The expansion goes into operation at 3 a.m. Wednesday, with Lyft moving into the new space and Uber adding the former Lyft space to its area. Taxis will also have more space for passenger and car queuing.

The so-called LAX-it lot opened at the end of October to remove some traffic from the central terminal area to make way for construction of a people mover train that is expected to start taking passengers to and from terminals by 2023.

Under the new system travelers leaving the airport must take shuttles to the new lot to catch taxis and ride-hailing pickups.

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LOS ANGELESCalifornia’s fall fire season calms but state remains dry

California’s fall fire season has calmed with a decline in winds that fanned October blazes but the state remains very dry with warm daytime highs and no rain in the immediate future.

Two wildfires are burning Tuesday in rural foothills on the west side of the Sacramento Valley but all of last month’s fires have been reduced to mop-up stages.

A 2,000-acre blaze in Tehama County southwest of Red Bluff is 15% contained.To the south, a new fire in Lake County northeast of Clearlake has grown to 40 acres.East of Los Angeles, an overnight fire caused by a car crash in the Angeles National Forest

has been held to 6 acres.Forecasters, meanwhile, see little change in the pattern of dry and mild weather.

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LOS ANGELESCaller leads Los Angeles police to $800,000 in stolen artwork

This time detectives didn’t have to track down the stolen art, someone led them to it.Los Angeles police said Tuesday they recovered $800,000 worth of prints by Scottish

abstract expressionist Benjamin Creme after a caller told them they were in the person’s home in the Los Angeles suburb of San Fernando.

Police believe the 1,200 signed prints were there for several years but the caller who had them had only recently checked a law-enforcement database and discovered they were stolen.

The caller, who was not identified, told police they were found when a storage locker kept by a relative who had died was cleaned out.

They include “Flame-Coloured Deva,” ‘’Shakti II” and other colorful works by Creme, who in later years became better known for his belief in UFOs and predictions of a second coming of Christ and other messiahs.

He died in 2016 at age 93.Police didn’t describe the circumstances of the art theft or who the works might be returned

to, and the case’s lead detective, Steven Franssen, did not immediately return a call for com-ment.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1922, Creme said he was 13 when he decided to devote himself to art and began painting and drawing constantly. Early works included landscapes, but by the 1940s he had turned more to colorful abstracts.

Beginning in the 1960s he began to turn his attention to more metaphysical issues, saying in writings and lectures that he was communicating telepathically with a “master.”

He developed a new form of meditation in 1974 called Transmission Meditation and began publishing several books, according to the Benjamin Creme Museum website. At one point he claimed Jesus Christ and other messiahs had returned to Earth but hadn’t revealed themselves.

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smartphone,” said pilot program coordinator Kyle Kozar. “At the time, no local laws, permits or requirements existed to manage this new transportation option. It was a bumpy road at first, but the Santa Monica City Council saw the technology’s potential to move people in a new way.”

Over the course of the pilot program, city staff met regularly with the four companies, monitored their operations and conducted three surveys that gathered more than 5,000 responses, Kozar said.

The 60-page report on the pilot program, which the city council will discuss Tuesday, shows that the city was able to regulate and support the new technology by painting bike lanes and device parking zones across the city, preventing riders from using the devices in prohibited areas like the beach and controlling where the companies deployed their devices.

But there is still a lot of room for improvement, according to the report.

“A great deal of progress was made during the pilot program, and many operational areas improved with diligent efforts by city and operator staff,” he said. “Yet, the delivery of public outcomes such as equity, safety, affordability, rider behavior, sustainability and reliability still need substantial improvement.”

Despite the city’s attempts to ensure riders parked devices in ways that didn’t block the sidewalk — including marking 107 parking zones across the city and requiring that the companies incentivize riders to use them — riders continued to park incorrectly.

Just 0.08% of riders used the parking zones, and the city logged more than 800 parked devices that blocked the public right-of-way. The report also said police officers and city officials have noted sidewalk riding as a continuing concern.

“Whether a casual local rider or a tourist, rider behavior needs to improve quickly,” the report said. “Too many scooter riders exhibited risky behavior like sidewalk riding, riding without a helmet, tandem riding and riding in the wrong direction, among others.”

