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Mirisch, Gold Try To Limit Candidates For March Election, In Which Mirisch Will Be A Candidate

Beverly Hilton Turns To Voters In Attempt To Trade Condo For Park At City Gateway

By Laura Coleman When Beny Alagem purchased The Beverly Hilton in 2003, he knew he was buying a piece of history. His wife, who was born and raised in Beverly Hills, introduced Alagem to the hotel early on in their relationship and their attendance at many events there quickly solidified the importance of the hotel in the community.

“When it went on the market, I really saw great potential to preserve the history of The Beverly Hilton and to revitalize it and bring it back to its glory

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George Christy, Page 6 Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson Celebrated Their 28th Wedding Anniversary During The Annual Greek Easter Party Hosted By Ann And Jim Gianopulos At Their West Los Angeles Villa

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An aerial view of The Beverly Hilton when it first opened in 1955

days,” Alagem recalled. “There is such history there. Not just from having presidents and heads of states staying there, but the community surrounding it, the people who got married there, the generations of

guests. There is something very special about the Beverly Hilton.”

Designed by renowned architect Welton Becket, the (see ‘BEVERLY HILTON’ page 12)

Beverly Hills Salary Survey Part 2 - City Pay Comparisons This week, The Courier once releases the second part of its annual comprehensive chart of City of Beverly Hills employee salary, pay and benefits, which were received last week after a California Public Records Act demand.

This year’s chart is based on 2015 financial data on 1,030 fulltime and part-time public employees of the City.

Part two in today’s Courier will show that the City spent more than $82.6 million on total pay for employees (that includes salary, overtime, leave payoffs and car allowances) and another $28.7 million on other compensation,

which includes retirement pay, healthcare, deferred compensation and retirement health savings accounts. Part one was released last week.

That brings the total the City spent on employee compensation in 2015 to approximately $111.3 million. Employee salaries and benefits are matters of public record under California statutes and multiple court decisions.

On page 19, readers will find a chart comparing Beverly Hills’ 10 highest-paid non-public safety employees compared to nearby cities in L.A. County. Part two of the full salary and benefits chart is on pages 20-27.

Beverly Hills Style Debuts This Summer The Beverly Hills Courier will publish the inaugural issue of its new seasonal lifestyle magazine, Beverly Hills Style on Friday, June 17 in the Courier and will distribute the magazine at the Rodeo Drive Concours d’ Elegance on Sunday, June 19.

Ad deadline for Beverly Hills Style is Monday, June 6.

For more, see page 5

Mirisch has thus successfully created a “gotcha” tool for anyone who fills out the application and then decides to run for office nine months later, in March 2017. “It would be regarded as someone breaking the pledge. To me, that’s the point,” he said.

Mirisch argued that an appointed representative would have an “unfair advantage” over all other applicants because that person would have a public record. Bosse argued that a public record goes both ways, and voters can decide on the merits of the appointed representatives’ behavior in office, and that not limiting the pool of applicants is more democratic.

Bosse expressed deep (see ‘ELECTION’ page 18)

City Council Calls Up Planning Commission Decision On L’Ermitage CUP

By Victoria Talbot At Tuesday’s City Council Study Session, Councilmember Nancy Krasne called up a decision made by the planning commission on Monday night to grant the Viceroy L'Ermitage Hotel a new Conditional Use Permit (CUP), a Development Plan Review (DPR) and an Extended Hours Permit for the hotel’s restaurant, outdoor patio and rooftop.

The item was not on the agenda Tuesday, and thus council could not discuss Krasne’s reason for calling it up.

The hotel’s restaurant re-

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A DOG’S WORLD — Beverly Hills broke ground on the dog park Tuesday, slated to open late summer at the 300 block of North Foothill Road at Alden Drive. Pictured (from left): The Courier’s Victoria Talbot and Marcia Hobbs (with Bear), Vice Mayor Nancy Krasne, Mayor John Mirisch, Parks & Rec Commissioner Robbie Anderson, Councilmembers Lili Bosse and Julian Gold, Parks & Rec Commissioner Howard Rosoff, Parks & Rec Chair Frances Bilak, Commissioner Simone Friedman and Planning Commission Chair Alan Block. For the full story on the groundbreaking of the dog park, see page 5.

By Victoria Talbot Councilmember Lili Bosse went head-to-head with Mayor John Mirisch Tuesday in a debate over whether applicants to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Councilmember Willie Brien should be required to pledge that they will not then run for Council in the March election.

Councilmembers agreed on an appointment rather than an election to fill the seat, though Mirisch continuously evoked the possibility of an election.

“I’m okay with an election to fill the vacancy,” said Mirisch. He is expected to be a candidate for re-election in March. But for Gold and Mirisch, not signing the pledge is a “deal breaker.”

Facing his own re-election,

opened to the public Tuesday morning.

However, during public comment at the study session, when the community can bring their issues to council for future consideration, a resident complained that there had already been two violations of the new CUP the first day.

The L’Ermitage is located in a residential neighborhood and next-door neighbor Matti Bailer alleged that the first violation of the new CUP was at 6:14 a.m. with a bread truck delivery in the rear alley. She did not report the violation, (see ‘L’ERMITAGE’ page 18)

C O N G R AT U L A TIONS, JODIE — Kristen Stewart joined Jodie Foster when she was honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame - Star #2,580 in the Category of Motion Pictures.

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

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ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE VACANT BEVERLY HILLS CITY COUNCIL SEAT The City of Beverly Hills is now accepting applications from qualified residents to be appointed by the Beverly Hills City Council to fill one vacancy on the City Council. The term of office will end in March 2017. To apply, a resident must be a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or older, a registered voter within City limits at the time of application, and will be required to file a “Statement of Economic Interests” financial disclosure.

An application form is available on the City’s website at www.beverlyhills.org and may be completed online, or may be printed, completed and emailed to bpope@beverlyhills.org or delivered to the City Clerk’s Office, Room 290, 455 North Rexford Drive.

Applications are also available in the City Clerk’s Office. Please call (310) 285-2400 for any questions regarding the application.

The deadline for filing applications is Friday, May 20, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

BYRON POPE, MMC City Clerk

BIG WINNERS –Pictured: Best of Show winners of the 7th annual Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance. Left: Ron Hein’s 1961 Alfa Romeo Sprint Zagato Coda Tronca.

Right: Ron and Sandy Hansen’s 1903 Thomas Model 18.

Photo by Howard Koby

1903 Thomas Model 18 Wins Best Of Show At Greystone Concours

By Matt Lopez A 1903 Thomas Model 18 was named Best of Show Concours d'Elegance and a 1961 Alfa Romeo Sprint Zagato Coda Tronca was named Best of Show Concours de Sport, besting 133 other classic cars, at the 7th annual Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance last Sunday.

Thousands of auto aficionados and urban explorers gathered at Greystone Mansion to view all the cars, along with more than 20 unique motorcycles at the historic 18-acre estate in Beverly Hills.

A 1939 Brough Superior SS 80 was named Best Vintage Motorcycle, a 1980 BMW R100 was named Best Custom Motorcycle and a 1954 BMW R 51/3 was named Best Preservation Motorcy-

cle.

“This is the 7th year of the event and was easily our most successful ever.

We had the honor of receiving the most applications we have ever had for potential exhibitors.” said Concours Director Cindy Brynan.

Other concours winners included a 1967 Alfa Romeo GTA/P 1600 Corsa, which received the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (FIVA) Preservation Award; a 1961 Ferrari 250 SWB Berlinetta received the HVA "This Car Matters" Award; a 1931 Chrysler Imperial CG Dual Cowl Phaeton was the Mayor's Choice recipient; and, the Spirit of Greystone Award was presented to a 1932 Lincoln KB Roadster.

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BEVERLY HILLS LOVES TREES – Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch and the Beverly Hills City Council joined preschoolers at Beverly Gardens Park on Arbor Day last Friday, when they planted a Canary Island Pine at the corner of Park Way and North Canon Drive. The event marked the 31st consecutive year of designation for Beverly Hills as a Tree City USA award recipient. Preschool students from BHUSD schools did a singing performance for the City Council and then helped plant the tree.

Former Councilmember Brien Named Interim President Of Baylor St. Luke’s

By Victoria Talbot Dr. Willie Brien, who formally resigned Tuesday from the Beverly Hills City Council, will assume the position of interim president of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, effective May 9.

Brien left his position as executive vice chairman of the Department of Surgery and director of Orthopedic Surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center to become VP of Medical Operations

and chief clinical officer at Baylor St. Luke’s last December. He continued to serve on the City Council until he officially resigned Tuesday.

Dr. Brien will replace Wayne Keathley who stepped down from the presidency effective Friday. Baylor St. Luke’s has formed a committee to conduct a national search for the next president.

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Milken Global Conference In Beverly Hills Inspires Change, Caution

By Laura Coleman The Milken Institute Global Conference came to a close Wednesday with the 3,500 attendees–the bulk of whom represent wealth and success–hopefully inspired to make the world a better place.

Now in its 19th year, the Beverly Hills conference, regarded as the most important one of its kind in the U.S., has grown significantly since its inception by billionaire banker-turned-philanthropist Michael Milken.

This year, 700-plus speakers spoke on everything from the importance of meditation (Goldie Hawn) to engendering a peaceful existence (Tony Blair) to perseverance (Kobe Bryant).

But at the end of the day, what the conference really did was challenge leaders to thoughtfully consider the future of humankind.

With a new U.S. president set to imminently take the reigns of the country, restarting the U.S. economy was forefront.

During the Milken-led panel on the future of credit markets, Guggenheim Partners Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd predicted that a recession was likely on the horizon in the next two-to-three years, once the “inflated bubble of credit” dies down.

And of course, with China’s economic engine having slowed tremendously, the economic conflict between the U.S. and the Asian superpower is becoming more crisp.

Particularly now so that China is

staking claim to atolls in the South Sea. “China and Russia believe the U.S. is inflicting economic warfare on them,” crystalized Pippa Malmgren, advisor to the British Ministry of Defense in a panel discussing the future of conflict.

On that same panel, Japanese Congressman Yasuhide Nakayama underscored just how different, and impersonal, warfare has become over the past 70 years, where all it takes now is the click of a button to activate a weaponized drone.

And it could become even more sinister, he cautioned, as smart phones continue to shrink until they become microchips embedded in our brains.

“How do we rescue ourselves?” he questioned in the face of a cyber-attack where someone takes over the host computer.

So what to do in this changing digital reality?

“We have a huge responsibility to pay attention to unintended consequences of this technology,” said U.C Berkeley molecular biology professor Jennifer Doudna in a luncheon panel entitled, “The Future of Humankind”.

Doudna, whose research puts her at the forefront of genetic manipulations that can be passed on to progeny, stated: “It’s hard to over-emphasize the pace of how this science is moving.”

On the flip side, tremendous advances in the science of medicine mean that we are living longer and able to (see ‘MILKEN CONFERENCE’ page 28)

THE COURIER IN ISRAEL— Sholeh Peyman, right, broker at Beverly Hills’ Peyman Realty & Investments, took her daughter Saman and the Courier with her on a recent trip to Israel to celebrate Saman's 15th birthday. The pair celebrated Nowruz and visited the Baha’i shrine and gardens on Mount Carmel (known as one of the eight wonders of the world) in Haifa, where Saman was born.

Fire Station 71 Hosts Annual Pancake Breakfast Sunday, May 22

By Matt Lopez Los Angeles’ Fire Department Station 71 is hosting a big party Sunday, May 22, and visitors better come hungry.

Station 71’s annual Pancake Breakfast, located at the station situated just outside Beverly Hills at the intersection of Beverly Glen and Sunset Boulevard, is set for May 22 from 9 a.m. to noon.

While guests can get their fill of pancakes, Captain Dave Valadez said Jack’s Gourmet Kosher Sausage will also be served.

“It’s a fun community event, the parents bring their kids, their kids bring grandkids,” Valadez told the Courier.

“We get quite a big turnout. It’s also turned into a little bit of a car show, because the guys from the local neighborhood will usually bring all their old classic cars for people to see.”

Valadez said members of the UCLA marching band are scheduled to be on

hand, with food prepared on what the station calls the M.O.A.B - the “mother of all BBQ’s.” Valadez’s girlfriend Dominique, one of the stars of hit show Beverly Hills Pawn, will donate a piece of fine jewelery from her store for the silent auction.

The station will hold a drawing that day where up to three families can win the chance to have dinner at the fire station with the station 71 firefighters.

All donations at the breakfast go toward station improvements, which Valadez said are always in need.

“The truth is we don’t get a lot of help from the city, so we’re always trying to get a little better quality than the bare minimum they give us,” Valadez said. “People don’t realize how much we’re actually here. This is really like our second home.”

The pancake breakfast is Sunday, May 22 from 9 a.m. to noon at 107 S. Beverly Glen Blvd.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Courier To Launch New Lifestyle Magazine, Beverly Hills Style The Beverly Hills Courier will publish the inaugural issue of its new seasonal lifestyle magazine, Beverly Hills Style, reaching more than 100,000 readers, in the Courier Friday, June 17 and will distribute it at the Rodeo Drive Concours d’ Elegance Sunday, June 19.

The premiere issue will feature a Beverly Hills Father’s Day tradition, the 23rd annual Rodeo Drive Concours d’ Elegance. The event, the largest singleday Concours in North America, draws approximately 30,000 spectators, including car collectors, families, media, international visitors and residents from throughout Southern California. Each year, the Rodeo Drive

Concours d’Elegance features a handpicked selection of world-class vehicles including high-performance sports cars and antique collector automobiles.

Beverly Hills Style will include a calendar of upcoming charity and cultural events, tips from experts on summer fashion, beauty and fitness, and entertaining trends from high-profile hosts, chefs, event designers and venue managers. With its unique blend of content, readers will want to continue to refer to Beverly Hills Style all summer long.

For more information, call 310278-1322.

Beverly Hills School District Begins Appeal Of $20 Million Christiansen Ruling

By Laura Coleman Attorneys for the Beverly Hills Unified School District yesterday filed the opening brief in appealing last year’s lawsuit where a jury determined that former BHUSD facilities chief Karen Christiansen was due an amount that today exceeds $20 million.

