Boulevard Sentinel

August 17, 2002

Current Calendar by Genine Sauer

Eagle Rock, CA August 13, 2002 - You don’t have to wait very long to see one of the dangerous situations arising since the road was re-striped in 2001. Above, vehicle A is waiting to turn into Trader Joe’s, while truck B is turning into Dee’s Gym. Car C, who wants to turn left on Dahlia waits behind truck B.

Then, truck B turns into Dee’s while car C finds he cannot get through because of car A. Car C uses oncoming traffic lanes to go around car A to get to Dahlia Drive.

Looking East on Colorado shows left turn lane striping and dangerous path many vehicles take to make their turn into Trader Joe’s.

Showing Their Stripes

by Tom Topping

We all have enjoyed our very nice, newly paved Boulevards in the last year and a half or so since they were done. This new traffic striping is at the very least an improvement in the looks and cleanliness of Eagle Rock's commercial areas. The city's Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for the striping on all of L.A.'s streets.

Unfortunately, that same attractive striping has caused considerable local concern, and in many cases considerable damage to motorists relying on that same striping to help instruct them where to drive.

Alex Morrison, resident of Dahlia Drive, has probably done more as a citizen to get the striping corrected than anyone. He is somewhat used to dealing with bureaucracies, having taught a variety of subjects including science and social studies at Franklin High School. Being retired, he can spend some time pursuing such issues. "I spent a lot of time... I went down (to the corner of Dahlia and Colorado), I talked to different people in the neighborhood, I talked to people at Trader Joe's, I talked to people on the street. I observed the traffic going in there."

Indeed, there is no shortage of people who live or work around that intersection who dislike the striping job that was done there. Chamber of Commerce board member Ursula Brown, whose office is right across from Trader Joe's said, "Sometimes it really gets close- lots of close calls." Lorraine from Daybreak Health Foods said, "They drive so crazy; people don't know where to go; and they go so fast on this street." Next door, Dee Mc Donough from Dee's Gym said, "It's an accident waiting to happen, and it practically happens every week."

"I offered to a guy (from the city) I spoke to on the phone," said Morrison. "'If you want I can meet with you down there to discuss it.' He said, 'Oh no, we don't do that.' After that, they were cutting me off entirely, so I had to write a letter, draw maps."

Councilman Pacheco helped by sending a letter to a Ms. Martha Stephenson at the DOT forwarding the complaint he received from Mr. Morrison, and wrote "I am referring this matter to you for appropriate action." A month later the street was re-striped. It was an improvement, but the problem was not solved.

Everyone agrees that the original striping (before the new paving) worked fine, but no one seems to remember what it looked like. We went to the site, made a non-scientific observation and took a few photos after talking to Mr. Morrison. The traffic problems caused by the striping are these:

Motorists driving westbound on Colorado, who want to turn left into the Trader Joe's parking lot do three things, two of which are wrong.

1. OK: stay in the #1 lane (closest to center) until after passing the turn lane that is for drivers going the opposite way to north on Dahlia Drive.

2. WRONG: drive the wrong way in the turn lane coming face to face with oncoming cars going from east on Colorado to north on Dahlia Drive.

3. WRONG: drive in the middle lane starting half a block back (by Dahlia Heights School) passing all cars waiting for signal to change at Townsend (one block down) completely ignoring the left turn lane for oncoming traffic. (In the late afternoon, it is an easy mistake to make, because the glare makes it look to westbound drivers that the middle lane starts a block before and continues all the way to Townsend intersection, which it does not.)

Drivers coming eastbound on Colorado wishing to turn left (north) on Dahlia can do at least two things, one of which is right and one wrong, although both can be hazardous.

1. OK: Drive eastbound in the #1 lane (closest to center) until passing Trader Joe's parking lot, then proceed into left turn lane to northbound Dahlia Drive. (you can still easily get hit by westbound drivers that are trying to drive the wrong way in your lane.)

