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By Victoria Talbot By the time the Courier was on its way to the printer last week with a story revealing that Branden Williams was the proponent who submitted 2,966 signatures to repeal the City’s newly enacted Basement Ordinance last Friday, Williams appears to have been in damage control mode. He had engaged Aviv Tuchman as counsel who simultaneously emailed this reporter and the Courier with a threat of legal action for “Potential Defamatory Statements & Demand to Correct and/or Remove Defamatory Materials.”
“Mr. Williams has advised me that you are contemplating publishing yet another article about him which he believes will contain false statements. If you and your newspaper commit libel against him in any such contemplated article, my client reserves the right to pursue legal action against the Beverly Hills Courier and you personally for any defamatory statements.” At the same time, his wife Rayni, a salesperson with Hilton & Hyland, whose license is listed with the Department of Real Estate under Rayni Romito, was trying to broker a resolution. Before it was too late,
Williams was presented with the opportunity to make it clear that his resignation from the antiBasement Ordinance Petition Committee was not a subterfuge - but a legitimate withdrawal from the efforts of his client, Francisco Aquilini, to repeal the Basement Ordinance. The information, which became known to the Courier as deadline approached, included the following statement, which was to be submitted to City Clerk Byron Pope prior to 10 a.m. April 13, when Pope was preparing to drive the documents with the signatures to the County Registrar Recorder’s office for validation:
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“I Branden Williams, a resident of the City of Beverly Hills, withdraw from being the proponent of the petition to rescind the Basement Ordinance and further, withdraw my authorization for Bradley Hertz to file the signed petitions regarding the self-same Basement Ordinance, and he is not authorized to file the petitions on my behalf.” Had he submitted the letter, it would have been over, no signatures would have been delivered and the Basement Ordinance would be secure. It never happened. No letter (see ‘BRANDEN WILLIAMS’ page 13)
El Rodeo ‘Share Table’ Teaches Lessons In Giving
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Inside The ‘Basement’ Practices Of The Man Trying To End The Beverly Hills Basement Ordinance
CELEBRATING ISRAEL’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY– “Shining a local light” on the strong and vital partnership between the City of Beverly Hills and the state of Israel Wednesday evening, Mayor Julian Gold, Vice Mayor John Mirisch and Councilmembers Robert Wunderlich, Les Friedman and Lili Bosse joined with Sam Grundwerg, Consul General of Israel, to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the State of Israel. The event was punctuated with an illuminated image of the U.S. and Israel flags projected onto the tower at City Hall, highlighting the City’s unwavering support for the State of Israel.
Hadid Submits Plans Claiming Reduced Size At 901 Strada Vecchia
By Matt Lopez Is celebrity megamansion developer George Christy, Mohamed Hadid Page 6 changing his tune as During The 1990 he tries to fend off Kennedy Center Honors In Washington several upcoming D.C., Barbara Bush appeals to his overWas Curious About sized project at 901 Honoree Katherine Strada Vecchia in Bel Hepburn’s New Book, Air? Me!. Mrs. Bush After years of Pictured: 901 Strada Vecchia last summer. Commented That “It legal fights with Takes A Mighty Big Ego For A Title Like That” neighbors opposed to his oversized, nearly dramatic proposed changes to the CLASSIFIEDS 21 30,000 square foot project, an property, calling for a standalone application for a haul route permit haul route to export 3,000 cubic • Announcements • Real Estate was filed for the project on April yards of earth in conjunction with, • Rentals 13. interestingly enough, a “new • Sales The application shows fairly (see ‘901 STRADA VECCHIA’ page 12) • and More
By Laura Coleman Thanks largely to the efforts of El Rodeo Principal Kevin Allen to inspire charity on a daily basis in the lives of the K-8 students he is tasked with educating, giving back is now a daily occurrence in the lives of the school’s youngsters five days a week. El Rodeo students Griffin Chirchigno, Following a Tyler Emrani, John Kocinski, Stars recent legislative Bekhor, Negin Piroan, Santiago Garcia, change making it Mia Arnold-Kraft, Zoe Miller, Ameenah possible for schools Huntoon, Olympia Lifson and Kiosks to donate certain Bijari share the bounty at the Share Table. types of packaged West Hollywood. foods to food banks, Allen said “Nobody should ever be he launched the “Share Table” hungry,” is Allen’s core mesin the school’s lunch room. sage to the students about why Now, three days a week, they donate, and it’s a message Monday, Wednesday and that resonates with the kids. Friday, the school donates “They take it very seriousboxes of food, in addition to ly and they seem to really milk from the cafeteria that is enjoy (both donating food and nearing its expiration date, to (see ‘EL RODEO’ page 16) the Regional Food Bank in
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FOR THE LOVE OF CHILDREN — Jane Seymour received the Companion of Children Award during The Colleagues 30th Annual Spring Luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire. The Colleagues have raised millions for the Children’s Institute to look after vulnerable youngsters who have been harmed by violence, abuse or neglect. For more photos, see George Christy’s column on page 6.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE OF TAXES, FEES & SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018/2019. The proposed resolution will increase certain fees and service charges that are charged to the public for the various activities and services as set forth in the schedule for fiscal year 2018/2019. In some cases fees are proposed for adjustment by 3.6% based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November 2017 to reflect the increase in the City’s costs. In other cases, new fees are proposed to be established or existing fees to be adjusted to reflect a more equitable distribution of costs, or a change in service level. Most fees would become effective on July 1, 2018. Copies of the proposed Resolution are available for review or purchase in the Office of the City Clerk, Room 290, 455 N. Rexford Drive, and in the Finance Department, 3rd Floor, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard. Written comments may also be submitted and should be addressed to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210. The comments should be received prior to the hearing date. If you need more information, please contact Ani Keshishian at (310) 285-2406. Please note that if you challenge the Council's action in regard to this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the public hearing. BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Council Chamber is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with audio equipment for the hearing impaired. If you need special assistance to attend this meeting, please call the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 285-2400 or TTY (310) 285-6881. Please notify the City Clerk’s Office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting if you require captioning service so that reasonable arrangements can be made.
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COURTESY NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION DATE: May 10, 2018 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 PROJECT ADDRESS:
128 and 130 South Carson Road (cross street: Wilshire Boulevard)
The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, May 10, 2018, will hold a study session beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to provide an opportunity for the public and the Planning Commission to discuss the potential rezoning of the properties from R-1 (One-Family Residential) to R-4 (MultipleFamily Residential) and/or the establishment of a potential overlay zone on the properties as well as the re-designation of the General Plan land use designation of the properties from Single-family residential to Multi-family residential. At the study session, the Planning Commission will hear and consider all comments on this topic. The purpose of this meeting is to consider alternatives, and no final decisions will be made at this meeting. A separate, noticed public hearing will be held at a future date to discuss this topic further and, if directed, to consider any zoning changes to the properties. Any final decisions on this matter will be made by the City Council during a future, noticed public hearing. Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission. Written comments also may be submitted prior to the public hearing to the Planning Division, via mail: attn. Masa Alkire, 455 N. Rexford Drive, 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Written comments may also be submitted via email to malkire@beverlyhills.org. Any written comments received by Wednesday, May 2, 2018 will be attached to the agenda report regarding this item. Any comments received after Wednesday, May 2, 2018, but prior the public hearing, will be distributed to the Commission under separate cover. If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Masa Alkire, AICP, Principal Planner in the Planning Division at (310) 285-1135, or by email at malkire@beverlyhills.org. Copies of application materials are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA90210. Sincerely: Timothea Tway, AICP, Senior Planner In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Commission Meeting Room 280A is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with audio equipment for the hearing impaired. If you need special assistance to attend this meeting, please call the Planning Division at (310) 285-1135 or TTY (310) 285-6881. Please notify the Planning Division at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting if you require captioning service so that reasonable arrangements can be made.
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HAPPY GRADUATION – The final PTSA meeting of the 2017-18 school year included a bittersweet celebration that honored PTSA moms with graduating seniors. After upward of 20 years in the school district, several of these volunteers are graduating out with their last child. The meeting also offered quite the suprise for co-president Jodi Galen - with a lifesize replica of the petite powerhouse volunteer! Pictured (top, from left): PTSA co-president Laurie Okum, Marjaneh Manavi, Jodi Galen (times two!), and Cindy Trost; (bottom, from left): “graduating moms” Rishelle Maman, Dorit Abramov, Doreece Artal, Eddie Rabin, Dagny Dubelko, Dori Kenneally, Fariba Khorshad, Nazy Yadegar, Jodi Galen and Laurie Okum.
Chabad In The Hills Rabbi To Lead New Course On Human Existence By Matt Lopez A new course taught by Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum of Chabad of Beverly Hills aims to “rethink everything you know about the universe, the laws of nature, your own consciousness, and the very idea of existence and reality itself,” the rabbi said. The course, “What Is? Rethinking Everything We Know About Our Universe,” draws on ancient Jewish teachings to re-examine the most basic
building blocks of existence from the ground up. The six-week course will cover topics such as “Is the world real?” “Who is God?” “Why does evil exist?” “Is time travel possible?” “What is consciousness” and “Are we bound by fate?” The course begins Tuesday, April 24, from 7:30-8:45 p.m. at Chabad in the Hills at 630 Arden Dr. To register for the course visit: www.myjli.com.
