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Julian Gold Takes Gavel As New Mayor Of Beverly Hills By Victoria Talbot Lili Bosse turned over the gavel to Dr. Julian Gold, M.D. Tuesday at a ceremony that saw Gold installed as Beverly Hills’ new mayor. The event at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, ablaze with colorful spring flowers, brought together the community of residents, City staff, businesses and stakeholders in a celebration of City government and the Democratic process. At the evening’s start, fellow councilmembers paid tribute to the
year past with Mayor Bosse at the helm. Her Healthy City Initiative culminated in a Walk with the Mayor on Monday morning that drew nearly 400 people. Lili Bosse promised to give 110 percent four years ago. “I think you’ll agree. I kept my promise,” she said, adding, “I still believe the best is yet to come,” looking to Gold. For her last act as Mayor, Bosse took the nominations from the council for Mayor. All went to Gold and he was elected Mayor of Beverly Hills. (see ‘NEW MAYOR’ page 31)
Julian Gold (left) takes the reins from outgoing mayor Lili Bosse (right).
Kirk, Anne Douglas Donate $2.3M Beverly Hills Mourns Loss Of Force Craig Donahue To Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Creative Courier
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By Laura Coleman Today, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announces that longtime Beverly Hills residents Kirk and Anne Douglas have committed $2.3 million in new funding to CHLA to purchase a da Vinci surgical robot for the Division of Pediatric Urology in order to offer a less invasive surgical treatment option for children. “Because children are our future, we are particularly concerned with their welfare and education,” Kirk Douglas said. “We have supported CHLA over many years, close to two decades if I recall correctly, but the purchase of the Da Vinci robot is our (see ‘CHLA DONATION’ page 30)
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SAVING LIVES—Kirk & Anne Douglas with Dr. Paul Kokorowski, Director of Robotic Surgery in the Division of Urology at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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Laurie Burrows Grad And Husband Peter Grad Have Raised More Than $26 Million In 24 Years For Alzheimer’s Research With Their A Night At Sardi’s Fundraisers. Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE
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Holiday events, the Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance and many more. "His cre- Craig Donahue ativity and imagination brought a new class of events to Beverly Hills," Courier President & Publisher Marcia Hobbs said. Donahue was survived by his partner Warren Jones, his parents, two sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
Beverly Hills Elder: Selene Walters, Actress, Writer Part 29 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City. By Laura Coleman
From left: Pioneer Hardware staff – Manager Ryan Hudson, Sergio Martinez, Amanda Marti and Owner Jeff Tilem.
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staff Craig Donahue, the longtime creative and marketing force behind Rodeo Drive's biggest and brightest celebrations, died unexpectedly late Tuesday evening at 54. Tara de Souza, a spokesperson for The Donahue Group, Donahue's PR firm, said the death was unexpected and no official cause of death has been revealed. Donahue worked with the Rodeo Drive Committee for more than two decades to helm a host of events such as the Centennial Block Party,
Pioneer Hardware Still Hits The Nail On The Head This year, The Courier celebrates 50 years in the community. Throughout the year, we will honor the legacy of excellence in Beverly Hills’ heritage businesses that have called the City their home since 1965 or earlier. Service meant something. And at By Victoria Talbot In 1926, Pioneer Hardware Pioneer Hardware, that is somecouldn’t have been more aptly thing that hasn’t changed. In fact, named. Beverly Hills was just an service is their best-selling comoutpost, located on a barren modity. stretch of what became Wilshire For many decades, Pioneer Boulevard half way to the beach Hardware was located on Beverly and Santa Monica. The sleepy Drive, a few doors south of the town had just begun a rise to Bank of America building. The prominence dominated by an in- store was the “Successor to Chas. flux of movie folks and a drive for A Mayer and Canon Dr. Hardware excellence. in 1926, and located “directly Pioneer Hardware endured. (see ‘PIONEER HARDWARE’ page 30)
Selene Walters, 91, who has spent most of her life living in Beverly Hills, has stories to tell. For example, there was the time, shortly after she divorced her second husband at age 20 for slapping her around, that she ran off to Paris in pursuit of the Shah of Iran, leaving her (see ‘SELENE WALTERS’ page 30)
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Lili Bosse led Beverly Hills residents on the final Walk With the Mayor. 5
Selene Walters MAKING NEW FRIENDS— Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna hung out with characters from the Twentieth Century Fox and Dreamworks Animation’s HOME special screening at the Regency Village Theatre For more photos, see George Christy’s column on page 6.