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Herbert Gold, the father of Mayor Julian Gold, passed away Monday.

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The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust held a Yom HaShoah Day of Holocaust Commemoration.

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APPLE AWARD WINNERS — The Beverly Hills community joined together Wednesday evening to celebrate this year’s Apple Award winners – a prestigious recognition of some of the incredible Beverly Hills Unified employees who call this district home. Said winner Chris Hertz to his colleagues: “Each of you belongs up here. Everyone of you is making tremendous differences.”

Pictured: Director of School Safety Chris Hertz, Hawthorne kindergarten teacher Jory Lindsay, BHHS math teacher Josh Glass, El Rodeo instructional assistant Linda Omansky, French teacher Emannuelle Rousseaux, Horace Mann first-grade teacher Belinda Maisterra, BHHS intervention counselor Alison Norman-Franks, El Rodeo kindergarten teacher Jocelyn Bresnick, and Beverly Vista music teacher Katina Valles. -Laura Coleman

Beverly Hills Unified Submits Troubling Budget To LACOE

By Laura Coleman Make no mistake, Beverly Hills Unified School District’s latest 2017-18 budget does not paint a pretty picture.

In response to BHUSD’s Second Interim Report, earlier this month the Los Angeles County BHUSD students will Office of Education (LACOE) participate in a Science authored a letter addressed to Fair on Saturday.

5 Board of Education President Lisa Korbatov stating that while the office believed the district “should” be able to meet its financial obligations for the current and The Anti-Defamation two subsequent years, it had some League’s Entertainment concerns.

Industry Dinner was held last At the crux of this concern is week in Beverly Hills.

21 BHUSD’s failure to take action to 8,10 •Health & Wellness address its looming budget deficit.

22 •Birthdays The district’s First Interim Report •Letters to the Editor 31

for 2017-18, which was submitted to LACOE in December, had it making $5 million in staff reductions – a financial cut BHUSD has since withdrawn.

“We are concerned this action poses serious implications for the district’s solvency,” LACOE’s April 10, 2018 letter stated.

The letter further detailed LACOE’s concerns with the district’s latest projections, which has it operating with a deficit of $2.8 million for this year, and subsequently projecting out increasing operating deficits of $4.1 million for 2018-19, and $5.5 million for 2019-20.

“Over the three-year span, the combined unrestricted General (see ‘BHUSD BUDGET’ page 20)

Virginia Robinson Gardens’ May 19 Tour Promises To Delight George Christy, Page 6 Mitzi Gaynor And Joni Berry Hosted The Professional Dancers Society’s 31st Annual Spring Luncheon At The Beverly Hilton.

PDS Has Raised Huge Monies For Dancers Who Are In Need

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April 27, 2018

Basement Ordinance Referendum Draws Scrutiny From City Council, Residents

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One-year-old Taos is this issue’s Adoptable Pet of the Week.

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By Laura Coleman Less than a month remains before Beverly Hills’ garden party of the year returns to the City on Saturday, May 19, at the Virginia Robinson Gardens.

Now in its 30th year, the annual Garden Tour & Showcase Estate, which raises funds for the Virginia Robinson Gardens historical estate, gives ticket holders the opportunity to visit several private home gardens rarely seen by the public.

One of the fabulous private gardens on this year’s tour belongs to renowned interior and architectural designer Richard Shapiro, who is also serving as this year’s Grand Marshal. His “Florentine Villa” garden, which was also on

Gorgeous boxwoods fill Richard Shapiro’s whimsical private garden.

the garden tour just over a decade ago and has since been transformed, is now a whimsical repose inspired by the Chateau de Marqueyssac in France with a preponderance of boxwoods.

“I was really taken by the tenacity and the singlemindedness (see ‘ROBINSON GARDENS’ page 19)

By Victoria Talbot City Attorney Larry Wiener responded to questions that were raised by the recent spate of signature gathering for a referendum to repeal the Basement Ordinance, directed by attorney Bradley Hertz and local Hilton & Hyland realtor Branden Williams that would benefit his client Francesco Aquilini in his attempts to develop the properties at 1184 and 1193 Loma Linda Drive.

Signature gatherers, who self-reported remuneration as much as 25 times the going rate of $1 per signature, fanned out across the City and beyond last month to get enough signatures to qualify to be on the ballot.

According to residents, several who have appeared at City Council meetings, and others who have written letters,

the circulators of the referendum petition made false statements or were inaccurate in their description of the petition. In addition, they did not educate potential signers about who hired the signature gatherers so they could make a more informed decision before signing.

These issues were on the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council Study Session.

The referendum petition gathered 2,966 signatures which are currently being validated by the Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder. The petition needs the valid signatures of 10 percent of the voters, approximately 2,049 signatures of Beverly Hills residents registered to vote in the City. The County Clerk has until (see ‘REFERENDUM’ page 20)

World Leaders Flock To Beverly Hills For Milken Global Conference

By Laura Coleman Nobel Laureates, global leaders, policymakers, industry executives, university presidents and medical researchers are among the 5,000 people expected to attend this year’s four-day Milken Institute Global Conference, which kicks off Sunday, April 29.

At the center of the conference’s 150 sessions spread across four days at The Beverly Hilton, where around 700 speakers will discuss some of today’s most pressing issues, is the driving question, “How can we really come up with solu-

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tions that can impact the world in the future?” explained Richard Ditizio, president of the Milken Institute.

Now in its 21st year, the Global Conference is always a dynamic opportunity to help attendees actually change the world, in addition to facilitating connections between those who have money and those who have meaningful ideas.

Titled “Navigating a World in Transition,” this year’s conference will include sessions focused on efforts to cure (see ‘MILKEN CONFERENCE’ page 21)

NANCY AND BARBARA — Barbara Davis congratulated daughter Nancy Davis for her success with The Race to Erase MS Gala at The Beverly Hilton.

Celebrating it’s 25th anniversary, the celebrity-crowded gala raised multi-millions. In May, Barbara hosts a kickoff party at The Palm for the Carousel of Hope Ball, with co-host Bruce Bossi, Jr. On October 6th the Carousel of Hope, benefiting juvenile diabetes, will honor Robert DeNiro.

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

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COURTESY NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION DATE: May 10, 2018 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 PROJECT ADDRESS:

128 and 130 South Carson Road (cross street: Wilshire Boulevard)

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, May 10, 2018, will hold a study session beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to provide an opportunity for the public and the Planning Commission to discuss the potential rezoning of the properties from R-1 (One-Family Residential) to R-4 (MultipleFamily Residential) and/or the establishment of a potential overlay zone on the properties as well as the re-designation of the General Plan land use designation of the properties from Single-family residential to Multi-family residential.

At the study session, the Planning Commission will hear and consider all comments on this topic. The purpose of this meeting is to consider alternatives, and no final decisions will be made at this meeting. A separate, noticed public hearing will be held at a future date to discuss this topic further and, if directed, to consider any zoning changes to the properties. Any final decisions on this matter will be made by the City Council during a future, noticed public hearing.

Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission. Written comments also may be submitted prior to the public hearing to the Planning Division, via mail: attn. Masa Alkire, 455 N. Rexford Drive, 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Written comments may also be submitted via email to malkire@beverlyhills.org. Any written comments received by Wednesday, May 2, 2018 will be attached to the agenda report regarding this item. Any comments received after Wednesday, May 2, 2018, but prior the public hearing, will be distributed to the Commission under separate cover.

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If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Masa Alkire, AICP, Principal Planner in the Planning Division at (310) 285-1135, or by email at malkire@beverlyhills.org. Copies of application materials are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA90210.

Sincerely: Timothea Tway, AICP, Senior Planner In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Commission Meeting Room 280A is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with audio equipment for the hearing impaired. If you need special assistance to attend this meeting, please call the Planning Division at (310) 285-1135 or TTY (310) 285-6881. Please notify the Planning Division at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting if you require captioning service so that reasonable arrangements can be made.

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COURIER IN ITALIA — Beverly Hills City Treasurer Howard Fisher and wife Fran are enjoying vacationing through Italy, but made sure to snap a photo holding their copy of the Courier at Villa d’Este on Lake Como in Italy. The Fisher’s stayed at the lake for five days. To join Howard and Fran in the Carry The Courier Club, snap a photo of yourself on your next trip holding the Courier and send the photo with caption information to mlopez@bhcourier.com.

Rachelle Marcus Declares Candidacy For Beverly Hills School Board

By Laura Coleman Longtime resident and lifelong educator Rachelle Marcus officially became the first candidate to throw her hat in the ring for one of two upcoming seats on the Beverly Hills Board of Education.

The Nov. 6 election will fill seats being vacated by Board President Lisa Korbatov, who is now finishing her ninth year on the board, and board member Howard Goldstein, now in his fifth year. Both incumbent board members have publicly said they do not plan to run again.

“I’m running for a seat on the school board because I believe the schools are crucial to Beverly Hills’

reputation as a wonderful place to live,” said Marcus, who has taught at Horace Mann, El Rodeo, Hawthorne and Beverly Hills High School. “The schools are the common thread that runs through our City. They are at its very heart.” (see ‘RACHELLE MARCUS’ page 21)

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Herbert Gold, Father Of Mayor Julian Gold, Dies At 95

By Matt Lopez Herbert Gold, the father of Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold, passed away on Monday at age 95.

Julian describes his father, who was born August 24, 1922 in New York City, as a true member of the “Greatest Generation” – a machinist who made cowlings for aircraft engines at the onset of World War II. Herbert and his friends enlisted because they did not want to be sitting at home while America was at war.

So, Herbert stumbled into a Navy enlistment center – the first enlistment center he found – and joined the Navy, where he worked as a part of the Construction Brigade (CB), a group affectionately known as “Sea Bees.”

Sea Bees landed first, built runways and other support structures for invading forces behind them. Herbert was deployed to the Pacific, where he landed at Iwo Jima. It was there that Herbert was wounded and won the Operation Star in the Asiatic-Pacific area. He was also awarded a Purple Heart.

After recovering from injury, Herbert returned to the Pacific, only to be wounded a second time, which led to him receiving a second Purple Heart, before returning home permanently.

After Herbert returned home, he met the love of his life, Carol. The pair

Herbert Gold

were married for 71 years before Carol’s death in January.

“He worked hard, bought a house, had kids, did everything he could to support them and lived the American dream,” Gold told the Courier. “He knew that his stamina was failing in these last weeks. He had no regrets. He was content. He was ready for whatever came next. Truly the Greatest Generation.”

Herbert is survived by his son Julian, daughter Philippa, granddaughter Rebecca and daughter-in-law Michele.

The family requests that any donations in his name be made to CedarsSinai Medical Center or Dr. Stephen J. Forman’s leukemia research at City of Hope.

TINY TAOS — Taos is a 1-year-old King Charles Spaniel mix. She weighs 11 pounds and is now looking for her forever home. To learn more about Taos and how to adopt her, visit www.shelterhopepetshop.org.

El Rodeo musical theater students get ready for their production of Into The Woods.

El Rodeo Musical Theatre To Present Into The Woods Starting Wednesday

By Laura Coleman El Rodeo Musical Theatre students were awash in excitement this week as they took to the stage at the Salter Family Theatre to practice numbers from their upcoming run of Into The Woods, which debuts Wednesday, May 2.

Since January, the 26 students in the Stephen Sondheim musical, primarily 7th and 8th graders, with two 6th

graders, have dedicated significant time practicing for the upcoming full production shows.

“It’s rough because we put in a lot of effort. But I loved it once I got on stage,” said 8th grader Tess Cuen, who plays Little Red, the feisty little girl who strays from the path en route to her grandmother’s at the urging of the wolf.

“I could never have imagined the (see ‘INTO THE WOODS’ page 21)

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Where To Celebrate Mother’s Day In Beverly Hills

YOM HASHOAH – Approximately 700 people, including 60 Holocaust survivors, attended the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust’s annual community Yom HaShoah Day of Holocaust Commemoration on Sunday, April 15. The event focused on resistance during the Holocaust and marked the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Hon. Nancy H. Rubin, Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, gave the keynote address. A standing room-only crowd listened to a pre-ceremony conversation with childhood friends and Holocaust survivors Alice Gerstel Weit and Simon Gronowski, who reunited for the first time in 76 years. Alice Gerstel Weit believed the entire Gronowski family had perished in the Holocaust until she learned last year that Simon Gronowski was alive and living in Belgium. Gronowski is a survivor of the 20th convoy, the only transport to Auschwitz stopped by a resistance group. Pictured, from left: Natan Gipsman, David Lenga, Henry Slucki, Dana Schwartz, Paula Lebovics, Joshua Kaufman and Alexandra Kaufman.

Beverly Hills Science Fair To Showcase Projects By Local Youth Saturday

By Laura Coleman Open your mind and prepare to ask yourself how and why in anticipation of tomorrow’s Beverly Hills Unified district-wide Science & Engineering Fair, which begins at 10:30 a.m. at Beverly Hills High School’s EDC building.

The 2.5-hour event, which runs until 1 p.m., is open to the community and will showcase over 70 projects from 110 K-5 students throughout the district.

“It’s magical watching our students get inspired by the world around them, then manifesting that curiosity into their work,” described Dustin Seemann, BHUSD Assistant Superintendent, Education Services. “I’m looking forward to the STEAM Fair as both a celebration of our students’ achievements as well as inspiration for further scientific and creative educational development within our schools. We are blessed to have so many talented and intelligent students inside BHUSD.” In addition to Seemann and support from the Beverly Hills Education

SCIENCE IS FUN – Beverly Vista students Evelyn and Donovan Kruger work hard on their Science Fair project, “How does car color effect temperature?” for tomorrow’s upcoming STEAM Fair.

Foundation, many parents volunteers, teachers and administrators came together to create the fair.

Previous events have fostered dynamic scientific discussions between engaged community members and enthusiastic students.

Steve Ross, Andrea Grossman Set to Discuss Nazi Plots in L.A. at Library

By Victoria Talbot On May 2, the Beverly Hills Public Library will host Steve Ross, author of Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America, in conversation with Andrea Grossman, founder and president of The Writers Bloc in what promises to be a fascinating discussion about the littleknown spy network that foiled the Nazi plan to bring fascism to Los Angeles.

A Pulitzer-prize finalist and USC professor of history, Ross’ book is a fascinating revelation that probes Hitler’s plan to incite anti-Semitism in America, the infiltration of Hollywood studios and the proliferation of a network of

Nazi instigators throughout Los Angeles whose mission was to spread support for Hitler throughout Southern California and the United States.

Nazis and Axis powers didn’t just devour Europe during World War II,” said Grossman. “Steve Ross explores the role of Nazis in Los Angeles, and the spies who stopped them in their tracks.

