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October 27, 2017

Beverly Hills School Board Extends JPA Through November As Funding Increase Talks Continue

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Beverly Hills history is now at the fingertips of smartphone users.

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Karén Setian and Ida Nalbandian were honored with the Embrace Civility Award.

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Kendall Jenner purchased the former Beverly Hills home of Charlie Sheen. 10 •Sports •Birthdays •Letters to the Editor

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Photo by Victoria Talbot

Kathy, Rick Hilton Honored By Maple Counseling Center

By Victoria Talbot Rick and Kathy Hilton were honored Wednesday at the Access for All Gala on behalf of the Maple Counseling Center, which took place at the Montage Beverly Hills.

The Hiltons were recognized with the Maple Award for Community Excellence for their long-time support for philanthropic causes that assist high risk chil-

dren.

Joined by their son Barron (with fiancée Tessa) and daughter Paris, who introduced the couple from the podium, the Hiltons were gracious in their acceptance and expansive about the mental health services provided by the Maple Counseling Center.

Rick is Chairman and Co(see ‘HILTON’ page 20)

Beverly Hills Woofstock Returns To Roxbury Park Nov. 5

George Christy, Page 6 As We’ve Noted In The Long Ago, Politics And Sports, Food And Fitness Are Creating New Stars That Engage Our Interest.

Hollywood’s CookieCutter Celebrities Are Becoming FlyBy-Nighters

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Kathy, Paris and Rick Hilton.

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By Victoria Talbot It’s time to get those doggie costumes out because Woofstock 90210, Beverly Hills most beloved canine celebration, returns to Roxbury Park Nov. 5, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., featuring a huge pet adoption event by the Amanda Foundation, PetCare Foundation, Wags and Walks, Southern California Golden Retriever

Rescue, Pug Nation, K9 Kismet and the WLA Animal Shelter.

Visitors will also find more than 45 pet-related vendors, a Pet Parade with costumes and a Pet Talent Show, featuring demonstrations by some of the world’s most talented animals and their trainers, along with face and body art booths and plenty of giveaways. (see ‘WOOFSTOCK’ page 20)

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HIGH ART – The Beverly Hills ArtSHOW crowned several winners last weekend. Pictured above are the winners with their First Place ribbons, which include Best in Show (a tie) – Mark Stephenson & Kazuki Takizawa; Best Display – Maxime Raffard & Gil Borgos; Originality Award – Jim Turner; Ceramics – Caroline Blackburn; Digital Art – Chris Reisig & Leeza Taylor; Drawing & Printmaking – Gregory Bada; Glass – Kazuki Takizawa; Jewelry – Cesar Lim; Mixed Media, 2D – Aileen Frick; Mixed Media, 3D – Richard Lee; Painting – Shen Li Khong; Photography – Mark Stephenson; Sculpture -– John Brown; and Watercolor – Gregory Radionov.

Photo by Victoria Talbot

By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills Board of Education agreed unanimously Tuesday to extend its Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the City of Beverly Hills for another month, through Nov. 30.

The decision marks the second such extension of the JPA, which began in 1978 and provides the community with access to Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) fields for community service programs and sports.

Originally slated to expire July 31, the School Board agreed to a previous extension in August.

That extension was slated to expire Tuesday. BHUSD reps – including Superintendent Michael Bregy, School Board Vice President Lisa Korbatov and Boardmember Howard Goldstein met at the district’s headquarters Friday afternoon with a City Hall contingent that included City Manager Mahdi Aluzri, Vice Mayor Julian Gold and Councilmember John Mirisch.

The meeting didn’t exactly start out on the strongest footing.

Confusion reigned over exactly who was quarterbacking the negotiation for the school district. Korbatov and Goldstein, who were at Friday’s meeting, have been the district’s liaisons in JPA negotiations.

On Oct. 12, however, Board of Education President Mel Spitz sent a letter to Mayor Lili Bosse, declaring that the district was withdrawing its request for a $3.5 million increase, withdrawing the Moss Adams report from consideration and that he and

Spitz were now in charge of JPA negotiations.

Four days later, on Oct. 16, Spitz rescinded those requests in another letter to Bosse, citing a “misunderstanding between the majority of the Board of Education and me.”

“I think we’ve had communication issues,” Bregy said.

“Both sides need to be flexible in making changes.”

The two sides were able to hash out agreements on everything but money. The district is asking for an increase from $9.7 to $13.5 million in fees that the City pays for use and maintenance of the fields.

The path to get that increase approved has been, if nothing else, fraught with disagreement and confusion.

The BHUSD paid $59,830 to performance auditing firm Moss Adams for a 21-page cost analysis of the JPA – at the request of the City – which revealed that with mounting costs to operate and maintain its fields, the school district derives little value from the JPA as currently constructed.

The report indicated that the district actually lost money in the previous fiscal year, once the cost to educate nonresident students (children of City employees) was factored in.

At the center of much of the disagreement is a “work book” data file that the Moss Adams report cites to reach its financial conclusions. City representatives at Friday’s meeting said they had asked for, but had not received, access to the work book, and BHUSD Chief Administrative Officer La Tanya Kirk-Carter Latham confirmed (see ‘BEVERLY HILLS JPA’ page 20)

RIDING HIGH — The 75th anniversary of Saint John’s Health Center attracted 740 supporters, where there were fun and games during the evening at the venue in Culver City, where the Santa Monica Pier was replicated.

For more photos, see George Christy’s column on page 6.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, will hold a public hearing to consider:

The Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS REGARDING THE VALIDITY AND EXPIRATION OF CERTAIN BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS The proposed uncodified Ordinance would clarify the validity of Certain Pending Building Permit Applications. Notwithstanding any other ordinance, any application for a building permit that was: (1) submitted to the City before January 1, 2017 and (2) that was submitted to plan check, originally or the response to comments, after January 1, 2016, shall be and remain a valid building permit application through the close of City offices on March 7, 2018. This shall include building permit applications that may be considered expired under Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 9-1-107.L.3, or that may expire under that section prior to March 7, 2018. All such applications would be deemed expired upon the close of City offices on March 7, 2018 if the applicant has not received a valid building permit from the City before that time.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS TO MODIFY THE RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICES AND FACILITIES FURNISHED BY THE CITY The proposed ordinance will modify the water rates to reflect the current cost of providing water to Beverly Hills Water Customers and adopt a schedule of increases for the next five years, plus automatic adjustments that pass through the adopted increases or decreases in the wholesale charges for water by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

The proposed Ordinance addresses the validity of building permit applications; it is administrative in nature and will not result in a physical change to the environment. The City Council will consider finding the proposed Ordinance exempt from environmental review because it is not a “project” pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and furthermore, would qualify as exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because the project merely clarifies existing administrative regulations regarding building permit applications and will have no significant effect on the environment.

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

Please note that if you challenge the City’s action in regards to this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at a public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the end of the public hearing.

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact David Yelton, Deputy Building Official, Community Development Department, at 310.285.1154 or dyelton@beverlyhills.org. The case file, including a copy of the proposed ordinance, is available for review in the Community Development Department, 455 N. Rexford Drive, 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, California 90210.

BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Council Chamber is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with audio equipment for the hearing impaired. If you need special assistance to attend this meeting, please call the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 285-2400 or TTY (310) 285-6881. Please notify the City Clerk’s Office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting if you require captioning service so that reasonable arrangements can be made.

Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard.

Written comments may also be submitted and should be addressed to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210. The comments should be received prior to the hearing date. If you need more information, please contact Patricia Rhay (310) 285-2486.

Please note that if you challenge the Council's action in regard to this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else rose at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the public hearing.

BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Council Chamber is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with audio equipment for the hearing impaired. If you need special assistance to attend this meeting, please call the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 285-2400 or TTY (310) 285-6881. Please notify the City Clerk’s Office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting if you require captioning service so that reasonable arrangements can be made.

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Transformational Treatments In Health At Saint John’s S

aint John’s Health Center Foundation and The Irene Dunne Guild hosted Providence Saint John’s 75th Anniversary Gala Celebration: “The Future of Excellence in Personalized Healthcare” raising a record-breaking $1.4 million on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 3Labs, Culver City. The evening commemorated Saint John’s founding and unveiled a new era of medical innovation.

Since joining Saint John’s in 1991, the John Wayne Cancer Institute and its research have transformed the treatment of cancer. With the recent affiliation with Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Saint John’s is poised to make extraordinary strides in brain-related disorders.

Four leading, innovating doctors made presentations at Saturday’s party about the advances being made in medicine today The evening commemorated Saint John’s founding and unveiled a new era of medical innovation.

Pictured: Ed White, Mary White, Jigna Doshi, Dr. Shephal Doshi (Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Providence Saint John’s Health Center)

One of the primary reasons we’ve been able to stay ahead at Saint John’s is working with and developing and investing in technology that allows us to map the heart and see the electrical circuit of the heart with millimeters of accuracy.

The Watchman technology is not available at most centers in the U.S., and Saint John’s was the first to perform them after commercial release.

– Dr. Shephal Doshi

Pictured: Dr. Jason Tarpley (Stroke and Aneurysm Center, Medical Director at Providence Saint John’s Health Center)

Flow diversion... is this really cool, exciting new technology that we’re using, and we really have never seen regrowth of aneurysms with this. So this is really one of the futures of aneurysm treatment.

– Dr. Jason Tarpley

Dr. Santosh Kesari (Chair, Translational Neurosciences, John Wayne Cancer Institute and Pacific Neuroscience Institute)

Dr. Steven J. O'Day (Director, Clinical Research & ImmunoOncology, The John Wayne Cancer Institute)

For a patient who was suffering from a rare CNS lymphoma, the combination of minimally invasive brain tumor surgery with a very targeted combination of chemo and immuno-therapy is a form of precision medicine.

A patient with Triple Negative Breast Cancer qualified for one of our novel immune programs using call ‘ImmunoOncology’ where we have an antibody that activates T cells, your primary defense against viruses, but also cancer.

– Dr. Santosh Kesari

– Dr. Steven O’Day

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Woman Arrested Trespassing At Justin Bieber’s Temporary Beverly Hills Home

FRIGHTENINGLY GOOD LUNCH – The Beverly Hills High School staff was treated to a Halloween luncheon by the BHHS PTSA "Thank You Tuesday" committee this week. They hosted a fun-filled chili and cornbread event for the staff. Pictured (from left): Eliza Eshaghian, Carolynne Dyner, Laura Margo, Dori Kenneally, BHHS Principal Mark Mead, PTSA Co-President Jodi Galen, Dorit Abramov, Stephanie Rund, PTSA Co-President Laurie Okum and Patti Stein.

By Matt Lopez The third time was not the charm for a woman who wanted to get a little too close to pop star Justin Bieber.

The woman, in her 40s, was arrested Monday evening at Justin Bieber's temporary Beverly Hills home for trespassing for the third time in a week.

Officers met with Bieber's security team, who had the woman in custody and called Beverly Hills police to the home in the 400 block of

Castle Place at 7:37 p.m., said BHPD Sgt. Chris Coulter.

Bieber’s security detail explained to Beverly Hills’ finest that Bieber is using the home temporarily and this was the third time in a week the woman has tried to make contact with the singer, though she never did, Coulter said.

The woman was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and is being held at the Beverly Hills police station on $4,000 bail, Coulter said.

Beverly Hills Historical Society Presents ‘History On Demand’ For Smartphone Users

By Victoria Talbot Thanks to the Beverly Hills Historical Society, people will be able to access the history of Beverly Hills on their smart phones by just pointing their cameras at special signs with QR codes located throughout the City.

The first signs appeared this weekend at the iconic Lily Pond in Beverly Gardens Park during the twice-annual Beverly Hills artSHOW. Visitors held their cell phone cameras up to the signs and received a link to the associated videos.

From the vantage point of the signs, the visitor is treated to a walk back into the past, getting a glimpse of what life was like standing at the exact spot, more than 100 years ago.

To date, there are four signs, all located at the Beverly Gardens Park Lily Pond.

These first four videos include Beverly Hills: The Garden City; Rodeo Drive: Horses And Horsepower: Beverly Hills: Then And Now, which has been translated into Mandarin, Japanese and Spanish.

The fourth QR code links to a stunning 180-degree panoramic photo of the Lily

Pond in 1915. The photo shows only two homes on the street and no telephone poles or trees.

In January, additional signs will be placed in Will Rogers Park, across the street from another famous landmark, The Beverly Hills Hotel. The hotel was started by Margaret Anderson, whose vision of hospitality continues to welcome thousands of guests to Beverly Hills every day.

Those videos will include – Who Was Will Rogers; Rancho Days: Cowgirls And Indians; Charlie Chaplin: Making Movies In Beverly Hills; The Birth Of The City; Beverly Hills: Then And Now; and a panoramic photo of The Beverly Hills Hotel in 1914.

When they are installed at Will Rogers Park, Mayor Lili Bosse will lead a Monday morning ‘Walk with the Mayor’ to the park to introduce the community to this interactive historical experience.

The project was conceived

by Margaret’s grandson Robert

Anderson, author of the book Beverly Hills: The First 100 Years, and Phil Savenick, president of the Historical Society, and producer of the City’s Centennial film 100 Years, 100 Stories, who are the executive producers of the films.

