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The view from Santa Monica Boulevard of Parcels 12 and 13 on Civic Center Drive before and after trees were cut down last week, unsettling arsenic-contaminated earth.

THIS ISSUE

City Hall Makes Toxic Mistake City Manager Mahdi Aluzri apologizes for missteps after illegal tree removal from arsenic-laden dirt

Beverly Hills firefighters served Thanksgiving lunch to seniors.

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The Friend-Raising Luncheon at The Peninsula focuses on cancer awareness. 4

Planning Commissioner Howard Fisher took The Courier to Machu Picchu. 5 •Fashion 8 •Birthdays 21 •Letters to the Editor 31

George Christy, Page 6 Starring Sopranos Angela Meade, Jamie Barton and Tenor Russell Thomas In The Los Angeles Opera’s Production of Norma At The Music Center. The Opening Night Attracted A Huge Enthusiastic Crowd

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By Victoria Talbot Last weekend, during the extreme Santa Ana winds, residents near 9315 Civic Center Dr. awakened to the sounds of heavy machinery and saws hacking down about 50 assorted trees located on parcels 12 & 13, the vacant lots on the southeast end of Santa Monica Boulevard.

The site, a former railroad right of way, is known to be contaminated with high levels of arsenic in the soil. Any work should havebeen supervised by the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC).

Deputy City Manager David Lightner ignored this when issueing a right-of-way permit for trucks

and equipment to remove trees Saturday and Sunday by an ordinary contractor who removed the trees without mitigations in effect to protect the workers and the public from the risk of contamination.

None of the workers were “authorized to be in a hazardous waste site,” said Sayareh Amir, Branch Chief in Clean Up Operations at the DTSC. “They did not get approval.

We are very concerned,” Amir added. “That is why we have referred this to the DTSC legal department for enforcement action,” Amir said. “When we do work, we make sure there is no dust, no (see ‘ARSENIC’ page 22)

Rodeo Drive Lights Up As The Holidays Begin In Beverly Hills

By Victoria Talbot Sunday evening was all about the holiday season as the Rodeo Drive Committee and the City of Beverly Hills hosted the annual lighting ceremony.

Guests included celebrity DJ Michelle Pesce, Emcee Giuliana Rancic, the Beverly Hills High School Norman Mayor Julian Gold rings in the start of the Marching Band and Holiday season with Santa and Mrs. Claus. cheerleaders, performer During Ringwald's rendition Molly Ringwald, Debbie Allen's of Let it Snow, thousands of pieces “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” of confetti filled the sky and flutdancers and - Santa and Mrs. tered to the ground like snow, CalClaus. ifornia-style. And Santa Claus E! Network star Giuliana Ran- turned on the lights, marking the cic greeted every guest with a official opening of the holiday smile, beginning with Mayor Julian shopping season.

Gold, Vice Mayor John Mirisch and Councilmembers Lili Bosse See page 16 for more photos and Willie Brien, as well as Rodeo from the Rodeo Drive Holiday Drive Committee President Mark lighting ceremony!

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Unexpected $8 Million Uptick To Renovate El Rodeo Highlights Lack Of Funds

By Laura Coleman Last week, the Board of Education learned that it was facing an added $8 million expenditure in moving foward with renovations at El Rodeo. The 20 percent total cost increase (bringing the estimate to $48 million) was met with frustration by the board, who expressed dismay at the escalation.

“We can’t have these spikes in the future,” cautioned Boardmember Lisa Korbatov.

“This is what’s going to tank a bond measure...these huge upticks.”

Although students throughout the district will

soon be learning from inside “cottages,” the name district officials have given to the portable classrooms that will be used during school renovations, the district does not have enough money to complete what it has planned. Already, cottages are being set up onsite at El Rodeo; BHHS students will start being moved into cottages in the Spring; and plans are underway to put cottages onsite at Hawthorne after Summer.

Korbatov said that the recent escalation, a result of the extensive renovations needed on the El Rodeo tower, (see ‘BHUSD FUNDS’ page 22)

Beverly Hills Elder: Les Bronte, The Ultimate Active Adult Part 61 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City

By Laura Coleman You have only to look at the official Beverly Hills City flag to see evidence of Les Bronte’s impact in the community. In 1980, he and his wife Isabel designed the flag after realizing that the City didn’t have one.

Born in L.A., this third generation Californian moved into Beverly Hills over a half-century ago primarily so his children could attend its excellent schools. Ultimately, he found his true niche in community service, today working six days a week running Beverly Hills CPR. “At 80, I’m having the best time of life now,” he said.

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unflappable.

After serving on the City’s Traffic and Parking Commission and presiding over the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, in 1994 Bronte was elected to the City Council. (see ‘LES BRONTE’ page 12)

OUR LOUIS VUITTON LADIES — Jaime King, Solange Knowles, Yi Zhou, were only a few of the celebrities to come out for Louis Vuitton celebrates 100 Years The Movie You Will Never See at the Sheats Goldstein residence.

Others included John Malkovich, Kea Ho, Jessica Lowndes, Hu Bing, Zelda Williams.

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

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE: December 10, 2015 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210

DATE: December 10, 2015 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, December 10, 2015, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider a request to allow additions to an existing multi-family residential building located at 310 North Crescent Drive. Construction of the proposed project requires the following entitlements:

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, December 10, 2015, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider:

Zone Text Amendment. The project includes a request to amend portions of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code. The proposed Zone Text Amendment would amend BHMC §10-32804B and §10-3-2850 to allow additions to existing buildings with legally nonconforming height through an R-4 Permit application.

R-4 Permit. The proposed project includes a request for an R-4 permit to allow for additions to two existing penthouse units at the subject property, contingent upon approval of the related Zone Text Amendment. If approved, the R-4 Permit would allow the additions to be built up to the same height as the existing legally nonconforming building, which has a height of approximately 42 feet. The project would result in a total increase of approximately 1,052 square feet to the uppermost story of the existing building. The requested R-4 Permit is contingent upon the approval and implementation of the proposed Zone Text Amendment.

This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The project qualifies for Class 1 and Class 5 Categorical Exemptions. The exemptions are applicable to projects characterized as minor additions to existing buildings, as well as minor changes in land use limitations such as the amendment to the zoning code to allow an R-4 Permit to allow additions to nonconforming buildings, and the project has been determined not to have a significant environmental impact and is exempt from the provisions of CEQA.

A request for a Conditional Use Permit and Extended Hours Permit to allow renovations to the existing gas station located at 9460 Olympic Boulevard, between South Beverwil Drive and South El Camino Drive. The proposed project involves converting all four existing vehicle service bays into additional convenience store space. The proposed conversion would increase the floor area of the existing convenience store from 550 square feet to 2,890 square feet. The proposal would not result in any changes to the existing building setbacks and height, and would include sufficient on-site parking to meet the City’s requirements for the proposed retail space.

The gas pumps on-site and the convenience store portion of the gas station currently operate 24 hours a day. Expansion of the size of the convenience store area operating 24 hours a day requires an Extended Hours Permit, which would also be considered as part of this request.

This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The project qualifies for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption for operational changes within an existing commercial facility and additions to existing structures provided that the additions will not result in an increase of more than 10,000 square feet, and the project has been determined not to have a significant environmental impact and is exempt from the provisions of CEQA.

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

Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission. Any comments submitted will be considered as part of the public record.

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

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

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner in the Planning Division at (310) 285-1127, or by email at asahakian@beverlyhills.org.

Copies of the project plans and associated application materials are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

If there are any questions or comments regarding this project, please contact Alek Miller, Assistant Planner in the Planning Division at (310) 285-1196, or by email at amiller@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the project plans and associated application materials are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Sincerely: Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner

Sincerely, Alek Miller Assistant Planner

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Friend-Raising Luncheon At Peninsula Beverly Hills To Focus On Cancer Awareness With Beth Karlan

HOT MEAL – Firefighter/Paramedic Derek Sandeman and Firefighter Taylor Malm serve dinner at this week’s Beverly Hills Active Adult Thanksgiving Luncheon. This was the 24th year of the annual event, sponsored by the Beverly Hills Firefighters’ Association and served by members of the Beverly Hills Fire Department.

Human Relations Commission Kicks Off Tenant-Landlord Forum

By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills has taken action to help tenants and landlords solve their problems by creating the Tenant-Landlord Forum.

More than 20 letters were received and five speakers brought their concerns and complaints to the Human Relations Commission last week for the first forum.

Disputes ranged from noise issues to serious structural problems that repeatedly affect the quality of life for renters. Some have been ongoing with the same landlords for years, and continue to remain unresolved, though

rents continue to increase 10-percent a year.

“The commission’s eyes were opened to the array of challenges and frustrations experienced by both tenants and landlords in the community. We can advise you of resources and programs you may not know exist to address your situation. We plan to use these forums to guide our analysis of the tenant-landlord landscape and inform our policy and infrastructure recommendations to council,” said Human Relations Chair Ori Blumenfeld.

Tenants and landlords can easily (see ‘TENANT-LANDLORD’ page 22)

Adopt one of these pets and receive a free month of food from Freshpet!

BETTY-ID#A1595523 is a female tortie, 2-yrs old and11 pounds.

THANKFUL FOR PEACHES– Peaches is a sweet, young, five pound, pumpkin toy poodle. She was rescued from a breeding facility by ShelterHopePetShop.org. Those interested in adopting Peaches this holiday weekend may call Shelter Hope at 805-379-3538. She will be forever thankful.

By Laura Coleman Thanks to the efforts of locals Judy Briskin and Laurie Gray, on Monday, Dec. 7, a select group of women will have the opportunity to hear from leading cancer expert Dr. Beth Karlan about what they can do to make a difference in their lives to ensure they can maximize every available opportunity.

The “Friend-Raising” luncheon, which will be held the Peninsula Beverly Hills, is intensely personal for Gray, who credits Karlan with helping guide her medical choices once she found out she was a carrier of the BRCA1 gene.

“I used to get up everyday and worry that I was going to die at 40,” Gray said. “Now, I’m going to be 60, and no woman in my family has ever lived that long.”

Karlan, who is the director of Cedars-Sinai Women’s Cancer Program, said she will be discussing the new era of healthcare for women and advances in precision medicine.

“Women are pillars of families,”

(see ‘FRIEND-RAISING’ page 22)

BHHS Student Isaac Spector Named 2016 YoungArts Merit Winner

By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills received some good news this week when the National YoungArts Foundation announced that Beverly Hills High School student Isaac Spector had been named a YoungArts Merit Winner in Dance/Choreography.

Spector was among 819 young artists selected for his accomplishments from more than 12,000 applicants across the nation.

“Isaac represents all that is positive about our students,” said Superintendent Steve Kessler.

“His award is also reflective of the wonderful fine arts programs that the BHUSD offers all our students.”

Winners receive cash awards of up to $10,000, mentorship opportunities

and additional guidance in taking steps toward achieving their goals.

“To have such a formal organization acknowledge you as a young artist, saying that you have talent, was highly motivating for me,” said Terence Blanchard, multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer and a 1981 YoungArts Winner in Music, the inaugural class of YoungArts Winners.

“I was part of YoungArts when it first started, and the mentoring and scholarships I received definitely took my artistry and career to new heights which may not have been possible otherwise,” he added.

All winners are eligible to participate in YoungArts’ regional programs, including YoungArts L.A. next February.

SUMMER OF CREATIVITY — Julia Coffey and Sienna Wolfe, sixth graders at Beverly Vista and first place winners of the Beverly Hills Science Fair, were recently given a Summer of Creativity grant by Youth Changing the World/Disney ABC Television Group to further their research and outreach on how swales can help the drought by cleaning and capturing storm water for Beverly Hills

DOMINO-ID#A1592546, 3-yr old Pit/Terrier mix

SUN-ID#A1592500 is an REGGIE-ID#A1596721 is a male boxer mix, 1-year 8-yr male Staffordshire old and about 48 pounds. bull terrier These pets are at the West LA Animal Shelter, 11361 W. Pico Blvd., LA CA 90064. Call them at 888-4527381 or visit www.laanimalsercices.com to see all the great pets waiting to come for the holidays.

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Karlan explained, noting that oftentimes women make their own self-care secondary to that of their families. “With improved therapies, women live longer and better.”

In her 40 years studying cancer cells, Karlan said that understanding familial clustering has become key for being able to identify inherently risky genes, and thus use targeted therapies.

‘Christmas Matters’ Holiday Carolers Come to Greystone

By Victoria Talbot The Friends of Greystone present ‘Christmas Matters Holiday Carolers’ in two performances at the mansion, bringing the beautiful sounds of the holidays for a festive treat to ring in the holidays.

There will be two performances Dec. 13. Tickets are $60-75 per person.

Nothing lifts the spirits like those old holiday favorites played year after year. Enjoy the best of them with your friends and family in the intimate setting of the historic living room. Dressed

in costumes of Dickens, the Christmas Matters Holiday Carolers have performed a Capella in quartets for over 25 years with impeccable four-part harmony.

There will be a light buffet lunch for the 12-2:30 p.m. performance or champaign and dessert for the 3:30-5:30 p.m. performance.

To reserve tickets for either the luncheon or the dessert presentation, please visit www.greystonemansion.org or call 310-286-0119. Parking is complimentary on the grounds of the event.

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Beverly Hills Centennial Movie Screening To RSVP for the premiere of Phil Savenick’s Beverly Hills: 100 Years, 100 Stories documentary on January 7, 2016 at The Wallis, e-mail bh100rsvp@gmail.com. People who RSVP do not need tickets and the first 500 people to e-mail will get seats at the first screening at 7:30 p.m. Later RSVP’s will have a screening at 9:30 p.m.