Who knew that Los Angeles nurtured its own hotbed of Nazi activity during the war years? In his book, Ross lays out how American Nazis living in Los Angeles crafted a plan to kill a slew of Jews in Los Angeles, from hanging movie moguls and stars alike, including (see ‘HITLER IN LOS ANGELES’ page 21)

Correcting The Record Last week, in an article about the Basement Ordinance, the Courier incorrectly referenced a settlement payment of $201,000. The correct settlement figure was $200,001.

By Matt Lopez Mother’s Day is right around the corner and there are plenty of places to celebrate mom’s special day in and around Beverly Hills.

Here are a few options to consider for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13.

Waldorf-Astoria Beverly Hills: Jean-Georges Beverly Hills offers a special pre fixe menu including options like chilled shellfish platter with kumamoto oysters, king crab, littleneck clams and wood-grilled pacific snapper. Brunch starts at $155/person.

Call 310-860-6566.

The Beverly Hilton: CIRCA 55 offers its always decadent Mother’s Day brunch with several tasty offerings. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $81/person, $38/child under 12. Call 310887-6055.

The Peninsula Beverly Hills: The Belvedere’s elegant, three-course menu by Executive Chef David Codney will help toast mom on her special day, along with free-flowing Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne. From (see ‘MOTHER’S DAY’ page 21)

Arbor Day Will Bring Beverly Hills A 33rd Consecutive Tree City USA Award

By Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills will receive the Tree City USA Award for the 33rd consecutive time today, to be celebrated by the planting of a tree at Coldwater Canyon Park with the participation of Vice Mayor John Mirisch, members of Public Works and Recreation and Parks Commission and the children of Coldwater Canyon Preschool.

The City will be adding a California Live Oak on the southwest corner of the park.

Arbor Day was founded in America in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska. The holiday encourages the planting of trees and is celebrated annually in cities across the world.

The distinction of Tree City USA is

awarded by the Arbor Day Foundation, a nationwide non-profit organization that has encouraged planting trees since 1976 by providing the framework necessary for communities to manage and expand their public trees.

Beverly Hills became a Tree City by adopting the four core standards established by the Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters. They ensure that qualifying communities have a viable tree management program, including a Street Tree Master Plan, a well-managed tree care program, a delegated Tree Care position, such as Urban Forester Ken Pfalzgraf, and regular observance of Arbor Day with a ceremony and a proclamation.

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George Christy Dancers Barrie Chase, George Chakiris and choreographer Toni Basil are this year’s honorees

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Joanne DiVito was voted the winner of Gypsy Robe this year

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mink coat that brought her to Hollywood, who knows what Cora Sue Collins’ destiny might have been.

Chairman Joni Berry and President Mitizi Gaynor hosted their 31st annual Professional Dancers Society Spring Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton, raising funds to help dancers in need.

around the clock for Mitzi Gaynor and Joni Berry. Those motivating forces behind the Professional Dancers Society. For several decades, President Mitzi and Chairman Joni have given heart and soul to supporting dancers with their annual Gypsy Awards Spring Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton. They have raised millions to assist our talented hoofers and hooferettes when aid is necessary.

Vereen, Rita Moreno, Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Angela Lansbury, AnnMargret, Mary Tyler Moore, Leslie Caron, Paula Abdul, Carol Lawrence, and the indomitable Carol Channing.

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n her always-welcomed, let’s-laugh-a-lot introduction to the program, which features the Carousel Dancers, choreographed by Karen Willes, President Mitzi keeps the sellout crowd howling. urprising the audience, when at the tail end of her talk, she didn’t mince words about her age.

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fun, non-profit event, underwritten by Joni Berry, celebrated its 31st anniversary last week.

Honoring the impressive careers of George Chakiris (West Side Story), Barrie Chase (Daddy Long Legs, Silk Stockings with Fred Astaire), and choreographer Toni Basil (Viva Las Vegas, touring with Tina Tuner and Bette Midler).

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n affiliate now of The Actors Fund, PDS loves dancers, both active and inactive. Achieving a longhopeful goal of providing low income housing, along with retirement and nursing facilities for dancers on both coasts.

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om quickly whisked Cora Sue, then age 3, to Hollywood. Where a fortuitous meeting with a casting agent landed Cora Sue an audition at Universal. Chosen over other child actors that included Judy Garland to play the lead in The Unexpected Father (1932).

GM came calling with a contract and a big break in 1933 when Greta Garbo wanted her to play her younger character’s self in Queen Christina.

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he acted opposite costars Myrna Loy, William Powell, Irene Dunne, Colleen Moore, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Child that she was, she attended school at MGM.

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his past week, on April 19, Cora Sue celebrated her 91st birthday at her posh apartment in Beverly Hills with loyal friends and family (daughter Susan, grandson Kevin).

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his Saturday (April 28), the Turner Classics Movie Film Festival has invited Cora Sue to share her recollections about the filming of The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1938) starring Tom Kelly as Tom.

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ith Cora Sue’s infallible memory, engaging voice and crisp diction, we anticipate an afternoon of pure delight for our Good Times Book.

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rrivals included cardiologist Dr. Stephen Corday with mate Mari Jo Deutschman, who heads the Little Dolphins School in Santa Monica, a multicultural preschool and transitional k i n d e rgarten.

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The Unexpected Father was her first movie at age 3

With Irene Dunne in Magnificent Obsession

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teve Corday keeps me hopping. Year after year … I’m indebted to him now and forever,” claimed Cora Sue.

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acationing in West Virginia from their native Virginia, her mother Clyde Collins hit the ceiling and the road after learning that her husband gifted his secretary with a mink coat.

ora Sue continued working at MGM, sometimes on loan to the major and minor studios, playing the younger versions of their female stars.

We are grateful to Cora Sue Collins (in the cameo at left) for permission to use vintage photographs from her major film career

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Physical Therapist Dr. Sally Ho, Husband Readying Next Trip To China has written various Last year, Dr. Sally chapters on the subHo, along with her ject for textbooks husband Dr. Larry Ho, with one in Chinese. also a physical theraA recent writing for pist, organized a the American Phyteaching trip for a sical Therapy Assocgroup of physical theriation is being used apy faculties from USC as the main reference to Taiwan and China. for physical theraThey lectured and pists who seek to be conducted workshops certified specialists at Dr. Sun Yan-San of Orthopedic PhysUniversity in Guang- Dr. Sally Ho ical Therapy. zhou, China; Cheng Dr. Ho’s interests extend to Kung University of Taiwan and the National Taiwan University the treatment of spinal disorders as invited scholars. The presen- and shoulder joint disorders tations were so well received which resulted in several articles the couple has been besieged that in peer-reviewed journals. with requests to return; and are She has also offered her clinic for the management of low back planning their next trip.

Originally from Taiwan, pain and other orthopedic-neuSally Ho is now an associate rological conditions.

Dr. Ho’s other accomplishprofessor in USC’s department of biokinesiology and physical ments include co-founding the Asian American Diabetes therapy.

As founder of Ho Physical Initiative at the Joslin Diabetes Therapy in Beverly Hills, Dr. Ho Center that provides education provides the post-graduate and clinical management of diaorthopedic physical therapy res- betes to the Asian American ident training for head, neck and population.

She is currently working on Temporomandibular or (TMJ) syndrome joint dysfunction at developing a teaching model for chronic pain management to her clinic to actual patients.

Dr. Ho has established a address the opioid epidemics non-surgical treatment for from the stand point of a physipatients with TMJ syndrome and cal therapist.

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

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Third Annual Make March Matter Campaign Raises $2 Million Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) announced Tuesday that its third annual Make March Matter fundraising campaign raised $2 million dollars. The campaign doubled its $1 million fundraising goal thanks to partnerships with 95 businesses in L.A. and the Coachella Valley.

“Every year I’m astounded by the level of compassion and generosity exhibited by the businesses and corporate partners and their followers in the community who support the Make March Matter campaign and help us fulfill our mission of creating hope and building healthier futures for our patients and their families,” said Paul S. Viviano, CHLA president/CEO. “There was something for everyone with this year’s campaign, which featured 40 events in 31 days and a variety of fundraising activities and opportunities from shopping to dining to exercising—all in support of CHLA,” says Dawn Wilcox, CHLA VP of Corporate Partnerships..

Numerous promotions and events highlighted this year’s campaign including shopping events and promotions at Intermix and Theory, Calleen Cordero, Trina Turk and more. The Los Angeles Kings and the Los Angeles Galaxy hosted special CHLA-themed games at Staples Center and the StubHub Center, respectively.

For the third consecutive year, Panda Express earned top campaign contributor honors by raising $390,000.

“Our associates and our customers are passionate about helping Children’s Hospital Los Angeles continue to offer groundbreaking medical treatment to the precious patients it treats,” says Peggy Cherng, Panda Express co-chair and coCEO.”

Actors Patrick J. Adams and Troian Bellisario supported the Make March Matter campaign by volunteering at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles last month.

Celebrities who gave CHLA hands-on support throughout March include Patrick J. Adams, Victoria Arlen, Troian Bellisario, Jacey Duprie, Yael Grobglas, the KOST 103.5 Ellen K Morning Show team, Elliot Knight, Brooke Lyons, Lea Michele, Italia Ricci, Louise Roe, Becca Tobin and Patrick Schwarzenegger.

Laurie Burrows Grad Authors New Book On Grief, To Take Part in Our House Walk Sunday (Amazon’s voice-activatWhen Our House Grief ed speaker) has become a Support Center’s ninth good friend. annual Run for Hope 5K In the “Talking to the kicks off at 9 a.m., Sunday, Bereaved 101” portion of April 29, longtime resident the book, Grad discusses and cookbook author what not to say to a Laurie Burrows Grad will widow. “Please don’t tell be a dedicated participant. me my husband is in ‘a After Grad’s husband of better place’ or ‘I’m sorry 47 years Peter died suddenyou lost your husband.’ It ly on Aug. 1, 2015 she sort of implies that you learned about Our House— might find him or that his ”I didn’t know a thing about death is somehow your it”—and was encouraged to Laurie Burrows Grad fault.” join a support group.

Some of the top things to say accord“It was people of different ages and backgrounds and they enveloped me,” ing to Grad: “I am always a phone call or Grad says. She credits the group with her email away;” “Please let me know how I “restoration.” Says Grad, “We restore can help you.”

She’s donating a portion of book sale ourselves to some vestige of what we profits to Our House. The center’s sumwere; and my group was wonderful.”

She has now thrown her support mer Camp Erin-LA provides chances for behind the nonprofit—with a staff of two grieving kids to share outdoor and art dozen, plus more than 450-trained vol- activities for three weekends every sumunteers, that delivers grief support servic- mer.

At her first walk in 2016, less than a es (also in Spanish) to thousands of childrens, teens and adults every year—and year after her husband’s death, Grad decided to take part in the “In Memory now serves on its board.

A month after her husband died, Ceremony” where attendees share about Grad wrote a blog on Huffington Post, the loved one who has died. “People “Demoted to Lunch.” “Everyone said, ‘I’ll came around and hugged me and it was take you to lunch,” says Grad. “I wanted cathartic,” Grad says.

The next year she brought her group them to take to take me to dinner and and this year she’s walking “with a bunch talk politics.”

The blog has led to her latest book, of people with pictures of loved ones on The Joke’s Over, You Can Come Back their shirts. When you see children and Now: How This Widow Plowed Through teenagers walking for their parents it breaks your heart. This has become a Grief and Survived.

In the “journal/guidebook/love passion for me.”

For more information on the walk story,” Grad uses humor to address why its okay to cry, how to sleep at night, why visit http://www.ourhouse-grief.org/runshe got a tattoo and why Alexa forhope/ —Steve Simmons

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Actor Announces Ed Asner Family Center

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To Address Self-Confidence In Differently Abled People Through Creativity, Support Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, has announced the creation of The Ed Asner Family Center (TEAFC), dedicated to promoting self-confidence in differently abled individuals and bringing balance and wellness to those individuals and their families.

A longtime advocate for the developmentally disabled and those on the autistic spectrum, Asner says, “This is a dream of mine. To establish an oasis of creativity in every special needs community. A place where our most beautiful dreamers Ed Asner of all can have their opportunity to thrive and in doing so, learn valuable lessons about themselves and the world and in the same building give families an opportunity to be healthy.”

The center is currently fundraising for the flagship site in L.A., the first of many branches nationwide, and will debut classes and programs in June.

TEAFC will offer a variety of arts programs as well as mental health support and de-stress classes such as mindfulness and yoga dedicated to promoting selfconfidence and balance. “Less than a decade ago I was a single mother with four young children, two impacted by

autism,” said Navah Paskowitz Asner, TEAFC executive director. “I was in desperate need of mental-health support because of my challenges in life and financially unable to pay for the support I needed. Our goal in TEAFC is to provide mental health support to all special needs families while giving their children enrichments at the same time.”

The center’s mentalhealth programs are aimed at helping those experiencing depression, anxiety, worry, grief, or anger-management problems. These issues are much more prevalent with the addition of a special needs family member, says Asner.

Therapy is offered by licensed clinicians including marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers and other clinicians.

The Ed Asner Family Center will feature enrichment and vocational classes from some of the top established programs in the country and is partnering with Spectrum Laboratory, Autism Works Now, Autism Movement Therapy and The Miracle Project. For more information, email Navah@edasnerfamilycenter.org.

Students at Beverly Hills’ International Children’s Academy who took part in the Jump Rope for Heart included, from left, Kobi Mahboubi, Moshe Brodsky, Rachel Ashkenazi, Michael Davis, Yehuda Shouster, Sarah Soumekh and Sarah Mor.

International Children’s Academy Raises Money For Children With Heart Disease Students and faculty at Beverly Hills International Children’s Academy recently took part in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser.

The community service program raises money for research in pediatric or congenital heart defects.

Last year the Heart Association funded 95 new research programs totaling more than $13.5 million. Heart disease and stroke are the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. The program also teaches children all

over the country the importance of being heart healthy and the benefits of being physically active.

Last year was the first year the school participated in the program, launched in 1978.

The school raised $725 last year, and now in its second year, the school raised $4,800. “This is an amazing feat that shows how caring our students are,” said school physical education teacher Uriah Goldfinger. “This has also earned our school $600 to spend on PE equipment of our choice.“

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Former Dodgers Owner McCourt Proposes Gondola From Union Station to Dodger Stadium

BEARS ROAR – The Beverly Hills Bears girls team of the Beverly Hills AYSO won the championship in the U-12 girls division at the Pot O’Gold tournament in Thousand Oaks. Bottom Row, from left: Gemma Macht, Lila Taheri and Samantha Nabati. Middle row, from left: Alessandra Emerson, Sarah-Lea Dahan, Ava Hollander, Hannah Pinchuck, Sophia Haroutunian, Elena Serrano, Audrey Perry and Arielle Efron. Back Row, from left: Coach Michael Taheri, Eva Franco and Coach Babak Nabati.

