BHCourier E-edition 051118

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BEVERLY HILLS VOLUME: LIII

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May 11, 2018

Branden Williams Continues Involvement With Referendum, Despite Earlier Promises

THIS ISSUE

Karen Christiansen’s $23M verdict against BHUSD 4 overturned on appeal.

The PTA Council held its annual installation luncheon this week.

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Good Shepherd Center won a $5,000 prize from Project Beauty Share.

5 • Real Estate • Birthdays • Letters to the Editor

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George Christy, Page 6 The Silly Back Biting Began This Year About The Met Gala, Beautifully Organized By Vogue Editor Anna Wintour.

Celebrities Claim They’re Bored. Why Don’t They Make An Effort To Give More Of Themselves?

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Constance Towers Gavin Named Blue Ribbon’s “Woman Of The Year”

By Laura Coleman There are few things more dynamic in this world than the transformative power of the performing arts. For Beverly Hills resident Constance Towers Gavin, this year’s Blue Ribbon “Woman of the Year,” the magic of the performing arts has always pulsed through her – and it’s a legacy she’s devoted to Pictured: Former Woman of the Year ensuring continues in the recipient Sandy Ausman, past Blue lives of young people Ribbon president and 2018 Woman of the through her volunteerism Year Constance Towers Gavin, and curwith the Blue Ribbon. rent Blue Ribbon President Jill Baldauf.

“The performing arts Ribbon, the preeminent women’s were everything to me,” the iconic support group for The Music longtime performer told the Center. “Also the fact that they’re Courier on cusp of receiving the prestigious award from the Blue (see ‘BLUE RIBBON’ page 19)

L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell Talks Re-Election Bid With The Courier

By Matt Lopez L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell has experienced his fair share of election cycle craziness.

Four years ago, when he successfully ran for the post of County Sheriff, McDonnell was the new face in the race. Coming from his position as Long Beach Police Chief, McDonnell promised to come in and clean up what had become a scandal-ridden L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.

Now, as he seeks reelection, McDonnell is experiencing the downside of being an incumbent

L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell

as he tries to withstand verbal spars from the opposition – two retired former deputies who are (see ‘JIM MCDONNELL’ page 20)

review of “all memoranda prepared by the Registrar’s office in the examination of the Petition indicating which registered voters signed the Petition, in order to determine which signatures were disqualified and the reasons therefor.”

Hertz’s request could pave the way for further legal action.

Under California Government Code 6253.5, “all memoranda prepared by the county elections officials in the examination of the petitions indicating which registered voters have signed particular petitions… shall not be deemed to be public records and shall not be open to inspection except…if the petition is found to be insufficient.”

Then, the memoranda (see ‘BRANDEN WILLIAMS’ page 21)

1184 Loma Linda Drive Gets Its Own Ordinance

By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills will enact a new ordinance for the sole purpose of granting Loma Linda Holdings LLC a permit to construct an 11,000 square foot residence on a 22foot wide street “in the interest of fairness to both the developer (Canadian billionaire developer Francesco Aquilini) of 1184 Loma Linda Dr. and the residents,” according to the ordinance in a City staff report.

It is unclear what the City means by the word “fairness.”

Aquilini currently has two lawsuits pending against the City of Beverly Hills, including a lawsuit against the 2016 Hillside Ordinance.

This new ordinance

Celebrity Photo Agency/Scott Downie

WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST?– The Beverly Hills Police Officers Association held its annual Police Service Day and Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, hosting scores of residents and wide-eyed children examining the SWAT gear, motorcycles, K9 officers, guns, ammunition and of course, chocolate chip pancakes. Pictured, from left: Officer Jesse Lyga, Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli, Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold, Councilmember Lili Bosse, Officer Jonathan De La Cruz, Officer Michael Guzman and Sergeant David Tomlin.

By Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills Realtor Branden Williams continues to play a key role in the efforts to rescind the newly enacted Basement Ordinance, despite resigning from his position as principal officer and treasurer of the Beverly Hills Residents for Preserving Property Values last month.

According to City officials, Williams enabled attorney Bradley Hertz of the Sutton Law Firm to review the signatures rejected by the County Registrar/Recorder that led to an insufficient number of signatures for the referendum to be placed on the ballot.

On Monday morning, Beverly Hills City Clerk Byron Pope received a letter at 9:55 a.m. from Hertz, requesting a

retroactively exempts 1184 Loma Linda Dr. from the new Basement Ordinance, number 18-O-2751. It is a carve-out for only one project; no other project is included.

The exemption dates back to the March 6 meeting, when residents brought several issues to the City Council that precluded 1184 attaining a building permit.

For 1184, the council directed that residents’ concerns over a lot line adjustment granted in 2013, but not recorded until 2016, must be resolved by a third-party review. Residents also requested a review of the $600,000 bond for street renovations and (see ‘1184 LOMA LINDA’ page 19)

HATS OFF, HATS ON! — Angie Larocque and Anna Faris attended the premiere of Lionsgate and Pantelion Film's Overboard at the Regency Village Theatre.

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, June 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, will hold a public hearing to consider: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE ON EXISTING REGULATIONS RELATED TO PAVING BUFFERS IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY, THE LOCATION OF REQUIRED PAVING BUFFERS IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS OF THE CITY, DECKS OVER DRIVEWAYS IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY, PUBLIC NOTICING REQUIREMENTS, AND THE LIST OF PROJECTS FOR WHICH A DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW IS REQUIRED. The proposed Ordinance includes minor modifications to existing code language to address inaccuracies, remove errors, and improve the clarity of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code (BHMC). The proposed Ordinance does not include substantive changes to the current meaning or interpretation of the code sections being amended. Specifically, the proposed Ordinance would amend the following: • BHMC § 10-3-2422(F) to reconcile paving buffer standards with the development standards that govern walls, fences, and hedges in the front yard in the Central Area of the City (available in BHMC § 10-3-2420(C)); • BHMC § 10-3-2422(F), 10-3-2518(E), and 10-3-2618(E) to clarify that paving buffers are not required in front of walkway entrances; • BHMC § 10-3-2409(D) to delete the word “ramps” to clarify that a deck may be located over a residential driveway that leads directly to a subterranean parking entrance in the Central Area of the City; • BHMC § 10-3-253(A) to add the Historic Incentive Permit to the table of standard notification requirements at the Planning Commission level, consistent with the noticing requirements cited for the permit in Ordinance 14-O-2670; • BHMC § 10-3-253(B) to change title of the table from “Public Notice Posting Requirements” to “Special Public Notice Requirements” for clarity; • BHMC § 10-3-3100 to specifically identify that new construction involving 2,500 square feet or more of new or additional floor area requires a Development Plan Review; • BHMC § 10-3-3100 to specifically identify that new construction that increases the height of a structure or building requires a Development Plan Review, unless otherwise specified in Chapter 3 of Title 10 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code.

The Ordinance has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The adoption and implementation of the Ordinance represents minor semantic changes to the existing code and does not represent substantive changes in meaning or interpretation of the code. It can therefore be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed amendments may have a significant effect on the environment.

Accordingly, the City Council will consider the staff recommendation to find the Ordinance exempt from the environmental review requirements of CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.

All interested persons are invited to attend and speak on this matter. Written comments also may be submitted and should be addressed to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Written comments should be received prior to the public hearing. The comments should be received prior to the hearing date. Any written comments received by close of business on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 will be attached to the agenda report regarding this item. Any comments received after Tuesday, May 29, 2018, but prior to the public hearing, will be distributed to the Council under separate cover. Please note that if you challenge the City’s action in regards to this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at a public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the end of the public hearing.

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Alek Miller, Associate Planner, Community Development Department, at (310) 285-1196 or amiller@beverlyhills.org. The case file, including a copy of the proposed ordinance, is available for review in the Community Development Department, 455 N. Rexford Drive, 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, California 90210.

BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, City 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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HERE! ISRAEL’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY – City leaders joined together Wednesday night at The Peninsula Beverly Hills for a special event celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. The event, which was organized by volunteer co-chairs Gina Raphael and Sharona Nazarian, along with the Beverly Hills nonprofit sister city organization, included special guest speakers, videos and musical entertainment. Pictured (from left): Councilmember Robert Wunderlich, Nazarian, Councilmember Lili Bosse, Israel Consul General in Los Angeles Sam Grundwerg, Mayor Julian Gold, Vice Mayor John Mirisch, Councilmember Les Friedman and Raphael.

Factor’s Famous Deli To Celebrate 70 Years Next Week

By Matt Lopez Factor’s Famous Deli, a West Los Angeles staple for decades, is celebrating its 70th birthday next week.

Factor’s will turn 70 with a special gala dinner on Tuesday, May 15 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at The Mark For Events at 9320 W. Pico Blvd.

Renowned chefs such as Nancy Silverton, Jonathan Waxman, Josiah Citrin, Bruce Kalman, Hedy Goldsmith, Adam Perry Lang, Micah Wexler and Michael Kassler will cook and present each course for the multi-course, wine-

paired dinner.

A hosted cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, dessert, a live auction and more will be emceed by Billy Harris.

Factor’s opened in May 1948 by Abe and Esther Factor. The couple retired in 1969 and sold the deli to Holocaust survivor Herman Markowitz, who died just four years later. Herman’s children now operate the deli.

For more information on the 70th birthday dinner at Factor’s, visit https://bit.ly/2FDulOq.

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Court Rules In Favor Of Beverly Hills Unified School District, Overturns $23M Karen Christiansen Verdict

By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills Unified School District is finally off the hook in its troubled years-long legal battle against former BHUSD facilities chief Karen Christiansen, who until yesterday morning was owed in excess of $23 million by the school district.

In a 21-page decision, filed yesterday by the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Six, the court reversed the trial decision that found the district to be liable for having fired Christiansen after she used her district role to enter into a sole-sourced contract with a company she founded, Strategic Concepts LLC. The decision states: “We reverse.

Section 1090 applies to independent contractors. The trial court misinterpreted section 1090 and erred in not instructing on the competitive bidding statutes. The contract also limits the LLC’s damages.”

Following a hearing with the Court of Appeal in February in the case of Strategic Concepts LLC v. Beverly Hills Unified School, BHUSD attorney Fred A. Fenster of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP told the Courier that he strongly believed the panel had clearly understood that Christiansen’s actions had violated the purpose of Gov. Code Section 1090.

“The Beverly Hills Unified School District is pleased that the Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s award of more than $20 million and validated the district’s position that Government Code Section 1090 applies,” Fenster told the Courier after reading the decision. “It is the district’s intention to prove in the event there is a new trial that the agreements which Karen Christensen signed are invalid because she had a conflict of interest and failed to comply with the (see ‘CHRISTIANSEN VERDICT’ page 13)

JUMPIN’ JASPER – Jasper is an 8-month-old Husky mix who is playful and sweet. He weighs 55 pounds and is in search of his forever home. For more information on how to adopt Jasper, visit www.shelterhopepetshop.org.

Beverly Hills High School Senior Gets Real Life Medical Experience In India

By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills High School senior David Bakalov got the chance of a lifetime this spring when he traveled to Jalandhar, India with the Osborne Head & Neck Institute’s week-long medical mission along with four other high school students from across the region.

The small hospital in which the team set up a week-long free clinic OPERATING TABLE – Beverly Hills High School senior for ear, nose and throat David Bakalov (right) gets real world experience in the operissues, which is located ating room in India. He is pictured with Dr. Ronen Nazarian, in the northwestern a BHHS alum with the Osborne Institute who is performing a Indian state of Punjab, is tympanoplasty surgery while David assists. about as far away from Osborne’s first world and an opportunity to learn: from facilities located within Cedars-Sinai as admitting patients and working with one can imagine. David spent part of translators to working in the operating last summer on a three-week internship room assisting surgeons to performing with the Osborne Institute at Cedars- neck and ENT (ear, nose and throat) Sinai, which he landed through the exams to actually suturing patients BHHS Medical Science Academy.

(David and the other students had spent David’s recent experience, howev- two months learning to stich up wounds er, was dramatically different. For in L.A. before embarking on the trip.) instance, he actually got to assist surPerhaps the most profound experigeons perform surgeries. ence for David, he said, was to actually “As the students on this trip it was be so close to the surgeons and get to our responsibility to help out whatever understand what was going through way we could,” he described. their minds as they made decisions and “Throughout the day we switched off explained just what they were doing. between being in the clinic and being in Of course, being in a third world the operating room.” environment made everything a bit He described every day as dynamic (see ‘BHHS MEDICAL’ page 20)

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Good Shepherd Center Wins $5K Prize From Project Beauty Share

PTA COUNCIL INSTALLATION – On Wednesday, Beverly Hills school principals thanked the outgoing PTA executive board members and installed the incoming PTA executive board members at a luncheon hosted at Fogo de Chao. The PTA Council awarded Jodi Galen, Eddie Rabin, and Dori Keneally for their years of volunteer work and commitment to the PTA. Pictured (top row, from left): Superintendent Michael Bregy, Jamie Halimi (outgoing Horace Mann PTA president), Laurie Okum (outgoing BHHS co-PTA president), Councilmember Lili Bosse, incoming Beverly Vista PTA President Nathan Kruger, incoming Horace Mann PTA President Jill Egerman, Incoming Beverly Vista PTA President Marvin Winans Jr., Incoming BHHS PTA President April Jergens, Cynthia Park (outgoing Beverly Vista PTA president), and continuing PTA Council co-President Lorraine Eastman. Bottom row, (from left: Incoming Horace Mann PTA President Misty Johnson, BHEF President Cindy Trost, Golden Oak award honoree Galen (and outgoing BHHS copresident), continuing PTA Council co-President Rose Kaiserman, Honorary Service award honoree Keneally, and Honorary Service award honoree Rabin.

Beverly Hills Woman Killed In Hit-AndRun Crash

By Matt Lopez A 34-year-old Beverly Hills woman was killed Saturday when a speeding Mercedes Benz led to a two-car crash southwest of Los Angeles.

According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), two survivors from that car fled in a third vehicle.

The 34-year-old woman, driving a 1997 Honda, had been at a complete stop at the posted stop sign on Harvard Boulevard, northbound at 120th St. in unincorporated Los Angeles County around 10:30 p.m., when she entered the intersection to make a left turn to travel onto 120th Street, the CHP reported.

As she entered the intersection, a

speeding white 2016 Mercedes Benz going east on 120th Street struck the left driver's side of her Honda.

The Mercedes went out of control and hit a wooden pole northeast of the intersection. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

“After the collision, the unknown black male driver escaped in a white BMW four-door sedan that had arrived at the scene,” the CHP said.

The two suspects were described only as African-American men.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the CHP's West Los Angeles area office at 310-6423939.