In 2012, Christiansen was convicted by a jury for self-dealing for having entered into a sole-sourced contract with a company she founded, Strategic Concepts, LLC, through her role as BHUSD’s facilities chief. That conviction was subsequently overturned on appeal with that court ruling that Christiansen was not subject to criminal sanctions under Gov. Code Section 1090 because she was an independent contractor and not a district employee.

L.A. Superior Court Judge Stephen Czuleger adopted the Appeal Court’s determination, even though the court stated that its decision only applied in a criminal case. Based on that he ruled last year that BHUSD breached its 2008 contract with Christiansen’s firm,

opening the way for the jury’s subsequent monetary determination.

The brief states: “This case presents the question whether government conflict of interest rules apply to a former school district employee who continues to perform the same job in the capacity of an ‘independent contractor,’ and then uses her ongoing insider influence to dramatically overbill her former employer, while also lobbying it for passage of a massive school bond measure and consulting contract under which the former employee would gain millions. The Government Code and the cases construing it forbid such conflicts of interest and permit affected government entities to terminate any tainted contracts and declare them void. The trial court reached the opposite result here, however.”

BHUSD attorney Fred Fenster, a partner with Greenberg Glusker, said it was unlikely Christiansen will prevail.

Fenster said he anticipated the hearing on the appeal will commence later this year or early next year.

Newly Opened Normandie In Beverly Hills Bakes Cookies To Support City’s First-Ever Dog Park

By Laura Coleman After just two weeks as a Beverly Hills business owner, Chef Josette LeBlond is eager to make a difference in the City. The woman behind the newly opened Normandie at 252 S. Beverly Dr. told the Courier that she plans to bake giant chocolate chip cookies in the shape of dog bones to support the City’s first-ever dog park.

“I think it’s very good for the City [and] great for the overall community,” she said.

Originally born in France, LeBlond said she always dreamed of coming to Beverly Hills. She arrived in the U.S. 30 years ago, specifically, July 4, 1985, for what she imagined would be a vacation.

At 28, she had just sold the charcuterie shop she opened at 17 years old in her hometown of Normandy to her uncle.

“My father said, ‘Go, enjoy your life,’” she recalled. “America loved me so much, I never left.”

In California, she soon found work crafting pates for the chef of the Queen Mary, Alain Grisar, and spent the next year working with him.

In 1996 she opened Normandy

Chef Josette LeBlond and dog Coca

Pate in Long Beach. Today, she estimates making one ton of pate a day.

Her plant in Culver City daily bakes some 2,000 baguettes and up to 5,000 a day during holiday seasons, while her Baldwin Hills dinery, Josette’s Bistro, serves classic French fare.

Her new Beverly Hills spot serves up a decadent array of French cuisine, in addition to pastries, macarons, croissant, and of course, pate.

Normandy in Beverly Hills is open Monday to Saturday at the “very French hours” of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for dinner. For information, visit: http://www.chefjosette .com.

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Beverly Hills Finally Breaks Ground On Dog Park, Set To Open Late Summer

Donations began pouring in after a

By Matt Lopez & Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills is officially going to kick-off pledge of $100,000 from Lili and Jon Bosse. Animal activist Tina the dogs.

On Tuesday, the City broke ground Sinatra has pledged $25,000 for one of on the long-awaited half-acre off-leash dog park.

Situated at the 300 block of North Foothill Road at Alden Drive, the park will be decomposed granite with areas for both small and large dogs.

With continued donations there will be plenty of trees, benches and landscaping, agility areas, The Beverly Hills Bear and Teddy Bosse can’t wait to try drinking fountains out the new dog park this summer. and a donor recognithe 14 oak trees in memory of her late tion wall.

“This is going to happen very father, Frank Sinatra.

Pledges, including a $25,000 quickly,” said Mayor John Mirisch, noting the park will be open in late sum- anonymous donation and $5,000 each mer “for all of us and our four-legged from Recreation and Park Commission Chair Frances Bilak and Courier Pubfriends to enjoy.”

At Tuesday’s ceremony, Parks and lisher Marcia Hobbs for park benches, Recreation Commission Chair Frances bring the total to $165,000.

Other donations of $13,368 Bilak noted discussion of a dog park has been ongoing in the City for at least brought the total to $179,368.

Tim Harter of Assemblyman a decade, with various areas - such as Roxbury Park and Coldwater Canyon, Richard Bloom’s office was on hand to read a proclamation in honor of the dog to name a few - in the running.

In 2014, then-Mayor Lili Bosse park.

To donate or for more information made the dog park a top priority. The city council allocated $600,000 for a on recognition opportunities visit www.beverlyhills.org/dogpark. “base option” dog park.

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ecades later, a massive fundraising effort was launched by the Skouras brothers, who owned 20th Century Fox, the entertainment giant.

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harlie and Spyros were contributing major offerings to their fellow studio titans.

Adolph Zukor, the Warner Brothers, Metro-GoldwynMayer’s L. B. Mayer and Sam Goldwyn.

Columbia’s Harry Cohen. Whenever the moguls asked for funds to build their synagogues and Jewish hospitals, the Skourases gave happily and generously.

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ltimately, the Skourases concluded to canvas support from their fellow titans, who contributed with pleasure, to build their Cathedral. As did the international Greek dioceses for the Cathedral property, which was soon consecrated as a sacred terrain.

Talia Shire, brother Francis Ford Coppola with his wife of 53 years Eleanor Coppola, along with son Roman Coppola, arrived for the Turner Classic Movies honoring the Academy Award winning filmmaker with a hand and footprint ceremony during the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX

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Wilson celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary two days ago,” announced the Very Reverend John Bakas, dean of the Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Central Los Angeles.

(Rita’s of Greek descent.)

in England, France, Italy, etc., but miss some of the beautiful architecture on our home turf.

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uilt in 1952, our Saint Sophia Cathedral replaced a small repository of faith on San Julian Street for the pioneering Greek Orthodox set-

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day is designated on the Julian calendar for the first Sunday after the first full moon after Passover. The annual Gianopulos Greek Easter party is blessed by Father John and attended by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson and her schoolteacher sister Lilly Reeves, who leads the Greek folk dancing. As does the lovelier than ever Melina Kanakaredes (Providence, NYPD Blue), whose family

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his is the event I most look forward to every spring,” remarked Michael Chiklis (The Commish, The Shield). He sat with wife Michelle, daughters Autumn and Odessa. “How did I come to name my daughter Autumn?

Michelle and I agreed to christen her Isabella, but the morning she was born turned out to be the most beautiful autumn day in Boston, and we both agreed she would be Autumn Isabella.”

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andsome youngsters romp hither and yon, and a Greek party is enlivened with the joyous peals of laughter from the children that included Ann and Jim’s gorgeous daughters, Nicoletta and Alexa.

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eter and Christina Gianopulos, with thier son Nicholas, flew in from East, George Kulukundis of the shipping dynasty arrived from Athens. Bebe McRae, Ann Gianopulos’ best-dressed mother, the hotshot realtor in the Bay Area, and her photographer spouse Colin McRae came the night before, as did Gail and Dr. Harvey Glazer arriving from San Francisco.

Avoiding the jammed SFO and LAX airports and wisely choosing the Oakland/Burbank route as less frantic and more comfortable.

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im’s daughter Despina Landers with husband Jay Landers and sister Mimi Gianopulos greeted their compatriots of all ages.

Greek-centered parties are mostly family affairs, with Jim noting to Shera Danese (Mrs. Peter) Falk that nonGreeks are invited only if asked by a Greek. This way, the good time event keeps the enthnicity alive and kicking.

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aria Shriver met Shera, Steve Stabler and Avi Korein who were feasting from the luscious Greek buffet prepared by the indomitable Inna Poncher.

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earby were Dawn Knepley, Jim’s long-time loyal assistant, John Stamos, Corinna Fields, Nia Vardalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame with 6-year-old daughter Ilaria. Nia was informed

by Tom Hanks that his sons Chester and Marlon are in their mid-teens!

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om stars as the crashlanding pilot hero, Captain Chesley “Shelly” Sullenberger, in the film Shelly, directed by Clint Eastwood and scheduled for release in September.

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hey were picnicking at the annual Greek Easter garden party hosted by Ann and Jim Gianopulos in their West Los Angeles villa. Jim heads the successful Fox Filmed Entertainment as chairman and CEO, and is as kind and friendly a gent you will ever know.

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ow, if you haven’t seen this ecclesiastical treasure of Saint Sophia Cathedral at South Normandie Avenue and Pico Boulevard in central Los Angeles, please take a moment from your life to visit and be awed and proud of the surrounding GreekAmerican community in California.

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mericans traveling to Europe walk their shoes off scouting the great cathedrals

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Didi Hirsch Raises $525,000 At Children’s Chain Benefit For Annual Gala “Erasing The Stigma” CHLA With Boden Fashions GIVING HOPE– Beverly Hills resident Martin J. Frank, vice chair of Didi Hirsch’s Board of Directors, with Boardmember Shawn Amos, honoree Melissa Rivers and Boardmember Lisa Petrazzolo at the Didi Hirsch Gala.

EMMY-WINNING–Director Gregori J. Martin’s The Bay swept the digital category at the Daytime Emmy Awards last weekend winning Outstanding Digital Drama Series, Best Actress (Mary Beth Evans) and Best Actor (Kristos Andrews).

Beverly Hills’ Kira Reed Lorsch (pictured) took home a statue as a producer on the show that is moving to Amazon Prime this summer.

Photo by Michael Bezjian

By Laura Coleman Fashion Police producer/ host Melissa Rivers was just a teenager when her father killed himself in 1987. Back then, suicide was spoken of in whispers, rife with stigma and shame. Today much has changed.

That change was fully celebrated at last weekend’s 20th anniversary Erasing the Stigma Leadership awards’ gala at The Beverly Hilton, which raised nearly $525,000 for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services.

“To find out that you guys are now starting something for people who attempted suicide and not letting them be ashamed about it is remark-

able,” said Rivers, who was honored with the “Beatrice Stern Media Award.”

“We have to talk about mental health. We have to talk about suicide. We have to be there for the survivors. I stand here as a proud suicide survivor who wants all mental health to come out of the shadows.”

The event also honored writer/director Maya Forbes and Michael Botticelli, director of the White House office of National Drug Control Policy.

Said Botticelli: “As the director of National Drug Control Policy, I see the effect stigma has on people nearly every day and as a person in long term recovery, I have personally experienced this stigma. There are millions of Americans in long term recovery who are leading meaningful and productive lives because they were able to access treatment.

And a big part of expanding access to treatment is ending the stigma.”

The organization has provided services since 1942 and today helps more than 90,000 children and adults each year throughout L.A. and Orange counties. Didi Hirsch is also home to the nation's first Suicide Prevention Center.

“We've come a long way in 20 years erasing the stigma and silence around mental illness, but we still have work ahead,” said Didi Hirsch President/CEO Kita S. Curry.

CHLA–Raising money for a good cause was forefront this past weekend at The Beach Club. Pictured (clockwise, from left): Nicholas & Ann Marie Hobbs, Mark & M a d i s o n M c C l u r e , Marley & Chloe Hobbs.

By Victoria Talbot Children took over The Beach Club in Pacific Palisades Saturday at the Annual Children’s Chain Fashion Show & Luncheon to benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dressed in whimsical fashions straight from a storybook, the models brought to life the wonderful Boden USA Children’s Wear they modeled.

Everyone won in a raffle that included dozens of children’s toys and beach gear.

But most of all, the children at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles won.

The Fashion Show Luncheon Committee included

Chair of Children’s Chain Venessa McLean and luncheon chair Perry DeRosa, Elizabeth Besch, Carlotta Keely, Kelly Meyer, Julia Sibley, Mimi Techentin, Lisa Traum and Liz Young.

Attendees included CHLA Board Member Marcia Wilson Hobbs and Bonnie McClure, Chairman of Associate and Affiliates, Member Board of Trustees.

The 50 child models included Madeline and Sebastian DeRosa and Chloe and Marley Hobbs. Children’s Chain is one of the vital Associates & Affiliates network that form the links that support CHLA.

LADIES WHO LUNCH– Members and friends joined together yesterday for the Beverly Hills Women’s Club annual Mother’s Day lunch.

The BHWC, a staple of the Beverly Hills community, is now celebrating its centennial year. As part of the event, attendees were treated to a fashion show of the latest designs from Ilene Fischer, who recently opened a boutique on South Robertson. Pictured (from left, starting at top): Tania Ferris and Marcella Ruble; Donna Maricsh and Lynn Marks; Susan Rothenberg and Marie Maclennan; Brenda Chandler Cooke and Suz Landay.

Courier Photos by Laura Coleman

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Local Poet Estelle Gershgoren Novak Seeking Former Releases Latest Collection, Eviction National Poetry Month may Blue Book Models

have just passed, but there’s still time to celebrate, and do it with a local poet.

Longtime resident Estelle Gershgoren Novak has released her latest collection, Eviction And Other Poems. Her fourth collection, the paperback is now available on Amazon.

The 59 poems in four section explore dark painful topics, but as Novak points out “it’s full of hope.”

In stark language, Novak takes on such topics as the Holocaust, it’s connection to the suffering of refugees today, the Fukushima explosion, the murders of children in Sandy Hook, Ebola, ISIS, the floods in New Orleans and the links between these occurrences.

The book is dedicated to her parents Yitzhok (Milton) Mayer Gershgoren and Brocha (Beatrice) Rotman Gershgoren; and her artist father’s serigraph Joseph Dreaming graces the cover.

The title comes from the poem of the same name about her parents and others “who where evicted from the shtetls during the pogroms against the Jews, and then evicted into the grave.”

“The way to deal with fear is to write about it,” says Novak. “I think the poems can be dark and bleak, but there’s a tremendous amount of optimism,” says Novak, “that despite all of this, here we are; still enjoying the world and have good weather and love and wish for spring.”

