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Organizers trying to land the2024 Summer Olympics for LosAngeles would include a new footballstadium in the games’ ceremonies.
The NFL stadium being built inInglewood near Los AngelesInternational Airport would beused for ceremonies along with LosAngeles Memorial Coliseum aspart of the committee’s concept tocreate a “new games for a new era,”LA2024 announced Monday.
The opening ceremony would beheld July 20, 2024, and begin with atorch relay down the row of
columns of the Coliseum, whichhosted the 1932 and 1984 Olympics.
The stadium is expected to seat70,000 spectators for a Hollywood-produced spectacle of musical per-formances and a live viewing andvirtual reality experience of all cer-emonies at the NFL stadium.
The torch relay would passlandmarks on the streets of LosAngeles until it reaches the NFLstadium, which would hold100,000 spectators. The Inglewoodstadium would host the openingceremony, including the parade of
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The City Attorney’s office hasissued a $500 fine to CouncilmanTerry O’Day over campaign contri-butions made during the 2016election.
Local watchdog organization,The Transparency Project, filedtwo complaints against O’Dayalleging he accepted money fromindividuals who received contractsfrom the Council while O’Day wasbehind the dais.
The complaint accused O’Dayof accepting money from MarcLuzatto and Dan Emmett. Bothcampaign contributions were for
$340 and both were ruled a viola-tion of the law because O’Day hadpreviously voted to approve con-tracts with the companies ownedby Luzatto and Emmett. Under theOaks rules, candidates who havepreviously served on the councilare prohibited from acceptingdonations from companies or indi-viduals that have received materialbenefits from the City while thatcouncilperson was in office.
O’Day acknowledged receivingthe money and returning the con-tributions but the law stipulatesdonations must be returned within10 days of receipt and O’Day tooktoo long to return the money inquestion.
In his letter explaining his deci-sion, Deputy City Attorney TerryL. White said O’Day had agreed topay a $500 fine over the two con-tributions.
“This violation appears to bethe first violation of the OaksInitiative by Councilman O’Day,who clearly did not exercise duediligence in his initial receipt of thecontributions and the subsequentfailure to return them promptlywithin ten days of receiving thecontributions,” said White.
“I do not believe the mostsevere penalty of misdemeanorcriminal prosecution is appropri-
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MLK CELEBRATION Kate Cagle [email protected] Monica marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with its annual event on Monday. The Westside Coalition hosted SantaMonica College President Katheryn Jeffery at the SGI-USA Community Center on Wilshire and the audience was theninvited to walk several blocks to St. Monica’s church for a community involvement fair following the presentations.
Election violation solicits $500 fineNew NFL stadium would playkey role in 2024 LA Olympics
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Tuesday, January 17Ocean Park Mystery Book GroupJoin organizers as they discuss thelatest authors in the mystery genre.Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month.Emphasis on international authorsand locations. All are welcome. Noregistration required. January title:“The Memory Man” by David Baldacci.Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 MainSt. 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Legos and Games Come enjoy Legos and Board Games.Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 MainSt. 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Write Away Writers GroupSupport and encouragement for writ-ers of all stripes. Fairview BranchLibrary, 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., 12 –2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 18Soundwaves ConcertNew music performance. MainLibrary, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 7:30– 8:30 p.m.
Planning Commission MeetingRegular Meeting of the Santa MonicaPlanning Commission. City Hall, 1685Main St., 7 p.m.
Commission for the Senior Community MeetingThe Commission meets on the thirdWednesday of each month from 1:30 -3:30 p.m. at the Ken Edwards Center(1527 4th St). The public is welcometo attend.
Thursday, January 19Recreation and ParksCommission MeetingRegular meeting of the Santa MonicaRecreation and Parks CommissionMeetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the3rd Thursday of each month inCouncil Chambers at Santa MonicaCity Hall (1685 Main St).
Pico Branch Book GroupThe Pico Branch Book Group reads avariety of fiction and nonfiction titlesthroughout the year. See print calen-dar for upcoming book titles beingdiscussed. This group is open and wel-coming to all newcomers. Pico BranchLibrary, 2201 Pico Blvd., 7 – 8:30 p.m.
