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UP THE LADDER– Firefighter Adam Meinhardt (pictured left) was one of many Beverly Hills Firefighters who balanced on a ladder as guests entered the ballroom at the Beverly Hilton for Tuesday evening’s Backdraft Ball. Mark Hein was honored at the event as Beverly Hills Firefighter of the Year. Actor Steven Webb emceed the evening and firefighter Chad Beery sang the National Anthem. Though all receipts are not yet in, organizers say it appears this year’s event raised more money than ever. The event is the Beverly Hills Firefighters’ Association's main fundraiser of the year and supports the Post-Retirement Medical Benefit Trust Fund for the BHFA, which provides medical insurance for city firefighters and their families after they retire.

THIS ISSUE

Marcus leads this week’s list of Freshpet adoptable pets of the week.

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UCLA’s Hannah Carter Garden sold for $12.5 million.

L’Ermitage Gets 5-Star Conditional Use Permit From Beverly Hills City Council

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills City Council granted the Viceroy L’Ermitage Hotel a new Conditional Use Permit that retains most of the interim ordinance from the May 2 Special Meeting of the Planning Commission, altering only six of the conditions.

The new CUP allows the hotel to continue to operate the patio restaurant and have rooftop events unless the hotel receives five violations. Changes include the following enhanced conditions:

• The new entrance to the Avec Nous Restaurant will be reviewed at the end of a one-year trial period when the CUP comes up for renewal.; • The rooftop maximum occupancy is now 250 guests for events (previously no maximum occupancy was specified), and rooftop events must end at 9 p.m. (prior was 10 p.m.), with all guests having exited the rooftop by 10 p.m. (prior was 11 p.m.). (see ‘L’ERMITAGE’ page 21)

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The Playboy Mansion sold this week to its neighbor for $100 million.

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Beverly Elder: Joan Benny, Born Into A Comedy Dynasty Part 72 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have

George Christy, Page 6 Shera Danese Falk Reveals How To Save A Mallard Duck, And Queen Elizabeth II’s Exclusive 30Page Portfolio With Her Nearest And Dearest In The July Vanity Fair

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ROCK THE VOTE — Beverly Hills residents took their voting to the streets Tuesday, as volunteers spent hours helping residents vote outside of their polling place at The Paley Center, which was closed and not allowing voters inside. See page 4 for the full story.

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By Laura Coleman That she is Jack Benny’s daughter is very much secondary to this week’s Beverly Hills Elder Joan Benny, a truly independent woman with an indefatigable zest for life and a passion for the arts.

“I had a wonderful childhood–being the daughter of a celebrity had its perks,” she described.

“Our 1000 block on Roxbury was celebrity heaven,” she added.

Agnes Morehead and Ira Gershwin (see ‘JOAN BENNY’ page 17)

Joan Benny

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District Court Judge Opens Gate For Metro To Answer $200 Million Question

By Laura Coleman Yesterday morning, downtown in Federal Courthouse Room 10, U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu assured attorneys for the City of Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills Unified School District that the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) would soon be on the hook to answer the question as to just why it is willing to expend “hundreds of millions of dollars more” to build the Constellation Station in Century City than an alternative station as part of the Purple Line subway extension.

Judge Wu said he planned to rule at 4 p.m. July 1 in his courtroom on Beverly Hills Unified Sch. Dist. v. Fed.

Transit Admin., et. al. As part of the ruling, Metro will be required to include a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) which will include a period for public comment.

Questions that the public might pose include: What health impacts will there be to Beverly Hills High School students and staff from the removal of two cumulative miles worth of asphalt and earth through a portal 10 feet from the school? What are the risks of building a subway tunnel that travels through fields of potentially explosive methane pockets? Why did Metro settle on a station that will cost $200 million more than its other top (see ‘METRO’ page 17)

Parrent Smith Selected As Private Investigators Of Toxic Tree Cutting

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills City Council selected Parrent Smith Investigations in a 3-2 decision with Mayor John Mirisch and Councilmember Julian Gold dissenting Monday, as the firm chosen to investigate events surrounding the cutting down of 196 trees on Parcels 12 & 13 on Nov. 21-22 last year.

Initially, Mirisch and Gold interviewed six firms under consideration for the position, and at the May 10 City Council meeting, they recommended the firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Then, Vice Mayor Nancy Krasne and Councilmember Lili Bosse re-interviewed the remaining four firms, including the Channel Law Group, LLP,

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Parrent Smith Investigations & Research Private Investigators, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and Castellón & Funderburk LLP. Channel Law Group withdrew from consideration.

The two councilmembers recommended Parrent Smith and with the confirmation of Kathy Reims to fill the seat vacated by former Councilmember Willie Brien, a potential 2-2 tie was broken.

The private investigation firm is a departure from all previous recommendations as the City traditionally defaults to law firms. After much consideration, said Bosse, she felt strongly that a private investigation firm was the best fit.

Vice Mayor Krasne, who (see ‘PARRENT SMITH’ page 15)

PARTY TIME — Jon Cryer and Lisa Joyner joined the celebrities at the Television Academy 70th Anniversary Gala and Opening of the state of the art Saban Media Center.

More attendees included Lassie, Chelsea Handler, Allison Janney, Lea Michele, Suzanne Somers, Bob Newheart, Eric Stonestreet.

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

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How Beverly Hills Voted In The June 7 California Primary

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Hundreds Gather To Remember Tanaz Akhlaghi

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Others receiving votes: Michael Sternberg 17, Roque De La Fuente - 11; Keith Judd - 7; Henry Hewes - 6; Willie Wilson - 5.

Others receiving votes: John Kasich - 202; Ted Cruz - 58; Ben Carson - 12; Jim Gilmore - 8.

Voting Al Fresco Tuesday At The Paley Center In Beverly Hills

By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills voters looking to vote at the Paley Center for Media Tuesday morning received a chilly welcome once it was revealed that the 465 N. Beverly Dr. business had refused access to registered voters heading to an official polling place.

“We got here this morning and the doors were locked at 6 a.m.,” said Beverly Hills resident Joe Safier, the volunteer inspector charged with heading up election volunteers for three precincts at the Paley Center for Media from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. “I just made the decision; voting's got to happen. So we just set up on the street.”

The L.A. County RegistrarRecorder/City Clerk specified a 6 a.m. set-up time in its communication to election volunteers.

For almost four hours precinct volunteers helped vot-

ers cast their ballots outside the Paley Center. Safier, who has volunteered for a dozen elections, estimated that roughly 100 people had voted by 11 a.m.

For Beverly Hills resident Jonathan Prince, who voted Al Fresco around 10:30 a.m., the unique experience reaffirmed the City's strong community as well as just how fortunate he is to live in this City.

“For me, if this is what qualifies as inconvenience in Beverly Hills, we have to look around and say how lucky we are,” he said, adding how the volunteers were sitting on sidewalks and walls and doing their best to make sure that voters experienced as little inconvenience as possible. “Voters in other parts of the country stand in line for hours.

Identifications go missing.”

Prince was among a (see ‘VOTING’ page 18)

Marv is a 3-legged terrier, 3 yrs old

MIGHTY MARCUS – Marcus is a 2-year-old, 9-pound, Yorkie Schnauzer mix pup. Sally’s Rescue saved him from death row of Devore shelter. He is available for adoption through the non-profit rescue only pet store ShelterHopePetShop.org. Those interesting in making Marcus a part of their family may call Shelter Hope at 805-379-3538.

Noelle is a 2-yr old cuddly Chihuahua

Tootsie - 9 yr old minpin/Manchester Terrier

Tate is a yr-old Pointer-Boxer Mix

The above four puppies are from Wags and Walks, a Westside rescue.

To donate, volunteer or inquire visit www.wagsandwalks.org.

By Victoria Talbot A memorial service for Tanaz Akhlaghi at Temple Emanuel Thursday drew hundreds of people, including many who joined “Team Tanaz” to support her through her final journey. Akhlaghi succumbed Sunday to pancreatic cancer. She was 42.

Mayor John Mirisch lowered the City's flag at City Hall to half-mast in recognition of her passing. “Beverly Hills was lucky to have had her,” said Mirisch, who called for a moment of silence at Monday's City Council meeting.

Akhalghi was active in several charities and civic events.

In March 2014, she organized a team of her colleagues to train for the Los Angeles Marathon.

The team raised $17,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Akhalghi, a realtor at Partner's Trust, was diagnosed

with fourth stage pancreatic cancer last August.

Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer is most often undetected until it is too late, and has only a seven percent survival rate. In her case, it had already metastasized to her bones and blood when she was diagnosed.

Akhalghi had just become engaged to Brian Ayala July 3, and her future seemed so bright. Ayala never left her side during the subsequent journey of cancer treatments and challenges.

And Akhalghi approached the illness with the same passion she lived her life. Her options limited by how advanced the cancer already had become, she fought with every tool she found. She was aided with the support of a whole community that came together to join her fiancé and her family as she fought for her life.

