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BHHS students packed into Roxbury Park after a bomb scare on Tuesday.

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Las Madrinas honored 31 families and their daughters for their service.

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January 9, 2015

City Council Rushes Through 11 Percent Raise For ‘Executive’ Employees

Fauna is a Terrier/Teacup Chihuahua mix up for adoption now!

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A BHPD motorcycle officer escaped serious injury after a traffic accident.

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SINCE 1965

The historic Polo Lounge at The Beverly Hills Hotel Courier Photo by Victoria Talbot

The Beverly Hills Hotel – The Oldest Business In Beverly Hills In July, the Beverly Hills Courier will celebrate 50 years in the community. Throughout the new year, The Courier will honor the legacy of excellence in Beverly Hills businesses that have called the City their home since 1965 or earlier. These are our Heritage Businesses.

By Victoria Talbot with The Beverly Hills Hotel.

At the turn of the last century, Sales were slow in 1910; only the City of Beverly Hills was six residences had been built. To known more for fields and dubious stimulate development, the visionbusiness ventures than stardom aries of the Rodeo Land and Water and success. Looking at our City Company conceived a plan to today, it is a marvel that out of the build the finest hotel in the realm. belligerent landscape would They approached Margaret Anderemerge a world-renowned desti- son and her son Stanley, nation. The transformation began (see ‘BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL’ page 18)

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills City Council, in an agreement made during closed session, will likely vote next Tuesday to give the City’s Executive Management Group an 11 percent salary increase over a two-year period, The Courier has learned.

The current average total compensation per employee with salary, pension and health care is $275,278 per employee.

The Executive Management Group includes City Manager, Fire Chief, City Clerk, Director of Public Works, Chief of Police, City Engineer, Director of Emergency Management, Director of Community Development, Chief Information Officer, Budget and Revenue Officer, Utilities Manager, Division Commander, Director/Project Administrator and the Assistant and Deputies thereof. Total compensation for these posi-

tions currently range from a low of $192,911 to a high of $437,032.

The City Council agenda is traditionally not available until after close of business the Friday before the meeting. By limiting the reading to one City Council meeting, public comments are thus limited.

Normally, pay raises are thoroughly vetted in the public domain; City Council has decided to reduce scrutiny and public input by fast-tracking this compensation package.

In comparison, the median household income for residents in the City of Beverly Hills, according to the United States Census Bureau, is $86,141 for 2013. The average total compensation for Executive Employees will be triple that amount.

See page 31 for an editorial from councilmember John Mirisch, who does not support the pay increase.

Beverly Elders: Jacob & Marjorie Golden Globes Hit Beverly Pressman – The Rabbi & His Wife Hills – Expect Traffic Delays •Arts & Entertainment •Health & Wellness •Birthdays

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George Christy, Page 6 Caviar Nights In Beverly Hills With Mitzi Gaynor And Jack Bean To Greet The New Year, Also Christmas Celebrations In San Francisco With The Hand-Plucked Turkeys That Were The Juciest Ever Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE

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By Laura Coleman Rabbi Jacob and Marjorie Pressman moved into Beverly Hills just as the 1940s crested into the 50s, bringing with them a new era in Judaism.

Originally from Philadelphia, the two met when “Rabbi Jack” was 17 and conducting the junior congregation at their local synagogue, Beth Am. It was the heart of the Great Depression, and the young rabbi-to-be had little idea that a decision he made at 13 to earn 50 cents a week teaching first graders about Judiasm weekday afternoons would prove so transfor-

Marjorie & Rabbi Jacob Pressman

mative to not only his own life, but the lives of American Jewry.

“We came to California at a very interesting time,” said Marjorie, 93, who today counts 72 years of marriage to Rabbi Jack, (see ‘PRESSMANS,’ page 20)

By Matt Lopez Expect a big traffic crunch this weekend in Beverly Hills for the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton.

According to the BHPD, closures will begin Saturday at 5 a.m. until Midnight on Sunday at the westbound lanes of Santa Monica Blvd. from Wilshire to Century Park East.

In addition, eastbound lanes of Santa Monica Blvd. will be closed on Sunday from 8 a.m. to midnight. South Santa Monica (“little Santa Monica”) will remain open.

For those who need to take residential streets, Whittier Dr.

Beverly Hills To Close Final Oil Well In 2016, Despite Venoco

By Laura Coleman On a daily basis, the City’s one operational oil well sucks roughly 300 barrels of crude oil from beneath the ground at Beverly Hills High School. Even at today’s dramatic low trading value of $48 a barrel, that averages out to $5.3 million of annual income for energy company Venoco, which cur-

rently leases the property from the Beverly Hills Unified School District. A year ago, that figure was easily twice as high.

Venoco now pays the City roughly $500,000 and BHUSD around $600,000 a year for their oil and gas lease, which sunsets on Dec. 31, 2016. After that, the lease (see ‘BEVERLY HILLS OIL,’ page 16)

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Part 18 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City.

through Lomitas Ave. to Wilshire Blvd will be closed to through traffic. Residents who live on Whittier Dr., between Wilshire and Elevado Ave., will be allowed access to their homes in the lane provided along the east curb.

A temporary “bridge” has been constructed across Santa Monica Blvd. near The Beverly Hilton to allow awards show staffers to run cabling back and forth between trucks and the hotel.

The 72nd Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, are presented from The Beverly Hilton from 5-8 p.m. (PST).

FUN WITH SHOWTIME — Andrea Savage, Mircea Monroe, Matt LeBlanc, and Kathleen Rose Perkins arrived on the Red Carpet during Showtime’s celebration for its all new Seasons of Comedy Series – Shameless, House of Lies and Episodes at Cecconi's in West Hollywood.

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

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SUMMARY NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 6, 2015 the Council of the City of Beverly Hills adopted an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR A TAXICAB FRANCHISE SYSTEM IN THE CITY Mayor Bosse, Vice Mayor Gold and Councilmembers Brien, Mirisch and Krasne voted for adoption of the Ordinance (Ordinance No. 15-O-2671). The following summary of Ordinance No. 15-O-2671 has been prepared and published pursuant to Government Code Section 36933.

Summary of Ordinance This Ordinance amends Chapter 4 (“Public Transportation Vehicles”) of Title 7 (“Traffic, Parking, and Public Transportation”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code (“Code”) in order to implement a taxi franchise system in the City. Currently, the Code provides for regulation of taxis in the City through the issuance of Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity. The Ordinance will remove the Certificate system and require that no person, corporation or membership organization can operate a taxicab service without a franchise granted by the City, which shall be awarded through a competitive process. The Ordinance provides for an initial franchise term of three years. The City may extend the term of the franchise for an additional two-year term, and thereafter, for five additional one-year terms, for a total term of up to 10 years. Franchisees shall enter into a franchise agreement, pay the associated fees, including an annual franchise fee, and be subject to annual evaluations. The Ordinance further provides that the Director of Public Works Services will promulgate rules and regulations related to the implementation and enforcement of the taxi franchise system.

A certified copy of the full text of the Ordinance is available for public inspection during regular business hours in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90210. For more information, please contact Chad Lynn, Assistant Director of Public Works Services at (310) 288-2807.

BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Cartoon by Janet Salter

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B E V E R LY H I L L S M A I N N E W S OFFICER DOWN — Beverly Hills Police Officer Michael Yamada received minor injuries today when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a vehicle on the corner of North Santa Monica Boulevard. and North Canon Drive. Yamada was transported to Cedars Sinai Medical Center for treatment of his injuries and Santa Monica Boulevard was briefly closed while police investigated the incident.

BOMB SCARE— BHHS students were funneled to Roxbury Park Tuesday to await pickup from their family members after a telephoned bomb scare at the high school.

Courier Photo

by Matt Lopez

LADBS: ‘901 Strada Vecchia Has 60 Days To Comply’

By Matt Lopez The notorious 901 Strada Vecchia project in Bel-Air, a nearly 30,000-square foot megamansion, has exactly 60 days to get its act together, according to the city of Los Angeles.

Following a private hearing with the City Attorney’s office on Tuesday, the owners and representatives for 901 Strada Vecchia were informed of the deadline to submit new topographic maps to the city.

Neighbors alleged that work had been done illegally to the site, without permit, to misrepresent the sites natural grade.

LADBS rep Luke Zamperini told The Courier earlier this year that in fact, the natural grade of the site was a sticking point in discussions with the property owners.

Construction permits were revoked in September when the LADBS determined that the site had in fact violated its per-

FAWNING OVER FAUNA– Fauna is a 4-pound, 1-year-old, Terrier/Teacup Chihuahua mix doggie. She was left at a local shelter with her unwanted puppies. Thankfully her pups were adopted. However, little Fauna was left to be euthanized before ShelterHopePetShop. org came to her rescue. Those interested in adopting this sweet, young momma may contact Kira@RHLGroup.com or call Shelter Hope at 805-379-3538.

Bomb Scare Brings BHPD To Protect Schools

By Laura Coleman There’s a bomb at Beverly Hills High School and I’m watching to see what you do.

Those were essentially the threatening words that an unidentified caller told a BHHS administrator Monday morning at 11 a.m.

Within minutes, the school went on lock-down; teachers locked classroom doors, turned off lights and instructed students to get under their desks.

The students had done the drill before, leading many to assume it was just a fire/safety test - that is, until Beverly Hills

Police Department officers helped escort approximately 1,700 high school students and 200 adults to Roxbury Park.

Within an hour the BHPD cleared the site, but the decision was still made to send students home for the remainder of the day.

“Obviously the bomb threat was handled extremely well,” Superintendent Gary Woods said. He emphasized that the evacuation was evidence of a “great partnership” between the Beverly Hills Unified School District, Beverly Hills Fire Department and the

BHPD. “From the police department’s standpoint, children’s safety is and will be paramount,” Police Chief Dave Snowden told The Courier.

As early as Tuesday, the Board of Education could vote on whether or not to hire a private security firm to augment what BHPD is currently providing to the school district, according to Boardmember Noah Margo. It is unclear whether the City of Beverly Hills would help fund the cost (see ‘BHHS BOMB SCARE’ page 20)

Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction Traffic Mitigation Turns into Bike Lanes at City Council

By Victoria Talbot Cyclists hijacked a City Council study session Tuesday that was scheduled to consider traffic mitigations for the Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction project, and focusing the entire meeting on the subject of bike lanes instead.

“We began working on this one and a half weeks before the meeting,” said Mark Elliot, cyclist and founder of Better Bike, an organization formed for the purpose of getting bike lanes into Beverly Hills.

Council chambers were filled with cycling enthusiasts from across Los Angeles, many of whom work, recreate or live in Beverly Hills. All of them repeated that they wanted a bicycle lane to be integrated into a newly reconstructed “SMB.”

The project has been under consideration since Sept. 2013.

A Blue Ribbon Panel last year gave their recommendations to the council.

However, those recommendations were based on the expectation that the City had budgeted the project properly.

When City consulting firm Psomas reviewed the figures it was discovered that the project had been severely under-budgeted.

Originally set at $17 million, the project price soared to $35 million, prompting options that cut costs and accomplished the necessary repairs.

But cyclists are determined to create a bike lane on SMB. The coalition ambushed City Hall with a “last-minute compromise proposal called the “Beverly Hills Greenway”

and a veritable parade of 33 speakers,” wrote Mark Elliot, founder of Better Bike, in their efforts to “keep it on the table.”

The bold plan was conceived by a coalition of organizers, including Beverly Hills cyclist Kory Klem of La Grange, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition’s Eric Bruins, Better Bike’s Mark Elliot and cyclist Rich Hirschinger.

The legion of cyclists came charged with fervor and reciting phrases about complete streets, carbon emissions and progressive mobility and booing any residents who came to disagree.

Bike lanes were not on the agenda; the opposition, (see ‘BIKE LANES’ page 12)

mits.

“The owner and his reps were insistent that will provide the appropriate plans and justification for the building and property modifications. the City Attorney gave them approximately 60 days to comply.” LADBS Chief Inspector Bob Steinbach said.

If the 60 days pass and owners are unable to present evidence that justifies the apparent changing of natural grade, misdemeanor criminal charges could be filed by the City Attorney.

Benjamin Reznik, attorney for Mohamed Hadid, who is designing the project, said he believed the issue would be resolved.

“We’re working with Building and Safety to show the natural grade is correct,” Reznik stated. “We’re going to be submitting more information... and want to clarify the issues which have arisen.”

Student Board Member Position Now Open To All BHHS Juniors

By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills High School Senior Amir Kashfi knows what it means to be a hero for posterity. Last month, around 70 percent of the BHHS student body voted to amend the Associated Student Body constitution to open up the Student Board Member position beyond ASB students thanks to Kashfi’s proposal.

Kashfi, who was just elected to the position of Senior Class VP for second semester, said that although he is no longer eligible to run for the position, he believes his efforts will benefit “future politically active students.”

“Ideally, the change to the SBM position will open up opportunities to create greater student voice in annual fall elections, energize the student body, and create a more vigorous democratic system,” said ASB teacher Mark Mead.

Mead said to be eligible for the position, students still need to be a second-semester junior, meet the minimum

Amir Kashfi

grade requirements for the position, and must attend two entire board meetings before running.

As a junior, Kashfi asked the Board of Education to force ASB to amend their bylaws prohibiting non-ASB students from running for the position of Student Board Member. The board urged Kashfi to take his amendment to the entire student body.

“I put a lot of effort into making it happen,” he said. "I had the notion that I had to do it for posterity."

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LAS MADRINAS–Las Madrinas honored 31 families and their daughters for service to the Southern California community and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles at the annual Las Madrinas Debutante Ball in The Beverly Hilton with more than 800 on hand. Top row (from left): Claire Monahan Neville, Genevieve Nora Shaw of Beverly Hills, Andrea Julieta Bennett, Julia Eden Matthiessen, Mary Helen Barry Baggott, Tristan Teresina Duque, Emily Lois Woolway, Olivia Rose DiNapoli, and Jacqueline Lily Olofson. Second row from top (from left): Sarah Christine Dickinson, Fallon Fay McCarthy, Alexandra Lily Thompson, and Lauren Hotung Ketterer. Third row from top (from left): Marielle DesMarais Bagnard, Mary Carol Poxon, Alexandra May Cord, Caroline Grace Harvey, Eliza Lily McDonough, Emily Rose Morton, Sophia Nicol Veje, Phoebe Katherine Balson, and Kathleen Mary Floyd . Fourth row from top (from left): Veronica Marie Hawley, and Natalie Kay Johnson. Front row (from left): Chandra Gayle Lewis, Elizabeth Love Madden, Erin Toomey Annick, Avery Vivian Barth, Emma Katherine Molz, Riley Boid Nordstrom, and Michaela Eloise Heldman. Las Madrinas was established in 1933 as the first affiliate group of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and has been supporting pediatric medicine for 82 years.

