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Beverly Hills City Council honors Theatre 40 with a proclamation.

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Horace Mann hosts its first movie night of the year. 4

Ben-Gurion University holds Southwest Region Gala.

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By Marla Schevker The Beverly Hills Unified School District PTA Council sponsored a BHUSD Board of Education candidate’s forum Wednesday in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Incumbent Vice President Brian Goldberg, Frances Bilak, Andy Licht and Lewis Hall answered the community’s questions regarding issues facing the district at this

time. They discussed everything from Measure E to technology to Venoco. Former Recreation and Parks Commissioner Kathy Rothner moderated the event.

Technology As a school district in the 21st century, all four candidates agreed technology needs to become a priority for the BHUSD to integrate into the classrooms. (see ‘FORUM,’ page 24)

School Board President Protests Council’s Actions Without the knowledge or consent of the Board of Education, Beverly Hills Mayor Barry Brucker, Vice Mayor Willie Brien and City Manager Jeff Kolin met with 2nd District County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and his staff last Thursday for an “abbreviated tour” of the Beverly

Hills High School area.

Board President Lisa Korbatov stated her disapproval of the meeting last Thursday’s City Council formal session.

“Nothing of substance done by this council majority whatsoever to help us in this fight for (see ‘KORBATOV,’ page 15)

Wednesday, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 57th annual National Merit Scholarship Pro-

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George Christy, Page 6 Canada Is Where It’s At Every September For Filmmakers And Stars And LookeeLoos During The Toronto International Film Festival Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE 33

gram. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 Na(see ‘SEMIFINALISTS,’ page 15)

Council Decides On Noise

TEXAS VISITS BEVERLY HILLS–Beverly Hills’ Paula Kent Meehan (center) hosted Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his wife Anita Perry at her home last Thursday after the Republican Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Meehan was one of the sponsors of the debate, broadcast live on MSNBC

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HONOR GREAT HEROS—Beverly Hills Police Chief Dave Snowden (right), pictured here with Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, was the first Beverly Hills police officer to be honored by the Los Angeles Police Historical Society at the Jack Webb Awards Dinner, held last Sunday. According to the Society’s Executive Director Glynn Martin, Snowden is “tremendously deserving” of the honor because of his “standing commitment to law enforcement” and healthy interest in the history of not only his department, but law enforcement history in general.

National Merit Scholar SemiFinalists Named This Week

Deena and Ronna Brand treat Arturo Delmoni to the Hollywood Bowl.

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• Announcements • Real Estate • Rentals • Sales • and More

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

PTA Council Sponsors First Board Election Forum, Wed.

Beverly Hills tutoring program starts Oct. 4.

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•Health and Wellness •Fashion •Arts and Entertainment •Birthdays

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‘Team’ Beverly Hills’ Response to the MTA A News Analysis By The Courier What is the story behind the conflict about defending Beverly Hills High School from a tunnel to be built by the Metropolitan Transit Authority between the Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education and the Beverly Hills City Council majority of Mayor Barry Brucker, Vice Mayor Willie Brien and member Julian Gold? This analysis lays out the backgrounds and

facts as we know them. This is a two-part series. This first part gives the history of the matter.

Next week, The Courier will present the internal political issues.

The route under Beverly High allows Metro to place its Century City subway station closest to properties owned by two major real estate developers.

Their properties become vastly (see ‘METRO,’ page 16)

By Marla Schevker The Beverly Hills City Council talked noise last Thursday as it tried to reconcile the differing wishes of the community and the three noise ordinances currently on the books. Ultimately, it was decided 4-1—with Vice Mayor Willie Brien voting against—that the noise ordinance would require no amplified sound audi-

ble beyond the property line from 10 p.m. until 8 a.m. seven days a week.

Brien said he did not want to see a change in the current process. He said he supported a 6 p.m. cut off for outdoor amplified noise and a 10 p.m. cut off for indoor amplified noise.

Councilwoman Lili Bosse (see ‘NOISE,’ page 11)

STEPPING OUT WITH GEORGE—Stacy Keibler became George Clooney’s flame after his split with Elisabeth Canalis. A former Dancing With The Stars contestant, she walked the red carpet with George during the premiere of The Ides Of March, which George stars in and directed, during the 36th Toronto International Film Festival. More photos in George Christy’s column on page 6.

Rosemary Goldhar

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its adjourned regular meeting to be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, will consider: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS TO PROHIBIT DRILLING AND EXTRACTION OF OIL, GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES FROM SURFACE LOCATIONS IN THE CITY, AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF ARTICLE 10 OF THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE On January 25, 2011, the City Council adopted an interim urgency ordinance to prohibit drilling and extraction from surface locations in the City. Pursuant to State Law, the interim ordinance was effective for an initial period of 45 days. On March 1, 2011, the City Council extended interim ordinance for a period of 10 months and 15 days to allow the City’s Planning Commission to consider the proposed permanent ordinance.

On September 8, 2011, the City’s Planning Commission considered an ordinance and recommended that the City Council adopt permanent regulations prohibiting drilling and extraction from surface locations in the City. The Commission also recommend that proposed ordinance include modifications to the conditions to be imposed on drilling from locations outside of the City to require surface facilities to be located a minimum distance from schools and parks.

The proposed ordinance has been environmentally reviewed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), (Public Resource Sections 21000, et seq.), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.), and the City’s Local CEQA guidelines and has been determined to be exempt pursuant to the Guidelines Section 15061 (b) (3) in that it can be seen with certainty that prohibiting drilling and extraction within the City will not result in an potentially significant environmental impacts.

All interested persons are invited to attend and speak on this matter. Written comments may also be submitted and should be addressed to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Room 290, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. The comments should be received prior to the hearing date.

Please remember, if you challenge the Council's action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the hearing before the City Council or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the hearing.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE: TIME: LOCATION:

September 26, 2011 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard Council Meeting Room 280A, Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its Special meeting on Monday, September 26, 2011, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider the Lexus expansion project as described below, as well as consideration of the Final EIR. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Jim Falk Properties, LLC and JF Wilshire Properties, LLC, propose the demolition and replacement of the existing Lexus dealership located at 9230 Wilshire Boulevard. The project site consists of two parcels, one located at the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Maple Drive (Wilshire property), and the other located along South Maple Drive, immediately south of the east/west alley that borders the southern side of the Wilshire property. The proposed new automobile dealership will contain a combined total of approximately 29,165 square feet of showroom and office space within the first and second levels, approximately 82,286 square feet of vehicle parking and circulation areas within levels one through four, and approximately 56,768 square feet of subterranean vehicle service areas (70 service bays in total). The proposed new building would be approximately 45-feet to the roof level, 48-feet 6-inches to the top of the parapet and 59-feet to the top of the stair tower. The project proposes 352 parking spaces in a stacked/tandem configuration, including rooftop parking.

While 84 of the parking spaces would be utilized to satisfy the City’s zoning code requirement for sales and office areas, the remainder of the parking spaces would be utilized for automobile storage.

The Wilshire Boulevard portion of the site would house the primary existing Lexus dealership operations and is currently zoned for general commercial (C-3) uses. The parcel on South Maple Drive, south of the existing building across the alley is currently utilized by the dealership for vehicle storage/surface parking and is zoned for multiple-family residential (R4) uses, which also permits parking related to commercial uses fronting on Wilshire Boulevard. The 1,822 square foot portion of the east/west alley that bisects the parcels is proposed to be vacated and relocated to the south of the proposed building as a part of the Project. The entire building site, including the proposed alley area is approximately 32,643 square feet.

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Jonathan Lait, AICP, City Planner, Community Development Department, Planning Division, at 310-2851118 or jlait@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the application, plans, and other records regarding this matter are available for review in the Community Department/Planning Division, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Suite 100, Beverly Hills, California.

The current dealership operation has offsite car storage, including rooftop storage at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard (Robinsons May site parking structure), underground parking at 8942 Wilshire Boulevard (ICM site), and a service location at 194 North Robertson Boulevard. An objective of the project is to consolidate these off-site activities and centralize them in one location.

DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS REQUESTED

BYRON POPE, CMC City Clerk

Approval of the project requires the following discretionary approvals: •

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Zone Text Amendment: The applicant requests a zone text amendment to amend the Municipal Code as follows: • A provision to exclude above-ground automobile dealership parking areas and subterranean service areas from the definition of Floor Area; and • A provision to allow automobile dealerships to provide stacked/tandem parking.

Conditional Use Permit – The applicant requests a Conditional Use Permit to establish a new car dealership.

Alley Vacation/Amendment to Streets and Highways Master Plan – The applicant requests to vacate a portion of a public alley south of Wilshire Boulevard, adjacent to the site and provide a replacement alley to the south of the project site.

Encroachment Permit – The applicant requests an encroachment permit to allow loading activities to be located within the public right-of-way, on Wilshire Boulevard, abutting the project site.

This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. An Environmental Impact Report has been prepared for this project and was circulated for public review in accordance with state requirements. A Final Environmental Impact Report, including responses to comments previously received, will be reviewed at this hearing.

Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission.

According to Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the Commission's action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the public hearing.

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Ryan Gohlich, Associate Planner in the Planning Division at 310.285.1194, or by email at rgohlich@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the applications, plans, and Environmental Impact Report are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

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Student Dies At BHHS Campus A Beverly Hills High School student died last Friday.

Elena Natanzadeh, a 15year old sophomore, was on her way from the physical education area of campus to the academic area when she collapsed, BHUSD Superintendent Gary Woods told The Courier.

Almost instantaneously, student and staff first responders were on the scene and shortly after police and paramedics arrived. Woods said Natanzadeh did have a medical condition and the collapse

may have been a result of that.

Hundreds of students gathered around a tree in the front lawn of Beverly High for a memorial Sunday to honor Natanzadeh’s memory. Students have continued to sporadically gather at the memorial site and light candles in remembrance.

At the BHUSD Board of Education meeting Tuesday, Board President Lisa Korbatov said Natanzadeh was the first student the district to die on campus in the middle of the day. (see ‘ELENA,’ page 11)

BIRTHDAY GIRL— Madeline Gussman (center) celebrated her birthday with a lavish party for 200 at the Four Seasons. From left are family members: Cheryl, Davis, Howard and Lisa Gussman. Not pictured is daughter, Michelle Gussman.

Photo by Maxine Picard

Kolin Defends Plan To Send Employees To Bell During the midst of what has come to be known as the “budget scandal,” B.H. City Manager Jeff Kolin wants to send Beverly Hills employees to temporarily work for Bell on the City’s dime. At the request

of Councilman John Mirisch, this issue was discussed at the City Council study session last Thursday. Much to the dismay of Mirisch and Councilwoman Lili Bosse, Mayor Barry Brucker, Vice Mayor Willie Brien and

Councilman Julian Gold deemed it was within Kolin’s jurisdiction to deploy employees to Bell and cost the City up to $10,000.

“I am sensitive to the fact (see ‘BELL,’ page 11)

Police Officers Association Airs Dirty Laundry THEATRE 40—The Beverly Hills City Council awarded Theatre 40 with a proclamation in honor of the theater’s 40-plus years in the community. Pictured are David Hunt Stafford (left) of Theatre 40 and Mayor Barry Brucker.

Wild accusations were thrown about at the City Council meeting last Thursday by Police Officers Association attorney Steven Silver regarding certain councilmembers actions over the past few months re-

garding pension reform.

“I’ve been asked by my client to address some comments and inquiries…” Silver said during the public comment portion of the formal session. “I think this is a very seri-

(see ‘POA,’ page 11)

RANGO—Last Friday, the Husky Nation held its first movie night of the school year land it's third community event of the week.

Rango was shown in the Horace Mann Auditorium.

Pictured at the free event is Elisa Geller (center) and her two boys Zack (left) and Tommy as they sample baked goods donated by Horace Mann parents for movie night.

Monty Hall To Receive Pacific Pioneers Broadcasters’ Award Longtime Arden Drive resiDuring the event PPB’s Presdent Monty Hall ident Sam Lovullo will receive the will also preside “Diamond Jubilee over “A Salute to Lifetime AchieveRadio” featuring ment” award from Larry Elder the Pacific Pioneer (KABC), Bill HanBroadcasters del (KFI), Keri The legendary To m b a z i a n creator and host of (KTWV), Charlie Tuna (KRTH), Let’s Make A Deal, Mark Wallengren who celebrated (KOST), plus forhis 90th birthday mer local radio last month, will be Monty Hall stars Wink Martinjoined by a score dale, Bob Eubanks of his fellow broadcasters at the Sept. 17 and “Sweet Dick” Whittington.

Tickets are $46. Checks can luncheon festivities in Sportsmen’s Lodge at the corner of Ven- be sent to Pacific Pioneer Broadtura Boulevard and Coldwater casters, P O Box 8673, Calabasas CA 91372.

Canyon.

ous issue that could dramatically affect the level of safety and protection provided to the city of Beverly Hills.”

Silver accused Councilman

JPA Meeting Held Between City, School Liaisons

By Marla Schevker City and school liaisons met last week to finish preliminary information sharing in order to begin negotiating a number for the Joint Powers Agreement. Board Vice President Brian Goldberg, Boardmember Jake Manaster, Mayor Barry

Brucker and Vice Mayor Willie Brien discussed preliminary issues such as BHUSD enrollment and impacts Measure E might have the City’s usage of BHUSD fields.

The current JPA, set at $10.3 million is set to expire July 1, 2012. Now that prelim-

inary discussions are out of the way, both Brucker and Goldberg agree the next meeting will begin the serious negotiations. This meeting will take place in October or November.

All JPA meetings are open to the public. Brucker said this (see ‘JPA,’ page 18)

Hubbard Loses Motion To Subpoena BHUSD Emails

AIDING THE FIRST DAY BLUES—The Hawthorne PTA provided breakfast for Hawthorne teachers outside of the school on the first day, last Tuesday.

The Beverly Hills Unified School District won a motion against former BHUSD Superintendent Jeff Hubbard who subpoenaed the district for e mails reflecting his communications regarding Karen Christiansen’s car allowance and stipend.

Judge Stephen Marcus found there was not sufficient evidence that the e mails exist

and there is no proof from any witness they were received.

The BHUSD alleges recovering the archived e mails would have a substantial cost and require the districts IT manager to work nearly full time on the search.

Judge Marcus doubted if the e mails existed and if they did, whether they would help or

not. He referred to the subpoena as a fishing expedition.

Judge Marcus said if Hubbard appeals the order and is successful, Hubbard will have to pay for at least a portion of the BHUSD’s costs.

As of press deadline, Hubbard’s attorney Salvatore Ciulla could not be reached for comment.

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Residents Alerted About West Nile Virus The City of Beverly Hills is asking residents to minimize health risk from the West Nile Virus (WNV) by taking some simple precautionary measures.

The West Nile Virus, transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, has already been detected this year in Franklin Canyon. One of the chickens in a Franklin Canyon sentinel flock kept by Los Angeles County West Vector Control District has tested

positive for West Nile Virus. Sentinel flocks are monitored for the presence of viral agents.

Health officials emphasize that the risk of serious illness to humans is low.

Most people who are infected do not get sick at all. Ten to 15 percent of infected persons experience moderate symptoms, including fever, headache and body aches. However, the elderly (see ‘WEST NILE,’ page 18)

ANNENBERG CENTER DESIGNER EXHIBITION– Il Teatro Alla Moda ((Theater in Fashion) will mark its American premiere showing Oct. 14-Nov.13 at MGM Place under the auspices of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The works of Roberto Capucci (left) and Gianni Versace will be among 80 costumes to be displayed.

Annenberg Center Presenting Italy’s Theater In Fashion Exhibition

SOUTHWEST REGION GALA—Several hundred attendees participated in the Sept. 11 American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Southwest Region Gala at The Beverly Hilton. The event honorees included (from left) Mansour and Nahid Parsi; former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff and keynote speaker Lt. Gen. Dani Haloutz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev President Prof. Rivka Carmi; Lori Miller and honoree Judge Leon S. Kaplan. The Parsi’s were the recipients of BGU’s David BenGurion award and Judge Kaplan received BGU’s Negev award.

Photo by Orly Halevy

Pets 90210 Hosting Adoption Event On Sunday, Sept. 25, the Beverly Hills Pet Care Foundation (PETS 90210) will host another pet adoption event at Roxbury Park on Olympic Boulevard from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

This happening promises to have more than 100 dogs and cats up for adoption. Participating shelters include L.A. city and county animal shelters, Bark Avenue Foundation, and SEEACA. There will be a huge variety available too – everything from purebreds to mutts and Persians to tabbies.

To round out the event, Roxbury Park also has basketball, beach sand volleyball, tennis courts, putting green, bocce ball, and playground equipment so the entire family can come and spend the day.

For additional information about this event, pet overpopulation, L.A. city and county shelter locations, and other Pet Care Foundation programs, call 310-887-7070,email: bcrowe@kenquest.com or visit www.pets90210. org.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the U.S. premiere of Il Teatro Alla Moda (Theater in Fashion), the first exhibition to explore Italy’s famous haute couture designers and their impact on the stages of opera, dance and theater. More than 80 costumes, sketches and drawings from Giorgio Armani, Roberto Capucci, Enrico Coveri, Fendi, Alberta Ferretti, Romeo Gigli, Antonio Marras, Missoni, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino and Gianni Versace will be on display here to celebrate the current transformation of the Italian Renaissance Beverly Hills Post Office into a distinctive performing arts venue and to honor the designers’ contributions to the

performing arts.

The exhibition will have a limited 4week run from Oct. 14–Nov. 13. While the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is under construction, the exhibit will be on display at 253 N. Beverly Dr. on the ground floor of the new MGM Place, which will be converted into a temporary gallery. The Annenberg will open in the fall 2013.