2. WRONG: Drive into center turning lane before Trader Joe's, come face to face with cars turning into Trader Joe's parking lot, wait for those cars to turn into parking lot before proceeding OR drive around them by going into oncoming traffic lanes. (This is also an easy mistake to make. When a car ahead is signaling to turn into Dee's Gym/Stephano's, it looks like you should follow them to turn at Dahlia. When they make their turn, you are sort of stuck out there in the middle with nowhere to go.)

You may be thinking that there are more opportunities for disaster than safety. You may be right.

Unfortunately, Los Angeles's DOT, much like most all government bureaucracies, is not known for being flexible, responsive or nimble. As in other areas of the city, changes only come about after many needless tragedies. If the city was run like business, they would keep trying something different until a solution is found. In reality, any city official you call will either tell you A. it's not their job; B. there's nothing wrong; or the variation of B., no one else has complained about it (so why should you?).

Mistake or Menace?

Trader Joe's Kicks out Karaoke Man.

by Tom Topping

In this post 9-11 era, security is at an all time high. If you combine this with a recent surge in burglaries and armed robberies of local businesses, it also can ad up to a huge surge in paranoia.

Enter Julius Huber. Yes, he is a friend of mine. I've known him for about twenty years. A native of Chicago, the 53 year old has been a part of the Eagle Rock community since 1979. In the 1980's he worked at Eagle Rock Body Shop (now California Z Car) as Body Shop Manager. Later he worked in Glendale as a mechanic at Checkered Flag Automotive. After living in Baja California for a few years, he moved back into town. Today, he makes his living as an electrician for H. Erb Electric in Atwater. He also operates and MC's Karaoke nights at All Star Lanes, Toppers, the Eagles Club in Altadena and the Moose Lodge in Burbank. He also does all the maintenance and repair work at a local apartment complex owned by his friends, the Arena family on Eagle Rock Blvd. (He has also worked for me occasionally.) He drives a 1963 Ford Van that is registered and insured. (My old van that he bought from me in 1998)

Back in June, while shopping one evening at Trader Joes, one of the checkers who works there came up to him and said. "You have to leave." Julius, having almost filled his basket with groceries asked why. The checker said, "Our manager saw you on camera and said you caused trouble here."

"I asked them 'What kind of trouble?'" Julius continued. He said, "At that time they wouldn't say. I resisted leaving so they got security. They escorted me out and took my groceries. All the time I kept saying 'What did I do?'" He was told he had been caught hiding in the trash can, where he had jumped out, and threw salsa on the manager. "We made a police report, but you left," they told him. He asked to see the manager but was told that the manager was busy and he would have to wait. He repeatedly asked to speak to the (night) manager, and to see the police report. (They said the report was locked in the safe and could not be had) He waited for the manager 15 minutes, and went across the street to talk to his friend Dee Mc Donough, owner of Dee's New Image gym. He came back and was told the manager was still too busy to talk to him. Angry and humiliated by his ejection in front of many other shoppers, he left and went to the Trader Joe's in Glendale the next day to get the needed items. On the evening of August 2, he returned to the Eagle Rock Trader Joe's to shop and was ejected again.

Teresa, the manager at Trader Joe's, said that the company has a very strict policy preventing all employees from speaking to the media. She told how the Eagle Rock Trader Joe's has had three armed robberies in the last year.

It is understandable if not well appreciated that store personnel are trying to be extra careful. As a regular Trader Joe's shopper I also value the extra security precautions. But when I relayed Mr. Huber's story to her, she said, "Part is true and part is not. We had one person that threatened a crew member at 4:a.m. that had salsa thrown in the eyes (resulting in a trip to the hospital)." The man in that incident had a large dog with him, perhaps a Rotweiller, according to Teresa. Julius has not had a dog since he was a ten year old living in Chicago. "The person was very menacing, very threatening," she said.

She was asked what steps Trader Joe's would take to correct this matter if, in fact, it was determined that Mr. Huber was not the suspected trouble maker, but a victim of mistaken identity. She declined to answer that question and instead, declared that she has to trust in her crew members, and if they identify him as the person that she described as "threatening and menacing", she would have to stick with them. She asked, "Why hasn't he tried to talk to me?"

