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J2 THURSDAY, NOVIiMHI-R 22, 1990 VV I.OS ANCiEI.IS TTMI'S Westside Digest Hollywood WEEKEND PERSPECTIVE BEST BET Items for Weekend Perspective may be mailed to 1717 4th Suite 200, Santa Monica 90401. Events must be open to the public. Publicity notices must list time, day, date, place, name of sponsoring organization and a phone number where someone can be reached for additional information. Materials should be mailed at least 10 days In advance. were confident that all three would remain open.

"Just because it changes hands doesn't mean it's a bad sign," said an official in the city treasurer's office, adding that a new owner or manager might launch renovations or innovative marketing. Recycling Official Resigns The city's waste reduction coordinator, Jane Hinshaw, is resigning, effective this week. Hinshaw, who was hired in August, said she was quitting for personal reasons. As the recycling coordinator which was a new position she oversaw a study of the city's amount and types of trash. The report, issued last week, will be the basis for devising ways to reduce the amount of waste 25 by 1995 and 50 by 2000, as mandated by a recently enacted state law.

Hinshaw said she was proud of the report and the steady increase in recycling. Last month, 96 tons of newspaper, glass, plastic and other recyclable materials were left at the city's nine drop-off sites, up from about 55 tons when the program started in April, Hinshaw said. Fairfax Metro Rail Building Plans Metro Rail officials have altered the timetable for building two Hollywood Boulevard stations of the Red Line sub way in an effort to shorten the disruption caused by construction. By building the proposed stations at Highland Avenue and at Vine Street simultaneously, Metro Rail officials said they hope to shave at least eight months off the construction time, lessening traffic problems caused by the project and other adverse impacts on area residents and businesses. The coordination effort, announced this week, was recently approved by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commis sion, which is overseeing the Red Line project, and its construction subsidiary, the Rail Construction Corp.

Councilman Michael Woo, who re quested the acceleration, and his appoint ed citizens advisory group expressed strong support for advancing and coordi nating the construction. "That way," Woo said, "Hollywood Boulevard only gets dug up once, and the disruption is over sooner. The new schedule calls for construction to start in April, 1993, and last until April, 1996. Under the previous schedule, work on the Highland Avenue station was to start three months later and last until January, 1997. In order to launch both construction efforts at the same time, design work on the Highland Station must begin immediately, and bids will go out in November, 1992, according to Woo and rail officials.

Culver City Hotel Seeks Bankruptcy Aid The operator of the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, one of the three big hotels in the city, has filed for bankruptcy protection while it tries to negotiate a more profitable agreement for running the hotel. A spokeswoman for the hotel company said that the Plaza, at the southern edge of Culver City next to Fox Hills Mall, would remain open through the negotiations. Prime Motor Inns based in New Jersey, filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy court this month to be allowed to reject contracts that are unprofitable at 25 hotel sites around the country, including the Plaza, it said that leasing costs for the hotels were about $25.8 million a year, but its operating income is about $11.6 million. Prime Motor and the hotel site owner, Cargill Leasing would not give figures for the Plaza alone.

Officials of both companies said they were negotiating and hoped to reach a decision soon. Last month, Prime Motor sent a letter to hotel employees saying there was a possibility that the 200-room Plaza would close if talks failed. Prime Motor spokeswoman Nancy Fisher said this week that "we hope to maintain operating" the Plaza. "Closing could be an eventuality, but we expect the property would operate under one management or another," she said. Cargill general manager Perry Mead, meanwhile, said; "I would think something will work out).

There's no incentive for anybody to see it close." Cargill, based in Minnesota, has owned the Plaza site and structure since 1986. Culver City will collect $1.6 million in bed taxes this year from hotels and motels, the bulk of it from the three large hotels in Fox Hills the Plaza, the Rama-da and the Pacifica. Bed taxes account for 3.7 of the city's general fund. The Ramada was sold this month, and the Pacifica has been up for sale for several years. But city officials said they Santa Monica Vote Here are virtually final unofficial results for the Santa Monica City Council election and for Proposition the only ballot measure on which the outcome was in doubt.