“The Beverly Hills Historical Society wanted to create entertaining videos that can be directly accessed in our parks via QR codes,” said Savenick.

Newer smart phones automatically read the QR codes, in both Apple and Android. For older phones, the signs direct visitors to download a QR reader to access the videos.

All of the videos can be previewed at the Beverly Hills Historical Society website online at BeverlyHills HistoricalSociety.org.

TOTAL ECLIPSE – Over the summer, Beverly Hills resident and Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts board member Carol Goldsmith traveled to The Homestead National Monument, just outside the Nebraska city of Beatrice to watch the total 2017 solar eclipse. Pictured is Goldsmith with friend Kathy Liberman. To join Goldsmith in the Carry The Courier club, snap a photo of yourself on your next trip with the Courier and e-mail it to mlopez@bhcourier.com.

SPRUCING UP BEVERLY VISTA – The Beverly Vista Art Club, led by teacher Ryan Lisko, decided to beautify the school by having classes “adopt” planter boxes. Drought tolerant plants and an edible garden are going into the boxes. Pictured, third grade students in Ms. Revness’ class tend to the planter boxes they adopted. Pictured, from left: Aaron Shemtov, Evander Goodman-Strauss, Wyatt Balbier, Taym Abboud, and Edible Garden parent volunteer Lisa Zacarias.

Beverly Hills Welcomes New Lions Club Charter

By Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills will celebrate the official charter of a new Beverly Hills Lions Club at Roxbury Park Friday evening.

The Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organization, with 1.4 million members in over 200 countries throughout the world, aiding the blind and visually impaired, providing community service and inspiring youths to improve their community.

The Lions Immediate Past District Gov. Carol Ann Wright Emmitt will present the new club with their official charter and banner on behalf of the District Gov. Bhee Donoghue.

Members from the Santa

Monica and Los Angeles Olympic Lions Club will also be on hand to congratulate the newly chartered members.

“Beverly Hills will be proud to have such a fine group serving their community,” said Wright Emmitt. “I am proud to welcome these men and women in Lions.”

The Beverly Hills Lions Club plans to become involved in several activities including Diabetes Awareness and educating the community about the nutritional value of organic produce. They also plan to hold hearing and vision screenings.

To find out more about the Lions Clubs International, visit www.lionsclub.org.

Library To Host Teen Sexual Harassment Seminar

By Matt Lopez With sexual harassment and assault in the headlines and #MeToo trending on social media worldwide, the Beverly Hills Public Library will host an L.A. Parent magazine seminar titled “We’re Talking Middle School – Sex, Tech & Academics.”

The discussion will focus on teaching kids to say “no” and “master ownership over their bodies,” said penalist and sexual health educator Tracy Wallace, MPH. Admission is free for the Nov. 2 event from 7-8 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Public Library at 444 N. Rexford Dr.

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Former Beverly Vista Principal Irene Stern Dies At 81

EMBRACE CIVILITY– When Mayor Lili Bosse presented the Embrace Civility Award last week to Beverly Hills residents Ida Nalbandian and Karén Setian, she said: “This award was developed by the Human Relations Commission to honor the unsung heroes of our City in recognizing those that always give and never expect anything in return.” Beverly Hills resident Myra Lurie nominated Nalbandian and Setian to receive this year’s award for being leaders in raising awareness of distracted and drunk driving through their work with the Every Fifteen Minutes program and the Vahagn Setian Charitable Foundation. The latter was named for their son, who was killed when he was a student at Beverly Hills High School and rode in a vehicle with an intoxicated driver. Pictured (from left): Human Relations Commissioner Karen Popovich Levyn, Commission Vice Chair Sonia Berman, Councilmember Les Friedman, Recipient Ida Nalbandian, Vice Mayor Julian Gold, Recipient Karén Satien, Mayor Lili Bosse, Councilmember John Mirisch, Commissioner Ori Blumenfeld, Commission Chair Jerald Freedman, Commissioner Annette Saleh, Myra Lurie and Councilmember Robert Wunderlich.

Los Angeles City Council Committee Talks About Airbnb Regulations; No Decisions Reached

By Matt Lopez The Los Angeles City Council’s Planning And Land Use (PLUM) Committee discussed Airbnb and other shortterm rental companies Tuesday, but did not make any decisions on proposed regulations.

Airbnb and other shortterm rental companies are online hospitality services that connect hosts with travelers who can lease or rent shortterm housing – including apartments, homes, hostels and vacation rentals.

There is no ordinance in Los Angeles regulating Airbnb, though last year L.A. struck a deal with the company for it to pay hotel taxes on behalf of its hosts under a three-year agreement, even though short-term rentals are illegal in many residential neighborhoods.

One of the key tenets of the proposed regulations would be limit the number of days a host can rent their property to 180 days per year, which would put Los Angeles somewhat in line with other cities who have enacted similar policies (Santa Monica limits to 60 days and San Francisco to 90).

Fifth District L.A.

Councilman Paul Koretz, while not a member of the PLUM committee, spoke before it Tuesday and pushed for a 90day cap on rentals where it is not a primary residence of the renter, but said no cap would be necessary for a primary residence. “If you are having commercial second homes, multiple homes, there are corporations buying up dozens of units and I think the place where it remains profitable for the mom and pops but not profitable for the giant corporations is around 90 days,” Koretz said.

Los Angeles estimates that it could collect more than $33 million in taxes from Airbnb for the upcoming fiscal year, but the company has warned that capping rental days would significantly cut into that number.

One of the reports that the committee asked for, which was initiated by Councilman Mitchell Englander, was the option of creating a surcharge fee of around $4 per rental per day to go into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

Many speakers at Tuesday’s meeting bemoaned problem properties where renters host wild parties with loud music that draw the ire of residents in

the neighborhood. Conversely, some hosts told the committee that limiting the number of rental days could severely impact their finances or even their ability to keep paying their mortgage.

Airbnb is vehemently opposing the 180-day ordinance, but Los Angeles has been receiving pressure from other groups to pass a more stringent one. In March, a group that included representatives of the Venice Community Housing Corporation, the Coalition for Economic Survival and the California Hotel & Lodging Association called on the city of L.A. to limit rentals to 60 days because it said Airbnb is helping create a housing shortage for L.A. residents.

According to a report from the Department of City Planning, there are approximately 23,000 unique shortterm-rental listings within Los Angeles. Of these, approximately 15,900 are "entire home" listings, of which 11,400 were renting for more than 90 days in the last year, with about 6,600 rented for more than 180 days.

One Week Left To See Frank Bowling Exhibition At Marc Selwyn Fine Art

By Laura Coleman If you haven’t heard of Frank Bowling, it’s time you did. The abstract expressionist painter graduated second only to David Hockney from the Royal College of Art in 1962.

Some say he deserved the top spot, but lost out due to the color of his skin.

Now 80, Bowling will soon find the accolades he’s always deserved when the Tate Britain mounts a retrospective spanning over five decades of his career in 2019.

Currently in Beverly Hills, art lovers can view more than a dozen works by this incredibly talented artist at Marc Selwyn Fine Art. The paintings in the exhibition, which runs through next Saturday, Nov. 4, range from the artist’s mid 1970’s poured paintings to his recent canvases, which respond to American Abstract Expressionism with a wider diversity of technique and composition.

Though abstract, the (see ‘BOWLING’ page 20)

Frank Bowling’s exhibition is on display at Marc Selwyn Fine Art through Nov. 4.

By Matt Lopez Irene Stern, the beloved former Beverly Vista principal and longtime Beverly Hills Unified School District educator, died suddenly on Wednesday at age 81.

According to the BHUSD, Stern began working there in 1973 as a sixth-grade history teacher and eventually became principal in 1999. The school received a National Blue Ribbon Award in 2005 under Stern’s leadership.

Stern retired in 2006, amidst controversial circumstances. She said she was removed from her post at BV by then-superintendent Jeff Hubbard and asked to transfer to the BHUSD adult school.

Stern, under a new Board of Education, was asked to

return in 2010. She served as interim principal for two years until the board could hire a permanent principal and Irene Stern retired for good in 2012.

Funeral services are set for Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Mount Sinai in Simi Valley at 6150 Mount Sinai Dr., Simi Valley.

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Irene is survived by her husband Mark, son Mitch, daughter-in-law Sandy and grandson Colin.

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George Christy Chief Executive Officer, Providence Saint John's Center and John Wayne Cancer Institute Marcel Loh, Sister Therese, Sister Maureen and David Tan

Entertainer Darren Criss with Heather Morris

Shout Sister Shout performed

paying for the Trump Russian dossier about her presidential opponent, Donald J. Trump.

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eanwhile the Clintons boldly announced that they will not return the millions of dollars received from the disgraced Harvey Weinstein for Her failed political activities. It remains with them, while, all other recipients have donated their misbegotten monies to charity.

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Saint John’s Health Center, the Foundation and the Irene Dunne Guild replicated the Santa Monica Pier in Culver City, where Bruce Yawitz and Kathy Yawitz joined the party goers. The event raised $1.4 million.

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s noted not long ago, politics and sports, food and fitness are creating new stars that are engaging our interest.

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after plowing through it, in the trash. Her being his wife, whose, What Happened, looks back at Her failed 2016 presidential election.

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he book dirty mops the same old, same old vomit on the politico floor.

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er reasons about losing are those -- God help us!

--- fatigued reiterations.

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he Russians interference (former president Jimmy Carter believes they had “nothing to do with it”) …. FBI director, James Comey (who’ll refute her in his upcoming memoir) … the women who didn’t vote for Her (husband Bill slammed Her for ignoring the Rust Belt states during the campaign).

ources say they have not been speaking for weeks.

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he new world of Hollywood cookie-cutter celebrities, sadly, lacks the interest it had. Too many flyby-nighters.

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fortnight at the top of The New York Times bestseller list, the book’s slipping. USA Today’s latest chart drops What Happened to #28 this week.

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n d e r s t a n d a b l y.

Exhaustion has set in from readers.

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and President Obama’s explosive uranium scandal.

Several critics perceive it as “O’s Watergate.” Selling 20 percent of our United States

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uranium deposits to the Russians. For whatever motivation, Her foundation purportedly received the big-time fee of $145 million.

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nsiders appear concerned of a likely “quid pro quo.”

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ore concerns surface about the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party

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e insisted Her rewrite it, Her refused. The New York Post’s Richard Johnson reports those were fighting words. “He hated the title”, writes Johnson, “because calling it What Happened would only make people say ‘you lost.’ He urged Her to postpone the publication date and rewrite the book, but she yelled at him and said ‘the book is finished, and that’s how it’s going to be published.’”

Amal Clooney stood out on the Red Carpet for the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ Suburbicon at Regency Village Theatre Luciana Barroso is wed to Matt Damon

The film’s Karimah Westbrook

Jim Gianopulos, Chairman, CEO, Paramount Pictures, with wife Ann

The film’s Julianne Moore with writer/director George Clooney

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UCLA Health’s High-Tech Ambulance Can Deliver Time-Critical Treatment In The Field

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

Arline And Henry Gluck Foundation Helps Launch Pioneering Mobile Stroke Unit Roughly every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. will have a stroke. Almost every four minutes, one of those people will die as a result. Against that backdrop, UCLA Health has officially launched the first mobile stroke unit on the West Coast, enabling rapid delivery of brainsaving medications to stroke patients who might otherwise face debilitating delays in treatment.

As part of the first phase of a pilot program, the specialized ambulance unit and personnel began responding in September to select 911 calls in Santa Monica in coordination with the Santa Monica Fire Department.

With support from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, the unit’s range will soon expand to other parts of county, possibly including Compton, Carson, Long Beach and Westwood. Ultimately, program organizers hope, the unit will operate in other areas of the county and may be the first of a fleet of four to nine units serving the entire county.

“Rapid response is critical, because the sooner a stroke is treated, the better the patient’s outcome,” said Dr. May Nour, medical director of the UCLA

Arline and Henry Gluck Stroke Rescue Program. “The second cause of death in the U.S., we know from research at UCLA that in a typical stroke, every minute that goes by without treatment, two million brain cells die.”

The design, build and clinical rollout of the unit were supported by a donation from the Arline and Henry Gluck Foundation. “Helping make this mobile stroke unit possible for the people of Los Angeles, and to support the research into this type of care, is such a privilege,” said business executive and philanthropist Henry Gluck, who is also chair of the UCLA Health System Board. “Through this, we can save lives in our lifetime, while improving care in the future.”

A mobile stroke unit is an ambulance equipped with a mobile CT scanner that allows doctors to diagnose and treat strokes in the field with appropriate medications. Within the unit are a mobile blood-testing laboratory, as well as a neurologist, critical care nurse, CT technologist and paramedic.

In the initial phase of the pilot program, a neurologist specializing in stroke treatment will

From left, John Mazziotta, MD, PhD; May Nour, MD, PhD, Henry Gluck, Ronald Gluck, Arline Gluck, L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, Tracey Gluck, Santa Monica Fire Department Chief Bill Walker, and Jeffrey Saver, MD, at the dedication of UCLA Health’s new mobile stroke unit.

Photo by Reed Hutchinson

ride in the unit. As the program develops, a neurologist will oversee care more efficiently via a live video and voice connection from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. “Definitive treatments for acute stroke can only be started after a head CT is done and shows the type of stroke the patient is having,” Nour said.