The report noted that the companies took steps to better manage their fleets this past summer, resulting in a 72% decrease in city citations. But the companies still need to do more to mitigate the impact of their devices, the report said.

“Further education and engagement from service providers is necessary to ensure the

benefits of the new mobility service are not outweighed by negative impacts on public right-of-way,” the report said.

While the devices may have encroached on the public right-of-way, they have caused relatively few collisions and injuries, according to the report.

The Santa Monica Police Department recorded 122 scooter and bike collisions from January 2017 to September 2019, with 10% resulting in severe injuries and none resulting in death. 47% involved a motor vehicle and 7% involved a pedestrian. 39% of collisions were caused by a fall or involved a fixed object.

The device crash rate was about 1.5 per 100,000 trips, impacting less than 1% of riders each month. Collision frequency peaked before the launch of the pilot program and decreased by 29% this past summer.

The report also cited a recent study of UCLA emergency rooms in Santa Monica and Westwood that logged 249 patients who visited the emergency room for injuries associated with scooter use from September 2017 to August 2018. Their data showed 80% of electric scooter collisions were caused by a fall, 11% involved a fixed object and 9% involved a motor vehicle.

The report also raised concerns about the affordability, safety and environmental impacts of the devices.

All four companies have raised prices since the pilot program launched and surveys showed that two-thirds of riders earn more than $50,000 annually. While the companies maintain programs for low-income riders, just 253 individuals enrolled in them.

“Limited marketing efforts and challenges navigating the equity programs likely contributed to the low participation rate,” the report said.

The companies have introduced safer, sturdier versions of their devices since the pilot program launched, the report said. But the devices are still subject to significant wear-and-tear and vandalism, which makes them riskier to ride and forces the companies to frequently replace parts.

“Concerns are being raised about the emissions and waste impacts of (deployment and) charging operations and the waste stream from device parts and batteries,” the report said.

The city council will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at City Hall, 1685 Main St.

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quid pro quoMARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER AND LISA MASCARO Associated Press

“I now do recall.”With that stunning reversal, diplomat

Gordon Sondland handed House impeachment investigators another key piece of corroborating testimony Tuesday. He acknowledged what Democrats contend was a clear quid pro quo, pushed by President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, with Ukraine.

Sondland, in an addendum to his sworn earlier testimony, said that military assistance to the East European ally was being withheld until Ukraine’s new president agreed to release a statement about fighting corruption as Trump wanted. Sondland knows that proposed arrangement to be a fact, he said, because he was the one who carried the message to a Ukrainian official on the sidelines of a conference in Warsaw with Vice President Mike Pence.

“I said that resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks,” Sondland recalled.

His three-page update, tucked beneath hundreds of pages of sworn testimony from Sondland and former Ukraine Special Envoy Kurt Volker, was released by House investigators as Democrats prepared to push the closed-door sessions to public hearings as soon as next week.

Trump has denied any quid pro quo, but Democrats say there is a singular narrative developing since the president’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy when he first asked for “a favor.” That request, which sparked the impeachment inquiry, included a public investigation into Ukrainian activities by Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden and his son and Trump’s allegations of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said the House panels conducting the inquiry are releasing the word-by-word transcripts of the past weeks’ closed-door hearings so the American public can decide for themselves.

“This is about more than just one call,” Schiff wrote Tuesday in an op-ed in USA Today. “We now know that the call was just one piece of a larger operation to redirect our foreign policy to benefit Donald Trump’s personal and political interests, not the national interest.”

Pushing back, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham issued a statement saying the transcripts “show there is even less evidence for this illegitimate impeachment sham than previously thought.”

In the transcripts and accompanying cache of text messages, U.S. diplomats are shown trying to navigate the demands of Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who they soon learn is running a back-channel U.S. foreign policy on Ukraine.

“It kept getting more insidious,” Sondland

told investigators, as the “timeline went on.”Sondland testified that he spoke with

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about Giuliani, “and Pompeo rolled his eyes and said: ‘Yes, it’s something we have to deal with.’”