Metro CEO Art Leahy To Retire – What Does It Mean For Beverly Hills?

By Matt Lopez As Beverly Hills and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority head into the final rounds of what has become a prizefight over the direction the Purple Line Extension will take through Beverly Hills, Metro CEO Arthur T. Leahy announced this week that he will step down in April.

Leahy, 65, has helmed Metro for the last six years, including a $1.2 billion upgrade of the Blue Line, the Silver Line express bus service and Orange Line extension to Chatsworth.

He was also the target of criticism for projects that failed to come in under

budget, or in a timely manner, such as the five-year 405 freeway widening project which cost hundreds of millions more than its projected $1 billion.

Leahy took leadership at Metro just after voters passed Measure R, which will raise an estimated $35 billion over 30 years for transit projects, but Leahy helmed the 2012 follow-up Measure J, which sought to add a 30-year-extension to Measure R. That ballot measure was swiftly turned down by voters.

It is the dispute with Beverly Hills over tunneling under Beverly Hills High School, however, that has made (see ‘ART LEAHY’ page 17)

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Explores Antisemitism With Two Free Programs

By Laura Coleman Seventy years after the Holocaust, the worst manifestation of antisemitism, the resurgence of this resilient form of hatred in the very countries where six million Jews were murdered has prompted the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to address the question: “Do Jews have a future in Europe?”

On Sunday, Jan. 18, at 6:30 p.m., Wilshire Boulevard Temple will hold the first of two programs in the sixth annual Linda and Tony Rubin Lectures, “The Longest Hatred: Confronting the Rise of Antisemitism in Europe.” The second program, “Just Following Orders? How Ordinary People Become Perpetrators,” (see ‘ANTISEMITISM’ page 16)

Shaw’s Narcisa Oozes Delicious Dysfunction Like a Bukowski Poem

By Victoria Talbot A new book by legendary tattoo artist Jonathan Shaw is about as gritty and raw as an open wound on the battleground. A true tale of nightmare addiction and love gone wrong that unfolds in a bizarre Rio de Janeiro of street culture and poverty, Shaw rips his soul apart to bare his addictions and come to

terms with his need for a woman.

Never before has an author explored with such honest integrity and morbid soul-searching to reach inside and find meaning in the spellbound slavery of co-dependence.

Revealing details that are bound to make readers shudder, Shaw leaves (see ‘NARCISA’ page 17)

GEORGE CHRISTY

George Christy J K Simmons

Beverly Johnson

Felicity Jones

Julianne Moore

Laura Dern

Reese Witherspoon

Rosamund Pike

Celebrity Photo/Scott Downie

Suzanne Somers

Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch attended the Eddie Redmayne with Hannah Bagshawe 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center

Memories ...

Fondest recollections

recur through the holidays.

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ill we ever forget those caviar nights with a sextet of friends gathered on North Arden Drive in Beverly Hills? Where Mitzi Gaynor and Jack Bean celebrated New Year’s Eves.

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jazz aficionado, having collected a war chest of long-playing albums, Jack carefully selected favorites to play softly until the midnight hour. French artist Stephane Grappelli’s magic violin always among the choices, Stephane having founded the Hot Club of France in 1934 with guitarist Django Reinhart.

To this day, collectors scour vintage record shops and ebay postings to acquire Grappelli classics for their libraries.

Seated on plush couches,

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the shimmering gray beads accompanied with those side tastes, if desired, of sour cream and minced onion and chopped hard-cooked egg to top the black pearls on toast points or blinis.

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lthough the fabled restaurateur Henri Soule of New York’s prized La Cote Basque and Pavillon (Cole Porter’s favorite) scoffed at this “sinful soiling of the caviar.”

When he invited us for a tasting during our tenure as a roving editor with Town & Country magazine, he claimed that “a squeeze or two of lemon” is all that’s needed. To heighten the pleasure of this grand repast favored by kings and queens for centuries.

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ompared to the Osetra and Sevruga caviars, a Beluga sturgeon takes longer than 20 years to produce those coveted largest eggs gleaming like diamonds ($500 buys you 3.5 ounces, while Sevruga goes for $125).

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ollowing the caviar serving (with mother-of-pearl spoons, since silver adds an undesirable tinny taste), Mitzi, a fabulous cook, prepares a luscious Welsh rarebit with a tick-

Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino, and Matthew Lillard

Helen Estabrook with Jason Reitman

Carol Channing with friends

Ava DuVernay with David Oyelowo

Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duvall

le of Tabasco, perfect for a prelude to the ring-dem-bells midnight hour. Jimmy Stewart raved that a piping-hot Welsh rarebit “with that yummy cheddar cheese flavor curls my hair.”

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isses, then, and smiles everywhere on the stroke of twelve o’clock to welcome Father Time and the New Year.

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he feast continued.

Crisp leaves of endive tossed with a lovely subtle dressing sparked with a hint of strawberry eau de vie.

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ome soon, after languishing in our graceful finale toasting the tick-tock of our next 365 days. Come morning, we phone Mitzi and Jack with hearty thank yous for another night of happy remembrances.

More memories …

Our Christmases in San

Francisco at the Nob Hill table of the Marquise de Pins, born Helene de la Tour. Her visionary father Georges de la Tour discovered the microclimates of the Napa Valley to create his Beaulieu Vineyard cabernet sauvignon that’s won top awards at tastings around the

Michael Keaton and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

world for decades. Astounding our French premier cru winemakers who remained in disbelief.

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elene’s holiday turkey came from a trusted poulterer on Polk Street. “This good man refused immersing the turkeys in boiling water for the feathers to fall off easily … the boiling water ruins the flavor of the meat, which is why he handplucked every feather.”

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e’ve never tasted juicier turkeys!

Online at www.bhcourier.com/category/george-christy

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TO SEE AND BE SEEN

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

Amy Adams Hosts LA Art Show Premiere Party

PILL RING–Limited editions from Damien Hirst’s “Cathedral Collection” will be on view at LA Art Show.

By Laura Coleman Actress Amy Adams is bringing her star power and fiance Darren Le Gallo to downtown L.A. on Wedneday night to kick off the festivities at this year’s exclusive opening night premiere party for the 20th LA Art Show.

The world class art fair, which runs through Sunday at the L.A. Convention Center, will present 120 galleries with special curated exhibits and installations. In addition

to portending new trends in the art scene, the diverse show brings together established and rising artists.

Last year over 50,000 art enthusiasts visited the show.

Beverly Hills galleries participating include: Ace Gallery, Korbin Coskey, Emil Kazaz Gallery and Timothy Yarger Fine Art. The show takes place concurrently with the LA Jewelry, Antique & Design Show. Visit lartshow.com to purchase tickets or information.

Waskow Is New Face Of BH Lamborghini, Aston Martin

By Matt Lopez O’Gara Coach, one of Beverly Hills’ preeminemt automotive company’s, announced this week that Seth Waskow was named the new General Manager for Lamborghini and Aston Martin of Beverly Hills.

Waskow brings with him more than two decades of experience managing Beverly Hillsbased luxury auto dealerships, including helping orchestrate the recent high-profile launch of Infiniti of Beverly Hills. Waskow also spent several years at the helm of the former BMW of Beverly Hills.

“Owning a Lamborghini or Aston Martin is more than driving a car, it is an ultimate part of the luxury lifestyle,” Waskow said. “I look forward to surpassing all of our clients’ expectations VA VA VROOM–Seth Waskow, GM for Lamborghini in heightening the sensation of owning and oper- and Aston Martin of Beverly Hills, is shown here surrounded by $3 million worth of Lamborghinis. ating these incomparable automobiles.”

HOLIDAYING–The traditional holiday party co-hosted by Helen Grayco Rosen and her stepson Michael Rosen (couple on right) in the latter’s Trousdale Estates’ manor attracted more than 400. Among them were Jimmy Cortiana and actress Barbara Luna.

Photo by David Levin

Target Banks On Print-Happy Lilly Pulitzer For Latest Collaboration

Target’s collaboration for spring is bold and colorful: Lilly Pulitzer. The print-happy partnership, which will launch on April 19, consists of 250 products across a range of categories, from women’s and girls’ apparel and swimwear to beauty and home.

The collection will be available at all Target stores in the U.S. and Canada and Target.com. Prices will range from several dollars for an Essie nail polish or L’Oréal lip gloss to $250 for a hammock made from a Lilly Pulitzer fabric. Most of the items will be

priced for less than $30, Target said.

The collaboration features 15 prints created by Lilly Pulitzer designers for the limited-time collection. Apparel includes caftans, shift dresses embellished with embroidery, fringed cover-ups, maxi dresses, eyelet shorts and bikinis in a variety of patterns. There are also espadrilles, sandals, tote bags, gold jewelry and evening bags embroidered with gold thread. Gold, a Pulitzer signature, runs through the collection.

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T TV Exec Michael Riley Named

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New KCETLink President/CEO Michael Riley, an international TV executive, has joined KCETLink as the organization’s fourth president/CEO. Riley brings two decades of senior management experience to the position, most recently as former president, ABC Family with the Walt Disney Co. Under Riley’s leadership at ABC Family, the channel expanded its original programming; greenlighting a record number of pilots including the breakout 2011 hit drama Switched At Birth, which launched as the channel’s #1 original series debut in the network’s history, breaking records in all key demos.

The series, featuring Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin, bringing together the deaf and hearing communities, won the network its first-ever Peabody Award.

Riley followed up in 2013 with the ground-breaking hit The Fosters, from executive producer Jennifer Lopez; a one-

Michael Riley

hour drama about a multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids b e i n g raised by two moms.

P r e viously, Riley served as senior VP/ general m a n a g e r,

Radio Disney.

Before that, Riley began his media career with Turner Broadcasting System in the UK, serving as senior VP/general manager, Turner Broadcasting System Europe Ltd. Riley holds an MBA from London Business School in the UK, completed an international program at Columbia Business School in 1996 and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

GOTTA DANCE!—The BHHS Dance Company will present its annual show at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14-Saturday, Jan 17, in the K.L. Peters Auditorium. Tickets are $15; $10 for students, and available online at shopbhhs.com. Dana Findley is the artistic director; and company members include: Back (from left): Ariana Sedighpour, Alivia Speach, Quori-Tyler Bullock, Tristan McIntrye, Justin Friedman, Scout Sklarew, Olivia Ayl, Isaac Spector, Rachel Galen, Leore Slavick, Danielle Berris and Timaj Kalifa; middle row (from left): Mia Bronson, Shir Ketayi and Lauren Kim; front row (from left): Karmel Stevens, Marielle Woroboff, Sara Pessah, Lucy Gallop, Sydney Navid, Shireen Lai, Sara Katz and Alex Lipper. Not pictured: Ellie Walder.

Temple Of The Arts To Mark MLK Day With Free Shabbat Service Rabbi David Baron, founder of the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre, has announced that he will officiate a free Shabbat Service and performance in observance of Martin Luther King Day by honoring Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., at 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. Rev. Dr. Ronald V. Myers playing his trumpet.

16 at the theatre, Photo by Bill Johnson 8440 Wilshire ing Juneteenth legislation now Blvd.

“Rev. Myers is an outstand- passed in 43 states celebrating ing living model of all the values the freedom of African Amerifor which Martin Luther King cans and the abolishment of slavery as a result of President stood,” said Baron.

“Rev. Myers communicates Abraham Lincoln’s Emancithose values through his musical pation Proclamation of 1863,” art as a jazz trumpeter and jazz added Baron.

“Further, we are pleased to pianist. We are proud to honor him for his exemplary work as a acknowledge Dr. Myers for his civil rights activist for establish- support of Ethiopian Jewry by personally funding of a tour of churches and synagogues in the U.S. for Miss Israel 2013, Yityish “Titi” Aynaw, an Ethiopian Jew. ”We are also recognizing Rev. Myers for medical ministry (see ‘SERVICE,’ page 19)

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Martin Anderson, Top Adviser Under Ronald Reagan, Dead At 78

By Matt Lopez Leading economist and political analyst Martin Anderson, who worked under three U.S. Presidents and was a top advisor under Ronald Reagan, died over the weekend at age 78.

Anderson, born in Lowell, Mass., earned a doctorate from MIT School of Management before going on to work as an associate professor at Columbia University.

A follower of philosopher Ayn Rand, Anderson quickly rose through the political ranks, moving on to serve as director of policy research for Richard Nixon's 1968 Presidential campaign and in 1970-71, he served as Special Consultant to the President of the United States for Systems Analysis.

Anderson, who is widely credited as launching Alan Greenspan's political career, became senior policy advisor to Reagan's 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns. He was chief domestic policy advisor under Reagan in 1981-82, and was a member of his Economic Policy Advisory Board from 1982 to 1989.

Nancy Reagan released a statement Monday on Anderson's death.

"I am deeply saddened by the news

of Martin Anderson’s death. He was a dear friend, and an integral part of my husband’s campaigns and White House senior staff. After we left the White House, not only was he one of the founding members of the Board of Trustees for Ronnie’s presidential library, but along with his wife, Annelise, he has authored some of the best books that have been written on the Reagan presidency. Loyal men like Martin Anderson come along very rarely in one’s life, and I will miss him terribly.My love and prayers go out to Annelise and the entire family."

He was a member of President George H.W. Bush's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control from 1987 to 1993.

Anderson served as a trustee of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation from 1985 to 1990 and was on the California Governor's Council of Economic Advisers from 1993-1998. He recently co-authored several books on public policy and Reagan's presidency with his wife Annelise.

Services for Anderson were held at Alta Mesa Funeral Home in Palo Alto, Calif.