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Man Arrested At Taylor Swift’s Beverly Hills Home With Knife, Rope, Ammo By Matt Lopez Taylor Swift received another scare at her Beverly Hills home last weekend. Julius Sandrock, 38, of Colorado, was arrested Saturday outside of her home on suspicion of felony stalking. Sandrock was wearing a mask and had a knife, rope and ammunition in his car, according to reports. Swift, who also has a home in New York, was not in her Beverly Hills residence at the time. According to BHPD Sgt. Giovanni Trejo, officers responded to the 1200 block of Laurel Lane at about 2:40 p.m. on Saturday when a member of Swift’s security detail called about a “suspicious subject in the area.” Police found probable cause to
arrest Sandrock, who was later released on Tuesday, pending further investigation. Police were, however, able to obtain a temporary restraining order that prevents Sandrock from possessing guns. Sandrock reportedly told officers that he owned three firearms and was on probation in Colorado for firing one. Prescription medications, including oxycodone, were also reportedly found in Sandrock’s possession. On April 8, a homeless man was arrested on suspicion of trespassing after attempting to climb a wall at Swift’s Beverly Hills property. Swift was also not home during that incident.
Longtime Beverly Hills Resident Gene Galen Dies At 84 By Laura Coleman Eugene “Gene” Howard Galen passed away at 84 in his Beverly Hills home on April 16 after a long illness, surrounded by his loving family. A longtime Beverly Hills resident and a respected physician in the community for over 30 years, Gene was beloved by many for his passion and dedication to helping others. A lover of life with indefatigable enthusiasm for his family and the world around him, Gene was also an inventor as well as a doctor of internal medicine. He invented the “Galen Capsule” for performing intestinal biopsies in addition to making many other contributions to the field of medicine. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to Samuel and Dora Galinsky, Gene graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1952, where he was president of the student council and played the trumpet in the high school band. Upon completion of high school, Gene attended Johns Hopkins University and graduated in three years with Phi Beta Kappa Honors. He went on to earn his M.D. in 1959 from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center and subsequently completed his postgradu-
ate training in internal medicine at the Boston City Hospital Medical Center and at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco before completing his education with a fellowship in gastroenterology at the Los Angeles Veterans Administration Center. During his last year in medical school he met the love of his life, Suzanne Kalkstein, and they were married shortly thereafter. Gene and Sue later settled in Beverly Hills where he practiced internal medicine. Gene loved travel, music, sailing, cycling and especially his family. He loved to study languages and by the age of 16, he was fluent in both French and German, and of course English. Later he also learned to speak both Spanish and, most impressive of all, taught himself to speak Russian. (see ‘GENE GALEN’ page 16)
PLUGGED IN PARENTS – More than 200 BHUSD parents, kids and staff participated in the district’s second “Plugged-In Parents” event on Tuesday evening at Horace Mann to learn about navigating the challenges of screen time in the digital era. Featuring speaker Anya Kamenetz (author of The Art Of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media & Real Life), the event was sponsored by PTA Council, Rocco’s Pizza, Virtual Room LA and San Wilshire Printing. To view the entire event, which was filmed by K-BEV, visit: tinyurl.com/BHUSDplugged2. Pictured (from left): Karla Mulholland, Ann-Marie Fine, Alisa Bozin, Anya Kamenetz, Lisa Bieler, Horace Mann Principal Juliet Fine (front), Bahare Yektafar, BHUSD Director of Technology Bernadette Lucas, Romi Azevedo (front), Kimberly Combs and Superintendent Michael Bregy.
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Beverly Hills Man To Be Sentenced In Immigration Fraud Case
EARTH DAY IN BEVERLY HILLS – Earth Day 2018 at the Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market enjoyed over 6,000 visitors, 42 booths, and dozens of community volunteers from Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles. Volunteer organizations included two local Girl Scout troops, 4-H and Target Westwood. Vendors donated over 30 raffle prizes and Mayor Julian A. Gold, shown with Public Works Executive Ilene Knebel, helped pick the winners! Mayor Gold invites all residents took part in the nationwide effort for water conservation by visiting MyWaterPledge.com and pledging to conserve water.
Wiener’s Housing Densification Bill SB827 Stalls in Committee By Victoria Talbot In a 5-4 vote, the controversial housing densification bill SB827 proposed by Northern California State Sen. Scott Wiener has become stalled in the Housing Committee, killing it for this year, but leaving it open for another try in 2019. The bill that would legislate statewide densification around “transit corridors” including bus stops, overriding local density and height ordinances and allowing apartments and condos of up to five stories within half mile in areas currently zoned for single-family dwellings. The bill also eliminated parking requirements. “I have always known there was a real possibility that SB827 – like other difficult and impactful bills that have come before – was going to take more than one year,” said Wiener. “California’s housing costs are unsustainable … California needs to get to the heart of our housing shortage… or we will become a hollowed-out state with no middle class.” The bill would have had a dramatic effect on coastal areas with mass transit, and in one version, would have affected over 190,000 single-family parcels in Los Angeles. Most of Beverly
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Hills would have been affected, creating elite single-family districts with parking spaces throughout the city, completely reshaping neighborhoods with five-story multi-family dwellings in areas currently zoned for single-family housing, including in the Central area. In Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beverly Hills elected officials wrote resolutions in opposition to the bill. Opposition came from across the political landscape, including lowincome housing groups worried about displacement and gentrification and destruction of historic neighborhoods. Only a small portion of the projects would be mandated for low-income housing. “Housing is an issue,” agreed Vice Mayor John Mirisch, who has openly sparred with Wiener and his supporters, “but SB827 is the wrong prescription: kind of like trying to cure psoriasis with an appendectomy.” “My job is to take the conversation started by SB827 and get to work on developing a proposal that meets the ambitious goals of this bill,” said Wiener. “I look forward to working in the coming months to develop a strong proposal for next year.” MIGHTY MADDIE – Maddie is a 5-yearold, blue-eyed Maltese who is very sweet. She weighs 5 pounds and is in search of her forever home. To learn more about how to take Maddie home, visit www.shelterhopepetshop.org.
Find Your Zen With Eleanore Mikus At Marc Selwyn Fine Art In Beverly Hills 1960’s New York, Mikus, By Laura Coleman who died last year at 90, In today’s crazy, hecreceived initial acclaim tic, fast-paced world, Marc after two of her works Selwyn Fine Art’s latest were exhibited at the exhibition featuring works Whitney. Clearly by Eleanore Mikus, which process-driven, meditaruns through May 19, tive, in a way obsessive, offers a respite of tranquiland always very human, lity. Beautifully mounted works by Mikus have a across the gallery’s large singular ability to render main room, the minimalist and monochromatic paint- Eleanore Mikus Tablet 137, a state of contemplative ings and paper folds by 1965-6. Image courtesy of calm within the viewer Mikus in black, white and the estate of Eleanore almost immediately. “She was about the shades of grey are immedi- Mikus and Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills. creative process ately calming. “She was about putting you in this because you had to put yourself into meditative state and the lack of color the world,” described her daughter, and content induces that kind of calm Gabrielle. “I think she worked all the in the viewer,” described eponymous time. Even when she was watching telgallery owner Marc Selwyn. “You can’t evision or movies, she was either foldhelp but see the process of its creation ing one of her paper folds or drawing in her sketch book. She was very prolific. when you look at her works.” A standout in the art world of Grass did not grow.”
By Matt Lopez A Beverly Hills man charged with immigration fraud was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in prison. Hee Sun “Leonard” Shim, 54, of Beverly Hills, and other co-defendants allegedly owned four Southern California schools that enrolled foreign nationals who fraudulently obtained immigration documents that allowed them to remain in the country as “students.” The problem, however, was that those “students” rarely ever attended school. According to court records, the “pay-to-stay” scheme involved three schools in Koreatown and one in Alhambra.
The schools reportedly issued immigration papers to the foreign nationals, many of whom did not even live in California. Shim allegedly created fake transcripts to deceive immigration officials. In exchange for those documents, which allowed them to remain in the country, the students made what they believed were tuition payments to Shim to remain enrolled in the schools. Shim was also ordered by U.S. District Judge George H. Wu to pay to the United States about $500,000 in funds that were seized by investigators. HONORING HENRY – Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) on Monday honored longtime Beverly Hills optometrist Henry Oster in Sacramento as part of the State Assembly’s 15th annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. Oster and his parents were forced onto a train and sent to the Lodz Ghetto in October of 1941, when he was just 13-years-old. Henry was made to work 12-hour days in the fields and the local cemetery. Henry’s father died of starvation within six months. In 1944, Henry and his mother were deported from the Lodz Ghetto, forced into cattle cars, and transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp. Upon arriving at the extermination facility of Birkenau, Oster was selected for slave labor and his mother was murdered in the gas chambers. He managed to survive three separate selections for the gas chambers.
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Kathy Hilton is flanked by daughters Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton Rothschild during the 30th Annual Colleagues Spring Luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire. Paris and Nicky are wearing Oscar de la Renta designs, and presented the designers Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia with an award from the Colleagues. Jane Seymour accepted the Companion of Children Award from actor Joe Lando. The Colleagues beneficiary is the Children’s Institute, dedicated to helping children harmed by community and family violence, abuse and neglect, having donated more than $25 million to the organization.