As of Wednesday, all but four absentee ballots had been counted. The City Clerk is scheduled to certifiy the election results on Tuesday. Winners, when determined, in bold type. An asterisk indicates incumbent. CITY COUNCIL (3 to be elected) Tony Vazquez 14,209 Robert T.

Holbrook 13,973 Kelly Olson 12,879 Christine Reed 12,505 UonnaAlvarez 12,191 SharonGilpin 9,912 Kathleen Schwallie 6,603 JeanGebman 2,579 Larry Jon Hobbs 2,571 PROPOSITION Tenants' rent control measure) Voto Yes 15,639 49.6 No 16,905 50.4 Here are the final unofficial from the County Registrar -Recorder on the election for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education. The County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to certify election results on Tuesday. BOARD OF EDUCATION (4 to be elected) Michael Hill 19,163 Pam Brady 18,486 Patricia Hoffman 18,262 Branda Gottfried 12,805 Joanne Leavitt 12,500 Thomas Kayrt 7,586 Well, we said, we guessed we'd pass on the Hollywood Christmas Parade this year. Our niece, Deedee, who at 6 is about niece-high to a grasshopper, couldn't believe this heresy. The teacher has already started reading about Scrooge, so she knows the vocabulary.

More or less. "Bah bah black sheep!" she accused us. "You went last year and the year before," we reminded her. "I know." She pitched the idea. And as usual, a curve emerged.

"The Exterminator is gonna lead it!" "Arnold Schwarzenegger is the grand marshal," her mother translated. "And there'll be horses, stars, Santa Claus and much more!" Maybe she'd heard a promo on the radio. Maybe the kid is headed for a career as a press agent. Maybe she'll arrange a gig for us in 20 years to dodder into the sunset for a whiskey commercial. "What stars?" we wanted to know.

"Real ones!" She did not mean those twinkly little miracles of the night sky. She meant glossy good-lookers with glassily glamorous smiles who perch in clean, highly waxed classic convertibles, slowly rolling down the boulevard. Real stars, without batting an eyelash, instantly divide the wheat from the chaff in a parade crowd, the In from the Out, the Young from the Old. The In and Young squeal and surge toward the star and car. The Old and Out look at each other and ask, "Who's that?" "Cowboys!" Deedee said.

"On real horses. With silver saddles and horsenesses." "Harnesses," we said. "Harnesses. And a real Santa Claus, right, Deedee?" "Of course! He's gonna float!" Just then her brother, Billy, 8, breezed through, shouting, "Santa in a swimsuit!" holding the air a foot in front of his stomach and going "ho-ho-ho" all the way out to the kitchen. Her mother explained what a float was, remember last year? And Deedee said she knew that, and described Santa's red suit in painful detail to make sure nobody thought SHE thought he would wear a swimsuit.

Then, singing "Ho-ho, ho-ho, it's off to work we go," she skipped out to the kitchen for a little pre-dinner pummel with her brother. The parade, sponsored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, starts at 6 p.m. Sunday at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue, travels west to Highland Avenue, north to Hollywood Boulevard and east to Bronson Avenue. "It'll also be on Channel 5 live," Deedee's mother said, but we'd already made up our minds to go live ourselves. Just so we can watch Deedee and Billy watch it.

Events Thanksgiving Dinner The Santa Monica Vineyard Christian Fellowship will serve Thanksgiving dinner and will provide clothing and haircuts; Santa Monica Civic Center, 1855 Main Santa Monica; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today; information: (213) 392-8969 (free). Holiday Celebration The Regent Beverly Wilshire will celebrate the holiday season with Santa, live reindeer and choirs; 9500 Wilshire Beverly Hills; 1 to 6 p.m. Friday; information: (213 275-5200.