In his revised testimony, Sondland, a wealthy businessman who donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, says his memory was refreshed by the opening statements of two other inquiry witnesses, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, and Tim Morrison, a European expert at the National Security Council.

The ambassador initially testified on Oct. 17 that he did not “recall taking part in any effort to encourage an investigation into the Bidens.” He told investigators he didn’t know that the Ukraine firm Burisma, that Trump wanted Ukraine to investigate, was linked to Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

But in the weeks since a May visit to Kyiv for Zelenskiy’s inauguration, Sondland and the other diplomats had been heavily involved in Ukraine policy and in text messages about what Trump wanted as they came to realize the military assistance was being withheld.

Volker and Sondland both testified they were disappointed after briefing Trump at the White House about the new leader of the young democracy who was vowing to fight corruption.

At a pivotal May 23 meeting, Trump “went on and on and on about how Ukraine is a disaster and they’re bad people,” Sondland testified.

Trump holds an alternative view, pushed by Giuliani, that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the 2016 elections in the U.S., a theory counter to U.S. intelligence findings.

“’They tried to take me down.’ He kept saying that over and over,” Sondland recalled Trump saying.

Trump told the diplomats to work with Giuliani on Ukraine issues.

Over the time that followed, Volker and Sondland proposed to Zelenskiy’s top aide, Andriy Yermak, that they a draft statement to be issued by Ukraine on potential interference with the U.S. political process. At Giuliani’s urging, that statement needed to have an “insert at end with 2 key items:” Burisma and the 2016 U.S. elections.

Pressed by investigators, Sondland testified that it would be improper for the U.S. to prompt Ukraine to investigate the Biden family. “It doesn’t sound good.”

The statement was never issued, as Ukraine refused it. Volker said he told Yermak it was “not a good idea.”

Questions swirled after a government whistleblower’s August complaint about Trump’s phone call with Zelenskiy.

By September, Sondland also told investigators, Trump was in a “bad mood” and nearly hung up on him when the ambassador asked what it was he wanted from Ukraine.

“I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo,” Trump said, according to Sondland. “I want

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MALIBU MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS MASTER PLAN

The lone discussion item on this week’s agenda relates to the Malibu Middle and High School Campus Master Plan (Malibu Campus Plan), which was initiated a little more than a year ago in Sept. 2018 when the district hired the design firm LPA Inc.

“The scope of work was to assess current facilities conditions and re-envision educational programs in order to develop a plan that will address the campus needs and their impact to facilities in a comprehensive and thoughtful manner,” the agenda states. “As part of the process, two committees were formed — the Steering Committee and the larger Site Planning Committee — to help oversee and guide the planning process and to review input received from the various stakeholder groups.”

In the time since LPA’s hiring, Malibu students, parents, staff and community members have completed surveys to help staff understand what should be prioritized

in the Malibu Campus Plan. Three-hundred and twenty-one survey responses were received, according to the agenda, and the current Malibu Campus Plan is expected to be presented to the board Thursday.

“Based on community and site feedback, a major focus of the Malibu Campus Plan is to ensure that Malibu Middle and High School are two separate and distinct campuses (that) maintain some shared spaces and facilities,” the agenda states, before delving into the various phases of the proposed plan.

District staff said the Malibu Campus Plan is the culmination of more than 50 meetings with staff, students, community and various key stakeholder groups, including the city of Malibu and the California Coastal Commission.

The agenda adds the Malibu Facilities District Advisory Committee recommends the Board of Education approve the plan as presented, in which case the district will proceed to issue a Request for Qualifications for Architectural and Engineering Services to begin design and further development of the project’s first phase.

“The Board of Education will have an opportunity to take action on the plan and phasing when approving the architect’s contract at a Board of Education meeting early in 2020,” according to the agenda. Funding for this project will come from Measure M, which passed by voters in Nov. 2018.

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U.S. lawmakers say they have concerns Twitter may be used to spread disinformation about the 2020 Census, and they’ve asked the company for details on how it will combat the threat.

Almost five dozen Democratic lawmakers wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about their con-cerns Monday.