FUTURE POLITICIANS – Jayden Bulexa, Emma Newman, Charles Wen, Chloe Levine, Eli Okum, Eli Ramer, Lillian Esagoff, Sabrina Camua Samantha Maybaum, Ruby Laks, Julien Hadim, Sean Lee, Ryan Nikfarjam, Zoe Bloom, Ayla Su and Jennifer Li were honored Tuesday by the Beverly Hills City Council for their participation in Youth in Government Day, with Cherryne Lue-Sang, the Beverly Hills Unified School District’s Coordinator of Special Projects. Youth in Government gives each participant an opportunity to roleplay government positions at City Hall. The kisa are pictured above with Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold, Councilmember Lili Bosse, Vice Mayor John Mirisch and Councilmembers Les Friedman and Robert Wunderlich.

Beverly Hills’ Porta Via Set To Expand To Pacific Palisades

By Matt Lopez A classic Beverly Hills eatery is set for its first major expansion.

Porta Via, the upscale casual restaurant that has long been a fixture on Canon Drive’s restaurant row, will open a location in Pacific Palisades, Eater LA first reported this week.

Beverly Hills has been the home of Peter Garland’s Porta Via for nearly 25 years. The all-day eatery serves everything from breakfast food to pasta to sal-

ads, fish and filet mignon, and everything in between.

Porta Via’s Pacific Palisades location will be housed in Rick Caruso’s threeacre remodel of the upscale downtown area.

According to Eater LA, the Pacific Palisades location will offer several favorites from the Beverly Hills menu, as well as new menu items. The decor will be similar, with an outdoor patio area just like the one in Beverly Hills.

By Laura Coleman For over 25 years, Good Shepherd Center (GSC) for Homeless Women and Children has worked to empower women and their children to move from homelessness to self-sufficiency, through housing, employment and support services offered with dignity and love. And while it’s usually Pictured (back row, from left): Sharon Robertson, PBS GSC that’s doing the giv- Development Director; Julie Farley, PBS Founder and ing, two weeks ago the Executive Director; Marianne Guenther Bornhoft, PBS life-changing non-profit Board Member; Allison Roskelley, PBS Board was on the receiving end Member; Taylor Horn, Beauty Vlogger and Influencer; Yvonne Smith, PBS Board President; Judith Monizwhen it was presented Roen, PBS Incoming Board President and Haley with a $5,000 check from Barranger, PBS Volunteer Coordinator. Front row: Project Beauty Share for Sister Anne Lanh Tran holds the check. winning its online contest.

“Good Shepherd‘s win meant that one of the non-profit organizations.

A non-profit organization founded everyone—staff, clients, volunteers, and donors—came together and did their by Julie Farley, Project Beauty Share part in helping to spread the word collects personal hygiene, cosmetics online and through social media and and beauty products and distributes encouraging folks to go online and cast them through non-profit organizations, a vote for Good Shepherd Center,” said like Good Shepherd.

To celebrate the win, on Friday, GSC Director Sister Anne Lanh Tran.

Project Beauty Share’s 15-day con- April 27, GSC’s Farley House test partnered YouTube personality/ Community Room was transformed for beauty blogger ThaTaylaa (Taylor) with a lunchtime celebration with pizza, five nonprofit women’s shelters across cake, soft drinks, and other treats as the nation to provide an assortment of staff, volunteers and residents gathered beauty products, giving the shelters a to welcome a team of eight women chance to win the $5,000 grand prize who had traveled from Spokane, by having people visit Project Beauty Washington, Project Beauty Share’s Share’s website daily and vote for any home base, to present the check.

GEORGE CHRISTY

George Christy

Pierce Brosnan

Marlon Aquino and Camila Banus

Honorees Norman Lear and wife Lyn Lear

Celeste Thorson

with the guest list, her strict attitude is what makes the Ball a grand affair! No in-betweeners allowed.

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s for the childish celebrities being bored, have they ever dreamed of extending themselves to table mates rather than expect everybody to kowtow to them?

Jason Alexander and Gina Furth, Womens Guild President

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Amanda Goldberg joined mom Wendy Goldberg, co-chair of the Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala, at The Beverly Hilton

Mirabile dictu!

“This is a miracle,” as

they may have vowed during the Holy Roman Empire.

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nheard of! That the gala supporting the Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee at The Beverly Hilton wrapped at 9:15PM!

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prior longueur nights often drag on with tiring speeches and more entertainment than supporters are interested in.

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ast week, the entertainment was brief and wonderful.

How can you top Sergio

Mendes performing his seductive Brazilian love ballads, and the foot-stompin’ razzmatazz music by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

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Jason

Alexander kept the program running at a hippity clip pace.

Music maker Sergio Mendes with son Gustavo

raised through the past 75 years from these Women’s Guild events.

Co-chairs Vera Guerin and Judy Briskin

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pleasurably meet doctors we should know every year.

This week, Dr. Sam Torbaiti, who heads the ER division at Cedars-Sinai, was among them. Including Dr. Edward Phillips, Dr. Charles Kivovitz, Dr. Robert Wolfe.

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reeting friends were Disney’s Cindy and Alan Horn, Jane and Marc Nathanson, BH Courier Publisher Marcia Hobbs, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, and Center for Early Education’s Head of School Mark Brooks.

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pening, as it always does, on the first Monday in May, the Met Gala is a powerhouse party that raises big monies for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

ierce Brosnan gracefully presented the Lyn and Norman Lear 2018 Hollywood Icon Award to these longtime philanthropists and loyal citizens. most influential and groundbreaking sitcom creator in TV history, Norman’s opened thousands of opportunities for people in the industry over the decades,” announced Women’s Guild President Gina Firth. riter or director, producer or creator, his genius is a voice in our times, with his artistry spanning generations.”

Chaired by Judy Briskin,

Wendy Goldberg, and Vera Guerin, the gala fetched $1.6 million for the Women’s Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills.

Adding to the $50 million

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Also: McG with wife Alix,

who lately discovered they’re neighbors in Paris with Marisa Berenson (whose daughter Starlight Randall delivered baby Luna two months ago).

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ME’s Phillip Raskin and wife Amanda Goldberg visited with Martin Scorsese’s

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Stewart Resnick and wife Lynda are major donors

favorite Good Fellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi.

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rom now on, we will hold tight during these philanthropic dinners, when impressive monies are raised to benefit our futures, and remind ourselves that the bell rings at 9:15PM.

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uff said! ____________________

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he backbiting began this year before the Met Gala.

Celebrities and their han-

dlers complained that they are bored, and the handlers moaned and groaned that they are not welcomed at the Ball.

Why should they be?

Vogue editor Anna

Wintour, who masterminds this glamathon, is dead-on right.

Handlers dilute the impact of the glamour quotient that makes the Met Gala what it is.

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hile Anna is unfairly criticized for her tough stance

ndeed, it is the most glamorous global gathering ever. This year’s theme, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, is an eye-opener about the artistic talent and high style within the religious order.

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ot at all sacrilegious, but there was poor taste,” says Cardinal Tim Dolan, the leader of Catholic faith in New York.

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et Gala naysayers should be spanked, and sent to the Detention Room. Like other charity events, The Met Gala creates jobs by employing hundreds of artists and craftsmen to pull it together, along with the tigers who toil night and day to plan and organize, and the hardworking minions behind the scenes.

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ecurity officers, movers, technicians, designers and their staff, caterers, servers, beauticians, hairdressers, makeup artists, photographers … the list continues.

Jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

More paychecks in

pockets!

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hut up with the quibbling, and look forward to next year’s extravaganza.

Online at www.bhcourier.com/category/george-christy

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B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E

Rochelle Maize Sets New Record in Beverly Hills With Three-Hour Sale In a recent transaction, longtime Beverly Hills resident and realtor Rochelle Maize, executive director of the luxury estate division at Nourmand & Associates – a second generation family-owned and operated real estate boutique – closed on an off-market deal in the Beverly Hills Flats for the asking price in just three hours.

The home is located in The Flats on Hillcrest Road and was listed and sold at $13.9 million.

With the high-end luxury real estate market, Rochelle Maize, who is known around social media with the hashtag #9021RO, has set a high bar in Beverly Hills as she continues to break records.

“In our competitive market, deals like this don’t happen often,” said Maize. “Even homes on the lower end of the million dollar spectrum take several weeks to close on, so it’s a success for all parties involved when the timing and preparation all come together in a short amount of time, such as a matter of hours.”

Maize has lived in the Beverly Hills Flats for over 23 years, raising her kids and send-

Maize sold this home for $13.9 million in just three hours

ing them to the local school, Hawthorne Elementary, where

Rochelle Maize

she helped start the fundraising division and Founders Wall.

She has participated in the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, has served on the board of Greystone Mansion Preservation, is a graduate of Team Beverly Hills and the list goes on. Rochelle truly lives, eats and breathes Beverly Hills real estate.

With a keen memory for numbers, she has sold more than $300 million worth of residential property in the last year alone.

CONTEMPT FOR BEL-AIR — Quasi-celebrity megamansion developer Nile Niami didn’t seem to care much for how he disturbed Bel-Air residents this week when trucks and cranes filled and blocked the streets near his project at Bellagio Road and Carcassonne. Parking Enforcement officers report being threatened by a man at the project when attempting to write tickets. “Carcassonne was blocked at both ends. No permits, or detour signage,” reports Bel-Air Association Executive Director Shawn Bayliss. “Had to tell several upset passersby that we were on the case. Aside from various families and residents that were blocked, one doctor couldn’t get through either.”

Colker’s Union 76 Station Approved As Local Landmark

By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills City Council on Tuesday approved landmark status for the wellknown Jack Colker Union 76 station at Crescent Drive and Little Santa Monica Boulevard.

According to the City Council’s staff report, the landmark designation recognizes the site “as important to the history of the City and help to ensure protection of these resources by requiring City review of any significant future work done to the

property, including renovations, additions, and any potential demolition.”

The Union 76 station has been located at 427 N. Crescent Dr. since 1964, when it was started by Jack Colker.

Gin Wong, the visionary architect who designed the station, died on Sept. 1, 2017.

“This Union 76 station is considered the most beautiful gas station in America, and perhaps the world,” according to the L.A. Conservancy.

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HOW DO YOU FEEL?

Providence Saint John’s Health Center To Present Educational Forums On ‘Reality Of Stroke’ To mark May as National Stroke Awareness Month, Providence Saint John’s Health Center will present a free educational forum, “The Reality of Stroke—It’s a Risk at Any Age,” from 2-4 p.m., Tuesday, May 22 and 6:30-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 23 at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

Topics to be covered by Providence Saint John’s Health Center clinicians include: What is a stroke, stroke signs, medical emergencies and more.

The sessions will include a Q&A panel discussion.

• Vascular and interventional neurologist Dr. Jason Tarpley, medical director of Saint John’s Comprehensive Stroke Center, will discuss stroke treatment at both sessions.

• Interventional cardiologist Dr. Michael Broukhim will addresss stroke risk and prevention with emphasis on high blood pressure, atherosclerosis and blood clots.

• On May 22 only, neurologist Dr. Daniel Franc will discuss vascular cognitive impairment, aging vessels and vascular

dementia.

• On May 23, gerontology nursing specialist Renee Ovanda, pracitioner and manager of the hospital’s stroke and neurovascular program, discusses the importance of preparing for medical emergencies at home.

Stroke is the second leading cause of death in L.A. County and is the leading preventable cause of disability. Eighty percent of strokes can be prevented. According to a study published in the Journal Of The American Heart Association last year, there was a 44 percent increase of ischemic stroke in young adults, ages 25 to 44, from 2000 to 2010.

Saint John’s stroke program is designated by the L.A. County Emergency Medical Services as a Comprehensive Stroke System.

It is certified as a Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center and is also recognized by the American Heart Association for Target Stroke Honor Elite Plus.

Seating is limited. For required reservations and more information, call 310-829-8453.

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H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S

#NeverAgain Community Town Hall To Address Violence Prevention At School, Home The Iranian American Parents Association, Beverly Hills Unified School District and Beverly Hills Police Department are teaming up to present “ # N e ve r A g a i n — P r e ve n t i n g Violence In Our Community,” from 3-5 p.m., Sunday, June 3 in BHHS’s Salter Family Theatre, 241 Moreno Dr. Discussion topics will include: Identifying signs of a potential shooter, actions to take in an event of a shooting, cyber

danger, how to address bullying and when to speak up, legal issues, concerns, rules and regulations on reporting; mental illness vs. violence and medication, drugs and violence.

Panelists will include Dr. Nanaz Pirnia, psycho-neurotherapist; Michael Payman Kade, criminal defense attorney; Sgt. Mark Cripe, juvenile delinquency expert and Ardy Pirnia, family, personal injury and DUI attorney.

Event sponsors include the Beverly Hills Courier, Hekmat Orthopedics, Stanley Black, Lee Silver, BH Market, Law Offices of Rosaline Zukerman, Hoda Kord, Starline Tours, Hill Point Recovery and KIRN Radio Iran 670 AM. The program is designed for children 13 and older.

Admission is $10. For tickets and more information, visit IranianHotline.com or contact Dr. Pirnia at 310-877-5557.

AGING WITH STRENGTH—Dr. K. Drorit Gaines, award-winning neuropsychologist and author of Combating Dementia In Thirty Days, recently addressed the Beverly Hills Women’s Club discussing the right steps for achieving brain health as people age, using memory boosting techniques and “using fun to be healthy.” Attending the lecture, flanking Gaines (center), were club members Sally Pai Unruh, Virginia Kazanjian, Robin Blake and Linda Schwartz.

Photo by Maxine Picard

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Greater Los Angeles Sets 25th Anniversary Golf Classic Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles (BBBSLA) will present its 25th anniversary Golf Classic, Monday, June 4 at the Riviera Country Club, 1250 Capri Dr., Pacific Palisades.

For 63 years, BBBSLA has been impacting the lives of L.A. youth.

Through the golf classic, the nonprofit has raised more than $5 million to support its mentoring programs, “providing area children with mentors who help guide and support them so they can achieve their full potential,” said David Misch, Golf Classic committee co-chair.

This year, the organization will honor Steve Soboroff, president of the L.A Police Commission, with the Golden Legacy Award.

In 1978, Soboroff was matched with his Little Brother Terry Williams.

“For 50 years, Steve’s devotion to Terry is unmatched and his support of BBB-

SLA has been unwavering,” says Misch.

Soboroff has served as president and then chairman emeritus of Big Brothers and is currently a boardmember of BBBSLA. In 2016, Soboroff worked alongside BBBSLA to launch its Bigs in Blue Program, a five-year partnership in which LAPD officers are becoming Big Brothers and Big Sisters to children in the communities they serve, an effort to positively impact the relationships between police and communities of color.

He has lectured and/or taught at UCLA, USC, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Arizona and Loyola Marymount University and volunteers his time to mentor several university students annually.

For more information, email danielrodriguez@bbsla.org or call 21302132420.