In beautifully constructed, insightful and poignant poems Novak also writes about the comfort of memories, changing seasons, the beauty of a garden and love, even with a couple at the end of their lives.

Novak, also the author of five mystery novels and who continues to write literary criticism, “loves language,” she says. In her poems, primarily in free verse she finds beauty in the sound of words and sprinkles in rhymes and rear-rhymes.

The Dutch documentary production company Van Osch Films is looking for models who worked in Emmeline Snively’s famed modeling agency.

Those who were Blue Book models or know someone who was, are asked to email bluebookdocu@gmail.com or call 310-844-7820. “We would greatly appreciate it,” said Frank Van Osch. His company is producing an international documentary, The Mother Of Beauty, and seeking subjects to interview.

Two years ago, an American archive was found in The Netherlands. It was the personal archive of Emmeline Snively, a modeling agent in L.A. in the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s who “created” Marilyn Monroe and her look.

Though “Miss Snively’s” Blue Book Modeling Agency was a legendary agency in post-war America, having molded stars like Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and many others, her story remains unknown.

Van Osch’s other documentaries include stories about war traumas and stories about love and life as well as portraits of famous Dutch artists.

For more information: w w w. m o t h e r o f b e a u t y. c o m , www.vanoschfilms.nl.

Members of the Laemmle family—Jay Reisbaum (right) with Bob and Greg Laemmle will be honored at the LA Jewish Film Festival.

LA Jewish Film Fest To Honor Laemmle Family, Mike Burstyn At its opening night gala, on Wednesday, May 18, the 11th annual LA Jewish Film Festival (LAJFF) will honor the Laemmle Family and Theatres, “for bringing the best in Jewish cinema and art house films to neighborhoods throughout the L.A. area for more than 75 years.” The evening begins with a red carpet at 7 p.m. at the Steve Tisch Cinema at the Saban Theatre.

At 8 p.m., the evening will include the U.S. premiere of the Israeli hit series False Flag, by the same company that created Homeland.

• Mike Burstyn will receive the LAJFF Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Monty Hall at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 21 at

the Laemmle Music Hall.

The evening will be the premiere screening of Shnei Kuni Lemel. Based on a 19th century Yiddish play, the film marked Burstyn’s first appearance on screen at 19. Already a star of the Yiddish theater, Burstyn plays a double role in the farce.

A Q&A with Burstyn will follow the screening.

• Farewell Mr. Cinema, a tribute to Menacham Golan, half of the iconic Cannon Films, in his final days living in Israel, wil be screened at 7:15 p.m., Sunday, May 22 at the Music Hall.

For festival tickets, call 800838-3006. For information, visit www.lajfilmfest.org

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force behind The Music Center complex and Capitol Records, the hotel is truly iconic.

Described Los Angeles Conservancy Director of Advocacy Adrian Scott Fine: “It’s an icon for the Los Angeles area and internationally, instantly recognizable for its legendary entertainment history as well as being a Modernist architectural landmark.”

Originally opened by Conrad Hilton in 1955, Alagem estimated he spent $90 million to fully renovate the hotel after purchasing it.

“When we started, I knew I wanted to revitalize the area, The Beverly Hilton, and build a five star hotel; and I wanted it to be a continuation of The Beverly Hilton,” Alagem recounted.

Now under construction, the forthcoming Waldorf Astoria, designed by Gensler, Pierre-Yves Rochon and Perkins+Will, clearly promises to be a luxurious addition to the Beverly Hills landscape.

In concert with the City approving that 12-story hotel at the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in 2008, which included 19 public hearings and an election vote, Alagem also received approval to build two residential high-rises designed by Robert AM Stern.

It was all part of the plan that Alagem said he originally had. Then something changed. More frequently he began to hear the preponderance of community concern about building a high-rise residence across the street from El Rodeo school. In addition, he grew concerned that the creation of the 8-story condominium tower would

block the views of guests at The Beverly Hilton. Something had to be done, he determined.

Thus, Alagem’s “Garden & Open Space” initiative was born, which as of this week is set to make its way to the voters on the November ballot.

The initiative is very clearly a tradeoff. In exchange for being able to build a 26-story condominium tower along Santa Monica Boulevard, which Alagem characterized as a “reorganization” of the two permitted condominium towers (one 18 stories, the other 8 stories) already entitled on his 9-acre property, he will create a 1.7-acre publicly accessible garden along Wilshire Boulevard across the street from El Rodeo school.

Supporters of the change praise the creation of more green space along the City’s western gateway and minimize the aesthetic disturbance of the new high-rise, given its proximity to towerfilled Century City.

Former Mayor Linda Briskman, who co-sponsored the initiative, said she had no concerns about the current process now underway.

“This is one of the most important projects that came before me when I was on the City Council and I want to see it through,” she said. “I was very much a part of the [original] process. It was fully vetted by Planning, the City and then went to a referendum [in 2008].”

Former Architectural Commissioner Barry Bernstein lauded the new plan.

“This is a brilliant brainstorm on the part of Beny’s,” he said. “The man has looked at what the City needs, and he’s giving it to them.”

Former Beverly Hills Parks and Recreation Commissioner Marty Geimer concurred.

“I thought this would be a wonderful way to add green space,” he said.

Geimer, who was among around 100 local volunteers advocating on behalf of the initiative, said people were most often concerned about the height.

“It’s on the outer edge,” he underscored. “It’s a natural transition. It’s not like it’s right in the middle in the City.”

Another local volunteer, Joseph Akhtarzad, said he didn’t understand why there was any hesitation.

“It’s very clear,” he said. “Would you like an 8-story block of concrete on your corner, or would you like an open garden?”

There are some clear benefits for the developer in the new plan, such as that the single tower residences will have 10-foot ceilings instead of the 9foot ceilings currently approved for the two entitled condo buildings; construction costs for one building will obviously be less than the cost of building two towers; the higher level views will command a higher price per square foot; and hotel guests will not have their views obstructed by an 8-story condominium tower on Wilshire Boulevard.

In fact, the 26-story tower would set a precedent in terms of the City’s height limit. But the larger of the two towers already entitled on Alagem’s site, at 18 stories, is already set to become the highest building in the City.

Next door, at the site of the former Robinsons-May building, the Wanda Group is now working with the Planning Commission on two towers, one 13 stories with 103 condominiums and repurposing a 15-story building already entitled on the site and adding 134 hotel rooms.

And just a stone’s throw away on Santa Monica Boulevard, abutting Beverly Hills High School, the 40-story residential tower Ten Thousand is nearing completion in Century City.

“I’ve lived here for almost 50 years and think it’s a great addition to the City,” said the initiative’s other co-sponsor, Bruce Corwin. “It flips the buildings over to the other side where all the other buildings are on Santa Monica and creates this big open space.”

“If you like it, people can vote for it, and if not, they won’t,” he added.

Indeed, the opportunity for citizens to exercise their right to vote is something upon which the California Constitution was founded in 1849. And it is that very Constitution that allows Alagem to bring the initiative directly to the people for approval.

Beverly Hilton spokeswoman Marie Garvey underscored that there are clear inaccuracies in Mayor John Mirisch’s public statements to the community opposing the project.

Said Garvey: “The project remains fully subject to all the environmental mitigation measures put in place in 2008 when the project was approved.

This includes 32 pages of mitigation measures and 27 pages of conditions.

This includes building the project to LEED standards and complying with all applicable rules and regulations. The impacts of the modified project and the proposed project are unchanged.”

And as far as the height goes, Planning Commissioner Craig Corman explained that there are two ways to make that calculation. The way that he and the City uses, which measures height from the datum point (highest point of a site), in contrast to Mirisch’s calculation, puts the height at 328-feet.

Still, he emphasized that no matter which version is used, the new building is in fact higher than what is already

BEVERLY HILLS entitled. Particularly so, Corman added, when one takes into account the additional 30 feet Alagem is asking to include on the roof for any other use, including elevator overrides and mechanical enclosures. The City currently allows an additional 15 feet per building for very specific uses, such as electrical.

Corman added: “If I am a wellheeled developer and this strategy succeeds, it’s certainly something I would consider,” he said. “Clearly if they get this, then there’s a play book in Beverly Hills.”

Among the most curious elements about the revised plan that seem to be creating a few questions, is just how will the gray water systems in the basements of both the Waldorf-Astoria and the proposed residential condominium be used.

Mirisch alleges that the project will “waste” over 10 million gallons of water a year by not having its gray water recycling system be used to flush toilets. In fact, neither the City of Beverly Hills nor L.A. or L.A. County allow the use of gray water inside buildings for toilets.

A Building & Safety Division residential gray water systems fact sheet states: “Gray water can only be dispersed through a subsurface irrigation field.”

Confirmed Garvey: “The initiative does not change the gray water requirements on the property from our 2008 approvals. We are fully committed to build a gray water system for the residential building and the recycled water from the building will be used to provide 100 percent of the irrigation needs for the public garden.”

While there is nothing in the specific plan that requires the use of gray water in toilets, Garvey conceded that because laws are changing–Beverly Hills law still doesn’t allow gray water use in residential–the City could take that position in the future.

“The language in our specific plan allows the City to impose such a requirement,” she said. “In 2008, when we received our approvals, gray water laws were limited to drip irrigation.”

According to Aquacell Water Recycling sales manager Michael Conciatore, the company’s gray water system is now installed in the basement of the Waldorf-Astoria “will save thousands of gallons of city potable water daily by treating the buildings water to satisfy 100 percent of the irrigation on the hotel grounds.”

“The system installed at the new Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills is the first of its kind in a large hotel in California,” he said.

Indeed, if the measure passes in November, visitors and residents will be treated with lush views of a 1.7-acre park completely irrigated by the gray water systems in the new residential tower and the Waldorf-Astoria.

But at the end of the day, the Hilton is truly more than just a hotel.

For Murray and Bunny Fischer, for example, the hotel is a testimony to their 48-year marriage following their wedding there on Aug. 18, 1968.

“The experience at the Hilton has led to a long and wonderful marriage,” Murray Fischer recalled of the event which included doves and sweeping views of the City.

“It was just a wonderful event and a wonderful time. We used to go back to the Hilton to celebrate anniversary dinners and be a part of it. It’s important to know there’s a place in the City you can go to like the Hilton.”

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Luncheon To Raise Awareness, Funds For Chrohn’s Disease

With a 50 percent recent increase in the incidents of Crohn’s disease in children and infants, raising awareness about this incurable malady will be forefront at the Wednesday, May 11 Women of Distinction luncheon at the Beverly Hilton, put on Tina Finkelman by the local chapter of Berkett the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).

“We really want to nip this in the bud,” said Dr. Brent Polk, vice dean for Child Health at USC/CHLA and a member of the board for CCFA. “We have tremendous need for prevention; to not have to treat patients in the first place.”

CCFA is the largest organization in the world focusing on the disease, which affects around 1.5 million people in the U.S. The luncheon will be hosted by KNBC Weatherman/Comedian Fritz Coleman.

This year’s honorees are Beverly Hills resident Tina Finkelman Berkett, cofounder/co-director of the contemporary dance center BodyTraffic; film producer Dana Marshall-Bernstein; and Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder/CEO of Act-1 Group, the largest minority woman-owned employment agency in the U.S. For information, visit: http://www.ccfa.org.

Health Happenings St. John’s Offers Free Lecture On Latest Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement

Providence St. John’s Health Center will host a free community lecture about joint replacement and the innovative robotic-assisted treatment MAKOplasty, a breakthrough solution for both knee and hip pain, from 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 17 at the center, 2121 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica.

Board-certified orthopedic surgeon Kevin Ehrhart, M.D., will explain the benefits of minimally-invasive joint replacement surgery and the MAKOplasty technology, which provides faster recovery time, a shorter hospital stay, a more natural feeling knee and restored mobility.

Free valet parking and complimentary refreshments will be provided. Seating is limited. Reservations may be made to 888- HEALING (432-5464}.

New Facility Designed To Help Maintain Brain Health, Possible Delay of Dementia With dementia skyrocketing in California, a new urban living concept has opened to help potentially delay the disease’s onset while keeping its residents connected to Los Angeles’ vibrant lifestyle.

The Loft, 1330 N. Hayworth Ave., is a new approach developed by dementia care pioneer Silverado (www.silveradocare.com) offering daily brain health programming in a setting convenient to popular attractions like The Grove, the original Farmers Market and Beverly Center.

The Loft is designed to serve people 55 and older who are concerned about maintaining healthy brains and staving off possible dementia. Potential residents are those with mild cognitive impairment, people with a family history of the disease, or anyone looking for a sustained research-based program of cognitive fitness in an independent living environment.

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

Lung Cancer Specialist Robert McKenna Joins St. John’s Growing Thoracic Program Renowned thoracic surgeon Robert McKenna Jr., M.D., has joined the growing thoracic program at Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, specializing in treating patients with lung cancer and a range of thoracic conditions including emphysema, benign and malignant esophageal disorders, hyperhidrosis, thoracic outlet and chest wall disorders.

Dr. McKenna recently Dr. Robert McKenna Jr. moved his medical practice recently from one of the nation’s leading hospitals. He pioneered a procedure called videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery that utilizes small incisions and a tiny TV camera to provide the surgeon optimal angles for performing delicate lung surgeries. This also allows for much faster recovery than an open surgery, he says.

Surgeons come from all over the world to learn from Dr. McKenna, who utilizes the latest advances in lung cancer screening, detection, treatment research and follow-up for the best possible outcomes.

“I’m excited to work at Providence St. John’s and to continue my research at our John Wayne Cancer Institute,” McKenna said. “I was drawn by the commitment of Providence Health & Services to meet the needs of our communities by collaborating and embracing new ideas to detect and treat serious conditions.”

A New York native, he attended the USC Medical School, completed his internship in surgery at Stanford University Hospital and residencies at Stanford, Hospital of Good Samaritan, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and USC/County Hospital.

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Baseline Mansionization Ordinance Proposed Changes Benefit Development

Los Angeles residents can express their opinion on proposed drastic changes to the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) will get their opportunity Tuesday.

The BMO was passed several years ago in an attempt to help curb excessive hillside grading and out-of-scale development.