Julius replied, "I was so humiliated when I was kicked out. They refused to talk to me. All I could think of was to call Bonnie (a lawyer friend) and ask her what she thought I should do."

Trader Joe's Manager Teresa said she would be willing to talk to him, and if he poses no threat, she would lift the ban. "At 4: a.m. I'm in bed; even on Karaoke nights, and the only time I'd dig in the trash is if I threw away something by mistake," added Mr. Huber.

Becerra Town Hall

Making a Federal Case out of it.

At a town hall meeting to give constituents a congressional update and provide an opportunity to voice their opinions on domestic and foreign issues affecting our nation, Congressman Becerra delivered a detailed presentation. He expanded on such issues as taxes, the budget, prescription drugs and foreign policy. While never overtly stating it, his disdain for policies and proposals under a republican administration (George W.) was quite apparent.

His presentation explained the federal budget surpluses, or rather the decline of them, and the effect that would have on our future. He showed how the Bush tax cuts will end up costing all of us trillions of dollars in future interest payments. He showed us that the repeal of the Estate Tax, (death tax) which will only benefit 2% of the people in this country (who are the wealthiest), will cost the rest of us $50,000,000,000 (50 billion) a year once it is fully implemented. That tax cut will take more money than we spend on education.

We learned that the 2003 budget included 376 billion for defense, and 48.3 billion for education. The defense spending is increasing 50 billion and education only 1/2 billion. All this means an end to budget surpluses and a return to budget deficits.

Becerra makes a case that although Bush is saying that he is guarding Medicare and Social Security, his policies have resulted in turning surpluses into deficits. He also related the democratic Medicare prescription benefit plan. He showed a comparison between the republican and democratic plan. It showed that the average senior that spends $3000 a year on prescription drugs would have to pay $2,300 under the republican plan and only $980 under the democrat's plan.

The later part of the evening turned to the audience for questions and comments. High on the list were the concerns about the ongoing war in Afghanistan and recent talk about going to war with Iraq. Most seemed to oppose it but the Congressman said, "I do think we have a right to go after those that created the injustice on September the 11, so I did vote to give the president power to do that." He also said that we also have a right to enforce the treaty that Iraq signed at the end of the war in 1991, which they have refused to follow. If he could see some evidence that they were doing something against our interests and the treaty he would have no problem with "surgical attacks" to deal with it, but to "engage in an all out war is different."

One question included an interesting idea to go after the corporate scandals with the "RICO" laws made for combating racketeering. We were also reminded that although keeping the borders secure was important to combat terrorism, the folks who wash our dishes and cut our lawns are not in the same category as the people who committed the terrorism, and should not be treated as such.

Northeast Community Police News in Brief

August 6th, 2002 - National Night Out -

The Highland Park area candle light "vigil against crime" met at the flag pole at the intersection of York and Figueroa.

New Neighborhood Watch

The Northeast CPAB is rejuvenating the Neighborhood Watch Program. For the past two years, crimes against property (car thefts, burglaries, and thefts from autos) have risen. The Neighborhood Watch Program is very effective combating this type of neighborhood crime. The northwestern area of Mount Washington - Terrace 49/Cleland and "5 points/Nob Hill" area - is holding Neighborhood Watch meetings on a bi-monthly basis, usually around the second or third week of the month. If you are interested in more information or for time and location for this Neighborhood Watch Group or if you are interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch in your area, please call Northeast Community Relations Office 213/485-2548 - Officer Escalante.

New Northeast Neighborhood Prosecutor

We are all very sorry to see Peter Shutan leave this position. He has done a great job in his few months of service in this position. To ensure his replacement was as hard working as himself, he helped select the new Neighborhood Prosecutor for the northeast area, Jeanne Kim. Call 213/847-8045 to report a problem.

Community Partnership and Problem Solving

The Northeast Station Community Partnership and Problem Solving Unit handles ongoing community problems (not one time problems). Call 213/485-2548 to contact this office - an answering machine is available to leave messages 24/7. In the Northeast Station, this unit works closely with the new Neighborhood Prosecutor Program to solve quality of life problems.