GED Prep ClassGet prepared to take the ReasoningThrough Language Arts subject test ofthe GED. Class will be held in the Annex,next to Pico Branch Library. Pico BranchLibrary, 2201 Pico Blvd., 6 – 8 p.m.
Housing CommissionMeetingThe Housing Commission meets onthe 3rd Thursday of each month at4:30 p.m. at the Santa Monica MainLibrary, located at 601 Santa MonicaBlvd., Santa Monica, California.
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LOS ANGELESPhilippe Friedlich Named Division Chief at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Philippe Friedlich, MD, MSEpi, MBA, has been selected as division chief of Neonatologyand director of the Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (CFNM) at Children’s HospitalLos Angeles. In this role, he will oversee the Division’s clinical, training and researchefforts. The Division’s integrated team is part of the CFNM, along with the CHLA Divisionof Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
This multi-institutional collaboration led by CHLA brings the hospital together withthe LAC+USC Medical Center, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, ProvidenceTarzana Medical Center, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Providence Saint John’sHealth Center and Good Samaritan Hospital—including the expertise of more than 25pediatric medical, surgical and radiology divisions.
The Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine is home to the 58-bed Steven & AlexandraCohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit at CHLA. Here, infants haveaccess to Level IV, state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services and consultationsfrom faculty of virtually all existing pediatric subspecialties. CHLA is ranked among thetop hospitals in the nation for neonatology care in the latest U.S. News & World ReportBest Children’s Hospitals survey. For 2016-2017, the CFNM was ranked the top neonatalcenter in California and seventh nationally.
“Dr. Friedlich is a longtime and highly respected member of the CHLA family,” saysPaul S. Viviano, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “We look forwardto Philippe’s ongoing leadership of the Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, whichprovides advanced care for more than 2,000 critically ill newborns and infants and moth-ers-to-be in the Greater Los Angeles area each year.”
Friedlich, a Malibu resident, is also a professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Surgery atthe Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). A fellow ofthe American Academy of Pediatrics, he holds memberships with the Society of PediatricResearch and the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Perinatal Pediatrics. He isalso a member of the California Children’s Medical Services/California Children’sServices NICU Technical Advisory Committee.
After earning his medical degree at USC, Friedlich completed his pediatric residencyand internship at CHLA. He also completed a fellowship in neonatal and perinatal medi-cine at the USC Women’s and Children’s Hospital before joining the faculty of the Divisionof Neonatal Medicine in 1998. In 2004, he completed a Master of Science in applied bio-statistics and epidemiology at USC and earned an MBA in medical management from theUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2006.
Friedlich’s research interests include the epidemiology of congenital malformations andneonatal health care delivery and outcomes. He directs the Epidemiology Research Program,which provides guidance for neonatal fellows and other investigators interested in epidemiologyand outcomes research in newborn infants. He has published over 150 abstracts, peer-reviewedarticles and book chapters and supports strong research collaborations between surgical, med-ical and health care-related disciplines in areas of clinical, translational and basic science.
“Under Dr. Friedlich’s direction, education and training will continue to be priorities for theDivision, providing an environment that supports the care of critically ill neonates and theeducational experience for the largest neonatal fellowship program in Southern California,”says Roberta Williams, MD, interim chair of the hospital’s Department of Pediatrics. “Thedivision will also focus on training for neonatal nurses, respiratory therapists and others ded-icated to saving and improving the lives of our most vulnerable newborns.”
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nations, the Olympic oaths, the officialopening of the games and the lighting of theflame.
On Aug. 4, 2024, the Coliseum wouldhost the closing ceremony, including theparade of athletes, the Olympic flag han-dover and the extinguishing of the flame. Atthe same time, the Inglewood stadiumwould host spectators for live viewing andhigh-tech entertainment.
“Hosting Olympic ceremonies across twoiconic stadiums has never been done,”
LA204 CEO Gene Sykes said. “But LA’swealth of stadiums and technology mean wecan think about ‘What’s next?’ instead of justasking what has been done before.”