LUPUS LA’S ORANGE BALL A BIG SUCCESS—At The Lupus LA 2018 Orange Ball: A Modern Support Club, actress Laura Dern (left), presented the Daniel J. Wallace Founder’s Award to Nancy Utley (center), president of Fox Searchlight pictures, patient and one of the founders of Lupus LA. Dr. Marc Chevrier, head of Lupus Strategy at Janssen Research and Development, received the Medical Vision Award. The event at The Beverly Wilshire raised more than $525,000 to support Lupus LA’s mission to find the causes of and a cure for lupus, while providing support, services to the affected by the chronic autoimmune disease. “We also work to empower the clinicians and researchers,” said Lupus LA Chairman Adam Selkowitz (right).

Photo courtesy Getty Images

CHLA Study Sheds New Light On Treating Rare, Aggressive Leukemia A study at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is shedding new light on the best therapeutic approach for a rare and aggressive leukemia called mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL).

The study—a quantitative synthesis of 20 years of scientific literature—found that starting MPAL treatment with a less-toxic regimen is associated with clear benefits for achieving remission and possibly for long-term survival. The findings were published online in the journal Leukemia earlier this year.

MPAL accounts for 2 to 5 percent of leukemia cases and has been historically difficult to treat, with five-year survival rates of less than 50 percent. The disease affects both children and adults and contains characteristics of two more-common forms of leukemia: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Physicians must decide whether to treat patients with therapy for ALL or therapy for AML, or a hybrid of both approaches. The problem: There’s no clear consensus on which approach is best.

“Because this disease is so rare, we haven’t had clinical trials with thousands of patients to define the optimal therapy,” says Etan Orgel, MD, MS, a specialist in MPAL and a physician in (CHLA’s) Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases.

“Instead, we have many small, isolated and often-conflicting case reports published in widely diffuse journals around the world.

It’s disjointed.”

To make better sense of the available research and provide clearer treatment guidance for physicians, Orgel and a team of CHLA researchers embarked on the first-

ever systematic review and metaanalysis of observational studies on MPAL. The team searched more than 17,000 published studies, eventually narrowing that list to 252 relevant papers from 33 countries covering 1,499 patients.

Their review included studies using both the European Group Dr. Etan Orgel and World Health Organization definitions of MPAL. Their key finding: Patients initially treated with ALL therapy—a significantly less-toxic regimen—were three to five times more likely to achieve a complete remission than AML-treated patients.

Patients starting with ALL chemotherapy were also twice as likely to survive—but that benefit was only found in studies reporting patient results as a group. In studies reporting individual patient results, survival was similar in both the ALL and AML groups—a puzzling discrepancy researchers could not explain. Patients given hybrid therapy, though, fared the worst.

“This makes a really convincing case that starting with ALL therapy is beneficial on all fronts, from remission to overall survival—if not from increasing survival, then from decreasing side effects,” says Maria Maruffi, MD, the first author on the study.

Researchers say the next step is a national clinical trial for this rare disease.

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Local Author Marion Zola To Discuss Her Pet Tribute Book, Dog Rescue At Pet Store Event

From left, Mackenzie Astin, Phil Abrams, David Clennon, Terence J. Rotolo, Timothy Bottoms, Joseph Culp and Ali Saam in Welcome To The Men’s Group.

Culp’s Film Look At Men’s Group Phenomenon To Make L.A. Debut Actor, writer and director Joseph Culp wanted to share his experience as a member of a men’s group. His writing partner Scott Ben-Yashar felt the same way.

The result is the dramedy Welcome To The Men’s Group, written by the duo and directed

by Culp, which opens in L.A. Friday, May 18 at the Laemmle Music Hall Theater, 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills.

The release will be prefaced by a premiere fundraiser benefitting Planned Parenthood, Movember Foundation, Jewish Healing & Hospice Center and ManKind Project, from 6-10 p.m, Wednesday, May 16 at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theater 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills.

The screening will be followed with a panel discussion with representatives from some of the groups, the filmmakers and psychotherapist Dr. Stephen Johnson.

Tickets are $32 and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ welcome-to-the-mens-grouplos-angeles-premiere-fundraisertickets-45261512402.

The film, featuring Timothy Bottoms and a star turn from character actor Steven Tobolowsky, “takes a intimate look at the need for men to learn to talk about their feelings and find their integrity and sense of community in a world with changing attitudes on masculinity,” Culp says.

“We wanted to celebrate both sides of men,” says Culp, a men’s group member for 20 years who grew up in Beverly Hills and Malibu. “The lighter, funnier and the absurd and quite serious. And show what happens when men get together and feel safe enough to talk and open up in remarkable ways.”

Knowing they wanted a fictional narrative as opposed to a documentary —”You can’t bring a camera to a session anyway

Marion Zola, a 25-year resident, screenwriter and author is passionate about rescue dogs.

Her second book, following All the Good Ones Are Married, which was turned into a movie for Lifetime, is Romancing The Dog: The Struggle To Make A Pound Dog Happy In Beverly Hills.

She will read from the book and sign copies in an event starting at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 20 at ZE Studios Pet Supplies Store, 9459 Charleville Blvd., Beverly Hills. Dogs are welcome.

Zola felt compelled to write the book after its subject, Chips, a rescue dog she didn’t know at the time was a pure bred Tibetan Terrier, died.

“I couldn’t not write it,” says Zola. “I was so in love with the dog and when he died I had to tell people about the adventures we had and how he enhanced my husband’s and my life.”

The process took a year for the experienced writer. “I knew I had a lot to say about him and it wasn’t difficult to remember,” says Zola. “My husband was

Marion Zola

amazed at the details I could recall.”

A strong advocate of adopting shelter pets, Zola is co-producer, along with Steven Latham of Rescue Me, a PBS documentary series about the value of shelter dogs. Episodes are available at https://shelterme.tv/episodes/.

“We highlight the many roles that these dogs play and how valuable they are,” says Zola. “For instance, some police

departments are now adopting shelter dogs and training them for drug sniffing, search and rescue and other things instead of paying $7,000 for an Eastern European dog that needs training.”

For information on the book, visit www.romancingthedog.com. It is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

—Steve Simmons

Concerts on Canon Returns June 7 With Michael Libow’s Rod Lightning & The Thunderbolts

Joseph Culp

for people’s privacy,” says Culp—the writers have crafted a film that tackles issues of male shame, relationships, fatherhood, sex and other addictions, depression, suicide, competition and grief.

Filmed in Brentwood, the film follows a group that meets one Sunday a month. Then one morning, against its best efforts to maintain a civilized therapeutic forum, the group descends into chaos, as long-standing conflicts and secrets come to the surface and threaten to destroy the group’s trust forever.

In the rising tide of awareness on male sexual misconduct and the empowerment of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, the timeliness of the film’s message “couldn’t be more appropriate,“ Culp says.

“Welcome To The Men’s Group, which has found a responsive female audience, is about men struggling to deal with themselves and taking responsibility for change and evolution. They have their own venerability and healing to deal with. It’s not a defense, but part of the conversation,” added Culp.

—Steve Simmons

By Victoria Talbot The lazy days of summer return to Beverly Hills June 7 with the popular Concerts on Canon series, bringing free music to the public at Beverly Canon Gardens every Thursday evening throughout the season.

This summer’s concert series will begin with Rod Lightning & The Thunderbolts, bringing a spirited mix of rock classics from the local band featuring Beverly Hills resident and realtor Michael J. Libow on lead vocals.

Concerts begin at 6 p.m. and 7:15, with two 45-minute sets. Tables, chairs and garden

Concerts On Canon Schedule June 7 – Rod Lightning June 14 – The Tokens June 21 – Midnight Rider June 28 – Legal Voices of L.A. Lawyers Philharmonic July 5: – Colours West July 12 – Amber & Smoke July 19 – Tom Nolan Band July 26 – The Hodads Aug. 2 – Amanda Castro Aug. 9 – Eric E Ensemble Aug. 16 – Leslie Paula Aug. 23 – Stephen Wise Band Aug. 30 – Hotsy Totsy Boys

seating are all first-come, first served for this popular event.

There is also plenty of garden seating on the grass – so bring blankets and beach chairs.

Guests can supply their own picnic cuisine; many residents enjoy potluck dining during concert hours. Alternatively, there are several neighboring restaurants that will provide delicious boxed meals.

The Beverly Canon Gardens are located next to the Montage Hotel and parking is available in the adjacent lot 2.

For more information, visit www.beverlyhills.org/concertsoncanon.

Photographer Kozak Chronicles Father’s Holocaust Journey In New Los Angeles Museum Exhibition “Survivor: My Father’s Ghosts,” photographer Hannah Kozak’s tribute to her Holocaust survivor father, Sol, debuts Sunday, May 20 and runs through Aug. 30 at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, 100 S. The Grove Dr. in Pan Pacific Park.

The museum will host an opening reception at 3 p.m., May 20; and at 4 p.m. will screen Kozak’s accompanying documentary, with the same name as her show, which chronicles the cinematic journey of the photographer.

Both the reception and screening are open to the public. Admission is free, but RSVPs

are required.

In the stark black and white photographs that comprise the exhibit, Hannah Kozak retraces Sol Kozak’s footsteps through eight Nazi forced-labor camps in Germany, where he interned from 1943 to 1945.

She used a 1961 Rolleiflex 2.8F and hand printed silver gelatin prints to capture the brutality of the camps juxtaposed against the everyday fragments of human life.

From 2013 to 2017, Hannah Kozak took multiple trips to Poland to see and photograph Auschwitz-Birkenau, Markstadt, Klettendorf, Dernau, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka,

Majdanek, Chelmno, Gross Rosen, Hirschberg, Erdmansdorf and Bad Warmbrunn.

She also traveled to the Czech Republic to see Terezin, to Germany to see Sachsenhausen, Stutthof, Dachau, and Buchenwald as well as to Berlin, Munich, Krakow, Warsaw and Wroclaw to fully flesh out her project and her understanding of the Holocaust. She has been to 18 concentration camps and remains of forced labor camps.

For more information on the exhibit, visit http://www.lamoth.org/exhibitions/temporary-exhibits/survivor-my-fathers-ghosts--a-/ or call 323-843-9518.

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competitive bidding process. This decision will insure that people who contract with the district are held to the highest degree of public integrity.”

The reach of Government Code Section 1090 – the very code that a jury used to convict Christiansen of criminal behavior in 2012 whereupon she was sentenced to four years and four months in prison and ordered to pay the district $3.5 million in restitution – was at the heart of overturning the trial court’s 2015 ruling by L.A. Superior Court Judge Stephen Czuleger that opened the gates for that jury to award her tens of millions of dollars. BHUSD subsequently appealed that ruling.

Czuleger had ruled that the school district had breached its contract with Christiansen when she was fired as BHUSD’s facilities chief after her company, Strategic Concepts, entered into a $16 million contract with the school district to help build and repair Beverly Hills schools as part of the $334 million Measure E bond voters passed in 2008.

Prior to that, Christiansen’s 2012 conviction had subsequently been overturned on appeal with the court ruling that Christiansen was not subject to Gov. Code Section 1090 because she was an independent contractor.

Yesterday’s decision succinctly clarified what transpired: “A school district employee persuaded the district to convert her position from employee to independent contractor. She formed a limited liability company (LLC). The result: she was no longer an employee to whom the district paid $113,000 per year; she was now the sole owner of an LLC to which the district paid more than

$1.3 million a year. Later she persuaded the district to award her LLC a $16 million no-bid contract. The district later declared the contracts void in violation of Government Code section 1090, prohibiting conflicts of interest in the making of public contracts, and section 4525 et seq., requiring competitive bidding for certain public contracts.”

In fact, per Christiansen’s contract, she maintained the exact same responsibilities as a consultant that she had as a district employee.

Prior to Thursday’s decision, multiple recent cases appeared to support BHUSD’s position that the trial court erred when it instructed the jury that Strategic Concepts did not have a conflict of interest and that BHUSD did not have a valid basis for terminating the contracts that had been entered into with Strategic Concepts.

Like this decision, those verdicts also held that independent contractors who are in a position to influence public contracting decisions are prohibited by Section 1090 from having a financial interest in the contracts they play a role in making.

Christiansen’s attorney Philip Kaufler has steadfastly maintained that Section 1090 does not apply to his client because she was a private person who was simply trying to negotiate the best deal she could with BHUSD. In reversing the trial court’s decision, the Appellate Court instructed the trial court to limit Strategic Concepts’ damages to 120 days, assuming a breach of contract is found. Fenster said that he not anticipate any breach of contract could be found given the affirmative defense that Government Code Section 1090 applies to independent contractors.

TO SEE AND BE SEEN

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BEVERLY HILLS PROM — Beverly Hills High School students celebrated their youth at the annual senior prom, this year held at the Pacific Design Center. Pictured (from left): Emma Hoyt, Taylor Asla, Natasha Dveirin, Ryan Kenneally, Leore Slavick, Savannah Perry, Rachel Galen, Isabel Maizes, RJ Kenneally, Jack Kaplan, Jackson Prettyman, Marco de Cardenas, Daniel Attia and Carl Wehba.

MUSIC TO HEAL — The Peninsula Beverly Hills hosted its second annual dual piano fundraiser, this year benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

For over an hour, pianists Sheryl Shark and Antonio Castillo (pictured) enthralled the audience, at times performing works side-by-side at one piano. Said Managing Director Offer Nissenbaum: “The Peninsula Beverly Hills is extremely proud and honored to sponsor this second annual dual piano performance ... in support of such as worthy cause."

TEEN WELLNESS — The Jewish Federation’s Los Angeles Jewish Teen Initiative recently hosted its first-ever conference, entitled “Building Resilience in Teens: A Wellness Conference for Parents and Educators.”

The sold-out conference at The Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard brought together over 250 parents, educators and mental health professionals to focus on teen wellness with keynote speaker Julie Lythcott-Haims.

Pictured (from left): Andrew Cushnir, executive VP of Donor Relations at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles; Jerry Coben, community leader and boardmember and chair of the federation’s Los Angeles Jewish Teen Initiative (LAJTI) Committee; Becky Sobelman-Stern, executive VP and chief program officer at The Jewish Federation of Greater L.A.; Julie Beren Platt, board chair at The Jewish Federation of Greater L.A.; Julie Lythcott-Haims, keynote speaker; Alix Liiv, senior project manager at The Jewish Federation of Greater L.A.; Dr. Miriam Heller-Stern, national director of the School of Education at HUC-JIR; and Dr. Isa Aron, professor of Jewish Education at HUC-JIR.

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CodeREV Expands Tech Camps To Encourage Students To Create With Code During Summer Break

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ducation innovator CodeREV, a leader in computer programming and STEAM programs for children (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math), has expanded its popular tech camps to encourage more students to start creating with code over the long summer break.

CodeREV offers camps in locations across the country.

Through CodeREV summer camps, students in first through 10th grades learn skills that are useful not only for creating incredible school projects, but also for laying the foundation for marketable skills in software engineering, higher order thinking, mathematics, game development and robotics.