“I had the opportunity to see this stunning exhibition in Italy and thought it would be wonderful to share these exquisite costumes with our future audiences,” says Annenberg Executive Director Lou Moore. “The designers’ passion (see ‘ANNENBERG,’ page 18)

LEARNING IS FUN—The City of Beverly Hills Community Services Department is offering a tutoring class at Beverly Vista and Horace Mann Schools through the Beverly Hills Academic Afterschool Tutoring Program beginning Oct. 4. For more information call 310-285-6810. Pictured (from left) out of frame is Sophia Martin, tutor Jennifer Song, Esme Bernstein, tutor Talia Katz, tutor Stephanie Sege and Leila Vahabzadeh.

Frances Bilak Kicks Off Campaign Board of Education candidate Frances Bilak holds her campaign kick off on from 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 18. at Roxbury Park.

“I’m going to make it possible for every parent with every child to come,” Bilak said. “I want it to be fun for the community.”

Bilak said she is going to get vol-

unteers from Beverly High to do face painting, simple things like “hearts for girls and spider webs for boys.”

Bilak will be speaking from 2:303:30 p.m. and be available for questions.

For more information on Bilak, visit www.francesbilak.com.

Lewis Hall Also Begins Board Campaign Lewis Hall will hold his Board of Education candidacy campaign kickoff from 2-4:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25 at Janet Salter's house, 804 N. Linden Dr. “It’s really an opportunity for me to

meet the voters, they can ask me questions and I can listen to them and hear what they have to say,” Hall said.

For more information on Hall, visit www.elevatedlab.com.

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Kiera Knightly

Sarah Polley

Clive Owen

Madeline Carroll and Machine Gun Preacher’s Michelle Monaghan

Dangerous Method’s Viggo Mortenson with Sarah Gadon

George Clooney with Piers Handling, Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) during the premiere of The Ides of March, which George stars in and directed From The Sky Down’s The Edge and Bono flank Evan Rachel Wood

Machine Gun Preacher’s director Marc Foster with TIFF’s co-director Cameron Bailey

Machine Gun Preacher’s Gerard Butler with Sam Childers, who’s true story inspired the movie Machine Gun Preacher’s Yvonne Strahovski

Moneyball’s Brad Pitt and Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Take Ths Waltz’s Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen

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Brad Pitt's alluding to premiering a movie at the Toronto International Film Festival, now in its 36th year. Screening as he did his Moneyball, which fared better with the critics than George Clooney’s political yarn The Ides of March. Although The Descendants starring George and directed by Alexander Payne received high marks.

orontonians are obsessive moviegoers, and even love the arty-fartiest flicks.

The evening we saw the controversial Shame, with its frontal nudity from sex-crazy Michael Fassbinder and Carey Mulligan, the crowd was wild.

Indiewire’s Anne Thompson claims Michael’s is the “most beautiful penis” she’s ever seen.

Which begs the question.

Compared to...?

Film buyers this time were

dodgy, citing concern about the economy and where it’s going.

We’ve been attending TIFF for 30 years, and believe, as CTV broadcaster Seamus O’Regan,

Annie Maude Starke is Glenn Close’s daughter

the Matt Lauer of Canada, agrees, that it’s surpassing the Cannes International Film Festival in popularity. For various reasons. Easier access for the studios from the U.S. We speak the same language. The currency’s similar.

And the manners of the Canadians are refreshing (unlike the attitudinal French at Cannes). Would that our American manners were not falling into ditches as they are. Not often do you hear a honking horn in Toronto traffic, and, wherever you go, pleasant words such as “please” and “thank you” are paramount.

Andrea Riseborough and Abbie Cornish co-star in Madonna’s W.E.

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comfortably sophisticated city, Toronto enjoys a multi-ethnic citizenry.

Beautiful women everywhere.

Shopping compares with Rodeo Drive.

Fine dining rooms abound. And Canada’s surrounding landscape remains an inspiration.

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e fell in love with Toronto with our first visit.

Four Seasons Hotel Toronto’s general manager Dimitri Zarikos with wife Vivian

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GEORGE CHRISTY Michael Budman and Don Green to host a luncheon during the festival.

Done. We considered it a “give-back” from our heart to the people and the city we fell in love with.

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his weekend celebrated our 27th annual luncheon at the posh Four Seasons Hotel.

The guest list is a mixete, as the French say, of prominent Canadians and Hollywood friends. Former prime minister

Brian Mulroney and wife Mila with their family.

Distinguished filmmakers Norman Jewison and Robert Lantos.

Theater impresario Garth Drabinsky. We were honored this year with the presence of Christopher Plummer, who was premiering his Oscarworthy Barrymore.

Christopher told producer/manabout-town Barry Avrich that the luncheon reminded him of the silver screen’s golden days.

Also honored, as we

were, with the presence of Four Seasons Hotels founder Izzy Sharp and wife Rosalie, who praised our dessert of vanilla and dark chocolate ice cream with carmelized farmstand peaches. Swirled throughout with hot chocolate sauce, and sprinkled with the almond-flavored crumbs of Italy’s amaretti cookies. Rosalie ordered 80 of our “surprise” as a finale for the Sharps’ dinner for 80 of their general managers later this month.

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Four Seasons Hotel has enthusiastically underwritten our luncheon these 27 Septembers. Every year we serve our infamous chicken pot pie, which, this time around, the hotel’s general manager Dimitri Zarikos decreed as the “best ever.” As did former general manager Klaus Tenter, television kingpin Ivan Fecan, Mila and Brian Mulroney, Canadian Idol host Ben Mulroney, Myrna Daniels, Catherine Nugent, Michael Budman, Denyse and

Don Green, National Post columnist Amoryn Engel, Nota Bene’s Yannick Bigourdan, Just For Laugh's maestro Andy Nulman. Geoffrey Rush has been with us for four years and always looks forward to Norman Jewison’s treat of his Putney Heath Farms maple syrup, and Roots’ elegant leather gifts which are keepsakes.

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ow lucky we are.

What’s better than the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto being our guardian angel?

Online at www.bhcourier.com/georgechristy.cfm

Phyllis Melhado

Thomson heiress Taylor Thomson with daughter Madeleine

Root Stores’ Michael and Dianne Budman

Mila and Brian Mulroney

TIFF’s COO and executive director Michele Maheux with TIFF chair Paul Atkinson

Steve Stabler CTV’s Seamus O’Regan

Catherine Nugent

Manager Lou Pitt with Christopher Plummer joined Geoffrey Rush with his CAA agent Fred Specktor

Four Seasons Hotels’ Cherry Kam

Atom Egoyan and Arsinee Khanjian

Rex Reed and Kathline Turner

Norman Jewison and Rosalie Sharp

Paul Bronfman Mark Mulroney

Lynda and Joshua Prince with Max and Barry Averich Elizabeth and Garth Drabinsky

Ashok Amritraj and Brad Krevoy

TIFF’s earliest supporters Myrna and John Daniels

Rosemary Goldhar

Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Tom Bernard and Michael Barker celebrated their 20th anniversary with SPC

Four Seasons Hotels founder Izzy Sharp with former general manager Klaus Tenter

Canadian Idol’s Ben Mulroney with wife Jessica brought twins Brian and John to say hello at our 27th annual TIFF Luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto.

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Helga Stephenson, Chaz (Mrs. Roger) Ebert and Ivan Fecan

Roots Stores’ Denyse and Don Green

Nota Bene’s Yannick Bigourdan

Cinedigm’s Chris McGurk and wife Jamie

Four Seasons Hotel’s Don Schreifels and Sophia Bikas

Lisa Ray

Gina Gershon with Robert Lantos

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

Doctor Excited About New Prostate Cancer Treatments St John’s Recognized Prostate cancer is the second deadliest cancer among men (after skin cancer), but Dr. Inderbir Gill, professor and chairman of the USC Institute of Urology, says exciting new treatments are improving patients’ prospects.

The statistics are still daunting: • One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.

• This year, there will be approximately 241,000 new cases.

• More than two million men are now living with the disease.

• 32,000 men died from prostate cancer last year.

In this, Prostate Cancer Awareness month, Gill’s first recommendation for men is getting the Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test at 50, and at 40 for those with a family history of the disease and African Americans.

As a leading surgeon in the field, Gill is enthusiastic about several new treatments.

• High-precision, image-guided prostate biopsies allow more precise diagnoses of low-risk vs. high-risk cancer. “Our biopsy strategies are much more sophisticated than they were five years ago,” says Gill.

• For those in the low- to mediumrisk category:, “we are developing focal treatments that target only the cancer and keep the rest of the prostate intact; “and potency and urinary continence outcomes are significantly better compared to current treatments,” Gill says.

The current treatment involves the

entire organ “but the nerves responsible for an erection and the urinary sphincter muscles are located close to the prostate, so they may take a hit.

“In selected men who have low-risk cancer, focal therapy is an attractive option for 30 to 40 percent of them,” Gill explained.

So with high-precision diagnosis using imaging and targeted biopsies to determine where the cancer is, doctors like Gill are able to destroy it by freezing, burning or using a laser or highintensity ultra-sound beam.

“This is new and novel and not yet standard treatment,” Gill advises. “It does require a highly expert team working in a clinical trial and that has advanced imaging and targeting capabilities; and will require diligent followup.”

• Another new advance is robotic surgery, like the new Da Vinci Robot that is helping with innovative procedures at USC. Robotic surgery involves a doctor sitting at a console and using delicate wristed instrument to perform the surgery whether it is removing all or part of the prostate. The best outcomes, Gill says, “are achieved at centers and by surgeons who have a lot of experience in this.”

Gill also practices at The Doctors of USC Beverly Hills, 9033 Wilshire Blvd.

For those with high-risk cancer that is still confined to the prostate, robotic surgery is an excellent option, Gill

added. “It gives a patient his best shot at a long-term cancer cure.”

When the cancer has spread beyond the prostate, “chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments now available prolong a patient’s life, more than treatments did in the past,” Gill says.

“With all these treatment options available, we’re in the era of personalized medicine. Not all prostate cancers are the same; and we’re able to tailor the appropriate treatment to the appropriate patient.”

Treatments can go from “active surveillance” or “watchful waiting” for those in the low-risk group, to focal therapy to total organ therapy to robotics or radiation with “seeds.” So when someone gets the diagnosis, Gill says, “It can be daunting. A patient would be well advised to take a step back and seek out a center of expertise.

“Five years ago, your only option was surgery or radiation,” he said. “But now we can really distinguish between the risk profile of the cancer, the patient’s overall medical condition and personal desires and figure out what would work best for the individual.”

Gill is also raising awareness by taking part in the second annual Prostate Cancer 5K, hosted by USC’s Institute of Urology and Norris Cancer Hospital on Nov. 6 at USC. “I’m in training,” says Gill.

For more information on the run, visit www.uscurology.com/prostate-5K. —Steve Simmons

By Joint Commission

The Joint Commission, the nation's leading accreditor of healthcare organizations, has named St. John's Health Center as one of the top-performing hospitals in the U.S. for treatment of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia St. John's was among 405 hospitals nationwide and one of 34 in California recognized by the Commission based on data reported about evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions.

“We are excited to be recognized as a top performer on these key quality measures,” said Lou Lazatin, St John’s president /CEO. “We are committed to providing patients with breakthrough medicine and inspired healing and are honored to be recognized for the high quality of our care.”

To be recognized as a top performer on key quality measures, an organization must meet two 95 percent performance thresholds.

First they must achieve a composite performance of 95 percent or above after the results of all the accountability measures for which they report data to The Joint Commission were factored into a single score, including measures that had less than 30 eligible cases or patients.

Second, they must meet or exceed a 95 percent performance target for every single accountability measure for which they report data, excluding any measures with less than 30 eligible cases or patients. St. John’s was recognized for achieving these thresholds for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia.

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Happenings Around Town

• Relativity Media’s Kavanaugh To Be Honored Oct 11 By ADL Anti-Defamation League will h o n o r Relativity Media’s CEO R y a n Kavanaugh with its “Distinguished Entertainm e n t Industry” award at a Oct. 11 at The Ryan Kavanaugh Beverly Hilton.

Meghan Markle, co-star of USA Network’s Suits, will emcee.

Tickets are priced from $500. Reservations: 310-4464269 or 310-446-4264.

• Peninsula To Stage Six Course Jordan Wine Dinner Sept. 22 The Peninsula B.H. is celebrating the Napa Valley crush season by presenting the Jordan Wine Dinner in The Belvedere restaurant on Thursday, Sept. 22.

Executive Chef James Overbaugh will create a six course menu paired with six Jordan wines for $125 per person. Guests can even book a

room, including the feast, for $599 per couple, plus tax and gratuity. Beverly Hills and Century City residents may request complimentary car service to and from their homes.

Reservations: 310-975-2736.

•Wolfgang’s After Dark To Debut Tonight And Saturday The grand opening of “Wolfgang’s After Dark” takes place tonight and tomorrow at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse, 445 N. Canon Dr., from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. With live music by the Cara Lee Band, night owls can enjoy the restaurant’s full menu plus late night happy hour fare every Friday and Saturday.

For information and reservations, call 310-385-0640.

• Christopher Guy To Host Benefit For Inner-City Arts Christopher Guy, the luxury furnishing showroom at 9699 Wilshire Blvd., will be hosting a charity benefit next Thursday (Sept. 22) for Inner-City Arts, a local program which provides visual and performing arts for L.A.’s most at-risk children. The event will include a silent auction

for which the showroom has donated $7,000 worth of furniture pieces as well as donating 10 percent of its sales throughout the month of September.

“Designing is a big part of my life,” said Christopher Guy Harrison, CEO/designer of the Christopher Guy brand. ”It’s great to know that I can do something to help children receive the appropriate resources and art programs to make their own dreams come true.”

For more information about Inner-City Arts, visit www,innercityarts.org or call 213-6279621.

• Beverly Hills Market Celebrates Street Reopening Today The Beverly Hills Market, 303 N. Crescent Dr., is celebrating the re-opening of the street from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today. Festivities will include a Boar's Head hot-dog stand, food samples, cheese and more. For children, there will be magic and balloon animals.

Beverly Hills CPR will have earthquake kits available and Neighborhood Watch will provide membership information.

• Rose Breast Cancer Society To Host Oct. 6 Symposium The Rose Breast Cancer Society will hold a reception and symposium Oct. 6 at the Beverly Hills Country Club, 3084 Motor Ave., hosted by Carmelita Pittman with Dr. Cherilyn Lee, Bee Beyer and Dr. Burt Danet on the subject of breast cancer.

Guest of honor is 90-year old Iris Schirmer, whose family tree goes back to Mary Queen of Scots and the Pinson family which gave its ships to Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Donation is $40 per person with reservations at 310274-1130 or 323-9300028.

Visit: therosebcsIris Schirmer @sbcglobal.net or www.rosebreastcancersociety .org.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL–Ronna Brand (right), owner of Beverly Hills real estate boutique, Brand Realty, and her mother Deena Brand, treated visiting violin virtuoso Arturo Delmoni (center) to a night at the Hollywood Bowl. Joining them backstage was the latter’s longtime friend Itzhak Perlman. The two violin prodigies have known each other since attending school at Julliard.

Photo by Eric Politzer

Drive Delivers A Bumpy Ride

Fasten your seatbelts as Drive with Ryan Gosling at the wheel is a bumpy ride from beginning to end. Seldom has the phrase “peddle to the metal” put through such an exhausting workout.

Gosling as Driver has never been as stoic as he plays each scene with nary an expression.……that is, if you accept “blank” as an expression. He is a mechanic who does stunt driving for films and moonlights as a getaway driver for nefarious characters who rob warehouses and stores. Cast as the bad guys, in the script written by Hussein Amini, are two Jewish guys, Bernie and Nino Rose, who play rotten to the core ruthless characters. Played very well by Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman, they treat everyone with utter disdain, blow away anyone who gets in their way.

Irene (Carey Mulligan) is STAGE/SCREEN an adorable neighbor who, Gosling, I think likes, as it’s hard to tell with his frozen face. Problem is, her husband, Standard (Oscar Isaac) has just been released from jail and returned home. And, furthermore, he is indebted to a few hoods and asked to commit a robbery for them as payback. Standard refuses as he wants to go straight, but they know where he lives and his wife and son are put in harm’s way. A naïve Gosling offers to help the ex-con and volunteers to be the driver for the heist if they promise to leave Irene and her son alone.

Director Nicholas Winding Refn goes for the jugular –literally.

There is enough blood squirting from hammers bashing heads; shotguns blasting cavernous holes in people’s bodies; knives opening up wounds that resemble gushing streams of water cascading down from Jolson’s memorial at Hillside cemetery; and forks ripping apart and detaching noses and eyeballs from mugs, mugs that would make every movie vampire for the last 10 years, very happy and satiated.

There are many stretches of implausibility that are overlooked because of the intense action and bloodletting. A post-script at the end of the credits should read: “Death hath no pity to those who defy the basic tenets of humanity.” I don’t know if that’s a Biblical phrase but if it isn’t it should be and credited to Nicholas Winding Refn.

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ELENA (Continued from page 4)

Korbatov suggested the district do something to “remember” Natanzadeh such as a plaque at a tree. Woods recommended consulting the ASB before making a final decision on a remembrance.

Woods said several 911 calls were

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said she felt the clearly an emotional one as it is a quality of life issue.

“We are a community that needs to respect each other,” Bosse said. “I think this is a defining moment as to who and what we are as a community.”

Southwest Homeowners Association President Ken Goldman said the current policy, at 10 p.m., works and if it isn’t broken “don’t fix it.”

“No one is prohibiting parties,” Goldman said. “Have the parties, just don’t disturb your neighbors past 10.”

Marie-France Salaun said cutting off noise at 10 p.m. will keep teenagers from enjoying their youth and socializing with their family and friends.

“You don’t have those parties in apartment living, you have it in the privileged section where they have a

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we have reduced staff and funding in our own community,” Kolin said. “We have interest from several management analysts and the IT department. We could make short term loans of staff without impacting operations to the community.”

Mirisch said while he agrees that employees should volunteer to assist communities like Bell, but volunteering is not paid for.