The Polo Lounge At The Beverly Hills Hotel To Host Kentucky Derby Screening

By Alexandra Del Rosario The Beverly Hills Hotel guests will be able to enjoy hearty meals and rustic drinks while they watch twenty horses race for the Kentucky Derby’s top prizes.

The hotel’s iconic Polo Lounge will screen the Kentucky Derby race and host a derby-themed brunch on

Saturday May 5th from 11am to 3pm. For $115 per person, guests can dine on the Kentucky Derby-themed platters off the hotel’s three-course brunch menu. The event’s dishes include fried chicken wings, half-rack baby back bourbon barbeque ribs and triple crown chocolate cake. The lounge will also serve refreshing,

themed cocktails like Mint Juleps, Bourbon Lemonade slushies and more.

To top off the event, the Lounge will host a “Best Hat” contest. The winner of the contest will receive (an all expense paid)? brunch for two in the Polo Lounge, for a later date.

For more information call 310-887-2777.

A gondola from Union Station to Dodger Stadium could be future transportation for baseball fans, Metro announced Thursday.

The transit agency confirmed that it received an unsolicited proposal from Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies on Wednesday that calls for building an aerial tram that would carry passengers between the two locations.

"Dodger Stadium is one of the crown jewels of baseball and draws fans from across our region and the nation," Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington said. "We take seriously any idea that provides a good alternative to driving."

Metro's Unsolicited Proposal policy allows the private sector to submit ideas to the agency.

All proposals are subject to a Phase One analysis within 60 days of being received and Metro can then choose to advance proposals to a more detailed Phase Two review.

A gondola and other options for improving access to

Dodger Stadium was part of an informational study in 1990 by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, a precursor agency to Metro, but the idea was never pursued beyond the study, Metro said.

Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies is funded by former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, according to the Los Angeles Times.

McCourt sold the team in 2011 but still owns half interest in the 130 acres of parking around the stadium.

McCourt's investment firm would fund a portion of the project's estimated $125-million cost and would seek private financing for the remainder, The Times reported.

"We set up the Unsolicited Proposal process to encourage outside-the- box thinking when it comes to mobility and building new transportation infrastructure," Metro Chief Innovation Officer Joshua Schank said.

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TO SEE AND BE SEEN

WORLD OF CHILDREN — Nearly 300 guests gathered for a special evening recognizing Veronica and Brian Grazer with the World of Children Board of Governors’ Award, and four extraordinary individuals for their work with children in various parts of the world. Attendees at the World of Children Hero Awards Benefit at Montage Beverly Hills enjoyed a cocktail reception, dinner, silent auction, and awards program featuring special performances by the West Los Angeles Children's Choir and The Kenyan Boys Choir. Pictured (from left): Lisa Parigi, Veronica Grazer, Lionel Richie, Brooke Burke, Brian Grazer, Norman Lear and Lily Aldridge Followill.

Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for World of Children IN THE MOOD — Laurie Gordon, founder of the Max Gray Fund for Depression Research at UCLA, and Dr. John C. Mazziotta, Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and CEO of UCLA Health, attend the third annual salon for the Max Gray Fund for Depression Research at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. The fund supports training of postdoctoral fellows in the treatment of mood disorders.

Photo by William Short Photography

IMPACT AWARDS — Academy Award nominated director Ava DuVernay, entertainment lawyer and Vice President of the Board of the Independent School Alliance Nina Shaw, and actress Yvonne Orji attend the Independent School Alliance's annual Impact Awards Gala at The Broad Stage, which raised around $600,000. ISA is a group of 54 private, independent elementary and secondary schools in Southern California that advocate for diversity in the classroom. Attendees included former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan, Eli and Edythe Broad, Academy Award nominated director Ava DuVernay, and American Idol's David Herandez (who performed). Yvonne Orji (actress in HBO's Insecure) hosted.

Vicky and Tim Story were honored, as was Elizabeth Gregory Riordan.

Avra Estiatorio Opens In Heart Of Beverly Hills At Former Hakkasan Space Avra Estiatorio, the popular New York-based Greek eatery, held its grand opening in Beverly Hills last night at the space on Beverly Drive (233 N. Beverly Dr.) once occupied by Hakkasan.

Marking the brand’s first expansion outside of New York City and third location, restaurateurs Nick Tsoulos, Nick Pashalis, and Marc Packer offer diners traditional Mediterranean cuisine with an emphasis on fresh seafood, flown in daily from Europe.

An elaborate, market-style seafood display allows guests to select the fish they’d like prepared.

The new 11,000-square-foot

restaurant with 240 seats was designed by the Rockwell Group. A unique 1,500-pound three-piece “salt crystal” sculpture by Brooklyn artist Fernando Mastrangelo adorns the wall of the restaurants main dining room.

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B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E

United States New Home Sales Surge In March New home sales in the United States leapt to a fourmonth high in March, and sales in the prior months were revised up to reverse the initial weakness, according to government data released Tuesday.

The result suggested the housing market is tightening further, as supplies winnow and prices rise.

But the jump in March in the highly volatile figures was entirely driven by sales in the West, with home-buying stagnating or falling in the rest of the country.

The total sales of newlyconstructed houses rose 4 percent to an annual rate of 694,000 units, seasonally APARTMENT SALE – An unnamed LLC purchased a 16-unit, 8,000 square foot apartment building within walking distance to Rodeo Drive and the Golden Triangle for a staggering $705 per square foot. The property at 121 S. Elm Dr. was built in 1921. Keller Williams’ Hamid Soroudi and Ashkon Moradi represented both the buyer and seller.

adjusted, the highest level since November and handily overshooting economists' expectations.

The results for January and February, which had shown a steady weakening, were upgraded by a combined 71,000 units, turning what had been two months of declines into three months of gains.

Sales jumped 28.3 percent in the West to an annual rate of 222,000 units, but they plunged 54.8 percent in the wintry Northeast. Elsewhere sales rates were little changed.

Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics cautioned against expecting sustained gains, with interest

rates likely to make some would-be homeowners reluctant to borrow.

"The bad news is that the weakening of mortgage applications in recent months suggests that new home sales are likely to fall in the second quarter, returning to the low 600s," he said in a client note.

The median new home price rose 3.5 percent to $337,200, the highest since December, while the average price moderated by 0.2 percent to $369,900, pointing to somewhat cooler prices at the higher end of the market.

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Ellis Act Reform Advances in State Assembly

By Victoria Talbot A bill that will strengthen the Ellis Act by closing loopholes in the Ellis Act is moving forward after passing out of the Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee on a 5-2 vote.

AB 2364 prevents landlords from evicting tenants and raising rental prices under the guise of leaving the rental business.

The bill, introduced by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, places conditions and restrictions on landlords who evict tenants under the Ellis Act, which gives landlords the right to exit the rental market.

The conditions include a requirement to notify tenants 120 days prior to withdrawing a unit, with a longer one-year notification requirement for disabled tenants or those over age 62. In addition, owners would face restrictions on when they can re-enter the rental market, what price they can re-rent units, and a requirement that all units in a building be removed simultaneously.

“Landlords have increasingly turned to subverting the Ellis Act and using it to evict tenants living in rent control

units,” according to a press release from Bloom’s office.

“These landlords often withdraw individual units from the rental market and return them in a piecemeal manner to avoid the Act’s restrictions and to evade rent control.”

AB 2364 sets one withdrawal date for a property, requires the entire property to be deemed back on the market if one unit is returned, and increases the length of time for which a property owner can be penalized for re-entering the rental market. The measure also eliminates the cap on punitive damages and clarifies that these changes are only prospective.

“Tenants living in rentrestricted units live with the constant threat of displacement as the cost of housing rapidly rises around them. AB 2364 gives some additional protections to these tenants and ensures that the Ellis Act is not misused,” said Bloom, who was previously mayor of Santa Monica, home of some of the most progressive renter protection laws in the state.

The bill now heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T Saban Theater To Host BHHS Spring Concerts The Saban Theater will play host to a pair of concerts next week from Beverly Hills High’s Spring Band and Spring Orchestra.

On Monday, April 30, the BHHS Performing Arts Department with Michael J. Libow and BHEF present “Of Myths and Legends”, the Spring Band concert featuring concert band, jazz band and symphonic band. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Saban Theater, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills.

One day later, on Tuesday, May 1, the Saban hosts “Showtime - Hits From Classical Music and Show-Tune Medleys” at 7 p.m. at the Saban.

Admission for both is $10 at the door.

SUCCESSFUL ‘CATSTRAVAGANZA’—Cat rescue nonprofit Kitty Bungalow raised $65,000 at it’s “Catstravaganza,” featuring a performance of the original musical Hamilton’s Cats. The show told the story of a small-town cat rescue that decided to put on the musical Cats as a fundraiser. Sadly, no one was interested until they discovered Andrew Lloyd Webber planned to attend. Cast members included from left, Emily Deschanel, Mindy Sterling and Kirsten Vangsness. The nonprofit Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats rescues, neuters, socializes and finds homes for feral kittens while providing outreach, education and Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) services.

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Assembly, Senate Bills Moving To Keep Feature Film Production In California

By Minnie Leaman Over the last few years there has been a trend of movies and TV shows moving out of California to places like Canada and Britain where the tax relief on movies is higher. Movies including Big Eyes, Godzilla and Planet Of The Apes were purported to be set in San Francisco, but in reality were filmed in Vancouver.

In an attempt to reduce the number of “runaway” productions, the state has developed a new bill now moving through the necessary channels.

According to a feature-film study that the official film office of the City and County of L.A., FilmL.A., conducted in 2017, California came in fourth place with only 12 feature films. Both Britain and Canada were ahead with 16 and 13 feature films respectively.

Other states and countries offer higher tax credits to movies filming in their region, as well as other incentives. Britain reduced the percentage of minimum U.K. expenditure from 25 percent to 10 percent. This, along with their 25 percent tax relief for movies with a budget over

£20 million ($29.3 million), has massively increased the number of productions filmed in Britain.

Even Georgia is ahead of California with movie and TV production, since in 2016 alone, it offered $606 million in available tax credits.

In 2014, the California state assembly realized what was happening and developed a bill it believed would help keep film production in California. AB 1839 expanded the state’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program from $100 million to $330 million. It also expanded the scope of which programs were eligible to receive tax credits. In the bill’s first year in effect, California’s feature film production increased 33 percent as well as a 12 percent increase of feature film shoot days since 2014.

As a direct result of the initial bill, several television shows including Ballers and Sneaky Pete were able to relocate to California. Also, the upcoming remake of Scarface is set to be filmed in California.

Though this bill is still in effect, Assemblyman Richard Bloom believes it needs more

work. That is why he authored AB 1734. This bill enables the $330 million tax credit to continue from its original deadline, 2020, to 2025. The new bill further expands the scope of the tax credit eligibility set forth by the 2014 bill.

When Majority Leader Ian Calderon, was asked why he thinks AB 1734 will be effective even though other states and countries offer higher tax relief, he said, “few industries are more indelibly tied to a location than the entertainment industry is to California. We have the talent, beautiful weather, and iconic attractions—all of which make our state a unique landscape to film in. Simply put, it’s part of our legacy.”

On April 18, the bill passed in the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media. The bill now heads to the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation.

In addition to this Assembly bill there is also a Senate bill, SB 951, that passed this week in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee which is pushing for the same thing as the AB 1734.

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ANOTHER OPENING, ANOTHER LAJFF—The 13th L.A. Jewish Film Festival (LAJFF) began with a glittering opening-night gala Wednesday at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre. Stan Taffel, the Hollywood historian and Sammy Davis Jr. archivist, moderated a star-studded panel discussion following the screening of the new documentary Sammy Davis Jr.—I’ve Gotta Be Me, that premiered at the gala. The evening program included honors and speeches from Rabbi Jerry Cutler, producer George Schlatter and Manny Davis, the son of Sammy and Altovise Davis. At the afterparty, were (from left): Schlatter, Hilary Helstein, LAJFF founder/director and Jerry Cutler of Creative Arts Temple and the Courier’s film critic.

SKILLS USA—Beverly Hills High brought 19 students to the CA State SkillsUSA competition in Ontario this past weekend. The BHHS team won three gold medals. The students prepared during the year as part of their Career Education curriculum, with advisors Romeo Carey (Media), and Rick Leece (Culinary). As the first place winners in their respective events, seven students will join the California State SkillsUSA Team and represent California at the National competition in Kentucky this June. Pictured, top row: Media Director/Teacher Romeo Carey, Tohar Zamir, Eric Cherdak, and Chef Rick Leece. Five Row: Leo Padilla, Noah Danesh and Ethan Bootsehsaz. Fourth Row: Ryan Dubin, Arian Tabibian, Noelle Trost, Bridgette Fussman and Hunter Trost. Third Row: Eva Danesh.

Middle Row: Ben Cohan and Gabrielle Urman. Bottom Row: Leila Vahabzadeh, Jacob Suomi, Fiory Carey, Nathan Naghi and Ryan Tabatabai. Not Pictured: Sophia Martin.

Beit T’Shuvah To Host I Am Not A Tractor!

Author, Panel Discussion On Farmworkers Susan L. Marquis, author of I Am Not A Tractor!, who reveals how immigrant Florida farmworkers took on the fast food giants and won, will discuss her book from 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 1 at Beit T’Shuvah, 8831 Venice Blvd, L.A. Margolis reports that by collaborating with immigrants from Mexico, Haiti and Guatemala to form the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), these farmworkers dramatically improved their work conditions.

Marquis, also dean and distinguished chair of Policy Analysis of the

Pardee Rand Graduate Program, will take part in a panel discussion and Q&A with Beit T’Shuvah Board Member Jon Esformes, CEO/operating partner of Sunripe Certified Brands, and Rabbi Mark Borovitz, Beit T’Shuvah senior rabbi.

The panel will discuss the formation of the CIW to improve the conditions of tomato farm workers, the historic development of the Fair Food Agreement, and their connection to the teachings of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

ABCs Mother’s Day Luncheon May 9 Another can’t miss event will be the ABCs (Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies) annual Mother’s Day Luncheon/ Boutiques on Wednesday, May 9, at the Four Seasons on South Doheny Drive.

Honorees will be TV personalities Dr. Drew Pinsky, Mercedes Javid, and Rachel Zoe. Gloria E. Gebbia is president of the

ABCs while Beverly Cohen and Sheri A. Rosenblum are luncheon co-chairs, with actress Kym Whitley serving as emcee.

For tickets, call 323-904-4400 or email Lyndsey@GrantEvents.com or visit www.abcjw.com.