Their letter notes Twitter and other social media were used by “malicious actors” to manipu-late voters during the 2016 presidential election. They say banning false information about the census and identifying false accounts will help ensure public trust.

In a statement Tuesday, Twitter spokeswoman Katie Rosborough says the company has been discussing with the Census Bureau how best to support a successful 2020 Census. She says company policy prohibits false information about civic events.

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The Church in Ocean Park needs you

THE CHURCH IN OCEAN PARK(CIOP) has been there for us, for many

decades. Contributed so much to our community, to our history, and continues to, to this day.

Now they need us to be there for them. How can we say no?

This Sunday at 1 p.m., at the church at 2nd and Hill. Crucial meeting, where Rev. Janet will explain what’s going on and how we can perhaps save this vital, living piece of our history.

I hope the place is packed. Even if you have never attended anything there — c’mon, really? not even a polka wedding reception or an LGBTQ meeting or a concert or a political speech? never were lucky enough to catch Ry Cooder or Tom and Jane or Jackson Browne?— go, this one time, to see if you can make a difference. (I think they’re serving cookies.)

THREATENED The very existence of this neighborhood

church, nearly a century old, is threatened because while pastor Janet Gollery McKeithen has been ably, passionately carrying out the mandate for which her predecessor, Jim Conn, was assigned there in 1973, with the mission of making it an experimental church with a politically and socially liberal perspective, times have changed and the mother church of the United Methodist Church (UMC) is now putting its very conservative foot down, especially about something we have taken for granted here for a long time: the right of all people to marry the one they love.

They’ve always looked askance at McKeithen’s “caring interfaith community celebrating diversity, treating ourselves and others with respect and dedicated to social justice, continuing the legacy by working against racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism.” Seems pretty Christian to me, but not to the right wing of UMC. What they

really, really don’t like is gay marriage, and have recently threatened any minister who performs one with expulsion.

Imagine, you finally found the perfect place for your beliefs and skills and have successfully worked there for 14 years to the enthusiastic endorsement of the congregation, then suddenly you are threatened not only with the loss of that job (and the pension you built up and were counting on) but perhaps the loss of the entire church you were so devoted to.

YEAH, BUILDINGS AND ALLUMC owns it, and you can imagine the

value of that little chunk of Santa Monica two blocks from the beach. Back in the ‘70s when Conn was minster there, he transformed a sleepy, fading little neighborhood Methodist church into a focal point for social activism that got national attention. Rent control had a lot of fathers but the mama was the CIOP.

Many familiar with our history agree that Conn gets credit for changing the image of Santa Monica itself, from ordinary SoCal beach town to a world-renowned beacon of progressivism. I don’t know who first came up with the moniker People’s Republic of Santa Monica and painted it on the 10 Freeway entrance on Lincoln, but as a backhanded compliment, it was perfect.

Conn was elected to City Council in 1981, part of a Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) majority that has held tight control over local politics ever since, nearly 40 years, and served as Mayor from ‘86 to ’88. He left the CIOP in ‘95 and went on to found CLUE (he is still the co-chair), Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice — no connection to the CIOP. “CLUE brings together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths with workers, immigrants and low-income families in the cause of a just economy that works for all and

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Zelenskiy to do the right thing.”As House investigators released more

transcripts Tuesday, they also announced they want to hear from Trump’s acting chief of staff and a top aide to Pence, reaching to the highest levels of the White House.

Pence spokeswoman Katie Waldman said the vice president was unaware of the “brief pull-aside conversation” that Sondland reported having with Yermak. She also said Pence was unaware of the ongoing back-and-forth over the statement, and that it never came up during his meeting with Zelenskiy.

Trump says the probe is illegitimate and the administration has resumed its efforts to block the inquiry as two more White House officials, an energy adviser and a budget official, declined to appear Tuesday before investigators, even after one received a subpoena.

Meanwhile, investigators said they wanted to hear on Friday from Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney. They contend his news conference last month amounted to “nothing less than a televised confession” of Trump’s efforts to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Biden as the White House was blocking military funding.

