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Geary’s cut the ribbon on its brand new Santa Monica 12 boutique this week.
Beverly Hills Board Of Education Extends JPA For Another Two Months By Laura Coleman At Tuesday’s special board meeting, the Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education voted 5-0 to extend its current $9.7 million Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Beverly Hills for another two months, until Oct. 31. This marks the second time the board has approved a two-month extension of the JPA, which was set to expire July 31. The City and the school district are currently working to fine tune the details of the contractual agreement whereby BHUSD makes its facilties and fields available to the City for its programming needs.
Just before the united board voted in open session to extend the current JPA on Tuesday, the board met in closed session to review the findings of a financial assesment of the JPA conducted by performance auditing firm Moss Adams. Board member Howard Goldstein confirmed that the City was sent a copy of the report following Tuesday’s meeting. The school district is asking the school district to increase the amount of the JPA to $13.5 million. “The District remains optimistic that the City Council will (see ‘JPA’ page 20)
Mayor Lili Bosse went on a BOLD walk Thursday evening to B.H. Poke. 20 10 18 31
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George Christy, Page 6 The 25-Year-Old Daughter Of Carrie Fisher and CAA Partner Bryan Lourd, Billie Catherine Lourd Is Town & Country’s Covergirl In September And Is Acting In Films And TV
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Woofstock Returns To Beverly Hills November 5 By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills has announced the date for Woofstock 2017, that day when the community comes together to celebrate canine companions. Save the date, Sunday, Nov. 5, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., at Roxbury Park. Woofstock has become a treasured tradition among dog lovers in town, hosting the best of the best in all things dogs and cats. Besides the great doggietalent show and costume contest, Woofstock hosts a huge pet-adoption day, for cats and dogs. In addition, the event will feature over 40 sponsors and retail vendors, a pet parade and contest activities for people and their pets, amazing pet demonstrations, food trucks, live entertainment, music and more. It’s a great day
for kids, dogs, and the whole family to enjoy. It is also a premier source for the finest in doggie swag. More than 3,500 people attended last year's event, bringing with them over 300 pets. Pet products generated over $62 billion in the United States last year, a testament to the pampered pooches we love. The call is out for all petfriendly product and pet-service vendors who wish to participate in Woofstock. Submit an application for space for the opportunity to showcase their products and services at this event by Sept. 22. Space is limited and in demand, so submit early for the best chances. Visit www.beverlyhills.org/Woofstock90210 or call 310-285-6830 for more details.
Otazu, the fourteen anonymous volunteers selected by their peers, seven for each group, to discuss the issues, and a large audience, whose only participation would be during the breaks. “We are very hopeful that tenants and landlords will come to an agreement on many of the issues that were discussed at the mediation meetings,” said City Manager Mahdi Aluzri, following the conclusion of Sunday’s session, “and we look forward to Mr. Singh’s report to the City Council.” The two sides agreed that a committee of residents and landlords should be formed for dispute resolution, forming a safe place under the authority of the City of Beverly Hills. (see ‘BEVERLY HILLS RENT’ page 17)
Local Philanthropists Hope To Change Young Lives Through Bicycles By Laura Coleman For Beverly Hills resident Judy Briskin, the moment she saw a CBS Sunday Morning segment in 2013 about an East Coast police program that helped inner city children get access to bikes, Briskin knew she had to support a similar type of program in Los Angeles. It turned out that Briskin’s brother, Bob Sallin, an LAPD Reserve Specialist, had seen the same story and the two siblings decided the project would be ideal for the local police departments’ Youth Activities League. The idea proved to be par-
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BACK TO SCHOOL — The Horace Mann PTA organized a warm welcome back brunch for Horace Mann families. With more than 50 parent volunteers and 10 community sponsors and participants (Encore Estates - main sponsor, Sylvan, BH Ballroom, United Studios of Self Defense, BH Parks & Rec, BH Tutors, Star Education, Student Fitness Experts, Blue Bottle Coffee, and Yooli), the event was fun-packed with parents and students participating in grade level activities on the purple field, and even a demonstration of Ballroom Dancing.
By Victoria Talbot The tenant-landlord facilitated discussions continued Sunday at Roxbury Park, led by Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Associate Professor of Law at Pepperdine University, Sukhsimranjit Singh, and inched slowly closer to a consensus on several items that both sides have agreed upon for the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO). In attendance was Mayor Lili Bosse, Councilman Bob Wunderlich, City Manager Mahdi Aluzri, Director of Community Development Susan Healy-Keene, Assistant Director of Community Development Raj Patel, Deputy Building Official David Yelton, Code Enforcement/Community Preservation Manager Nestor
ticularly serendipitous for these local philanthropists, whose efforts have subsequently transformed the lives of some 1,300 young people who have received a bicycle due in large part to Briksin’s efforts. Working with LAPD Commander Jorge Rodriguez (then Captain) who oversaw the Newton Community Police Station in South Los Angeles the two were able to help put their resources to particularly good use by helping develop programs that would provide educational, sports and other support activities to children in (see ‘PHILANTHROPISTS’ page 17)
P R E T T Y O N PARADE — Annie Ilonzeh, Madelaine Petsch and Tyler Buck attended the Los Angeles premiere of New Line Cinema's Annabelle: Creation at TCL Chinese Theatre For more photos, see George Christy’s column on page 6.
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NOTICE OF COMMISSION/ FOUNDATION VACANCIES The Beverly Hills City Council is seeking qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the following Commissions/Foundation: ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION (Architect position) – One Vacancy CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS COMMISSION – One Vacancy COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION – One Vacancy CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION – Two Vacancies HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMISSION – One Vacancy Please note that you can only apply to one vacancy per application cycle. Deadline to apply for the above Commissions/Foundation is on Friday, September 29, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. For more information on the Commission/Foundation positions, please visit the City’s website at www.beverlyhills.org or call the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 285-2400 to obtain the application form by mail or e-mail. BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk
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Beverly Hills Police Officers Association Sets August 27 For Annual Service Day By Victoria Talbot Get ready for the best pancakes in Beverly Hills, and be assured that they will be cooked with the same determination and zeal that every police officer in the Beverly Hills Police Department demonstrates every time they put on their uniforms. The Beverly Hills Police Officers’ Association will be hosting its Annual Service Day Sunday Aug. 27, from 8 a.m. to noon in the Civic Center Plaza. In a City that touts “Police and Community Together,” the Annual
Service Day isn’t just a pancake breakfast; it’s a “love fest.” Bring the kids, and get ready to meet the K9s, check out the SWAT gear, explore the new BHPD mobile station, meet the officers and take police station tours. The BHPD Crime Lab will also be on display. Sponsors include the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills, the Beverly Hilton, Whole Foods Market, Ralphs and Langers Juice. To find out more, call the Beverly Hills Police Officers’ Association at 310550-4551.
La Cienega Park To Host Outdoor Movie Night Saturday By Victoria Talbot Raiders Of The Lost Ark, the familyfavorite adventure film, will be on the big, outdoor screen Saturday at La Cienega Park, for a fun-filled evening of food, live music and entertainment. Showtime presents its open--air event of the year, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Bring blankets, pillows and low lawn chairs and a picnic, or feast on the fabulous food trucks offering a variety of different specialties. Live music begins at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at 8:30. The screen is the largest outdoor movie screen on the West Coast at a massive 52-feet, and is coupled with 15-30k lumens of crystal
clear, bright HD projection and state-ofthe-art, line-array sound. Bring your leashed, friendly dog for a free biscuit at the entrance, with water bowls scattered throughout the venue. Arrive early for the best spots, which are first-come, first serve, and prepare for a cool evening. On-street parking is limited and limited complimentary parking is available at the La Cienega Tennis Center at 321 S. La Cienega Blvd. Tickets are $8 for kids 12 and under, $12 for general admission and $20 for premium seating. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 222.eatseehear.com.
Acro Yoga Draws Crowd For ‘Yoga With The Mayor’ At Beverly Canon Gardens By Victoria Talbot Mayor Lili Bosse and Acro Yoga devotees were joined by a crowd of exuberant fans Sunday at Beverly Canon Gardens for a free, outdoor Yoga with the Mayor Sunday. Residents and friends joined the team of Travis Brewer and Leah Russell to perform asanas (positions) that encourage connection and cooperative work, pairing partners to share movement and experience community within the asanas. Participants were enthusiastic about their experience. Acro Yoga is a system of yogic asanas that are designed to bring people together, following the practice's philosophy. Arco Yoga is the practice of using yoga to elevate through movement and connection, and was founded in 2003 by Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein with three main elements:
Solar Acrobatic Practices to cultivate trust, empowerment and joy; Lunar Therapeutic Practices that cultivate listening, compassion and letting go; and Yogic Practices that cultivate breath awareness, life balance and connection. Acro Yoga certainly merits the SOUL (Seeking Other Unique Learning) stamp of approval. SOUL works in conjunction with Bosse's mission to promote all forms of health; Body, Mind and Soul, as well as a healthy business community. As part of her BOLD celebration, Mayor Bosse will be leading participants on a bike ride Sunday, beginning at 9 a.m. at the west end of the Beverly Hills Farmers' Market. Parking is located in the structure next to the library and is free until 2 p.m. Sunday.
BHHS Senior’s ‘Influential Women of Beverly Hills’ Begins Second Season By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills High School senior Sophia Martin had no idea she was destined for broadcasting journalism when she enrolled in teacher Romeo Carey’s broadcast journalism class as a sophomore - but it’s a destiny that quickly became apparent. After a year of learning the ins and outs of the high school’s news station, KBEV, Sophia was excited to join advanced broadcast journalism as a junior. The year proved transformative. “I wasn’t very confident on camera,” she said. In fact, when Sophia originally joined Carey’s advanced class, she assumed she would be taking a bigger role behind the camera. “Gaining confidence on camera was really hard for me.” But following a winter break trip to Japan, where her 21-year-old twin brothers casually suggested she become a news anchor, Sophia decided that she wanted to be in front of the
Sophia Martin
camera. And even more than that, she wanted to create her own show. Under the guidance of Carey and support of her mentor Franny Rennie (a woman so influential in Beverly Hills that in 2014 Mayor Lili Bosse named a City day after her), Sophia conceived the show “Influential Women of Beverly Hills.” Following her first interview for the (see ‘INFLUENTIAL WOMEN’ page 20)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TEEN BHEF – The Teen BHEF Board is busy planning for an exciting new school year and is now seeking applications for new members. Applications are now available for the upcoming school year, for students in grades 7-12. Meetings are once a month and the first meeting will be held on Monday evening, Sept. 18th. Applications are available online bhef.org. Pictured, from left: Noelle Trost, Rachel Galen, Omer Cohen and Jonah Okum.
Bel-Air Association Scores Big Win On Appeal Of 11-Acre Property With Excess Kitchens
Beverly Hills Is Howling About National Dog Day By Victoria Talbot In recognition of National Dogs Day on August 26, the Courier is seeking photographs of your canines. National Dog Day celebrates the deep connection between humans and dogs, and acknowledges dogs for their “endearing patience, unquestioning loyalty, for their work, their capacity for love and their ability to impact our lives every day in the most miraculous ways,” according to the website at www.nationaldogday.com. Dogs are dedicated partners to humans in law enforce-
ment and the military, with the disabled and ill, in detecting bombs and drugs and performing rescue operations, and they are our family companions who comfort us and bring us unconditional love. Hundreds of thousands of dogs nationwide and worldwide are still in need, however, and National Dog Day is dedicated to expanding the mission to save dogs of all mixes and breeds, across the globe, from being mistreated and abandoned. “National Dog Day” embraces the opportunity for all dogs to live a happy, safe and abuse-free life.”
Submit your dog’s photo with proof that you have donated or volunteered at the Beverly Hills Dog Park, Los Angeles Animal Services, or a dog-friendly rescue, adoption or rehabilitation service including Wags and Walks, the Amanda Foundation, NKLA, Best Friends or any other organization that helps animals, and we will print your pet’s photo on the Beverly Hills Loves Dogs page! Send your questions or photo submissions to vtalbot@bhcourier.com.
SMILING SALLY – Sally is an affectionate 2-year-old Wheaten Terrier looking for her forever home here in the United States after surviving the streets of Mexico. She weighs 60 pounds and loves all people and other dogs. Visit her online at www.ShelterHopePetShop.org or call 805379-3538.
Beverly Hills Native Amanda Moelis Recalls Summer In Tel Aviv By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills native Amanda Moelis capped out her summer break by participating in a highly selective summer fellowship program through Birthright Israel at Microsoft Ventures in Tel Aviv. Organized by Birthright Israel, the largest provider of free cultural and educational trips in the world which aims to increase Jewish young adults’ connection to their Jewish heritage, the 10-week Birthright Israel Excel program brings talented Jewish young adults to Israel to have top Israeli business people mentor them and to participate in an elite internship program. As an intern at the Microsoft Accelerator Tel Aviv, Amanda said she gained a deep understanding of venture capital. Of particular interest to her was the opportunity to
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meet with CEOs who would pitch their companies. “It was the best 10 weeks of my life,” said Amanda, currently a junior at the University of Pennsylvania. “The biggest thing I learned is the importance of Israel. I learned the religion of Judaism really needs the State of Israel.” And although she doesn’t consider herself religious, “just Jewish,” like the bulk of the other four dozen student participants in this summer’s program, she said the richest part of her experience turned out to be the deep friendships she made. “I’ve learned that I want to be more a part of the Jewish community,” she said. Indeed, her ties with the community will likely strengthen this coming year. The Birthright program also fosters professional development
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opportunities for the interns year-round. More than 230 young adults from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada have participated to date and the program is primarily supported by The Steinhardt Family Foundation, The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and The Paul E. Singer Foundation.