Trojan Club The Los Angeles West Trojan Club will have a pep rally before the Notre Dame game; Lowes Beach Hotel, 1700 Ocean Santa Monica; 6:30 p.m. Friday; reservations required; information: (213) 454-7788 Country Christmas Village Calamigos Ranch will offer a country Christmas village; Calamigos Ranch, Kanan Dume Road and Mulholland Highway, MalibU; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; information: (213) 889-6440. Christmas Parade The 1990 Hollywood Christmas Parade will be held; corner of Van Ness Avenue and Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood; 6 to 8 p.m.

Sunday; information: (818 887-2284 (free). Bookmaklng Workshop The Westside Arts Center will sponsor a bookmaking workshop; Westside Arts Center, 1602 The Promenade, Santa Monica; 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday; reservations required; information: (213) 395-1443 (free). Music Christmas Concert Christmas Carolers will celebrate the holiday season; Villa Marina Shopping Center; Maxella and Glencoe avenues, Marina del Rey; 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday; information: (213) 827-0253 (free).

Theater 'Santa Knows Best' The Santa Monica Playhouse Theatre will feature "Santa Knows 1211 4th Santa Monica; 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday; reservations required; information: (213 394-9779, ext. 1 Artistic Evening The podium will be shared by Laurel Woodwind Quintet and Marian Steele; Pierson Playhouse, Temescal Canyon Road at Haverford Avenue, Pacific Palisdades; 8 p.m. Sunday; information: (213 454-1887 'American Song' Woody Guthrie's "American Song" will be performed; Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; 7 p.m. Sunday; information: (213) 456-4522 Singles Shabbat Service Wise Singles will offer Shabbat services; Stephen S.

Wise Temple, 15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive, Los Angeles; 7:30 p.m. Friday; information: (818) 981-4800. Dance Party Young Executive Singles will hold a dance party; Reubens Restaurant, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey; 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Friday; information: (213) 657-7100 ($14, $17 at the door). Breakfast Brunch The DecMay Club will hold a breakfast brunch; Hyatt on Sunset, 8401 Sunset West Hollywood; 10:30 a.m. Sunday; information: (213) 656-6535 Dinner Party The Los Angeles Vegetarian Assn. will sponsor a dinner party; Border Grill restaurant; 1445 4th Santa Monica; 7 p.m. Sunday; reservations required; information: (213 379-LAVA 276 to 253.

Sheriff's Capt. Clarence Chapman, blamed much of the crime on "a proliferation of gang activity" south of Slauson Avenue. Chapman said the Sheriff's Department has increased patrols in the area and is negotiating to open a substation in the Ladera shopping center at Centinela Avenue and La Tijera Boulevard. Crenshaw Christmas Parade on Friday The Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza will mark the start of the holiday season with its second annual Christmas parade on Friday. The parade will begin at 10 a.m.

near the intersection of Crenshaw and Exposition boulevards, travel south through the Crenshaw District and end at the shopping center at Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards. Park Labrea Review Stalled The management of the Park Labrea apartment complex has received yet another postponement for a hearing on its long-pending appeal on a request to pass on to tenants the cost of a $3-million fencing and gating project. The request was previously denied. The issue had been scheduled to come up for review on Nov.

16, but is now set for March 1, 1991, at 9 a.m., at the Rent Stabilization Division offices on 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles. Roger Winegar, general manager of Park Labrea, said that much of the delay is due to the need to determine just how much it cost to undertake the early phases of the project at a time when May Co. stores were the sole owners of the property. "The Rent Stabilization Board wanted not just the amount, but the documentation for all of it," he said. May Co.

has since sold a half-interest in the project to the Cleveland-based Forest City real estate company. Because May Co. did not keep track of the time that its lawyers, engineers and other employees put into the complex procedure of taking over the city-owned streets, the process is proving time-consuming, Winegar said. Park Labrea, with about 10,000 tenants, is the largest rental complex on the Westside. Access was limited to residents and their guests when the fencing system went into operation in 1989.