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Los Angeles Magazine’s Inaugural ‘Top Doctors’ Issue Los Angeles magazine has released its inaugural “Top Doctors” issue, honoring 140 physicians who are members of the CHLA Medical Group and affiliated with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). “We are fortunate to live in L.A, home to many quality medical institutions and highly skilled doctors. This gives us even greater reason to take pride in the 140 CHLA-affiliated physicians highlighted as ‘Top Doctors’ by their peers in the L.A. medical community,” says Paul S. Viviano, CHLA president/CEO. “It’s due to the unparalleled expertise and dedication of our respected medical staff and affiliated community physicians that we are able to create hope and build healthier futures for children.” The list identifies CHLA doctors from 41 different specialty areas such as pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery, pediatric hematology and oncology, neonatal and perinatal medicine, pediatric neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery and many others. Many of CHLA’s areas of expertise also rank among the best in the country in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals Survey for 2017-18, which selected CHLA among the top six pediatric medical institutions overall nationally and No. 1 in California. “This recognition is wonderful news for the CHLA Medical Group. We are proud of the prominence of our distinguished physicians who practice not just at CHLA, but at outpatient locations in the communities they serve,” says CHLA Medical Group CEO Larry Harrison. To develop its list, the magazine relies on Professional Research Services based in Troy, Mich., to conduct peer-topeer surveys, asking practicing physicians throughout L.A. County to identify leading doctors. Only nominees with the greatest number of votes were selected as “Top Doctors.” The April issue of Los Angeles magazine s available on newsstands now and can be found online at http://www.lamag.com/topdoctors/.
LENDING A HELPING HAND – More than 200 guests, dignitaries, supporters, clients, staff and friends of ETTA, the leading provider of social services for Jewish adults with special needs, gathered for the grand opening celebration of ETTA’s new headquarters offices. ETTA has consolidated its offices in one location to better serve its clients and the greater community. Tribute was paid to George W. Schaeffer and his wife Irina, longtime Beverly Hills residents and ETTA supporters, for making the new headquarters offices a reality. Pictured from left: ETTA president Kambiz Babaoff, ETTA co-chairman Jaime Sohacheski, Senator Robert M. Hertzberg, ETTA Executive Director Dr. Michael Held, businessman and philanthropist George W. Schaeffer and his wife Irina; and L.A. City Controller Ron Galperin.
Novel Combination Of Cancer Drugs Tested, John Wayne Cancer Center Enrolls First Patient In Nationwide Clinical Trial The John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center has enrolled the first cancer patient in a groundbreaking clinical trial of three immunotherapy drugs combined to use the body’s immune system to diminish tumors related to several types of cancer. Steven O’Day, M.D., professor of medical oncology and director of Immuno-Oncology and Clinical Research at the John Wayne Cancer Institute, is known globally for his expertise in melanoma and in immunotherapy for cancer. He brought the trial to the Santa Monica research program and he and the institute’s team of experts plan to enroll patients across a number tumor types. The Incyte ECHO-208 trial tests the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of two novel combinations of three drugs that have been used individually and
even in pairs, but never as a triplet where each medication provides a complementary function in tackling malignant tumors. Previously immunotherapy combinations have shown promising results for patients with many different cancers including melanoma and lung, bladder, liver, ovarian and breast cancers, among others. Dr. Steven O’Day Incyte Corp. anticipates enrolling 141 candidates across the country. The study is open to patients whose disease has progressed despite treatment, who can’t tolerate treatment or who refuse standard treatment.
Health Happenings... AutFest To Screen Power Rangers, Host Q&A With Actor RJ Cyler, Co-Writer John Gatins The second Annual AutFest International Film Festival, presented by The Autism Society, will kick off with a screening of Power Rangers, the first superhero film to include an autistic character, at 12:45, Saturday, April 28 at the Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills. The films’s screenwriter John Gatins and actor RJ Cyler who plays Billy Cranston, an autistic nerd and autistic super hero Blue Ranger, will take part in a discussion and Q&A following the screening. The second Annual AutFest, continuing through Sunday, April 29 will screen six feature-length films, seven shorts and two TV shows, followed by panels, that promote autism awareness and/or are made by filmmakers with autism. As previously announced Sony Pictures Entertainment will receive the
Visionary Award presented to Jeff Frost, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, and co-presidents of Sony Pictures Television Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter. The Good Doctor and Atypical will receive Spotlight Awards, honored for their portrayal of autism in a positive light to help increase understanding and acceptance of people on the spectrum. Additional Festival awards will be presented to filmmakers at the AutFest Closing Reception, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 29. For a complete festival screening and event schedule, more information and tickets and festival passes, visit http://www.autfestasa.com/. Founded in 1965, the Autism Society works to raise awareness about the issues facing those with autism, and advocate for services, education and research.
Lupus LA’s Orange Ball To Honor Fox Searchlight’s Nancy Utley, Dr. Marc Chevrier Fox Searchlight’s Nancy Utley, a Lupus LA board member, will receive the Daniel J. Wallace Founder’s Award and Dr. Marc Chevrier, head of Lupus Strategy, Janssen Research and Development, will receive the Medical Visionary Award at Lupus LA’s Orange Ball, beginning at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 3 at The Beverly Wilshire, 9500 Wilshire Blvd. Billed as “A Modern Supper Club,” the evening will include a steakhousestyle dining experience, dancing and entertainment from West Coast Music’s IMPULSE.
Set to attend and celebrate the latest achievements in lupus research and treatment are entertainment industry executives: Kathleen Kennedy (president, Lucasfilm), Stacey Snider (chairman/CEO, Twentieth Century Fox), Jim Gianopulos (CEO, Paramount Pictures), Howard Cohen (co-founder, Roadside Attractions), Lauren Shuler Donner (producer, Deadpool 2) and Bruna Papandrea (producer, Big Little Lies). For more information, visit http://lupusla.org/event/orange-ball2018/.
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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T She Still Loves Lucy, Resident’s New Book Chronicles Longtime Friendship With Lucille Ball Lucille Ball would have celebrated another birthday on April 26. Though she died in 1989, the beloved comedic icon is still well remembered by fans and friends and especially resident Paula Stewart, who has just released her new book, Lucy Loved Me, A Memoir. Stewart, with a career in the theater beginning at 19 that left little time for TV watching, says she didn’t even know who Ball was when she was asked to audition for Wildcat, Ball’s 1960 Broadway debut, following the end of I Love Lucy and her marriage to Desi Arnaz. Stewart, who had sung in the national tour of Brigadoon and productions of Carousel with Gordon MacRae and Little Me with Donald O’Connor became friends with the star after she offered to help Ball with the show’s songs—Hey Look Me Over being the biggest hit. “She was really nervous and sounded like a frog,” recalls Stewart. Her proposal elicited a hug and gratitude from Ball and the two became lifelong friends. Stewart’s especially proud of getting Ball to stop smoking dur-
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ing the show’s run and in shape for the cast recording. “My humor amused Lucy,” says Stewart. “and my antics— like being a pilot—fascinated her. We had a special bond.” The book recounts key points in the pair’s decades long friendship: Stewart introducing Ball to second husband/manager Gary Morton and serving as maid of honor at their wedding, officiated by Norman Vincent Peale. Ball threw the baby shower at her Beverly Hills home, and is godmother to Stewart’s son Michael Carter, from her mar(see ‘LUCY’ page 14)
Local Singer To Help Verdi Chorus Celebrate 35th Anniversary With ‘The Force Of Destiny’
The Verdi Chorus will celebrate its 35th anniversary with its Spring 2018 concert “The Force of Destiny” for two performances at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, April 2829 at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica. Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum said: “I haven’t done anything from La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) for a long, long time, and it’s loaded with gorgeous music, some of it we haven’t done before that I’ve always wanted to.” The Chorus will be joined by guest soloists, soprano Shana Blake Hill—“a dear friend and glorious singer,” says Ketchum— mezzo-soprano Karin Mushegain, tenor Alex Boyer and baritone Ben Lowe, who returns to the Chorus by popular demand and who recently made his New York debut in Matthew Aucoin’s opera Crossing. “I am particularly pleased to have four exciting soloists for this benchmark event,” Ketchum adds. As the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on music for opera chorus, the program will feature
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selections from three Verdi operas—La Forza del Destino, Nabucco, including the famed Va, pensiero,” the opening party scene of La Traviata, and end with melodies from Strauss’ Die Fledermaus. The Chorus’ Apprentice Singers program, established in 2015, gives talented vocal music students the opportunity to work with the Chorus in rehearsals, learning to sing in different languages and styles and solo in concerts. Participants this session include Beverly Hills resident soprano Natalia Ferreiro. “We have a big old binder of music and its really improv-
ing my sight reading and singing,” Ferreiro says. The Verdi Chorus was founded in 1983 at the Verdi Restaurant in Santa Monica. When the restaurant closed in 1991, the Chorus continued, and in 1999 incorporated as a nonprofit. Longtime Beverly Hills resident Dr. Walter Fox was a charter member and his widow, Barbara Miller Fox Abramoff, “has done a lot to enable us to do a lot of glorious music, “ says Ketchum. Ferreiro, a resident since October, first worked with Ketchum as a student at (see ‘CHORUS’ page 14)
TO SEE AND BE SEEN
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SOPHIE OF PARIS – Local ladies and members of the Beverly Hills Womens Club celebrated the grand opening of haute-couture boutique Sophie of Paris on Brighton Way in Beverly Hills. The new boutique is owned by Pariessiene Sophie Grusq. Pictured (from left): Mara New, Hanni Vlessing, Maria Elena Infantino, Roberta White, Lydia de Mori, Marianne Bermann, Sophie Grusq, Poppy Paulos, Linda Schwartz, and Susan Choueke. Photo by Maxine Picard CHILDREN’S CHORUS GALA – The Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) raised a record-breaking $320,000 for the chorus at this year’s “Bel Canto” Gala, which honored artistic director Anne Tomlinson. Pictured (from left): LACC Chair Cheryl Scheidemantle, Liz Hirsch and David Scheidemantle; Helen Bing (Beverly Hills) and Mary Blodgett. Photos by Jamie Pham
BEL-AIR TOUR – The history and class of Bel-Air was on display this past Sunday as the Bel-Air Association hosted nearly a 100 attendees at its inaugural Home & Garden Tour. Tour highlights included real-estate businessman and architectural historian Jeff Hyland who spoke to a beautiful 1939 Paul Williams designed home. An original Everett Phipps Babcock home from 1923 and preserved 1928 Wallace Neff were show stoppers. Leading voices of architecture and design Madeline Stuart and March Wiseley also spoke on the history of these homes. Pictured above: Carla Kirkeby, Jamie Meyer, Gail Sroloff and Sandra McClean. Pictured below: The Hannah Carter Gardens.