In addition, the camps offer fun and unique outdoor activities that strengthen team-building, personal friendships, and give children time to exercise and play.

CodeREV’s curriculum was developed with support from education technology specialists in the graduate schools of education at Stanford University, MIT, and Harvard University.

Dr. John Stuppy, CodeREV’s Chief Education Officer, received both his bachelor of science and master of education degrees from Stanford. Dr. Stuppy works closely with fellow Stanford alum Dan McKenzie, who ser ves as CodeREV’s Chief Operating Officer.

CodeREV always works to hire instructors with real-world experience in the tech industry who possess a passion for teaching and providing young students with hands-on experience toward becoming innovative creators.

Find out more about its camps at www.coderevkids.com or call 844-490-8324.

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Sinai Temple Basketball Camp - The Coolest Camp in Town!

Sinai Temple Basketball Camp is open to boys and girls of all skill levels, entering 2nd-8th grade. You can enroll in one, two or three weeks of programming! Sign up for all three sessions and receive $50 off! STBC features fundamentals, tournamentstyle games, 3-point contests, award ceremonies, arts and crafts, celebrity guests, sports trivia, camp t-shirts, pizza parties and more. It brings together children of diverse ages and backgrounds for lessons on teamwork, sportsmanship and, of course, fun! Need not be a temple member or Jewish to participate. For more

information and to register, visit www.member.sinaitemple.org/stbc.

Session Dates: June 18-22, 2018 July 23-27, 2018 August 6-10, 2018 Time: 9:00 am – 2:30 pm (early-care and after-care option available) Sinai Temple 10400 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 481-3256 www.sinaitemple.org

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SCHOOLS A Healthy, Active Alternative For Children During Idle Summer Months

Los Angeles School Of Gymnastics Sets Open House For Its 2018 Summer Camp Program

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he Los Angeles School of Gymnastics opened its doors Sunday, May 6 for the school’s annual Summer Camp Open House. The free event allowed visitors to tour the facility, meet the instructors, sample camp activities, win freebies and even meet and greet members of the USA National Team that performed onsite.

The 2018 summer camp program, which will run from June 4Aug. 25, is the perfect answer for children’s need for structured activities during the long summer months.

“At LASG we recognize we have a responsibility to continue to promote health and wellness to the community, especially the children,” said School Director Alla Svirsky.

At the largest gymnastics facility in California, campers can use three 3,000-foot spring tumbling floors, full-size trampolines, multiple beam bar stations, spotting belts and the foam-filled pit to guarantee their endless energy can be directed somewhere else other than the computer screen. Besides gymnastics, some of the camp activities include hip-hop with world-renowned dance

instructors from UCLA, yoga, swimming and rock-climbing.

“Nowadays children find enjoyment through tablets, cell phones and video games. Here at LASG we will redirect their enjoyment toward foam-filled pits and trampolines, says Tanya Berenson, the school General Manager. “Whether your child is interested in gymnastics for fun, recreation or has high ambitions in the sport, we provide an educational, healthy, safe and professional environment for the kids.”

About Los Angeles School of Gymnastics Named by Los Angeles Magazine as the “best gymnastics center in L.A.,” the LASG is a nonprofit Olympic-quality gymnastics training center.

It is considered among the top facilities in the country, which has been training L.A. youth since 1975.

Led by Svirsky, LASG has provided thousands of young athletes with quality gymnastics instruction and has produced several Olympians and internationally-ranked athletes.

For school and camp information visit www.lagymnastics.com

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Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, the Broadway musical, will play at 8 p.m., Fridays, 8 and 2 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m., Sunday through June 10 at Casa 0101 Theater, 2102 E. First St., Boyle Heights.

The culturally diverse production of the perennial favorite includes Beauty And The Beast, and the Academy Award-nominated songs, Be Our Guest and Belle with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.

Tickets are $40 general admission, $30 students/seniors.

To purchase, call the box office, 323-263-7684, visit online at www.casa0101.org or e-mail tickets@casa0101.org.

• • • • • Project Save our Surf, a nonprofit supporting clean water and oceans, will host a beach cleanup from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., S a t u r d a y, May 12 at Life Guard Tower 28, 2600 Bernard Way in Santa Monica.

Surfer/environmentalist Tanna Frederick, actress, writer, and Tanna Frederick producer, founded Project Save our Surf in 2008 dedicated to ocean conservation and preservations of delicate marine ecosystems.

Food, buckets and gloves will be provided. For more information, visit http://www.projectsaveoursurf.org.

• • • • • The Music Guild will present Piano Trio Céleste with Ross Gasworth, cello; Iryna Krechkovsky, violin and Kevin Swan

The Au Pair Suite & Bath designed by Rozita Nazarian for the Pasadena Showcase House of Design.

Local Designer Shines At Pasadena Showcase House Of Design Local designer Rozita Nazarian is one of several area designers taking part in the 2018 Pasadena Showcase House of Design.

Each year interior designers and landscapers renovate an architecturally significant home to raise funds for The Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts which over the years has raised $23 million for youth music and arts programs.

This year’s house, “The Overlook” in Altadena, was built in 1915 by two widowed sisters, Ruth Hargrove and Mary Emma Baker who commissioned a young architect named Reginald Davis to design a Mediterranean-style home. Davis also designed The Biltmore Hotel and the Post Office in Santa Barbara.

With an office on North Maple Drive, Nazarian has designed homes in Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Calabasas, and more.

Tickets are on sale for home and garden tours through Sunday, May 20. There is no parking at the event. Free parking and shuttle service are at the Santa Anita Racetrack, Gate 6.

To preaches tickets and for more information, visit https://www.pasadenashowcase.org.

Loucks, piano, plus Paul Coletti, viola, in two local 8 p.m. concerts: Monday, May 14 at University Synagogue, 11960 Sunset Blvd. at Saltair, Brentwood and Wednesday, May 16 at Adat Ari El Temple, 12020 Burbank Blvd. at Laurel Canyon, North Hollywod.

The program will feature Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello in C Major, Zeisl’s Piano Trio Suite, Op. 8 and Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E Flat Moajor, Op. 47.

Tickets range from $7 for those under 17 to $58 for adults.

For more information, visit www.TheMusicGuild.org.

• • • • • Author of Silk, Slaves, and Stupas: The Many Pasts of China’s Future in Central Asia,

Susan Whitfield, will discuss her new book at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 15 at Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.

In her book, Whitfield tells the stories of 10 very different objects. She considers their interactions with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road— those who made, carried, received, sold, worshipped and, in more recent times, bought, conserved, collected, and exhibited them—revealing the cultural diversity and interaction along these trading routes of AfroEurasia.

Whitfield will discuss her book with UCLA distinguished professor Peter Sellars. A book signing will follow.

For more information on the free event and tickets, visit,

https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2018/05/silkslaves-and-stupas-the-manypasts-of-chinas-future-in-centralasia/ or call 310-443-7000.

• • • • • The Actors’ Gang will present Angels, Devils and Other Things, an evening of 11 original short plays written and directed

by The Actors’ Gang ensemble that begins previews on Thursday, May 17, has its world premiere on Saturday, May 19 and runs through Saturday, June 16 at the Actors’ Gang Theatre, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City.

“The evening is a tour of the human landscape,” says Tim Robbin, The Actors’ Gang artistic director. “Habit, compulsion, anger, trauma, acceptance, chance, liberty, nature and the unnatural are some of the themes explored in the 11 plays.” Longtime Gang member Brian T. Finney has been instrumental in shaping the production.

Tickets are $34.99 and available by calling 310-8384264 or online at www.TheActorsGang.com.

• • • • • Singer Madeleine Peyroux will preview the release of her upcoming album Anthem with a 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 22 concert at The Canyon at the Rose, 300 E. Colorado Blvd., #101, Pasadena.

Eight albums and 22 years since her debut album, Peyroux continues to explore Madeleine Peyroux the confines of jazz, venturing into contemporary music.

Anthem was produced and co-written by four-time Grammy winner Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock) and weaves the colorful stories of people confronting life's challenges in a multitude of ways.

Tracks describe characters and settings including A Sunday Afternoon, Down On Me, Anthem (a Leonard Cohen cover) and Honey Party.

Visit http://madeleinepeyroux.com for tickets and more information.

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• The Royal Good Guys — 6 p.m., Saturday, May 19. Britain’s worldfamous royal family has become one of the UK’s most lucrative tourist attractions—but what do they actually do?

From Princess Diana’s campaign against landmines to Prince Harry’s work with HIV-positive children in Africa, the film explores the royal family’s philanthropic efforts around the world.

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taking it out of our schools and this organization works very hard to bring the arts to children who have lost those programs in school. For some of those children who come from financially challenged homes, it may be the only time that they have a chance to come to the theatre.”

Over its 50 year history, the Blue Ribbon has donated more than $75 million to The Music Center and its resident companies. And since creating the Children’s Festival 48 years ago, the Blue Ribbon has brought over 840,000 fifth graders to The Music Center, many for the first time.

“It impacts their lives in so many ways,” Gavin said. “They find out that there is a Music Center...and they’re all told that they can come back, and they can bring their family, and it won’t cost

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a fire turn-around and a construction management plan that was to be presented to the residents and the City Council.

The council also directed that, if the developer could work out the issues to the satisfaction of the City, they would carve out a special ordinance to exempt the project from Basement Ordinance.

Last week, on May 1, following ten corrections and the satisfaction of the lot line adjustment, the construction management plan and an adjustment to the bond amount, the project at 1184 finally achieved a “by right” status, and council agreed to allow a permit approval.

The referendum petition filed April 11 to rescind the Basement Ordinance, which went into effect on April 6 passed “Prima Facie” according to the count by the City Clerk, and the Basement Ordinance (18-O-2751) was suspended.

The signatures were sent to the County Registrar/Recorder for validation and the City awaited the results.

At the May 1 meeting, Council directed that, in the event that the City Clerk determined that the Referendum did not have enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot and the Basement Ordinance was to be reinstated, staff should prepare an ordinance to exempt the project.

Then on Friday the results came back from the County; the petition had insufficient signatures, and the Basement Ordinance was reinstated.

On Tuesday, the City Council approved the ordinance for exemption.

Residents Ronald Richards, Steve Mayer and Debbie Weiss expressed their concern that they were “deprived of public comment” because results of the petition to rescind the Basement Ordinance arrived at 4 p.m. Friday; the item was then added to the agenda without allowing time to write letters, said Ronald Richards. He argued that the item be held for 30 days to be returned to the agenda. The council did not address their concerns.

Allen Matkins attorney Patrick Perry, who represents Loma Linda Holdings, Trustee of Loma Linda Trust, sent a letter of public comment to City Clerk Byron Pope, which arrived Monday evening.

In it he reported that the Department of Building and Safety had issued a Stop Work Order suspending all permits issued for 1184 the day before by the Department of Community Development.

them anything.”

To help the students on their paths toward incorporating The Music Center into their lives, Children’s Festival attendees each receive a copy of the book A Journey Through The Music Center, which was underwritten by Blue Ribbon member Maxine Dunitz.

On Tuesday, the Blue Ribbon celebrated Gavin along with the organization’s 50th anniversary with a lovely luncheon in the Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall of the Welton Becketdesigned Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which was named for the powerhouse Blue Ribbon founder whose unwavering commitment to create a performing arts hub in Los Angeles is one of the primary reasons that the city is the dynamic hub that it is today.

The Music Center is currently in the midst of a dramatic renovation, which is set to debut in late summer 2019. And while the public at large is not yet supHowever, with the unexpected news that the Referendum to Rescind the Basement Ordinance had insufficient signatures, the Basement Ordinance was reinstated and Building and Safety stopped the work pending the issuance of the carve out ordinance.

Perry’s letter said that it was “improper, and work should be permitted to recommence… without further delay.”

Perry, who appeared at the Council, was asked if he would dismiss their lawsuit against the City of Beverly Hills, demanding a building permit for 1184 on the grounds that “the issuance of the permit was a mandatory ministerial act for a “by-right” construction” project, that was filed on March 20.

The suit sought an injunction prohibiting the City from applying the Basement Ordinance to the project and seeking a temporary restraining order prohibiting the City from applying the Ordinance to the Project, which was not granted.

This is the second lawsuit- the first one, scheduled for trial this summer, is against the Hillside Ordinance of 2016.

“I can assure that nobody settles a case while they’re still suing you and gives favors to the other side,” said Richards, a seasoned trial attorney.

“Why would you grant 1184 an exemption without a release? It’s a waste of taxpayer money.”

Councilmember Les Friedman, an attorney, said he was “disappointed in the fact that the property owner will not acknowledge that the issuance of the building permit really makes the lawsuit moot.” He suggested that if it goes to hearing, that the City Attorney should point out that it is a waste of time and that the property owner is not acting in good faith.

Vice Mayor John Mirisch refused to vote on the issue – and even asked the City Clerk not to call his name for the roll call, though City Attorney Larry Wiener said that he must.

Mayor Julian Gold said he too, was disappointed that Perry would not dismiss the lawsuit. “This has not been a pleasant experience, but sometimes things like that go a long way to making the next experience more pleasant.”

Loma Linda Trust has two projects on the tiny cul-de-sac; and though 1184 has obtained building permits as a “byright” project with an exemption from the Basement Ordinance, another project at 1193 Loma Linda Dr., next door, has not received permits.

Joanne Kozberg and Jackie Rosenberg, both Beverly Hills residents, were

posed to know many of the nuanced details about the transformation, on Tuesday those in attendance were treated to a special preview of what’s in store.

“The women of today’s Blue Ribbon are passionate about the performing arts and making a difference,” said current Blue Ribbon President Jill Baldauf. “We believe the performing arts enrich the lives of everyone, especially children.”

At Tuesday’s luncheon, Baldauf announced the Blue Ribbon’s recently launched campaign to add an additional $4.6 million dollars to its endowment to ensure the annual Children’s Festival will be fully funded for years to come.

The lead gift, a $500,000 donation by Blue Ribbon member Carrie Ketchum and her husband Stuart, will help ensure the annual three-day Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival continues to bring over 18,000 fifth graders to The Music Center to experience live performances annually.

To choose this year’s Woman of the Year, Baldauf said that the 450-plus members of the Blue Ribbon make the decision via a nominating form that is sent out to all the members.

“I have to say this year it was virtually unanimous,” she said of Gavin, who joined The Blue Ribbon in 1990 and served as president from 2009 to 2012, and subsequently as its chairman for three years. “Connie Gavin represents the best of our Blue Ribbon ideals.

She’s just been a wonderful leader for the group.”

Originally born in Whitefish, Montana, Gavin began acting in radio plays as a child. After training at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, a film contract with Columbia Pictures led her to Los Angeles. In addition to starring in a plethora of on-stage shows on Broadway and in Hollywood, including Showboat, Carousel, Camelot, The Sound Of Music and The King And I, Gavin is perhaps most notable for her 20-plus years on the daytime drama, General Hospital.

