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BHHS students band together to support Darren Davies’ family.

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“Hymn of Life: Tulips” will be restored through the Fine Art Commission.

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BH residents attend American Technion Society Board of Directors meeting.

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•Arts & Entertainment •Birthdays

THANKSGIVING BUDDIES—Annette Goldstein's kindergarten class and Michelle Stradford's fifth grade class show off their collaborative efforts on the day before Thanksgiving at Horace Mann. The two classes partner on a weekly basis for a 35-minute "Reading Buddy" session.

Courier Photo By Laura Coleman

By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills City Council made Rolex’s sponsorship of the Beverly Hills Centennial offical at its meeting Tuesday night by a unanimous vote.

Rolex is the first announced

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Announcements Real Estate Rentals Sales and More

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and approved sponsor for the City’s Centennial in 2014.

Geary’s CEO Tom Blumenthal, who helped Rolex reach an agreement with the City, said the (see ‘ROLEX’ page 15)

of norms to regulate the council at its meeting on Tuesday. The norms, set up during a council retreat last month, were the summary of discussions that occurred during the retreat.

City Council Makes No Decision On Metro Overlay Zones

By Matt Lopez The City Council discussed overlay zones for Metro-owned sites in Beverly Hills at its council meeting Tuesday, but made no formal decision about how to move forward.

An overlay zone creates a specific area that requires special

regulations in addition to the preexisting planning codes.

The item was discussed at the request of Vice Mayor John Mirisch, who said he simply wanted to find a way for the City to maintain zoning control over any properties Metro might pur(see ‘METRO’ page 15)

TURKEY MAN—For the second year in a row, Board of Education member Noah Margo dressed like a turkey to collect money outside Beverly Vista on behalf of Westside Food Bank, which provides full Thanksgiving meals for needy families. In two days, Margo and Beverly Vista were able to raise $220.

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Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE

By Matt Lopez Despite constant pleas by City bureaucrats for more money from businesses and residents, the City of Beverly Hills has a surplus of more than $10 million thanks in part to some conservative budget estimations over the last fiscal year.

If City staff has its way, that surplus won’t be around much longer.

At Tuesday’s City Council

meeting, Director of Administrative Services Noel Marqius presented a proposal to appropriate $10.2 million in excess funds from the 2011-12 Fiscal Year (FY) on a variety of different projects.

The biggest chunk of Marquis' recommendations call for nearly $7 million going to capital assets/land acquisition and “restoration of General Fund (see ‘SURPLUS’ page 20)

City Council Refuses To Adopt Rolex Approved As City’s First Norms From ‘Kumbaya’ Retreat Marla Schevker “I think it was kind of a KumOfficial Centennial Sponsor Bycil rejected The Beverly Hills City Coun- baya meeting, so to suggest we’re the adoption of a set going to formalize norms now on

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Everybody Loved Dining At Connie Wald’s In Beverly Hills; Irresistible Hospitality Tantamount To A Parisian Salon; If Only The Walls Of Her House Could Talk; She Will Be Missed Hugely

November 23, 2012

Mirisch Wants Extra Money Spent On Schools, Water Rates

Beverly Vista School cut the ribbon on the Michael Libow Atrium.

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El Rodeo’s Ballroom Dance team won gold in their tournament last week.

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Jewish National Fund To Host Annual Breakfast in December

By Laura Coleman As the situation in the Middle East threatens to boil over, the Jewish National Fund’s upcoming sixth annual breakfast discussion on Israel’s future appears well timed.

On Dec. 11, guest speaker Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Israeli Consul General in New York and a tireless advocate against the the delegitimization of the 62-

year-old Jewish state, will address around 400 Jewish Americans at The Beverly Hilton.

His planned week-long visit to Los Angeles next month comes at a particularly important time, breakfast chair Doug Williams said.

“It’s very important for American Jews to show their support of Israel in times of (see ‘ISRAEL’ page 20)

the basis of a roasting marshmallows and signing campfire songs to me doesn’t sound appropriate,” Vice Mayor John Mirisch said. “I thought [the retreat] was (see ‘RETREAT’ page 20)

NEW CHAIR—Recreation & Parks Commissioner Robbie Anderson will take over as chair of the commission for the first time at Tuesday’s meeting. Pictured left is Anderson with wife Jeanne and son Jack.

Robbie Anderson Set To Chair Rec & Parks Commission

By Laura Coleman Affectionately known as the “Golden Boy” of Beverly Hills for his strong ties to the community, incoming Recreation and

Parks Commission chair Robbie Anderson is not shy with his opinions or his commitment to ensuring Beverly Hills continues (see ‘ANDERSON’ page 20)

DID IT HAPPEN?— Opera sages believe that Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly is based on events that occurred in Nagasaki during the 1890s. The LA Opera production stars Ukranian soprano Oksana Dyka as geisha Cio-Cio-San in the doomed romance with Lieutenant Pinkerton, sung by tenor Brandon Jovanovich.

Placido Domingo cites its “exquisite musical beauty.” The production runs through Dec. 9, and tickets begin at $19.

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

Photo Courtesy of the LA Opera

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Parks & Rec Liaisons Meet, Discuss Roxbury Renovations

By Marla Schevker The Beverly Hills Recreation and Parks Liaison Committee met Monday to discuss the multi-use sports field, playground area and field restrooms for the Roxbury Park modernization.

Parks and Urban Forest

Manager Ken Pfalzgraf said for the sports fields their main concerns are user safety, field recover and maintenance efficiency/cost savings. The baseball field area, which is also used for soccer and picnics, is approximately 77,000-square (see ‘ROXBURY’ page 12)

BALLROOM CHAMPIONS—El Rodeo ballroom dancing students in Paige Lucas’ fifth-grade class won “gold” in their ballroom dancing tournament last week in Los Angeles. Pictured (from left) are the ballroom dancers after their big win. Back row: Nicholas Andrews, Nolan Dzubak, Joey Austin, Paige Lucas, Daniel Khalili, Ryan Fernandez and Ben Lifshitz. Front Row: Olivia Ferris, Yasmin Sobhanian, Cori Dyner, Isabella Raspi, Bella Ravaei and Lina Chen.

BHUSD Finance Committee Shifts Leadership

By Laura Coleman After two years at the helm of the Beverly Hills Unified School District Finance Committee, outgoing chair Herb Young passed that responsiblity to Vice Chair Mel Spitz this month, with Bob Sternshein taking up Spitz’s former role.

“Just our being here, dealing with staff, bouncing ideas off staff, making recommendations to the board, reviewing what the board is doing, that’s important,” Young told The

Courier.

Formed in Oct. 2010 to help the district address systematic problems in the wake of misappropriated funds, the Finance Committee has championed for internal audits and has demonstrated its commitment to providing the school board with constructive criticism and recommendations that at times run counter to board actions.

Spitz said he anticipated the committee’s role would be-

Beverly Vista Cuts Ribbon On New Michael J. Libow Atrium Bob Sternshein & Herb Young

come increasingly valuable to the community and the district in the wake of the need to slice over $3 million in programs (see ‘FINANCE’ page 7)

City Council Considers Dog Park At Roxbury

By Matt Lopez Councilmembers Lili Bosse and Barry Brucker did some back-and-forth barking Tuesday afternoon during discussion of a possible off-leash

dog park at Roxbury Park.

The item was brought up for discussion at the request of Vice Mayor John Mirisch, who wanted an update on the City's search for an off-leash dog park

LIBOW ATRIUM—Beverly Vista School officially cut the ribbon Monday on the Michael Libow Atrium at Beverly Vista. Pictured (from left): Gary Woods, Noah Margo, Brian Goldberg, Lewis Hall, Lisa Korbatov, Michael Libow, Rich Waters, Lili Bosse and Marty Powers.

location in the city.

Staff's recommendation is to place it at Roxbury Park, taking over the little-used Croquet (see ‘DOG PARK’ page 11)

By Laura Coleman On Monday, Michael J. Libow demonstrated his commitment to giving back to the community that shaped him when he cut the ribbon on the newly named Michael J. Libow

Atrium at Beverly Vista.

“My fondness for [BV] goes back to the fact that it’s where I started my schooling,” he told The Courier. “My heart really is back at Beverly Vista.” (see ‘RIBBON CUTTING’ page 15)

BUDDY—Buddy is an eightmonth-old, purebred Beagle who recently moved to California from the East Coast. Unfortunately, his family was not able to find dog-friendly housing and they are looking to rehome him with the help of ShelterHopePetShop.org .

Those interested in adopting Buddy this holiday weekend may contact Shelter Hope Pet Shop at 818-453-5798.

LIVING HISTORY—Horace Mann sixth graders got the opportunity to enliven their social studies lesson with a visit inside LACMA’s 48-foot “ancient world mobile.” Students worked with the museum educators to create symbolic ceramic tiles representing symbols from the By Laura Coleman The Board of Education ancient world. Pictured (from left): Isabel Pahed, Alexis Bell voted 4-1 last week to formalize an agreement with Keygent and Dylan Georgiou.

School District Votes To Formalize Agreement With Financial Advisor

to advise the district on its capCourier Photo by ital improvement program with Laura Coleman respect to Measure E bond

funds. Boardmember Lewis Hall voted against the decision, citing concern that Keygent would be compensated on a percentage basis from bond sales, as is industry practice. (see ‘KEYGENT’ page 15)

Subin Takes The Lead On BHPD Social Media

By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills Police Department is quickly growing its social media presence and at the helm of it all is new Community Relations Sgt. Max Subin.

Subin, a 13-year veteran of the BHPD, has been tapped to help connect with the Beverly Hills community beyond just the average face-to-face interaction.

He's at the helm of

Max Subin

BHPD's rapidly expanding social media presence, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Nixle.

That social media reach

was most recently on display two weeks ago when a mysterious package was left in front of Chanel on Rodeo Drive. Subin, who was working that day, immediately sent out a press release via e-mail and Nixle, a social media service that allows releases and other messages to be sent directly to a reader's mobile device. Subin said no updates are available on that case as of press time (see ‘SUBIN’ page 12)

THANKSGIVING CHEER—Students from the Beverly Vista Choir sang to seniors at Roxbury Park this week as part of the seniors thanksgiving luncheon sponsored by the Fire Department. Pictured (front row, from left): Camille Feigler, Gal Fayerman, Daniel Im, Santiago Sanchez, Eric Cherdak. Second row: Brandon Wolfe. Third row (from left): Aubriana Schwarz, Zoe Bertet. Back row: Nicole Hong.

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Planning Commission Approves Sweeping Changes For Thompson Hotel

By Matt Lopez The Thompson Hotel is due for sweeping changes now that the Planning Commission has approved a Conditional Use Permit (CUP), Extended Hours Permit and variance to allow for the conversion of 12 new hotel rooms at its special meeting Monday afternoon.

Chair Craig Corman, Vice Chair Brian Rosenstein and commissioner Howard Fisher voted in favor. Commissioner Dan Yukelson was not present.

The Planning Commission took into PULLING PAPERS—Vice Mayor John Mirisch pulled his election papers for his reelection run last week in City Clerk Byron Pope’s office and had a host of community leaders and dignitaries alongside him, including councilwoman Lili Bosse, who was the first to sign Mirisch’s nomination papers. Pictured (Bottom row, from left): Byron Pope, Sherry Tedeschi, John Mirisch, Lili Bosse, Andrea Grossman and Gloria Seiff. Top row: Mona Pouratian, Isabel Hacker, Larry Larson, Ray Flade, Marilyn Gallup, Tom Pease, Donna Flade, Mary Levin Cutler, Terre Thomas, Marlene Dobkin, Ed Brown, Michelle Goldberg, Herb Young and Bob Tedeschi.

Courier Photo by Matt Lopez DAVIES—Pictured (from left): BHHS students Golan Khorshidi, Mathew Mokhtarzadeh and Michael Kamara show off the bracelets they ordered to raise funds for Darren Davies’ family. One side of the bracelet reads “1 love” and the other reads “Darren Davies.”

Courier Photo by Matt Lopez

Beverly High Students Raise Money For Late Coach Darren Davies’ Family

By Matt Lopez When Beverly Hills High’s beloved soccer coach Darren Davies unexpectedly died last month, a trio of BHHS students acted quickly to help support Davies’ family.

And how did they do that? Simply

by turning a regular high school party into the kickstart for a much larger fundraising effort.

Davies, who coached soccer at BHHS, died last month at the age of 30 after going into cardiac arrest. (see ‘DAVIES’ page 12)

Segal Wins First CIF Cross Country Title

By Matt Lopez On a rainy, muddy day at Mt. SAC college, Sydney Segal brought home Beverly Hills High’s first ever CIF Southern Section Cross Country championship.

Segal won the CIF Division III finals Saturday at Mt. SAC, becoming the first runner to do so in BHHS’ 85-year history and cementing her spot in this weekend’s State Championships in (see ‘CROSS COUNTRY’ page 12)

Sydney Segal

BHHS Alum Elise Maier Dies In Auto Accident In Israel At Age 56 Shira Abramson (nee: Elise Karen she completed pre-med studies at UC Maier), a graduate of BeverIrvine, and continued on ly Hills High School, was at the Free University of recently killed in an auto acBrussels, Belgium, and fincident in Israel. She was 56. ished her medical degree at Born in Los Angeles in McGill University in Mon1956, she attended Hillel treal.