B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E Bel-Air Association Sues Former President Over Lost Records By Matt Lopez The Bel-Air Association is taking the legal fight to a former organization president who was ousted in 2016 after years of tumult. Ron Hudson, the BAA’s ex-president, is being accused – in a complaint filed last week in L.A. Superior Court – of stripping the organization completely bare of its money and records after being voted out of office by members in 2016. According to the complaint, Hudson – aided by former BAA director Bruce Kuyper, stripped the BAA of its “books and records, money was diverted away from the BAA, and to a pretend-BAA that Hudson helped Kuyper run, and substantial confusion was caused among, and damage done to, the community” upon being ousted by voting members in March 2016. The complaint alleges that when the BAA’s new Board of Directors were voted into office on March 17, 2016, the organization’s office – which was under the control of Kuyper and Hudson – was “bereft of even the most basic records, except for a small number of materials dating back decades.” Among those records missing were valuable legal files and research on key real estate issues which the BAA had paid law firm Latham & Watkins to perform. Not long thereafter, Kuyper and
Hudson filed a series of lawsuits, seeking to annul the March election and have the previous regime reinstated to lead the BAA. One day after the court ordered a BAA directorship election be held in July of 2016, Kuyper dismissed his lawsuit. Hudson wrote a letter to the judge, threatening that any election would “only be the beginning of litigation, not the end of it.” Kuyper, according to the complaint, tried to hold an unauthorized “BAA” election on Dec. 14, 2016 that was attended by approximately 10 people at most. Because of the low attendance, the meeting was woefully short of the 100 members required for a quorum, and the meeting was called off. Hudson was among those attending and was falsely listed on the makeshift ballot as BAA director. The complaint alleges Hudson participated in “fraudulent, unlawful, unfair and/or fraudulent business acts, as well as unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising.” “Unfortunately, it’s come to this,” one source close to the BAA who wished to remain anonymous said of the lawsuit. “Mr. Hudson is under the delusion that fiduciary means a pasta dish at the Olive Garden.” The BAA is seeking unspecified damages.
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2-story, 13,990 square foot singlefamily residence.” Of course, as residents have learned after dealing with the project over the last several years, what’s on the approved permits can be vastly different from what actually ends up being built. The original not-yet-completed megamansion, which is still standing in Bel-Air, ended up with several underground bedrooms and a theater, as well as an unapproved basement, that did not appear in the original plans. Still, a 13,990 square foot, two-story home is a far cry from the monstrosity that has loomed over the heads of Bel-Air residents since roughly 2014; a home so large and built outside of legal permits that L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz called for its demolition last summer. Neighbors, however, are hardly convinced. Jordan Ferguson, an attorney for Manatt, which is representing neighbors such as Joseph and Beatriz Horacek in their legal dealings against the property, said he reviewed the plans, calling them “totally inconsistent… a complete mess.” “Some areas show them removing the attached pool and
pool deck, others show those things staying,” Ferguson told the Courier. “It’s unclear at best what the plans are.” “They’re trying to remove one the floors of the house, changing that floor into what will now be a huge roof deck with a pool, spa, game lounge, dining area,” Ferguson added. “It’s not really going to be a two-story house. Properly calculated, we estimate it’s probably still somewhere near 30,000 square feet.” Construction permits for the site were revoked after an LADBS investigation found that work on the site had been done illegally and outside of permit. Hadid pled no contest last summer to misdemeanor charges stemming from the illegal construction. In the midst of the new haul route application, appeals regarding soil erosion plans and granting haul routes without CEQA review are tentatively set to be heard by the Los Angeles Building & Safety Commission, as well as the Zoning Commission, in the coming months; possibly in June. “I’d be surprised if a plan checker didn’t have a substantial issue with these plans,” Ferguson said, adding that “LADBS appears to be bending over backward to find a way to legalize this house. There is no way this structure can remain standing the way it is.”
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was ever received by the City Clerk and Pope delivered the signatures to the County for validation Friday morning. The Courier article went to print naming Williams as the proponent who, up until the last minute, would not reveal his participation following the previous week’s letter withdrawing from the Committee for Beverly Hills Residents for Preserving Property Values. In that letter he wrote: “I am a respected and reputable member of the Los Angeles real estate community, which I have served for more than 15 years…” He went on to say, “I agreed to serve as principal officer and treasurer… because I believed the Basement Ordinance… is misguided… I decided that resigning from the committee was in the best interests of everyone… I regret any misunderstanding related to my opposition to the Basement Ordinance and look forward to continuing…to work with… the Beverly Hills community in the future.” Williams’ license, albeit restricted, was issued 10 years ago on Oct. 15, 2007. He will be on a restricted license until 2019. His supervising broker is Hilton & Hyland. Angering residents On Tuesday, Williams & Williams (Branden and his wife Rayni) heavily promoted one of their latest listings on social media, an evening open house at the $188 million home at 924 Bel Air Road, built by Bruce Makowsky - with a candy room and a helicopter on the roof. The spec home was initially listed at $250 million, but the price is now 25 percent cheaper. According to Shawn Bayliss, Executive Director of the Bel Air Association, the event was to have had 50-100 people, but he did not know whether the necessary permits were in place, which would include special parking arrangements off site. Instead, said Bayliss, at one point 800 realtors and guests were on the scene, including Jeff Hyland. Valets were overwhelmed. Real estate agents, without regard for the residents, simply left their vehicles in the street with the keys. The police were on scene by 6:30 p.m. to shut down the event, though the event was to have lasted until 9 p.m. “Due to the excitement of the Open House we had 1,000 people attend & have been shut down by the cops. See you next time,” Williams wrote on social media. The Williams’ have not yet apologized to the residents, however, when the 22-foot wide street quickly became impassable for emergency vehicles and residents, who were unable to leave or reach
their homes, blocked by guests’ vehicles awaiting valet services. “I couldn't get home this afternoon,” wrote one resident. “The road appeared to be completely blocked… It's very dangerous when traffic on our road is blocked. There are old people with medical conditions who might need an ambulance. A fire could start… I hope someone can reach out to the owners, the Makowsky Brothers, and see that this doesn't keep happening.” Multiple videos on Facebook show people drinking champagne and socializing, like a party, with a giant outdoor flat screen projecting loud music videos into the canyon. “What a sad situation we find ourselves in. Waiting in line for realtors so they can get a free drink or two,” wrote another resident. There is no parking allowed on that stretch of Bel Air Road, precisely because it blocks through traffic both ways and creates unsafe conditions. “I know a lot of other agents get very jealous because whatever we do, it always goes big,” Williams told The Real Deal on Wednesday in an article about the incident. The Courier has previously revealed that Williams has a police record, which dates back to a 1993 incident when he was charged with threatening and obscene phone calls, vandalism and possession of tear gas. He withdrew his not guilty plea in exchange for a no contest plea and was convicted of phone threats and possession of tear gas. According to public records, in subsequent charges of driving under the influence, open containers and public drunkenness, Williams failed to appear in court. His probation was canceled. He was issued bench warrants twice and ordered to complete a drug and alcohol program. He eventually completed the program in the mid-1990s. Then in 2007, Williams was the subject of a complaint by the Department of Real Estate of the State of California for a false statement he made when he applied for a license, answering “no” to the question, “Have you ever been convicted of any violation of the law?” The complaint was filed by Deputy Real Estate Commissioner Janice Waddell, who noted that he was convicted of violations of Penal Code sections 653M (a) (obscene/threatening phone calls) and 12403.7 (a)(8) (unlawful use of tear gas weapon). “The matter alleged … involves moral turpitude and is substantially related to the duties, functions and qualifications of a real estate licensee,” said the complaint. “Respondent’s failure to reveal
the matter… constitutes the attempt to procure a real estate license by fraud, misrepresentation or deceit, or by making a material misstatement of fact.” Williams filed a stipulation and waived a hearing, admitting, “that the allegations… filed against me are true and correct,” requesting a restricted real estate license. The conditions include that the Real Estate Commissioner may “suspend the right to exercise any privileges granted under the restricted license in the event of: (a) The conviction of respondent (including a plea of nolo contendere) to a crime which bears a substantial relationship to the respondent’s fitness or capacity as a real estate licensee; or (b) The receipt of evidence that respondent has violated provisions of the California Real Estate Law, the Subdivided Lands Law, Regulations of the Real Estate Commissioner or conditions attaching to this restricted license.” Business practices Williams’ business practices were the subject of a serious complaint in 2015, which resulted in Williams returning his entire commission plus additional damages. The incident also sheds light on his relationship with Canadian billionaire developer Francesco Aquilini. In this complaint, Williams was sued for Breach of Written Contract, Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Negligence, Constructive Fraud; Fraud, and Elder Financial Abuse by the former elderly resident of 9230 Robin Dr., in the “Bird Streets” above the Sunset Strip. According to the complaint, Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Chase had lived at their home on Robin Drive for 36 years, and at 83 he was suffering from Parkinson’s disease when Williams paid them an unsolicited visit and “said it was an excellent time to consider selling… and that he and his partner (now wife, Rayni Romito) “were the very best agents specializing in the Bird Streets, that they knew all the buyers interested in that area and could find a buyer who would pay top dollar for the Chase home,” according to the complaint. The Chases were not interested. The complaint says that he returned three weeks later and persisted until finally he succeeded in setting up a meeting with Mr. Chase, again claiming that it was an excellent time to sell, and that he and his partner “knew everything that there was to know about values and sales opportunities in the Bird Streets.” Having lived in their home 36 years, the couple were not well-versed in real estate, and thus trusted the Williams’. However, both Mr. and