From 1981 to 1986, when her husband John Gavin served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, she created “Project Connie” to provide displaced children with medical attention and rehabilitation.

“Connie shares the Blue Ribbon’s core belief, that if you have the opportunity to change the life of one child for the better, you have permanently altered the future for the better for all of us,” said Blue Ribbon member Nancy Olson Livingston in a voice-over as part of a video announcing Gavin’s accolade. “A woman of many talents and gifts, it is her lifelong love of the performing arts, her ongoing financial and volunteer support combined with her dynamic leadership of the Blue Ribbon that we celebrate Connie as Woman of the Year for 2018.”

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trying to unseat the full-time Sheriff.

McDonnell visited the Courier’s office last Friday to discuss his first term as sheriff, his reelection campaign and why he’s running again.

“I’m running because so many of our reforms are still underway,” McDonnell told the Courier. “The feedback we’re getting is very positive and we’re moving forward in that regard, but the work is never done.”

McDonnell, who began his law enforcement career in 1981, is running against two men with experience in the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.

Bob Lindsey, a retired LASD commander (five ranks below sheriff) and Alex Villanueva, a veteran LASD lieutenant (seven ranks below sheriff), are looking to make big leaps to the sheriff’s position.

“It’s a process where you go through the ranks, and every rank I’ve ever been to, I’ve gotten a lot of growth out of being in that rank and seeing things from that perspective,” McDonnell said. “To go to the top without the benefit of those prior ranks puts you at a big disadvantage.”

The two men gunning for McDonnell’s spot have criticized him in recent weeks, alleging that he’s failed to turn around the troubled department that was besieged with a scandal over assaults on jail inmates and an attempted coverup before McDonnell took over.

“The organization had been demoralized and damaged,” McDonnell said.

“We’ve worked hard to restore shine to the badge and set our standards high

and we’re still working at it. The use of force issues have been dealt with in a firm way through training.”

Achievements McDonnell said he's proud of a major reduction in serious use of force inside LASD jails and correctional facilities.

Among the other accomplishments he’s most proud of is the creation of a Human Trafficking Bureau to address the victimization of young boys and girls.

McDonnell pointed out that sex advertisement sections of websites like Craigslist and Backpage had recently been shut down, helping the department's efforts.

McDonnell has served as a member of the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence, a blue ribbon group created to investigate allegations of excessive force within the LASD jails.

He also worked closely with the Board of Supervisors on plans to replace the Men's Central Jail with a modernized, updated facility that will give the Sheriff's Department a greater ability to serve inmates with mental health and substance abuse issues.

Still, McDonnell knows there is much more work to be done, and he said he intends to stay busy with it if he wins more than 50 percent of the vote in the June 5 election.

“You never check a box and say ‘we’re done,’” McDonnell said. “It’s always a work in progress.”

Recruitment The L.A. Sheriff’s Department never has a down moment.

With nearly 10,000 deputies on the force tasked with serving 44 cities, a jail

with about 17,000 inmates and other unincorporated areas of L.A. County, there is always work to be done.

The LASD does, however, have around 1,000 open deputy positions that have gone unfilled.

The openings have led to a doubling of the LASD overtime budget, which resulted in the department having to delay its implementation of placing body cameras on officers.

McDonnell’s opponents have criticized him, claiming he has not been prioritizing recruitment during his tenure.

McDonnell counters that the department’s standards are high and they won’t settle when it comes to who they put in an LASD uniform.

“When you think about what we ask of young cops, who are often starting in their early 20s, we’re asking them to be right 100 percent of the time,” McDonnell said. “For every 100 people that apply, four will make the academy, and three of those four will make it through the academy.

“We’ve been hiring 750 a year, which is what our budget allows, and we’re working hard to get those people in the academy, but we have to maintain our standards,” McDonnell added.

He said the department has received approval from the Board of Supervisors to bring on a consultant to get assistance with his recruitment process, which McDonnell said will be an effort to “streamline” the hiring process.

McDonnell hopes adding additional deputies in the coming years will help the department better tackle a rampant mental health issue in the county.

BEVERLY HILLS He estimates that of the 17,000 people in custody on a given day, 29 percent are seriously mentally ill.

McDonnell says in the last two years, the number of people in LASD custody who have mental health issues has risen almost 30 percent.

“We’re probably assessing people more accurately than we have in the past, but synthetic drug use is also to blame,” McDonnell said. “As a society, we’re doing a lot of this to ourselves.

We run, by default, the largest mental health institution in America, if not the world. It’s sad."

Transparency Lindsey, who retired from LASD in 2011, has criticized the transparency in McDonnell’s department, claiming that the sheriff has “withheld” information from an advisory civilian oversight commission created after former Sheriff Lee Baca was indicted.

Lindsey says he would give the commission subpoena power over the sheriff, a decision McDonnell is flatly against.

“I value greatly what they bring to the table, there are great people on the commission that bring expertise on a number of different fronts,” McDonnell said. “But I do not believe they need subpoena power. The Sheriff should have the authority to do the job he’s elected to do.”

The primary election is set for June 5.

If no candidate is able to win more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two finishers will move on to compete in a runoff in November.

A TALE OF TWO SISTERS – Phylicia Rashad, her daughter Condola Rashad and John Allen pose together Monday as The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills honored distinguished artists and sisters, Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad at "A Tale of Two Sisters," a star-studded benefit for education programs at The Wallis, which serves more than 70,000 audience members annually held in Beverly Hills.

Photo by Alex J. Berliner/ ABImages

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more intense. For example, twice during a cranioplasty on one patient the power went off. And while there was a generator that ensured that the vital machines continued to function so as not to threaten the patient’s life, the minute or two of darkness that flooded the room before the back-up generator kicked in to turn the lights back on was particlarly jarring.

“It was a little nerve-racking to sit and wait for the power to come back on,” he described. “In the middle of Los Angeles, the conditions are a little different; the power’s not going out.”

Set to graduate at the end of the month and then matriculate at UCLA, David said he has every intention to go pre-med and major in neuroscience, perhaps becoming a neurosurgeon, or maybe even an ENT.

David said that in addition to experiences like the one he recently returned from, one of the reasons he is so certain of his future in medicine is because of his experience in the high school’s Medical Science Academy as a sophomore and junior.

“It really helps because every day that you go to school you are exposed to medicine,” he said.

Medical Science Academy Coordinator Colleen Lynch, who founded the two-year program at the high school six years ago, said the experience of participating in the classes can be transformational.

“To have David go and share his story, that’s really a nice way for him to mentor our kids and inspire them to seek out what their passions are,” she said. “I have kids now saying that they want to be otolaryngologists (ENT doctors.)”

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City To Celebrate 90th Birthday For Music Man

GREYSTONE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN – More than 30 volunteers came out on Sunday in response to Big Sunday Volunteer Day to help build planter bed covers and work in the garden at Greystone Demonstration Garden. It's approximately 1200 square feet and sits on 18.3 acres of land at Greystone Mansion. The volunteers included Barbara Linder, Yue Wang, Alma Marcia, Alejandro Romero, Billie Davis, Henry Reinosa, Gabriel Assis, Claudia Garcia, Fatima Fuentes, Carlos Dominguez, Mark Linder, Robert Linder, Jared Linder, Joann Linder, Ilona Sherman, Nancy Hunt-Coffey, Hanna Levy, Sean Coffey, George Pessin, Daniel Yaffe, Pam Korsr, Alejandra Elizalde, Margaret Fena, Ashley Munguia, Genaro Dortillo, Melinda Piloe, Karen Taylor, David McBreh and Chloe Chang.

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prepared by those examining the signatures may be reviewed “by the proponents of the petition and the representatives of the proponents as may be designated by the proponents in writing…”

Proponents “are permitted to examine the petition and memoranda… not later than 21 days after certification of insufficiency.”

Pope then contacted Hertz.

“I advised him that I need written authorization from the proponent… to proceed with the request,” he wrote in a memo.

According to Pope, Williams was the proponent.

In a letter Pope received 4:33 p.m. on Monday, Williams wrote the following: “I authorize Mr. Hertz and Mr. Paparella to inspect the Petition and all memoranda prepared by the Registrar’s office in the examination of the Petition indicating which registered voters signed the Petition, in order to determine which signatures were disqualified and the reasons therefor.”

The letter was signed by Williams.

Angelo Paparella is the president of PCI Consultants, Inc., the nationwide petition management firm contracted to gather signatures for the petition. His signature gatherers have been under fire by residents at City Council meetings, who say that while gathering signatures, they were “aggressive,” they “lied” about the petition contents, and that their tactics were “underhanded.”

According to City Staff, police forcibly removed them from the Farmers’ Market where they set up a table. Signature gatherers reported that they were being paid between $10-$25 per signature. These complaints may lead to future action by the council to ensure more transparency in petitions.

In the financial reporting Form 460 filed for the period Jan. 1- March 31, 2018, Williams is identified as the sole contributor of $50,000 to AAP Holding Company, Inc. “for circulation of petitions.”

Total accrued expenses incurred during the period is

$21,591.74, with the creditor listed as the Sutton Law Firm, 150 Post Street, Suite 405, San Francisco. The description of payment is “Pro Bradley Hertz, Committee Treasurer, is partner of Payee.”

It is not clear where the $50,000 came from, as no copy of the check or receipt for cash has been produced to verify the actual payee. (That pencils out to about $24 per verified signature.)

Williams is the realtor who sold the Loma Linda property to Canadian billionaire developer Francesco Aquilini and identifies himself as “Aquilini’s realtor.” According to the Department of Real Estate of the State of California, Williams waived his right to a hearing and was granted a restricted real estate license, stipulating “I hereby admit that the allegations of the Statement of Issues filed against me are true and correct.”

The Statement of Issues signed by Janice Waddell, Deputy Real Estate Commissioner, says that the applicant, Williams, “answered ‘No’” when asked if he had ever been convicted of any violation of the law.

The Statement of Issues continued, “The matter alleged… involves moral turpitude and is substantially related to the duties, functions and qualifications of a real estate licensee… 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 or knowingly making a false statement of fact…”

Williams has a restricted real estate license because he did not reveal his past criminal convictions on his real estate license application.

The Statement of Issues says that he was convicted of violating Penal Code Section 653M(A) – annoying phone calls, obscene threat, and Penal Code section 12403.7(A) (8), Unlawful Use of Tear Gas Weapon. (See Courier article on April 20, 2018: Inside the ‘Basement’ Practices of the Man Trying to End the Beverly Hills Basement Ordinance)

By Victoria Talbot At the request of Vice Mayor John Mirisch, the City Council unanimously agreed to approve a City-hosted event celebrating the 90th birthday of award-winning songwriter and resident of Beverly Hills Richard M. Sherman.

Sherman and his late brother Robert (the Sherman Brothers) are well-known for tunes that become household favorites in movies that are the soundtrack of childhood. Some of their best-known songs are from films such as Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Winnie The Pooh, Chitty Chitty

Bang Bang, Charlotte’s Webb and the theme for It’s A Small World at Disneyland.

A graduate of Beverly Hills High School, he was born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants and a songwriting father, moving to Beverly Hills in 1937. He graduated from BHHS in 1946, where he played a duet with classmate André Previn.

The two brothers began to write songs and their first Top Ten hit was Tall Paul sung by Disney Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. They were hired by Walt Disney Studios.

It’s a Small World was writ-

ten for the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

The event will be held as a free-use evening at the Wallis, with a target date set for Saturday, July 21 at the Bram Goldsmith Theater.

Tickets will be free but must be reserved in advance through the Wallis box office for the 500-seat theater.

There are 20 free-use dates per calendar year with the Wallis; five of them are for evening City civic events.

There will be three remaining dates left for the year.

The event is anticipated to cost approximately $29,000.

As a Canadian resident, Aquilini is prohibited from participating in an American election, including financing a referendum. Williams is a Beverly Hills resident and a registered voter in the City of Beverly Hills; Hertz is a Woodland Hills attorney and is not a Beverly Hills resident.

According to Pope, without the authorization from Williams, Hertz was ineligible to submit the signatures.

On April 6, Williams resigned from his position as principal officer and treasurer of the committee and in an undated letter signed by Williams, he then authorized Hertz to deliver the petition signatures to the Beverly Hills City Clerk.

In his resignation letter, Williams wrote: “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.”

Following his resignation, in a press release from the PR firm of Foley/Freisleben, Hertz released the following statement on behalf of “Beverly Hills Residents for Preserving Property Values”: “As Branden Williams stated last week, he resigned as the referendum committee’s treasurer and principal officer on April 5. The committee accepted Mr. Williams’ resignation on April 6 and will soon file paperwork with the clerk regarding the committee’s new treasurer and principal officer. In connection with Mr. Williams’ earlier involvement in the referendum, however, he had authorized me to submit the petition on his behalf, which I did.

Once the petition signatures are validated by the city clerk, the City Council will have an opportunity to repeal and revisit the Basement Ordinance, or to present it to the voters to decide whether the extreme restrictions imposed on proper-

ty owners by the ordinance are fair and reasonable.”

First, Williams authorized the submission of the signatures by Hertz (May 7) and now, he has authorized Hertz and Paparella to review the rejected signatures, despite his resignation from the committee.

According to City officials, as the proponent, Williams is, as stated above under California Government Code 6253.5, the sole person with the authority to make that request.

Hertz, the assistant treasurer, and Williams, treasurer and principal, were the only members of the “committee.” A request for clarification from Hertz as to any additional members of the “committee” remained unanswered at press time.

The signature review alone will have no effect on the Basement Ordinance, which became City law on April 6.

“If Hertz believes he found something that would change the result… he could file litigation,” said Beverly Hills City Attorney Larry Wiener.

There is no procedure for reversing a decision for a referendum said Pope, and Hertz did not respond to an email inquiry into what his intentions are regarding the review. The examination by Hertz cannot result in a reversal of the certification; they may only inspect the signatures and memoranda and leave, said Pope.

In his report to the City Council Tuesday, Pope explained that, because it was such a close count, the county Registrar/Recorder reviewed the results three times. The county processes hundreds of referendums and initiatives, and three reviews are rare.

The Beverly Hills City Council accepted the certified results Tuesday evening in a presentation at their formal meeting.

Several residents who worked tirelessly to oppose the petition attended the Council meeting, including Debbie Weiss, whose home is in the same cul-de-sac as the Aquilini development.

“The ‘resignation’ of Hilton

& Hyland’s Branden Williams from the Basement Ordinance Referendum committee was a complete sham,” said Weiss.

“He continues to operate behind the scenes and attempt to damage our community. It is so hypocritical that he, his wife and their small children live in Trousdale and enjoy the fantastic protections that Trousdale residents enjoy- including strict construction traffic safety measures-yet is doing everything in his power to strip the Hillside residents and their children of similar protections.

