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City Council Wants Joint Task Force For School Safety With BHUSD

Koala is a 2-year-old miniature poodle looking for her new family.

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BHHS students triumphed at last weekend’s DECA conference.

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BREAKING NEWS Changes made by the Planning Commission to the Cultural Heritage Ordinance “will not be on our council agenda” said Mayor Lili Bosse late Thursday as the City Council reinforces commitment to the cultural heritage of Beverly Hills.

SPECIAL EDITORIALS • Page 2: Councilmember John Mirisch on awarding executive employees an 11 percent pay hike.

• Page 31: The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan on the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

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George Christy, Page 6 The Cleavage City Crowd During The 72nd Golden Globe Awards At The Beverly Hilton Tattled About The Decollete Designer Gowns And Wondered Who Had Breast Enhancements Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE

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AND THE WINNER IS... — Actor Chris Pine (left) and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the nominees for Best Picture at the 87th Annual Academy Awards in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater Thursday morning.

Photo by Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.

Oscar Nominations Announced In Beverly Hills – Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel Lead Pack Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel led the pack of Oscar contenders today with nine nominations each for the 87th Academy Awards, with The Imitation Game following close

behind with eight nods.

The other five best picture nominees include Clint Eastwood's American Sniper, Boyhood, Selma, The Theory Of Everything directed by James

Marsh and Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle. The Academy's process allows for up to 10 best picture nominees. (see ‘OSCARS’ page 15)

By Laura Coleman & Victoria Talbot It’s time for the City of Beverly Hills, its school district and police force to work together to ensure that its youngest residents are safe, according to Councilman Willie Brien. In a study session Tuesday, Brien led his colleagues in a diatribe against the Board of Education, excoriating the school district leaders for poor business practices that prompted the Council to backtrack on its former commitment to pay the BHUSD half of the amount expended for private security in a 3-2 vote.

Wells Fargo & Co. Delivers In A Big Way Throughout The History Of Beverly Hills In July, the Beverly Hills Courier will celebrate 50 years in the community. Throughout the new year, The 11 Percent 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.

Pay Bump For Beverly Hills Executives (see ‘SCHOOL SAFETY’ page 19)

By Victoria Talbot Today it is difficult to imagine the dusty little bean field that was once Beverly Hills. When Wells Fargo opened for business, the City was not even a concept. La Cienega was a swamp where water from the canyons pooled.

In 1852, Henry Wells and William Fargo founded Wells, Fargo & Co. to provide the merchants, bankers, gold miners and farmers the fastest means possible of sending money back east to the centers of business and commerce.

The firm employed the famous Pony Express, stagecoach, railroad and steamship to satisfy their clients, building an office in the gold rush City of San Francisco.

They expanded into Los Angeles in 1855.

In the meantime, Maria Rita Valdez de Villa sold what was then Rancho El Rodeo de Las Aguas to Benjamin Davis Wilson and Henry Hancock in 1854. The two hoped to discover oil, but came up empty-handed. They subdivided and sold to a flood of settlers seeking a piece of what California had to offer.

One of those early settlers was J. P. Bruso, who moved in and operated the first Wells Fargo express office in Beverly Hills in 1909 from his grocery store and butcher shop.

Wells Fargo was there to offer their legendary and reliable express (see ‘WELLS FARGO’ page 14)

STREETCAR EXPRESS-In the 1910s, Wells Fargo express street cars delivered customers’ business throughout Los Angeles with stops in Beverly Hills and Santa Wells Fargo Monica.

Corporate Archives

Beverly Elder: The Rabbi Who Marched With Martin Luther King Part 19 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City.

By Laura Coleman

Dr. Sanford Shapero, 85, was born on March 4, 1929 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the eldest son of a coal man who, as it turned out, was bequeathing a legacy where every first born paternal son had been a rabbi, since the 12th century.

“It’s an old tradition,” said Shapero, who served as senior rabbi at Temple Emanuel from 1964-68 and later CEO/president of the City of Hope. (see ‘SANDY SHAPERO’ page 17)

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Celebrity Photo Agency/Scott Downie

Don’t miss the BHHS Dance Company’s annual concert this weekend!

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By Victoria Talbot Without much fanfare or opposition, the City of Beverly Hills extended basically the same agreement to the Executive Employees group that was extended to Miscellaneous Employees last fall, giving them an 11-percent increase followed by a 2-percent COLA increase in Feb. 2015 and a one percent increase in Feb. 2016.

The new agreement shifts PERS retirement benefit costs (see ‘CITY SALARIES’ page 15)

HAPPY TOGETHER — Moet & Chandon champagne was poured nonstop during the 72nd annual Golden Globes Awards at The Beverly Hilton, where Amy Adams (in Versace) Jared Leto and Julianne Moore (in Givenchy) toasted honorees and friends.

George Clooney was honored, and his beautiful wife Amal enjoyed her first outing at an awards extravaganza.

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

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Guest Editorial

Putting The Spin On City Employee Salary Increases

By John Mirisch Call me Nostradamus. Last week in The Courier I wrote that on Tuesday, Jan. 13, the City Council would vote 4-1 to give City employees whose total compensation is on average more than $275k a year an 11-percent raise, which included an 8-percent pension contribution “offset.”

Done. 4-1, with me dissenting.

Can’t say I didn’t tell you so…

In a stroke of supreme irony, on Tuesday the City also honored the amazing Fred Cunningham, who had worked for the City some 50 years, having retired around a decade ago. Almost all living Beverly Hills mayors came to honor Fred, for whom the City is now naming an award of service excellence. Cunningham worked in a variety of functions in his time at the City. As assistant city manager, for instance, he performed a multitude of duties for which the City currently employs multiple staff members in some cases. Yet even adjusting for inflation, Fred Cunningham never earned anything near the kind of salary and benefits we lavish upon our current employees. Don’t get me wrong: I very much appreciate the service provided by our current employees but believe that the salaries and benefits we pay should be fair and sustainable.

But salaries and benefits also need to retain some connection with the real world, and defiantly ignoring the fact that the average total compensation of the executive group is over triple the median household income for all of Beverly Hills doesn’t meet this criterion, in my book.

Nor do I think it is reasonable to suggest – as one council member did at the Tuesday meeting – that the City is only doing financially well because of the efforts of staff. (I’m also guessing that this assessment consciously leaves out the City’s growing $200M+ unfunded liability).

In addition to the points I made in last week’s Courier, on Tuesday I pointed out the potential for a conflict of interest by extending the 11-percent salary increase we had given the miscellaneous employees (whose total compensation before the recent raises was “only” $116k per year) to the executive group.

Here’s why. While the lead negotiator in our labor negotiations is usually an independent labor lawyer, members of the executive staff are very much involved in putting together information and making recommendations. They are part of the negotiating team. My point was simple: if staff members involved in negotiating a deal know that they will benefit from the deal, this could create a systemic conflict of interest. Any member of the executive staff negotiating a

memorandum of understanding with any of the City’s other bargaining units would know that the practice of the council was to apply the same deal points to the executive group. It would be, in effect, like they were negotiating both sides of their own contracts.

I made it very clear I wasn’t suggesting anyone specifically in the executive group had negotiated against the interests of the City. I merely pointed out that structurally it was almost impossible to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Our city manager, who is by nature retiring and is also actually retiring from the position at the end of the month, took great umbrage at this contention. As retiring as he normally is, our city manager, who generally doesn’t make a lot of comments, spoke up and in addition to expressing that he was offended by my comments, denied even the potential existence of such a conflict of interest.

This is very interesting. There are any number of circumstances in which by law a council member is not allowed to participate in the decision-making process – and rightly so. For example, if the council is making a decision on a property that is within 500 feet of a councilmember’s house, then that councilmember may not participate in the decision-making process. In fact, that councilmember has to leave the room while the decision is being made. This is not to suggest that the council member could not make an objective, independent decision, but occurs simply to avoid the appearance of impropriety and the potential for impropriety. There are numerous other such cases in which a council member has to recuse herself without any hint of a suggestion that said council member would ever engage in any wrongdoing.

I have never heard our city manager – not once – object to the rules by which a councilmember must recuse themself to avoid the appearance of impropriety, so I find the pique expressed by him to be extremely misplaced and unfair.

Instead of taking offense and finding excuses or justifications, we should try hard not to forget the importance of principles in our decision-making process.

Fairness and transparency seem to be much maligned principles these days, but fairness and transparency actually do matter. And good local government remembers that fairness is not simply a principle to be dispensed to the public employees, but also to the residents those public employees are supposed to serve.

Councilman John Mirisch is a former mayor of Beverly Hills.

Lunar New Year - The Year Of The Sheep Concert, Imperial Dinner Benefits The Wallis Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts welcomes the Lunar New Year - The Year Of The Sheep with an immersive and festive welcome with PreConcert Cocktails, a Benefit Concert and Imperial Dinner and Chinese Feast. This black-tie extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 31 will take place in the Bram Goldsmith Theater, the Jim and Eleanor Randall Grand Hall and the Promenade Terrace.

The Honorary Chair is Wallis Annenberg; the co-chairs are Linda May and John Bendheim.

International artists, performing a

Chinese classical and traditional folk program, include Madame Sun Ping, the reigning Grand Dame of the Peking Opera; world-renowned pianist Rueibin Chen, who was the inaugural soloist at The Wallis in sold-out performances; and world-class Chinese ensemble L’Ensemble du Ciel with instrumentalists performing on the Pipa, Gaohu, Erhu and Chinese Bamboo Flute.

Generously sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels, the event features models who will be dressed by haute couture honoree (see ‘WALLIS CHINESE NEW YEAR’ page 15)

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Hawthorne Named As A California School To Watch

BHHS DANCES —Today and tomorrow at 7 p.m. are the last chances to see the BHHS Dance Company’s annual concert. in the school’s K.L. Peters Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for students; $15 general admission, available at the door and online at shopbhhs.com. Company members include back row, (from left): Danielle Berris, Scout Sklarew, Sara Katz, Tristan McIntyre, Isaac Spector, Sydney Navid, Justin Friedman, Shireen Lai, Marielle Worobof and Quori-Tyler Bullock. Front row (from left): Shir Ketayi, Timaj Kalifa, Karmel Stevens, Lauren Kim, Mia Bronson, Lucy Gallop, Sara Pessah, Olivia Ayl, Leore Slavick and Rachel Galen.

By Laura Coleman Hawthorne school has been selected as a California “School to Watch,” a prestigious three-year designation assigned this week to just seven schools in the state which are considered the most elite group of high-performing, high impact middle schools.

“It’s really the highest award our middle school can earn in the state,” Superintendent Gary Woods said. “We hope to qualify a few of our other k-8 schools in the future.”

The award, sponsored by the California Middle Grades Alliance and the California Department of Education, signifies that Hawthorne offers a comprehensive education model from which other schools can learn and be in-

spired. There are currently 67 schools in the state that have received designation.

“The Hawthorne community is excited to be recognized for the hard work and dedication of our teachers, students and families,” Principal Kathy Schaeffer said. “We value excellence in education and the contributions that each individual makes to the success of Hawthorne.”

Hawthorne, which is celebrating its centennial year as a school, received the designation following an extensive review process across multiple criteria including academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity, and organizational structures and processes.

Woods (see ‘HAWTHORNE SCHOOL’ page 15)

CUDDLE KOALA–Koala is a 2year old, 14-pound miniature poodle. She was found outside a thrift shop with a bag of food but no collar, microchip, or note.

She is available for adoption through the non-profit, rescue only pet store ShelterHopePetShop.org. Those interested in making this abandoned baby a permanent part of their family may contact 805379-3538.

STUDENT STAR– The El Rodeo PTA awarded its first monthly Student Star of the Month Awards and Teacher/Faculty of the Month Awards last week at the BHHS PTSA meeting. 14 awards were given by BHHS Administration for outstanding student achievement and outstanding teacher/faculty recognition. Pictured: BHHS Principal Carter Paysinger, Hunter Trost, Suhee Jin, Assistant Principal Renee Cobb, ASB Advisor Mark Mead, Benjamin Heller, Priscilla Binafard, Margo Bender, Colleen Davenport, Cory Anne Roberts, Daniel Davis, Assistant Principal Kevin Brown, PTA Co-Presidents Azy Farahmand and Jodi Galen, Daniel Newman, Deborah Lee, Danni Jo Martincak and Iris Aviram. Not pictured Tristan McIntyre.

Blumenfeld, Human Relations To Landlord/Tenant Issues Beverly Hills CVB Kicks Off Chinese New Year Tackle

By Laura Coleman “Year Of The Sheep” Celebration At 36, Beverly Hills resiBy Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau CEO Julie Wagner joined Che Zhaohe, cultural consul for Chinese Consulate of Los Angeles at the CVB office Thursday to announce a Chinese New Year extravaganza, “Happy Chinese New Year - Beijing Culture Month.”

The CVB is partnering with China International Culture Association (CICA), with support from the Chinese Consulate of Los Angeles to celebrate the

Year of the Sheep, February 1 at the Saban Theatre at 8 p.m.

The event will feature acclaimed entertainment from Beijing. "We want to grow the friendship between Beijing and Beverly Hills," said Zhaohe, speaking enthusiastically to the Chinese media.

The Beijing Performance & Arts Group will be hosting Chinese acrobats from the China National Acrobatic Troupe; opera by Chen Junhua; dance by award-winning performer Zhu Han and Miao Miao of the

Beijing Dance Drama & Opera House. Audiences will be treated to the violin and Erhu music of Song Fei and Lu Siqing, a Pipa solo from Zhou Hui, vocals of Chen Junhua and Gong Shuang. A display of traditional Chinese art from the Beijing Foreign Cultural Exchanges Center (BCEC) will also be on display.

Event tickets are free and available through Ticketmaster and through the CVB. Visit www.lovebeverlyhills/com/she ep for more information.