At Partners Trust, a portion

Tanaz Akhlaghi of each commission goes to the Partners Trust Charitable Trust 501(c)(3) and is distributed at their annual charity event. Last August, Nick Segal, President of Partner's Trust, launched Team Tanaz at the event.

The burden of a catastrophic illness such as pancreatic cancer typically is only partially covered by health insurance. Segal launched www.TeamTanaz.com with friends, colleagues and family, to ease the burden of what (see ‘TANAZ AKHLAGHI’ page 15)

COURIER IN COSTA RICA– Lifelong Beverly Hills residents Morgan (left) and Michael Gilfenbain spent spring break in Costa Rica, but made sure to bring a copy of the Courier along for reading on their downtime. Pictured: Morgan and Michael standing in front of the Roblesabana (the yellow flower), the national tree of Costa Rica, which blooms only two weeks out of the year. To join the Gilfenbain’s in the “Carry the Courier” club, e-mail a photo of yourself with a copy of the Courier to mlopez@bhcourier.com.

Dana Findley Tapped As New Horace Mann Principal, Replacing Harvey Oaxaca

By Laura Coleman In a surprise move, Superintendent Steve Kessler named Dana Findley to replace Harvey Oaxaca as Horace Mann principal, pending Board of Education approval at Tuesday’s upcoming meeting.

“It is with a bit of sadness that I announce that Mr. Oaxaca will not be returning as principal of Horace Mann

School,” Kessler told the community in an email. “[He] has decided to accept the position of Manager of School Improvement and Curriculum Development in the Elementary School Division for the Palm Beach County Schools in Florida.”

Findley, who joined BHUSD as a teacher in 1996 and was the assistant principal at Horace Mann from 2008-

2012, brings a wealth of teaching and administrative experience to her new position.

“I am very excited that she is returning to the Husky Nation and I know along with Assistant Principal David Foldvary, she will form an outstanding administrative team to lead Horace Mann into a very bright future,” Kessler said.

Woofstock Returns to Roxbury Park June 26

By Victoria Talbot Woofstock is coming to Beverly Hills' Roxbury Park.

The beloved doggie extravaganza is everything dog, from mutts to massage, all under one roof. Rained out in March, the event was rescheduled for Sunday, June 26 at Roxbury Park Wiggly Field, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

The day-long doggie festival features a Pet Parade costume contest, with three categories - “Su-Paw” Heroes, Most Creative and Baseball Dog of Fame, the last created by

Mayor John Mirisch to promote the Play Ball initiative in conjunction with Major League Baseball and mayors across the country to promote youth participation in the sport of baseball.

The event also features pet adoptions, pet-related goods and services, and super-animal demonstrations like frisbee and agility.

The Pet Care Foundation and the The Amanda Foundation will bring more than 120 pets available for adoption, so anyone consider-

ing adding a canine companion to their life should consider adopting.

Another fun feature will be doggie wedding ceremonies, along with free eats and treats for pets, play samples, and canine massage therapy.

The event is free and parking is too, at Beverly Hills High School across the street. Petfriendly shuttles will run from 10:45-5 pm.

For more information visit www.beverlyhills.org/woofstock.

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Beverly Hills Hillside Urgency Ordinance Transforms to Regular Ordinance To Be Heard June 30

By Victoria Talbot Instead of recommending an Urgency Ordinance on Hillside Development to City Council, the Beverly Hills Planning Commission changed midstream and now, they will be holding a special meeting June 30 at 7 p.m. to adopt the conditions as a regular ordinance.

From the beginning some commissioners expressed doubt about the ordinance actually being of an urgent nature.

Said Commissioner Lori Gordon, the urgency is actually a result of having proposed the ordinance, which could provoke a rush of developers attempting to get their projects permitted.

Since July 2014, the Planning Commission has been discussing the existing Hillside development standards. While many issues have been addressed in the Trousdale area, the same is not true for the rest of the Hillside area.

The ordinance will address Hillside developments that rely increasingly on retaining walls

and grading to facilitate larger projects. The proposed ordinance addresses degradation of the natural hillside contours, increased construction impacts, and the potential for slope destabilization.

The ordinance is “a mechanism to look at things that are currently ‘by-right,’” said Commissioner Craig Corman, who penned the ordinance with City staff.

On July 24, 2014 the Commission passed an Urgency Ordinance recommendation to City Council that prohibited the expansion of the level pad in Hillside areas. The City Council voted to adopt the ordinance on July 29 and it expired Sept. 12 when it was not renewed.

After public comments and discussion, including concerned residents planning construction on their homes, opposition from several project facilitators and support from several residents, the commission voted 3-2 to send the ordinance to the City Council.

Corman asked the commission to reconsider. “With a 3-2 vote, I didn’t think we

could get a four-fifth vote in the council,” he said.

Commission Chair Alan Robert Block and Vice Chair Joe Shooshani were unable to make the urgency finding.

Shooshani, Block, Commissioners Lori Gordon and Howard Fisher all felt that there should be more public notice as well.

Shooshani, who will become Chair in two weeks, expressed concern that, “We are destroying our property values,” he said By transforming the ordinance from an Urgency Ordinance to a regular ordinance, public notification will go to all residents affected by the ordinance and there will be two weeks notice for the public.

The Planning Commission has sought a path to creating a comprehensive Hillside Ordinance for several years.

“The City Council did nothing to with it in 2014,” said Block.

This is the first year that funds have been budgeted for this project.

This time, the City Council (see ‘URGENCY’ page 18)

UCLA Accepts $12.5 Million Offer For Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

By Laura Coleman Since the death knell first rumbled for the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel-Air in 2010, when UCLA undertook efforts to sell the 1.5-acre Kyoto-style garden it had promised to maintain “in perpetuity” just months after the woman for whom it was named had died, the future of the verdant paradise has remained unknown.

That may or may not change now that real estate developer Mark Gabay, cofounder of the Charles Company, has purchased the garden on Bellagio Way from UCLA for $12.5 million in a package that also includes the adjacent residence at 626 Siena Way. Both properties were bequeathed to the university by former UC regent and UCLA alum Edward Carter in 1964 with a contractual stipulation that the garden be maintained in perpetuity. For over a half a century, before UCLA closed the garden to the public in 2012 and listed it for sale, the garden had been used as both an educational resource as well as space for reflection.

Created by Nagao Sakurai and Kazuo Nakamura, the traditional Japanese garden, unique in the West, boasts native Japanese greenery, a traditional teahouse, bridges, brilliant Koi in a pond, symbolic rocks, water basins and a

Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

shrine.

According to legal documents, the sale of the Carter residence was to be used to fund endowments and the priority endowment was specified as the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.

Advocacy groups swiftly criticized the university after it closed the garden and listed it together with the former Carter residence for sale for a total of $14.7 million.

The regents were subsequently prevented from selling the property when on July 27, 2012, L.A. Superior Court Judge Lisa Hart Cole issued a preliminary injunction and called the university “duplicitous” in its attempt to sell the garden.

As a first step to realize the sale of the property, UCLA successfully petitioned San

Francisco Supervising Deputy Attorney General Kelvin Gong to remove the trust’s “in perpetuity” clause just months after Hannah Carter’s death in 2009.

A lawsuit, filed by the heirs of Hannah Carter shortly after they learned that the university had listed the garden for sale in 2012, even though UCLA was contractually obligated to maintain the garden “in perpetuity”, was settled last October with the caveat that the new owner preserve the garden for 30 years.

“It is my ardent hope that Mr. Gabay and the Charles Company will have the civic vision, cultural appreciation and philanthropic spirit to lovingly preserve the HCJG in perpetuity and once more open it to the public,” said Stephanie Barbanell, who first visited the (see ‘HANNAH CARTER’ page 18)

MUSIC IN THE MANSION– Friends of Greystone finishes up this season of its Music in the Mansion series at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19 with Quarteto Nuevo’s eclectic blend of European folk, Latin jazz and western classical music. These unique instrumentals will be performed at Greystone mansion where, on June 20, the Mansion will host the 18th annual iPalpiti Festival, featuring prize-winning musicians from around the world. Tickets Quarteto Nuevo are $20; seating is limited. Purchase online at www.beverlyhills.org/bhreg. Tickets for iPalpiti are $40. For more information visit www.beverlyhills.org/exploring/greystonemansiongardens/musicinthemansionot or call 310-285-6850 or 310-2856830. Sunday concerts are followed by meet-the-artists receptions and a tour of the first floor of the Greystone mansion.

Where To Celebrate Father’s Day In Beverly Hills

By Matt Lopez On June 19, the Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance continues an annual Father’s Day tradition of showcasing some of world’s finest classic cars and supercars.

