PV Magazine | December | Issue 20

2021 | Issue No.20
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HOLIDAY
2021
Chef Robert Bell
A Legacy of Food, Friends & Palos Verdes
What’s Next?
PLUS
Tita Boulger & PSPA
Celebrate 34 Years of the Nutcracker
Palos Verdes is Celebrating the Season
Parades, Shopping and Santa
PV Magazine Along With Erik Jay
Celebrate Book Launch
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Editor’s Letter Issue No. 20
Happy Holidays!
PV MAGAZINE TEAM
House shown on cover 2020 winner of
Annual Valmonte Light Contest sponsored by Kyle Daniels.
Thank you to the Lewis family for lighting up Valmonte!
Cover photographed by Brenda Cash
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The whole team at PV Magazine would like to take a second and thank you for your continued support over
the last two years. January signals our two year anniversary in print! My, how far we have come…and what a
journey it has been! We are excited to ring in the new year with lots of exciting plans for 2022. Check out our
website if you missed a story or issue. If you are looking for something to do with kiddos, a place to volunteer
or new things happening around the South Bay, we’ve got it covered. Also, you can submit your free or notfor-profit
event for free. Send us an email and we will hook you up!
Another exciting announcement is that the coffee table book we published with our amazing Director
of Photography, Erik Jay, has officially been launched and for sale around town through the Palos Verdes
Chamber of Commerce, Nantucket Crossing and Terranea. You can also order directly from us and we can
direct you to a local pick up location. We have a limited supply of these keepsake books and if you love
Palos Verdes as much as we do, you will definitely not want to miss your chance to own one.
I wanted to take a second to thank Jim York for hosting our book signing party, Chef Dora for killing it
at our party with the delicious appetizers and Brite Party Rentals for keeping us warm on that cold
November evening.
Thank you Palos Verdes and we will continue to be thankful as we head into 2022 for trusting us with
your stories, sharing new ideas, visiting our website and supporting our growth over the last two years!!!
Huge shout out to all the sponsors that make this magazine possible!
Hoping you have a beautiful holiday season and here’s to a healthy and happy 2022!
My heartfelt thanks,
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So excited to have my parents,
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come into town to celebrate
the new book.
Happy to see Chef Robert Bell
stop by and thanks for letting
us share your story this month!
IN THIS ISSUE
Issue No. 20
Profiles
10
Palos Verdes Chef Robert Bell
Creativity, food, and Palos Verdes prove to
be the recipe for Bell’s success and new
ideas for 2022
14
Tita Boulger
A Palos Verdes Native gives the area the
gift of dance for over 40 years
PV palate
29
Lisa Boyd’s Holiday Hand Pies
Grab your favorite fillers and sprinkles
10
14
29
holidays
18
PVIS Booster Club’s Sip & Shop
Fundraiser
A perfect pairing for a great cause
19
The Las Candalistas Holiday Gifts
and Giving Boutique
Homemade crafts, food, and
more helps more than just your
Christmas list
20
The Peninsula Holiday Parade
Getting in step for the holidays with
joyful faces and fun!
21
Annual Gifts from the Heart Program
Providence Little Company of Mary
Medical Center Torrance & San Pedro
give back to those in need
community
23
PV Holiday Lights
Sparkle and shine grace a local
neighborhood with holiday cheer
38
Palos Verdes, The Great Peninsula
Book Launch Party
PV Magazine hosts a night
of celebration for Erik Jay
42
Adopt-A-Goat!
These cute critters eat to help
preserve an area’s natural beauty
45
Peninsula Friends of the Library
The library has so much more to
offer than just books
resident expert
20
43
Critical Legal Documents
for College Students
Gregory Becker gives sound advice
for student’s futures
Around Town
32
Vistas For Children Annual
Fundraiser
A Casino night of fundraising that
007 would appreciate!
32
Las Madrecitas
The Roaring 20s ring in a season
of giving
33
Palos Verdes Chamber of
Commerce Salute to Business
& Citizen of the Year Luncheon
Honoring those that go above and
beyond for our community
34
David Benoit Dinner Concert &
All-Star Jam Benefits Pacific Asian
Youth Symphony
Tennis players and awardwinning
musicians fundraise
for the AASA
35
PEF’s Major Donor Reception
The PEF thanks those who
give back to education
37
Cancer Support Community’s
Signature Garden Party Fundraiser
This fundraising event returns
with record-breaking sucess!
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Palos Verdes Chef
ROBERT BELL
Written by Melani Morose Edelstein | Photographed by Erik Jay
There is perhaps nothing more significant in our
everyday lives than our relationship to food. After a glorious
lifetime in the kitchen and hanging around dining rooms
and dinner tables, PV’s very own chef and renowned restaurateur
Robert Bell knows that what we eat reveals the
connection food has to our identity and that’s why
he continues to create and innovate cuisine.
Everything about eating, including what we
consume, how we acquire it, who prepares it and who’s
at the table, is a form of communication that is rich with
meaning. Chef Bell, the owner and operator of Mama
Terano restaurant, fully understands that our attitudes,
practices, and rituals surrounding food are a window into
our most basic beliefs about our world and ourselves and
he is devoted to nurturing that idea with new and innovative
food experiences.
“I’m a creative person, my mind is constantly going.