HONORING FRED CUNNINGHAM--The Beverly Hills City Council created the Fred C. Cunningham Award for Distinguished Service to honor Cunningham for 50 years of service to the City of Beverly Hills as executive director of Public Affairs. “I have never worked with anyone that has ever approached the dignity of Fred Cunningham,” said former mayor, Robert K. Tanenbaum. The medal will be awarded periodically for extraordinary service to the City. Standing: City Councilmember John Mirisch, Vice Mayor Dr. Julian Gold, Allan Alexander, Barry Brucker, Jimmy Delshad, Ed Brown, City Councilmember Nancy Krasne, Robert Tanenbaum, Linda Briskman, Mark Egerman, City Councilmember Dr. Willie Brien. Sitting: Vicky Reynolds, Donna Ellman, honoree Fred C. Cunningham, Mayor Lili Bosse and Dr. Chuck Aronberg.

Courier photo by Victoria Talbot

dent and attorney Ori Blumenfeld is one of the City's youngest commissioners. Yesterday, the L.A. native was sworn in as chair of the Human Relations Commission. The commission is among the more poorly attended ones that serve the City, but according to Blumenfeld that's all about to change once the Human Relations Commission assumes the City Council’s charge to serve as the mediation body for landlords and tenants.

“The City Council’s charge to us to oversee landlord tenant disputes and issues relating to code enforcement will keep our commission busy and extremely relevant to those people that need our help the most,” he said.

For the past few months the commission has been training to assume that charge of mitigating landlord/tenant disputes and Blumenfeld predicts

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that within two months they will begin hearing grievances.

The commission is also tasked with overseeing issues of homelessness, housing , panhandling, anti-bullying, and programs related to engendering civil civility. This year, the commission will spearhead the second round of “One Book, One City.”

Blumenfeld, who moved here in 2010 to be close to his firm, the Law Offices of Michael Jay Berger on South Beverly, participated in Team Beverly Hills in 2013. He was appointed to the commission last May, and immediately voted into the role of vice chair.

THREE CHEERS — The Beverly Hills Cheerleading Team took home first place in two divisions and they were awarded the Congeniality Award at the JAMZ competition last week in Long Beach. Pictured, from left: Jolie Elkouby, Elise Knebel and Julia Rappaport enjoy a victory moment with Lucky.

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City Of Beverly Hills Begins Another Round With Metro

DECA--Beverly Hills High DECA students celebrate together in Anaheim after 26 students received top recognition for the efforts at the weekend competition.

Beverly Hills High Students Triumph At DECA Career Development Competition

By Laura Coleman Over the weekend, 46 Beverly Hills High School students participated in the DECA SoCal Career Development Competition in Anaheim with 26 students receiving top three recognition in all aspects of events. The three-day conference brought together roughly 300 students throughout the Southland to compete in a variety of simulated business situ-

ations.

“These kids not only wanted to be there, but they brought the sense of strong integrity and strong work ethic representing Beverly Hills to this conference,” said PTSA Boardmember and trip chaperone Jennifer Terrell. Her son, BHHS sophomore Jacob Schwartz, received second place in sports and entertainment marketing.

Terrell credited team advisor Coach Charlie Stansbury, who meets every Monday at lunch with the team, with teaching the students how to think strategically and quickly respond to possible scenarios.

Next month, the BHHS DECA team heads to Santa Clara for the state competition from Feb. 26 to March 2.

NEW YEAR, NEW BOARD–-The Beverly Hills Active Adult Club installed a new board last Monday at Roxbury Park Community Center. The new officers will preside for the 2014-16 years. Bottom row: Gloria Jennings Milkowski, secretary; Ellyn Snowden, fundraising advisor; Maria Heilpern, 2nd VP; Maggie Theard, historian; Mayor Lili Bosse; and Les Bronte, president. Top row: Mildred Heller, past president; Donna Goldstein, birthday chair; Winifred Hervey, entertainment chair; Irene Schwartz, past president; Gloria Gordon, 1st VP; Leo Kaye, sergeant at arms. Absent from the photo were Judie Fenton, advisor; Bernice Cohen, birthday chair; and Gloria Shephard, historian.

COC Warns BHUSD Board: Check Your Cash

By Laura Coleman Members of the Beverly Hills Unified School District’s Citizens’ Oversight Committee (COC) had a very simple message for the Board of Education at Tuesday’s formal meeting: “We are very concerned that the district may run out of Measure E funds prior to the completion of Horace Mann.”

Board VP Howard Goldstein confirmed that it was unknown precisely how far its current cash will stretch be-

yond the completing construction on the new school building at Horace Mann. Goldstein said the board had been told there were sufficient funds to complete the new building as well as renovate Building A at Horace Mann. It is unknown if there are sufficient funds to complete the planning stage for the high school and bring the plans to the Division of the State Architect for review.

“The goal is to complete the new Horace Mann build-

ing, then evaluate how much we have to spend,” he said.

“The issue is how much cash do we have on hand that is now allocated, and how much additional revenues will we have for the new construction.”

The COC report states that the community needs “clear assurances that the Measure E budget, funding, and present and future bond issuances will be available” in the face of concerns about maintaining (see ‘BHUSD MONEY’ page 15)

BEVERLY HILLS CENTENARIAN– Beverly Hills resident Leslie H. Martinson, the legendary film and TV director today reaches his 100th birthday and will be honored with a 2 p.m. celebration at Opica Adult Day Care Center, 11759 Missouri Ave. (310-478-0226).

The Boston native began as a newspaper journalist before joining MGM as a script clerk in 1936. and launched his directing career in the early 1950s. He is most famous for directing Batman (1966), The Bionic Woman (1976), PT-109 (1963), Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978), and Fathom (1967). He also directed multiepisodes of Dallas, Chips, Quincy, Fantasy Island, Buck Rodgers, Mannix, Diff’ent Strokes, Maverick, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Brady Bunch, Mission:Impossible, Chips, Harper Valley P.T.A., Small Wonder, and dozens of other popular shows. His wife, Connie Martinson, is The Courier’s veteran book reviewer.

By Victoria Talbot Once again, the City of Beverly Hills has to jump in the ring with a formidable opponent in Metro as the Purple Line Extension begins to take shape at the La Cienega station. Tuesday evening City Engineer Mark Cuneo conferred with City Council on how to play the next round.

Seeking direction from City Council, Cuneo explained that City must develop a Memorandum of Agreement between Beverly Hills and the LA County Metropolitan Authority for the Design –Build Phase of the Purple Line Extension.

Construction on Segment 1 is expected to begin in 2016; in July, Metro awarded a con-

tract for the design-build phase. It will continue for several years, until 2022, through the completion of construction.

The purpose of bringing this forward in City Council is to reiterate and confirm the City’s direction and priorities in handling this phase of the agreement.

On the table are considerations of work hours and days; traffic, parking, detours, emergency access, business mitigation measures, impacts to historic resources, noise impacts and mitigations, historic resource protections, business assistance and outreach to the community, among others. (see ‘PURPLE LINE’ page 14)

YOSEMITE-- Hawthorne 8th grade students took a trip to Yosemite last week. The students challenged themselves with cross country skiing, challenge hikes, ice skating, as well as group and leadership challenges. Pictured above, back row, from left: Alexandra Senior, Maxwell Kim, Adriel Ghadoushi, Nathan Afshani, Abigail Tesfai, Alexa Khorshad, Asael Sanandaji, Oraan Levi and Alex Melamed. Front row: Lillian Mehdizadeh, and Chantel Sabouhi.

Dine L.A.’s Restaurant Week Begins Monday, Through Feb. 1

By Laura Coleman Dine L.A. kicks off its latest two-week dining event on Monday, giving foodies the possibility to taste cuisine from some of the City’s best restaurants at an affordable price.

“There is no better way of trying a new restaurant than during DineLA,” opined Ocean Prime GM Stephen Cook. “As the new kid on the block, Chef Briggs and I felt it important for this season to select dishes straight from our extensive lunch and dinner menus so that Los Angeles can experience why we stand out."

Other Beverly Hills restaurants include: Bouchon Bistro, Caulfield's Bar and Dining Room, Da' Pasquale Trattoria, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & CHUMP CHANGE – Beverly Hills resident Kevin Lipton paid $2.585 million for a 1792 Birch Cent named for its engraver, Robert Birch, at an auction in Orlando last week. He paid $2.233 millioon for a quarter from the same year, totaling $4.8 million for 26 cents.

Wine Bar, Fogo de Chao Churrascaria, Gyu-Kaku, Hakkasan, Il Buco Ristorante, Il Cielo, Il Fornaio, La Dolce Vita, Lawry's The Prime Rib, Locanda Veneta, Mr. Chow, Nic's, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Scarpetta, Scratch|Bar, Summer Fish & Rice, Tagine Beverly Hills, The Cabana Cafe at The Beverly Hills Hotel, The Farm of Beverly Hills, The Grill On The Alley, The Polo Lounge and The Stinking Rose.

For more information about the upcoming Dine L.A.'s Restaurant Week (Jan. 19 to Feb. 1) and details on the specially priced prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus, visit: www.discoverlosangeles.com/ dineLA.

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morphosed into Cleavage City.

One-of-a-kind couture gowns

he 72nd International Golden Globe Awards meta-

designed with the decollete “wow” factor at sky-high prices have taken over the show.

Gowns that the heartland’s TVviewing ladies lust for. Of course, one encounters quite a few fashion disasters.

Reese Witherspoon in Calvin Klein

Rosamund Pike in Vera Wang

Salma Hayek in Alexander McQueen

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rateful we are for these fashionista appearances of Cleavage City beauties who are joys to behold. Even Jeremy Renner, the presenting mate with Jennifer Lopez, couldn’t refrain from an off-the-cuff remark alluding to Jennifer’s “globes.” Kate Hudson’s whistle-blowing Versace gown will be long remembered, as will others on these pages.

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aced nicely this time around, and save for the offthe-shoulder wit of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who will not return next year, the unimaginative program may be best described as Tinsel Town Bland.

With a pinch of cornpone.

ddly, on the day of the awards extravaganza, the reigning queen of Cleavage City, Anita Ekberg, bid her farewell to Planet Earth (check out Anita’s upper structure, which is like no other. In that pool scene with Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita).

Lupita Nyong’o in Matt Bomer in Giambattista Tacori Valle

Who of Cosmetic Surgery: Which surgeons, locally or internationally, will secretly take credit for any likely “boob jobs” praised by the papparazzi, who argued about which star had a $40,000 enhancement.

s the Golden Globe evening progressed with the presenting and receiving of the awards, hope held sway that a Globe win may lead to an Oscar candidacy. So be it.

The audience in The Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom indulged in sly whispering.

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s always, the crackerjack weekend promised parties to the max, including private dinners. One event hosted

by CAA agents included former President Bill

Clinton at Craig’s, that Girl Country dining room on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. We hear the papparazzi’s went nuts. Owner Craig Susser served as a 23year veteran waiter at the legendary Dan Tana’s before launching Craig’s, and striking gold with his hot-to-trot crowd.

Long ago, we christened Tinsel Town as Cleavage City, and let’s now anoint Craig’s as Hollywood’s new Girl Country.

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he night of the Globes ceremony, President Clinton joined hosts Sean Penn and Charlize Theron at the Montage Hotel for a celebrity-heavy dinner supporting Help Haiti Home that fetched $6 million to benefit the poverty-stricken and cruelly corrupt country.

Chris Martin and the Red Hot Chili Peppers entertained.

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long with Sean Penn, bestselling author Mitch Albom (Tuesdays With Morrie) is among the major supporters spending weeks thereabouts.

Befriending and teaching those young and yearning-to-learn orphans in Haiti. What’s nicer than a love for children?

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Helen Mirren in Dolce & Gabbana

Jessica Chastain in Atelier Versace

Joanne Froggatt

Julianna Margulies in Ulyan Sergeenko

Kerry Washington in Mary Katranzou

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Gina Rodriguez in Badgley Mishka

Allison Williams in Armani Prive

Dakota Johnson in Chanel

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Emily Blunt in Michael Kors

Kate Hudson, in Versace, arriving on the red carpet during the 72nd Annual Golden Globes presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association at The Beverly Hilton Hotel

Emma Stone Felicity Jones in in Lanvin Dior Haute Couture

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Channing Tatum with Jenna Dewan Tatum

Rande Gerber with Cindy Crawford

Harrison Ford with Calista Flockhart

Justin Theroux with Jennifer Aniston in Saint Laurent

Liev Schreiber with Naomi Watts in Gucci

Eric White with Patricia Arquette

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Colin Hanks with Samantha Bryant

Leslie Stefanson with James Spader

Robert Downey Jr. with wife Susan Downey

Diane Kruger in Emilia Wicksham with Joshua Jackson

Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad with Ryan Guzman

Rene Russo with Dan Gilroy

Ryan Hawke with Ethan Hawke

Keira Knightley in Chanel with James Righton

Robert Duvall with wife Luciana Pedraza

Amal Clooney in Dior Haute Couture with George Clooney

Jake Gyllenhaal with sister Maggie Gyllenhaal in Miu Miu

Tina Fey in Antonio Berardi with Amy Poehler in Stella McCartney

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B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E Beverly Hills Poised To Make Kronish Local Landmark

By Victoria Talbot The house that started Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission and led the City from a D+ to an A report card grade from the Los Angeles Conservancy is finally going to be recommended to be designated as a local landmark.

The Kronish House built by architect Richard Neutra in 1954-5. The home is found at the end of a 250-foot long driveway that spills onto Sunset. With two acres, the original owners–Herbert Kronish, a developer and his wife Hazel–said they did not want a

The home is the largest of Neutra’s homes and is the only intact home of his design in the City. It is discreetly placed at the top of a driveway on a flag lot where it is not visible from the street.

Neutra also designed the pool as an extension of the home, which has six bedrooms and 5.5 baths.

In 2011 the home was in very poor condition, and went on the market for the first time in 30 years. It was purchased for $5.8 million in a foreclosure sale. When it seemed the new owners had slated the

restoration of mid-century modern master architects homes, was selected to meticulously restore the home. In 2000, the firm received the American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for its restoration of Neutra’s 1946 Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs.