Of course, dad’s got to eat, too. So before, or after, you hit Rodeo Drive, don’t forget to feed your father with some of these Beverly Hills Father’s Day dining options: The Beverly Hilton: CIRCA 55 offers a lavish brunch buffet with free-flowing Prosecco and authentic BBQ. Brunch is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. $81 for adults, $40 for children under 12. Call 310-887-6055.

The Beverly Wilshire: Treat dad to a tasty steak at Wolfgang Puck’s CUT, which will be serving its a la carte menu from 5-9 p.m. Call 310275-5200. At THE Blvd, dad can enjoy sweet chili jumbo prawns, colorado double lamb chops and an endless draft beer bar from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Call 310-275-5200.

The Peninsula Beverly Hills: The Belvedere will serve its champagne brunch with a seafood-centric menu and generous dessert bar from Pastry Chef Stephanie Boswell. $85 per person with free-flowing Nicolas Feuillatte champagne for an additional $25. Call 310-975-2736. At the Roof Garden, fathers can enjoy BBQ With a View from Chef David Codney. Call 310-975-2855.

The Beverly Hills Hotel: The Polo Lounge offers a delicious brunch menu with several entree options, including maine lobster roll, mole braised short ribs or diver scallops, among others. Cocktail options include a Ramos Fizz, Moscow Mule or beer from Stone Brewing Co. $95 per adult. Call 310-887-2777.

Montage Beverly Hills: George from chef and restauranteur Geoffrey Zakarian

offers Father’s Day dining showcasing locally-sourced ingredients. Call 310-8607886.

Spice Affair: Enjoy champagne brunch, live music and award-winning dishes. Brunch is $49 per person from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 310-400-6800.

Il Cielo: Enjoy dinner from Il Cielo’s tasty a la carte menu with many beverage specials.

Call 310-276-9990.

The Palm: Treat dad to a 16-ounce bone-in filet mignon, peppercorn crusted and topped with wild mushroom and jump lump crabmeat butter for just $65. Call 310-5508811.

Mastro’s: Dad can enjoy a flavorful 24 oz. Porterhouse, a 32 oz. Chef’s Cut Ribeye Chop or 18 oz bone-in filet, paired with lobster mashed potatoes and a tasty martini. 310-8888782.

La Dolce Vita: Dad can dig into a “Steak & Scotch” Father’s Day dinner, including an 8 oz.

Grilled Waygu Ribeye, choice of side and a flight of four whiskeys (1 oz. pours). Dinner is $80 per guest. Call 310-2781845.

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar: Enjoy a three-course Prix Fixe menu including Fleming’s Tomahawak Steak for $85 per person. Fleming’s also offers a three-course Father’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for $39.95 per adult, $17.95 per child. Call 310-278-8710.

Morton’s The Steakhouse: Enjoy three courses of salads, entrees, sides and dessert for $59. Call 310-246-1501.

Mr. C Beverly Hills: Dad can enjoy a venetian grigliata lunch buffet, poolside BBQ, endless pours of Peroni or wine, live music and games for $85 per person and $47 each for children under 12. Call 877-334-5623.

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vegetables. The Duke and Duchess plan on three children, preferably close in age.

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A Christmas card from the Falk family archives

Shera’s now-gone James Amadeo

Shera Danese Falk en route to an Animal Activists Ball at the Beverly Hilton with James Amadeo on her right, and Lucia Jeanette on her left

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he mallard duck she named Ramon would not go away. He could not fly, he couldn’t quack. How he landed in her garden remained a mystery.

Did someone possibly place him there?

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colorful dude – a Beau Brummel, if you will – with a yellow bill, emerald green and cocoa-brown feathers, Senor Ramon lay there helplessly crippled on the lawn. Compassion took over. She bought a bird house and placed its roof over him for protection, and folded a beach towel underneath as a bed where he slept, feeding him vitamin-rich bread from Whole Foods. Senor Ramon lay there for three days, with Shera Danese Falk assuming he would feel better and fly away soon.

No way.

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Vicenzo Danese claimed when they were discussing college education for Shera that she would “major in dogs and

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animals,” and, indeed, Vicenzo proved prophetic.

She has mistressed as many as sixteen canines at a time chez Falk, one dog more beloved than the other, catering to each of their personalities (dog lovers know how different they can be!). Sher and Peter Falk’s Christmas card on this page tells all.

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ogs and animals are her life. When Senor Ramon slept in her garden without attempting to fly, she worried, phoned PETA, ultimately connected with Maritime Activists.

They suggested Shera touch base with the Pelican Rescue Team in Orange County.

Done.

Hungarian-born

Zoltan Teglas, an ornithologist, arrives in his Pelican Rescue van, cradles Senor Ramon, and they are off to visit the vet. Septic poisoning is the diagnosis, and Senor Ramon now is being babysat until he recuperates fully by Zoltan at his Teglas menagerie.

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ll the while, Shera loses one of her longtime loves, James Amadeo, a Pekingese from Moscow that’s been with her for fourteen years. Crying and grieving, she drives with him to the fabled pet cemetery in Calabasas, where she’s among the major funders.

(We hear, by the way, that the cemetery will bury elephants!)

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n n i e ’s double-page of the Queen, hale and hearty at 90, with her seven great grandchildren, ages 1 to 12, everyone beautiful and handsome, is a classic to be cherished.

(Don’t overlook 2-year-old Mia Tyndall clutching the Queen’s handbag.)

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he newborn Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, sits smiling in the Queen’s lap. More photographs of Princess Charlottte and her 2-year-old brother Prince George are killers.

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ollowing his daughter’s birth, Prince William moved his family far from the spotlight to Amer Hall in remote Norfolk, where he and Kate have worked hard to create a cocoon of normalcy for George and the baby princess,” informs Kate Nicholl In VF’s accompanying article.

Built in 1802, the ten-bedroom Amer Hall’s a Georgian manor where William and brother Harry often lived during their youth. Kate tells friends that she’s “delighted to have left London … and that they love the countryside.”

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rince George rides a neighbor’s ponies, races his toy tractors in the walled garden, and likes to paint like grandfather Prince Charles.

In keeping with his parents’ “normalcy” desires, he attends a local nursery school, and like most young boys prefers French fries to

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page titled All the Queen’s Corgis, written by Michael Joseph Gross, reveals that the Queen has lept corgis even longer than she has known Prince Philip, her husband of 69 years (which she describes elsewhere as “my strength and my stay”).

Her mother, the Queen

Mum, gifted Princess Elizabeth when she was eighteen with her first corgi which joined her on the royal couple’s honeymoon. Years later, the Queen mated her sister Princesss Margaret’s dachshund with a corgi, creating a dorgi. The Queen has programmed 14 generations of corgis.

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riends of the royal family reminisce with personal anecdotes that are heartwarming.

VF’s Reinaldo Herrera recalls he and his designer wife Carolina Herrera attending parties hosted by the Queen, and what “a very good host she is.”

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he throws fun and beautiful parties. She loves receiving guests, and knows how to put people at ease. At Buckingham Palace, she stands at the top of the stairs welcoming everyone. She is wonderful at mixing old and new friends.

The Queen loves dancing to her favorite tunes by Lester Lanin, whose orchestra played at some of her parties …

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n its April 24th issue, The New York Times reported that the Queen’s party planner is Lady Elizabeth Anson, whose code name for the Queen is Shirley Temple. __________________

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n a New York Times editorial about Hillary Clinton, the editorial board asks “for more openness and directness from a candidate who has had a tendency to dodge uncomfortable questions.

Releasing transcrpts of her paid speeches to Wall Street would signal a commitment to reverse these perceptions.

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onald Trump is correctly pointing out that Mrs. Clinton has gone many months without answering questions at a press conference. It is time for her to hold a forthrightly session with reporters.”

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ddly, not a word about the top secret documents in the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal that requires greater probity.

Tech installer Brian Paglilano now declares he will take the Fifth Amendment during the Inspector General’s investigation.

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he tumbledown winds on Capitol Hill remind that the Constitution allows an indicted candidate to run for political office, and that a President may pardon themselves.

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

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nce you’ve had the luck of looking into those smiling blue eyes of the Queen, you never forget her.”

Annie Leibovitz exclusively for Vanity Fair

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he 30page portfolio of the British royal family m a r k i n g Q u e e n Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday with her nearest and dearest is an exclusive Vanity Fair treasure trove, and libraryworthy. Other than several magnificent past portraits of Her Majesty the Queen, plus delightful family candids, the portfolio belongs to the magazine’s illustrious photographer Annie Leibovitz.

hen his dad, an ambulance pilot, was away, George, who Prince William calls “a little monkey … lively and noisy,” asked where his father was. He was told China, and then went searching for his father among the kitchen crockery, “exclaiming, ‘Daddy’s not here.’”

yes, she was so easy to talk with, and, yes, those sparkle-plenty blue eyes are unforgettable.

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greed.