“If we were rolling in dough, I still think it would be appropriate to come to the council,” Mirisch said. “(It’s) more incumbent upon us to get our own house in order. I understand and appreciate (Kolin’s) passion and I would more than welcome it for our employees to do good works and ‘giving back’ that doesn’t mean doing it on our dime.”

Brucker said he thought it was a magnanimous gesture on behalf of the City to support a “brother city in need.”

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John Mirisch of attending a “Pension Boot camp” whose goal was to teach attendees how to “reduce the pay of public employees as much as possible without violating the law.” He also said if Beverly Hills was cutting police officers pensions and other cities were giving pay increases, the Beverly Hills officers are likely to leave for places with better pay and benefits.

“Isn’t anyone a little worried that if you reduce the compensation of current police officers and particularly those you want to attract in the future, you might have a problem that you’re not getting the best people and there might be some harm,” Silver asked the council.

As the negotiations are still underway, the Council cannot talk about the specifics anywhere but in closed session.

“It would be highly inappropriate for something that is to be discussed in closed session to be negotiated on television in a venue, that’s not even agendized,” Mayor Barry Brucker said.

Councilman John Mirisch said that

made from the campus and he was proud of everyone who came to Natanzadeh’s aide.

“This is a heartbreaking tragedy and we are all shocked and saddened by what has happened,” Woods said.

“We send our deepest condolences to the family and other loved ones. Our prayers and thoughts are with them.” big garden to enjoy those parties,” Salaun said.

Statistically, Bosse said over a sixmonth period, from January until June, there were 213 calls in 121 days, or about 2.5 calls per day, for loud parties.

37 calls were made after midnight, 23 after 11 p.m. and 9 after 10 p.m. For amplified music during the same time frame, there were 178 calls, about 1.7 calls per day. 28 calls were after midnight, 20 were made after 11 p.m. and 10 after 10 p.m.

With the new ordinance, first-time violators will be fined $250 and habitual violators will be fined up to $1,000 and can be charged with a misdemeanor.

Also, the police have the discretion to shut a party down at any time if they feel it is in the best interest of the community.

“If Bell does not get the help it needs to sustain itself then they could fall in the hands of the county to take them over,” Brucker said. “If they fall in the hands of the county then they fall in the hands of the City of Beverly Hills and every citizen.”

Kolin said it is within his authority to spend up to $50,000 without council approval. This includes dispersing employees both inside Beverly Hills and out.

“Its common for city managers to provide direction for employees to go places,” Kolin said. “It makes no difference in terms of service impacts.”

Mirisch said to suggest the City is able to send staff to Bell and it won’t affect services suggests the City has too many employees.

“We hear from residents who feel they are not able to get good service and feel things are postponed,” Mirisch said. “Sending staff to another City to do the work of another City suggests we’re not putting (residents) work first.” he did attend a council boot camp run

by Californians for Fiscal Responsibility and reported back to the Council on his findings.

“I am also on the League of California Cities Employee Policy Committee and that committee came up with the conclusion we have an issue in the state and we need to try to achieve both fair and sustainable pensions and benefits.”

Normally a supporter of the Police Officers Association, Vice Mayor Willie Brien said he was disappointed in the actions they choose to take during the meeting.

“I have the upmost respect for the Beverly Hills police officers, the Police Officers Association itself and the members you have here,” Brien said. “(But) this (meeting) is not a forum for negotiations.”

Although the threat has been made, Councilwoman Bosse said under no circumstances would the City ever compromise its level of service in regards to safety personnel.

“I can assure you that whatever the end result will be, there will not be any level of service at all that will be compromised,” Bosse said.

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Fashion News & Notes Hermès Wins Key Ruling in Arnault Battle A French court ruling Thursday gave Hermès International a major boost in its fight to block what appears to be a creeping takeover attempt by Arnault’s LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, saying that Hermès can group family-owned shares into a nonlisted holding company by yearend.

The Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by minority shareholders, who were seeking to overturn a January decision by France’s stock market authority AMF exempting Hermès from rules that would have required it to launch an offer for outstanding shares as part of the operation.

WWD Yves Carcelle to Exit Louis Vuitton PARIS — It’s all change at Louis Vuitton, which next year will welcome a new chief executive officer — and likely a new artistic director.

Jordi Constans, 47, an executive at French food giant Danone SA, is to succeed Yves Carcelle at the end of 2012 after spending a year familiarizing himself with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and its star, cash-cow brand.

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might otherwise go. When she went softer, it was with pleated crepe skirts attached externally to techno-stretch bodices. Along the way, Beckham’s mostly discreet palette — black, navy, white — got injections of vibrant orange.

She amped up her outerwear, shown in gorgeous iridescent pales of lilac, blue and gray. Here, she crossed what she called couture volumes with the hoods, drawstring and tapes of the athletic vernacular. Worn over crisp, short dresses, these pulsed with a distinct sportswear vibe.

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Fashion’s Night Out Draws Thousands Of Fashion Fans

Christofle celebrated the art of Nancy Clavin, second from right, with (from left): Irina Blekh, the artist’s sons, Andrew and Daniel Clavin, and Jeff Amsel.

Clavin’s shoe artwork is in the foreground.

Judy Chang, Geany Zho, Genna Nordschow and Mae Umali at Agent Provocateur.

Anna Cox, James W. Jahant, Brooks Brothers general manager and Rodeo Drive Committee president, and Rezda Berens at Brooks Brothers.

Footwear Designer Dana Davis (left) hosted a cocktail party at Bloomingdale’s Century City on FNO to showcase her collection. She is joined by Lynn Palmer, Lucy Lawrence and her mother Barbara Davis.

Photo by Maxine Picard

Ilan Portugali, salon man- Models Mika Nonaka and ager, and Micelle Demaree Jennifer Kim served sake and sushi at at Mikimoto. of Harry Winston.

The Courier Photos by Orly Halevy unless otherwise credited.

Kathryn, The Courier’s Publisher Clif and Candace Smith at Ralph Lauren. The Courier was a major sponsor of FNO.

Juicy Couture DJ Z Berg.

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tional Merit Scholarships worth more than $34 million will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship? award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half will win a National Merit Scholarship.

National Merit Scholarship winners of 2012 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 283,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.

The following individuals are among the semi-finalists: Archer School for Girls: Victoria Chen Sophie Kimball Emma Pauly Benina Stern Beverly Hills High School: Jeremy Deutsch Ezra Laemmle Liza Raffi Chloe Revery Mallika Sen Brentwood School: Kyle Allen-Niesen Adam Mengesab Madeleine Siegel Jacob Woocher Buckley School: Olivia Esse Crossroads School Alexander Allaire Gabriel Jandali-Appel Brentwood School Kyle Allen-Niesen Adam Mengestab Madeleine Siegel Jacob Woocher Immaculate Heart High School: Kathleen Choi Ruby Dutcher Sue Sim Loyola High School: John Breen Edwards Chang Elliott Clarke Charles Hoying Vincente Lossada Robert Overing Thomas Placido William Shepard Andrew Tinger Jake West Maranatha High School: Michael Qui Nathan Yao Marlborough School:

September 16, 2011 | Page 15 Caitlyn Gold Andie Grossman Erika Holmberg Gwendoyln Lee Christina Raquel Emma Rastatter Marymount High School: Jozefa McKiernan Marie Plecha Milken Community High School of Stephen Wise Temple: Rachel Weitzman San Marino High School: David Chan Nichols Chan Diana Chan Austin Chien Albert Hu William Li Jason Platt William Sheng William Su Audrey Tran Katherine Wang Gabriella Wernicke Windward School: Devin Jameson Kyra Lunenfeld Harvard-Westlake School Gavin Allman Pryanka Bagrodia Jessica Barzilay Adam Bennett Devon Breton-Pakozdi Jeffrey Bu Colin Campbell Jaco Chapman Michelle Choi Richard Chung Jessica Gold Joshua Ha Nicole Hirschhorn Crystal Ho Justin Ho Patrick Kang Megan Kawasaki Aletheia Kim Julie Ko Austin Lee Marissa Lepor Nika Madyoon Vivien Mao Arielle Maxner Alexandre Moritz Julius Pak Richard Polo Hannah Schoen Justin Sohn Micah Sperling Sajjan Sri-Kumar Elliot Storey Susan Wang Watt Webb Amy Weissenbach Gus Woythaler Victor Yoon Yula Boys High School: Joshua Sadik Congratulations to all the semi-finalists

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our survival. More of the same, words not deeds,” Korbatov said.

“Instead you have pursued an uninterrupted course of meddling, holding clandestine meetings with MTA decision makers.”

Korbatov also brought the issue up during public comment during the Board of Education meeting Tuesday.

“I realize (Brucker and Brien are) well meaning and maybe well intentioned, it’s unhelpful,” Korbatov said during board comment. “It’s also compromising the unified voice we need to have… (and) its unhelpful, inefficient and does not help our pending litigation and strategy.”

Korbatov said she has attended meetings with Metro board members and officials over the last few months both in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Washington D.C. She said three meetings had even been calendared for this past week. These meetings have not been discussed because it is a part of the BHUSD’s overall strategy.

“The reason you haven’t heard a lot about it is because I’m not supposed to talk about it,” Korbatov said. “I’m doing my utmost, I know everyone on the board wants the best. We have no choice but to resist these tunnels.”

The majority of the board, sans Board member Myra Lurie who publically stated her disproval, supported Korbatov’s statements and actions regarding the City Council and Metro tunnels.

Brien said the meeting was not “unauthorized” and they were not trespassing or otherwise doing anything wrong.

“We never entered the school campus,” Brien said. “This was not done in a clandestine way, it was not done with flashlights and jumping fences.”

Brien said himself and Brucker not only took Ridley Thomas to the perimeter of the high school but also to Century City so he could get an idea of the distances considered in the Westside Subway Extension station discussion.

Korbatov argued the Beverly Hills

group was not properly armed with knowledge or evidence.

Although the meeting did in part take place on district property, Brien said it was not necessary for the council to tell the board about the meeting.

“Do we have to check with the school board every time we meet with elected officials,” Brien asked. “No. We shared openly that we would continue to meet with a variety of decision makers on the board. These people want to meet with us so we can share with them the facts as we know it.”

Brucker said Korbatov’s comments were “absolutely shocking” and that it was his and Brien’s’ “out of the box” thinking with the Park and Ride locations that got the Metro board to consider their proposed station at Santa Monica Boulevard and Century Park East.

“Please don’t think for a moment that simply because this council isn’t throwing grenades out there at the Metro board, that our resolve and determination isn’t as potent as every one of yours determination out there,” Brucker said.

Korbatov, however, expressed frustration due to the frigid relationship between the council and the board, especially on the issue of MTA. “We came her months ago in friendship, seeking allies,” Korbatov said. “Instead all we got was silence and inaction. Since you refuse to deal straight with us, one can only surmise that you don’t represent the people but yourselves and your political interests.

There is no conceivable interest higher than protecting our children. Our board is unified to protect this district.”

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more valuable with the closer station. The "locally preferred alternative" of Santa Monica and Avenue of the Stars location, which does not require tunnels under Beverly High is only one block away. This fight is about moving a subway station a few hundred feet.

Today, Metro intends to build the tunnel a mere 20 30 feet beneath the foundations of Beverly High.

That is the distance based on Metro's own plans uncovered by The Courier. Metro denies that depth and claims the tunnel will be deeper, but not by much. Third District Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have told Beverly Hills publicly that, as voting members of the Metro board, they have not decided but are "waiting for the final EIR." In private and in other public meetings they have said the opposite. They are both voting members of the Metro board of directors and control or heavily influence many of the other directors.

It also must be remembered that their constituency is Los Angeles, not Beverly Hills (Yaroslavsky is our Supervisor but we are heavily outnumbered by Los Angeles in his district.)

We do not believe there is any doubt about their intentions to vote to approve the tunnels under Beverly High.

Metro tunnels under Beverly High (there will be two) will do the following: they will cause noise and vibration in the high school buildings; they will go through an active oil and gas field; tunneling through a gas field has a definite risk of explosion; once the tunnels are built, BHUSD may not build or remodel above the tunnels without building a massive, expensive concrete-and-steel bridge over the tunnels; the Division of State Architect may never approve new construction even with a bridge - the issue has never arisen.

Whatever the aging high school may need, the

BHUSD may not be able to pay for it.

Metro in press releases and commentary denies some but not all of these effects. BHUSD attorneys have attempted to obtain the scientific data behind these denials but Metro so far has stonewalled all efforts of BHUSD to see the data.

What is not in question is that this is our only high school and without it the Beverly Hills school district cannot function.

Arrayed against this interest are the campaign contributions to Los Angeles officials from developers of Century City.

The Courier has obtained reports showing the contributions approaching $1 million.

What does that get the developers?

Under existing law, that allows them to building bigger buildings. 10, 20, 30, maybe 40 more floors worth tens of millions of dollars.

The difference in value to them of one block is huge.

This battle is being driven by Los Angeles real estate developers' efforts to increase the value of their properties vs. the death threat to the existence of BHUSD as a viable public school district.

So, where are our school board and city council on this?

School Board Response The battle started in October 2010 when Metro released its first draft Environmental Impact Report.

Until that time, Metro held many meetings in Beverly Hills, our City organized a citizens' commission about the subway extension and the general public–including our elected officials–all believed the subway would travel on Wilshire to Santa Monica Boulevard with the Century City station at Santa Monica and Avenue of the Stars.

Shortly before the draft EIR was released, rumors started that Metro would dig under Beverly High instead.

Metro denied this at first, but then the draft EIR showed the Beverly High route as one of two alternatives.

That set off all the alarms

Sing! Sing! Sing!

SUNDAY, Sept. 18, 2011 at 3:00pm

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at BHUSD. School board members, led by President Lisa Korbatov and joined by Vice President Brian Goldberg, Steven Fenton and Jake Manaster, saw what was going on. Myra Lurie held back.

She is the sole holdover from the previous board majorities that had seen the hiring of Supt. Jeff Hubbard, Supt. Kari McVeigh, construction supervisor Karen Christianson, the disasters of misused state construction funding, lunch programs and declining or static academic results.

The board hired national law firm Alston & Bird, which had represented the Los Angeles Unified School District in its battle over the Belmont Learning Center debacle -another school built over an oil and gas field.

They started assembling a stellar team of engineers, seismologists, geologists and other experts to combat the anticipated route under Beverly High.

That firm was joined by local litigation experts Hill, Farrer & Burrill–veteran of many battles against Metro.

The board also hired respected public relations and lobbying firms including national powerhouse Venable in Washington, D.C. Throughout, the BHUSD board sought support from the Beverly Hills City Council. Reform councilmembers John Mirisch and Lili Bosse promptly moved to join BHUSD to protect Beverly High. Brucker and Brien refused. Gold, whose campaign literature promised he would oppose any tunnel under Beverly High, joined Brucker and Brien.

They agreed only to study the matter for 45 days before deciding whether to oppose the tunnels.

City Manager Jeff Kolin then tried to get the Board to give the city all of the Board's technical and expert data, which the board offered provided the joint defense agreement was signed.

The City refused and Brucker and Brien started to hold meetings with voting members of the Metro board without notifying the board.

The school board fol-

lowed advice of counsel and did not hold meetings with Metro directors unless they were accompanied by District experts. Brucker and Brien held meetings without any experts. Brucker's philosophy remains: “It is better to work with honey than with vinegar.” He used this approach directly with Villaraigosa.

The Los Angeles mayor responded with a “thank you for your interest” form letter rejection of Brucker's personal attempt at diplomacy.

Throughout, Brucker, Brien and Gold have refused to tell Metro whether or not the City will withhold transit rights, staging areas, traffic cooperation if Metro persists in the Beverly High tunnels.

Instead, they have offered major concessions such as City property (or property to be acquired by the city) for park-and-ride facilities, staging areas and other enticements.

They have also been regularly advised by persons involved that any such offers are useless because the decisions promised by Los Angeles officials to their developer/contributors will be made.

This approach (which in diplomacy would be called the “Jimmy Carter approach”) presents Metro board members with the appearance of a split in Beverly Hills.

This newspaper has confirmed that the impression of this split exists at the highest levels although The Courier has been assured that all of the council opposes the tunnels.

Last week, the matter came to head when Brucker and Brien hosted Second District L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, also a Metro board member with a key vote, on a tour of the Beverly High area and Century City Thursday, September 8.

Brucker and Brien insist that they did not owe the school board the courtesy of notifying them of the meeting with Ridley-Thomas because “we did not step on the Beverly High campus.”

Brucker and Brien met with school board liaisons

the previous day, Wednesday Sept. 7, and said nothing to board members.

Board President Korbatov appeared at the city council meeting Sept. 8 to protest this action. Brucker and Brien were unapologetic.

Brucker cited a cancelled meeting with Metro head Leahy he alleges was caused

by The Courier asking questions as justification for keeping the school board in the dark.

The Courier spoke with three former Beverly Hills mayors who expressed shock at the actions of Brucker and Brien in demonstrating extreme disrespect to the school board.

“This fight is primarily for the school board, but the City Council must help. This makes no sense,” said one former mayor.

Going on the Record The school board is on record promising to use all its powers to protect Beverly High.

The City Council has not, despite efforts of Mirisch and Bosse.

Even the protest letter crafted by Mirisch and Brien refused to threaten active opposition to federal funding.

Brien is known to be heavily influenced by the argument that “regional interests must be respected,” even though those interests belong exclusively to Los Angeles.

To date, Metro has refused to disclose the scientific data promised to the BHUSD in return for allowing Metro access to the Beverly High campus to conduct seismic testing.

Metro continues to insist that the final decision has not been made, although reports have been found on Facebook that appear to be authentic Metro documents.

As it stands now, Brucker and Brien insist that they will conduct whatever meetings they choose without notification to or coordination with the school board.

The school board has always included a City Council member in its meetings. The city council has retained no outside experts to conduct independent work.