The battle to save this, the largest of Neutra’s residences, resulted in the formation of the City’s historic preservation ordinance and created the now embattled Cultural Heritage Commission. The latter has created 26 local landmarks on the

KRONISH HOUSE - Built in 1954-5, the home sparked the preservation controversy that started the Cultural Heritage Commission.

wooden box design or a flat roof; both Neutra trademark designs. Neutra constructed a 7,000-square foot home in a pinwheel design that radiates from a central core and takes full advantage of a rich landscape that helps define the interiors.

home for demolition, activists rallied around the property.

Their efforts found a buyer; Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos III purchased it for $12.8 million and agreed to restore the residence.

Award-winning firm Marmol Radziner, noted for its

Local Register of Historic Properties, including several private homes with the owner’s approval.

Another landmark nomination Wednesday is Will Rogers Memorial Park, originally developed as an extension of the grounds of The Beverly Hills

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Hotel in 1912. Laid out by landscape architect Wilbur D. Cook, Jr. the park was dedicated to the City of Beverly Hills in 195 as the first Municipal Park after incorporation in 1914.

Another historic artifact that speaks to the history of the City that will be submitted for nomination is the “Celluloid” monument, created by artist Merrell Gage in 1959 to celebrate Beverly Hills’ independence. The structure on the corner of Olympic Boulevard and Beverly Drive commemorates the eight celebrities identified as key figures in the fight against annexation to Los Angeles. They were Will Rogers, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Harold Lloyd, Conrad Nagle, Rudolph Valentino and Tom Mix. Together their campaign saved the City’s independence, and the structure is a monument to the vital relationship between Hollywood and the City of Beverly Hills.

This comes as the Cultural Heritage Commission faces a major reorganization that will make landmarking a structure such as the Kronish Residence, which was in a state of advanced disrepair from neglect, much more difficult.

Planning Commission Chair Howard Fisher and Com-

“CELLULOID”-- By Merrell Gage 1959

missioner Craig Corman are working with Cultural Heritage Chair Maralee Beck and Commissioner Noah Furie to craft a palatable path to limiting landmark selection.

The recommendations will be sent to City Council for approval.

Eric Garcetti, Paul Koretz Shirk Responsibility For Residents’ Safety In Bel-Air Another day, another construction nightmare for Bel-Air residents.

Early risers in Bel-Air Thursday morning reported seeing multiple vehicles and

large construction trucks traveling along and illegally parking along Perugia Way as early as 6 a.m.

Large hauling trucks and diggers, as well as a tractor carrying rebar and pavers were all seen traveling along the tiny street in the wee hours of the morning.

The most harrowing incident, however, was one woman who says she was almost hit by a construction truck at the intersection of Perugia Way and Bellagio.

Stopped at a stop sign heading east, a construction truck came around the corner and nearly side-swapped her. It was reported that a worker who was supposed to be controlling traffic just shrugged his shoulders at the resident.

“The morning construction noise and traffic congestion is so loud and intense, which explains why residents on this narrow street are at wits end,” said Fred Rosen, president/CEO of the Bel-Air Homeowners Alliance.

Work trucks line Bel-Air’s narrow Perugia Way.

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T Songstress Betty Buckley Bringing Latest Album Ghostlight’s ‘Crime Jazz’ To The Wallis Jan. 24 Broadway and concert star actress/singer Betty Buckley is bringing her Ghostlight show to The Wallis, for one night only, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 in the Bram Goldsmith Theatre.

The concert will feature songs from Ghostlight, Buckley’s second collaboration with renowned songwriter, producer and performer, T Bone Burnett— they were childhood friends in Forth Worth, Texas; and he made her first recording in his home studio in 1969.

Playbill Records/Sony BMG released Betty Buckley: 1967 to acclaim in 2007 and the duo decided they had to have a follow up.

Burnett’s concept for the album, recorded last year at L.A.’s historic Village Studios, was a smoky 1950’s L.A. club “where dangerous men and glamorous women go to hear a girl singer and her band tell true stories about life in the city,” Buckley said. Burnett terms the genre “crime jazz.”

Betty Buckley

The resulting album and concert is a mix of Broadway standards and contemporary songs, she loves, but had never recorded.

Before her concert date, Buckley will conduct song interpretation workshop master classes for former and new students Jan 18-22 (info@collaborationfactory.com), to teach “how to connect to an audi-

ence.”

It’s something Buckley’s been doing since her broadway debut in 1969 and through 15 solo recordings.

With a six-piece band, three are veterans from the album; Buckley will offer such selections as her evocative 10-minute almost psychedelic version of Lazy Afternoon and her torch song stylings on Body And Soul —”The song T Bone said I had to learn,” Buckley says.

Her favorite of the group is Jefferson Airplane’s Coming Back To Me by Marty Balin.

“The groove is hypnotic.”

Calling herself a singing actress, Buckley is drawn to songs where “the character goes through something and comes out with a new perspective.”

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s This Nearly Was Mine, “with perfect words and music,” is a prime example.

Steve Simmons—Read the full story at www.bhcourier.com.

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French Consul General Joins Temple Of The Arts To Honor Terrorist Victims, MLK Legacy Axel Cruau, Consul général de France à Los Angeles will join Rabbi David Baron, founder of the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre and deliver a remembrance of the victims of terrorism in Paris last week, at a free Shabbat service and performance in observance of Martin Luther King Day, at 8:30 p.m., today in the temple’s Saban Theater, 8440 Wilshire Blvd.

“Extremism and racism have no place in civilized society,” said Baron. “The legacy of Dr. King and the example of Doc Myers, who we will honor at our Shabbat service, are of men committed to unifying us not dividing us.”

Reverend Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D.—a renowned civil rights activist, founder/chairman of the modern movement promoting the Juneteenth holiday, Baptist minister, jazz musician and American physician serving the disenfranchised in Tchula, Miss.— will be honored at the service.

Juneteenth legislation now passed in 43 states celebrates the freedom of African Americans and the abolishment of slavery as a result of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, Baron said. “Further, we are pleased to acknowledge Rev Myers for his support of Ethiopian Jewry by personally funding a tour of churches and synagogues in the U.S. for Miss Israel 2013, Yityish “Titi” Aynaw, an Ethiopian Jew.” Also joining the service will be Dr. J. Benjamin Hardwick, president of the Western Baptist State Convention of California, who walked with Dr. King in the south.

The service will feature performances by Myers, jazz guitarist Jacques Lesure, 14-yearold operatic singer Golda Berkman, singer Freda Payne and jazz harpist Corky Hale Stoller.

Other instrumentalists will include: Teodress Avery on saxophone, James Leary on bass and Cecil Brooks, III on drums.

At www.bhcourier.com Jerry Cutler reviews Still Alice and Zero Motivation.

Axel Cruau, Consul général de France à Los Angeles

Golda Berkman singing Eli, Eli. Photo by Steve Moyer

Other service participants will include actor, director and producer of the event, Stephen Macht, and keynote speakers Gabriel Macht (USA Network’s, Suits) and Ari Macht (editor/producer of the video Rebuilding The Delta).

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.

Roxbury Park Players Present Bits & Pieces The Roxbury Park Players will present Bits & Pieces, a show of comedy, poetry, music and playlets, from 1-2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25 in the Roxbury Park Community Center, 471 S. Roxbury Dr. Seating in on a a first-arrival basis; and no tickets are required for the free event.

For more information, call 310-285-6843.

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by Peter Lieberson and Johannes Brahms from 7-9 p.m., Sunday on 91.5 FM. The broadcast (of a concert from Jan. 27, 2013) includes the West Coast premiere of Lieberson’s The World In Flower, and Brahms’ Ein Duetsches Requiem.

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

• • • • • The musical for all ages, Annabelle And The Snow Queen Express, will play at 2 p.m., Saturdays and at 12:30 p.m., Sundays, Jan. 17-March 29 at the Santa Monica Playhouse, The Other Space, 1211 4th St. (between Wilshire & Arizona).

Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen, with a nod to Sholom Aleichem and Mark Twain’s train travel stories, in Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie’s version, the Snow Queen and icy companions help Annabelle close the rift in time and melt the cold front that threatens the hearts of the modern world.

A host of colorful Dickensian characters, led by a dotty old lady (or is she the Snow Queen in disguise?) enlist the audience’s aid to convince a feisty teen that “you’re never too old to believe in the magic of love and family.”

Tickets are $12.50 per child; $15 for adults.

For required reservations, call the box office, 310-3949779 ext. 2 or visit santamonicaplayhouse.com.

• • • • • In 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a sermon to a packed Friday-evening service at Temple Israel of Hollywood (TIOH). He was introduced by then-Rabbi Max Nussbaum, who had been a refugee from Nazi Germany, as “the man who

has given the history of our generation a forward thrust, a sense of direction, an encounter with destiny.” On Sunday at 7 p.m. the 50th anniversary of this historic sermon will be celebrated at TIOH, 7300 Hollywood Blvd. with a musical evening uniting more than 130 performers, musicians, choirs, clergy and others of all faiths, ethnicities, ages and backgrounds.

The show, which will resurrect part of King’s original sermon in a musical context, is produced and arranged by composer Michael Skloff, who wrote and composed TV theme songs for Friends, Dream On, and many others. TIOH congregants who were present at King’s sermon in 1965 will also attend.

PBS talk show host and author Tavis Smiley will be the keynote speaker.

RSVP at www.tioh.org/rsvp; tickets are $5. For event information, visit http://tioh.org/nomenuarticles/511-mlkcelebration.

• • • • • “Somnambulistica,” a solo exhibition of new paintings and mixed media works by artist Bernie Taupin, will be on view Jan. 24– March 14 at KM Fine Arts, 814 N. La Cienega Blvd.

An opening reception with the artist will be from 7-9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24. To RSVP, visit rsvp@kmfinearts.com.

Taupin, best known for his legendary songwriting career with Elton John, began a serious career as a visual artist in 1990.

Somnambulistica highlights Taupin’s ability to manipulate a wide range of media—acrylic and oil paints, wax, cheesecloth, bubble wrap, glass, metal and shredded paper—into visual ensembles of color, texture and movement.

The galley is open 11 a.m.6 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. For more information, call 310-8540540.

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services to ship money, goods and valuables until 1918.

World War I brought the federal government into the express delivery service, affecting 10,000 Wells Fargo stores nationwide. Only the bank in San Francisco survived, serving Beverly Hills customers by acting as a correspondent bank for the Beverly Hills National Bank & Trust Company, which opened in 1925 under the Beverly Hills Savings Bank banner.

But Wells Fargo returned to the City in 1969 and merged with the Beverly Hills National Bank in 1974.

Community banking defines Wells Fargo, as much today as it did 164 years ago. “By ‘community-based’ we mean we’re not just a bank that happens to be in the community; we’re a community bank.

We’re ‘in and of’ every community in which we do business,” said Steve Ghysels, regional managing director of Wells Fargo Private Bank Beverly Hills.

“Our customers today, more than ever, need a safe, trustworthy, capable financial advisor who can help them plan for and achieve their financial goals for building a home, providing education for their children, building a business and saving for retirement,” said Wells Fargo Community Bank, L. A. Bank Area president Patrick Nygren.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo Community Bank is a nationwide, diversified financial services company with $1.7 trillion in assets. The company provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer and commercial financing with 8,700 locations.

Beverly Hills and Wells Fargo have been through a lot together, good times and bad.

The company has served the City with its largess in locallybased philanthropy.

For example, Wells Fargo private banking contributed to

BEVERLY HILLS the rehabilitation of the City’s Lily Pond in Beverly Gardens Park. Steve Ghysels is a former board member of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, and former president of the board of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce (2012-13). He currently serves as a board member of the chamber, and is also on the board’s executive and government affairs committee.

Patrick Nygren is an active supporter of community and business events throughout the City. He will be participating in the upcoming Feb. 9 “Walk with the Mayor” with Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse.

It is easy to find both men at most of the City’s important public functions, where they are recognized as partners in the Beverly Hills community.

Last month, Wells Fargo opened yet another community bank branch at their newest location in Beverly Hills with a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring Mayor Lili Bosse and the Chamber of Commerce. The event also included grant donations to the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills, the Beverly Hills Education Foundation and the Persian American Cancer Institute.

Wells Fargo has four community banking stores and one private banking office to serve the Beverly Hills community conveniently located at • Beverly Hills, 9600 Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, 90210 Phone: 310-550-7183 • Wilshire Crescent, 9354 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills 90212 Phone: 310-285-0082 • Beverly & Olympic, 315 S. Beverly Dr. Ste. 100, Beverly Hills 90212 Phone: 424-332-1400 • La Cienega & Wilshire, 8501 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills 90211 Phone: 310-360-4100 • Private Banking Office, 433 N. Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, 90210 Phone: 310-285-5817

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Cuneo showed an animated film produced by Metro that depicts their process and expectations. In the film, Wilshire Boulevard would be closed on weekends as Metro conducts station and tunnel construction.

The City entered into an agreement for the Advanced Utility Relocation Phase last fall, with detailed expectations for the work hours and days, parking impacts, traffic mitigations, emergency access, mitigation for noise, business assistance, resident accessibility and aesthetics, community outreach, cost reimbursement, potential real estate acquisitions

and durations of impact.

Turning the agreement around and changing it for these requirements, Metro has blue-lined the agreement back to their advantage. The City will have to put on those gloves and start all over again.

Cuneo was tasked with beginning community outreach with a first meeting at La Cienega Park in the very near future.

Staff will be seeking the public’s input to describe the next phase of construction, review the effectiveness of mitigation measures in place, describe potential impacts that are new to this phase, describe mitigation options and seek input on additional anticipated impacts.

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Longtime Beverly Hills Resident Dr. Esther Rose Lowy Memorial Set For Sunday Dr. Esther Rose Lowy, longtime resident of Beverly Hills, died Dec. 19 and was laid to rest in the Eretz Hachaim Cemetery in Israel. A memorial will be held this Sunday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at 1317 N. Crescent Heights Blvd. in West Hollywood.

Born in New York, she quickly learned the value of a well rounded Torah-based education, placing first in U.S. Tanach competition, landing her a spot in the International Chidon of Tanach in Jerusalem where she placed third–the first woman and non-Israeli to ever

place in the competition. She spoke English, Hebrew, Yiddish, French and Spanish, and also a working knowledge of Russian, Polish and Italian.