Luck came our way when we were introduced to the Queen during a Polo Match (she in a stunning bright orange coat), and,

The 30-page portfolio in the July issue of Vanity Fair, marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday, is an exclusive treasure trove of family photographs

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Playboy Mansion Sold To Next Door Neighbor For $100 Million

By Victoria Talbot The Playboy Mansion has sold and Hugh Hefner goes with it, marking the biggest sale in 2016.

Daren Metropoulos, principal at Metropoulos & Co. and co-owner of Hostess Brands is buying the home with an agreement that will allow Hefner, 90, to continue to reside there for the rest of his life.

His father, Dean Metropoulos, resides next door in a home he purchased in 2009 for $18 million. He hopes that he can eventually connect the two properties, according to a statement from the buyer.

"Daren is pleased to continue to have Mr. Hefner as his neighbor and feels fortunate and privileged for the opportunity to serve as a steward of this historic property,” Hannah Arnold, a spokeswoman for Metropoulos & Co., said.

“It’s very good news,” said Jeffrey Hyland of Hilton & Hyland. “It shows the strength of the luxury market in Los Angeles.”

Earlier this year the home had been listed at $200 million. The listing agents were Drew Fenton and Gary Gold of Hilton & Hyland and Mauricio Umansky of The Agency.

The Playboy Mansion is perhaps the most notorious residence in Los Angeles, more for Hugh Hefner and his so-

cial events than for its history. But it is a home with a marvelous history.

The story began when Arthur Letts Jr. decided to build the most luxurious estate in Holmby Hills, purchasing 4.5 acres from Janss Investment Co. and the Holmby Corporation, the largest and best location in the nascent Holmby Hills area.

It sits upon a hill overlooking the golf course of the Los Angeles Country Club, Beverly Hills and Downtown Los Angeles.

Architect Arthur R. Kelly designed an English Tudor residence with a stone façade, completed in 1928. The lengthy driveway leads up a hill to an imposing H-shaped structure that features bay windows and oriels with slate-covered pitched rooflines, accented by towers and double chimneys.

The 14,000 square foot home had seven second-floor bedrooms and a two-story Great Hall with huge windows overlooking the golf course.

Letts transplanted many of his father’s specimen trees and plants to landscape the luscious grounds with mature trees and even a greenhouse.

Letts resided there until his death in 1959 as Holmby Hills grew around him. The estate was purchased by Louis Stratham in 1961.

Founders of the Music Center, Stratham and his wife Anne frequently

The Playboy Mansion

entertained with music in the Great Hall.

The residence sold in 1971 for a record $1.05 million to Playboy Enterprises, Inc. at the height of the controversy over the sexual revolution. Hefner’s home reflected a sophisticated chic that surprised the world. His success and his lifestyle marked the beginning of an era, and today, he is a legend.

Hefner added a pool, a gym, sauna,

jacuzzi, barbeque, tennis courts, and a private zoo. In fact, it is the only building in Los Angeles that has a permit for a zoo.

The home has retained its status through several generations, a venerable icon of its age.

Now, as the torch is slowly handed forth to the 21st Century, Hefner and his home are a living, timeless legend. Oh, if walls could speak. . .

LADBS’ Galstian, Zamperini Act Quickly To Shut Down Illegal Road Building

By Matt Lopez It was an unusual sight, to say the least.

Bel-Air residents woke up Tuesday to find that the developer at a new project at 454 Cuesta Way had taken to building his own road.

The developer had crews working along Amapola Lane in Bel-Air, building a new road to more easily access the project at 454 Cuesta Way from the street, without any sort of permits.

A previous L.A. Land Use Zoning

Administrator’s decision, in Case No. ZA 2014-0914, had already clearly established that vehicular access to the property at 454 Cuesta Way from Amapola Lane was strictly prohibited.

Upon learning of the road building, residents and members of the Bel-Air Association quickly alerted Los Angeles Building And Safety officials, who acted promptly, sending out an inspector to deliver a stop work order.

“The Grading Inspector for this neighborhood was already at this site today and has issued a stop work order for the unpermitted excavation.” LADBS Chief Inspector L u k e Zamperini told residents in an e-mail.

The home is listed on permits as being owned by Cuesta Estates, LLC., which lists Dean McKillen as the registered agent on file.

T y l e r Development Corporation is listed as the developer on the property, according to L.A. city permits.

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

Health Happenings...

Lung Cancer Topic Of Free St. John’s Public Lecture P r ov i d e n c e St. John’s Health Center will host a free community lecture, “Advances in Lung Cancer, Caring For Your Lungs,” from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 20 at the center, 2121 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica.

About one in 14 men and one Dr. Robert J. in 17 women will McKenna Jr. develop lung cancer, a number that includes smokers and nonsmokers.

Dr. Robert J. McKenna Jr., chief of thoracic surgery, chairman and professor of thoracic surgery, will discuss the risks of lung cancer and how to care for the lungs through early detection screenings, the latest in surgical advances, treatments and prevention.

To RSVP, call 888-HEALING (4325464). Free parking is available.

CHLA’S NEW HONORARY AMBASSADOR—Kim Kardashian West (left) was honored for her support of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) with a plaque naming her an “honorary Armenian ambassador,” during a reception of the Armenian Ambassadors of Children’s Hospital, presented by CHLA president/CEO Paul Viviano. Delighted to be recognized by the hospital and the Armenian community, West said that as a mother of two, her “appreciation of having a world-class children’s hospital in her backyard has taken on new meaning.”

She has been visiting patients and their families for more than eight years, “and Children’s Hospital is one of the places where I most enjoy spending my time,” she said.

35TH ANNIVERSARY–From left: Curran B. Price Jr., David Ryu, Gil Cedillo, Suzanne Silverstein, Herb J. Wesson Jr., Paul Koretz and Mitch Englander at the 35th anniversary celebration of the Cedars-Sinai Psychological Trauma Center.

Cedars-Sinai Psych Trauma Center Marks 35 Years Cedars-Sinai’s Psychological Trauma Center, an art therapy and counseling program to help students cope with trauma, celebrated its 35th anniversary with a student art exhibit and dinner.

The Psych Trauma Center Share and Care program operates in 28 LAUSD schools, addressing students who are struggling with the effects of bullying, homelessness, family deaths and other issues that hinder them from learning. Since the center’s inception more than 27,000 students have been helped, free of charge.

The anniversary celebration dinner and program honored founder and director Suzanne Silverstein. Several students, in-

cluding graduates, were in attendance to discuss the program’s impact.

Also in attendance was L.A. City Council President Herb J. Wesson Jr. who has been involved in the work of the Psychological Trauma Center since its founding. Silverstein started the program after a student and parent were shot at Wesson’s children’s school.

School Board President Steve Zimmer addressed the crowd of 200 saying, “It’s not an exaggeration to stay that this program is literally a lifeline for countless students and their families. It does some of the most important and the most difficult work that is engaged in our schools.”

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T Photographic Masterpieces In Autry’s

Adams Bringing New New Group f/64, Richard Misrach Exhibit Kander & Ebb Show To The Catalina Led by Ansel Adams and relative achievements.

Edward Weston, Group f/64, an informal association of Bay Area photographers, expanded the medium. And beginning in the 1970s, Richard Misrach used color and large-scale formats to contrast the beauty of the Western landscape with evidence of its environmental decay. Revolutionary Vision, now on display at the Autry Museum of the American West, sets these two developments side by side, offering viewers a new context for assessing their

Revolutionary Vision presents works by seminal members of Group f/64: Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke and Weston.

Devoted to promoting a new direction, Group f/64 formed in 1932 as a challenge to Pictorialism, a movement that favored soft-focus images and hand-manipulated prints.

These photographers called attention to the abstract nature of everyday objects. (see ‘AUTRY,’ page 17)

Broadway star and film and TV personality (and the former Mrs. Steve McQueen) Neile Adams will bring her new cabaret show, Neile Adams Sings Kander & Ebb, to The Catalina Bar & Grill at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 16.

Adams, who appeared in such Broadway hits as Kismet, The Pajama Game and Me And Juliet, will perform songs from Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Act, Steel Pier, Funny Neile Adams Lady, Woman of the Year and The Happy Time.

Ted Sprague directs the show with Andy Howe as musical director and pianist, with Karl Vincent on bass and Steve Pemberton on drums.

Resident Adams is a member of the charitable organization, SHARE and is a board member of The Boys Republic of Chino Hills. (see ‘ADAMS,’ page 15)

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Lawyers Philharmonic To Honor Songwriter Richard Sherman Long-time resident Gary S. Greene will lead the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic and its chorus, Legal Voices, under the direction of Jim Raycroft, in their seventh annual “Concert Extraordinaire” at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 18 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The Sherman Brothers’ memorable Disney music and works by American composers will highlight the evening, with legendary songwriter and longtime resident Richard M. Sherman as a special guest.

KFI radio’s host Bill Handel will emcee the evening.

On the program will be works from Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, Aaron Copeland’s Appalachian Spring and Rodeo and Ferde Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite.