“With the UCLA Health Mobile Stroke Unit, we are bringing the hospital to the patient instead of the patient to

the hospital to save as much brain as possible,” said Dr. Jeffrey Saver, director of the UCLA Comprehensive Stroke Center.

The UCLA unit is the first such unit to operate in California. It will be the West Coast anchor of the first national demonstration project to gather data on the degree of improved patient outcomes and costeffectiveness with accelerated field treatment. Positive results from the study could enable the

federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other insurers to reimburse emergency medical service and hospital systems for mobile stroke clinical activities.

Last summer, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to provide an additional $1.5 million to enable the stateof-the-art vehicle to operate every week, instead of the original plan of every other week, and to extend the life of the pilot program from 18 to 30 months.

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Median Price Of L.A. County Home Rose 9.5 Percent In September

Kendall Jenner Drops $8.5 Million On Mulholland Drive Home Formerly Owned By Charlie Sheen

By Matt Lopez Supermodel Kendall Jenner is one of Beverly Hills’ newest residents, after purchasing the spacious former home of television star Charlie Sheen.

First reported by Trulia, Jenner spent $8.55 million on the five-bedroom, six-bathroom home in the exclusive Mulholland Estates.

The home is a sprawling Spanish-style at 6,625-squarefeet, built in 1991. Hidden behind private gates, the property features a welcoming courtyard with a fountain and lush foliage.

The home includes a movie theater, office, family room and

fully-equipped kitchen with a large center island.

Outside, there’s a large, grassy backyard with a swimming pool and spa, along with a fire pit and several areas to entertain.

The back yard also features a tennis court and playground.

Sheen, according to Trulia, purchased the home in 2012 for his ex-wife Brooke Mueller. He

had been trying, to no avail, to sell the home since 2013 and eventually sold it last year for $5.415 million.

Sheen purchased the home from billionaire Tom Gores.

The median price of a home in Los Angeles County rose by 9.5 percent in September, compared with the same month a year earlier, while the number of homes sold dipped by 3.6 percent, a real estate information service announced Tuesday.

According to CoreLogic, the median price of a Los Angeles County home was $575,000 last month, up from $525,000 in September 2016. A total of 6,921 homes were sold in the county, down from 7,179 during the same month the previous year.

A total of 20,956 new and resale houses and condos changed hands in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties last month, according to CoreLogic. That was down 12.9 percent from 24,055 in August and down 1.7 percent from 21,325 in September 2016.

– City News Service

MLS MADNESS – More than 100 real estate agents attended “The MLS Madness Los Angeles” on Sept. 28 at the Beverly Hills/Greater LA Association of Realtors office in Beverly Hills.

Agents learned about new and improved MLS reports at the event. Pictured: The MLS 2018 President Gregg Pawlik, The MLS CEO Annie Ives, and The MLS Past President & 2017 Treasurer John Winther at The MLS Madness.

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Beverly Hills Charges Stray ‘Cat Beverly Hills To Enforce New Parking Restrictions Lady’ With Unlawful Feeding Of For Halloween Celebrations On Several Streets Feral Cats Hillcrest Road to Carmelita AskPW@beverlyhills.org. Each

By Victoria Talbot

By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills has charged stray cat advocate Katherine Varjian with a misdemeanor complaint of feeding feral cats in the vicinity of 219 N. Palm Dr. without an annual permit.

Penalties for a misdemeanor can include a $1,000 fine, six months in jail and three years on probation.

The alleged offense took place on April 30.

Varjian was at the center of a maelstrom of controversy that resulted in the creation of an ordinance in the City pertaining to the feeding of feral cats in 2009.

However, says her attorney Marla Tauscher, who specializes in animal control and shelter law, the problem is that the ordinance is “ill-conceived and the cats are starving.”

Varjian, who is 74-yearsold, is a lifelong advocate for stray cats. She is well-known for her dedication to “TrapNeuter-Release,” or TNR, to reduce the stray cat population, and for her determination to feed the population of stray cats and keep them healthy so that they do not become susceptible to diseases such as feline leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV).

Through the years, Varjian has angered a few residents who are equally dedicated to eradicating the stray cat population entirely through trap and kill methods.

Proponents of TNR claim that it is inhumane to trap and kill feral cats. They also point out the so-called “vacuum effect,” which results from the removal of cats. When individual cats are removed from their habitats, they claim it causes cats from surrounding areas to move in and reproduction increases.

Conversely, proponents claim, in a managed colony with cats that have been altered, they do not reproduce and the colony becomes smaller over time.

Christi Metropole, executive director of the Stray Cat Alliance, agrees.

“The important issue here is we are a humane city,” said Metropole, “and starving cats who are used to being fed is inhumane.”

“The ordinances that the City of Beverly Hills enacted in 2009 to regulate the feeding and care of community cats were designed to fail because of one provision in the approval process for issuance of permits,” said Tauscher.

Pictured: A cat in a trap ready for neuter and release.

“Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 5-2-508 states that a permit will be approved unless, among other things, an application is incomplete, it doesn’t comply with the requirements of the codes, or the City receives a letter from one neighbor who lives adjacent to a feeder and objects to the location. That last provision dooms the whole program by allowing the subjective opinion of one person to control whether or not a permit is issued to someone who wants to care for community cats.

The determination of whether to issue a permit should be based on objective criteria; in fact, the law even says it is, where it states that, ‘The determination of whether to issue a permit is a ministerial action.’

In the law, a ministerial action is one that is objective and not subject to anyone’s discretion, but this ordinance clearly hinges on the opinion of one complaining person.”

Tauscher added: “Unless the City of Beverly Hills is ready to concede that their whole TNR program is a failure and scrap it, they’re going to have to work with people who want to care for community cats and residents to find locations to make it work.”

In Beverly Hills specifically, the feral cat population helps to manage and reduce the rat population in the City.

Assistant City Manager George Chavez has worked with the Stray Cat Alliance to try to help Varjian and the cats.

The City wants to “move” the colony. However, cat colonies, said Metropole, don’t change their neighborhoods.

As Varjian’s parent organization, they have filed all the paper work for a permit. The City then sent letters to all the neighbors and received unverified complaints that she did not use the feeding station, which is poorly maintained by the City.

At press time, neither Chavez, nor City Attorney Larry Wiener could be reached for comment.

FREE CAKE! Today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Magee’s Kitchen at The Original Farmers Market in Los Angeles will celebrate 100 years of its world-famous corned beef sandwiches and other fare with free cake for all visitors. The cake will be distributed during a 100th birthday event featuring a ribbon cutting and live music.

Beverly Hills will be imposing new parking restrictions for Halloween, in response to resident’s requests, on the streets most impacted by the West Hollywood Carnival on Oct. 31-Nov. 1.

Restrictions will be enforced for neighboring streets bordering the City of West Hollywood from 4 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. on Halloween night, designated with “Tow-Away No Parking Except by Permit” signs.

The restrictions will be in the area from Doheny Drive between Phyllis Avenue and Sunset Boulevard to the north,

Avenue and Foothill Road to Santa Monica Boulevard in the area north of Santa Monica Boulevard.

South of Santa Monica Boulevard the restrictions are in the area bordered by Doheny Drive, Civic Center Drive and Alden Drive.

Residents in the vicinity who are affected by the temporary parking restrictions will receive three parking permits for use during the restriction. If more than three permits are required, they can be requested through the Department of Public Works by calling 310285-2467 or online at

household can have a maximum of seven permits.

Additional restrictions will follow the same pattern as in previous years around the Witch’s House. Restrictions will be in place on Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, Carmelita Avenue, Walden Drive, Elevado Avenue, and Linden Drive in the area surrounding the so-called Witch’s House.

For parking-related issues that may arise during Halloween night, the parking exemption phone line will be operational until 1 a.m. at 310285-2548.

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Melissa Rivers To Emcee Event Previewing New Virtual Reality Project

Los Angeles Museum Of The Holocaust Gala to Honor CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer

Juan Bastos’ portrait of author Gore Vidal.

Portrait artist Juan Bastos in his Los Angeles studio.

Photo by Thomas Parry

Portrait Artist Juan Bastos’ Denenberg Show Part Of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA “Juan Bastos: California Portraits,” the first show in 25 years by the rarely exhibited Bolivian-American artist of famous names in arts, letters, medicine and philanthropy, opens Sunday, Nov. 5 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Denenberg Fine Arts Gallery, at 417 N. San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood.

Part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA - Latin American & Latino Art in LA, the exhibit brings together a collection of 35 oil paintings, pastels, and pencil drawings of distinguished Californians and other commissions, painted and drawn

by Bastos from 1996 to 2017. He’s lived

in L.A. for the past 22 years.

Included in the show are portraits of Richard Harrison, Sir Ian McKellen, the children of Jimmy and Vicki Iovine, Rudolph Nureyev, Patricia Morison, Lawrence Platt, Don Bachardy, Dr. Alan Shabo, Valerie Sobel, Susan Sontag, Charlize Theron, Gore Vidal, Maria Vidal, Andrew and Erna Viterbi and Hutton and Ruth Wilkinson.

“When I was offered the opportunity to gather a collection of painted and drawn portraits by Juan Bastos,” says gallery owner Stuart Denenberg. “I (see ‘BASTOS,’ page 18)

Wolf Blitzer, CNN lead political anchor and host of CNN’s The Situation Room will be honored by Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust at its annual gala, “Preserve the Legacy, Shape Wolf Blitzer the Future,” beginning with a 5 p.m. reception, Sunday, Nov. 5 at The Beverly Wilshire.

Blitzer was born in Germany to Holocaust survivors Cesia and David Blitzer. In 2014, when he participated in CNN’s Roots program, he learned during a visit to Yad Vashem that his paternal grandparents died in AuschwitzBirkenau. In 2015, he hosted the CNN documentary Voices of Auschwitz, which profiled four survivors.

He began his career in 1972 with Reuters in Tel Aviv and then served for 15 years as a Washington, D.C. correspondent for the Jerusalem Post before joining CNN in 1990.

Melissa Rivers, New YorkTimes best-selling author, awardwinning producer and entertainment journalist, will emcee the evening. Rivers, cohost of E! Entertainment’s Fashion Police, is a philanMelissa Rivers thropist and advocate for a number of causes, including PETA, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Our House Grief Support Center and Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services.

The gala will feature a special preview of the museum’s new virtual reality project, an educational tool using stateof-the-art technology to present Holocaust survivor testimonies in an interactive way for generations to come.

For more information on the event, including how to purchase tickets, visit h t t p : / / w w w. l a m o t h . o r g / n e w s - events/events/november-5-annual-galadinner/.

31st Annual Israel Film Fest To Recognize Jeffrey Tambor, Israeli Star Lior Ashkenazi Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor will receive the Israel Film Festival’s (IFF) 2017 Achievement in Television Award, and multiple award-winning (including the 2017 Israeli Academy Ophir Award for Jeffrey Tambor Best Actor), Israeli movie star Lior Ashkenazi will be honored with the Cinematic Achievement Award at the 31st Israel Film Festival “Opening Night Gala, Award Presentation and Screening,” Sunday, Lior Ashkenazi Nov. 5 at the Steve Tisch Cinema Center at the Saban Theatre.

The 31st edition of the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles runs Nov. 5-21 with screenings at the Ahrya Fine Arts by Laemmle (Beverly Hills), Laemmle Royal Theater (West L.A.) and the Laemmle Town Center 5 (Encino).

The opening night film, on Nov. 5 is Yariv Mozer’s documentary Ben-Gurion, Epilogue, winner of the 2017 Israeli Academy Ophir Award for Best Documentary.

“We are so proud to announce the lineup for the festival, presenting the largest showcase ever of Israeli films and, for the first time, television programming, in the U.S.,” said Meir Fenigstein, festival founder/executive director. “The festival transports moviegoers across the world and provides audiences with the opportunity to experience the rich Israeli culture first hand.”

Among this year’s highlights are nar-

Newly discovered 1968 interview footage of David Ben-Gurion is featured in Ben Gurion, Epilogue to be screened as the opening night feature of the Israel Film Festival.

Photo courtesty of David Marks

rative feature films Longing, The Testament, Scaffolding, Azimuth, The Cakemaker, Heroine, Holy Air, In Between, Maktub and The Cousin, while documentaries include Muhi and When the Smoke Clears.

Also, the IFF will present the secondseason premieres of two of Israel’s most popular TV programs, Fauda and Mossad 101, which became worldwide successes.

More than 20 Israeli filmmakers will attend this year’s festival, accompanying their films and participating in Q & A sessions, including local Mike Burstyn, director of his new film Azimuth.

This year’s festival chairman is Adam Berkowitz, Creative Artists Agency cohead of TV, and honorary chairman is Arnon Milchan, owner of New Regency Productions.

To purchase tickets, or for more information, contact IsraFest Foundation: info@IsraelFilmFestival.org, 310-2471800 or www.IsraelFilmFestival.com.

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TO SEE AND BE SEEN

Mandy Moore

Janet Holden

T. R. Knight

Eric McCormack

Linda and Bob Gersh Photos by Vivian Killilea/Getty Images

GREENACRES BRUNCH – Ron Burkle’s Greenacres estate was the site of the annual brunch of the Rape Foundation benefitting the Rape Treatment Center and Stuart House at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center.