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Beverly Hills Welcomes diptyque Fragances To Its New Beverly Drive Boutique

By Victoria Talbot Location is everything in sales, and Beverly Hills’ Golden Triangle is the destination for luxury retailers around the world. Diptyque Paris, the holistic fragrance boutique offering fine home and personal fragrances for discerning men and women since 1968, has finally found the perfect location in Beverly Hills.

“The company really wanted a Beverly Hills location. It took a little time to find the right location,” said Jodi Freeman, store manager, showing off their beautiful space on Beverly Drive.

Diptyque celebrated its grand opening Thursday morning with a Beverly FRAGRANCE FINDS–- Mayor Lili Bosse and diptyque store manHills welcome. Mayor Lili ager Jodi Freeman smile while the cut the ribbon for the store’s Bosse and members of the official opening at its new location, 312 N. Beverly Dr. Chamber of Commerce

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prominent in former meetings, did not know they should be present in force.

The few opponents argued against removing any green space from park properties and expressed concern that Santa Monica Boulevard was not appropriate for a bike lane because of the density of traffic on the thoroughfare.

Beverly Hills Realtor Michael Libow, referring to him self as part of a ‘silent majority,’ opposes the project.

“As a recreational cyclist with a boyfriend who is a triathlete, I totally respect the rights of those that utilize other forms of transportation. As courteous as those of us were listening to the repeated and articulate statements about the necessity for bike lanes on Santa Monica Boulevard, those same speakers

joined Freemen for the event.

Diptyque’s world-renowned fragrances are attractively displayed amidst warm woods and green countertops, reflecting the warm candlelight flames and essential scents the company embodies. Reminiscent of a Paris apothecary, the store pays tribute to the brand’s heritage while embodying the lavish reputation of the City of Beverly Hills.

Inspired by the original Paris boutique at 34 Boulevard St. Germain, the store boasts a reclaimed art deco glass chandelier, eighty oak-pillars sliced at different heights to reveal handpainted malachite tops and hand-painted wallpaper in the same design.

The shop is unique in its design, created by the original Paris architects solely for their Beverly Hills location.

This new space offers a V.I.P.

room specially designed for the personal shopping experience. In total privacy, diptique’s experts can help you select the perfect fragrance to represent you and to scent your home.

“Diptyque belongs in Beverly Hills.

It is a market we have been looking to enter for some time and we are excited to finally be here,” said Donna Di Donato, managing director diptyque USA. Exclusive fragrances found only in the boutique include personal fragrances L’eau Trois and L’Autre. Two pillar candles that are part of the exclusive line are scented with Le Redout and with Les Lilas. Other exclusive candle selections include: Coing/Quince, Aubepine/Hawthorn, Foin Coupe/Fresh Mown Hay, Mousses/Moss, Tilleul /Linden Tree, The/Tea, Cannelle/Cinnamon, Chene/Oak Tree, Bois Cire/ Polished Wood, Cuir/Leather.

For a personalized shopping experience visit the store at 312 N. Beverly Dr. Phone: 310-385-5941.

heckled any of us who spoke out against the lanes,” he said of his experience. “I think its a safety thing. I feel it’s a dangerous situation for all. I’m a recreational cyclist and I have noticed that the cyclists never obey the rules of the road.”

The Beverly Hills Greenway Plan calls for a uniform 62-foot wide boulevard that would allow a 5-foot bike lane on both the north and south sides of the street.

At present, SMB is 60-feet wide west of Canon to Wilshire and 63-feet wide to the east. The initial Blue Ribbon proposal was to widen the street to 66feet, add bike lanes and perhaps a landscaped median.

The costly project was abandoned.

In addition, California’s “Three Feet for Safety” law, which requires motorists to leave at least a 3-foot space between the cyclist and their automobile, prompted some reconsideration.

To achieve the bike lane, the Beverly Hills Greenway proposal would widen the 60-foot stretch to 62-feet and reduce the 63-foot stretch to 62-feet.

First removing two feet from the parklands on the narrow portion and then adding back one foot on the wider portion of the road would accomplish this.

The Better Bike coalition is calling this a “no net loss of green space” proposal.

The coalition succeeded in bringing

the discussion back to the table. “I think it’s definitely worth taking a look at it seriously,” said Councilmember John Mirisch. “There are several options, but ultimately we need to find a way to make dedicated bike lanes work.”

Mayor Bosse agreed, though Bosse is not convinced that it is necessary to take green space. The majority of the street is 63-feet. “We can currently accommodate that with this plan,” she said. The stretch that is 60-feet, she believes, can be accommodated, partially on the south side where there are no sidewalks. “The place where there is 60-feet, which is a smaller section of SMB, we should look at the south side of SMB for alternatives,” she said, referring to a suggestion by Councilmember Willie Brien. “We don’t have to take away any park space.”

The project is as yet in the pre-planning stages but clearly; the City is being led by a vocal group of cyclists determined to make a path through Beverly Hills. They succeeded in keeping the item on the table.

The cyclists monopolized the Study Session, deferring all other City business including an item on Bike Sharing, but the City Council did decide on the recommended option for traffic mitigation when construction begins. The traffic mitigation will include a range from four to two or three traffic lanes, depending on the construction activity.

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

CHLA Partners With Fuhu To Deliver Holiday Cheer, Tablets To Patients, Families To celebrate the holidays, El Segundo-based Fuhu company visited Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and distributed 100 of its award-winning nabi 2S tablets —along with a variety of other products including the nabi headphones, backpack, colored bumpers, and Kinabis accessories for each child to personalize their nabi—to patients and their families.

“We believe that all children should have access to tools that help them learn, play, grow and imagine,” said Fuhu CEO Jim Mitchell.

The gifts also went to children in the the Boone Fetter Clinic for longitudinal research participation. The CHLA clinic offers comprehensive services for children thought to have autism and neurodevelopmental or behavioral disorders.

Fuhu, Inc., creator of the nabi tablet, is a leading designer, seller and innovator of consumer products and services for children. “We are committed to creating children’s solutions that are socially responsible; and are dedicated to the intellectual development of children,” Michell said.

The company also has office in Denver, San Jose, China, Hong Kong, Taipei and Japan.

CHLA has been named the best children’s hospital in California and among the best in the nation for clinical excellence with its selection to the US News

& World Report Honor Roll.

The hospital is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the U.S. The hospital is also one of the country’s premier teaching hospitals through its affiliation since 1932 with the USC’s Keck School of Medicine.

The Fuhu team at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. In the middle is Fuhu CEO Jim Mitchell.

Merijayn Garcia, 20 months, with her mother, Selenia Santamaria in her hospital room where they received a nabi 2S tablet.

SUPPORTING PROJECT ANGEL FOOD—Edwards-Lowell Furs hosted a holiday party and fundraiser for Project Angel Food that netted a $15,000 check for the nonprofit that provides daily meals for people homebound or disabled by HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses including cancer, congestive heart failure, COPD/emphysema, diabetes, end-stage renal failure and stroke/cardiovascular accident. Through silent and live auctions, Edwards-Lowell sold vintage furs donated to Project Angel Food. Empire Diamond sold jewelry and Elite Auto Network had cars in the furrier’s Wilshire Boulevard parking lot, with sales proceeds also benefiting the nonprofit that cooks and delivers more than 10,000 meals every week to people too sick to shop or cook for themselves.

Along with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, the event featured a performance by pop star Kelsey B. Pictured above (from left) are: Paul and Faye Matsumoto and Jeffrey Lehman of EdwardsLowell, and Laurie Lane, executive director and Mark Tucker, development director, both with Project Angel Food.

The sale of vintage furs continues at EdwardsL o w e l l through February.

Photo by Maxine Picard

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On ‘Abusive’ Child Punishment; The ‘Third Child Dilemma Q: Dear Dr. Fran: I have heard about unusual punishment methods parents use, but this one is pegged to Chef Jaime Oliver saying he tricked his 12- year old into eating spicy chili pepper: “‘Poppy was quite disrespectful and rude to me and she pushed her luck,” he told a UK TV show. “In my day I would have got a bit of a telling-off but you are not allowed to do that. Five minutes later she thought I had forgotten and I hadn’t. She asked for an apple. I cut it up into several pieces and rubbed it with Scotch Bonnet and it worked a treat. She ran up to mum and said, ‘This is peppery.’ I was in the corner laughing. [my wife] said to me, ‘Don’t you ever do that again.’ Can you spare a moment to share your thoughts about this? Seems like it could be dangerous.

Nigel O. A. Dear Nigel: There are all different styles and method of punishment parents use to educate their children, however in this country, many psychotherapists, including me, believe tricking a child into eating spicy chili pepper is harshly punitive and falls under the category of abuse.

It is especially disturbing to learn that Jamie Oliver was in the corner “laughing”' as his daughter ran to her mum for comfort. Laughing at your child's discomfort and pain can be sadistic, but more likely tells me that Mr. Oliver was caught in a personal power-struggle with his daughter. This is exactly the least effective position from which a parent needs to impart discipline for supportive learning.

The objective of all parenting, rewards, consequences, and punishments should be to teach your child to inhibit negative impulses and poor choices, including disrespectful talking.

Other types of out-of-the-box punishments, for example publicly shaming your child on Facebook and social media in front of his peer group may be creative; but risks causing serious damage to your parent/child relationship.

When in doubt, parents should reach out to a child psychologist or school counselor. Don’t risk breaching your precious relationship with your child or teen that may take months to years to repair and rebuild.

Dr. Fran Walfish Answers Your Questions A. Dear Gladys: I have treated hundreds to thousands of families and have heard the following feedback. Stay-athome-moms seem to relish in the arrival of their “third child.” Often, these parents have previously had two children of the same sex and the third is their first boy or girl.

There is cause for celebration.

These moms report that “three’s the charm,” and the third child is often easy-breezy.

They've figured out the parenting formula by practicing on child #1 and #2, so the third doesn't raise their anxiety the way the first and second did.

On the other hand, I hear from many full-time working professional moms that the third child can be overwhelming especially when the kids become elementaryschool age.

The reason is because kids today are overbooked and sign up for many after-school activities including soccer and sports teams, drama class, dance, art and music lessons, play-dates and so forth. When moms become chauffeur to three kids who need to be in three different geographical locations and picked up on time it can be an exhausted trek. These moms complain that 2 + 1 = lots more than 3.

Gladys, please give serious thought to the pros and cons of having a third child. Never bring a baby into the world with the predisposed burden and expectation to boost Mom’s happiness. That is not your child’s job but your solo work and exploration individually or with the support and guidance of a qualified psychotherapist.

Dr. Fran Walfish is the author of The Q. Dear Dr. Fran: I read a new study showing “third chil- Self-Aware Parent at www.DrFrandren” don’t boost a mom’s happiness. What do you hear Walfish.com. Send questions to franwalfrom parents on this issue?

Gladys T. fish-@gmail.com.

want to establish.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Powerful people need friends, too!

Befriend the high-ranking officials of the group. Tonight, spending money on yourself won’t make you nearly as happy as spending it on someone else would.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your creative mind is abuzz and needs to wander and explore. At some point during the day, you would benefit from giving yourself a stretch of free time to see what you can come up with.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Certain people have a way of contaminating your clarity. Limit exposure to these people today, and a strong sense of purpose will rise to the surface to guide your every move.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). As hard as you try, you can never completely understand your love. Embrace the mystery, because it provides delightful tension in your relationship.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Instead of thinking about what could be, think about what is. Current reality holds so much beauty and utility in it, and you'll miss it all if you waste too much time wishing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Why survive when you can thrive? Add more responsibility to your plate, and you’ll quickly find out what’s really important.

Tonight, someone will send you subliminal love notes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Avoid giving the impression that you are angling for something, especially if you are. People will throw up resistance if they know you want something. Play it mellow, like there’s nothing in the world you really need.

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 9). Your career will get a boost this month because of the confident way you present yourself, especially to strangers.

Joyful relationships will lead to adventures in February. Go into business in April, and you’ll start making money right away. May brings a lucky surprise for your family. Libra and Scorpio people adore you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’-re a sponge for knowledge. The best teacher of all will be firsthand experience. Dive in. Things will not happen in the expected order, but everything will get handled nonetheless.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You like and admire a certain person, but you will not take the relationship to the next level until you feel sure that your styles mesh well together. Tonight will bring a test in this regard.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). It will take a shift of perspective to move you to the next income level. This can’t be forced, but just knowing that you’ll have to see things differently will help free up your vision.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). There is a difference between ignoring advice altogether and choosing to disregard it.

You’ll educate yourself and then deliberately forget what you learned in favor of finding your own way.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). One way to assist yourself in making positive choices is to make them far in advance of when you must. Planning your food, work, play and rest very carefully will help you incorporate the new habits you

‘Nelson Method’ Offers Help For Addictions When Everything Else Has Failed Roy Nelson will discuss his “Nelson Method” for helping people beat addictions and eating disorders, in a “Lunch and Learn” session, Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the Beverly Hills Women’s Club, 17600 Chevy Chase Dr. Nelson was “a hopeless case with a hopeless condition,” —morbidly obese and dependent on alcohol, pills and anything that would bring him Roy Nelson relief from his crushing pain. Yet he discovered a way to help himself; and now he’s using it to help others.

The Nelson Method is a non-traditional , 280day spiritual solution for those who have tried everything and can’t stop their self-destructive habbits.

The day will begin with arrivals and networking at 12:30 p.m. and the lunch and presentation by spiritual healer and author Nelson at 1 p.m.

For the required RSVPs, visit https://xj108.infusionsoft.com/app/form/rsvp. For more information, visit www.RoyNelsonHealing.com.

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The program will feature Lauridsen’s works including: Mid-Winter Songs, Ave Dulcissima Maria, Canticle/O Vos Omnes, Madrigali: Six “Fire Songs” on Italian Renaissance Poems, O Magnum Mysterium, Nocturnes and Les Chansons des Roses (accompanied by Lauridsen) and an encore of Prayer set to poetry by Dana Gioia.

For more information,visit www.KUSC.org or www.LAMC.org.

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by California artist Freddie Manseau o p e n s with a reception from 56:30 p.m., “Rendezvous” by Freddie Manseau Thursday, Jan. 15 at Santa Monica College’s Emeritus Art Gallery, on the first floor of Emeritus College, 1227 Second St. (The show runs through Wednesday, Feb. 25).

Dedicated to Manseau’s mother, Andrea, the show features more than 20 works in watercolor and acrylic, completed between 1995 and 2015.