Now, developers are proposing a revision to the ordinance. Some residents have taken to calling the proposed changes “a revision that only a developer could love.”

“There were many public meetings and comments from residents, developers and hard work by city employees in creating an ordinance with balance.” said Bel-Air Association chair Marcia Hobbs. “The new comments, as expressed by Crest Development, are only reflective of the developers who are building larger projects, follow fewer rules and in at least three ongoing cases, are depriving residents of their right to have their mail delivered daily, and their trash picked up because contractors are parking in their driveways and in front of their mailbox.”

In an e-mail circulated to community members Jason Somers of Crest Real Estate, who represents himself as part of the “Coalition for Responsible Development,” says that after discussions be-

tween the coalition and “interested parties,” the city’s “planning department has crafted new code changes that are not nearly as devastating as the original proposals drafted in the first iteration.”

Recently, the Courier learned of a contractor at a project on Fontanelle Way, who according to a resident, deprived a homebound, medically-challenged woman of having her caregivers park in front of her house, which was coned off by the developer and declared to be his private property for his construction development.

The new proposal takes many away many safeguards that had been in place for residents.

Among the big changes are the removal of exempted grading allowances, an increase in non-exempt grading allowances and a second story height envelope along side yard setbacks.

In his e-mail, Somers says “excessive grading vehicles on public streets has been successfully mitigated and even with our planned revisions to the current draft, it will still remain as a mitigated condition compared to other development standards.”

The meeting is set for Tuesday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Felicia Mahood Multipurpose Center at 11338 Santa Monica Blvd. in Los Angeles.

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Think of the many ways to say ‘I love you.’

Special Supplement

The Mizrahi Brothers Will Help You Find Mom That Perfect Gift rothers Yaniv and Raphael Mizrahi of Mizrahi of Beverly Hills are looking forward to Mother’s Day. The holiday of remembrance gives them a chance to show off their atelier’s (at 9615 Brighton Way) selection of gifts designed to make any giver a hero.

Their Modern by Mizrahi line features necklaces, bangles, rings and pendants priced from $300-$1,000, perfect for Mother’s Day giving, and offered in stylish presentation boxes.

Created for the fashionconscious woman, the Modern by Mizrahi line also Put a bow on mom’s special gift. features stackable rings and tom-designed bands, tennis bracelets, and pieces, that include pendants in white and rose spectacular engagegold. ment rings.

Having supplied jewelry And since value stores and wholesalers with is another Mizrahi of fine loose diamonds for more Beverly Hills stanthan 10 years, the brothers dard, customers who have developed an intimate want to upgrade a knowledge of the gems. piece with half-carat They specialize in fancy coldiamond to a twoored diamonds in pink and carat diamond get A heart-shaped diamond yellow—the rarest kind. credit for the smaller At Mizrahi of Beverly necklace diamond. “We buy Hills, the emphasis is on what you have and give you somequality. Their diamonds are natural, thing more,” says Raphael Mizrahi. never enhanced and from non-conflict Mizrahi of Beverly Hills is open by sources. All the diamonds, from appointment from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., princess cut to round brilliant, are GIA Monday-Friday. Appointments allow and EGL certified in settings of 18- clients to peruse the wide selection karat rose and yellow gold. and the brothers to provide the best The company is also known for customer service, privacy and perrestyling, upgrading and updating cur- sonal attention. “We want to make rent pieces to make them more fash- shopping with us a fun experience,” ion forward; and creating unique, cus- says Yaniv Mizrahi.

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she said. Trucks, with their back up beeps, are not allowed to make deliveries before 8 a.m.

However, a second violation, a truck that blocked the garage driveways of her tenants, resulted in a police report.

“One tenant had an emergency with a baby and could not get out,” she said. “Why did we give them a new CUP? One of the commissioners (Craig Corman) came [to the meeting Monday] with a resolution already drawn up, not ready to listen to the people prior to their decision. We cannot live a normal life. My tenants are moving out. We don’t want to close down the hotel, but when are they going to obey the laws?”

Hotel manager Nicholas Rimedio responded: “We regret the incident. . . Due to this and prior incidences, we immediately terminated their services. Our intent is to be good citizens.”

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concerns about the pledge.

“I strongly disagree,” she said. “Saying you have pledged

The L’Ermitage CUP/DPR will be on the agenda for the City Council meeting on May 17. If the council votes to reconsider it, that will close the restaurant, patio and rooftopuntil a new CUP is approved.

The Planning Commission created an agreement Monday for a new CUP/DRP following the closure March 14.

That meeting commenced when 50 people joined Assistant Director of Planning Ryan Gohlich on a tour of the hotel.

With one elevator out of service, it took 20-30 minutes to reach the rooftop. For an event with 250 people, it would take even longer to reach the valet.

In the agenda, photos show drivers leave trash, smoke, urinate and wash their vehicles while waiting. But Commissioner Howard Fisher doubted their validity, referring to “false calls and false reports,” because they did not result in a violation. Fisher alleged that the residents were not truthful.

Complaints are validated

by Rimedio, who says now, vendors must sign an acknowledgement of delivery hours and “pull front forward into the alley, which shall eliminate the beeping noise from trucks that back down the alley.”

He also said that they are “revising their catering sales documents to include the modifications of the adjusted stop times . . . and creating a formal addendum to all sales contracts” that recognizes the CUP. Residents say the hotel’s hours extend beyond the conditioned hours, and that there is excessive noise from the amplified music, parking violations, blocked driveways and back-up beeps in the early morning hours.

Commissioner Lori Greene Gordon sought more controls for residents, but Fisher forcefully supported the hotel’s interests over the residents’.

As midnight neared Monday, Corman produced a resolution modified to reflect the complaints of the residents. “I

took the conditions and beefed them up. We added restrictions. Maybe they didn’t realize I was modifying in their favor,” he said in response to Bailer’s comment Tuesday. “It’s distressing. If I hadn’t prepared we would have been there until 6 a.m.”

Corman’s conditions include financial penalties that start at $1,000 and accrue to $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000 with each violation. The fifth violation fine is $10,000 and entitlements go back to the Planning Commission.

New conditions include the following provisions: Patrons may not queue on Burton Way but must wait in the lobby for tables. The hotel must discourage drivers from parking on the south side of Burton Way. Rooftop events are to conclude at 10 p.m. and be cleared by 11 p.m. seven days a week. Deliveries and rooftop event breakdown are limited to 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sunday.

not to run will have limited some potentially wonderful candidates. I don’t want to close that door... I don’t want to limit our pool. I want to keep

it democratic. . . Some people on this council might be running again and I wanted . . . a truly level playing field,” she argued.

“I didn’t agree with Julian [Gold] or [Mayor] John [Mirisch],” said Krasne “I don’t like the idea of appointments, but I don’t wish to preclude somebody running for office. . .

I’m running then. So I’m not sure I should participate [in this discussion],” she said. “Excluding someone, telling them they can’t run, is a conflict of interest,” she clarified in an interview, agreeing with Bosse.

Councilmember Julian Gold sided with Mirisch. If there were six exceptional applicants, Gold said, “Choosing one, you give them an unfair advantage.”

Krasne said she feels it is wrong to limit the pool of applicants by only choosing applicants to interview who agree not to run in the March election, but she did not want the process to stall. Concerned over the 2-2 split, Krasne voted with Mirisch and Gold in order “to move forward with the process,” she said. “But all applications will be considered.”

An election could not take place until November (with the presidential election).

Staff estimates it would

cost the City approximately $200,000. Each candidate would spend an estimated $3040,000 running for a term that would last three months, from November 2016 through March 2017. The candidate, if they wished, would then have to run another campaign again in March.

The application questions establish the applicant’s identity, term of residency and prior involvement in civic affairs. It asks for a description of community involvement, fraternal and professional organizations, obligations that might be construed as a conflict of interest, and if the applicant has been a legislative advocate. It ends with a 400-word essay.

Following questions, a box with a caveat that signing is optional asks, “If appointed, my term will expire in March of 2017. I pledge not to run for City Council in the March 2017 election.”

All councilmembers agreed that the applications and deliberations were to be entirely open and transparent, and that whatever form it eventually took, all council’s questioning would be in public.

Therefore, suggested Bosse, Mirisch could ask the pledge question in a public forum, rather than placing it on

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BEVERLY HILLS The hotel must pay a $20,000 deposit for penalties and a $10,000 deposit for staffing costs for code enforcement at the hotel.

Residents say that police often do not arrive in a timely manner so that incidents pass before they arrive and code enforcement is closed evenings and weekends. Without effective enforcement, stiff penalties mean very little. Currently, complain residents, they are the enforcers.

Other conditions include the hotel placing a video camera in the alley that can be used as evidence of violations and a monitor at rooftop events after 6 p.m.

“We need better enforcement,” said Corman. “But that is not up to the Planning Commission. Council sets code enforcement.” An item to add another code enforcement officer for after-hours is on the budget proposal this month.

Editors note: More information on the Sixty Hotel next week

the application. “We can have an open process where everyone can apply. Then you can ask that question.”

“I wouldn’t want that wiggle room,” replied Mirisch. “I want it ironclad.”

City attorney Larry Weiner confirmed that the City cannot enforce such a pledge; it is not legally binding.

Councilmember Nancy Krasne suggested that applicants be interviewed by all the homeowner’s associations in lieu of an election, in order to ensure public participation.

“It’s going to be our vote. I want to ask the questions,” said Mirisch.

By state law, within 60 days the City Council must either appoint an applicant or resolve to have an election.

The City Council study session agenda item was to discuss how the council would fill the vacancy, though when the meeting started, Councilmember Brien had not yet submitted his letter of resignation.

Last November, Brien announced that he had taken a position at CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center as Vice President of Medical Operations and Chief Clinical Officer. He has continued to maintain his position on the council remotely, though he stated at City Council last month that he planned to do resign, “on or about May 2.”

(In fact, just before the conclusion of the study session, City Clerk Byron Pope received the letter of resignation, as reported by the Courier.)

The application is available on the City website at www.beverlyhills.org/councilapplication. Upon submission, the application can be viewed by the public. The deadline for accepting applications is Friday, May 20 at 5 p.m. The Council must fill the vacancy within 60 days - by July 1.

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Beverly Hills Total Pay/Wages vs. Other L.A. County Cities

Beverly Hills City Manager Mahdi Aluzri - $401,357.47 Assistant City Manager George Chavez - $319,809.70 Director of Community Development Susan Healy Keene - $319,876.35 Chief Financial Officer Don Rhoads - $323,909.74

West Hollywood City Manager – $422,590 Assistant City Manager – $339,206 Comm. Development Director – $265,504 Director Of Finance & Technology Services – $281,872 Information Technology Manager – $215,523 Recreation Services Manager – $219,499 Asst. Public Works Director, Infrastructure/Field Operations – N/A Asst. Director Of Public Works, Parking and Facilities Operations – N/A Building & Safety Manager - $254,513

Santa Monica City Manager – $496,819 Assistant City Manager – $385,178 Chief Information Officer Community Development Director – David Schirmer $294,191.92 $335,669 Chief Financial Officer (two employees)– $151,939 Director of Community Services Nancy Hunt Coffey - $280,534.03 Chief Information Officer – $312,179 Community Services Director – $324,260 Assistant Director of Administrative Financial Systems Director – $182,357.00 Asst. Public Works Director – $258,294 Services/Financial Building Officer – $246,284

Noel Marquis - $271,017.62

Asst. Director of Public Works Infrastructure/Field Operations Patricia Rhay - $279,296 Asst. Director of Public Works Parking and Facilities Operations Chad Lynn - $242,811.16 Assistant Director CD Building Official Rajesh Patel - $267,268.72

Editor’s Notes: • The above statistics for Beverly Hills City employees was culled from the salary chart provided by the City for 2015 salary and benefit info, while the pay information for the other cities is pulled from the State Controller’s Office, and reflects 2014 data, the most recent data publicly available for those cities.

• The numbers compare total wages for employees, which include salary, overtime, bonuses and other pay, benefits and allowances.

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Burbank City Manager – $369,662.00 Assistant City Manager – $270,369.00 Comm. Development Director – $262,532.00 Chief Financial Officer – $249,579.00 Information Technology Director – $236,315.00 Community Services Director – $235,970.00 Financial Services Director – $249,854.00 Asst. Public Works Director, Infrastructure/Field Operations – N/A Asst. Director Of Public Works, Parking and Facilities Operations – N/A Building Official – $204,319.00

Culver City City Manager - $372,799.16 Assistant City Manager – $271,157.83 Dir. of Community Development – $246,052.48 Chief Financial Officer – $285,817.05 Chief Information Officer – $239,321.58 Parks/Recreation/Community Services Director – $238,159.18 Asst. Public Works Director, Infrastructure/Field Operations – N/A Asst. Director Of Public Works, Parking and Facilities Operations – N/A Building Official - $205,804.44

Pasadena City Manager - $360,209.50 Assistant City Manager – $297,842.31 Dir. of Planning/Development– $268,863.61 Director Of Finance – $269,633.75 Chief Information Officer – $244,025.12 Dir. of Human Services/Recreation – $221,035.55 Asst. Public Works Director, Infrastructure/Field Operations – N/A Asst. Director Of Public Works, Parking and Facilities Operations – N/A Building Official - $177,218.28

Manhattan Beach City Manager – $141,932.10 Assistant City Manager – $56,125.17 Comm. Development Director – $266,542.13 Finance Director – $252,478.97 Chief Information Officer – N/A Community Services Director – N/A Asst. Public Works Director, Infrastructure/Field Operations – N/A Asst. Director Of Public Works, Parking and Facilities Operations – N/A Building Official – $175,299.45

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Residents

City Employees

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1,031

33

Santa Monica

93,283

2,816

32

West Hollywood

35,825

314

114

Culver City Burbank

39,773

808

49

106,084

1,732

61

Manhattan Beach

35,763

851

42

Pasadena

141,510

2,421

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S Dan Goldenberg, national advocate for veterans and executive director of the Call of Duty Endowment will be the keynote speaker at the JVS Strictly Business L.A. Awards Luncheon, beginning with a networking reception at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 12 at the Beverly Hilton.