By Matt Lopez The Bel-Air Association (BAA) scored a major victory earlier this week when its appeal to the West L.A. Planning Commission over excess kitchens in an 11-acre development in Bel-Air was successful. The Park Bel Air at 780, 788 and 800 Tortuoso Way is an 11-acre property planned for three spec homes, which are being purported as singlefamily dwellings. The site’s website describes the homes as “a collection of three bespoke, turnkey estates.” L.A. building code only allows for one kitchen per home, but the project and its
developer – Tony Russo of Crest Realty – were asking for three kitchens per home. The Zoning Administrator initially allowed for two of the homes to have two kitchens and another to have three, a decision which the BAA swiftly appealed. In order to receive the variance that would have been required to get the extra kitchens, the applicant was tasked with proving that only one kitchen was a “hardship” for the property. “It’s tough to go to the city and ask for relief on a code requirement based on a hardship,” said BAA executive director Shawn Bayliss. “When (see ‘BEL-AIR’ page 20)
GEORGE CHRISTY
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i t h concerns simmering about the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles that the L.A. City Council voted for, Shera says she and Peter were not Olympians because of the s h o c k i n g expense they incur. Added on to everyone’s property taxes, plus, plus, plus.
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cried. And couldn’t stop. While they were photographing the raincoat,” admits Shera Danese Falk.
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Billie Catherine Lourd, 25, is the covergirl for Town & Country magazine in September. She is the daughter of Carrie Fisher and CAA’s Bryan Lourd, and is pursuing an acting career in both movies and television. Above right is the cover photograph.
We assume the young
dandies keep knocking at the door, as they most likely have been to meet this born beauty.
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wenty-five years old, beauty, Billie Catherine Lourd is the issue of Carrie Fisher, and Bryan Lourd, the CAA partner, managing director and co-chairman, whose agency client list includes Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Sean Penn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other major players.
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ow does Bryan accommodate these grandslam egos?
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oth Carrie and Bryan dissuaded their heiress from the acting profession.
No go. Although
majoring in religion and psychology at NYU, Billie disagreed, and has been appearing in films since 2015. Namely, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Billionaire Boys Club, and in Scream Queens and American Horror Story on television.
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cover girl for Town & Country magazine.
he coat was photographed for auction in November by Bonham’s in Los Angeles.
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eter wore his inseparable coat throughout the 33 years of Columbo’s episodes, with reruns scheduled onto infinity. bout the raincoat, Peter popped into a men’s wear shop in New York on a rainy day. “I wore it, and figured it was perfect for my character.”
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e never wore “stand ins” … it became an old friend.
birth, we delivered a welcoming gift to Billie. A redchecked pinafore, which mom Carrie loved and promised to keep as a souvenir. Grandmother Debbie Reynolds graciously thanked us with a polite phone call, impressed that the gift arrived from Neiman-Marcus.
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e were invited to Bryan’s Westside estate (for sale for $35 million?) for a book party honoring author Gigi Levangie Glazer, and were bowled over with Bryan’s collection of literature, plus the complete set of editions published by the Library of America of our famous authors (a literary treasure to be envied), dozens of books piled high on the library floor. We predicted that Billie might be destined to be a literateur.
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eeting Billie, as we did, during a charity dinner, we were charmed. She was the epitome of youthful sophistication that promised a future we will keep up with.
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hera asks Mr. Mayor, “How millions of showers and toilet flushes will the thousands of athletes need … please tell us how you’ll cope with a depressing Los Angeles drought?”
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oston’s city fathers voted for the 2028 Olympics,
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okyo, hosting the 2020 Games is already $8 billion in debt, and that is three years away.
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orruption and doping are a given.
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os Angeles’ multibillion dollar Games investment won’t fix poverty, observer Jonny Coleman writes in the Los Angeles Times. Or homelessness, our health crisis, density and transit issues, prison system, our anemic public education system.
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t’s not too late for the citizenry to rebel against the vote,” adds Jonny Coleman, “and do the right thing.”
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adies and gentlemen, speak up!
NOlympics. Online at www.bhcourier.com/category/george-christy
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The interview with Sarah
Paulson disappoints. Which proves once more that journalists are better at conducting interviews than actors.
h e r a chastises Mayor Eric Garcetti who’s gung-ho for the international attention the Olympics will award him. And his reach for the presidency. But, as one wise young man, Lorenzo Nardini, assessed, “How many mayors do you know who have become president?” Maybe none?
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reece and Brazil remain in smothering mud from their killer Olympic expenses. Rio is $40 million in debt from the 2016 Games.
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esigned and manufactured in Spain by a company label, Cortefiel, which translates as “fine tailoring.” Although the iconic coat’s now frayed at the lapels and cuffs, Peter remarked to Shera that the wear-and-tear is “a sign of love.”
Shera Danese Falk collection
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knew this was what Peter would have wanted, rather than having his Columbo raincoat hanging in a dark closet. Being a good Catholic faithful, I talked to Peter in my prayers … that we were giving the coat ‘light.’”
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the citizens bellowed. Olympics cancelled. And gullible we stepped up to the plate.
Peter Falk was a well known artist, as well as actor, and his portraits of celebrated friends appear in galleries around the world. The self portrait of Peter in his iconic Columbo raincoat is among his wife, Shera Danese Falk’s favorites.
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B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E The Rise Of The Citizen Activist In Mega-Mansion Development: Part 1 By Victoria Talbot The Los Angeles landscape has undergone many shifts from its early beginnings, from oil wells to luxury hotels, railroads to automobiles. In the early Twentieth Century, hunting cabins dotted the canyons, and the orange groves spread through the valley. Post WWII brought the GI Bill and developers enticed homebuyers with ebullient advertising campaigns and cheap land. Mulholland solved the water problem and motion pictures brought glamour and studios. Often considered a city without a history, Los Angelenos disagree, and for lifers who know these hills, canyons and valleys, the current crop of developers crossed an invisible line in the sand. Ridgelines are a sacred LA image, the beloved collective public image that defines Los Angeles, and are being swept away by bulldozers and replaced with mega mansions made of steel and glass that dominate the view shed. Every 90-degree square foot of developable hillside land is being claimed by developers who feel entitled to
The scene overhead of the Loma Vista Drive crash.
make as much from their stake of a once-overlooked sub-standard postage stamp “lot” as they can squeeze out of it, neighbors be damned. Throughout the hillsides, and into the flats, neighborhoods are being invaded by a titanic sweep of heavy-haul vehicles altering the natural contours of the terrain forever, driving away the precious wildlife and removing forever the natural flora and fauna that made these hills their home. How it happened was perhaps a confluence of interests and circumstances, some rightminded city planners with some
good intentions that had disastrous unintended consequences when coupled with the mortgage crisis and the drop in real estate prices. As the prices rebounded, savvy developers paired with wily realtors to discover the loopholes that would lead them around the 2011 Hillside Ordinance, which restricted the height of a home to two stories, with no restrictions on “the basement.” But square feet translate to dollars, and as the economic recovery strengthened, pent-up (see ‘CITIZEN ACTIVISTS’ page 15)
Flagg to Wed at Beverly Hills Hotel Reality TV Celebrity Event By Victoria Talbot Only in Beverly Hills does the real world and the world of reality TV blend seamlessly in rhythm with life’s milestones, bringing fantasy to life as in the case of Million Dollar Listing LA star Josh Flagg and his fiancée Bobby Boyd. The two were betrothed in Paris last July at the Four Seasons Hotel George V when Flagg staged a flash mob for an episode. Dancers who appeared to be lounging in the lobby suddenly sprang into a routine that ended when Flagg, dressed in whites identical to Boyd’s, pulled a ring from where he had concealed it in his mother’s purse and, kneeling, with voice quivering with emotion, he popped the question. Bravo reports that they will tie the knot at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sept. 9 in a star-studded adventure, sure to be an audience pleaser. Flagg said he chose The Beverly Hills Hotel because it was Edith Flagg’s favorite. Flagg’s famous grandmother Edith, who passed away with millions of fans mourning her, was a huge presence on the show, and Flagg’s biggest fan. She sat at the helm of her own fashion empire, built on determination and polyester, the miracle fabric of the 1960s. Among those on the guest list are his fellow Bravo TV stars, including co-stars James Harris and David Parnes, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards and fellow celebrity realtor Mauricio Umansky of The Agency. Real Housewives of New York star Sonja Morgan Eden is also on the list. Word has it that the theme is white, and that no expense will be spared.
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HOW DO Y O U F E E L ? After Writing For Girls, Dr. Cara Natterson’s New Book Helps Boys Through Puberty Pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson believes boys should have as much information about puberty as girls do. A relationship with American Girl, the dolls-andmore company, led to Natterson updating the company’s popular The Care And Dr. Cara Natterson Keeping Of You for 8-12-year-old girls, and writing subsequent books for older girls. All the while, local Natterson, who had a practice in Santa Monica and now works as a consultant, was pitching something similar for boys. “While we’ve done a good job of educating girls of puberty and their changing bodies, boys have been left behind,” says Natterson. So when the girl-centric company gave Natterson the green light, she eagerly launched into what became Guy Stuff: The Body Book For Boys, released last week. Her 12-year-old son said he’d only read a book from American Girl with that title. The book for boys 8 and up, covers the body from head to toe, from hair to foot care (“things that can stink”) and everything in between. With fun illustration by Micah Player, (who has two sons, Natterson points out), the book gives advice on healthy eating, shaving, handling acne, voice changes, peer pressure, bullying and more. Natterson was also adamant about covering both physical and mental health. “The assumption is that girls are more emotional. The reality is that girls are better about talking about how they feel. Boys are not socialized.” So she wants boys to know that not only is it okay to have feelings, it’s important to not suppress them, and to learn how to manage them, “which can make a big difference in family and friend dynamics,. “I couldn’t stop writing this section,” says Natterson, adding that the feelings section in this boys’ book is twice as long as the one in the girls’ edi-
tion. She also doesn’t shy away from writing about changes in the private parts, ranging from hormones and erections to underwear. Talking about these topics can be awkward and embarrassing, Natterson realizes, and she wants the book to be a springboard for conversation. “A lot of parents don’t know where to start and hopefully this book can help relieve some of that anxiety.” The reaction to the book has “been amazing,” says Natterson. “When the book was focus-grouped, the company reps couldn’t believe boys would want a book like this and that boys as young as 7 were interested,” says Natterson. “They didn’t want to put it down.” Written in a user-friendly style that’s “not too biological nor touchy feely,” the book tells boys how to floss, wash their face and ears and even care for piercings, in sections that can be read on their own. “My daughter and her friends use The Care And Keeping books as reference guides,” says Natterson. Natterson is happy to be filling a “long overlooked niche,” she says. “Teens have been an interest of mine since I started as a pediatrician; and writing for this group is a wide open lane. There are virtually no resources for parents and kids after kindergarten.” While she loved talking to kids oneon-one in her practice, “this book is the opportunity to talk to many; and I feel priviledged.”—Steve Simmons
Huntington Disease Society Sets ‘The Team Hope Walk’ For Aug. 26 In Griffith Park The Huntington’s Disease Society of America will host its 12th annual Team Hope Walk!, Saturday, Aug. 26 at Griffith Park -Crystal Springs. The event will raise funds to improve the lives of people living with the devastating genetic neurological disease and their families. Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities usually during their prime working years and has no cure. Every child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the faulty gene that causes HD. Today, there are approximately 30,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting
the disease. The symptoms of HD are described as having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases – simultaneously. The Team Hope Walk is HDSA’s largest national grassroots fundraising event taking place in more than 100 cities across the U.S and has raised nearly $10 million for HD since its inception in 2007. HDSA was founded in 1968 by Marjorie Guthrie, the wife of legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie who died from HD complications in 1967 at 55. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the walk kick-off begins at 9 a.m. To become a sponsor, form a team, walk as an individual, donate products or volunteer, visit www.hdsa.org/thwlosangeles. For more information, contact Savannah Yeh at 310-200-5111 or email savannahyeh@gmail.com.
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Cedars-Sinai Awards $4.8M To Support Community Clinics, Safety Net Services Cedars-Sinai is bolstering an ongoing effort to strengthen the social safety net in the L.A. region with a third year of grants—totaling $4.828 million — to programs that address the physical and mental healthcare needs of underserved populations, including the homeless, atrisk youth, immigrants and others. The funding represents CedarsSinai’s latest steps to increase financial, administrative and leadership effectiveness at community clinics and mental health organizations. “Hundreds of thousands of people in L.A. receive care at community health centers. In this time of healthcare uncertainty, the role of these community clinics has only grown in importance,” said Jonathan Schreiber, Cedars-Sinai’s director of community engagement. The Cedars-Sinai Community Clinic Initiative was launched three years ago and partners include Capital Link, the Center for Care Innovations, the Community Clinic Association of L.A. County, Healthforce Center at UCSF, the Institute for High Quality Care, the L.A. Trust for Children's Health and the Southside Coalition of Community Health Centers. Cedars-Sinai also provided grants directly to individual clinics to improve their quality of care and patients’ experience. This component of the initiative benefited a diverse set of partners, including The Achievable Foundation, a health center that treats children and
adults with developmental disabilities; Los Angeles Christian Health Centers, whose Joshua House location serves the homeless population in downtown L.A; and the Korean Health, Education, Information & Research (KHEIR) Center in Koreatown. Through the Community Clinic Initiative, partners such as KHEIR have been able to participate in programs focused on quality improvement and the efficient management of clinic and health data. In addition, a grant from Cedars-Sinai allowed KHEIR to expand its successful chronic care program to promote diabetes self-management for Spanish-speaking patients. KHEIR’s community health center is also implementing new medical record software to track diabetes patients’ health. Additionally, this year’s grants went to 13 mental-health partner organizations that treat uninsured and undocumented patients, substance use disorders and other challenges. Partner organizations include the L.A. LGBT Center, where grants have helped fund a domestic violence prevention program, as well as Amanecer Community Counseling Services, which provides counseling for low-income Latino parents and children. Treatments provided by these organizations include psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy and medication management for people who cannot obtain these necessary services through other means.