The City Council majority of Brucker, Brien and Gold refuse to enter into a joint defense agreement, and they have done nothing to counter the “hysterical” slur promoted

by Metro insiders.

Many school board-generated documents in support of Beverly High and the Board's position are posted on their special website while the City has posted nothing.

Next week - the answer to "why" Brucker, Brien and Gold refuse to stand with the school board.

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Beverly Hills Honors 9/11 Victims In Unveiling Of 9/11 Memorial Garden

By Marla Schevker The Beverly Hills 9/11 memorial garden was unveiled on the 10year anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 Sunday, in a ceremony, to a crowd of hundreds of people. The garden, located on the corner of Rexford Drive and S. Santa Monica Boulevard outside of the fire station, features an artifact from Ground Zero chosen by Fire Chief Tim Scranton.

It is surrounded by granite benches and engraved in the pentagonshaped planter are the names of all 2,977 individuals who died on that fateful day.

A front view of the ground zero artifact

“The numbers “nine-eleven” now carry so much more meaning.

9-11 is a history lesson in just two words,” Barry Brucker said during an address during the ceremony.

“9-11 is a symbol of remembrance.

And 9-11 is a reminder of the fragility of life and peace.”

Other speakers included State Senator Fran Pavley, State Assemblyman Mike Feuer and Brad Burlingame. Burlingame is the brother of Captain Charles Burlingame, the pilot of Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon.

“The 9/11 attacks were carried

Officer Andrew Myers and Officer Christian Bond

Fire Capt. Joe Matsch

An ariel shot of the 9/11 memorial garden

out in a manner intended to inflict more than human loss and fiscal destruction,” Burlingame said.

“The shocking site of passenger planes being flown into buildings was a calculated act of psychological terror. The attacks were meant to instill great fear, panic and uncertainty.

“Instead the country reacted with courage, compassion and moral clarity. The enduring legacy of that day is the remarkable heroism and generosity of the American people. When thousands of our fellow human beings were being

Back Row: Councilmembers Julian Gold, Lili Bosse and John Mirisch Front Row: Aida Madi, Rose-Marrie Chagoury and Ambassador Gilbert Chagoury

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killed in a barbaric act of raw religious extremism unlike this country had ever seen, Americans did not turn outward with hatred or violence, we turned to each other armed with nothing more than American flags and countless of kindness. In our darkest hour, human decency triumphed over human depravity.”

The memorial garden took five months to build. The construction began on April 19. The Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Committee was responsible for the implementation of the memorial plans.

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City Clerk Byron Pope

Beverly Hills Fire Chief Tim Scranton

Diane, Marta, Loreta and Brad Burlingame

Sgt. Brian Weir, Ofc. Andrew Myers, Sgt. Dennis Lynch, Ofc. Christian Bond and Sgt. Robert Maycott

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is likely to slow down negotiations and lessen candor. Four years ago, when Brucker was involved in negotiating the current JPA, the public did not attend the meetings.

“I think both sides, the school and the city liaisons, were very apprehensive to say anything that could be misinterpreted,” Brucker said. “It’s not a matter of being secretive or not wanting the public to know, but anyone who has ever been in a business setting knows that to negotiate a contract, especially one of this magnitude, with the (press and public), is a recipe for slowing down the process.”

Although the process may be slow, Brucker said the City is committed to negotiating a successful JPA. “The City Council liaison’s have made it crystal clear that wherever this JPA ends up, we

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for the arts resonated with me on a personal level. For many of them, the arts are their first love. ” Curated by Massimiliano Capella of Musei Mazzucchelli in Brescia, Italy, “Il Teatro Alla Moda” has been previously exhibited in Rome (Museo del Corso November - Dec. 2010), Brescia (Musei Mazzucchelli January – April 2011) and Milan (Palazzo Morando, May July 2011) and will be on display at the Villa Manin in the outskirts of Venice July 20-Nov. 4, 2012.

“The relationship between theater and fashion has allowed the designers to leave their own unique mark on theatrical events,” said Curator Capella.

“These designers brought their signature styles and love of the arts to the stage to capture the essence of the characters in the productions. The distinctive look of each house is apparent

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and those with lowered immune systems are more susceptible. Less than 1 percent will develop serious illnesses, such as meningitis and encephalitis.

West Nile Virus is transmitted to humans from mosquitoes that have fed on infected birds.

To reduce the risk, the California Department of Health Services is requesting that everyone: •Avoid spending time outside when mosquitoes are most active, at dawn and the first two hours after sunset.

•Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts when outdoors.

•Apply insect repellant containing DEET according to label instructions.

•Make sure that doors and windows have tight-fitting screens. Repair or replace screens that have tears or holes.

BEVERLY HILLS believe it will be a robust commitment and one that certainly reaffirms our dedication and commitment to the financial sustainability of the school district,” Brucker said.

Goldberg said the negotiations would be based in part on the services the BHUSD provides to the City.

“If we are able to maintain or expand the services we provide there is no reason why there should be a diminution in the amount of money we receive,” Goldberg said. “(But) that is something we’re going to need to discuss.”

Goldberg said the JPA meeting overall went well and everyone was, as always, very pleasant.

“We got through the preliminary work that we needed to get through and the next meeting we are going to get down to business,” Goldberg said.

in these works for the stage.”

Highlights of the exhibition include costumes from the following productions: Giorgio Armani (Soul), Roberto Capucci (Tribute To Maria Callas, Capriccio Enrico Coveri (The Great Gatsby), Fendi (La Traviata, Carmen), Alberta Ferretti (Carmen), Romeo Gigli (The Antonio Magic Flute), Marras(Midsummer Night’s Dream), Missoni (Lucia di LamUngaro (The mermoor), Clemency Of Titus), Valentino (The Dream Of Valentino), Gianni Versace (Salome), and Capriccio, Dionysos (Doktor Faustus).

“When the Annenberg opens, we hope to become a center of creativity and collaboration for artists, where young and old can experience first class performances of theater, dance and music; where new work and educational programming will inspire, enlighten and challenge; but most of all, where artists can create and share their passion,” concluded Executive Director Moore.

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In addition, report any birds that have been dead for less than 48 hours to the California Department of Health Services toll-free hotline at 1877-WNV-BIRD. After you have reported a dead bird, you will be contacted if that bird will be picked up for WNV testing. If you have not been contacted within 24 hours of your report, you may safely dispose of the dead bird in your trash.

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A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE COURIER

In these trying financial times, everyone’s looking for sound advice. Let The Courier’s experts help guide you through this everchanging world for investors...

Inside: • Now Is The Time To Diversify Your Portfolio Lisa Detanna/Wedbush Securities

• Supercharge Your Net Worth With Powerful Estate Planning Steve Lockshin/Convergent Wealth Advisors

• Is Now The Time To Buy? Paul Taghibagi, SEIA

• Making The Most Of Your Money During Retirement Steve Ghysels, Wells Fargo Private Bank

• Is The U.S. In A Recession?

Sharon Nassir/StockCross Financial

Avoid The Urge To Time The Market

By Lisa Detanna

here's an old and simple adage about how to get rich: Buy low and sell high. it may be a cute one-liner, but it has never been a reliable investment strategy because it presumes you can time the market successfully and consistently.

You can’t—not even in the best of times when markets are relatively rational. And if you try timing now – when the markets are driven by fear rather than fundamentals – it’s more likely you’ll end up selling low, then having to repurchase high to get back into the market.

Avoid the impulse to try to time the market. You may have a better chance of being hit by lightning.

Now is the time to re-examine your portfolio. Ensure it is properly diversified by asset class and industry and is designed to achieve your longterm goals – both quantitative and qualitative. Make sure you are not overly concentrated in an individual stock or sector. You need to know where you are and where you want to go.

As your goals change, you need to revise your portfolio to keep pace. As always, asset allocation must be driven by your risk tolerance and your time horizon to achieve your goals.

• By asset class, find the best balance of cash and fixed income; alternatives investments (MLPs, REITs and commodities); equities that include large cap domestic value and growth, small-cap and mid-cap value and growth, and international (both developed nations and emerging markets).

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• Take this opportunity to complement your existing portfolio by broadening your industry exposure.

• During the current market pullback in equities and the confusing bond market, consider creating yield or income with stocks that pay high dividends and with alternative investments.

About Lisa Detanna Lisa Detanna joined Wedbush Securities in 2011 after 12 years with wirehouse Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB). The transition was an easy decision. Her client-first mentality aligned with that of Wedbush’s President Edward Wedbush.

Since 1955, when Wedbush and high-school friend Rober t Werner founded the firm, Wedbush has grown from $659 in first-year revenues to a firm with $3 billion in assets under management, and the largest brokerage and investment bank headquartered on the West Coast, in Los Angeles Last year, Detanna was ranked by Barron’s as one of the “Top 100 Women Financial Advisors.”

Detanna is no stranger to educating her clients or being involved in the community. She is past president of the BH Chamber of Commerce and the board of the Westside Family Health Care Center. She is a member of the BH Rotary Club and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

Since most of her clients are local, she is working diligently with Wedbush to open a Beverly Hills registered office location.

Managing Your Wealth

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Supercharge Your Net Worth With Powerful Estate Planning Strategies

By Steven Lockshin or individuals and families with wealth greater than $5 million, some simple estate planning in 2011 or 2012 can add significant value to your family balance sheet without requiring you to take on any additional portfolio risk.

The US tax code provides for several transfers of wealth without incurring a transfer (or gift) tax.

The simplest techniques include: • Unlimited gifts between spouses • Annual gifts of $13,000 ($26,000 if the donor is married) to an unlimited number of people • Transfers of up to $5 million ($10 million if married), which can benefit future generations without incurring any additional transfer tax. [Note: This $5 million exemption reverts back to $1 million ($2 million if married) beginning Jan. 1, 2013.]

Now Supercharge It How this translates is a matter of simple math and one of the most powerful forces on the planet – Steve Lockshin compound interest! Consider the following estate planning example: $5 Million of Current Assets Compounding at 5% per Year1 Year Future Asset Value Total TaxSavings* 5 $6,407,788 $3,524,283 15 $8,204,522 $4,512,487 30 $21,926,901 $12,059,796 *assuming maximum tax rate of 55% in 2013 By simply moving $5 million from your estate into a trust for your heirs, the tax on that $5 million – and the growth of that money – can pass without any estate tax. In this simple example, the tax savings on such a transfer is more than $12 million after 30 years. For families with estates exceeding the exemption limits, this equates to a an opportunity to supercharge your net worth without any additional portfolio risk whatsoever.

1 When properly structured using a defective grantor trust, the tax on the growth of these assets (capital gains and interest income) can be paid by the grantor, thereby further enhancing the return for the beneficiary. 5 percent assumption is for illustrative purposes only.

Asset Allocation There are many more ways to reduce the tax on an estate and maximize

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your family balance sheet. Proper “asset allocation” – or how your assets are titled – can be the most effective way to compound your family wealth over time. For families or individuals with less than the minimum transfer limitations, we believe proper asset allocation with long-term investment discipline is the next greatest contributor to portfolio performance.

An objective and skilled advisor can help you maintain the discipline required to emerge from a downturn such as we’ve recently experienced with a properly positioned portfolio that will allow you to capitalize on any future market upswings. Particularly in turbulent markets, having an advisor who can assist not only with appropriate asset allocation, but also with estate planning. is essential.

Supercharging your portfolio is as easy as knowing—and implementing— the best strategies for your portfolio. Want to start supercharging? Start today!

Steve Lockshin is the founder and CEO Convergent Wealth Advisors, which provides investment consulting services and customized wealth management solutions to ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices. Steve was recently named Barron’s #1 Top Independent Financial Advisor.

For more information, contact Steve at Steve.Lockshin@ConvergentWealth.com or 310-734-5321.

Disclosure: Barron’s “Top Independent Financial Advisors” ranking is based on each advisor’s assets under management, revenues the advisor generates for their firm and the quality of their practices. Any opinions expressed are current only as of the time made and are subject to change without notice. The information provided is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, investment, legal or tax advice. Nothing contained herein should be construed as a recommendation or advice to purchase or sell any security, investment, or portfolio allocation. Any investment advice provided by Convergent is client-specific based on each clients’ risk tolerance and investment objectives. Non-deposit investment products are not FDIC insured, are not deposits or other obligations of Convergent Wealth Advisors, are not guaranteed by Convergent Wealth Advisors and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of principal.

Is Now The Time To Buy? Presented by Paul Taghibagi, CFP®, AIF®, ChFC he lower things go, the more I buy.” The legendary Warren Buffett said those words on Aug. 9 in a chat with Fortune. Buffett is a buy-and-hold kind of guy, and even if you don’t buy into his approach, you have to admit stocks are cheap in the wake of the recent correction. For many investors, a downturn like this means picking up quality stocks at markdown prices, including dividendpaying stocks.

Just how cheap are stocks? We have some compelling valuations out there. Just to give you some idea of where the broad market is at, the 12month forward equity earnings yield of the MSCI World Index was just above 10 percent on Aug. 12. This was the highest earnings yield since January 2009 – and more than five times the yield of the 10-year.

Domestically, stocks in the S&P 500 are trading at a forward price-toearnings ratio of around 12.

Historically, the forward P-E ratio for the S&P 500 has averaged about 16.

Judging by that yardstick, we have a buyer’s market right now.

Have you noticed how oil prices have fallen? The ripple effect of this development also bodes well for equities. Oil settled at $85.38 a barrel on the NYMEX Aug. 12. Compare that to the $100 oil of February. Oil price cuts imply a stronger U.S. economy – with better corporate profits, lower energy costs, and improved tax receipts.

Could a QE3 come along? The Federal Reserve hasn’t indicated this, but don’t rule it out considering that

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President Obama’s popularity is at new lows and he would like another term in office. Another monetary stimulus from the Fed would mean more cash, which could mean more money directed into equities.

Fed policy could be a big factor in the market’s direction. On Aug. 9, the Fed issued a remarkably definite statement, pledging to keep the federal funds rate at near-zero levels through mid-2013. Wall Street’s volatility might ebb when institutional investors conclude whether or not that tactic will really improve America’s GDP. Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

Bears are arguing that we don’t have enough job creation in the economy to drive stocks up. They also point out that the Dow dipped beneath its 50day moving average and 200-day moving average during the choppy trading week of Aug. 8-12.

Bulls are countering these arguments by pointing to the relative strength index of the DJIA. On Aug. 11, for example, the Dow’s RSI was at 26.6. A reading below 30 is interpreted as a signal that the market is oversold. The S&P 500’s RSI hit 16.5 on Aug. 8, which was a 10-year low. They also think that Ben Bernanke’s approach will succeed – that is, that these sustained low interest rates will encourage businesses to borrow and expand. On top of that, many corporations are generating decent or better profits, and carrying much less debt than they did two or three years ago.

Markets eventually rebound – so these prices won’t last forever. Falling share prices may translate to some outstanding long-term opportunities.

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Making Your Money Last During Retirement

By Steve Ghysels, Regional Managing Director, Wells Fargo Private Bank ou’ve done it! You’ve worked hard and managed a successful career. You’ve planned well and saved money for retirement. Now you’re retired and ready to kick back and take it easy. Not so fast!

Remember, retirement is a journey sometimes lasting 20 to 30 years or more, not a destination. Likewise, retirement planning doesn’t stop when you retire. Even if you’ve followed a plan to save for retirement, it’s equally important to have a plan to help meet your needs throughout your retirement.

That likely means you’ll need to generate income and make your accumulated savings last. This can become a balancing act between decreasing your savings too quickly, thus being left with little to live on in your 80s and 90s, or spending your income too slowly and needlessly cramping your lifestyle.

Be sure your plan covers three key elements: growing your assets, determining your cash flow and estimating your spending.

Growing Your Assets How do you help ensure you’re not taking on too much risk in the market versus too little risk to still grow your assets?

One approach is to hold incomeproducing securities, which allow you to periodically withdraw the interest

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and dividends for living expenses.

Immediate annuities, bond or CD ladders and preferred stocks are typical income-oriented investments.

Another approach involves maintaining a primarily growth-oriented posture while periodically selling a portion of your appreciated stocks to generate cash. Keep in mind that selling stocks could trigger taxes, so you should discuss this strategy with your tax advisor first.

Regardless of which strategy you choose, your plan should reflect realistic expectations and your own comfort level.

Managing Your Cash Flow In addition to funds from investments mentioned here, you’re likely to have other sources of income such as Social Security, pensions and annuities.

Remember, by April 1 of the year after you turn 70 1/2, you must begin to take RMDs (Required Minimum Distributions) from your traditional IRAs and your former employer’s retirement plan. This requirement needs to be factored into your income plan.

To better and more easily be able to review and manage your assets, you may want to consider combining and consolidating your holdings. An experienced retirement advisor can help you do that.

Estimating Your Spending Several factors can play an important role when calculating how much

Steve Ghysels of your retirement money you will spend (known as your withdrawal rate) each year. They include: • Consider your longevity. With today’s life expectancies, you should plan for the possibility of funding 30 or more years in retirement. To avoid outliving your savings, many exper ts advise your withdrawal rate should be less than 4 to 5 percent of your savings each year.

• Consider market conditions.

Investment portfolios don’t return a pre-planned figure every year. They can go down as well as up – as recent years have clearly shown. If you experience a market downturn shor tly after retirement, you’ll be left with a reduced portfolio. If you then take money out at a rate that is too high, it seriously reduces your por tfolio’s power to recover when times improve.

Don’t overlook inflation and taxes.

If you spend all of your portfolio’s growth every year, the dollars in your investment portfolio remain flat, yet your purchasing power could decline

because of inflation. In addition, withdrawals from retirement plans such as traditional IRAs and 401(k)s are typically taxable so be sure to consult with your tax advisor to help determine the most tax-efficient way to tap into these assets.

Create and follow a realistic budget. It helps ensure your money lasts as long as you’ll need it.

• Understand the cost of your basic needs and wants including housing, food, clothing, medical, utilities, entertainment/travel and taxes.