Goldenberg will provide insights into the state of veteran employment in L.A. and the U.S. The endowment is a leading funder of veteran-focused organizations nationwide, supporting organizations like JVS that are helping veterans transition into civilian careers.

NBC4 weatherman Fritz Coleman returns for his fourth year as host.

Tickets start at $150 and are available at www.jvsla.org.

• • • • • Drummer-composer Stewart Copeland will headline the program when the New West Symphony presents the West Coast premiere his new work, Tyrant’s Crush at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 12 at Santa M o n i c a ’s Barnum Hall, 600 Olympic Blvd.

Maestro Marcelo Lehninger, who will lead the program, conducted the world premiere of the piece in Stewart February with Copeland the Pittsburgh Symphony, which commissioned the work.

Known as one of rock’s foremost drummers as part of The Police, Copeland’s Tyrant’s Crush features him on drum set.

It’s three-movement score highlights the percussion and timpani section accompanied by the rest of the orchestra.

Also on the program will be Johann Strauss Jr.’s sparkling Die Fledermaus Overture and Richard Strauss’ Suite from Der

Rosenkavalier.

Tickets range from $29-$82 and are available at newwestsymphony.org.

• • • • • Friends of Griffith Park, in partnership with the National Park Service and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, will celebrate the 240th anniversary of the historic 1,200 mile Anza Expedition, which arrived in Los Angeles in 1776, with the first ever re-enactment ride in Griffith Park, involving more than a dozen horses, and scores of volunteer re-enactors in period costume, from 10 a.m.-2p.m., Saturday, May 14 at Griffith Park’s Crystal Springs Picnic Area, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr. At the free event, re-enactors and the public will be able to view and participate in a heritage festival, historical cooking and cultural demonstrations, music, dance, the arrival of Captain Juan Bautista de Anza on horseback and other activities.

Refreshments will be available for purchase and participants are encouraged to bring picnic baskets.

To RSVP, visit RSVP@friendsofgriffithpark.org.

• • • • • Players from the Roxbury Community Center “Acting For Seniors” class will present Bits And Pieces Too at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15 at the center, 471 S. Roxbury Dr. Stuart Schlig The program, a mix of dramatic and comedic skits, songs, poems and more, is directed by Steven Polinsky with Stuart Schlig as emcee.

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Beverly Hills Bike Share Ribbon Cutting May 10

By Victoria Talbot The community is invited to the City’s first bike-share program ribbon-cutting and demonstration May 10 at 1:30 p.m. at the northeast corner of Crescent Drive and S. Santa Monica Boulevard.

Fifty smart bikes will with onboard technology and 100 bike docking racks will open in seven locations throughout the City, including the Crescent location (City Hall-1), N. Santa Monica Boulevard and Rexford Drive (City Hall-2),

North Camden Drive and S. Santa Monica Boulevard (Wells Fargo Bank), Burton Way and Third Street (Courthouse), Wilshire Boulevard and N. Beverly Drive (Montage Hotel), 280 S. Beverly Drive and 331 N. Maple Drive.

The system is compatible with Santa Monica Bike Share and will be compatible with West Hollywood soon. Bike share works with smartphone app Social Bicycles. For more information visit www.beverlyhillsbikeshare.com.

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governs terrorist groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda, will take generations. And it’s one that the Western world simply can’t walk away from.

“This is our problem because it’s going to come to us if we don’t sort it,” he said. “It’s only if we stand strongly together.”

Encapsulating that sentiment was an engaging panel led by Milken that delved into the social implications, and future, of major sports.

David Stern, Commissioner Emeritus of the National Basketball Association, highlighted that it has been sports that has helped push the boundaries of how we consume sports games, leading to the proliferation of digital media. But even more poignant, he underscored, is just how much of a role sports has in changing social mores.

He recalled standing with Magic Johnson when the NBA champion player announced his retirement.

“It’s the most important thing i’ve ever been involved with,” Stern affirmed. “It changed the face of AIDS. And that’s the magic of sports.”

Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, made the importance of sports as a metaphor for society even more simple.

“I always feel the key to life is hanging with good people,” he said. “It’s about team.”

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triumph against disease as never before.

Of course, as there are more of us, the need for resources will continue to grow, as does our collective need to care for the environment.

But there is hope on the horizon, particularly after the passage of the 2015 Paris Agreement, former Vice President Al Gore assured attendees during a presentation that centered on the effects of global warming.

“I’m very optimistic about the climate crisis,” he said.

One way to help make the world greener, for example, is to eat fewer cows, urged Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. He said using plants in lieu of consuming cows–which contribute up to 15 percent of global warming–is a natural solution.

He noted that synthetic food production can now be assembled in the absence of water and light.

Erstwhile, in places throughout the Middle East, where generations have been taught to view the world in a way that is contrary to a peaceful existence, according to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, changing the mentality of those populations and defeating the brutal ideology that

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Nourmand Women To Be Honored At ICRF Women Of Action Gala On May 19

By Victoria Talbot The Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) will honor Myra Nourmand, founder and principal of Nourmand Associates in Beverly Hills and her daughter Dr. Nicole Nourmand, founding partner of Premier Pediatrics in Beverly Hills as Women of Action at The Beverly Hilton on May 19.

Myra’s Nourmand Associates business propelled her success and earned her a seat at the top among the luxury real estate producers in the country.

In addition to her work with ICRF, Myra is an active supporter of the Dream Street

Foundation, Jewish National Fund, West Hollywood Food Coalition and Aleinu.

Nicole is a renowned pediatrician practicing in her home town, Beverly Hills, and a passionate promoter of preventive medicine.

A graduate of UCLA, she participated in Project Otzma, spending a year as a volunteer among children in Israel.

She attended Harvard and Northwestern University School of Medicine, and completed her residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

Speakers for the evening include Dr. David Horne of the Beckman Research Institute of

Myra & Nicole Nourmand

City of Hope National Medical Center, a research and treatment center for life-threatening diseases including cancer and Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple David Wolpe, a survivor of brain cancer and NonHodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Longtime Beverly Hills Resident Frederick Weiner Dead At 94

By John L. Seitz Frederick P. Weiner, a 38year resident of Beverly Hills, died April 30 after a long illness at age 94.

Born in Philadelphia on Nov. 21, 1921, he graduated from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and served as an officer in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Until retiring four years ago as a government supplier, he operated Sunland Industries, LLC and before that, the Material Group, LLC. Weiner is survived by Marci, his wife of 40 years and a prominent newspaper columnist. He was also the father of

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sons Scott and Brian, and daughters Ivy and April from a previous marriage.

A celebration of his life will be held soon.

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CodeREV Finds Maker Approach Draws Students Of All Abilities

Popular Coding And STEAM Summer Camps Expand To Beverly Hills To Meet Increasing Demand eading Coding (programming) for kids and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) education innovator— CodeREV—has expanded its popular tech summer camps to get more students coding and creating instead of losing critical skills over the summer.

CodeREV offers these camps in locations throughout Southern California, including Beverly Hills, for the first time. CodeREV is launching in Beverly Hills at the historic Emanuel Temple School, and is excited to offer its amazing classes at camps in the Beverly Hills community for the first time ever.

Through CodeREV tech summer camps, students from first through ninth grade learn skills that are not only useful and fun for creating incredible school projects; they are marketable skills such as

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coding, higher-order thinking, math, game development and robotics that are in demand for the knowledge workers of tomorrow.

In addition, the camps offer fun and unique outdoor activities that strengthen team-building and allow students to run and play. “Students love to play video games, but they love to create them even more. At CodeREV, we teach kids how to create their own eye-popping video games and 3D worlds and use engaging games like Minecraft to sharpen their math skills.

Educators know that over the summer months, students typically lose up to one third of the knowledge they learned in the previous school year. “Our camps not only help students retain those skills, they help them work in fields of interest that employers report are in short supply,” said CodeREV Founder/CEO Evan Boorman.

“Students love our camps because the courses and skills they learn are fun and geared toward their interests. Parents love our tech summer camps because the curriculum is relevant to high-demand 21st century skills.”

CodeREV is led by Boorman, who has worked in STEM education for 14 years, and Chief Education Innovation Officer John Stuppy, Ph.D. Dr. Stuppy is a nationally recognized leader in education, technology, gamebased learning and student achievement.

He has held education leadership positions for more than three decades in companies such as Sylvan Learning Centers and Tutorvista. The camps are staffed by a dedicated team of educators, each of whom have both technology education experience and previous work experience in the ever-

growing tech industry.

For more information or to register for camp, parents should visit http://www.coderevkids.com/beverlyhills or call 310-450-4984.

About CodeREV CodeREV was founded in 2014 by Evan Boorman, a 14-year veteran educator in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

CodeREV offers afterschool and in-school programs, and winter, spring and summer camps for students ages 6-14 in such fields as coding, app design, game design, robotics and game-based learning.

In addition to Boorman, Dr. John Stuppy, a 30-year veteran in the education technology field, serves as chief education innovation officer. Camps and courses are currently offered throughout Southern California.

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Frances Allen’s Desert Roundup

Jill Black Zalben Janis Black Warner Dr. Mark Mandel

Dr. Julian Gold

Doris Lazner

Melissa Gilbert

Eitan Wernick

Don Rickles

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS–George Clooney, and Tom Bergeron (May 6); Don Rickles, Enrique Iglesias, Jill Black Zalben, Toni Tennille and Melissa Gilbert (May 8); Don Rickles, Eitan Wernick, Toni Tennille and Melissa Gilbert (May 8); James L. Brooks, Candice Bergen, Billy Joel, Doris Lazner (May 9); Linda Evangelista, Janis Black Warner, and Bob Greene (May 10); Martha Quinn and Mort Sahl (May 11); Julian Gold, Bruce Boxleitner, Burt Bacharach, Stephen Baldwin, Lindsay Crouse, Emilio Estevez and Dr. Mark Mandel (May 12).

Joan Mangum Multiple Sclerosis advocate and Center Without Walls founder Nancy Davis welcomed guests to The Beverly Hilton for the 23rd annual “Race To Erase MS” gala. LL Cool J opened the festivities with touching remarks, afterwhich Nancy presented the 2016 “Medal of Hope Award” to Alex and Ani’s Carolyn Rafaelian, noting the latter’s remarkable commitment to giving back, not just to Race to Erase MS but to so many others.

The annual gala included a live auction, introduced by Jaime Pressly, which was topped by a private yacht tour of the Bahamas,going for an incredible $30,000, plus an adorable puppy that had bidders going wild.

Musical director David Foster brought Eric Benet onstage for a moving tribute to a longtime supporter and friend of the cause, the late Natalie Cole, with a rendition of Unforgettable. Next, Ashley Tisdale introduced Jordan Smith, who sang his original song Stand In The Light. It was then Randy Jackson’s turn to bring on the iconic band KISS, which performed hit songs such as Deuce, Calling Dr. Love, Cold Gin,” and fan-favorite Rock And Roll All Nite...all fantastic!

In what has become a Race to Erase MS tradition the past 23 years, an uplifting rendition of Lean On Me was performed as the finale of the evening, led by Emblem3.

Race to Erase MS is dedicated to the treatment and ultimate cure for MS. Significant strides have been made to find the cause of this deliberating disease. It has been instrumental in funding many pilot studies and improving the lives of people suffering from MS. ******

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R A C E T O E R A S E MS–At the 23rd annual Race to Erase MS in The Beverly Hilton, (above, from left) hostess Nancy Davis congratulates honoree Carolyn Rafaelian; and actress/model Jaime Pressly. Left: Kat Graham and Ashley Tisdale, both actresses and singers.

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ExtraordinaryFamilies, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of welfare children, hosted its annual awards gala in The Beverly Hilton. Honorees were Shane Brennan, creator/executive producer of NCIS: Los Angeles (“Visionary Award”), Stacie and Phillip D’Amour and Jason Peers and Eric Pelovello (“Sylvia Fogelman Founder’s Award”).

Hosts Renee Ridgeley and Sheila Chalakee welcomed the 500 guests and introduced EF’s CEO Sarah Boone, who provided a brief history of the organization and introduced event chair, Brooke Kaufman Halsband.

Actor Chris O’Donnell presented the award to “my friend, my boss and the head of the NCIS, LA’s surrogate family – Shane Brennan.” The latter explained why he chose to spotlight a foster child on the show and developed the character.

The evening ended on a high note with an uplifting performance by NPG Records recording artist and Star of “The Voice”, Judith Hill.

Remember those drive-in movies where young, mainly teenage couples could watch, (or maybe not), the latest feature films from the relative comfort of their automobiles? Well, those couples are married now, (or maybe not), just grateful to be watching anything, anywhere, and thanks to The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, the nostalgia of al fresco movie viewing is recalled this month as Sunnylands caps off a season of 50th anniversary celebrations by screening three classic feature films from the 1960’s.

The Oscar-nominated films will be screened free of charge at 8 p.m. on the first three Friday evenings in May to mark the completion of Walter and Leonore Annenberg’s midcentury modern estate in Rancho Mirage in 1966.

The three films are: A Hard Day’s Night (tonight), Dr. Strange- love, (May 13), and The Pink Panther (May 20.

Filmgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and small picnic items for the outdoor screenings. Large coolers, alcohol, smoking and pets are not permitted. ****** While not free–but certainly worth the $40 cost–is the immensely popular Sunnylands’ House Tour. Formerly the Annenbergs’ winter estate, Sunnylands is now a high-level retreat center and diplomatic venue, nicknamed the “Camp David of the West.” President Obama has visited the 200-acre estate six times, including meetings with President Xi Jinping of China, King Abdullah II of Jordan and the leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations.

The tour is a guided, 90-walk through the 25,000-square-foot home, completed in 1966 where the Annenbergs hosted U.S. presidents, British royalty and Hollywood stars.

Tickets for the final tours of the season are now on sale, but can only be purchased through www.sunnylands.org. The tours will be conducted from Thursday, May 19 through Friday, June 3. The house reopens Sept. 22.