The new NFL stadium is expected toopen in 2019, when it will be the home ofthe NFL’s Rams and Chargers. It alreadyhas been named as host of the 2021 SuperBowl.
The Los Angeles bid committee said theColiseum would host the track and fieldcompetition in 2024 using a temporary trackdeck. Starting next year, the Coliseum is setto undergo a $270 million renovation fund-ed by the University of Southern California,whose football team plays there.
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THE CURTAIN FALLS ON THE OBAMA ERAthis week. It’s been a tremendous run in ourcountry’s history. Eight years of positive eco-nomic growth. We started the era with a cri-sis that could have taken down the globaleconomy, but with the hard work ofPresident Obama, and many other leaders,we avoided a cataclysmic implosion.
2008 was rough year for many.Economically the country was frozen. Sociallywe were moving backwards with a movementto outlaw gay marriage and personally, well Iwas taking on the Mormons – they won – fora while. Obama came to power on thestrength of his ideas, oratory and a socialmedia organization that mobilized youth in away that they hadn’t been previously.
This week we have a new administrationcoming in to take up the reins of power andto guide us through choppy waters as we facecontinued assaults on our humanity. Onelook at Syria, Israel, and the continuedatrocities in Afghanistan, Iraq and largeswathes of Africa will show you thathumans, don’t like humans very much.
We find myriad ways and reasons topoint the finger of condemnation, and “oth-erness” so that it becomes easier to hate, dis-enfranchise and in far too many cases, kill.Humanity has always had a problem beinghumane. Today for good or bad, we have aneasier time in both seeing the inhumanity,and of fostering the hate.
The breadth and depth of social media inour lives has made it possible to easily learnhow the Hutus and the Tutsis have engagedin a genocide, but also why the Kentuckycoal miners feel so ignored in our country. Itis this ability to reach a mass audience withlightning speed has changed the way wehandle politics in our country.
As we all live more and more of our livesonline, it becomes easier to react, in supportor condemnation, to each political state-ment. The time for reflection and deepthought has become shortened. Emotionsenflame, poorly chosen words fly and peopleflee to their respective corners as they pre-pare to defend their positions.
Partisan politics has grown to a feverpitch with little room for discussion, letalone compromise, allowed. Our countryhas moved from the “We Can Do It!” mind-
set of the 1940’s sense of camaraderie, to theHatfield and McCoy’s mentality that leads todecades of anger, hurts and insults.
The incoming administration speaks ofthe need for us to come together as a coun-try after a bruising election – time will tell ifthey are uniters or dividers. The challengesfaced by our country, let alone the planet, aremany. We have a second industrial revolu-tion going on and no one seems to knowhow to handle it. The loss of jobs to automa-tion is creating record levels of functionallyunemployed and it will not likely reversecourse any time soon.
There are infrastructure problems galore,with dilapidated roadways, a too heavyreliance on fossil fuels and a population thatneeds education, healthcare and hope. Thereis a tremendous wave of job seekers in themillennials. They are at the cross-hairs ofour needs: more contributors are needed tosustain the Social Security system, at thesame time that we have less actual need forproductive workers.
Historically we are due for another reces-sion right about now. The indicators are thatthe economy has been growing and shouldbe ready for a break, maybe it will happenand we’ll have a soft landing. Maybe we’llhave another freeze up like 2008. Maybe theeconomy will continue to grow.
No matter what happens, we will have anew administration, a new Congress and theroad forward will continue for the AmericanExperiment. Some people don’t like change,some people thrive on it.
Americans are resilient, we come fromscrappy people. Most of us are of immigrantstock, one way or another, and that is ourstrength. These are anxious times whenthere is a changing of the guard. It will takea few months for the changes to shake out,and for us to find a new normal – and I haveno doubt though that we will.
Because we have done it 44 times before.