Senior Lead Officers at Community Police Service Centers

These are two of the SLOs for the Northeast. Officer Gallindo, SLO for most of the Eagle Rock area, parts of Glassel Park and Mt. Washington, cell phone number is (213) 509-5352. Officer Mark Allen, SLO covering part of Highland Park and Eagle Rock, cell phone number is (213) 509-5307. The Senior Lead Officers are your direct liaisons for police information.

Northeast Special Enforcement Unit

(formerly known as the CRASH unit)

The SEU is the unit created to handle gang problems. Robert Lopez, head of the Northeast Special Enforcement Unit, says this unit is fully staffed and operational for the Northeast Division and has been for several months. He gives a thanks to Captain Jackson for enabling him to keep his trained staff and having this unit remain fully operational even with the staffing shortages.

Community Crime Concerns

Arson in Highland Park and Mount Washington Areas

Over the past two months, both the Highland Park and Mount Washington areas, have had numerous small fires (thanks to brush clearance and quick action by the fire department) set by an arsonist(s). These fires are usually started between midnight and 3am. If you have any information, or know anyone who might have information please contact Los Angeles Fire Stations 12 or 44.

For both, "violent crimes" and "property crimes" there has been an increase. Property crimes have only shown a 1.98% rise but violent crimes are up 10.71% this year to date. Rape has shown a 35.71% increase. This drastic increase may be for two reasons: 1) more rapes are being reported than in the past and 2) some cases may not actually be "rape" cases after an investigation is done but are first classified as rape.

Please report all crimes, large or small, as soon as possible to the police. It does make a difference and sometimes can lead to the clue that helps the detectives solve the crime.

At left is an artist’s rendering of new Arroyo Seco Library, Above, under construction, and progressing fast, you can see the Arroyo Rock that is being applied to the exterior.

Hollenbeck CPAB

Dave Macpherson

Dr. Arthur A. Jones was the guest speaker at the July meeting of the Hollenbeck area Community Police Advisory Board. Dr. Jones is a partner with Dr. Robin Wiseman in the International Human Rights Law and Policy organization which is recommending changes to strengthen community policing in Los Angeles. The recommendations are based upon their studies of community policing in major cities of the United States and throughout the European Union.

Those recommendations have been submitted to the police commission and to Mayor James Hahn, with emphasis on innovative problem-oriented units as they address law enforcement issues in each of the police divisions throughout the city. He reported on the success of such measures in Paris, France, Stockholm, Sweden, in Germany, and in a number of U.S. cities.

Even though most of those cities have many more police officers per 100,000 population than Los Angeles, Jones expects that adoption of similar community-police efforts will achieve similar positive results in crime reduction and citizen involvement with the police.

Also at that meeting, Captain Paul Pesqueira, the station commander, and Patrol Captain Anita Ortega reported on current crime statistics for the Hollenbeck area. Community representatives reported on problem areas and Pesqueira assured increased patrol and enforcement in those areas.

Members of the advisory board reported on the series of summer concerts at Hollenbeck Park. For more information about future concerts, residents of the community may call the Community Relations Office at (323) 526-3188.

As we have reported in previous columns, all residents of the communities served by Hollenbeck Community Police Station are welcome to attend the CPAB meetings. The meetings are at 6:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. The station is at 2111 E. First Street. Telephone (213) 485-2942.

L.A. County and City hazardous waste teams swarm to the site of illegal oil dumping at a carwash on Eagle Rock Blvd. Of particular concern was the oil running into the storm sewer, which drains straight to the L.A. river and out to sea.

Cruisin’ with Conrad

Hello Eagle Rock,

Otis Redding wrote it, Aretha Franklin sang it- R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Now what does this song have to do with cars, you ask? Well, let me tell you. For the last few years Glendale has held a big cruise night, on Brand Blvd. Now this cruise brings not only the car nuts, but people who have no idea of how to look at cars, that have been fixed up. I have seen baby strollers banged into cars, people putting their finger prints all over the cars, and even seen people open up the cars, to let their kids get in to sit down. Now, if you were going down the street, and saw a home you liked, could you just walk in? I don't think so, without getting shot. So, what I'm getting at, LOOK, BUT DON'T TOUCH.