The reception and exhibit are free. For information, call 310-434-4306.

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GOLDEN GLOBES TOAST— Want to recreate the signature cocktail that the stars will be drinking on Sunday at The Beverly Hilton at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards?

Here’s the recipe for the “Moët Sunset Starlet”: 3/4-oz. Lillet, 1/2-oz. Dry Curacao, 3/4 tsp. honey, 1/4-oz. lemon juice, 2 dash orange bitters, Spritz of fresh clementine + twist, Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial.

The LA Zoo’s Sumatran tiger eyes an edible snowman during Snow Days at the LA Zoo. Photo

by Tad Motoyama

“Snow Days at the LA Zoo,” with the change to see animals exploring snowy wonderlands in several habitats, will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, at the Griffith Park attraction, at the junction of the Ventura (134) and Golden State (5) freeways.

5333 Zoo Dr. The event features a snow play area including a special sledding hill, ice-carving demonstrations, an inflatable snow globe in which guests can pose for photos, a scavengerstyle hunt through the zoo for youngsters with snow-related animal facts and more.

All activities are free with paid zoo admission: $19 (ages 13 to 61); $16 for seniors (ages

62+), and $14 for children (ages 2 to 12).

For more information, call 323-644-4200 or visit www.lazoo.org.

• • • • • The Autry’s annual Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, considered a premier Western art show with more than 75 nationally recognized contemporary Western artists, will be from 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31 at the museum, 4700 Western Heritage Way in Griffith Park.

The day’s events include: • 10:30 a.m.: Presentation

by Masters Artist Walter T. Matia: “Places, People, and Things: A Porous Theory of Why I Do What I do” • Noon: Awards presentation and Chuck Wagon Luncheon • 1 p.m.: Book signing at the Autry Store. Masters artist Z. S. Liang signs copies of his book, Native Trails, Fresh Tracks.

• 2 p.m.: Panel discussion: “Perspectives on Collecting.” with Amy Scott, chief curator, and Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross, curator of visual arts, moderates a discussion with ar.

• 5:30–9:00 p.m.: Cocktail reception and fine art sale Tickets are $195 for Autry members, $270 for non-members. To purchase by phone, call, 323-495-4375. For more information about Masters, visit TheAutry.org/Masters.

• • • • • Karina Canellakis, hailed as a “masterful” violinist and recognized as one of Ame r i c a ’s m o s t promising Canellakis young con- Karina Photo by Masataka d u c t o r s , Suemitsu makes her Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) debut showcasing her dual talents performing and Violin leading Vivaldi’s Concerto, “La tempesta di mare” (“Storm”) and conducting Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 on at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 at Glendale’s Alex Theatre, 216 North Brand Blvd; ,and at 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan 25, at UCLA’s Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr. She will also conducts John Adams’ Shaker Loops, and Finnish composer Pïteris Vasks’s Lonely Angel, on which she also performs the violin solo.

“Concert Preludes,” preconcert talks one hour before curtain at each concert are free for ticket holders Tickets start at $26. To order, call 213-622 7001, or visit www.laco.org

The weekly update of event for the Southland area.

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stipulates that Venoco must immediately stop extracting oil from Beverly Hills.

To address the anticipated revenue loss that will confront the cash-strapped BHUSD starting in 2017, an ad-hoc committee meeting at City Hall of Mayor Lili Bosse, Councilwoman Nancy Krasne, Board of Education VP Howard Goldstein and Boardmember Noah Margo met Wednesday to discuss ways to supplement that revenue for the school district.

Bosse said she had received numerous calls from residents concerned that the lease might be extended.

"The truth is, it's an industrial facility on our school that shouldn't be there," said Beverly Hills resident Jody Kleiman, whose three daughters graduated BHHS. Kleiman recalled how vigilant parents were just over a decade ago when her youngest was in high school and Erin Brockovich filed a lawsuit alleging the BHUSD was harming students by allowing an operational oil well on the campus. “The truth is that we were watching everyday.”

The BHHS oil well was grandfathered into a City ordinance that prohibits oil well drilling throughout Beverly Hills.

Per its lease agreement, Venoco will have 90 days to remediate the BHUSD-owned land from possible harmful effects related to having an operational oil well once the lease terminates. The lease also specifies that oil well use at the site will be discontinued for a minimum of two years at the end of next year.

Venoco representatives who attended Wednesday’s ad hoc meeting estimated that the remediation process would take significantly longer than their contract’s three-month provision. Goldstein said the district estimated an 18 to 24-monthlong remediation process.

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will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles.

“These programs are of extreme importance in the ongoing discussion of antisemitism and what steps can be taken to educate and overcome such dangerous sentiment,” said Carol Stulberg, the museum’s Western Regional director.

Currently, Venoco has no plan in place to begin remediation.

“We’re requesting an extension on the oil and gas lease on their property,” said Patrick Moran, Venoco’s senior land negotiator who is working on a proposal that would increase revenue for the school district.

City Attorney Larry Wiener confirmed that the school board, as Venoco’s landlord, is wholly responsible for making the decision. No member of the Board of Education has expressed support to extend Venoco’s contract.

“If my colleagues do decide to put an item extending the Venoco lease back on the agenda, I will not be in support of it,” Margo said.

Board President Brian Goldberg clarified why he was not amenable to extending the Venoco contract: “Hard to argue safety with tunnels and methane fields when operating an oil well that the state of California has deemed an incapable use and the only reason it’s still active is because BHHS was grandfathered in.”

The BHUSD, which is shoring up final plans to completely renovate the high school, plans to use the area where the oil well now rests, cloaked in a painted facade, to expand the BHHS athletics field. City Manager Jeff Kolin said the City is prohibited from further augmenting its $10 million Joint Powers Agreement with the school district due to the Civic Center Act. Bosse told Margo and Goldstein she would help fundraise for the school district as one way to offset the expected revenue loss.

To Venoco the mayor said: “I’m not sure why you’re here ... because the meeting is about finding alternate revenue.”

The ad-hoc committee ultimately decided to further explore partnership opportunities using district-owned property as a revenue stream for both the BHUSD and the City.

“Now in its sixth year, the lecture series, supported by Linda and Tony Rubin, continues to provide a forum in our community for discussion on a variety of important and timely topics.”

The presentations are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required via ushmm.org. Contact the museum’s Western Regional office at 310-556-3222 or email at western@ushmm.org.

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them on the street like old gum, preferring instead to find his métier in the farflung reaches of his inner self, as seen through the torment of love and addiction. Careening through a broken and fragmented world, the book leaves little space for inner peace.

Unlike Roberto Bolano, Shaw leaves very little sacred ground; no sanctimonious morals here. Instead we are taken through a labyrinth of our own as we follow the journey from real, to more real, and eventually to the last hurrah.

Shaw is a celebrity in the tattoo world known as the founder and managing editor of International Art Magazine, friend and tat-artist for celebrities from Johnny Winter to Johnny Depp.

But the real Jonathan Shaw is a bicoastal collaboration of mother actress Doris Dowling and father jazz musician Artie Shaw. Dowling brought her son to Beverly Hills, where he grew up like a square peg in a round hole.

It wasn’t long before he found him-

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Leahy and his agency the target of outrage from many Beverly Hills residents.

What exactly Leahy’s imminent departure means for the City and Beverly Hills School District in its fight with Metro remains to be seen, but with new faces on the Metro board (including Inglewood mayor James Butts) and a new incoming CEO, there seems to be new hope of re-opening discussion to reroute the subway tunnels from under Beverly Hills High.

An e-mail circulated among Beverly

Jonothan Shaw, author of Narcisa

self writing for the Free Press and hanging with the legendary Bukowski himself. Los Angeles wasn’t big enough for Shaw. In the 1970’s he returned to LA and studied tattoo art before going back to NYC where he opened his own tattoo parlor.

After curating tattoo art for flash exhibits, he began writing Narcissa Our Lady Of The Ashes in 2007. A cult classic, circulated among the back alleys of the literary gangs, the book portrays “Cigano,” a middle-aged gypsy in a relationship with a crack-addicted prostitute with characters from the author’s blog ScabVendor. The book will be available to haunt everyone March 24.

Hills residents this week, urging concerned residents and parents to contact Metro board members with concerns, (the full list can be seen at ( www.metro.net/about/board/executives/).

“The Beverly Hills Mass Transit Committee and City Council voted unanimously to support the subway with stops in Beverly Hills along Metro's original Santa Monica Boulevard route,” the e-mail states. “But in all their presentations, Metro never once even hinted at an alternative route under the High School which some have called "bait and switch."

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S P O RT S Beverly Hills High Boys Basketball Team Wins Max Preps Holiday Tournament Chance Comanche had 19 points to lead the Beverly Hills High boys basketball team to a 49-38 win over Urspring from Germany on Dec. 30 in the MaxPreps Holiday Classic Final.

It was the championship game of the Gear to the Max Division portion of the tournament.

Comanche, a 6-foot-11 Arizona-bound senior has been a leader for the Normans (8-4), who are riding a fivegame winning streak, in the early part of the season.

To get to the final against Urspring, BHHS first had to defeat Redmond of Washington in a 70-62 win on Dec. 26.

Comanche had a dominant performance in that firstround win, tallying 25 points and 13 rebounds. Jalen Sands added 16 points and seven rebounds in the win.

BHHS followed that win up on Dec. 27 with a 70-32 thrashing of JSerra Catholic from Cathedral City.

The Normans had three scorers in double digits in that game – Comanche led the way with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Sands had 13 points and Trevor Bergher chipped in with 12 points.

Ryan Manoocheri added nine points.

That was followed by a close 49-48 win over Cathedral Catholic on Dec. 29.

Eman Rafelian’s 3-pointer in the final seconds propelled the Normans to the win. Comanche led the team with 16 points and nine rebounds.

Denzel Holt chipped in nine points.

Beverly Hills High hosted Milken Thursday night in a nonleague game that began after The Courier’s press time.

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scribed by newspapers as “a miniature city in itself,” the Beverly Hills Hotel served as the center of the community.

Residents met in the lobby for card and board games, held classes and club meetings, joined for breakfast rides or hunting trips in the canyons.

Children attended school right in the Hotel, taught by teachers employed by the Andersons.

On Sundays, church services were held for several different denominations. On Election Day, the Hotel was the city’s polling place. And until the city had its own post office many years later, the Hotel also served as the post office and telegraph office.

The Hotel was at the center of every social gathering. Built to accommodate the most discerning guest, families returned year after year, many choosing the Bungalows then, as now, for extended stays.

Events in the City centered on the Hotel’s fine accommodations for sumptuous meals, special occasions and holiday

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proprietors of the very successful Hollywood Hotel, to build and take ownership of the new, top-of-the-line hostelry.

Margaret Anderson oversaw every detail, from breaking ground to grand opening, and opened the Hotel on May 1, 1912.

Situated on a rolling hill with views to downtown Los Angeles to the east and the sparkling Pacific to the west, it was the extraordinary service provided by the Hotel that lured families and investors from across the country. With a guiding principle that “only the best will do,” The Hotel succeeded immediately.

The Los Angeles Pacific Railway, on its route to the beach, ran a short trunk line to the Hotel that deposited guests at the Sunset entrance. There, they were embraced by the magnificent portico and sumptuous foliage of architect and designer Elmer Grey. De-

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Registration for the Beverly Hills 2015 Spring Adult Soccer League Starts Jan. 27

By Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills Adult Sports announces the 2015 Spring Soccer League Registration Dates and Time.

Registration begins Monday, Jan. 26 for Beverly Hills residents and business teams at 12 a.m. for new and returning; Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 12 a.m. for returning teams (non-resident) and Wednesday and Thursday.

Jan. 28-29 at 12 a.m. on Wednesday and closing Thursday at 5 p.m.

To be eligible as returning, a team must have played in the fall 2014 season. Beverly Hills

resident teams or Beverly Hills business teams must have a minimum of five players on the official roster that reside in the City or work for a Beverly Hills agency that is a sponsoring team.

Soccer League registration has changed to reflect new credit card requirements and to preserve security. The City of Beverly Hills will no longer accept emailed or faxed registration forms for credit card payments. This year, all credit card registration must be done in person or online at www.BeverlyHills.org/BHRegOnline.

This is for full teams only.

Individuals who are interested in joining the league must sign up as a free agent on the website.

For business teams paying by check, registration must be conducted online with a credit card to hold a place. Checks must be delivered to Recreation Coordinator Jennifer Leuning at the Roxbury Park Community Center at 471 S. Roxbury Drive to receive reimbursement.

For further instructions call 310-285-6823.

This Week In Beverly High Athletics Boys Basketball Jan. 10 at Sierra Canyon @ Sierra Canyon Shootout, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14 at El Segundo, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 16 vs. Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Jan. 9 at the Legacy Tournament at Legacy High.

celebrations. In every respect, The Beverly Hills Hotel provided the sense of community the city fathers had been seeking for years.

The well-heeled guests became so comfortable in the environs that real estate sales soon followed. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford built Pickfair behind the Hotel.

Soon, some of the world’s most renowned celebrities were eager to build their own estates in Beverly Hills.

The world famous Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows, so elegant and enchanting, has played host to many of the world’s most beloved figures, including the Kennedys, the Burtons, Will Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, and Charlie Chaplin.

Today, the Hotel itself has become a “celebrity.” As state-ofthe-art today as it was over 100 years ago, the Hotel has been subtly renovating, maintaining every detail of its celebrated beauty and casual, California elegance.

This year, the Fountain Coffee Room will open in the evenings for the first time ever beginning Feb. 18, serving a series of intimate “pop-up” dinners by Executive Chef Kaleo Adams. A four-course menu will be paired with Domaine Anderson wine selections and highlight the best of California’s seasonal ingredients.

This new dining feature promises to become one of the most sought-after fine-dining experiences in town for epicureans and local foodies alike. The poolside setting amid the lush hotel gardens in the intimate charm entices gastronomic investigation. To reserve,

Jan. 14 at El Segundo, 6 p.m.

Jan. 16 vs. Hawthorne, 6 p.m.

Girls Soccer Jan. 14 vs. El Segundo, 3 p.m.

Jan. 16 at Hawthorne, 3 p.m.

Girls Water Polo Today vs. Oaks Christian, 3:15 p.m.