Keiro, Providence Partner To Address EndOf-Life Care For Japanese Older Adults For older adults, it can be a challenge just to get from home to the store or a doctor’s appointment. Add in a language barrier and the challenges increase exponentially. Layer on an endstage illness or debilitating physical limitation and obstacles feel insurmountable. For many of the oldest members of the Japanese communities in Southern California, this has been a daily struggle because of a gap in medical and support services that meet their unique needs. This week, Keiro and Providence Health & Services Southern California (Providence) announced a partnership to bring palliative care services to Japanese American and Japanese-speaking older adults who are living with advanced illness and debilitating symptoms through the end of life. The program’s goal is to help these older adults by enabling them to remain in their homes, and decrease emergency department visits and inpatient hospital admissions. The partnership establishes a threeyear joint program called “KeiroProvidence Whole Person Care Program” and addresses issues regarding pain and symptom management, advance-care planning, caregiving planning, safety assessments, psychosocial and spiritual support, medication, health-care systems and alternative treatments, transportation and Japanese cultural questions, which affect healthcare decision making. The service approach is communitybased, with a focus on bringing support and care directly participants. Outreach will be available through personalized outpatient visits to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, and to care
homes and clinics, home visits, phone consultations and follow up with 24/7 on-call physician availability; and mobile sites at community centers, temples, and churches. The Keiro-Providence program is the first of its kind in the U.S. to focus on delivering palliative care services to Japanese American and Japanese-speaking older adults, taking into account the cultural preferences, needs and philosophies of life for each individual. “Keiro has been an integral part of the Japanese community in Southern California for more than 50 years, providing a range of health services, education and resources,” said Leona Hiraoka, Keiro president/CEO. “This partnership with Providence enables us to work with a renowned team to address a pressing need for comprehensive support of our community’s older adults facing serious illnesses in the end stages of their lives.” Dr. Glen Komatsu, chief medical officer for Providence TrinityCare Hospice and Regional Palliative Care, said, “Our program is the first to focus palliative care services for this particular demographic. A new five-person, interdisciplinary palliative-care team, based at Providence’s Torrance campus, will be led by Dr. Komatsu and Dr. Edwin Yanami, a Japanese-speaking physician. “For older Japanese patients managing serious illnesses, particularly those who don’t speak English, the world can feel intimidating and present barriers to getting access to the support they need,” said Dr. Yanami. “ For more information on the program, call 213-873-5791.
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THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS
Hershey Felder’s ‘Our Great Tchaikovsky’ Ends 4-Week Run At Wallis In Beverly Hills
NEW DEBS—The Coronet Debutante Ball Board (CDBB) announced its newest debutantes at a luncheon at the Bel-Air Country Club earlier this month. Beverly Hills resident and Planning Commission chair Lori Greene Gordon served as the luncheon chair. Lori was accompanied by her two daughters, Victoria Gordon, who served as a co-chair, and Natalie Gordon, who served as the event’s “fashion commentator.” Twelve young women were invited to debut this fall based on their philanthropic service and volunteerism. “We are pleased to present these 12 young women as the 2017 NCL Coronet Debutante class. It is inspiring to see this type of commitment and I am confident that these ladies will continue to dedicate their time to inspire as they move forward in both their academic and social ventures,” said Alice Wilson Gould, Coronet Debutante Ball board director. As is tradition, each girl received a gold coronet lavalier to be worn for the first time on the evening of their debut at The Beverly Hilton on Nov. 25. This year will mark the 68th Coronet Ball. Pictured (from left, top row): Victoria Gordon, Haley Lynn Worrell, Arabella Angelina Stadvec, Blair Marie Sullivan, Josephine Marie Deranja and Elizabeth Nicolle Glover; (Bottom Row): Natalie Gordon, Lori Greene Gordon, Chelsea Anne Worrell, Sloan Callaway Hooper, Suzanne Boone, Brigitte Gibson Corbell, Caleigh Scott Canales, Ashley Nicole Griess, and Alice Wilson Gould. Debutantes not pictured: Julia Brooke Barger and Catherine Margaret Rozelle.
By Laura Coleman On Sunday Hershey Felder’s Our Great Tchaikovsky concluded its sold-out fourweek run at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. At once gripping and humbling, Felder’s performance as Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93) successfully personifies a creative genius who suffered terribly at the hands of society while simultaneously creating exquisite music for all to enjoy. In Felder’s one-man production at the Bram Goldsmith Theatre, written by him and directed by Trevor Hay, the only other star onstage with Felder is the Steinway “Model D” Grand Piano, which he plays with virtuosity throughout the play. Known for his deft ability to create roles that bring composers to life, Felder originated this production, which had its premiere in January at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, following an invitation in 2013 by independent Russian producers to bring Tchaikovsky to life onstage in Russia. “I thought this would be an interesting investigation,” Felder recalled. “I didn’t know at the
Hershey Felder as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
time that the material would be so controversial in terms of going back to Russia itself, and that seemed to be a very interesting basis for telling the story.” In fact, Felder said he never ultimately responded to the invitation; although one could argue that this production, which begins with Felder reading aloud the invitation and concludes with a harrowing condemnation of Russia’s response to Tchaikovsky’s sexuality, is indeed its own response. (see ‘HERSHEY FELDER’ page 20)
NEW ROLEX BOUTIQUE— GEARYS CEO Tom Blumenthal (pictured, center) celebrated the grand opening of the new GEARYS Rolex Boutique in Santa Monica last Thursday with a special ribbon cutting ceremony. The stunning 3,100-square-foot boutique at Santa Monica Place offers a large and impressive selection of Rolex wristwatches, showcasing many classic and coveted timepieces including the Lady-Datejust 28 and the Datejust 41, new versions of which were launched at Baselworld earlier this year. Pictured (From left): GEARYS Boardmember Bruce Meyer, President/CEO Thomas J. Blumenthal and Boardmember Susan Blumenthal.
RUTH’S CHRIS—If you haven’t yet tried one of Ruth’s Chris Steak House acclaimed TasteMaker Dinners, you’ll have your chance tonight. A few spots still remain at the Beverly Hills location where diners can savor a fivecourse dinner paired with some of the world’s most iconic Champagnes. Hosted exclusively at Ruth’s Chris Steak House locations across the nation on Aug. 17 and 18, the dinner celebration will be the fifth in a series of acclaimed TasteMaker Dinners. At this dinner, guests will be served bubbling flutes of Champagnes from brands such as Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, and Ruinart, as well as a sparkling wine from Domaine Chandon. The menu will feature butternut squash ravioli, black truffle soup, Medjool date and goat cheese salad, petite filet mignon with romesco crust and lemon cheesecake. Each course will be coupled with a perfectly matched Champagne. “It’s not often that people get to try some of the world’s most elite and prestigious Champagnes all at one time and under the same roof,” said Abdiel Aleman, VP of Culinary Development for Ruth’s Chris Steak House. “To commemorate this special occasion, we’ve curated a special menu that features indulgent ingredients such as mascarpone cheese and black truffles.” Pictured right are images from the previous TasteMaker Dinner, featuring delicious wines from Chateau Montelena Winery and a succulent Ruth’s Chris petite filet mignon with cipollini ragout.
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Sing! Sing! Sing! Celebrates 25 Years Fellowship, American Music Standards Judy Wolman loves to celebrate the songs of the Great American Songbook. So much so that 25 years ago she founded Sing! Sing! Sing! “L.A.’s original sophisticated sing along!” to share her passion. After being part of book groups, Wolman decided to create something similar for music lovers, so she started the organization at The Jazz Bakery in Culver City. “Ruth Price gave us our start and encouraged the project,” says Wolman. The first four sessions highlighted George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin. “I got inspired,” says Wolman. “The period of the ‘20s-’40s was an important time in American music and I thought people should be singing these songs and honoring these composers. I believe when you sing a song like Here’s That Rainy Day, the lyrics become part of the singer and become internalized.” The programs are open to anyone who enjoys the music, says Wolman. Each meeting features a group of a dozen rehearsed singers, narrator Howard Lewis, “who tells wonderful anecdotes introducing each song,” Chris Conner on bass and drummer Jack LeCompte. Classically trained pianist Wolman accompanies on a grand piano at the monthly sessions, now at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica. A Washington University in Saint Louis graduate, Wolman is able to transpose songs into singable keys. “That’s important for us,” she says.
All attendees get song sheets to follow, says Wolman, “and we sing the verses. “ Y o u don’t have to be a good singer,” adds Wolman. “It’s not about the singing, but listening and being in touch Judy Wolman with this music. It’s so nurturing. It’s just the best.” Over the years, Sing! Sing! Sing! has featured composers discussing and performing their works including Ray Evans (Mona Lisa, Que Sera Sera) Hugh Martin (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas) and Artie Butler, whose Here’s to Life has become a cabaret staple. Residents Marilyn and Alan Bergman supplied the group with a Christmas song, Christmas Memories that a soloist performed. The 25th anniversary celebration, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 27 at the church will feature early narrator Roy Harris, recalling visits from these composers and more. Attendees will sing favorites from the series’ 25 years. Admission is $20. For more information, call 310-990-2405 or visit www.singsingsingalong.com. —Steve Simmons
Leslie Lassiter Elected Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra VP, President-Elect Leslie Lassiter of Beverly Hills is the newly elected VP, president-elect of the Los Angles Chamber Orchestra (LACO). Executive Director Scott Harrison, announced that LACO, celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2017-18 season, has appointed two new board of directors members and elected two new officers. Terms for President Dana Newman, the board’s presiding officer, and Chair K. Eugene Shutler (Santa Monica) are extended by one year. “I am pleased to welcome to the executive committee newly elected officers Leslie Lassiter and Shaheen Nanj, secretary, who are both extremely committed to helping expand LACO’s boundaries,” said Newman. “During their time on the board, their spirit of innovation and focus on community-facing activities
have proven invaluable in propelling the organization forward artistically and helping to draw new audiences. I’m particularly encouraged with Leslie’s election as president elect and my successor in one year, as she Leslie Lassiter will be a creative and dynamic leader for the organization.” Lassiter is a managing director who leads the entertainment practice at J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank in L.A. For information on LACO, call 213622-7001 or visit www.laco.org.
YMF Announces 2017/18 Orchestra Season Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Executive Director Walter Zooi and Music Director Yuga Cohler have announced the 2017/18 season of the YMF Debut Chamber Orchestra (DCO). Highlights include: • The season-opening concert, Flow, at 7:30 p.m., Friday Sept. 29 at The Broad Stage, featuring works inspired by water and paying homage to the centennial of Leonard Bernstein with his On The Waterfront: Symphonic Suite. Also on the program will be Bedrich Smetana’s Vltava (The Moldau) and Claude Debussy’s La Mer. • Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, a YMF alumna, returning as soloist with the DCO in a program titled Fly during
Sundays Live at LACMA at 6 p.m., Nov. 19, at the museum’s Bing Theater. Myers will solo in Ralph Vaugh Williams The Lark Ascending and Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Fantasia. Francis Poulenc’s Sinfonietta is also on the bill. • Burn at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 at The Colburn School’s Zipper Hall featuring Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36. • The concert titled Build, part of Sundays Live at LACMA on March 11, 2018, including Evidence by Matthew Aucoin, LA Opera’s first artist in residence. For more information, call 213-6177707 or visit www.ymf.org.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT
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Raya’s Paradise Offers Superior In-Home Care From A Leading Residential Care Provider, C.A.R.E. Homecare
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aya’s Paradise—a collection of six highly-respected home-like residential-care facilities serving the entire Westside and Valley—is now offering that same superior care for clients in the comfort of their own homes. “We’ve been providing quality care since my mother, Raya Gamburd, established the first Raya’s Paradise in 1991,” says Moti M. Gamburd, CARE Homecare owner/executive director. “And we’ve had a lot of people saying “my relative is not quite ready for a facility, do you offer home care?” So the company has developed a service dedicated to helping clients in their homes. CARE Homecare (www.carehomecare.net) sends qualified and trained caregivers to homes to help with daily routines, tasks and non-medical observation. Services, available for 4 to 24 hours (in shifts) include providing medication assistance and reminders including pharmacy support, meal planning and preparation, exercise and strengthening, activities at home including art, music, reading, gardening, cooking, brain-stimulating activities, games and regular
physical activity, companionship, safe and reliable transportation to wherever clients wish to go and even light housekeeping. Moti Gamburd urges people to seek out licensed homecare agencies. Before this year the state did not require a license to operate a homecare; as of Jan. 1, 2016 the state has a new policy and homecare agencies must be licensed by the California Department of Social Services. CARE Homecare has been licensed since that date. Here are a few points to show how CARE Homecare differs from other agencies • Caregivers are extensively screened and trained at Raya’s ‘s Paradise six locations (three more are on the way) so loved ones get the same level of care as they would at one of the residential care homes. • A full-time licensed nurse is on staff to assess homecare clients and make random visits to make sure care is appropriate and to suggest and implement changes as necessary. • All caregivers are employees, not independent contractors. They’re all insured and bonded; with
Workers Comp and liability insurance, a client is not responsible for any injuries sustained. • Caregivers are registered with the department of social services and have undergone full criminal background checks. • A full-time social worker/case manager also visits residents helping in any way they can with issues like finding doctors, dealing with VA benefits, etc. • CARE Homecare also has trained and experienced caregivers for Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Over its years in business, Raya’s Paradise and CARE Homecare have developed a network of resources: Geriatric Psychiatrist, Mobile Physicians, mobile labs and any other procedure that needs to be done at home. To make sure clients’ homes are safe, The Gamburd family, owners and operators of Raya’s Paradise and CARE Homecare, also own a reputable home accessibility company, Gamburd Inc. (www.gamburd.com), developed and operated by Israel Gamburd who grew up in the residential-care industry with his brother Moti.