Some of the club members went to the Nethercutt Collection Museums. What a collection of restored cars and musical instruments. If you have not been before, add it to your list of things to do. The auto museum is free and self guided, and the San Sylmar is reservations only, with a guide. The contact phones are- 818-364-6464 or 818-367-2251.

One of us car nuts needs to win the lottery. Then we can buy the old Monkey-Wards auto repair building and turn it into a street rod shop. That would bring back the hot rodding legacy of Eagle Rock.

Cruise night this month is the 31st. Come on down, and check things out. Last month was loaded with cars. Three of the Roaders came, with 61 Vette, mid 50's Chevy pickup(down in the weeds and nasty), and GMC Sprint. We had a 40 or 41 Ford pickup and 55 Ford Sedan Delivery, both new to our cruise. Lots of good prizes, for the drawing, were given away. So don't miss this month. -Just cruising, Conrad

Senior Events

Get ready for some special entertainment for our annual Luau scheduled for Tuesday the 20th. The Polynesian Dance Group under the direction of Liz Espinosa will perform for us. This is something not to be missed. Members $5.00.

To wrap up the summer, join the fun when Carlos Cruz will call BINGO on August 27.

A special note to members: Although it is not until November 27, payment to "The Lion King" is due by August 27th. Cost is $30.00. See Phyllis Mejia, Trip Coordinator.

The Eagle Vista Seniors always meet at 1100 Eagle Vista Drive at 10:00 a.m. unless otherwise stated.

Good Shepherd Finds $4500

Good Shepherd Lutheran School received a check in the amount of $4500 from Los Angeles 14th District City Councilman at a presentation on August 14. Funds were approved to be donated to the school after a request for assistance in obtaining equipment had been approved by the City Council.

The money received will be used to obtain new safety oriented playground equipment for the children attending the elementary school. The project is scheduled to for completion sometime in September.

Good Shepherd is located at 6338 North Figueroa in Highland Park. For additional information about the school please call 255-2786.

Montecito Heights Improvement Assoc. Picnic

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Summer Picnic of the Montecito Heights Improvement Association, a joint effort this year with the Friends of Debs Park and the soon to be certified Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council.

It will be held at Sycamore Grove Park on Saturday morning, August 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event will be a traditional community Summer barbeque with lemonade, potato-sack races, three-legged relays, and water-balloon tossing. We'll have representatives from the Police and Fire Departments and some surprise guests, but it just won't be complete without you and your family.

Free hot dogs, lemonade and soda will be provided by the sponsors. But it will be a potluck, so please bring a little something (from a main dish to munchies) to feed six other people.

If you're there around 11 a.m. you'll hear a few words from (and perhaps be able to interact with) our invited guests: State Senator Gloria Romero, State Assemblyperson Jackie Goldberg, Supervisor Gloria Molina, and City Councilman Ed Reyes.

We can certainly use all the help we can get, both before and during the event, so don't be shy about volunteering! For more information please call 323 222-2620 or 323 225-6393, or email laquirarte@aol.com or bmurray3rd@aol.com

Northeast Holiday Parade

The 58th Annual Northeast Holiday Parade is scheduled for Sunday, December 1st at 1 p.m. on North Figueroa in Highland Park.

The first committee meeting will be held on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 5:30 p.m. at CINCO, 127 North Avenue 57. For more information, please contact Andrew Barrera, Chairperson, 323-340-1525.

Eagle Rock Council

The ERNC regular board meetings are continuing on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at the ER Library from 6 to 8 PM.

For more information call (323) 257-6381

Community Linkages

You are invited to the 2nd Community Workshop on Community Linkages Master Plan Study.

It will be on Saturday, August 24, 2002 from 9:00 am to noon at the LA Boys & Girls Club located at 2635 Pasadena Ave. parking lot on Ave. 26 between 145 & 175 Ave. 26.