• Build your emergency reserve fund to cover unexpected expenses, particularly in the areas of health care and long-term care.

You’re enjoying a new phase of life. You need to manage your retirement portfolio with the same care with which you built your nest egg. An experienced financial advisor can work with you to help identify issues and risks, develop strategies to address gaps, refine and update your plan, and help you achieve your dreams and goals throughout your retirement years.

Steve Ghysels is the regional managing director for Wells Fargo Private Bank in Beverly Hills. To reach him, call 310-285-5929 or send e-mail to: steve.ghysels@wellsfargo.com.

Wells Fargo Private Bank provides products and services through Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and its various affiliates and subsidiaries.

This article is for information and education purposes only, and should not be construed as tax or legal advice, which Wells Fargo and its affiliates do not provide. Please see your tax and legal advisors to determine how this information may apply to your own situation.

Is The U.S. In A Recession? ith Europe in a crisis and Asian markets experiencing uncer tain conditions, it’s understandable for investors to fear the possibility of a double dip recession in the United States, but let us just review the facts domestically.

• First of all, we have had positive GDP readings for the past eight quarters, and by definition we need two or more quarters of negative GDP numbers for the economy to be in a recession.

• Second, the Leading Economic Indicator has been increasing while prior to previous recessions we experienced steady decline in the LEI. • Third, the U.S. Treasury yield curve is currently very steep with the difference between the two-year and the 10-year yields at historical highs.

In all past recessions we experienced an inverted yield curve.

• Lastly we have never fallen into a recession while the Federal Reserve has been in an aggressive accommodative mode.

The markets overreaction has created an incredible opportunity for U.S. Investments as global investors rush back to the Greenback. Take this opportunity to look at undervalued opportunities within different asset classes.

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• For income investors tax exempt muni c i p a l bonds are of fering the attract i v e yields. It’s possible to find high-quality issues with nomiSharon Nassir nal yields 200 percent above the 10-year treasury vs. the historical norm of 83 percent.

• High yield corporate bonds and bank loans also offer attractive yields with less downside risk than equities.

Sharon Nassir is vice-president of investments at StockCross Financial in Beverly Hills. With more than 20 years experience she has continuously helped her clients with their income and investment needs.

For a free portfolio review and to discuss current investment opportunities contact her at 310-993-2078, Sharon.Nassir@stockcross.com.

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Goldberg said he and Board President Lisa Korbatov flew to Vermont last year and witnessed technology integration in fifth- through eighthgrade classrooms.

“If we’re serious about using technology in the classroom, it must be integrated fully,” Goldberg said. “It requires buy in, it cannot be imposed on our schools. We need buy in from our teaching staff and administration and the time on professional development.”

Bilak said she believed technology integratration needed to start as early as kindergarten.

“If they’re not learning with a textbook but they’re learning with that telephone and iPad, you’ve got to get that iPad or laptop in the classroom,” Bilak said. “We need technological tools now to keep up with the advancement.”

Licht said it’s a matter of prioritizing and if its important to Woods and the other administrators then the board needs to help find the best and brightest to help implement it.

“We need to be on the cutting edge of these things if it’s a priority and to me it’s a priority,” Licht said.

Hall said technology, while important, does not automatically increase test scores. Hall designed an iPad app with a

comprehensive middle school math program.

“What technology does is it engages kids, makes them interested in school and makes them want to learn,” Hall said.

“It would be a waste of our money to throw it into technology unless we can teach the teachers how to use this technology in classrooms.”

Measure E Measure E is a $334-million bond set to modernize the five BHUSD schools with a focus on fire, life and safety.

Bilak said Measure E bonds should be going to capital improvements for the schools, but did not give any specific plans as to the next steps the BHUSD should take.

“We still have lots of work to be done on Horace Mann and work to be done on Beverly Hills High School and the other schools,” Bilak said. “We need to have our children in a safe and secure environment.”

Licht said he believed the BHUSD needed to focus on Horace Mann and Hawthorne and not worry about Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) for additional financing.

“This is a fluid situation,” Licht said. “We have two schools in dire need of help immediately, Horace Mann and Hawthorne. We have to focus on that. We’ll worry about the other parts later.”

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He also said he supported moving slowly and learning from construction at Horace Mann, which will be ready to break ground in February 2013.

“We have $60 million, but I think we had a lot more before,” Hall said. “It’s really hard to find exactly what that amount has been and how much has been spent. (I know) that money has been spent on new boilers, some Horace Mann prep, some architects, consultants and a lot for legal fees.”

Goldberg said the board has not only focused on fire, life and safety issues, but also hired a master planning firm, Dejong Richter, to add an educational component to the program. He also said when the bond was passed, his support was conditional on pasting a Prop 39 bond, which required the Citizens Oversight Committee. “(This) ensures schools are state of the art and have the flexibility necessary for 20, 30 or 50 years down the road to continue to provide the best educational environment possible for our students,” Goldberg said.

Venoco No candidate supported an extension of the Venoco oildrilling lease after it expires Dec. 31, 2016.

Goldberg said the board is currently looking into a slantdrilling lease, compliant with

the City’s drilling ordinance, that would allow for offsite drilling and continue to give homeowners, the district and the City oil royalties.

“I believe the Venoco oil lease is an incompatible use with the high school,” Goldberg said. “I believe we should not have any industrial zones on our school sites whether its cell towers or maintaining an existing oil well.”

Bilak said the revenue from the oil wells was nice, but the state no longer allows oil drilling on school campuses.

“Clearly we would like to recoup the revenue,” Bilak said.

“We’re aware our campus is drastically undersized and it would be welcomed to reclaim that land for us.”

As the City Council has already passed a resolution banning oil drilling from Beverly High, Licht said the issue of oil drilling has become a community issue.

“We need to focus on working with the City Council and others to figure out how to replace the money,” Licht said.

Hall said there are five and a half years to come with alternative revenue sources, but had some ideas to “play around with.”

“We can lease that property for condos or office facilities,” Hall said. “Or we can put the district office there and then we have three acres of land and maybe (we can put) subsidized apartment buildings for our police and fire and teachers.”

The forum will be rebroadcast today at 8 p.m. and Monday at 5 p.m. on Beverly Hills’ Channel 10.

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Richard Maize Sentenced Tues.

A West Los Angeles mortgage banker will spend 18 months behind bars for his role in a massive mortgage fraud scam that caused more than $18.5 million in losses to banks, including his former employer, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Richard A. Maize, 53, of Beverly Hills, was ordered to begin serving the prison term on Dec. 2.

U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson also ordered him to pay $4 million in restitution, about $3.6 million of which has already been paid to victims Lehman Brothers Bank and RBC Mortgage Co., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Maize, who, was sentenced late Monday, previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and loan fraud, three counts of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement on a federal tax return.

The defendant and five others charged in the case were involved in a complex conspiracy to defraud federally insured mortgage lenders out of tens of millions of dollars, prosecutors said.

They obtained inflated mortgage loans on expensive homes in some of California's most exclusive neighborhoods, including Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills and Malibu, according to the government.

Maize was a co-founder of Americorp Funding, a mortgage banking company with offices in West Los Angeles and Pasadena that originated, brokered, funded and sold mortgage loans. As Americorp's top-producing mortgage banker, he closed more than $192 million in loans in 2001 and more than $245 million in loans in 2002, according to court documents.

Maize owned 45 percent of Americorp until about December 2000, when he and his partners sold the firm to Prism Mortgage Co., which later changed its name to RBC Mortgage Co. At that time, Maize became the president of the Americorp division of a Prism/RBC subsidiary.

As president of Americorp, Maize had contacts and business relationships with the victim lenders, which he exploited to deceive the firms into approving and funding the inflated loans, court documents show.

According to court documents, Maize received hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks for his assistance in getting the loans approved and in 2001 failed to report more than $175,000 of that income on his federal tax return.

-City News Service

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Davi Sings Sinatra At Vibrato Actor/director Robert Davi, a former James Bond villain in License To Kill and known for numerous film/TV roles, returns to his true love—singing—when he presents “Davi Sings Sinatra-On The Road To Romance” on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 8:30 p.m. at Vibrato, 2930 Beverly Glen Circle in Bel Air. For information, call 310-474-9400 or visit www.vibratogrilljazz.com.

Davi’s Sinatra themed album will be available in stores and online, Oct. 24.

KCET Shows Bouchon Chef Thomas Keller ‘Uncorked’ KCET goes inside one of America’s top kitchens for Master Chef: Thomas Keller Uncorked: A Special Presentation of SoCal Connected airing at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept.

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Chronicling the culinary rise of Thomas Keller, SoCal Connected correspondent Michael Okwu travels from Beverly Hills to Napa Valley to uncover the recipe for success for one of the world’s most celebrated chefs.

Keller began his culinary career at a young age, working in the Palm Beach restaurant managed by his mother. Today, he is the only American-born chef to hold multiple three-star ratings by the Michelin Guide. His emphasis on tiny courses, coupled with French technique to both high and low cuisine, has created a new style of American dining.

He is the author of the award-winning The

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For more information on the show and to view a preview of this episode, visit kcet.org.

Additional airdates include: 8:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23, 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24 and 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25.

My Run Doc Gets DVD Release The acclaimed documentary My Run, narrated by Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton will be released on DVD, Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Resident Christine Redlin served as the film’s co-producer, marketer and even voiceover talent.

The film tells the true story of 57-year-old Terry Hitchcock, who lost his wife to breast cancer and chose to run from St. Paul, Minn, to the opening ceremonies of the summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga, in 75 consecutive days to bring attention to and support for the 23 million American singleparent households.

A portion of DVD sales will go to programs that provide direct service to those affected by cancer through the Livestrong Foundation (www.livestrong.org).

For more information or to pre-order the film, visit www.myrunmovie.com.

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Shelby Notkin Joins Music Center Board Of Directors Beverly Hills resident Shelby Notkin was one of six new members named to the Music Center Board of Directors.

Notkin is chairman of Capital Group Private Client Services and senior VP of Capital Guardian Trust Company.

He also serves as a portfolio manager for CGPCS and is chairman of its investment and management committees.

Before his roles with Capital Group, Notkin spent 18 years with Morgan Stanley on the West Coast, after working with E.F. Hutton in New York early in his career. He earned a B.A. in accounting and finance from Syracuse University.

Notkin also is a trustee and board member of the St. John’s Health Center Foundation and founder/chairman of the Notkin Family Breast Cancer Recovery Fund at the California Pacific Medical Foundation in San Francisco and active with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Other new Music Centerboard members include: Louise Henry Bryson, Patrick

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S. McCabe, Mattie McFaddenLawson, Stephen D. Rountree and Timothy S. Wahl.

“I am pleased to welcome these dedicated business and community leaders to the board,” said Kent Kresa, Music Center chairman. “Their deep appreciation for the arts, coupled with important relationships and specific areas of expertise, bring valuable assets to the Music Center.

“They ensure the Music Center and the audiences we serve will continue to benefit from the diversity and experience of an exceptional board.”

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Frances Allen Desert Roundup It is with the greatest of sorrow that the chorus of heavenly angels hovering above the Coachella Valley has increased its number by one with the passing of Jackie Lee Houston. Her multiple achievements and acts of gracious philanthropy will, like her radiant smile and genuine concern for others, never be forgotten. Jackie Lee Jackie Lee not only made a difHouston ference, she personified that difference. Sleep in peace my special friend. ****** Over the course of the McCallum Theatre’s 10-month season (SeptemberJune), the Coachella Valley becomes one of the country’s premier performing arts centers with 250 nights of live stage entertainment covering all genres of live performances from plays to concerts and comedy to jazz.

This beacon of theatrical entertainment brilliance, led by Ted Giatas, its gifted president/CEO, has announced its 2011/2012 season with some innovative programming that lives up to the McCallum’s reputation as “the peoples’ theater.”

In response to audiences desire for more Broadway musicals, but not necessarily their prices, this season the McCallum as added a new series for cost-conscious patrons titled “Broadway on a Budget.” Theatergoers will be able

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And, we would be remiss if not mentioning the first known McCallum appearance March 25 by Beverly Hills’ own Larry King, whose trove of stories exceeds even that of Mother Goose.

For information about this season’s performances, call 760-340-2787. ****** Orin Kennedy and Bernardo Puccio don’t get to the Desert very much, but the acclaimed documentary An Ordinary Couple, which chronicles their lives, will be screened at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs Sept. 24 at 1:30 p.m.

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Violet Miehle of Malibu and Dennis Ojogho of Salesian were selected and will represent the county in the state competition, which could lead to regional and national competition.

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Shonda Rhimes, creator, writer and producer of Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Off The Map, donated a special basket with TV series DVDs and a set tour. The silent auction was sponsored by Judith Ripka Jewelry and Nathaniel Welch Photography. Guests also received an inspiring short film on the impact of WWO programs in the countries it serves.

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BEVERLY HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 11-O-2612 AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS EXTENDING THE TERM OF ONE MEMBER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION (FRAN COHEN) THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:

PUBLIC NOTICES newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage, in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code; shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and his certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City.

Section 1.

T h e Section 5.

This City Council finds: Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force 1.1 In accordance and effect at 12:01 a.m. with the provisions of the on the thirty-first (31st) Beverly Hills Municipal day after its passage.

Code, the City Council duly appointed Fran Adopted: Cohen to the Architectural September 8, 2011 C o m m i s s i o n (“Commission”) on August Effective: 3, 2005, to serve an initial October 9, 2011 term of two (2) years.

BARRY BRUCKER 1.2 In accordance Mayor of the City of with the provisions of the Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills Municipal Code, the City Council ATTEST: duly reappointed BYRON POPE (SEAL) Commissioner Fran City Clerk Cohen to a second term such that she would APPROVED AS TO FORM: serve an additional four LAURENCE S. WIENER (4) years. Therefore, City Attorney Commissioner Cohen’s term expires on August APPROVEDAS TO CONTENT: 2, 2011.

JEFFREY KOLIN City Manager 1.3 Pursuant to Section 2-2.105(b), Architectural SUSAN HEALY KEENE Commissioners who serve Director of Community two (2) successive terms Development are not eligible for reappointment to the VOTE: Commission, and, accord- AYES: Councilmembers ingly, Commissioner Gold, Bosse, Mirisch, Cohen may not be reap- Brien, and Mayor pointed to serve on the Brucker Commission.

NOES: None ABSENT: None 1.4 The City Council CARRIED desires to match ——————————— OF Commissioner Cohen’s NOTICE term expiration with TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. those of two other retir- No: L528673 CA Unit Loan No: ing commissioners. This Code: L would permit the future FHIMA AP #1: 4341reduction of the 021-008 T.D. SERVICE Architectural Commission COMPANY, as duly from seven to five mem- appointed Trustee under bers, while allowing all the following described current members to com- Deed of Trust WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCplete their terms.

TION TO THE HIGH1.5 The City Council EST BIDDER FOR duly considered this mat- CASH (in the forms ter at a noticed public which are lawful tender meeting and finds that it in the United States) would be in the best and/or the cashier's, interest of the City to certified or other checks extend the term of specified in Civil Code Commissioner Cohen on Section 2924h (payable the Commission to July in full at the time of sale to T.D. Service 11, 2012.

Company) all right, title and interest conveyed Section 2.

Notwithstanding the pro- to and now held by it visions of Section 2-2- under said Deed of Trust 105 of the Beverly Hills in the property heredescribed: Municipal Code, the term inafter of Commissioner Cohen Trustor: FELIX FHIMA shall be extended to July Recorded July 15, 2009 as Instr.

No. 11, 2012.

20091064391 in Book Section 3.

To the -- Page --- of Official extent necessary, this Records in the office of Ordinance amends the the Recorder of LOS County; provisions of Beverly ANGELES Hills Municipal Code, CALIFORNIA , pursuant Title 2, Chapter 2, Article to the Notice of Default 1 to allow the City and Election to Sell recorded Council to extend the thereunder term of the Architectural June 13, 2011 as Instr.

2011-801487 in Commissioner designat- No. ed herein under the cir- Book --- Page --- of cumstances described in Official Records in the office of the Recorder of this Ordinance.

LOS ANGELES County YOU Section 4.

The City CALIFORNIA. IN DEFAULT Clerk shall cause this ARE Ordinance to be pub- UNDER A DEED OF lished at least once in a TRUST DATED JANU-

ARY 21, 2009.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 616 N. FOOTHILL DRIVE, BERVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 "(If a street address or common designation of property is shown above, no warranty is given as to its completeness or correctness)." Said Sale of property will be made in "as is" condition without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest as in said note provided, advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Said sale will be held on: OCTOBER 6, 2011, AT 11:00 A.M. *AT THE WEST SIDE DOORS TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTS BUILDING, 12720 NORWALK BLVD, NORWALK, CA At the time of the initial publication of this notice, the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the above described Deed of Trust and estimated costs, expenses, and advances is $1,100,790.68.

It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.

Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has not obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded.

The time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Date: September 8, 2011 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY as said Trustee, T.D. Service Company Agent for the Trustee and as

Authorized Agent for the Beneficiary CRYSTAL ESPINOZA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY T.D. SERVICE COMPANY 1820 E. FIRST ST., SUITE 210, P.O. BOX 11988 SANTA ANA, CA 92711-1988 The Beneficiary may be attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

If available, the expected opening bid and/or postponement information may be obtained by calling the following telephone number(s) on the day before the sale: (714) 480-5690 or you may access sales information at www.tacforeclosures.com.