Not only did the Referendum fail to get the required signatures, it has been shown that many people were deceived into signing it- some even falsely told it would increase protections for the Hillside in an effort to trick people into signing. It is abhorrent that Branden authorized an inquest into the results. As far as we are concerned, Branden is an enemy of the Hillside residents of Beverly Hills and should be thoroughly ashamed of himself. But since he simply sees us in terms of dollars and cents, he continues to attack us. Shameful.”

Ronald Richards, resident and attorney for several Hillside Area residents, said: “Bradley Hertz is on a misguided fishing expedition, which is designed to prolong resident anxiety. There is no procedure for him to argue, debate, or plead his case with the County Registrar personnel. He and his side kick signature gatherer are really trying to see where they went wrong. They will use this opportunity to plug up the deficient signature gathering techniques… that resulted in the disallowance of over a third of their signatures. This means that… they still failed to obtain valid signatures from registered voters in the City of Beverly Hills.”

In all, 2,952 signatures were submitted. Of those, L.A. County officials found 35 to be duplicates, and 10 were withdrawn. Others were invalidated and 2,055 were deemed valid.

To qualify, the petition needed 2,080 signatures, or 10 percent of the 20,795 registered voters in Beverly Hills.

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graduating from high school and 94 percent of them are going on to pursue higher education. ****** Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts recognized its 25th anniversary with a gala celebration at the Four Seasons. Chaired by Beverly and Robert Cohen and honoring its founding Rabbi David Baron, it attracted nearly 200 guests, many of whom are also the founders of the temple, located in the historic Saban (Fox Wilshire) Theatre.

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Burt Bacharach Debra Winger

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Celebrating are Martha Quinn and Mort Sahl (May 11); Bruce Boxleitner, Burt Bacharach, Mayor Dr. Julian Gold, Emilio Estevez and Dr. Mark Mandel (May 12); Stevie Wonder and Stephen Colbert (May 13); Mark Zuckerberg, Cate Blanchett, Robert Zemeckis, Robert Bornstein, and George Lucas (May 14); Anna Maria Alberghetti, Trini Lopez, Lainie Kazan, and The Courier’s John L. Seitz (May 15); Pierce Brosnan, David Pick, Janet Jackson, Tori Spelling and Debra Winger (May 16); Craig Ferguson, Nikki Haskell,and Bob Saget (May 17).

Frances Allen’s Desert Roundup BBBSLA LUNCHEON–The Big Brothers Big Sisters Scholarship Luncheon in The Beverly Wilshire drew (from left): co-honoree Martha Henderson and BBSLA Board Chair Laura Lizer; actress Yara Shahidi, BBBSLA President Olivia Diaz-Lapin and Afshin Shahidi of Beverly Hills.

Photos by Vince Bucci Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater L.A. (BBBSLA) held its annual “Accessories for Success” Scholarship Luncheon at The Beverly Wilshire, presented by City National Bank. The event honored three exemplary women, who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and support for children facing adversity, and also presented a record 108 scholarships to college-bound youth from the BBBSLA program Actress and activist Yara Shahidi (Black-ish and Grown-ish) presented Excellence In Mentoring Awards to Tracy D. Underwood, senior VP of ABC Signature, and Laurie Zaks, president of Mandeville TV while BBBSLA Board Chair Laura Lizer gave the Innovator Award to Martha Henderson, executive VP of Entertainment Banking at City National Bank. “Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles relies on an extraordinary group of Bigs who invest time, energy and guidance to positively impact the lives of our Littles,” said Olivia Diaz-Lampham, the group’s CEOCEO of BBBSLA. Actress/model Amber Valletta hosted the luncheon and awards presentation, fashion gurus Lloyd Boston and Jenna Fredrique Aponte emceed the fashion show. The afternoon highlight was a fashion show featuring Big Brothers and Sisters (“Bigs”) with their Little Brothers and Sisters (“Littles”) modeling outfits and accessories they selected in a Goodwill store, with a budget of $30. Part of an education initiative by Goodwill to develop self-sufficiency in youth, the project emphasizes the importance of shopping on a budget. Participating Bigs in the fashion show included Jessica Silvaggio, Alice Halburton, Lyric Everly, Jon Shigematsu, Jenah Doucette, Kelly Kulchak, and Christopher Smith. The model pairs received a shopping day fashion assist from celebrity stylist and TV host, Kalee Hewlett, who introduced the “behind the scenes” shopping spree video to scholarship luncheon guests.

Honorary co-chairs included Rebecca Campbell, Nancy Daniels, Stephen Galloway, Anne Globe, NJ Goldston, Barbara Lazaroff, Nicole Lorey, Loyola Marymount University, Lori McCreary, Kate Nichols, Charon Harroun Peirce, Nina Shaw, Sandra Stern, and Nancy Taylor.

Founded in 1955 by Walt Disney and Meredith Willson, the nonprofit BBBSLA provides children with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships to forever change their lives for the better with 96 percent of the youth having a a Big Brother or Big Sister

SILVER ANNIVERSARY–Rabbi David Baron (right) received a 25th birthday proclamation from the City of Beverly Hills on behalf of the Temple of the Arts from former Mayor Jimmy Delshad (left) and Jim Blatt, the temple’s board president.

Temple of the Arts began in 1992, with about 60 members, meeting in various locations.

Under visionary leadership of Rabbi Baron, the temple has grown to about 1,400 congregants and the mission continues to be to approach religion through the experience of the arts including music, drama, dance and film.

Guests were treated to an elegant evening of dinner, dancing and music by Park Avenue Band, and live auction, all emceed by Elon Gold.

Attendees to the gala included Board President Jim Blatt and his wife Blanche; Mary Hart and Burt Sugarman; Jill Black Zalban, Joan Ashton and Stanley Black, Vicky and Ron Simms; Daphna Ziman; Josh Flagg; Corky Hale Stoller; Lonnie and Jimmy Delshad; Leonard and Alice Maltin.

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NATALEE THAI CUISINE www.nataleethai.com 10101 Venice Blvd., Culver City (310) 202-7013 998 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills (310) 855-9380

It is a perfect example of being between a rock and a hard place, but that’s exactly where the owners of the Hard Rock Hotel found themselves as they were placed in receivership less than a month ago.

While the complete facts have not been released as yet, court documents specify that Kittridge Hotels & Resorts, (the property owner and an affiliate entity), owe its major lender approximately $31 million, plus unpaid management fees. This not-so-new-hotel has reverted to use of its former name: Hotel Zoso. ****** Just two blocks from the drama at the Hotel Zoso, The Renaissance Hotel Palm Springs which, once again this year was the host hotel for the White Party, that according to the promoters, is “the world’s premier gay dance party.”

While the pool area at the Renaissance is packed shoulder-to-shoulder with men of all ages, nationalities and colors, there was an understandable shortage of women at the White Party.

Throughout the weekend event, guests were also treated to concerts by Erika Jayne and the party’s guest star, Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. ****** Coachella, the weekend pair of two equally extravagant rock concerts, is just a memory for the 100,000-plus fans who attended, but even stronger memories were borne by those who attended the one weekend of Stagecoach 2018, Coachella’s Country Music little cousin. Intermingled with the fun were fans who were present at the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting in Las Vegas last year. For them there was a feeling of belonging to a very special family.

This year’s Stagecoach brought with it some special attractions. For instance, an old adobe was built to serve as a serious bar where you wouldn’t find an umbrella served with your drink.

There was also a Honky-Tonk Dance Hall complete with instructors. Here you would build up an appetite for Gary’s Stagecoach Smokehouse, featuring barbeque ribs and brisket. There is also a bazaar, for that “must have” souvenir purchase. ****** It’s not the likeliest place to hold a fundraiser, but the Western Wind Foundation of the Desert’s fundraising gala pulled it off. The group, which supports the LGBT persons in the community, scored a large amount contributions as a result of its gala at the new Major General Kenneth P. Miles hanger at the Palm Springs Air Museum, home to a collection of impressive fighter aircraft.

More information is available by calling 760-416-7790.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale No. C A - PA C - 1 7 0 1 8 1 2 6 NOTE: PURSUANT TO 2923.3(C) THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS D O C U M E N T ATTACHED. [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE Section 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/19/2013.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this internet Web site www.lpsasap.com, using the file number assigned to this case, CA-PAC17018126. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. On May 25, 2018, at 11:00 AM, BY THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, in the City of POMONA, County of LOS ANGELES, State of CALIFORNIA, PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by JULIETTE RAPPAPORT, TRUSTEE OF THE JULIETTE RAPPAPORT LIVING TRUST, DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 2010, as Trustors, recorded on 8/23/2013, as Instrument No. 20131244188, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT

PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Property is being sold "as is - where is". TAX PARCEL NO. 4348-006-009. Property address: 1120 Summit Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 92010. The land referred to is situated in the State of California, County of Los Angeles, City of Beverly Hills, and is described as follows: LOT 2 OF TRACT NO. 18300, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 751, PAGES 95 AND 96 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no representation or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is purported to be 1120 SUMMIT DR., BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210. Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is $3,503,623.08.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should

understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off ail liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SALE INFORMATION LINE: 714-730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com Dated: 04/27/2018 PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC., AS TRUSTEE By Shelley Chase, Foreclosure Administrator A-4656165 05/04/2018, 05/11/2018, 05/18/2018 ––––––

On June 5, 2018 at 2:30 P.M., Thomas H. Casey, the Chapter 7 Trustee for the bankruptcy estate of 779 Stradella, LLC shall sell 779 Stradella Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077 to the highest bidder. For purchase price and bidding information, please contact Faye C. Rasch, Weiland Golden Goodrich LLP (714) 966-1000.

Publish: Beverly Hills Courier 05/04/18, 05/11/18, 05/18/18, 05/25/18 BHC R21263 ––––––

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 –––––– 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 MAR-

RIED 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 –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018094992 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BHGRB 2) BEVERLY HILLS GLOBAL RESOURCE BROKER 10882 Rose Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90034; Soroush Kazemi 10882 Rose Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90034; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Soroush Kazemi, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 18, 2018; Published: April 27, May 04, 11, 18, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018094994 The following is/are doing business as: BEL AIR BRANDING 10787 Wilshire Blvd. #1102, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Christina Rath 10787 Wilshire Blvd. #1102, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Tatiana Steelman 557 Myrtle Ct., Oak Park, CA 91377; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed April 2018: Tatiana Steelman, General Partnership: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 18, 2018; Published: April 27, May 04, 11, 18, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018095975 The following is/are doing business as: 1) CHARLES R JARROT CREDIT CONSULTING 2) CHARLES R JARROT CREDIT REPAIR AND CONSULTING 3) CENTURY CREDIT CONSULTING 3) CHARLES R JARROT CREDIT OFFICES 5) DOCTORS CHOICE CREDIT CONSULTING 1875 Century Park East #700, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Century Credit Group, Inc. 1875 Century Park East #700, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The business is conducted by: CORPORATION, A registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed February 2015: Charles R Jarrot, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 19, 2018; Published: April 27, May 04, 11, 18, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018112777 The following is/are doing business as: 1) W-3 INTERNATIONAL 2) W-3 INTERNATIONAL REALTY 433 N. Camden Dr. #600, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Robert Pavloff Trust 433 N. Camden Dr. #600, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A TRUST, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed April 2006: Robert Pavloff, Trustee: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 08, 2018; Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 01, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018112775 The following is/are doing business as: PYGMALION DESIGNS 137 S. Spalding Dr. #401, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Cynthia Berchan 137 S. Spalding Dr. #401, Beverly Hills,

CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed March 2018: Cynthia Berchan, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 08, 2018; Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 01, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018112773 The following is/are doing business as: THE MAN CAVE BARBERSHOP N SPA 998 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035; 848 S. Sherbourne Dr. #4, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Cresent Moon Franklin 848 S. Sherbourne Dr. #4, Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Cresent Moon Franklin, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 08, 2018; Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 01, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018112771 The

following is/are doing business as: 1) SCMS CONSTRUCTION 2) SCMS 170 N. Crescent Dr. #205, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; SCMS Construction, Inc. 170 N. Crescent Dr. #205, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed September 2013: Mike Gordon, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 08, 2018; Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 01, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018112365 The following is/are doing business as: GORNIK & DRUCKER 225 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; William Gornik 225 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed September 1993: William Gornik, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 08, 2018; Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 01, 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).!

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Sales Assistant

SEEKING RELIABLE AND EXPERIENCED FULL TIME

HOUSEKEEPER Housekeeping duties including laundry and ironing.

Please call Linda at (310) 883-5998

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ETHAN RUCH R O Y A LT Y M O R T G A G E C O .

1-844-368-5202 www.RoyaltyMortgage.com BRE# 00818732

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Prime Beverly Hills Boutique Bldg.

• A DREAM COME TRUE •

Adjacent to For in-shop duties: Basic Montage Hotel computer & graphics a plus. on Canon Dr. Suit sales exp’d preferred.

• Large Offices • Great career opportunity.

16ft.x18ft.

• $2,700 Send resume or text/call: 10ft.x16ft. • $1,475 greg@gregchapman.com With reception, library 310-993-5406 and kitchen.

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PRIVATE MONEY LOANS

310/273-0136 Close to shops & restaurants.

A Breathtaking Property in One Of The Best Known Buildings in The Corridor • The Remington Plaza •

20th Flr., 270° Unobstructed Views.

Spacious and Yet Intimate.

Elevator direct to unit opens to large living room w/ high ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, new hardwood floors throughout, 3-parking, wine storage & many more amenities.

3 Bd. + Den + 3 1/ 2 Ba. • $4,368,200

For More Info. Call Julie:

310/266-4772

• 1st Time on The Market •

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KELEMEN

OFFICE SUBLEASE Prime Encino Location

REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900 License 00957281

2 Year Commitment.

• 1,200 sq. ft.

• $2.25 per sq. ft.

2 Window Offices with View.

310/383-7693

OFFICES & STORES

Available Immediately.

FOR LEASE

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PRIME BEVERLY HILLS • 4 9 9 N . C A N O N D R .

An amazing opportunity to lease class A office space in Beverly Hills’ 90 EMPLOYMENT p r e s t i g i o u s OPPORTUNITY G o l d e n Tr i angle.

This prime location on the cor ner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Nor th Cañon Drive is t w o b l o c k s e a s t o f t h e w o r l d - r e n o w n e d R o d e o D r i v e a n d a c r o s s f r o m Wa l l i s A n n e n b e r g Center for the Per for ming Ar ts. Offices feature spectacular views with plenty of natural light and on-site valet parking. This is an ideal loc a t i o n f o r a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e .

For more info call 310.887.7000

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!

CENTURY PARK EAST

CORNER 2 BED, 2 BATH $995,000 WARNING! DO NOT BUY ANY CENTURY CITY HIGH RISE CONDO UNTIL YOU SEE THIS UNIT.