Mrs. Chase disagreed with the $6.5 million value assigned to their home because a home on their street had just sold for $8.5 million, reads the complaint. The Chase’s believed that because their lot was larger, they had superior privacy and their view was comparable, it was worth more. The Williams’, it turned out, had been the brokers on that sale, and Mr. Chase had learned the buyer was going to tear it down and redevelop the property. Relationship with Aquilini The other buyer on Robin Drive was Aquilini, who purchased a tear down for a spec home at 9272 Robin Dr. for $8.5 million in September 2012. Williams was the buyer’s agent. In fact, Aquilini, who lives in Vancouver, apparently voluntarily sat for a deposition in Los Angeles in 2014 at attorney Tuchman’s office in which he described a phone call Williams made to him in August 2012 in which Aquilini vouched for Branden. “So, Branden called me. He said that he was with Mrs. Chase and wanted to confirm that – confirm that I bought the property, Robin Drive, for 8 million 750 [sic] and ‘if you could tell that to Mrs. Chase. And so, he put her on the phone… I said, ‘Yeah, I did buy the property from the 9272 Robin Drive, paid 8 million 750 [sic].’ And Mrs. Chase then said ‘Okay. Thank you very much.’ I believe she said to me, ‘How was Brandon and Rayni?’ And I said ‘No. They did a very good job for me. I was very happy with—with their services.’” Williams sold Aquilini houses for a property located at 1100 Bel Air Rd. and at 1184/1193 Loma Linda Dr. within a day of each other in May 2012. Then, Branden sold him 9272 Robin Drive a few months later, in September of 2012. Bel Air Road was sold again by Williams in June 2015 for $34.5 million. Currently, 9272 Robin Dr. is readying for sale, along with the two homes Aquilini has been trying to build on Loma Linda. The complaint and testimony from the Chase’s alleged that the Williams’ told them the substantially lower price was because the other property had a superior view. They believed them. The Chase family signed at $6.5 million and agreed to list off market, not on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), which they allege was recommended by the Williams’. Private showings were arranged to “a selected handful of local real estate developers and real estate sales agents,” according to the complaint. Two offers fell through before a third, for $5.3 million, came in. Chase countered for $6.4 million stipulating they wished to remain in their home for 75 days because they had
April 20, 2018 | Page 13 not planned to sell their home and had nowhere to move. The buyer countered with $5.5 million, and Williams advised Chase “this was the best offer that Mr. Chase could hope to receive for the Chase home.” The buyer had learned that the house had a problem with an emergency access that would require the building of a road, and they were urged to drop the price another $100,000 to $5.4 million. The amendment was prepared two weeks prior to the end of the Williams listing agreement. The Chases followed his advice and signed the sales agreement. Before they had vacated their home, the house had already been resold to another buyer for $7.7 million, according to the complaint, by the same agents who brought the buyer to the Chases, Adi Werthman and Michael LaMontagna. By the time of the $7.7 million sale the pair had moved from Coldwell Banker to Hilton & Hyland, the same firm as Branden Williams and Rayni Romito (now Williams). Chase sued Hilton & Hyland and Williams and Romito in March 2014. Hilton & Hyland attorney Aviv Tuchman led the defense for Williams. Williams offered $201,000 to settle the case which was far more than his commission of $137,500 shortly before trial which was set to start in May 2015. Chase, then 85 years old, accepted the offer. The house last sold in 2015 for $9 million to Lilac Investments, one of the Woodbridge LLCs that are now part of a $2.2 billion bankruptcy. The house is valued on Zillow at $16.8 million today. When he bought the house in 1976, Chase paid $231,000. Between Aquilini vouching for Williams with the now 88year-old Chase and testifying for Williams in his defense against Chase’s civil suit, plus supplying Williams with numerous high-value listings, it would appear that the Basement Ordinance flies in the face of his redevelopment model and the relationship he has developed with Aquilini and his development plans in the Los Angeles area. Currently, the City of Beverly Hills awaits the results of the signature validations for the petition to rescind the Basement Ordinance. Soon, the City Council will once again address a storm drain issue and a lot line adjustment on Aquilini’s properties at 1184 and 1193 Loma Linda Dr. If the homes are built, rather than preserving property values, the oversized megamansions will most likely drive property values down, leaving them vulnerable to be scooped up by even more developers, say many real estate professionals.
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riage to commedian Jack Carter. Stewart writes about composter Burt Bacharach, who was her accompanist for auditions. and after they married, at parties for guests like the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Stewart also praises Ball’s support during their 30-year relationship. After a successful real-estate career, it was Ball who bailed her out of bankruptcy. Ball was impressed with her direction of the quirky film
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Sunday, April 22, at the museum, 100 The Grove Dr, L.A. in Pan Pacific Park. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Samantha Fuller, the director’s daughter. The showing is in conjunction with “Filming the Camps: John Ford, Samuel Fuller, George Stevens, From Hollywood to Nuremberg,” an exhibition chronicling the directors’ work documenting the realities of war and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, which ends April 30. A $10 donation is suggested. For more information, visit https://lamoth.ticketleap.com/f u l l e r- l i f e / d a t e s / A p r- 2 2 2018_at_0300PM.
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Pasadena City College where Ketchum headed the opera program. “We kept in touch,” says Ferreiro, also an accomplished oil painter (who was an artist-inresidence in France at the Chateau Orquevauxz) and actress. Training at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, acting she says, adds a different dimension to her singing. “I notice things the average singer doesn’t, and it helps in crafting a character.”
• • • • • To celebrate the career of 11 time Academy Award-winning supervising art director Cedric Gibbons, the Art Directors Guild will screen his Grand Hotel (1932) at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, April 22 at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica. Following the screening, Production Designer and Film Society co-chair Thomas A. Walsh ADG will moderate a discussion with Maria Cooper Janis, Gibbons’ great-niece and daughter of legendary actor Gary Cooper. Janis will share archival photographs, footage, home movies, and film clips to illustrate Gibbons’ rag-to-riches story from Brooklyn to Hollywood. For ticket information, visit http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/gran d-hotel-0. • • • • • The Ebell of Los Angeles will celebrate 100 years of helping women at its Red Cottage Association Luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Monday, April 23 at The Ebell, 741 S. Lucerne Blvd. Ten non-profits providing a safety net for women and children will each receive $10,000. The organizations’ work with victims of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and other abused, abandoned, and at-risk women, teens, and their children, as well as incarcerated mothers and older women in danger of losing their homes. Representatives from two of the agencies, Sister Judy Vaughan of Alexandria House and Stephany Powell of Journey Out, will speak at the program. For tickets and information, visit www.EbellEventTickets.com or www.ebelloflosangeles.org or call 323-931-1277, ext. 131. She’s was fitting in rehearsals for the Verdi Chorus concerts with those for performances of Die Fledermaus as Adele’s sister with Opera Pasadena and a concert version of the new opera Limberlost. “The appeal of working with Anne Marie is that she’s so detailed and specific,” says Ferreiro. “You learn to pay attention to what’s on the page and beyond.” Tickets are available at www.verdichorus.org or by calling 800-838-3006. —Steve Simmons
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S P O RT S
Yasiel Puig Signs With Beverly Hills Sports Council
FLYING HIGH – The Beverly Hills Eagles U-14 Boys Extra team took first place in the top division at the Apricot Jam in Moorpark last weekend. Pictured, front row, from left: David Ziv, Charlie Wilson, Arturo Figueroa and Joshua Hollander. Back row, from left: Back Row (left to right): Coach David Hollander, Asher Barnes, Dylan Davis, Jacob Talassazan, Jesse LaMon, Elias Alaoui, Alex Manavi, Caden Robertson, Chris Kariuki, Nico Benacchio, Liel Yosian and Coach Paul Kariuki
Beverly Hills High School Sports Roundup The Beverly Hills High freshman track teams had strong showings last week at the South Bay Championships at El Camino College in Torrance.] Quinn Harris took first place in the boys freshman/sophomore 1,600 meter heat in 4:50.33. On the girls side, freshmen Alexa Delatorre and Eujong Chi took first and second place respectively in the girls 1,600m, with Delatorre winning in 6:07.07 and Chi finishing in 6:07.75. For the boys varsity races, BHHS’ James Masutani earned a personal record of 4:53.91 in
the 1,600. Matt Liner tied for fifth in the boys high jump in 56. Alon Tamir ran the 110m hurdles in 18.02 and the 300m hurdles in 46.18. Baseball Beverly Hills High’s baseball team has won seven of its last nine games, although its most recent outing was a 13-2 loss against El Segundo in an Ocean League game at La Cienega Park. Before that, BHHS swept a doubleheader against Hawthorne, with a 196 victory and a 10-3 win. BHHS is 9-5 overall and 21 in the Ocean League and was set to play at El Segundo on
Thursday in an Ocean League game that was not completed before the Courier’s press time. Boys lacrosse The Beverly Hills High boys lacrosse team is trying to rebound after two straight losses. The Normans lost 12-1 to Hart High of Newhall on April 18 and 12-3 to Calabasas on April 16. Nick Forys scored BHHS' lone goal in the loss to Hart. The last win for BHHS (48) came in an 11-5 win over Downey on April 13. Jason Harward had four goals while Benji Liker, Ethan Gorin and Brian Harward each scored two.