Emotion, Color At Forefront Of Claudio Verna’s Exhibition At Marc Selwyn Fine Art MACHU PICCHU – Beverly Hills Planning Commissioner Howard Fisher and his wife Francine took The Courier with them on their recent trip to Machu Picchu in Peru. To join the Fisher’s in the Carry The Courier Club, snap a photo of yourself with your copy of The Courier on your next trip and e-mail the picture to mlopez@bhcourier.com

Junior League Of L.A. Hosts 16th Annual Harvest Boutique At J. W. Marriott Downtown On Dec. 6

By Victoria Talbot The Junior League of Los Angeles (JLLA) will host the 16th annual Harvest Boutique on Sunday, Dec. 6, at the JW Marriott at LA Live.

The event features more than 50 vendor boutiques for holiday shopping, a silent auction, a delicious catered luncheon and a special awards celebration.

This year JLLA celebrates its 90th year, highlighting an illustrious past. One of the founding members was one of Beverly Hills’ first ladies, Lucy

Doheny, wife of Edward L. Doheny, Jr. She served as president in 1927.

For 90 years JLLA has empowered women by training an army of effective volunteers to promote and enrich the Los Angeles community.

Irán Hopkins, attorney at Ervin Cohen & Jessup, feels very strongly about her work with JLLA. A volunteer organization that trains women to be better volunteers she says amounts to, “an efficient way to contribute by volunteering service. If you

only have limited time it maximizes your volunteer time.”

JLLA, is a great way “to meet like-minded women and take advantage of the amazing training to better 'give back' to the community,“ said Hopkins.

The organization has refocused on literacy, childhood education, and foster youths, bringing all their skills to the problem and partnering with non-profits to enhance their work and maximize the effectiveness. After a few years of partnering, JLLA leaves the (see ‘JUNIOR LEAGUE’ page 22)

BEVERLY VISTA FOOD DRIVE – Beverly Vista had its annual food drive benefitting the Westside Food Bank, collecting and donating more than 2,780 pounds of food. The fifthgrade classes of Mr. Weiss, Mr. Millikan and Ms. Hanlon went above and beyond with total food donations of over 1,435 items! Pictured (from left): Paulina DePaulo, Community Service chair Archna Tuli and Alexa Kreshek.

Veterans Smile For Free Work At Family-Operated Beverly Hills Denistry

By Victoria Talbot Veterans truly had something to smile about at Beverly Hills Dentistry last week. Dr. Michele Frawley, D.D.S. treated vets free to honor them on Veterans Day. Mayor Julian Gold and Charles Vides of the Beverly Hills Chamber’s Military Veterans Commerce Committee came to shake hands with this special group of people and talk to some veterans before the dentists went to work.

Veterans Smile Day had about 350 participating dentists across the country this year - a long way from its humble beginning two years ago with 33 dentists.

Dr. Deryck Pham is a fellow dentist and retired U.S. Navy lieutenant who served as a combat dentist during operation Iraqi Freedom. A current

class member of the ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership, Pham started Veterans Smile Day when he opened his New Jersey office to veterans who needed dental care in 2012, and enlisted Dr. Karin Irani's help to promote the program throughout United States.

Irani, who works at Beverly Hills Dentristy, recruited over 300 dentists. As a volunteer organizer, she scheduled free dental care for 3,000 veterans nationwide.

Of the nation's 23 million US Veterans, the US Department of Veterans Affairs only provides access to dental benefits for 15 percent of veterans.

In order to qualify, they must be 100 percent disabled and they must be seen at VA Clinics only.

Distances and wait times can make that nearly impossible,

Dr. Michelle Frawley

and few of the VA Clinics offer dental programs.

With the population of veterans growing larger each year, Dr. Frawley and her family of dentists have stepped in to help fill the need, without creating more red tape.

Besides providing dental care, “One of the main goals of this event is to bring awareness to veterans’ needs,” said Dr. Frawley.

By Laura Coleman Chances are, unless you’re Italian, you haven’t heard of artist Claudio Verna. In fact, the first time Beverly Hills art expert Marc Selwyn saw Verna’s work–colorful and emotional abstracts–he thought: “Who is this new artist painting in the style of the abstract expressionists?” And then Selwyn saw the date of one Verna painting: 1967.

Through Jan. 9, 2016, Marc Selwyn Fine Art is giving folks a chance to get to know

Verna, an artist who was at the forefront of the abstraction movement but who is relatively unknown outside of his native land.

Born in 1937 in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, Verna moved to Rome in the 1960’s, becoming part of a group of analytical artists trying to reinvigorate painting through complete abstraction.

“Everything changes, but color still remains the absolute protagonist, with its ability to (see ‘CLAUDIO VERNA’ page 20)

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LA Opera President and CEO Chrisopher Mezzo-soprano Lacey Jo Koelsh Benter with Marc Stern

for her dream of a downtown cultural center, combined with her vision of a Founders Room for the Who and the Who.

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t the Founders, we met Fran Rizzi, the enthusiastic PR Director for the L.A. Opera, and the handsome and athletic Georgi Mitkov, the Bulgarianborn, catering service manager for the Patina Group, which oversees the Founders.

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ounders members include the esteemed and beloved cardiologist Dr. Harold Karpman, an opera first nighter with wife Molinda and a major benefactor; Lennie and Bernie Greenberg, also major benefactors; Katy and Arpad Domyan; Ginny Mancini; Alyce Williamson, and hundreds more.

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duction during this opening night, as you will be during its engagement through Dec. 13, for the Los Angeles Opera’s Norma.

Starring soprano Angela Meade, as the powerful Druid priestess Norma, and soprano Jamie Barton as a ravishing Adalgisa, the young and beautiful rival for the lovSoprano Angela Meade stars as the ing arms of studly high priestess Norma in the Los tenor Pollione, Angeles Opera’s production of played by Russell Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma, considered Thomas in an eleone of the greatest operas. gant choice of Performances continue through mixed race casting.

December 13 at the Dorothy Chandler A brilliant ensemble Pavilion that has come together from far and wide. Angela, born in Centralia, rriving after the Norma Washington; Jamie from Rome, premiere in the Founders Georgia; and Russell who’s a Room at the Dorothy Chandler Miamian.

Pavilion, the three stars were ollione falls for Adalgisa. welcomed with a standing ovation. As they were with Betraying Norma, with whom “Bravos” and bursts of he’s sired two children. Not applause during their aston- one to be scrapped, the schemishing performances in one of ing Norma boldly plans a killer the world’s grand operas. For revenge with her “display of centuries, aficionados also vocal fireworks” during those championed composer violent and destructive times in Norma Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma as the Roman Empire. director Anne Bogart finds the greatest of all operas. somewhat similarities with the e were wonderstruck terrorism life today. with the singers and the prois peers considered composer Bellini rising to the heights of his talent, with Page 6 | November 27, 2015

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Norma premiering at La Scala on December 26, 1836, to envious and “hostile factions in the audience.” (Does life ever change?) Librettist Felice Romani described Norma as “the most beautiful rose in the garland” of his work with Bellini.

Recognized for its grandeur, profound success and “importance,” Norma received 208 performances at La Scala in Milan by the end of the 19th century.

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orma’s now the signature role for Angela Meade, and what a demanding one it is, as we observed throughout the premiere, the “most taxing and wide-ranging in the soprano repertoire.” Norma rarely leaves the stage while singing at full gallop. Not to be missed!

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favorite of the greats, including Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Cecilia Bartoli, Grace Bumbry, Sandra Radvanovsky, Renata Scotto, Joan Sutherland, who Luciano Pavarotti praised as “the greatest female voice of all time.”

LA Opera music conductor James Conlon remembers his parents bringing him as a youngster to Norma at the Met in Manhattan with Monserrat Caballe as Norma and Marilyn Horne singing Adalgisa.

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Founders Room receptions during intermissions and after premieres attract the beau monde of Los Angeles, and while this was a

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private party by invitation only, members of the Founders pay $100,000 for the pleasure of dining prior to the opera, and snacking afterward.

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rs. Chandler entertained Queen Elizabeth II at the Founders when Her Majesty visited California in 1983. As they entered the Founders, Mrs. Chandler beamed at the Queen, “Welcome to my Palace.”

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esigned by Leonard Stanley, the preferred personal decorator for Dorothy Buffum Chandler, the powerhouse behind The Music Center, the luxurious setting is manorial with its French tapestries and Venetian glass chandeliers. A stunning oil portrait of Mrs. Chandler by William Draper hangs in the magnificently high-ceilinged space.

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ed to N o r m a n Chandler, the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, Dorothy Chandler a department store heiress, known as Buff, enjoyed considerable clout.

She fetched megamillions

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Tenor Russell Thomas with Angela Bassett

Co-stars Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard, Alicia Vikander with director Tom Hooper pose on the Red Carpet during the Los Angeles premiere of Focus Features’ The Danish Girl at the Regency Westwood Village Theatre

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TO SEE AND BE SEEN

YWCA RHAPSODY GALA—Entertainment stars flocked to the 14th annual YWCA Greater L.A. Rhapsody Gala at The Beverly Wilshire.

The event honored Debra L. Lee, chair/CEO of BET, Tracy Underwood, national manager of Toyota’s Social Impact Division, and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas for their efforts to support at-risk young people. The gala is the main fundraising event for the organization, which has been serving L.A. for over 120 years. Pictured above (from left): Jane Seymour, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and Jacqueline Bisset.

ART FOR A CAUSE—Fine art photographer Glenn David (left) presents at the Destinations Photography Exhibit at the Santa Monica Museum of Flying. Also on display were two KRGT-1 motorcycles, conceived and designed by actor Keanu Reeves, founder of Arch Motorcycles Company. The fundraiser, sponsored by American Express Inspirato, raised donations for Shriners Hospitals for Children, which provides specialized care to children with orthopedic conditions, burns, congenital deformities, and spinal cord injuries.

Photo by Steve Pyne

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Jessica Alba To Receive March Of Dimes’ Grace Kelly Award

STUART HOUSE— The Rape Foundation President Gail Abarbanel and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck attend The Rape Foundation's Dedication Ceremony for the new Stuart House in Santa Monica. The new facility, which will be used to serve the needs of sexually abused children in L.A. County, includes an innovative Court School and a Training Center for first responders in child sexual abuse cases.

Stuart House was created by The Rape Foundation to serve the needs of sexually abused children and their families.

Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Stuart House

By Laura Coleman Next Friday, the March of Dimes will honor actress Jessica Alba with this year’s “Grace Kelly Award” at its annual Celebration of Babies luncheon, which will be held at The Beverly Wilshire.

In addition to Alba, who is the founder of The Honest Company, the non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health, will also honor Bela Bajaria, president of Universal Television, and Dr. Michele Hakakh. The event is being co-chaired by Jimmy Horowitz, president of Universal Pictures, and his wife Joi, along with Wyck Godfrey and his wife, Mary Kerr.

“It’s an honor to be recognized with the March of Dimes ‘Grace Kelly Award’,” said Alba. “I’m fortunate to have two healthy children, but not everyone has the same opportunity to thrive. I’m proud to support March of Dimes and their ongoing fight to improve the health of moms and give every baby the healthiest start in life possible.”

March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects,

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premature birth and infant mortality. Today, premature birth is now the leading global cause of death for children under 5 years old, with one in 10 babies born preterm in the U.S. Nick Cannon will serve as master of ceremonies for the exclusive luncheon.

Event co-chairs include: Nicole A. Avant and Ted Sarandos, Yael and Scooter Braun, Kate and Paul Brooks, Risa and Cyril Drabinsky, Robert Greenblatt, Sheri and Mike Hopkins, Mindy Kaling, Donna Langley and Ramin Shamshiri, Mira and Brian Lee, Kelly and Ron Meyer, Kevin Reilly, Shannon and Michael Rotenberg, Laura and Jeff Shell, and Molly Sims.

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Local Realtor Talks Tech In Luxury Markets At National Association Of Realtors Conference

DAY OF GIVING–On Monday, Coldwell Banker's Beverly Hills North office hosted its 4th annual Day of Giving, delivering more than 360 turkeys and food to the Veteran's Administration and the Salvation Army Family Center to help veterans and families in need. Marcia Taylor (center), associate manager of the office and chair of the food drive, accepts an award from the Veteran's Administration for the event. She is joined by CB Beverly Hills North colleagues: Ketty Carpenter, Lei Anderson, Joanne Loysen, Herbert McGurk, Michael Brooks, Josie Benjamin, Chris Kito, Todd Sims, Matt Abraham, and Cathie Forstmann along with guest volunteers Kelly Forstmann, and Lisa Cohen.

TECH TALKS–Charles Black of Hilton & Hyland with Howard Johnson a realtor from Jamaica, at the NAR Conference in San Diego. Black led a panel on social media and technology in luxury real estate sales.

By Victoria Talbot Executive VP for Marketing and Strategic Development for Hilton & Hyland Charles Black talked technology at the National Association of Realtors REALTORS Conference & Expo’s Global Day in San Diego.

The annual conference attracts over 20,000 attendees from around the world and over 400 exhibitors.

The panel, entitled “Technology Tools to Attract & Work With International Buyers,” was well-attended as luxury specialists seek ways to reach out to markets across the global environment.

“Its about global-tech for the luxury buyer,” said Black.

Marketing has taken a “cinematic approach,” said

Black, making mini-movies wherein the property is exposed as part of a story-line.

The creative approach is a component of the social media story, as Facebook has 1.5 billion viewers and YouTube has 1 billion.

66 percent of luxury buyers of homes come from within the United States; nine percent are from China, said Black.

But in China, it’s WeChat, the free messaging and calling application with 600 million users. “If you want to target that market, you get that app,” said Black.

The luxury market specialist must learn to address the Chinese market in their own language, and their own social media language.