The fundraiser benefits breast and prostate cancer research for the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center.

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Dynamics Education Center To Offer High-Impact College Admissions Test Prep

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ynamics Education Center, a leading Southern California tutoring firm, will offer a special summer course focused on preparing students for taking the important SAT and ACT college admissions tests.

These tests are often used as first-cut and comparison factors by college admissions offices in evaluating applicants. They are a critical opportunity for high school students to demonstrate their strengths and readiness for the university experience.

Two comprehensive, one-week sessions in June and July will offer a choice of dates to accommodate other summer activities. Each session will start with a free diagnostic test to determine each student’s knowledge and skill level so that instruction can be tailored accordingly. The Sunday test day will be followed by four-hour sessions Monday through Friday of that week.

Topics covered will include: Mathematics • Order of operations • Fractions, percent, factoring, exponents • Rates, ratios, propor tions, averages • Algebra, functions • Data analysis, statistics, probability • Geometry

Reading/Writing/Language • Grammar concepts • Long and dual reading passages • Evidence-based reading • Graphics in passages • Vocabulary in context • Essay proficiency The two sessions will run June 17-22 and July 15-20 (including the free diagnostic test). Students can select whichever session best fits their summer schedule. The classes will take place at Milken Community Schools. Special pricing will be offered for this summer boot camp.

Deadlines for registration are June 10 and July 10.

Instructors will be Sonny Ahad (math) and Batya Ansell (reading, writing, language). Ahad is president of Dynamics Education Center and an internationally recognized instructor with over 40 years of highly successful teaching experience in math, science and AP/SAT/ACT preparation. Ansell brings over 25 years of experience as a high school English teacher as well as many years tutoring in the private sector for the English portion of the ACT and SAT exams.

Dynamics Education Center has helped thousands of students improve their academic foundation and skills, while assisting many of

them in achieving their goals for entry into a top-flight college or university. Those results include a high rate of AP test scores of 5 and SAT

scores of 800.

For more information and to register, call Dynamics Education Center at 818-515-9077.

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S In celebration of National Poetry Month and L.A. Arts Month, Metro Art will present the L.A. debut of “The Poet Is In,” an interactive poetry experience, from 3-6 p.m., today at Union Station’s North Patio, 800 N. Alameda St. The event will feature 12 local poets who will meet one on one with station visitors and create personalized poems based on their conversationss Participants include Steve Petersen, Elena Karina Byrne, Cecila Woloch, Brendan Constantine, Laurel Ann Bogen, Kim Dower, liz gonzalez, William Archila, Nicelle Davis, Lory Bedikian, Lynne Thompson and Jessica Ceballos.

For additional information, visit unionstationla.com.

• • • • • A Lithuanian–Israeli artist (1906-1991) who survived Siberian prison in the Gulag during World War II is the subject of the exhibition “I Live to Paint: David Labkovski Records Life, Oppression and Survival” running through Thursday, May 3 at Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Dr., L.A. The student curated exhibit features samples of Labkovski’s art including depictions of Jewish life in Vilna, Lithuania and illustrations of Shalom Aleichem characters, plus stories of life under the Nazis from Holocaust survivors, his time in a Siberian prison camp and finally his renewal in Israel.

The exhibition is a project of The David Labkovski Project, a nonprofit, advancing knowledge of the Holocaust through Labkovski’s art utilizing his history, paintings and sketches.

For more information, visit david labkovskiprojet.org.

• • • • • “Celebrating Women Artists” is the latest exhibit at The Studio at Pico-Robertson, running 2-8 p.m., Saturday, April 28 and 1-6 p.m., Sunday, April 29 at 1501 S. La Cienega

Blvd., L.A. The show features works in oil watercolor, pastel clay and silk in styles from traditional to contemporary.

Participating artists include: Carole Gillin, Debby Zurzolo Savatteri, Rachelle Zukerman, Ruth Gooley and Caitlin Content.

For more information, email Zuckerman at drzuk@aol.com.

• • • • • Photos, jerseys, soccer balls, medals, tickets and more will be featured in the new exhibit “GOOOL! The World Cup’s Greatest Moments, opening Friday, May 4 at the Forest Lawn Museum, Forest LawnGlendale, 1712 S. Glendale Blvd.

The show is presented in association with the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, which in June will display “Goles y Pasiones: 11 Décadas de Futbol en México (Goals and Passions: 11 Decades of Soccer in Mexico).”

The exhibit will focus on significant soccer events and stars like Pelé (Brazil), Diego Maradona (Argentina), and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).

The show will run through Sept. 16. Forest Lawn is open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.

For more information, visit https://forestlawn.com/exhibits /gooool-the-world-cups-greatest-moments/.

• • • • • Center Theatre Group invites current high school students to its free “Reimagine Your American Dream,” a teen youth summit inspired by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori’s Soft Power, from 4:3010:30 p.m., Friday, May 4 at The Music Center Annex and the Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown L.A. The summit will explore how much cultural influence teens have on the American Dream by discussing the themes

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Also included will be a talk with Hwang, dinner and three workshops.

To RSVP to Reimagine Your American Dream, students may visit CTGLA.org/YouthSummit.

• • • • • After Auschwitz, Jon Kean’s “post-Holocaust” documentary following six women after their liberation from Nazi concentration camps, opens at 2:20 p.m., Friday, May 4 at the Laemmle Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd.

Kean examines the question, “What happens after surviving an unspeakable horror?” and the film tracks the women’s lives in the harrowing years immediately after the war in Europe, until they all eventually immigrate to L.A., build lives in the U.S. and dedicate their later years to Holocaust awareness.

One of the women featured in the film, local Renee Firestone is still active at 94— she's been in a half dozen films, travels the world speaking (including a recent trip to Rwanda), and is an award-winning clothing designer whose garments hang in LACMA. She also presented the Kennedy Center Medal of Honor to Steven Spielberg in 2006.

The film will screen at the Music Hall through Thursday, May 10. For information, visit https://www.laemmle.com. For information on the film, visit https://www.AfterAuschwitz.co m.

• • • • • The first ever Santa Monica Bead & Design Show will be from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., FridaySunday, May 4-6 at Le Méridien Delfina Santa Monica, 530 Pico Blvd.

The show will host 150 artisans and tradespeople, chosen by juried invitation, including jewelsmiths, gemcutters, beadmakers, metalsmiths, glass workers, clothing designers and merchants.

Advanced admission tickets are $8 online or $10 at the door (good for all three days). Visit www.beadanddesign.com for more information.

• • • • • Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles, a nonprofit delivering support and research funds to families affected by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementias throughout the L.A.-area for more than 37 years, will hold its

sixth annual fundraiser, “An Unforgettable Evening,” at 5:30 p.m., Sunday May 6.

Hosted by Susan Disney Lord and Scott Richard Lord the event takes place at the historic Santa Monica Disney estate once owned by Bette Davis.

The garden party will culminate with a performance by Tony and multi-Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles.

Proceeds benefit the Disney Family Fund of Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles. www.alzgla.org.

Tickets begin at $1,000 per person. For ticket and sponsorship information, call 323-9306250. or email Melissa Goldman, mgoldman@alzgla.org.

• • • • • Susan Bay Nimoy’s short film Eve, recently premiering at Sundance, will screen at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 10 at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.

Nimoy wrote, directed, and stars in the portrait of age, grief, and longing in the story of a 74year-old widow who must face life as a newly single older woman.

Following the screening, Nimoy will be in discussion with Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Women In Film, L.A. For the required free tickets and more information, visit https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2018/05/womenof-a-certain-age-eve/.

• • • • • A+D Architecture and Design Museum will celebrate its 17th year of architecture and design programs and exhibitions with its annual gala and fundraiser, “Celebrate: Identity,” from 7-11 p.m., Saturday, May 12 at the museum, 900 E. Fourth St., L.A. The event will feature a runway show by Marco Marco, known for “honoring different body types and identities.”

Marco Morante and his team have created costumes for Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears and Shakira.

Pieces from the show will be auctioned to benefit the museum; and a silent auction will feature artworks.

Tickets, $125 general and $50 students, are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ c e l e b r a t e - i d e n t i t y - t i ck e t s 44086500911.

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Beverly Hills Police Ask For Public’s Help In Finding Sexual Assault Suspect

By Matt Lopez Beverly Hills police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of an attempted sexual assault early Sunday morning in Beverly Hills.

At around 3:45 a.m. on Sunday morning, surveillance cameras captured a man on a bicycle following a woman who was walking near Wilshire Boulevard at Merv Griffin Way. The man grabbed the woman from behind and pulled her into a secluded location in that area, where he allegedly attempted to sexually assault her. The suspect fled the area on his bicycle,

riding eastbound on Wilshire to westbound S a n t a M o n i c a Boulevard.

Police are describing the male suspect as a hispanic man in his 30s with black hair in a ponytail, standing around 5-foot-6 with facial hair and wearing a dark green shirt. His bicycle is described as single speed and red.

Anyone with information on Sunday’s incident is asked to contact the BHPD detectives at 310-285-2158.

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of the owners that they would cover their property with this,” he described of the launching off point for his garden’s current design. “What I love about this garden is I can keep cutting it and changing the forms.”

Indeed, with a pair of clippers, it is Shapiro himself who cuts the forms throughout the garden.

A lifelong devotee of the arts whose iconic postwar contemporary art collection has been largely detailed in the gorgerous coffee table book published by Rizzoli, Past Perfect: Richard Shapiro - Houses and Gardens, Shapiro served for many years on the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. He is also the co-founder of the Grill on the Alley.

Although Shapiro has since sold the restaurant he designed and helped to make a success from the time it opened in 1983, it still very much bears his mark.

“Every aesthetic detail you notice in the restaurant I designed,” he said. “I used to say I wanted it to be as comfortable as an old shoe. ... It has the patina of age.”

Shapiro’s genius for juxtaposition – which is seen throughout the interior of the Mediterranean manor house he acquired 32 years ago and subsequently decorated to show off his contemporary art collection and penchant for acquiring sublime antiquities – is on full display throughout the backyard garden of his 15,000-square-foot property.

Immediately upon viewing the garden, a genuine exploration in whimsy, one observes a pair of Romanesque stone lions guarding the entry to the pool and “garden folly,” a palazzo type of retreat based on Palladio’s drawings of the portico of his Villa Chiericati.

However, while the airy “villa” where Shapiro takes his morning coffee may appear antique with ionic columns that seem made of stone - the columns are actually made from redwood and fiberglass, elaborately finished and distressed to mimic antiquity.

The garden also houses Shapiro’s art studio (he paints and sculpts), in addition to a multitude of large-scale contemporary sculptures (several created by Shapiro) and antique (or fauxantique) art pieces, as well as various flora.

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas and educated at UC Berkeley, Shapiro’s love for travel, antiquities and design very much dictated his trajectory. In addition to having had an antiques

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shop on La Cienega for the past two decades, the eponymous Richard Shapiro Studiolo, Shapiro has a collection of his own designs. He also takes on private clients to help them fully decorate their homes using his alchemical knack to create places that seem cultivated over many generations.

“My quest is for absolute authenticity; to avoid at all costs looking like a decorator had been here. Rather, it’s an amalgamation,” he described of his process of marrying contemporary and centuries-old.

In addition to Shapiro’s private garden and multiple others on the upcoming garden tour, attendees at the May 19 event will be able to tour the grounds and the onetime home of Harry and Virginia Robinson, which was built in 1911 and is officially regarded as Beverly Hills’ first estate.

Ever the consummate hostess, Virginia’s elaborate parties were often chronicled in the society columns, with foreign dignitaries and Hollywood elite like Douglas Fairbanks, Lillian Disney, Fred Astaire and Charlie Chaplin frequent visitors to the grounds.

“Mrs. Robinson’s devotion to the community where she lived for 77 years is legendary, culminating in her gift of her magnificent estate and grounds to the county,” said Friends of Robinson Gardens past president Maralee Beck. “The Grand Marshal is chosen for the Garden Tour generally from the business and arts community, following Mrs. Robinson’s values of giving back and furthering the cultural and artistic growth of Beverly Hills/Los Angeles. Richard Shapiro certainly embodies these traits with his unique talents.”

Tickets are still available to attend this always popular event, which will be filled with music, laughter, food, a fashion show featuring Ted Baker designs, colorful floral arrangements, an expansive outdoor boutique, and the chance to visit multiple enchanting local private gardens. For information, visit: www.robinsongardens.org.

IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE – On Thursday, L.A. City Councilmember Paul Koretz (CD5) announced the closure of Benedict Canyon from Hutton Drive to Mulholland Drive, May 1-Nov. 30.

Koretz is flanked by Martin Adams, COO of LADWP, Los Angeles Department of Transportation Lieutenant Brian Hartman, Los Angeles Fire Chief Armando Hogan, Benedict Canyon Homeowners Association President Nickie Miner, and other participants.

Benedict Canyon Partial Closure Begins May 1 And Runs Through November 30

By Victoria Talbot The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will close Benedict Canyon from Hutton Drive to Mulholland Drive beginning May 1 through Nov. 30 to improve water system reliability and exiting fire protection in the area.

At a press conference across from Fire Station 99 Thursday morning, Councilman Paul Koretz (CD5), LADWP COO Marty Adams, LA Fire Chief Armando Hogan and Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) and President of Benedict Canyon Homeowners Association Nickie Miner announced the start of the project and the details of the closures.

Road closures will take place Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Local residents and designated visitors will have access to homes and businesses during the closure.

The project is part of a continuing effort to improve Los Angeles’ water infrastructure and will replace 5,200

feet of aging pipe with new steel pipe and add an additional four fire hydrants on Benedict Canyon and Liebe Drive.

LADWP staff will be on site during construction hours to monitor progress and respond to community needs, especially at the beginning of the project.

Benedict Canyon will be open in observance of Memorial Day (May 28), Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (Sept. 3) Columbus Day (Oct. 8), Veteran’s Day (Nov. 12) and Thanksgiving (Nov. 22-23).

For updates on traffic closures visit www.ladwp.com/benedictcanyon. In addition, a dedicated hotline has been added for residents seeking further assistance during the closures: 213-3671222.

LADWP has worked closely with Councilmember Paul Koretz’ office and local residents to minimize the impact of the project. Coordinating agencies include the LAPD, LAFD, LADOT and the Los Angeles Office of Emergency Management Department (EMD).

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and Special Reserve Funds’ ending balance is projected to decrease from $15.8 million to $3.4 million, a decline of 78 percent,” the letter codified.

“We are concerned that if this deficit spending trend continues as projected, it will jeopardize the district’s fiscal solvency in 2020-21 and beyond.”

The district’s inability to optimally manage its budget means that the district’s fledgling $10 million rainy day “endowment” Fund 17 will soon be entirely wiped out. Its current budget for this year is $69.8 million.