The agenda for the evening is to review recommendations from 1st community mtg., help create a new vision for our neighborhood corridors, and share our views, comments and ideas.

Some of the issues are:

*Connecting to the Gold Line Stations

*Pedestrian routes

*Bicycle routes

*Landscaped medians

*Bus stop improvements

*Connecting to community facilities

*Slowing traffic

*New shuttle routes

*Greening our corridors

*Street lights & furniture

For more information contact CD 1: 213 485 3451 (city hall), or 213 458 0763 (field office.)

Early Bird Gets Bucks

Try to begin investing as early as you can. Why the big rush? Because you want to begin earning compound interest as soon as you can; the longer you invest, the more income you will gain in the long term.

Compound interest is actually the interest you earn on your interest. For example, if you invested $10,000 and earned 10 percent interest in the next year, you would have $11,000. (You've earned $1,000 in interest income.) If you earned 10 percent again the following year, the $100 you would earn on the $1,000 in interest you earned in the current year would be considered compound interest.

Storing Sentimental Things

Are you a sentimental packrat with old bags full of unorganized cards, letters and pictures? A simple shoebox covered with your favorite fabric, wrapping paper, or self-adhesive paper provides easy storage. Remember to label the shoebox, such as "Christmas Cards 2001" or "Florida Vacation, Summer of 2001." Since the shoeboxes are stackable, stick the labels on each end of the shoebox to provide for easy retrieval. And remember: Don't store your pictures in a hot place as they may be ruined!

This picture of a building on Eagle Rock Blvd. (Central Ave at one time) taken in the 1930’s shows historic Eagle Rock businesses. We only assume that the corner was a donut shop, which it was for years, although the SHEET METAL WORKS and the CENTRAL CASH STORE are plainly visible.

Gallery Ophelia

presents a collaborative exhibit of new and selected works by Chicago artist Scott Theisen and Los Angeles Artist Rick O'Brien. The display will run through August. The gallery is located at 2144 Colorado Boulevard. For information, please call 323 982 9945.

Home of the Brave Concert

The Eagle Rock Baptist Church celebrates America's courage and commitment on the one year anniversary of September 11 with the Home of the Brave Concert. There will be two performances, one on Sept 11, and one on Sunday September 15. 7:00pm at the Eagle Rock Baptist Church, 1499 Colorado Blvd. Get tickets at the office $5.00. info.- 323 255 4611

Ave 50 Studio Commemoration of August 29, 1970

Thirty years ago, in East Los Angeles on August 29, 1970, thirty thousand antiwar demonstrators marched west along Whittier Boulevard to Laguna Park, where speeches, music, and poetry readings would culminate in Los Angeles' largest antiwar demonstration. Once the initial speaker left the podium, police attacked the peaceful demonstrators with clubs and gas. That violent day produced three deaths by LAPD--Lyn Ward -- a 15-year old child, Angel Diaz, and LA Times reporter Ruben Salazar. Thousands since have held vivid memories of the event. The Avenue 50 Studio and AztlanNet.com, will give those memories a life of their own, in an exhibition of art and memorabilia from the Chicano Movement and the historic August 29th demonstration.

The Chicano Moratorium Exhibit is part of a weeklong series of commemorative events starting August 23 and continuing through August 31, 2002 at Avenue 50 Studio. This exhibition unites various Chicano organizations, illustrating the movement's dramatic impact on LA history. The Avenue 50 Studio and AztlanNet.com will also host two panel discussions, a film screening, a commemorative march and a prayer service. The film screening of "I am Joaquin" and other timely films will be seen Friday, August 23, 2002. A commemorative march and rally will gather at York and Figueroa in Highland Park on Saturday, August 24, 2002 at 3:30 pm. A panel discussion entitled "Mightier Than The Sword" featuring writers and novelists of the Chicana/Chicano Movement, Vietnam war, and the August 29 police riot and will be held on Sunday, August 25, 2002, from 2-5:00 pm. Authors include Stella Pope Duarte, whose 2002 novel, Let Their Spirits Dance, offers a woman's perspective on the movement and the Vietnam war, and George Mariscal, whose 1999 anthology, Aztlán and Viet Nam, chronicles the Chican@ experience with the Vietnam war. On Thursday, August 29, from 7-7:30, Fr. Juan Romero will conduct a prayer service.