On the more progressive level, said Black, virtual reality provides a 3-D rendering of the floor plan with Oculas Rift, a virtual reality headmounted display headset developed by Oculus VR. Turn around, your head turns with you as you imagine yourself in your new luxury retreat. Its virtual reality through gaming but for the true luxury buyer, it is more: it is a necessary convenience that can save a trip across the globe.

The true luxury realtor must be creative with the user experience to include the latest breathtaking technologies to service a more distant, higher-value client to accomdate time, distance and schedules.

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He still touts the inception of the City’s emergency radio station 1500 AM as one of the most meaningful accomplishments while serving two terms on the council. Ironically, during Bronte’s tenure as mayor, his recommendation to implement his powerful anti-drink-and-drive program called ‘Every 15 Minutes.’ However, it didn’t find support and he wasn’t able to launch it until 2006.

“Hopefully, it’s made an impact on young lives,” he said.

In 2009, Bronte’s passion for safety resulted in him approaching Beverly Hills CPR after budget cuts slashed community outreach programs. Today, he heads up the City’s CPR education program for free, overseeing 25 instructors who educate some 4,500 people annually, including police, City employees, school administrators, teachers and students, in addition to travelling through Southern California to teach the life-saving technique.

“Safety is the right thing for our community and you can never stop educating people about it,” said Bronte, a past president of the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills.

After graduating from Cal State LA with a degree in business, Bronte followed in his father’s footsteps to craft a career in manufacturing and distribu-

BEVERLY HILLS tion. Starting at Fairfax High School where he was head cheerleader, the young Bronte would spend weekends and summers working for his father’s plastics manufacturing business as a traveling salesman, selling products like shower curtains and other items crafted from plastic they would import from New York mills.

“I loved every minute,” he described of the nascent career that brought him into contact with “momand-pop” stores whose owners that treated him like family.

At 25, he became an account executive for a company whose clients included Sears Roebuck and JC Penney and the owner treated him “like a son.”

From there, he struck out on his own, eventually opening ARC, a home textile distributor that targeted smaller customers that major companies overlooked. From selling things like decorative pillows, sheets and towels, he branched into importing decorative ceramics, which brought him to Asia three times a year.

“My life has been great,” he said, underscoring that he has been blessed with a good family, including five children and six grandchildren.

“Beverly Hills has given me the opportunity to meet and be with wonderful, productive people who truly care about human values and have a pride of ownership,” he added.

Questions? Comments? Tips?

If you have something to say about an item you read in The Courier, or have a tip you think our reporters should follow up on, shoot us an e-mail at myopinion@bhcourier.com.

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T Award-Winning Pianist-Composer Marina

To Debut Chanukah Concerto At The Saban Award winning concert-pianist/composer/producer Marina will perform her Chanukah Concerto at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8 at The Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd.

The premiere is presented by the Temple of the Arts and Rabbi David Baron, diplomat Dennis Ross, and Jay Sanderson, president/CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

With vocalist Ilysia Pierce, cantor at Temple of the Arts, the event is in celebration of Chanukah—the festival of lights.

The concerto is a part of Marina’s ongoing project “immortalizing” pop, rock, R&B and hip-hop music in classical forms.

Marina’s music has been featured in films, including Face/Off; on television on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, in concerts and music videos, with more than12.5 million video views.

The project includes her My Way Concerto (based on Paul Anka’ song) and others including Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, The Beatles, Eminem, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey and Madonna.

The project is in addition to Marina’s

Marina

performance schedule that includes performances for presidents and royalty, The Super Bowl Half-time S h o w , Olympic events and in programs at T h e H o l l y wo o d Bowl and Music Cen-

ter.

Marina has performed with and for such artists as Sting, Natalie Cole, Tom Hanks, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Will Smith, Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand.

She has been described as “a different kind of concert pianist for the new era;” and her performances are customtailored to the events, audiences and honorees.

For more information, call the Temple of the Arts, 323-658-9100.

HONOREES—Resident Josh Goldstine, left, president of Worldwide Marketing for Universal Pictures, and Kenneth M. Karmin, chairman and CEO of Ortho Mattress, were this year’s honorees at A Place Called Home’s (APCH) annual “Gala for the Children” at The Beverly Hilton. APCH, a safe haven in South L.A., offers programs in education, arts and well-being to underserved youth to help them take ownership of the quality and direction of their lives.

Creed–Rocky’s Latest Rebirth Packs A Wallop If you liked the previous Rocky movies, chances are you will enjoy Creed. Present are the blood spurting fight scenarios (captured with precision by director Ryan Coogler), the ever-present cliché dialogue, the love affair with boxing and women, and the iconic codger himself, Rocky Balboa now older, but just as driven.

This time, however, his quest for a title fight is not for him but for Adonis, the son of Apollo Creed played with the same intensity and power by Michael B. Jordan.

Adonis, whose famous father died before he was born, seeks out Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) because he needs a first-rate trainer. Fighting is in his blood.

Though reluctant at first, he likes the determination and spirit of young Adonis and helps him through a rigid and, at times, frustrating boxing regiment.

There are a couple of women whose characters seem like window dressing.

The gorgeous Tessa Thompson, a local singer who becomes involved with Adonis and Phylicia Rashad as Creed’s former wife haven’t much to do but carry it off satisfactorily.

Creed has nothing new that you haven’t seen in previous Rocky produc-

Jerry Cutler On Film tions. If you’re a fan of “The Italian Stallion” as I am, it’s good to see him at this time of his life managing, and not on the receiving end of devastating jabs and haymakers.

The ending assures us Rocky revelers that there will be another chapter in Creed’s ongoing saga. And, that’s a good thing.

2 ½ bagels out of 4 Jerry Cutler, the Courier’s film critic is rabbi at Creative Arts Temple.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its meeting to be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, will hold a public hearing to consider: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE OF TAXES, FEES & CHARGES TO ADD HISTORIC PRESERVATION APPLICATION FEES. The City proposes establishment of the following new application fees pursuant to the amended Historic Preservation Ordinance (Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 32 and 32.5) adopted July 22, 2015: • Landmark Designation / Amendment or Rescission • Historic District Designation / Amendment or Rescission • Certificate of Appropriateness • Certificate of Economic Hardship • Certificate of Ineligibility • Historic Incentive Permit • Historic Property Information Letter, and • Appeals of applicable above-listed applications The City Council is taking action only on the fees as noted above. The remaining taxes, fees, City service charges, and other fees, charges, extractions and required payments for municipal services, inspections, enforcement activities or for other indicated purposes set forth in the Comprehensive Schedule of Taxes, Fees & Charges will remain in place.

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

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

A report analyzing the amount of these fees is available at City Hall at the Planning Counter and the City Clerk’s Office. If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Reina Kapadia, Associate Planner in the Beverly Hills Community Development Department at 310.285.1129 or by email at rkapadia@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the staff report and associated documents are on file in the Community Development Department and the City Clerk’s Office and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90210.

BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk

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City of Beverly Hills Notice of Preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting DATE:

Monday, December 7, 2015

TIME:

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Municipal Gallery - Beverly Hills City Hall, 2nd Floor 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 PROJECT:

9900 Wilshire Boulevard (One Beverly Hills) Project

The City of Beverly Hills is preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the proposed One Beverly Hills Project located at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard as more fully described below. The public is invited to attend a preliminary “scoping” meeting on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. to comment on environmental issues that should be addressed in the SEIR. Project Location: The property is located in the City of Beverly Hills, on the south side of the 9900 block of Wilshire Boulevard, north of Santa Monica Boulevard. The approximately 8-acre site forms the western entrance into the City of Beverly Hills and is currently vacant. The address for the project site is 9900 Wilshire Boulevard, and the Assessor’s Parcel Number is 4327-028-002.

Project Description: The proposed One Beverly Hills Project is an alteration to the approved 9900 Wilshire Project. The City of Beverly Hills certified a Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the 9900 Wilshire Project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in February 2008. The project studied in the FEIR included the demolition of the Robinsons-May department store, which occupied the site at that time, as well as construction of luxury condominiums, commercial space, a two-level subterranean parking garage with mezzanine containing a total of 956 parking spaces, and landscaped gardens and other open space throughout the site. The luxury condominiums were contained in two tower buildings (North and South Buildings), the commercial component was located along the north side of Santa Monica Boulevard and Merv Griffin Way. The City adopted a Specific Plan for the 9900 Wilshire Project in April 2008. In December 2012 an Administrative Modification was approved for the project, which reduced the approved commercial square footage and increased the parking spaces (2012 Approved Project). For the purposes of the SEIR for the currently proposed project, the 2012 Approved Project is used as the baseline as it represents what is currently permitted for development at the project site today.

The currently proposed project involves the development of 901,514 sf of floor area (primarily within two towers on the property), which is identical to the approved floor area of the 2012 Project. The project would include up to 193 condominiums and up to a 134-room luxury hotel.

The currently proposed project would also include development of a smaller building located to the east of the South Building to be used for ancillary hotel uses. Under this modified project, the maximum height of the South Building would be 185 feet and the North Building would be 161 feet at its highest point, representing no increase in height from the 2012 Approved Project. The footprint of each of these buildings would also change minimally. The table below provides a comparison of the 2012 Approved Project and the currently proposed project.

Comparison of Current Project to Previously Approved Project 2012 Approved Project

Residential Units Efficiencies 1 Bedroom 2 Bedrooms 3 Bedrooms 3 Bedrooms with Den 4 Bedrooms 4 Bedrooms with Den Townhouse (2 Bedroom) Penthouse ( 5 or more bedrooms) Total Residential Units Hotel Hotel Rooms Hotel Floor Area1) Commercial Retail Restaurant Outdoor Dining (not counted to floor area) Total Commercial Area

0 35 106 62 0 19 0 0 13 235 0 0 11,656 SF 4,200 SF 600 SF 15,856 SF

Currently Proposed Project

0 41 67 22 36 15 0 5 7 193 134 204,291 SF 0 SF 0 SF 1,600 DF 0 SF

1- Includes all restaurants, shops, bar, lobby, spa & fitness, ballroom and meeting rooms, amenities, and storage SF= square feet

In order to provide access to the hotel along with a “front door”, a motor court would be incorporated into the South Building on Santa Monica Boulevard. This motor court will replace a previously approved public self-parking garage access on North Santa Monica Boulevard. The hotel would only be entered from Santa Monica Boulevard, and all hotel guests, including guests utilizing the restaurants or the meeting space, would be required to valet park their cars unless they are being dropped off in the motor court. Residents and their guests would continue to access their residences via the original project’s private, secured drive at the west property line that is accessed from Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard. All parking (other than motor court parking) would be below-grade and hotel parking would be separate from residential parking. The total number of parking spaces in the project is anticipated to be approximately 1,140 spaces. The loading docks and staff parking would be below-grade and accessed from Merv Griffin Way. Continue to Page 15 >>>>>

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Initial Study: An Initial Study has been prepared, which identifies new information, substantial changes in the project, or substantial changes in circumstances that may potentially result in greater environmental effects than identified in the previous EIR, or that may require major revisions to the previous EIR, in the following issue areas: • • • •

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Land Use Planning Transportation/Traffic Utilities and Service Systems

• Air Quality • Noise • Mandatory Findings of Significance

Purpose of the Scoping Meeting: The purpose of the scoping meeting is to present the Project in a public setting and provide an opportunity for a full airing of the environmental issues that are important to the community. The meeting will include a presentation of the proposal and the environmental issues to be analyzed in the SEIR will be described. Following the presentation, interested agencies, organizations, and members of the public will be encouraged to present views concerning what environmental issues should be included in the SEIR. The oral and written comments made during the scoping meeting will provide an inventory of potential environmental effects of the project to be addressed by the SEIR, such as traffic, air quality, and noise.

30-Day Comment Period: The City invites all interested members of the public to attend the public scoping meeting. The City also invites written comments on issues related to potential environmental impacts during a 30-day comment period, which starts on November 30, 2015 and will conclude on December 29, 2010. Written comments should be addressed to: Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner City of Beverly Hills Community Development Department 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, California 90210 Fax: (310) 858-5966 Email: asahakian@beverlyhills.org After the Draft SEIR has been prepared, it will be released for public review and comment. The Planning Commission will then hold a public hearing on the Draft SEIR and on the project. Separate notices of the availability of the Draft SEIR and of the hearings on the project will be released at later dates.

The case file on this project, which includes the plans and applications, is available for public review at the Planning Division, 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Copies of the Initial Study are also available in the Planning Division at City Hall and online at www.beverlyhills.org/environmental. If there are any questions regarding this notice, or if you would like to review the file or receive copies of available documents, please contact Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner at (310) 285-1127 or via email at asahakian@beverlyhills.org.

Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner

PLEASE NOTE: The above notice is continued from page 14 “City of Beverly Hills - Notice of Preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting”

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE: December 10, 2015 TIME: 7:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, December 10, 2015, will hold a public hearing beginning at 7:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider: A request to amend a Conditional Use Permit that authorizes vehicle servicing within the existing commercial building located at 9031 Olympic Boulevard (Infiniti of Beverly Hills). The previously approved Conditional Use Permit is specific to the Infiniti dealership and service center, and the proposed amendment would allow for the subject property to be occupied by Jim Falk Lexus in-lieu of Infiniti of Beverly Hills.

This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The project qualifies for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption for an existing structure to which minor alterations and operational changes are proposed.

Consequently, the project has been determined not to have a significant environmental impact and is exempt from the provisions of CEQA. Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission.