Trump says he did nothing wrong, and Mulvaney later walked back his remarks.

The White House has instructed its officials not to comply with the impeachment inquiry being led by House Democrats. Mulvaney is not expected to appear.

Republicans have been unable to deliver a unified argument against the impeachment probe, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he’s “pretty sure” how it all will end.

McConnell said he believes Trump will stay in the White House. “I don’t think there’s any question it would not lead to a removal,” he said.

Most of those who have testified before the House panel are from the ranks of the State Department, including recalled U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch , whose testimony was released Monday.

Sondland closed his addendum to the House investigators saying he may have had a second call with Trump, but has been unable to obtain phone records and “cannot specifically recall” if that was the case.

Associated Press writers Colleen Long, Matthew Lee, Matthew Daly, Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor, Jill Colvin and Padmananda Rama contributed to this report.

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Those who know anxiety in its acute form may not be as keen to recognize its softer forms. When you procrastinate, don’t promote yourself or hide in any way, consider that these could be anxiety-related behaviors. The Pisces moon offers help on the matter, especially to those who try to befriend fear instead of succumbing to it.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re free of social restraint, emotionally open and highly creative. Use this daring mood! Put something singular into the world. It may require an investment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Conversations have a way of veering out of control today, which can be a whole lot of fun in the right setting. Go where you think you’ll be well-received.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will focus on your own wants without imposing them on others. You’ll follow your desire only to the extent that the pursuit helps those around you by generating business or inspira-tion.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). People on their phones give the impression they’d rather be somewhere else. Since attractiveness is typically in and of the moment, being on the phone is inherently unattractive and ideally tended to in private.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There are many paths to feeling better about who you are. You’ll choose the quick way — to turn up the self-care and self-acceptance. It’s much better than the hard way of aggressively trying to prove yourself or lowering others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The greater degree of control people have over their own thoughts and feelings, the less drawn they will be to controlling one another. A sense of emotional safety will calm everyone down. Create it wherever you can.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What do you wish you would have known back when you were struggling? You’ll get the chance to articulate this for someone else and feel mightily fulfilled in the sharing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Apps can make a person look better in pictures. The right clothes and words can also help a person appear improved. But you don’t want to appear better, you want to be better, which is a bigger investment and the only one that matters.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll be getting in touch with what makes you feel alive. It has to do with novelty and the freedom to explore the unknown. Real gratitude isn’t felt just because you tell yourself to feel it. It’s more of a discovery.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Fun has a lot to do with whose idea it is. Even pleasurable things can seem like chores if you feel that you absolutely must do them instead of having options and free will.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). To what degree are you willing to alter your agenda for someone else? This is the big negotiation of the day. It comes with an awareness of just how much another person seems willing to sacrifice for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Imbalanced relationships can work for a while, but they are not usually built to last. Highly functional relationships are about a balanced give and take so that no one is only giving or always taking.

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You’ll find a new style in several different areas of your life. For instance, a different kind of eating will increase your vitality and fix an ailment. A new style of communicating helps along your personal life. A fresh interest gives you inroads to an exciting group. Your willingness to shake things up injects 2020 with vibrancy. Virgo and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 10, 6, 27 and 38.

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SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) CITACION JUDICIAL (DERECHO FAMILIAR) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (NAME): Aviso al Demandado (Nombre): SHIGEO ANAZAWA YOU ARE BEING SUED. (Lo han demandado) PETITIONER’S NAME IS: EL NOMBRE DEL DEMANDANTE: PRISCILLA LEE TAYLOR CASE NUMBER (Numero del Caso) 19STFL05275 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. For legal advice, contact a lawyer imme-diately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Helf Center (www.courtinfo.cagov/self-help), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.law helpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. Tiene 30 dias de calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 o FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al

demandante. Una carta o una llama-da telefonica no basta para prote-gerio. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manuten-cion, y honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informa-cion para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su con-dado. NOTICE- Restraining orders on page 2: These restaining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the peti-tion is dismissed, a judgement is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforce-able anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. AVISO- Las ordenes de restriccion se encuentran en la pagina 2: Las ordenes de restriccion estan en vigencia en cuanto a ambos conyuges o miembros de la paraja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier agencia del orden publico que haya recibido