Jan. 15 vs. Torrance, 3 p.m.

Boys Soccer Today at Redondo Union, 3 p.m.

Jan. 14 at El Segundo, 3 p.m.

Jan. 16 vs. Hawthorne, 6 p.m.

Wrestling Jan. 15 vs. Peninsula High.

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call 310-281-2904.

The Spa by La Prairie offers the new Beverly Hills Balance wellness program for both guests and non-guests in collaboration with Yada Yada Yoga.

This perfect opportunity to enhance healthful practices in the beauty and convenience of the Spa is sure to inspire lifestyle changes that include regular visits. Fitness coaches and nutritional specialists will team with full and half-day classes.

The spa offers spa packages including champagne refreshments. To reserve, call 310887-2006.

Al fresco dining at the Cabana Cafe poolside on a warm California winter day is an irresistible treat. Brunch at the Polo Lounge has never been more attractive.

Today, the Hotel, with its familiar green and pink logo, is home for many local and international organizations and cultural celebrations, as it has for

over one hundred years. The staff and accommodations are, as Margaret Anderson would insist, legendary, and continue to provide a second century of community service with unparalleled elegance.

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This Weekend At Spaghettini Artists coming to Spaphettini and the Dave Koz Lounge, 184 N. Canon Dr., this weekend include: • Today, 10 p.m. — Jackiem Joyner featuring Selina Albright. His sophomore set, Lil’ Man Soul, registered a pair of No. 1 Billboard hits with I’m Waiting For You reigning for 12 weeks and winning Song of the Year honors at the 2009 American Smooth Jazz Awards.

• Saturday, Jan. 10, 10 p.m.—Kelley James featuring guitarist Sam Johnson. James combines acoustic guitar melodies with clever lyrics and freestyle vocal riffs to create his signature sound. Most recently, James released his newest full-length album The Pattern Transcending.

• Sunday, Jan. 11—Brunch with Vincent Ingala.

Ingala has become an large presence on the smooth jazz circuit, performing as a solo artist at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Trax Festival, the Seabreeze Jazz Festival and was a featured artist on the Dave Koz & Friends 2011 Alaskan Cruise.

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to the poor in the South for 30 years,” Baron said.

“Rev. Myers became a personal friend of mine over 30 years ago, when I read an article in The New York Times on him,” said Mach.

“It said Dr. Myers was an African American medical missionary who gave up a lucrative practice in the Chicago-area to repay his medical school loans to the government by bringing free medical care to the poor and indigent people of Tchula, Mississippi–the armpit of America and a place where most passersby would not even stop for a tank of gas,” Mach said.

Since that time, Dr. Myers made a personal trip to Israel to tour Ethiopian Jewish centers in Israel during the 2014 Gaza War. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Metered parking is available on local streets and in garages surrounding the temple.

For more information, visit www.templeofthearts.org.

Palm Springs International Film Fest Gala Hits Record If more than a billion—that’s billion with a “B”—references to your brand were delivered around the globe in the space of a fortnight, it would be a marketing coup. It not so surprising a result when Harold Matzner, major Desert philanthropist and widelyrecognized “King of Coupons,” is board chairman of the 26th edition of the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

More than 139,000 people will view about 408 screenings of some 190 films from 65-plus countries during the 12-day festival.

But, these are not the only impres-

Frances Allen’s Desert Roundup sive numbers generated by it.

Gala chairman and major Desert philanthropist James R. Houston oversaw a spectacular evening. Upwards of 2,400 formally attired guests walked down the red carpet into the cavernous Palm Springs Convention Center, which featured a red, white and blue theme highlighted by 19,000 red and pink roses cascading from individual table centerpieces.

Guests’ table favors were beautiful red crystal American apples on a lighted base.

However, the most impressive number is the record-breaking revenue raised by the gala … $2.4 million, a record for any Palm Springs Film Festival event, thanks

James R. Houston, PSIFF gala chairma, and Patricia Bosley.

to generous underwriting from Helene Galen, James R. Houston, Donna MacMillan, Harold Matzner and Joann McGrath.

The gala was presented by Cartier and hosted by the Desert’s jewel, Mary Hart. Honorees were presented with an original glass sculpture designed by Dale Chihuly or the unique, John Kennedy “The Entertainer” statue.

Sponsors of the event were Mercedes-Benz and Entertainment Tonight.

The festival gala is known for how closely receiving an award in Palm Springs translates to receiving an Oscar in Hollywood. Here are this year’s honorees and the actors and films to watch for.

• Rosamund Pike received the Breakthrough Performance Award (actress) for Gone Girl, presented by her co-stars Carrie Coon and

Kim Dickens.

• David Oyelowo received the Breakthrough Performance Award (Actor) for Selma presented by Brad Pitt, one of the films producers.

• J.K. Simmons received the Spotlight Award for Whiplash, presented by Juno director Jason Reitman.

• Robert Duvall received the Icon Award for The Judge presented by his co-star Robert Downey, Jr. • Julianne Moore received the Desert Palm Achievement Award (Actress) for Still Alice presented

by Steve Carell, her co-star of Crazy, Stupid, Love.

• Richard Linklater received the Sonny Bono Award for Boyhood presented by Shirley MacLane, who he directed in Bernie.

• Eddie Redmayne received the Desert Palm Achievement Award, (Actor) for The Theory Of Everything, presented by his Savage Grace co-star Julianne Moore.

• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu received the Director of the Year Award for Birdman presented by Michael Keaton, the film’s star.

• The Imitation Game (Benedict Cumberbatch, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard and Alex Lawther, all of whom were in attendance) received the Ensemble Performance Award presented by the film’s director Morten Tyldum.

It was an evening to remember.

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95. “The Jewish community here was just beginning to grow. It was a pioneering experience for us as well as the community ... our early experiences here were most unusual.”

The Pressmans’ multi-year courtship began with a date to see the play Boy Meets Girl and continued through them both earning Bachelors of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. On their wedding day, June 14, 1942, the newlywed pair embarked on a career of a rabbi and rabbi’s wife.

Shortly after Rabbi Jack was ordained in 1945, Sinai Temple’s Rabbi Jacob Kohn enticed the young rabbi to join Southern California’s oldest synagogue. The prophetic words of Talmudic scholar Louis Finkelstein rang in Rabbi Jack’s ears as he traveled by train across the country: “In the future, there will be three centers of Jewish life...New York, Jerusalem and Los Angeles.”

Rabbi Jack recalled: “We rode cross country together with her mother.”

Back then, Sinai Temple was at Fourth and New Hampshire, miles east of the Fairfax corridor that would soon draw the Jewish diaspora to Los Angeles. Few Jews lived too far west of the temple before World War II, Rabbi Jack recalled.

“This was post-war and a lot of young people were getting married,” he said. “There weren’t that many rabbis, so I married lots of people.”

Marjorie recalled: “Coming out here was a wonderful move because we were in on the be-

ginning of so many things. It was difficult, but we had the freedom to do a lot of things because the organizations and people were not stuck and set on their ways.”

In 1950, Rabbi Jack moved from being a junior rabbi to lead the Olympic Jewish Temple and Center, subsequently precipitating the name change to Temple Beth Am. To be close to the synagogue, which was actually on La Cienega, the growing Pressman family took up residence at South Palm Drive in Beverly Hills.

By Fall, Rabbi Jack saw to the opening of the temple’s nursery school, where he enrolled his oldest son, Daniel. He also helped found a number of pioneering organizations including the American Jewish University, Brandeis Camp, Herzl Schools, and L.A. Hebrew High School.

Over the years, he was a powerful speaker on behalf of Bonds for Israel, with Temple Beth Am continuing to hold national records, selling $2 to $7 million worth of Israel Bonds annually on the holidays.

In 1969, Rabbi Jack became the founding president of The Maple Counseling Center during an era where drug use was siphoning good decisions from American youth and parents were increasingly concerned about the abuse. In 1972 he founded the Beth Am Academy, which was renamed the Pressman Academy upon his retirement in 1985. Tomorrow night, the Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am will celebrate 43 years at its annual gala.

“He’s a real Renaissance man,” Marjorie described, citing her husband’s “handy man” aptitude for fixing anything that was

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Marjorie, who graduated Penn with honors, earning a B.A. in sociology and psychology, said she defined the role of what a rabbi’s wife should be for herself.

“Some people said, ‘You just can’t do anything else.’ But I didn’t buy that,” she said. “In my case, it was whatever I made it.”

The freedom afforded by the West Coast in an age where the national Jewish conventions were all held on the East Coast allowed her innovative spirit to flourish alongside the Women’s Liberation Movement.

She recalled how Rabbi Jack eventually drew a national Jewish convention to L.A. and she chaired a meeting of rabbis’ wives: “One said: ‘You can’t be friends with congregants.’”

Aware that congregants were hesitant to engage socially with their religious leaders, whenever Marjorie met someone she connected with, she would take the first step socially. Today, she still counts longtime friends in the community, among them fellow “Beverly Hills Elders” Janet Salter and Monty & Marilyn Hall.

“It was a friendly place,” Marjorie recalled of the City that has been their home for 55 years.

After 30 years on Palm, the empty nesters moved into a condominium near Beverly Hills High School. “Our kids were all able to walk to school.”

Their son, Joel, who like his

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Bosse said she expected BHPD to come forward this month with a plan to fully restore the understaffed police force. Since 2012, the BHPD has had at least 10 fulltime positions that have not been filled and are fully funded.

Snowden emphasized that his department is “trying to get back up to snuff” and supplementing on-site security at the schools beyond what the BHPD currently provides is a decision for the Board of Education.

"We live in a different climate now than even five years ago [and] we need security at all our campuses,” Boardmember Lewis Hall said. “No parent should be fearful of sending their child to any of our schools, and I've been lately getting lots of calls from parents. If the Beverly Hills Police Department won't provide the needed protection, then the district must. Everyone knows we are strapped for funds. I just hope the City will meet us at least halfway in covering our costs.”

The school board has been strongly criticized, by its own admission as well, for 2013’s 50 vote to proceed forward with a single-source contract, in addition to paying EBI before the firm rendered its services. Board VP

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to hire approximately one fulltime armed security guard at each of the five school sites, in addition to a supervisor.

At the City Council’s upcoming study session on Tuesday, the same day that the Board of Education has its next meeting, the council will discuss backpedaling on its previous commitment to pay the BHUSD $440,712; half the money the school district already paid to Evidence Based Inc, the private security firm that went bankrupt about a year after it was created.

“The school district must have a security services provider in place before the City can complete the contract with the school district,” Mayor Lili Bosse said in the wake of EBI’s bankruptcy.

Whether or not the BHUSD will get the board votes to hire another private security firm, which judging by the boardmembers’ public comments seems unlikely, is just one piece of the equation. The other piece of the puzzle concerns who should pay for security at the school since it is part of the BHPD’s job to protect all its citizens, including Beverly Hills students.

BEVERLY HILLS two siblings, Daniel and Judy, attended Beverly Vista and BHHS, passed away last year following a meaningful career that included heading up the BHHS Performing Arts Department. Their eldest son, Daniel, recently retired as a rabbi in San Jose while daughter, Judy, lives in Israel. They count five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Today, Marjorie, who helped start the women’s division of the National Women’s League conservative movement on the West Coast in addition to helping start the Friends of Sheba Medical Center for Israel’s largest hospital, is regarded as a pioneer.

“We had an opportunity to do a lot of things,” she said. “We really sort of had free range, because there was no one preceding us. In a way that was good, because we could do things our way and be innovative.”

Howard Goldstein was not on the board at the time of the vote.

Of particular embarrassment is the fact that that BHUSD prepaid $135,748 for services it never received before the firm declared bankruptcy last November.

Board President Brian Goldberg said he plans to open Tuesday night’s board meeting with a plan to create a safety/security ad hoc committee made up of community representatives, parents, students, staff and law enforcement.

Woods said 10 security firms replied to the district’s Request for Proposal by the Jan. 5 noon deadline.

Following an initial screening, the district is now in the process of vetting the firms in anticipation of conducting panel interviews with the top three candidates.

The interview panel will be comprised of BHUSD administrators and principals, in addition to BHPD representatives.

“We are currently working closely with BHPD and they are providing security for the schools,” Woods said. “[It’s] part of their overall plan in protecting the City [and] they are experts in this community.”

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Written in a “you are there” format, so when the stone walls start to crumble and the sounds of crashing underground roads disappear, it is a nightmare for the reader to contend with. Suddenly there is no contact with the outside world. Within the mine the men divide into two groups:--those who stay in the refuge where the men would eat and rest and where there was supposed to be a locked cabinet with food which turned out to be packs of cookies. The other group stayed around the trucks and looked for any openings they could find. After a few days of this dark isolation, religion entered in the person of the man whom they called Parson who knew the Bible.

Up top, another world was forming and demanding a rescue be started. This was made up of the families of the miners, their wives, children and mistresses. Yes, there was a soap opera element to the gathering living in tents, demanding the president do something.

The world’s media is camped out there with a woman named Maria is the unofficial “mayor of this tent city.” Contact is made with the miners but the problem is how to drill a hole wide enough to pull them out. With the advice of family and attorneys the miners agree that they would stay loyal as a group to sell their story as one. Only Mario, a former soccer player, who has fallen on hard times, tells the story to an English reporter.

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INSPIRING–The Hollywood community turned out in full force to attend the 5th Inspiration Gala to benefit amfAR. Among those on hand were (above, from left): Sharon Stone, Eddie Redmayne, and Miley Cyrus. Left is designer Tom Ford, the evening’s honoree, while on the right is singer/fashion designer Rihanna.

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Sharon Stone, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Milla Jovovich, Alessandra Ambrosio, Patricia Arquette, Natasha Bedingfield, Kat Dennings, Balthazar Getty, January Jones, Lisa Kudrow, Gilles Marini, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Ryan Murphy, Kelly Osborne, Molly Sims, Dita Von Teesa, Rita Wilson, amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole and Bryan Lourd were among those who came out to pay tribute to Tom Ford for his contributions to the fight against AIDS at the 5th

Inspiration Gala L.A. The black tie benefit at Milk Studios and presented by M.A.C. Viva Glam and Wells Fargo, raised some $3 million for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow hosted the night filled with heartfelt tributes to Ford, and capped with powerful musical performances. Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland performed acoustic renditions of Paradise and Viva La Vida. Legendary Diana Ross also took to the stage for a show-stopping

medley that included I’m Coming Out, Can’t Hurry Love, Ain’t No Mountain and I Will Survive.