Hebrew Academy and HoAfter marrying musirace Mann Elementary cian/ singer/rabbi David Elisa Maier School before entering Abramson, she moved to BHHS where she began honed her Jerusalem in the early 1980s. With musical talent by playing cello in the the births of her children she put her orchestra. (see ‘MAIER’ page 9) Determined to become a doctor,

account months of work done by the hotel, which sits at 9360 Wilshire Blvd., to ease concerns from nearby community members regarding noise and parking concerns.

The approval by the commission calls for extending the hotel's hours of operation for rooftop activities from midnight to 1:00 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday and renewed an extended hours permit the commission approved in July that allowed the rooftop activities (see ‘THOMPSON HOTEL’ page 9)

RESTORED—“Hymn of Life: Tulips” is one of several public art pieces prioritized to be cleaned and restored this calendar year under a longterm intiative by the Fine Arts Commission. Pictured left is “Hymn of Life: Tulips” and pictured right is that same piece cleaned and restored.

For the full story, see page 7.

Gap Facade Approved By Commission

By Marla Schevker The Beverly Hills Architectural Commission approved the facade modernization and sign accommodation for the Gap on North Beverly Drive, last week.

After coming before the commission

twice and meeting with a subcommittee, the Gap will be using a color scheme that includes “medium blue,” “evolution blue” and “gap blue” with silver leaf accenting some architectural elements.

Smaller than the original signs, the (see ‘GAP’ page 11)

GEORGE CHRISTY movie, Let’s Make Love, which starred M a r i l y n .”

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he studios operated with full gear and long hours every day e x c e p t S u n d a y,” Connie freq u e n t l y n o t e d .

“Beauty rest on week nights, studying lines for the next day’s shoot. So Saturday night became party night.”

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6 1 1 & 2) Connie Wald modeling for Claire McCardell in New York during the late 1930s.

3) Andrew and Robby Wald with Marguerite Littman and Connie Wald 4) Dinner guests Felisa Vanoff and Tim Vreeland 5) Connie with Rob Wolders and houseguest Audrey Hepburn 6) Screenwriter/producer Jerry Wald 7) Betsy Bloomingdale dining with Connie

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ot long ago, author A. E. Hotchner wrote a memoir, Everyone Goes to Elaine’s, the watering hole on New York’s Upper East Side where Elaine Kaufman befriended the boozer aesthetes, filmmakers, sports stars, politicos and where Mia Farrow begged Michael Caine to introduce her to Woody Allen with whom she partnered for 12 years. Elaine’s Italian food, at best, was passable.

veryone went to Connie’s. None better than an invitation from Connie Wald to dine at her Connecticut Colonial residence, where she lived for 70 years. In the heart of Beverly Hills, her flagstone house designed by Gerald Colford with its white picket fence welcomed the world’s illuminati, culturati and literati.

For lunch or dinner or a picnic in the garden among Connie’s t Connie’s we all dined white, pink and red roses. royally. A cooker par excellence, Connie, with assists from uests came happily. her literary agent-producer son And came again. Wining and Robby and producer son dining and conversing with Andrew, laid out tantalizing high enthusiasm.

Irresistible buffets on the dining room sidehospitality with drinks by the board where “seconds” were fireplace in the den, dinner in de rigueur. Silky gnocchi, the cozy dining room, after-din- spaghetti puttanesca (known as ner libations in the library, “whore’s pasta” that became sometimes a screening of a cur- Janet and Freddie de Cordova’s rent movie. Connie’s was com- favorite), “red” chicken, roast perable to a Parisian salon a la pork loin, fresh-out-of-the-oven Vicomtesse Marie-Laure de desserts.

A luscious plum Noailles, the patroness of the clafouti, or an old-fashioned arts during France’s la belle chocolate roll from a recipe in époque, and whose guests her friend Mildred Knopf’s ranged from Salvador Dali to cookbook.

Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Balthus, Luis Bunuel. native of Parkersburg,

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rriving in Beverly Hills, when it was “a sleepy little town, all of us in bed by nine,” she wed the talented Brooklynborn Jerry Wald, who wrote screenplays and produced alluring and enduring Oscarnominated movies that now keep Netflix hopping around the clock. After a tenure at Warner Bros., Jerry was lured

by Howard Hughes to run RKO with Norman Krasna.

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mong his popular movies: Destination Tokyo, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda, The Glass Menagerie, Peyton Place, Return to Peyton Place, An Affair to Remember, The Long Hot Summer, Sons and Lovers.

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riving home one weekend from Stanford University, Robby Wald remembers quite a welcome. “My mom and dad with Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, Paul Newman and West Virginia, Connie, a beauty Joanne Woodward in the with sparkling blue eyes, left for screening room watching dad’s New York at age 18 to be with

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her theatrical entrepreneur brother Baron Polan.

No time lost, she began modeling for the venerated fashion designer Claire McCardell. “I called Claire cold, and she said ‘Come on over.’”

artying with the Walds were Clark Gable, Frances and Sam Goldwyn, Lee and Ira Gershwin, Peggy and Sam Goldwyn Jr., Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Fred Astaire, Rocky and Gary Cooper, Gloria and Jimmy Stewart, Audrey and Billy Wilder, June and Oscar Levant, Tally and Willy Wyler, Lenny Gershe, Jean Howard and Charlie Feldman, George Cukor, Mae West, Loretta Young, Bill Frye, Jim Wharton, Gregory Peck, Maurice Chevalier, Nick and Felisa Vanoff, Marguerite and Mark Littman, Ivan Moffat, Wendy Stark, Camilla and Earl McGrath, Lyn and Norman Lear, Gore Vidal, Diana Vreeland with son Tim Vreeland, Rolling Stones financial guru Rupert Lowenstein with wife Josephine.

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osing Jerry Wald in 1962 at age 50, Connie embraced friends that included Nancy and Ronald Reagan and Reagan’s kitchen cabineteers.

Alfred and Betsy Bloomingdale, Doris and Jules Stein, Marion and Earle Jorgenson, Betty and Bill Wilson, Harriet and Ardie Deutsch, Mignon and Bill Winans delighted in Connie’s at-home evenings.

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ther friends: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford, Anjelica Huston, Lenny and Dominick Dunne, Barry Humphries, John Goldwyn, John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion, who relished “the comforting food and the comforting company … once at Connie’s I dreamed the world will be corrected.”

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evoted forever were Audrey Hepburn and Connie.

When Audrey, who lived in Switzerland, was filming in Los Angeles, she houseguested with Connie, as did Audrey’s favorite couturier Hubert de Givenchy

(nuts about Connie’s short ribs), jewelry designer Kenny Lane and Denise Hale. Believe it if you will, Audrey Hepburn washed the dishes and cleaned up after dinner. When Audrey lost her life, Shirlee Fonda insisted on taking over those chores.

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onnie’s loyalty must be celebrated, my most counted-upon friend of 48 years,” says Shirlee’s mate Rob Wolders, reminding that it was Connie who pulled him out of his depression and his Malibu beach house after Rob lost wife Merle Oberon.

Through Connie he met Audrey Hepburn, with whom he enjoyed a relationship of 14 years.

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onnie was more than a hostess,” continues Rob. “She had great style, best described as one of ‘informal refinement,’ and a curious mind which kept her young. Always up on the news with an energy that appeared boundless.

Shirlee and I long remember our Sunday nights with her.”

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onnie swam every day for an hour or two, and was elected to Vanity Fair’s bestdressed lists. Favored designers included Galanos, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Adrian, Gustave Tassell. She knew how to toss a pashmina around her shoulders (not many do).

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o hair coloring, no nip/tuck. She adored Westies, and she frowned on jeans, loved station wagons, and worked hard at her charities that included the Colleagues for abused youngsters and the Red Cross.

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efore dying at home at age 96 on November 10, she requested “no heroic actions or CPR, wanted to go peacefully in her sleep, which she did,” says Andrew. “Her last wishes were no flowers, no memorial, and don’t cancel Thanksgiving, our family tradition for decades.”

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ining yesterday on the brined roast turkey and trimmings with Andrew and Robby were Andrew’s daughters, Julia, 20, and Diane, 19, with Emmynominated mom Susan Wald; Nancy Reagan and daughter Patti; Felisa Vanoff; CAA oenophile Bob Bookman with sons Gary and Brian (arriving with wines from Bob’s major collection); cookbook author Alex Hitz; antiquaire David Jones with his feast of desserts.

“Pies and cakes and cookies, and always that mince pie with the hard sauce that nobody cared for but our mom loved best of all.”

Online at www.bhcourier.com/georgechristy.cfm

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Hunter and Hounds Restoration Completed, All 18 To Be Finished In Three Years

By Marla Schevker Under the initiative of the Fine Arts Commission, the cleaning and restoring of “Hunter and Hounds” was completed last Friday.

The commission entered into an agreement with Rosa Lowinger and Associates earlier this year, at a cost of $69,110, for the cleaning and restoring of all 18 public art pieces throughout the City.

The commission chose five to focus on throughout the 2012 calendar year.

Recreation Supervisor Patty Acuna said it will take several years for the company to complete all 18 pieces and then they will set up a regular maintenance schedule.

The commission chose focus on “Hunter and Hounds”

by Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart, “Playground” by Tony Smith, “Spiral of Life” by Baile Oaks, “Untitled” by Fletcher Benton, and “Hymn of Life: Tulips” by Yayoi Kusama. The restoration of these pieces will cost $45,570.

Hymn of Life: Tulips, which is currently being restored, was covered under warranty by the fabricator.

The company has already completed “Hunter and Hounds” and “Playground.”

They are scheduled to start working on “Spiral of Life” on November 26 and “Untitled” is scheduled for maintenance in 2013.

“The Fine Art Commission has always held maintain the public art a priority,” Acuna said. “It has only been in the past several years that the Fine Art Commission felt it very important to create a maintenance schedule where all 18 City owned sculptures will be initially restored and then continually maintained and cleaned.”

The money to pay for the cleaning and restoration comes out of the Fine Art Fund.

While there is no annual budget, money comes into the fund when a private developer constructing a commercial building in Beverly Hills chooses to pay the in lieu fee to the City of Beverly Hills Fine Art Fund rather than fulfilling the Fine Art Obligation.

Under the Fine Art Obligation, a business has to install art with a value that equals or

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from the 2013/14 budget.

“We hope to do what we can,” Spitz said. “The members of the committee are very gifted in terms of dealing with financial matters.”

Board president Brian Goldberg, who appointed Young to the newly formed board in 2010, said it was important to have a counterweight in decisions the district faces.

Both Spitz and Young served on the Board of Education in the 1970s.

exceeds 1 percent of the total construction cost when that cost is between $500,000 and

$1 million and when that cost is over $1 million, the business has to install art with a value

that equals or exceeds 1.5 percent of the total construction cost.

As of the end of last week, the Fine Art Fund had $776,919.34.

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TO SEE AND BE SEEN

T H E FA S H I O N O F B E V E R LY H I L L S

D AV I D W E B B PA R T Y

Sue Tsao, Joni Smith and Prema O'Grady

Kevin Palmer and Brooke Davenport Perry Pope Joy, Renate Ackerman and Kevin Parker

Susan Anthony, Julie Anne Rhodes and Bobbi Dye

Kevin Parker, Margaret Kott and Joann Gottleib

Nahid Gabbay and Hamid Gabbay

Sandra Chiles, Bobbi Dye, Jacque Heebener, Margaret Kott and Diane Deshong

Mag and David Scott

Arpad and Katherine Domyan

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active medical career on hold in order to devote herself to raising her family of seven children. She did, however, continue acting as a medical advisor to Jewish women in regards to fertility, pregnancy, and labor.

After her husband's death two years ago, she wanted to return to her interest of obstetrics and gynecology and was offered a position in the residency program in Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem.

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to remain open until 2 a.m. on Friday' and Saturday's. That extension was set to expire in January 2013.

Previously when the commission had discussed such extensions with the hotel, nearby residents voiced concerns about noise coming from the rooftop in the wee hours of the night.

Only one neighbor appeared at Monday's meeting and said he was happy with the steps the hotel had taken to mitigate noise.

“My sensitivity is first to the residents in regard to noise, hours and intensification of occupancy," Vice Chair Brian Rosenstein said. “It seems like the applicant has gone out of their way to mitigate noise coming from the rooftop."

Along with the hours, the approval increased rooftop occupancy from 150 people to 165 people.

Chair Craig Corman noted that in the past when the commission had increased rooftop occupancy, there didn't seem to be an impact to the nearby res-

She was killed a week prior to taking the exam to enter the program.

Her younger children; Shmuel, Yonatan, Yehudit, Bat-Sheva, and Yehuda, are being brought up in the homes of their two older married siblings; Ruchama (and her husband Eliyahu) and Shlomo (and his wife Shuli).

Tax-deductible contributions to assist orphans can be made to The Gush Etzion Foundation earmarked for the Abramson family; either by check or on-line at www.gush.etzion.org.il/foundation.

idents. Corman did, however, include an addition into the approval regarding an 18-month review by the City's Community Development Department (which was part of the approval). Corman asked that if there is a “material amount” of complaints regarding noise issues anytime within the 18 months that the matter be brought back before the Planning Commission for further review.

The commission also approved the conversion of existing parking, office and restaurant space into 12 new hotel guest rooms.

“The fact that there's a demand for those rooms is wonderful news, it means the economy is picking up and doing well and I'm glad to hear that,” Rosenstein said.

The variance allows for reduced parking, meaning 114 spaces is adequate even through they're adding rooms.