Honored was the Emmy-winning cast of This is Us–Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown and Susan Kelechi Watson.

They were joined by other industry notables including Elizabeth Olsen, T.R. Knight, Eric McCormack, Eva LaRue, Joanna Kerns, Diane Warren and Gloria Allred.

David Schwimmer did the emceeing chores.

The Rape Foundation funds comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatment for sexual assault victims— children and adults— including 24-hour emergency medical treatment and forensic services, advocacy, professional counseling, and court accompaniment; prevention programs that reach 12,000 middle school, high school, and college students each year; professional training programs for police, prosecutors, victim advocates, medical care providers, and school personnel to enhance the treatment victims receive wherever they turn for help; and Stuart House— an innovative, internationally recognized model program created to serve the special needs of child victims. All services are free.

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THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS KEY TO THE CURE – Saks Fifth Avenue, along with the Women’s Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), hosted a cocktail event to celebrate the 2017 Key to the Cure campaign at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills. WCRF Co-Founder Jamie Tisch, along with designer Angela Missoni, creator of the 2017 Key To The Cure campaign t-shirt, greeted and mingled with special guests (including Nicole Richie, who looked chic in a Missoni fringe jacket), raising awareness for one of the most important charitable initiatives Saks undertakes each year.

Pictured left: Nicole Richie, Angela Missoni and Jamie Tisch.

Photo by Getty for Saks Fifth Avenue

NORTHWIND – Last week’s “Northwind” Los Angeles event, held at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, honored writer and curator Neville Wakefield. The event was hosted by C o p e n h a g e n International Fashion Fair and Code Art Fair Director Kristian W. Andersen and Sara Cline. Pictured right: Kristian W Andersen, Sara Cline and Neville Wakefield.

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Inside Fleiner Automotive’s state-of-the-art new shop.

Fleiner Automotive Co. Continues Family Tradition At Spacious New Location A

dam Fleiner prides himself on being something of a renaissance man when it comes to repairing cars.

Many auto shops will specialize in only one or two different types of vehicles. Fleiner, however, has taken the time over his decades in the auto industr y to Adam Fleiner is carrying on his grandfather Paulee’s learn a little bit tradition of providing top-flight automotive service. about every type of vehicle the average Beverly Hills driv- Adam pursued a career as a chef, er might bring to his shop, from the working at restaurants like Spago before deciding that his true appetite standard to high-end.

“I’m not scared of any of these was back in the automotive world.

Adam, who is still a “Beverly Hills cars. I like to know a little bit about ever ything, from Lamborghini to guy” through and through – he eats at Ferrari to Rolls Royce and so on,” Nate’n Al every Saturday – said he’s Fleiner told the Courier. “You might proud of Fleiner Automotive’s new have a family where the parents have headquarters in Leimert Park, which a Mercedes, and the kid has a is a 6,000 square-foot increase from Bentley. I want us to be able to serv- its old shop near the intersection of ice both of them to the best of our National Boulevard and Robertson.

The building has always been a ability.”

The Fleiner family has been doing body shop in one form or another and just that, repairing cars for more than Adam is hard at work restoring it to 50 years. Adam carries on that tradi- make it look like it did in the 1950s. tion today at Fleiner Automotive Co., He’s sandblasted the roof, re-painted which recently moved to a new, larger and worked on new flooring and said location in Leimert Park at 3443 W restoring the showroom – Fleiner Automotive also has a sales division 43rd St. The tradition began with Adam’s in addition to its body work – is next grandfather Paul “Paulee” Fleiner, on his to-do list.

Friendly faces abound when enterwho immigrated to the United States from Europe. Paulee loved working on ing Fleiner Automotive Co. The first cars and worked for several different face many visitors see is a longtime shops until opening Paulee Body Shop employee of the Fleiner family, who is in 1956. Always for ward-thinking, now 56-years-old but began working Paulee was the first body shop owner for the Fleiner’s at the age of 18.

“It’s really about the community in the United States to import stateof-the-art equipment from Europe, and and making people understand this is became the first to par tner with a place they can trust their vehicle Italy’s Universal Bench, a straighten- with,” Adam said. “We’ve had cusing and repair unit that standardized tomers who have been coming here for a decade and they know the qualicar repair.

Perhaps most importantly, Paulee ty of expertise they can expect from made his shop a family operation, us.”

Fleiner Automotive Co. is located which allowed Adam to begin working in the shop around the age of 5. He at 3443 W 43rd St. Los Angeles, CA. washed and detailed cars before mov- 90008. For more information, call ing into the office to write estimates 424-288-4111 or visit www.fleinerautomotiveco.com. for customers.

A Beverly Hills High graduate,

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S Fifty altars and art installations created by local artists and community groups will be part of the Dia de Los Muertos Celebration opening Saturday, Oct. 28 in Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave., L.A. Created in partnership with Self-Help Graphics & Art and LORE Productions, the altars, which will remain in the park through Sunday, Nov. 5, will focus on the theme of the four elements and how nature intersects with people’s lives.

The park will offer free lunchtime tours highlighting the artwork and discussing the traditions of the holiday. Additional tours will be at noon, 2 and 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4 as part of Grand Avenue Arts: All Access.

For more information, visit grandparkla.org.

• • • • • An Evening With Singer Jean-Paul Vignon: If We Only Have Love, featuring the French balladeer in Great American Songbook classics, swinging favorites and romantic ballads, returns at 6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29 to the Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood.

Songs made famous by Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Michel Legrand, Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra will be performed in English and French.

Tickets are $25 with food and drink minimums. For reservations call 323-466-2210.

• • • • • The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles will present “Double Double Toil And Trouble, A Goulish Shakespearean Holloween Event,” beginning at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29 at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, 1238 W. First St. The event will include tours

of “The Cursed Castle of Macbeth,” a benefit reading of Macbeth starring Harry Hamlin and Claudia Christian, directed

by Louis Fantasia, and a reception.

For information, call 213481-2273, ext. 20.

• • • • • Producer/director Jon Turteltaub will emcee the Jewish National Fund’s (JNF) Greater Los Angeles Tree of Life Award Dinner at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29 at Loews Hollywood Hotel, 1755 N. Highland Ave, L.A. With Stanley Black and David Wiener as co-chairs, the evening will honor director producer Brettt Ratner and JNF supporter David Frank with the Tree of Life Award.

Former L.A. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavksy will speak and comedian Stephen Kramer Glickman will perform.

For tickets and information, call 323-964-1400, ext. 954 or email lrosenberg@jnf.org.

• • • • • Compassion Over Killing will present the red-carpet premiere of Called To Rescue, a non-graphic documentary about the lives of rescued animals and the people who care the at sanctuaries nationwide, from 7-10 p.m., Wednesday, Nov., 1 at Laemmle’s Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A featuring Erica Meier, Compassion Over Killing executive director; Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary founder and president; Ellie Laks, The Gentle Barn founder, and the film’s director Naomi Call.

The film features leading animal and environmental activists, including musicians Moby and Tony Kanal.

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• • • • • The Children’s Bureau, a nonprofit focusing on prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect in Southern California will hold its Sky’s the Limit-Blue Tie Gala, from 6:3010 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Museum of Flying, 3100 Airport Ave, Santa Monica.

The event will honor Alex Morales, Children’s Bureau president/CEO. Chefs preparing the multicourse dinner include Kajsa Alger (Blue Window), Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken (Border Grill), Jessie Liu (Providence), Joanne Ponvanit (The Getty), Steve Samson (Sotto and Rossoblu) and Jane Soudah (The Eveleigh).

Tickets are $350. Visit https://www.all4kids.org/bluetiegala for more information.

• • • • • Beloved Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodger announcer Vin Scully will speak at 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Vin Scully Photo by Jon Green St. Scully is SooHoo widely regarded as not just one of the greatest baseball announcers of all time, but perhaps the greatest voice in all of sport; and he holds the distinction for the longest tenure in his field. Scully came west with the Dodgers in 1958 and had broadcast their games on radio and television ever since. He

retired last fall after completing his 67th consecutive season as the “Voice of the Dodgers.”

Sponsored by the Distinguished Speaker Series, tickets start at $40 and are available by calling 800-745-3000 or visiting TicketMaster.com.

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From left, Laura Bravatti (Petra Del Rio), Zilah Mendoza (Magdalena “Magda” Del Rio and Angiee Lombana (Clarita Del Rio star in An Enemy of The Peublo.

Photo by Ed Krieger

Josefina López, award-winning playwright/screenwriter and founding artistic director of CASA 0101 Theater, will host Q&A sessions after the Sunday, Nov. 5 and 12 performances of her new world premiere play, An Enemy Of The Pueblo, a modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy Of The People, running through Nov. 12 at the theater, 2012 E. First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights.

In Lopez’ retelling, the central protagonist is a Mexican woman of Apache descent who is a midwife and curandera (shaman woman) who discovers the water in the town has been contaminated.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.

For tickets, $20, and more information, call the box office at 323-263-7684, e-mail tickets@casa0101.org or visit www.casa0101.org.

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realized that his portraits from life, fuse memory and culture in an honored tradition to give us a rendering of the emotional truth of specific personalities.”

“Juan Bastos: California Portraits” is part of the Participating Gallery Program of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty initiative exploring Latin American and Latino art and running through January 2018 at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern California.

Bastos, born in Venezuela, returned with his family to their homeland of Bolivia when Bastos was 11 and he started doing portraits under the tutelage of his aunt. “Even then I realized that you had to capture the soul of the subject; and that motivated me to keep perfecting my technique,” Bastos says. Enrolling in Georgetown University in 1979, he later obtained a bachelor of fine arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a master of fine arts from Towson University.

Determining what’s important to a subject— whether it is children, pets, a garden and even artwork—and incorporating that into the finished work makes his portraits especially compelling.

His keen eye for composition and details, like clothing and background, have earned him numerous commissions, including from CedarsSinai and UCLA. During the Bastos exhibit, gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. Open, Sunday, Nov. 5 and Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 8-18.

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BHHS celebrated Homecoming Night against Santa Monica.

Dodgers Head To Houston With World Series Tied At 1

Photo by David Berke

Beverly Hills High Football Team Loses To Santa Monica On Homecoming Night; Lawndale Next

By Matt Lopez For the Beverly Hills High football team this season, it’s really about the small victories.

The Normans haven’t had a lot to get excited about this season, what without much success on the football field, aided in large part by the inability to play or practice on their own home field for much of the season.

Last Friday’s game was another loss – a 35-7 defeat against Santa Monica at Nickoll Field – but it at least gave the Normans one last opportunity to play in front of their home crowd this season.

It was only the second, and final, game at Nickoll Field this season as installation of new turf dragged through the beginning of the school year.

The Normans were forced to practice at parks around the City and play all of its games on the road.

Ilai Dardashti’s fourthquarter touchdown run was the lone score for BHHS (0-8, 0-3 in the Ocean League) in last Friday’s loss to Santa Monica.

Things don’t get much easKICKIN’ IT– Human Relations Commissioner Ori Blumenfeld and Beverly Vista PTA member Gaby Reims Alexander have developed a new partnership between the L.A. Galaxy and Beverly Hills schools. Building on the success of Beverly High’s Career Creators program launched last year by Cindy Dubin, the Galaxy will broaden its community outreach through this collaboration, offering BHHS students access to a new customdesigned sports career program launching later this month. The Galaxy also look forward to connecting with their younger Beverly Hills fans through their Star Squad’s fun experiential activation at these upcoming events: El Rodeo Fall Harvest Festival on October 20, Beverly Vista Run For Success on Nov.15 and Horace Mann Field Day on February 28.

BHHS quarterback Jeremiah Klapper scrambles out of the pocket and looks for a receiver downfield.

Photo by David Berke

ier tonight, when the Normans travel south on the 405 freeway to visit undefeated Lawndale High.

BHHS will have its hands full defensively with the Cardinals (8-0, 3-0), who are led by junior running back Jordan Wilmore, who is quickly ascending the list of the top runners in the entire state.

Wilmore, who is already drawing interest from most

PAC-12 schools, has carried 115 times for a whopping 1,520 yards and 20 touchdowns. If BHHS can slow him down Friday, they’d be the first to do so this season.

The game kicks off at 7 p.m. at Lawndale High at 14901 S. Inglewood Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260. The Normans close out their season next week at Hawthorne High.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are scheduled to fly to Houston Thursday, then conduct a workout at Minute Maid Park in preparation for Game 3 of the World Series Friday.

The Astros tied the best-ofseven series at one game a piece Wednesday with a 7-6 victory in Dodger Stadium, becoming the first team to hit three home runs in extra innings of a postseason game, including George Springer's two-run tie-breaking home run in the top of the 11th inning.

Of the previous 58 times a World Series has been tied at one game a piece, the team winning Game 3 has gone on to win the World Series 37 times, 63.8 percent.

A bit of history in the Dodgers favor -- of the 58 previous occasions, the visiting team in Game 3 has won 32 times, 55.2 percent.

Yu Darvish will pitch for the Dodgers Friday. Houston has not announced its starter.