Hard to Find 1 Bedroom @CPE. No common walls. new laminated flrs., quietest location in both buildings.

Unobstructed City Views.

Totally Renovated. Mid Floor Location. 2 Jumbo Balconies Real Hardwood Floors. State of the Art Kitchen. SubZero Gagganeau. 2nd Bedroom is Office. Lots of Fitted Closets Value Priced for Quick Sale

• DIANA COOK •

1+DEN+ 2 BATHROOM $945,000

$599,000 • 3rd Fl. 1+1

468 N. Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, 90210

310-203-8333

www. bhcourier .com

High Floor. Renovated. High Floor. Ocean & City Views 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH $750,000

High Floor. Unobstructed City View. Jumbo Balcony. Totally Renovated. Island Kitchen Hardwood Floors. Loft Style Lease Purchase Available

BEVERLY HILLS

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BEVERLY HILLS APT

BEVERLY HILLS

BEVERLY HILLS

GORGEOUS BEVERLY HILLS DUPLEX FOR LEASE

3 Bdrm. + 3 Bath

1 BEDROOM $1,950

• • •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• •• •• • •• •

• Available in May • Bright Southwest Exposure. Every room has French Doors to Small Covered Balcony.

Top Floor with High Ceilings. Beverly Hills

OPEN SUNDAY 2-5 EXQUISITE AND SOPHISTICATED THREE BEDROOM DUPLEX WITH OLD WORLD CHARM. CENTER HALL PLAN WITH CENTRAL AIR, WASHER AND DRYER, BRIGHT HUGE ROOMS, RICH HARDWOOD FLOORS, FABULOUS KITCHENS WITH FORMAL BREAKFAST ROOM AND HUGE FORMAL DINING ROOM HIGH CEILINGS WITH HAND CARVED MOLDINGS, PRIVATE GARAGES, BACKYARD AND PRIVATE DECK. SOUTH OF WILSHIRE WITH A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE SHOPS OF BEVERLY DRIVE AND RODEO DRIVE.

$5,000/MO. SANDRA LEWIS

————— *** PRIME *** BEVERLY HILLS Close to Rodeo Dr. 2 HOUSES FOR $8,500/MO. 4Bd + 4Ba Main House Updated Kitchen & Baths Full Guest House with bathroom and kitchen.

Best Value in Beverly Hills Parking for 8 Cars.

Call 310/801-0310 For Appointment

————— UPDATED MODERN SPACIOUS HOME Close distance to shops, schools and restaurants

3 BED, 2 BATH Furnished $12,000/MO.

AGT. 310-770-4111 BRE #00456048

438 FURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

BEVERLY HILLS

BEVERLY HILLS TOWNHOUSE

Totally Redone 3 2 Bdrm.+2 /4 Bath

Formal dining rm., new hrwd. flrs. throughout, central air, fireplace, patio, balcony, 2-car garage. $5,000/Mo. Lease Term Negotiable

310/384-2676

Close to Beverly/Rodeo Shopping & Dining

TO

ADVERTISE YOUR LISTINGS

all of Beverly Hills finest shops and restaurants!

Viking appliances and Miele W&D Hardwood flooring/ marble counters. Plenty of closet space (2). Secured gated One parking space in building with small locked storage, permits for day/night street parking per city of Beverly Hills Asking $3,250/mo.

Available May 14, 2018 Contact Vilayvanh 310-248-0923 Email: vshah38@yahoo.com

REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

UPPER DUPLEX all listings are on 454 Smithwood Dr. CenturyCityLiving.com $5,000/MO. N O W AVA I L A B L E 3 BDRM, 2 BATHS GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES Pool and Carport F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED *BEL AIR Large Living Room *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY Hardwood Floors Call 424-235-7032 CENTURY PARK EAST License 00957281

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1 BEDROOM /1 BATH $3,650/MONTH

*BEVERLY HILLS* FRENCH CHATEAU 342 N. PALM DR. 2 BEDROOM + DEN + 2.5 BATHROOM

Upper unit with balcony, 310/746-8444 Granite kitchen, marble/ wood floors, washer & 438 CALL GEORGE dryer, jacuzzi tub with FURNISHED at 310-278-1322 APT’S/CONDO’S separate steam shower.

9601 CHARLEVILLE Secured tandem parking.

Fully Furnished Luxury Studio Deluxe Unit. $4,950MO. behind Saks 5th Ave By appointment only Roof top patio with 360 view of the city. Close to Long or short term.

KELEMEN

818/679-6747 (No Calls after 7 PM)

www. bhcourier .com

High Floor Unobstructed East Views Jumbo Balcony Viking Kitchen Hardwood Floors Loft Style Interior

CENTURY PARK EAST $4,000 to $5,300/month

PARK PLACE

School District. $4,500/Month LaPeerApt@aol.com

Huge balcony, granite counters, brand new laminated floors and new window coverings.

Convenient location.

CENTURY HILL $4,950 to $8,900/month

LE PARC Sorry

ONE CENTURY $16,500 to $27,000/month

CENTURY WOODS Sorry

Some Complexes include Heated Pools, Sundeck, Tennis, Doorman, Houseman, Staff Engineers, Switchboard, Security Staff, Switchboard, Saunas, Business Center, Pet PlayLand, Restaurant, Acres of Flower Gardens and Grassy Lawns.

218 S. Tower Dr.

Old World Charm!

Bright, intercom entry, fridge, stove, laundry fac.

Large Remodeled Units With Lots of Light CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS & SHOPPING. In Newer Luxury Building 323/651-2598

Granite counter tops, custom WESTWOOD cabinets, ample closet space, N E A R W I L S H I R E stove, dishwasher, fridge, A/C, 2 BDRM, 2 BATH balcony, secured entry, gated *** CONDO *** parking, gym, laundry, etc...

FOR RENT

8560 W. Olympic Bl.

Call 310/729-7246 —————––––

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221 S. Doheny Dr. • • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba.

• • • • • •

Spacious, hardwood flrs., huge closets, built-in a/c, dishwasher, pool, elevator, controlled access, laundry facilities. No pets.

424/343-0015 $3,300/MO. BeverlyHillsDuplex@ Great Location!

Call 310/498-1090 gmail.com Upper Duplex Beverly Hills 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath 138 N. Hamilton Dr. BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. Approx. 2,000sf.

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2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH $3,200/MO.

Totally remodeled with modern fixtures and new granite counters throughout all amenities in kitchen and includes all appliances. Large closets, balconies, Berber carpet/ harwood foors and verticle blinds. Fireplace, wet bar, washer/ dryer included in laundry area. Secured building with garden courtyard. Choice location Near Beverly Center, Cedars- Sinai, Restaurants, Trader Joes, Etc. No Pets.

Shown By Appointment.

$6,500 to $7,000/month

2 BEDROOMS $2,495 - $2,695

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$4,200 to $4,950/month

CENTURY TOWERS

ADJACENT

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •

Updated kitchen, Dishwasher, hardwood floors, controlled access, laundry facility. recessed lights, central air, balcony, garage, C LOSE TO C EDARS, B EVERLY C ENTER , nice landscaping.

424/777-0093

R ESTAURANT R OW. 323/651-2598

————— ————— * BEVERLY HILLS * Beverly Hills Adj. School District 310 S. Sherbourne Dr.

8725 Clifton Way 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath Newly Remodeled Newly Remodeled.

Large & Spacious Balcony, hardwood flrs., 1 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. elevator, controlled • • • • • • • • • access pool, on-site Lrg. unit. balcony, laundry, parking. walk-in closet, 310/247-8689 central air, intercom Close to Cedars Sinai, entry, laundry facility, Shops, Transportation elevator, parking.

• CHARMING & BRIGHT •

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• 310/276-1528 •

Close to Cedars, 8544 BURTON WAY Beverly Center restaurants, shopping Call 310/273-6770 & transportation. or 213/444-8865

BEVERLY HILLS GREAT LOCATION!

•• • • • • • • • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • or 310/734-7263 ————— BEVERLY HILLS •French doors in bdrm. • • 443 S. Oakhurst Dr. open to large balcony • • • overlooking pool • • BEVERLY HILLS • • 2 Bd.+1 / Ba. • 1

2

2 Bd.+1 Ba. • $3,050 • • • • • • • W/ granite kitchen & bath • • • • • 2 Bd.+1.5 Ba. • $3,100

X-LARGE ELEGANT APT. B R I G H T & S P A C I O U S

• Newly Updated •

B E V E R LY H I L L S LIVING.

With carpet/drapes, washer/dryer hook-ups, Balcony, dishwasher, walk-in closet, hi-ceilings. skylight, elevator, intercom entry, on-site Shared backyard. No pets. laundry, parking.

310/271-6811 P LEASE C ALL : Cell: 310/994-4122 Must see! 439 S. Rexford

310/274-8840

• GORGEOUS UNITS • Hardwood flrs., central air, pool, elevator, on-site laundry, intercom entry.

Easy Move-In! *1+1 only 320 N. La Peer Dr.

• 310/246-0290 •

C LOSE TO S HOPS & D INING

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HEART OF BRENTWOOD

BRENTWOOD

309 S. Sherbourne Dr. ( • • • ----- • • • )

1

Bd.+Den+1.5 Ba.

11931 Goshen Ave.

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Brand New Bldg.

Good closet space, a/c, Large Luxury Units

• • • • • •

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ elevator, dishwasher, • 3 Bd. + 3 1/ 2 Ba. controlled access. Close to Cedars/shops/trans.

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11618 Kiowa Ave. • • • • • • • • Newly Updated • Bachelor • Single • • • • • • • • A/C, internet access, pool, controlled access, on-sight laundry. No pets.

Close to Whole Foods, Transportation and Restaurants.

Very private, hi-ceilings, 310/247-8689 large veranda, luxury kitchen+bathrooms, Beverly Hills Adj. walk-in closet, all new Olympic/Robertson appliances, washer/dryer 310/826-4889 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath in unit, central air, prkg.

Please Call: New hardwood floors, BRENTWOOD 310/312-9871 central air, washer/ The Carlton • Easy Move-In • dryer, fridge, stove, 11666 Goshen Ave. microwave, dishwasher, (•)(•) • BRENTWOOD • ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) 2-3 parking spaces.

125 N. Barrington Av. Very Spacious Quiet 5-unit bldg.

1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba. N E W LY U P D AT E D Call Jeanine: (•)(•)(•)(•)(•) • • • • • WiFi, central air/heat, 310/713-7710 • 1 Bdrm. fireplace, balcony, + 1 Bath • controlled access, BRENTWOOD Upscale, Bright, pool, elevator, parking, 925 S. Barrington Ave. Gorgeous & Spacious. laundry facility.

• • • • • 2 Bdrm.+1 Bath 310/312-9871 With Pool, hardwood Hardwood floors, Shopping & Dining in floors, balcony, central dishwasher, on-site Brentwood Village air, fireplace, stainless laundry & parking. steel appliances,

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• WESTWOOD • ~ WEST ~ 10933 Rochester Ave. LOS ANGELES 2 Bdrm.+1 Bath

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310/826-0541

Close to shopping, dining & transportation.

————— Grand Opening BRENTWOOD ’s

WEST L.A.

elevator, intercom 1415 Brockton Ave. entry, parking. gym. { { { { { { {

• 310/476-2181 •

Close to shopping, dining & schools.

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1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Patio, stove, dishwasher, on-sight laundry, parking.

Most Spectacular B R E N T W O O D C LOSE T O S HOPS 11730 SUNSET BLVD. & R ESTAURANTS .

Apartments NEWLY REMODELED 310/479-0700 120 Granville Ave.

* * * * *1 * * *

• 2 Bd.+2 /2 Ba.

310/473-1509

SMALL QUIET BLDG.

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* * * * * * * *

424/272-6596 •

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3 Bdrm.+2 Bath Dishwasher, a/c, controlled access, on-site parking & laundry facility.

310/820-8584

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1343 Carmelina Ave.

Newly Updated

Close to transportation.

1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath • 310/442-8265 • 872 S. Westgate Ave. 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath = = = = = = •••••••• WEST L.A. Very Bright 1 2 Bdrm.+1 /2 Bath Balcony, dishwasher, 1433 Armacost Ave. a/c, heated pool, « « « « « = = = = = = « «

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310/592-4511

WiFi, elevator 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. controlled access, on-site laundry, prkg. B RIGHT & S PACIOUS .

Balcony, dishwasher, Close to controlled access Brentwood Village, Shops & Restaurants. on-sight laundry, prkg.

• 310/826-4889 •

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

**C **CENTURY CITY** MID-WILSHIRE 2220 S. Beverly Glen 340 S. St. Andrews Pl.

• • • • • • • Spacious 2 Bd.+2 Ba. 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. • 1 Bdrm + 1 Bath • Spacious a/c, fireplace, 2 Bdrm + 2 Bath •• pool, controlled access, • • • • • • • • • laundry fac., prkg.

• • • Free WiFi Access • • • L o t s o f • • Balcony, controlled access, parking, Character & Charm!

310/473-5061

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Glass Fireplace Newly Remodeled.

W E S T W O O D New hardwood flrs., 10905 Ohio Ave. granite counters, •• •• stainless steel appl., • •2 Bd.+2 Ba.• • •• alcove fireplace, •• fridge, laundry facility, •• Single •• •• • • gated parking, intercom •• • entry, WiFi and more.

• Wifi, Bright, controlled • 310/552-8064 • access, balcony, Rooftop jacuzzi pool, e levator, with panoramic laundry facility, prkg.

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310/479-0700

elevator, on-site laundry.

Close to shopping, great restaurants and Metro.

213/738-9849

————— • KOREATOWN • 423 S. Hoover St. • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • Balcony, air conditioning, controlled access bldg., covered parking, laundry facility.

213/385-4751

city views.

L.A.’S FINEST, Close To U.C.L.A. Close to transportation, MOST LUXURIOUS 310/477-6856 downtown & CULVER CITY APT. RENTAL

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1409 Midvale Ave. “The Mission” • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Westwood • • •

• • • • •

• 2 Bd.+2 Ba.

• • • • •

6-Month Lease Avail.

* * * * * * Every Extra Luxury

1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. L.A., 90024 Contact Mgr.:

• 310/864-0319 •

• WESTWOOD • The Clarige 670 Kelton Ave.

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3830 Vinton Ave.

Single

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• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

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Pool, sauna, Granite counter tops, intercom entry, • • • stainless steel appliances, • • • elevator, on-site air conditioned, new WiFi, a/c, intercom laundry, parking. hrwd. flrs., designer entry, laundry facility, All Utilities Paid. finishes, balcony, ceiling elevator, parking, pool. fan, elevator, controlled 310/841-2367 CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., access. Fitness ctr, yoga SHOPPING & 1 BLK. room, wi-fi, skyview TO WESTWOOD PARK. • MIRACLE MILE • 310/478-8616 615 S. Cochran Ave. lounge w/ outdoor fireplace, laundry facilities.