On Tuesday, boardmember Mel Spitz underscored how LACOE’s concern about the declining reserves in the district’s multi-year projection is something that everyone throughout the district should be aware of – particlarly the teachers who are now at impasse with the district.

For the first time in almost two decades, the school district is at impasse with its teachers union and is currently poised to go into “fact-finding” in the near future, the penultimate step before the teacher’s union may decide to strike.

The last time there was a strike in the district was 1989.

At the heart of the impasse is the Board of Education’s desire to do away with the district’s teacher salary formula, passed four years ago, which ties raises to property taxes.

The 2014 board decision to tie salary increases to property

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May 11 to validate the signatures.

Wiener provided information to the City Council in answer to their questions. He said that when circulating a petition for signatures it is a misdemeanor to obtain signatures by intentionally misrepresenting the information by making false statements (Election Code 18600).

However, Wiener also said that the only time a court refused to allow a measure to appear on the ballot as a result of such a violation was for false statement made on the actual text of the initiative petition.

The City must wait for the results, he said, “I am not sure if we have enough.” Wiener indicated that if the final tally was close, it might be worth pursuing the case.

The Basement Ordinance, passed in February, provides greater protections for the City's Hillside areas and helps preserve neighborhood character by defining, or re-defining, elements of property development that have not previously been addressed until now.

Rising property values have made lots that were once too

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taxes was touted at the time as a way to ensure that BHUSD could attract and retain the brightest educators by offering salaries that would one day be the highest in the county.

Today, BHUSD teachers are still not the highest paid in the county; nor even in the top 20.

Neither Spitz nor board member Isabel Hacker were seated at that time.

LaTanya Kirk-Carter Latham, assistant superintendent for Business Services, like the board majority, is convinced that BHUSD must unhinge itself from the current salary formula in order for the district to extricate itself from its budget troubles.

Throughout Spitz’s campaign to run for the school board, he was vocal in his opposition to the current salary formula.

“If we had many fewer teachers (and larger class sizes), we could do some of the things (the teachers) want. But they don’t understand that,” he said on Tuesday.

Spitz also continues to advocate for the district to reconfigure the schools in order to drastically reduce expenses.

Earlier this year, the district finished a disheartening months-long exploration into reconfiguring the schools to include a dedicated middle school which centered around recommendations by the Future Focused Schools Team (FFST). The group was handselected by Superintendent Michael Bregy and included both community members as well as district employees

(Bregy elected to not include student voices, although the 21 members on the team were all dynamic, passionate, intelligent individuals committed to exploring reconfiguration). The team spent hundreds of hours to identify various options to maximize student learning and welfare while potentially saving the district money.

However, Bregy failed to direct the team to create an effective strategic plan to achieve reconfiguration, ultimately resulting in an exercise in futility that didn’t truly achieve anything palpable except frustration.

Spitz is still holding out that reconfiguration could be an option to the district’s compounding financial woes, although no one on the board has maintained as staunch a commitment to that prospect as Spitz.

As part of LACOE’s recent letter, it required the district to address its deficit spending in a board-approved fiscal stabilization plan (FSP) to be submitted with its 2018-19 Adopted Budget, along with a board resolution for the plan,

by July 2.

“The reasonableness and feasibility of the FSP will be an important factor in our review and approval of the District’s 2018-19 Adopted Budget,” the letter stated.

Following an in-person meeting with LACOE which included Korbatov, Bregy, Latham and board member Howard Goldstein, Latham said the FSP is no longer required as per the original timeline.

However, she said that if

the outcome of the district’s negotiation process doesn’t end the current teacher salary formula, the district will indeed need to submit the FSP. “[LACOE has} given us to the end of July, middle of August, if our multi-year projections don’t look any better than what we submitted during the second interim,” she said.

In last week’s Courier, BHEA president-elect Chris Bushee took the district to task in a “Letter to the Editor” for making it seem like the district’s financial predicament was a result of the teacher salary formula. He later expanded on his statements by referencing multiple “large administrative salary increases” (some have been in excess of 20 percent); a 50 percent jump in district office personnel over the past five years; and the district’s trend to over-estimate expenses and underestimate property tax revenue.

“These factors combine to make it look like the district has million of dollars less than it really has,” Bushee said. “If the district would trim the size of the district office and budget more accurately, its budget picture would improve significantly.”

Spitz referenced LACOE’s recent letter as “proof” that Bushee was “misinforming teachers and the public.”

Still the truth is clear: BHUSD is on a downward financial trajectory that needs to be taken seriously and thoughtfully addressed.

“We have some significant challenges ahead financially,” Bregy said.

costly to develop feasible propositions for real estate developers.

If the necessary signatures needed are validated the Basement Ordinance will be suspended - or it can be repealed with a vote from the City Council. Elections Code 9241 provides that another similar ordinance cannot be enacted for a period of one year from the date of repeal.

Wiener also pointed out that courts use the Stratham rule to determine whether legislation enacted in the wake of a referendum-initiated repeal is unacceptably similar to a repealed ordinance.

The Stratham rule does not prevent the council from enacting legislation that addresses the same subject matter of the repealed ordinance.

Staff can explore an ordinance that meets the Stratham rule and return with more ideas.

Wiener also said that in future signature-gathering events, the City would have the right to require circulators to wear a badge identifying “Paid Circulator” or “Volunteer Circulator,” and perhaps require the individual or corporation funding the circulation to be identified as well.

In a letter to the City Council, resident Anne Ostroff proposed that the City determine if the petition signatures were legally authorized. They were delivered to the City Clerk by attorney Bradley Hertz on April 11, who was listed as the Assistant Treasurer for the Committee for Beverly Hills Residents for Preserving Property Values, formed to rescind the Basement Ordinance. In a signed but undated letter, Williams stated that he authorized Hertz to deliver the signatures. Williams resigned from his position as principal officer and treasurer of the Committee on April 6.

Ostroff suggested that City Clerk Byron Pope or City Attorney Larry Wiener send a letter to Williams to inquire if the letter was written prior to his resignation, “and therefore unauthorized or subsequent to your purported resignation and withdrawal and actually authorized by you.”

She suggested that if he did not reply the City should treat the letter as unauthorized and recall the petitions. Wiener argued that Williams might not answer the letter, and that it did not mean that the letter was unauthorized.

Ostroff also asked that the

in the event the signatures were validated, “we would like to have the earliest permissible date to vote on the referendum.”

The referendum, Ostroff said, “appears to be financed by developers who intent [sic] on destroying our hillside to feed their greed. The effect of obtaining the requisite signatures is to suspend the application of the newly enacted basement ordinance until the referendum occurs. The referendum may or may not pass.

Developers should not obtain any advantage (or disadvantage) from the pendency of the referendum. Therefore, to the extent the plans for development may be affected by the new basement ordinance, no further action should be taken on approval or disapproval of any hillside development plans until the vote on the election occurs.”

Resident Debbie Weiss agreed. “The last few years have seen projects being proposed under the ‘by-right’ umbrella of a mass and scale that often attempt to push the parameters to the limit and beyond, in locations where this will result in a violation of the General Plan and may cause a threat to Public Safety,” she

Pioneering Women’s Rights Activist Billie Heller Dead At Age 89

By John L. Seitz B i l l i e Heller, an early women’s rights activist, died in her Beverly Hills home on April 13 at age 89.

Born in Springfield, Ohio, on June 1, 1928, her family moved to California and she attended UCLA. She was not only active in social and political activities on the campus but also booked dance bands and other acts that entertained the student population. In this pursuit, she met her late husband of 50 years, the legendary talent manager Seymour Heller and joined with him in managing the concert and club performances of such world-famous talents as Liberace, Helen O’Connell, Jimmy Rogers, and many more.

Heller was a founding member and chair of the National Committee on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

She is survived by daughter, Elizabeth (John Manulis), two sons, Bruce Elliot Heller and Hugh David Heller, and her extended family of Carol Perrin and two grandchildren, Dr. Garrett Sterling (Christine) and Simone Perrin. wrote.

Weiss proposed a new Hillside R-1 General Review Permit for all current pipeline and future projects for new single-family homes and for those increasing the floor area more than 50 percent for the interim period.

The council responded by confirming their unanimous support to implement Design Review for the Hillsides, which would provide additional oversight in the Hillside Areas on accessory structures and retaining walls. The council directed staff to fast-track the expanded ordinance through the Planning Commission, and said Wiener, he expects to have this completed by June.

Wiener was also directed to look at the possibility of creating an ordinance for all referenda regarding development projects, which would freeze any projects that would have been affected by the ordinance until there is a vote on the referendum.

The City Council agreed unanimously that they would like to call a special meeting (Council will not meet from May 8 to June 5) to call for a special election. The election must be no less than 88 days after it is called.

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cancer and Alzheimer's disease, in addition to panels that confront the opioid crisis and new approaches to mental health. There will also be discussions on regulation and strategic investment in efforts to improve health and longevity. All of the public panels will be uploaded to the Milken Institute’s website for viewing.

Among the newest features at this year’s conference will be an equality track, one of seven distinct content tracks for how attendees can choose to navigate their time at the confer-

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Marcus retired from Beverly Hills Unified in 2013 after 50 years of teaching for the district. She returned briefly from retirement once again in the 2016-17 to teach two periods of sixth grade math at Hawthorne.

“I’m a person who wants to see a better education,” she said. “I want to see the kids learn.”

A Minneapolis native who met her husband, Edwin Marcus, in 1968 in Beverly Hills (ironically he was from her hometown), Marcus has spent much of her life dedicated to educating Beverly Hills’

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high school (stage production team) would create all the props,” added Will Judd, the 8th grader playing the baker whose wife’s craving for greens in pregnancy costs them their child. “When that realization happened, I thought, ‘This is happening. This is real.’”

Since the students received the cast list in January, they have spent approximately seven to eight hours a week rehearsing. This final week, their rehearsal schedule ratcheted up to 12 hours, plus another nine hours on Saturday.

“This program demands so much,” said El Rodeo Musical Theatre teacher Fred Pinto, who is also directing the show.

“It’s one of my favorites on Broadway. These themes are so important. It’s just one of those

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Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson and Samuel Goldwyn, to murdering Jews with machine guns in Jewish neighborhoods such as Boyle Heights. But one man, a most unlikely hero, a quiet Jewish lawyer named Leon Lewis, fathered a band of Jews and non-Jews into a working spy network to infiltrate Nazi and fascist party meetings

ence.

“There’s a business rational for inclusion,” explained Ditizio, noting that the Institute is hoping to shine a light on everything from gender equality to demography. “Today technology makes even geography somewhat synthetic. The more you travel the world, the more commonality you observe.

Really, what technology has done is made the world a lot a lot smaller.”

Among this year’s speakers are: UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Kaiser

Foundation Health Plan Chairman and CEO Bernard Tyson, Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah, Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen, Monsanto Global Vice President Bob Reiter, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Jane Goodall Institute founder Jane Goodall, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and of course, Milken Institute Chairman Michael Milken.

To follow along, visit: https://www.youtube.com/use r/MilkenInstitute.

youngest residents. She said she decided to run at the urging of an abundance of residents.

“I know that the changes needed (in the school district) will take hard work and I am confident that a new board with strong leadership can move the district forward in a positive direction,” she said.

Among the hot button items confronting future board members are figuring out a way to effectively deal with the looming budget crisis; possibly reconfiguring the schools to include a dedicated middle school; and ensuring the continuation of a fraught schoolbuilding program to effectively remediate aged and structural-

ly deficient buildings throughout the district.

A resident since 1974, when the family moved to Swall Drive to ensure that the children would have an excellent education (they attended Hawthorne and Beverly Hills High School), Marcus still continues to live and breathe Beverly Hills education.

“I look forward to earning the support and respect of the voters in our community and am committed to being a school board member who will bring honesty and real transparency to the job,” she said.

Marcus’ campaign kick-off is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Aug. 26th from 10 a.m. to noon.

shows that really hits home.”

On Wednesday, the Courier stopped by to watch one of the final rehearsals and was easily impressed with the professionalism of the students as well as their acting and singing chops.

“Stop!” Pinto directs the students in one scene when they’re not giving him quite what he wants. “So this is a comedy and we have to make it really funny.”

In one scene where the witch, now young and beautiful, attempts to do her magic on Rapunzel (the daughter she stole from the baker and his wife) and her prince, only to learn that her magic has been spirited away in exchange for the return of her looks, Pinto instructs the students on how to act.

“You need to hug each other, like you’re scared she’s going to put a curse on you,”

he commands. (Cue piano music and ineffectual curse.)

“And then the last time you’re like, ha ha you lost your powers.”

For Julia Kamara, the 8th grader playing the nuanced character of the witch, one of the most rewarding elements in being part of the production has been all the teamwork involved.

“It’s been so exciting,” she said. “We all really came together because of the show and because of the show I’ve made so many bonds and friendships.”

Performances are slated for Wednesday, May 2, at 7 p.m,, Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m., and Friday, May 4, at 4 p.m. at the Beverly Hills High School Salter Family Theatre.

To purchase tickets, visit: https://elrodeointothewoods.e ventbrite.com.

throughout the city. These amateur spies stopped massacres and hundreds of murders.

Steve's details about the relationship between Los Angeles and the Nazi and Fascist movements are shocking and chilling.”

Ross and Grossman will discuss this terrifying and inspiring masterpiece that probes the fascism of 1930s America and the power of popular resistance to combat

Nazism, the Ku Klux Klan and other homegrown military groups.

Ross’ book will be available for purchase and signing after the program.

Join Friends of the Beverly Hills Public Library for this special evening of their Annual General Meeting. For reservations visit www.friendsofbhpl.org or call 310-288-2265.

ADL ENTERTAINMENT DINNER – On hand for the Anti-Defamation League’s 2018 Entertainment Industry Dinner at The Beverly Hilton were (from left): ADL Regional Board Chair Ivy Kagan Bierman, emcee Rob Morrow, honoree Nancy Dubuc, Honorary Co-Chair Ben Silverman, and ADL Regional Director Amanda Susskind. As CEO of Vice Entertainment, Nancy Dubuc has used the power of media to advocate for some of the most pressing social justice issues of the time. The dinner raised more than $500,000 for the ADL in its fight to combat anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds.

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11 a.m. to 6 p.m. $138/person, $65/child. Call 310-975-2736.

The Beverly Hills Hotel: The Polo Lounge’s four-course brunch includes numerous options, such as main courses like brioche french toast, eggwhite frittata and seafood pasta. Price is $165/person, $60/child under 12. Call 310887-2777.

L’Ermitage Beverly Hills: Avec Nous’ three-course prixfixe menu includes main course options such as grilled filet mignon, roasted eggplant, grilled hamachi and more. $68/person or $48/person for buffet only, $58/child aged 512. Call 310-860-8660.