Gamburd Inc. provides ramps, grab bars, stair chairs and much more. Another advantage of CARE Homecare is that clients have the satisfaction of knowing they can easily transition into a Raya’s Paradise community if they need to, often with just five other residents, and have the same caregivers, nurse, case manager, medical staff and administrator with a high level of care. “The care team remains the same,” says Gamburd. CARE Homecare has several long and established working relationships with some of the finest hospice and palliative-care providers in L.A. County. Caregivers are not permitted to provide any “skilled medical care,” but they will work closely with the agency of a client’s choice to make sure their loved one stays as comfortable and pain-free as possible during hospice or palliative care. For more information on CARE Homecare, call 323-851-7478 or www.carehomecare.net. For Raya’s Paradise, call 310289-8834 or visit www.raspberriade.com.
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Rethinking David And The Philistines
Knotts Berry Farm Unveils First New Major Roller Coaster In A Decade
By Victoria Talbot The story of David and Goliath, as told in the Book of Samuel in the Old Testament, in modern-day parlance has become the tale of the triumph of the underdog against a seemingly undefeatable adversary, a parable of hope, resolve and faith that has inspired generations for millennia. In his book, David and the Philistine Woman, local award-winning documentary filmmaker Paul Boorstin, has created a narrative around the thin biblical passage to weave a compelling tale against a rich backdrop of archaeological and cultural detail in his first novel. The book has been enthusiastically received by some surprising heavy-hitters, including Rabbi David Wolpe, author of David: The Divided Heart, whom Newsweek called “America’s Most Influential Rabbi.” Boorstin is a screenwriter who has traveled the world making documentaries for National Geographic, Discovery, A&E, the History Channel, ABC, NBC and CBS. Seemingly an unlikely author for such a story, Boorstin is the screenwriter of the 2011 documentary The Lost Kennedy Home Movies and has traveled the world filming rare and curious phenomenon. Not particularly religious, the book is a departure for him and a personal fulfillment. Once a skinny, bespectacled kid, who was last to be picked on the team, the story was built over a lifetime, and honed over ten years and thousands of miles traveling the world for his work. This would be the story outside the frame of the camera lens - if the Old Testament were a camera - that often, said Boorstin, is more compelling than the documentary footage he was filming. Goliath the Philistine, a fearsome warrior, challenges Saul to send out a single contender for a battle that will determine the fate of the Israelites. Alone among all their warriors, David, who has no battle experience, confronts Goliath armed with but a sling and stones against the mighty giant. David swings his stone and fells the giant right between the eyes, bringing him crashing to the ground. He promptly cuts off his head and offers it to the king, wherein he assumes the role of king, fulfilling the prophesy of Samuel. In his tale, Boorstin creates a full cast of characters, breathing life into an ancient but
A steel rollercoaster billed as the only dive coaster on the West Coast will open at Knott's Berry Farm for the 2018 summer season, theme park officials announced Wednesday. HangTime will tower 150 feet over the Boardwalk area, showcasing gravity- defying inversions, mid-air suspensions and twisting dive tracks, according to Jon Storbeck, Knott's Berry Farm vice president and general manager. HangTime will send riders up a vertical lift hill into a raised 96- degree drop, the steepest drop in California, Storbeck said. The coaster's train will come to a halt once the highest peak is reached, and will leave riders suspended at the crest for several seconds at a 60degree angle, giving the illu-
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timeless story of good over evil, might versus right, the weak and the powerful - with a full cast of supporting characters, including Nara, the Philistine woman and wife of Goliath, who becomes David’s unlikely ally in defeating Goliath. Archaeological research reveals that in fact, the Philistines were not so barbaric as they are portrayed; artifacts at sites in what is now Israel showing a sophisticated culture and panoply of gods. This second look, beyond the camera lens so to speak, is where Boorstin’s tale takes flight. “History is written by the victor,” reminds Boorstin. Originally conceived as Nara’s story, Boorstin brought in a younger, more innocent version of the deeply-flawed David who later killed Saul to take Bathsheba. This David finds himself and comes of age, not in the fulfillment of the prophesy, but in the act of slaying Goliath. It is his action that defines the moment, not just the faith behind it. In his story, even the prophet has doubts that David can succeed. “This is the guy, like King Arthur’s legend, like Joseph Campbell; the archetypal figure, seemingly the least qualified. In the New Testament it is the Messiah, the opposite of what you think.” “David and Goliath is a metaphor for how to lead a better life,” said Boorstin. “The thing that is your weakness is your greatest strength.” The path to his destiny brings him unlikely allies, across cultural, gender and socio-economic barriers, forcing the hero to shed his limited conceptions to reach his higher goals. This is a story so ageless and yet, so much of our time. Ancient enemies abound, and as with David and his sling, it is not the sophistication of the weapon, but the determination of the warrior which defines the victor. The book is a surprising page-turner, filled with a universal urge towards triumph, and despite knowing the outcome, the emotional relevance is enthralling.
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demand began driving the value of property higher. Savvy developers jumped on the bandwagon, and soon, the hills were alive with construction. In Bel Air, residents experienced something like a war zone, with haul trucks queued 40-deep up Stone Canyon and into the small, substandard winding streets, battling residents for safe passage. The real wake-up call was when two LAPD officers were killed on a steep and winding stretch of Loma Vista Drive. “The drivers threatened the residents and blocked driveways,” said Marcia Hobbs, publisher and president of the Courier and co-founder of the Bel Air Alliance, an organization founded by residents who could not access their homes or exit their driveways because of the number of trucks crisscrossing the streets. Truckers barely slowed in intersections; close calls prevailed. One resident had her car flipped over by a speeding haul vehicle. In Beverly Hills, the newly rediscovered charm of the MidCentury Modern mecca of Trousdale attracted a new breed of maverick developer, unleashing a siege of developments. Officials only began to take notice of the safety hazards and danger to residents after tragedy struck twice. LAPD Officer Nicholas Lee was killed March 7, 2014 when his patrol vehicle was struck in the Doheny intersection by a construction vehicle hauling heavy equipment that lost its brakes. Detective Ernest Allen, Sr. was killed May 2, just weeks later, when his private vehicle
sion of a disappearing track, Storbeck said. The train will then suddenly descend in a beyond-vertical drop, through 2,198 feet of steel track and five gravitydefying inversions, Storbeck said. HangTime will be the second rollercoaster in the Western Hemisphere to feature
a negative-g stall loop, which gives riders the sensation of floating, Storbeck said. "HangTime's disappearing track creates a memorable illusion of the unknown as riders feel like they are hanging over a cliff, staring at the ground in nervous anticipation," Storbeck said. –– City News Service
was struck by a full cement mixer that had lost its brakes and collided with Allen’s small truck before hitting a tree. The cement mixer drove up the trunk of the tree and fell backwards onto Allen’s truck, striking it a second time, where it came to rest. Both officers were killed by runaway construction vehicles, and construction in the Trousdale area immediately came to a grinding halt while the City examined the problem. What came to light were numerous fatalities over the years, and a pressing need to increase public safety. At the same time, the Beverly Hills Community Development Department and City Hall were responsible for approving a project that has become the poster child for bad development. The 11,200square foot home at 1201 Laurel Way is a horrible example of over-development, boasting a series of cascading, ugly retaining walls visible for miles, whose only purpose was to achieve the requisite amount of “level pad” to expand the floor area to create a $31 million home on the property. Elsewhere, developers were coming from Canada to stake out their retirement by maxing out the square footage to make the numbers pencil out in prestigious Beverly Hills. Developers and realtors were aiming for that eight-figure killing in pricey Los Angeles to put their names on the map associated with terms like “the most expensive” and “luxury properties” and the word was out that in LA this was “a go.” City Hall was lenient and ready to hand out permits.
But after the accidents in Trousdale, the impact of construction could not be ignored. The first wave of pushback came in the form of curbing heavy-haul vehicles in the hillsides and instituting traffic controls to make the streets safer. The City Council, Community Development, BHPD and the CHP combined with engineering firm Fehrs & Peers to create a “Zero Tolerance” plan for safety, including random truck inspections, permitting, mandatory reviews, specified hauling routes and hours, reduced truck sizes, mandatory doublebreaking systems and traffic calming measures. Meanwhile, Bel-Air became Ground Zero in the battle between residents and developers in the wake of Loma Vista, galvanizing residents as developers continued to take advantage of the absence of regulations in hauling, excavation and cement mixers on their narrow, winding streets. One project, 85,154 square feet, called for hauling 39,805 cubic yards of soil. In one case, 46 heavy haul vehicles staged on Stone Canyon illegally. Residents began filming violations, with trucks arriving at construction sites at 5:30 a.m., and the City of Los Angeles did nothing. It was too much to ignore, and residents could no longer tolerate the abuses. “Developers can violate conditions without consequences,” said Fred Rosen, former CEO of Ticketmaster, and president of the newly-formed Bel Air Alliance. PART 2: Bel-Air Residents Fight Back
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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S “Art Without Boundaries by Cao Yong: Citizen of the World,” a retrospective of works by acclaimed Chinese immigrant artist, featuring more than 40 oil paintings, runs through Dec. 14 at the Forest Lawn Museum, Forest Lawn Glendale, 1712 S. Glendale Blvd. The works filling two galleries range from Yong’s early, spiritual search in Tibet with depictions of monks and lay people, to his globally inspired, more recent works, including paintings of the Santa Monica Mountains, in styles ranging from realism to surrealism. In 1994, Yong moved to L.A., and his painting “We the People” is installed in the L.A. Board of Supervisors’ office. The museum is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Admission and parking are free. For more information, call 800-204-3131 or visit www.forestlawn.com. • • • • • Pianist and West Coast Get Down founding member Cameron Graves will appear as part of the Grand Performances series at 8 p.m., tonight at the Waterstage in the California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., L.A. Graves will perform music from his debut album “Planetary Prince,” alongside bassist Carlito Del Puerto, saxophonist Corey Hogen, trombonist Ryan Porter, trumpeter Ben Adamson, and drummer Aaron Haggerty. He’ll also perform solo piano jazz arrangements from songwriter Leon Ware with featured special guest vocalist Nikka Costas. For more information, visit grandperformances.org. • • • • • L.A.’s Grand Park will celebrate its fifth anniversary with the launch of the photo exhibit, “Grand Park’s Big L.A. Portrait Gallery,” from 8-10 p.m., tomorrow. The public party, at 200 N. Grand Ave., will feature a DJ, photo booth, screen printing and the chance to meet participating photographers Gregg Segal, Elena Dorfman and Joe Pugliese. The exhibition by 10 photographers includes 100 images of residents from across the
county, ranging from parishioners from the Trinity Baptist Chuch in South L.A. to the cowboys and cowgirls of Sunset Ranch. The photographs will be projected onto the south wall of the L.A. County Hall of Records from sundown to midnight, through Monday, Sept. 14. For more information, visit grandparkla.org/biglaportraitgallery. • • • • • The Music Center On Location will present a double bill of contemporary dance featuring Jacob Jonas The Company and experimental electronic music from Tim Hecker with Kara-Lis Coverdale at 8:30 p.m., tomorrow at the Ford Theatres, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, L.A. Jacob Jonas The Company will premiere a new commission set to Hecker’s music. In On Me, Jonas, a BHHS graduate, blends contemporary ballet with breakdance and acrobatics and explores the idiom “to carry the weight of the world on one’s shoulders.” Hecker will present a concert with a mix of past and new material in a new configuration designed for the Ford’s outdoor location along with Cloverdale, a Montreal-based organist and new music composer. Tickets start at $25 and are available by phone as 323-4613673 or online at www.fordtheatres.org. • • • • • Beverly Hills author Stephen Maitland-Lewis will be the featured guest at the West L.A. Chamber’s Authors Club on Monday, Aug 21 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Westwood Library, 1246 Glendon Ave. He will be in conversation with talk show host Pam Atherton about his latest novel Botticelli’s Bastard followed by a Stephen book signing. Maitland-Lewis For more information, visit https://westlachamber.org/event/authorsclub-stephen-maitland-lewis/. • • • • • Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 22
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of local and SoCal events. L.A.-based singer/songwriter Annette Conlon will introduce “Folk U,” a new monthly series at the Va m p i r e Lounge & Tasting Room, 9865 S. Santa Annette Monica Blvd. Conlon “I’ll be bringing in my favorite folk artists to perform,” says Conlon. “Where better to play traditional and rural music passed through the ages in oral tradition? From contemporary to roots revival and American folk music, we hope to explore it all.” Conlon, who works to raise awareness of animal cruelty and factory farming, will launch her second “Compassionette” tour beginning Sept. 1. Doors open at 7 p.m. No cover charge. 21 and over. For more information, call 310-4834685 or visit www.vampirebeverlyhills.com. • • • • • KCET and Link TV’s Summer of the Environment will end with the national TV premiere of We The People 2.0, a new film from director Leila Conners, the director of Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour, at 10 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 23. The documentary unfolds through the eyes of rural people and nonprofit attorney Thomas Linzey, founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, who have faced decades of toxic dumping, drilling and mining in their communities, and who come to understand that the only way to survive is to challenge the oligarchy. Produced by Mathew Schmid, the film is narrated by Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight, The Shield, Justified). • • • • • Dr. Shira Efron, policy researcher, Rand Corporation will speak on “Challenges & Opportunities: Israeli-Arab Regional Cooperation,” at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 26 at The Beverly Hills Hotel.