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PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016064631 The following is/are doing business as: 1) CREATIVE HOUSE STUDIOS 2) CREATIVE HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT 1546 Marion Dr., Glendale, CA 91205; Rosanna RizzutoDiSalvo 1546 Marion Dr., Glendale, CA 91205; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Rosanna RizzutoDiSalvo, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: March 16, 2016; Published: April 08, 15, 22, 29, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016081171 The following is/are doing business as: THE BAKER’S CONE 120 S. Palm Dr. #402, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ronen David Akhavan 120 S. Palm Dr. #402, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Ronen David Akhavan, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 04, 2016; Published: April 08, 15, 22, 29, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016083008 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BOND ST. LENDERS 2) BOND ST. LENDERS OF BEVERLY HILLS 3) BOND ST. LENDERS OF B.H. 4) BOND ST. PAWN 5) BOND ST. JEWELRY LENDERS 6) BOND ST. AUTO LOANS 7) BOND ST. HIGH VALUE LOANS 238-1/2 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Beverly Hills of Bond St. Collateral Lenders Inc.

238-1/2 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Nazila Mahgerefteh, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 05, 2016; Published: April 15, 22, 29, May 06, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016083009 The following is/are doing business as: 1) DAILY CONCEPTS 2) AFTERSPA 915 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015; Industrias T. Taio LLC. 915 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Emilio Smeke, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 05, 2016; Published: April 15, 22, 29, May 06, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016083010 The following is/are doing business as: SLEEVES 8855 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069; Lionsoul, LLC 8855 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Thierry Smadja, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 05, 2016; Published: April 15, 22, 29, May 06, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016089194 The following is/are doing business

as: 1) M.E. PROPERTIES 2) M.E. LUXURY DIVISION 439 N. Canon Dr.-Penthouse, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Melissa Echeverria 439 N. Canon Dr.-Penthouse, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Melissa Echeverria, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2016; Published: April 22, 29, May 06, 13, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016089195 The following is/are doing business as: 1) M.B.R.E.G. 2) METLEND BROKERAGE & REALTY EQUITY GROUP 11040 Santa Monica Blvd. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90025; MalComm Brokerage & Real Estate Group, Inc. 11040 Santa Monica Blvd. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein April 04, 2016: Simon Abdelmalak, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2016; Published: April 22, 29, May 06, 13, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016089196 The following is/are doing business as: ELECTRIC EEL PRODUCTIONS 447 S. Palm Dr. #3, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Adam Snyder 447 S. Palm Dr. #3, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein March 01, 2016: Adam

Snyder, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2016; Published: April 22, 29, May 06, 13, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016089197 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SPIRITUAL REBEL 2) REBEL WITH A CAUSE 3) SPIRITUAL REBEL LA 9461 Charleville Blvd. #216, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Trisha Paschke 9461 Charleville Blvd. #216, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Trisha Paschke, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 12, 2016; Published: April 22, 29, May 06, 13, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016095422 The following is/are doing business as: 1) CALI JEWELERS B.H. 2) CALI JEWELERS OF BEVERLY HILLS 3) CALI JEWELERS BEVERLY HILLS 238-1/2 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Cali Jewelers Corporation 238-1/2 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Nazila Mahgerefteh, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: April 19, 2016; Published: April 29, May 06, 13, 20, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016095423 The following is/are doing business as: LOS ANGELUST 260 Spalding Dr., Beverly Hills, CA

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PUBLIC NOTICES T.S. No.: 2014-05446-CA A.P.N.:8102-032-007 Property Address: 2723 Lashbrook Avenue, South EL Monte, CA 91733

ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE:

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.

All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as:

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

More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2723 Lashbrook Avenue, South EL Monte, CA 91733 A.P.N.: 8102-032-007

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU’U Y: KÈM THEO DÂY LÀ BÀN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LU’O’C VÈ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIÈU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/14/2005.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: AMELIA G. VILLALOBOS, A WIDOW Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Recorded 12/20/2005 as Instrument No. 05 3128081 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 05/19/2016 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $ 446,854.49 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total The undersigned Trustee debt disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the NOTICE TO PROPERTY street address or other OWNER: The sale date common designation, if shown on this notice of any, shown above. sale may be postponed one or more times by the The sale will be made, mortgagee, beneficiary, but without covenant or trustee, or a court, purwarranty, expressed or suant to Section 2924g of implied, regarding title, the California Civil Code. possession, or encum- The law requires that brances, to pay the information about trustee remaining principal sum sale postponements be of the note(s) secured by made available to you the Deed of Trust. The and to the public, as a total amount of the courtesy to those not unpaid balance of the present at the sale. If you obligation secured by the wish to learn whether property to be sold and your sale date has been reasonable estimated postponed, and, if applicosts, expenses and cable, the rescheduled advances at the time of time and date for the sale the initial publication of of this property, you may the Notice of Sale is: call (866)-960-8299 or $ 446,854.49. visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource.com If the Trustee is unable to /MortgageServices/Defau convey title for any rea- ltManagement/TrusteeSe son, the successful bid- rvices.aspx using the file der’s sole and exclusive number assigned to this remedy shall be the case 2014-05446-CA. return of monies paid to Information about postthe Trustee, and the suc- ponements that are very cessful bidder shall have short in duration or that no further recourse. occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not The beneficiary of the immediately be reflected Deed of Trust has execut- in the telephone informaed and delivered to the tion or on the Internet undersigned a written Web site. The best way request to commence to verify postponement foreclosure, and the information is to attend undersigned caused a the scheduled sale.

Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be Date: April 7, 2016 recorded in the county Western Progressive, where the real property is LLC, as Trustee for benelocated. ficiary NOTICE TO POTENTIAL C/o 30 Corporate Park, BIDDERS: If you are Suite 450 considering bidding on Irvine, CA 92606 this property lien, you Automated Sale should understand that Information Line: (866) there are risks involved in 960-8299 http://www.altibidding at a trustee auc- source.com/MortgageSer tion. You will be bidding vices/DefaultManagemen on a lien, not on the prop- t/TrusteeServices.aspx erty itself. Placing the For Non-Automated Sale highest bid at a trustee Information, call: (866) auction does not auto- 240-3530 matically entitle you to ________ free and clear ownership Trustee Sale Assistant of the property. You should also be aware that WESTERN PROGRESthe lien being auctioned SIVE, LLC MAY BE ACToff may be a junior lien. If ING AS A DEBT COLyou are the highest bid- LECTOR ATTEMPTING der at the auction, you TO COLLECT A DEBT. are or may be responsi- ANY INFORMATION ble for paying off all liens OBTAINED MAY BE senior to the lien being USED FOR THAT PURauctioned off, before you POSE. can receive clear title to the property. You are 04/22/16, 04/29/16, encouraged to investigate 05/06/16

BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE FOR BIDS

CALLING

Project: Pupil Transportation, Field Trip and Athletic Events Project Bid #15-16/019 Bid Deadline: 10:00 a.m. on 5/18/16 Place of Bid Receipt: Purchasing Department - 255 S. Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, California Notice is hereby given that the Beverly Hills Unified School District of Los Angeles County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the District, will receive up to, but no later than, the above stated time, sealed bids for the award of a contract for the above project.

Those bids timely received shall be opened and publicly read aloud, Bids received after this time will be returned unopened.

All bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the District. All bids must be sealed and clearly state on the outside of the envelope, in the lower left hand corner, the contractor company name, project title and project number.

The services will consist of the furnishing of school bus transportation of pupils and other designated persons to and from schools operated by the District. The District will contact with one or more contractors, enabling the District to have an alternate in the event the first source is unavailable.

Bidders must be certified in accordance with all applicable laws of the state of California. The District request buses and drivers be certified as School Pupil Activity Bus (SPAB) providers, and all drivers of such vehicles will likewise have a valid SPAB license. All buses are to be inspected and certified by the California Highway Patrol.

Passengers are students and adults on school district related activities utilizing either public or private funds.

Each Bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which are on file and may be obtained from the Purchasing Office at the above address or email Dianne Richard at drichard@bhusd.org.

Bid documents and

addendums will be why the petition should available on the District not be granted. If no written objection is timeweb site bhusd.org. ly filed, the court may Each bidder will be grant the petition withrequired to furnish and out a hearing. maintain Commercial NOTICE OF HEARING: General Liability Date: June 10, 2016 Insurance, endorsed Time: 8:30am naming the District as Dept: K “additional insured”, Room: C o m p r e h e n s i v e The address of the court Automobile Liability is: Superior Court of Insurance and Workers’ California, County of C o m p e n s a t i o n Los Angeles, 1725 Main St., Insurance.

Santa Monica, CA Bidders are required to 90401, Monica furnish the District with Santa Bid Security for 10% of Courthouse.

Reason for name the amount of the bid. change: No bidder may withdraw Parents prefer the his bid for a period of name Brandon.

Sixty (60) days after the I declare under penalty date set for the opening of perjury under the of bids. The District laws of the State of reserves the right to California that the inforwaive any irregularities, mation in the foregoing accept or reject any or petition is true and corall bids and to accept or rect. reject any item thereon, Signed: Simon Ourian, and to contract in the Sharon Naim best interest of the Judge of the Superior Court District.

Gerald Rosenberg, R. Carter, Publication Sates: Sherri Executive Office/Clerk 4/29/16 & 5/6/16 Dated: April 13, 2016 Published: APRIL 22, —————————— 29, MAY 06, 13, 2016 SUPERIOR COURT OF Beverly Hills Courier CALIFORNIA, COUN—————————— TY OF LOS ANGELES CASE NO: SS028868 ORDER TO SHOW BEVERLY HILLS CAUSE FOR UNIFIED SCHOOL CHANGE OF NAME DISTRICT In the Matter of the petition of: PRESTON Purchasing Services ORION To all interested per- NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING son(s): Petitioner: SHARON FOR BIDS NAIM/SIMON OURIAN current residence Notice is hereby given that the Beverly Hills address: 4 Beverly Park, Unified School District Beverly Hills, CA of Los Angeles County, California, acting by and 90210 filed a petition with the through its Governing hereinafter Superior Court of Board, referred to as the California, County of District, will receive Los Angeles, sealed bids for: 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA Pupil Transportation, 90401, Special Education Santa Monica Bid #15-16/020 Courthouse, on April 13, 2016 for a Decree changing All bids shall be made on the forms furnished names as follows: by the District. Bids will Present Name: be received up to, but Preston Orion no later than, 11:00 a.m.

Proposed Name: on 5/18/16 in the Brandon Orion The court orders that all Purchasing Office, at persons interested in 255 S. Lasky Drive, this matter shall appear Beverly Hills, California before this court at the at which time they will hearing indicated below be opened and read to show cause, if any, aloud. All bids must be why the petition for sealed and clearly change of name should states on the outside of not be granted. Any per- the envelope in the son objecting to the lower left hand corner name changes “Bid Enclosed – 15Pupil described above must 16/020 file a written objection Transportation, Special that includes the rea- Education”. sons for the objection at least two court days The services will consist before the matter is of the furnishing of pupil scheduled to be heard transportation for speand must appear at the cial education students hearing to show cause and other designated

persons to and from schools operated by the District. Bidders must be licensed and certified in accordance with all applicable laws of the state of California.

Buses and drivers should be certified as School Pupil Activity Bus (SPAB) providers.

For non-emergency medical transportation other than school bus provide a statement of determination and certification from California Highway Patrol.

Each Bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which are on file and may be obtained from the Purchasing Office at the above address or e-mail Dianne Richard at drichard@bhusd.org.

Bid documents and addendums will be available on the District web site bhusd.org.

Each bidder will be required to furnish and maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance, endorsed naming the District as “additional insured”, Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation Insurance.

Bidders are required to furnish the District with Bid Security for 10% of the total amount of the bid.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of Sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening of bids. The District reserves the right to waive any irregularities, accept or reject any or all bids and to accept or reject any item thereon, and to contract in the best interest of the District.

Publication Sates: 4/29/16 & 5/6/16

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

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PUBLIC NOTICES T.S. No.: 2015-04846-CA A.P.N.:5768-002-005 Property Address: 181 N Sunnyside Ave, Sierra Madre, CA 91024-1638 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU’U Y: KÈM THEO DÂY LÀ BÀN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LU’O’C VÈ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIÈU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/25/2003.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: Hattie Elizabeth Harris, An Unmarried Woman Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Recorded 10/03/2003 as Instrument No. 03 2940176 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 06/02/2016 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $ 768,723.57 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHOR-

IZED TO DO BUSINESS than one mortgage or IN THIS STATE: deed of trust on this property.

All right, title, and interest NOTICE OF conveyed to and now TRUSTEE'S SALE held by the trustee in the hereinafter described Note: Because the property under and pur- Beneficiary reserves the suant to a Deed of Trust right to bid less than the described as: total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of More fully described in the sale the opening bid said Deed of Trust. may be less than the total debt Street Address or other common designation of NOTICE TO PROPERTY real property: 181 N OWNER: The sale date Sunnyside Ave, Sierra shown on this notice of Madre, CA 91024-1638 sale may be postponed one or more times by the A.P.N.: 5768-002-005 mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, purThe undersigned Trustee suant to Section 2924g of disclaims any liability for the California Civil Code. any incorrectness of the The law requires that street address or other information about trustee common designation, if sale postponements be any, shown above. made available to you and to the public, as a The sale will be made, courtesy to those not but without covenant or present at the sale. If you warranty, expressed or wish to learn whether implied, regarding title, your sale date has been possession, or encum- postponed, and, if applibrances, to pay the cable, the rescheduled remaining principal sum time and date for the sale of the note(s) secured by of this property, you may the Deed of Trust. The call (866)-960-8299 or total amount of the visit this Internet Web site unpaid balance of the http://www.altisource.com obligation secured by the /MortgageServices/Defau property to be sold and ltManagement/TrusteeSe reasonable estimated rvices.aspx using the file costs, expenses and number assigned to this advances at the time of case 2015-04846-CA. the initial publication of Information about postthe Notice of Sale is: ponements that are very $ 768,723.57. short in duration or that occur close in time to the If the Trustee is unable to scheduled sale may not convey title for any rea- immediately be reflected son, the successful bid- in the telephone informader’s sole and exclusive tion or on the Internet remedy shall be the Web site. The best way return of monies paid to to verify postponement the Trustee, and the suc- information is to attend cessful bidder shall have the scheduled sale. no further recourse.