The Dodgers entered Wednesday's game 98-0 this season, including the postseason, when they were leading after eight innings, the only team in the majors without a loss of that kind.

The Dodgers led 3-2 entering the top of the ninth, but the Astros tied the score when Marwin Gonzalez led off with a homer off Dodger closer Kenley Jansen on an 0-2 cutter.

Gonzalez was the 10th player in World Series history to hit a game-tying homer in the ninth.

The Astros took a 5-3 lead when Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa greeted reliever Josh Fields with back-to-back home runs in the top of the 10th. The back-to-back home runs were the 16th in World Series history.

Both teams rallied during what would have been their last at-bat to tie the score in a

Beverly Hills City Hall is lit up in blue at night to support the Dodgers during the World Series.

Photo by Victoria Talbot

game that set a World Series record for home runs -- with eight.

Yasiel Puig homered for the Dodgers leading off the bottom of the 10th off Ken Giles, who struck out the next two batters, Yasmani Grandal and Austin Barnes. Logan Forsythe walked on a full count and advanced to second on a wild pitch.

Kiki Hernandez singled in Forsythe, with Hernandez taking second on the throw to the plate. Chris Devenski relieved Giles and got Chris Taylor to fly out to center to end the inning.

The Dodgers tried to rally again in response to Springer's homer. Charlie Culberson's homer with two outs cut the Astros lead to 7-6, but Chris Devenski struck out Puig on a full-count change-up to give Houston its first World Series victory.

The first pitch of Game 3 is slated for tonight at 5:09 p.m.

–– City News Service

Former BHHS Hoops Star Comanche Invited To Grizzlies’ NBA G-League Training Camp

By Matt Lopez Former Beverly Hills High basketball star Chance Comanche, who led the Normans to a CIF Southern Section title in 2015, is participating in training camp with the Memphis Hustle – the GLeague affiliate of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.

The G-League, sponsored

by Gatorade, is essentially the NBA’s “minor league” system.

Comanche, a 6-foot-10 center, attended the University

of Arizona after BHHS, but declared for the draft after his sophomore year, to the surprise of many.

He failed to catch on with a team in the NBA’s Summer League and is listed as a “local tryout player” on the Memphis Hustle’s training camp roster.

The Hustle are set to play the Lakeland Magic on Monday in a G-League preseason game.

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Beverly Hills High Graduate Publishes Book Celebrating California’s AVA Wine Regions Greg Young, a 1 9 7 9 Beverly Hills High graduate, has spent the last six y e a r s developing a new trademark Greg Young and book of the same title, Along The California Wine Trail.

“This is a story that brings awareness to the American Viticultural Areas (AVA) of California and some of the individuals who have made these areas unique to the

grapes being grown and wines being made,” says Young. “This is not your typical Napa wine guide, rather a book written in a narrative style that takes the reader on a journey through some of California’s most important wine regions.”

The 94-page book will launch with a reception from 4-8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4 at George Stern Fine Arts, 8920 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood.

In 2010 after a conversation with vintner Geoff Rusack (of Rusack in Solvang), Young began researching what was being written on California’s AVAs. “I discovered very little, even employees of wineries

didn’t know what an AVA was.”

Illustrator artist Kerne Erickson created 36 paintings for the book and the gallery will showcase his acrylic paintings for sale with frames using reclaimed pine lumber from 70100-year-old barns from the Southeastern U.S. Wines from AVA regions visited in the book, will be available for tasting.

Copies of the book, at $34.95, will be available for purchase and signing. Greg Young Publishing is donating $5 for every book sold to Direct Relief to aid the victims of the Napa, Sonoma and area fires in wine country.

For more information, call 310-276-2600.

BEVERLY HILLS JPA

City representatives without BHUSD approval. Both sides agreed to get Moss Adams in touch with the City’s auditors to get those problems hashed out.

Aluzri said the City hopes to have its own report completed, with a response to BHUSD’s requested increase within the next two weeks.

In the meantime, the two sides last Friday did reach an accord on other various unresolved issues, such as providing better security for the school facilities and working together to make sure the school district’s community and sports programs don’t overlap or conflict with those being provided by the City.

“We shouldn’t be competing businesses,” Gold said.

“We’re trying to provide a service for the kids.”

Rick Wolfen, the Assistant Regional Commissioner for

AYSO Region 76 in Beverly Hills, spoke up at Friday’s meeting and urged both sides to put aside their differences and reach an agreement for the community. Wolfen suggested a three-year JPA that would provide annual payments of $10.5 million in the first year, $11 million in the second and $11.5 million in the third, with a $100,000 security deposit from which the school district could draw down funds for repairs.

“It is a mistake to use quantitative metrics to determine the value of the JPA,” Wolfen said. “That is folly for both sides and could actually lead to more serious issues if ever really scrutinized.”

“This needs to be about what’s right for our community and what works for our City and our schools,” Wolfen added.

Indeed, as a young artist Bowling wrestled with the expectations of his peers and the art world who wanted to pigeonhole him into the production of ‘black art’ whereas he was driven toward pure abstraction.

Said Bowling: “I was not allowed to explore the paint possibilities. Every time I did a group of pictures, it had to be nailed down within this black dilemma or political or Caribbean dilemma.”

In part to escape the bias of London’s art world, in 1966 Bowling moved to New York.

There he soon landed a solo exhibition at the Whitney in 1971, thus finding a clear pathway to deepen his exploration into abstract expressionism.

The paintings in the exhibition at the Selwyn gallery all feel incredibly personal. Many of the pieces allude to his upbringing in Guyana. The son of a seamstress, traces of his mother’s influence are evident in several works where he has cut the canvas with pinking shears.

For this exhibition, Selwyn chose to highlight Bowling’s works that harken to other early abstract impressionists including Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Morris Louis.

“This show focuses on his relationship with abstract painters,” Selwyn explained, noting how Bowling references these other art luminaries while still creating something completely different. “He was carrying on a dialogue.”

In 2013’s East Gate with Iona, for example, horizontal bands of color recall Rothko’s compositions while Bowling’s layering and color palette of yellows and pinks evoke something quite different.

“You feel like you know the palette, then there’s this surprise,” Selwyn said, noting how one painting adds an unexpected bright pink line while another painting has staples embedded into the canvas. “It’s real gutsy.”

For more information on the current exhibition at Marc Selwyn Fine Art, visit: www.marcselwynfineart.com.

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they shouldn’t be expecting one anytime soon.

“There is no work book,” Kirk-Carter Latham said. “They should have taken that line out, but they included all the data and materials necessary to get to the numbers.”

Aluzri said the City’s auditing firm wanted access to the cited work book, or an excel file, that would understand the formulas Moss Adams used to reach its conclusions.

“That’s what a cost study report is supposed to include,” Aluzri said.

Both sides did reach an accord on better communicating to get the issue resolved.

Gold declared that Moss Adams had turned the City away in its request to obtain the work book, stating they weren’t allowed to speak to

BOWLING

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paintings are highly evocative, leading one on a journey that is both earthly and ethereal.

After moving from his native British Guyana to London in 1953 as a teenager, Bowling began his career at the Royal College of Art, where he studied alongside Hockey, Peter Blake and RB Kitaj. His early work was inspired by the old masters and Lucien Freud even took him under his wing before Bowling moved on from figurative painting and ardently began to cultivate his love for abstract paining.

Gallery owner Marc Selwyn said that it appears today as though Bowling is only now being “rediscovered,” although it’s not as though he actually went anywhere other than deeper into his craft throughout his prolific career.

“There was a real prejudice against black abstract painters,” Selwyn noted of the time when Bowling began. “He sort of bucked that trend.”

NEW YORK SALES MISSION – Beverly Hills is reaching out to the Big Apple this week with the annual Sales Mission in New York City.

Every year this outreach furthers the City’s important relationships with the hospitality industry and luxury retailers. Pictured from left are CEO of the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau (CVB) Julie Wagner, Mayor Lili Bosse, Chamber of Commerce CEO Todd Johnson, Sue Aluzri, City Manager Mahdi Aluzri, Vice President of Business Development CVB Mary Saunders, CVB Chairman Bill Wiley, Director of Economic Development and Government Affairs for the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Blair Schlecter.

HILTON

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Founder of Beverly Hills-based luxury brokerage Hilton & Hyland, an exclusive affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate and Luxury Portfolio. He and Kathy are active in philanthropic affairs throughout Los Angeles. Married more than 30 years, they have four children: Nicky, Barron, Conrad and Paris.

Kathy’s flair for design, first manifested in her store on Sunset Plaza, expanded to QVC and HSN networks and has turned to fashion with her line of couture sold in stores nationwide, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. Her causes include the Make-a-Wish Foundation, the Starlight Children’s Foundation, The Race to Erase MS, City of Hope and many

WOOFSTOCK

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To celebrate the Nov. 10 season two premiere of Netflix original series Lady Dynamite, Netflix’ own Lady Dynamite, (actress Maria Bamford) will be handing out mini-posters and hugs, and for each hug given, Netflix will donate $50 to Pug Nation Rescue LA. Healthy Spot will be giving doggie manicures, to clip those too-long claws. DOGTV will broadcast live on Facebook, so be ready for a close-up.

Subaru will be giving away customized dog tags,too.

Doggie entertainment will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the Disc Dogs in Southern California group. The Pet Parade will begin at 12:15 for everyone who wishes to enter their dog.

A Pet Talent Show, which is always subject to animal “faux

other causes, especially homeless shelters and at-risk children.

Since 1972, The Maple Counseling Center has provided affordable mental health services throughout Los Angeles County. No one is turned away. The center provides services to students in school and through partnerships with organizations in communities where mental health services are limited.

Sean O’Donnell & Family were also recognized with the Maple Award for Community Spirit for service on the Maple Center board of directors and the executive committee.

O’Donnell is active in the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. He joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2015 as senior VP and senior financial adviser. paws,” begins at 1 p.m.

At 1:30 p.m., the winners will be announced and there will be random drawings for prizes for all the registered entrants in the Pet Parade.

At chow time, food trucks will include A Rockin’ Ice, Cousins Maine Lobster, Dog Town, Longshot Coffee and Pie & Burger.

A pet photo booth from the Beverly Hills Small Animal Hospital will feature their wonderful staff, including Dr. John Winters, Dr. Ford Suehiro and Dr. Maie Takahashi, available for photos and to answer doggie health questions.

Free parking is available at Beverly Hills High School with pet-friendly shuttles to the park from 10:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Woofstock is a free family event presented by the City of Beverly Hills Community Services Department.

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BEVERLY HILLS

Kabbalah Children’s Academy Earns International Baccalaureate Designation

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everly Hills’ Kabbalah Children’s Academy has joined 4,775 schools around the world as an International Baccalaureate (IB) school.

Founded in 1968, IB is a non-profit educational foundation offering four programs of international education that develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills needed to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Schools must be authorized by the IB organization to offer any of the programs.

“We’re excited to be in this group,” says Linda Bratcher, head of school. “It’s child-centered curriculum. And we believe that as global citizens children benefit from an international perspective and opportunities to be inclusive. IB does more to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who are motivated to succeed.”

The co-ed Academy operates an Early Childhood Center on Robertson

for children age 2 through kindergarten and its Day School on Olympic for children in grades 1-6.

With a motto of “Educating the mind, igniting the soul,” the school aims to “make every day extraordinary” through classes in STEAM “science, technology, engineering plus the arts,” says Bratcher, that help students reach their full potential through guidance and inquiry-based learning.

“So when students are learning about the American Revolution, for example,” says Bratcher. “We may ask ‘What is revolution?’ ‘Is revolution happening in other places?’ ‘What made these people do what they did?’

“We want students to learn how to research; and we look for exciting opportunities to find out what interests kids,” Bratcher says.

With parents, the school, students and teachers all working together, Bratcher says, the school serves “the whole child—academically, socially

Children at the Kabbalah Children’s Academy.

and spiritually.”

Teachers meet regularly for planning, Bratcher says, so students may see math reflected in science, PE and art classes.

Also setting the school apart are small class sizes (a 12:1 student/teacher ratio), the growing physical education program, the pres-

ence of a full-time school counselor and the spiritual educational program that includes Kabbalah classes.

“Prospective Parent Opportunities” to tour the school and meet with staff and teachers will be at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15.

For more information, visit https://www.kabbalahacademy.net.

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Nanette Fabray, Peter Firth, Simon LeBon, and Peter Martins (Oct 27); Jane Alexander, MeraLee Goldman, Charlie Daniels, Cleo Laine, Joan Plowright and Annie Potts (Oct. 28); Jackie Kassorla, Richard Dreyfuss, Kate Jackson, Jerry Sharell, Winona Ryder, and Bamby Byrens (Oct 29); Brian Rosenstein (Oct. 30); Deidre Hall, David Ogden Stiers, and Jane Pauley (Oct. 31); Allison Levyn, Marci Weiner, Noah Margo, Serge P. Funel, and Robert Foxworth; (Nov. 1); Suzan Hughes, Shirley Firestone, K.D. Lang, Caren Larkey, and Alfre Woodard (Nov. 2).