The Thompson has more than 200 off-site spaces leased for evening use.

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PA G E T E N

Happenings

• Marcus Shelby Quintet To Perform At Skirball Center In a musical presentation created especially to complement the exhibition “Creating the United States,” the Marcus Shelby Quintet debuts “Blues and the Pursuit of Freedom” at the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. The performance will trace the evolution of the blues–arguably one of the most authentically American art forms and widely considered the foundation of contemporary popular music– and explore how its story has paralleled and impacted the development of American democratic ideals. It was inspired by music composed by Shelby about Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Native American tribes, suffragists, and social activists.

On the following day (Nov. 13), there will be a special daytime performance, designed for students in grades 4 through 8.

Sunday, (Dec. 2), the group performs as part of “Americana Hanukkah,” the Skirball’s daylong family festival.

For advance reservations or information: www.skirball.org or 877-722-4819.

•Race To Erase MS Winter Forum Set For Dec. 2 The annual Winter Forum of the “Race to Erase MS” has been

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set for 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The event is open to the public with no reservations required.

Nancy Davis will introduce a panel of experts on Multiple Sclerosis which will be moderated by Claudia Curry Hill. Taking part in the wide ranging discussion about the disease and the new therapies being used to fight it will be Drs. Adam Kaplin, Peter Calabresi, Emmanuelle Waubant, Leslie Weiner and Christina Azevedo.

• Bel-Air Bar & Grill Reopens After 18-Month Renovation After 18 months of renovations, the landmark Bel Air Bar & Grill, 662 N. Sepulveda Blvd., has reopened for lunch and dinCELEBRATING AT SPAGO—Carol Connors (center) Oscar-nominated lyricist, celebrated her birthday at the newly re-opened Spago.Pictured are (back from left): Beverly Cohen, Elana Krausz, Merrie Lynn Ross, Connors, Virginia Kazanjian, Joyce Rush, Candace Smith and Annie Lehrer; (seated, from left): Beverly Sassoon, Marilyn McCoo, host Michael Kazanzian, Jackie Rosenberg and Linda Schwartz.

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Owner Susan Disney Lord purchased the adjacent land and built a three-level 7,500 squarefoot office building

DOMA OPENS–Owner Sonja Perencevic (left) and Chef Dustin Trani are welcoming patrons to their new Doma, a Mediterranean -style restaurant which opened at 362 N. Camden Dr. It serves lunch and dinner daily with reservations at 310277-7346.

SABAN GALA–More than $1.4 was raised at the Saban Free Clinic Gala in The Beverly Hilton on Monday. Above (from left): talk show star Jimmy Kimmel with Modern Family’s Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell who hosted the evening. In right photo are the event’s honorees TV executive Bob Broder and Paul Lee, ABC Entertainment president.

Photos by Alex J. Berliner/ABImages ARTIVIST AWARDS–The 9th annual Artivist Awards honored actress Maria Bello and Columbia Pictures’ DeVon Franklin, senior VP of production, in the Barnsdall Park Theater. Flanking them were Jarvee Hutcherson (right), president of the Beverly Hillsbased Multicultural Motion Picture Association and Dick Michaels (left), chairman of the American Society of Young Musicians. (Visit: www.artivist.com) Photo by Malcolm Ali/Finaimage

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field. The suggested dog park would take up 14,400 square feet, which is very small compared to many dog parks in Los Angeles.

Staff recommended a six-month trial period to be initially imposed to help assure everything runs smoothly.

“I think our City needs a dog park,” Mirisch said, noting the difficulty in finding space for one due to the city's lack of green space.

Bosse said she was “so excited for this moment” and that she was “thrilled” with the idea of a dog park at Roxbury.

Brucker went in the opposition direction, using the topic as a chance to harken back to previous Roxbury Park discussions where Mirisch and Bosse voiced parking and traffic concerns related to previously discussed banquet and multipurpose rooms, as well as middle school gymnasiums for basketball.

Brucker averred that some on the council might have “selective amnesia” and said he was concerned about “150 to 200 people” trying to park at Roxbury while bringing their dogs there on a weekend.

Bosse stressed that a such a small dog park could hardly cause such a

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commission approved two identification signs with individually mounted letters: one on Beverly Drive with 3 ft. 6 in. letters and one on Brighton Way with 2 ft. 6 in. letters.

parking jam and said most of the use of the spot would likely be from local residents walking their dogs. The majority of dog parks in the Los Angeles area are at least one acre in size.

“This is meant to be small and wouldn't even accommodate that many dogs.. I'm certain most people will walk there,” Bosse said. “You'll never have 150 people driving with their dogs to this particular spot.”

“The impacts I discussed (in previous Roxbury Park meetings) were because of intensification of use in the community center for basketball and other intensification program additions.”

The council gave direction to meet with community members for outreach on their thoughts on the dog park before making any decision.

According to staff, the total retrofit costs if the dog park were placed at Roxbury would be $20,000. That would include a five-foot chain link fence, a water fountain with pet bowl, trash receptacles and bag dispensers.

Other locations considered were the area adjacent to Coldwater Park (referred to as the Orange Grove), La Cienega Park and Coldwater Park.

Staff ultimately felt that, after observing a large amount of residents bringing their dogs to Roxbury already, that the space was a more natural fit.

“I first saw this project in September.. and I’m actually very pleased with the color scheme,” new commissioner Gidas Peteris said. “I think the signage is going to be just right and because they have only three letters, it does add a little punch to the elevation. I think it’s going to be [good].”

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"It's probably the most important way to communicate now to our community, because it allows us to reach more people," Subin told The Courier. "It allows people to feel involved and helps us become completely transparent with the community."

Subin said the BHPD also uses its social media services in to help the community know about traffic concerns or other law enforcement events going on in the City.

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Subin, who previously worked as a burglary detective and night watch patrol supervisor for the BHPD, said the emphasis on social media doesn't mean the BHPD is forgetting about its other forms of communicating with the public.

"We're still using the neighborhood watch concept of going to meetings and getting together, we know there's a segment of the community not using (social media) and we can't forget them," Subin said. "But we are taking full advantage of our social media to get our messages out."

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Segal ran in 16 minutes, 18 seconds to earn the win.

“This is a special group of kids,” Coach Jeff Fisher said.

“Sydney is the first CIF cross country champion in school history.”

With the heavy rainfall, the regular course was too muddy to use and Mt. SAC’s “rain

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feet and includes baseball backstops and bleachers.

Pfalzgraf said it would be useful for the City to install a grid drain, modify the soil profile and update the irrigation system to minimize field compaction and drainage issues.

Getting improvement in recovery time, improvement in irrigation, and upgrading the fencing system will cost the City between $503,688 and $561,800.

When it comes to playground equipment, Pfalzgraf said the City’s priorities include user safety, use frequency, durability and maintenance requirements. The goal, he said, is to create a safe and durable playground that can be maintained at a reasonable cost.

Surrounding the playground equipment will be the soft poured in place material with a sand area at one end of

course” was deployed, which prevented Segal from breaking the 17-minute barrier on the regular course, which would have been a record.

BHHS’ boys team also earned a state championship berth, finishing sixth overall. Eli Flesch led the way in 11th place finishing in 14:35.

The state finals are Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno. the playground. The Recreation and Parks department conducted a survey of children and parents who frequent the park to see what types of equipment they enjoy the most and would like to continue to see at the park. Of the people surveyed, the majority said they would prefer more traditional style of playground equipment.

The playground upgrade will cost approximately $425,000.

Lastly, the City will be using a demolish/rebuild tactic when it comes to rebuilding the bathrooms facilities in the park.

This will address the accessibility issues the current bathrooms have and can be designed to fit the existing location for a total cost of about $300,000.

As of now, the projected costs are in line with the proposed budget and Pfalzgraf said he would be bringing these items before the liaison committee again in the spring.

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Upon hearing the news, seniors Michael Kamara, Golan Khorshidi and Matthew Mokhtarzadeh turned their grieving into something positive and formulated a plan to do their part to help.

All three had played soccer under Davies at BHHS. It started that weekend at a party where Kamara and Khorshidi asked all students upon arrival if they would be willing to spare a $5 donation for Davies’ family. By the end of the night, they had raised $360.

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They presented Davies’ widow Ligia with a check for the money last Thursday.

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Dinner Chair Chuck Fries has announced that Michael Lombardo, president of HBO Programming (Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire) will receive the “Executive of the Year” honor.

Receiving the Caucus’ Annual Chairs Award will be producer Gale Anne Hurd (Terminator), president of Valhalla Entertainment.

Actress Valerie Harper will host the evening’s program which will be produced by Caucus Steering Committee members Co-Chair Vin DiBona and Treasurer Lee Miller.

Norman S. Powell is chair of the Caucus which will also honors some its own members.

• Stan Lathan, executive producer, director at Simmons/Lathan Media Group who will receive the Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award.

• John Moffitt, producer, director and president of Moffitt-Lee Productions will receive the Caucus Distinguished Service Award.

Ted Johnson, political and legal editor, whose column, “L.A. to Washington” comments on industry issues at Variety will receive the Journalism Award.

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Hosted by art historian and BBC television anchor Dan Cruickshank, the show gives audiences an exclusive peek behind the estate walls of some of Britain’s greatest private country houses that have never been open to the public.

Cruickshank discusses the history, secrets and lives of the families who live in them.

• “Easton Neston” airing Nov. 27, examines the architecture of the estate in Northamptonshire.

The home was completed in 1702 and is one of the most beautiful examples of a short-lived but glorious style known as the English Baroque.

Work on the house was begun by Sir Christopher Wren and finished by his mysterious protégé, Nicholas Hawksmoor. Who designed what, and precisely when, has become a long-running debate, which Cruickshank unveils.

In addition to unraveling its colorful history, Cruickshank takes a look at the house’s present-day use, such as hosting a Formula One racing team as well as being the headquarters of a global fashion brand.

• “Wentworth Woodhouse” airing Dec. 4, shows the home near Rotherham, one of the largest privately owned country houses in Europe.

Built in the 18th century, the estate was once one of the most powerful

places on earth.

The building exemplifies the workings of British Parliamentary democracy before the Reform Act of 1832, and is important in the history of Whig politics, its owners having included influential Prime Minister Charles WatsonWentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham.

But today Wentworth Woodhouse is something of a mystery. Few people know the house, and fewer still have witnessed its palatial grandeur at first hand.

Cruickshank reveals a story of intrigue, family feuding and political wrangling dating back more than 200 years.

• “Clandeboye” airing Dec. 11, looks at the Clandeboye Estate in Northern Ireland.

Clandeboye is a monument to a man whose life was like a Victorian fairy tale of adventure, and a monument to the golden age of the largest and most far flung empire the world has ever seen.

Clandeboye House and estate was, like the empire itself, an epic creation— but unlike the empire, it still endures, a vignette of a now almost forgotten age and surprisingly little altered since Lord Dufferin died in 1902.

The house is overflowing with relics from the empire and Dufferin’s adventures—stuffed baby bears, Egyptian monuments, tiger skins and weaponry from India, Canada and Burma to mention just a few, with extraordinary photographic albums that document the collecting of these unique “souvenirs.”

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Annual Hollywood Tradition Sunday

Joe Mantegna Is Parade Grand Marshal formers, 21 award-winThe 2012 Hollywood ning bands in-cluding 14 Christmas Parade Benefiting from California and seven Marine Toys for Tots takes to from out of state; nine the streets in Hollywood on equestrian units, five Sunday. Joe Mantegna will floats, 14 balloons and 49 serve as grand marshal. Erik special characters/novelEstrada and Laura McKenzie ties. serve as broadcast hosts of Celebrities from TV the live parade, which will shows be taped for national broadBig Daddy, casts to air on the Hallmark Criminal Minds, General Channel on Dec. 10 and The Hospital, Glee, Jessie, Hallmark Movie Channel on Supah Ninjas, The First Dec. 21. Elizabeth Stanton Family and The Neighbors and Rob Pinkston will be the among others, will participarade roving reporters. pate. The holidays will be The parade will kick-off ushered in with the grand on the red carpet in the appearance of Santa grandstand seating area with Claus. a pre-parade show from Grandstand tickets are 5:30-6:30 p.m. featuring available at Ticketmaster, Joe Mantegna cast members from Cirque i n c l u d i n g du Soleil’s Iris, American Idol finalist, Ticketmaster.com (search for singer Kimberley Locke; dance crew, Hollywood Christmas Parade), or Jabowakeez; magician Joel Ward from charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000.

“Masters of Illusion,” a choral group Group discounts are available. from the American Musical and Individual grandstand tickets are Dramatic Academy, singer Ashlee $35 each. There is also a Hollywood Keating and the West Coast Singers, a Highlights Package available for $97, gay and lesbian chorus. which includes a grandstand ticket and The parade will begin at Holly- ticket for admission to Madame wood Boulevard and Orange Street fol- Tussauds Holywood, a meal at The Hard lowing the show, starting at 6:30 p.m. Rock Cafe on Hollywood Boulevard and running until 9:30 p.m. and a ticket to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Parade participants will include: Hollywood Odditorium.

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ATS HONOREE — Beverly Hills resident Joan Seidel (right) and Scott Leemaster attended the American Technion Society (ATS) National Board of Directors meeting in Baltimore last month. Seidel was honored for concluding her service as ATS national chairwoman, while Leemaster was installed as national president. ATS used the occasion to announce a six-year, half-billion dollar fundraising campaign “Innovation for a Better World,” to support the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, “in its quest to build academic excellence and create a smarter, healthier and safer world.” Nearly $240 million has already been raised during the campaign’s three-year “quiet” phase. The campaign is set to end Oct. 1, 2015.