Western Progressive, The beneficiary of the LLC, as Trustee for beneDeed of Trust has execut- ficiary ed and delivered to the C/o 30 Corporate Park, undersigned a written Suite 450 request to commence Irvine, CA 92606 foreclosure, and the Automated Sale undersigned caused a Information Line: (866) Notice of Default and 960-8299 http://www.altiElection to Sell to be source.com/MortgageSer recorded in the county vices/DefaultManagemen where the real property is t/TrusteeServices.aspx located.

For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (866) NOTICE TO POTENTIAL 240-3530 BIDDERS: If you are ________ considering bidding on Trustee Sale Assistant this property lien, you should understand that Date: April 25, 2016 there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auc- WESTERN PROGREStion. You will be bidding SIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTon a lien, not on the prop- ING AS A DEBT COLerty itself. Placing the LECTOR ATTEMPTING highest bid at a trustee TO COLLECT A DEBT. INFORMATION auction does not auto- ANY matically entitle you to OBTAINED MAY BE free and clear ownership USED FOR THAT PURof the property. You POSE. should also be aware that 05/13/16, the lien being auctioned 05/06/16, off may be a junior lien. If 05/20/16 you are the highest bidder at the auction, you —————————— are or may be responsible for paying off all liens TSG No.: 8440039 TS senior to the lien being No.: CA1400258963 auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: the property. You are 5554-025-150 Property encouraged to investigate Address: 1260 N KINGS the existence, priority, ROAD #11 WEST HOLCA 90069 and size of outstanding LYWOOD, liens that may exist on NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S this property by contact- SALE YOU ARE IN ing the county recorder’s DEFAULT UNDER A OF TRUST, office or a title insurance DEED 07/08/2009. company, either of which DATED may charge you a fee for UNLESS YOU TAKE this information. If you ACTION TO PROTECT consult either of these YOUR PROPERTY, IT resources, you should be MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBaware that the same LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED lender may hold more AN EXPLANATION OF

THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 05/26/2016 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 11/05/2009, as Instrument No. 20091671909, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California.

Executed by: AARON BUTLER, A SINGLE MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 5554-025-150 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1260 N KINGS ROAD #11, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $551,356.74. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are

risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySea rchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1400258963 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Date: First American Title Insurance Company 6 Campus Cir, Bldg 6, 1st Floor Westlake, TX 76262 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY I N F O R M AT I O N OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)9390772 NPP0279963 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 05/06/2016, 05/13/2016, 05/20/2016

Trustee Sale No. : 00000005088984 Title Order No.: 8528276 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/18/2008.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 04/16/2008 as Instrument No. 20080655842 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ALAN GLAZER, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 06/03/2016 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9736 YOAKUM DR, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210 APN#: 4384-018005 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $991,577.01. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should

understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

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

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.c om for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005088984.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 916-9390772 www.nationwideposting.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 04/26/2016 NPP0279866 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 05/06/2016, 05/13/2016, 05/20/2016

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. WILSHIRE CORRIDOR BEVERLY HILLS 1212 S. LA JOLLA 8747 CLIFTON WAY • • L U X U RY • • 3 BEDROOM, 3.5 BATHS High Rise Condo 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHS TOP FLOOR DUPLEX NICELY UPGRADED For Lease

F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED

1,700sf., Granite in breathtaking views of Century City and LA..

Totally renovated $1,095,000.00 living room, hardwood Granite Counters. Stainless Steel Across from Appliances. Huge Living Room in bedroom, fireplace, 4 Seasons Hotel.

Move-In Conditionr central air, breakfast 9141 W. THIRD ST. CENTURY PARK EAST Bev.Hills/LA Border SANTA MONICA area, granite counters, 427 Montana Ave. washer/dryer inside, 2 bed 2 Bath 1 BED, 1BATH $3,400MO Finished Garage 5-car parking.

Unobstructed City Views Principals only Renovated with newer kitchens $5,300/Month

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Gourmet kitch. w/ new cabinets & appliances, new w/d, central air, hrwd flrs, basement, backyard w/ entertainment dining area, 2-car garage. $4,900/Mo.

435 S. Maple Dr.

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11433 Rochester Ave 2 Bd.+Den+21/2 Ba.

Completely Renovated

New kitchen & baths, new appl, balcony, COMPASS GOLD PROP. hardwood floors, Marty: 310/293-2205 laundry in unit, parking. $3,300/Month Lrg. 3 Bd.+3 Ba.

Huge family rm, central air, 2-car garage. $4,150

For Lease See our Ad Sec. 270

310/990-1730

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Granite countertops with marble floors and all appliances. Hardwood floors, high ceiling, nicely landscaped yard. $2,750/MO. Call 310/908-1919

310/479-4078 *BEVERLY HILLS* Close to Brentwood, —————–––– FRENCH CHATEAU 342 N. PALM DR. 2 BEDROOM + DEN + 2.5 BATHROOM First floor with private garden/patio, Granite kitchen, marble floors, jacuzzi tub with separate steam shower. Deluxe Unit. $4,300/MO. (Minimum 2 year lease) By appointment only

Westwood, UCLA

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VERY SPACIOUS

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH HIGH-RISE WITH DOORMAN With balcony, living room

with mini bar, lots of 2 Bedrooms , 2 Bathrooms closet space, central A/C, laundry on each floor, & Den/Office Elevator, 2 parking. No pets.

100 S. Doheny Drive

Bright and spacious condo.

Next to Four Seasons Hotel.

2 balconies and 2 tandem parking spaces. No smokers.

$2,700 & Up. Call Savley 323/241-7758

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818/679-6747 Close to Ralph’s and Cedars. OLYMPIC/ROBERTSON (No Calls after 8 PM) $3,200/MO. plus security. Very Quiet First Floor Back Corner Unit Call 818/990-5010 BRIGHT & SPACIOUS 3 BDRMS, 2 BATHS LUXURIOUS CONDO HOMES FOR LEASE $2,675/MO. 10269 SANTA MONICA BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 Open Everyday from 11-5pm + Security $2,000 for Mon. and Thurs. Showings please call 310.926.3884 Hardwood floors in living room, with 2 car parking in secured building.

Call 310/266-5178

$10,000 to $59,000/mo.

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

Light and Bright Top Floor Unit with hardwood floors, newer appliances with dishwasher & laundry facility, $2,795/MO. Call Ron Henry at:

GREAT MOVE-IN SPECIAL

19 luxurious condos... just a few steps from the entrance to the upscale and expanding Century City Shopping and Entertainment Center. These elegant residences were built with incredible attention to detail and feature open floor plans. High-end gourmet kitchens individual washers & dryers, master bathrooms with tubs & showers and, in every case, the finest finishers. Amenities includes; Gym, Bike racks, a city view roof deck and most of all, across from some of the best shopping, eateries and theaters on the west side. conveniently adjacent to Clementines.

FLORA HAKIMI 310-498-4054 mshakimi2003@yahoo.com

LEASES STARTING AT $4,250/MO.

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2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH newly remodeled on second floor with A/C and 2 parking.

$2,350/MO. Sam: 310/422-6026

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• • PRIME • • BEVERLY HILLS BEVERLY HILLS Newly Remodeled LIGHT & BRIGHT 1 Bd.+Den+1.5 Ba. Rooftop 1 BEDROOM Lower unit with hardwood floors, includes appliances.

Secured building.

Permit Parking Only. $1,700/MO. Call 310/409-5020

Penthouse

Panoramic Views!

Lots of light, private, hrwd. flrs.

ROBERTSON/BURTON WAY

IMMACULATE LARGE SINGLE

BRENTWOOD ~ WEST L.A. ~ 11640 Kiowa Ave. 1675 Colby Ave. •••••••• *** ***

Newly Updated 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath

• MIRACLE MILE • ~ WESTWOOD ~ 615 S. Cochran Ave. 1385 Kelton Ave. • Single • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Controlled access,

1 Bd.+1 Ba. Hardwood floors, on-sight laundry, Spacious & Bright. dishwasher, on-sight a/c unit, kitchenette. with Kitchen A / C , b a l c o n y, laundry, controlled 323/879-9611 •••••••• 6ft & 7ft Closet space. dishwasher, stove, access, parking.

Close to Museums, Balcony, dishwasher, ELEVATOR, laundry rm, intercom entry, 310/569-1159 The Grove a/c, heated pool, WiFi, gated, quiet, no pets, on-sight laundry, prkg.

Close to U.C.L.A. & & Restaurants. elevator controlled 310/477-0072 Westwood Village no smoiking building. access, on-site laundry, H O L LY W O O D parking. Close to 320 S. Clark Dr. 1769-1775 • WESTWOOD • Brentwood Village, Call 323/252-5600 N. Sycamore Av. Shops & Restaurants. 1628 Westgate Ave. 550 Veteran Ave.

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• Bachelor BRENTWOOD Studio Apartment • GORGEOUS UNITS • Dishwasher, • Border of Controlled access, In Beverly Hills BEVERLY HILLS 11730 SUNSET BLVD. Intercom entry, on-sight • 1 B d . + 1 B a .

Central air, laundry facility. or Great Office

pool, elevator, on-site laundry, intercom entry.

320 N. La Peer Dr.

Freshly Painted, New Carpet, With Central Air, Large Walk-in Closet. • 310/246-0290 • Includes All Utilities, CLOSE TO Private Entrance, S H O P S & D I N I N G Secured Bldg.+Prkg.

Nonsmoker, No Pets.

BEVERLY HILLS $1,625/Month 218 S. Tower Dr. 310/247-8929

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• Jr. 1 Bdrm. • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • •• •• Rooftop pool, Balcony, controlled access, a/c, stove, elevator, laundry facility, parking.

• 310/247-8689 • Close to Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Center & Trendy Robertson Bl.

• • •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• —————–––– BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. —————–––– •• •• 309 S. Sherbourne Dr. •• BEVERLY HILLS • • 2

Olympic Blvd.

Near Roxbury Park

Bdrm. + 1.5 Bath

Old World Charm!

• • • • • • Bright, intercom entry, 1 Bd. +Den +1.5 Ba. 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • $1,600 fridge, stove, laundry fac. Good closet space, a/c, Upper, lrg. kitchen+ bath, C LOSE TO RESTAURANTS elevator, dishwasher, controlled access. Close & SHOPPING. wood floors, stove, fridge, to Cedars/shops/trans.

310/531-3992 dishwasher, a/c, great 310/247-8689 mini-blinds, parking.

No Dogs. * BEVERLY HILLS * BRENTWOOD CHARMING 6-UNIT BLDG. 8725 Clifton Way 925 S. Barrington Ave. 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Newly Remodeled 818/594-1160 Hardwood floors, • 1 Bdrm. + dishwasher, on-site Den + 2 Bath • laundry & parking.

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310/826-0541

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323/851-3790

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1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath gym, parking.

310/208-5166 * * * * * • Free WiFi Access • ∞ ∞ ∞ Newly Remodeled ~ 310/476-3824 ~ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Granite counters, dishWESTWOOD Great Views BRENTWOOD & washer, balcony, stove, 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . Great views, controlled U.C.L.A. CLOSE intercom-entry, on-site • • • access, balcony, 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• laundry, parking.

• • BRENTWOOD • • elevator, lrg. pool, • 310/826-4600 Single • prkg, on-sight laundry.

• 922 S. Barrington Av. • • H IKING IN R UNYON • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • 310/820-1810

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MID-WILSHIRE Close to shops+dining. B RIGHT & S PACIOUS . laundry facility, prkg.

310/826-0541 Balcony, Dishwasher, Close To U.C.L.A. 340 S. St. Andrews Pl. Spacious controlled access 310/477-6856 + 1.5 Bath 1 Bdrm • BRENTWOOD • on-sight laundry, prkg.

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2 Bd.+11/2 Ba. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ = = = = = = to shopping, W E S T W O O D Jr. Executive Close great restaurants

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Lrg. unit. Balcony, 310/207-1965 Close to shopping, 170 N. Crescent Dr. dining & transportation.

Walk-in closet, BRENTWOOD intercom entry, laundry The Carlton facility, elevator, prkg.

11666 Goshen Ave. L.A.’S FINEST, • CHARMING & BRIGHT • MOST LUXURIOUS Single+1 Ba. APT. RENTAL Close to Cedars, * * * * * * WiFi, central air/heat, restaurants, shopping fireplace, patio, * * & transportation. * The Mission” controlled access, “ * * * * • Westwood • pool, elevator, parking, 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath • 310/276-1528 • laundry facility.

1,800sf+, street views

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Granite counter tops, stainWiFi, a/c, intercom W E S T W O O D less steel appliances, entry, laundry facility, 1380 Midvale Ave. air conditioned, new elevator, parking, pool.

• • • • • • hrwd. flrs., designer CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., finishes, balcony, ceiling Single SHOPPING & 1 BLK. • • • • • fan, elevator, controlled TO WESTWOOD PARK. WiFi, pool, elevator, access. Fitness ctr, yoga 310/478-8616 controlled access, on- room, wi-fi, skyview sight laundry, parking. lounge w/ outdoor fire310/312-9871 WESTWOOD C l o s e t o U . C . L . A . place, laundry facilities.

• • • • • lrg kitch w/ island, new Easy freeway access Shopping & Dining in appl., washer/dryer. BEVERLY HILLS • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. 310/473-1509 1370 Veteran Ave. 213/382-102 1 221 S. Doheny Dr. Brentwood Village • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. * * * * * * * • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath CULVER CITY • • • • • Large & Bright.

LOS ANGELES 6-Month Lease Avail.