Dr. Lowy spent one year studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem before graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Brooklyn College in 1969, and earned a PhD. in mathematics from NYU’s Courant Institute of NYU. Thereafter, she began her academic career by joining the faculty at City University of New York. After marrying Rudolph Lowy in 1974, shemoved to Los Angeles and

taught at both Cal State Pomona and UCLA, where she earned an MBA. She worked tirelessly to promote higher education in the Jewish community, she served on the educational boards of many of the local yeshivas and schools before founding L.A.’s Touro College.

Besides her educational exploits, Dr. Lowy's other legacy was being a mother to eight children: Ellie, Ephraim, Mindi, Tova, Devorah, Naphtali, Shuli, and Chaim.

Dana Hollinger Appointed To CalPERS Board Of Administration By Gov. Jerry Brown

By John L. Seitz Dana Hollinger of Beverly Hills has been appointed to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board of Administration by Gov Jerry Brown.

The Los Angeles native has been principal for the past four years at the Century Citybased Dana Hollinger Group, which specializes in the advanced uses of life insurance in estate and financial planning, where she works with tax, trust, and estate and family law attorneys, business managers and CPAs. Before that, she was a life insurance agent at both

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The 12-years-in-the-making drama Boyhood, the big winner at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, picked up six nominations, including a directing nod for Richard Linklater. Best picture hopeful Selma, which some had predicted would earn a shot at the Oscar for director Ava DuVernay, received just one other nomination -- for its original song, Glory.

Birdman, shot and edited to look as if it were captured in a single take, also garnered nominations in three acting categories, cinematography, original screenplay, sound editing and sound mixing.

The Grand Budapest Hotel was nominated for original screenplay, cinematography,

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emphasized that the recognition is one of the most significant accolades the district has received in the past several years.

The team of visitors interviewed Hawthorne teachers and staff, site administrators, district office personnel, as

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Measure E consultants and staff within a matrix of diminishing cash flow and projects. The Measure E cash balance is currently $72.2 million.

Tuesday’s COC report was

AXA Equitable Life and Nationw i d e Provident, a producer at Succession Capital, and VP at KB Co. Hollinger earned a BA degree from American University School of Government and a JD from Southwestern University’s School of Law. She was named as the representative from the insurance industry to the CalPERS board which has more than costume design, production design, original score, film editing and makeup/hairstyling.

As widely expected, Michael Keaton picked up a nomination for his role as a one-time blockbuster superhero actor trying to revive his career on Broadway in Birdman. He was joined in the best actor category by Eddie Redmayne for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything; Benedict Cumberbatch for his portrayal of British World War II codebreaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game; box-office favorite and now three-time nominee Bradley Cooper for American Sniper; and Steve Carell for his transformation into millionaire murderer John du Pont in Foxcatcher.

$300 billion in assets and manages retirement benefits for some 1.6 million California public service employees.

Hollinger served on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard’s JFK School of Government and has authored articles on tax and estate planning for The Los Angeles Daily Journal and Physician's Money Digest and was personally selected by the late John Anderson to join Club 1800, a group of 30 leading businesswomen and female philanthropists.

She is founding boardmember of the Women’s Leadership Council in Los Angeles.

Best actress nominees include Julianne Moore for her role as a linguistics professor diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in Still Alice; 2008 Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of a young mother fighting to keep her job in the Belgian film Two Days, One Night; Felicity Jones for her work opposite Redmayne in The Theory Of Everything; Rosamund Pike as the murderous wife in Gone Girl; and Reese Witherspoon for her soul- searching role in the adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's Wild.

The Oscars will be presented Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting.

For a full list of nominees, visit www.bhcourier.com

well as students, and parents in order to validate that the school exemplified the practices to required to become a “School to Watch.”

In February, Superintendent Woods, Principal Schaeffer, Board of Education President Brian Goldberg, and Hawthorne teachers Marcy Scholer, Marissa Long and Jeff Harris will accept the award in

Sacramento at the annual meeting of the California League of Middle Schools. In June, Hawthorne will be recognized at the National Schools to Watch conference in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 2:45 p.m., Hawthorne will hold a brief ceremony at the school.

the first monthly presentation Board President Brian Goldberg has requested the committee tasked with overseeing how Measure E funds are spent give to the board on an ongoing basis. Goldberg said that in addition to monthly COC reports, the board will henceforth re-

ceive a monthly report from each of the five schools, the foundation, PTA Council and the finance committee.

“We need regular updates so that these don’t fall by the wayside,” he said. “If we don’t write it down, we’re not having accountability.”

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Eva Hsieh. The event is produced by Ben Bourgeois, producer of The Wallis’ October 2013 inaugural gala.

The concert will begin with a musical selection by Madame Sun, followed by a solo performance by Chen that will feature, among other pieces, an excerpt from the Yellow River Concerto, the most well-known classical Chinese piece and a specialty of Chen. He will then

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from the City, that paid the full cost voluntarily, to the employee, covering the 8-percent amount with the raise.

The PERScare benefit has been modified to a total monthly benefit of $2,100, effective January 1, 2016, to cap the City’s exposure to increases in medical insurance premiums.

Only Councilmember John Mirisch opposed the agreement. The Executive Management Group, including city manager, director of public works, city engineer, director of emergency management, director/project administrator, chief information officer, budget and revenue officer, director of community development, chief of police, fire chief, city clerk, utilities manager, division commander, and their assistants and deputies.

January 16, 2015 | Page 15 join L'Ensemble du Ciel for a performance of traditional and folk music from various Chinese ethic regions, featuring the world premiere of several new musical arrangements.

On Friday, January 30, the program will be performed for 500 greater Los Angeles students as part of The Wallis’ community and educational outreach initiative.

Tickets are available at TheWallis.org or by calling The Wallis Development Office at 310-746-4000.

Mirisch, in an editorial exclusive to The Courier, did not propose that employees be asked to pay their entire contribution.

“As a compromise, my suggestion was to have the executive group split the 8-percent ‘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 more than $275,000 in total compensation.”

Total compensation for these positions currently ranges from $192,911 - $432,032.

The median household income in Beverly Hills, by comparison, according to the United States Census Bureau, is $86,141 in 2013. The annual compensation for Executive Employees will triple that amount.

Salary Comparison Beverly Hills Executive Employees (pre-salary increase) vs.

State of California Employees Beverly Hills City Manager Jeff Kolin - $227,757 State Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom - $124,000 Beverly Hills Assistant Director of Admin. Services, Finance Noel Marquis - $162,000 State Dept. of Finance Director Michael Cohen - $159,000 Beverly Hills Director of Community Development, Susan Healy Keene - $193,000 State Director of Community Services/Development, Linne Stout - $120,000

HOW DO Y O U F E E L ?

UCLA Researchers Develop Novel

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Method To Predict Postoperative Live Cancer Recurrence UCLA transplantation researchers have developed a novel method that more accurately calculates the risk of disease recurrence in liver cancer patients who have undergone a liver transplant, providing a new tool to help physicians make treatment and surveillance decisions.

Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil, the William P. Longmire, Jr. Chair in Surgery and director of the Pfleger Liver Institute and Dumont-UCLA Transplant and Liver Cancer Centers, presented the study at the annual Southern Surgical Association meeting.

The study appeared this week in the online edition of the peerreviewed Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons.

The predictive calculator, also known as a nomogram, was developed after the research team analyzed data from UCLA’s 30 years of experience with liver transplantation for liver cancer.

The retrospective study included 865 liver cancer patients who had transplants between 1984 and 2013, said study first author Dr. Vatche G. Agopian, UCLA assistant professor of surgery in the liver transplantation division.

Before 1996, there were no criteria to guide which liver cancer patients might be good candidates for transplant, and patients with all sizes and numbers of tumors underwent transplantation, often with early recurrence of disease.

In 1996, radiologic criteria popularized as the “Milan criteria” were introduced and recommended transplantation be limited to patients with a single tumor of five centimeters or less or up to three tumors with not any single tumor larger than three centimeters.

However, the criteria didn’t take into account the aggressiveness of the tumor or other blood biomarkers that can help predict recurrence, Agopian said.

UCLA’s nomogram used three groups of factors to predict recurrence and was more accurate than the Milan criteria and the existing American Joint Committee on Cancer pathologic TNM staging system, giving transplant physicians and oncologists more information to work with in deciding how often to monitor for recurrence and whether or not adjuvant treatment is necessary.

UCLA Health, David Geffen School Seek Public’s Help In Prioritizing Critical Health Needs UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invite the public to vote in the “Helping U Help Your Community” contest to select five projects that aim to transform health in the Los Angeles region.

Each winning project will receive $20,000 in funding to support its efforts.

The contest provides support to communitypartnered academic research and service-learning projects that address the most critical health needs of Los Angeles residents in innovative and effective ways.

The contest also aims to showcase UCLA faculty and community partners who devote their careers to identifying creative solutions to some of the most challenging barriers to good health in the community.

Geffen School faculty who have partnered with one or more community organizations such as schools, churches, foundations or government agencies were invited to enter the competition last year.

A panel of UCLA-appointed judges identified 10 of the most innovative proposals.

• Autism in the African American Community • Community Partners in Care (CPIC) • LA Intergenerational “Generation Xchange” Program • Southern L.A. Patient Navigation & Wellness Center • Summer Urban Health Fellowship • The Achievable Health Center • UCLA Breathmobile • UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic (UMEC) • UCLA Ties for Families • Youth Opportunities for Life Options (YOLO) Now, the community can vote on the final five through Friday, Jan. 30.

To learn more about the projects and to vote, visit changemakers.com/ucla.

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Shapero’s path to become a rabbi, however, was anything but straightforward. By the time of arriving in Beverly Hills, he had already been titled an agitator for demonstrating alongside Rev. Martin Luther King , Jr. during a time when blacks were forbidden from staying in parts of the City and his outspoken views against the U.S. involvement in Vietnam steeped him in controversy.

“I never gave up on civil rights,” he said. “I had to do it–it was in my conscience.”

Shapero recalled one Temple Emanuel congregant who attended Friday night services with a Hasselblad camera perched on his lap in the front row. One night, Shapero asked him why; “He said: ‘Do you know how much Life Magazine will pay me if you get shot?’”

He wasn’t scared. He’d grown up in a town where he learned to tough it out as a youngster.

Shortly after he was born, Shapero’s parents moved to Dayton to live was his grandpa who was in the coal and coke business in a “totally black and Polish neighborhood.” It was pre-civil rights and the prisons in the southern states were filled with black prisoners, whom his grandpa would liberate and employ, building former convicts cottages on the coal yard and paying them wages.

“They were my baby sitters,” he recalled.

Walks to school through a rough neighborhood where he had to protect his little sister

taught him to be tough and his wild spirit often got him in trouble as much as it would lead him on adventures.

When Shapero was expelled from school at 15, his dad’s best friend, the superintendent of schools and a staunch Roman Catholic said: “You’re going to have problems with him for a long time. The only thing I can advise you is give him to the Jesuits.”

Since there weren’t any nearby Jesuit institutions, Shapero’s father brought him to Society of Mary Father Edwin Leimkuhler, the man tapped by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 to go to Germany to help reconstruct its public education system.

“He became my surrogate father,” Shapero said of the man who shaped his future. “I was so impressed, I told him I wanted to join the church.”

Shapero eventually decided to study Catholicism in preparation for being baptized. When he returned to Father Leimkuhler to make certain he was ready, the priest gave him an additional directive: “Now, learn about what Judaism is and whom you are.”

“I learned all about it and fell in love with my religion,” he said.

The next step was to enroll in the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati under Dr. Nelson Glueck, the famed archaeologist who was once believed to have discovered the fabled mines of King Solomon. The seminary president eventually admitted Shapero with a little arm-twisting from Father Leimkuhler. Once ordained in 1955, he was commissioned as an ensign in the Navy and was sent to Guam to serve as

a chaplain, alongside a Roman Catholic and a Baptist.

After that, he moved to Elmira, New York and became the rabbi for Temple Israel, where he also serviced the Veteran’s Administration hospitals in the area - a calling he still continues doing today in L.A. Shortly after that, at 30, Shapero moved to Fairfield, Connecticut to become the rabbi for the Park Avenue Temple.

There, he built a school, served as a police chaplain and on various city committees, and began to get involved in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr., the preacher from Georgia who changed the nation, originally reached out to Shapero to ask for help raising money, which he did. And then one day, Shapero recalled: “Martin called and said, ‘We want you to make witness.’”

That was the beginning of the Albany Movement, led by William Anderson, who together with King wanted to make an example of a town in the South and train people in passive resistance.

Shapero went down to Georgia in the summer of 1963 with 16 other rabbis from New York and Connecticut, hitch-hiking the entire way. No hotel would rent them a room; Southern Airways wouldn’t sell them a ticket; and the Greyhound Bus Line wouldn’t let them come aboard.

“They called us Northern Agitators,” he said. “You had to really learn Gandhian philosophy ...

The Ku Klux Klan would hit us with sticks.”

The police would arrest them. Shapero spent two weeks in and out of a prison filled with snakes and rats that he said hadn’t been used since the Civil War.

One time he was arrested for violating the law of miscegenation because he offered his arm to a pregnant black woman.

His congregation in Connecticut, which hadn’t supported his mission to begin with, was far from delighted with his participation in the civil rights movement and said they prefer red he didn’t return.

After Shapero was bailed out from jail the final time, he traveled to King’s brother’s house on Long Island. There, King asked him: “What are you going to do now?” Led by King, a group of mostly black ministers drove down to the Fairfield temple that he was recently asked to leave.

The group surrounded the synagogue and King told the board that the best thing for the them to do would be to resign.

The next morning, the local paper’s headline read: “Hats Off To Rabbi Shapero.”

The following year, he accepted the position with Temple Emanuel, taking up residence in Beverly Hills congregational parsonage on Hillcrest. One of his favorite memories at the Beverly Hills temple was holding a bene-

January 16, 2015 | Page 17 fit where Duke Ellington performed. Shapero met the jazz legend at a Beverly Hills party and the two became fast friends, he said.