Rihanna presented Ford with this award, praising his “creative genius, leadership, integrity and generosity.”

As in previous years, the event featured a colorful and competitive live auction, conducted by amfAR’s Global Fundraising Chairman Sharon Stone, who encouraged guests to give generously to amfAR’s efforts to find a cure for AIDS. Bryan Lourd and Aileen Getty chaired the event, with Matt Bomer, Ed Chase, Courteney Cox˚, John Demsey, Michael Patrick King, Daphne Guinness, Simon Halls, Tom Hanks, Tim Hanlon, Alan Poul, Vincent Roberti, Rich Ross, JR Savet, Amber Valletta, and Rita Wilson serving as co-chairs.

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Published: December 26, 2014, January 02, 09, 16, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014354094 The following is/are doing business as: 1) LADORE SWIMWEAR 2) LADORE COUTURE 20929 Ventura Blvd. #47-270, Woodland Hills, CA 91367; Anne Correa 20929 Ventura Blvd. #47-270, Woodland Hills, CA 91367; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Anne Correa, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: December 17, 2014; Published: December 26, 2014, January 02, 09, 16, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014354099 The following is/are doing business as: LEGAL VIDEO ZOOM 8549 Wilshire Blvd. #427, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Bernelli Media Group, Inc. 8549 Wilshire Blvd. #427, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Nicole Khoshnoud, Secretary: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: December 17, 2014; Published: December 26, 2014, January 02, 09, 16, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014355016 The following is/are doing business as: STREET LEVEL CAFE 1166 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026; Julio C. Douglas 620 Laveta Ter., Los Angeles, CA 90026; Ernesto Douglas 620 Laveta Ter., Los

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO BIDDERS Construction of REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER TREATMENT PLANT REHABILITATION Within the City of BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA (Job # 10102)

Attention is directed to the provisions of Sections 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under him. The Contractor and any subcontractor under him shall comply with the requirements of said sections in the employment of apprentices.

Information relative to apprenticeship standards and administration of the apprenticeship program may be obtained from the Director of BIDS - Sealed Proposals for “Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Industrial Relations, San Francisco, California, or from the Division of Plant (ROWTP) Rehabilitation, Job # 10102”, located at 345 Foothill Apprenticeship Standards and its branch offices.

Road, within the City of Beverly Hills, California, will be received up to the hour of 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at the office of PAYROLL RECORDS - The Contractor's attention is directed to Section the City Clerk of the City of Beverly Hills, located in Room 290 of City 1776 of the Labor Code, relating to accurate payroll records, which Hall at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Bids will be imposes responsibility upon the Contractor for the maintenance, certifipublicly opened at 2:00 p.m. on the above-mentioned date in the office cation, and availability for inspection of such records for all persons of the City Clerk of said City Hall. employed by the Contractor or by the Subcontractors in connection with the project. The Contractor shall agree through the Contract to comply SCOPE OF THE WORK - The work to be done shall consist of furnish- with this section and the remaining provisions of the Labor Code. ing all the required labor, materials, equipment, parts, implements and supplies necessary for, or appurtenant to, the construction and rehabil- INSURANCE AND BOND REQUIREMENTS - The Contractor shall proitation of the ROWTP project in accordance with the Drawings (Drawing vide insurance in accordance with Section 3-13 of the City of Beverly No. 10394) and the Specifications prepared for this project.

Hills, Capital Assets Department, Standard Contractual Requirements, included as part of these Specifications. All subcontractors listed shall In general terms, the contract work for this project (Job # 10102) shall attach copies of the Certificate of Insurance naming the Contractor as consist of the following items of work: the additional insured as part of their insurance policy coverage. In addition, the Contractor shall guarantee all work against defective workUNIT QNTY ITEM DESCRIPTION manship and materials furnished by the Contractor for a period of one NO. (1) year from the date the work was completed in accordance with Section 2-11 of the Standard Contractual Requirements. The 1.

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Copies of the Plans, Specifications and Proposal Form may be inspected and obtained at the office of the City Engineer located at 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California . There is no charge or deposit required for this material; therefore, they are not to be returned to the City for refund. Each bidder shall furnish to the City the name, address, and telephone number of the firm requesting specifications.

CONTRACTORS LICENSE - At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, including full completion of all corrective work during the Warranty Period, the Contractor must possess a California contractor’s license or licenses, current and active, of the classification required for the work, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division 3, Section 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code.

In compliance with Public Contract Code Section 3300, the city has determined that the Bidder must possess the following license (s): “A” In submitting its bid, each Bidder will be required to certify that he/she has a minimum of five consecutive years of current experience in the type of work related to this project, completed a water treatment rehabilitation or upgrade project within the past five years, and that this experience is in actual operation of a firm with permanent employees performing a part of the work as distinct from a firm operating entirely by subcontracting all phases of the work. If a Bidder fails to meet these qualifications, City shall consider the Bidder to be not responsible.

The successful Bidder will not receive a Contract award if the successThere will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Plant Walk for this project on ful Bidder is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses and Monday February 2, 2015 at 8am at 345 N. Foothill Road, project-related experience, or one or more of the licenses are not curBeverly Hills CA. 90210. rent and active. If the City discovers after the Contract’s award that the Contractor is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses, or References in the project specifications to specific sections of the one of more of the licenses are not current and active, the City may canStandard Specifications refer to the book of "Standard Specifications for cel the award, reject the Bid, declare the Bid Bond as forfeited, keep the Public Works Construction", Latest Edition, written by a Joint Bid Bond’s proceeds, and exercise any one or more of the remedies in Cooperative Committee of the Southern California Chapter of the the Contract Documents.

American Public Works Association and Southern California District of the Associated General Contractors of California (Green Book). SUBCONTRACTORS’ LICENSE AND LISTING- At the time of the Bid Contractors wishing to obtain this book may purchase copies directly Deadline and at all times during performance of the work, each listed from the publisher, Building News, Inc., 1612 South Clementine Subcontractor must possess a current and active California contractor’s Street, Anaheim, California, 92802; (800) 873-6397. References in the license appropriate for the portion of the Work listed for such project specifications to the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Subcontractor and shall hold all specialty certifications required for Standards refer to the latest version of the applicable Standard. AWWA such Work. When the Bidder submits its Bid to the City, the Bidder must Standards can be purchased online at list each Subcontractor whom the Bidder must disclose under Public http://www.awwa.org/publications/standards.aspx Contract Code Section 4104 (Subcontractor Listing Law), and the Bidder must provide all of the Subcontractor information that Section LIQUIDATED DAMAGES - There will be a One Thousand Dollar 4104 requires (name, address, and portion of the Work). In addition, the ($1,000) assessment for each calendar day that work remains incom- City requires that the Bidder list each Subcontractor’s license number , plete beyond the time stated in the Proposal Form. Refer to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) number and the dollar value of Proposal Form for specific details. each Subcontractor’s labor or services.

ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE – The preliminary cost of construction for this SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIESPursuant to California Public work has been prepared and the said estimate is $1,815,000.

Contract Code Section 22300, Substitution of securities for withheld funds is permitted in accordance therewith.

TIME FOR COMPLETION - The work on this project shall start within 7 calendar days from the date of receipt of written notice to proceed from GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS - Bids must be submitted on the Proposal the City Engineer and must be completed within 252 calendar days Form prepared for this project and shall be delivered at the office of the from the initial Notice to Proceed date.

City Clerk within a sealed envelope supplied by the City and marked on PREVAILING WAGES - In accordance with the provisions of Section the outside as follows: "PROPOSAL FOR REVERSE OSMOSIS 1770 et seq, of the Labor Code, the Director of Industrial Relations of WATER TREATMENT PLANT REHABILITATION (Job #10102).” Each the State of California has determined the general prevailing rate of bid shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check or certified check drawn on a solvent bank, payable to “City of Beverly Hills”, for an amount equal wages applicable to the work to be done. to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid. Beginning July 1, 2014, Labor Code Section 1725.5 requires all con- Alternatively, a satisfactory corporate surety Bid Bond for an amount tractors and subcontractors to annually register with the Department of equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid may Industrial Relations (DIR) before bidding or performing on any pub- accompany the Bid (See Exhibit A for Bid Bond Form) . Said lic works contract. For any bid proposal submitted on or after March Security shall serve as a guarantee that the successful Bidder will, 1, 2015 or any contract entered into on or after April 1, 2015, a contrac- within fourteen (14) calendar days after the date of the award (tentatively tor or subcontractor must be registered with the DIR in order “to be qual- March 2015) of the contract, enter into a valid contract with the City for ified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal or engage in the performance said Work in accordance with the Contract Documents. of any public work contract.”

THE CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY BID OR ALL THE The Contractor will be required to pay to all workers employed on the BIDS AND TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITY OR IRREGULARITY IN ANY project sums not less than the sums set forth in the documents entitled BID, BUT IF THE BIDS ARE ACCEPTED, THE CONTRACT FOR THE "General Prevailing Wage Determination made by the Director of IMPROVEMENT WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER Industrial Relations pursuant to California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter FOR THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE. l, Article 2, Sections 1770, 1773, 1773.l."

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014357145 The following is/are doing business as: THE UPS STORE #3939 8033 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046; Garycher Enterprises Inc. 9 Via Monarca, Dana Point, CA 92629; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Cheryl Lynn Williams, Secretary: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: December 19, 2014; Published: December 26, 2014, January 02, 09, 16, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014361162 The following is/are doing business as: PDG PROJECTS 1650 S. Bentley Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90025; Patrick Greenough 1650 S. Bentley Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Patrick Greenough, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: December 26, 2014; Published: January 02, 09, 16, 23, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014358730 The following is/are doing business as: WALLY’S BEVERLY HILLS 2107 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025; Southwest Wine & Spirits, LLC 2107 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein December 16, 2014: Christian Navarro, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: December 24, 2014; Published: January 09, 16, 23, 30, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014364055 The following is/are doing business as: ALIGN 353 S. Swall Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Beenbusy LLC 353 S. Swall Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Aliza Faragher, Managing Member: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: December 30, 2014; Published: January 09, 16, 23, 30, 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., Please contact Anne Zaworski at the Office of Capital Assets, at A copy of said documents is on file and may be inspected in the office Business and azaworski@beverlyhills.org for any procedural questions or concerns of the City Engineer located at 345 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Professions Code). regarding this project.

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N OW AVAIL ABLE 99 N. LA CIENEGA BLVD. SUITE 300 BEVERLY HILLS

HOMECARE ATTENDANT SPECIALIST COMPETITIVE & VERY REASONABLE RATES! Live In / Live Out 24/7 CNA / HHA Hospice Hospitals Companion

Realty, Inc. THEROBERTSCO . COM Is Now Interviewing Sales Agents & 126 Sales Managers INVESTORS Up to 90% WANTED Commission Splits Low E + O Ins. Make History While 818/395-8308 Making Money!

Call: 310/203-8333 818/300-9146 Independent Film Licensed/Insured/Bonded 468 N. Camden Dr #200 Company SEEKING Bev. Hill, CA 90210 Email: $180,000 Development Funds amehealthpro@ 75% backed by real estate gmail.com JEWISH OWNED AAA RATED

270 TOWNHOMES/ CONDOS FOR SALE

*** FOR SALE *** BEVERLY HILLS

PENTHOUSE 321 N. OAKHURST DR WITH CITY VIEWS

2 BD. + DEN + 2 BA.

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Includes Full Amenities, Doorman (day & night) Pool, Spa, Gym and

We can help YOU!

We provide experienced Cargivers, CNA’s & HHA’s for seniors needing companions to drive them to doctors, prepare meals, light housekeeping, etc...

We offer responsible and nurturing care. Our staff is thoroughly screened and we care. Live In/Out.

**************** Call Lisa 24hrs.

323/877-8121 323/806-9498

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $983,500 Extra High Floor Unobstructed City Views Recently Renovated. Quartz Counters. Stainless Steel Kitchen. Luxurious Baths Hardwood Floors. 2 Jumbo Balconies. Quiet Location Largest Size Unit

3 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $759,500 2 Jumbo Balconies Large Kitchen. Laminated Floors. Largest Size Unit Quiet Location

Recreational Room.

ARE YOU A SENIOR AND NEED ASSISTANCE?

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CENTURY PARK EAST

Great People Make GOOD COMPANY Our premiere private duty home care agency is currently seeking professional caregivers to assist our senior clients.

CNA’s, CHHA's, MA's preferred.

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

to Produce InternationallyRequested Feature Fiim Based on It’s Record-Breaking 67 International AwardWinning Short Film.

From a powerful true story; ready to shoot; compelling; inspirational; profitable.

Ben: 818/621-0501

240 Office / Stores For Lease

Stephanie Kalina • 310.276.2119

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Private Office Suite BEVERLY HILLS at 9595 Wilshire Bl. SUB-LEASE

Completely Remodeled From A to Z, Hardwood Floors Throughout.

508 RSF • $2,300/Mo. BEAUTIFUL REMODEl Call 310/259-9911 1 Large Executive OCCUPANCY IMMEDIATELY! 3,598sf. (possible Window Office & expansion to 5,914sf).

Good parking, elevator 1 Support/ identity, many windows, Reception Area. large conference room, Contact: Stan Gerlach executive offices, large Or: Bryan Dunne kitchen, open work area, more private offices.

310/550-2500

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Please Contact:

ASHER COMMERCIAL 310/666-2872

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Please call (323) 932-8700

2 Separate Suites Large Balcony Great City Views Tenant Occupied

BEL AIR CREST from $1,798,000

THE REMINGTON from $1,790,000

THE ONE CENTURY from $2,995,000

CENTURY TOWERS from $525,000

PARK PLACE

SINGLE OFFICE

from $759,000

In Boutique Building Adj. Beverly Hills Building has been completely remodeled.

Prefer Attorney. $825/MO. Call 323/782-1144

CENTURY WOODS from $1,700,000

LE PARC from $1,499,000

RETAIL FRONTAGE & SMALL OFFICE *** SUITES *** NO NNN All Utilities Included.

Must Lease Now!