Montage Beverly Hills: Georgie's special Mother's Day brunch includes warm roasts, omelets, fresh seafood and salads, along with much more, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m for $128/person, $45/child. Call 310-860-7970.

Sofitel Beverly Hills: Esterel offers a special brunch menu with a complimentary glass of Champagne for mom at $65/person and $30/child. Call 310-358-3979.

208 Rodeo: Regular menu will be offered, as well as Mother's Day brunch specials throughout the day. Call 310275-2428.

Citizen: Citizen will be open for brunch with a special menu from chef Seth

Greenburg. Mom will receive a complimentary Frozé drink and special chocolate treats from Sweet Lady Jane. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 310-402-5885.

The Grill on the Alley: Offering a Prime Rib special and unique Mother's Day brunch all day. Call 310-2760615.

Il Cielo: Mother's Day three-course brunch includes entree options like roasted jidori half-chicken or braised short ribs, for $65/person from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Three-course dinner with options like grilled Norwegian salmon available from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. for $75/person. Call 310-2769990.

Il Fornaio Beverly Hills: A specially crafted authentic Italian Mother's Day menu will be available for mom on her special day. Call 310-5508330.

Spago: Wolfgang Puck's Spago will offer a three-course prix-fixe menu featuring the restaurant's classic Champagne Craft Cocktail and Tincture Bar. From 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. for $145/person, $65/child.

Call 310-385-0880.

Spice Affair: Offering Mother's Day brunch, lunch and dinner specials all day long. Champagne brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. is $49.95/person, $25/child.

Dinner specials from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Call 310-400-6800.

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THE COLLEAGUES–The traditional spring luncheon of The Colleagues drew its usual full house at The Beverly Wilshire. From left: President Cara Leonetti-Esposito greets honoree Jane Seymour; emcee Cristina Ferrare with her husband Tony Thomopulos and their daughter Arianna Thomopulos. Photos by Alex Berliner/ABImages It’s always a beautiful and fashionable afternoon when The Colleagues and Oscar de la Renta stage their annual spring luncheon at The Beverly Wilshire. This year beautiful actress/producer/philanthropist Jane Seymour was presented the Champion of Children Award and Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, co-creative directors of Oscar de la Renta were saluted for their contribution to American design.

The fun started off when four young men called The Moonrays welcomed us with You Got To Have Heart. Emcee Cristina Ferrare spoke about the fabulous women responsible for making The Colleagues so successful and then introduced Constance Towers who spoke about her involvement with the group and how she and her late husband John Gavin supported the work it does.

Cara Leonetti Esposito, president of The Colleagues, introduced many of the members who worked on the luncheon including Carolyn Powers, Anne Johnson, Suzanne Kayne, Jane Ackerman, Lynn Booth, Libby Doheny, Topsy Doheny, Jenny Jones, Bridget Gless Keller, Lauren King, Debbie Lanni, Mary Martin, Mary Milner, Wendy Stark Morrissey, Maty Novia, Marna Schnabel, Stephanie Booth Shafran, Ginny Sydorick and Barbara Thornhill.

Honoree Jane Seymour is a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner and recipient of the Officer of the British Empire bestowed upon her

by Queen Elizabeth II. She has shown her talents in television, film, on stage and as an author, painter and designer. She also teamed with Kay Jewelers to design a collection called “Open Hearts,” which has become a highly successful line of jewelry, and launched The Open Heart Foundation which provides funds to charitable organizations in the area of health, arts, education and sports.

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BIRTHDAY—Amy Freisleben (Apr. 27); Julia Crane, Ann Margret, Jessica Alba, Sheri Rosenblum, and Jay Leno (Apr. 28); Lisa Korbatov, Daniel Day Lewis, Uma Thurman, Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Gottlieb, Zubin Mehta, Mara New, Seirdre Norwood, Francine Jackson, Kate Mulgrew and Michelle Pfeiffer (Apr. 29); Christine Burnett, Kirsten Dunst, and Willie Nelson (Apr. 30); Lilly Steiner, Rita Coolidge and Judy Collins (May 1); David Beckham, Englebert Humperdink and Ronnie White (May 2); The Courier’s Roger Lefkon, Lillian Raffel, Nancy Nebenzahl, Emilia Mandel, Frankie Valli, and Pam Kurtz (May 3).

Joe Lando, her co-star in TV’s Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, introduced her while sisters Nicky Hilton Rothschild and Paris Hilton presented the award to Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia.

We then enjoyed the fashion show of Oscar de la Renta’s 2018 Fall Collection.

Established in 1950, The Colleagues is a nonprofit comprised of members who support and raise funds solely to benefit Children’s Institute, Inc. in its efforts to end child abuse and neglect. ****** Put on your dressy Western duds on May 20 and mosey on over to The Beverly Hilton for what is always a fantastic tradition as SHARE, Inc. celebrates 65 years of philanthropy with its Boomtown Gala. This year’s edition will honor Loreen Arbus, president of the Loreen Arbus Foundation–a disability rights activist/philanthropist/ author, with the Shining Spirit Award.

This star-studded event will be headlined by the Righteous Brothers with additional performances by Martha and the Vandellas, Louis Van Amstel (Dancing With The Stars) and of course, the fabulous SHARE Ladies.

The event’s emcee is a SHARE legacy, Natalie Lander (ABC’s The Middle) – the daughter of actors David Lander and Kathy Fields and granddaughter of Hollywood agent Freddie Fields and actress Polly Bergen.

“Boomtown is celebrating 65 years of phenomenal work on behalf of our community and we could not be more proud. This year we will invoke old Hollywood glamour by remembering our founding members and the hardworking women who have helped make SHARE the organization it is today,” said Corinna Fields, president of Corinna Fields SHARE, Inc. To purchase tickets ($500), visit http://www.share4children.org/boomTown-tickets-2018/ or call 310-274-5361.

The production team b e h i n d Boomtown includes choreographer Anita Mann; and prod u c e r s Christine Wallace and Gary Smith.

SHARE Inc. has more than 80 members and has raised some $65 million for multiple charities such as CASA of Los A n g e l e s , C h i l d r e n ’s Hospital Los A n g e l e s , Exceptional C h i l d r e n ’s Fo u n d a t i o n , Stuart House and Team Prime Time, Inc.

Francine Jackson

Jay Leno

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Frances Allen’s Desert Roundup

It used to be that all that glimmered came from the performers on stage, but not any more. There was plenty enough to go around as fans and performers ushered in the new season’s rock‘n roll attire for the two weekend back-to-back concerts in what has grown into the largest outdoor rock to concert in the country, officially known as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Field in Indio.

Curious about this new trend, I cornered a group of Japanese females who journeyed 16-hours from Tokyo to the desert. Not a bit embarrassed, the girls said that this fashion look is “blitz and glitz.” The more the better, and if you can’t wear it, then glue it to any available part of your body. Continuing the 2018-season-rock-concert-look were ensembles consisting of full-length sheer skirts worn over a bathing suit, shorts or as a dress.

More than 100,000 fans daily attended the twoweekend event of some 170 bands and artists.

However, if there was a queen, it would surely be Beyoncé, who headlined the two closing evenings showing why she’s already amassed 22 Grammys.

SPRING FLING–Tim Radigan (left) hosted a “Spring Fling” party in his Desert Hot Springs home where he welcomed the Courier’s Frances Allen and “jeweler to the stars” Kevin Parker.

Photo by Pat Krause

****** One season ends, another begins. That’s the social cycle of life in the desert. No more mailboxes stuffed with multiple invitations, privacy is restored.

Yet, social events do go on during the desert heat. But, the purpose of the invitations is social … no non-profit solicitation cards allowed.

Take Tim Radigan for an example. The quiet and low-key property mogul is fast becoming “Mr. Desert Hot Springs.”

He started off our mini-social scene with a “Spring Fling” at his manse. The evening’s dinner was gourmet-catered and featured multiple floral displays that carried out a bubblegum-pink and forest green color scheme. Adding to the fun was the appearance of Joe Gandelman and his friends, (an extensive bunch of hand puppets).

Among those present were banker, Michael Smith; hospital administrator, Carl Gilmore; jeweler to the stars Kevin Parker; and, visiting from Newport Beach, Margaret Kott.

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1945 S. LA CIENEGA BLVD RE-ROOFING PROJECT

drawn on a responsible bank doing business in the United States and shall be made payable to THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS. Bid bonds must be issued by a bonding company licensed to do business in the State of California. Bids not accompanied by the required bid security shall be rejected. Cash and personal or company checks are NOT acceptable. The City shall return the bid security checks of unsuccessful bidders to them when the successful bidder ("Contractor") enters into the Contract with the City.

The City of Beverly Hills ("City") hereby requests sealed bids for the materials, supplies, equipment or services set forth herein, subject to all conditions outlined in this Bid Package, including:

l. Payment Bond and Performance Bond: A Payment Bond and a Performance Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract amount, will be required of the Contractor.

BID PACKAGE NO. 18-26 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS PUBLIC WORKS - PROJECT ADMINISTRATION 345 FOOTHILL ROAD BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210 LEGAL NOTICE - BIDS WANTED

SECTION 1: SECTION 2: SECTION 3: SECTION 4: SECTION 5: SECTION 6: SECTION 7:

NOTICE INVITING BIDS INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS CONTRACT BONDS INSURANCE TENTATIVE PROJECT MILESTONE DATES SECTION 8: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SECTION 9: ROOFING STANDARD DETAILS SECTION 10: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ASSESSMENT

SECTION 1: NOTICE INVITING BIDS 1.

Notice Inviting Bids a. Date of Request:

April 26, 2018

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m. Insurance: Upon award of contract, contractor will be obligated to file certificates of insurance evidencing coverage as specified in the bid documents and in a form acceptable to the City. The certificates shall be on the City's standard proof of insurance form. n. Time of Completion: The contractual completion time shall be 45 calendar days from the date of Notice To Proceed. o. Retention: In accordance with the contract, five percent (5%) of any progress payment will be withheld as retention. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code, at the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld may be deposited with the City or with a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, and City shall then pay such moneys to the Contractor. Refer to the contract for further clarification.

c. Item Description: The project scope consists of removal of existing roofing and installation of new roofing at the building located at 1945 S. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034.

p. Contact Person: A bidder or potential bidder who has questions regarding this project should email those questions to Karen Domerchie, Project Manager at kdomerchie@beverlyhills.org. Written responses to all questions will be issued via addendum.

d. Obtaining Bid Documents: The bid package, including specifications, may be viewed on and downloaded from the City’s web site: http://www.beverlyhills.org/business/bidlistings/

THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY BID OR ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITY OR IRREGULARITY IN ANY BID. ANY CONTRACT AWARDED WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER

To obtain a hard copy of the Contract Documents by mail or in person, please contact Karen Domerchie, Project Manager at telephone number 310-285-2463 or email kdomerchie@beverlyhills.org. Request must be made at least one (1) business day in advance for in person pickup, and at least five (5) business days in advance to receive by mail. Pick-up location will be at the Department of Public Works - 345 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. e. Bid Opening:

Thursday – May 17, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

f. Due Date and Location for Submittals: Sealed bids will be received at all times during normal business hours prior to the Bid Opening, at the City Clerk’s Office, 455 North Rexford Drive, Room 290, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. All bids must be in writing and must contain an original signature by an authorized officer of the firm. Electronic bids (i.e., telephonic, FAX, etc.) are NOT acceptable. All bids shall clearly contain on the outside of the sealed envelope in which they are submitted: BID PACKAGE 18-26: 1945 S. LA CIENEGA BLVD RE-ROOFING PROJECT g. Contractor's License: In accordance with provisions of Section 3300 of the California Public Contract Code, the City has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid California Contractor's License Class B – General Building Contractor or a Class C-39 Roofing Contractor’s license classification under the State Contracting Code at the time the contract is bid. Failure to possess such license may render the bid non responsive and bar the award of the contract to that non responsive Bidder. h. Liquidated Damages: There shall be a $200.00 assessment for each and every calendar day work remains undone after date fixed for completion. i. Prevailing Wages: In accordance with Labor Code Section 1770 et seq., this Project is a “public work,” and thus, the Contractor and any Subcontractors must pay wages in accordance with the determination of the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) regarding the prevailing rate of per diem wages. Copies of those rates are on file with the Director of Public Works, and are available to any interested party upon request.

Contractor shall post a copy of the DIR’s determination of the prevailing rate of per diem wages at each job site. j. Pre-bid Conference Date and Location:A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Monday, May 7, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 1945 S. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles 90034. k. Bid Security: Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security in the form of a cashier's check, certified check or bid bond in the amount of 10% of the total bid amount. All cashier's checks or certified checks must be

ICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081382 The following is/are doing business as: 1) PREVENTATIVE DENTAL SPECIALISTS OF BEVERLY HILLS 2) PREVENTIVE DENTAL SPECIALISTS OF BEVERLY HILLS 3) 90210 DENTAL IMPLANTS 4) B.H. GUM DOCTOR 5) B.H. GUM SPECIALISTS 6) BEVERLY HILLS DENTAL IMPLANT EXPERTS 7) BEVERLY HILLS GUM DOCTOR 8) BEVERLY HILLS IMPLANT SPECIALISTS 414 N. Camden Dr. #1240, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Justin Raanan DDS, Inc. 414 N. Camden Dr. #1240, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Justin Raanan DDS, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081374 The following is/are doing business as: 1) ELY & CO. 2) ELY & CO. FANCY DIAMONDS 3) ELI & CO. 4) ELI & CO. FANCY DIAMONDS 5) ELI & CO. FANCY JEWELS 6) ELI & CO. FINE JEWELS 7) ELINOOR & CO. 8) ELY & CO. FANCY JEWELS 9) ELY & CO. FINE JEWELS 10) ELYNOOR & CO. 11) NOOR EXTRAORDINARY JEWELS 12) NOOR FANCY DIAMONDS 13) NOOR FANCY JEWELS 14) NOOR FINE JEWELS 15) NOOR MAGNIFICENT JEWELS 16) WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ely & Co. Fancy Diamonds, Inc. 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed March 2018: Eli Noor, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081388 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SOFTFRAME 2) MY SOFTFRAME 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #1404, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Heidi Petzold 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #1404, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact

business under the name(s) listed: Heidi Petzold, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081386 The following is/are doing business as: ESETTLE GROUP 6616 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; Jerry Wexler 6616 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Jerry Wexler, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081384 The following is/are doing business as: DEVORAH WEINBERGER ORGANIZER 6430 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; Devorah Weinberger 6430 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Devorah Weinberger, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018081380 The following is/are doing business as: I LOVE POSITANO 130 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #104, Los Angeles, CA 90049; Beth Gallo 130 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #104, Los Angeles, CA 90049; Gennaro Gallo 130 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #104, Los Angeles, CA 90049; The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed March 2018: Beth Gallo, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2018; Published: April 20, 27, May 04, 11, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE-