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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS–The BBBSLA Big Bash Gala brought out a stellar crowd to The Beverly Hilton. Pictured above (from left): Board Chair Laura Lizer, Sherry Lansing, honoree Cindy Holland and presenter actress Kate Mulgrew. Right photo: Co-hosts “Big Sister” Kelly Sullivan and “Big Brother” Travis Van Winkle.

Photos by Vince Bucci At last Friday’s annual Big Bash Gala in The Beverly Hilton, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater L.A. raised $535,000 and honored Cindy Holland, Netflix’s VP of Original Content, with its Sherry Lansing Award.

The award recognizes an individual who provides an inspiring, positive role model to the area’s youth.

BBBSLA Board Chair Laura Lizer, along with her “Little Sister” Jenny, welcomed more than 400 guests before turning the stage over to the evening’s hosts, Big Brother Travis Van Winkle, star of TNT’s The Last Ship, and Big Sister Kelly Sullivan, star of TLC’s Too Close To Home.

In celebrating the work of BBBSLA, Kelly stressed the impact its programs had on the lives of underserved youth. She noted: “This year 100 percent of the girls in our Women in Entertainment program were admitted to a four-year university; 96 percent of the ‘Littles’ in all programs graduated high school while 94 percent of them were college bound.”

“Big Sister” Tracey Underwood, senior VP at ABC Signature Studios, and her “Little Sister” Amanda Cornish, currently a freshman at Pepperdine, movingly detailed their own experiences and the lifechanging impact that being a part

of the organization has made in each of their lives.

LAPD Sgt. Luq Watkins and Officer Ryan Caplette, both Big Brothers, detailed the year-old “Bigs in Blue” program which connects youth and police in one-on-one mentoring, with the goal of building strong, lasting relationships between law enforcement and the families they serve.

BBBSLA Director of Development Jovan Bowles introduced Orange Is the New Black co –star Kate Mulgrew who presented honoree Cindy Holland with her award. In her acceptance, Holland referred to her “Little Sister” Karen, “who has that essential fire within, the thing that cannot be bought, nor taught. We get to help stoke that fire and encourage these young adults to dream as big as their imaginations will allow. It reminds all of us to dream big too... for ourselves, for them and for futures together.”

Singer, song-writer Adam Lambert, currently the front man of the musical group Queen, made a surprise appearance.

Event sponsors included: Mazda, Netflix, Wedgewood and Roy P. Disney, great-nephew of BBBSLA co-founder, Walt Disney.

****** Girlfriends of Linda Schlesinger cooked up a major surprise birthday party for her at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. One of the biggest surprises was when her husband, Peter, wheeled in a huge cake, decorated like a golf course with 13 flags depicting all the courses around the world where the couple has played (left photo).

Happy birthday, Linda, and many more!

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Now celebrating its 25th year, the CVS is a 50-piece orchestra offering a wide variety of classical and pops music, performing four to six concert events each season. It is comprised of local residents, guest musicians, out-of-state snowbirds and musicians from surrounding California areas.

The BRYS has also been around for two decades-plus. Formed in 1995, with passion and dedication by Jeannette Banoczi. The BRYS is comprised of approximately 50 student musicians ages 8 to 18. Nearly 850 young musicians have participated since its inception with several going on to enroll in music schools and conservatories.

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The series features three panelists who will explore the historic nature of ceremonies surrounding death and how modern technology is changing them today. It is being produced in partnership with a multi-day observance of Dia de Los Muertos in the Coachella valley.

Vida y Muerte takes place at Sunnylands Center & Gardens in Rancho Mirage. Light hors d’oeuvres will be provided and the electro-cumbian band Cumbia Machin will play during a ‘mixer’ after the talk. Tickets are $10 and seating is limited.

Sunnylands also celebrates CV Days, Nov. 2-5, when the public is invited to a view calaveras, skull figures and altars crafted by various Coachella Valley organizations in the gardens. These events are free to the public.

Although, Sunnylands is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., because special programming is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 3, it will remain open until 9 p.m., and feature Danza Azteca Xochipilli demonstrated the Aztec roots of Dia de los Muertos through music, stories and dance. Guests are invited to bring photos, flowers, food or fruit to contribute to the Momoztli, or altar.

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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 17-O-2740

CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY 345 FOOTHILL ROAD HILLS MOVING THE DATE OF THE CITY’S BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FROM THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY REQUEST FOR PREQUALIFICATION IN MARCH OF ODD-NUMBERED YEARS TO OF BIDDERS AND THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MON- PREQUALIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS DAY IN MARCH OF EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Change of Election Date. The date of the General Municipal Election in the City of Beverly Hills is hereby moved from the first Tuesday after the First Monday in March of each odd-numbered year to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each even-numbered year beginning in March of 2019.

Section 2. Increase in Terms of Office. Due to the change of election date, the terms of office of those members of the City Council presently serving and the term of the City Treasurer shall be increased by 12 months as follows: A. Those members of the City Council whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, expired following the City’s March 2019 General Municipal Election shall instead conclude their terms of office following certification of the results and administration of the oath of office after the March 2020 General Municipal Election.

B. Those members of the City Council and the City Treasurer whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, expired following the City’s March 2021 General Municipal Election shall instead conclude their terms of office following certification of the results and administration of the oath of office after the March 2022 General Municipal Election.

CIVIC CENTER HVAC CONTROL UPGRADE Notice is hereby given that the City of Beverly Hills (“CITY”) has determined that all bidders for the upgrade of civic center Honeywell control system (“Projects”) must be pre-qualified prior to submitting a bid on that Project. This prequalification is valid for a year. It is mandatory that all Contractors who intend to submit a bid, fully complete the prequalification questionnaire posted on the City’s website, provide all materials requested herein, and be approved by the CITY to be on the final qualified Bidders list.

No bid will be accepted from a Contractor that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, or expect to submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified to bid. The last date to submit a fully completed questionnaire is 2:00 PM Monday, November 6, 2017. Contractors are encouraged to submit prequalification packages as soon as possible, so that they may be notified of omissions of information to be remedied or of their prequalification status in advance of the prequalification deadline for this Project.

Answers to questions contained in the questionnaire (posted on the City’s Website [Beverlyhills.org -> Business -> Section 4. Severability. If any section, sub- Bid Listings -> Prequalification Package section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or for Civic Center HVAC Control portion of this Ordinance or the application thereof Upgrade]) are required. to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of The CITY will use these documents as any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder the basis of rating Contractors with of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and respect to whether each Contractor is effect. qualified to bid on the Project, and reserves the right to check other Section 5. Publication. The City Clerk shall sources available. The CITY’s decision cause this Ordinance to be published at least once will be based on objective evaluation criin a newspaper of general circulation published teria. and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with section 36933 The CITY reserves the right to adjust, of the Government Code, shall certify to the adop- increase, limit, suspend or rescind the tion of this Ordinance and shall cause this prequalification rating based on subseOrdinance and the City Clerk’s certification, quently learned information. Contractors together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City. whose rating changes sufficiently to disqualify them will be notified, and given Section 6. Effective Date. Pursuant to an opportunity for a hearing consistent Government Code section 36937, this Ordinance with the hearing procedures described below for appealing a prequalification shall become effective immediately. rating.

Adopted: October 17, 2017 While it is the intent of the prequalificaEffective: October 17, 2017 tion questionnaire and documents LILI BOSSE required therewith to assist the CITY in Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills determining bidder responsibility prior to bid and to aid the CITY in selecting the ATTEST: lowest responsible bidder, neither the BYRON POPE (SEAL) fact of prequalification, nor any prequalCity Clerk ification rating, will preclude the CITY from a post-bid consideration and deterAPPROVED AS TO FORM: mination of whether a bidder has the LAURENCE S. WIENER quality, fitness, capacity and experience City Attorney to satisfactorily perform the proposed work, and has demonstrated the requiAPPROVED AS TO CONTENT: site trustworthiness.

MAHDI ALUZRI City Manager The prequalification packages should be submitted under seal to the Office of VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Wunderlich, Friedman, the City Clerk, City of Beverly Hills, 455 North Rexford Drive, Room 290, Mirisch, Vice Mayor Gold and Mayor Bosse Beverly Hills, CA 90210. The following NOES: None should be clearly marked on the outside ABSENT: None of the package “CONFIDENTIAL PRECARRIED QUALIFICATION STATEMENT FOR

Section 3. hereby repealed.

Ordinance No. 94-O-2218 is

THE CIVIC CENTER HVAC CONTROL UPGRADE” For any Questions regarding the questionnaire and the qualification package contact, Mandana Motahari (email:mmotahari@beverlyhills.org).

The prequalification packages submitted by Contractors are not public records and are not open to public inspection. All information provided will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law. However, the contents may be disclosed to third parties for purpose of verification, or investigation of substantial allegations, or in an appeal hearing.

State law requires that the names of contractors applying for prequalification status shall be public records subject to disclosure, and the first page of the questionnaire will be used for that purpose.

Each questionnaire must be signed under penalty of perjury in the manner designated at the end of the form, by an individual who has the legal authority to bind the Contractor on whose behalf that person is signing. If any information provided by a Contractor becomes inaccurate, the Contractor must immediately notify the CITY and provide updated accurate information in writing, under penalty of perjury.

The CITY reserves the right to waive minor irregularities and omissions in the information contained in the prequalification application submitted, and to make all final determinations. The CITY may also determine at any time that the prequalification process will be suspended for the Project and the Project will be bid without prequalification.

Contractors may submit prequalification packages during regular working hours on any day that the offices of the CITY are open. Contractors who submit a complete prequalification package will be notified of their qualification status no later than ten business days after submission of the information.

If the Contractor gives the required notice of appeal, a hearing shall be conducted no earlier than five business days after the CITY’s receipt of the notice of appeal and not later than five business days prior to the date of the Notice Inviting Bids for this Project. Prior to the hearing, the Contractor shall, in writing, be advised of the basis for the City’s pre-qualification determination.

The hearing shall be conducted by a panel consisting of three members of the Department of Public Works senior management staff (the “Appeals Panel”). The Appeals Panel shall consider any evidence presented by the Contractor, whether or not the evidence is presented in compliance with formal rules of evidence. The Contractor will be given the opportunity to present evidence, information and arguments as to why the Contractor believes it should be pre-qualified. Within one day after the conclusion of the hearing, the Appeals Panel will render a written determination as to whether the Contractor is pre-qualified. It is the intention of the CITY that the date for the submission and opening of bids will not be delayed or postponed to allow for completion of an appeal process.

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).

SUDOKU ANSWER 10/20/17 ISSUE

The CITY may refuse to grant prequalification where the requested information and materials are not provided by the due date indicated above. There is no appeal from a refusal for an incomplete or late application, but re-application for a later project is permitted. Neither the closing time for submitting prequalification packages for this Project will be changed in order to accommodate supplementation of incomplete submissions, or late submissions, unless requested by the CITY in its sole discretion.

In addition to a contractor’s failure to be pre-qualified pursuant to the scoring system set forth in the prequalification package, a contractor may be found not prequalified for either omission of or falsification of, any requested information.

Where a timely and completed application results in a rating below that necessary to pre-qualify, an appeal can be made by the unsuccessful Contractor.

An appeal is begun by the Contractor delivering notice to the CITY of its appeal of the decision with respect to its prequalification rating, no later than two business days following notification that it is not pre-qualified. The notice of appeal shall include an address where the Contractor wishes to receive notice of the appeal hearing. Without a timely appeal, the Contractor waives any and all rights to challenge the decision of the CITY, whether by administrative process, judicial process or any other legal process or proceeding.

PUZZLE ANSWER

10/20/17 M B A P O W E G R A V E Y E S I G N I N A S T O M T N E E V R A C E A T O N S T U H A N G T U A M F M B O A A N I M T R I M A I N O N E T E A S Y

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Installation • Setup • Software Training • Virus & Spyware Removal • Website Design CALL E. STURM:

European Companion/ Cargiver For Elderly with long time experience Responsible Couple seeking full or part time FRENCH LESSONS with live-out position.

3 Years Apartment Enjoy French Language!

Manager Experience Cooking nutritional in Beverly Hills Seeking meals, own car & great On-Site/Live-In references.

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Call 323/656-1805 Excellent Credit and Driving Records Please Call or Text BT: 310.890.6400 Nurse/Caregiver

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Tutoring by a teacher with many years of experience at the Lycee Francais of Los Angeles and The BH Lingual Institute

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HAIRSTYLIST NEEDED FOR UPSCALE SALON IN PRIME LOCATION BEVERLY HILLS PLEASE CALL 310/358-0893 90 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

THE

SCHAFFEL GROUP

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HOUSES FOR SALE

Beverly Hills Adj. Condo 3 Bd.+2 Ba.

Single Standing Medical Building

1102 Rexford Dr. #301 $1,100,000 Beverlywood, CA 90034

852 South Robertson Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90035

Elegant 1,666 sq. ft. unit with upgrades & natural light. Hrwd. flrs. & plush carpet.

Large master suite with walk-in closet.

W/D in unit. Gym in complex. Easy stroll to Pico shops, restaurants Feliza Kohan The Real Estate Matchmaker & places of worship.

Realtor® Broker Associate Gated parking with #00639867 5 guest spots.

310.581.8188 cell/text HOA $486. fkohan@cbzhomes.com

(Between Wilshire & Olympic Blvds.)