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PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE Party without Attorney or AttorneyName: John E. Carlson. EsqState Bar No. 130470STATE BAR: Law Offices of John E. CarlsonADDRESS: 15233 Ventura Blvd, Suite 1100 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 TELEPHONE: 818-995-7400 FAX: 818-995-7766EMAIL: [email protected] FOR: Priscilla Lee Taylor, Petitioner SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ADDRESS: 111 N. Hill Street Los Angeles, 90012 BRANCH: Central District PETITIONER: Priscilla Lee TaylorRESPONDENT: Shigeo, Anazawa PETITON FOR: Dissolution of (Divorce) of Marriage LEGAL RELATIONSHIP: We are Married RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS:Petitioner

STATISCAL FACTS:Date of Marriage : July 14, 2003 Date of Separation: September 2011MINOR CHILDREN: There are no minor children. LEGAL GROUNDS (Family Code Sections 2200-2210, 2310-2312)a. Divorce 1. Irreconcilable differ-ences. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION (PARENTING TIME) N/ACHILD SUPPORTN/ASPOUSAL OR DOMESTIC PARTNER SUPPORTB. Terminate (end) the court’s ability to award support to Petitioner and Respondent SEPARATE PROPERTY Confirm as separate property the assets and debts in the following list: There are various separate property assets and debts, the precise nature, location and extent are currently unknown. Petitioner will seek leave to amend if necessary.

COMMUNITY AND QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY B Determine right to community and quasi-community property assets and debts. All such assets and debts are listed as follows: There are various separate /property assets and debts, the precise nature, location and extent are currently unknown. Petitioner will seek leave to amend if necessary. OTHER REQUEST N/A I HAVE READ THE RESTAINIGN ORDERS ON THE BACK OF THE SUMMONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY APPLY TO ME WHEN THIS PETITON IS FILED. I declare under penalty of perju-ry under the lar of the States of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Date: 04/30/19 Priscilla Lee TaylorDate: 04/30/19John E. Carlson. Esq.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESStanley Mosk Courthouse111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012Case Name:Petitioner: Taylor, Priscilla Lee Respondent: Anazawa, ShigeoCase Number: 19STFL05275 Court Order to Share Financial Information for Divorce, Legal Separation, or Nullity Cases.The court orders that spouses in this case must:Comply with the duty to share financial Information. The duty to share financial information includes exchanging financial statements, val-uations, important facts, and access to records about all. -Current income and expenses and -Community and separate property assests and debtsYou have a continuing duty to share

material financial information, such as changes in income, until there is a financial agreement about all finan-cial issues in your case. Duty to Exchange Financial Information Both parties have a duty to disclose all material information. If you have greater access to certain information than the other spouse, you must provide such information to the other spousePreparing Disclosure Documents (PDD) Follow the instructions on Form FL-140 for Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure (PDD). File Form FL-141 (Proof of Service) within 5 days of serving the PDD.Deadlines for Sharing Financial Information The Petitioner has 60 days after filing the Petition to complete the PDD and have the other spouse

served. The Respondent has 60 days after filing the Response to complete the PDD and have the other spouse served. Exception: You and your spouse can extend the deadline if you agree in writing or get permis-sion from the court. What information must be shared You must provide the other spouse all important information regarding the existence, characterization, and valuation of all community and sep-arate property assets and debts. You must provide access to all informa-tion, records and books that pertain to the value and character of assets and debts in which the community has or may have an interest. You must disclose to the other spouse all assets and debts in which the party may have an interest or obligation and disclose all current income and expenses. You must immediately update such

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. NOTICE OF CASE ASSIGNMENT FAMILY LAW DIVISION Case Number: 19STFL05275 Case: Taylor, Priscilla Lee vs Anazawa, Shiego To Petitioner, and/or Attorney of Record: You are notified that this case is assigned for all pre trial and post-judgment matters to the judicial officer named below: Judge Holly A. Thomas Dept. 2B Room: 247PETITIONER AND/OR PETITONER’S ATTORNEY: You must serve a copy of this Notice on the Respondent with the summons and Petition. ALL PARTIES MUST write the name of the assigned judicial officer and department number on the first page, beneath the case number on ALL documents filed with the clerk,

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in the mountains including the murder of Tristan Beaudette, 35, who was killed while camping in a tent with his two daughters in Malibu Creek State Park. The girls weren’t injured.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Rauda allegedly shot at unsuspecting campers or motorists dating back to November 2016 when he is accused of wounding a man who was sleeping in a hammock in the Malibu State Park area.