TAC# 944704 PUB: 09/16/11, 09/23/11, 09/30/11 —————————— Trustee Sale No. 6156 Loan No. 121722987 Title Order No. 3917563 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/08/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10/07/2011 at 11:30AM, GOLDEN WEST FORECLOSURE SERVICE, INC. as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/12/2006, Instrument No.: 06 1280223 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: SHMUEL ERDE AND ROHELLE ERDE, as Trustor, EASTERN SAVINGS BANK, FSB, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BLVD. POMONA, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: Lot 459 Of Tract 7710, In The City Of Beverly Hills, County Of Los Angeles, California As Per Map Recorded In Book 83, Page(S) 94 And 95, Of Maps In The Office Of The County Recorder Of Said County. Except Therefrom All Right,

Title And Interest In And To That Certain Gregory Exploratory Area Oil And Gas Lease Executed By Standard Oil Company Of California, As Lessee, Dated May 19, 1964, As Amended On March 12, 1979 By Chevron U.S.A. Inc., As Lessee, And Carolyn Spiegel Stein, As Lessor, As Conveyed In The Document Recorded February 5,1981 As Instrument No. 81-138206 Official Records. Also Except Therefrom Any And All Right, Title And Interest In And To All Oil, Gas, And Other Hydrocarbon Substances Lying Below The Depth Of 500 Feet From The Surface Of Said Land, Without Any Right Of Entry To The Surface Nor To The Portion Of The Subsurface Within 500 Feet Below The Surface.

Assessor's Parcel Number: 4328-017-001 The property heretofore described is being sold "as is".

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 301 S. ROXBURY DR., BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $2,946,706.00 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. The undersigned mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or beneficiary pursuant to California Civil Code § 2923.5(b)(c) declares that the mortgagee, beneficiary or the mortgagee’s or beneficiary’s authorized agent has either contacted the borrower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code 2923.5.

DATE: 9/6/11 GOLDEN WEST FORECLOSURE SERVICE, INC., AS TRUSTEE 805 Veterans Blvd., Suite

September 16, 2011 | Page 29 218, Redwood City, CA 94063-1736 (650) 3692150 (Phone), (916) 939-0772 TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION By: Michael D. Orth, Secretary NPP0188963 PUB: 09/16/11, 09/23/11, 09/30/11 —————————— Trustee Sale No. 750013CA Loan No. 3012541219 Title Order No. 110289042-CA-MAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02-012007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10-072011 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 02-08-2007, Book N/A, Page N/A, I n s t r u m e n t 20070273917, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: RICHARD CASILLAS, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.

Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at

the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION B O U L E V A R D , POMONA, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,148,266.90 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 9811 SAN CIRCLE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 APN Number: 4384-021-003 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by email; by face to face meeting. DATE: 09-142011 CALIFORNIA R E C O N V E YA N C E COMPANY, as Trustee CASIMIR NUNEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA R E C O N V E YA N C E COMPANY IS A DEBT C O L L E C T O R ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA24379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or "http://www.lpsasap.co m" www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or "http://www.priorityposting.com" www.priorityposting.com P877201 9/16, 9/23, 09/30/2011

NOTICE— Fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Page 30 | September 16, 2011 Order No: 106001098 TS No: G10-05089 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN, DATED 5/27/2010, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE is hereby given that Witkin & Neal, Inc., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to that certain Notice of Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien (hereinafter referred to as “Lien”), recorded on 5/28/2010 as instrument number 10-733546 in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, and further pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded on 12/1/2010 as instrument number 10-1754682 in said county and further pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1367.1 and those certain Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded on 08/17/1981 as instrument number 81-822183. WILL SELL on 9/29/2011, 10:30 AM At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA a public auction to the highest bidder for lawful money of the United States payable at the time of sale, all right, title and interest in the property situated in said county as more fully described in the above referenced Lien. The purported owner(s) of said property is (are): Bahman Saghian, a married man as his sole and separate property. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property is purported to be: 268 Lasky Drive #204 Beverly Hills CA 90212, APN 4328-006-057. The undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Sale is: $36,141.58. The opening bid at the foreclosure sale may be more or less than this estimate. In addition to cash, the trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn on a state or federal credit union or a check drawn on state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or the endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale shall be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Lien, advances thereunder, with interest as provided in Declaration plus the fees, charges and expenses of the trustee. THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD IN AN “AS-IS” CONDITION. Witkin & Neal, Inc. is attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previ-

ously received a discharge in bankruptcy, you may have been released from personal liability for this debt in which case this notice is intended to exercise the secured party’s rights against the real property only. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the sale shall be subject to the following as provided in California Civil Code Section 1367.4(c)4: “a non judicial foreclosure sale by an association to collect upon a debt for delinquent assessments shall be subject to a right of redemption. The redemption period within which the separate interest may be redeemed from a foreclosure sale under this paragraph ends 90 days after the sale.” Dated: 8/25/2011 Witkin & Neal, Inc. as said Trustee 5805 SEPULVEDA BLVD., SUITE 670 VAN NUYS, CA 91411 (818) 8458808 By: Susan Paquette, Trustee Sales Officer THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. For sales information, call 714-573-1965 or go to www.priorityposting.com P874366, 9/2, 9/9, 09/16/2011 —————————— NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1326755-14 APN: 4384-017-002 TRA: 00067 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx6227 REF: Snyder, Drew IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED March 23, 2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On September 29, 2011, at 10:00am, CalWestern Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded March 30, 2007, as Inst. No. 20070750409 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Drew Carson Snyder, An Unmarried Man, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the west side of the los angeles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9680 Yoakum Drive Beverly Hills Area CA 90210 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession,

BEVERLY HILLS

PUBLIC NOTICES condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $906,819.23. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221.

Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 920229004 Dated: September 06, 2011. (R-389526 09/09/11, 09/16/11, 09/23/11) —————————— Trustee Sale No. 11-517976 PHH Title Order No. 110294589-CA-BFI APN 4340-019-111 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/27/08.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09/29/11 at 10:30 am, Aztec Foreclosure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/16/08 in Instrument No. 20081841420 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: Gloria ShumFriedenberg, Wife, Jeffrey Friedenberg, Husband, as Trustor, Charles Schwab Bank, NA, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state), At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described as: 838 NORTH DOHENY DRIVE, APARTMENT 1406, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,

expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to wit: $347,561.07 (Estimated) Accured interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months time have elapsed since such recordation.

Requirements of SB1137 have been met pursuant to the Notice of Sale Declaration of record. DATE: 8/25/2011 Robbie Weaver Assistant Secretary & Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation c/o 4665 MacArthur Court, Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (800) 731-0850 or (602) 222-5711 Fax: (847)627-8803 HYPERLINK "http://www.aztectrustee.co m"www.aztectrustee.com For Trustee’s Sale Information Call 714-5731965 HYPERLINK "http://www.Priorityposting. com"http://www.Prioritypost ing.com P875203 9/9, 9/16, 09/23/2011 —————————— Trustee Sale No. 251418CA Loan No. 5302627319 Title Order No. 857181 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/8/2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10/7/2011 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 08/18/2003, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 03 2377184, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: JOHN J. BURNS III, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,(MERS), SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER,RBC MORTGAGE COMPANY, IT’S SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-

ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Place of Sale: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BLVD., POMONA, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $537,579.40 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 8827 ROSEWOOD AVENUE WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90048 APN Number: 4336-017-019 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 9/8/2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee CASIMIR NUNEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com P876140 9/9, 9/16, 09/23/2011 ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011072124 The following is/are doing business as: EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED 1377 Appleton Way, Venice, CA 90291; Kim Hamer 1377 Appleton Way, Venice, CA 90291; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein July 2011: Kim Hamer; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 28, 2011; Published: August 26, September 02, 08, 16, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011085396 The following is/are doing business as: PIERPONT RELIEF, INC. 7368 Clinton St., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Pierpont Relief, Inc. 7368 Clinton St., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Bruce Burton Hersch, PhD, President; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 19, 2011; Published: August 26, September 02, 08, 16, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011085397 The following is/are doing business as: MYSTIC BOOTYE, INCORPORATED 7368 Clinton St., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Mystic Bootye, Incorporated 7368 Clinton St., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Bruce Burton Hersch, PhD, President; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 19, 2011; Published: August 26, September 02, 08, 16, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011086592 The following is/are doing busi-

ness as: CARING HEARTS HOME HEALTH AGENCY 12830 Branford St., Pacoima, CA 91331; Act American Health Care Inc. 12830 Branford St., Pacoima, CA 91331; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Filirene Twinkle Ayson, President; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 23, 2011; Published: August 26, September 02, 08, 16, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011091226 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BEVERLY HILLS BRAIN HEALTH CENTER CHINES ACUPUNCTURE 2) B.H. B.H.C.C.A. 201 N. Robertson Blvd. #207, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Linda Y. Ho 201 N. Robertson Blvd. #207, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Linda Ho; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 30, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088792 The following is/are doing business as: FLEA BATH & CO. 835 S. Sycamore Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Matthew Tenggren 835 S. Sycamore Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Matthew Tenggren; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011087325 The following is/are doing business as: CLARE PAULIN 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #368, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Wendy Clare Freedman 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #368, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein January 01, 2011: Wendy Freedman; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 24, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088788 The following is/are doing business as: AAMCO SANTA MONICA 2621 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405; AJ Investment Enterprises LLC 2621 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jennifer Tan Utasy; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088781 The following is/are doing business as: 1) UK 2) UK HAIR SALON 327 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Yumin Yu 327 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 1990: Yumin Yu; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088761 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SHIP N SHUCK 2) SHIPWRECK MUSIC 3) MUNCHOMATIC MUSIC 9255

Sunset Blvd. #1040, West Hollywood, CA 90069; Shipmatic, Inc. 9255 Sunset Blvd. #1040, West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein June 15, 2011: Ralph Schuckett, President; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088758 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BABY CIE INC. 2) LE CADEAUX @ LA TABLE 3) LE CADEAUX 4) LE CADEAUX CHIC 851 E. 60th St., Los Angeles, CA 90001; Norman Alan Kosser 9046 W. 24th St., Los Angeles, CA 90034; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein June 15, 2011: Norman Kosser, Owner; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088752 The following is/are doing business as: BINNUR KARAEVLI FILMS 446 N. Carmelina Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049; Binnur Karaevli 446 N. Carmelina Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Binnur Karaevli; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C —————————— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011086859 The following is/are doing business as: 1) JFX IMAGES 2) JFX DIRECT 10054 Andasol Ave. Northridge, CA 91325; Jefrox Direct, Inc. 10054 Andasol Ave. Northridge, CA 91325; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein on December 2001: Signed: Arnold Cousart, President.

Jefrox Direct, Inc.; Statement is filed with

the County of Los Angeles: August 23, 2011; Published: September 16, 23, 30, October , 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088746 The following is/are doing business as: CITY INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT GROUP 9107 Wilshire Blvd. #450, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; City Investment & Development Group, Inc. 9107 Wilshire Blvd. #450, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Marcella Graham, President; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011088739 The following is/are doing business as: CITY COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS 9107 Wilshire Blvd. #450, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; City Commercial Investment, Inc. 9107 Wilshire Blvd. #450, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein October 19, 2010: Marcella Graham, President; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 20110430953 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: ABRACADABRA UPHOLSTERY 911 9th St. #106, Santa Monica, CA 90403; The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on (date): March 22, 2011 in the county of Los Angeles; Marjorie V. Arce 911 9th St. #106, Santa Monica, CA 90403; Rocio T. De Fortunat 9955 Durant Dr. #104, Beverly Hills, CA 90401; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP declare that all information in this statement is true and correct, Signed: Marjorie V. Arce; Statement #2011088771 is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2011; Published: September 08, 16, 23, 30, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011096491 The following is/are doing business as: SUBZERO COLD STORAGE SOLUTIONS 1745 Camino Palmero St. #215, Los Angeles, CA 90046; Aleksandr Melnik 1745 Camino Palmero St. #215, Los Angeles, CA 90046; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Aleksandr Melnik; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 08, 2011; Published: September 16, 23, 30, October 07, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011094769 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BRAIN HEALTH ACUPUNCTURE CENTER 2) B.H.A.C. 3) ACUPUNCTURE BRAIN HEALTH CENTER 4) A.B.H.C. 201 N. Robertson Blvd. #207, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Linda Y. Ho 201 N. Robertson Blvd. #207, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Linda Ho; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 06, 2011; Published: September 16, 23, 30, October 07, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011089281 The following is/are doing business as: JSA DESIGN 8960 Cynthia St. #303, West Hollywood, CA 90069-4445; Jeanne S. (Jennifer) Adams 8960 Cynthia St. #303, West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein September 12, 2006: Jeanne S. (Jennifer) Adams; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 26, 2011; Published: September 16, 23, 30, October 07, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011097644 The following is/are doing business as: PAWN90210 249 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ben Jewelry, Inc. 249 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein September 09, 2011: Jeanne S. (Jennifer) Adams; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 12, 2011; Published: September 16, 23, 30, October 07, 2011 LACC N/C ——— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2011096463 The following is/are doing business as: AUTHENTIC DESIGNER MERCHANDISE 369 S. Doheny Dr. #236, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Celestine Collins 1828 S. Glendon Ave. PH1, Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Celestine Collins; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 08, 2011; Published: September 16, 23, 30, October 07, 2011 LACC N/C

BEVERLY HILLS NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0045558 Title Order No. 11-0036178 Investor/Insurer No. 1680650587 APN No. 5555-006-194 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/05/2002. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by THOMAS C HILBE AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 02/05/2002 and recorded 02/14/02, as Instrument No. 02-0357006, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 09/28/2011 at 9:00AM, Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel 711 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 California Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1155 NORTH LA CIENEGA BLVD. #PH7, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, 90069.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $175,667.64. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 09/02/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-0194 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector

PUBLIC NOTICES attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.ASAP# F N M A 4 0 4 8 5 6 9 09/02/2011, 09/09/2011, 09/16/2011 ——————— Trustee Sale No. 749675CA Loan No. 3063042935 Title Order No. 110278421-CA-MAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 07-05-2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09-23-2011 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 07-18-2006, Book NA, Page NA, Instrument 06 1574354, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: JOHN J. MORRISSEY, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BOULEVARD, POMONA, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $670,356.14 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 838 NORTH DOHENY DR UNIT 901 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 APN Number: 4340-019-086 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their

financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by email; by face to face meeting. DATE: 09-02-2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee FRED RESTREPO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 7302727 or HYPERLINK "http://www.lpsasap.com" www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or HYPERLINK "http://www.priorityposting.com" www.priorityposting.com P872228 9/2, 9/9, 09/16/2011 —————————— Title No. 4486957 ALS No. 2010-6258 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT OF A LIEN, DATED AUGUST 12, 2010. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On 9/27/2011, at 10:30 a.m., ASSOCIATION LIEN SERVICES, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to a certain lien, recorded on August 20, 2010, as instrument number 20101164553, of the official records of Los Angeles County, California.

WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR A CASHIERS CHECK at: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA The street address and other common designations, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 143 N. Arnaz Drive #101, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Assessor's Parcel No. 4334-008-038 The owner(s) of the real property is purported to be: Danur Properties, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designations, if any, shown herein.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of a note, homeowner's assessment or other obligation secured by this lien, with interest and other sum as provided therein: plus advances, if any, under the terms thereof and interest on such advances, plus fees, charges, expenses of the Trustee and Trust created by said lien. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to

be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice Of Sale is $23,438.74. Payment must be in cash, a cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state bank or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings & loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. The real property described above is being sold subject to the right of redemption. The redemption period within which real property may be redeemed ends 90 days after the sale. The beneficiary of said Lien hereto executed and delivered to the undersigned, a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said notice of default and election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located.

Date: 8/26/2011 Association Lien Services, as Trustee P.O. Box 64750, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 207-2027 By: Rose Mantalozi, Trustee Officer P874731 9/2, 9/9, 09/16/2011 ——————————— Title No. 914283 ALS No. 2009-5962 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT OF A LIEN, DATED MAY 5, 2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On 9/22/2011, at 10:30 A.M, ASSOCIATION LIEN SERVICES, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to a certain lien, recorded on May 7, 2008, as instrument number 20080804792, of the official records of Los Angeles County, California. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR A CASHIERS CHECK at: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 W. Mission Blvd.

Pomona, CA. The street address and other common designations, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1100 Alta Loma RD. No 602, West Hollywood, California 90069 a.k.a, 1100 N. Alta Loma #602, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Assessor's Parcel No. 5555-005-059 The owner(s) of the real property is purported to be: Michael Dekhtyar and Julie Dekhtyar, Trustees of Dekhtyar Family Trust dated May 1, 2003 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designations, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of a note, homeowner's assessment or other obligation secured by this lien, with interest and other sum as provided therein: plus advances, if any,

under the terms thereof and interest on such advances, plus fees, charges, expenses of the Trustee and Trust created by said lien. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $60,653.82. Payment must be in cash, a cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state bank or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings & loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. The real property described above is being sold subject to the right of redemption. The redemption period within which real property may be redeemed ends 90 days after the sale. The beneficiary of said Lien hereto executed and delivered to the undersigned, a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said notice of default and election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located.

Date: 8/25/2011 Association Lien Services, as Trustee P.O. Box 64750, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 207-2027 By: E. Canul, Trustee Officer P873173 9/2, 9/9, 09/16/2011 —————————— Trustee Sale No. 450697CA Loan No. 3013673516 Title Order No. 841161 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05-18-2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09-23-2011 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 05-30-2007, Book NA, Page NA, Instrument 20071296374, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: SHAHROKH JAVIDZAD AND LALEH JAVIDZAD HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,

September 16, 2011 | Page 31 expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BOULEVARD, POMONA, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $6,290,084.72 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 1002 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 APN Number: 4350-010-013 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by email; by face to face meeting. DATE: 08-26-2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee CASIMIR NUNEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY I N F O R M A T I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 7302727 or HYPERLINK "http://www.lpsasap.com" www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com P873010 9/2, 9/9, 09/16/2011 —————————— Trustee Sale No. 741881CA Loan No. 3017334214 Title Order No. 100257196-CA-MAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 04-21-2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09-23-2011 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 05-01-2007, Book , Page , Instrument 20071044134, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGE-

LES County, California, executed by: CATHERINE KUNZWEILER, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Place of Sale: THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BOULEVARD, POMONA, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $3,426,389.45 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 9288 SIERRA MAR DRIVE WEST HOLLYWOOD AREA, CA 90069 APN Number: 4392009-001 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by email; by face to face meeting. DATE: 08-30-2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee CASIMIR NUNEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY I N F O R M A T I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 7302727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com P872012 9/2, 9/9, 09/16/2011

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*** ADJACENT *** ** BEVERLY HILLS ** DELUXE 2 BDRM + 2 BATH UPPER Granite kitchen & bath, hardwood floors, beautiful patio, lots of closet space, new paint laundry on-site, parking.