MENT 2018094992 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BHGRB 2) BEVERLY HILLS GLOBAL RESOURCE BROKER 10882 Rose Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90034; Soroush Kazemi 10882 Rose Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90034; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Soroush Kazemi, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 18, 2018; Published: April 27, May 04, 11, 18, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018094994 The following is/are doing business as: BEL AIR BRANDING 10787 Wilshire Blvd. #1102, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Christina Rath 10787 Wilshire Blvd. #1102, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Tatiana Steelman 557 Myrtle Ct., Oak Park, CA 91377; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed April 2018: Tatiana Steelman, General Partnership: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 18, 2018; Published: April 27, May 04, 11, 18, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018095975 The following is/are doing business as: 1) CHARLES R JARROT CREDIT CONSULTING 2) CHARLES R JARROT CREDIT REPAIR AND CONSULTING 3) CENTURY CREDIT CONSULTING 3) CHARLES R JARROT CREDIT OFFICES 5) DOCTORS CHOICE CREDIT CONSULTING 1875 Century Park East #700, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Century Credit Group, Inc. 1875 Century Park East #700, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed February 2015: Charles R Jarrot, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 19, 2018; Published: April 27, May 04, 11, 18, 2018 LACC N/C

NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS Project: Beverly Hills High School Modernization Buildings B1 – B2 Owner: Beverly Hills Unified School District Lease / Lease Back Contractor: ProWest Constructors, CSLB #: 706619 PROPOSAL RELEASE #1 (REBID) PROPOSAL DATE: MAY 22, 2018 PROPOSAL TIME: 2:00 PM PROPOSAL PACKAGES 02 Surveying & Layout 06 Cast-in-Place Concrete, Shotcrete & Reinforcing 10 Wood Framing & Misc. Carpentry

ESTIMATED COST $147,492 $4,428,371 $1,778,460

For Proposals in the amount of $150,000 and over, a Proposal Bond in the amount of 10% of the Lump Sum Base Price shall accompany the Proposal. For Lump Sum Base Price amounts of less than $150,000, Proposal Bond shall not be required.

Proposal Documents available April 23, 2018 at IB Reprographics (951) 682-1850, www.ibrepro.com, iSqFt, www.isqft.com and www.BidMail.com.

A non-mandatory Job Walk has been scheduled for May 3, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. Attendance is highly recommended. Participants shall meet at the upper south parking lot at Beverly Hills High School, 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

The Project consists of the modernization of 57,750 SF of existing buildings B1 and B2 at Beverly Hills High School located at 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. These buildings consist of administration space, a media center, classrooms, record keeping and conference rooms.

Prequalification of Contractor and MEP Subcontractors. In accordance with California Public Contract Code section 20111.6, all mechanical, electrical or plumbing (“MEP”) Subcontractors of any tier (contractors that hold C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 or C-46 licenses), must be prequalified. All MEP Subcontractors holding any of the licenses listed must be prequalified. This prequalification requirement for MEP Subcontractors applies even if the subcontractor will perform, or is designated to perform, work that does not require one of the licenses listed above, but the subcontractor holds one of the licenses listed above.

The purpose of the proposal is to enable ProWest Constructors to select the most qualified firm that provides the best value to ProWest Constructors and the Owner and with whom ProWest Constructors will subcontract. Based on the received proposals, ProWest Constructors will create a list of the highest ranking respondents, based on a best value selection criteria and will identify the selected firm(s) to enter negotiations for specific scopes of work to be subcontracted. Formal award of any subcontracts will not occur unless and until the Owner has concurred to the scope of the subcontracted work and to the price of the subcontracted work.

ProWest Constructors reserves the right to request additional information at any time, which in its sole opinion, is necessary to assure that a proposer’s competence, business organization, and financial resources are adequate to perform the requested work. ProWest Constructors also reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality or nonsubstantive irregularity in any proposal.

Contact Lease / Lease Back Contractor, ProWest Constructors – Carol Frias at (951) 678-1038 for further information.

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FURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

9601 CHARLEVILLE Fully Furnished Luxury Studio behind Saks 5th Ave Roof top patio with 360 view of the city. Close to all of Beverly Hills finest shops and restaurants!

Viking appliances and Miele W&D Hardwood flooring/ marble counters. Plenty of closet space (2). Secured gated One parking space in building with small locked storage, permits for day/night street parking per city of Beverly Hills Asking $3,250/mo.

Available May 14, 2018

Century Park East $900,000 • 7th Fl. 2+2 Corner Condo. Century City Downtn Views-2 balconies Viking appl’s, hrwd. flrs.

No Expense Spared! $599,000 • 3rd Fl. 1+1

Hard to Find 1 Bedroom @CPE. No common walls. new laminated flrs., quietest location in both buildings.

Contact Vilayvanh 310-248-0923 Email: vshah38@yahoo.com

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310-203-8333

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BEVERLY HILLS APT • BEVERLY HILLS • 3 Bdrm. + 3 Bath • Available in May • Bright Southwest Exposure. Every room has French Doors to Small Covered Balcony.

Top Floor with High Ceilings. Beverly Hills

2 Bd.+1 Ba. • $3,050 W/ granite kitchen & bath 2 Bd.+1.5 Ba. • $3,100 X-LARGE ELEGANT APT.

• Newly Updated • With carpet/drapes, washer/dryer hook-ups, walk-in closet, hi-ceilings.

Shared backyard. No pets.

School District. $4,500/Month 310/271-6811 LaPeerApt@aol.com Cell: 310/994-4122 Must see! 439 S. Rexford

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Wilshire Marquis

10535 Wilshire Blvd.

2 Bdrm. 2 Baths

9583 ALCOTT ST.

* SPACIOUS *

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH

With balcony, lots of closet space, central A/C, • $3,500 1,099sf. laundry on each floor, • $3,800 1,088sf.

Elevator, 2 parking.

GORGEOUS BEVERLY HILLS DUPLEX FOR LEASE Joan Fields-Evans No pets allowed Full Amenities!

244 & 246 S. REEVES DRIVE

KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

Realtor, Keller Williams

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NOW AVAILABLE GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES *BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CORNER 2 BED, 2 BATH $995,000 WARNING! DO NOT BUY ANY CENTURY CITY HIGH RISE CONDO UNTIL YOU SEE THIS UNIT.

Unobstructed City Views Totally Renovated Mid Floor Location 2 Jumbo Balconies Real Hardwood Floors State of the Art Kitchen SubZero Gagganeau 2nd Bedroom is Office Lots of Fitted Closets 2 Available Parking Spaces Value Priced for Quick Sale 1+DEN+ 2 BATHROOM $945,000

High Floor. Renovated High Floor Ocean & City Views

1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH $750,000

High Floor Unobstructed City View Jumbo Balcony Totally Renovated Island Kitchen Hardwood Floors. Loft Style Lease Purchase Available 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH $575,000

High Floor, Original Interior Fresh Paint

WESTWOOD

447 SOUTH ALMONT DRIVE

NEAR WILSHIRE

UPPER AND LOWER AVAILABLE

EXQUISITE, ELEGANT, SOPHISTICATED AND CUSTOM MADE IN EVERY DESIGER DETAIL THIS TWO STORY HOME HAS 6 BEDROOMS PLUS A FINSIHED BRIGHT BASEMENT AKA MOTHER IN LAW QUARTERS, FAMILY ROOM, LIBRARY, CENTRAL VACUUM, RICH HARDWOOD FLOORS, GORGEOUS GRANITE KITCHEN AND BATHS AND A ROCK FORMATION POOL. BEVELED GLASS ENTRY AND PARKING FOR THREE CARS. VIKING SIX BURNER STOVE AND DACOR DOUBLE OVEN. THIS IS A FAMILY AND ENTERTAINERS $5,300,000 HOME WITH THAT "WOW FACTOR.

SANDRA LEWIS AGT. 310-770-4111 BRE #00456048

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UPDATED MODERN SPACIOUS HOME Close distance to shops, schools and restaurants

BEVERLY HILLS TOWNHOUSE Totally Redone 2 Bdrm.+23/4 Bath

EXQUISITE AND SOPHISTICATED THREE BEDROOM DUPLEX WITH OLD WORLD CHARM. CENTER HALL PLAN WITH CENTRAL AIR, WASHER AND DRYER, BRIGHT HUGE ROOMS, RICH HARDWOOD FLOORS, FABULOUS KITCHENS WITH FORMAL BREAKFAST ROOM AND HUGE FORMAL DINING ROOM HIGH CEILINGS WITH HAND CARVED MOLDINGS, PRIVATE GARAGES, BACKYARD AND PRIVATE DECK. SOUTH OF WILSHIRE WITH A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE SHOPS OF BEVERLY DRIVE AND RODEO DRIVE.

UPPER $5,200/MO.

Furnished $12,000/MO. Long or short term.

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BEVERLY HILLS ~ 218 S. Lasky Dr. ~ 4 BEDROOM, 3 BATH Upper Duplex 2500sf. High ceilings Tons of light!

Newly remodeled Move-in ready! $7,500/Mo.

3 BED, 2 BATH

BEVERLY HILLS • AMAZING •

2 BDRM, 2 BATH 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • $2,250 *** CONDO *** Completely Remodeled FOR RENT New kitchen w/ quartz

BEVERLY HILLS HOUSE FOR SALE

CENTURY PARK EAST CONDOMINIUM

Call Savley 323/241-7758

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$3,000/M0NTH

Call 310/589-3772

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Formal dining rm., new UPPER DUPLEX hrwd. flrs. throughout, 454 Smithwood Dr. central air, fireplace, $5,000/MO. patio, balcony, 2-car 3 BDRM, 2 BATHS garage. $5,000/Mo. Pool and Carport Lease Term Negotiable

Large Living Room 310/384-2676 www.

Close to Beverly/Rodeo Hardwood Floors bhcourier Call 424-235-7032 .com Shopping & Dining

*BEVERLY HILLS* FRENCH CHATEAU 342 N. PALM DR. 2 BEDROOM + DEN + 2.5 BATHROOM Upper unit with balcony, Granite kitchen, marble/ wood floors, washer & dryer, jacuzzi tub with separate steam shower.

Secured tandem parking.

Deluxe Unit. $4,950MO. By appointment only

818/679-6747 (No Calls after 7 PM)

Huge balcony, granite counters, brand new laminated floors and new window coverings.

Convenient location.

$3,300/MO. Call 310/498-1090

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LUXURIOUS 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH $3,200/MO.

Totally remodeled with modern fixtures and new granite counters throughout all amenities in kitchen and includes all appliances. Large closets, balconies, Berber carpet/ harwood foors and verticle blinds. Fireplace, wet bar, washer/ dryer included in laundry area. Secured building with garden courtyard. Choice location Near Beverly Center, Cedars- Sinai, Restaurants, Trader Joes, Etc. No Pets.

Shown By Appointment.

8544 BURTON WAY Call 310/273-6770 or 213/444-8865 or 310/734-7263

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counter top, stainless steel appl. (fridge, stove, d/w). New marble bath, a/c, hrwd. flrs., bright 1st story, prkg., laundry, outside storage. Pet OK.

612/209-5072

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1 BEDROOM $1,950 2 BEDROOMS $2,495 - $2,695 Large Remodeled Units With Lots of Light In Newer Luxury Building

Granite counter tops, custom cabinets, ample closet space, stove, dishwasher, fridge, A/C, balcony, secured entry, gated parking, gym, laundry, etc...

8560 W. Olympic Bl.

Call 310/729-7246 —————–––– BeverlyHillsDuplex@ gmail.com Upper Duplex 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath

Approx. 2,000sf.

Updated kitchen, hardwood floors, recessed lights, central air, balcony, garage, nice landscaping.

424/777-0093

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BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills Adj. BRENTWOOD W E S T L . A .

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L.A.’S FINEST, • MIRACLE MILE • 615 S. Cochran Ave. - 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath MOST LUXURIOUS Newly Remodeled APT. RENTAL • Bright Unit • • Single •

11640 Kiowa Ave. 1343 Carmelina Ave.

• • 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath •••••••• • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • all listings are on New hardwood floors, Newly Updated * * * * * * On-site laundry, • • Controlled access, CenturyCityLiving.com • • central air, washer/ • • • on-site parking.

• 1 Bath 1 Bdrm. + on-sight laundry, • • dryer, fridge, stove, • • N O W AVA I L A B L E The Mission” a/c unit, kitchenette.

Close to “ 2 Bath 2 Bdrm. + microwave, dishwasher, GATED 5 STAR transportation.

B R I G H T & S PA C I O U S 323/879-9611 LUXURY PROPERTIES • • • • • • • • • 310/442-8265 • • Westwood • 2-3 parking spaces.

B E V E R LY H I L L S F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED Close to Museums, Quiet 5-unit bldg.

Balcony, dishwasher, *BEL AIR LIVING. The Grove *WESTWOOD Call Jeanine: a/c, heated pool, ~ WESTWOOD ~ • • • • • Balcony, dishwasher, *CENTURY CITY & Restaurants.

310/713-7710 WiFi, elevator 1385 Kelton Ave. skylight, elevator, inter• 2 Bd.+2 Ba. SINGLE controlled access, CENTURY PARK EAST com entry, on-site License 00957281

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925 S. Barrington Ave. Close to $3,650/MONTH laundry, controlled 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath High Floor * * * * * * Brentwood Village, 310/274-8840 * * * * * access, parking.

Every Extra Luxury • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. Unobstructed East Views 2 Bdrm.+1 Bath Shops & Restaurants.

Beverly Hills 310/569-1159 Jumbo Balcony custom cabinets, * * * * * Hardwood floors, School District • 310/826-4889 • Close to U.C.L.A. & granite countertops, Viking Kitchen Newly Remodeled Hardwood Floors dishwasher, on-site Westwood Village stone entry, pool, Loft Style Interior Great Views BEVERLY HILLS laundry & parking.

BRENTWOOD * * health club, spa.

Great views, controlled School District 310/826-0541 519 S. Barrington Ave. W E S T W O O D 1 BEDROOM /1 BATH • Free WiFi Access • access, balcony, 8725 Clifton Way 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . • Close to UCLA • $3,400/MONTH Close to shopping, High Floor • • Newly Remodeled dining & transportation. elevator, lrg. pool, ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚ 1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. • •• Unobstructed City View 1 • Large & Spacious + prkg, on-sight laundry.