Aprroximately 1,805 sf Medical Space available Asking $6.00 NNN of $ tbd 9 parking in rear of building 3 lanes 3 deep Reception & Waiting Rooms, 9 treatment rooms, X-Ray Room and Lab area, 2 additional offices and 2 restrooms.

Please contact the exclusive agents

Cory Schaffel & Sy Schaffel

CAREGIV ERS NEEDED At least 5 years in home experience. Speak fluent English and can also speak Farsi, Russian, Hebrew, Armenian or Polish. Must have car and available for live-in positions.

Call 323/655-2622 Mon.-Fri. • 10am-5pm DO NOT APPLY IF NOT EXPERIENCE

Leasing info: 310.289.7855 Office 310.550.8710 cschaffel@theschaffelgroup.com & sschaffel@theschaffelgroup.com DRE# 00842890 & 01220690 220 S. Almont Dr. Beverly HIlls, CA 90211

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Kosher experience is beneficial.

Couple travels a lot. Driving required. Excellent references a must. We prefer resumes to be emailed: shf613@gmail.com or call 310-494-0071 and leave a message.

ROCH O ELLE MA M IZE

space in Beverly Hillsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 90 prestigious EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY G o l d e n Tr i a n g l e .

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

For more info call 310.887.7000

CENTURY WOODS

$1,369,000 TO $2,799,000

BEL AIR CREST $1,788,000 TO $9,500,000

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

E x e c u t i v e g e t a w a y, e n t e r t a i n e r ' s d r e a m o r f u l l - t i m e l u x u r y r e s i d e n c e .

S p a c i o u s 2+2 Mediter ranean style residence is gated and extremely private.

Perched on a bluff above Carbon Beach, this gorgeous villa is just a stones throw from Malibu's hot spots; Soho House & Nobu. If that's not enough, you also get to soak in 180 degree ocean views with iconic sites of the M a l ibu Pier, Sur frider Beach and Queens necklace. The spacious sun-soaked terrace, pool and spa have head-on ocean views. There is a outdoor BBQ i s land with a granite countertop. Fully loaded kitchen, top-of-the line appliances.

The furnishings are elegant, distinguished and ver y comfor table. Master has direct ocean views and is located off the pool area complete with French doors, huge walk in closet, separate shower and vanity areas. Only 20 minu t e s to Santa Monica and a short distance to schools, shopping, beaches.

O w n e r will pay all utilities. Lease ter m is negotiable as well as fur nishi n g s .

O f f e r e d at $18,000 per month.

Jack Turturici, Jr. Managing Partner jturturici@EAHomeSales.com â&#x20AC;¢ 310.291.1517

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CENTURY CITY CONNECTION BEVERLY HILLS Southwest BEVERLY HILLS 435 S. Maple Dr. Beverly Hills 90212 CENTURY WOODS-Gate Community 218 S. Tower Dr. Townhouse • $3,900 2 + 2.5 condo, 2,872 Sqft Home For Lease Totally Remodeled 4 Bdrm.+5.5 Bath + Bonus Room

Corner, single level, high ceilings, bright, open floor plan with 3 large patios. Resort like amenities located $9,000/MO. in a quiet serene atmosphere.

2 Bd.+Den+3 Ba. • • • • • • 2 Bd.+ 2 Ba. • $3,400

$16,500/Month One year or more.

Mercedes Alonso: 310/428.7158 Jill Epstein: 310/779.9513 Nourmand and Associates

Magnificent, bright,

• Cathy Greenly • Coldwell Banker

310/850-4512

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CALBRE #01328365

440 UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900 License 00957281

all listings are on CenturyCityLiving.com

N O W AVA I L A B L E GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED

*BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CENTURY PARK EAST

2220 Ave. of Stars #1805 2 COMBINED UNITS $7,850 • 2+4 • 3,000sf.

270º Jetliner View-Ocean, Downtown, Hollywood.

24-hr. Security, Valet, Concierge, Tennis, Pool, Gym, 4-Prkg., Hi-Ceiling.

Rent Includes $3,000 Homeowner Assoc. Dues.

• DIANA COOK • 468 N. Camden Dr., B.H., 90210

310-203- 8333

1 BEDROOM /1 BATH $3,200/MONTH

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

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. •PLAZA TOWERS• 838 N. DOHENY DRIVE

MODERN & STUNNING CONDOMINIUM 2 BDRM + LRG DEN or CENTURY PARK EAST 3RD BDRM + 2.5 BATH $4,000 to $5,300/month With Panoramic Views PARK PLACE 1554 Sq. Ft. $4,200 to $4,950/month

Elegant hardwood flooring.

CENTURY TOWERS Valet, 24 hour receptionist. $6,500 to $7,000/month Designer kitchen cabinets with high end appliances including CENTURY HILL washer & dryer, ample closet $4,950 to $8,900/month space, gym, sunbathing LE PARC rooftop pool and ground pool.

Sorry $7,500/MO. ONE CENTURY

By Appointment only $16,500 to $27,000/month

CENTURY WOODS Sorry

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

Call 310/653-2551

living+dining rm., freshly

BEVERLY HILLS

• BRENTWOOD •

358 S. Reeves Dr.

125 N. Barrington Av.

Spanish Lwr Duplex

N E W LY U P D AT E D

A/C, 2-car gar

Gorgeous & Spacious.

• • 2000 sqft • • • • • •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• 3Br/2Ba Hardwd Flrs, Formal • 1 Bdrm.

•• Dining Rm, Step-Down •• + 1 Bath • • • Living Rm, Courtyard Upscale, Bright, • •

painted, central air, washer/

Old World Charm!

Walk to Schools

dryer, fridge, gated inter-

Bright, intercom entry,

Shops Restaurants

com entry, 2-car garage. fridge, stove, laundry fac.

1 yr lease Pets Neg. •CHARMING DUPLEX• Water included.

No pets.

310/428-5730 Spacious 3Bd + Den + 2Ba CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS C OMPASS G OLD P ROP .

Formal dining and breakfast & SHOPPING. room, new appliances with Marty: 310/293-2205 323/651-2598 washer/dryer incl., hardwood Grand Opening floors throughout, central air BEVERLY HILLS BRENTWOOD ’s • BEVERLY HILLS • & heat, garage + long drive412 N. OAKHURST DR. Most Spectacular way for extra parking. Close 2 Bd.+1 Ba. • $3,150 ~ Luxury Large ~ X-L ARGE E LEGANT A PT .

Apartments Wilshire Blvd. and LACMA. Newly Updated. Top Flr. 2 Bd.+2 Ba. 120 Granville Ave. $3,988/MO. Call 310/498-1090 W/ granite kitchen & bath, Living+dining rooms, * * * * *1 * * * porcelain tile & hrwd. flrs., 3-balconies appliances, • 2 B d . + 2 / 2 B a . washer/dryer hook-ups, 1 walk-in closet, hi-ceilings. washer/dryer hook up, • 3 B d . + 2 / 2 B a . * * * * * * * * WEST HOLLYWOOD Shared backyard. No pets. bar, central air, Large units, walk-in closet, 310/271-6811 walk-in closet, ON THE SUNSET STRIP Cell: 310/994-4122 – CLOSE TO 2-parking. No pets. custom kitchen, built-in Must see!

439 S. Rexford washer/dryer, all appliEVERYTHING! Robert: 310/403-6812 ances, hardwood floors LITERALLY! throughout, some units Spectacular Location Beverly Hills w/ skylights+high ceilings. $3850 to $4500. in Beverly Hills 138 N. Hamilton Dr. Huge 1br 1ba apts.

Health club, wifi, sauna, Newly Remodeled • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • heated pool, controlled 1000sf to 1400sf.

2 Bdrm.+2 Bath Dishwasher, acess, parking.

Ultra-lux 1br apts in Very large upper unit controlled access, • 424/272-6596 • historic 1930s w/ views! Central a/c, laundry facility. buildings with Close to Brentwood 2-car garage, hrwd.

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incredible charm and character. Completely renovated with all stainless steel appliances including washer/dryer.

Parking included.

1216 N. La Cienega Blvd.

8491 Fountain Ave.

Call now!

310-728-1785

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CENTURY CITY 2 Bd. + 2 Ba.

Bright Sunny Unit. Move-In Ready.

24-hr. guard gated, pool, tennis, gym.

• $4,500/Month •

310/557-1900

flrs., laundry. 1/2 blk to Bev. Vista School.

324 S. Rexford Dr. $2,895/Month

By Appointment Only:

310/271-4207

$2,300/MO. Shown By Appointment.

8544 BURTON WAY Call 310/273-6770 or 213/444-8865

————— BRENTWOOD The Carlton 11666 Goshen Ave.

(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)

Very Spacious 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. (•)(•)(•)(•)(•)

WiFi, central air/heat, fireplace, balcony, controlled access, pool, elevator, parking, laundry facility.

310/312-9871 Shopping & Dining in Brentwood Village

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. • • • • • • • •• • LUXURIOUS • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • Large closets, balconies, all amenities in kitchen Berber carpet/ harwood foors and verticle blinds.

Fireplace, washer/dryer included in laundry area.

Secured building with garden courtyard.

Choice location Near Beverly Center, CedarsSinai, Restaurants, Trader Joes, Etc. No Pets.

• 310/476-2181 • Close to shopping, dining & schools.

C LOSE TO C EDARS, Village, Restaurants, B EVERLY C ENTER , UCLA, Mt. Saint Mary’s, BRENTWOOD & Transportation.

R ESTAURANT R OW. 11730 SUNSET BLVD. 323//651-2598

BEVERLY HILLS Great Location!

1 BDRM, 1.5 BATH

• • • • • With Pool, hardwood floors, balcony, central air, fireplace, stainless steel appliances, elevator, intercom entry, parking. gym.

————— • BRENTWOOD • 922 S. Barrington Av.

• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • Fireplace, balcony, wet bar, dishwasher, laundry facility, elevator, parking.

•••••••• Newly Updated 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath

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

320 N. La Peer Dr.

• 310/246-0290 • C L O S E TO S HOPS & D INING

• Jr. Executive •••••••

Rooftop pool, deck, central air, elevator, intercom entry, on-sight laundry, gym, parking.

Close to shops+dining.

• 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • • 310/826-0541 • French doors in bdrm. • open to large balcony • ————— overlooking pool • BRENTWOOD 11640 Kiowa Ave.

• GORGEOUS UNITS •

NEWLY REMODELED

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~ 310/476-3824 ~ BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE

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= = = = = = Very Bright

Balcony, dishwasher, a/c, heated pool, WiFi, elevator controlled access, on-site laundry, prkg.

Close to Brentwood Village, Shops & Restaurants.

2 Bdrm.+11/2 Bath = = = = = =

• 310/826-4889 •

310/592-4511

Totally Redone.

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

CLASSIFIEDS / SERVICE DIRECTORY

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LE DOUX / BURTON WAY

L.A.

1236 Amhearst Ave.

• Spacious Units •

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1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

Dishwasher, a/c, controlled access, on-site parking & laundry facility.

LARGE 2 BDRM, 2 BA. with Bamboo, Stainless Steel Appliances, Washer and Dryer in unit, Pool, 2 Parking, A/C units.

310/820-8584

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1628 S. Westgate Ave. X-St. Santa Monica Bl.

By appointment only

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017278078 The following is/are doing business WESTWOOD AUTOMOTIVE 550 Veteran Ave. 10933 Rochester Ave. 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL. as: COLLISION & REPAIR 2215 S. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA ••••• • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath 90064; Hikmat Barikhan 11706 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, Spacious a/c, fireplace, • Bachelor CA 90064; The business is con• ducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, regpool, controlled access, istrant(s) has begun to transact ••••• business under the name(s) Granite counter tops, laundry fac., prkg. listed September 2017: Very spacious, • Free WiFi Access • stainless steel appliances, Hikmat Barikhan, Owner: granite counters, Statement is filed with the County 310/473-5061 air conditioned, new of Los Angeles: September 27, microwave, intercom Close To U.C.L.A 2017; Published: October 06, hrwd. flrs., designer 13, 20, 27, 2017 LACC N/C entry, on-sight laun–––––– finishes, balcony, ceiling FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME dry, parking & WiFi. STATEMENT 2017278076 The Very close to UCLA 340 S. St. Andrews Pl. fan, elevator, controlled following is/are doing business • • • • • access. Fitness ctr, yoga as: WESTWOOD AUTO CEN& Westwood Village.

TER 11708 W. Olympic Blvd., Spacious Los Angeles, CA 90064; Hikmat room, wi-fi, skyview 310/208-5166 Barikhan 11706 Exposition 1 Bdrm + 1 Bath lounge w/ outdoor fire- Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064; The business is conducted by: • • • • • Balcony, controlled place, laundry facilities. AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business 1415 Brockton Ave. Easy freeway access under the name(s) listed access, parking, { { { { { { { September 2017: Hikmat elevator, on-site laundry.

213/382-102 1 Barikhan, Owner: Statement is 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Close to shopping, filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 27, 2017; great restaurants Patio, stove, Published: October 06, 13, 20, 27, 2017 LACC N/C and Metro. dishwasher, on-sight 401 S. HOOVER St. FICTITIOUS–––––– 213/738-9849 BUSINESS NAME laundry, parking.