TEACHING JEWISH ROOTS—Nina and Yaniv Tepper were honored at the Foundation for Jewish Education fundraiser at Sinai Temple. The non-profit foundation reaches out to unaffiliated college students from various universities as well as young adults to attend a one-week retreat to familiarize themselves with Judaism in an atmosphere of learning and participation. During sessions, participants are acquainted with their Jewish identity and Jewish Roots. “As a result they are able to start a new life of Jewish learning and community involvement,” said Marlene Kreitenberg, foundation president. Pictured from left are: Nathan and Ester Tepper, Yaniv Tepper, named Guardian of Jewish Continuity, with a picture of one of the retreat sites; Nina Tepper, Bati Tepper Prince and Marlene and Joe Kreitenberg. Rabbi Mordechai Kreitenberg, founder and director of the Heritage Retreats, also attended the event.

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ORT Chanukah Brunch, With Pianist Marrina, To Honor Ann Spicer, Deena Eberly The Los Angeles Committee Chapter of ORT America will honor Ann Spicer at its 32nd Chanukah Brunch, at 11 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 9, at The Beverly Hills Hotel, while celebrating the 90th year of ORT America.

Ann Spicer, a Holocaust survivor and an ORT supporter

and leader for more than 40 years, will speak about her life.

Spicer served as a volunteer registrar at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust for 16 years cataloguing hundreds of books and items pertaining directly to the Holocaust.

“My commitment to serve

the community,” she says, “stems from my gratitude after surviving while those around me perished.”

In addition, Deena Eberly will receive the Next Generation Award. Eberly has been chair of ORT America’s Next Generation in Los Angeles since 2003, mak-

ing it the organization’s most successful and thriving Next Gen chapter in the U.S. Brunch keynote speaker will be David Suissa, president of Tribe Media/Jewish Journal.

There will also be a special performance by Marrina, awardwinning concert pianist,record-

ing artist/composer/conductor.

Tickets, at $180 per person , are available at www.ortamerica.org/chanukahbrunch2012, by calling 323-966-0092 or emailing western@ortamerica.org.

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“I have a problem paying money to a consultant who can gain financially from their advice,” Hall said.

Under the terms of the approved by contract, Keygent will be compensated on the successful completion of bond sales to the tune of $55,000 for less than $10 million to

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chase during its construction of the Westside Subway Extension. The Westside Subway Extension is proposed to have a pair ofstation stops in Beverly Hills – one at Wilshire and La Cienega Blvd. and the other at Wilshire and Beverly Drive.

In it's final Environmental Impact Report, Metro provides information on potential land purchases associated with the extension of the rail line.

It lists the following potential land acquisitions associated with the La Cienega/Wilshire station: 8401 Wilshire Blvd., 8421 Wilshire Blvd., 111 N. Gale Dr., 8471 Wilshire Blvd., 14 N. La Cienega Blvd. and 8447 Wilshire Blvd.

For the Rodeo/Wilshire station, it lists the following Wilshire Blvd. addresses: 9385, 9393, 9397 and 9430 Other Wilshire Blvd. addresses listed were 9460 (only if the

$75,000 for $25 million and above.

As the district prepares to embark on bond sales - refinancing the $334 Measure E bond approved by voters in 2008 could save taxpayers as much as $2 billion – board VP Jake Manaster said it was crucial to have a financial advisor.

“The Keygent contract was something that should have already been in place for the station entrance is at Union Bank) and 9461 (only if the station entrance is at Bank of America).

Mirisch said the goal in bringing the item up for discussion was to make sure the property Metro buys is actually used for transportation purposes and to allow the City to “exercise control over anything in addition that is going to be built there. If they wanted to do anything above and beyond, we have to have specific control about that.”

“They can come by and apply for something, we can give variances or amendments on a case-by-case basis,” he added. “But we retain control.”

Ultimately, the council majority of Mayor Willie Brien and councilmembers Barry Brucker and Julian Gold gave direction to staff to pass the discussion onto the Planning Commission. Brucker said the commission can “do a lot of the heavy lifting” and suggest-

amount of time they’d spent on a freebie basis,” he said.

Keygent has been advising the district without a contract since June 2011.

Under Proposition 39, the board can vote to accelerate the bond payback rate to its maximum. Under the terms agreed to by voters, property owners now pay $51 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, which the board is consided a meeting with planning commissioners, council liaisons, residents, City staff and Metro representatives to come to an agreement.

“I’m not really concerned about listening to Metro,” Mirisch said. “I'm concerned with maintaining control to do what's best for our residents and our City.”

Councilwoman Lili Bosse brought up the fact that Metro's Westside Subway Extension proposal does not include a “park and ride”, which would make it more important for the City to be able to have the control to make sure Metro used some of its purchased property for a parking lot to give residents easier access.

“I don't feel the timing is right for us to sit down with Metro,” Bosse said. “We need to figure out how legally we can do this in a way that makes sense. We need to look at the big picture of what we want our community to look like.”

ering increasing to $114 per $100,000 for up to six years.

President Brian Goldberg has maintained he would not vote in support of accelerating the payback rate because it undermined a promise the Board of Education made to voters.

In August, boardmember Noah Margo was tapped to head community outreach efforts to educate the public on

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deal made sense for two iconic brands.

Geary’s owns the Rolex retail store on Rodeo Drive.

“Beverly Hills is an iconic brand and Rolex is an iconic brand,” Blumenthal told The Courier. “It all just makes sense to celebrate this moment in a big way for the City, Rolex and Geary’s.”

Geary’s has been in Bever-

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Libow’s $21,750 gift made to the Beverly Hills Eduction Foundation (BHEF) in December 2011 is an important symbol to the community, BHEF executive director Matthew Zarcufsky said.

“This kind of example helps us set a new paradigm for engaging alumni in the private financing of public education,” he said.

BHEF last week kicked off

November 23, 2012 | Page 15 the importance of accelerating the bond. Margo told The Courier as soon the board decides to move forward on its outreach efforts, he is ready to educate the community throug Town Hall meetings with Power Point presentations.

“We want to really make it simple for the community to understand,” he said. “We want to be working in harmony with the community.” ly Hills for 83 years and will celebrate its own Centennial in 2030. Blumenthal said Rolex’s sponsorship “just sort of happened” and that the luxury watch maker didn’t seek out being the first sponsor.

Mayor Willie Brien told The Courier that Rolex is an “iconic, luxury brand that is synonymous with Beverly Hills. With Rolex and Gearys involved, I know our Centennial will be a tremendous success.” a fundraising campaign to raise $1.7 million for Beverly Hills schools – crucial at a time when the district is being asked to chop over $3 million from its 2013/14 budget.

Libow said the greater purpose of his gift was to inspire other adults and the parents of students to make similar donations.

“We are all very proud at Beverly Vista to have our school atrium named after such a generous alumnus,” principal Marty Powers said.

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Joan Mangum LUPUS LUNCHEON– The 10th anniversary Hollywood Bag Ladies luncheon in The Beverly Wilshire featured Sharon Stone (left) as auctioneer.

On the right, Lupus L.A. Chairman Adam Selkowitz congratulates co-honoree Carrie Brillstein.

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Lupus LA celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Hollywood Bag Ladies luncheon in The Beverly Wilshire. Before dining, there was a silent auction featuring a selection of bags donated by top boutiques and luxury brands including Fendi, Prada, Versace, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Burberry and others… plus offerings from celebrities including Sharon Stone, Natalie Portman, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, et al. Bidding was fierce.

This year’s the “Women of Achievement” awards were given to the past 10 years’ honorees who were recognized for their roles in making this event a continuous success… They included Carrie Brillstein, Christine Devine, Melissa Joan Hart, Toni Braxton, Janice Arouh, Marla Paxson, Nicole Paxson, Julie Van Hees-Aidner, Carol Weisman, Carolyn Folks, Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey, LaDoris McClaney and Rachel Zoe–all so very deserving of this recognition.

When it comes to a successful live auction you have to have Sharon Stone as the auctioneer…great as usual… Items auctioned included New York Fashion Week, Live like a Kardashian, a Carla Fendi’s makeup bag, a Tiffany handbag treasure and a LA Staycation… Some $20,000 was raised on this alone. Another highlight was a fashion show hosted by international designer Kevan Hall, who has created eveningwear for many of our top celebs.

Congratulations to Luncheon Chairs Dorothy Ellis, Kathy Gallagher, Michele Kaye and Janice Wallace… and to their committee: Noah Alexander, Janice Arouh, Peri Ellen Berne, Carrie Brillstein, Cara Dellaverson, Carolyn Folks, LaDoris McClaney, Sheila Milstein, Jackie Oreckinto, Adam Selkowitz, Laurie Selkowitz, Julie Tesser, Julia van Hees-Aidner, Amy Weiss and Cathy Winterstern.

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease, which causes inflammation of various parts of body. It affects 1.5 million in the U.S., 60,000 of whom live in LA County. To date, $2.5 million has been raised.

Thanks to Beverly Hills Brownee Company for the delicious table favor and to the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Lancer Dermatology, Lea Journo Salon, and Clipa Handbag Hanger for the goodie bags. ****** The wildly popular cabaret benefit, Les Girls returned to the stage at the Avalon Hollywood for its 12th celebration with Jason Alexander acting as creative producer and Bruce Vilanch as consulting writer.

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useful in [examining] how we interact with each other, but [I don’t think it’s appropriate] to memorialize it in this way. If we want to develop policy and procedures and standards and practices, we should do it in a more formalized way.”

The norms gleaned from the retreat include: •”There should be no surprises to council by staff or to staff by council,” •“Councilmembers should be accessible to residents,” •“Council and staff should show respect to each other,” •“Take concerns about staff to the city manager; do not publically criticize individual staff members,” •“Seek consensus and compromise while respecting individual opinions and votes,” and • “Respect the decision of the majority when there is a split vote.”

Councilman Barry Brucker, who was the first to call the retreat a “kumbaya meeting,” said he felt there was no need

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to prosper.

On Tuesday, outgoing chair Susan Gersh, whom Anderson called, “a tough act to follow,” will pass the commission gavel over to a man deeply embedded in the community through multigenerational ties and a legacy of commitment to public service, such as his involvement with Rotary.

“I want to give back and it’s sincere,” Anderson told The Courier. “The preservation of our gardens and trees and the overall appearance of the City

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crisis,” JNF Executive Director Allison Krumholz said.

In March, Israeli president Shimon Peres addressed 1,400 Jewish-Americans in Beverly Hills and shared a message of hope. He also cautioned the

to “articulate a pledge for respectful behavior.”

“These are common sense, professional, civil behavior conditions that everyone…should embrace,” Brucker said. “So, I agree that of course healthy debate is absolutely imperative. But putting it in writing that one needs to show respectful behavior, [it] should be something that we as elected should role model for this community, and it should just be a given.”

Councilwoman Lili Bosse said she would also not support the implementation of norms for the City Council.

“It’s hard for me to adopt a norm because I have my own way to think and my own way of filling my role as a councilperson,” Bosse said.

One major issue of contention was whether to bring all staff complaints to the city manager or if councilmembers should be allowed to critique staff or ask challenging questions regarding the information presented by staff during council meetings.

“I’ve yet to see anybody on

this council be demeaning or personally critical of any staff member,” Bosse said. “By us asking questions and finding that we might need some more information or we find there are some consistencies, to me that should be [discussed] publically. If we’re finding inconsistences in the information, we have a smart community and they found them too.”

Mayor Willie Brien and Councilman Julian Gold were in favor of adopting the norms for the council while Mirisch, Bosse and Brucker were not.

However, all were in favor of holding another retreat in the spring after the March election has concluded and the new councilmembers have been installed.

“As useful or interesting as these workshops are, and I have nothing against having them again, I think they should be something that causes us to think, to work together and to have an informal venue for an open dialogue,” Mirisch said.

“But I wouldn’t want to look at these as formal norms. That’s not the purpose of it.”

of Beverly Hills is very important and very near to my heart.”

As the great-grandson of the founder of The Beverly Hills Hotel and author of The Beverly Hills Hotel: The First 100 Years, Anderson’s ties to the City are particularly strong.

In anticipation of the City’s upcoming centennial in 2014 he is now working on a follow-up book about the history of the City.

Under Anderson’s twoyear tenure on the commission, he has helped inform the City on decisions related to

Roxbury Park, Greystone, the Rodeo Drive Concours D’Elegance, Woofstock (where he adopted a dog), and gateway signage, to name a few of the numerous projects. Anderson said he is particularly excited to shepherd the commission during the restoration of the century-old Beverly Gardens Park in anticipation of the yearlong centennial celebration.

“I’m looking forward to a lot of projects and working with all my compatriots,” he said. “It’s all leading up to the City of Beverly Hill’s centennial celebration.”

community that Iran’s drive to acquire nuclear capabilities was the greatest threat facing the region.

The launch of two longrange Iran-supplied rockets against Jerusalem on Tuesday from the Gaza strip – the first time Israel’s capital has been targeted in half a century – demonstrates that “hope” and diplomacy are fast waning as effective regional solutions.

Today, Iran is fully self-sufficient in terms of its weapons program and is working steadily to enrich its uranium supply to fuel nuclear weapons Israeli Consul General in Los Angeles David Siegel told The Courier.