By Matt Lopez Last week, Dodgers star Yasiel Puig visited the youth of the Beverly Hills Little League to spread the message about his Wild Horse Youth Foundation. This week, Puig took his relationship with Beverly Hills one step further. Puig announced a change in his career management this week, revealing a new partnership with the Beverly Hills Sports Council. Puig had previously been represented by the Wasserman agency, which cut ties with the outfielder two months ago. Agents Dan Horwits and Cesar Suarez will service as Puig’s representatives from the
Beverly Hills Sports Council, per a press release. Puig, 27, is due for a big contract as he plays out the final season of a seven-year, $42 million deal that he signed with the Dodgers prior to the 2012 season. The Beverly Hills Sports Council is quickly becoming one of Major League Baseball’s more prominent firms, representing players such as Jason Kipnis, Rougned Odor, Mike Leake, Salvador Perez and Alex Cobb. Puig is off to a slow start in 2018, but is coming off a career year in 2017 where he hit .263 with 28 home runs and 74 RBIs.
Beverly Hills Basketball Signups The City of Beverly Hills Adult Sports’ registration for the summer basketball league still has available spaces for the Wednesday and Thursday D2 (recreational) Division and for Thursday D (moderate) Division. Anyone can register. Games take place Monday through Thursday in the Beverly Hills High School Upper Gyms and are scheduled for 6:45 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 8:45p.m. Registration is only open for four days. For more information email EDoyle@beverlyhills.org or go to www.BeverlyHills.org/BHrec to register.
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PTA SPRING AWARDS – The Beverly Hills PTA Council served as the host council for yesterday morning’s 33rd District PTA Spring Awards and Association Meeting in Long Beach, where PTA Councils from more than a dozen other school districts in the region were also in attendance. Pictured (front row, from left): PTA members Maria Bennett and Farrah Dodes; back row (from left): PTA members Jill Egerman, Lorraine Eastman, April Jergens, BHUSD Director of Communications Laura Skirde, BHUSD Superintendent Michael Bregy, PTA members Rose Kaiserman, Nathan Kruger, Rusty Banagas, BHUSD Assistant Superintendent of Education Services Dustin Seemann, and BHUSD Board of Education Member Isabel Hacker.
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He had a particular affinity for biking, which made him feel free and adventurous and from a young age inspired a never-ending longing to travel. At the age of 14, he spent an entire summer, along with a youth group, riding his 3-speed English Hummer bicycle across the entire United States. He continued his biking even as an adult, sometimes biking as much as 60 miles on one day along with his two sons. After settling in Beverly Hills, Gene took up sailing. He sailed his boat in the largest international boat race from Newport Beach to Ensenada on two occasions, but was happy just to make it to the finish line. He made numerous other weekend sailing trips
along with his family, his grandchildren, and even taking his dog. In his later years, Gene immersed himself in genealogy and was able to trace his family back numerous generations, even locating relatives in Russia, Poland and Israel who had survived the Holocaust, most of whom had no knowledge of the existence or survival of other family. As a result of his efforts, the relatives eventually reunited. Gene is survived by his wife of almost 58 years, Suzanne, two sons Dr. Douglas Galen (and wife Jodi) and Dr. Steven Galen (and wife Laurie Saul), six grandchildren (Joshua, Samantha, Rachel, Zachary, Andrew and Alyssa), and sisters Ada Kless Gilbert of Newport Beach and Bernice Scher of New Jersey.
“POLICE AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER” –Nespresso was the host for Coffee with the Cops Thursday, where folks could chat with Beverly Hills’ finest over a cuppa. Pictured from left: Assistant Chief Marc Coopwood, Nespresso Special Events Manager Jeffrey Evans, Captain Mark Rosen, Detective Sergeant Max Subin, Lieutenant Michael Foxen, Sergeant Sean Smollen, Executive Assistant Emma Nica, Lieutenant Scott Dowling, Sergeant Chris Coulter, Acting Lieutenant Todd Withers, Chief Sandra Spagnoli and Captain Mark Miner.
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manning the share table), said fourth grade teacher Lindsey Houlberg. “They seem to really have a sense that they are giving back.” The donated food, culled primarily from the cafeteria-bought lunches at the school, is largely comprised of yogurt, granola bars, fruit and vegetables. The Courier stopped by the school during one recent lunch period to observe the process in action. Just before the period begins, a parent volunteer chaperones a handful of students who will be manning the share table, which is adjacent to cafeteria station where students purchase their lunches. Almost immediately after students begin filling the cafeteria and lining up to take the components of the “wellbalanced meal” mandated by the state, a first grade boy deposits a sealed bag of carrots within the appropriate bin on the share table. “Thank you little man,” Allen says. A second little boy then puts a box of raisins on the table and runs away after offering a sheepish “thank you” to the throng of students manning the table. A minute later, another little boy picks up the raisins left on the table and adds them, along with some carrots, to the appropriate bin. Then two boys drop off some raisins and a pack of hummus and chips; then a fifth boy
drops off his string cheese, and some carrots, followed closely by a sixth boy who deposits his chocolate pudding on the table. And so it continues, throughout the period, the piles growing. While kids are able to take food from the share table, few do; and pretty much every child who exits the foodfor-purchase line makes a deposit at the share table. Allen learned early on that there had to be a few ground rules in order to make the project a success “We want them to eat their lunch,” he said, noting how on the first day they launched many kids would essentially dump their lunch and “go shopping” at the share table. “We want our kids to eat as well. But what we don’t want is for them to throw away their lunch and take from the table.” While the share table is open to all students to donate, currently only students from the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes man the tables. Before a classroom begins their shift, Allen makes a presentation to the class where he both previews what the donation process looks like as well as walks the students through the process of budgeting a well-balanced meal; something that is unfortunately rather costly. Fifth grade teacher Elizabeth Lopez extolled the program. “The kids absolutely love it and they just wanted to sign up right away,” she recounted. “They had tons of questions about what they could do to contribute. It’s really sweet.”
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Some 250 guests from all over the area came to the California Club downtown to celebrate with the Luminaires, the founder chapter volunteer support group of the Doheny Eye Institute, at its 43rd annual spring benefit “An Easter Parade.” The boutique/luncheon raised more than $110,000 to assist the Doheny Eye Institute in its continuing mission to restore, preserve, and improve human eyesight through vision research and a full range of ophthalmic services provided by internationally recognized experts. The fashion show featured the spring collection of Lourdes Chavez, a L.A.-based world-class designer. A dedicated committee of Luminaires with vision, energy, and creative genius, combined their talents to orchestrate a festive afternoon. Benefit Chair Betsy Ulf created a decor of Easter bunnies while Luminaires President Liz Shonk kept everything moving in her unique, delightful way. The committee members included: Fran Biles, Barbara Bishop, Christy Bradley, Mary Cooper, Sonia Hathaway, Barbara Heublein, Linda Hubbard, Lucy Hilands, Nancy Hulick, Judy Kloner, DeeDee Klunder, Pat Lyon, Nancy Marino, Linda Moore, Barbara Nielsen, Winnie Reitnouer, Debra Sadun, Suzanne Sposato, Bonnie Thomas, Dianne Thurman, Laura Wisner, Susan Wofford, and Kandi Wopschall. In a recent historic affiliation, two of the nation’s top Eye Institutes, UCLA’s Jules Stein and Doheny, have united. Created by families whose legacies helped shape Los Angeles, both have joined forces to offer patient access to the best in care, vision research, and in the training of future vision specialists. In 2020, the two institutes are planning to move into a 123,000 square foot, seven acre headquarters in Pasadena, designed by William L. Pereira & Associates, to support laboratory research and advanced patient care. ****** The Women’s Guild of Cedars-Sinai will host its 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala on Thursday, May 3, at The Beverly Hilton. Legendary multi-Emmy winner Norman Lear and his wife Lyn will receive the Hollywood Icon Award while Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame serves as emcee of the event chaired by Judy Briskin, Wendy Goldberg and Vera Guerin. “The Lears represent the pinnacle of success in career achievement and generosity, affording so many people opportunities in the entertainment industry,” according to Women’s Guild President Gina Furth. A special musical performance by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Sergio Mendes with Brasil ’66 will highlight the evening. Since 1957, the Women’s Guild has been making a difference in the lives of patients, raising close to $50 million in support of Cedars-Sinai’s most critical work, including projects at the Cedars-Sinai Women’s Guild Lung Institute and the Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center (a project of the Women’s Guild at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute).
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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 18-O-2752
2. Notification Period:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE REGISTRATION AND PUBLIC NOTICING REQUIREMENTS
a. Notices of application/pending action and notices of public hearing subject to this section shall be mailed at least 20 days prior to such action or hearing by the reviewing authority.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
C. Newspaper Notice: Where a newspaper notice is required by this section, before the date of a public hearing the director shall cause to be published a notice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the city at least 20 days prior to the public hearing.