Every book, every magazine, every menu, every picture it’s
such a powerful force and inspiration. I am just lucky I get
to focus on food,” says the man most people simply call
the Chef.
He invents new recipes, rarely prepares the same
dish twice and shares his love for and devotion to food and
wine with the lucky residents of Palos Verdes every day at
his Mama Terano restaurant, located on the Brick Walk.
Diners at Mama Terano experience authentic Italian
cuisine along with inspired and unexpected dishes created
by the Chef, for the moment. His latest ice cream sundae
delights diners. “The sundae we have up now is called a
Sicilian Sundae. It’s ice cream from Brooklyn called ooey
gooey and then it has cherry sauce that I make with frozen
cherries. Cherry spread, port wine, balsamic vinegar and
“I watched my grandmother closely, but I always
loved sitting round the table with fifteen or twenty people
and just the dynamics of that. I always loved what was
going on. Everyone talked about food. It was the most
important thing. It’s what you shared, it’s what we love,”
he says passionately.
The Chef believes there was never anything more
important than food in his life.
“Food holds the family together. I always loved
Sunday dinner,” he remembers. “I loved my uncles and my
aunts and my grandparents. I loved seeing everyone every
week, after church. We would all arrive at my grandma’s
and sit down and start eating at 2pm and we didn’t get
up until like 7pm. That’s why I really wanted to cook,” he
admits. His love for cooking started as a child but Chef Bell
says he didn’t think of cooking as a profession until much
later in life. There was no such thing as a cooking show or a
celebrity chef; so Bell cooked for fun and friends while living
in Hollywood during his twenties. He spent a dozen or
so years in architecture and city planning before following
his calling into the kitchen in 1976.
When an old poker pal asked the Chef if he’d be
interested in drawing up a floor plan for a new restaurant
the friend was opening in Hermosa Beach, events transpired
and things quickly evolved. “I made him dinner. He
freaked out over the food and he basically hired me on the
spot to be his opening chef. I hadn’t ever cooked professionally
before that, and I never looked back. Even to this
day I say that was the luckiest thing for me. It changed my
whole life, ” the Chef laughs.
Chef Bell’s popular and successful Cafe Courtney
and later the famous Chez Melange established the Chef
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“When I was 20, I would drive up to Palos Verdes on the weekends. It was so special.
On Sundays we’d drive around the peninsula, stop in San Pedro and have lunch
at Ports O’ Call and then drive back home along the coast. It was very cool. Back in
those days I dreamt that maybe somehow I’d actually live here”.
a ton of black pepper. Then it has pistachio nuts, orange
zest, cannoli filling and a pretzel.” He rattles off the recipe
then laughs, “Sounds crazy but It’s so good.”
The restaurant’s warm and welcoming ambiance
lends itself to that of an Italian family’s Brooklyn kitchen
which is where it all began for Chef Bell more than six decades
ago. Robert Bell was raised in Brooklyn and began
his relationship with food and cooking in the real Mama
Terano’s kitchen. His beloved grandmother Millie Terano
brought Italian cooking into her Italian-American New
York kitchen and inspired her grandson’s life passion.
not only in the South Bay but in the greater Los Angeles
area, as one of the most innovative food creators working
today. He has spent countless hours giving back to his
community and feels deeply rooted here.
“We were a big part of raising money for the Peninsula
Education Foundation. Every year we did a dinner
for ten in your home, we also started the sort of infamous
Food and Wine Festival which Torrance Memorial has
taken over, but we started it in about 1984 and raised
probably millions of dollars for South Bay charities over
those years and then we started something else called
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the Young Chefs of the South Bay and we would hold
a contest and chefs from all over, like Wolfgang Puck,
would come up and we’d taste the food and pick the
winners and that was a big deal. We were always part of
the South Bay and always wanted to pay the South Bay
back for our business because we did quite well for a
long time,” he says.
Well into his seventh decade the Chef just keeps
looking forward and has big plans for the future. He
is calling his next venture the Chameleon Social Club
and he’s looking for a location and founding members
who would later become board members. The private,
members only club, similar to the popular dinner club
concept, will be the culmination of the Chef’s more than
40 years in the business.
At the Chameleon Social Club, where changes
will be the norm like the name implies, the Chef plans to
share his wealth of experience with food, wine and hospitality.
He expects to treat each member like a friend
and make every food, beverage, event and activity decision
with members in mind. “There’s really nothing like
this in the South Bay. It’s for anyone that loves food and
drink and camaraderie. That’s what it’s about,” the Chef
says. That’s what it has always been about for Chef Bell.
In the late 1970’s he was living in Hermosa Beach
when he met a wine broker named Michele who later
became his wife. A new passion would inspire his move
to Palos Verdes. He took up golf at the age of 45 and
fell instantly in love with the game. “I was single. I was a
Chef. I was well-known and the last place a single wellknown
guy would ever want to live would be in PV,” he
says laughing. “But I wanted to join the Palos Verdes Golf
Club so badly. So I bought a home. One of the very best
things about the estates is the Palos Verdes Golf Club.
It’s such a gem. It’s a great, great golf course and I feel
so privileged to play,” says Chef Bell. Michele plays too,
at least three days a week. The couple and their Border
Collie Lucy love the life they have created.