Richard and Robert Sherman (who died in 2012) favorites will include selections from Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, along with music from Tom Sawyer, The Jungle Book and the Disneyland theme parks.

Audience members will also get a taste of the songwriting brothers’ rock ‘n’ roll classics including Tall Paul, You’re

Gary Greene and Richard M. Sherman

Sixteen, Pineapple Princess, Monkey’s Uncle and Let’s Get Together, with presiding justice of the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District Arthur Gilbert on keyboard.

The grand finale will be Sherman conducting a new arrangement of It’s A Small World.

Tony winners will also take part in the program.

• Attorney Michael Maguire, will be a featured soloist in Goin’ Home on a theme from Dvořák’s New World Symphony with the orchestra.

• Broadway star Anthony Crivello (Kiss of the Spider (see ‘LAWYERS,’ page 15)

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BEVERLY HILLS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE: June 23, 2016 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting on Thursday, June 23, 2016, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider a request to allow a pet wellness center to be established as an ancillary use to an existing retail business (Pet Food Express) located at 9153 Olympic Boulevard. The proposed project will require the following entitlements:

Zone Text Amendment. The project includes a zone text amendment that would amend portions of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code (BHMC). The proposed zone text amendment would add a new article to the BHMC to establish regulations pertaining to ancillary uses in commercial zones. A definition for ancillary use would be added to BHMC §10-3100. The proposed Zone Text Amendment would also amend the BHMC to add §10-3-1620.2 to establish a process through which a property owner could establish an ancillary use.

Ancillary uses that meet certain criteria would be allowed by right. Ancillary uses that do not fit the criteria outlined in the code would require the approval of a Conditional Use Permit in order to establish the ancillary use. Currently, the code contains no specific provisions that allow ancillary uses in a commercial zones.

The zone text amendment is proposed in relation to a request to allow a pet wellness center to occupy approximately 285 square feet of the floor area in a 10,200 square foot retail establishment located in the C-3T-2 zone. The pet wellness center would provide services such as animal nail clipping, microchipping of pets, vaccinations, and diet consultations for pets.

This Ordinance has been preliminarily assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The Planning Commission will consider the adoption and implementation of the Ordinance to be exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)3 because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question would have a significant effect on the environment. Adoption and implementation of the Ordinance is eligible for a class 5 categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15305 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations for minor changes in land use limitations and will not have a significant environmental impact.

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

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

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Timothea Tway, Associate Planner in the Planning Division at 310.285.1122, or by email at ttway@beverlyhills.org. The case file, including associated documents are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Sincerely, Timothea Tway, Associate Planner

We File & Publish DBA’s Please Call 310.278.1322

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JEWISH LIFE—The American Society for Yad Vashem, which is dedicated to advancing the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, and The Jewish Life Foundation, which funds the creation of Jewishthemed cultural and educational programs on Jewish Life Television (JLTV), raised over $600,000 at this year’s gala, “A Salute to Hollywood.”

Held at the The Beverly Wilshire, the event honored Holocaust survivors including Hollywood producers Meyer Gottlieb and Branko Lustig with the “Legacy Award”; Entertainment Group President/COO Janice Min and EVP/Group Publisher Lynne Segall, on behalf of The Hollywood Reporter, with the “Vanguard Award” and real estate developer/philanthropist David Wiener with the “Lifetime Achievement Award.” Pictured (from left): Tony Goldwyn presents the “Legacy Award” to Meyer Gottlieb, with American Society for Yad Vashem chairman Leonard A. Wilf.

Photo by Kyle Espeleta SHOP FOR A CAUSE —Kamal Beverly Hills hosted “Shop for a Cause” featuring jewelry and clothing from some of the finest designers of the East with 10-percent of all sales donated to the Malala Fund’s Women and Girls' Education and Empowerment Program.

Pictured (from left): Sabaa Kamal, CEO of Kamal Beverly Hills with Sherina Dalamal, creative director of Cherie D.

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THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS

CANCER FREE GENERATION— Scores of Hollywood celebrities including rock icon Gene Simmons (pictured) gathered to bet big at Tower Cancer Research Foundation’s Cancer Free Generation Poker Tournament and Casino Night at the Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. The 3rd Annual “Ante Up for a Cancer Free Generation Poker Tournament and Casino Night” drew upwards of 300 people, young and old, to support cancer research efforts in this community. Samantha Harris, host of Entertainment Tonight, and former host of Dancing with the Stars, who is a breast cancer survivor, was honored with the inaugural Cancer Free Generation Mission Award. Pictured (from left): Casey Federman, president of Cancer Free Generation (CFG); Linda David, executive director of Tower Cancer Research Foundation; Gene Simmons and his daughter Sophie Tweed-Simmons

Botox Away Lines Or Plump Lips At Alchemy 43

By Laura Coleman Since opening its doors at 440 N. Canon Dr. last month, Alchemy 43 is slowly becoming a local destination for folks looking to lose a few years (at least in appearance) by getting Botox in a salonlike setting.

Billed as “a revolutionary new beauty lab that specializes in cosmetic injectables,” Alchemy 43 is the brainchild of current Beverly Hills resident Nicci Levy. For four years, Levy supplied the Golden Triangle with Allergan products as the company’s territory leader in sales of Botox Juvéderm and Latisse.

During her time with Allergan, Levy said she became acutely aware

that within the Botox market, procedures were way too medical. Alchemy 43, in contrast, is designed as a refined salon where registered nurses perform the injections in an environment that feels more like a spa and less like a doctor’s office.

“It’s very elegant chic,” Levy described.

Approved by the FDA in 2000 for cosmetic use, Botox is used by more people in Beverly Hills 90210 than any other territory in the nation, with New York’s Upper East Side coming in second, according to Levy.

“Botox has the highest customer satisfaction rate; 95 percent-plus. It works really well,” she said.

In addition to three pricing tiers for “wrinkle relaxing”

Nicci Levy

at Alchemy 43, the business also offers an annual membership, which allows members to come four times a year for treatments to remove age lines like crinkly crow’s feet or the number 11’s furrowed in between your eyes.

Levy said together with her team of investors, she plans to open two additional stores in L.A. in the next 12 months.

“We’re trying to become a national brand. We have big growth plans,” she said.

Alchemy 43 also offers fillers, which Levy compared to facelifts or rhinoplasty. All appointments are private.

For more information, visit: www.alchemy43.com.

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served with Bosse as the council’s liaison for this issue, were in complete agreement about their choice.

“With Joan Smith and David Parrent, I was overwhelmingly impressed,” said Bosse in her report. “All their references are attorneys who hire them to do their investigations. . . This is not a trial and they are not in litigation. My colleagues are concerned with attorney-client privilege [protections]. That issue only comes up with depositions and litigation.”

“We evaluated the firms and we were thorough,” said Krasne. “We are looking for transparency with the community, not looking to hide things.

We want to find out what went wrong so it doesn’t happen again.”

Subpoenas can be issued through the City Council if needed, and following the investigation an attorney can be secured if needed for further legal efforts. “If someone did not want to speak to her [Parrent], she would call us immediately to let us know to use it if we need it,” said Bosse.

Depositions are made under penalty of perjury.

“We need someone who specializes in investigation and fact-finding and there is no one better equipped,” said Bosse.

In the course of their interviews, Mannat, Phelps & Phillips actually had more conflicts of interest than any of the other firms. Their firm had represented the Beverly Hills Land Company, the City of Beverly Hills, Stanley Black and Robert Barth, all principals in the ongoing investigation.

The decision to use Parrent Smith was supported by public comment from former mayor Bob Tanenbaum, Municipal League President Thomas White, Lionel Ephraim and Woody Clark – residents who have been involved in the issue from the start.

Gold and Mirisch both felt that the focus had changed

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proved to be a long and difficult path.

Within days, tens of thousands of dollars were donated to help TeamTanaz.

That evening she told the hundreds of friends, supporters and colleagues who had gathered that she would like to see the fund continue to support other families like her own caught in the throes of a terrible illness and forced to make difficult life-and-death decisions.

At that time, she had no way of knowing her own fate, but characteristically, she had already turned it around to improve the lives of others.

That was Tanaz Akhlaghi, agree friends and relatives.

“After we have taken care of everything we would like the Foundation to help, not just cancer research, but support

from a law firm to an investigation firm, and that there had been no discussion. “You said that you would agree with whatever we decided,” said Gold.

He said he felt the charge was to find a law firm to make recommendations for how the City can do better in the future.

Bosse and Krasne disagreed.

“We were not looking for the investigator or the law firm to tell us what to do better,” said Bosse.

“Lili [Bosse] and I realized what we wanted was an investigator. The mission changed,” said Krasne.

The “mission” is to uncover all the facts surrounding the event and to piece together exactly what happened. How that information is handled can be determined as a result of the facts that are uncovered when the investigation is complete, said Krasne.