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LUNGevity Foundation, a national lung cancer research foundation, has announcedthat Edward Garon, MD, has joined LUNGevity’s Scientific Advisory Board, a group of 19scientists and researchers who guide LUNGevity’s scientific strategy and research pro-gram. The Scientific Advisory Board is integral to the Foundation, overseeing the scien-tific approach and ensuring that grants are awarded to the researchers whose proposalsdemonstrate the greatest potential for finding lung cancer at its earliest, most treatablephase, as well as extending and improving lives for lung cancer survivors.
LUNGevity is the only lung cancer organization with programmatic focuses on earlydetection and Career DevelopmentAwards. LUNGevity-fundedresearchers are working on finding abetter way to detect lung cancer, andto better diagnose, treat, and preventits recurrence. The research programis a crucial factor in moving the sci-ence forward to improve outcomesfor people living with lung cancer.
Dr. Garon is the Director of theThoracic Oncology Program at theJonsson Comprehensive CancerCenter at UCLA and AssociateProfessor of Medicine in the Divisionof Hematology-Oncology at DavidGeffen School of Medicine at UCLA.He has been the principal investigatorof peer-reviewed grants from variousfunding organizations, including theNational Cancer Institute. His focus ison clinical research and biomarker development. He has served as the principal investi-gator on national and international phase I, II, and III clinical trials. Among these are tri-als that have led to the approval of drugs for the treatment of non-small cell lung can-cer, including ramucirumab (Cyramza) and the immunotherapy pembrolizumab(Keytruda).
“We are honored that Dr. Garon has joined our Scientific Advisory Board,” said AndreaFerris, President and Chairman of LUNGevity Foundation. “His expertise and advice will beinvaluable to furthering LUNGevity’s goal to improve outcomes for lung cancer patients.”
For more information on LUNGevity Foundation, visit www.LUNGevity.org. — SUBMITTED BY AUSTIN COURTNEY
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ate for this first-time violation of the statute.When Councilman O’Day became aware ofthe violation, he quickly returned the contri-butions and acknowledged his error inaccepting the contributions. There is no evi-dence to indicate this conduct was a ‘know-ing and willful’ violation by CouncilmanO’Day which would justify proceeding witha misdemeanor criminal prosecution.”
Mary Marlow filed the complaint onbehalf of the Transparency Project.
“It is a very positive step that the City hasfinally recognized its responsibility touphold Oaks and sanction a public officialfor violating it. Many residents have workedlong and hard to reach this result. But we arequite concerned that after all the CityCouncil sessions discussing the importanceof Oaks last year and public officials’ respon-sibilities under it, Councilmember O’Daywould so soon afterwards violate the law,”said Marlow, in a statement. “The rest of usare required to follow the law. Senior gov-ernment officials and developers can be noexception. They have been given more thanample notice.”
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2016 campaign,” he said. “Thanks to thebroad support of the voters, I look forward tocontinuing to serve our city.”
For years, the anti-corruption rules wereon the books locally but not enforced.Former City Attorney Marsha Moutrie hadpreviously argued the rules were a conflict ofinterest for the City Attorney’s office andpast complaints were not pursued.
Council made revisions to the enforce-ment procedures last year following recom-mendations from an outside investigatorlooking into actions by Councilwoman PamO’Connor. Those changes included estab-lishing a dedicated individual within theCity Attorney’s office and White, who headsthe Criminal Division of the office, receivedthe assignment.
Following the administrative revisions,voters approved additional regulationsstrengthening the provision in theNovember election.
Additional accusations of illegal behaviorwere levied against candidates and cam-paigns during the election season.
The California Fair Political PracticesCommission is still investigating complaintsagainst Armen Melkonians and the Yes onMeasure LV campaign alleging Melkoniansimproperly controlled multiple campaigncommittees during the election. No rulinghas been made on those cases.