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

Call 310/237-2977 or 713/266-1444

For Lease See our Ad Sec. 440

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Stephanie Kalina • 310.276.2119

2 BED/2 BATHS $679,500

CLASSIFIED

BEVERLY HILLS

288 REAL ESTATE LOANS

PRIVATE MONEY LOANS PURCHASE-REHAB-REFINANCE 1ST & 2ND'S POSITION'S UP TO 80% LTV CASE BY CASE COMPETITIVE RATES & FEE'S ALL TYPES OF REAL ESTATE CONSIDERED

ETHAN RUCH R O YA LT Y M O R T G A G E C O .

1-888-761-7046 BRE# 00818732

NMLS # 313559

R E A L E S TAT E

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Prime Beverly Hills ** CENTURY CITY ** BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. BEVERLY HILLS 2,500 sq ft home ADJACENT 858 S. BEDFORD ST PRESTIGIOUS ligh & bright LARGE REMODELED CENTURY WOODS * * 1,323 SQ FT * * 3BedR -3 BA STUDIO Fireplace Hardwood * * * * * * * * * * * * 2 BDRM + 2.5 BATH $1,550/MO. floors REMODELED CONDO on the 2nd floor, has a Luxury Building remodeled kitchen 3 BEDROOM, 3.5 BATH balcony ALL stainless Across From Park.

SubZero Viking Full amenities including steel appliances, washer/ New Carpet and Paint, $8500 Tile Floors, Stove, Fridge, Rachel 310/801-3431 24 hour security guard. dryer inside unit and Dishwasher, Air Conditioning, building is pet friendly. $7,950/MO. 440 Secured Entry/G a t e d $3,000/MO. UNFURNISHED Jila: 310/413-8481 Parking, On-site Gym, Call 310/462-4578 Elevator, Laundry, Etc. APT’S/CONDO’S

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KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

HOUSES FOR SALE

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WILSHIRE CORRIDOR B E V E R L Y H I L L S HIGH-RISE CONDO 9160 BEVERLY BLVD.#204 3 Bd.+3 Ba. 1,900sf Quite 2 Bd.+11/2 Ba.

8560 W. Olympic Bl. Call 310/526-1484

BEVERLY HILLS 443 S. Oakhurst Dr.

• 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. • • • • • • • • • • • • •

BRIGHT & S PACIOUS BEVERLY HILLS LIVING. Balcony, dishwasher, elevator, intercom entry, on-site laundry, parking.

P LEASE C ALL : 310/435-3693

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BRENTWOOD B E V E R L Y H I L L S Full Service Bldg.

License 00957281 Fully Renovated. * * 1240 GRANVILLE AVE 8725 Clifton Way 24-hrs., Includes: all listings are on Air conditioning, CenturyCityLiving.com All utilities+cable, valet, wood laminate floors, 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Newly Remodeled pool, gym, rec. room. granite counters, new Spanish Speaking Apt. • 2 Bdrm. + NOW AVAILABLE STUNNING VIEWS! tile, recessed lighting, Unit #5 with parking.

GATED 5 STAR Den + 2 Bath • LUXURY PROPERTIES $1,400/MO. $4,600/Month d/w, secured bldg., • 1 Bdrm. + F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED Call 805/379-2000 818/919-8008 elevator, laundry facility, Den + 2 Bath • *BEL AIR or 805/231-8415 *WESTWOOD parking.

No dogs.

Lrg. unit. Balcony, 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH *CENTURY CITY $2,385/Month Walk-in closet, IN BEVERLY HILLS PICO/ROBERTSON CENTURY PARK EAST 310/246-9433 intercom entry, laundry Spacious top floor apt ONE BEDROOM featuring hardwood floors, 1 BLK. TO BRISTOL FARMS 2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS facility, elevator, prkg.

New Hardwood Floors, • CHARMING & BRIGHT • recessed lighting and $4,495/MONTH Fully Furnished. High Floor modern kitchen with BEVERLY HILLS ADJ Stainless Steel Fridge & Close to Cedars, 2 Jumbo Balconies. Great views granite countertops + Bedford/Olympic Stove, Laundry, Parking. restaurants, shopping Marble Floors. Luxurious stainless appliances.

2 BD, 2 BA CONDO & transportation.

Baths. Quartz Counters.

Garden Courtyard.

Washer/dryer in unit.

Stainless Steel Kitchen. $2,150/MO. • 310/276-1528 • $1,375/MO. $4,500/MO. Loads of Custom Features.

Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. Call 310/557-1980 9588 W. OLYMPIC BL. BEVERLY HILLS (Olympic Bl. & Peck Dr.) Lower unit with fridge, 2 BED/2 BATHS washer/dryer in unit Call Isaac Golberg • • • • • • • • $3,700/MONTH • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. 424/279-3070 and 2 car parking.

• Totally Renovated. Jetliner City

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Prime Beverly Hills 309 S. Wetherly Dr. $2,395,000

407 GARAGE/STORAGE

TO RENT

Authentic Spanish 3 Bd. + 2 Ba.

SANTA MONICA 2,500sf hm.•7,135sf lot

• Light & Bright • 3-fireplaces, hwrd. flrs., fully appointed kitch. w/ sub-zero+oak cabinets, separate dining rm. hiceilings, walk-in closets.

OPEN SUN. • 1-4pm

COMPASS GOLD PROP. Marty: 310/293-2205

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427 Montana Ave.

2 BED/2 BATHS $3,600/MONTH Nicely Renovated. Raised

Storage Space

Hardwood Floors. Luxurious

Av a i l a b l e for Rent.

Close to Beach .

310/394-7132

1 BED/DEN AREA/2 BATHS $3,000/MONTH

415 RENTALS TO SHARE

BEVERLY HILLS South of Wilshire B E V E R L Y H I L L S South Wetherly Dr. Brand New Master Construction Suite Completed in Nov. ‘14 for RENT 4 Bdrm.+5 Bath W/ PRIVATE FULL BATH. Cable+internet ready.

Pool, spa, cascade, Bed, tv, table, large family laundry room available.

Mature Female Only. & dining rooms.

No Pets. $3,650,000 Negotiable $850/Month Agt: 310/922-4926 Please Call:

Others Avail. For Sale

Views. Extra High Ceilings Marble Floors. Granite Counters Luxurious Baths. Lots of Closets Quiet Location

310/801-3410

Ceilings. New Appliances Baths. Garden Views

CalBRE 01935352

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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 Balcony. Lower Floor

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Hardwood Floors. Fresh Paint

BEVERLY HILLS

Quiet Location.

REMODELED 4 BEDROOM, 2.5 BATH

Some Complexes include Heated Pools, Sundeck, Newer kitchen and baths, garnite countertops, maple Tennis, Doorman, cabinets, appliances, Houseman, Staff washer/dryer in the Engineers, Switchboard, unit, Central air/heat, Security Staff, rooftop access for BBQ, Switchboard, Saunas, garage parking for 2 cars Business Center, Pet plus storage.

PlayLand, Restaurant, 419 S. PALM DRIVE Acres of Flower Gardens 2nd Floor Walk-up and Grassy Lawns.

For Sale See our Ad Sec. 270

Call 310/880-7281

$3,400/MO. Gina 310/600-2997

BEVERLY HILLS BRIGHT & CONTEMPORARY 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • $1,795 Totally Remodeled, new kitchen w/ granite tops, stainless steel appliances (fridge, stove, d/w). Carpet, V-blinds. 2nd flr. unit, prkg, laundry, outside storage. Pet OK.

310/275-5304

WESTWOOD/ • 2 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. • CENTURY CITY French doors in bdrm. to • patio overlooking pool • STUDIO GUESTHOUSE • GORGEOUS UNITS •

Central air, Light, Quiet, Residential, pool, elevator, Private Entrance, Patio, on-site laundry, Parking, No pets/smoking. intercom entry.

Female preferred.

320 N. La Peer Dr. $1,300/MO. • 310/246-0290 • Includes All Utilities CLOSE TO Available Now. SHOPS & DINING

Call 585/261-1650

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————— In The HEART of BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE 170 N. Crescent Dr.

VIEWPARK AREA * * * * * * * OF LOS ANGELES 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath

YOUR RENTAL

1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH $1,100/MO. New carpets, spacious

AD HERE

parking, laundry, no pets.

call:

3750 Stocker St.

310.278.1322

closets, lots of cabinets,

* * * * * * * Large & Bright.

Pool, a/c, balcony, fridge, stove, laundry rm., prkg., intercom entry, elevator.

CLOSE TO SHOPS & R ESTAURANTS .

Call 310/259-8781 310/858-8133

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Balcony, dishwasher, granite counters, Character & Charm !

Rooftop pool, a/c, heated pool, WiFi, microwave, intercom Glass Fireplace deck, central air, entry, on-sight laun- Newly Remodeled. elevator controlled elevator, intercom dry, parking & WiFi. access, on-site laundry, entry, on-sight laundry, New hrwd. flrs., • Newly Updated • Very close to UCLA parking. Close to gym, parking.

Call: 310/271-9678 & Westwood Village. granite counters, • Free WiFi Access • Brentwood Village, stainless steel appl., 310/351-9190 310/208-5166 ~ 310/476-3824 ~ Shops & Restaurants. alcove fireplace, Avail. Furnished Also.

BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE • 310/826-4889 • W E S T W O O D fridge, laundry facility, 1409 Midvale Ave. gated parking, intercom BEVERLY HILLS BRENTWOOD W E S T L .

A .

• • • • • • • • • • entry, WiFi and more.

218 S. Tower Dr. The Carlton 1433 Armacost Ave. •

recessed lighting, new appliances, central air, beautifully landscaped.

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11666 Goshen Ave. 1 B d r m .

(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)

Single 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba.

Old World Charm !

Bright, intercom entry, (•)(•)(•)(•)(•) fridge, stove, laundry fac. WiFi, central air/heat, CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS fireplace, patio, & SHOPPING . controlled access, pool, elevator, parking, 310/531-3992 laundry facility.

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+ 1 Bath B RIGHT & S PACIOUS .

Balcony, Dishwasher, controlled access on-sight laundry, prkg.

310/479-0700 C LOSE TO A LL SHOPPING AREAS

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310/312-9871 Border of B E V E R L Y H I L L S Shopping & Dining in

1342 Centinela Ave.

321 S. Sherbourne Dr. Brentwood Village

• Bright Unit •

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access, a/c, stove, • 1 B d . •+ 1 B a . transportation.

••••• elevator, laundry Large & Bright Unit. • 310/442-8265 • facility, parking.

Elevator, controlled • 310/247-8689 • access, on-site ≈ WEST ≈ Close to Cedars-Sinai, laundry facility, Beverly Center & LOS ANGELES balcony, parking.

Trendy Robertson Bl. 11305 Graham Pl. Close to Brentwood Village, 1 B d r m . + 1 B a t h BRENTWOOD Shops & Restaurants. Intercom entry, a/c, 519 S. Barrington Ave. • 310/826-4889 • dishwasher, on-sight

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Bright unit.

Dishwasher, On-site laundry, parking.

Close to Brentwood Village.

310/472-8915

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872 S. Westgate Ave.

—————–––– L.A.’S FINEST, MOST LUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL *

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“The Mission” • Westwood • • • • • •

• 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • • • • 6-Month Lease Avail.

= = = = = = * * * * * * 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Every Extra Luxury custom cabinets, granite = = = = = = countertops, stone entry,

• Single • •• • • • • • •

WiFi, a/c, intercom entry, laundry facility, elevator, parking, pool.

laundry & parking.

CLOSE

TO

SCHOOL

& F R E E W AY S

310/477-8171

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• • • • • • 2 Bd. +2 Ba. 1 Bd. +1 Ba. Single • • • • •

Rooftop jacuzzi with panoramic city views.

dishwasher, elevator, on-site laundry and parking.

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310/473-1509

* * ————— • 1 Bdrm. + •• WESTWOOD •

10933 Rochester Ave.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jr . Executive Spacious a/c, fireplace, pool, controlled access, laundry fac., prkg.

• Free WiFi Access • 310/473-5061

Close To U.C.L.A.

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Spacious 2 Bdrm + 2 Bath • • • • •

Balcony, controlled intercom entry, access, parking, elevator, on-site elevator, on-site laundry. laundry, parking. Close to shopping, great restaurants All Utilities Paid. and Metro.

310/841-2367

WiFi, pool, elevator, controlled access, onsight laundry, parking. * H O L L Y W O O D * C l o s e t o U . C . L . A . 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV.

10530-10540 10905 Ohio Ave. Wilshire Bl.

* * *

213/364-8423

464 PLOTS FOR SALE

1 Bath

* * * * * Newly Remodeled Great Views Great views, controlled access, balcony, elevator, lrg. pool, prkg, on-sight laundry.

H IKING IN R UNYON C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD B OWL /N IGHTLIFE .

323/467-8172

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HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY

CRYPT For Sale in Beautiful Location. $10,000 obo Private party Call 818/389-6583

HOLLYWOOD

•• ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ •• • • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • 1769-1775 •• • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ N. Sycamore Av. • • • • • Luxury Living •• ••

• Single with valet, lush garden • Bachelor access, balcony, surrounding pool, pool, health club, spa.

Controlled access, Hardwood floors, • Free WiFi Access • pool, elevator, gym, elevator, etc. sliding glass doors • Close to UCLA • laundry facility. laundry facility, prkg.

Hrwd. flrs., granite to patio, parking, 1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. Utilities Included.

L.A., 90024 Close To U.C.L.A. counters, dishwasher, laundry facility.

323/851-3790 Contact Mgr.: central air, balcony.

310/207-1965 310/477-6856 Close to Everything.

• 310/864-0319 • Call: 310/470-4474 Wifi, Bright, controlled

LOS ANGELES

401 S. HOOVER St.

CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., CULVER CITY MID-WILSHIRE SHOPPING & 1 BLK. 3830 Vinton Ave. 340 S. St. Andrews Pl. TO WESTWOOD PARK. • • • • • • • • Single • 310/478-8616

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213/382-1021

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• • • • • • • • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • Single • • • • • • • • • 310/552-8064 • Control access, pool,

- 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath 1380 Midvale Ave. Pool, sauna,

Granite countertops, • • Spacious • • B R E N T W O O D balcony, on-site • Jr. Executive • 11988 Kiowa Ave. •• laundry, On-site •• Balcony, controlled • • • • • • • parking. Close to

1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath

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access. Fitness ctr, yoga room, wi-fi, skyview lounge w/ outdoor fireplace, laundry facilities.