Mirisch expressed concern that an investigator did not provide the cover of attorneyclient privilege and subpoena powers and the threat of a Public Records Act that would reveal information under investigation. Mirisch also said that he wished that they had looked at six private investigation firms from the beginning instead of six law firms.

Mirisch did not acknowledge that The Courier had reviewed almost 10,000 pages of documents produced after a Public Records Act request.

Those documents formed the core of the approximately 14 articles published at the end of 2015 and earlier this year.

“Sometimes you find out things about your goal through the interview process,” said Councilmember Reims. “My own experience supports the notion that lawyers litigate and investigators investigate. . . I think it would behoove us to simplify.”

Parrent Smith said they believe the investigation will be completed in 6-8 weeks.

They will begin when the City Council approves their contract, which is expected to be at the June 21 meeting. for the families,” said her brother John. They are in the process of making this a non-profit organization. It is his hope that perhaps someday there will be early diagnosis and maybe, a cure, for pancreatic cancer, and that the non-profit will be able to help.

But he would also like to see those less fortunate who do not have the kind of support Tanaz had receive a supportive environment, too.

“There's been so much outpouring of love and support . . . I'm speechless. It has made this very difficult time a little bit easier. She did everything she could; she's not hurting anymore. But she is in every single person she ever met. I feel her with me. I have to believe that something good will come of this,” he said.

TeamTanaz.com will continue. “She is with us,” he said.

ADAMS

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In 1986, Adams wrote her bestseller My Husband, My Friend, about life with her former husband, Steve McQueen.

In Dec. 2006, a 20th Anniversary edition was rereleased by AuthorHouse and is available for sale at

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www.amazon.com.

Tickets may by purchased by calling the Catalina Bar and Grill, 6725 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, 323-466-2210 or online at www.catalinajazzclub.com. Doors open at 7 p.m. Dinner or a two-drink minimum are required in addition to tickets.

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. number. Losses in brackets.

Streets are usually indicated by block ASSAULTS 03/01 600 N. Crescent Dr. 05/31 9100 Wilshire Bl. 06/01 400 N. Roxbury Dr. 06/04 9200 Burton Wy. BURGLARIES 05/31 400 N. Roxbury Dr. 05/31 9700 Wilshire Bl. ($41,400) 06/02 1000 Garden Ln. 06/02 200 S. La Cienega Bl. 06/02 100 S. Palm Dr. ($20) 06/02 200 N. Beverly Dr.

06/03 9700 Wilshire Bl. ($1,145) 06/03 300 N. Beverly Dr. 06/04 700 N. Oakhurst Dr. 06/05 700 Alpine Dr. ($82,000) 06/05 100 N. Gale Dr. ($68.300) GRAND THEFTS 05/21 1200 Lago Vista ($2,800) 05/28 300 S. Clark Dr. ($601,000) IDENTITY THEFT 06/02 300 N. Beverly Dr. ($2,820) ROBBERY 06/02 9200 Olympic Bl. ($450)

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Woman), who stars as Louis Prima in Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara will sing I Wanna Be Like You,” introduced by Prima in The Jungle Book.

Judges showing off singing skills include Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Steven Z. Perren performing baritone solo Riversong from Tom Sawyer and L.A. Superior Court Judge Curtis A. Kin singing Chim Chim Cher-ee.

Tickets range from $20$100, with 25 percent of proceeds donated to the L.A. County Bar Counsel for Justice and Beverly Hills Bar Foundation, both providing legal services to those who can’t afford them.

For more information, visit www.LALawyersPhiL.org.

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SOCCER CHAMPS–The ASYO Beverly Hills Region 76, U14 Boys All Star team placed second last weekend in the Santa Barbara Splash Soccer Tournament, June 4th & 5th.

Front row, from left: Ilai Dardashti, Tommy Geller, Uriel Cohavy, Aaron Ghermezi, Ian Fienberg, Michael Rabizadeh, Emilio Adell, Luca Soussan. Second row, from left: Coach Bruce Geller, Eli Schwartz, Max Smith, Nik Mikhelashvili, Dylan Zarrabi, Rafi Choukroun, Andrew Chung, Collin Newberry. Top row: Coach Dan Fienberg

Angelenos Remember Muhammed Ali At His Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Thousands of people visited the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali this week, after his death in a Phoenix hospital at the age of 74.

Ali received the star in 2002 for live theater in recognition of his famous flair and poetry that boosted the popularity of boxing. The star was unveiled in connection with a CBS special honoring Ali's 60th birthday.

Of the 2,582 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ali's is the only one above ground. It is on an exterior wall of the Hollywood & Highland complex.

"I don't want my name on the ground, (and) people walkin' on my name," Ali said at his Walk of Fame cer-

emony.

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson paid tribute to Ali's role as a social justice fighter at the star today, where he urged Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to declare a Muhammad Ali Day in Los Angeles.

Garcetti earlier today released a statement on Ali's death.

"Muhammad Ali gave us incredible skill as a fighter, an incomparable gift for words, and a peerless legacy as a sports and cultural icon. He also modeled the extraordinary power of selfdetermination -- inspiring millions to treasure their humanity."

–– City News Service

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both lived on the street. Hedy LaMarr, Jimmy Stewart and Oscar Lavant lived just one block over. And of course, security issues were of no concern.

“People would knock on the house [and] say: ‘Is Mr. Benny home? Can we have his autograph?” Joan recalled. One day their next door neighbors put out a great big sign on their driveway that read: “Jack Benny doesn’t live here. He lives there (with a picture of an arrow).”

A Beverly Hills resident for almost her entire life, Joan originally travelled west from Manhattan to Beverly Hills as an infant after George Burns successfully enticed his bosom buddy to join the entertainment industry in Hollywood.

“My father and George were joined at the hip, best friends imaginable,” Joan said.

The first Beverly Hills home the Benny clan moved into back in 1935 was at the top of the 500 block on Beverly Drive and allegedly belonged to Charlie Chaplin, she recalled. Together with her folks, Joan remained there for a year before moving to another house on Benedict Canyon and soon to still another on the same street with a beautiful pool.

Shortly after Joan turned 4, the Benny family moved into the newly built home at 1002 N. Roxbury Dr. “There was nothing between the front of our house and Sunset,” she described.

Like many children in the neighborhood of that era, she vividly remembers Sunset Boulevard, where the Good Humor Man would peddle ice cream bars from his white truck. Every so often, young Joan lucked out with a “winning” ice cream stick and netted herself a free treat.

In fact, Joan’s memories of ice cream are some of her favorites; including trips to Chapman’s at Little Santa Monica and Linden, and the signature marshmallow sundae at Martha Smith’s on Beverly Drive with her mother, Mary Livingstone.

“It was the biggest treat if my mom picked me up and took me to Martha Smith for an ice cream on Beverly Drive.

You could have it with chocolate or vanilla ice cream with marshmallow sauce,” Joan said. “I remember sneaking out of school to go to Chapman’s and I recall a waitress named Thrya with green polish.”

Around 1941 or so, Joan recalled watching a house across the street rise from two vacant lots. After swiftly passing through the hands of two different owners, the home was eventually purchased by the man behind Cole of California bathing suits.

“That was great fun, because they used to have fashion shows,” Joan said.

Joan recalled sitting atop a

brick wall along Lexington sheltered by bushes as she watched the fashion shows take place across the large swimming pool where the models would walk along the pool’s built-in island. The shows, and the owner, soon disappeared from the house after the City said it was against the law to use it for commercial purposes. Adolph Spreckels, an heir to the Spreckels Sugar empire, later bought the home.

Ironically, Joan had already met Spreckel’s wife, Kay, years before in Palm Springs, where her parents had a vacation home.

“Kay was [once] a starlet with no money and she slept on our living room sofa because my mom took pity on her,” Joan recalled.

After Kay divorced Spreckels and married Clark Gable, Joan, now in her 20’s, once again encountered the aspiring starlet in Palm Springs.

“She invited me to play golf with them,” Joan recounted. “We played a few times. He was one of the most charming men I’d ever met in my whole life. He really paid attention to what you were saying.”

Joan got married for the first time shortly after graduating from Stanford. She’d known since the age of 14 that she was destined to attend college at the prestigious California school after she read the book Joan Goes To Stanford at the Beverly Hills Public Library.

“I read the book, and that was it; Joan was going to Stanford,” she recalled. “I didn’t even apply to another school because that was it. I was going there.”

Joan’s first husband, Seth Baker, she met at a friend’s wedding in New York. The two married in the Crystal Ballroom at The Beverly Hills Hotel and she lived briefly in New York, had a baby, and two years later moved back to Beverly Hills.

The following year, Joan married Buddy Rudolph, had a daughter and divorced three years later. In 1963 she married a third time, this time to Bob Blumofe, with whom she had two more children.

“I got divorced and decided that marriage was not my best trait,” she said.

After Joan’s first divorce, she started doing talk shows, including Password, with her father, a veteran radio star. She then went on to do To Tell The Truth on her own.