Marina del Rey Christmas Boat Parade Final preparations are being made for the 28th annual Christmas Holiday Boat Parade in Marina del Rey. The annual event, scheduled for Dec. 8, will feature scores of yachts decorated with holiday lights, animated figures and flashing signs. The boats will sail up and down the marina's main channel from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Veteran Hollywood producer David L.

Wolper will be grand marshal of the parade. The USC Trojan Marching Band and the UCLA Alumni Band will provide music. This year's event, titled "The Gift of Freedom," is dedicated to the men and women of America's armed services and their families. Boat owners wishing to participate should contact the Pioneer Skippers Boat Owners Assn. at (213 821-7614.

Serious Crime Declines Serious crime in Marina del Rey dropped 6.7 in the first 10 months of the year, led by a decline in reported assaults, larceny and rape. Los Angeles County Sheriff Depart ment figures show 686 serious crimes reported at the marina from January to October, compared with 735 in the same' period last year. The marina, an unincorporated part of the county, is patrolled by: sheriff's deputies. Two rapes were reported this year, compared with four last year. Larceny cases dropped from 458 to 396, assaults from 76 to 58 and arson cases from two to none.

There were no murders. On the other hand, robberies increased from 23 last year to 28, vehicle thefts from 89 to 107 and burglaries from 83 to 95. Capt. Clarence Chapman, head of the sheriff's Marina substation, said the de partment fielded a special team to reduce street crime during the summer and is working to combat auto thefts in the area. Baldwin Hills Major Crime on the Rise Serious crime in the Baldwin Hills-Ladera Heights area rose 4 during the first 10 months of this year, led by a sharp jump in reported murders, robberies and assaults.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which patrols the unincorporated area, said 823 serious crimes were reported from January through October, compared with 791 in the same period last year. Four murders were reported this year, compared with one last year. Robberies jumped from 77 last year to 119, assaults from 91 to 116, arson cases from four to five and burglaries from 165 to 171. However, reported rapes declined from nine cases last year to four, vehicle thefts from 168 to 151 and larceny cases from Children's Activities Immunizations St. John's Hospital and Health Center will provide immunizations for children; St.

Anne's Church, 2017 Colorado Santa Monica; 10 a.m. to noon Saturday; information: (213 829-8016 (free). Classes Tal Chi A Tai ChiChi Kung class will held at a north Santa Monica location; 8:45 to 10 a.m. Saturdays; information, location: (213) 476-2234 (free). Malibu Malibu Independence Day Malibu cityhood backers say they will go ahead with plans for a Malibu Independence Day celebration March 30, despite hints that Los Angeles County officials may try to delay cityhood until 1992.

A committee appointed by Malibu's unofficial City Council has sent letters to schools, churches, businesses and civic groups asking for help in planning the event. "We see no reason not to go ahead and lay the groundwork for what we think will be a memorable and historic event," committee co-chairwoman Joan House said. Voters approved cityhood last June, but county supervisors have delayed it until at least next March in a bid to start work on a controversial sower system for Senior Citizens Bingo The Cheviot Hills Senior Citizens Club will sponsor bingo; Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, 2551 Motor Los Angeles; 10:45 a.m. Friday; information: (213 839-1819 Club Meeting The Mar Vista Senior Citizens Club will have a general meeting; 11430 Woodbine Los Angeles; 10 a.m. Friday; information: (213) 398-5982.

Malibu. Cityhood supporters have asked the California Supreme Court to nullify the delay. Supporters say they also plan to try next month, for a second time, to obtain state legislation to clear the way for cityhood. Sewer Panel to Wait and See A citizens panel charged with making recommendations concerning a controversial sewer system that Los Angeles County wants to build in Malibu has postponed further meetings until January. A spokesman for the panel said that a majority of its members decided not to resume holding monthly meetings until after the California Coastal Commission decides whether to allow the county to speed up construction of the proposed $43-million sewer system.

In what figures to be a critical decision, the state panel is to consider the matter when it meets next month in San Diego. The citizens' sewer advisory panel has scheduled its next meeting for Jan. 14..