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ABOUT LUNG CANCER• 1 in 15 Americans is diagnosed with lungcancer in their lifetime• More than 224,000 people in the U.S. willbe diagnosed with lung cancer this year• About 60%-65% of all new lung cancerdiagnoses are among people who have neversmoked or are former smokers• Lung cancer kills more people than thenext three leading cancers (colorectal,breast, and prostate) combined• Only 18% of all people diagnosed with lungcancer will survive 5 years or more, BUT ifit’s caught before it spreads, the chance for5-year survival improves dramatically
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Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District of Los Angeles County (SMMUSD) willreceive sealed bids from contractors holding a type “B and C-17 or B with a C-17 licensedSubcontractor” license, on the following: Bid #17.08.ES, Rogers Elementary SchoolWindows Replacement project at Rogers Elementary School. This scope of work is estimat-ed to be between $1,750,000 - $2,250,000 and includes; Abatement and removal of allexisting windows on campus and replacement with new painted aluminum windows inbuildings A, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N & P. Replacement of Gutters & Downspouts.ADA renovation of selected Restroom along the path of travel. All bids must be filed inthe SMMUSD Facility Improvement Office, 2828 4th Street, Santa Monica, California90405 on or before Thursday, 2/16/17 at 2:00 PM at which time and place the bids willbe publicly opened. Each bid must be sealed and marked with the bid name and num-ber. All Bidders must attend the Mandatory Job Walk to be held at the site, on Thursday,1/26/17 at 10:00 AM. To view the projects bidding documents, please visit ARC SouthernCalifornia public plan room www.crplanwell.com and reference the project Bid #.
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Days before taking office, President-electDonald Trump attempted to navigate thefallout of his flap with a civil rights leaderand colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.while also losing a member of his incomingadministration to accusations of plagiarism.
Trump on Monday met with one ofKing’s sons on the holiday marking the lifeof the slain American icon just days after thepresident-elect attacked Rep. John Lewis onTwitter. Lewis and the elder King wereamong the Big Six leaders of the civil rightsmovement of the 1960s.
Trump accused Lewis, D-Ga., for being“all talk” after Lewis questioned the legiti-macy of Trump’s election. The president-elect also advised the veteran congressmanto pay more attention to his “crime ridden”Atlanta-area district. Trump’s commentsdrew widespread criticism and have done lit-tle to reassure those uneasy about the transi-tion from the nation’s first black president toa president-elect still struggling to connectwith most nonwhite voters.
Martin Luther King III downplayed theslight, saying that “in the heat of emotion a lotof things get said on both sides.” King, whosaid he pressed Trump on the need for votingreform to increase participation, deemed themeeting “constructive.” King said that whilehe disagreed with the president-elect’s com-ments, he believed “at some point in thisnation we’ve got to move forward.”
“He said that he is going to represent allAmericans. He said that over and over again,”King told reporters in the lobby of TrumpTower after the nearly hourlong meeting. “Ibelieve that’s his intent, but I think we alsohave to consistently engage with pressure, pub-lic pressure. It doesn’t happen automatically.”
Trump, who struggled for support fromminority voters on Election Day, brieflyjoined King in the lobby but ignoredreporters’ shouted questions about his com-ments about Lewis.
Lewis had suggested that Trump’sNovember victory was delegitimized due toRussian interference and said he would boy-cott Friday’s Inauguration. More than twodozen Democratic members of Congress havesaid they will sit out the Trump ceremony.Among them is Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen,who said Monday that “this president ‘semi-elect’ does not deserve to be president of theUnited States. He has not exhibited the char-acteristics or the values that we hold dear.”
The Martin Luther King holiday is meantto honor community service and volun-teerism, and many Americans, includingPresident Barack Obama, spend part of theday doing a service project of some kind.Trump, who cancelled a planned trip toWashington, spent the day inside theManhattan skyscraper that bears his name.
Meanwhile, conservative media com-mentator Monica Crowley will not be join-
ing the Trump administration followingaccusations of plagiarism, according to atransition official.
Crowley, a frequent on-air presence atFox News Channel, had been slated to joinTrump’s National Security Council as adirector of strategic communications. OnMonday, she withdrew her name from con-sideration after CNN reported last week thatseveral passages in a 2012 book Crowleywrote were plagiarized. PublisherHarperCollins then pulled the book.