In the past week alone, over 1,500 rockets, many “courtesy of Iran,” have been

fired into Israel from the Gaza strip, Siegel said. In response to the recent surge, Israel launched “Operation Pillar of Defense” where over 1,000 pinpointed rockets have been fired into the Gaza strip, resulting in hundreds of casualties and unleashing a flood of anti-Israeli sentiment often parroted by media.

“We’re trying to be as careful as we can,” Siegel said of the Israeli Army’s efforts to deal with a regime that hides weapons in schools, homes and Mosques. “It’s a real excruciating dilemma.”

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salaries and benefits partially unfunded for vacant police officer positions.”

The latter refers to $1.2 million in money not needed now, but might be needed if Chief Dave Snowden can find qualified officers to fill empty positions within the Beverly Hills Police Department. According to the staff report, the $5 million in land acquisition money would “provide funding for future City Council directed land acquisition or other capital projects.” City Manager Jeff Kolin said the City had no immediate plans to purchase property, but the money would be saved in case such a situation came up.

In response, Vice Mayor John Mirisch proposed using the money to truly help the community.

Chief among his ideas was a request for $4 million in surplus money to be given to the Beverly Hills Unified School District. With public schools staring down the barrel of state budget cuts, BHUSD is facing the reality of having to cut $3.5 million from its budget.

Mirisch proposed the money could be available to BHUSD either as a loan, or an enhancement to the Joint Powers Authority agreement between the City and BHUSD. Under the JPA, the City “rents” schools facilities after-hours for community programs. The City council this year previously reduced its contribution to the JPA, with Mayor Willie Brien citing City “deficits.” Mirisch wants to reverse those cuts and add more.

Mirisch said the $4 million surplus money would help restore District programs and avoid cuts. “It would help the schools bridge the gap they're in... and allow them to restore a lot of their programs.”

In addition, Mirisch wants to reconsider the 7 percent water rate hikes the City Council approved over the summer, again based on City staff warnings about “deficits.”. Mirisch was the only councilmember to vote against the rate increase He and councilwoman Lili Bosse said they would support the idea of using some of the money to reduce those water rate increases for residents.

Marquis said it would cost only $2.1 million to roll back the approved water rate increases.

The City Council agreed to continue discussion on all possible expenditures to its next council meeting, save for $600,000 to go toward restoration of salaries and benefits for BHPD hires. The council approved that 4-1, with Mirisch dissenting. Marquis noted that the BHPD had filled eight of 16 empty positions and those eight hires did not receive the unfunded salaries and benefits up for discussion Tuesday. Upon learning that, Mirisch said he voted against it simply because

BEVERLY HILLS he didn't think it was fair for those eight new hires to not get benefits that the next eight hires would receive.

The full list of City staff's recommendations for spending the $10.2 million, in addition to the land acquisition and police salaries included: $1.2 million for reduction of unfunded OPEB liability, $1 million for Budget Stabilization designation, $1 million for revised National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements for storm water treatment, $290,000 for vehicle replacement, $200,000 for information technology replacement, $200,000 for general office equipment replacement, and $100,000 for PAL for City Visioning and Strategic Plan – community survey.

Bosse said she couldn't support the recommendations because she wanted to see more options available, such as money for the schools, water rate increases and other options that had not been discussed.

“I'd like to see more of the bigger picture, just like with budget sessions, we need to look at all possibilities and then decide on priorities,” Bosse said. “What this was missing was it didn't give any other alternatives besides these recommendations.”

Bosse also noted how deferred maintenance caused a “mess” with Roxbury Park's renovations and said sites with other deferred maintenance such as Beverly Gardens Park should be looked at. She also said surplus funds being set aside for the Centennial would be of importance. Bosse, along with Mirisch and councilmember Julian Gold, voiced the idea that funds be set aside for the City's legal battles against Metro.

This item was placed on the agenda two weeks ago on the “consent calender”, a portion of the agenda with mainly managerial items that are approved with little-to-no discussion. Mayor Willie Brien removed it from the consent calendar for actual discussion.

Mirisch zeroed in on the fact that an item asking for $10.2 million in expenditures was placed on the consent calender.

Kolin said that was how City staff had brought the issue forward in the past.

“I understand you suggest this is how business as usual was in the past,” Mirisch said.

“I'd suggest consent calender items are looked upon as less important. To me, this seems the message sent in the past was that this surplus... wasn't that important.”

The council will discuss all options at a future meeting.

Brien supported Mirisch's call for setting aside funding for the schools, but didn't agree to any specific dollar amount. He did say that a meeting with the school board would be set up to discuss their needs.

BEVERLY HILLS

Frances Allen Desert Roundup

It’s time to roll out the red carpet as the names of the celebrity honorees and attendees who will be strolling down the colorful walkway for the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s black-tie Awards Gala. The sold-out event, presented by Cartier, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, marks the beginning of Hollywood’s awards season.

The first festival honoree to be announced is Oscar winner Helen Hunt, who will receive the Spotlight award for her talents as a gifted actress, director, producer and screenwriter.

Hunt’s credits include starring in television’s Mad About You, a role for which she garnered four Emmys, four Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild honor. For her leading role in the motion picture As Good As It Gets Hunt received a “Best Actress” Oscar as well as the Golden Globe and SAG. This year, the buzz around Hunt is for her co-starring performance as the helpful therapist in the film The Sessions, a story of a man who lived most of his life in an iron lung who was determined, at the age of 38, to lose his virginity.

Two past recipients of the Spotlight awards – Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain – each received an Academy Award nomination for their respective years in which they were presented with this award. The betting is

that Hunt will make it a trifecta.

In a separate announcement it was reported that Academy Award nominee, Naomi Watts, will receive the film festival’s Desert Palm Achievement Actress award for her work in The Impossible, a true story of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that stunned the world with its fury and scope of destruction. According to Film Festival chairman Harold Matzner, Watts’ performance in the film is worthy of an Oscar nomination.

This is the second recognition of Watts by the Film Festival; she was previously honored for her performance in 21 Grams.

With about 135,000 attendees over its 12-day run - Jan. 314, 2013 - the Palm Springs International Film Festival has grown into one of the largest film festivals in North America. However, it is the star-studded Gala featuring world-acclaimed talent such as Natalie Portman, George Clooney, Clint Eastwood and Cate Blanchett that attracts media attention from around the world ... this year is sure to bring more of the same.

For more information, call 760-322-2930. ****** While the film fest brings a lot of glitz and glamour to town, it’s not the only event that offers up generous amounts of sparkle.

In fact, this event shines so brightly that it’s named “Sparkle: An All-Star Holiday Concert.”

Held Dec. 5, at the Annen-

berg Theater, (a part of the Palm Springs Art Museum), Sparkle is an impressive array of Broadway, film and TV talent who join together in a performance to benefit Desert AIDS Project, a local non-profit that serves people living with HIV and AIDS. As a special attraction, legendary musical performer Mitzi Gaynor will join the Sparkle ensemble as the celebrity reader of “’Twas The Night Before Christmas.”

Also part of the holiday concert performance are Tony and Emmy-winning Broadway diva, Lillias White; Grammy nominated singer Ilene Graff; two-time Emmy nominated soap-star Bobbie Eakes; Tony nominee Sharon McKnight; Nick Adams (Priscilla: Queen Of the Desert); Milena Govich (Law & Order); Wilson Cruz (Grey’s Anatomy); Ginifer King (Gypsy); Erin Quill (Avenue Q); Julie Garnye (Hair: In Concert); Dionne Gipson (Black Dynamite); and international recording artist Kelly King.

General Admission tickets for the show are $65: VIP tickets (which include premium reserved seating and a VIP afterparty ‘meet and greet’ with cast members along with food and hosted bar at LULU – A California Bistro) are $150, each. In addition, complimentary shuttle service will be provided by The Saguaro Hotel (a major underwriter of the event) to bring people from the Annenberg Theater to LULU (another major underwriter) and back.

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Jesse Aizenstat, author of Surfing The Middle East: Deviant Journalism From The Lost Generation (Casbah Publishing $26.95) introduces himself as “Major in political science. Graduate with honors.

Fail to find a job. Go surfing in the Middle East.” As he told me, it was only Surfer’s Journal that showed an interest in his trip and writing, so with a fully subsidized Birthright Israel trip he left on a mission to surf the last place anyone expected.

He had with him his beloved surfboard, known as “Che.” It was in Haifa on the Carmel Beach that he met Lee, an Israeli, who admired “Che” and the “need-for-speed four fin set up installed on the bottom half and the shape of the board which was not known in Israel.

After surfing, Lee took him to meet Raouf, an Arab. Jesse realized their friendship went beyond conventional thinking as they were brother surfers.

Through Lee he parties with young Israelis, who the week before might have been on the front lines facing the Arab guests. There are no Palestinian women at the party.

In order to get into Lebanon, Jesse needed two passports–one for Israel and one as if he had come directly to Lebanon. He met up with his Arab friends: As-Salabi from Texas and Jared, who had graduated from Yale. Both worked for the largest Palestinian news

November 23, 2012 | Page 21 outlet on the West Bank. They arrived at an apartment in Bil’in. Jared and Al-Salibi were excited about covering the West Bank riot while Jesse was only frightened.

He has included maps detailing his trip and excellent photos of the waves in Israel, the surfers whom he met, the Baha’I gardens in Haifa, hitchhiking through South Lebanon, the Hezbollah rally to “remember the martyrs of the 2006 war” and the damaged Magen Avraham Synagogue in Lebanon. His Lebanese guide tells him he wants to bring back tourism to Beirut and the restoration of Wadi Abu Jamil (“The Valley of the Jews”). At one point there were 20,000 Jews living in Lebanon, today it's less than 100.

There is a last chapter on the infamous Sabra and Shatila camps south of Beirut with more than 12,000 Palestinian refugees. I told Jesse that the great architect Moshe Safdie offered to build habitat apartments for them and was turned down. This was told to me by Chaim Hertzog,former president of Israel, when we talked about his book. I also reminded Jesse no Arab country was willing to take in and give citizenship to the Palestinian refugees, something he didn’t know. I referred him and others of his generation to read From Time Immemorial by Joan Peters. ****** www.conniemartinson.com aired at 3 and 11:30 p.m. on www.lacity-view.org channel 35 and on youtube/user/conniemartinson’s channel.

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61 Draft raisers

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62 ___ lark

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6 5 B o r e d e m p l o y e e ’s quest

63 Jamboree attendee

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6 8 Ta rg e t f o r m a n y a political ad

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44 Candy man Russell

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46 Asian holidays

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47 Actress Garr

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81 Cartridges, e.g.

8 2 P a r t o f A A R P : A b b r.

8 3 S p o u s e ’s s l e e p i n g place after a fight, maybe

107 Bingo call

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52 Concert hall, e.g.

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61 Glacier site, maybe

2 Pacific capital

46 Ancient siege site

63 Sleek and graceful

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64 Head cases?

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6 8 Vi t a l f l u i d s 69 Haunted house sounds 7 0 D r a c u l a ’s b a r b i l l ?

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diamond-hunting

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Page 22 | November 23, 2012 NOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Bid Deadline: 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 3, 2012 Place of Bid Receipt: 255 Lasky Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 – Purchasing Department Project: Crossing Guard Service - BID #1213/002 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Beverly Hills Unified School District of Los Angeles County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as "DISTRICT," will receive up to, but not later than, the above-stated time, sealed bids for the award of a contract for the above Project.

Those bids timely received shall be opened and publicly read aloud.

Each bid must confirm and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which are on file and may be obtained from the Purchasing Office at the above address after November 16, 2012.

Contact Dianne Richard at drichard@bhusd.org or 310-551-5100 ext.2249.

Each bidder may obtain one set of bid documents.

Bidders will be required to furnish the District with Bid Security equal to 10% of the total bid amount. Bid security can be provided in the form of either cash, cashier’s check, certified check or a bid bond from a California admitted surety insurer, made payable to the District.

Bid security must accompany the bid.

Each bidder will be required to furnish and maintain: Commercial General Liability Insurance, Workers’ Compensation Insurance, fingerprint clearance and background checks on all employees providing crossing guard service.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of Thirty (30) days after the date set for opening of bids.

The District reserves the right to waive any irregularities, accept or reject any or all bids and to accept or reject any item thereon, and to contract in the best interest of the District.

Publication Dates: 11/16/12 & 11/23/12 —————————— NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0020885 Doc ID #0001563120282005N Title Order No. 120 0 3 4 5 3 5 Investor/Insurer No. 156312028 APN No. 4333-029-035 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/30/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT

YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed

by BELLA SETTON, A SINGLE WOMAN, dated 01/30/2007 and recorded 2/6/2007, as Instrument No. 20070255262, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 12/10/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 221 SOUTH GALE DRIVE #103, BEVERLY HILLS, CA, 90211. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $614,763.60. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.

In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.

Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee,

BEVERLY HILLS

P U B L I C N OT I C E S beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee's Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's Office.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case TS No. 12-0020885.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-91401-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4327278 11/16/2012, 11/23/2012, 11/30/2012 —————————— NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File No. 7777.18539 Title Order No. 120232726 MIN No. 100034200002605180

APN 4340-023-060 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/01/05. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): Kristi Kilday, a single woman Recorded: 09/06/05, as Instrument No. 052135989,of Official Records of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: 12/06/12 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street,, Pomona, CA The purported property address is: 9005 CYNTHIA STREET NO. 205, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 Assessors Parcel No. 4340-023-060 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $449,585.03. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 877-484-9942 or visit this Internet Web site w w w . U S A Foreclosure.com or www.Auction.com using the file number assigned to this case 7777.18539.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: November 13, 2012 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Melissa Myers, Authorized Signatory 1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 250, Santa Ana, CA 92705 Sale Info website: www.USAForeclosure.com or w w w. Au c t i o n . c o m Automated Sales Line: 8 7 7 - 4 8 4 - 9 9 4 2 Reinstatement and PayOff Requests: 866-387NWTS THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY I N F O R M AT I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE ORDER # 7 7 7 7 . 1 8 5 3 9 : 11/16/2012,11/23/2012, 11/30/2012 —————————— NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/19/2005.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state

or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: RICHARD JACOB IDGAR, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Law Offices of Les Zieve Deed of Trust recorded 9/30/2005 as Instrument No. 05 2362938 in book -, page -- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:11/30/2012 at 9:30 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $498,977.65 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub.co m, using the file number assigned to this case 1219267.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 8535 WEST KNOLL DRIVE NO. 118 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 Described as follows: AS MORE FULLY Dated: 11/7/2012 DESCRIBED ON SAID Law Offices of Les Zieve, as Trustee DEED OF TRUST 18377 Beach Blvd., A.P.N #.: 4339-004-046 Suite 210 Beach, The undersigned Trustee Huntington disclaims any liability for California 92648 any incorrectness of the For Non-Automated Sale street address or other Information, call: (714) common designation, if 848-7920 any, shown above. If no For Sale Information: 848-9272 street address or other (714) common designation is www.elitepostandpub.co shown, directions to the m location of the property O'Brien, may be obtained by Christine sending a written Trustee Sale Officer FIRM IS request to the benefici- THIS ary within 10 days of the ATTEMPTING TO COLdate of first publication of LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE this Notice of Sale.

OBTAINED WILL BE NOTICE TO POTEN- USED FOR THAT PURTIAL BIDDERS: If you POSE. EPP 7919. 11/9, are considering bidding 11/16, 11/23/2012.

BEVERLY HILLS NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 133149633 APN: 4339-004-055 TRA: 01349 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx1573 REF: Rahman Moghrabi, Abd IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED December 09, 2005.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On December 20, 2012, at 9:00am, CalWestern Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded December 16, 2005, as Inst. No. 053103159 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Abdul Rahman Moghrabi, An Unmarried Man, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the financial code and authorized to do business in this state: Doubletree hotel los angeles-norwalk, 13111 sycamore drive Vineyard Ballroom Norwalk, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 8535 N West Knoll Drive #201 West Hollywood CA 90069 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $428,120.88. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default

and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800)280-2832 or visit the Internet Web Site, www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 1331496-33. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web Site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800)280-2832 CalWestern Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: November 13, 2012. (R422147 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12) —————————— NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 120001988 Title Order No. 12-0004092 APN No. 5528-004-043 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/21/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU

P U B L I C N OT I C E S SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by LAURENT CARACO, AND FLORENCE CARACO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, dated 12/21/2006 and recorded 12/29/2006, as Instrument No. 20062893741, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 12/20/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust.

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 500 NORTH FLORES STREET, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, 90048. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $1,094,718.83. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.

In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a

trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 120001988.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-91401-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 2818219 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FEI # 1006.164705 11/23/2012, 11/30/2012, 12/07/2012 –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012205732 The following is/are doing business as: LOUISE HESELTINE PR 1910 Rodney Dr. #7, Los Angeles, CA 90027; Louise Heseltine 1910 Rodney Dr. #7, Los Angeles, CA 90027; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Louise Heseltine: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 16, 2012; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012203588 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SANTA CLARITA LAUNDRY 2) SANTA CLARITA LAUNDRY CENTER 3) SANTA CLARITA EXPRESS LAUNDRY 19375 Soledad Canyon Rd., Santa

Clarita, CA 91351; Santa Fe Lavanderia LLC 1068 Maybrook Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein January 06, 2007: Art Jaeger, Managing Member: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 11, 2012; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012216942 The following is/are doing business as: 1) FILIPINO AMERICAN PRESS CLUB OF L.A. 2) FILIPINO AMERICAN PRESS CLUB 3) FILIPINO AMERICAN PRESS CLUB OF LOS ANGELES (FAPCLA) EST. 1978 4) L.A. FILIPINO AMERICAN PRESS CLUB 6739 Goodland Ave., North Hollywood, CA 91606; Cecile C. Ochoa 6739 Goodland Ave., North Hollywood, CA 91606; Myram Y. Aquitania 517-C N. Olive Ave., Alhambra, CA 91801; Lydia V. Solis 1759 Aspen Village, West Covina, CA 91791; Evelyn A. Portugal 4522 W. 154th St., Lawndale, CA 90260; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Lydia V. Solis: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012216996 The following is/are doing business as: D.A.N.A. INK 8324 Natalie Lane, West Hills, CA 91304; Denise Lewinstein 1269 Westholme Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024; Nancy Schwartz 8324 Natalie Lane, West Hills, CA 91304; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Denise Lewinstein: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217010 The following is/are doing business as: ASHLYN’D 1269 Westholme Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024; Ashlee Lewinstein 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #831, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Victoria Kochamba 921 N. Gardner St., Los Angeles, CA 90046-65111; Denise Lewinstein 1269 Westholme Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein October 22, 2012: Denise Lewinstein: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217308 The following is/are doing business as: 1) MAMZ’ELLE MARGALETTE PARIS 2) MAMZ’ELLE MARGALETTE CLOTHING 10336 Wilshire Blvd. #603, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Stephanie Audoin 10336 Wilshire Blvd. #603, Los Angeles, CA 90024; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Stephanie Audoin: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217353 The following is/are doing business as: 1) MESLEE 2) MESLEE INSURANCE 3) MESLEE INSURANCE SERVICES 4) SOLOMON MESKIN INSURANCE 5) SOLOMON MESKIN & ASSOCIATES 611 Wilshire Blvd. #805, Los Angeles, CA 90017; Meslee Insurance Services Inc. 611

November 23, 2012 | Page 23 Wilshire Blvd. #805, Los Angeles, CA 90017; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Solomon Meskin, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217401 The following is/are doing business as: MONIQUE RAD LAW GROUP 787 E. 15th St., Los Angeles, CA 90019; Monique Rad 1417 S. Burnside Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein October 22, 2012: Monique Rad: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217408 The following is/are doing business as: MASSERIA COCASTOSTO 321 S. Beverly Dr. #M, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Mea Argentieri 321 S. Beverly Dr. #M Beverly Hills, Ca 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Mea Argentieri: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217422 The following is/are doing business as: UNIGLOBAL MEDIA GROUP 21625 Prairie St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-5833; Brad Butler 366 S. Crescent Heights Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Brad Butler: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217429 The following is/are doing business as: PROLIPHIC BEAUTY 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #645, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Melissa R. Hibbert 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #645, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Melissa R. Hibbert: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217433 The following is/are doing business as: MODA SETA 910 S. Los Angeles St. #201, Los Angeles, CA 90015; PMJL Diffusion Inc. 910 S. Los Angeles St. #201, Los Angeles, CA 90015; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Noema Mechaly, Secretary: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012218534 The following is/are doing business as: 1) STACEY TODD 2) STACEY TOD 3) STACEE TODD 4) STACEE TOD 5) STACY TODD 6) STACY TOD 7) STACEY TODD BOUTIQUE 13025 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604; Stacey Todd Inc. 13025 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 1998: Stacey Feldman, President: Statement is filed with the County

of Los Angeles: November 01, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012215443 The following is/are doing business as: SCHORR PICTURES 8840 Wilshire Blvd. 2nd Flr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; RCR Pictures, LLC 8840 Wilshire Blvd. 2nd Flr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Robin Schorr, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 29, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012222941 The following is/are doing business as: 1) THE BLOW STUDIO 2) BLOW STUDIO 1326 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403; David Davidson 11970 Montana Ave. #215, Los Angeles, CA 90049; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: David Davidson: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 07, 2012; Published: November 09, 16, 23, 30, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012209831 The following is/are doing business as: THERAPYWORKS 9107 Wilshire Blvd. #475, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Mark Adams Allison 1757 Rose Villa St., Pasadena, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Mark Adams Allison: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 22, 2012; Published: November 16, 23, 30, December 07, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217380 The following is/are doing business as: 1) ADOPTION LAW CENTER OF BEVERLY HILLS 2) ADOPTION LAW CENTER 9454 Wilshire Blvd. #600, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; David Keene Leavitt, A Professional Law 625 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: David Keen Leavitt: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 16, 23, 30, December 07, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012217378 The following is/are doing business as: ARL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR A. LEAVITT & R. MORTON 9454 Wilshire Blvd. #600, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Aileen Leavitt 625 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Aileen Leavitt: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 31, 2012; Published: November 16, 23, 30, December 07, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012229033 The following is/are doing business as: MARMAR GROUP 493 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Marmar Development, LLC 493 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jessica Markowitz: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C

BEVERLY HILLS Title Order No: 1153905 Trustee Sale No.: 2012-1315 Reference No: 945 SNAPIR A.P.N.: 4335007-119 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF A NOTICE OF DELINQUINT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 4/3/2012.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that on 11/30/2012 at 9:30 AM, S.B.S. Lien Services, As the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 4/12/2012, as Document No. 20120551497, Book , Page, , of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, The original owner: AVRAHAM BEERY AND NATHAN P GOLDMAN The purported new owner: AVRAHAM BEERY AND NATHAN P GOLDMAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a State or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or a savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.): BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA. All right, title and interest under said Notice of D e l i n q u e n t Assessment in the property situated in said County, as more fully described on the above referenced assessment lien. The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 340 N OAKHURST DRIVE #202, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any,

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P U B L I C N OT I C E S shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, to wit: $16,295.09 accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The claimant: 340 NORTH OAKHURST DRIVE ASSOCIATION under said Notice of D e l i n q u e n t Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien.

If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that informa-

tion about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call FOR SALE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855)986-9342, or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.c om using the file number assigned to this case 2012-1315 .

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. THE PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD SUBJECT TO THE NINETY DAY RIGHT OF REDEMPTION CONTAINED IN CIVIL CODE SECTION 1367.4(c)(4). PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT COLLECTOR AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: 10/30/2012.

S.B.S LIEN SERVICES, 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362. By: Annissa Young, Trustee Sale Officer (11/09/12, 11/16/12, 11/23/12, SDI-1654 —————————— FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012228977 The following is/are doing business as: BEVERLY HILLS DESIGN & LIFE 8840 W. Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; BEVERLY HILLS COURIER PUBLISHING CO., LLC 8840 W. Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein April 29, 2008: Marcia Hobbs, Associate Publisher/Editor: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012228965 The following is/are doing business as: JASON, JOSH, REID, LLC 9478 W. Olympic Blvd. #300, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Jason, Josh, Reid, LLC 9478 W. Olympic Blvd. #300, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Josh Wolf, Member: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 2012060233

The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: AFLALO & FISCH 210 E. Olympic Blvd. #202, Los Angeles, CA 90015; The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on (date): April 06, 2012 in the county of Los Angeles; Leonard Fisch 421 S. Beverly Dr. 5th Flr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Laura AflaloThe Aflalo Trust UDT Jan. 18, 1985 210 E. Olympic Blvd. #202, Los Angeles, CA 90015; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP declare that all information in this statement is true and correct, Signed: Laura Aflalo, Partner; Statement #2012228993 is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012228994 The following is/are doing business as: AFLALO & FISCH PROPERTY 210 E. Olympic Blvd. #202, Los Angeles, CA 90015; Fisch Properties, LP 421 S. Beverly Dr. #500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 2150 Venice Boulevard, LP 210 E. Olympic Blvd. #202, Los Angeles, CA 90015; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein November 01, 1987: Laura Aflalo, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012228985 The following is/are doing business as: CENTER FOR NATURAL FAMILY MEDICINE 6399 Wilshire Blvd. #1010, Los Angeles, CA 90048; XCM, Inc. 6399 Wilshire Blvd. #1010, Los Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Lauren Feder, Owner/President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012229003 The following is/are doing business as: COWROD 2605 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034; Charles Cowdin 2605 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034; Norma Rodriguez 2605 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Charles Cowdin: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012229013 The following is/are doing business as: JONATHAN AND GEORGE 9320 Civic Center Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Amanda George Salon, Inc. 9312 Civic Center Dr. #101, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Amanda George, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012229018 The

following is/are doing business as: 1) YO-C 2) YOSSI 90210 249 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ben Jewelry, Inc. 249 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Yossi Dina, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012229025 The following is/are doing business as: HYLAR ENTERPRISES 10573 W. Pico Blvd. #196, Los Angeles, CA 90064; Lawrence H. Levine 10573 W. Pico Blvd. #196, Los Angeles, CA 90064; Michael E. Salman 1951 Shelfield Dr., Carmichael, CA 95608; Jan R. Isbutt 10573 W. Pico Blvd. #196, Los Angeles, CA 90064; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 1969: Lawrence H. Levine: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012229038 The following is/are doing business as: 444 INDUSTRIES 350 N. Crescent Dr. #302, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Mark Greydanus 350 N. Crescent Dr. #302, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Mark Greydanus: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 15, 2012; Published: November 23, 30, December 07, 14, 2012 LACC N/C

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Rentals to Share ................................404 Wanted to Rent ..................................405 Garage/Storage Rentals .....................407 Rooms for Rent...................................415 Hotels & Motels...................................416 Boarding House/Senior Living ............418 Houses for Rent Furnished ................420 Houses for Rent Unfurnished.............425 Apartments for Rent Furnished..........435 Rental Referral Services ....................439 Apartments for Rent Unfurnished ......440 Vacation Rentals ................................449

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Income Property for Sale ...................200 Income Property Wanted ....................201 Commercial Property For Sale...........202 Businesses For Sale ..........................208 Business Property for Sale .................210 Business Property for Rent.................215 Business Property Wanted.................220

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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Great References.