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

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner in the Planning Division at 310.285.1127, or by email at asahakian@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the applications, plans, and Categorical Exemption are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Approved as to form: Ryan Gohlich Assistant Director of Community Development

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2015 Rodeo Drive Holiday Lighting Ceremony Courier photos by Victoria Talbot

The Beverly Hills High School Norman Cheerleaders with Giuliana Rancic, emcee for the evening

Julian Gold, Lili Bosse, Willie Brien & John Mirisch

Vin Mirisch & Wendy Goldberg

The Beverly Hills High School Marching Band

The Sprinkles’ Cupcake Girl, Ori Blumenfeld & Bruce Meyer

Byron Pope & Mahdi Aluzri

DJ Michelle Pesce

Dean Mahoney, John Bendheim & Marc Roberts

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HOW DO YOU FEEL?

Kicking An Addiction? Replace It With Joy, UCLA Expert Advises In New Book People in the midst of alcohol or drug addiction tend to imagine life without those substances as one of deprivation, which can make kicking the habit seem like a joyless and dreary prospect.

But recovery from addiction has at least as much to do with rewarding oneself as it does with depriving oneself, according to a new book by a UCLA expert in addiction treatment.

“People with the most success in staying sober tend to get involved in a range of pleasurable activities and do them frequently,” said Suzette GlasnerEdwards, author of The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook (New Harbinger Publications). “These activities can replace the time and energy that they had been spending on addictive behaviors, enabling them to experience pleasure without the devastating consequences of alcohol or drug use.”

Glasner-Edwards, an adjunct associate professor at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, is a licensed clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on advancing treatments for addictions and mental health problems at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.

Subtitled Changing Addictive Behaviors Using CBT, Mindfulness And Motivational Interviewing Techniques,” the workbook details the science behind a wide range of treatment options, and is filled with worksheets, lists and question-

naires that allow readers to try out the approaches.

Among the newest approaches in the book is behavioral activation therapy, which advocates rediscovering life’s healthy Suzette Glasnerrewards. The Edwards strategy is effective because it combats the allure of drugs and alcohol at their source. Both drugs and alcohol release dopamine, a chemical that the brain associates with the pleasure of receiving rewards, but both cause the brain to release dopamine at a far greater rate than life’s normal pleasures. As a result, the book explains, drug- and alcohol-free activities that once brought pleasure pale by comparison.

“While the feeling of disappointment at routine pleasure does get better over time, it is one of the things that prevents people from really getting a head start in recovery,” Glasner-Edwards writes. “They keep relapsing in that early phase when nothing feels enjoyable. Their brain is still really healing from all that dopamine depletion and depression that the depletion can lead to.”

ou spin like crazy, lift weights religiously, and eat healthy…almost always. But, you still have that extra roll of fat that seems simply impossible to lose. Sound familiar?

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ou may be the perfect candidate for a new no-downtime fat reduction treatment called VANQUISH. Moy-Fincher-Chipps Facial Plastics/Dermatology is now offering patients the first painless, non-invasive procedure that permanently removes fat and tightens skin without surgery or downtime.

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“The Vanquish procedure is effective on the tummy, love handles, lower back, bra bulge, upper arms, and thighs. In a series of 4-6 treatments, performed once a week, most patients lose 2-4 inches of fat,” states Moy-Fincher-Chipps dermatologist, Dr. Jennifer Herrmann.

Using radio-frequency energy to heat targeted fat zones, Vanquish kills fat cells without harming the overlying skin or deeper tissues.

The fat cells are then absorbed by the lymphatic system, processed in the liver, and excreted. Because the fat cells are eliminated, fat removal is permanent. In addition, because Vanquish uses heat energy, it also helps tighten the skin. “Treated areas are affectively “shrink-wrapped,” improving both body contour and skin firmness,” Dr. Herrmann explains.

Vanquish is a non-invasive procedure; therefore, there are no stitches or scars following treatments, and there is no need to wear post-procedure compression garments. Patients can immediately return to normal activities following each session. “So many of our patients are busy parents or professionals and just can’t take days off to recover from surgery. Vanquish is such a revolutionary, practical option, I love it!” states Dr. Herrmann.

Treatments are approximately 45 minutes per targeted area, and cost ranges from $3,500 to $6,000 depending on the number of treatments performed. But, to get patients ready for Holiday Season, Moy-Fincher-Chipps is offering 50%-off package prices, if purchased before December 31st. To schedule your consultation and take advantage of this introductory offer, call 310-274-5372.

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Susanna Of Beverly Hills Wants Women To Dream Big And Look Beautiful Doing It oming from humble roots, designer Susanna Chung Forest had big dreams of being a pioneer of high-fashion from a young age.

In 1969, her dream brought her from South Korea to the New York and then Beverly Hills where she opened her signature boutique.

In that flagship location she designed for clientele that included politicians, actresses and heads of fortune 500 companies for more than 37 Years. Today, Susanna Beverly Hills can be found at a chic, elegant new location on Beverly Drive, in a historic building where Frank Sinatra lived as a young man.

Starting her business at the young age of 21, Susanna met women who became role models for her like Sydell Miller of Matrix Essentials, Ida Factor, and Mattel’s co-founder Ruth Handler. These powerful women served as important mentors to the young Susanna and often gave her business tips and helped her market her new brand within their circles. “I was so lucky to get advice and direction from all of them over the years.”

From her early years through the 1980s, Susanna Beverly Hills

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became a well-known provider of fine, custom clothing for the movie and television industry. She provided clothes for the stars and show guests of Har t to Har t, Hotel, Dynasty, Basic Instinct, Charlie's Angels, Loveboat and many more.

Aaron Spelling's production company regularly called upon Susanna to create looks for its shows. Her co-creation with Robert Turturice for Cybill Shepherd won the 1987 Emmy for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series for Moonlighting.

Today Susanna designs for hundreds of influential women throughout the world, who seek out her luxurious, haute couture look to emphasize their beauty and elegance.

Her “Dress for Success” look is all about business. Her body-conscious clothes make women look defined in sexy suits. The look is “very feminine,” Susanna says. The figure-defining ensembles add shape without being boxy and make women look smar t and well-balanced, she says.

Over the years Susanna has continued to attract a growing and

The holiday season fast approaches. With all the parties, decorating and planning, the holidays can be a hectic time, and The Beverly Hills Courier readers need help in selecting just the gift for everyone on their list.

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Hillary Clinton in a Susanna of Beverly Hills suit.

famous clientele. Carol Burnett recently wore one of Susanna’s

famous tuxedo skirt suits on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Other fans include Judge Judy Sheindlin, Barbra Streisand, and members of several royal families.In July 2007, Susanna received “the most exciting call of her life as a designer,” asking if she wanted to design for then-Senator Hillar y Clinton who was in the midst of her first presidential campaign. “The next day I pinched myself, and told them ‘yes, of course.’"

Later, as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton traveled the world in Susanna’s famous pantsuits. This signature look was Susanna's creation.

“Watching her travel around the globe in clothes designed by Susanna Beverly Hills for more than eight years has been an unbelievable experience,” says Susanna.

She is now busy creating Mrs. Clinton's new look for 2016. “Get ready for something new,” she says.

Susanna’s mission is to bring her luxury designs not only to powerful corporate women, but also to everyday women who want to be fashionable, elegant and posh and still maintain a professional aura.

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S OUTLOOK The 2nd annual Bird Fest, featuring live birds, talks from local experts, a guided bird walk and more, will be from 9 .m.3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Anthony C. Beilenson Interagency Visitor Center, King Gillette Ranch, 26876 Mulholland Highway, Calabasas.

The free event will feature hourly drawings and presentation like Scott Logan speaking on “Providing for Wild Birds in Your Garden.”

For more information, call 805-370-2301 or email samo@wnpa.org.

• • • • • The Palisades Symphony will present Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah at 7:30 p.m., Sunday Dec. 6 at Palisades Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz, Pacific Palisades.

Under the direction of Joel B. Lish, the concert will feature the Brentwood-Palisades Chorale, led by Susan S. Rosenstein.

Admission is free, with open seating.

For more information, visit http://palisadessymphony.org/C oncert20151206.htm.

• • • • • Le Salon de Musiques will present its next chamber music concert, “Romantic Masters,” at 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6 on the fifth floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave. Introduced by musicologist Kristi Brown-Montesano, the concert will include Mortiz Moszkovsky’s Suite for two Violins & Piano, Op. 7; Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet N.6 in F minor, Op 80 and Max Bruch’s Piano Quintet in G minor played by Martin Chalifour and Tereza Stanislav, violin; Rob Brophy, viola; John Walz, cello and Robert Thies, piano.

Francois Chouchan, concert pianist and the organization’s founder, will dedicate the pro-

gram to the victims of the recent terror attacks in Paris.

Tickets are $75, $39 for students and include champaigne and at high tea buffet catered by Patina.

To purchase tickets, call 310-498-0257 or visit LeSalondeMusiques.com.

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Celestino Drago Helps Launch Nutrition Program At Aviva

Sandra Valls, Maria Russell and Diana Yanez in The Latina Christmas Special - Photo by Kurt Hall

In The Latina Christmas Special three first-generation Latinas get together to dish about everything from moms to cucarachas to Farrah Fawcett in a no-holds-barred evening holiday soirée as they relive some of their personal Christmas stories (and fantasies) of holidays past shared with families and loved ones.

Created by Diana Yanez, written by and starring Latina comediennes Yanez, Sandra Valls and Maria Russell under the direction of Geoffrey Rivas, the show will be presented at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St. through Sunday, Dec. 20 (For a complete performance schedule, visit www.thelatc.org.)

Tickets are $30 general admission, $22, studentsseniors-veterans. The show is recommended for ages 13 plus.

Advance reservations are recommended.

Tickets may be purchased by calling 866-811-4111, or online at www.thelatc.org.

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Celestino Drago joined Aviva board members to kick off Aviva’s Nourish to Flourish program at the dedication of a new state-of-the-art kitchen at Aviva’s residential treatment center.

The nonprofit multi-service agency provides support, therapeutic services and guidance to at-risk children and families. At its therapeutic Wallis Annenberg Residential Treatment Center for abused and neglected teenage girls (a major beneficiary of the Beverly Hills Women’s Club’s philanthropic efforts) it is not surprising that 60 percent of the youth who live in the 24-hour facility are overweight.

Many of Aviva’s clients come from households well below the poverty line where healthy food choices are not a priority and three regular meals are not a reality. They carry emotional and physical scars of their environment, as well as unhealthy coping mechanisms and eating patterns.

Nourish to Flourish teaches the girls about healthier lifestyles and mindful eating and offers a new perspective on

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determine space and arouse emotions,” Verna expressed.

Indeed, the large-scale vibrant paintings now lining the walls of the Selwyn Gallery are truly evocative. A large orange painting, for example, evokes pure joy; and yet, small revelations of blue on the edges and the appearance of other colors buried beneath the sunny facade insinuate that the viewer is

Marilyn Stambler, left, and Linda Schwartz, members of the Friars Charitable Foundation and the Beverly Hills Women’s Club (BHWC), flank Dana Reston Lyons, Aviva board and BHWC member, at the Nourish to Flourish launch.

nutrition, health and overall wellbeing. The program’s initial focus on healthy eating, portion control and physical education blossomed into an extensive renovation of the residential treatment center’s 50-year old kitchen to accommodate more fresh fruits and vegetables and cooking classes.

Yoga and running are also part of the program to encourage a healthier lifestyle. only getting a peak of the entire composition.

In another, a rich black central geometric shape becomes a spatial screen with bands of yellow, red and orange lilting along the edges, giving the impression that there is a secret composition underneath.

“His works are much more complicated than they look,” confirmed Selwyn.

Marc Selwyn Fine Art is located at 9953 S. Santa Monica Blvd.

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JWCI AUXILIARY LUNCHEON–John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary annual membership luncheon/boutique in The Beverly Wilshire saw the presentation of a $1,471 million check to the institute. Above (from left): Dr. Anton Bilchik, Auxiliary President Anita Swift, and Melanie and Michael Wayne. Below (from left): Event Co-Chairs Marisol Zarco and Katie Lewis; “Angel Award” honoree Dr. Delphine J. Lee and emcee Gerald Di Nome.

Photos by Vince Bucci

The John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary honored Delphine J. Lee, MD, PhD, with the “Angel Award” and Ford Warriors in Pink with the “Public Service Award” at its yearly Membership Luncheon and Boutique in The Beverly Wilshire. Prior to the luncheon, more than 300 guests enjoyed a boutique featuring fine and costume jewelry, clothing, accessories and other select items.

Event chairs were Marisol Zarco and Katie Lewis, both auxiliary boardmembers, while for the third consecutive year, actor/producer and currently president/co-owner of Amplus Real Estate Investment Company Gerard DiNome was emcee. His wife, Dr. Maggie DiNome, is a member of JWCI’s team of physicians and scientists.

Anita Swift, president of the auxiliary and granddaughter of the late actor, noted: “I know how proud my grandfather would be that we remain one of the most successful cancer research centers in the world.

Our breakthroughs continue to have a global impact.”

Melanie Wayne, auxiliary treasurer/CFO, and granddaughter of John Wayne, presented a check on behalf of JWCI in the amount of $1,471 million to Michael Wayne, Dr. Bilchik and Dr. Larsen.

In accepting the check, Michael said: “It’s so gratifying to look around this room, to see old friends and new, and to know that we share a challenge. We’re making a real difference in this fight and won’t stop.”

He then presented the “2015 Public Service Award” to Ford Warriors in Pink. “Ford Motor Company has been in the fight against breast cancer for 21 years,” said Wayne. With over $128 million raised to date, it has changed and saved lives by providing financial aid to patients in need and vital resources for education.”

Hillary Fogelson gave the “Angel Award” to Dr. Delphine Lee, director of both the dermatological center at Providence St. John’s Health Center and JWCI’s department of translational immunology..