Crowley’s retreat was first reported by TheWashington Times. The transition officialconfirmed the decision on the condition ofanonymity because the official was notauthorized to speak publicly about the matter.
Trump has continued to lash out at his criticsin the intelligence community and questionedwhether the CIA director himself was “the leak-er of fake news” in a Sunday night tweet.
The extraordinary criticism from theincoming president came hours after CIAchief John Brennan charged that Trump lacksa full understanding of the threat Moscowposes to the United States, delivering a publiclecture to the president-elect that furtherhighlighted the bitter state of Trump’s rela-tions with American intelligence agencies.
“Now that he’s going to have an opportu-nity to do something for our national secu-rity as opposed to talking and tweeting, he’sgoing to have tremendous responsibility tomake sure that U.S. and national securityinterests are protected,” Brennan said on“Fox News Sunday,” warning that the presi-dent-elect’s impulsivity could be dangerous.
Trump shot back in a Twitter post Sunday,saying: “Oh really, couldn’t do much worse -just look at Syria (red line), Crimea, Ukraineand the buildup of Russian nukes. Not good!Was this the leaker of Fake News?”
Additionally, European Union nationsbracing for Trump’s ascension showed defi-ance Monday in the face of the president-elect’s stinging comments on everythingfrom NATO and German cars to the crum-bling of the EU itself.
German Foreign Minister Frank-WalterSteinmeier said the U.S. president-elect’s viewthat NATO was obsolete and his criticism thatEuropean allied members aren’t paying theirfair share had “caused astonishment.”
Trump also said Britain’s decision to leavethe 28-nation European Union would “endup being a great thing,” and he predictedthat other countries would also leave.
At a meeting of EU ministers, FrenchForeign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said thebest response to such comments was simple— “it is the unity of the Europeans.”
In Berlin, German Chancellor AngelaMerkel insisted: “We Europeans have ourfate in our own hands.”
Associated Press writers Julie Pace inWashington, Steve Peoples in New York, RafCasert in Brussels and Kirsten Grieshaber inBerlin contributed to this report.
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European Union nations bracing for thelooming Donald Trump presidency showeddefiance Monday in the face of the presi-dent-elect’s stinging comments on every-thing from NATO and German cars to thecrumbling of the EU itself.
German Foreign Minister Frank-WalterSteinmeier said the U.S. president-elect’sview that NATO was obsolete and his criti-cism that European allied members aren’tpaying their fair share had “caused astonish-ment.”
Trump also said Britain’s decision to leavethe 28-nation European Union would “endup being a great thing,” and he predictedthat other countries would also leave.
At a meeting of EU ministers, FrenchForeign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said thebest response to such comments was simple— “it is the unity of the Europeans.”
In Berlin, German Chancellor AngelaMerkel insisted: “We Europeans have ourfate in our own hands.”
“I’m personally going to wait until theAmerican president takes office, and then wewill naturally work with him on all levels,”she told reporters.
French President Francois Hollande waseven more outspoken in his defiance.
Europe “has no need for outside advice totell it what to do,” Hollande said at a ceremo-ny for outgoing U.S. ambassador in ParisJane Hartley.
“Europe will always be willing to pursuetrans-Atlantic cooperation, but it will baseits decisions on its interests and its values,”he added.
Some EU officials fear Trump’s frequent,often acerbic Twitter postings might be theprelude to a caustic presidency after Friday’sinauguration.
“We are going to move away from, Iguess, a kind of Twitter diplomacy, and theninto a reality,” said Danish Foreign MinisterAnders Samuelsen, adding that reality couldbe “perhaps more difficult than what isgoing on on Twitter.”
EU foreign ministers were already wor-ried what Trump might do beyond theircontinent. They came out against any planby Trump to move the U.S. Embassy in Israelto Jerusalem and warned that it could ratch-et up tensions with the Arab world.
“It is very important for us all to refrainfrom unilateral actions,” EU foreign policychief Federica Mogherini said. “We hopethat there can be reflection on consequencesof any move that is taken,” she said.