Her children attended El Rodeo and later Hawthorne, where she also worked as a remedial math teacher. Joan was also very involved with Beverly Hills-based SHARE Inc., which supports programs and facilities for children with special needs.

These days, Joan splits her time between New York and Beverly Hills.

“Beverly Hills was a great place to grow up,” she said.

With two daughters, two sons, six grandsons and one granddaughter, she is indeed blessed.

Lori, Jeff Hyland & Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Host VIP Evening For Perry J. Cohen Foundation

By Matt Lopez Lifetime visual artist Lori Hyland and Hilton & Hyland invite the community to take part in a VIP evening at Timothy Yarger Fine Art in Beverly Hills next Friday, benefitting the Perry J. Cohen Foundation.

Guests can join Lori, her husband Jeff Hyland, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and photography and visual artists Bernie Taupin and Udo Noger for a curated exhibition of se-

lect works for acquisition to benefit the Perry J. Cohen Foundation.

Perry J. Cohen is one of the 14-year-old Florida boys who went missing at sea last summer. Funds raised through Friday’s exhibition will be used to carry out the foundation’s mission to educate and teach the best practices for boating safety, protection and preservation of marine and wildlife environments, and advocating teenage

entrepreneurship.

The event is sponsored by Hilton & Hyland and the exhibition is open to the public June 16 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 17 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and June 17 from noon to 6 p.m.

Timothy Yarger Fine Art is located at 354 N. Bedford Dr. To RSVP, e-mail events@pjcf.org.

METRO

remains to be seen. But at the very least, the FTA will now be accountable for Metro’s decision to locate the station at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars.

“If [the FTA] concludes that seismic information does not warrant a change of the alignment of the subway tunnel, they would state why it does not,” Judge Wu clarified at Thursday’s hearing.

“If the plaintiffs want to change the alignment, then the FTA would have a responsibility to respond to that comment,” FTA attorney Jared Pettinato, with the U.S. Dept. of Justice, confirmed in response.

The attorney for the City of Beverly Hills, Philip Karmel, a partner at Brian Cave, said he expected the SEIS to include a review of the relative benefits and disadvantages of the stations.

“The Supplemental EIS is going to take a hard look at the Constellation and the Santa Monica station that came in at the DEIS,” he forecast.

“Perhaps the conclusion will be that there are seismic risks at the two station locations...It would be important for the FTA to then use that information to inform analysis of alternatives to take another look at the proper tunnel alignment because the Santa Monica station location was knocked out of consideration on the FEIS principally on grounds of perceived seismic risks.”

Ever since Metro produced a decades-old map in 2011 alleging the existence of five active faults running underneath BHHS, the school district has been at the forefront of a David-versus-Goliath battle in order to ensure that it is able to

successfully modernize its school. Simultaneous to Metro codifying in its Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) in 2012 that the only alternative was to run a subway tunnel under the high school to a Century City portal at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars–after public comment had been heard and the Metro Board had approved the DEIR in 2010–BHUSD began its own investigations to disprove the alleged faults.

The district and the California Geological Survey subsequently trenched and discovered that Metro was incorrect.

Pettinato said it was unlikely that any seismic data would cause Metro to reevaluate its current plans for the subway expansion.

By Metro’s own estimations, the Constellation station will cost the agency an additional $200 million.

“None of that is ultimately going to effect the decision not to tunnel under Santa Monica, because the agency didn’t select that,” he said. “There’s not any chance at this point that new information on seismic issues will change the alignment selected.”

Pettinato said the SEIS would include a “hot spot” analysis to determine health impacts from emissions and particulate matter related to locating the project staging area next to BHHS. The original EIS did not contain any public health analysis.

Following simultaneous briefings from both sides due on June 21 and reply briefs due on June 27, Judge Wu said he would hear the matter again on July 1.

nic [sic], composition or idea, derivative of any other art form.’

Misrach (born in 1949) is one of America’s foremost contemporary photographers associated with present-day Western landscapes. He began his career in the turbulent social and political environment of the ‘60s, and his work continues to accentuate the many–often contradictory– expectations and uses placed upon landscape.

Like Group f/64, Misrach has played an important role in the history of photography.

Misrach photographs capitalize on the powers of photography to romanticize and beautify while simultaneously commenting on the effects of environmental overuse, tourism and industry, and even war. Many of Misrach’s best-known series are featured in the exhibition, including Clouds, Desert Cantos, Desert Fires, and the Salton Sea. The Autry is open TuesdayFriday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends. For information, visit,The Autry.org.

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contender after having eliminated 15 alternative subway station options that were presented as part of its Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)?

In Judge Wu’s 216-page tentative ruling, issued on Feb. 1, the court found that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner” with respect to the environmental effects of tunneling under BHHS in order to reach the Constellation station as part of Metro’s Westside subway extension project.

As codified in Metro’s “Century City Area Tunneling Safety Report”, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/EIR) included two tunnel alignment options through the Century City area.

“The proposed station locations would be on either Constellation Boulevard or Santa Monica Boulevard, but both would be centered on the Avenue of the Stars,” the Oct. 14, 2011 report states.

That report further states: “These two options remain after an analysis of more than 17 alternatives in the Alternatives Analysis study and further consideration of the remaining options after circulation of the DEIS/EIR. The recommendation for the station location will be based primarily on planning and engineering technical studies.”

Whether or not the seismic information that emerges in the SEIS Judge Wu is now requiring Metro to do could warrant a realignment of the subway

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Named after the large-format camera aperture, which captures a maximum depth of field, Group f/64 argued that it was the camera’s ability to produce sharp contrasts and to capture crisp, graphic forms that made it a uniquely modern medium. Members of Group f/64 also believed that subject was less important than method, stating in their manifesto that “pure photography is defined as possessing no qualities of tech-

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Saturday at MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., downtown.

Films include: Thomas Guzman-Sanchez’ Underground Dance Masters: Final History Of A Forgotten Era; Phoebe Driscoll’s Pharaohs Of Memphis and Etienne Li’s Elektro Mathematrix.

Tickets are $15. To purchase and for more information, visit www.dancecamerawest.org or call 310-248-4944.

• • • • • Le Salon De Musiques ends its concert season Sunday with a program of music by Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara and Robert Schuman, at 4 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N Grand Ave., L.A. Violinists Searmi Park and Ambroise Aubrun, Anna Kolotylina, viola; cellist Jacob Braun and pianist Francoise Chouchan (founding artistic director) will perform Mendelssohn’s String Quartet In E Flat Major, Clara Schumann’s Three Romances For Violin & Piano. Op. 22 and Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44.

Tickets, $75 and $39 for students and including champagne and a buffet, are available at www.LeSalondeMusiques.com.

• • • • • Photographer Martin Elkhort will sign copies of his book Children Behind The Lens Street Photography Capturing The Essence Of Childhood at 2 p.m., Saturday, at Belmont Village Senior Living Westwood, 10475 Wilshire Blvd.

A film about Elkhort’s life and photography will be screened at 1:30 p.m.

In the 1940s and ‘50s, Elkhort roamed the streets of New York City, photo graphing c h i l d r e n Martin Elkhort inhabiting the streets of New York, and later his current home, Los Angeles.

Educated at The Cooper Union, he was a member of the New York Photo League. His

work is in the permanent collections of The Getty Museum and more as well as many many corporate and private collections.

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• • • • • The Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles (LACLA) and the Los Angeles Conservancy will co-present a screening of Dos Tipos de Cuidado (1953) at the historic Palace Theater, 630 S. Broadway, at 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 15.

The lauded “comedia ranchera” (ranch comedies) combines elements of comedy, romance and popular music.

T h e film pairs J o r g e Negrete and Pedro Infante – two of the leading singing charros (cowboys) from the Mexican Golden Age of Cinema – for the first and only time in this tale of fraternity and rivalry.

A special performance by the all-female mariachi group, Las Colibrí, in accompaniment with Lupita Infante, the granddaughter of Pedro Infante, will preceed the screening.

For information, visit https://www.laconservancy.org/ events/dos-tipos-de-cuidadopalace-theatre.

• • • • • Hammer Museum’s seventh annual Bloomsday celebration, will be Thursday, June 16 at the museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, L.A. • Dramatic readings of episodes from James Joyce’s Ulysses by James Gallo, James Lancaster, John Rafter Lee and Johnny O’Callaghan begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Billy Wilder Theater.

• Live songs, including the debut work by Patrick Gutman based on a quotation from W.B. Yeats in Ulysses that incorporates a fragment of a tune composed by Joyce, will start at 9 p.m. in the courtyard.

All Hammer museum programs are free.

For more information, visit https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2016/06/bloomsday-at-the-hammer-2016/.

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number of residents who'd received election material in the mail directing him to come to the Paley Center.

“The Paley Center is a polling location,” confirmed a spokesperson for the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder.