2 Bd. 2 Ba. 2 Bdrm.

1 / Bath + L.A., 90024 Jumbo Balcony 2 •• 2+2 Penthouse ••• Contact Mgr.: 2 Bd.+Den+2.5 Ba. Grand Opening H IKING IN R UNYON Totally Renovated • Bright unit.

• • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • • • • • • • BRENTWOOD ’s Island Kitchen • 310/864-0319 • C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD Dishwasher, On-site •• • Hardwood Floors 2 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. Most Spectacular • B OWL /N IGHTLIFE .

Loft Style laundry, parking.

•• • Lrg. unit. balcony, • 323/467-8172 Lease Purchase Available Apartments Wifi, Bright, controlled Close to walk-in closet, 120 Granville Ave. Brentwood Village. access, balcony, WILSHIRE CENTURY PARK EAST central air, intercom pool, e levator, CORRIDOR MID-WILSHIRE 310/472-8915 * * * * *1 * * * entry, laundry facility, $4,000 to $5,300/month laundry facility, prkg.

340 S. St. Andrews Pl. • 2 Bd.+2 /2 Ba. 10530-10540 elevator, parking.

• • • • • Close To U.C.L.A. Wilshire Bl. BRENTWOOD • CHARMING & BRIGHT • * * * * * * * * PARK PLACE 310/477-6856 Spacious $4,200 to $4,950/month • 310/276-1528 • Large units, walk-in closet, 11618 Kiowa Ave. ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ 1 Bdrm + 1 Bath custom kitchen, built-in • • • • • Close to Cedars, ∞ WESTWOOD • • • 2 Bdrm + 2 Bath washer/dryer, all appliCENTURY TOWERS Beverly Center 1409 Midvale Ave. Newly Updated $6,500 to $7,000/month restaurants, shopping ances, hardwood floors • • • • • • • • • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • • • Balcony, controlled throughout, some units • • • Bachelor & transportation.

CENTURY HILL ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ • • access, parking, w/ skylights+high ceilings.

• Single Single $4,950 to $8,900/month ∞ • • elevator, on-site laundry.

BEVERLY HILLS Health club, wifi, sauna, • • • • • •• • • • Luxury Living • Close to shopping, • • • heated pool, controlled 221 S. Doheny Dr. LE PARC • • A/C, internet access, • • • • Sorry acess, parking. with valet, lush garden great restaurants • pool, controlled access, WiFi, a/c, intercom 1 Bd. 1 Ba. + • surrounding pool, 424/272-6596 • and Metro.

ONE CENTURY on-sight laundry. No pets. entry, laundry facility, • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. gym, elevator, etc.

Close to Brentwood 213/738-9849 $16,500 to $27,000/month Close to Whole Foods, elevator, parking, pool. Hardwood flrs., granite • • • • • • Village, Restaurants, CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., Transportation CENTURY WOODS Spacious, hardwood flrs., UCLA, Mt. Saint Mary’s, SHOPPING & 1 BLK. counters, dishwasher, • KOREATOWN • Sorry and Restaurants. huge closets, built-in central air, balcony, 423 S. Hoover St. & Transportation.

TO WESTWOOD PARK. 310/826-4889 laundry facility.

Some Complexes include a/c, dishwasher, pool, • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • 310/478-8616 elevator, controlled • BRENTWOOD • Heated Pools, Sundeck, • Free WiFi • Balcony, air conditioning, W E S T L . A . • WESTWOOD • Call: 310/470-4474 controlled access bldg., access, laundry Tennis, Doorman, 125 N. Barrington Av. facilities. No pets.

1433 Armacost Ave. 10933 Rochester Ave. Houseman, Staff N E W LY U P D AT E D covered parking, 424/343-0015 Engineers, Switchboard, « « « **C C E N T U R Y C I T Y ** « Jr. Executive ** • • • « laundry facility. « « • • Security Staff, Great Location! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2220 S. Beverly Glen • 1 Bdrm.

213/385-4751 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. Switchboard, Saunas, 2 Bd.+2 Ba. •• + 1 Bath • Close to transportation, •• Business Center, Pet Beverly Hills Upscale, Spacious a/c, fireplace, B RIGHT & S PACIOUS .

• • Bright, downtown & PlayLand, Restaurant, 138 N. Hamilton Dr. Balcony, dishwasher, pool, controlled access, • S I N G L E • Gorgeous & Spacious. great restaurants.

Acres of Flower Gardens • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • laundry fac., prkg.

•• • controlled access • • • and Grassy Lawns.

• • • Dishwasher, •• on-sight laundry, prkg. • Free WiFi Access • •• LAFAYETTE PARK controlled access, With Pool, hardwood 310/473-5061 • L o t s o f • • 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL. 310/479-0700 floors, balcony, central • laundry facility.

Close To U.C.L.A. Character & Charm! air, fireplace, stainless BEVERLY HILLS C LOSE TO C EDARS, Glass Fireplace • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath ~ WEST ~ steel appliances, B EVERLY C ENTER , GREAT LOCATION! •••••• Newly Remodeled.

R ESTAURANT R OW. elevator, intercom L O S A N G E L E S • WESTWOOD • Granite counter tops, • • • • • • • • New hardwood flrs., entry, parking. gym. 2 Bdrm.+1 Bath • 323/651-2598 stainless steel appliances, • granite counters, +1 Ba. Bd. 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ The Clarige • 310/476-2181 • • air conditioned, new ~ • BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. Close stainless steel appl., 670 Kelton Ave. to shopping, Newly Remodeled.

• 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • hrwd. flrs., designer alcove fireplace, 309 S. Sherbourne Dr. dining & schools. New hrwd. flrs., stain- Brand New Building finishes, balcony, ceiling fridge, laundry facility, 2 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. ( • • • ----- • • • ) less steel appl., balcony, fan, elevator, controlled • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • gated parking, intercom • 1 Bd.+Den+1.5 Ba. B R E N T W O O D controlled access, access.

Fitness ctr, yoga entry, WiFi and more.

11730 SUNSET BLVD. on-site laundry, prkg. • 2 Bd. +2 Ba. • • • • • • room, wi-fi, skyview • 310/552-8064 • Good closet space, a/c, • 3 Bd.+3 Ba. NEWLY REMODELED 1307 Barry Ave. Rooftop jacuzzi lounge w/ outdoor fireelevator, dishwasher, • • • • • 310/473-1509 Everything Brand New with panoramic place, laundry facilities.

• controlled access. Close • SMALL QUIET BLDG. 213/382-102 1 Hardwood floors, French doors in bdrm. • to Cedars/shops/trans. city views.

• Jr. Executive Easy freeway access open to large balcony • 310/247-8689 appliances, washer/ WEST L.A. +1 Bath • 1 Bdrm. overlooking pool • dryer in each unit, CULVER CITY LOS ANGELES • 1236 Amhearst Ave. • GORGEOUS UNITS • Beverly Hills Adj. 3830 Vinton Ave. laundry, parking.

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Steps to UCLA & BRENTWOOD & C LOSE TO Close to Cedars Sinai, & laundry facility.

All Utilities Paid.

Westwood Village.

S HOPS & D INING Shops, Transportation U.C.L.A. CLOSE 310/820-8584 310/841-2367

401 S. HOOVER St.

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Control access, pool, dishwasher, elevator, on-site laundry and parking.

213/385-4751

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108 Cockeyed

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April 27, 2018 | Page 31

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR George Vreeland Hill, someone unknown to me, wrote a letter in last week’s Courier and was kind enough to point out my faults. I especially want to applaud him for criticizing my “numbers” information. It is not very polite for him to have called me a liar when he is the one who is clearly unaware of the accurate data. A friend of mine who also read his letter referred to him as a gadfly.......I think that description fits him well.

So in reverting back to this stranger's ever so polite letter about me, allow me to justify and clarify my so-called “errors.”

With regards to my having written that the Westwood Memorial Park is a Jewish cemetery, I don't recall ever writing this and know very well that it is not so. What I did write, rather, was that an actress like Lauren Bacall whose non-Jewish family made the decision to bury her in a nonJewish cemetery which, in my opinion, is a total disregard of Jewish law. I also mentioned that converts to Judaism such as Elizabeth Taylor and Sammy Davis Jr. are buried in their “chosen” religion’s cemetery. How ironic.

We can disagree regarding matters related to the police. Except as regards to school safety, Mr. Hill ought to be aware that there are hundreds of individuals who do, in fact, want police presence at the schools as well as at the parks.

To date, there is a scarcity of rangers for Beverly Garden’s Park, Beverly Canon Gardens, Coldwater, Will Rogers and the various mini parks where families and children play and visit after school or on weekends. So yes we need more rangers/police.

As far as his nasty remarks about money is concerned, my belief is that the City of Beverly Hills has plenty of funds to allocate specifically towards protection of our school children.

Millions of dollars are spent on holiday lighting, décor, outdoor music speakers, etc., rather than on what is really most important, and that is the safety of our youth.

Any amounts of money I have referred to in my previous e mails come directly from the City records. I do not need to invent them as he claims.

Pablo Nankin, M.D.

POLICE BLOTTER

The following assaults, burglaries, and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers.

ASSAULTS 04/19 8300 Wilshire Blvd.

04/19 9900 S. Santa Monica Blvd.

BURGLARIES 04/18 250 N. Robertson Blvd.

04/18 400 Beverwil Dr. 04/18 300 S. Elm Dr. 04/18 300 N. Canon Dr. 04/18 200 N. Doheny Dr. 04/19 600 Hillcrest Rd.

04/19 9600 S. Santa Monica Blvd.

04/20 200 S. Beverly Dr. 04/20 700 N. Maple Dr. 04/21 9000 Burton Way 04/22 500 Walden Dr. GRAND THEFTS 04/16 200 N. Almont Dr. 04/18 8300 Wilshire Blvd.

04/18 300 S. Canon Dr. 04/18 9500 Olympic Blvd.

The Courier Welcomes Letters To The Editor Email to: myopinion@bhcourier.com Fax to: 310-271-5118 Mail to: The Beverly Hills Courier, 499 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210

Another Phobia From Roger Lefkon THE FEAR OF THE ALPHABET My fear of the alphabet began in preschool which was supposed to lay the foundation for learning what would occur in elementary school. As a 3-1/2 year old prodigy, for me it was all about the alphabet blocks and had little to do with developing my cognitive skills.

Kids in my class used their alphabet blocks to create three letter words ranging from cat and dog to guy, gal and sex. I, on the other hand, was into collecting blocks that would produce words which defined whom I was–obsessive, fussy, excessive, scrupulous and possessive, all words that required more “S” alphabet blocks than I had.

Using a combination of weekly allowance funds and money doled out by the Tooth Fairy, my William Morris agent was able to engineer a blockbuster deal for me to buy additional “S” blocks from my classmates. It was a tough, sometimes nasty negotiation that set into motion my fear of the alphabet and, “yes,” the deal was commissionable!

When my mother served me Campbell’s alphabet soup the nutritional value of the vegetables and noodles were overshadowed by the educational merit of spelling out words using the alphabet pasta letters floating in my bowl.

On one occasion I dropped a turkey meatball into my soup and looked on in horror as the splash systematically broke up the phobia essay I was writing leaving the 21 consonants and 5 vowels of the alphabet in a state of disarray with many drowning and sinking to the bottom of my bowl.

The first two letters, “A” for Alfa and “B’ for Beta, from which the word alphabet is derived,

were the first to perish. I was traumatized by this experience and it clearly served to heighten my dread of the alphabet.

On hot summer days our family would head to the beach and I was never able to understand why avenues consecutively named K,L&M were followed by streets identified as 31st, 32nd and 33rd then mysteriously resuming as avenue O. One day I decided to follow Ocean Avenue and it led me down to the beach and into the water where I was soon over my head in exploration and salt water.

Two lifeguards from Baywatch spotted me, quickly jumped off their observation stand, and came to my rescue. Lying on the beach in a tangle of seaweed, sea shells and a partially eaten egg salad sandwich, I became “breaking news” and was soon surrounded by TV camera crews with jackets emblazoned with the letters ABC, NBC & CBS once again reinforcing my fear of the alphabet.

With all of my misgivings about the alphabet oddly enough, I am a member of many letter friendly organizations including the AAA, AARP, KRT (Knights of the Roundtable) where I am an honorary Court Jester and YROA (Yorkie Rescue of America) where our dog Piper learned the ABC’s of survival.

However, my fear of the alphabet really kicks in when I receive communiqués from the IRS, UJA (United Jewish Appeal), CDC (Communicable Disease Center) and the BHTVB (Beverly Hills Traffic Violations Bureau).

Roger Lefkon is a veteran TV writer/producer, former senior executive of Merv Griffin Entertainment, and author of The World Is A Really Scary Place

Cartoon for the Courier by Janet Salter

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Apr. 27). You're onto something. You know it, and the world knows it. There will be a bit of a journey before the deals get made. The generosity you give others will make things happen in their lives. You will lead with love, without strings or guilt. What comes of this will be more important than money, although that comes, too. Cancer and Scorpio adore you.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). The careful listener will learn everything there is to know through casual conversation about nothing in particular. You're such a person, if you want to be. Much will depend on how badly you want to know.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Most of the day will seem to be spent in recovery mode as you react to one thing after another. Get up.

That's where the glory is -- not in the lack of stumbles but in the getting up and up and up again.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Conversation will flow; commerce will happen quickly; the trends you take part in will gather momentum. Forwarding your own interests will have to do with the levity of your attitude.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You're not an open book. You're more like a diary, with a lock to open the thing -- and then another lock on each chapter. And each chapter requires a different key, and there are some chapters that nobody has the key to at all.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You drive a hard bargain, but only sometimes. When the situation feels right, you don't even drive a bargain. The bargain seems to drive you. And mutually satisfying deals are struck in the moment without accompanying legalese.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You sometimes feel close to people you don't know, and that's because you are close to them. You don't have to know a person in a daily and real sort of way to know that you have compatible minds, made from the same stuff.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If life is like an exam (and it certainly feels that way today), then it's not the kind of test where everyone gets the same questions. Rather, your test is different from the test of the person next to you. That's why it does no good to copy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Justice will be served, and you'll be a huge part of why and how this happens. You're especially keen in fighting for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It is possible for relationships to take a new direction at any time. However, where there's a void to be filled, it will be much easier to find someone new than to try to bend an existing relationship into a new mold.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The pressure you feel is because you've decided there's something to uphold, but you could just as easily decide that there's not. What if you don't have to be anything to anyone?

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Whether you're traveling the interstate or the road of life, there's nothing more irritating than a backseat driver. It cuts out a lot of confusion to work out this mission solo.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). This circumstance at work is potentially very tricky. Maybe you feel as though you've done it before, but it wasn't like this. You can think of all that other stuff as practice for what's to come.

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