The afternoon concluded with a raffle drawing for a Santa Ynez Sideways wine experience in a luxurious private wine-country residence.

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****** Operation Smile, the international children’s medical charity, raised more than $1.1 million to provide free surgery for children worldwide suffering from facial deformities, to heal their smiles and transform their live at its Smile Gala also held in The Beverly Wilshire.

Co-chaired by Kevin Beggs, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, Jennifer and Henry Salke, the evening featured singer/songwriters Natasha Bedingfield and Eric Hutchinson; dancer Jim Nowakowski (So You Think You Can Dance); and the Musyca Children’s Choir. DJ “Mix Master Mike” of Beastie Boys’ fame entertained at the after party.

Operation Smile Ambassador, actress Brooke BurkeCharvet was emcee and stated that the organization “has transformed lives across the globe via an operation that can happen in as few as 45 minutes and cost as little as $240.

Its track record is unmatched.”

Selma Blair, actress turned fashionista, received the “Universal Smile Award;” Henry Nguyen, managing general partner of IDG Ventures Vietnam, the “John Connor Humanitarian Award;” and longtime Operation Smile supporters, the Rodosky family got the “Founders Circle Award.” which honors unique supporters who have made outstanding contributions as a group of committed individuals.

SMILING THROUGH–Operation Smile’s Smile Gala at The Beverly Wilshire drew a packed house and raised $1.1 million for the charity. Above (from left): co-founder Kathy Magee; honorees Henry Nguyen, actress Selma Blair, and Steve Rodosky; cofounder/CEO Dr. Bill Magee; below (from left): emcee Brooke Burke-Charvet; Ella, Rhea and actor/producer Mark Wahlberg.

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS–Celebrating are Terri Scheid, Kathryn Bigelow, Esther Richman, Caroline Kennedy, Schlossberg and Jayne Kennedy (Nov. 27); Jack Harris, Randy Newman, Berry Gordy Jr., Judd Nelson, Lois Politi and Pat Schaffer (Nov. 28); Vince Scully (Nov. 29); Audrey Bornstein, Howard Fisher, Stan Richman, Colleen Conte, Robert Guillame, Gene Viglione, and Mandy Patinkin (Nov. 30); Woody Allen, Bette Midler, Bruce Meyer, Karl Shurz and Treat Williams (Dec. 1); Fred Nason, Jr. (Dec. 2); Jean-Luc Godard, Daryl Hannah, Julianne Moore, and Ozzy Osbourne (Dec 3). ******

With the help of 100 top L.A. area chefs, $1.25 million was raised at the inaugural Autism Speaks to Los Angeles Celebrity Chef Gala at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. More than 600 were on hand to honor Autism Speaks’ co-founders Bob and Suzanne Wright with the “Humanitarian Award” and commemorated the organization’s 10 years of progress.

Following a reception hosted by Wolfgang Puck Catering, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti commended the Wrights on their accomplishments and then introduced late night comedian Conan O’Brien. Today Show coanchor Al Roker kicked off the “FundA-Mission” auction. Grammy- winning recording artist Pink made a surprise donation of $50,000 towards the Autism Speaks iPads grant program and then performed Beam Me Up with songwriter Billy Mann.

Rick Rosen and Ari Greenburg of William Morris Endeavor and FX Networks President/COO Chuck Saftler served as co-chairs. Joining them was honorary co-chair Brian Kelly. For information, go to autismspeaks.org/chefgala.

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wind, proper clean-up and protections. We advised them and they did it contrary to our advice. When we do the work we make sure everybody is protected because there is always a potential risk for people.”

The parcels were the subject of public commentary last June and July for a draft Removal Action Workplace (RAW) to mitigate arsenic-contaminated soil after decades of use by the Pacific Electric Railway, active from 1928-1979.

In 1998, the site was transferred to the Beverly Hills Land Company (BHLC) by Union Pacific (UPRR) Railroad, the successor interest in Pacific Electric Railway Company, the party now responsible for the clean up of the site, though the work was done for landowner Lyn Konheim and his Beverly Hills Land Company (BHLC).

UPRR has also been informed of the situation, Amir told The Courier.

“Any work has to be under our oversight and with our approval,” said Amir. “We had instructed Beverly Hills Land Company in a conversation last Wednesday not to cut down trees.”

The Draft RAW plan that was submitted last summer was never approved by DTSC. “There were significant inaccuracies in the site description.

That is why we did not move forward with clean up,” said Project Manager Tedd Yargeau.

In addition, there was significant community opposition to the RAW plan.

That is because the RAW plan, which was prepared by consultant CH2M Hill for UPRR, was based on a community profile initially created in 2006, which described the five acres as treeless and the surrounding land uses south of the site as “predominantly commercial with some multi-use.” Residential, said the report, was only north of Santa Monica Boulevard.

In fact, the site was thick with trees and adjacent to the south is a multi-family residential district.

In both the 2006 and 2015 Community Profiles, a glance at photos in the reports shows a heavily-wooded site. CH2M Hill contracts with PURR on many sites across the country.

“Any future work would require a new draft clean-up plan and new CEQA documents, a public comment period of 30 days and public meetings. The case has been referred to our legal office for enforcement and a cease and desist letter has been sent to BHLC,” Amir told The Courier.

Yargeau said that Konheim

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highlights a lack of effective planning.

In fact, the costs for renovating the district far outstrip available funds. Of the $334 million bond measure voters passed in 2008, the district has

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had communicated with the department prior to the tree removal, and that he was informed to not even trim the trees.

The Courier inquired about a City permit issued to allow the tree removal.

Public Information Manager Therese Kosterman responded: “The Community Development Department issued a right-of-way permit for a lane closure this past weekend for the work on lots 12 and 13…

No permit was needed for cutting the trees; we have no control over them as they are on private property. Our understanding is that the owner contacted the DTSC on his own to learn the correct procedure for removal of the trees.”

But, it is obvious that there was no attempt to cross-check when known poisons have been a topic of some discussion because of the dog park over the last few months.

“There are other trees on the parcels that are within the City’s right-of-way. The City is currently evaluating the condition of the trees and if removal is deemed necessary for the health and safety of the community, the trees will be removed according the standards and procedures set by the DTSC,”said Kosterman.

Yargeau, however, told a different story.

Yargeau had the following communications with Lightner on Nov. 5, when he inquired about the Santa Monica Boulevard reconstruction and tree trimming in anticipation of El Nino. It is clear from this request that Lightner ignored the level of risk to the public’s health and safety.

Lightner responded:“I have two questions about the former RR parcels 12 and 13 in Beverly Hills: “1) The City is planning a full reconstruction of Santa Monica Boulevard (North Roadway). We will be bidding the project out soon and the project duration is likely to be approximately 2 years. We would like to use Parcel 12 (Alpine – Beverly Bl) as a temporary construction laydown area to support the project during construction. We would propose an asphalt cap over the site for that purpose. Is that sufficient for an interim, temporary use as described?

“2) The City’s Eucalyptus Trees on the south side of Parcel 13 (Beverly Bl – Doheny) that extend out over the street are of concern given the expected El Nino winter. If they are trimmed, we may want to plant some additional new (and more vertical) trees in 36” boxes to add to the screening for this area. The fencing would remain in place. If all removed soil for the new boxed trees is already drawn $211.

According to a report by the district dated Sept. 30, $75 million of Measure E funds have been spent, including $10 million to battle Metro (including $6 million related to trenching and geotechnical investigations); $29 million to

tested and disposed of appropriately, is that sufficient?”

Yargeau responded: “I looked at the plan and it appears most of those locations have arsenic impacted soil above a level of concern. I discussed the plan further with my supervisor Sayareh Amir and, given the locations and likely volume of impacted soil generated, we would need to treat this as an interim remedy, which would need the 30 day public notification as before. We would also need to go through the CEQA process again and likely another public meeting given the level of community interest.”

After repeated questioning about the public health hazard and the unambiguous statements and actions of the DTSC regarding the case, City Manager Mahdi Aluzri finally responded after multiple phone calls.

Said Aluzri: “Staff did speak to Mr. Yargeau this a.m. and indeed, he indicated that he’d had a conversation with BHLC legal counsel Bruce Howard (he recalls that having occurred last week Wednesday) wherein he specifically stated the requirements of DTSC which included the submission of identified CEQA documents and a clean-up plan that would require their review and approval if it was the intention of BHLC to trim or remove trees. Subsequent to that conversation, he was surprised to hear that the removal action had occurred as the process and responsibilities were made clear. He also indicated to me that, as a matter of process, cases such as these require him to notify their legal department for possible pursuit of action against the property owner.

“This is clearly inconsistent with our understanding that only disturbing the soil requires the above-stated remediation measures. I apologize for providing inaccurate information but need to affirm that the City had no jurisdiction over removal of the trees and required remediation. That falls under DTSC regulations and it is the owner’s responsibility to secure the proper approvals prior to doing the work. The street-use permit that was issued for the lane closure is independent of the tree-cutting; however, I do recognize that we should have done a better job of confirming that the owner had obtained the proper approval before any permits were issued.”

City Manager Aluzri did not indicate whether he demands that employees should be held accountable for issuing permits without checking facts and circumstances related to permit requests, an obvious oversight by City employees with decades of service and experience. renovate Horace Mann; and millions of dollars for a litany of facilities-related items.

The board has already committed to spending an additional $50 million to complete all renovations at Horace Mann, according to the report.

Estimates now peg the high

YOUNG JEWISH LEADER–Beverly Hills native Deena Eberly Fleiner (pictured above) was honored at the Jewish Federations of North America with the Young Woman’s Leadership Award at their General Assembly in Washington DC earlier this month. “It was fantastic,” she said of the event, which incldued a keynote by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She will speak locally next month.

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find a copy of their rights and responsibilities on the City’s website.

There, they can also fill out a dispute form and review their options. The City will help tenants and landlords find the next step in their disputes, directing them to resources and provide the information needed to resolve their issues.

“The forum was developed to provide a platform for tenants and landlords to express their issues and concerns,” said Human Services Administrator James Latta.

The City has been challenged to meet the needs of tenants with issues ranging from noise to structural dangers.

Tenants from 350 N. Cres-

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She emphasized that knowing your family’s health history is crucial.

During next Monday’s lunch, Karlan will speak with each of the attendees to help them understand how they can edit their own genetics; from choosing what to eat to exercise and stress reduction.

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organization to run itself.

Stacia Robitaille will receive this year’s “Community Achievement Award” for Echoes of Hope, an organization founded by Stacia and her hockey-playing husband Luc. Dedicated to bringing hope to the lives of at-risk and emancipated foster kids, the organization provides resources, knowledge, skills and support to help them reach their potential.

The “Spirit of Volunteerism Award” will honor Ellen Weitschool renovation at $200 million; close to $100 million for Hawthorne and $3.7 million to finish Beverly Vista.

The current board advocates returning to taxpayers to approve an additional bond in order to have the necessary funds to renovate all five

cent Dr. are still talking about the same challenges The Courier reported in 2013.

“This will give the commission a better understanding of the challenges faced by tenants and landlords, and determine if the City’s current protocols, policies and staffing sufficiently meet the needs of the community.”

Residents can also call 310-285-1119 for more information.

The commission welcomes community members to utilize the forum at the monthly commission meeting, every third Thursday at 9 a.m. They will have 10 minutes to discuss their situation and then commissioners can consult on next steps to address the issue.

However, the commission is not able to intervene directly between the parties.

“The goal of the luncheon is to both demystify and reduce the fear by giving women the opportunity to stay informed,” she said. “Cancer....doesn’t have to be something that you die of.”

For information on attending the luncheon, contact Connie Butterfuss at 310-248-7652 or email connie.butterfuss @cshs.org. man, a Junior League member since 1980 who has held numerous leadership roles and continues to support the organization through service and leadership positions while maintaining a professional life and leading a multi-million dollar company.

The Harvest Boutique is one of the organization’s largest fundraisers, brining together about 800 guests for a full day of activities.

Tickets range from $25-170 and can be purchased at www.jlla.org.

schools. The current board has pledged to put a bond measure out to voters next year.

However, that will ultimately be a decision for a new board; and next month, Isabel Hacker and Mel Spitz will replace Brian Goldberg and Lewis Hall.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF COURT ORDERED SALE OF REAL PROPERTY The Superior Court of California, County of Orange in case number 08ZF0025 entitled People v Pham, et. al. has ordered sold real property at 458 S. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, legally described as Lot 72 of Tract No. 3535, City of Beverly Hills County of Los Angeles CA per map recorded in Book 107, pages 1 to 9 inclusive in the Office of the County Recorder of said County.

Sale will be held November 30, 2015 outside the courtroom of Department C45 Orange County Superior Court at 10:00am 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA. Minimum bid is $3,710,000 and bidder must comply with CA Code of Civil Procedure 701.590.

For Information contact Len Beckman at 714267-1413, Dated; 11/10/15 Michael D. Pursell Court Appointed Receiver 11/13/15, 11/20/15, 11/27/15 –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015290289 The following is/are doing business as: 1) FAMILY GO GLOBAL 2) TICA TOURS 3911 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018; Rebecca Bernard 3911 W.

Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Rebecca Bernard, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 16, 2015; Published: November 20, 27, December 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C ––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015287523 The following is/are doing business as: 1) L’EMINENCE 2) L’EMINENCE ACCESSORIES 3) L’EMINENCE GRISE 4) L’EMINENCE GRISE ACCESSORIES 9301 Wilshire Blvd. #512, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Michael Mandel 9301 Wilshire Blvd. #512, 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: Michael Mandel, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 10, 2015; Published: November 20, 27, December 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015292993 The following is/are doing business as: MGM ELECTRONICS 369 S. Doheny Dr. #232, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Nir Shvartz 369 S. Doheny Dr. #232, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under

the name(s) listed herein 1996: Nir Shvartz, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 17, 2015; Published: November 27, December 04, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015292992 The following is/are doing business as: 1) PROMO LEAGUE 2) PORTALYSS PRODUCTIONS 3) KELEVISION PRODUCTIONS 1008 Larrabee St., West Hollywood, CA 90069; Kelly Dennis 1008 Larrabee St., West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein December 2009: Kelly Dennis, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 17, 2015; Published: November 27, December 04, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015291442 The following is/are doing business as: 90210 HOME CARE 9301 Wilshire Blvd. #307, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; 90210 Love & Care, Inc. 9301 Wilshire Blvd. #307, 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: Melissa Orwasher, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 16, 2015;

Published: November 27, December 04, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015294071 The following is/are doing business as: GOD’S WARRIOR WOMEN 9903 Santa Monica Blvd. #327, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Rita Reynoldsvan Wyke 9903 Santa Monica Blvd. #327, 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: Rita Reynoldsvan Wyke, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 18, 2015; Published: November 27, December 04, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015292511 The following is/are doing business as: EXPOSITION KITCHEN 5009 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016; 1715 Chevy Chase Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Andrea Ramras 1715 Chevy Chase Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Steve Ramras 1715 Chevy Chase Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Andrea Ramras, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 17, 2015; Published: November 27, December 04, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C

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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 15-O-2694

and its load, of three (3) NOTICE tons or more, but not CALLING FOR BIDS exceeding 10,000 AN ORDINANCE OF THE pounds: BEVERLY HILLS UNICITY OF BEVERLY FIED SCHOOL DISHILLS AMENDING THE Bedford Drive from TRICT BEVERLY HILLS Wilshire Boulevard to Bid Deadline: 11:00 MUNICIPAL CODE Santa on Tuesday, Monica a.m.

REGARDING STREETS Boulevard (north); December 8, 2015 DESIGNATED FOR Brighton Way from Place of Bid Receipt: HEAVY VEHICLE USE Canon Drive to Wilshire 255 Lasky Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 – Boulevard; THE CITY COUNCIL Canon Drive from Purchasing Department OF THE CITY OF Wilshire Boulevard to Project: RE-BID BEVERLY HILLS DOES Santa Guard Monica Crossing HEREBY ORDAIN AS Boulevard (north); Service - BID #15FOLLOWS: Dayton Way from 16/009 Canon Drive to Wilshire Section 1. The City Boulevard; NOTICE IS HEREBY Council hereby amends Rodeo Drive from GIVEN that the Beverly and restates Section 7- Wilshire Boulevard to Hills Unified School 2-203 (“STREETS DES- Santa Monica District of Los Angeles IGNATED FOR HEAVY Boulevard (north); County, California, actVEHICLE USAGE”) of Santa Monica ing by and through its Article 2. (“Commercial Boulevard (south road- Governing Board, hereVehicle Restrictions”) of way from Wilshire inafter referred to as Chapter 2 (“TRAFFIC Boulevard to Beverly "DISTRICT," will receive REGULATIONS”) of Drive); up to, but not later than, Title 7 (“TRAFFIC, the above-stated time, PARKING, AND PUB- Section 2. Severability. sealed bids for the LIC TRANSPORTA- If any section, subsec- award of a contract for TION”) of the Beverly tion, subdivision, sen- the above Project.

Hills Municipal Code to tence, clause, phrase, Those bids timely read as follows: shall be or portion of this received Ordinance or the appli- opened and publicly “7-2-203: STREETS cation thereof to any read aloud.

DESIGNATED FOR person or place, is for HEAVY VEHICLE any reason held to be Each bid must confirm USAGE: invalid or unconstitution- and be responsive to al by the final decision of the contract documents, A. The following any court of competent copies of which are on streets are designated jurisdiction, the remain- file and may be obtained for use by vehicles hav- der of this Ordinance from the Purchasing ing a gross weight, shall remain in full force Office at the above including the vehicle and effect. address on or after November 20, 2015 and its load, of three (3) tons or more: Section 3. Publication. Contact Dianne Richard The City Clerk shall at drichard@bhusd.org Alden Drive; cause this Ordinance to or 310-551-5100 ext.

2249. Bid package and Beverly Boulevard; be published at least Beverly Drive from the once in a newspaper of the addendums will be south city limits to Santa general circulation pub- available on the District Monica Boulevard lished and circulated in website www.bhusd.org. (north); the City within fifteen Bidders will be required Burton Way; (15) days after its pasCamden Drive from sage in accordance with to furnish the District Wilshire Boulevard to Section 36933 of the with Bid Security equal Santa Monica Government Code, shall to 10% of the total bid amount. Bid security Boulevard (north); certify to the adoption of Civic Center Drive from this Ordinance and shall can be provided in the Burton Way to Santa cause this Ordinance form of either cash, Monica Boulevard and the City Clerk’s cer- cashier’s check, certified check or a bid bond (south); tification, together with Crescent Drive between proof of publication, to from a California admitthe north and south be entered in the Book ted surety insurer, made roadways of Santa of Ordinances of the payable to the District.

Bid security must Monica Boulevard; Council of this City. accompany the bid.

Doheny Drive; Foothill Road from Section 4.

Effective Burton Way to Santa Date. This Ordinance Each bidder will be Monica Boulevard shall go into effect and required to furnish and maintain: Commercial (south); be in full force and effect Liability La Cienega Boulevard; at 12:01 a.m. on the thir- General Workers’ Linden Drive from ty-first (31st) day after Insurance, Compensation Wilshire Boulevard to its passage.

Insurance, fingerprint Santa Monica clearance and backBoulevard (south); Adopted: ground checks on all Maple Drive from Burton November 17, 2015 employees providing Way to Santa Monica Effective: crossing guard service.

Boulevard (south); December 18, 2015 Olympic Boulevard; Rexford Drive from JULIAN A. GOLD, M.D. No bidder may withdraw Santa Monica Mayor of the City of his bid for a period of Boulevard (north) to Beverly Hills, California Thirty (30) days after the date set for opening of Burton Way; bids.

Robertson Boulevard; ATTEST: Roxbury Drive from BYRON POPE (SEAL) The District reserves the Wilshire Boulevard to City Clerk right to waive any irregSanta Monica ularities, accept or reject Boulevard (north); APPROVED AS TO any or all bids and to San Vicente Boulevard; FORM: accept or reject any item Santa Monica LAURENCE S. WIENER thereon, and to contract Boulevard (north road- City Attorney in the best interest of the way); District.

Santa Monica APPROVED AS TO Boulevard (south road- CONTENT: Publication Dates: way except from MAHDI ALUZRI 11/20/15 & 11/27/15 Wilshire Boulevard to City Manager Beverly Drive); Third Street; VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers B. The following Krasne, Bosse, Brien, streets are designated Mirisch, and Mayor Gold for use by vehicles hav- NOES: None ing a gross weight, ABSENT: None including the vehicle CARRIED

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CASE NO: BS152883 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Matter of the petition of: MONIQUE RACHEL VAYNTRUB To all interested person(s): Petitioner: MONIQUE RACHEL VAYNTRUB current residence address: 434 N. Orlando Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90048 filed a petition with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 111 N. Hill St. Los Angels, CA 90012 on November 13, 2015 for a Decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Monique Rachel Vayntrub Proposed Name: Monique Glosman Vayntrub The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: January 7, 2016 Time: 10:00 am Dept: 47 Room: 507 The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 111 N. Hill St. Los Angels, CA 90012 Reason for name change: Monique Vayntrub was recently married and filled out her marriage certificate incorrectly and would like to change her name to reflect her married name. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information in the foregoing petition is true and correct.

Signed: Monique Vayntrub Judge of the Superior Court: Debre Katz Weintraub Executive Officer/Clerk: Sherri R. Carter Dated: Nov. 13, 2015 Published: 11/27/15, 12/4/15, 12/11/15, 12/18/15 BHC

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015 289466The following is/are doing business as: DYNAMIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATES 237 N. Almont Dr. #202 Beverly HIlls, CA 90211; Boris M. Tonoff 237 N. Almont Dr. #202 Beverly HIlls, CA 90211; Maria A. Tonoff 237 N. Almont Dr. #202 Beverly HIlls, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Boris M. Tonoff, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 13, 2015; Published: November 20, 27, December 4, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015 291239 The following is/are doing business as: REGENCY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 244 S. Rexford Drive, #6 Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Andrew Weiss 244 S. Rexford Drive, #6 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: Andrew Weiss, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 16, 2015; Published: November 27, December 4, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C ––––––

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015268307 The following is/are doing business as: 1) CHRIS COX & ASSOCIATES 2) CHRIS COX BAIL BONDS 3) ODYSSEY BAIL BONDS 1615 N. Wilcox Ave. #3411, Hollywood, CA 90028; Chris Cox 1615 N. Wilcox Ave. #3411, Hollywood, CA 90028; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 2005: Chris Cox, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 21, 2015; Published: November 06, 13, 20, 27, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015268308 The following is/are doing business as: 1) STEVE COX & ASSOCIATES 2) STEVE COX BAIL BONDS 5350 Wilshire Blvd. #361402, Los Angeles, CA 90036; Steve Cox 5350 Wilshire Blvd. #361402, Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Steve Cox, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 21, 2015; Published: November 06, 13, 20, 27, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015268309 The following is/are doing business as: EILEEN GRUND DESIGNS 1138 S. Sherbourne Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90035; Eileen Grund 1138 S. Sherbourne Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Eileen Grund, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 21, 2015; Published: November 06, 13, 20, 27, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015270205 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SPF STUDIOS 2) SEAN PAUL FRANGET 478 E. San Jose Ave. #E, Burbank, CA 91501; Sean P. Niella 478 E. San Jose Ave. #E, Burbank, CA 91501; The business is con-

ducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Sean P. Niella, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 22, 2015; Published: November 06, 13, 20, 27, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015281053 The following is/are doing business as: 1) LION REAL ESTATE ADVISORS 2) LREA 1940 Century Park East #250, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Sherwin Aryeh 321 N. Oakhurst 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: Sherwin Aryeh, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 04, 2015; Published: November 13, 20, 27, December 04, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015281054 The following is/are doing business as: 1) THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY 2) THE RE AGENCY 8746 Holloway Dr., West Hollywood, CA 90069; The Real Estate Agency 8746 Holloway Dr., West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Sharon Hakimfar, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 04, 2015; Published: November 13, 20, 27, December 04, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015281052 The following is/are doing business as: 1) LE MAAN AHAI 2) ACHER 404 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Baba Sale Congregation 404 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Simon Benhaim, Chairman of The Board: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 04, 2015; Published: November 13, 20, 27, December 04, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015281050 The following is/are doing business as: EAGLE CREEK HOME LOANS 1141 Highland Ave. #C, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; Mortgage Bank of California 1141 Highland Ave. #C, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Michael Dallal, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 04, 2015; Published: November 13, 20, 27, December 04, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015281051 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SUPER STRUDEL 2) MOD MUSIC 1171 S. Robertson Blvd. #222, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Juice by D, LLC 1171 S. Robertson Blvd. #222, Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein October 09, 2015: David Farentino, CEO: Statement is filed with the

County of Los Angeles: November 04, 2015; Published: November 13, 20, 27, December 04, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015290286 The following is/are doing business as: LAW OFFICE OF NEIL J. SHEFF 280 S. Beverly Dr. #306, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Neil J. Sheff 280 S. Beverly Dr. #306, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein February 01, 2001: Neil J. Sheff, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 16, 2015; Published: November 20, 27, December 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015290287 The following is/are doing business as: BERNA AND BILL 525 N. Flores St. #1, Los Angeles, CA 90048; Bernadeta Vigil 525 N. Flores St. #1, 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: Bernadeta Vigil, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 16, 2015; Published: November 20, 27, December 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015290288 The following is/are doing business as: SMARTBOARD LA 324 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Hereiti Jewel Wilkes 324 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Hereiti Jewel Wilkes, Sole Proprietor: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 16, 2015; Published: November 20, 27, December 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C

NOTICE — Fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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

For Lease See our Ad Sec. 440

GORGEOUS REMODELED HOME WITH CUSTOM DESIGNED KITCHEN IN GRANITE AND STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES. HUGE FORMAL DININGROOM AND HUGE LIVINGROOM WITH HIGH CEILINGS. DRAMATIC ENTERTAINERS DECK FOR PARTIES. FABULOUS CURB APPEAL. LARGE GARAGE AND LONG DRIVEWAY.

SANDRA LEWIS

AGT. 310-770-4111 BRE 00456048

CLASSIFIED

BEVERLY HILLS

425 HOUSES FOR LEASE

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KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. BEVERLY HILLS 1 LUXURIOUS 4 Bdrm.+3 /2 Bath 3-Story Townhouse 2 BEDROOM, 3 BATH Huge master suite & PENTHOUSE bath, wood/carpet Includes Large Loft flooring, new stainless Bonus Room, and steel appliances, Rooftop Deck.

MAGNIFICENT GORGEOUS NEWER TWO STORY ELEGANT AND 310/854-2684 DRAMATIC WITH HIGH CEILINGS AND HARDWOOD FLOORS. FABULOUS GRANITE KITCHEN WITH CENTER ISLAND AND FOR RENT ON GRANITE AND GLASS BATHS. HUGE MASTER WITH LARGE WILSHIRE CORRIDOR WALK-IN CLOSET. DRAMATIC STAIRCASE WITH SKYLIGHTS. 10445 Wilshire Blvd. $8,500/MO. HUGE TWO CAR GARAGE

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2 Bdrm/2 Bath Condo Large kitchen, large dining room area Sealed-in Patio $4,700/MO. Call 310-550-8006

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$4,350/Mo. 3 Bd.+Den+3 Ba. Prime Brentwood 2 Master Bdrms, 2.5 Baths Bright unit, closed garage.