The program will follow the 9:30 a.m. service of the Beverly Hills Jewish Community. The speech is open to the public. To RSVP, email nfo@beverlyhillsjc.org or call 310-276-4246. • • • • • A free screening of the documentary The Cat That Changed America, featuring Mountain Lion P-22 will begin at 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26 at the TCL Chinese Theater, Third Floor Theater, 6925 Hollywood Blvd. The films tells P-22’s story and the efforts to build the largest wildlife crossing in America at Liberty Canyon and the 101. P-22, who lives in Griffith Park, was born in the Santa Monica Mountains and crossed the 405 and the 101 before settling in the park. P-22 is now hemmed in by urban sprawl with little chance of finding a mate. Residents and local conservationists alike are battling to save L.A-area and Santa Monica Mountain mountain lions as they try to raise $50 million dollars to fund the crossing. The screening will be followed with a 4 p.m. Q&A with Tony Lee, producer/director; Beth Pratt-Bergstom, National Wildlife Federation California Regional executive director and leader of #SaveLACougars and Kian Shulman of Poison Free Malibu. • • • • • Pianist and composer Richard Sears and his septet will reprise his Altadena Suite, commissioned by the L.A. Jazz Society in 2013, at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26 at the Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. The piece honors jazz drummer Albert “Tootie” Health, 82, a member of the septet, who performed with golden age jazz musicians including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young and more. Renowned trumpet player Ralph Alessi is also part of the septet. Admission to the program is free with museum admission, $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and students. For more information, call 626-449-6840 or visit www.nortonsimon.org.
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COURIER IN ST. LUCIE – Longtime Beverly Hills resident Joe Safier joined the Carry The Courier club earlier this month on a family trip to St. Lucie. Pictured right is Joe with Fern Avidon Safier and granddaughter Jaidynn, holding the Courier, standing by the trapeze at Club Med Sandpiper Bay in Port St. Lucie, Florida. To join the Safier’s in the Carry The Courier Club, snap a photo of yourself with the Courier on your next trip and e-mail it, with caption information, to mlopez@bhcourier.com.
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Longtime Political Activist Betty Sheinbaum Dead At 97 Betty Mae Sheinbaum, daughter of the late Harry M. Warner, co-founder and president of Warner Brothers, died last week at 97. The longtime political activist and artist was the widow and partner of Stanley Sheinbaum, former chairman of the American Civil Liberties Association, in countless liberal causes and in the hosting of countless political figures during the last six decades. The native New Yorker moved to California with her
family and married producer/writer Milton Sperling at age 19, divorcing him 25 years later. She divided her time between homes in Beverly Hills, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, and Los Betty Mae Sheinbaum Angeles. She is survived by her Besides her own creations, she collected a myri- children: Karen Sperling, ad modern art-pieces of Cass Warner, and Matthew which would often grow in Sperling; plus eight grandvalue which enabled her to children and 13 great-grandchildren. fund her personal causes.
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One of those issues has been the Rental Registry, which landlords initially had rejected, saying that it was a violation of privacy. With Singh’s facilitation, landlords were afforded the opportunity to discuss each question on the registry, item by item, resulting in the satisfactory resolution of the issues. The Rental Registry forms are to be returned completed to the City of Beverly Hills on Sept. 22. Discussion also included whether duplexes, triplexes and four-plexes should be covered by the RSO. On the subject of the actual allowable rent increase, the two sides continued at a distance, but the discussions remained civil and measured. Still ahead, negotiations will continue next Sunday, to discuss No-Cause Evictions and Relocation Fees, and to continue discussion on allowable rent increases. The next facilitated dialogue between committee members is to be held Sunday at the Roxbury Park Community Center, 471 South Roxbury Drive, 1 – 6 p.m. The discussions continue to achieve a greater level of civility each week, with movement evident on both sides, creating just enough consensus to reach the crucial point of agreement, one small piece at a time. This marks the sixth facilitated meeting that has taken place, and the second facilitated discussion with the two seven-person committees, following 18 months of wrangling with the Human Relations Commission. The public is encouraged to attend, both landlords and tenants, but the dia-
logue will be limited to the 14 members of the committees; ample break time will provide opportunities for exchanges between committee members and the public. For decades, said one City official, the City’s rental program has “run on an honor’s system.” With shifts in the economy, demographics, aging buildings and the demand for housing, the situation changed. Participants have been diligent and demonstrated intense dedication to solving the issues between tenants and landlords. The sessions are polite, but confrontational, detailed and sometimes tangential and tedious, but both sides continue to come to the table in good faith. Singh will include all of the results of the discussions in his report to City Council, which will happen when the discussions have achieved the goal of reaching consensus. Bosse reiterated Sunday that the Council is committed to this process, and that the discussions will continue until the issues are resolved, “However long it takes.” However, the results of the rental registry must be compiled by Jan. 22, 2018, by State law. Singh felt that the community was making great progress. “I think the community is coming together,” said Singh, following the discussion. “I’m very pleased. There will be those who don’t like cooperation and thrive on division. It is easier than bringing people together. What’s beneficial in a city like Beverly Hills is to work together. More understanding, empathy, cooperation makes better lives. We have to see it as a larger conflict we are all a part of. I think we are very close.”
the area. “For the most part, these children did not have many opportunities,” Briskin said. Rodriguez helped to create a bicycle refurbishment program that gave kids the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike, learn about bike safety, maintenence and repair, and eventually gave them a bicycle of their very own from one of the bikes they themselves had spent time to repurpose. Shortly putting her idea into action, Briskin enticed her sisterin-philanthropy Laurie Gordon to join her in this endeavor. “It’s a dream beyond many of these youngsters’ wildest imagination,” said Gordon. “This ‘hands-on’ approach [gives] them valuable life skills that they could use in their future.” Each participant must complete 30 hours in the program in order to receive their own bike. To date, the program, which runs in both Topanga and Newton, has awarded some 1,300 bicycles to participants with as many as 2,000 underprivileged kids having participated. Most of the kids helped by the program, who live in neighborhoods riddled with gangs and drugs, are first generation Americans. Frequently when school ends the kids have no where to go and often end up on the street until a guardian or parent returns. Said Gordon: “Our dream,
August 18, 2017 | Page 17 together with this LAPD team, is to create a social environment where these youngsters feel supported by their local officers, where they view he police department as an institution to be positively involved with, where their community police station is a place that they want to run towards rather than run away from.” In order to expand their efforts and enlist more support, Earlier this summer Briskin and Gordon held a luncheon at Hillcrest Country Club where attendees heard first-hand from participants in the program as well as the LAPD. Briskin underscored how moving it was for attendees to hear from less-privileged youngsters about how transformative the opportunities at the Newton Community Youth Activities League have been. She said it was crucial to grow support as the program expands into other needy areas throughout the city. Briskin’s vision also includes the expansion of class offerings to include woodworking, cooking, sewing, gardening, computers and other “hands on” practical skills, as well as added health and fitness opportunities. “This endeavor is already changing the lives of so many of our most needy youngsters, offering support and meaning in their lives and a positive way to move forward and upward,” Briskin said. Efforts are currently underway to grow support.
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Clippers Begin Selling Single-Game Tickets For 2017-18 Season The Los Angeles Clippers will begin selling single- game tickets for the 201718 season at 10 a.m. Thursday, online at clippers.com and axs.com, or by telephone at (888) 9-AXS-TIX (929-7849). Availability is limited to 1,000 tickets per game or fewer. The Clippers will play their home opener Oct. 21 against the Phoenix Suns. Former Clipper Chris Paul will make his first visit to Staples Center following his trade to the Houston Rockets
GOING PRO IN BEVERLY HILLS–Congratulations to Asaf Kolin, owner of AK Soccer Academy, who is the Beverly Hills’ first professional instructor. Under the new City ordinance, Asaf is authorized to conduct private soccer skills classes for up to 2 youths at Roxbury or La Cienega Parks. The A-frame sign and his “Professional Instructor” badge advise the Park Rangers and City staff that he is authorized to teach. Instructors who are interested in becoming eligible for sports or fitness instruction in the public parks under the new ordinance can visit www.beverlyhills.org/professionalinstruction or call 310.285.6850
GOLF CHAMPS–The 27th Annual Jewish National Fund (JNF) Golf Tournament at the Riviera Country Club drew 128 players who teed off to support the organization. Tournament champions were, from left, Ryan Hayden, Adam and Richie Koral of Beverly Hills and Anthony Lapenna. Over the last quarter century, the tournament has raised millions of dollars toward JNF’s work including the One Billion Dollar Roadmap for the Next Decade campaign, which is “greening” the desert with trees, building thousands of parks across Israel, bolstering Israel’s water supply and helping develop innovative arid agriculture techniques. Photo by Chris Jurgenson
Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor To Wear Lighter Gloves In Mega Fight Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will be allowed to wear lighter gloves when they clash in their Las Vegas superfight this month, it was confirmed on Wednesday. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) approved a request from both fighters to switch from 10-ounce (283-gram) to eight ounce gloves, despite concerns raised by safety experts. Lighter gloves carry less padding over the knuckles, potentially making for a more explosive spectacle. NSAC rules mandate that 10ounce gloves are used in any bout over 147 pounds. However former welterweight king Mayweather and UFC star McGregor, who clash on August 26, are to fight at a 154-pound limit. Fighting Dirty Mayweather has accused Conor McGregor of "fighting dirty" in training but is confident of a clean battle when the two men meet in their August 26 superfight. Mayweather told reporters on a conference call on Thursday he believed mixed martial arts star McGregor had used illegal tactics in sparring sessions. The undefeated former welterweight king, who is coming out of retirement to fight McGregor in Las Vegas, said he had spotted rabbit punches in footage of McGregor's sparring session with Paulie Malignaggi. McGregor, who has never fought in a professional boxing contest, appears to floor Malignaggi in the footage. Mayweather, 40, was unimpressed. "I had a chance to see it and my thought were, it was interesting," Mayweather said of McGregor's Malignaggi knockdown. "A lot of rabbit punching, a lot of illegal shots, behind the head," he added. McGregor has hired veteran referee Joe Cortez during his training camp to help advise on boxing rules and
ensure he fights clean. "He's had Joe Cortez in his training camp and I've still seen him being extremely dirty," Mayweather said. Veteran referee Robert Byrd will be responsible for managing the fight and Mayweather is confident he will maintain control of the contest. Byrd officiated in Mayweather's 2013 win over Robert Guerrero in Las Vegas. "I truly believe the referee is going to do a great job," Mayweather said. Early Exit? McGregor believes he will knock out Mayweather inside two rounds and said as much during a conference call of his own on Wednesday. McGregor, who is widely seen as a massive underdog against undefeated former welterweight king Mayweather, predicted an early finish to the fight. "Particularly with the eight-ounce gloves, I don't believe he makes it out of the second round," said McGregor, nevertheless expressing the hope that the fight would last longer. "I don't want people saying 'Oh, it was a lucky punch' and all that. Part of me is hoping maybe he can last so I can show some skill and dismantle him that way. "But I do not see him absorbing the blows in the first few rounds." The charismatic 29-year-old said a grueling training camp has taken him to "hell and back" and left him ready to face any kind of scenario inside the ring at the T-Mobile Arena. "There is no way in hell that I'm not ready to fight in the deepest of trenches in this contest," McGregor said. "We are ready for both scenarios. I'm ready to go to war for 12 rounds and I'm ready to put him away early on." The Aug. 26 fight will be available via Showtime Pay-Per-Viiew for $100. For information on how to order the bout, visit: http://www.sho.com/sports/fights/134 1/mayweather-vs-mcgregor.
on Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Clippers will play host to the NBA champion Golden State Warriors Oct. 30 and Jan. 6, the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers March 9 and the Los Angeles Lakers Nov. 27 and April 11, the final game of the regular season. The Clippers have sold out 279 consecutive home regular-season and playoff games, a streak that began on Feb. 2, 2011.
NBA Announces 2018 Schedule, With Tweaks Designed To Help Star Players Get More Rest The NBA announced its full 1,230game schedule for the upcoming season, complete with tweaks designed to reduce wear-and-tear on players through the grinding 26-week campaign. The 2017-18 season will be the first season in NBA history in which no team plays four games in five days. The number of back-to-back games has been reduced to 14.4 per team -- down from 16.3 last year. The issue of keeping teams fresh during a regular-season lasting more than six months gained urgency as coaches opted to rest stars like LeBron James and Stephen Curry occasionally to be sure they'd be ready for deep playoff runs. The absence of marquee players was felt not only by fans who paid for tickets but also by national broadcasters. ABC and ESPN recently paid $24 billion for the right to air some of the league's marquee games. To make it possible, the league shortened the pre-season, and added about a week to the regular season. The season that tips off on October 17 with the reigning champion Golden State Warriors taking on the Houston Rockets and the Cleveland Cavaliers, bested by the Warriors in last season's finals, taking on the Boston Celtics in a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals. The NBA had already revealed its
five Christmas Day contests, which include a Warriors-Cavaliers rematch. The two teams, who have clashed in the last three championship series, will meet again on Martin Luther King Jr Day -- January 15. Three-time All-Star DeMarcus Cousins, traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans last season, makes his first return to Sacramento in week two. There could be fireworks on November 15, when Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers visit the Los Angeles Lakers and rookie Lonzo Ball -the second overall pick in June's draft. Ball's father LaVar Ball and Embiid traded barbs on social media during the off-season. Paul George, traded by the Indiana Pacers to Oklahoma City, returns with the Thunder and NBA Most Valuable Player Russell Westbrook to take on the Pacers on December 13. Chris Paul will be back in Los Angeles to take on his old team the Clippers as a Houston Rocket on January 15. Jimmy Butler, dealt by the Bulls to the Minnesota Timberwolves in June, returns to Chicago with his new team on February 9. Gordon Hayward, who signed with the Celtics on March 28, returns to take on his old team the Utah Jazz on March 28. –– AFP
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BEVERLY HILLS BOLD EVENING WALK WITH THE MAYOR–Celebrating Mayor Lili Bosse’s BOLD initiative, the mayor held a “Walk with the Mayor” Thursday evening to visit businesses open later throughout the triangle. One crowd favorite was the new B.H. POKE, which opened earlier this year at 9527 Little Santa Monica Blvd. Pictured with Bosse (in pink) is owner Orly Halevy (left), co-owner Dion Antic (behind), and Courier publisher Marcia Hobbs (right).