“The golf club original buildings in Palos Verdes
Estates has been here since 1924, it’s one of the original
buildings in the estates and was actually here before
homes were here. I feel so privileged belonging to it
now that it’s just part of my life. If you think about Palos
Verdes Estates they have the golf club, the stable club,
they have the beach club and they have a tennis club.
Think about that. There are not a lot of cities that have
those sort of things for their citizens. It’s fabulous,” says
the Chef.
He’s had a special place in his heart for Palos
Verdes since he was a young man living in Hollywood.
“When I was 20 I had a Porsche Speedster. I used to drive
with my girlfriend to Palos Verdes. It was so special. On
Sundays we’d drive down, stop in San Pedro and have
lunch at Ports O’ Call and then come back along the
coast. It was very cool. Back in those days I dreamt that
maybe someday I’d actually live here.” Just look at him
now. Chef Robert Bell’s life of hard work and dedication
is proof that dreams really do come true.
Robert’s wife, Michele, shown with their beloved dog, Lucy
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Tita Boulger: Dance
a 40-plus history of
for a palos verdes native
Written by Renee Jaco | Photographed by Brenda Cash
Tita Boulger, founder and director of Peninsula
School of Performing Arts, has a well-known
reputation, having taught dance in the South Bay
area for over 40 years.
Growing up in Palos Verdes, Tita attended
Malaga Cove School and Palos Verdes Peninsula
High School. She married her high school sweetheart,
with whom she has now been together for
53 years.
Tita started dancing at one-and-a-half years
old. With her father being a singer and her mother
being a dancer, Tita said that ballet has always
been in her blood. Tita began teaching dance at
age 16 in 1985.
The pandemic interrupted Tita’s teaching
career, but did not end it. She managed to host
Zoom dance classes for six months in 2020. Tita
then transitioned to hybrid learning, offering both
in-person and online classes for her pupils. After
being out for nearly two years, this winter show
will mark Tita’s 32nd Nutcracker performance
and the first since 2018. She boasted four sold out
shows for the weekend following Thanksgiving.
“I am so happy to be back in the theater,”
Tita said. “It is a celebration to be on the stage.
There is nothing quite like a live performance,
it is so fantastic.”
The Peninsula School of Performing Arts has
grown immensely since its opening in September
of 1985. The two original schools were located in
Lunada Bay and Miraleste. When the Miraleste
location closed, Tita opened a studio in the Peninsula
Center. The Peninsula Center and Lunada Bay
locations serve as staples in this community, with
19 teachers leading classes in ballet, tap, jazz and
conditioning.
Tita estimates that she has taught between
5,000 and 10,000 students throughout her career,
with some dancing in Broadway shows, The Rockettes
and Broadway touring companies.
“It is a celebration
to be on the stage.”
Recently, one of her former dancers who performed
in one of Tita’s first shows ever visited from
San Francisco to watch the Nutcracker. Tita said
she loves to watch her students grow and it is
always a pleasure to see some of her alumni
return to the studio year after year.
“You can never create an advanced dancer
unless they come back and grow,” Tita said.
The Spring Ballet is the next item on the
agenda for Tita. Sleeping Beauty will be held in
May 2022 at the Norris Theater.
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Holidays
Oh, What Fun!
On Saturday December 4, the Palos Verdes Intermediate
School Booster Club hosted its first ever Sip and
Shop Fundraiser in the front and backyards of beautiful
homes in the Valmonte neighborhood. More than 20 local
vendors set up shop to sell giftable home goods, clothing,
food, and accessories, and contributed 20 percent of their
sales to the PVIS Booster Club. Shoppers sipped on holiday
PVIS Booster Club’s Sip and Shop Fundraiser
spirits and scored amazing merchandise to wrap-up their
holiday shopping. Several PVPUSD students were also on
hand to help with a vendor raffle and answer questions.
What a way to kick off the holiday season and support an
organization that provides funding for academics, arts,
athletics, activities and more for the students and staff at
Palos Verdes Intermediate School!
The Las Candalistas Holiday Gifts
and Giving Boutique
tis the season to shop!
Held Saturday, December 4th, at Riviera United Methodist
Church, the Las Candalistas Holiday Gifts and Giving
Boutique started off the holiday season with shopping for
good causes! A wonderful variety of homemade baked
goods, Christmas decor, LC Creations, Found Treasures,
and more from area vendors greeted in-the-spirit shoppers,
with proceeds going to 1736 Family Crisis Center,
Community’s Child, and Friends of Cabrillo Aquarium.
Founded in 1967, Las Candalistas is a nonprofit auxiliary
committed to being leaders in community service and
serving various philanthropies in the South Bay Area. For
more information, visit lascandalistas.org.