Although Trump had made similar state-ments about NATO during his election cam-paign, his recent comments still came as a bitof a surprise since his choice for defense sec-retary, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis,
stressed his support for the NATO militaryalliance in his U.S. congressional confirma-tion hearing last week.
Trump’s views, in an interview publishedMonday with German daily Bild and TheTimes of London, contradict Mattis,Steinmeier said.
“If one compares the positions of the des-ignated president and the future foreign anddefense ministers, then one can’t discern acommon foreign policy line among the newU.S. government,” he said.
There have even been fears the U.S. mili-tary commitment to Europe would waneunder Trump. A German newspaper groupreports that Lithuanian President DaliaGrybauskaite has urged Trump to continuemeeting the U.S.’s financial obligationstoward the alliance.
“Since World War II, the presence of U.S.troops has been a prerequisite for rebuildingthe continent, safeguarding peace andensuring security,” she told the RND net-work of some 30 German papers.
“We expect continuity from the new U.S.administration. Trump must maintain thisleadership role, to ensure security, stabilityand peace,” she was quoted as saying.
Trump indicated he was indifferent towhether the EU stays together or not, asharp break from the Obama administra-tion, which encouraged British people tovote to remain in the EU in the June referen-dum.
“I believe others will leave ... I do thinkkeeping it together is not gonna be as easy asa lot of people think,” Trump said in theinterview.
The British exit from the EU would “endup being a great thing,” he said.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnsonsaid it’s “very good news that the United Statesof America wants to do a good free trade dealwith us and wants to do it very fast.”
Trump was less kind to German industryofficials, saying car manufacturers includingBMW could face tariffs of up to 35 percent ifthey set up plants in Mexico instead of in theU.S. and try to export the cars to the U.S.
Such tariffs would make the Americanauto industry “worse, weaker and moreexpensive,” Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s econ-omy minister, told Bild.
Gabriel suggested Europeans shouldexhibit more self-confidence in dealing withTrump.“We’re not weak and inferior,” he said.
Whatever his goal, Trump’s commentswere strong enough to make him the talk ofthe town in European capitals.
“It is clear that we are discussing thisissue all the time,” Czech Foreign MinisterLubomir Zaoralek said at the EU meeting inBrussels.
Grieshaber reported from Berlin. David Risingand Frank Jordans in Berlin, Lorne Cook inBrussels and Sylvie Corbet in Paris contributed.
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She may not be working in the WhiteHouse, but that doesn’t mean Ivanka Trumpis staying out of politics.
Although she has said she will have noofficial role in her father’s administration,Ivanka Trump has been quietly laying thegroundwork for an effort that could makeher perhaps the best-connected policy advo-cate in Washington. Trump, who has madeclear she wants to push for policies benefit-ing women and girls, last week sought theadvice of a group of female executives andmedia stars in New York City. And transitionaides have reached out to congressional staffon child care policies, an area she has urgedPresident-elect Donald Trump to prioritize.
In a Facebook post detailing her nextmoves, Ivanka Trump thanked people whohad reached out on such issues and added thatshe is determining the “most impactful andappropriate ways for me to serve our country.”
It is not clear if Trump will establish herselfindependently or if she will eventually enterthe White House. But operating from the out-side may take her into uncharted territory, asthere are few recent examples of a first familymember without a White House office advo-cating for policies. The closest model is thefirst lady, who has an office in the East Wing.
For now, the businesswoman has said onlythat she is stepping away from executive rolesat the Trump Organization and her lifestylebrand and is moving her family to Washingtonso that her husband, Jared Kushner, can take ajob as a senior adviser. She has also stressedthat she wants to focus on settling her threeyoung children in a new home.
But Ivanka Trump is also thinkingbeyond that.
On Thursday, she attended a dinner withfemale executives at the home of her friendWendi Deng, ex-wife of media executiveRubert Murdoch. The dinner was put togeth-er by Dina Powell, a Goldman Sachs partnerwho is joining the Trump administration asan assistant to the president and senior coun-selor for economic initiatives. Powell hasbeen advising Ivanka Trump and is expectedto continue working closely with her.