Longtime Resident Talma Murphy Dead At 86 By John L. Seitz A memorial at El Cielo on Burton Way Saturday will celebrate the life of former Beverly Hills resident Talma Murphy, who died June 10 in Arizona at age 89. Born March 20, 1929, she was a graduate of Beverly Hills High School’s (class of 1946) and Cal State Northridge, and also attended UCLA. She and her husband of 54 years, the late Hugh “Doug” Murphy, were volunteers with the
Beverly Hills Police Department, and also members of the mayor’s Tenure Club. For four decades, the couple lived on South Almont Drive raising a family with all three children attending Horace Mann and Beverly Hills High School. She is survived by Douglas B. Murphy (Dr. Lynne CockrumMurphy) of Phoenix; Michael T Murphy of New York; and Kelly D Murphy of Los Angeles;
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operational costs directly related to the JPA, and restore past reductions to the JPA at a level of $13.5 million annually,” Goldstein said. In existence since 1978, the purpose of the JPA is to provide residents, organizations and groups in Beverly Hills
access to BHUSD fields and facilities for programs offered through the City’s Community Services Department. A City-BHUSD liaison meeting to discuss the future of the JPA is scheduled for Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. at City Hall.
“I grew exponentially from my interviews,” she said. “You really have to treat the camera as though it’s your friend.” Going into this academic year, Sophia said she plans to branch out the show to include women from beyond Beverly Hills to highlight Los Angeles
influencers, and eventually include interviews with men. Last year, in a testament to her talent, Sophia was on BHHS’s winning Skills USA broadcast team, which won gold in both the regional and state competitions and placed 15th nationally.
was and be the great artist that he was and I think that was complicated for him,” Felder observed. “But, he was able to say things musically in a certain way because he was repressed in other ways.” Tchaikovsky was also likely a pedophile, Felder admitted. In one of the play’s more haunting moments, Felder depicts Tchaikovsky falling in love with his nephew “Bob” as though the young boy’s body is merely a casing for the soul. “That’s the way he wanted us to interpret it, but I’m not convinced that’s the way it was,” Felder said. “I have a feeling that he really did have a thing for this boy. And there is significant suggestion that he was probably sexually active with him.” Beyond Tchaikovsky’s relationship with his beloved Bob, to whom the composer dedicated his penultimate work, his Symphony No. 6, Felder’s play does not shy away from tackling today’s conflict of a Russia that wants to celebrate Tchaikovsky as a national hero
while denying that he was gay. For Felder, the issue is ultimately a human one; and Tchaikovsky’s sexuality was a circumstance of his existence. Still, the play’s stark political commentary pulls no punches with an ending that very much holds the still homophobic Russia responsible for Tchaikovsky’s death. More subtle though, is the play’s exploration into the collective culpability of the destruction of a creative genius. “Tchaikovsky’s genius is so special; he had all the musical elements, he certainly had the gift, but it was the way he put the music together that told a story that was very powerful,” Felder stated. “The sense I get from people is that they all feel something about what’s happening in the world. And I think it means something to them and I think this play relates to that.” Catch Felder once again at the Wallis next season when he returns to Beverly Hills to reprise his role as Ludwig van Beethoven.
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show with Board of Eduction newcomer Isabel Hacker, Sophia rounded out her junior year with five episodes under her belt, including one with Mayor Bosse.
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“I think that I told the story as honestly and as best as I could,” he told the Courier just days after his sold-out run at the Wallis concluded. Throughout the play Felder versatilely takes to the piano to play selections from Tchaikovsky compositions such as “Swan Lake” and “The Nutcracker” while exploring the life of a genius composer who transmuted his conflicted internal prose into beautiful musical orchestrations. As viewers journey through the 105-minute production (sans intermission), Felder’s Tchaikovsky transforms from a natural artist driven to break free of the confines of his family’s expectation for him to become a civil servant to a successful composer incapable of living freely as a homosexual man in a country that at the time sent men with such “proclivities” to prison camps in Siberia. “He couldn’t be who he
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your hardship is basically, I’m just so rich and my house is so big that I can’t walk from one end to the other without a snack.” The narrow driveway leading up to the project is a further concern for residents, as it is
directly across the street from the exit to the always popular Hotel Bel-Air. In addition to regular traffic gridlocks, there is a concern among many in the community about what would happen if vehicles are backed up on the driveway, in the event that emergency vehicles are attempting to access residents on Stone Canyon.
Astrology By Holiday Mathis along with three grandchildren: Christopher, Kathryn and Megan Murphy, all of New York.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 18). Your commitments follow a natural course; they ripen and fall from the vine. This frees up your time. You'll get a thrill from learning. Each skill you acquire in 2018 will double your odds of being successful. To you this is about much more than money, but you'll love the extra cash anyway, and you'll buy something big in June. Libra and Capricorn adore you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You've a ritualistic approach to things about your life that don't really require such care. It's working for you. So don't skip steps, and don't change details or the order. Rituals give things meaning and make them interesting, and they have a habit-forming potential. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You'll be the most disciplined and mentally sharp within the first four hours after waking. Take advantage of this by getting the hard work done and over with. By lunch, you'll already be ahead of the game. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Sleep is a process based on phases. It doesn't work right if the phases are interrupted. In that case you have to go back to the beginning and start all over. Work is the same. Shield against interruptions, as there will be many today. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). No matter how hard you look, the workings of the heart can never be fully seen or understood. Anyway, some things are best approached with the cursory attention that keeps daily life moving along. Ruminate at a later date. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You'll be in a position to be rated, judged, critiqued or followed. Your audience will be skeptical, and you can win them over with your delivery of information you know to be true. They'll feel your integrity. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your original plan won't seem nearly as exciting once you realize that other people are out in the big, wide world having some fun. Review your priorities so that whatever you decide, you can do it consciously and feel good about it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Whatever you get into today (work, relationships, projects) leave yourself an out. That's only smart. As things develop, so will your feelings, and right now you don't know how you'll feel about it next week. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Entitlement is a contagious disease. One person decides “I deserve this!” and the next gets the bug: “Well if he deserves it then maybe I deserve that and more.” Choose your company carefully. Prize humility and modesty. ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr.19). You're not interested in being a decent communicator or an adequate leader. You want to be great. That's why you'll work out the solutions before you point out the problem. What use is complaining if you can't make it better? TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). The research suggests that for many people, talking about themselves can be more rewarding than food or money. Giving someone the opportunity to do this is thereby a very valuable gift. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When you feel a little blue, you're apt to behave in ways to reinforce the mood. It's why having a reason to fake happiness -- such as to interact with children, strangers or your boss -- can be a passageway to real happiness. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You're trying to keep it classy. You behave as though your every moment were going to be broadcast to the people you most want to impress. It will help to remember who those people are and keep them in mind through your day.
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A N O T H E R B I RT H D AY ! ?
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HAPPY 40TH–The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild celebrated its 40th anniversary with a Sunday afternoon party. On hand (above, from left): hostess Janet Salter, BHTG chair; Candace Hilligoss Coster and Michael Libow, BHTG competition coordinators; and President.Carolyn Fried; (below) honoree Constance Towers welcomed by Jack and Maggy Simon; (right photos): Ben Marandy and BHTG special event chairs Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Marfy Cutler. Photos by Amir
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THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS—Celebrating are Dr. Irene Kassorla, Christian Slater, Victoria Levy, Martin Mull, Mansour Jaragh, Robert Redford and Madeleine Stowe (Aug. 18); Bill Clinton, Kyra Sedgwick, Matthew Perry, and John Stamos (Aug. 19); Sheldon Slate, Joan Allen, and Al Roker (Aug. 20); Kenny Rogers and Yossi Dina (Aug. 21); Valerie Harper, Alex Berliner, Giada De Laurentiis, and Cindy Williams (Aug. 22); Pete Wilson, Ronny Cox, Dave Kalin, Barbara Eden, Shelley Long, Kobe Bryant, and Vera Miles, (Aug. 23); Steve Guttenberg, Marlee Matlin and Joe Regalbuto (Aug. 24).
The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild celebrated its 40th anniversary with a rousing Sunday afternoon party in the Linden Drive home of its Chairman Janet Salter. Actress Constance Towers was on hand and will be honored next March when the group holds its Spotlight Awards luncheon. At that time, the winners of the Julie Harris Playwright Awards will be announced. Several of the past winners have had their plays actually produced on Broadway and other venues. The competition is coordinated by actress Candace Hilligoss Coster, who was congratulated on the success of her new bio: The Odyssey And The Idiocy: Marriage To An Actor. In addition, the play competition winners for youth, representing aspiring writers from grades 6 to 8, will be presented. Coldwell Banker realtor and philanthropist Michael Libow is the new sponsor, replacing the late Marilyn Hall. Michael showed his flair for show biz by entertaining the crowd with some Frank Sinatra-like singing, accompanied by pianist Jim Furston. Spotted among the many on hand were Sandy Avchen, Marjie Bender, Richard Stone, Dvorah Colker, Mary Cutler, Mitzi and Stan Eisenberg, Ruth FlinkmanMarandy and Ben Marandy, Lorraine and Ray Friedman, Norman and Marilyn Gallop, Ann Givon, Jim Jahant, Aliza Katay, Louise Kornberg, Howard and Mimi Landres, Jan and Herb Rosenthal, Maggy and Jack Simon, David Stafford, Rita Steam, Barbara Van Orden, Dorothy Victor, Mark Richard, Cecile Kravoy, Debbie and Judson Mock, Patricia Mock, etc.
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Frances Allen Desert Roundup The hills may not be alive with the sound of music, not yet anyway, but it is time for the summer hiatus to give way to the sounds of the 17/18 entertainment season by beginning with the performers’ first step in the process: the auditions. For the first time in the Desert, Musical Theatre University (MTU) offers a comprehensible professional level of training and opportunities for young people in the Coachella Valley. Founded and directed by David Green, who for the past 20 years has trained young people for careers in professional theater, has also staged and directed more than 175 productions for professional and educational theater. MTU is an after-school, intensive and comprehensive conservatory training ground in which any child, grades 8 – 13, from private or public schools in the Coachella Valley, can participate. There is no charge for those enrolled in the Palm Springs Unified School District. However, at least 60 percent of the number of students accepted must be enrolled in a PSUSD school with participants selected through an audition process. For more information or to schedule an audition, call 760-888-5278. ****** One of the Valley’s best-kept musical ensembles is the California Desert Chorale (CDC) that has begun the auditioning process for its 25th season. The CDC is comprised of professional and amateur singers who bring a wide variety of choral and solo experience to the group. But, remember this: the level of commitment expected is significant and should be considered before auditioning. Singers should be prepared to honor the required membership commitments, which include a weekly Monday night rehearsals from Sept. 2017 through April 2018, with occasional Saturday morning rehearsals. The season has two very busy concert week schedules plus an occasional community service performance. Potential members should also understand that a portion of the group’s concert repertoire is sung from memory. Therefore, each participant will require extra time and effort. In other words, you must be really committed to the CDC. For information, call 760-409-1530. ****** Beginning its 19th season, the Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus (PSGMC) will be holding open call auditions on Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. the Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs. The chorus is an auditioned, volunteer choral ensemble consisting of gay and straight-allied men of all ethnicities, dedicated to building diversity. For information about its audition process, call 760-2192077.
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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 17-O-2734 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS PROHIBITING ALL COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY (BOTH MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL) EXCEPT FOR DELIVERIES OF MEDICAL CANNABIS, MAKING RELATED MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS, AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1.
Findings and Purpose.