Holidays
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Lisa Nesicolaci, Lorri Mino and Sylvia Tieman
Las Candalistas Home made creations
Michelle Lucen, Jen Mentesana,
Margaret Sipes, Britt Austin and Tracey Lee
Shannon Hoye, Mike Hoye
Shelley Pogorelsky, Cathy Howard and Sharon Logan
Pam Barrett Hill
Liz Brown Swanson and Pat Brown
Lisa Boyd, Constance Boyd
Sienna Elkin, Heather Elkin, Jonna Werts
Diana Heffernan Schrader, Stella Schrader, Sofia Schrader,
Emma Briedis, Paige Chapman, Christine Chapman
Janis Davis-McGarry, Judy Armstrong and Polly Goodman
Dottie Toll
Karen Stockbridge and
Janie Hasselman
Laura Lee, Tracey Lee
Jen Harkavy, Allison Cohen, Mitzi Calhoun, Jeanette O’Toole,
Christa Dileva, Susan Roberts and Marie Gallien
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Holidays
Local youth organizations were in full force and excited to be able to march this year!
holidays
jingle all the way! The Peninsula Holiday Parade
Photographed by Brenda Cash
On Saturday, December 4, 2021, the City of Rolling Hills Estates hosted the annual Holiday Parade to officially kick off the
holiday season! Complete with holiday floats, some of our local marching bands, organizations and civic groups, there
were local business sponsors and even Santa came out to join in the fun! Kenley Jansen, MLB World Series Champion
and 11-season Dodgers pitcher, served as the Grand Marshal for the parade. Kenley and Gianni Jansen along with their
four children have been residents of Palos Verdes since 2017.
Kenley Jansen second time serving as Grand Marshal
PVPUSD Superintendent Dr. Alex Cherniss and family
joy to all!
On Sunday, December 5th, Providence Little Company
of Mary Medical Center Torrrance and San Pedro hosted
the Gifts from the Heart Program that links a department
with families in need to help them have a special
Christmas experience. This program began many years
ago with the women of the first auxiliary, Mary Potter &
Company. This year, Gifts from the Heart will operate under
the umbrella of Providence Little Company of Mary
(PLCM) and families will be able to pick up their gifts at
PLCM in Torrance.
Annual Gifts from the Heart Program
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance & San Pedro
When this program began, it helped needy families enjoy
a happier, brighter Christmas holiday with the gift of a
special toy and other presents. In the past few years however,
less than 10% of the families requested toys or gifts.
The number one request is for food, followed by clothing.
Over 64 departments at PLCM San Pedro and Torrance,
Providence Medical Institute, and greater Providence
community have adopted families with some taking on
two families.
The 2021 families to be adopted have been nominated
by local churches and shelters, our Community Health
Department, and our PLCM Leaders. Continuing in the
tradition of Mary Potter & Company, Gifts from the Heart
adopted 80 families on December 5th.
Councilmember Barbara Ferraro,
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Mayor Bea Dieringer and
Councilmember Patrick Wilson, City of Rolling Hills
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community
PV HOLIDAY LIGHTS
Valmonte Holiday Home Decorating Contest
Holiday lights photographed by Brenda Cash
If you live in Valmonte, you know it has a certain charm
and that is especially true during the holidays. When Kyle
Daniels told us he was sponsoring his 2nd Annual Holiday
Home Decorating Contest. We were excited to hear about it
and get the scoop. We decided to send our photographer,
Brenda Cash, out into the community to see the lights in
Valmonte and beyond.
Valmonte resident Kyle Daniels and his wife, Colleen,
have three young children who keep them very busy all
year but last year was extra challenging staying in the
house and spending less time with friends and family.
One late afternoon during a family bike ride around
Valmonte, Kyle had an idea. What better way to add a little
extra Christmas cheer after a tough year than to encourage
his Valmonte neighborhood to really get into decorating
their homes. “Since our residents already have some fun
with the holiday lights, it took little advertising to get the
word out. As a family, we spent a lot of time riding bikes
through the neighborhood at night after long days spent
at home, so it gave us a great opportunity to see our neighbors’
artistry up close,” he says. To add a little extra fun to
the contest, he even sponsored prizes from local vendors
including Katie at Stems in Malaga Cove, Locale 90, and
Lisa Boyd, Kyle’s favorite local baker. “After a tough year for
many businesses, I thought it would be a fun way to help
them out and reward the most dedicated decorators for
their efforts. Once several homes were nominated, our
judges panel, consisting of personnel from our local PVE
Police Department and LA County Fire Department, voted
on their favorite homes and almost unanimously, Joe and
Anita at 4164 Via Solano were our first Valmonte champions!
This year the neighborhood has already stepped up their
game so we are looking forward to awarding the winners!”
He tells us. “Joe and Anita have carried on a great family
tradition by decorating their stately Georgian Style home
and continue to raise the bar for the rest of us in Valmonte!”
Kyle, Colleen, Riley, Isla, and Amelia
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HOLIDAY HAND PIES
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Kids from one to ninety-two will have fun making these delicious and festive Holiday Hand Pies!
Have a wonderful Holiday Season and enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 package of your favorite pie dough
(Makes 4-6 hand pies depending on size)
1-2 eggs
Filling options:
Jam
Chocolate chips
Mini chocolate chips
Fresh strawberries, small diced
Fresh blueberries, small diced
Fresh raspberries, small diced
Chocolate sauce
Nutella
Candy Cane flakes
Anything you like!!!
Tools Needed:
Pastry brush
Parchment paper
Holiday cookie cutters
Cookie sheet
Directions:
1. Roll out dough on a floured surface until it is thin enough to allow you to
slightly see shadows through it.
2. Using cookie cutters, cut dough into desired shapes.
(Make sure you cut out a front and a back for each hand pie!
3. In small bowl, whip 1 egg with a fork. Using a pastry brush, brush the top of the
“bottom” piece of the hand pie.
4. Place desired ingredients in the center of the “bottom” piece, leaving room
around the edges to seal the dough together.