Less than a week later, he allegedly fired into the sleeping area of a vehicle.

Rauda also is accused of shooting into vehicles on three different occasions in 2017. No one was injured in those incidents.

He is accused of shooting at a Tesla on Las Virgenes Road on June 18, 2018 and four days before he allegedly killed Beaudette,

Rauda also has been charged with several burglaries that occurred in the Calabasas area.

If convicted as charged, Rauda faces a maximum sentence of more than 265 years to life in state prison.

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protects those most vulnerable.”

SOUNDS GREAT Like the mission statement for SMRR, and

both groups have accomplished some notable worthwhile achievements. But you have to look at the controlling philosophy of a group, and CLUE’s led them to vigorously oppose Proposition LV, which would have limited overdevelopment in SM. Why? Because they always fight for a living wage for hotel workers, but the hotel Union 11 lobbies hard to build more and more and more hotels in Santa Monica, as big and as tall as possible. Living wage — good. At the cost of horribly densifying our hemmed-in 8.4 square miles into the mess we are now all living in? — not good.

Politics are always complicated and mostly behind the scenes, so go this Sunday at 1:00 p.m., 2nd & Hill, and let Rev. Janet fill you in. This is really important. Saving

a historic, environmental mural is good. Saving a historic, living church is even more important.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Will my longtime Ocean Park neighbor Harry ever speak to me again after I forgot to list the rare, historic, star-filled concert (Billy Idol, Dweezil Zappa, Letterman’s Paul Schaffer, Steve Lukather of Toto. everybody’s favorite guitar man Waddy Wachtel plus a symphony orchestra! ...from Hungary, and live on stage by satellite axe monster Steve Vai, Yes-man Rick Wakeman, half of Steely Dan, and comic genius Jane Lynch), the One-Night-Only Worldwide West Coast Tour TONIGHT at The Wiltern by his good friend, bassman DEREK SMALLS, formerly of the band formerly known as Spinal Tap?

Probably not for a long time. This job has its hazards.

Charles Andrews has lived in Santa Monica for 33 years and wouldn’t live anywhere else in the world. Really. Send love and/or rebuke to him at [email protected]

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Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining OrderPetitioner (Employer)Case Number: BS161232Filed: Sept 26, 2019Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles111 N. Hills Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Central DistrictName: Paychex, Inc.Lawyer for Petitioner (if any for this case);Name: Tuan V. Uong State Bar No.: 272447Firm Name: Reed Smith, LLP Address: 355 S Grand Ave Los Angeles, CA 90071Telephone: 213-457-8000 Employee: (Protected Person)

Full Name: Karendeep Uppal, et alAddress: N/ARespondent (Restrained Person)Full Name: Millind ThackerAddress: N/ACourt Hearing The judge has set a court hearing date. The current restraining order stays in effect until the end of the hearing.Hearing Date: 12/17/19 at 8:30 a.m. Dept ST-2C Room: 243At the hearing, the judge can renew the current restraining order for up to another three years. You must con-tinue to obey the current restraining order until the hearing. At the hearing you can tell the judge if you do not want the order against you renewed.

If the retraining order is renewed, you must obey the order even if you do not attend the hearing. If you wish to make a written response to request to renew the restraining order, you may fill out form WV-720, Response to Request or Renew Restraining Order. File the original with the court before the hearing and have someone age 18 or older -not you- mail a copy of it to the petitioner’s attorney at the address above at least 5 days before the hearing. Also, file form EV-250, Proof of Service of Response by Mail, with the court before the hearing.

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