Senior Training Programs Available.

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• ELDERCARE • IN-HOME SPECIALIST • Caregivers • CNA • CHHA

• Companions • Live-In / Live-Out

Bonded & Insured• Licensed • Fully Screened

RETIRED RN Will Do In-Home Care for Seniors Price Negotiable Long or Short Terms Call 213/364-1470

310.859.0440

I was with my last client for 22 years. I am responsible, honest and caring with great doctors references. Looking for live-out position up to 7days/night per week.

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Let our professional caregivers help you ease this burden with our affordable and competitive services.

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Email:

9665 WILSHIRE BLVD Office for Sublease

Lic. No. 1200010472

Window office inside Beverly Hills Law Firm.

CAREGIVER/ COMPANION I’m aware of your goal to live your best quality life, even now.

Team of 2 Highly My service provides Skilled Female consistent, conscientious Personal Assistants care & companionship in Late 20's. harvesting the best Errands, shopping, that life has to offer. bookkeeping, events/ Cell: 216/978-3775 planning & even professional companion.

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We provide in-home care and companionship to help you remain independent and happy at home.

If you need help and would like a free in-home assessment please call us at:

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a company that provides excellent and affordable home care.

Mama’s caregivers are loving, caring, trained & bonded.

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Former Assistant to • Gore Vidal, We provide experienced Licensed•Bonded•Insured • Ed Asner...

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323/877-8121 323/806-9498

Proudly serving Southern California

2500 Wilshire Bl. Penthouse D • LA, CA 90057 213/381-1429 • 818/636-2977 • 323/540-7318

Great paying positions available throughout Los Angeles, Hancock Park, Beverly Hills, Bel Aire, Pacific Palisades and San Fernando Valley.

Please call (323) 932-8700

access to conference room and waiting area

$1,750/MO. Contact Maria at: 310/270-9044

————— WILSHIRE BLVD. Just East of Fairfax $295/Mo. 1-Room window suite.

New carpet & paint.

* * * * * * $995/Mo .

4-Room office suite.

Hip mid-century decor.

Spot lighting/sink/built-ins.

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NEAT HOME CARE, INC

No Long Term Contracts Use our services only as long you’re 100% satisfied LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED

Our premiere private duty home care agency is currently seeking professional caregivers to assist our senior clients.

CNA’s, CHHA's, MA's preferred.

1,300sq.ft suite with

323/954-1318

for seniors needing Please Call: In Beverly Hills 213-300-4492 companions to drive them to 310/309-1274 • 1 Great Double Station doctors, prepare meals, For Rent.

I WRITE BOOKS light housekeeping, etc...

FOR PEOPLE With We offer responsible and RN/LVN/CNA/Home Health Aid/Caregiver/Homemaker • 1 Manicurist Spot Avail.

BRIGHT IDEAS. nurturing care. Our staff is Caregiver/Homemaker Live Out (hourly) $18/hr (8hrs) Great parking & friendly environtment. Must w w w. thoroughly screened and Caregiver/Homemaker Live Out (hourly) $15/hr (10-12 hrs) RoyaltyGhostWriter.com Caregiver Live In with driving (24/7) $180/Day have own clientele. we care. Live In/Out.

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Fully furnished, Great People Make GOOD COMPANY

Call 310/246-1270

Beverly Place is hiring!

Community Ambassador/ Outside Sales • Three to Five years of outside sales experience • Must have strong knowledge of the LA area.

• Healthcare experience strongly preferred Please apply online at:

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BEVERLY HILLS OFFICES Prime Location on Wilshire next to Academy of Motion Picture.

• Executive Suite $400up include utilities • 4F with views 2500-5000 sf @ 2.65/sf

Mylene 310/246-9625 or 310/242-0507

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E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E IN BEVERLY HILLS 90210

80 Acre Ranch Estate & Private Western Town!

Come to the heart of the golden triangle starting at $550 a month.

FREE wireless internet access phone reception/forwarding, mail receipt, conference room times and more..

468 North Camden Drive 888-909-0210

ø MOVE-IN FEES !

508 RSF • $2,300/Mo. 1 Large Executive Window Office & 1 Support/ Reception Area.

Contact: Stan Gerlach Or: Bryan Dunne 310/550-2500

270 TOWNHOMES/ CONDOS FOR SALE

California Dreaming ® CENTURY CITY

• REDUCED • $1,049,000 $1,250,000

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SANTA MONICA

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This Weeks Listings

CENTURY PARK EAST 1 BED, 1 BATH $425,000 Unobstructed East Views Best South Tower Location No Assessment

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Penthouse Ocean & City Views Renovated Kit/Bath South Tower Quiet Corner Locationn

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5 Star Renovation, Limestone Counters, Hardwood Floors, Large Balcony, Custom Cabinetry Partial City Views, Quiet Location

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Jumbo 1,412 Sq. Ft. Corner w/ 2 Balconies Good City Views

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Elegant Remodel Generous Master Luxurious Master Bath

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2 Large Balconies. 270 Degree Unobstructed Views. Totally Renovated. Huge Spa Oversized Master Bedroom Travertine Tile Floors Prime CPE Location

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Penthouse, One of a Kind Sky Lounge Den, 2 Jumbo Balconies, Walk-In Closet Hardwood Floors, 270 Degree Unobstructed City & Ocean Views

CENTURY TOWERS 2 Adjacent Condos 4 BDRMS / 4 BATHS $2,395,000 3000+ Sq. Ft.. Totally Renovated. Unobstructed

Heated Pools, Sundeck, Tennis, Doorman, Houseman, Gardens & Lawns, Security Staff, Switchboard, Saunas, Business Center CENTURY PARK EAST CENTURY TOWERS PARK PLACE CENTURY HILL LE PARC CENTURY WOODS For Lease See our Ad Sec. 440

427 Montana Ave.

Storage Space Av a i l a b l e for Rent.

Close to Beach .

310/394-7132

425 HOUSES FOR RENT

BEVERLY HILLS 4 BEDROOM, 4 BATH + DEN + BONUS Spacious Home Newly Updated $4,995/MO. 434 S. Swall Drive Call 310/657-2630

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laundry fac., prkg.

Pool, a/c, balcony, Close To U.C.L.A. fridge, stove, laundry 310/477-6856 rm., prkg., intercom entry, elevator.

WESTWOOD

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$1,175,000 Video Tour - www.CowboysAtHeart.com

Carol Bird (310) 317-8212

Private Office Suite at 9595 Wilshire Bl.

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* * •• S i n g l e •• * * * 1* * • • 2 Bdrm. +2 /2 Bath Bright, controlled access, Large & Bright. balcony, pool, elevator,

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For more info call:

In The HEART of WESTWOOD BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e .

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North of Burton Way 1 Blk. East of Doheny

2 BEDROOMS

C L O S E T O S H O P S 1409 Midvale Ave. & R ESTAURANTS .

•• • •• • • • • • • 310/531-3992 • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •

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340 S. St. Andrews Pl.

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Close to U.C.L.A.

Spacious 2 Bdrm + 2 Bath • • • • • 310/478-8616 Spacious B R E N T W O O D 1 Bdrm + 2 Bath SANTA MONICA 904-908 Granville Av. Balcony, controlled 808 4th St. 2 Bd.+2 Ba. access, parking, * *1 Bd+ Den+1 Ba* * * * • • • • • • elevator, on-site laundry. * 3 Bdrm.+ 2 Bath * Includes: Close to shopping. * * * Large fireplace, * Fireplace, balcony, 323/352-6255 balcony, dishwasher,

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Clean, bright, nice size apartments. Swimming pool, laundry facilty laundry facility, and gated garage. intercom entry, subterranean prkg. SANTA MONICA elevator, prkg., pool.

Call 310/276-9871 Near Whole Foods. • CONDO QUALITY • • Close to Beach • 310/207-1965 310/394-7132 8 4 3 4 th S t .

WILSHIRE • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba.

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10530-10540 Wilshire Bl.

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ • 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath •

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Heated pool, balcony, a/c, BRENTWOOD The Carlton 1342 Centinela Ave. dishwasher, controlled 11666 Goshen Ave. - 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath access, elevator, (•)(•)(•)(•)() - - - - laundry room, parking.

1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba. • Bright Unit • 310/929-0610 Single (•)(•)(•) With patio, on-site 4 Blks. to Beach.

(•)(•) Central air/heat, laundry, On-site fireplace, patio, parking. Close to S A N T A M O N I C A controlled access, transportation.

2600 Virginia Ave. pool, elevator, parking, • 424/744-6342 • • Spacious • laundry facility.

• 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath • 310/312-9871 BEVERLY HILLS Patio, dishwasher, Shopping & Dining in 218 S. Tower Dr. on-site laundry, parking. Brentwood Village • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • Close to school, freeway Old World Charm ! & transportation. B R E N T W O O D 11730 SUNSET BLVD. 310/962-5733 Bright, intercom entry, • •••••• fridge, stove, laundry fac.

WEST L.A.

Luxury Living with valet, lush garden surrounding pool, gym, elevator, etc.

BH / WEST HOLLYWOOD Dishwasher, Charming 1937 House central air, balcony.

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Call: 310/470-4474 With Large Deck Excellent Neighborhood **CENTURY CITY** Certain Pets Welcome 2220 S. Beverly Glen C LOSE TO RESTAURANTS One Year Lease

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$3,000/MO. Call 310/276-0402 or 914/271-5891

1433 Brockton Ave. • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Spacious Rooftop pool, 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. deck, gym, central air,

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• Single • •• • • • • Lots of • • Character & Charm !

Alcove fireplace, fridge, laundry facility, gated parking, intercom entry and more.

• 310/552-8064 • Border of Rooftop jacuzzi with B E V E R L Y H I L L S panoramic city views.

321 S. Sherbourne Dr.

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SHOPPING .

310/531-3992

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Balcony, dishwasher, LOW MOVE -IN ! parking, L.A.’S FINEST, MOST laundry facility.

LUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL Please Call:

“The Mission ” • Westwood • * * * * * *

• • Spacious • • • WESTWOOD • • 2 Bd.+2 •Ba. • • • • J r. E x e c u t i v e 10933 Rochester Ave. 6-Month Lease Avail.

•• * * * * * * •• Every Extra Luxury : J r. E x e c u t i v e Controlled access, custom cabinets, granite ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ air conditioning, stove, Spacious, balcony, a/c, countertops, stone entry, pool, health club, spa. fireplace, pool, controlled • Free WiFi Access • • 310/247-8689 • access, laundry fac., prkg. • Close to UCLA • elevator, laundry facility, parking.

Close to Cedars-Sinai, • Free WiFi Access • Beverly Center & 310/473-5061 Trendy Robertson Bl. Close To U.C.L.A.

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

• 310/864-0319 •

310/363-3766

• Jr. Executive

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elevator, intercom entry, on-sight laundry, parking.

• Free WiFi Access •

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

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• WESTWOOD •

• 1 Bdrm.

550 Veteran Ave. +1 Bath • = Single = • 2 Bdrm. +1 Bath • = = = = = = =

Hardwood floors, pool, Very spacious,, laundry facility, microwave, intercom entry, on-sight laundry controlled access, prkg.

Close to and parking.

Brentwood Village.

Very close to UCLA & Westwood Village . • 310/440-5051 • VERY UNIQUE • MUST SEE 310/208-5166

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*KELEMEN* REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

• BRENTWOOD • 125 N. Barrington Av.

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Century City & Fox Studios Adj. Pico & Motor • Across Rancho Park BEVERLY HILLS Luxurious 3 Bdr+3.5 Ba. • $4,650/Mo. 216 S. REXFORD DR 3 BDRM. + 2 BATH

• 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath • • • • • • • •

Large Unit 2000 sq.ft. with granite counter Upscale, Bright, tops, hardwood floors, Gorgeous & Spacious. Apprx. 2,800sf. Very Lrg. Front Apt., Controlled central air, elevator and Access, Private Patio. Custom Designer Finishes With Pool, balcony, incld. Stainless Steel Appl. (Double Oven, Gas laundry facility on-site. central air, fireplace, stove, elevator, intercom entry, prkg.

• 310/476-2181 • Close to shopping.

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Cooktop, D/W, Microwave), Central Air, Fireplace W/D Hook-up, Granite+Marble Counters, Spa Tub in Master, Pergo Wood Flr.+Carpeting.

OPEN HOUSE By Appointment: 310-767-6622 or 310-995-3429 www.marmargroup.com Move-In Specials Available.

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Newly Updated 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

309 S. Sherbourne Dr. Balcony, dishwasher, ( • • • ----- • • • ) a/c, heated pool, 11 22 elevator controlled 1 Bd. + Den + 1 / Ba. • • • • • • access, on-site laundry, Good closet space, a/c, parking. Close to elevator, dishwasher, Brentwood Village, controlled access. Close Shops & Restaurants.