The Vizcaya Hi Ceilings, Walk-in 1000 Granville Ave. Easy to Show.

Closet, Gourmet Kitchen, Between 3rd & Built-in Surround Sound, Laundry, , 2 Fireplaces, Burton Way. Balcony, HVAC & More! $5,300/Month Mediterranean Style 310/985-9188 • Noushin Ahobim • Luxury Condo’s Inclds: Viking appliances, Agt.: 310/863-43

BEVERLY HILLS 4 BDRMS, 3.5 BATHS HOME ON THE HILLS with amazing views, spa

rooftop garden, spectacular views, controlled access, elevator, sundeck.

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3-Level Townhouse Penthouse 2 Bd.+2 Ba. $5,995

$3,600/MO. Shown By Appointment.

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

2 Blocks West of Century City 10318 Missouri Avenue

3 Bdrm • 2 Bath • 1600 sq. ft.

Balcony w/ ocean views, hrwd+marble+stone flrs.

BRIGHT AIRY UPPER DUPLEX

cellar and wet-bar.

2 Bd. +Den +2 Ba.

Convenient location.

Starting at: $4,600 Breakfast bar, hrwd+ marble+stone flrs.

Please Call:

XL kitchen/living rm, dining room, 2 car parking, patio, washer/dryer hookups, security system, quiet tenants preferred

hardwood floors, wine

Available Now $6,800/MO.

C a l l 310/205- 0206

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

Yard, laundry & parking.

$3,500/MO. Call 213/804-3761

Large closets, balconies, ————— all amenities in kitchen BEVERLY HILLS • • N E W LY • • with granite counters and • • U P D AT E D •• all appliances. Berber carpet/harwood foors and • 2 Bd + Den + 2 Ba • Private front patio, verticle blinds. Fireplace, Hardwood floors, a/c, wet bar, washer/ dryer laundry in unit, 2-car prkg. included in laundry area. 336 S. Rexford Dr. Secured building with $3,200/Month garden courtyard. Choice 310/860-9991 310/433-1949 location Near Beverly Center, 213/926-4213 Cedars- Sinai, Restaurants, A VA I L A B L E N O W Trader Joes, Etc. No Pets. —————––––

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R E A L E S TAT E

• PRIME CONDITION •

$3,650/MO.

(310) 441-0277 • (310) 277-9333

Beverly Hills Adjacent Olympic/Shenandoah

Newly Remodeled 2 BR/2 BA Townhouse Stunning & immaculate.

Completely updated new kitchen & bathrooms, new wood floors & windows, central air & heat, recessed lighting and wired for sound.

Washer & dryer in unit.

Covered parking. $2,950/Mo. Roberta: 415-271-5161

451 S. Maple Dr.

Bright & Spacious 2 Bd. + Den + 2 Ba. 2nd floor, central air, hardwood floors, new carpet, gourmet kitchen, 2-car prkg.

$2,850Mo. Available Soon

North of Wilshre 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. COMPASS GOLD PROP. Marty: 310/293-2205

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License 00957281

all listings are on CenturyCityLiving.com

NOW AVAILABLE GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES

F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED

*BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CENTURY TOWERS

2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS $5,950/month You won't believe the unobstructed breathtaking views of Century City and LA..

Totally renovated Granite Counters. Stainless Steel Appliances. Huge Living Room Move-In Conditionr

VERY Large Renovated Apt. 2 Bd.+Den+2.5 Ba. CENTURY PARK EAST NEW Granite, tile, laminate. Stove, oven, dishwasher. Controlled access garage, 2 parking spaces. $2,845/Month

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH $4,250/month

Outstanding South Tower. Corner Renovation. 270 degree Unobstructed Views. Hardwood Floors. Built Out Closets.

Fabulous Kitchen, Newer Appliances Crystal Stall Shower, Spa Bathtub. 2 Jumbo Balconies .Super Quiet Location.

Call: 913/488-0214

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Bright/Airy • B.H. Adj. Upper 2+2 • $2,790

X-lrg balcony+lrg living rm Rooftop Garden Panoramic B.H. Views Carpet w/ laminate entry.

Spacious, pool, sauna, gated, elevator, central air, prkg., marble lobby.

1259 S. Camden Dr.

310/849-3858

Beverly Hills Guest House, On Demand AKA offers luxury one- and two-bedroom furnished residences with spacious living rooms, fully accessorized kitchen and dining areas, and hotel amenities and services, including use of house car, 24-hour Resident Service team, and tranquil terrace lounge. Private entry bi-level town homes, penthouse residences and terrace suites feature sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills. Steps from Rodeo Drive, with in-suite dining by Wolfgang Puck’s legendary Spago.

Perfect for out-of-town guests. Weekly rates from $395/day. Monthly from $335.

CENTURY PARK EAST $2,600 to $4,400/mo.

PARK PLACE $3,850 to 4,700/mo.

CENTURY TOWERS $3,850 to $6,800/mo.

CENTURY HILL $6,500 to $7,000/mo.

LE PARC $9,850 to $14,000/mo.

ONE CENTURY $16,000 to $35,000/mo.

BEL AIR CREST $10,000 to $59,000/mo.

AKA BEVERLY HILLS crescent at wilshire new york city philadelphia washington dc STAYAKA.COM 310.651.8704

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

For Lease See our Ad Sec. 270

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320 S. CLARK DR.

BRENTWOOD

WEST L.A.

BEVERLY HILLS BEVERLY HILLS 236 S. REXFORD DR. Luxurious & Bright 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath with hardwood floors, all appliances including washer/dryer in unit. $2,750/MO.

218 S. Tower Dr.

• •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. ••

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Old World Charm!

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

Robertson/Burton Way

LOVELY ONE BEDROOM With balcony, tub + stall shower, ELEVATOR, A/C, gated garage, controlled access in quiet building.

No pets. Non-smoking facility.

**CENTURY CITY** 11730 SUNSET BLVD. 1415 Brockton Ave. 2220 S. Beverly Glen NEWLY REMODELED 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • •

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• 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath •

Patio, stove, fridge, dishwasher, on-sight laundry, parking.

• • • • • • C LOSE T O S HOPS

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

• 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. • •• •• • • Lots of • • Character & Charm!

MID-WILSHIRE 340 S. St. Andrews Pl.

• • • • • Spacious 1 Bdrm + 2 Bath 2 Bdrm + 2 Bath • • • • •

Balcony, controlled access, parking, Call 323/252-5600 elevator, on-site laundry.

310/531-3992 Call 310/926-6088 Newly Remodeled.

Close to shopping, WESTWOOD or 310/409-6014 New hrwd. flrs., great restaurants BEVERLY HILLS 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . granite counters, BRENTWOOD • Free WiFi Access • and Metro.

•• BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. 221 S. Doheny Dr. 11933 Darlington Ave. •• stainless steel appl., ~ 310/476-3824 ~ 213/364-8423 • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • 922 S. BEDFORD ST. ==== BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE •• 2 Bd.+2 Ba. •• alcove fireplace, • Single ==== • • LIGHT AND BRIGHT Spacious, hardwood flrs., • Single • • fridge, laundry facility, LOS ANGELES Bachelor 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH huge closets, built-in BRENTWOOD • • • gated parking, intercom 401 S. HOOVER St. • • newly remodeled on second a/c, dishwasher, pool, Upper, Bright & Sunny The Carlton •• • entry, WiFi and more. • • • • • • • • • Spacious, large floor with A/C and 2 parking.

11666 Goshen Ave. Wifi, Bright, controlled elevator, controlled • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • 310/552-8064 • closets, hardwood ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) $2,350/MO. access, balcony, access, laundry • Single Rooftop jacuzzi floors, refrigerator, pool, elevator, Sam: 310/422-6026 facilities. No pets.

Single + 1 Ba. • • • • • • • • on-sight laundry. with panoramic Control access, pool, laundry facility, prkg.

310/531-3992 310/473-1509 ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) Close To U.C.L.A. city views. dishwasher, elevator, BEVERLY HILLS ADJ Great Location!

310/477-6856 WiFi, central air/heat, on-site laundry Bedford/Olympic BEVERLY HILLS fireplace, patio, and parking.

• BRENTWOOD • CULVER CITY 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO 443 S. Oakhurst Dr. 922 S. Barrington Av. controlled access, • WESTWOOD • 213/385-4751 $2,150/MO. 3830 Vinton Ave. • • pool, elevator, parking, 10933 Rochester Ave. • • • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. • 1 Bd. + Den + Jr. Executive • Single • laundry facility.

LAFAYETTE PARK 2 Ba. • Fireplace, balcony, Lower unit with fridge, • ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ • 310/312-9871 • • 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL. • • •• •• washer/dryer in unit B R I G H T & S P A C I O U S wet bar, dishwasher, Shopping & Dining in Spacious a/c, fireplace, • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath and 2 car parking.

B E V E R LY H I L L S laundry facility, Brentwood Village pool, controlled access, Pool, sauna, •••••• laundry fac., prkg.

LIVING. Call 310/880-7281 elevator, parking.

Granite counter tops, stainintercom entry, • Free WiFi Access • Balcony, dishwasher, less steel appliances, Close to shops+dining. SANTA MONICA elevator, on-site 310/473-5061 elevator, intercom 8 0 8 4 t h S t .

310/826-0541 laundry, parking. air conditioned, new entry, on-site * * hrwd. flrs., designer * * • WESTWOOD • All Utilities Paid.

BEVERLY HILLS laundry, parking. * 2 Bd.+2 Ba . * finishes, balcony, ceiling 550 Veteran Ave. • BRENTWOOD • * P LEASE C ALL : Next to Roxbury Park * 310/841-2367 fan, elevator, controlled * ••••• 125 N. Barrington Av. * & Century City 310/435-3693 L ARGE , U NIQUE • access. Fitness ctr, yoga N E W LY U P D AT E D LARGE 1 BDRM. 1 BA. Single AND G ORGEOUS . * HOLLYWOOD * room, wi-fi, skyview • With hardwood floors, BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. • • • • • Fireplace, balcony, • • • • • 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. lounge w/ outdoor fireseparate kitchen newly 120 S. Swall Dr. • 1 Bdrm. dishwasher, intercom place, laundry facilities.

Very spacious, remodeled, new windows, • • • • • • • • • + 1 Bath • * * * * * Easy freeway access entry, elevator, granite counters, • 1 Bdrm.+ • sub-zero, fridge, stove, • Bachelor Upscale, Bright, 1 Bath •• parking and pool. microwave, intercom 213/382-102 1 dishwasher, A/C unit, Very Spacious, A/C, Gorgeous & Spacious.

• Close to Beach • * * * * * entry, on-sight launsecured garage parking, balcony, intercom entry, • • • • • Newly Remodeled BRENTWOOD 310/394-7132 dry, parking & WiFi. laundry on premises. on-sight laundry, prkg. With Pool, balcony, Great Views 11933 Darlington Ave. Very close to UCLA No-pets $2,100/MO Close to Cedars-Sinai, central air, fireplace, Call 310/713-1664 & Westwood Village. Great views, controlled ==== Beverly Center, L.A.’S FINEST, elevator, intercom ==== access, balcony, 310/208-5166 MOST LUXURIOUS shops, cafes entry, parking. gym.

Bachelor elevator, lrg. pool, APT. RENTAL & transportation.

• 310/476-2181 • prkg, on-sight laundry. Upper, Bright & Sunny * * * * * * WILSHIRE 310/270-0724 Close to shopping, C O R R I D O R HIKING IN RUNYON 320 S. CLARK DR. Spacious, large dining & schools.

10530-10540 The Mission” C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD closets, hardwood Robertson/Burton Way “ Border of Wilshire Bl. • Westwood • B OWL /N IGHTLIFE . floors, refrigerator, BEVERLY HILLS BRENTWOOD ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ 323/467-8172 on-sight laundry.

321 S. Sherbourne Dr. 11640 Kiowa Ave. • • • • • 310/473-1509 • •

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• No pets. Non-smoking facility. •

Call 323/252-5600

To Advertise Your Rental Call us at 310-278-1322

Spacious • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • •••••••• H O L LY W O O D Newly Updated • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ 1769-1775 • • • • • Luxury Living • BRENTWOOD • 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath 6-Month Lease Avail.

• N. Sycamore Av. 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • 922 S. Barrington Av. with valet, * * * * * * ••••••• • • • • • • • • Balcony, dishwasher, Every Extra Luxury lush garden • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • • Single custom cabinets, granite Balcony, controlled

a/c, heated pool, WiFi, elevator controlled access, on-site laundry, parking. Close to • 310/247-8689 • Brentwood Village, Close to Cedars-Sinai, Shops & Restaurants.

Beverly Center & access, a/c, stove, elevator, laundry facility, parking.

Trendy Robertson Bl.

• 310/826-4889 •

surrounding pool, • Bachelor countertops, stone entry, gym, elevator, etc. pool, health club, spa.

Controlled access, Hrwd. flrs., granite • Free WiFi Access • laundry facility.

• Close to UCLA • counters, dishwasher, Utilities Included.

1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. central air, balcony.

L.A., 90024 Contact Mgr.:

• Free WiFi • • 310/864-0319 • Call: 310/470-4474

323/851-3790 Close to Everything.

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Fireplace, balcony,

wet bar, dishwasher, laundry facility, elevator, parking.

Close to shops+dining.