During his four years as senior rabbi, he let the City of Hope use the temple to meet and it was that relationship that eventually brought him to become president/CEO from 1986 to 1996.

During his tenure at City of Hope, he took a $62 million deficit and turned it into a $200 million surplus upon his departure. He later served in executive positions with Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital and Spirit of America. Today, although no longer a congregational rabbi, the longtime Rotary member and Beverly Hills resident continues to preside at weddings and funerals. He also serves on the Board of USC’s School of Gerontology and volunteers for the Veteran’s Administration.

“Beverly Hills is a class of its own,” he said. “I love the fact that it’s so different. There are people that you meet that you may not like. But if you take the time to know them, you find out you really do like them.”

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S P O RT S

HEATING UP BEVERLY HILLS -– On Tuesday, the Miami Heat team guested at the JEM Community Center's NBA size basketball court for some pre-game preparation and practice for its Tuesday night's game against the LA Lakers. The Miami Heat got the famous "Quadruple Rabbi Blessing" from the JEM Founder, Rabbi Hertzel Illulian and his sons {Rabbi Levi (Camp JEM), Rabbi Yossi, Rabbi Benyamin (Kosher 90210)}. The rabbi switched hats with Dwyane Wade, promised that Miami Heat would win. Later that evening, the Heat scored a 78-75 win over the Lakers at Staples Center. Pictured above, from left: Rabbi Benjamin Illulian (founder of Kosher 90210), Rabbi Hertzel Illulian (JEM founder), Dwyane Wade in the rabbi's hat, Rabbi Yossi Illulian and Rabbi Levi Illulian (Camp JEM Director).

Beverly Hills High School’s Boys Basketball Team Starts Ocean League Play With Thrashing Of El Segundo High

By Matt Lopez Beverly Hills’ boys basketball team started Ocean League play in style on Wednesday, dominating league foe El Segundo 61-31 at the El Segundo High gym.

The Normans (10-5, 1-0) were paced by star Arizona-bound center Chance Comanche, who had 24 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and four blocks to lead the team. He was nearly unstoppable offensively, going 12-of-17 from the field.

Jalen Sands chipped in 11 points and Ryan Manoocheri had nine.

“It was a good win, we’re happy to start league play with a win.” said coach Jarvis Turner.

The win was Beverly Hills’ seventh in its last eight games, and came on the heels of a 79-51 loss over the weekend to Sierra Canyon at the Sierra Canyon Shootout, which snapped a six-game winning streak.

Comanche led Beverly Hills with 22 points and eight rebounds in the loss to Sierra Canyon, while Jalen Sands added 10 points.

Last Thursday night, the team rolled to a win even without Comanche in the lineup.

With Comanche sitting out Thursday’s game to heal up before Ocean League play started, Trevor Bergher had 19 points and Eman Rafelian added 17 points to lead the Normans to a 59-44 win over Milken at Beverly Hills High.

Bergher made five 3-pointers.

UP AND IN -– Amir Hajirasooli (No. 23) drives to the basket for a layup in the Normans’ win over Milken last Thursday.

Photo by David Berke

Jalen Sands chipped in 10 points and 10 rebounds for BHHS, which was stout defensively forcing 21 Milken turnovers and blocking six shots.

BHHS runs the gauntlet next week with big games against league rivals Santa Monica and Lawndale which Turner said are “absolutely very big games.”

HIGH RISE -– Pictured left: BHHS girls soccer goalkeeper Amanda Manaster leaps in the air to block a shot in the team’s 2-1 nonleague loss to Heritage Christian on Jan. 8 at BHHS. Manaster had six saves in the loss. BHHS lost its first league game on Jan. 14 at home in a 1-0 loss to El Segundo.

Manaster had seven saves in the loss for the Normans, who fell to 3-5-1, 0-1, but will have a chance to redeem themselves Wednesday at Lawndale High.

Beverly Hills High Boys Soccer Team Can’t Stop El Segundo In League Opener

By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills High boys soccer team got its Ocean League season off on the wrong foot on Wednesday in a 3-1 loss to host El Segundo.

Miguel Ramirez scored the lone goal for Beverly Hills (3-4-3, 0-1) in the loss.

That loss came on the heels of a

successful end to nonleague play on Jan. 9, when the Normans traveled to Redondo Union High and beat the Sea Hawks 1-0.

Naka O’Connor scored the gamewinning goal for the Normans in the victory.

Eduardo Ochoa nabbed seven saves to notch his third shutout of the season.

This Week In Beverly High Athletics Boys Basketball Tonight vs. Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m.

1/17 - MLK Showcase, TBD 1/19 - MLK Showcase, at La Salle 1/21 vs. Lawndale, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Tonight vs. Hawthorne, 6 p.m.

1/17 Public vs. Private Showcase, TBA 1/21 - vs. Lawndale, 6 p.m.

Girls Soccer 1/14 @ Hawthorne, 3 p.m.

1/21 @ Lawndale, 3 p.m.

Girls Water Polo

1/20 vs. El Segundo, 3 p.m.

1/22 @ Santa Monica, 3 p.m.

Boys Soccer Today vs. Hawthorne, 6 p.m.

1/21 vs. Lawndale, 6 p.m.

Wrestling 1/22 @ Royal High, 2 p.m.

1/22 vs. Lawndale, 3 p.m.

BEVERLY HILLS

SCHOOL SAFETY (Continued from page 1)

Chief Administrative Officer LaTanya Kirk-Carter, representing BHUSD, requested that the City pay half the cost of the services provided by Evidence Based, Inc. (EBI) for the period of August 1, 2014 to Nov. 6, 2014, amounting to $138,088.32. The District made its initial requests for funding on Aug. 5, with BHUSD Board President Noah Margo and EBI Campus Safety Program Supervisor Joe Chirillo, a former Beverly Hills policeman, seeking half the total annual cost of $881,423.

On Oct. 7, when the request came before the Council, and City Council agreed, later appropriating $440,712 at the Oct. 21 meeting, with the following three conditions: 1) The City could not exercise control over the security operation; 2) Before payment is made the agreement would require the District to demonstrate to the City that its private security vendor had at least $10 million in general liability insurance and that the City had been named as an additional insured; and 3) The District was to amend the contract with EBi to require that the firm defend and indemnify the City as well as the District from any liability arising from

January 16, 2015 | Page 19 the security firm’s operations to the fullest extend permitted by law with language satisfactory to the City’s Risk Management and the City Attorney.

The District did not fulfill the requirements of the agreement, and the City was not indemnified or named as an additional insured.

Tuesday’s vote reflected a belief by Mayor Lili Bosse, Vice Mayor Julian Gold and Brien that voting to fulfill their commitment would open them up to potential liability because BHUSD’s private security firm EBI, which failed to fulfill its pre-paid contract in full, did not indemnify the City or list the City as an additional insured for reasons unknown.

Kirk-Carter claimed that by the time the request came for indemnification, EBI was failing.

“Right around that time they were going under and before we could make a request we discontinued services,” she said.

EBI CEO John McLaughlin blamed former BHPD Lt. Joe Chirillo, who started working for him shortly after retiring from the BHPD for failing to inform his new boss of what was required. The Board of Education has been widely criticized for its failure to solicit multiple bids on the contract. All boardmembers cited

the “special” relationship that former BHPD Lt. Joe Chirillo brought to his new employer, EBI, as a reason to agreeing to a sole-source contract.

“Joe never asked us,” McLaughlin said. “I would have called our broker. It would have been done within an hour.”

The City made that request on October 21, 17 days before the BHUSD terminated its contract with EBi after the firm admitted they were no longer paying the officers stationed at the Beverly Hills schools.

“We got caught in a cash flow problem.” McLaughlin admitted.

Prompted by the hysteria surrounding the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Dec. 2012, the BHUSD entered into a contract with EBI to provide private armed security for each of the schools. That relationship continued until last November school district officials issued a press release that announced EBI would no longer be administering the program due to financial difficulties, stating that the company was near bankruptcy.

McLaughlin told The Courier that the firm he started in 2003 had not actually declared bankruptcy.

BHUSD pre-paid $135,748 for services it never received before the firm went

belly up.

Brien said it was up to the school district to decide if they wanted to provide additional security beyond what the police force now provides, but advocated the City, BHUSD and BHPD work together to create a bilateral strategic safety plan. He said utilizing available technology should be an imperative component.

“You can’t prevent a disaster from occurring, but you can minimize the impacts of what happens in an emergency,” Brien said. advocating for a joint task force. “If we really want to do this, we need to have a strategic security and safety plan.”

The district is currently reviewing RFPs from private security firms to provide armed guards at each of the five schools. Bids range from $200,000 to $1 million. Simultaneously, the board is exploring other options, such as contracting with the L.A. Sheriff’s Department to provide officers, at an estimated cost of $160,000 per officers.

On Monday, the BHPD assigned an officer to serve full time as a School Liaison Officer, which most of the school board heard about for the first time on Tuesday night.

“It's certainly a step in the right direction," said Board President Brian Goldberg,

who directed staff to explore creating an ad-hoc security committee. “We have the highest concentration of residents on our campuses every day. We have been asking ... haranguing the mayor and chief of police for more support, even if it's on an interim basis.”

Oddly, the Council, in individual council comments, were clear that they had not heard any requests for a joint security plan.

Although boardmembers and City officials readily admit that armed security guards have not prevented some of the nation’s worst school shootings, multiple members of the current board, specifically Goldberg and Korbatov, have said they will spend BHUSD money to hire armed guards if the BHPD fails to allocate greater resources to protect the schools.

On Tuesday, just last week a bomb scare forced the evacuation of Beverly Hills High School, Capt. Mark Rosen assured both the school district and the City Council that the City’s schools are safe and that the BHPD will do exactly what it is tasked with doing.

“In this climate,we should have somebody on each of the campuses,” Boardmember Lewis Hall said.

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March will feature new friends and responsibilities. You’ll prove your strength. A July wedding will be significant. Scorpio and Cancer people adore you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

By nature, you are an executive and a manager, though your life doesn’t always reflect that part of your talent. Today brings a bit of chaos you’ll sort out for someone.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Telephone addiction will cause people to lose opportunities. You’ll be lucky when you’re the one looking up and connecting. It’s unnecessary to pick up every call.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). The main issues have to do with control. There’s a line to walk. If you too often dominate, it’’s repellent.

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ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). You’ll be giving a few directives. It’s better to tell people what to do, not how to do it. Everyone has a unique method, and you learn by watching what they come up with.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). It’s actually good people mostly disagree today. If they understood each other too clearly, it would cause grief.

Communication of civility mostly lies in body language.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You crave an aesthetic experience, and yet you also want it to fit into your life in a logical, useful way. This is a lot to demand of your environment, but you’ll find what you seek.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you largely act out of intuition, your decisions sometimes won’t make sense to other people. Their puzzled faces will pepper your experience, but pay no attention to that. Your intuition could save the day.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If there is a great deal of petty quarreling, it’s a good indication that the job at hand

have a way of centering people and getting them to focus calmly on what they can do to make things better.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When you walk around and look at the world, you make connections with people everywhere you go. Even if it’s just noticing a person, it’s a connection. The quality of minor connections will mean more to you today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The rule today is that if you can say it in fewer words, do. People will lose interest quickly, especially if your focus is on something they have a hard time relating to.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your reluctance to make new associations has to do with the hurt of a past experience and a vibe you are getting about a certain person. You can’t put it into words yet, but it’s real, so don’t disregard the feeling.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You may accidentally attract people who will take advantage of your compassionate nature. Take a step back. Your gifts are valuable, and you shouldn’t give them to someone who discounts that value right off the bat.

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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 15-O-2672 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING PUBLIC ART THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1.

Public Art. The City Council hereby amends and restates in its entirety “Article 8. Beverly Hills Public Art Ordinance” of “Chapter 1: TAXATION AND FEES” of “Title 3.

TAXATION, FINANCE, PURCHASING, AND RISK MANAGEMENT” as follows: Article 8. Beverly Hills Fine Art Ordinance 3-1-801: DEFINITIONS The following definitions are applicable to the provisions of this article: ACT OF GOD: A direct, sudden, and irresistible action of natural forces such as could not reasonably have been foreseen or prevented, as a flood, hurricane, earthquake, or other natural catastrophe.

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDING: Any building or structure, all or part of which contains a commercial or industrial use permitted by this code. “Commercial structure” shall not include any building or structure constructed or reconstructed for the elderly or disabled pursuant to title 10, chapter 3, article 12.5 of this code.

COMMISSION: The Fine Art Commission.

CONSTRUCTION COST: The total value of all building permits issued by the City as they relate to the construction, reconstruction or addition work on a Commercial/Industrial Building, or the office or retail portion of a MixedUse Building in the City.

DECORATIVE ART: Arts and crafts that are employed in the making of ornamental and functional works in a wide range of materials.

Decorative Arts are concerned with design, decoration, ornamentation and/or functionality of the object rather than the purely aesthetic.

FINE ART: Art produced or intended primarily for beauty rather than utility. Fine Art includes, but is not limited to: sculpture, photography, drawing, multi-media art and painting. Fine Art shall not include the following: (i) decorative, ornamental or functional elements designed by the architect or other design consultant retained for the design and construction of the subject

building; (ii) art objects that are mass produced with a standard design such as fountains and statuary objects; (iii) an artistic or architectural element that is a structural part of a building; or (iv) Decorative Art. FINE ART OBLIGATION: The obligation to provide art or make an in lieu payment as specified in section 3-1-802 of this article.

MIXED-USE BUILDING: A site with two (2) or more different land uses, such as, but not limited to, a combination of residential, office or retail uses in a single or physically integrated group of structures or the development of a combination of different land uses in a single zone.

PROPERTY OWNER: The title holder of the subject property.

RECONSTRUCTION: All alterations or repairs made to a Commercial/Industrial Building or the office and/or retail portion of a Mixed-Use Building where: 1.

Any such alterations or repairs result in changes to the exterior of the building, with the exception of signs and/or awnings; 2.

The changes to the exterior of the building are not limited to repair and/or ordinary maintenance; and 3.