Notes: 1. Special noticing requirements apply, see subsection B of this section. 2. Applications reviewed at the commission/council level only. B. Special Notice Requirements:
Section 1. The City Council hereby amends and restates Section 1-4-105 (“CONSIDERATION OF APPEALS PETITIONS”) of Article 1 (“Appeal Of Administrative Decisions To Council”), of Chapter 4 (“APPEAL AND REVIEW PROCEDURES”) of Title 1 (“GENERAL PROVISIONS”) to read as follows: 1-4-105: CONSIDERATION OF APPEAL PETITIONS: After an appeal petition is filed in accordance with this article, the city clerk shall place the matter on the council agenda for council action. Based on the appeal petition and the written material presented, the council shall determine whether to refer the matter back to the commission, board, or official rendering the decision pursuant to subsection A of this section or whether to grant a hearing on the appeal pursuant to subsection B of this section. The council shall not permit oral testimony in its determination under this section.
Section 5. The City Council hereby amends and restates Section 10-3-253 (“Notification Requirements”) of Article 2.5 (“Public Notice Requirements”) of Chapter 3 (“Zoning”) of Title 10 (“Planning and Zoning”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows: 10-3-253: NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: The following methods of notice are required for each planning application: A. Standard Requirements:
A. If the council finds the facts in the appeal petition contain new and material evidence not previously presented to the board, commission, or official, the council may order that the board, commission, or official rehear the matter. Written notice of the rehearing shall be mailed to the appellant and to such other persons who have appeared and addressed the board, commission, or official at the prior hearing in connection with such matter, and mailing shall be at least 20 days before such rehearing, and such other notice as required by law for the previous hearing shall also be given. B. Except as provided for in subsection A of this section, the council shall set the matter for a hearing. At least 20 days prior to the hearing, written notice shall be mailed to the appellant and to other persons who appeared and addressed the board, commission, or official at the prior hearing on the matter, and such other notice as required by law for the previous hearing shall also be given. Section 2. The City Council hereby amends and restates Section 1-4-202 (“SETTING HEARINGS”) of Article 2 (“Council Ordered Review Of Administrative Decisions”) of Chapter 4 (“APPEAL AND REVIEW PROCEDURES”) of Title 1 (“GENERAL PROVISIONS”) to read as follows: 1-4-202: SETTING HEARINGS: Upon the adoption of an order for a review of a decision, the mayor shall fix a time and place for the hearing. At least 20 days prior to the hearing, written notice shall be mailed to the applicant and such other persons who appeared and addressed the board, commission, or official at the previous hearing on the matter, and such other notice as required by law for the previous hearing shall also be given. Section 3. The City Council hereby adds paragraph E to Section 1-9-105 (“REGISTRATION”) of Article 1 (“COMPENSATED LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATES”), of Chapter 9 (“LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATES”) of Title 1 (“GENERAL PROVISIONS”) to read as follows: 1-9-105: REGISTRATION: E. All Legislative Advocates who filed a Legislative Advocate registration form with the City between February 9, 2017 through and including February 8, 2018 shall file a new registration form with the City that meets the requirements of this Article 1, or shall file a form disclosing the termination of the legislative advocate relationship pursuant to Section 1-9-107. Section 4. The City Council hereby amends and restates paragraph A.2., paragraph B.2.a. and paragraph C of Section 10-3-252 (“Notification Methods”) of Article 2.5 (“Public Notice Requirements”) of Chapter 3 (“Zoning”) of Title 10 (“Planning and Zoning”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows: 10-3-252: NOTIFICATION METHODS: A. On Site Posted Notice 2. Notification Period: On site posted notices shall be displayed at least 20 days in advance of a decision or public hearing and remain through the appeal period. B. Mailed Notice
Section 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall be and remain in full force and effect. Section 7. Publication. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and shall cause this Ordinance and his certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City. Section 8. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage. Continue to Page 20 >>>>>
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PUBLIC NOTICES Adopted: April 10, 2018 Effective: May 11, 2018 JULIAN A. GOLD, M.D. Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California ATTEST: BYRON POPE (SEAL) City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: MAHDI ALUZRI City Manager SUSAN HEALY KEENE Director of Community Development VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Wunderlich, Friedman, Bosse, Vice Mayor Mirisch, and Mayor Gold NOES: None ABSENT: None CARRIED
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081374 The following is/are doing business as: 1) ELY & CO. 2) ELY & CO. FANCY DIAMONDS 3) ELI & CO. 4) ELI & CO. FANCY DIAMONDS 5) ELI & CO. FANCY JEWELS 6) ELI & CO. FINE JEWELS 7) ELINOOR & CO. 8) ELY & CO. FANCY JEWELS 9) ELY & CO. FINE JEWELS 10) ELYNOOR & CO. 11) NOOR EXTRAORDINARY JEWELS 12) NOOR FANCY DIAMONDS 13) NOOR FANCY JEWELS 14) NOOR FINE JEWELS 15) NOOR MAGNIFICENT JEWELS 16) WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ely & Co. Fancy Diamonds, Inc. 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed March 2018: Eli Noor, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081388 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SOFTFRAME 2) MY SOFTFRAME 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #1404, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Heidi Petzold 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #1404, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Heidi Petzold, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081386 The following is/are doing business as: ESETTLE GROUP 6616 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; Jerry Wexler 6616 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Jerry Wexler, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081384 The following is/are doing business as: DEVORAH WEINBERGER ORGANIZER 6430 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; Devorah Weinberger 6430 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Devorah Weinberger, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081380 The following is/are doing business as: I LOVE POSITANO 130 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #104, Los Angeles, CA 90049; Beth Gallo 130 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #104, Los Angeles, CA 90049; Gennaro Gallo 130 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #104, Los Angeles, CA 90049; The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed March 2018: Beth Gallo, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C
NOTICE
— Fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, et seq., Business and Professions Code).!
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Secs. 6104, 6105 U.C.C.) Escrow No. 00491667-021-AE1 Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller that a Bulk Sale is about to be made of the assets described below. The names and business addresses of the Seller are: VIBRISA INC., 807 PALM AVENUE WEST, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: N/A As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: NONE The names and addresses of the Buyer are: LONDON FROMSON, LLC, 807 PALM AVENUE WEST, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 The assets to be sold are described in general as: ALL FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT located at: 807 PALM AVENUE WEST, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 The business name used by the seller at that location is: PRIME BROWS The anticipated date of the Bulk Sale is MAY 8, 2018 at the office of: TICOR TITLE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, 1500 QUAIL ST, 3RD FLR, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660, under Escrow: 00491667-021-AE1. The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: Arwen Estelle, Certified Senior Escrow Officer,TICOR TITLE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, 1500 QUAIL ST, 3RD FLR, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 and the last date for filing claims shall be MAY 7, 2018, which is the business day prior to the sale date specified above. IN WITNESSS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this document on the date(s) set forth below. Dated: SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 LONDON FROMSON, LLC LA2009822 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 4/20/18
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UPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CASE NO: SS029035 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Matter of the petition of: Stacie McNealey To all interested person(s): Petitioner: Stacie McNealey current residence address: 170 N. Crescent Dr. #301 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 filed a petition with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, Santa Monica Courthouse, West District on March 22, 2018 for a Decree changing names as follows: Present Name: A) Stacie McNealey B) Tamar Brooklyn Bryant C) Blake Immanuel Bryant D) Richard Lee Bryant Proposed Name: A) Devorah Yael Asher B) Tamar Rachel Asher C) Yishaiahu Immanuel Asher D) Yonatan Asher 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. Any person
objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 27, 2018 Time: 8:30am Dept: WEK Room: A-203 The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, Santa Monica Courthouse, West District. Reason for name change: I converted to Judaism and want a name to reflect as such. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information in the foregoing petition is true and correct. Signed: Stacie McNealey Judge of the Superior Court Gerald Rosenberg, Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk Dated: March 22, 2018 Published: March 30, April 06, 13, 20, 2018 Beverly Hills Courier
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018075127 The following is/are doing business as: BEVERLY HILLS WOMEN SUMMIT 9319 Hazen Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Sarah Kurtz 9319 Hazen Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed March 2018: Sarah Kurtz, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: March 28, 2018; Published: March 30, April 06, 13, 20, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081382 The following is/are doing business as: 1) PREVENTATIVE DENTAL SPECIALISTS OF BEVERLY HILLS 2) PREVENTIVE DENTAL SPECIALISTS OF BEVERLY HILLS 3) 90210 DENTAL IMPLANTS 4) B.H. GUM DOCTOR 5) B.H. GUM SPECIALISTS 6) BEVERLY HILLS DENTAL IMPLANT EXPERTS 7) BEVERLY HILLS GUM DOCTOR 8) BEVERLY HILLS IMPLANT SPECIALISTS 414 N. Camden Dr. #1240, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Justin Raanan DDS, Inc. 414 N. Camden Dr. #1240, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Justin Raanan DDS, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C
NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS Project: Beverly Hills High School Modernization Buildings B1 – B2 Owner: Beverly Hills Unified School District Lease / Lease Back Contractor: ProWest Constructors, CSLB #: 706619 PROPOSAL RELEASE #1 (REBID) PROPOSAL DATE: MAY 22, 2018 PROPOSAL TIME: 2:00 PM PROPOSAL PACKAGES 02 Surveying & Layout 06 Cast-in-Place Concrete, Shotcrete & Reinforcing 10 Wood Framing & Misc. Carpentry
ESTIMATED COST $147,492 $4,428,371 $1,778,460
For Proposals in the amount of $150,000 and over, a Proposal Bond in the amount of 10% of the Lump Sum Base Price shall accompany the Proposal. For Lump Sum Base Price amounts of less than $150,000, Proposal Bond shall not be required. Proposal Documents available April 23, 2018 at IB Reprographics (951) 682-1850, www.ibrepro.com, iSqFt, www.isqft.com and www.BidMail.com. A non-mandatory Job Walk has been scheduled for May 3, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. Attendance is highly recommended. Participants shall meet at the upper south parking lot at Beverly Hills High School, 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. The Project consists of the modernization of 57,750 SF of existing buildings B1 and B2 at Beverly Hills High School located at 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. These buildings consist of administration space, a media center, classrooms, record keeping and conference rooms. Prequalification of Contractor and MEP Subcontractors. In accordance with California Public Contract Code section 20111.6, all mechanical, electrical or plumbing (“MEP”) Subcontractors of any tier (contractors that hold C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 or C-46 licenses), must be prequalified. All MEP Subcontractors holding any of the licenses listed must be prequalified. This prequalification requirement for MEP Subcontractors applies even if the subcontractor will perform, or is designated to perform, work that does not require one of the licenses listed above, but the subcontractor holds one of the licenses listed above. The purpose of the proposal is to enable ProWest Constructors to select the most qualified firm that provides the best value to ProWest Constructors and the Owner and with whom ProWest Constructors will subcontract. Based on the received proposals, ProWest Constructors will create a list of the highest ranking respondents, based on a best value selection criteria and will identify the selected firm(s) to enter negotiations for specific scopes of work to be subcontracted. Formal award of any subcontracts will not occur unless and until the Owner has concurred to the scope of the subcontracted work and to the price of the subcontracted work. ProWest Constructors reserves the right to request additional information at any time, which in its sole opinion, is necessary to assure that a proposer’s competence, business organization, and financial resources are adequate to perform the requested work. ProWest Constructors also reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality or nonsubstantive irregularity in any proposal. Contact Lease / Lease Back Contractor, ProWest Constructors – Carol Frias at (951) 678-1038 for further information.