• 2 Bd.+2 Ba. 3830 Vinton Ave. SANTA MONICA Pool, a/c, balcony, Single 401 S. HOOVER St. * * * * * * • Spacious • stove, dishwasher, Spacious, hardwood flrs., Every •••• Extra Luxury •••• • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • • • • • • • laundry rm., prkg., inter- huge closets, built-in custom cabinets, granite 3 Bdrm. + 2 Bath Balcony, air conditioning • • • 1 Bd. + Single • Approx. 1,100sf. com entry, elevator. countertops, stone entry, • • • • 1 Ba. a/c, dishwasher, pool, dishwasher, controlled • • Patio, dishwasher, pool, health club, spa.

• CLOSE TO SHOPS elevator, controlled • • • • • • • • • Free WiFi Access • on-site laundry, parking. access bldg., WiFi, Pool, sauna, & R E S TA U R A N T S Control access, pool, • Close to UCLA • intercom entry, LOSE TO S CHOOL , C pool, on-sight laundry, access, laundry dishwasher, elevator, C A N O N /B E V E R LY / 1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. elevator, on-site F REEWAY & gym, parking. facilities. No pets.

L.A., 90024 on-site laundry RODEO DR. T RANSPORTATION . laundry, parking.

310/477-6885 Contact Mgr.: 424/343-0015 and parking.

310/449-1100 All Utilities Paid.

310/858-8133 • 310/864-0319 • 2600 Virginia Ave. Close to U.C.L.A. 213/385-4751 Great Location!

310/841-2367

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ANTIQUES / JEWELRY

BUY & SELL

BUY & SELL

WANTED

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

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

IN ADDITION TO

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

TOP DOLLAR PAID Call 310/289-9561

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Garage/ Estate Sale CENTURY CITY MOVING SALE Everything Must Go! Furniture: Living room and dining table with chairs, table accessories, beautiful Persian rugs, one of kind Mariani marble coffee table and much much more!!

By appointment only Call 310/623-2911

201 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hillls 310-550-5755

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AUTOS FOR SALE

BUY & SELL

store license # 19101172

2011 Mercedes Benz SL550 RARE & Exceptional! www.WDTCEO.com O F

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Buyers and Sellers of High-End Jewelry & Watches

HIGH-END & CLASSIC CAR CALL ERIC

310/345-1487

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

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CARPET CLEANING

CONTRACTORS

ELECTRIC

J & J Carpet Cleaning

CONTRACTOR

CARE ELECTRIC

A Professional Carpet Cleaning Service at a Reasonable Cost Licensed/Insured/Bonded

Satisfaction Guaranteed • Jose Gutierrez • Cell: 818/400-9534

j.jcarpetcleaning@ yahoo.com Senior Discounts

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REMODELING & NEW ADDITIONS FREE Estimates

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

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All Electrical Needs!

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

310/901-9411 Lic.# 568446

POOL SERVICES

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• Marble Polishing • Sealing • Floor Restoration • Grout Cleaning

REASONABLE RATES HONEST & RELIABLE CALL

Call For Free Estimate:

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www.elaninnovativeconstruction.com General Building Contractor

Lic. No. 953274

“FREE ESTIMATE” Call 310-294-6866

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

HANDY PEOPLE

SUDOKU

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

H & L RAFAEL HANDYMAN and MAINTENANCE Painting • Plumbing Tiling • Electric • Drywall Remodel & Demolition • Hauling, Remove and Replace Carpet.

Residential & Commercial Cleaning. Shampoo Carpet.

Property Management.

PAINTING

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Residential/Commercial

SUDOKU ANSWER 04/29/16 ISSUE

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NO JOB TOO SMALL. LIC. # 641602 HUGO: 310/204-6107 BONDED + INSURED 20 Years Experience or 661/886-9440

323/658-7847 323/864-2490

SERVICE DIRECTORY To Advertise Your Business Call 310-278-1322

PAINTING

• WHITNEY'S • FREE ESTIMATE ELECTRICAL AND HANDYMAN SERVICE Lamps, Fixtures, Etc...

30 years of Quality service.

Big and small jobs.

Immediate Response Excellent reference.

Call Robert at

805-252-2122

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PAINTING Interior/Exterior House • Commercial Since 1982 I Have Great Preparation

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• Home Repairs • Remodeling • Carpentry

Lic. # 689667 • Bonded / Insured

323/733-4898 Call Young anytime “I Do My Own Work”

• Ceramic Tile • Plumbing • Drywall • Painting • Plaster • Wallpaper

• Call Dave •

HANDYMAN SERVICES

323/651-1832

HONEST and RELIABLE

No Job Too BIG or Too small!

No job too Big but not too Small

Cell: 213/300-0223

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Chairman 2014 Paula Kent Meehan President & Publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Millions have been mourning the passing of gifted musician Prince the past couple of weeks, but few may know of his genuine love for Beverly Hills. He was a frequent guest here and stayed most comfortably a lot of times in his private bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel. I wrote an item on Prince “serenading hotel guests from the patio of his private suite” for Liz Smith’s New Yorkbased celebrity column.

I also learned from a trusted source at the hotel that Prince would frequent the Fountain Coffee Room quite often for his favorite fresh squeezed orange juice and special spaghetti alla carbon the chef would whip up for him. Hey, with all that performing, carbs were not a problem for the “purple people pleaser."

One time I was at my “office” at Nate ‘n Al waiting to meet my Olympic track star PR client Nick Symmonds for lunch. Musician Lenny Kravitz was also there with his manager. Nick was running late, so I was alone when I was about to be seated by the hostess. I offered my table to Lenny and his manager and they graciously accepted. Later, when Nick and I were seated, Prince shows up to sit at their table, dressed in all white with black Lacoste sunglasses (I have worn them ever since). This was the year that Prince and Lenny performed the song American Woman together. I was so enthralled seeing Prince act so blatantly “normal” ordering a vegetarian sandwich and legendary potato salad.

Lenny made his way over to our table before Prince arrived and thanked us for giving up our spot. Lenny was impressed meeting Nick, a bona fide 800 meter champion, and admitted he himself ran track in high school! “Running is harder than anything I do onstage,” Lenny joked. I never got to meet Prince, but just seeing him eating a sandwich (one bite at a time) brought it to a level that was truly personal.

Prince memorialized Beverly Hills in the song Let's Go Crazy from the film Purple Rain, where he sings “So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills...you know the one, Dr. Everything’ll be all right..” and used to shop on Rodeo Drive and Wilshire, even filming a funny segment with his pal Oprah, one time helping her pick out shoes at Barney’s and Saks. (Oprah prefers to stay at The Beverly Wilshire nearby).

Prince was incredibly talented and his music will live on for generations. His innovation, passion and exceptional talent were groundbreaking and inspirational. Prince mentored many musicians and wrote songs for them. The Bangles’ Manic Monday was written by him as was Sugar Walls by Sheena Easton and Sheila E.’s The Glamorous Life. When wanting to experience his own version of that glamorous life away from Minneapolis, Prince would visit Beverly Hills and even pop in to Sprinkles cupcakes and Kreation juice bar, just like so many of us mere mortals do.

Hal Lifson

Another Phobia From Roger Lefkon THE FEAR OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS My fear of medical institutions has now reached the point where I am too scared to visit sick relatives and friends unless, of course, they owe me money or have a great box at the Hollywood Bowl. Though wonderful things do happen in hospitals, where babies are born, individuals recover from illnesses and miracles of healing occur, they are also places where people are ill, some in pain, others in distress–many suppressing anger and hostility, an experience not unlike having dinner with my former inlaws Given the possibility of catching something life threatening, whenever I visit someone who is ill, I limit my stay in the patient’s room and maximize my time spent in the one area of the hospital that is guaranteed to be a safe haven, the gift shop. The heartbeat of any health care facility, hospital gift shops contain a staggering array of merchandise ranging from musical cards that play Bob Dylan’s rendition of Knocking On Heavens Door, stuffed animals that become aggressive and have been known to attack patients and visitors when served hospital food, Mylar balloons that will outlast your hospital stay if properly cared for, and exotic fruit baskets filled with lychees, pomegranate, goji berries, kumguats and, for those with low testosterone, passion fruit. There is also an eclectic selection of books for those under the weather. Titles such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Insiders View, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The O.R., The Erotic Pop-Up Nurse Book (also available as an X-rated DVD) and Suture Self: The Essential Guide Guaranteed To Keep You In Stitches.

Visiting a hospital is one thing, being there as a patient is quite another. Over the years my fears have been more than justified having had to undergo several surgical procedures. As soon as I settle into my room I try and become familiar with my surroundings. The bathroom with its sandpaper grade single ply toilet paper, people moaning in adjacent rooms, many of whom are visitors, nurses who don’t look anything like the ones on medical shows, congested hallways populated by patients on crutches, mechanized wheelchairs and walkers, all talking on their cell phones as they try to avoid colliding with post op patients parked on gurneys. The bed, however, is a marvel, a Stryker S3, the Rolls Royce of hospital beds. Its features include one hand operation of the side rails to help me deal with my fear of heights, specifically falling out of bed and plummeting two feet to the floor below. Next up is getting fitted for a hospital gown. I have never been able to master the technique of getting into one of these things and tying the strings behind me by myself. I always wind

up putting it on backwards and in doing so exposing my rear anatomy to the prying paparazzi posing as window washers.

The day of my surgery arrives and the removal of my gall bladder will be performed by Dr. Edward Phillips, who gained worldwide notoriety after successfully repairing my hernia during a power blackout with the aide of his cell phone flashlight app. We exchange small talk and he breaks the bad news to me that my gall bladder has no re-sale value. My last thought as the room grows dark is can I be certain that it is really Dr. Phillips behind the Ralph Lauren designed surgical mask and not an intern in search of on the job training?

Back in my room following surgery there is activity everywhere. I am hooked up to a blood pressure monitor, an IV tube is hanging out of my arm, oxygen is being administered, a call button has been placed in my hand that plays the theme from Dr. Zhivago, the TV is on and the Grey’s Anatomy medical team is informing a patient that he must have his tonsils removed before the next commercial break if he is to successfully compete on this week’s American Idol. A nurse asks that I look at the “Smiley Face Chart” and tell her which of the six faces (calibrated from happy to frowny) best describes my level of pain. I go for number four because the mildly bemused face with a slightly constipated expression reminds me of Homer Simpson. Eventually I fall into a deep sleep only to be suddenly awakened at 3 AM by a nurse closely resembling Nurse Ratched urging me to take a sleeping pill.

When it comes time for me to be discharged I’m packed and ready to go gratified that my sell date did not arrive. With the requisite bowel movement behind me there is only one final detail to attend to, the removal of the ID wristband I was given when admitted. Well the bottom line is that it cannot be removed. Hospital security calls a locksmith, no luck, the fire department strikes out and a team of NASA scientists arrives and fails to remove it after discovering that the bracelet is made from a combination of metallic rubber, military-grade titanium and Kryptonite. Many years have gone by and the indestructible ID bracelet continues to adorn my wrist.

So keep in mind that when you are a hospital patient nurses call all the shots and it’s best never to rely on a doctor whose office plants have died.

Beverly Hills resident Roger Lefkon is a veteran TV writer/producer, former senior executive with Merv Griffin Entertain ment and author of The World Is A really Scary Place.

Cartoon for The Courier by Janet Salter

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (May 6). You’ve been so kind to the people around you, and the warm social atmosphere you’ve built will be a source of pleasure and comfort this year. The next 10 weeks are for finishing a big project. The reward will come in August. September will bring a financial upturn. Traveling to see more beauty will be well worth the expense. Leo and Libra adore you.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). “No help whatsoever,” “more trouble than it’s worth,” “diminishing returns”: These phrases being bandied about don't reflect your feelings. You see potential where others see only risk and loss. You’ll prove them wrong.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are fair-minded and interested in the opinions of others. You’ll go to extra lengths to make sure everyone who wants to chime in on a subject has the opportunity to be heard.

Don’t forget to add your own voice to the mix.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The money that makes your life easier is the kind you earn fair and square, free and clear. Then there’s money that makes your life harder: It’s borrowed or given with strings attached. Avoid that kind now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Don’t let things get boring. Reversals will delight you, especially those pertaining to familial roles. You’ll find charm in the way children act like adults and adults play like children.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What you once struggled with is now so effortlessly accomplished you hardly remember you’re doing it.

Details you got hung up on don’t matter to you anymore—all signs that you’re on to bigger and better things.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you’re going someplace that no one has gone before, you’re going to have to clear your own road. This is only worth it if the destination is a place your soul feels called to find.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You don’t have to know much about gravity to follow its rules. The compliance of everything around is a perk that comes with being a force of nature. Guess what? You’re a force of nature, too.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Try not to get too caught up in the long-term implication of a decision. Focus on whether or not it feels, in this moment, like the highest and best for you and everyone involved.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). That little pot of trouble brewing on the back burner needs some attention. If you ignore it, it’s sure to boil over. If you stir it, you’ll only be stuck doing that the whole time it cooks. Turn off the heat. It’s the only way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your “live and let live” policy usually serves you well, but not today. Bottom line: If you don't speak up in today’s situation the other will assume you’re a passive bystander.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar, 20). You may jump toward the sun, but you are not trying to land there or anything. It’s just that having brilliant goals makes getting off the ground a lot more fun.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). You’ll need one or two more assessments of the situation before you can properly relax. So dive in, make your notes, surmise the outcome and then put the whole thing to rest so you can finally have some fun.

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

ASSAULTS 04/28 400 S. Maple Dr. 04/29 400 S. Bedford Dr. BURGLARIES 04/26 100 Bedford Dr. 04/27 9900 Durant Dr. ($450) 04/27 9900 Durant Dr. 04/27 9100 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,030) 04/27 9100 Wilshire Blvd. ($370) 04/27 9200 Charleville Blvd.

04/28 9400 Sunset Blvd. ($240,000) 04/29 200 Spalding Dr. ($4) 04/29 600 Hillcrest Rd. 04/30 1000 Hillcrest Rd. 05/01 8500 Wilshire Blvd.

GRAND THEFTS 04/28 400 N. Oakhurst Dr. ($1,130) 04/28 9800 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,000) 04/28 9500 Wilshire Blvd.

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