The building permit valuation of all alterations or repairs to the building equals or exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, reconstruction necessitated by damage due to fire, flood, wind, earthquake, or other disaster shall be exempt from this article.

3-1-802: FINE ART OBLIGATION A. Any construction, reconstruction or additions, to a Commercial/Industrial Building or Mixed-Use Building in the City of Beverly Hills shall be assessed with the obligation to provide Fine Art as follows: 1. For projects with total Construction Costs between $500,000 and $1,000,000, the Fine Art Obligation shall be satisfied by either of the following: (a) installation of Fine Art that has a value equal to, or exceeding, one percent (1%) of the total Construction Costs; or (b) payment of an in lieu fee to the Fine Art Fund equal to ninety percent (90%) of the value required by the immediately preceding subsection (a).

2. For projects with total Construction Costs equal to or greater than $1,000,000.01, the Fine Art Obligation shall be

satisfied by either of the following: (a) installation of Fine Art that has a value equal to, or exceeding, one percent (1%) of the first $1,000,000 plus one and one-half (1.5%) of the amount in excess of $1,000,000; or (b) payment of an in lieu fee to the Fine Art Fund equal to ninety percent (90%) of the value required by the immediately preceding subsection (a).

B. If the in lieu payment option has been chosen pursuant to paragraph A of this section 3-1-802, then such in lieu payment shall be made prior to the issuance of the related building permit. Once the funds for the in lieu payment have been made available to the Fine Art Fund, then the Property Owner’s obligations under this article shall have been fulfilled.

3-1-803: SEPARATE FUND FOR PURCHASE OF CITY-OWNED ART All payments made to the Fine Art Fund of the City shall be used solely for the following in connection with Fine Art: (1) planning, (2) acquisition (including appraisal fees), (3) installation, (4) improvement, (5) maintenance (including professional services required to maintain the integrity of the public art collection), and (6) promotional activities associated with City-owned Fine Art for display in the City. Any Fine Art purchased with such funds shall be the property of the City, and shall meet the requirements set forth in Section 3-1805(2)-(4) of this article.

3-1-804: APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSED FINE ART After final approval by the Architectural Commission, if required, an application shall be filed with the City for approval of the proposed Fine Art by the Fine Art Commission.

The application shall be on the form designated by the City, containing the following information: 1. P r e l i m i n a r y sketches, photographs, models, or other documentation of sufficient descriptive clarity to indicate the nature of the proposed Fine Art; 2. C u r r i c u l u m vitae of the artist; 3. An appraisal by an independent, qualified Fine Art appraiser or other evidence satisfactory to the Commission of the value of the proposed Fine Art, including, but not limited to, bona fide invoices, auction records, and Fine Art gallery records; 4. Documentation showing at least one piece of the same or comparable medium, size, and condition that has sold in the last five

(5) years, at or above the required Fine Art Obligation value shall be included; 5. Sketches, photographs, or other documentation representing to scale the relationship of the proposed Fine Art as installed to the proposed commercial or mixed-use structure.

Final approval will be contingent upon accurate depiction of proposed artwork and accurate depiction of installation of artwork; and 6. Such other information as may be requested by the Director of Community Development.

Upon receiving a complete application, the Fine Art Commission shall consider the application at its next regularly scheduled meeting; provided however, that the complete application must be received at least two weeks prior to the meeting at which it will be considered. Ten (10) days prior written notice shall be provided to the applicant of the time and place of the meeting at which the application will be considered.

3-1-805: FINE ART CRITERIA The Fine Art Commission shall approve the application if the proposed Fine Art satisfies all of the following criteria: 1. The Fine Art has the minimum value required by section 3-1802 of this article as determined by the appraisal submitted along with the application pursuant to Section 3-1-804. Such appraisal shall not use the current market value of materials used to produce a comparable art piece as a basis for determining the value of the proposed Fine Art. The value of the Fine Art shall not include the items listed in Section 31-806 of this article.

2. The Fine Art has been, or will be, created by an established artist.

“Established artist” shall mean a professional artist who derives his or her income primarily from his or her work as an artist and is accepted and recognized in the field of Fine Art, internationally or nationally.

Documentation to support the artist’s stature should include, but is not limited to: (a) inclusion in art journals and art books; (b) Fine Art gallery representation; (c) museum exhibition or collection; (d) auction house records; and, (e) letters of support from Fine Art curators. The members of the architectural, engineering, design or landscaping firms retained for the design and construction of the commercial or mixed-use building

under review shall not be considered qualified established artists for the purposes of this article.

3. The Fine Art has intrinsic quality and enduring value.

4. The Fine Art is compatible with and enhances the aesthetic quality of the proposed installation site. The relationship of the Fine Art to the site in terms of physical size, shape and color shall be considered, as well as the social and cultural interaction of the Fine Art with the space it occupies and the surrounding area.

3-1-806: INELIGIBLE COSTS Expenses for the following do not qualify as fulfilling the Fine Art Obligation: 1.

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Art Consultants; Appraisers; Insurance; Maintenance costs; Shipping; A structure, upon which artwork is displayed (e.g. a pedestal); Professional fees for the artist(s); Labor of assistants, materials, and contracted services required for the installation of the work of art; Any required permit or certificate fees; Business and legal costs directly related to the project; Studio and operating costs; Communication and other indirect costs (insurance, utilities); Travel expenses of the artist for site visitation and research; Transportation of the work of art to the site; Preparation of the site to receive the artwork; Installation of the completed work of art; Documentation (e.g., color slides and black and white photographs of the artwork); and Directional elements such as super graphics, plaques, or colorcoding except where these elements are integral parts of the original work of art.

normal business hours and clearly visible from adjacent public property such as a street or other public thoroughfare or sidewalk.

B. The applicant may request to have the work of Fine Art placed on city-owned property.

Upon such request, the Fine Art Commission may recommend a site on city-owned property for approval by the City Council. Any work of art installed on city-owned property pursuant to this section, would be gifted to the City with an endowment provided by the current Property Owner for transport, installation, insurance, and maintenance, in an amount acceptable to the City Council.

C. Each work of art shall be identified by a plaque stating the artist’s name, title, date the artwork was created, and the year of installation. The plaque will be placed and maintained in a location near the artwork and easily viewable by the public.

3-1-808: SCHEDULE OF INSTALLATION OF FINE ART A. Prior to the issuance of a building permit that triggers a Fine Art Obligation, the applicant shall deposit with the City cash, a letter of credit, or other security satisfactory to the Director of C o m m u n i t y Development in an amount equal to the value of the Fine Art as required by subsection 3-1-802 of this article.

The security shall guarantee installation of Fine Art, or an in lieu fee, as required by this article.

B. All Fine Art required by this article shall be installed, as approved by the Fine Art Commission, prior to the final inspection of the construction or reconstruction that has triggered the requirements of this article. Within 7 days of installation of the approved Fine Art, the applicant shall notify the Fine Art Commission and City staf f to verify compliance.

C. If the Fine Art required by this article is not installed by the final inspection of the construction or reconstruction that has triggered the requirements of this article, then the applicant shall forfeit the security posted with the City, and such moneys shall be deposited into the Fine Art Fund. In the case of unforeseeable, and verifiably documented, extenuating circumstances, the deadline to install the Fine Art may be extended up to a maximum of 12 months, with the written approval of the Fine Art Commission.

3-1-807: PLACEMENT AND SIGNAGE OF FINE ART A. The Fine Art required by this article shall be located in a public place. A “Public Place” means any area on public or private property that is easily accessible and clearly visible to the general public. If located on private property, the area must be open to the 3-1-809: OWNERSHIP, general public during MAINTENANCE, AND

INSURANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER The Property Owner: 1. Shall, except if the Fine Art is placed on City-owned property, own such Fine Art, and if the building is sold, shall transfer ownership of the Fine Art as an integral part of the sale of the building.

2. Shall execute a recordable covenant running with the land, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, regarding the Fine Art. 3. Shall maintain such Fine Art at the onsite location as approved by the Fine Art Commission, unless a different on-site location is approved by the Fine Art Commission at the request of the Property Owner.

4. Shall maintain artwork per the guidelines set forth by the artist who created it, or the artist’s representative, if applicable.

5. May request the ability to remove the Fine Art at a later date by offering to donate the piece to the City or by paying the original or present day value of the art, whichever is higher.

Such request must be reviewed by the Fine Art Commission and approved by the City Council. If the piece will be gifted to the City, the owner must provide the City with an endowment for the piece to pay for transport, storage, re-installation, insurance and maintenance in an amount acceptable to the City Council. If there is construction, reconstruction or an addition to the property in conjunction with the request to remove the original Fine Art, then there will be a new Fine Art Obligation assessed in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

7.

For all Fine Art installed after January 1, 2015, shall provide an appraised valuation or other evidence of value satisfactory to the Fine Art Commission, of the art work every five (5) years, to guarantee the work is insured to its proper market value.

Any appraisal shall be made by an independent, qualified Fine Art appraiser and shall be paid for by the Property Owner. Other evidence of value may include bona fide invoices, auction records, and Fine Art gallery records.

8.

Shall maintain in full force and effect at all times, insurance coverage in the amount of the most recent appraised value, insuring such Fine Art against any loss or damage, including vandalism, in accordance with the provisions of title 3, chapter 4 of this code. Annual proof of insurance coverage must be provided Continue to Page 23

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Shall, in the event that the artwork is destroyed, stolen, damaged, or lost, resulting in an insurance claim against such loss, use any funds that are paid out to the owner by the insurance company towards the purchase of a replacement work of art, subject to the most current criteria of the Fine Art Ordinance and equal to the insured valuation of the lost work.

Alternatively, the Property Owner has the option to deposit into the Fine Art Fund an amount equal to the insured valuation of the lost work.

3-1-810: RECONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS THAT PREVIOUSLY MET THE FINE ART O B L I GATION Each Reconstruction with a total Construction Cost of at least $500,000 shall trigger the Fine Art Obligation.

A. If a building that had previously satisfied the Fine Art Obligation is damaged by an Act of God resulting in a Reconstruction and the original Fine Art is intact or an in-lieu fee was previously paid, there will be no additional Fine Art Obligation required.

However, if the original Fine Art is destroyed, a replacement work of art that meets the requirements of the Fine Art Ordinance currently in effect will be required in an amount equal to the insured value of the lost or destroyed art piece.

Alternatively, the Property Owner has the option to deposit into the Fine Art Fund an amount equal to the insured valuation.

B. If a building that had previously satisfied the Fine Art Obligation is voluntarily reconstructed and the original Fine Art is intact or an in-lieu fee was previously paid, a new Fine Art Obligation will be required based on the difference between the Construction Cost of the new project less the Construction Cost of the project that triggered the original Fine Art Obligation.

However, if the original Fine Art is missing or destroyed, a new Fine Art Obligation that meets the requirements of the Fine Art Ordinance currently in effect will be required in an amount: (i) based upon the Construction Costs of the new project as specified in section 3-1-802 of this article; or (ii) equal to the most recent appraised value of the missing or destroyed original Fine Art, whichever is higher.

3-1-811: DENIAL BY THE FINE ART COMMISSION A. In the event a work of art proposed by the Property Owner is denied by the Fine Art Commission, the Property Owner must present other works of Fine Art to the Commission. The full application process must be followed for each work of Fine Art presented to the Commission, as set forth in 3-1-804 of this article.

B. The applicant may request that the Fine Art Commission reconsider its decision if changes are made either to the proposed Fine Art or the subject building such that there are new facts upon which the Commission may reconsider its earlier decision.

3-1-812: APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL F O L LOWING DENIAL

BY THE FINE ART COMMISSION Any final decision of the Fine Art Commission may be appealed to City Council under title 1, chapter 4, article 1 of this code.

3-1-813: GIFTS OF FINE ART A. All proposed gifts to the City of Fine Art with a value in excess of $10,000 that are proposed to be installed in a Public Place (as such term is defined in Section 3-1-807(A) of this Article) shall be reviewed by the Fine Art Commission in accordance with the terms of this Article, prior to being presented to City Council for consideration of acceptance.

Nothing herein shall prevent the City Council from accepting gifts of Fine Art with a value in excess of $10,000 that will not be displayed in a Public Place, without review by the Fine Art Commission.

B. If the donor requests a receipt from the City containing a specified value of the donated art, such donor will need to provide an appraisal to the City which supports the stated value.

3-1-814: DEACCESSIONING OF CITY-OWNED FINE ART INTRODUCTION Deaccessioning is a legitimate part of the formation and care of a collection.

However, deaccessioning should be a deliberate and seldom used procedure. It is the policy of the City not to dispose of artwork simply because it is not currently in fashion, and not to dispose of work whose worth might not yet be recognized.

DEFINITION Deaccessioning shall mean any actions or set

of procedures that result in the cessation by the City of its ownership and possession of works of art, through sale, exchange, gift or any other means not in conflict with state or federal law.

CONDITIONS A. No artwork shall be deaccessioned within five (5) years of acquisition by the City or installation unless: 1. The piece poses a threat to public health or safety; 2. A u t h e n t i c i t y was misrepresented at the time of acquisition or installation; 3. There is a valid challenge to title; or 4. It possesses faults of design or workmanship that result in excessive or unreasonable maintenance, and/or damage to an extent where repair is unreasonable or impractical.

B. Once the fiveyear period has lapsed, the Fine Art Commission may recommend to the City Council the deaccessioning of any work of art if any of the following conditions apply: 1. The cost to repair the work is more than 50% of current appraised value, or the work is so deteriorated that restoration would prove unfeasible or misleading; 2. Destruction of, or changes to, the site where the art is located threaten the artwork’s survival or result in a significant diminishing of its artistic integrity or accessibility; or 3. The Fine Art Commission determines that there is an exceptional and unforeseen reason for removing the artwork from its current site, and no other suitable site in the City can be found.

PROCEDURES If the conditions for deaccessioning are met, the following information, as appropriate, shall be considered by the Fine Art Commission at a formal meeting: 1. Reasons for the proposed deaccessioning; 2. Opinion of the City Attorney’s Office, if necessary; 3. Process of acquisition method and cost and/or value at the time of acquisition; 4. Expert appraisal of the current market value of the work; 5. Costs associated with deaccessioning or removal; 6. A condition report from a professional conservator; and 7. P r o f e s s i o n a l fees associated with the subsequent sale, auction, donation or trade of the artwork.