PENTHOUSE ROOFTOP BEAUTIFUL BEVERLY HILLS 145 S. MAPLE 2 BD + DEN + 2.5 BA

$3,200/MO. Call 213/305-1346

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LOS ANGELES

401 S. HOOVER St.

1628 Westgate Ave.

• 1 Bdrm +1

Bath

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. BEVERLY HILLS

1017 S. SHERBOURNE Very Private & Spacious 2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATH upper unit with breakfast and formal dining room.

Yard, laundry & parking.

B r i g h t & A i r y . • 2 Bdrm +2 Bath Dishwasher, Intercom entry, on-sight • S i n g l e Control access, parking, on-sight POOL, laundry facility. $3,500/MO. Close to transportation. dishwasher, elevator, Call 213/804-3761 on-site laundry 310/820-1810 and parking.

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Intercom entry, a/c, $4,250/Mo. • Pets ok.

BOTH UPDATED. dishwasher, on-sight Central air, beautiful laundry & parking. views, w/d included, CLOSE TO SCHOOL. balconies, 2-prkg.

310/477-8171

—————–––– —310/927-2140 ————–––– CULVER CITY BEVERLY HILLS 3830 Vinton Ave. • • Single • • LARGE LOWER DUPLEX • • • 3 BDRM. + 2.75 BATHS • • •• Central heat and A/C. entry, elevator, on-site laundry, parking.

310/841-2367

Near Roxbury Park. $2,500/MO 310/551-2654

—————–––– 100 S. DOHENY

Hardwood floors, laundry. Eat-in kitchen.

Near Roxbury Park.

$3,650/MO. 323/592-9592

Chateau Beverly 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath

B EAUTIFUL V IEW All appliances Incld., hardwood floors, hi-ceilings, central air

1 BDRM., 11/2 BATH.

fireplace, sundeck,

24-hr. security, swimming

laundry facility each

pool, tennis court, gym,

floor, 1-parking

6th flr. room view, up-

137 N. Wetherly Dr.

graded. High-rise bldg. Next to 4-Season’s

North of Wilshire 3 Bd. + 2 Ba. Hotel. $2,250/MO Wood fl, granite, stain- Call 310/892-4166 less steel appliances, or 323/653-3862 central air, 3 car tandem. $2,600/Month 310/694-2430 RanchoRodeo@aol.com 310.278.1322 Open Sat. 10am-2pm

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213/385-4751

BEVERLY HILLS • 3 Bd. + 2 Ba. ~~ • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. 1 Bath

Pool, sauna, fridge, dishwasher intercom

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11305 Graham Pl.

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Spacious unit 1800 sf New countertops, oak with hardwood floors, cabinets & dishwasher. granite counter top, Hardwood floors, a/c, central air & heat, laundry, covered prkg. plenty of closet space, $2,200/Month 310/247-8547 2 car parking.

310/433-1949 Close to shopping and ————— Beverly Hills Schools.

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ $2,950/MO. Bedford/Olympic CALL 310/432-3125 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO

and 2 car parking. $3,150/MO. A/C, hardwood flrs, ample Call 310/820-0122 storage, laundry, garage Call 310/880-7281 or 818/398-7793 in quiet duplex.

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Upper 2 Bd. +1 Ba.

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2 BD + DEN + 2 BA

336 S. Rexford Dr.

Lower Spanish Duplex 3 Bedroom, 2 Baths Living room with fireplace, breakfast room, $2,150/MO. dining room, kitchen Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. with stove, fridge and BEVERLY HILLS Lower unit with fridge, dishwasher, laundry 2 Master Bdrm+2 Bath washer/dryer in unit room & hardwood floors. European kitchen,

With locked elevator, private rooftop patio, • 310/826-4889 • huge deck. large kitchen 310/247-8689 with new appliances • BRENTWOOD • H O L L Y W O O D and granite countertops, CROWN TOWERS 120 Granville Ave. 1769-1775 Sycamore Av. washer & dryer in unit, 10701 WILSHIRE BL. 2 BDRM. + 2 BATH • • • • • central air and heat, * * * * * *1 * * 2 Bd.+Den+1 /2 Ba. • S i n g l e Subterranean parking. Newly remodeled with Large, Sunny & Bright. • B a c h e l o r Plenty of storage space. granite kitchen and Patio, dishwasher, Bev. Hills School District Controlled access, hardwood floors. heated pool, intercom Available Now. laundry facility. $2,995/MO. entry, on-sight lndry., prkg. Utilities Included. $3,950/MO. Close to Everything.

CALL 310/432-3125 Contact Mark Rosenberg 323/851-3790 at 310/922-2269 424/202-7286 Close to Everything. to Cedars/shops/trans.

~ 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. ~

145 S. MAPLE

157 No. LaPeer Drive

2 BDRM, 1.5 BATH TOWNHOUSE ALL HARDWOOD, RECENTLY REMODELED. CENTRAL AIR, LAUNDRY, 1 CAR GARAGE. LOTS OF STYLE. $3,350/MO.

Karen: 310-384-7300

$1,900/Month Call Elena: 310/858-0905 AVAILABLE JAN. 2013

—————–––– Adj. To The Grove $1,800/Month

Owner’s Luxury Extra Large 2 Bd.+Den+1.5 Ba. Front Balcony Apt. Big Living+dining rms.

Great kitchen.

Q UIET & P RIVATE .

323/578-5447 hbmg33@yahoo.com

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ 911 Wooster. Apt.#1 Beautiful & Spacious 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH $1,275/MO. stove, fridge, washer/ dryer and parking.

Lovely quiet neighborhood.

Call 805/379-2000

all listings are on centurycityliving.com Valet and Guest Parking. Huge Heated Pool, Security Staff, Doorman & Houseman, Switchboard Tennis, Fitness Center Business Center NEW LISTINGS EVERYDAY

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Laurel Gardens.

Double Plot, Block 20 Plot 259, Space 1 a/b

$14,500 (Inclds. transfer fees & Endowment Care)

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469 FURNITURE FOR SALE

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November 23, 2012 | Page 31 Publisher Clifton S. Smith, Jr ******* Associate Publisher Marcia W . Hobbs Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Steve Simmons ****** Fashion Director Tawny Sanders Society Editor Joan Mangum

Rabbi Jacob Pressman IT’S BLACK FRIDAY, AGAIN

Today is Nov. 23, 2012, which is universally referred to as “Black Friday.” What a terrible thing to do to a pleasant sunny day in our Southern California community. Why has the world of retail selling gone so berserk? ******* This is not the first “Black Friday” in our nation’s history. As Founding Publisher March Schwartz (Publisher 1965 - 2004) far back as Sept. 24, 1869, there was a stock market crash which Education Partner The Courier is proud to be a people called “Black Friday” because of the devastating economic crisis it inaugurated. On Oct. 24, 1929 when the stock market crashed big time, it was dubbed “Black Tuesday” while two days later and a second massive selloff occurred, it became “Black Thursday” and ushered in the Great Depression.

As a teenager, I remember stories of men jumping to their deaths from tall buildings because they had been wiped out and plunged into impossible debt. They could no longer face life and the people they cared for. It made such an enormous impression which has stayed with me ever since.

How then has the custom of “Black Friday” evolved? In Philadelphia, it seems the day after Thanksgiving people mobbed the stores and there was so much traffic, vehicular and pedestrian, that the police began calling it by that name.

Something in me resents the use of the phrase for a day people flock to the stores to purchase holiday gifts for others–a totally selfless act. With so many hard-pressed retailers anxious to get We can be thankful that the Senate Tuesday the profitable buying season underway, perhaps a more appropriOK. Yes. Gather with family, eat turkey.

Say, “thank you” either to the Supreme Being or pulled the Obama Administration’s proposals, ate name might be “Black Ink Day.” to no one in general? Watch the NFL on TV? Put carried by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) for on track shoes and get ready in invade these warrantless searches of all of internet postings. obnoxious stores that invade what is supposed to Leahy wanted to let more than 22 agencies— I found it appalling that Mayor Willie Brien has turned his be our day of observance to buy merchandise we including the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mine Bureau and the Federal back on the citizens of Beverly Hills by applauding the efforts of probably don’t need?

Commission—access Metro and its fight against us. Dr. Brien was elected to be a voice Without getting too cynical or preachy, it Communications would be nice to think about why we have this Americans’ emails, Google Docs files, Facebook of the people of Beverly Hills. That voice has spoken loud and wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a clear and in great numbers about not wanting a tunnel under day.

The Pilgrims probably held it first. George search warrant. It also would give the FBI and BHHS and the lack of trust and other issues we have with Metro.

To attend an event the way he has not only sends mixed mesWashington called for it in the Revolutionary Homeland Security more authority, in some cirWar. Abraham Lincoln repeated the call in the cumstances, to gain full access to Internet sages on behalf of Beverly Hills, but makes us look incompetent. accounts without notifying either the owner or a The fact is we the people are very competent and very angry with Civil War. The idea was simple. Our forebears (political judge. At least that will not happen this month. Metro for what it has done. To have our mayor suck up to the very As technology develops, government more people who intend to do us harm is outrageous. He smiled durif not genealogical) were in pretty tough shape but things got better. The locals showed the and more intrudes into everything we do. ing the event instead of having the guts to stand up and say what Pilgrims how to survive (which did not turn out Anyone with any knowledge of history knows most of those who elected him to serve have been saying all along well for the locals). Washington and Lincoln won that our forebearers would never have tolerated ... “No tunnel under Beverly Hills High School.”

We need a mayor who stands by and with the people. their wars. Handicapping those battles, this. They came to this land to be free, not to be George Vreeland Hill Washington should have lost; Lincoln should watched over by hundreds of thousands of ****** have won. Both won and credited the Supreme bureaucrats, politicians, technology companies and their algorithms and search engines. We Once again, I am appalled by the lack of even the slimmest Being for their victories.

Throughout, the idea was simple: the now know that President Obama’s widely- pretense of journalistic impartiality or separation between editoSupreme Being intervened directly to save our praised data mining effort, largely credited for his rial policy and reporting in The Courier.

The latest case in point is Nov. 16’s “Mayor Brien Turns On people, our revolt against England and our reelection, tracked spending habits, viewing nation. (Although the 1861-1865 effort did not habits, news sources, personal interests—in fact Beverly Hills, Praises Metro's Subway.” This is pure editorializing turn out well for the powers-that-be in the anything and everything you do on your comput- and opinion and makes no attempt at objective reporting. Clearly, er (they claim they did not track porn viewing . . it’s just more of the same barely literate pablum.

Confederacy.)

It's sad that Beverly Hills has no alternative to The Courier's We saw this week another California court . right). Person Of Interest, the new show on CBS “protect” us from religion by upholding Santa television, gives you a good idea of what’s out rants for its local news needs. Readers deserve better.

Robert Sherman Monica’s ruling to ban a Nativity scene from one there right now. We can be thankful that some****** of its parks. Seems like any mention of a times TV gets it right.

So, even though San Francisco banned pubIt would benefit Brian Rosenstein to rethink his traffic mitgaSupreme Being brings out a tiny but vocal minority to chase away any vestige of religious faith. lic nudity Tuesday, we are naked before our gov- tions before he starts campaigning full force. His suggestion for Oh, well. That battle was lost a long time ago. ernment. We turn on that computer or cell phone “No thru traffic 7-9 a.m. and 5-7 p.m.” on Carmelita and Are we “thankful” for that? Some are. Some or iPhone or iPad or Galaxy or whatever, and Charleville has one major drawback–it throws that traffic onto connect to the internet, or use our Visa, Elevado and Gregory. aren’t.

I live off of Gregory which already has enough traffic! We defCatholics love Nativity scenes; fundamental- Mastercard of American Express, and everything ist Protestants don’t square those with Biblical we write, look at, purchase, work on becomes initely need a traffic mitigation plan in residential areas, but what prohibitions against idol worship and “graven the property of one computer system or another. we need is a thoughtful comprehensive plan ... not piecemeal Owners of those systems now brag about how band-aids.

Christine Skirmuntt Ford images.” So, on that one co-religionists differ.

Are we thankful for our government? That’s well they use that information to influence and about 3:1 in favor of “no” regardless of the elec- control what we say and do. President Obama’s tion outcome. At least we say we are not thrilled computer nerds are hailed for successfully invadwith it, but we keep returning the people who ing the lives of voters and manipulating their views, thoughts and activities. comprise the government to office.

Should we be thankful for that?

All of this is directly contradictory to the The Courier welcomes political and religious idea of free will of the “Letters to the Editor” human being answerable ultimately only to a Remember the following guidelines: Supreme Being. That idea, which truly comes (1) The shorter the better; from our society’s Jewish heritage and adopted (2) Refrain from personal attacks or insults; by Christianity, is not faring well these days.

A man told an audience about 15 years ago, (3) Keep to one topic; (4) Do not send letters appearing elsewhere. “Our freedom will last only as long as it takes government to acquire the technical means to Email: myopinion@bhcourier.com; crush us.” Long before that, George Orwell wrote Fax: 310-271-5118; his 1984. Same idea.

Mail to: The Courier It’s just taken government longer than 1984 8840 W. Olympic Blvd., to get it done. At least we can be thankful for Beverly Hills CA 90211 that.

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From the Publisher CLIF SMITH

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