NO PETS 923 WOOSTER ST. Call 310/657-3717

858 BEDFORD ST.

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• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • Very Spacious, A/C, intercom entry, on-sight laundry, prkg.

Close to Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Center, shops, cafes & transportation.

310/597-9750

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340 S. St. Andrews Pl.

OPEN SAT & SUN 11AM-3PM

BRENTWOOD * * * A D J A C E N T * * * 3 Bd. + 2 Ba. 11666 Goshen Ave. ** BEVERLY HILLS ** LOWER DUPLEX DELUXE 2 BDRM + (•)(•)(•)(•)(•) 2 car garage, dining 2 BATH UPPER • 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. room, breakfast area, Granite kitchen & bath, • Single+Loft+11/2 Ba. h a r d w o o d f l o o r s , washer/dryer, backyard • Single beautiful patio, lots of Beverly Hills ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) closet space, new paint North of Wilshire laundry on-site, parking.

Central air/heat, 310/800-3452 NO PETS fireplace, patio, 923 WOOSTER ST. controlled access, Call 310/657-3717 pool, elevator, parking, • BRENTWOOD • laundry facility. ~ WEST L.A. ~ 922 S. Barrington Av. 310/312-9871 1675 Colby Ave. • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • 1 Bdrm. + Fireplace, balcony, Den+11/2 Bath wet bar, dishwasher, • BRENTWOOD • 872 S. Westgate Ave. Spacious & Bright. elevator, laundry facility, A/C, balcony, covered garge. ****** dishwasher, stove, CLOSE TO SHOPS+DINING. 2 Bd.+2 Ba. wet bar, intercom entry, 818/669-1990 Hardwood floors, on-sight laundry, prkg.

310/477-0072 patio, dishwasher, In The HEART of parking, BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE WILSHIRE 170 N. Crescent Dr. laundry facility,

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310/207-1965

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CORRIDOR 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

10530-10540 Wilshire Bl.

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8725 Clifton Way 310/775-5226 Newly Remodeled • Single • • 3 Bdrm.+ Luxury Living 1 2 BDRM, 2.5 BATH 2 /2 Bath • with valet, with all stainless steel • 1 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. lush garden Lrg. unit. Balcony, appliances, washer surrounding pool, Walk-in closet, and dryer in unit. gym, elevator, etc. intercom entry, laundry Call: 310/470-4474 MOVE-IN SPECIAL facility, elevator, prkg.

1 MONTH FREE RENT • CHARMING & BRIGHT • BRENTWOOD 519 S. Barrington Ave. Close to Cedars, Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚ restaurants, shopping 1˚Bdrm. + 1 Bath ~ WEST ~ & transportation.

Bright unit.

LOS ANGELES • 310/246-3889 • Dishwasher, On-site 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath laundry, parking.

2 Bdrm. + 1 Bath Close to C U LV E R C I T Y Patio, stove, Brentwood Village.

3830 Vinton Ave. controlled access, 310/472-8915 on-site laundry, prkg. •• • • SINGLE • • •• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath 1307 Barry Ave. WESTWOOD Pool, sauna, fridge, 1409 Midvale Ave. 310/473-1509 dishwasher intercom ••• ••• ••• SMALL QUIET BLDG.

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B EVERLY H ILLS LIVING. 2600 Virginia Ave. • S p a c i o u s • Balcony, dishwasher, • 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath • elevator, intercom Patio, stove, dishwasher, entry, on-site on-site laundry, parking. laundry, parking.

SANTA MONICA

Close to school, freeway & transportation.

Please Call:

310/435-3693

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Large & Bright.

B r i g h t & A i r y.

Balcony, Dishwasher, Heated pool, balcony, a/c, Intercom entry, on-sight dishwasher, controlled parking, on-sight access, elevator, laundry facility. laundry room, parking.

CLOSE TO TRANSPORTAIION. 310/929-0610 4 Blks. to Beach.

310/820-1810

10905 Ohio Ave.

Bright, on-site laundry, On-site parking. Close to transportation.

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. 309 S. Sherbourne Dr. ( ••• ----- ••• )

1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba.

Newly Remodeled.

Balcony, Large closets, a/c, elevator, dishwasher, controlled access. Close to Cedars/shops/trans.

310/247-8689

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125 N. Barrington Av.

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N EWLY R EMODELED • 1 B drm.+ 1 B ath •

• • • •2 B d . + 2 B a .• • • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • • •

• 310/654-1507 •

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2 Bdrm.+11/2 Bath

LARGE, SUNNY & BRIGHT. Patio, dishwasher, heated pool, intercom entry, on-sight lndry., prkg.

Close to Everything.

424/202-7286

HOLLYWOOD

1769-1775 Sycamore Av.

• Bachelor

• • • • • • • Single

WESTWOOD 1380 Midvale Ave.

1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. Single

••• • •• • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • •• • •• • • • Bright, controlled access, balcony, pool, elevator, laundry fac., prkg.

Close To U.C.L.A. 310/477-6856

218 S. Tower Dr.

• • • • • • • • 1 Bd.+1 Bath •

10933 Rochester Ave.

Jr. Executive 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath

Spacious, balcony, Pool, elevator, a/c, fireplace, pool, controlled access, on- controlled access, sight laundry, parking. laundry fac., parking.

Close to U.C.L.A. Close To U.C.L.A.

310/473-1509

310/473-5061

BRENTWOOD

NORTH OF BURTON WAY

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Newly Updated 1 Blk. East of Doheny 1 BEDROOM 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath Clean, bright, nice size

••••••• Pool, a/c, balcony, Balcony, dishwasher, fridge, stove, laundry a/c, heated pool, rm., prkg., intercom elevator controlled entry, elevator.

C L O S E T O S H O P S access, on-site laundry, parking. Close to & R ESTAURANTS .

Brentwood Village, 310/385-9169 Shops & Restaurants.

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SANTA MONICA * * * * * * * • CONDO QUALITY • 1628 Westgate Ave. 1* Bdrm. + 1 Bath 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath th 843 4 St. 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath

WESTWOOD

808 4th St. * 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath * * 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath * * Large fireplace, * balcony, dishwasher, intercom entry, elevator, prkg., pool.

• Close to Beach • 310/393-3547

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Upscale, Bright, Gorgeous & Spacious.

1 Bdrm. + 2 Bath BEVERLY HILLS With Pool, balcony, Balcony, controlled 310/841-2367 443 S. Oakhurst Dr. central air, fireplace, A/C, pool, intercom access, parking, stove, elevator, 2 Bdrm.+ entry, laundry facility, elevator, on-site laundry. intercom entry, prkg.

2 B a t h W E S T L .

A . elevator, parking.

Close to shopping.

1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath 1343 Carmelina Ave. Close to U.C.L.A. • 310/476-2181 • 323/352-6255 Close to shopping.

BRIGHT & SPACIOUS = = = = = 310/478-8616

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SANTA MONICA

apartments. Swimming pool, laundry facilty and gated garage.

Call 310/276-9871

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GORGEOUS NEWLY REMODELED • 310/826-4889 • 4 BDRM + 3.5 BATHS $4,200/MO. = BRENTWOOD = New kitchen, new bath, 417 S. Barrington Av. new appliances, new : : : : : : : : : : : : : : flooring, 2 car garage, • 2 Bdrm.+1 Bath • rooftop for BBQ & sun.

Gina 310/610-2997 Hardwood floors, pool, laundry facility, WILSHIRE controlled access, prkg.

CORRIDOR Close to Brentwood Village. LUXURY HIGH RISE • 310/440-5051 • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $3,700 • Condo Lease • VERY UNIQUE • MUST SEE View. 24hr. doorman, valet, pool, spa, gym. New S.S. Border of appliances, carpet, blinds.

BEVERLY HILLS Marble bath ctrs., many 321 S. Sherbourne Dr. closets, balcony, wet bar, • • Spacious • • washer/dryer, central • Jr. Executive • • • air, 2-sub parking.

Controlled access, NEAR WESTWOOD VILLAGE. air conditioning, stove, 310/721-8248 elevator, laundry facility, parking.

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LOW MOVE-IN!

CLOSE TO CEDARS-SINAI, BEVERLY CENTER & TRENDY ROBERTSON BL.

“THE 51 MISSION” GHOST WRITING • WESTWOOD •

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Old World Charm!

Bright, intercom entry, Controlled access, L.A.’S FINEST, MOST fridge, stove, laundry fac. **CENTURY CITY** LUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL laundry facility.

2220 S. Beverly Glen * * * * * * Utilities Included. Close to restaurants • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • • 2 Bd.’s+2 Ba.’s & shopping.

323/851-3790 323/651-2598 • • S i n g l e • • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. Close to Everything.

6-Month Lease Avail.

• • Lots of • • * * * * * * • WESTWOOD • Character & Charm!

Beverly Hills Adj. Every Extra Luxury: 672 Kelton Ave. Alcove fireplace, fridge, • 2 Bedroom custom cabinets, granite X-St. Strathmore • 2 Bath laundry facility, gated countertops, stone entry, • 1 Bdrm. +1 Bath • 2nd floor unit, pool, health club, spa. parking, intercom • 2 Bdrm. +1 Bath • hardwood floors, a/c, • Close to UCLA • entry and more.

1350 S. Midvale Ave. 2-closets, laundry Controlled access, parking, laundry facility. • 310/552-8064 • L.A., 90024 room, parking.

Rooftop jacuzzi with Contact Mgr.: Close to U.C.L.A. Please Call: panoramic city views.

• 310/864-0319 • 310/208-3085 310/600-6287

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Shown by appointment

310/966-1014

SOUTH MAPLE DR. Spacious 3 Bd.+2 Ba. Hrwd. flrs., granite ctrs., eat-in kitch., wet bar, Beverly Hills Adj. balcony, lots of closet Luxury Condo space, central air, 2 BDRM.+2 BATH 2-sub parking.

New paint, flooring, $2,950/MO. lighting, granite, window 310/385-7188 coverings. Washer/dryer +appliances in unit, central BEVERLY HILLS ADJ air. 2 car prkg., pool.

449 S. Le Doux Road $2,395/MO. 2 BDRM, 2 BATH 818/321-1942 Remodeled to condo quality with controlled BEVERLY HILLS access, washer/dryer 8747 Clifton Way hook-up, 2 car parking. 2 BDRM. + 2 BATH Available Now! $2,195/MO. $2,795/MO. Central air, dishwasher, Contact Elaine at: microwave, parking, 310/246-0901 laundry facility, gated entry, elevator, upgraded • BEVERLY HILLS • kitchen, rooftop patio.

2 Bdrm. • $2,790/Mo. Ron:310/990-1730

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ HUGE 3 BD. + 2 BA Lower Spanish Duplex Formal dining, breakfast, laundry, + 2 car garage. Hardwood flrs + carpet bedrooms.

REDUCED $3,700 Gardener Included Call 323/937-4432

all listings are on centurycityliving.com Valet and Guest Parking. Huge Heated Pool, Security Staff, ————— Doorman & HouseWESTWOOD 865 Comstock Ave. man, Switchboard Remodeled & Spacious Tennis, Fitness Center 2 BD+2 BA • $3,600 Business Center Hrwd flrs, stainless NEW LISTINGS EVERYDAY

Call for latest properties

CENTURY PARK EAST EXTRA LARGE 2 BEDROOM + DEN $3,650/Month 2 Jumbo Balconies. South Tower.

Fantastic City Views. Updated Kitchen & Baths, Granite Counters Washer & Dryer, Laminated Floors Lots of Closets

CENTURY PARK EAST CENTURYTOWERS PARK PLACE CENTURY HILL LE PARC CENTURY WOODS For Sale See our Ad Sec. 270

steel appliances, quiet hillside views, large balcony, washer/dryer.

Great for entertaining.

Full service bldg.

310/435-3558

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• BURTON WAY • 3 Bd.+Den+ 21/2 Ba.

*BEVERLY HILLS* FRENCH CHATEAU 342 N. PALM DR. 2 BEDROOM + DEN + 2.5 BATHROOM Upper with balcony, Granite kitchen, marble floors, jacuzzi tub with separate steam shower.

Deluxe Unit. $3,400/MO. (Minimum 2 year lease) By appointment only

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CENTURY PARK EAST 2 Bdrm + Den, corner unit w/2 balconies.

Remodeled kitchen with granite counter tops and marble bathrooms.

Remodeled wood flrs to living, den & dining. $3,400/MO. Available October 1st.

Call 310/203-0422

LUXURY 3 BEDROOM DUPLEX APARTMENT Bay windows, new kitchen, wall-to-wall carpet, owner occupied.

No garage. Retired professional couple preferred. No Smokers. $3,000/MO. Call 323/242-4598

9583 ALCOTT ST.

* SPACIOUS * 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH Balcony, bar, fireplace, New stove, central A/C laundry on each floor, elevator, 2-car parking.

Great manager on-site Sorry No Pets. $2,200 & Up Call 310/278-6640

MIRACLE MILE

- 2 BEDROOM - 1 B AT H Hardwood flrs., a/c, fridge, stove, washer/dryer in unit. $1,400/Month

323/857-0317

————— BEVERLY HILLS 1 BDRM, 1 BATH $1,295/MO.

1/2 Month Free Rent (OAC) New carpet, laundry, A/C, parking, Cats ok.

Call 310/278-8999

————— MIRACLE MILE Across LACMA 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Hardwood flrs., tub/stall shower, stove, fridge, laundry facility, parking. $1,250/Month

760/321-4999

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Professionally deco- BEVERLY HILLS rated. All new interior. 1 BDRM. 1 3/4 BATH 818/679-6747 Hrwd., drapes, granite $1,695/MO. (No Calls after 8 PM) kitch/bath, s.s. appl., w/d Gated entry, central air, hook-ups, hi-ceilings. dishwasher, microwave 310/271-6811 4 closets, patio, parkBEVERLY HILLS ADJ Cell: 310/994-4122 ing, laundry, elevator 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH D e l u x e S p a c i o u s Must see! 439 S. Rexford and rooftop garden.

8747 Clifton Way Upper Duplex With large view balcony, BEVERLY HILLS Ron:310/990-1730 formal dining room, • BURTON WAY • lots of storage, 1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba. PRIME BEV. HILLS cuboards & built-in 1,600 SQ. FT. Canon/Charleville closets, central Fireplace, washer/dryer 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH air, hardwood floors, fireplace and appliances. hook-ups, hardwood Large upper, light and clean, secured building, Great location, quiet street. floors, new carpet, Must see to appreciate. central air, balcony, with hardwood floors, Absolutely Beautiful! 2-parking. NO Pets laundry facility, permit $3,100/MO. $2,500/MO. parking only. No Pets.

C a l l 3 2 3 / 7 4 4 - 1 0 3 4 Call 310/777-0349 $1,500/MO. Call 310/729-1400 HANCOCK PARK BEVERLY HILLS ADJ for appointment.

2,200 SQ. FT. Fireplace, washer/dryer hook-ups, new floors and carpet, central air, balcony, 2-parking.

NO pets. $3,500/MO. Call 310/777-0349

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SERVICE DIRECTORY

9955 DURANT DR. 320 S. CLARK DR. PRIME LOCATION Robertson/Burton Way MUST SEE! Terrific Bright Upper **BEVERLY HILLS** BEVERLY HILLS 1 BEDROOM HUGE 3 BD + 3BA. & BRENTWOOD $1,450/MO. Approx 2000 sf, lots of LUXURY UNITS Elevator, stall shower closet space, central GAMA Central + tub, large closet, air & heat, intercom • SINGLES ceiling fan, balcony, HEAT & AIR entry, side-by-side 2 • 1 BEDROOMS controlled access, Since 1979 car parking, No Pets.

• 2 BEDROOMS quiet building, no pets. • Home or Business Close to B.H.H.S. Hardwood flrs/Carpets C a l l 4 2 4 / 2 4 9 - 3 0 1 2 • Same-Day Service $2,995/MO. o r 3 2 3 / 2 5 2 - 5 6 0 0 • 100% Guaranteed Contact Hector at: 310/277-9340 From $1,500-$2,200

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336 S. Doheny Dr. 1 BD + 1 BATH LOWER Newly remodeled with spacious living & dining room, hardwood, stove, fridge, lots of closets, parking, laundry facility.

911 Wooster Apt.#4 Spacious & Beautiful 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH stove, fridge, parking & laundry facility. Lovely quiet neighborhood. $1,150/MO. Call 805/379-2000

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Compact 1 Bedroom Carpets, drapes, mini-blinds, stove, refrigerator. No pets. $995/Month

Call 310/276-8111 "YOUR Comfort is our Reputation."

Lic.#445484

ANTIQUES BUY & SELL

HIGHEST CASH

PRICES PAID ••••••••••

Antiques - Old Coins Tiffany Items Paintings - Objets d’Art Estate Jewelry: Gold - DiamondsVintage Watches Lalique - Art Glass Fine Porcelains: Meissen - Sevres Marble Statues Bronze Sculptures Clocks - Silver Furniture: French English - American One Item or Entire Estates Purchased For Cash. Prompt & Considerate Response to All Inquiries.