Newly Remodeled WILSHIRE 213/382-102 1 • Single • CORRIDOR Easy freeway access Controlled access, 10530-10540 on-sight laundry, Wilshire Bl. LOS ANGELES ∞ ∞ ∞ a/c unit, kitchenette. 401 S. HOOVER St.

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• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •

323/879-9611

Close to Museums, The Grove & Restaurants.

gym, elevator, etc. • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. Hardwood floors, Hardwood flrs., granite * * * * * appliances, washer/ counters, dishwasher, Newly Remodeled dryer in each unit, central air, balcony, Great Views laundry facility. central air. Pool, jacuzzi Great views, controlled • Free WiFi • spa, fitness center, access, balcony, rooftop garden patio+ Call: 310/470-4474 elevator, lrg. pool, fire pits, courtyard, prkg, on-sight laundry. controlled access, prkg.

H IKING IN R UNYON www.

310/209-0006 C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD bhcourier Steps to UCLA & B OWL /N IGHTLIFE .

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Westwood Village.

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• LAFAYETTE PARK

Brand New Building ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ————— ∞ - 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • 1 Bd. +1 Ba. • Luxury Living • * HOLLYWOOD * • Bright Unit • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. On-site laundry, with valet, lush garden 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. • 3 Bd.+3 Ba. on-site parking. surrounding pool, * * * * * Everything Brand New

U.C.L.A. CLOSE

• BRENTWOOD •

Totally Redone.

Harwood+carpet floors, fireplace, patio, parking, laundry facility.

310/478-8274

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Close to Brentwood Village, Restaurants, BRENTWOOD UCLA, Mt. Saint Mary’s, 11640 Kiowa Ave. & Transportation.

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SINGLE

Hardwood floors, dishwasher, on-sight laundry, controlled access, parking.

custom cabinets, granite countertops, •••••• stone entry, pool, WEST L.A. • health club, spa.

• Jr. Executive 1236 Amhearst Ave. • Free WiFi Access • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • • Spacious Units • • Close to UCLA •

• Large units, walk-in closet, ••••••• custom kitchen, built-in Rooftop pool, washer/dryer, all applideck, central air, ances, hardwood floors elevator, intercom throughout, some units entry, on-sight laundry, w/ skylights+high ceilings. gym, parking.

Health club, wifi, sauna, • Free WiFi Access • heated pool, controlled ~ 310/476-3824 ~ acess, parking.

BRENTWOOD &

440 UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

Newly Remodeled.

New hrwd. flrs., stainless steel appl., balcony, controlled access, on-site laundry, prkg.

1307 Barry Ave. Close To U.C.L.A.

WESTWOOD ~ ————— ~1385 Kelton Ave.

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323/467-8172

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Control access, pool, dishwasher, elevator, on-site laundry and parking.

213/385-4751

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ADVERTISE YOUR LISTINGS Cll us at 310-278-1322

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ESTATE SALE

BUY & SELL

WANTED

CHANEL, HERMES, GUCCI, PRADA EXOTIC SKINS, AND ALL HIGH-END DESIGNER HANDBAGS, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES.

We buy your jewelry, diamonds, gemstones, watches, coins, gold, antiques...

No appointment necessary

Cash on the spot

NEW, USED OR VINTAGE.

BUY/SELL TOP DOLLAR PAID Call (310) 289-9561

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1941. 5’10” Ivory keys. Burled Walnut

Beverly Hills Pawnbroking & Lending

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101 Link a quartet of supermarket employees?

109 Aid for a tracking shot 110 Jumpy sort, for short?

111 Vehicle that often rolls over, in brief 112 ____ mater 115 Angry Shakespearean cry 117 Something you’re not allowed to do in math?

121 Mistakes 122 Bit of nonsense in a No. 1 Ella Fitzgerald hit 123 Not ruling out 124 Gadget for lemons 125 Goes back and forth (with) 126 A cylinder has two DOWN

1 Band with a symmetrical logo 2 Bath toy 3 Pizzeria order 4 Some lawyers’ cases 5 Kind of biol.

6 Picks up later in life?

7 Red ____ (sushi fish) 8 Irish icon, for short 9 Ankle bones 10 Relating to the pelvis 11 Prefix with communication 12 Hair-raising cry 13 Pigtail, e.g.

14 Many a “… For Dummies” book

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Residential/Commercial Quality Custom Painting References Available.

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20 Original home of Paddington Bear 24 Moves effortlessly (through) 29 Streetside hangouts 31 Draw back in fear 32 River that rises in the Cantabrian Mountains 33 Player-coach Jason of the N.B.A. 34 K-12 35 Constellation between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor 36 Kids’ rhyme starter 37 Big name in pain relief 38 Onto land 44 Code on a bag to Chicago 45 Annually 46 Like a space cadet 47 1847 novel of the sea 49 “Finlandia” composer 51 Rollickingly funny 52 “Time was …”

55 Feature of a millpond 60 “You couldn’t possibly mean me!?”

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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 I have enjoyed the Beverly Hills Public Library since moving to the area in 1968. I have very fond and sweet memories of taking my son to bedtime story hour, all clean and shiny from his bath, in his pajamas, and ready to cuddle while listening to a story with a group of perhaps 50 other toddlers, and, a master storyteller.

Here, some 50 years later, I am still loving the library. I attend a book group, bring my computer and work there for the serene peace and quiet that these days is only found at a library. The setting, the lamps, and the people all have a calming effect on me.

It not just our library but others I have frequented in San Francisco, New York, Baltimore, Boston, Northridge at CSUN and even Studio City and Sherman Oaks. When my husband and I travel, we often frequent libraries and, when none is available, go to a book store. We especially enjoy just being around books. I fantasize writing them and so respect them as actually items of someone else’s imagination and life.

Books should be treated with great respect, and honor.

Once at my synagogue in San Francisco I encountered the library which was a total mess. Donated books stacked on the floor, paper shopping bags ripped and torn, but full of someone else’s treasure. So I offered to clean it up and did so. I stacked and organized the books, shelving those that had been returned but not checked in. I was a quiet volunteer for a number of hours on Tuesday mornings who worked alone and quietly, happy amongst these lovely books.

Volunteering in libraries is never easy. Even though it is free help, one usually has to fill out a form before being contacted. Twice I did this at different libraries but never became a volunteer. There are always many excuses for the lack of contact. The first time I was surprised but attributed it to just poor follow up. Later, I was told the staff person was so overwhelmed with work that I needed to be patient.

At the Beverly Hills Public Library I was told to go online, which I did, but then nobody ever contacted me.

So on one of my visits I spoke to the staff, who were charming and trying to be helpful. They explained the supervisor for that program had resigned, interviews with new applicants were taking place and I would surely hear very soon. Last month in April I did receive a phone call telling me maybe they would be ready in June. The volunteer task had been briefly described as tutoring new immigrants in English. I hope they too are trying to be patient.

Recently, I was at the library and attempted to put a book on reserve, but my card did not work. I had to list a new PIN and someone nicely referred me to the assistance desk as the quickest way to get it done. I showed my ID to the young man at the desk. After initially clicking he advised me my card was expired…it has to be updated annually and I had not done that. I often fall through on these kinds of tasks so was only minimally embarrassed. However when he looked at my ID, it showed my residence address was also my business address and the library does not issue cards to businesses, which appears to be against all library regulations.

So I said but my home address is also my business address; I work out of my house. Today, many many people work out of home offices. It is the new normal.

He reiterated the policy. I told him I was a member of the Friends of the Library, made donations, and attended book groups and lectures. I was even on a wait list to volunteer (well more or less). He thanked me for my support. After some degree of back and forth another manager came out and after I explained my problem to him he allowed me to renew my card.

So a few observations. First of all, it’s a public library.

I imagine even if you are homeless with an address, one can use the library. This is fact not speculation. They may have restrictions for usage. However, in all of my library visits throughout the U.S., there are usually homeless people in the library. Now I understand they are a problem to some but when a private library comes into being, it can be selective about whom it lets in.

Secondly why are libraries so difficult to give of your time? They easily and quickly take your contributions.

When I was a child growing up in Virginia, we always used the library. Getting a card was a big deal…a sign of maturity, trust, and responsibility. The librarians, all gray haired and female quietly and efficiently used a special pencil with an ink padded date instead of an eraser to check in and check out books. It’s another positive library memory for me.

I truly do not want to buy books. I can purchase

them, but choose not to because we are totally out of book space. About five years ago, I graduated to a kindle. I like but do not love it, but use it and have 120 plus books in it. Because I go to the library I like checking out books. I would like to continue to do that in spite of how much easier it is to order online, and for $8.99 and in 5 minutes I am able to feed my voracious habit of reading. My going to the library continually will again depend upon how much they would like me (and others) to be there. So far they are not doing great. The library staff suggests I am going to have to be patient...me and the new immigrants who would like to be tutored in English.

And finally, what is wrong with giving a business a library card/membership? Do they not read? Do they not ever need resources or a reference? I have been in marketing, branding, and fundraising my entire career. Why the fear of businesses membership? I hope the Beverly Hills Public Library staff and leadership might read these words and consider a response, or a means in which to be more sensitive and significant to its users, supporters, and future supporters.

Sherri W. Morr Editor’s Note: Nancy Hunt-Coffey, director of Community Services for the City of Beverly Hills, is already in contact with Sherri More regarding this matter. ****** More and more we are seeing the Beverly Hills City Council support outside interests over those of residents. This sentiment was clearly expressed last week in Steve Mayer's letter to the editor regarding the Loma Linda project. Also, we should not forget how certain councilmembers aligned with Metro rather than residents --some who will ultimately have the subway going under their own homes and to say nothing of the subway being tunneled under our high school.

Whether the City Council will stand up for residential interest on future projects when the staff usually favors the developer is left to be seen. We can only hope that members of the council will remember who put them in City Hall and whose interest and quality of life they are charged to protect.

One of the underpins which gave Beverly Hills the quality upon which its reputation was based was the founders and early fathers development of the City to be compatible with the interests of its residents. Now more and more of the City is being ripped away and replaced with development to benefit outside interests...and residents be damned.

We have lost quite a bit of the character of old Beverly Hills and what made it unique, and if this continues we will soon be Beverly Hills in name only.

Christine Skirmuntt ****** The first challenge facing our new superintendent of schools was determining how many committees would it take to screw in a light-bulb. Following the ”Bureaucrat's Handbook of Decision Without Responsibility,” he formed a committee.

Unfortunately, after a year's work, the committee disbanded for failure to agree upon a committee name.

Rumor from unreliable sources has is that a new committee is being formed to determine a name for a new committee to determine how many committees will it take to screw in a light-bulb.

During this same period, the five member “Board of Duplication” discovered 5 million light bulbs missing from inventory. To the rescue, came the assistant supervisor of supervisors, who decreed the five boardmembers carry a candle and book of matches on their person at all times. The ruling was so well received, that the “assistant supervisor of all supervisors” was promoted to full supervisor-ship at an awards dinner hosted by the new “director of ex-parte communications” (a former anchor for the Queen Mary and speechwriter for Kathy Griffith).

Up in the “hills,” a park ranger came across members of the “Community Overdevelopment Department” placing cute little pots of petunias atop a 50 foot tall concrete wall and posting signs stating “water me, I’m actually a garden.” When questioned about this, the department’s director was unaware of these activities, but did say those violent terrorist trees on lots 12 and 13 had to come down. They were attacking cars, pedestrians and low flying police helicopters.

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Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (May 11). There will be glamour and excitement to boast of, but that's not the good part. Your willingness to offer up compassion, steer clear of gossip, and participate in efforts that focus on the highest and best resonance of humanity that will elevate you. Life changing commitment in September. Sagittarius and Capricorn adore you.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Be comfortable and happy. The losses are temporary -- so are the gains. If you rise high enough above the situation, you'll notice that even the most permanent-seeming losses and gains are relatively insignificant.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will have absolutely no problem coming up with a new idea. The hardest part will be believing this, which you must. Otherwise it will be impossible to pry your mind from the old idea.

Just let it go.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You'd love to exceed expectations in all areas of life, but this is not only an unreasonable thing to ask of yourself, if you were to achieve it you'd annoy all around you. Success comes from choosing one area to master.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Once you find what works, ask yourself if you really need to keep all the rest. You tell yourself that you'll use it from time to time, but will you really? You're extremely efficient, after all.

Maybe you should liberate the excess.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are doors in your mind that open into places you really don't need to go, maybe ever, but certainly not today.

So if you find yourself standing on the threshold, your hand resting nonchalantly on the knob, think better of it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Make your goal public. This will be scary, mainly because it sets up some accountability that you'll probably only appreciate when you finally make it to your goal. That's the same reason it will be effective SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You know what's universally liked? Noting and no one. If it's great, it's attracting attention both positive and negative. So don't read the comment section until you've executed your vision your way.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Before you extend a topic of conversation or post on a subject, you ask yourself how it's going to impact others. Quite simply, if they're not going to feel or be better for it, you'll find another direction.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). This isn't right for every day, but the best way to deal with stress today is to avoid it entirely. Consider building your day differently from the ground up so that you really don't even have to participate in that stressful situation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You'll really enjoy imagining a fantasy future in vivid detail - the one you want, of course, not the one you don't.

Why would you make that mistake? Many do, but not you. Not today!

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). With all the choices out there, it would be wrong to assume others have the same influences as you. People who seem to have similar tastes and interests will surprise you with how varied their taste can be.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). To display riches and titles with pride leads to downfall. But letting people know what you do isn't about pride now, it's about making a sale. Ultimately you want to improve lives, which you can't do if you don't get the sale.

POLICE BLOTTER

The following assaults, burglaries, robbery and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers.

ASSAULTS 04/30 1200 Benedict Canyon Dr. 05/02 400 S. Roxbury Dr. 05/06 200 Tower Dr. BURGLARIES 04/30 700 Alta Dr. 04/30 200 S. Rexford Dr. 05/01 9600 Wilshire Blvd.

05/03 200 S. Beverly Dr. 05/03 200 N. Almont Dr. 05/03 900 N. Rexford Dr. 05/03 300 N. Crescent Dr. 05/03 N. Canon Dr. 05/04 900 N. Beverly Dr.

05/04 100 S. Wetherly Dr. 05/04 N. Oakhurst Dr./Clifton Way 05/05 8300 Wilshire Blvd.

GRAND THEFTS 04/21 200 N. Rodeo Dr. 04/29 300 N. Rodeo Dr. 04/29 9500 Wilshire Blvd.

04/30 8600 Wilshire Blvd.

05/02 200 N. Almont Dr. 05/02 9900 S. Santa Monica Blvd.

05/05 200 N. Rodeo Dr. 05/06 200 S. Beverly Dr. ROBBERY 05/01 200 S. Almont Dr.

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