STATEMENT 2017284817 The • • • • • • • • C LOSE T O S HOPS following is/are doing business * HOLLYWOOD * • 1 Bd. as: MCLE 4 LAWYERS 1875 + & R ESTAURANTS . 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. Century Park East #700, Los Angeles, CA 90067-2508; MCLE • 1 Ba. JUST RENTED 4 Lawyers, LLC 1875 Century * * * * * Park East #700, Los Angeles, CA • • • • • • • • + 1 Bd. 1 Ba. 90067-2508; The business is Control access, pool, conducted by: A LIMITED LIAWESTWOOD BILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) * * * * * dishwasher, elevator, has 10905 Ohio Ave. NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) Newly Remodeled on-site laundry listed: Micah Smith, Member: Great Views Statement is filed with the County and parking. of Los Angeles: October 03, Great views, controlled 2017; Published: October 13, 1 Bd.+1 Ba. 213/385-4751 access, balcony, 20, 27, November 03, 2017 LACC N/C elevator, lrg. pool, –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME prkg, on-sight laundry.

STATEMENT 2017284816 The H IKING IN R UNYON following is/are doing business Wifi, Bright, controlled C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD as: PM FINANCIAL 9701 W. Pico Blvd. #115, Los Angeles, CA access, balcony, B OWL /N IGHTLIFE .

90035; Stephen Mourad Perl 9701 W. Pico Blvd. #115, Los pool, e levator, 323/467-8172 CA 90035; The busiwith Bamboo, Stainless Angeles, ness is conducted by: AN INDIlaundry facility, prkg.

VIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT Steel Appliances, Washer begun Close To U.C.L.A. to transact business S INEST under the name(s) listed: 310/477-6856 OST UXURIOUS and Dryer in unit, Pool, Stephen Perl, Owner: Statement is filed with the County 2 Parking, A/C units.

PT ENTAL of Los Angeles: October 03, * * * * * * By appointment only 2017; Published: October 13, 20, 27, November 03, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– 10530-10540 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017293153 The Wilshire Bl. following is/are doing business as: NORM’S FOAM & FABRICS CENTER 3304 Motor Ave., Los • • • • • Angeles, CA 90034; Norman Marcus 3304 Motor Ave., Los • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • Angeles, CA 90034; Florence • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Marcus 3304 Motor Ave., Los • Single • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. Angeles, CA 90034; The business is conducted by: A MAR• • • • • RIED COUPLE, registrant(s) has 6-Month Lease Avail. begun to transact business under the name(s) listed 1975: Luxury Living * * * * * * Norman Marcus, Owner: Statement is filed with the County with valet, lush garden Every Extra Luxury of Los Angeles: October 11, 2017; custom cabinets, granite surrounding pool, Published: October 20, 27, countertops, stone entry, November 03, 10, 2017 LACC gym, elevator, etc.

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trant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed 1987: Jeannie Dimter, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 11, 2017; Published: October 20, 27, November 03, 10, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017275699 The following is/are doing business as: ALPHAGEEKSERVICE 339 N. Oakhurst Dr. #103, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Susan Jarvie 339 N. Oakhurst Dr. #103, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Susan Jarvie, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 26, 2017; Published: October 20, 27, November 03, 10, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017299116 The following is/are doing business as: DIANE MALNEKOFF FIRE RELIEF 1314 Summitridge Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Mary Ridings Herman 1314 Summitridge Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed October 16, 2017: Mary Ridings Herman, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 17, 2017; Published: October 27, November 03, 10, 17, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017302796 The following is/are doing business as: 8316 MELROSE AVE 8316 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90069; Reiko Kondo 8316 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90069; Shingo Kidaka 8316 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Reiko Kondo, Owner/Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 20, 2017; Published: October 27, November 03, 10, 17, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017302795 The following is/are doing business as: 1) JH 2) JOHN HADJAR RARE GEMS AND TIMEPIECES 9489 Dayton Way #300, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Edessa Ventures LLC 9489 Dayton Way #300, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: John Hadjar, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 20, 2017; Published: October 27, November 03, 10, 17, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017302794 The following is/are doing business as: GREENWOOD TEAM 222 N. Canon Dr. #206, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Ana J. Greenwood 222 N. Canon Dr. #206, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Ana J. Greenwood, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 20, 2017; Published: October 27, November 03, 10, 17, 2017 LACC N/C

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Chairman 2014 Paula Kent Meehan President & Publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Stephen P. Simmons

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Talk about bait and switch...the members of the Beverly Hills City Council have just voted themselves an extra year in office.

No one can argue that our councilmembers are not the most “clever.” So ”clever” they have been able (legally) to manipulate the extension of their terms in office, voting to comply with Senate Bill 415.

Bonus gifts for each councilmember include: (1) An extra year...five instead of four...(We had voted for four year terms); (2) Increased pensions; (3) Health coverage for life.

How could an agenda Item of this significance be introduced on a City Council study session after business hours on a Friday evening?

Even more remarkable was the only public comment from one resident, Judie Fenton, the campaign manager for both Julian Gold and Lester Friedman, who was also recently appointed a commissioner by the City Council.

Fenton supported the passage and stated voters (residents) would be “confused” because the BHUSD Board of Education election would be on the same ballot.

Speaking as a resident and a voter...I am not confused. I am angry to think the members of the City Council we voted for have become self serving in their efforts collectively to maintain a hold on power.

Favoritism reigns in this City Council.

Let's see how just many of the current City Council members up for election...will be actually be re-elected.

Here’s a message to City Council...WE DO HAVE A MEMORY. Ilona Sherman Editor’s Note: The above represents just one of several letters the Courier has received from our citizens outraged over this recent action of the City Council. In most cases, the writers would not let their names be used for fear of retaliation. We urge our readers to write and allow us to use their names, knowing fully that their opinions will be shared by countless others in the community. ****** Having video cameras set up on the intersection of Elm and Charleville, I am writing in regards to the cars which ignore the stop signs located by Beverly Vista.

I have contacted the Beverly Hills Police Department several times to complain about the drivers who ignore the stop signs on Charleville between Beverly Drive and Rexford and between Olympic and Wilshire.

I just got off the phone again as a white Lexus SUV came to a screeching halt so as not to hit a child in the crosswalk. The sergeant in charge informed me that BHPD has a motorcycle cop at each school at dismissal time and they cannot be everywhere.

This is unacceptable.

My own children have avoided being hit by motorists. However, there is nowhere to run when one of them is already in a crosswalk and a motorist does not stop. My children have grown up and live with their mother. They hesitate to visit me as it “not safe” to drive here. Therefore, I must drive to meet them elsewhere.

If I can put up video cameras on the intersection of Elm and Charleville, then the City should be able to set up cameras and cite those individuals who do not stop at stop signs.

I ask the City Council to not answer this request by saying it is impossible or that the City does not have the money as you are now on actual notice of dangerous conditions, making it unsafe for Beverly Hills students and residents alike.

Michael Hartounian ****** This may not be a particularly important issue, but I read the article that discussed “End-of-Life” (essentially) for the Jack Colker 76 station on Burton Way, with a discussion of the potential for saving part of the structure and transporting it elsewhere due to it’s historic, architectural significance.

Anyway, just curious that everyone seems to think that vehicles will be powered almost completely with electricity in the very near future, without taking into account the difficulties, and also the alternates, such as hydrogen or LNG power. LNG is probably the cleanest power next to hydrogen, and the idea that liquid fuels can be completely replaced with rechargeable, electric batteries ignores some fundamental problems.

Lithium-ion battery power for one, as it has nearly doubled in price per metric ton, and will double again

in half the time. It is also not that easy to acquire, and will become more difficult and expensive as (increasingly) autos, laptops, and cell phones all operate with the same power source. As far as autos, liquid fuels allow rapid refueling, while electricity is nowhere near as rapid– consider going across country, and having to allow roughly 45 minutes to recharge for every 300 miles....

A couple of items to consider: the entire Metro fleet is now powered by LNG, and huge amounts of the electric grid are now powered by natural gas. Also, the idea that long-range trucking will be able to switch to electricity as a primary fuel, and keep the same schedules it keeps now, would be a problem.

Another is airplane travel: the idea that a switch can be made to some other non-liquid fuel for air travel (other than short-range drone taxis) seems premature to me.

The preceding thoughts are simply a few that come to mind when thinking of closing one of the few remaining stations in Beverly Hills, when electricity as a primary fuel seems likely, but not altogether wellthought-out for other than short hops to the store and back, and not allowing for other fuels that probably make more sense in the long run.

Stan Wiegand ****** I live in Beverly Hills and manage 53 units in six buildings What a fiasco this has become during the last few months. I have had 30 letters from the City of Beverly Hills regarding rent stablizaton and have had to spend countless hours complying with this situation that will end up costing tenants more money. Now a new law that pertains to “no smoking” inside the tenants rented apartments.

Rent stablizaton is a disaster as we rarely raise rents. I have now been instructed by the owners to raise rents 3 percent and whatever the City deems appropriate in future years.

Beverly Hills is unable to keep the alleyways clean although the City charges at least $25 per apartment. Trash pickup is another disaster. One building on Rodeo and Olympic is disgustingly full of alleyway trash and full dumpsters every day.

Rats roam the streets because of this and, although I have an amazing pest control company (Pest Solutions), they know that B.H. is terrible at trash collection and there are not enough dumpsters, all of which should be emptied daily as they are in Santa Monica. They certainly charge enough. As for dog poop, there are lots of laws about this, and yet the flats are littered with it.

Calling the City and reporting anything is a nightmare. Only when I threatened to write to the Courier did an inspector come out, and but two people from the City (Mary and Arthur), have ever returned a call.

I have been shifted from code enforcement to sanitation...all voice mails. It is totally laughable except it definitely isn’t.

Though I’m not in the law enforcement business, today I received a postcard stating that, as a property manager, I have additional duties regarding the new smoking law that will happen Jan. 1.

The police seem unable to stop the out of control drivers, primarily middle easterners, going at speeds over 70 to 90 miles an hour on the flats of B.H. Most of these cars have no plates, yet this has been allowed to escalate for years. On Rodeo and Olympic there have been eight accidents in the last month dispatching debris that never gets picked up. Calling the City officials about this is pointless as they do not return calls and do nothing.

One last thing from 6 to 7 a.m. weekdays, several large trucks line up on Doheny Drive to turn left onto Beverly Boulevard and down the alleyway through Beverly Hills to Alden Drive. This obstructs emergency vehicles and continues throughout the day. I have had at least 20 tenants call or text me to complain about the noise and damage to the alleyway between Doheny and Oakhurst. The noise at this early hour and damage to this alleyway is absurd but it continues. There is nothing I can do except make this public and perhaps embarrass the City to do something other than have its ridiculous meetings.

What can we do about tenants who hoard, who manipulate the system, who get consistently drunk and then end up on a committee which make these absurd laws.

Last time I checked tenants are meant to have quiet enjoyment where they live?

Please contact me at denisegershon@me.com if you want to be part of solution Denise Gershon

Cartoon for the Courier by Janet Salter

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 27). You've the savvy to turn a small amount into a hefty sum. This isn't about gambling; it's about intelligent investing. Neatness and organization solve a problem.

Those you live with and near will get the benefit of your considerable skill in creating beautiful environments. Adventure calls in November and May. Sagittarius and Capricorn adore you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your deft handling of a delicate matter will earn you the trust and respect of the kind of intelligent, sensitive people who recognize the value of social skills such as yours.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You've come to the bridge. As you make your way across, appreciate all that went into building this shortcut that joins all the places you want to go. This appreciation may keep you from burning the bridge later.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The impossibilities may be, upon second thought, quite possible after all. In fact, there's a whole range of things that might occur were any one of the elements involved to be changed or subtracted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Sit quietly, processing your thoughts until you feel that you can accept what's going on in your life. You might not get to that point, but you will make progress. Anyway, there is no greater success than coming to terms with now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). People who are just trying to help often don't know how best to do it. Friends might overstep boundaries.

Your tact will go a long way. If there's a choice between taking issue with something and letting it go, do the latter.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Ailments of the soul require the healing balm of faith. As it is with all balms, the healing isn't really in the ointment. The balm creates a condition in which the body can put itself back together.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Good news is fun to deliver. You'll be tempted to leave the bad news for someone else to tell, or maybe if you ignore it, it will somehow go away. Hey, it's actually worked before.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Being good can be hard. Draining. It is possible that you actually feel weary from constantly doing the right thing. Maybe there's such a thing as being too good.

Anyway, you don't need to do wrong. Rest and do nothing instead.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your encouragement will boost the morale of your group. Your role as cheerleader is crucial, because all those little extra things you do -- the efforts you make that you don't have to make -- create cohesion. You're the glue.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There's a powerful, driving beat behind your love -- a rhythm that moves everything forward. Just be careful not to overpower anyone with your energy, because that would be counterproductive to your desire.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Expectations are so tricky. Often people really will rise to the guidelines that expectations impose. But right now, you'll be pleasantly surprised by what occurs when you loosen up in your expectations of a loved one.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The technology will fail, glitch and even seem to mock you today, but this is all a test of your patience, and ultimately very easily solved. These issues make you extra appreciative of the devices that serve you daily.

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