House Calls O.K. ••••••••••

MICHAEL NEWMAN

310/275-0467

310/276-0188 818/888-9200

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Visit my website at beverlyhillsantiques.com

MISELLANEOUS FOR SALE

WANTED

ALLIGATOR, CROCODILE, EXOTIC SKINS & DESIGNER BAGS HANDBAGS AND ACCESSORIES OLD & NEW

TOP DOLLAR PAID $1,450/MO. C a l l 3 1 0 / 9 8 0 - 3 2 9 6 Call 310/289-9561

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ART BUY & SELL

ANTIQUES BUY & SELL

WARHOL

THE DINA COLLECTION We Buy Gold!!

WATCHES WANTED

We are the biggest buyers & lenders for fine art and jewelry.

MAKE THE MOST MONEY, "CONSIGN" YOUR FINE JEWELRY & WATCHES

Buying Signed Prints & Originals.

A LSO : LICHTENSTEIN POLLOCH • HOCKNEY WYETH • THIEBAUD H A R I N G • R. CRUMB

CONSIGNMENT JEWELRY

WATCHES - DIAMONDS - ESTATE JEWELRY – SIGNED PIECES Tiffany, Cartier, VCA, Buccellati, Rolex, Patek Philippe

zyart@pacbell.net

310/259-9188

The Dina Collection

A RT S E RV I C E S

249 South Beverly Drive

JEWELRY /

Off Rodeo Dr. Over 35 years experience. *Fully Insured* We sold million Dollar Estates.

RODEO FINE JEWELRY 9608 BRIGHTON WAY, BEVERLY HILLS, 90210,

Call Martin or Batia 310/275- 8072 LIC.# 1910-1088

310-888-8888 As seen on E! Entertainment “PAWN: 90210”

ask for Yossi Dina, Mr. Pawn 90210

CABINETRY Kitchen & bath

Email:YOSSID@PACBELL.NET

we buy antiques!

Highest prices paid, satisfaction Guaranteed!

ANTIQUE SILVER BUY & SELL

We Buy Sterling Silver Over 15 Years Specializing in Estate Sterling.

Flatware, Dinnerware, Vases, Pitchers, Goblets, Trays, Estate Sterling, Tea Sets, etc.

310-435-1056 http://RareSterling.com Beverly Hills • We Pay Cash • We Deliver Licensed Antique Silver Dealer

We Pay More Than Anyone in L.A.

Paintings Arte Deco Art Nouveau Marble Statues Russian Items

Chinese Art Clocks Chandeliers Porcelain Dresden

Meissen KPM Royal Vienna Islamic Art Bronze

Sculpture Glass Tifanny Lalique Galle Daum

TRADES & CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED TOO! WE

CAN BUY ONE ITEM OR YOUR ENTIRE HEIRLOOM!

Edan Sassoon Tel: 310.858.7666 • Cell: 310.770.6607 sassooninc@aol.com

www.ArteAntiques.com

The Gem of Beverly Hills The Gem of Beverly Hills

Buy Sell Loan Gold, DiamondBuy s, FiSell ne ELoan state Jewelry and WatcFine hes. Estate Jewelry CASH? Gold, NEED Diamonds, We buy Gold & and Watches.

Diamonds

CONTRACTOR/ HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR

• AC • CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

REMODELING & NEW ADDITIONS FREE Estimates

Starting a New Business?

We FILe and Publish DBA’s.

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310.278.5380 L I C : # 8 0 1 8 8 4 • F U L L Y INSURED

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n f igdueanr at inatle eldo a n s a v a i l a b l e !

S e e u s l aNs tEfEoD r t hCeAmSoHs t? CCAoS H Now paying premiums for large diamonds.

LIC.# 1910-0975

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CARE ELECTRIC

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All Electrical Needs!

Residential/Commercial Expert Repair Small Job O K Fully Insured All Work Guaranteed!

Emergency Response within one hour!

Main: 323/876-3099 Cell: 310/901-9411 Lic.#: 568446

FLOORS

MOVING

ALL KINDS OF FLOOR JOBS

ENTERPRISE

• Laminate, Bamboo • Hardwood Installation • Sanding, Finishing •Kitchen Cabinets, Repair, Renew • Painting • Carpeting

=== MOVING === 1-800-216-5223 Same Day Pick-Up Discount For Seniors & Women FREE Estimates Visa/MC Accepted

MOVING

Call: 818/433-7701 • 818/572-7221

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Member BBB

PAINTING

JACOB BROTHERS’

J.R. ELECTRIC

PA I N T I N G

“I DO IT ALL”

FINE EUROPEAN CRAFTSMANSHIP

• Fixtures • Recess Lights • Trouble Shooting

at reasonable prices!

10% Discount w/AD

800-357-0775

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

LIC: 522932

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Call JUNIOR 310/653-2551

Interior/Exterior House • Commercial Apt. • Industrial • Hi-Rise Since 1982 I Have Great Preparation

HANDY

PEOPLE HOLLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION & HANDYMAN SERVICES Big or Small, One Call Does It All! “Simply the Best” 323/513-8851

Lic. # 689667 • Bonded / Insured

MARBLE RESTORATION

RESTORATION EXPERTS

Clean Marble Ti l e & G r o u t Seal Travertine Cleaning • HANDYMAN • Limestone Polish From 29¢ sq ft.

• Home Repairs Grind Granite • Remodeling • Carpentry Hone Saltillo • Ceramic Tile • Plumbing Repair Concrete • Drywall • Painting Refinish Tile & • Plaster • Wallpaper Fill Grout • Call Dave • Strip VCT Cell: 213/300-0223 Carpet Floor • Countertop • Wall Stain 323/651-1832

323/733-4898

MOVING * DEPENDABLE * **MOVERS** A Full Service & Courteous Mover.

• FREE Wardrobe Boxes & Prep.

Handicapped & Military

No Job Too Small!

LICENSED HANDYMAN

AllCleanExpress.com • Lic.# 884937 Integrity • Experience • Equipment • F R E E E S T I M AT E S •

• 323/630-9971 • • 323/997-1193 •

FREE Estimates.

3733 S. Robertson Bl., Culver City, 90232

# B650400 No job too SMALL or BIG.

Electrical • Plumbing • Painting Int./Ext. • Framing • Tile • Concrete Drywall • Glasswork Carpentry • Welding Additions • Remodeling

From A to Z. Call Rony:

• 310/245-1717 • Bonded & Insured

1-800-314-5134 • 310-800-5080

CALIFORNIA BEST PA I N T I N G Interior/Exterior Residential/Commercial

Plaster, Drywall & Repair

FREE Estimates.

Lic. #854322

• Discount for Seniors, • 877/430-1112

• Patio • Lobby • Residential • Commercial • Industrial

No Job Too BIG or Too small!

Call Young anytime “I Do My Own Work”

Low Rates • Free Estimates Insured • (Lic. CAL.T-154009)

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GOLD COAST MARBLE • Marble Polishing • Sealing • Floor Restoration • Grout Cleaning Call For Free Estimate: • 818/348-3266 • 818/801-9503 • • Member of BBB Real Estate Agents/Sellers, • Prep Your Property.

• 213/382-0020

Bonded • Insured

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

NO JOB TOO SMALL. LIC. # 641602 BONDED + INSURED 20 Years Experience

323/658-7847 323/864-2490 FREE ESTIMATE

508 AUTOS FOR SALE

SERVICE DIRECTOR Y

ELECTRIC

2003 HONDA ACCORD EX-L V6. Silver w/leather, automatic, moon roof iPod dock. Original owner, only 67K miles Excellent Condition. $8,950 Call 310/497-5539

————— 2006 BMW 750i White, beige leather interior. 42,000mi. No accidents. $31,000

2007 BMW 328i Black, Terra Dakota leather int., 46,000mi., performance modifications.

Under warranty. $22,000

310/435-6655

————— 2002 VOLKSWAGEN 2 DR / HATCHBACK GTI 1.8T

Silver/Black Leather Int. 109,000 Milage.

Manual transmission Brand new tires/battery No major work on the body or the car. Cooling system hoses have been replaced within the year.

Runs Great/ Very Clean.

$5,500 Call 213/948-9146

508 AUTOS WANTED

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USED CARS CALL ED 310/413-1138

WANTED 1953-1967 CORVETTE’S Running or Not. Private Party.

Will Pay Cash!

Bob 818/267-9800

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LETTERS Publisher Clifton S. Smith, Jr ******* Associate Publisher Marcia W. Hobbs Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Steve Simmons ******* Fashion Director Tawny Sanders Joan Mangum Society Editor

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From the Publisher CLIF SMITH

WHAT IF THE SKY IS FALLING That line, and lines like, “even paranoid people have enemies,” can evoke humor, sarcasm or reflection. For us here in the crow’s nest at the top of the highest mast of the sinking ship America (otherwise known as Beverly Hills), we can mix metaphors to our heart’s content and generally ignore the financial and other disasters happening all around us. After all, we'll just borrow what we want from China and keep on doing what we're doing.

We are so fortunate with our wealth and prosperity that we can usually just assume the occasional rock dropped from the sky came from a bird or was tossed by someone with bad (or good?) aim. At a minimum, bad stuff happening certainly cannot be a harbinger of worse things to come, can it? Just ignore it–it will go away. So what are we to make of what’s going on in the world?

We are watching Israel’s neighbors falling one at a time to Islamist extremists. Our president thinks that’s great. The “Arab Spring.” Wonderful. No more dictators (or at least no more dictators that want to leave us and Israel alone.) Anyone who believes that Egypt, Libya and probably Jordan will not become radical Islamist states is probably descended from the same people who thought Hitler was not serious and that Stalin was just “another Joe.” (They also scoff at Iran’s promises to destroy Israel, us and others.) No, this is not an ethnic charge or accusation: virtually the entire Western World believed that in 1938.

Instead of worrying about history repeating itself (always a mixed message), try this: you are a screenwriter. You need a screenplay.

You have this little country of free people. They tend to get attacked and had to fight a bunch of wars to save themselves. In the process, they always won. That made their enemies back off. Some even signed peace treaties and worked together. Still, their enemies heavily outnumber them and hate them to the core of their beings. It doesn't matter for a long time because you are so strong you beat them back always.

Because you defeat these peoples time and again, some decide to get along with you and one or two will even work with you. Their kings and rulers support you in a tacit pact to keep the peace and try to build prosperity. That works for a while. Then, one by one your friends or peace partners die or are overthrown replaced by people who hate you. The new bunch gets money including massive amounts from your biggest “friend.” They build weapons, teach their sons and daughters to kill you, and keep growing in size and numbers. You do not.

Many of your own people doubt you and your overseas relatives tell you to accept death and suffering just to make things even. Your biggest friend suddenly decides you are not perfect and refuses to stand up for you. He still kinda does, but not really. The ones who want to kill you see this as withdrawing support and become even more threatening. You see guns, rockets, bullets, mines, bombs stockpiled right next to you. You hear screams for revenge and destruction coming from these people. Your enemies even start attacking you on a regular basis and everyone else tells you to be quiet and take it. Suddenly, it really is just you against the world.

Doesn’t this sort of seem like C.S. Lewis or maybe Tolkien and his Hobbit books? You are the screenwriter. You start searching for a happy ending. After all, you want the movie to make money and tragedies are no fun.

What will the ending be? Will you have a mystical lion come back from the dead to save you? Giant trees walking across the fields hurling boulders at your enemies to crush them? What about the god of water rising up to drown your opponents? Pretty good fantasy and we get a happy ending.

Good job, writer. Is this the story that will unfold? Or maybe it is Homer’s Troy, strong until deceived and destroyed.

It could also be Israel in real life.

If your politics refuse to allow you to connect the dots, see what's coming, or realize what is going on, then just pretend to be the screenwriter here. How will it turn out? What miraculous creature will appear to make it a happy ending? What if there is no such creature? What if it is only the real world? Try writing that one.

Maybe the sky really is falling.

I would like to thank the local media for focusing the public's attention on the issues facing local government, in particular budget shortfalls and rising pension costs.

Our community is passionate about the quality of its local government services and the employees who deliver them. Fair, equitable, and sustainable pension benefits can be achieved with the active involvement of our community.

The City Council is well aware pension reform is needed and has been working for many months on curbing retirement benefit costs A citizen panel headed by City Treasurer Eliot FInkel is researching the problem and has made many excellent recommendations, which are posted on the City website: www.beverlvhills.orQ/emploveecompensation.

In discussing the pension issue, it is essential to communicate the true extent of the problem using data and assumptions that accurately depict the pension program in Beverly Hills. An article in last Friday's edition of The Courier calculated the cost of City pensions using assumptions that are not representative of most City employees.

The example of a hypothetical 55-year-old employee with 30 years of service in Beverly Hills and a $160,000 salary is far from typical and represents no more than 6 percent of the City's full employment. In Beverly Hills, the median base pay (on which pensions are calculated) for safety employees, which include police and fire, is $113,647. The median base pay for miscellaneous (non safety) employees is $62,665 Even with the benefit that counts Citypaid employee contribution in calculations for pension purposes, these medians are substantially below $160,000. Safety employees retire on average at age 54 with 27 years of service.

Miscellaneous employees retire on average at age 58 with 20 years of service. In calculating the total cost of pensions the example assumed a 5 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) every year. The actual COLA is 2 percent.

In addition, many employees, including myself will retire having worked for multiple California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) agencies and collect benefits from the contributions made by each agency–not just Beverly Hills.

Employee benefits, including pensions, are now covered by existing contracts with the various bargaining groups. By California law they can only be changed through discussions with those employee groups and the collective bargaining process. These discussions are taking place now with safety employees and will take place with other groups as their contracts expire. Comprehensive information on Beverly Hills salaries and benefits is available on the City’s website: www.beverlyhills.org/empioveecompensation.

Other reforms can only be made through legislation at the state level. Information on steps that are being taken to achieve reform at the state level is available at the League of California

Rabbi Jacob Pressman ‘WHAT IF?’ There are two little words, six letters in all, which play an enormous role in our destiny. For example, WHAT IF Eve, in the Garden of Eden, had not taken from the fruit of the apple tree, despite the Divine warning for her not to do so; and what if she had not offered it to Adam; and WHAT IF Adam had never tasted it; and WHAT IF their Creator had not thrown them out of Paradise for disobeying Him; would we all still be living in Paradise?

And WHAT IF when Moses, who had been rescued from the Nile and raised in Pharaoh’s palace, had not come to the aid of a Hebrew slave and slain an Egyptian guard, and had to flee to Midian, would Moses have succeeded Pharaoh and the Hebrew slaves would never have left Egypt and spent 40 years in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land, would there ever have been a Jewish nation?

WHAT IF ancient Rome, which had dominated the Mediterranean Basin for centuries, had not become weakened and was overrun, would we all be Italians?

WHAT IF Christopher Columbus had ended up in Alaska Instead of the West Indies, would we be living in igloos?

WHAT IF George Washington had been subject to seasickness and had never crossed the Delaware River to smite the Hessian mercenaries, would we still be British subjects?

WHAT IF Abraham Lincoln had said to his wife: “Honey, I’m too tired to go to the theater tonight. Let’s stay home.” Would we still have the Lincoln Memorial?

WHAT IF Franklin Delano Roosevelt had not been stricken with polio, would we still have had the March of Dimes, which bankrolled the research of the Salk and Sabin vaccines?

And WHAT IF March Schwartz had not invited me to write my column in The Courier and his successor, Clifton Smith, had not asked me to continue doing so, would I now be writing for The New York Times and syndicated across the land? Probably not.

Cities website: www.cacities. org/index.isp?zone=locc&previewstory=28435.

I encourage the entire community to learn more and speak up about this complex and difficult issue.

Jeff Kolin (Beverly Hills City Manager) Editor’s Note: Mr. Kolin is correct to point out that calculating pension payments over decades has many variables. Past estimates of pension liabilities have invariably proven woefully low. The Courier stands by its calculations. ****** My house is just a little too big but I love it. It was built for entertaining, and while there have been joyous parties for friends and family, never have BHPD come to my door at the request of disturbed neighbors –not once in 12 years of celebrations. Yet, I have relied on the police twice this month alone to stop my floors from vibrating and paintings from going crooked on the walls. It wasn’t an earthquake, but various neighbors on my street blasting music, screaming and shouting.

Understand that I respect the desire for people to enjoy and share their homes. I feel the same. What has never been explained, even when former Mayor Jimmy Delshad lobbied for drastic revisions to the noise ordinance, and a committee investigated the prospect for months...is why the homeowner planning in advance to throw a wild party, feels that desire trumps mine to enjoy my home? Please, someone educate me. And while you’re at it.....why is an “apologetic”notice, a bottle of wine, or an invitation for me to evacuate my home while a neighbor’s party goes out of control, not simply entitlement, rudeness and flaunting lack of responsibility?

Lee Schiller (Beverly Hills) ****** As a 2010 BHHS graduate, I was pleased to read in the editori-

al “Proving the Pudding” there has been a significant improvement in BHUSD’s once declining API scores.

I did have a slight problem with Clif Smith’s proposed cause of this commendable development. While he rightfully pointed out the strides in performance made by teachers, principals and administrators which he believes did the bidding of a “reformed” school board, he overlooked the necessary role played by both parents and children in demanding quality education of their families.

It is the parents who chose to vote for strong property taxes and a $300 million bond issue and who must encourage a strong work ethic and love of learning. It is the children who may translate these values (or lack thereof) into classroom performance, academic achievement and upon whose commitment the efforts of fellow classmates, teachers and even administrators rest upon.

During my time a BHHS, I do recall there having been a fair number of “bad” teachers and much corruption and secrecy from the administration. They existed only alongside students too content to either text their way through school on their blackberries or leapfrog their way through the “easiest A” classes utilizing the deficiencies of the education system to gain marks without knowledge.

A great deal of such behavior stemmed from lack of expectations on the part of parents and the community. Firing all the “bad” administrators or reducing certain teachers’ salaries have been tried and tested throughout the nation, but a change in the dominant attitudes of the student body and the encouragement of a “culture of education” by both parents and the wider community would amount to truly revolutionary change.

Ryland Lu ( Beverly Hills)

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