310/826-0541

BEVERLY HILLS

S E RV I C E

468 BAGS WANTED

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D I R E C T O RY

ANTIQUES / JEWELRY

ANTIQUES / JEWELRY

BUY & SELL

BUY & SELL

WANTED

CHANEL, HERMES, GUCCI, PRADA AND ALL HIGH-END DESIGNER HANDBAGS IN ADDITION TO

ALLIGATOR, CROCODILE AND EXOTIC SKINS. ALL NEW, USED OR VINTAGE.

TOP DOLLAR PAID Call 310/289-9561

505 COLLECTIBLES WANTED

Why Donate When You Can Sell It To Us.

Jewelerette & Co.

We buy all variety of goods: A n t i q u e s , Collectibles, Paintings, Statues, Vintage/Rare Items and much more!

If interested call Robert 818/568-8288

507

AUTOS WANTED

CA$H FOR CAR$

We pay top dollar for your scrap gold, jewelry, diamonds, gemstones, watches and coins. We also consider purchasing rare or antique items.

ANTIQUES BUY & SELL Cash on the spot.

No appointment necessary.

WE WILL BUY YOUR CAR, RUNNING OR NOT! 201 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills 310-550-5755

ALL TYPES OF CARS ANY YEAR • ANY MODEL

Will Appraise Your Car For Free!

Visit us at

www.chequeredflag.com

Call John or Neil:

O F

B E V E R L Y

H I L L S

Buyers and Sellers of High-End Jewelry & Watches

323-868-4119 sales@chequeredflag.com

WE BUY CARS HIGH-END & CLASSIC CAR CALL ERIC 310/345-1487

9615 Brighton Way Suite #325 I Beverly Hills, CA 90210 by appointment 310.273.8174 I www.mizrahidiamonds.com

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CONTRACTORS

- New Home Construction - Smart Homes - Environmentally Friendly Pointers - Help with your ideal design through wide variety of floor plans & innovative features

www.elaninnovativeconstruction.com General Building Contractor

“FREE ESTIMATE” Call 310-294-6866

Will Donate Part of the proceed to Charity/organization/schools of your choice.

Are You Interested In Remodeling?

Full Service High Quality Construction Residential & Commercial

CLOCK REPAIRS

Nichols’ Clock & Watch Repair

New Construction • Kitchen/Baths • Additions Tile/Stone Counter Tops Door/Window Installation & Repairs Custom Cabinetry • Finish Carpentry • Painting Landscaping/Hardscape • Driveways • Patios Tenant Improvements, Condos, Store Fronts, Apt’s

BARRYBUILT CORPORATION Call James Barry For A Free Estimate!

Cell: 310-901-7382 • Off: 310-459-7451 barrybuiltcorporation.com • barrybuilt@aol.com

• Antique Clock Repair • House Calls Available • Complete Watch Repair Specializing in grandfather clocks, mantle clocks, wall clocks, cuckoo clocks

Mark Nichols 818.207-8915 ncwrepair@yahoo.com

State Lic. #843112

CONTRACTOR

• AC •

CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

REMODELING & NEW ADDITIONS FREE Estimates

310.278.5380 L I C : # 8 0 1 8 8 4 • F U L LY I N S U R E D

SUDOKU ANSWER 11 / 2 0 / 1 5 I S S U E

ROOFING

HANDY PEOPLE

ELAN INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION

Lic. No. 953274

BEVERLY HILLS

D I R E C T O R Y

ELECTRIC

Fort Construction & Honest Handyman!

Room additions, Remodeling, Painting, Kitchens/Baths, Tile/Flooring, Woodwork, Decks, A/C-Plumbing, Lighting/Electrical, Concrete/Brick/Stone, Doors/Windows/Screens.

Reliable, No Short Cuts • Serving B.H. for 32 Yrs. Call Manny: 310/729-9612 LICENSED • BONDED • INSURED

H & L

El Nino is Coming, Is Your Home or Business Prepared?

• ROOFING SERVICE • • N EW R OOFS / R EPAIRS • R AINGUTTER & S KYLIGHT S ERVICE • G ARAGE /O FFICE C ONVERSION ’ S Written roof inspections for real estate agents.

• Senior Discounts

30 Years in Business • 3rd Generation Roofer

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Call Steve 24-hrs.: • 800-213-6806 • • 213-675-3769 •

• Orsinis Roofing •

• HANDYMAN •

E XCELLENT L OCAL R EFERENCES Insured • Bonded

H A N D Y M A N a n d • Home Repairs M A I N T E N A N C E • Remodeling • Carpentry Painting • Plumbing Tiling • Electric • Drywall Remodel & Demolition • Hauling, Remove and Replace Carpet.

Residential & Commercial Cleaning. Shampoo Carpet.

Property Management.

• Ceramic Tile • Plumbing • Drywall • Painting • Plaster • Wallpaper • Call Dave • Cell: 213/300-0223 323/651-1832

or 661/886-9440

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Mobile Credit Card Payment And Payment Plans Available.

UPHOLSTERY CLEANING and Pet Odor Removal

No Job Too BIG or Too small!

HUGO: 310/204-6107

MARBLE RESTORATION

GOLD COAST ~ MARBLE ~

475

Fabric & Leather Upholstery Cleaning Leather Repair Odor Removal

• Marble Polishing • Sealing • Floor Restoration • Grout Cleaning

626-460-9478

Call For Free Estimate:

CARE ELECTRIC All Electrical Needs!

Residential/Commercial Expert Repair Small Jobs OK Fully Insured All Work Guaranteed! www.careelectric.net

310/901-9411 Lic.# 568446

HANDYMAN

818/348-3266 • 818/801-9503 • Cell: 818/422-9493 • • Member of BBB • REAL ESTATE AGENTS/SELLERS, PREP YOUR PROPERTY.

PAINTING

RAFAEL

30 years of Quality service.

Big and small jobs.

Immediate Response Excellent reference.

Call Robert at

805-252-2122

PAINTING

YALE

PAINTING PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Residential/Commercial

Quality Custom Painting • WHITNEY'S • References Available.

ELECTRICAL AND HANDYMAN SERVICE Lamps, Fixtures and Furniture Restored

www.masterofprecisionservices.com

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

Interior/Exterior House • Commercial Apt. • Industrial • Hi-Rise Since 1982 I Have Great Preparation Lic. # 689667 • Bonded / Insured

323/658-7847 323/864-2490

323/733-4898 Call Young anytime

FREE ESTIMATE

“I Do My Own Work”

SERVICE DIRECTORY To Advertise Your Business Call 310-278-1322 www.bhcourier.com PUZZLE ANSWER

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Chairman Emeritus Paula Kent Meehan President & Publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs ******

Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Stephen P. Simmons ****** Founding Publisher March Schwartz (Publisher 1965-2004) Clifton S. Smith, Jr. (Publisher 2004-2014)

From The Publisher

MARCIA WILSON HOBBS LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR I have much respect for our school district’s teachers and for teacher union representative Chris Bushee. However, his recent attempt to justify the BHUSD’s new teacher salary formula is flawed on a number of levels. While the current formula linking teacher salaries to property values is undoubtedly a great deal for his union, Bushee posits the argument that it’s actually also a great deal for the residents and taxpayers of Beverly Hills.

I won’t mince words here: the school board’s decision to link teacher salaries to Beverly Hills property values is possibly the single most boneheaded fiscal move in our district’s history.

There is no doubt that our teachers–and all teachers in fact–deserve to have salaries and benefits which are both fair and sustainable. But linking salaries to factors over which one has no direct control is the very definition of fiscal imprudence.

At various candidate forums, outgoing school board member Lewis Hall tried to justify the district’s contract with the teachers by claiming that the City did the same thing in salary negotiations with its employees. What’s true is that former City Manager Rod Wood instituted a salary formula based on total compensation which did indeed link police and fire salaries to what other cities were paying. This took the ability to effectively manage our own budget out of the City Council’s hands. However, the current council went to great pains several years ago to eliminate this linkage of salaries and benefits to what other cities were paying. To quote my grandmother: “just because everyone else is jumping off a bridge, doesn't mean you should.”

While linking municipal employee salaries to those paid by other cities is poor fiscal management, it is even worse to link salaries to something which has absolutely no connection nor bearing on the work being performed. While I am personally not in favor of linking teacher salaries to performance metrics, it would at least make more logical sense to link salaries to, say, test scores or college admissions than to property values in Beverly Hills.

The new school board needs to make it clear that this poorly conceived and fiscally unsound linkage of salaries to property values will be rescinded as soon as possible. They need to make it clear that our teachers will be paid fair and sustainable salaries and benefits, but that it is neither fair nor sustainable – nor logical –to link salaries to extraneous factors such as property values.

And while I understand why Chris Bushee would defend the deal which his union made, he should tell it like it is: “we support the deal because it's a great deal for our members.”

Nothing wrong with that. But trying to sell it as a “good deal” for the community not only ignores the basic principles of fiscal responsibility, unfortunately, it also creates the feeling that someone is trying to sell us a bill of goods.

And that is definitely not a good thing when it comes from those who are supposed to be instructing our kids.

John Mirisch Beverly Hills City Councilmember and Former Mayor of Beverly Hills ******

****** I grew up in the same Philadelphia neighborhood as Rabbi Jacob Pressman, of blessed memory. Our small synagogue located in the southwest section of the city, about 25 blocks from the University of Pennsylvania, was lead by Rabbi Morris Goodblatt. He spoke often with great pride of the first young man to become a rabbi who had grown up in that congregation, the same Jacob Pressman.

I did not know “Rabbi Jack,” for he was much older than I, but knew his name as I heard it often mentioned in the rabbi’s comments.

Several of us, educated in that synagogue, continued on to rabbinical schools; but it was Jacob Pressman who had been the trailblazer.

Jumping ahead many, many years, I found myself in San Jose and met a colleague there by the name of Pressman, Jacob’s son. I told him how his father “had been my hero.” It was in San Jose at a family gathering when I finally got to meet in person with Jacob Pressman and he was thrilled to hear my story.

This past September my wife and I relocated to Beverly Hills. Alas, before I could reconnect with him, he had passed and I read in The Courier of the many things he had accomplished for this City and his people in Israel.

His messages, serious and lighthearted, were a regular feature of The Courier for more than two decades.

The synagogue that he served was named by him, Beth Am. Let it be known to all readers that he chose that name with much pride and consideration for the training he had received as a child in Philadelphia.

The congregation that educated him was called Beth Am Israel. In gratitude to his first rabbi and his home synagogue, he chose that name for his “new home” in Los Angeles.

And now you know the rest of the story.

Rabbi Simcha A. Green

POLICE BLOTTER The following assaults, robberies burglaries, and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers. Losses in brackets.

ASSAULTS

11/17 400 South Bedford Drive 11/20 400 Foothill Road BURGLARIES

11/17 400 North Palm Drive 11/19 300 North Palm Drive ($3,295) 11/19 North La Cienega Boulevard 11/19 300 North Maple Drive ($600) 11/19 400 North Beverly Drive 11/20 100 North Robertson Boulevard 11/20 1900 Loma Vista Drive 11/20 400 South Bedford Drive ($104,000) 11/20 400 South Almont Drive ($20,000) 11/21 200 North Crescent Drive ($430) 11/21 200 North Crescent Drive ($510) 11/21 200 North Crescent Drive ($20) 11/21 200 South Stanley Drive ($20) GRAND THEFTS 11/08 400 South Doheny Drive ($27,100) 11/09 400 North Rodeo Drive 11/14 600 North Maple Drive ($2,680) 11/16 400 North Camden Drive ($2,000) 11/17 8900 Wilshire Boulevard ($4,895) 11/19 500 Arden Drive ($11,200) ROBBERIES 11/16 Elevado Avenue/North Rexford Drive 11/19 400 North Canon Drive

Cartoon for The Courier by Janet Salter

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 27). Connecting with your spiritual core, which is infinite and eternal and part of everything, you release the need to prove your status. Being unworried of your standing, you are able to connect with great bounty. You’ll make decisions for love in December.

February brings beauty and change to your environment.

Aquarius and Scorpio adore you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Henry David Thoreau suggested that a person “beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” What you're planning falls into the category, but all will be well as long as you don't forget the “old you” in the process.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you can do it just about as easily as another person could, don’t involve the other person. This is a time for reminding everyone just how independent you are. You'll be about as happy as you are self-reliant.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re tougher than your circumstances have allowed you to prove. It might help you now to think of yourself as forged titanium, built solid from the ground up–no shortcuts, no alloys.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Your water-sign nature will connect you with a social tide. You might not be sure you like where it’s headed, but swimming against it will tire you out.

Besides, there’s an opportunity here.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). As you tend to your life consciously you will be aware of much going on with your subconscious. Your inner world is active and interesting, speaking to you with such clarity that you'll find it extremely hard to ignore.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). You won’t feel motivated to do today’s work, but you’ll do it anyway. Sometimes it frustrates you that others don’t share your sense of duty, but you can appreciate how this also sets you apart as a leader.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll get as much attention as you give. Enjoy this rare moment of perfect mutuality and balanced affections. You can relax into the idea that fair is fair.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The day will be shaped by the age-old question of what to eat. The same foods can be made in hundreds of ways. There are more than a few people who like the way you make it best!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may feel that agreeing with those around you is part of your job. It certainly is a lot easier than disagreeing, and yet today it won’t serve your project to go along when you know there’s something wrong in the plan.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You might be initially stumped by today’s relationship problem, but don’t give up. What seems difficult will actually be rather simple when you’re willing to go at it from another angle.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s such a natural, easy pace going with what you’re doing now. It’s nice when you can make progress without pushing yourself or anyone else.

Bonus: You’ve increased immunity to stress and illness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Figure out what you want before you start the discussion. People will listen carefully to what you say and take you quite literally. Now is a time to be very careful about how you word things.

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