At the discretion of the Fine Art Commission, where applicable and achievable, the original donor of the work may be given right of first

refusal to purchase the work within 60 days of notification. No works may be sold, traded or transferred to a member of the Fine Art Commission, City of Beverly Hills officials or staff or their agents.

Nothing in this section shall prohibit the City Council from deaccessioning any piece of City owned art, at any time, if the City Council determines that deaccessioning is in the public interest and that following the procedures set forth in this section is not in the public interest.

Section 2.

Severability.

If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall be remain in full force and effect.

Section 3. Publication.

The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk’s certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City.

Section 4.

Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.

Adopted: January 6, 2015 Effective: February 6, 2015 LILI BOSSE Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California ATTEST: BYRON POPE (SEAL) City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: JEFFREY C. KOLIN City Manager VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Krasne, Mirisch, Brien, Gold, and Mayor Bosse NOES: None ABSENT: None CARRIED

T.S. No. 14-3307-11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU’U Y: KÈM THEO DÂY LÀ BÀN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LU’O’C VÈ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIÈU NÀY PLEASE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(d)(1) THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THIS DOCUMENT BUT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED AND THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION NEED ONLY BE MAILED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/7/2005.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: ROBERT S WATKINS, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 2/14/2005 as Instrument No. 05 0332266 of Official Records in the office of

the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Street Address or other common designation of real property: 972 LARRABEE ST 221 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA A.P.N.: 4339-015-075 Date of Sale: 2/5/2015 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $292,271.10, estimated The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.c om, using the file number assigned to this case 143307-11.

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

1/12/2015 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale Information Only: (916) 939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com Frank Escalera, Team Lead NPP0240478 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 01/16/2015, 01/23/2015, 01/30/2015

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NMLS # 313559

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $983,500

** CENTURY CITY ** PRESTIGIOUS

CENTURY WOODS ************

2 BED/2 BATHS $679,500

REMODELED CONDO 3 BEDROOM, 3.5 BATH Full amenities including 24 hour security guard. $7,950/MO.

2 Separate Suites Large Balcony Great City Views Tenant Occupied

from $1,790,000

THE ONE CENTURY from $2,995,000

CENTURY TOWERS from $525,000

PARK PLACE from $759,000

CENTURY WOODS from $1,700,000

LE PARC from $1,499,000

—————–––– BEVERLY HILLS South of Wilshire/ West of Beverly Dr.

Fixer with Pool Seller will provide approved plans & permits to remodel (5 Bdrm.+4 Bath) at close of escrow.

407 GARAGE/STORAGE

TO RENT

BEVERLY HILLS

10 X 20 FT. GARAGE Available for storage.

Secured and endlosed with easy alley access. $300/MO. $3,350,000 Agt: 310/922-4926 Contact Arnold at 310/273-6079

Jila: 310/413-8481

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BEVERLY HILLS

South of Wilshire

Agt: 310/922-4926

Others Avail. For Sale

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all listings are on CenturyCityLiving.com

NOW AVAILABLE GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED

*BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CENTURY PARK EAST

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $4,495/MONTH Fully Furnished. High Floor 2 Jumbo Balconies. Great views Marble Floors. Luxurious Baths. Quartz Counters.

Stainless Steel Kitchen.

Loads of Custom Features.

2 BED/2 BATHS $3,700/MONTH Totally Renovated. Jetliner City Views. Extra High Ceilings Marble Floors. Granite Counters Luxurious Baths. Lots of Closets Quiet Location

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

Wilshire Holmby WILSHIRE CORRIDOR HIGH-RISE CONDO 3 Bd.+3 Ba. 1,900sf

Baths. Garden Views

Full Service Bldg.

24-hrs., Includes: All utilities+cable, valet, pool, gym, rec. room.

STUNNING VIEWS! $4,600/Month

818/919-8008

3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH SANTA MONICA IN BEVERLY HILLS 427 Montana Ave.

License 00957281

Hardwood Floors. Luxurious

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Some Complexes include Brand New Storage Heated Pools, Sundeck, Construction Space Tennis, Doorman, Completed in Nov. ‘14 Av a i l a b l e Houseman, Staff Engineers, Switchboard, for Rent.

4 Bdrm.+5 Bath Security Staff, Close to Beach .

Pool, spa, cascade, Switchboard, Saunas, 310/394-7132 Business Center, Pet large family PlayLand, Restaurant, & dining rooms.

Acres of Flower Gardens $3,650,000 Negotiable www. and Grassy Lawns.

For Lease See our Ad Sec. 440

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UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

2 Jumbo Balconies Large Kitchen. Laminated Floors. Largest Size Unit Quiet Location

THE REMINGTON

310/860-9991 310/433-1949 213/926-4213

440

3 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $759,500

from $1,798,000

Newly remodeled kitchen with new appliances.

Hardwood floors., large backyard, 2-car garage, circular driveway. $6,000/Month

2,500 sq ft home light & bright 3 Bdrm. + 3 Bath Fireplace, Hardwood floors, remodeled kitche,n SubZero, Viking oven. $7,999/MO. Rachel 310/801-3431

HOUSES FOR SALE

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

BEL AIR CREST

2430 Coldwater Canyon 4 Bdrm. +5 Bath

Prime Beverly Hills

300

CENTURY PARK EAST

BEVERLY HILLS

Spacious top floor apt featuring hardwood floors, recessed lighting and modern kitchen with granite countertops + stainless appliances.

Washer/dryer in unit. $4,500/MO. 9588 W. OLYMPIC BL. (Olympic Bl. & Peck Dr.)

Call Isaac Golberg 424/279-3070 CalBRE 01935352

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

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. BEVERLY HILLS ADJ

Bedford/Olympic 1017 S. SHERBOURNE Very Private & Spacious 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO 2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATH $2,150/MO. upper unit with breakfast Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. and formal dining room.

Lower unit with fridge, Yard, laundry & parking. washer/dryer in unit $3,500/MO. and 2 car parking.

Call 213/804-3761 Call 310/880-7281

—————–––– ————— BEVERLY HILLS BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

REMODELED •• SPACIOUS •• 4 BEDROOM, 2.5 BATH 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Newer kitchen and baths, On 3rd floor, newly garnite countertops, maple remodeled, balcony, cabinets, appliances, swimming pool, a/c, washer/dryer in the gated garage, laundry. unit, Central air/heat, $1,800/MO. rooftop access for BBQ, Call 323/388-9326 garage parking for 2 cars plus storage.

419 S. PALM DRIVE 2nd Floor Walk-up

BEVERLY HILLS

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

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BRIGHT & CONTEMPORARY 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • $1,795 Totally Remodeled,

Close to Farmer’s Market & Bristol Farms.

310/275-5304

BEVERLY HILLS new kitchen w/ granite PENTHOUSE 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $3,400 tops, stainless steel appliances (fridge, New paint, new carpet, central air, lrg. balcony, stove, d/w). Carpet, walk-in closet, secured, V-blinds. 2nd flr. unit, building, garage prkg, laundry, outside side-by-side parking. storage. Pet OK. 310/230-2480

—————–––– ————— BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. 858 S. BEDFORD ST LARGE LOVELY * * 1,323 SQ FT * * 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Parking. Beautiful 2 BDRM + 2.5 BATH Brentwood Area. on the 2nd floor, has a Hispanics Welcome. balcony ALL stainless steel appliances, washer/ 1240 GRANVILLE AVE Unit Apartment 5. dryer inside unit and $1,400/MO. building is pet friendly.

Call 805/379-2000 $3,000/MO. or 805/231-8415 Call 310/462-4578

————— ————— PICO/ROBERTSON

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. •• SPACIOUS •• Hardwood Floors. Fresh Paint 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH Quiet Location.

Modern kitchen, ample closet space, balcony, gated garage, 2 parkSome Complexes include ing spots, laundry, a/c Heated Pools, Sundeck, and swimming pool. $2,800/MO. Tennis, Doorman, Call 323/388-9326 Large Balcony. Lower Floor

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ONE BEDROOM New Hardwood Floors, Stainless Steel Fridge & Stove, Laundry, Parking.

Garden Courtyard.

$1,375/MO. Call 310/557-1980

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BEVERLY HILLS Houseman, Staff ————— *8725 Clifton Way* Newly Remodeled Engineers, Switchboard, B E V E R L Y H I L L S • 2 Bdrm. + 9160 BEVERLY BLVD.#204 Den + 2 Bath • Security Staff, Quite 2 Bd.+11/2 Ba. • 1 Bdrm. + Fully Renovated.

Switchboard, Saunas, Den + 2 Bath • Air conditioning, Business Center, Pet Lrg. unit. Balcony, wood laminate floors, Walk-in closet, PlayLand, Restaurant, granite counters, new intercom entry, laundry tile, recessed lighting, Acres of Flower Gardens facility, elevator, prkg. d/w, secured bldg., • C HARMING & B RIGHT • elevator, laundry facility, and Grassy Lawns.

For Sale See our Ad Sec. 270

Close to Cedars, parking. No dogs. restaurants, shopping $2,385/Month & transportation.

310/246-9433 1 BLK. TO BRISTOL FARMS • 310/276-1528 •

A PA RT M E N T / C O N D O R E N TA L S

BEVERLY HILLS

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• WESTWOOD •

**CENTURY CITY**

BEVERLY HILLS B R E N T W O O D S A N T A M O N I C A

• • • • • • •

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba.

•

•

11730 SUNSET BLVD. NEWLY REMODELED

••••••

• Jr. Executive French doors in bdrm. to • patio overlooking pool • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •

•••••••

• GORGEOUS UNITS •

Rooftop pool, Central air, pool, elevator, deck, central air, on-site laundry, elevator, intercom intercom entry. entry, on-sight laundry, 320 N. La Peer Dr. gym, parking.

550 Veteran Ave. • S p a c i o u s • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • 3 Bd. + 2 Ba. • • S i n g l e Approx. 1,100sf. • • • • • Very spacious, Patio, dishwasher, granite counters, on-site laundry, parking.

Close to school, freeway microwave, intercom entry, on-sight laun& transportation. dry, parking & WiFi. 310/449-1100 Very close to UCLA & Westwood Village.

310/208-5166 2600 Virginia Ave.

—————–––– WEST L.A.

• 310/246-0290 • • Free WiFi Access • 1628 Westgate Ave. CLOSE TO S H O P S & D I N I N G ~ 310/476-3824 ~ ~ 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. ~

& U.C.L.A. C ————— B — — — ——–––– In The HEART of

Bright & Airy.

Dishwasher, BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE BRENTWOOD Intercom entry, on-sight 170 N. Crescent Dr. The Carlton parking, on-sight * * * * * * * 11666 Goshen Ave. laundry facility.

2 Bdrm. +2 Bath ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) Close to transportation. * * * * RENTWOOD

* * * Large & Bright.

LOSE

Single 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba.

310/820-1810

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Brentwood Village

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& R ESTAURANTS .

310/479-0700

Approx. 2,000 Sq. Ft. Newer marble kitchen BRENTWOOD & hrwd flrs, formal 11640 Kiowa Ave. WEST L.A. dining rm, breakfast nook, • • • • • •• • 1342 Centinela Ave. recessed lighting, new Newly Updated - 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath appliances, central air, 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath • Bright Unit • beautifully landscaped.

• • • • • Newly Updated • Granite countertops, •• •• Call: 310/271-9678 Balcony, dishwasher, balcony, on-site 310/351-9190 a/c, heated pool, WiFi, laundry, On-site Avail. Furnished Also. elevator controlled parking. Close to access, on-site laundry, transportation.

BEVERLY HILLS parking. Close to • 310/442-8265 • 218 S. Tower Dr. Brentwood Village, • • •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• Shops & Restaurants. ≈ W E S T ≈

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• • • • • • 1 Bd. +1 Ba. • • • • •

WiFi, pool, elevator, controlled access, onsight laundry, parking.

Close to U.C.L.A.

310/473-1509

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WILSHIRE CORRIDOR 10530-10540 Wilshire Bl.

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • Single •

∞∞∞∞∞∞ • • • 310/826-4889 • L O S A N G E L E S ∞ Luxury Living

••

Old World Charm !

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

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L.A.’S FINEST, CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS MOST LUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL & SHOPPING . * * * * * * 310/531-3992

————— Border of BEVERLY HILLS 321 S. Sherbourne Dr.

“The Mission” • Westwood • • • • • •

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3 Bdrm. + 2 Bath

• • • • • • • • • • 1 Bd. + • 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. • • 1 Ba. •• • • • • • • • • • •Control access, pool, • L o t s o f • • • dishwasher, elevator,

•

Character & Charm ! on-site laundry Glass Fireplace and parking.

213/385-4751 Newly Remodeled.

New hrwd. flrs., MID-WILSHIRE granite counters, 340 S. St. Andrews Pl. • • • • • stainless steel appl., Spacious alcove fireplace, W E S T W O O D fridge, laundry facility, 2 Bdrm + 2 Bath 1409 Midvale Ave. gated parking, intercom • • • • • Balcony, controlled • • • • • • • • • • • entry, WiFi and more. access, parking, • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • elevator, on-site laundry.

•• • • • 310/552-8064 • Close to shopping, Rooftop jacuzzi • • • great restaurants • • • with panoramic and Metro.

WiFi, a/c, intercom city views.

213/364-8423 entry, laundry facility, elevator, parking, pool.

FICTITIOUS CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., * H O L L Y W O O D * BUSINESS SHOPPING & 1 BLK. 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. NAMES TO WESTWOOD PARK.