The Chicano Moratorium Past & Present panel will reunite members of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium on Friday on August 31, 2002, from 7:30- 10PM. The panelists will revisit that era's antiwar and social justice issues such as the impending health crisis caused by the shuttering of area hospitals and trauma centers, and relate them to similar topics facing U.S. Latinos today.

"The show acknowledges the important role women played, not just in the Moratorium, but the entire movimiento," says gallery owner Kathy Gallegos. "Although the Moratorium protested the war and the disproportionate number of Chicanos in uniform," Gallegos continues, "the show remembers our soldiers, too."

Pasadena artist, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlain, will prepare an altarpiece honoring war dead and those killed on August 29, 1970. Aparicio-Chamberlain herself was bludgeoned by two policemen who assaulted her in a private residence where she had taken refuge. She invites all to be part of an interactive altar and bring candles, photos, and objects for the altar.

A rare photographic collection by George Rodriguez, not seen in Los Angeles for several decades and thought lost, also is featured in the show. A highlight of these events will reunite some of the original movement activists, including Gloria Arellanes, Gonzalo Javier, Bob Elias, Margaret Salazar, and Rosalio Muñoz.

Avenue 50 Studio is located at 131 N. Ave 50, half a block north of the corner of Figueroa and Avenue 50. The Chicano Moratorium Commemoration Art show runs from August 23 through August 31, 5 to 9 p.m. The opening reception will be August 24, 7-11 p.m.

Art for All

The Art for All program of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)invites you to "Changing Focus," an exhibition of photographs created by teens now on view at the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center. The photographs presented in this exhibition were created in Art for All's Exploring Photography project. Now in its third year, Exploring Photography offers youth-at-risk the opportunity to learn about photography and to explore their own creativity. Under the instruction of photographer Doug McCulloh, the students use 35-mm cameras to explore and photograph both urban and natural environments throughout Los Angeles County. This year McCulloh created assignments in conjunction with the special photography exhibition at LACMA, New Acquisitions, New Work, New directions III:

Contemporary Selections.

The show will be on display from Saturday, August 3, 2002 to Thursday, August 29, 2002 at the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA 90041, 323-226-1617.

For Music Lovers

The Glendale Symphony Orchestra invites music lovers to a special summer concert entitled America The Beautiful, Saturday, August 17, 8 PM in the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale.

For its final concert of the season the Orchestra, under Maestro Sidney Weiss, will perform two timeless American classics along with Beethoven's brilliant Triple Concerto.

The program will be:

Triple Concerto; Ludwig Van Beethoven

Soloists: Debra Price, violin; Margaret Moores, cello; John Berkman, piano

Adagio For Strings Samuel Barber

Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland

This concert completes the Orchestra's 79th continuous season.

Tickets, priced at $45 to $15 (with special student tickets at $10 at the box office) are available at the Alex Box office, or on line at www.GlendaleSymphony.org For information, please call 818-500-8720. All tickets from the Symphony's March 2002 date will be honored.

Concert In The Park

Come this Sunday, August 18 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. to the Eagle Rock Recreation Center for the last concert until next summer.

Townsend Gallery

Traditions and Innovations: Dreamscapes in Photography by Mary McAleer and Elsa Chabaud are on display through August at the Townsend Gallery.

The Townsend Gallery is located on the corner of Townsend and Colorado at 1581 West Colorado Boulevard.

Gallery Figueroa's

New Show - Heat - Sensual women and flying pajamas at Gallery Figueroa's August exhibit. Pass the ice, please. Damon Schindler and Milton Knight, the two painters featured in "Heat" at Gallery Figueroa, may send your temperature up a few degrees.

"Heat," paintings by Damon Shindler and Milton Knight on display until August

24 at Gallery Figueroa, 6122 Figueroa, Highland Park.