5. Place “top” piece on top of filling. Using fork, pinch edges together.
6. Arrange sealed hand pies on a cookie sheet that is covered in parchment paper.
7. Brush the top of the sealed hand pie with the egg wash and generously sprinkle
with granulated sugar.
8. Bake at 375°F for 12-20 minutes, depending on pie size and oven. Enjoy!!
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“ A special thank you to all my
clients for putting their trust in
me to represent them in buying and
selling their most valuable asset.”
—Carolyn
HERE’S A FEW FROM THIS YEAR...
JUST LISTED FOR LEASE
$6,000 PER MONTH
CLOSED
CLOSED
504 Sherman Avenue, Gardena 35 Seaview Drive South, RPV
CLOSED
CLOSED
2171 Vallecita Drive, San Pedro
4 Bedroom • 3 Baths • 2,824 Sq. Ft.
2246 Knollcrest Place, WLV
2214 Mayfair Court, Costa Mesa
Looking forward to helping more next year.
Happy Holidays!
Carolyn Lizdenis
Team Donate Realtor | BRE 01832848
310-308-9299
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A R O U N D T O W N
Vistas For Children Annual Fundraiser
Vistas for Children, Inc. held its annual fall fundraiser on Sunday,
October 24th at Palos Verdes Golf Club. The James Bond-themed
casino night featured casino games, signature cocktails, dinner
and a live auction. The event was well attended by active Vistas
for Children members, their guests and alumni.
The guests were also treated to a message from Lynn Taylor,
Board Chair of Trinity Care, one of the 20 organizations Vistas for
Children granted to last year, impacting nearly 6,000 children.
Since founded in 1978, Vistas for Children has granted more
than $7,600,000.
Vistas for Children is a 100% volunteer philanthropic organization
which raises money to support local nonprofits serving children
who have been diagnosed with a visual impairment, autism or
disability, are food insecure or homeless, are struggling with a
crisis trauma or domestic violence, have a parent who is diagnosed
with cancer, are a foster child, at-risk, underserved or in
a treatment facility. For more information on our mission or to
donate, please visit us at vistasforchildren.org.
Jim and Vanessa Heavner, Suzanne Winkler, Irma Levine, Katrina and
Michael Goldberg, Joe Dufresne and Ron Anfuso
Palos Verdes Chamber of Commerce Salute to Business
& Citizen of the Year Luncheon
On November 18, 2021 the Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
held its signature lunch, Salute to Business and Citizen of
the Year at Trump National Golf Club. “Celebrating the Resilience
Of our Businesses and Community” was the theme. ​“Excellence in
Business” Awards were presented to Malaga Bank, Medawar Fine
Jewelers, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Association of Realtors.
Great American International Seafood Market was honored as the
“Best New Business” and Toberman Neighborhood Center was
recognized as the “Nonprofit Organization of the Year”. The winners
were selected by fellow Chamber members. The prestigious
“Citizen of the Year” Award was awarded to our First Responders,
in recognition of their courage and commitment to serving the
community, especially with the challenges of the pandemic. The
Chamber also honored representatives from local Hospitals, Los
A R O U N D T O W N
Angeles County Fire & Paramedics, Los Angeles County Sheriff,
and the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department. There was also
a very touching tribute to all the Chamber businesses, celebrating
the resilience and creativity with which they have faced the
challenges of the past twenty months. “The Chamber was thrilled
to bring the community together to honor our First Responders
and our outstanding local businesses,” said Eileen Hupp, Chamber
President and CEO. “The public was invited to join to celebrate the
strength and resilience of our community. ”Key sponsors for the
event include Wright1 Consulting, Inc., Trump National Golf Club,
Providence Little Company of Mary, and The ForeFront Media.
Businesses interested in future sponsorships should contact the
Chamber at 310-377-8111 or connect@palosverdeschamber.com.
community
Vistas for Children’s president Josephine Balzano with the event chairwomen
Nadia Elgrably McMahon, Teri Nelson Carpenter and Rene Mizuguchi. The Aston
Martin DBX was provided by Beverly Hills Aston Martin & O’Garo Coach.
The four Peninsula cities were all invited to participate in presenting the
Citizen of the Year award to the First Responders.
Councilmember Patrick Wilson, Rolling Hills; Mayor Eric Alegria, Rancho
Palos Verdes; Councilmember Britt Huff, Rolling Hills Estates; Mayor Bea
Dieringer, Rolling Hills; Mayor Steve Zuckerman, Rolling Hills Estates;
Councilmember John Cruikshank, Rancho Palos Verdes
Firefighter Norm Sutherlin and Paramedic Brett MacKenzie
Las Madrecitas
Members of Las Madrecitas, a Peninsula support
group of the Orthopeadic Institute for Children
hospital, held their fall fundraiser at The California
Club in Downtown Los Angeles on November
12th. Going along with the theme of the evening
“A Roaring 20s Soiree” many members and
guests came decked out in fun 20s dress, enjoying
a cocktail hour that featured a large silent
auction, and a superb dinner with an auctioneer
driven live auction. Following dinner guests
enjoyed a Casino Night and live band. Proceeds
from the event directly benefited the Charitable
Children’s Guild, an auxiliary support group of the
Orthopeadic Institute for Children.