A. The City of Beverly Hills, California (the “City”) is a municipal corporation, duly organized under the constitution and laws of the State of California. B. On November 8, 2016, California voters approved the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (“AUMA”). The AUMA added Division 10 to the California Business and Professions Code, sections 26000, et seq., which grants State agencies the authority to create, issue, renew, discipline, suspend, or revoke licenses for cannabis businesses. The AUMA provides that the State shall begin issuing licenses to cannabis businesses under Division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code by January 1, 2018. California Business and Professions Code section 26055(e) provides that a State licensing authority shall not approve an application for a State license for commercial non-medical cannabis activity if approval of the State license will violate the provisions of any local ordinance. C. On October 9, 2015, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill No. 243, Assembly Bill No. 266, and Senate Bill 643 into law, which were collectively known as the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (hereinafter “MCRSA”). The MCRSA established a State licensing scheme for commercial medical cannabis uses, while protecting local control by requiring that all such businesses have a local license or permit to operate in addition to a State license. The MCRSA allowed the City to completely prohibit commercial medical cannabis activities. D. On June 22, 2017, the Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills held a public hearing on this proposed Ordinance, at which time all persons interested in the proposed Ordinance had the opportunity and did address the Planning Commission on these matters. Following the receipt of public testimony the Planning Commission closed the public hearing. E. At the conclusion of the Planning Commission hearing and after due consideration of the testimony, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 1813 recommending that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance, to prohibit all commercial cannabis activity except for the delivery of medical cannabis. F. On June 27, 2017, the Governor signed into law Senate Bill 94 which repealed the MCRSA, included certain provisions of the MCRSA in the licensing provisions of the AUMA, and created a single regulatory scheme for both medical and non-medical cannabis known as the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”). The MAUCRSA retains the provisions in the MCRSA and the AUMA that granted local jurisdictions control over whether commercial cannabis activity could occur in a particular jurisdiction. Specifically, California Business and Professions Code section 26200 provides that the MAUCRSA shall not be interpreted to supersede or limit the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt and enforce local ordinances that completely prohibit the establishment or operation of one or more businesses licensed under the State, within that local jurisdiction. Furthermore, the MAUCRSA provides that a State licensing authority shall not approve an application for a State license for a business to engage in commercial cannabis activity if approval of the State license will violate the provisions of any local ordinance or regulation. The MAUCRSA requires that a State licensing authority begin issuing licenses to marijuana businesses beginning January 1, 2018. G. On July 18, 2017, the City Council of the City of Beverly Hills held a public hearing on the proposed Ordinance, at which time all persons interested in the proposed Ordinance had the opportunity and did address the City Council on these matters. Following the receipt of public testimony the City Council closed the public hearing. H. All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred. SECTION 2. The definition of “Person” contained in Section 1-2-1 (Application of Definitions) of Chapter 2 (Definitions) of Title 1 (General Provisions) is hereby amended to read as follows: “PERSON: A natural person, joint venture, joint stock
company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business trust, organization, cooperative, and collective, and any manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee thereof.” SECTION 3. The definition of Marijuana Dispensary, Store, Co-Op, or Cultivation Operation from Section 10-3-100 (Words Defined) of Article 1 (Definitions) of Chapter 3 (Zoning) of Title 10 (Planning and Zoning) is hereby deleted, with all other definitions remaining in effect without amendment. SECTION 4. The City Council of the City of Beverly Hills hereby deletes Section 10-3-2761 (Marijuana Dispensary, Store, Co-Op, or Cultivation Operation Prohibited) from Article 27 (Other Uses and Building Restrictions) of Chapter 3 (Zoning) of Title 10 (Planning and Zoning). SECTION 5. The City Council of the City of Beverly Hills hereby adds Article 47 (Cannabis Prohibitions and Regulations) to Chapter 3 (Zoning) of Title 10 (Planning and Zoning) to read as follows: “ARTICLE 47 CANNABIS REGULATIONS Section Section Section Section Section
10-3-4700: 10-3-4701: 10-3-4702: 10-3-4703: 10-3-4704:
PROHIBITIONS
AND
Purpose. Definitions. Prohibited uses and activities. Exceptions. Violation, penalty.
10-3-4700 Purpose. A. The purpose of this article is to expressly prohibit the establishment of commercial cannabis uses in the city. B. The city council finds that prohibitions on commercial cannabis activity are necessary for the preservation and protection of the public health, safety, and welfare of the city. The prohibition of such uses is within the authority conferred upon the city council by State law and is an exercise of its police powers to enact and enforce regulations for the public health, safety and welfare of the city. 10-3-4701
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply. A. “Cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. “Cannabis” also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. “Cannabis” includes cannabis that is used for medical, non-medical, or other purposes. “Cannabis” does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. “Cannabis” also does not include industrial hemp, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 11018.5. B. “Cannabis accessories” means any equipment, products or materials of any kind which is intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, smoking, vaporizing, or containing cannabis, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis or cannabis products into the human body. C. “Cannabis product” means cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients. D. “Commercial cannabis activity” means the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis product for medical, non-medical, or any other purpose and includes the activities of any business licensed by the State or other government entity under Division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, or any provision of State law that regulates the licensing of cannabis businesses. E. “Concentrated cannabis” means manufactured cannabis that has undergone a process to concentrate one or more active cannabinoids, thereby increasing
the product’s potency. Resin from granular trichomes from a cannabis plant is a concentrate. F. “Cultivation” means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis. G. “Delivery” means the commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer. “Delivery” also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer. H. “Distribution” means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between entities licensed under Division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, as they may be amended from time to time. I. “Manufacture” means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product. J. “MAUCRSA” means the Medicinal and AdultUse Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act as codified in Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code, as the same may be amended from time to time. K. “Private residence” means a house, an apartment unit, condominium, or other similar dwelling that is lawfully used as a residence. 10-3-4702
Prohibited uses and activities.
A. Commercial cannabis activity, whether or not for profit, is prohibited in all zones, specific plan areas, and overlay zones of the city. No person shall establish, operate, maintain, conduct, allow, or engage in commercial cannabis activity anywhere within the city. To the extent that this prohibition conflicts with any other provision of this Municipal Code, this prohibition will control. B. A property owner shall not rent, lease or otherwise permit any person or business that engages in commercial cannabis activity to occupy real property in the city. A property owner shall not allow any person or business to establish, operate, maintain, conduct, or engage in commercial cannabis activity on any real property owned or controlled by that property owner that is located in the city. C. Subsection A above shall prohibit all activities for which a State license is required pursuant to the MAUCRSA, as the same may be amended from time to time. Accordingly, the city shall not issue any permit, license or other entitlement for any activity for which a State license is required under the MAUCRSA, as the same may be amended from time to time. The city shall also not issue any local license to a non-profit entity pursuant to California Business and Professions Code section 26070.5. D. To the extent not already prohibited by subsection A above, all deliveries of cannabis or cannabis products for non-medical purposes, to or from any location are expressly prohibited. No person shall conduct or perform any delivery of any cannabis or cannabis products for a non-medical purpose, which delivery either originates or terminates within the city. This subsection shall not prohibit any person from transporting cannabis through the jurisdictional limits of the city for delivery or distribution to a person located outside the city, where such transport does not involve delivery or distribution within the jurisdictional limits of the city. 10-3-4703
Exceptions.
A. Notwithstanding Subsection 10-3-4702 above, the delivery of medical cannabis from a business located outside the city and licensed under the MAUCRSA, or any other provision of law that permits State licenses for medical cannabis businesses, shall be permitted into the city. B. To the extent that the following activities are permitted by State law, nothing in this article shall prohibit a person 21 years of age or older from: 1. Possessing, processing, purchasing, transporting, obtaining or giving away to persons 21 years of age or older, without compensation whatsoever, not more than 28.5 grams of cannabis not in the form of concentrated cannabis; 2. Possessing, processing, purchasing, transporting, obtaining or giving away to persons 21 years of age or older, without compensation whatsoever, up to eight grams of cannabis in the form of concentrated cannabis; 3. Smoking or ingesting cannabis or cannabis products except as prohibited by California Health and Safety Code section 11362.3; 4. Possessing, transporting, purchasing, obtaining, using, manufacturing, or giving away cannabis accessories to persons 21 years of age or older without compensation whatsoever; or CONTINUE TO PAGE 24 >>>
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PUBLIC NOTICES 5. Engaging in the cultivation of six or fewer live cannabis plants within a single private residence, inside an accessory structure located upon the grounds of a private residence, or if grown outdoors within a locked space that is not visible by normal, unaided vision from a public place. C. This article shall also not prohibit any commercial cannabis activity that the city is required by State law to permit within its jurisdiction pursuant to the MAUCRSA. 10-3-4705 Violation, penalty. In addition to any other enforcement permitted by this Section 10-3-205 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code, the city attorney or city prosecutor may bring a civil action for injunctive relief and civil penalties against any person or entity that violates this chapter. In any civil action brought pursuant to this article, a court of competent jurisdiction may award reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party. Notwithstanding the penalties set forth in Section 10-3-205 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code, no provision of Section 10-3-205 or this Article 47 authorizes a criminal prosecution, arrest or penalty inconsistent with or prohibited by Health and Safety Code section 11362.71, et seq. or section 11362.1, et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the penalties enumerated under Section 10-3-205 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code and any penalties set forth in State law, the maximum penalties allowable under State law shall govern.”
APPROVED AS TO FORM: LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney
VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Wunderlich, Friedman, Mirisch, Vice Mayor Gold, and Mayor Bosse NOES: None ABSENT: None CARRIED T.S. No. 15-1415-11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED
NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUSECTION 6. The Ordinance has been assessed MENTO TALA: MAYROONG in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in BUOD NG IMPORMASYON the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regula- NAKALAKIP LU’U Y: KÈM tions of the City. Planning Division staff has determined THEO DÂY LÀ BÀN TRÌNH that the adoption and implementation of the Ordinance is BÀY TÓM LU’O’C VÈ eligible for a class 5 categorical exemption for minor THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI changes in land use limitations and will not have a signif- LIÈU NÀY icant environmental impact. The Ordinance is exempt PLEASE NOTE THAT PURfrom the environmental review requirements of CEQA SUANT TO CIVIL CODE § pursuant to Section 15305 of Title 14 of the California 2923.3(d)(1) THE ABOVE Code of Regulations. Planning Division Staff has also STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THIS DOCdetermined that the Ordinance is exempt from the UMENT BUT PURSUANT requirements of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty THE SUMMARY OF INFORthat there is no possibility that the adoption and imple- MATION IS NOT REQUIRED mentation of the Ordinance to prohibit commercial TO BE RECORDED OR cannabis activity except for the delivery of medical PUBLISHED AND THE SUMcannabis will have a significant effect on the environment. MARY OF INFORMATION The adoption and implementation of the Ordinance will NEED ONLY BE MAILED TO not result in a permanent alteration of property nor the THE MORTGAGOR OR construction of any new or expanded structures. The City TRUSTOR. YOU ARE IN Council has reviewed Planning Division Staff’s determi- DEFAULT UNDER A DEED nation of exemption, and based on its own independent OF TRUST DATED 8/3/2005. YOU TAKE judgment, concurs with Staff’s determination of exemp- UNLESS ACTION TO PROTECT tion. The City Council, therefore, directs that a Notice of YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY Exemption be filed with the County Clerk of the County of BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC Los Angeles in accordance with CEQA Guidelines. SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE SECTION 7. Severability. If any section, subsec- NATURE OF THE PROtion, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of CEEDING AGAINST YOU, this Ordinance for any reason is held to be invalid or YOU SHOULD CONTACT A unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent LAWYER. A public auction jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of sale to the highest bidder for the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City cash, cashier's check drawn Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this on a state or national bank, Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, check drawn by a state or sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective federal credit union, or a drawn by a state or of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, check federal savings and loan subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions association, or savings assothereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. ciation, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the SECTION 8. Restatement of Existing Law. Financial Code and authorNeither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal of ized to do business in this any other Ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect state will be held by the duly the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which viola- appointed trustee as shown tions were committed prior to the effective date hereof, below, of all right, title, and nor be construed as a waiver of any penalty or the penal interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the provisions applicable to any violation thereof. hereinafter described properSECTION 9. Publication. The City Clerk shall ty under and pursuant to a of Trust described cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a Deed below. The sale will be made, newspaper of general circulation published and circulated but without covenant or warin the city within fifteen (15) days after its passage in ranty, expressed or implied, accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, regarding title, possession, or shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall encumbrances, to pay the cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk’s certification, remaining principal sum of together with proof of publication, to be entered in the the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest Book of Ordinances of the Council of this city. and late charges thereon, as SECTION 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance provided in the note(s), shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage. thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for Adopted: August 8, 2017 the total amount (at the time Effective: September 8, 2017 of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably LILI BOSSE estimated to be set forth Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. ATTEST: Trustor: COURTNEY MIERZWIAK, A SINGLE BYRON POPE (SEAL)
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: MAHDI ALUZRI City Manager
WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 8/9/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1893969 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Street Address or other common designation of real property: 8401 FOUNTAIN AVENUE #11 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 A.P.N.: 5554-024047 Date of Sale: 9/7/2017 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $830,253.87, estimated The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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 all 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. 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 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 151415-11. 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. Date: 8/3/2017 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale Information Only: 916939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com Darlene Clark, Foreclosure Officer PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE WOLF FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0313835 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 08/11/2017, 08/18/2017, 08/25/2017 –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017188500 The following is/are doing business as: 1) OKEANA 2) OKEANA BRACELETS 5350 Wilshire Blvd. #360452, Los Angeles, CA 90036; Okeana Pearls LLC 608 S. Hill St. #1207, Los Angles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Hereiti J. Wilkes, Co-Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 19, 2017; Published: July 28, August 04, 11, 18, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017188501 The following is/are doing business as: 1) NEW ACT TRAVEL 2) NEW ACT TRAVEL INC. 1925 Century Park East #1150, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The New Act 1925 Century Park East #1150, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed September 1992: Lili AboodiDallal, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 19, 2017; Published: July 28, August 04, 11, 18, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017188499 The following is/are doing business as: BARNES INTERNATIONAL REALTY 222 N. Canon Dr. #206, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; DB Luxury International Properties CA 222 N. Canon Dr. #206, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed June 2016: Daniel Azouri, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 19, 2017; Published: July 28, August 04, 11, 18, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017188498 The following is/are doing business as: JOSEPH COHEN DIAMOND CO. 606 S. Hill St. #912, Los Angeles, CA 90014; Joseph Cohen 606 S. Hill St. #912, Los Angeles, CA 90014; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed 1989: Joseph Cohen, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 19, 2017; Published: July 28, August 04, 11, 18, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017195192 The following is/are doing business as: LARRABEE MUSIC PUBLISHING c/o- Valensi Rose PLC , 1888 Century Park East #1100, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Diana R. Spencer Trust c/oValensi Rose, PLC, 1888 Century Park East #1100, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The business is conducted by: A TRUST, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Carmela Spencer, Trustee: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 24, 2017; Published: July 28, August 04, 11, 18, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017205656 The following is/are doing business as: 1) 1507 16TH STREET, LTD. 2) 4411 VENTURA CANYON, LTD. 3) 1539 NORTH ALEXANDRIA, LTD. 1314 Summitridge Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; R & M Herman Living Trust Dated 07-21-17 1314 Summitridge Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A TRUST,
registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed July 2017: Robert A. Herman, Trustee of “R & M Herman Living Trust Dated 07-21-17: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 01, 2017; Published: August 04, 11, 18, 25, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017205655 The following is/are doing business as: METROFUND 1141 Highland Ave. #C, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; Mortgage Bank of California 1141 Highland Ave. #C, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Michael Dallal, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 01, 2017; Published: August 04, 11, 18, 25, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017175576 The following is/are doing business as: TESORO AT FRED SEGAL 285 S. Spalding Dr. #2, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; TweakAmerica, Inc. 285 S. Spalding Dr. #2, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed May 2017: Tara Riceberg, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 07, 2017; Published: August 04, 11, 18, 25, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017187853 The following is/are doing business as: HUNGER IS 1900 Avenue Of The Stars #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The Entertainment Industry Foundation 1900 Avenue Of The Stars #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Deborah Morrison, CFO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 18, 2017; Published: August 04, 11, 18, 25, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017202522 The following is/are doing business as: 90210 HAIR DESIGN 338 N. Canon Dr. #32nd Flr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; 21021 Erwin St. #479, Woodland Hills, CA 91367; Helga Kadkhoda 338 N. Canon Dr. #3-2nd Flr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed May 31, 2017: Helga Kadkhoda, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 28, 2017; Published: August 04, 11, 18, 25, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017202524 The following is/are doing business as: 1) CANON DRIVE PROPERTIES 2) SALON 90210 338 N. Canon Dr. 3rd Flr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; P.O. Box 16333, Beverly Hills, CA 90209; Canon Drive Properties LLC 338 N. Canon Dr. 3rd Flr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed 2007: Albert Ahobim, Owner/President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 28, 2017; Published: August 04, 11, 18, 25, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017202523 The following is/are doing business as: PALM PLAZA 126 N. Elm Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; P.O. Box 16333, Beverly Hills, CA 90209; 136 Palm Plaza LLC 126 N. Elm Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed 1990: Albert Ahobim, Owner/President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 28, 2017; Published: August 04, 11, 18, 25, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017210843 The following is/are doing business as: SPENCER LARRABEE PUBLISHING 9461 Charleville Blvd. #468, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Diana R. Spencer Trust 9461 Charleville Blvd. #468, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A TRUST, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Diana R. Spencer Trust, Trustee, Carmela Spencer: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 03, 2017; Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 01, 2017 LACC N/C
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Malibu Remodeled 2 -Story Spanish Mediterranean White Water Ocean View of Point Dune 4+Office+3.5•$1,499,000 Hi-ceilings/skylights/sundeck. Lrg master, garage elevator.