Easy freeway access

YOUR RENTAL

AD HERE call: 310.278.1322

www.bhcourier.com

>BEVERLY HILLS< B R E N T W O O D BRENTWOOD • WESTWOOD • **CENTURY CITY** L A F A Y E T T E P A R K 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL. > Upper Duplex < 11730 SUNSET BLVD. 11640 Kiowa Ave. 550 Veteran Ave. 2220 S. Beverly Glen 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath 3 Bdrm. + 2 Bath NEWLY REMODELED • • Granite counter tops, stain•••••••• ••••• less steel appliances, Newly Updated • 2 B d . + 2 B a .

Approx. 2,000 Sq. Ft. • • • • • • • 1 B d . + D e n + 1 B a . • air conditioned, new S i n g l e • Jr. Executive 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath • Newer marble kitchen flrs., designer •• ••••• • • hrwd.

1 Bdrm. +1 Bath • & hrwd flrs, formal finishes, balcony, ceiling •••••••• Very spacious, ••••••• • • L o t s o f • • fan, elevator, controlled dining rm, breakfast nook,

BEVERLY HILLS

S E RV I C E

468

D I R E C T O RY

BAGS WANTED

508 AUTOS BUY & SELL

WANTED

Classic Motor Inc.

ALLIGATOR, CROCODILE, EXOTIC SKINS; CHANEL, GUCCI HERMES, AND DESIGNER HANDBAGS VINTAGE & NEW TOP DOLLAR PAID Call 310/289-9561

SALES

&

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ANTIQUES / JEWELRY BUY & SELL

SERVICE

We will pay top $$$ for your Rolls Royce, Bentley or ANY European Classic! Any Year, Condition or Model.

Featured Vehicles

2008 Rolls-Royce Phantom

2011 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe $275K

2007 Bentley Arnage R

2008 Bentley GTC - $80,800

469 ANTIQUE FOR SALE

AUTHENTIC EARLY AMERICAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE ESTATE and VARIOUS SMALLS COLLECTION

For more info call 818-988-1045 For complete inventory visit www.classicmotorco.com 14265 Oxnard Street • Van Nuys, CA 91401

CA$H FOR CAR$

ANTIQUES BUY & SELL

WE WILL BUY YOUR CAR, RUNNING OR NOT! Please Call: 310/277-3281

470 FURNITURE FOR SALE

HIGHEST CASH ALL TYPES OF CARS

PRICES PAID ••••••••••

Antiques - Old Coins Tiffany Items FURNITURE SALE Paintings - Objets d’Art Will Appraise Your Car For Free!

Everything Must Go!!

Estate Jewelry: Sectional couches, 2 cofGold - DiamondsVisit us at fee tables, 2 bamboo bed Vintage Watches frames one queen, one king, wooden wine rack, Lalique - Art Glass www.chequeredflag.com white couch, wooden Fine Porcelains: dining table, wooden Call John or Neil: Meissen - Sevres chest, etc. located in 323-868-4119 Marble Statues Beverly Hills. All high sales@chequeredflag.com end furniture most from Bronze Sculptures restoration hardware.

Clocks - Silver Call now to make BUY & SELL ESTATE Furniture: French appointment to view PAWN SHOP English - American 323-505-2289 One Item or Entire 506 Estates Purchased AUTOS For Cash. Prompt & WANTED Considerate Response to All Inquiries.

WE BUY CARS House Calls O.K. • ••••••••• HIGH-END &

CLASSIC CAR CALL ERIC 310/345-1487

ANY YEAR • ANY MODEL

MICHAEL NEWMAN

310/276-0188 818/888-9200

Visit my website at beverlyhil santiques.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY 310.278.1322

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S E R V I C E

CONTRACTOR

CARPET CLEANING

ELAN INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION

CLEAN YOUR CARPETS FOR THE HOLIDAY’S

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

www.elaninnovativeconstruction.com

Albert Sedighpour

$30 per Room (2-rm min)

CLEAN CARPET CARE • Steam Cleaning • Free Deodorizer • Free Spot Removal

General Building Contractor

Residential/Commercial

albert.sedighpour@gmail.com

All Janitorial Services 30+ Years Experience.

310-294-6866

Lic. No. 953274

~ Special ~

• 323/540-0448 • Quality Cleaning!

CONTRACTOR ELECTRICIAN

• AC • CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

CARE ELECTRIC

REMODELING & NEW ADDITIONS

All Electrical Needs!

Residential/Commercial Expert Repair Small Jobs OK Fully Insured All Work Guaranteed!

FREE Estimates

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

www.careelectric.net

310/901-9411 Lic.# 568446

YOUR AD HERE call: 310.278.1322

GENERAL CONTRACTOR 4 0 Ye a r s E x e r i e n c e i n L A

T HE S OLENDER G ROUP I NC .

New Construction, Remodeling & Additions.

Also, Exp. Forensic Expert Free Consultations and Estimates.

HANDY

HANDY

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

HANDYMAN

LI Construction

HOME REPAIRS • Plumbing & REMODELING • Electrical • Carpentry • Drywall • Painting • Ceramic Tiles • Flooring • Roofing • Kitchen Cabinets • • • • • • • • • • No Job Too BIG or Too Small

• • • •

+ Electrical Upgrades Kitchens+Bathrooms Remodels Re-Piping & More Free Estimates!

Honest & Reliable!

HANDYMAN SERVICE • Remodeling • Carpentry Lamps, Fixtures and • Ceramic Tile • Plumbing Furniture Restored • Drywall • Painting

YALE

PAINTING PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Residential/Commercial

Interior/Exterior

Quality Custom Painting House • Commercial References Available. Apt. • Industrial • Hi-Rise

323/864-2490

805-252-2122

SERVICE DIRECTORY

or Too small!

—————––– —————–––– LICENSED HANDYMAN Lic. # B650400

N o j o b t o o S M A L L or BIG .

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

LICENSED HANDYMAN FREE ESTIMATES 35 Years Experience

HOME REPAIR & REMODELING

Call Rony:

Bonded & Insured

CALL DAN @ 323/855-8400

FREE Estimates.

• 310/245-1717 •

310.278.1322

State Lic. #914589

Kitchen/Bathroom & Additions • Electrical Plumbing • Painting Int./Ext. • Concrete Drywall • Carpentry Welding • Roofing We Can Help with All Your Home Needs.

+ FULL SERVICE BUILDING MAINTENANCE

Call Young anytime

FREE ESTIMATE “I Do My Own Work”

Call Robert at No Job Too BIG

SUDOKU ANSWER

01/02/15

ISSUE

MARBLE RESTORATION

PUZZLE ANSWERS 01/02/15

GOLD COAST ~ MARBLE ~

Call For Free Estimate:

310/203-0323 • 323/850-0080

818/348-3266 • 818/801-9503 • Cell: 818/422-9493 •

310.278.1322

RAFAEL

30 years of Quality service. • Plaster • Wallpaper • Call Dave • Big and small jobs.

Cell: 213/300-0223 Immediate Response 323/651-1832 Excellent reference.

Stephenmishka90025@yahoo.com

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January 9, 2015 | Page 31

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Guest Editorial WHEN $275K PER EMPLOYEE JUST ISN’T ENOUGH...........

By John Mirisch With little fanfare – and by design (and we’ll get to that in a minute) – the Beverly Hills City Council will vote next Tuesday 4-1 to give the City’s “Executive Management Group” an 11-percent salary increase over a two year period. The “Executive Management Group” consists of 28 of the City’s executive team, including the department heads, certain deputies and the city manager, along with assistant city managers.

Here’s why I will be the lone dissenter.

Currently, before any increases, the average total compensation within this group is $275,278 per employee. Total compensation includes base salary, pension and health care costs. The total compensation ranges within this group from a low of $192,911 to a high of $437,032.

Currently, the City foots the entire bill for the Cadillac defined-benefit pensions we offer these employees, that is, the City pays not only the employer’s share, which is currently 16.68-percent, but also the employees’ share, which is 8-percent. The employer’s share continues to increase year-by-year, which is one reason the total compensation for the executive group increased 16% from 2009 to 2013.

In line with the aims of PEPRA (the Public Employees Pension Reform Act), the City is now attempting to get all of our employees to pay their own share of pension costs. Even if they would be paying their own share, the City’s share would continue to be more than double what the employees pay. This stands in direct contrast to many 401k-style pensions in which private sector employees are lucky if their employers match their own contributions.

The 11-percent increase (which will actually be a bit more than 11-percent with compounding) includes what is being called an “offset.” So going forward, these executives will pay the 8percent employee share. But the “offset” means that we are increasing their salaries by 8-percent to pay for it. In addition to the 8-percent offset, the group will be given a 3-percent salary increase over two years.

There are those who will try to make the argument that we are not “really” giving the executive group an 11-percent salary increase, because the net cost to the City will only be approximately 3-percent. However, that “reasoning” simply perpetuates the paradigm that it somehow is, always has been, and should be the City’s responsibility to pay both the employer and employee share of the employees’ pension costs.

I understand the implications of asking the employees to step up and pay their own share of their pension costs now: it would mean a reduction in take-home pay. As a compromise, my suggestion was to have the executive group split the 8% “employee share” pension costs with the City.

Factoring in the 3-percent base salary increase, this would have meant an effective reduction in take-home pay of 1-2-percent–for employees who are already earning an average of over $275,000 in total compensation.

While there are those who feel it is the taxpayers’ responsibility to make all of our employees “whole,” my feeling is that asking executives with total compensation of over $275,000 to help pay for their own very generous pensions is the right and fair thing to do. Rather than – yet again – treating us like ATMs, cost sharing would have created a resolution which, in some small way, would be fairer to our residents.

Let’s please remember that the median household income for Beverly Hills is $86,141 (for 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau). In other words, the average total compensation of our executive group is already more than triple the median household income of our residents.

And so next Tuesday – while the City seems to be so quick about jacking up fees, water rates, etc. – I will be voting against the 11-percent salary increase for the executive group. In my opinion, it’s just not fair and it fails to balance the interests of the employees with those of our residents and businesses.

Beyond being disappointed at the continuation of a paradigm in which fairness towards our residents doesn’t seem to play a large enough role, I’m also saddened by the fact the council has chosen to put this matter on the agenda in such a way as to solicit a minimum of public input and discussion. From that decision at a closed session this past Tuesday, this matter will have been signed, sealed and delivered by the following Tuesday, effectively stifling public dialogue on the matter. This, too, is not fair towards our residents. In my opinion, consciously making decisions to limit public input is diametrically opposed to all the principles of open government which I personally cherish, and which led me to create the Sunshine Task Force when I was mayor.

While I don’t think this is the best way to start off the New Year, hopefully, it will only be a blip when we eventually reflect upon 2015 and our efforts to create a model of excellence in local government.

City Councilman John Mirisch is a former mayor of Beverly Hills.

PARIS IS WOUNDED by Marta Waller Paris was wounded this week in a terrorist attack that strikes at the heart of the French values of liberty and freedom of expression.

Paris became my adopted home seven months ago when I came here for a wedding and fell in love with the city and its people. As an American who lived through 9/11, I am not surprised by this terror attack. It was just a matter of time. The City of Light seemed safely immune to terrorism until now. Islamic extremism and antiSemitism are both very real here in Paris, but until yesterday it seemed a lid could be kept on the simmering problems with just an occasional flare up and a bit of a blind eye. But, I have been noticing increased police and military presence in Paris the past couple of months, and their sense of heightened anxiety is apparent as they patrol the streets and Metro stations.

As an American journalist, I cherish my freedom of speech and the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, designed to silence through intimidation, is anathema to everything in which I believe. I am saddened and angered by the cowardly act that took 12 lives and injured 11 others in a misguided attempt to avenge a religious belief. France is a secular nation, and religious satire is part of the fabric of the country. Even the notion of silencing that is simply impossible to the public at large, as evidenced by the large vigils across the city.

Paris is a different city today. Sadder, wiser, and probably stronger. If the object of this terrorist attack was to instill fear, it failed. Life continues and the only way to honor those who died is to live without fear and stand together with our French friends to protect free speech “je suis Charlie” —“I am Charlie!”

Noted former television journalist Marta Waller, a past editorial contributor to The Courier, is currently living in Paris and teaching a graduate marketing class at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Now that our historical and exciting centennial year has come to a close, we all must congratulate and thank everyone who made 2014 a memorable and rewarding one in Beverly Hills.

From our amazing Mayor Lili Bosse with her leadership and inspiring walks with the people that drew our City even closer together to the many restorations that brought back the past to the festivities that marked the year and on and on. It was all amazing.

Some 100 years from now, Beverly Hills will be celebrating its bicentennial and will look back at us to see how history was made.

There will be a great deal for them to see. That's because we cared so much about the future that generations to come will live the same dream that we did.

We are all, Beverly Hills!!

George Vreeland Hill ****** Not but a week ago, France betrays Israel in the UN and votes for the formation of a “Palestinian State” within the 1967 borders (borders that were shared with Jordan, not a new entity). This action in itself is deplorable. However, France has become a difficult place for Jews to reside. In fact, it is the European country from which more Jews are making aliyah (emigrating) to Israel to escape the raging anti-Semitism.

Well, it seems that all the caressing by the French government of these persons has not been reciprocated and 12 journalists were massacred today in Paris because of their dislike of some caricatures. Where would you say the real problem lies?

Pablo Nankin, MD

POLICE BLOTTER The following burglaries, robbery, identity and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers.

Losses in brackets.

BURGLARIES 12/29 300 South Robertson Boulevard 12/30 200 South Linden Drive ($54,750) 12/30 9000 Brighton Way 12/30 8000 Olympic Boulevard ($1,000) 01/03 300 Spalding Drive ($820) 01/04 100 South Bedford Drive ($1,500)

IDENTITY THEFT 01/01 300 North Beverly Drive ($380) GRAND THEFTS 02/12 100 Spalding Drive ($128,000) 12/29 9000 Charleville Boulevard ($2,200) ROBBERY 01/03 400 North Bedford Drive ($1,300)

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