Sandi Barrett and Lainey Cote
Jennifer Harkavy and Marta Jevenois
Lindsey Burrell, R.N., Deputy Patrick Duran Officer Jordan Munde Angela Shvartsman, R.N.,
Firefighter Norman Sutherlin, Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor Eric Alegria,
Firefighter Paramedic Brett MacKenzie
Eileen Hupp Andrew Werts,
and Jasna Penich, Malaga Bank
David Kelliny, Bob Sandler, Mark Coleman, Maura Mizuguchi, Mary Kelliny, Susan Sandler
Eileen Hupp, PVP Chamber
CEO Christine Byrne, Executive Director PEF
Amanda Martelli, Toberman Neighborhood Center
Robert Medawar, Honoree and
Julia Parton, Malaga Bank and
2021 PVP Chamber Chairman
Eileen Hupp, PVP Chamber,
Chamber CEO Christine Byrne, Executive Director – PEF
Tim Aupperle, The Great American International Seafood Market
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community
A R O U N D T O W N
David Benoit Dinner Concert & All-Star Jam Benefits Pacific Asian Youth Symphony
Multi-Grammy nominee David Benoit led an all-star jazz band for
the Pacific Vision Youth Symphony fundraiser on Sunday, November
7. Benoit was joined on stage by AASA alumni touring musicians:
saxophonist Justin Klunk (who toured with Ariana Grande),
drummer Vinnie Aguas, bassist Cory Ng, guitarist Lance Conrad,
veteran jazz guitarist Pat Kelley, bassist Gabe Davis and Grammyaward
winning composer and pianist John Proulx. The evening
also included an elegant dinner, a silent and live auction with
proceeds from the successful event benefiting AASA, a nonprofit
organization that supports music education and performance opportunities
for local young musicians.
The event was preceded by the 12th annual AASA doubles tennis
tournament, the winners being Chie Kawauchi & Janet Stearns,
Gabe Davis & John Proulx, Jordan Bao Shapiro & Liane Baumann,
David Benoit & Pat Kelley. If you’d like to find out more about AA-
SA’s programs or simply support them, please call (310) 377-8977
or visit AASymphony.org.
PEF’s Major Donor Reception
Peninsula Education Foundation held its Major Donor Reception
at the newly-renovated La Venta Inn on Thursday, November 18.
Approximately 275 people were on hand to celebrate the year’s
fundraising efforts and to acknowledge those supporters who
have generously donated $2,500 and more to PEF. The Chuck
Miller Teacher Grant recipients were also honored and recognized
A R O U N D T O W N
for their exemplary efforts of providing unique experiences and
learning opportunities for our students. These PVPUSD teachers
were awarded grants up to $1,500 to use to bring new ideas and
innovation into the classroom. The Major Donor reception was
sponsored by First Republic, La Venta Inn and Made by Meg.
community
Carrie Mandala, Michelle Fullerton and Mandy Leonard
Gerard Bisignano, Lori O’Hern and Tom O’Hern
Cory Ng, Justin Klunk, David Benoit, John Proulx, Gabe Davis, Pat Kelley, Vinnie Aguas, and Lance Conrad
Women’s Tennis winners
Chie Kawauchi, Janet Stearns
Paul Abe, Anne Abe, Kei Benoit
Emily Jiang, Terry Carroll, Arachely Sal-Carroll,
Lori Quan, Victor Qiu
Jim Collings, Desiree Collings,
Carol Wharton, Celia Planto
The 2021 Chuck Miller Teacher Grant winners!
Kay Wardell, Chuck Miller and Jackie Glass
Women’s Tennis winners Jordan Bao Shapiro,
Liane Baumann with Merlin David
Les Fishman, Virginia Butler, Craig Sunada
Tennis winners Pat Kelley & David Benoit
PEF Trustees Alyson Decker, Georgiana Rosenkranz
and Carlie Garber
PVPUSD Superintendent Dr. Alex Cherniss, Andrew Triolo, Kim Triolo,
John Peterson and Betty Lin Peterson
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“We know what we’re doing, and we care.”
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Tennis estate w/the finest materials, workmanship and
design. High ceilings, arched windows, sunlit rooms, ocean
views. | Gourmet kitchen, pool, spa, BBQ, fireplace, tennis
court, lush landscapes. | $7,288,000
The Return of Cancer Support
Community’s Signature Garden
Party Fundraiser Sells Out to
Record Breaking Success
On October 26, 2021, the Cancer Support Community hosted the
return of their 24th annual Celebrate Wellness food and beverage
tasting event at the South Coast Botanic Garden. A sold-out
crowd of more than 500 guests enjoyed sunshine and music
as they sampled fare from over 30 restaurants, wineries and
breweries that participated in the late afternoon garden party.
The event generated record breaking proceeds of $327,000
A R O U N D T O W N
which will help fund more than 200 free support programs
each month for cancer patients and their loved ones offered by
CSCRB. “We were so excited to bring Celebrate Wellness back
after having to cancel it last year due to the pandemic,” said
CSCRB Executive Director/CEO Joey Shanahan. “Our supporters
clearly felt the same way as the event sold out three weeks in
advance! Everything came together this year to make this the
most successful Celebrate Wellness ever. It was a magical day
in the garden. We are so grateful to the many sponsors, donors,
and food and beverage partners who made this day possible and
whose generosity and support enables us to continue offering
our many free programs for cancer patients and their families.”