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1 Bd.+Den+1.5 Ba. 922 S. Barrington Av. Good closet space, a/c, 11933 Darlington Ave. ∞ ∞ ∞ ==== • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ elevator, dishwasher, Fireplace, balcony, ==== Granite counters, dishcontrolled access. Close 2 Bd.+2 Ba. wet bar, dishwasher, washer, balcony, stove, to Cedars/shops/trans. laundry facility, intercom-entry, on-site Bright & Sunny 310/247-8689 elevator, parking. laundry, parking. Spacious, balcony, Close to shops+dining. 310/826-4600 BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. large closets, hard310/826-0541 120 S. Swall Dr. wood flrs., refrigerator, • • • • • • • • • on-sight laundry, prkg. CULVER CITY L.A.’S FINEST, 310/473-1509 3830 Vinton Ave. M OST LUXURIOUS • 1 Bd.+1 Bath •• Close to Shops & APT. RENTAL • • • • • • • • • • • • Single • Restaurants. * * * * * * •• • Very Spacious, A/C, • • •• balcony, intercom entry, • BRENTWOOD • “The Mission” Pool, sauna, • Westwood • on-sight laundry, prkg. 125 N. Barrington Av. intercom entry, Close to Cedars-Sinai, N E W LY U P D AT E D elevator, on-site Beverly Center, laundry, parking. • • • • • • • • • • shops, cafes All Utilities Paid. • 2 Bdrm. • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. & transportation. 310/841-2367 + 2 Bath • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. 310/270-0724 Upscale, Bright, • • • • • SANTA MONICA Gorgeous & Spacious. 6-Month Lease Avail.
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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 would like to comment on Michael Harabin’s letter in last week's Courier complementing the newspaper's reporting and objecting to George Christy's columns for their “one-sided, pro Trump rants.” Mr. Christy is a columnist-- not a reporter, Mr. Christy is entitled to express his views. Mr. Harabin has several choices. He can stop reading the columns. He can write letters to the Courier pointing out factual errors in the Christy columns or ask the Courier to publish a guest editorial by Mr. Harabin. All of these would be consistent with preserving the free marketplace of ideas. Instead Mr. Harabin threatens to organize a boycott of Courier advertisers if it doesn’t fire Mr. Christy. This tactic, in various forms, has unfortunately become prevalent as a way to curtail free speech. Would Mr. Harabin be this exercised if Mr. Christy's columns included “one-sided, antiTrump rants” (which are certainly not in short supply in most media outlets)? David Goldberg ****** If Michael Harabin condemns the Courier for failing in what he perceives to be media's "obligation to the public for fair and balanced reporting" then he certainly must also even more vehemently condemn the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, CNN and MSNBC for their total failure to present anything approaching fair and balanced reporting. It is interesting to listen to some of our citizens who argue for freedom of speech and freedom of the press only when the speech and the press agree with their own views. I support the Courier and its editorial policies. Hal Mack ****** Dear Mr. Michael Harabin: Thank you for saying what freedom loving, first amendment supporters have wanted to say for so long. Imagine someone daring to express their opinion-disgraceful. Have you noticed he has his last name printed twice in big bold letters at the top of the page-CHRISTY---?No doubt he is attempting to indoctrinate us into believing in Christ and dare I say Christianity. The rest of his columns are simply fluff pieces about celebs and notables whom he claims were part of the heritage of this City. Mr. Harabin should know better. After all, Beverly Hills’ fame and fortune came about as a result of its being the first coal mining city in the country, introducing that industry to West Virginia and China. No worry my friend. I met with the people from “Medium Matters Not” and they assured me that Mr. Christy will submit every column to you for your editing. In the meantime why don't you not read his column. From a fellow “brother-person in arms.” Robert Block ****** Before responding to Michael Harabin's Letter to the Editor, I studied the wording of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that
quaint document we Republicans still regard as the law of the land. Nothing is stated therein requiring "fair and balanced reporting” which Mr. Harabin probably values since it serves the current state of the press very well, from the Los Angeles Times to The New York Times to the TV “news” broadcasts of CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, SNL, and late night talk shows. Fox News, the lone conservative voice, is embattled to remain on the air because the left is challenged by their opposing viewpoints. But the point in question is George Christy's column which occasionally mentions President Trump. This provokes Mr. Harabin’s “outrage of the content” and “garbage” of this breezy column covering the entertainment industry, and his threat to advertisers in the Courier with boycotts if the column are not removed. Tsk, tsk, I'll match my petition with his petition, and robust support for the Courier's advertisers whenever he wishes. Who are you, Mr. Harabin, to deprive me and other readers of the enjoyment of Mr. Christy's column? My advice to you is to learn to love the First Amendment to the Constitution, to continue to read the Courier, to patronize the advertisers who keep it in business to give you and me news about the status of Beverly Hills, and to exercise your Constitutional freedom to ignore Mr. Christy’s column. Natalie Roberts ****** Regarding Michael Harabin's objection to George Christy mentioning Donald Trump, rather than threatening and trying to censor a newspaper, don’t read the columns! To read about Trump, Harabin has to wade through Christy’s inane ramblings about someone with whom he had dinner with 40 years ago. Harabin is no different than the Family Research Council, though I’m sure he would beg to differ. Harabin reminds me of the woman in the old joke who complains to the police about a man undressing in plain sight. The policeman looks out her window and says “I don't see anything for two blocks.” She says: “That’s because you don’t have these high-powered binoculars.” Joe Blustein ****** The first time I read the letter of outrage from Michael Harabin, I was blown away at how funny it was. Actually, it contains an opposite message. The letter clearly shows a person who is deeply angry, controlling, obsessive and seriously in need of help. “Do not ignore me”....”You have two choices”...”I am serious.”... Seriously Mr. Harabin. It doesn’t take a psychiatrist to realize you may need professional help. Please do so before you do some real damage..i.e Charlottesville...in our own backyard! Ilona Sherman
POLICE BLOTTER The following assaults, burglaries, robbery and grand thefts have been reported this week by BHPD. Losses in brackets.
ASSAULTS 08/07 300 N. Palm Dr. 08/07 400 N. Canon Dr. 08/08 200 Reeves Dr. 08/11 400 S. Maple Dr. 08/12 100 Copley Pl. 08/12 9500 Wilshire Blvd BURGLARIES 08/07 400 N. Rodeo Dr. 08/07 300 N. Rodeo Dr. 08/07 9500 Brighton Way ($3,170) 08/08 300 N. Doheny Dr. 08/09 400 N. Palm Dr. ($1,100) 08/10 1000 N. Crescent Dr. 08/13 300 S. Robertson Blvd. ($2,200)
GRAND THEFTS 01/19 400 N. Rexford Dr. 07/31 300 S. Oakhurst Dr. ($12,000) 08/07 Clifton Way/San Vicente Blvd 08/07 400 N. Rodeo Dr. ($700) 08/08 600 N. Rexford Dr. ($1,100) 08/09 400 N. Bedford Dr. ($2,600) 08/11 700 N. Camden Dr. ($1,997) 08/11 700 Walden Dr. ($1,225) 08/12 300 N. Rodeo Dr. ($2,400) 08/12 400 N. Crescent Dr. 08/13 9600 Wilshire Blvd. ($9,000) ROBBERY 08/09 9300 Wilshire Blvd. ($10,300)
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As the oldest survivor-founded museum in the United States, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust firmly stands against the hate rallies such as occured in Charlottesville, Virginia. The alt-right, white supremacists, KKK, and neo-Nazi messages of bigotry, racism, and antisemitism must be condemned, unequivically and without any false equivalency., Chanting “Jews will not replace us” reminds us of a horrific past that our museum speaks out against every day. Tens of thousands of our students learn how hate speech led to some of the most horrific events in the history of the world. We stand with our community of Holocaust survivors and continue to teach about acceptance and respect. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of Heather Heyer who was not afraid to take a righteous action. In honor of Heather and all victims of Nazis, we urge you to join us in fighting for justice and humanity. Paul S. Nussbaum President/CEO The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Another Walk Down Memory Lane...’Summer Of Love’ Circa My “Summer of Love” experience in 1967 was quite memorable despite my parents refusing to take me and my 5year old brother Bobby to the Monterey Pop Festival in the family’s powder blue Ford Country Squire station wagon, with fake wood panels on the sides. I wanted to see Janis Joplin, The Who and Otis Redding who really showed his galvanizing performance there. Here in Beverly Hills in 1967, I was visiting relatives who lived here, the Lieberman and Orren families on Linden and Rodeo Drive respectively, plus my grandfather Orrie who lived in the apartment building on Olympic and Roxbury next door to where I live today with my family. I was a regular on the rocket ship at Roxbury Park and, of course, the big grab was Wil Wright's old fashioned ice cream parlor on Charleville and South Beverly. Who could not fall in the love with the turn of the century red and white design, parlor chairs and tables and of course, the peppermint stick ice cream and complimentary almond cookie that came with it? The summer of '67 was the reruns of the one and only season of The Green Hornet and The Time Tunnel TV shows on ABC and Batman's second season along with quirky super hero shows like Captain Nice on NBC and Mr. Terrific on CBS. There were also reruns of It's About Time on CBS from Gilligan's Island producer Sherwood Schwartz, about two astronauts marooned in the
caveman world, who then finally return to earth along with the cave family they befriended. (It was just released on DVD.) My PR client singer Lenny Williams is recording an Otis Redding tribute song, Otis Said So, to honor the 50th anniversary of his untimely passing in Dec 1967 and his appearance at Monterey also. The song is written and produced by my buddy Doc Kupka of Tower of Power fame and it is a reunion of sorts for Lenny and Doc as Lenny was its star vocalist in 1973 and 74 when he sang hits like So Very Hard To Go and What Is Hip? Last night I was excited to see the Beverly Hills tribute to my “Summer of Love,” the first time I had my bright orange Sting Ray bike to ride in my childhood neighborhood of Encino. Man, I loved that bike! It wasn't a Schwinn, as they didn't make orange at the time, and that was my favorite color. This was a Murray “Qualifier” model with racing go-go check stickers on the frame and a silver sparkle banana seat. What a way to ride up to Bestway market to purchase the baseball cards, Milk Shake candy bars and Mad magazines. I saw plenty of my Beverly Hills buddies at the “happening” at the Beverly Canon Gardens Stephen Wise Temple prepared an amazing show with songs that define the year and the spirit of love and togetherness which in 2017 is still very much in style. Hal Lifson
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