Pool, a/c, balcony, (•)(•) fridge, stove, laundry WEST L.A. WiFi, central air/heat, 1415 Brockton Ave. rm., prkg., intercom entry, elevator. fireplace, patio, 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath C L O S E T O S H O P S controlled access, 310/478-8616 { { { { { { { & R ESTAURANTS . pool, elevator, parking, Patio, stove, fridge, 310/858-8133 laundry facility. dishwasher, on-sight W E S T W O O D 1380 Midvale Ave. 310/312-9871 laundry, parking. >BEVERLY HILLS<

> Upper Duplex < Shopping & Dining in C LOSE T O S HOPS

2220 S. Beverly Glen

11305 Graham Pl.

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* * * * *

• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

Spacious

Every Extra Luxury

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

—————–––– HOLLYWOOD 1769-1775 N. Sycamore Av.

• • • • • • Single • Bachelor Controlled access, laundry facility.

Utilities Included.

with valet, 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath lush garden Intercom entry, a/c, surrounding pool, 323/851-3790 dishwasher, on-sight gym, elevator, etc.

Close to Everything. laundry & parking.

Hrwd. flrs., granite C L O S E T O S C H O O L counters, dishwasher, L A F A Y E T T E P A R K & F R E E W AY S central air, balcony. 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL. 310/477-8171 Call: 310/470-4474

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1 Bdrm.+1 Bath —————–––– —————–––– Granite counter tops, stain-

WESTWOOD

access, a/c, stove, elevator, laundry facility, parking.

custom cabinets, granite countertops, stone entry, pool, health club, spa.

• Free WiFi Access • • Close to UCLA •

• 310/247-8689 • 1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. Close to Cedars-Sinai, L.A., 90024 Contact Mgr.: Beverly Center & Trendy Robertson Bl. • 310/864-0319 •

• • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • •• ••

•• •• •

Pool, sauna, intercom entry, elevator, on-site laundry, parking.

Close To U.C.L.A. All Utilities Paid.

Wifi, Bright, controlled access, balcony, pool, elevator, laundry facility, prkg.

310/477-6856

310/841-2367

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE-

* * * * * MENT 2014354101 The following is/are

CULVER CITY less steel appliances, • • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . 3830 Vinton Ave. • • • • • • Jr. Executive • • air conditioned, new • •• • • 6-Month Lease Avail. hrwd. flrs., designer •• Single •• • • • • Single • * * * * * * • • • Balcony, controlled finishes, balcony, ceiling ••

LOS ANGELES 401 S. HOOVER St.

doing business as: SIP IT LIVE 320 S. Sherbourne Dr. #4, Los Angeles, CA 90048;

Patricia Hollander

320 S.

Sherbourne Dr. #4, Los Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein July 12, 2014: Patricia

Terry

Hollander,

Owner/Operator: 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 2014354094 The following is/are doing business as:

1) LADORE

SWIMWEAR 2) LADORE COUTURE 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

––––––

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 2014354099 The following is/are doing business as: 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

room, wi-fi, skyview

business under the name(s) listed herein:

Nicole

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

LEGAL VIDEO name

access. Fitness ctr, yoga

Khoshnoud,

Secretary: Statement is filed with the

place, laundry facilities.

County of Los Angeles: December 17,

Easy freeway access

2014; Published: December 26, 2014,

213/382-1021

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 Angeles, CA 90026; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Julio C. Douglas: 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 2014347001 The following is/are doing business as: CAPA MUSIC 48 Van Gogh Way, Coto de Caza, CA 92679; Young Joon Park 48 Van Gogh Way, Coto De Caza, CA 92679; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Young Joon Park, Manager: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: December 09 2014; Published: December 26, 2014, January 02, 09, 16, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– 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 ––––––

20929 Ventura Blvd. #47-270, Woodland FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

fan, elevator, controlled

lounge w/ outdoor fire-

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES

January 02, 09, 16, 2015 LACC N/C

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D I R E C T O RY

BAGS WANTED

508 AUTOS BUY & SELL

WANTED

Classic Motor Inc.

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SALES

&

BEVERLY HILLS

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

CLASSIC CAR CALL ERIC 310/345-1487

ANY YEAR • ANY MODEL

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Lic. No. 953274

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All Janitorial Services 30+ Years Experience.

• 323/540-0448 • Quality Cleaning!

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• AC • CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

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• Carpentry • Drywall • Painting • Ceramic Tiles • Flooring • Roofing • Kitchen Cabinets • • • • • • • • • • No Job Too BIG or Too Small

• • • •

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

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Call Young anytime

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or Too small!

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SALMAN RUSHDIE, MEET CHARLIE HEBDO

By Peggy Noonan It was a sunny Tuesday in London, Valentine’s Day 1989. The phone rang in the novelist’s home. It was a BBC reporter. At first he was irritated: She didn’t even bother to tell him how she’d gotten his private number. “How does it feel,” she asked, “to know that you have just been sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini?”

“It doesn’t feel good,” Salman Rushdie, said. I am a dead man, he thought.

In a daze he walked around closing shutters, locking the front door. Witnessing his own fear he decided to keep a commitment to do a television interview. When he left the house he didn’t know it would be three years before he entered it again.

Walking into the studio he was handed a printout of the edict just released by the supreme leader of Iran: “I inform the proud Muslim people of the world that the author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran, and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I ask all the Muslims to execute them wherever they find them.”

Mr. Rushdie read it. The interviewer asked him to respond.

“I wish I’d written a more critical book,” he said. He was ever after proud he said that, though in future years he occasionally wobbled under the pressure, as one would.

And so began his roughly 10 years in hiding, with heavy police protection, under an assumed name “ Joseph Anton, ” which is what he called his 2012 memoir, from which the above is taken.

Salman Rushdie had written a novel critical of Islam, and so he had to die. It was the first famous fatwa in the West.

I was a writer and producer at CBS News in New York, and I remember the general American reaction, which was bafflement: They’re threatening an artist for producing art? Who are these people? In the publishing world Mr. Rushdie’s became a celebrated cause, but to others he was not an entirely sympathetic figure—arrogant, a snooty lefty luvvie who wrote a rude book about the faith of his fathers and now they’re coming down on him like a ton of bricks. Remind me why I care?

Looking back, he was the canary in the coal mine. Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker and writer, was shot to death on the street and almost decapitated in November 2004, after his short film on women and Islam was broadcast on television. His collaborator, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, got death threats and eventually fled to America. Kurt Westergaard, the Danish cartoonist who drew Muhammad with a bomb hidden in his turban, was a target of two assassination attempts and had to go into hiding.

And now the atrocity in Paris. Extremist Muslim fanatics cut down 12 people at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine. Their crime too was insulting Islam.

What do we know now that we did not know when Mr. Rushdie was targeted? That extreme, militant Islamists continue to clash with the liberal West. That the West must see to it that its values are not compromised by the fears the murderers seek to spread.

Charlie Hebdo magazine has struck me as aimed at the immature, or at least the not fully formed.

Its cartoons and other humor are broad and vulgar, even primitive, not witty or sly. The magazine delights in crudely, grossly insulting all faiths, especially Islam. But as a Westerner would say, so what? It has been alleged by a few people that the staff of Charlie Hebdo brought the tragedy on themselves.

That is exactly what was said of Salman Rushdie, that he shouldn’t have written such an offensive book.

Maybe it would be instructive to look at how we in the West handle what is rude and unpleasant and offensive.

First, our freedoms are not merely our “traditions,” our “ways,” “reflective of Enlightenment assumptions” or “very pleasant.” In America especially, they are everything to us. Here freedom of expression is called free speech, and it is protected in the first of the Constitution’s amendments because it is the most important of our rights.

In the way that courage is the first of the virtues because without it none of the others are possible, the First Amendment protects the freedom upon which all others depend. Without free speech no difference of opinion can be resolved, no progress made in the law or in politics, no truth found and held high, no scandal unearthed and stopped.

But free speech takes patience. It requires us to hold our temper and give each other plenty of room in which to operate.

This is how we deal with offensive speech: In the late 1980s, Andres Serrano produced “Piss Christ,” a photograph of a small crucifix submerged in the artist’s urine. That didn’t go over well with a lot of Christians. They wrote op-eds, protested peacefully, and criticized the National Endowment for the Arts for subsidizing the work with tax money. The arguments were vigorous. But the protests were peaceful, and no one even dreamed of harming the artist.

In the late 1990s it was Chris Ofili, whose painting “The Holy Virgin Mary” depicted Mary surrounded by pornographic images and smeared with elephant dung. When it was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum it didn’t go over well with Catholics, including Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The museum received public money. There were protests and arguments, the mayor withheld funds, the museum sued him and won. No one ever dreamed of harming the artist.

We resolve these things peacefully in the West. And this is not only “tradition.” We know on some level that this is how civilization keeps itself together. I remember long conversations during these controversies in which people tried to view the provocative works charitably. Maybe the artist is trying, awkwardly and imperfectly, to say something big and even good? Maybe he’s trying to say: “You say you love Christ but you don’t honor him.” Maybe he’s trying to say, “You say you honor Mary, but in your own actions and lives you cover her not with glory but dung.” Or maybe the artists were just talentless hacks producing the only thing they were good at: publicity.

The point is people considered and debated. They didn’t pick up a gun.

A singular feature of extremist Islamists is that they are not at all interested in persuasion. They don’t care about winning you over, only about making you submit. They want to menace and threaten. They want to frighten. They enjoy posing with the severed head.

It is the West’s job not to be overcome by fear, not to give an inch. Steady is the word.

Tracked down by a reporter for Deutsche Welle after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Kurt Westergaard offered his wisdom. He said the murderers were “fanatics.” He told the media “not to be afraid” and not to “surrender” free speech. And he said he hoped for “a reaction from the moderate majority of Muslims against this attack.”

That majority actually exists, and should step forward.

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Rabbi Jacob Pressman RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS We are now passing through the time of resolutions made before New Year’s Day and broken the day after. Why is it that it is so difficult for us to keep the resolutions we make in all good conscience? I suspect it is because we have not thought enough carefully to realize that our noblest resolutions are often impossible to keep. One would imagine therefore that we should be a little more cautious in what we resolve to change. Life is not a blank check.

What is a year in a solar calendar? 365 and a quarter days. The best we can do is struggling not to forget them and look forward to a new year for a fresh start. Isn’t life complicated?

Pope Francis gave his list of resolutions for 2015, and like the rest of us he probably won’t be able to keep them all. And like the rest of us, he’ll seek forgiveness for broken resolutions and start all over again for the new year to make new ones to be broken.

I too made resolutions about keeping up with my column and I too, bet your boots, won’t keep them.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A small but vocal group of bicyclists exhibiting rude and uncivil behavior/tactics, was allowed to commandeer a study session of the City Council. Without substantive facts or figures, they resorted to shouting and booing down any opposing comments. Their demand for a “minifreeway for bicyclists” on one of the busiest thoroughfares in our City, exposes their reckless disregard for the safety of all–bicyclists, auto drivers and their passengers and pedestrians–and, their ignorance of how critical a major artery traffic's flow is to the life blood of a city. For example-this group offered “The Beverly Hills Greenway” proposal as a means of improving the flow of traffic on Santa Monica Boulevard. They proposed adding 2-feet to the width of the roadway, while reducing the overall width by 8-feet due to the addition of two bike lanes. How does this reduction of the width of the boulevard improve the flow of traffic?

Additional questions re: traffic flow–who will have the right of way when vehicles need to make a right turn? How will intersections at the the Golden Triangle and Westfield be affected? What delays will occur with drivers having to maintain 3-feet between their autos and cyclists?

The B.B.I.S. said these bike lines will help reduce carbon footprints, without providing the percentage of the Beverly Hills population who own a bike and will leave their cars to bike to work and shop. In fact, what percentage of the Beverly Hills population was actually represented at this meeting and what percentage of this group and whom they represent actually live in Beverly Hills?

Please, members of the Beverly Hills City Council, stop this insanity and refocus your efforts on finding the money necessary to properly widen Santa Monica Boulevard.

Robert Block ****** A few observations about your Jan. 9 article about City Council’s study session. Cyclists didn’t “hijack” this meeting; rather people within and around Beverly Hills who choose to travel by bicycle attended to express our concerns that North Santa Monica Boulevard be remade to accommodate all road users safely, whether we walk, ride or drive.

We no more “ambushed” City Hall than members of the public ever do when we attend to comment on an agenda item - in this case the council ad hoc committee’s recommendation to reconstruct North Santa Monica Boulevard at its current width (agenda item #1). That action would have precluded installation of bicycle lanes for generations. Safety was our primary collective concern and we said as much. Besides, the public can’t “focus” (much less “hijack”) a City Council meeting. This study session was managed by Mayor Lili Bosse and allowed a full discussion of the ad hoc committee’s recommendation which suggested our shared concern about road safety. And I believe that as a result of this, the City will take a prudent step toward enhancing multimodal mobility.

Please let me correct the record on a couple of points. Our “Greenway” proposal was formalized and named the week prior to the study session.

But a smaller group last fall had presented the underlying concept to the Blue Ribbon Committee which panel was charged with recommending to the council a conceptual design for North Santa Monica. It agreed with many who attended that bicycle lanes be included (by a vote of 9-1 no less).

Also, The Courier article conflates council concern about project cost with the discussion about boulevard design. Let’s not make cost a red herring here as our consultant (Psomas) estimates $50,000 as the cost for striping bicycle lanes (in a $24 million project). To my recollection, the council never even suggested cost was the issue. Keeping an eye on the big picture, the council, in this study session, acknowledged that safety is paramount and appeared to agree with our push for transportation alternatives in Beverly Hills to reduce congestion and greenhouse emissions.

As well it should: our City plans recommend exactly that.

Mark Elliot ****** I was disappointed to read the biased, inaccurate account of last Tuesday's City Council meeting published in Jan. 9’s Courier.

I attended the meeting and came away with a much different interpretation. In contrast to what the article states, the design of the project was on the agenda for the meeting, and directly affects whether bike lanes are included or not. To state that bicyclists “hijacked” the session and “ambushed” City Hall is false and misleading. Furthermore, there was no “booing” of residents who spoke in disagreement with the cyclists.

At the end of the meeting, Mayor Bosse stated: “Today is yet another reason why I love our community and sitting up here with my colleagues and why I embrace our process.” If cyclists had truly “hijacked” the session, “ambushed” City Hall, and “booed” opponents, do you think she would have made that statement?

Danielle Salomon

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