For a list of top sponsors of the event and to learn more about
CSCRB’s free educational and support programs for cancer
and their loved ones: www.cscrb.org
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Three bedroom and two bathroom in 1,723 sq. ft. | Great ocean
and Catalina Island views! Needs work, but the bones of the
house give it a good foundation for improvement! | $1,479,000
CLOSED
CLOSED
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#7 Chaparral, RPV | $2,295,000
CLOSED
CLOSED
30275 Via Victoria, RPV | $2,150,000
CLOSED
CSCRB Board Member Dan Hovenstine, MD
CSCRB Co-founder Thomas Simko,MD
Andrew Werts, Jonna Werts, Lindsey Buttles, Jon Buttles
#8 Encanto, RHE | $1,750,000
2600 Via Campesina, PVE | $2,050,000
3924 PV Dr. North, PVE | $2,338,000
30900 Via la Cresta, RPV | $2,588,800
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
Listed/sold in 3 days!
29172 Oceanridge, RPV | $2,200,000
849 Rincon Lane, PVE | $3,152,500
1108 Via Goleta, PVE | $2,910,000
1708 Flagler, RB | $1,225,000
CEO South Coast Botanic Garden CEO South Coast Botanic Garden
Adrienne Nakashima, Wesley Nakashima, Chief Development Officer South
Coast Botanic Garden Danielle Brown, Charlie Brown
CSCRB Executive Director CEO Joey Shanahan,Premiere Event Sponsor
Jacky Glass, CSCRB Director of Development Jackie Suiter
Malaga Cove Plaza Palos Verdes Estates
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Event speaker-breast cancer survivor-Nilton Fonseca,
CSCRB Program Director-Nancy Lomibao, LMFT
CSCRB Board Member Preston Gegenfurtner,
CSCRB Board Member Sacha Ohara, Hank Parker, Julia Parton
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PV Magazine Hosts Launch of
Palos Verdes, The Great Peninsula
On December 2, 2021 Palos Verdes Magazine, along with Erik Jay,
Director of photography for PV Magazine and Kristin Borden,
Publisher and Owner, officially launched the coffee table book,
Palos Verdes, The Great Peninsula at the beautiful Catalina View
Gardens. It was a beautiful evening under the stars and guests
toasted to the new book, Erik Jay signed books and yummy food
was provided by Chef Dora. If you would like to purchase a copy of
the book: www.pvpublications.com
PV Magazine would like to thank PV residents,
Sharon and Gabriell Lam for hosting
their fun photobooth, Foto Mirror US with us
at our PV Magazine and Palos Verdes, The
Great Peninsula book signing party, a fun
time in the photobooth was had by all!
Cheri and Byron Newell
Barry Saperstein, Patrick Stednitz ,Charlie Melwing,
Vern Adams, Sally Davis, Nicole Saperstein
Erik Jay and Michelle Moebius
Jason Buck, Monique Sugimoto and Steve Shriver
Debbie Simpson, Jennifer Kirk and
Elizabeth Packwood
Erick Miseroy and daughter, Mia
Jim York, Roger Biggeln, Kathy York,
Jane Biggeln and Steve Shriver
Sharon Lam, Lorri Mino, Erik Jay,
Debbie Sampson and Kristin Borden
Renee Jaco, Cindy Donnelly,
and Lane Bullard
Jessica Brende, Genieve Trousdale, and David Kutzer
Michael and Gemma Kemps
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Idyllic Retreat
in Rolling Hills
Just Sold!
4025 VIA GAVILAN, PALOS VERDES ESTATES
4 BEDS + OFFICE | 4.5 BATHS | 3427 SF | 11981 SF LOT | SOLD AT $3,500,000
1 Morgan Lane
Offered at $4,398,000 | 5 BR, 4.5 BA
Approx. 4,277sf | Approx. 2.65 Acre Lot
Single level ranch style home located in the prestigious
guard-gated equestrian community of Rolling Hills,
perched atop the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Beautifully sited
on a cul-de-sac, this home features a gracious family room
with vaulted beamed ceilings, dramatic slate fireplace
and wet bar, an eat-in kitchen, formal living & dining room,
and a functional split floor plan.
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SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGES OR WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PROPERTY INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE, ROOM COUNT, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PROPERTY LISTINGS SHOULD BE
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community
PVPLC Launches Another Creative Way for the Community to Get
Involved Offering an Opportunity to Give the Gift of Conservation…
ADOPT-A-GOAT!
Written by Sara Atashi
Photos provided by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Critical Legal Documents
for College Students
Important Paperwork That Can Make A Huge Difference
Contributed by Gregory Becker | Written by Melani Morose Edelstein
resident expert
Every day, we benefit from the beauty of our
natural landscape on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Since 1988, residents have helped protect 1,600
acres of natural open land through the Palos
Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy. Without the
community’s support for the Conservancy, the
beauty of Palos Verdes could have been lost.
With the goal of restoring the land to achieve
greater health for our plants and for the future
survival of rare wildlife, the Conservancy hires goats
to remove invasive weeds prior to planting new,
healthy native plants. The goats eat tumbleweed
and fennel among other weeds and then leave
behind natural “fertilizer” while keeping green
trash to a minimum. The Conservancy also plants
native plants for the health and benefit of wildlife.
Palos Verdes residents are invited to adopt a
goat or provide plants to make a permanent and
positive impact on this community. Please consider
a gift of support to the Conservancy by “adopting”
a goat for $100.