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244 & 246 S. REEVES DRIVE GORGEOUS BEVERLY HILLS DUPLEX FOR LEASE Century Park East $900,000 • 7th Fl. 2+2 Corner Condo. Century City Downtn Views-2 balconies Viking appl’s, hrwd. flrs. No Expense Spared! $599,000 • 3rd Fl. 1+1
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PANORAMIC VIEW NOT YET ON MARKET
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~ 218 S. Lasky Dr. ~ 4 BEDROOM, 3 BATH Upper Duplex 2500sf. High ceilings Tons of light! Newly remodeled Move-in ready! $7,500/Mo.
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Chairman 2014 Paula Kent Meehan President & Publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Stephen P. Simmons
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR John Mirisch needs to get a grip. When he was sworn in as vice mayor the other week, he spent the majority of his speech ranting and raving about a development and zoning bill in the State Senate introduced earlier this year that would give Sacramento unprecented power to change municipal zoning laws. That bill–SB 827–would certainly ravage the City of Beverly Hills by allowing excessive development to an already densely populated city, relative to its size. If it passes, that is. SB 827 hasn’t budged in the legislative process since it was introduced by a San Francisco lawmaker three months ago, and in all likelihood based on the lack of support from others in the legislature, will never make it to the State Senate floor, nevermind the State Assembly or the governor’s desk. So I’m not sure what’s more troubling: John Mirisch’s prematurely crying that the sky is falling in Beverly Hills, or the lies he’s told to stoke local jingoism. Mirisch has repeatedly accused Scott Wiener, the senator who introduced the bill, of calling the City of Beverly Hills “racist” for staying true to its current plan. I’m hard pressed to find any indication that Wiener ever called any city “racist” though he had mentioned that limiting development around transit corridors has traditionally excluded minorities, which is true. Mirisch abuses his platform as an elected official when he spins that into Wiener saying: “Anyone who might like to have a garden is a ‘racist,’“ and that their goal is to destroy Beverly Hills. The vice mayor, nevertheless, cites “the Twittersphere” as proof that SB 827 supporters think single-family housing is “racist” (as if Twitter is a bastion of intelligent discourse). Mirisch has alo suggested multiple times that Southern California should secede in protest of various state legislature bills he doesn’t like. But again this particular one is nothing more than an idea by one senator. With the housing shortage and the proliferation of the homeless crisis, I’m inclined to think that SB 827 was a well-meaning, if poorly thought out, attempt to cut through the red tape that city councils up and down the state have dealt with. After all, the same community activists who bemoan government inability to put a dent in the homeless population can be found wielding pitchforks and torches in protest when city hall propses a shelter in their neighborhood. While some artists dabble in oils, acrylic or collage, Vice Mayor Mirisch’s long-preferred medium is ill-founded contrarianism. If he does think SoCalexit is the answer, maybe he should pick up a copy of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Charlie Hayes Editor’s Note: Scott Weiner’s SB 827 failed in the legislature this week and is off the table for now. (See article on Page 5) ****** In response to Pablo Nankin's most recent
letter and really, to just about every letter he writes, well, I have to ask him where he gets his facts from. Dr. Nankin has been so far off real numbers and truths that he has to be making them up. After all, this is a man who once referred to Pierce Brothers’ Westwood Village Memorial Park as a Jewish cemetery. Sir, it is a cemetery of all faiths. In his last letter, he wrote about the continuous need for SROs inside of our schools and I agree with that. These are scary times for students. However, it is silly to suggest putting police in our parks. We already have park rangers and do not want Beverly Hills to look like a police state. We don't need to go that far. Dr. Nankin is always asking the City for money in letters which are based on nonsense. I wonder what his motives really are? George Vreeland Hill ****** Today, the Beverly Hills Education Association (BHEA), representing approximately 300 credentialed educators, will meet yet again with the Beverly Hills Unified School District to negotiate potential changes to the terms of our members' employment contract. Today, by virtue of the district's continued intransigence, we will meet in the presence of a state-appointed mediator. To be clear, the district unilaterally filed for impasse, and this action triggered the appointment of a mediator. Unfortunately, BHEA has lost nearly all confidence in the BHUSD. We do not believe the district accurately publicizes its financial condition. We believe the district exaggerates negative financial news and this distorts its true financial condition, which is much healthier than it has led the community to believe. BHUSD has disseminated demonstrably false information to the public related to our contract negotiations to try to fool the community. Furthermore, when one starts comparing the district's financial data with those of other Los Angeles County unified school districts, the district's claims of an impending insolvency simply do not match the cold, hard facts...facts that come straight from the Los Angeles County Office of Education. For example, both Culver City and Alhambra have raised teacher salaries by a greater percentage than Beverly Hills over the last three years. Both Culver City and Alhambra contribute thousands of dollars more per employee annually toward health benefits. Yet, Culver City and Alhambra receive thousands of dollars less in revenue per student each year compared to Beverly Hills. Do not believe the BHUSD if it tells you it's running out of money. Quite the contrary. It has more money than it knows what to do with. Christopher Bushee Member of the BHEA Negotiations Team
POLICE BLOTTER The following assaults, burglaries, and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers.
ASSAULTS 03/01 100 N. Robertson Blvd. 04/09 N. La Cienega Blvd. 04/10 200 Moreno Dr. 04/11 1700 Carla Ridge 04/13 9400 Brighton Way BURGLARIES 04/08 400 S. Crescent Dr.
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600 N. Camden Dr. 800 N. Elm Dr. 1100 San Ysidro Dr. S. Clark Dr./Olympic Blvd. 200 S. Wetherly Dr. 400 Robert Lane 300 N. Beverly Dr. 1000 Chevy Chase Dr.
04/11 200 N. Rodeo Dr. 04/15 N. La Cienega Blvd. 04/15 100 N. Hamilton Dr. 04/15 300 N. Palm Dr. GRAND THEFTS 04/08 400 S. Canon Dr. 04/11 300 S. Elm Dr. 04/14 200 N. Beverly Dr.
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By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Apr. 20). It's like you can grow things with your eyes. You see the good in people, and they will become better because of it. Also, you'll focus on the part of your financial life that's working the best, and you'll wind up making what you need to move forward with a venture with the potential to free your time and your mind. Pisces and Libra adore you. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Someone believes that he or she is contributing to your happiness. Is that really the case, though? If so, perhaps reward is due in the form of appreciation. If not, it's time to communicate your wants more clearly. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are so empathetic today that you will echo the feelings of those around you with your own heart. It is therefore important that when you need to get something done, you work where you won't be disturbed. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are very important to all of this - vital, even. Inseparable, actually. The ocean is the wave, and the wave is the ocean. So don't waste a minute doubting your relevance. Jump in and contribute. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It's said that it's not the having or the getting that bring happiness, but the giving. If this is true, why is it so much fun to have and get? Anyway, you'll experience all three today. You'll get; you'll have; you'll give. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The light is different in each different place, in each moment, and so you'll see things differently. Fortune favors you as you refrain from making statements or decisions that are absolute in nature. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There's a flow to all you do today. Does it really matter how this is happening? Don't stop to analyze whether this comes from within or moves you from the outside. Just enjoy it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The easy way is actually the hard way. Push past the fear that makes you want to back down from the action -- from the thing that must be done to move you into who you want to be. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Beware of what looks cool but can't deliver on its promise. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. In some cases, looking cool is important, but sooner or later the piper must be paid. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Emotions, responsibilities, relationships, possessions -- all baggage. Baggage is necessary. That's why we pack it for the journey. But the more you have, the more it weighs, the more you pay. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Following the path of least resistance is a way to get moving, but once you're moving, you'll want to take charge of where you're going. Just remember that all traps have easy, juicy offerings up front. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). There are no improvements that happen without difficulty. You pay with work or sweat. You pay with money you earned or someone earned. There was effort somewhere in the chain. Today you're deciding what's worth it. ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). You're somehow involved in a game of chicken, and it's still unclear who is going to back down first. Of course, it will be the one who needs to be right more than they need to be smart.
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