Other guests included MSNBC “MorningJoe” co-host Mika Brzezinski, model ChristyTurlington Burns, former White House presssecretary Dana Perino, Xerox ChairpersonUrsula Burns, Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert,Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cynthia Leive andTime Managing Editor Nancy Gibbs.Another attendee, Pattie Sellers, executivedirector of Fortune’s Most Powerful WomenSummits, wrote on Fortune.com that IvankaTrump “explained that she wanted to learnfrom the efforts of leaders in their fields.”
Also there was Sheila Marcelo, founder ofwww.care.com, a website that connects fam-
ilies with caregivers, said an attendee whospoke on condition of anonymity because itwas a private dinner. Marcelo spoke aboutthe high cost of caregiving, both for childrenand adult family members.
The attendee said the group also dis-cussed the Trump transition team’s recentoutreach to the House of Representatives’Ways and Means Committee staff aboutTrump’s child care proposals. Asked aboutnews reports about the outreach, IvankaTrump noted that these were priorities forthe president-elect, the attendee said.
A Trump Transition spokespersondeclined to comment on the event.
Ivanka Trump’s interest and influence onthese issues was clear during the campaign.Encouraged by his daughter, Donald Trumpoffered a child care plan in September, whichincludes guaranteeing six weeks of paidmaternity leave for new mothers, as well assome incentives to encourage employers toprovide child care to workers.
The policy would require congressionalapproval — a considerable hurdle. Such pro-posals are not a high priority for Republicanleadership and it’s not clear how well they’llbe received by conservatives in the GOP-controlled Congress.
Ivanka Trump has already made someoutreach to lawmakers, including meetingwith Republican women back in September.But it is not clear if, moving forward, she willlobby Congress directly.
There is little precedent for a president’sadult child seeking to have that sort of influ-ence, said University of Minnesota law pro-fessor Richard Painter, who served as ethicscounsel for President George W. Bush.
The closest comparison would be the pol-icy work by first ladies, like Michelle Obama’s“Let’s Move” campaign. Painter said that firstladies are generally not subject to conflict ofinterest laws, though in the past they com-plied voluntarily like past presidents.
But Painter said to avoid conflicts, IvankaTrump should, like her husband, follow federalethics laws. For example, he said she should notoffer her father advice on international trade ifshe continues to have a financial stake in herclothing business. He said he did not thinkIvanka Trump would need to register as a lobby-ist if she was a policy advocate if she was not paid.
Ivanka Trump has said she will take a“formal leave of absence” from her executivepositions at the Trump Organization andher lifestyle brand — which offers shoes,clothes and messages of female empower-ment. Her company will be run by the cur-rent president and a board of trustees.
The Trump team has said Ivanka Trumpwill divest some assets and will receive fixedpayments rather than a share of the profitsfrom the Trump Organization. No detailshave been released on her financial arrange-ment with the lifestyle brand.
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NoticesNOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LUANNA ELLIS DEVENISCase No. 17STP800139To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and other persons who may otherwise be interested in the estate of LUANNA ELLIS DEVENISA PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LUANNA ELENA DEVENIS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LUANNA ELENA DEVENIS be appointed personal representative to administer the estate of decedent.THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many
Noticesactions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held on February 9, 2017 at 8:30AM in Dept. No. 79, located at 111 N. HILL STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012.IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice Form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for petitioner:WAYNE T. KASAI550 S. HOPE ST., SUITE 2685, LOS ANGELES, CA 90071213-629-3900
Name ChangesORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAMECase No. SS026706Superior Court of California, County of Los Ange-lesPetition of OMAR DWIAT for Change of NameTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: OMAR DWIAT filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: OMAR MOHAMMAD DWIAT TO OMAR ZAIN DWIAT. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Notice of Hearing: Date: FEB 24, 2017 Time: 8:30 AM, Dept: K, Room: ANNEX The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 1725 MAIN ST., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401.A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.Date: DEC 27, 2016
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