If you choose to adopt a goat, you will be invited
to a small spring event where you will be
offered a family portrait with the goats (exact
date in spring 2022 will be announced in April).
A generous gift of $100 will help pay for one goat
for one day and will prepare land for beautiful
plants; $250 helps pay for one goat for ½ week;
$500 will purchase a full week. Each gift also
provides support to grow locally-harvested seeds
into beautiful native plants. A gift of $100 can also
help grow a dozen plants for our native coastal
sage scrub plant community. A gift of $1,000 will
support one classroom for the third grade junior
naturalist program. If you choose to double the
value of your gift by December 31st, a generous
anonymous donor will match your gift!
Last year alone, our community of supporters
helped to plant 24,000 locally-grown native plants.
Despite COVID-19, we provided amazing “virtual”
educational field experiences to more than 3,080
elementary students. The Conservancy asks for
the continued support of its neighbors to carry
on this legacy.
Donors are also encouraged to participate in
the 2022 presentation of Wild & Scenic Film Festival
on tour January 16th. Visit pvplc.org/donate-pvplc/
to Adopt-a-Goat and to learn more about the
donation options.
College students are coming home for the
holidays but soon after the holidays they will be
packed and ready for another semester in college.
Parents everywhere have already purchased all
the necessities and will most likely purchase more
while they are home. Travel arrangements were
secured months ago. Parents might feel prepared
by helping their student children but are they
really? If you’re a parent, have you considered
how you would step in to handle an emergency
without having all the proper legal documents
in place?
Gregory Becker, a Palos Verdes native and California
trusts and estates attorney, says when he is
retained by clients who are parents, he prepares
two simple powers of attorney. One for health care
and one for business.
If there are no legal documents in place to allow
parents to step in and manage their student’s
health and financial affairs it can be a complex
and daunting task. In California, without the proper
legal documents a court order may be required
before action can be taken which is why Becker
believes everyone should be prepared. Although
our kids will always be our kids, once they turn 18,
they are legal adults.
In times of emergency, and in order to avoid
costly delays and costly hearings, Becker says all
families should prepare Powers of Attorney for
Health and Business for their college students.
These documents set forth the student’s
wishes and nominate agents (most often parents
or guardians) to carry out their wishes. An agent’s
powers can be immediate, or they can vest upon
the occurrence of an event such as incapacity.
In an emergency, with these documents in
place, the student’s agent should be able to work
with the student’s health care providers, police,
first responders, bank, landlord, utility providers,
school and insurance companies without delay or
costs.
Even if there is no emergency a power of attorney
can still have value. In the case of an agent
who has the immediate power to act, the agent
can step-in and make medical appointments or
help with billing disputes, issues that are often difficult
for college students to navigate.
If you would like to learn more about this topic
or help with estate planning, wills or trusts: (310)
543-1126, gregorybecker.com.
Gregory Becker is a Palos Verdes Native and California trusts
and estates attorney who lives in Rolling Hills with his wife
Tiffany and three children, Ethan, Caroline, Landon
and their dog, Parker.
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Peninsula Friends of the Library,
The Icing on the Cake!
Written by Cindy Donnelly
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Touch of
Color to
Your Life
You may have noticed the library is open to the
public again, and in person activities as well as virtual
activities are being provided at no cost to the community.
Many residents think that tax dollars fund all of what
the Palos Verdes Library District has to offer, but did you
know that Peninsula Friends of the Library is the icing
on the cake! As the Peninsula Friends of the Library get
ready to kick off their Annual Appeal we had a chance to
chat with Colleen Cotter, Executive Director of Peninsula
Friends of the Library. She would love the community to
know all the “extras” the Annual Appeal helps to provide
including many FREE online services such as Rosetta
Stone, Ancestry.com, Libby and many more including
new online resources coming in 2021-2022 such as
Coursera and Learning Express. All you need is a library
card to use these valuable resources from the comfort
of your home! In addition to the online programs, Peninsula
Friends of the Library funds provide Storytime,
Special Events, the Teen Annex, Summer Reading
programs, Sunday Hours and Funds for Capital Projects.
Without the Annual Appeal, many of these programs
would not be available to the community. Most important
Peninsula Friends of the Library want people to
use the library, because people who read have greater
emotional intelligence and empathy and can better put
themselves in someone else’s shoes which is so important
in the world right now. You have a kinder community
when you have a community of readers.
How can the community help? In November we
sent out the Annual Appeal letter. Take a moment and
consider what the library means to your community.
You can send in your donation or donate directly online
at: www.pvldfriends.org/give. Information is also available
at all library branches.
Plaque honoring Aileen Hoy
Palos Verdes Library District honored longtime volunteer
and founder of the Peninsula Friends of the Library Gift Shop,
Aileen Hoy, with a memorial plaque
Rooftop Movie Night at the library
The 2021 Palos Verdes Library District Community Art Show Winners
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It was my honor to sell the following houses in Palos Verdes
so far in 2021, Covid not withstanding. There were others,
but they wouldn’t all fit on the page!
3101 Paseo Del Campo, PVE
2901 Via Victoria, PVE
20 Narcissa, RPV
6939 Beechfield, RPV
1557 Granvia Altamira, PVE
204 Via Alcance, PVE
6424 Via Canada, RPV
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26403 Grayslake, RPV
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