An election volunteer at the Paley Center said a representa-

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may actually move to protect the Hillside areas from oversized and inappropriate development.

The proposed ordinance: • Reduces the “by-right” limit of export/import from any single site to 1,500 cubic yards in a 5-year period for those properties that are immediately adjacent to a street that is less than 24 feet wide. Requests to export/import more than 1,500 cubic yards in a 5-year period on properties adjacent to a street that is less than 24 feet wide would require approval of a Hillside R-1 Permit. The current limit of export/import before an R-1 permit is required is 3,000 cubic yards per 5-year period. The current regulation does not include provisions regarding the width of adjacent streets (BHMC § 10-3-2521).

• Prevents a level pad that measures less than 20 feet in any direction from counting toward the total level pad for the purposes of calculating the maximum floor area allowed on a property. The current standards do not include a minimum size for portions of level pad to be used in calculating maximum floor area. In some instances retaining walls are constructed in series to create 3-foot wide areas of level pad that are used to increase the amount of floor area that may be constructed on a property.

• Limits maximum cumulative floor area located off the existing level pad to 1,000 square feet. Existing level pad would be defined as the level pad existing at the time of adoption of the urgency ordinance. Additional floor area located off the existing level pad in excess of 1,000 square feet would require approval of a

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Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in 1973 as a teacher with her 4th grade students. She is among a multitude of people that have expressed outrage at UCLA’s actions and have advocated on behalf of the garden.

“Under the terms of the settlement agreement between the UC Regents and the new owner, the garden must be maintained in its current state for 30 years from the date of sale, although public access is not required,” wrote Steve Ritea, senior executive director of UCLA’s Media Relations & Public Outreach, in an email to the Courier.

As part of the terms of the

tive from the business ultimately allowed access to the lobby after initially refusing entrance.

By 11 a.m., voting had successfully been moved to the Paley Center lobby.

The L.A. County RegistrarRecorder is currently looking into what penalties there may be for the Paley Center according to a spokesperson for the county.

Hillside R-1 Permit. There is currently no maximum for floor area developed off the level pad. There is a minimum setback of 5’ from the edge of the level pad, or construction over the slope must extend a minimum of 20’ measured horizontally from the edge of the level pad (BHMC § 10-3- 2507).

The proposed ordinance will be effective June 1, when it was first publicly noticed.

Projects that were vested prior to that date will go forward.

At least 13 streets in the Hillside area are less than 24 feet wide including Cabrillo, Calle Vista Drive, El Retiro Way, Garden Lane, Glen Way, La Altura Road, Lago Vista Drive, Lago Vista Place, Loma Linda Drive, Monte Cielo Drive, Pickfair Way, Summitridge Place and Tower Road.

“The first provision addresses the disparate impact of grading on very narrow streets,” said Corman. The second provision he said, “closes an unintended loophole.” The size of the project is currently determined by the size of the level pad which is then “artificially inflated through the use of retaining walls 3-10 feet apart. The level areas between the retaining walls are then added to increase the development potential, encouraging the construction of retaining walls and the degradation of the natural hillside contours,” said Corman.

The third provision limits how far a project can be built out from level pad with the intent of “preserving the natural characteristics of the hillside.”

The ordinance will be heard in a public meeting at City Hall on June 30 at 7 p.m.

June 30 is also the last day that Craig Corman will serve as a Planning Commissioner after serving seven years. sale, the regents shall establish a $500,000 endowment, the income from which the regents shall pay annually to the buy to help defray part of the expenses of maintaining the garden.

Escrow is currently scheduled to close on or before July 12.

Gabay has yet to respond to requests for comment.

UCLA did not respond to a follow-up question as to Gabay’s intentions for the garden.

“We congratulate Mr. Gabay on his winning bid for the garden. The community would be delighted to work with him to restore public access to this unique Los Angeles treasure,” said Hannah Carter’s son, Jonathan Caldwell.

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HELPING HANDS–At The Helping Hand luncheon in The Beverly Wilshire, the Cedars-Sinai benefit gave “Mother of ther Year” awards to actress/model Molly Sims and philanthropist Stacy Valner. From left: Molly President Betty Jane Bruck, Sims, Stacy Valner, Dr. Sarah Kilpatrick of Cedars-Sinai.

Photo by Thomas Neerkin The Helping Hand of Los Angeles presented a luncheon and fashion show at The Beverly Wilshire, honoring actress/model /author Molly Sims, and philanthropist Stacy Valner, founder of the Phase One Foundation with its “Mother of the Year” awards.

The event benefited the Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, now in its 87th year.

“When The Helping Hand was founded in 1929... antibiotics did not exist and it would be another three decades before ultrasounds would come into practice for obstetrics,” Art Ochoa, senior VP of Community Relations and Development at Cedars-Sinai noted. “Since then, both our community and the quality of healthcare have grown in ways we could never have imagined.”

Ochoa and Dr. Sarah Kilpatrick, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology accepted a check for $350,000 on behalf of Cedars-Sinai.

The gift brings the total amount of support the group has provided through the years to nearly $24 million.

Molly Sims’ husband Scott and their children Brooks and Scarlett Stuber presented her award.” “My mother always taught me to surround myself with people who can look at the glass half full,” Sims commented, “and the people who will help you to strive, soar and be the very best version of yourself that you can be.”

Stacy Valner accepted her award from husband, Alberto and their children Nicole, Harrison and Lucy. She commented, “When I was first married, 27 years ago, I volunteered at Cedars-Sinai in its cancer center. I didn’t even know anyone who had cancer, but in an ironic twist, that was where I went.” .

A surprise “Gold Hand Award” was presented to The Helping Hand President Betty Jane Bruck by Co-VPs Shirley Isaacson and Joyce Rudnick for outstanding dedication to the organization.

KOST radio’s Ellen K. emceed the event, which included a fashion show featuring designer Kevan Hall’s spring collection. ******

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Barbara Davis hosted a kickoff luncheon at the Peninsula Beverly Hills for the upcoming 30th Carousel of Hope Ball. The biennial event is dedicated to increasing awareness of diabetes and raising funds (some $100 million to date) for clinical care and research at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes.

Being held on Oct. 8 at The Beverly Hilton, the star-studded charity ball will honor Sidney Poitier with its “Inspi- rational Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Speaking about the honoree, Barbara said: “Sir Sidney is one of the greatest human beings I have ever known–a man of integrity and honor, and a longtime supporter of the cause. His incredible accomplishments as an esteemed actor, director, writer, diplomat, humanitarian, philanthropist and more speak for themselves.”

Additional honorees will include Jane Fonda, David Foster and Sherry Lansing, who each will receive the “Brass Ring Award” for their continued support of the cause. Anjelica Huston, Quincy Jones, Carole Bayer Sager and Denzel Washington will be among the presenters while George Schlatter returns to produce the show.

At the luncheon, Barbara Davis, in an Oscar de la Renta floral dress, introduced Dr. Robert Slove, who gave an update on the work being done at The Barbara Davis Center.

BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | JUNE 10, 2016 Page 20 BIRTHDAYS—Gene Wilder, Gloria Levishon, Dorothy Salkin, Freda Kunin, Gail Dauer, Darlene Friedman, and Elizabeth Hurley (June 10); Adrienne Barbeau and Chad Everett (June 11); Enid Rom and Jim Nabors (June 12); Jack Bannon, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Ally Sheedy, Paula Edelman, and Bonnie Taylor (June 13); Ally Gail Dauer Gloria Levishon Sheedy, Paula Edelman, Malcolm McDowell and Bonnie Taylor (June 13); Jim Belushi, Polly Draper, Courteney Cox, Helen Hunt and Rhoda Sharp (June 15); Toni Holt Desert Roundup Kramer, Laurie Metcalf and Joan Van Ark (June 16).

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“Kilroy was here,” and the accompanying crudely-drawn cartoon expression generally found as graffiti scribbled around public places throughout the world, is a well-known cultural icon. In Palm Springs, however, the expression also evokes the name of high-end, real estate-flipper/investor Michael Kilroy and three pieces of costly properties (plus two vacant lots) owned by him located in the exclusive, hillside Southridge area of South Palm Springs at about the 200-foot level and offering unparalleled views of the Valley below.

One of the homes is the former residence of actor Steve McQueen, completed in 1964. Designed by local architect Hugh Kaptur, it has floor-to-ceiling windows and a cantilevered roof that shades the house’s indoor rooms from the sun. It’s on the market for $2.5 million.

But, don’t be surprised if that figure is flexible. After all, Kilroy–who filed for bankruptcy last year–owes British-based Lloyds Bank in excess of $1.8 million on his mortgages and the local homeowners association about $150,000 in unpaid fees.

The second home in the Kilroy trilogy is known as the Boat House, designed by Michael P. Johnson to evoke memories of the hull of a ship and built in 1989. If you don’t negotiate, the Boat House will set you back $1.95 million. However, there is a neighboring vacant lot listed for $950,000.

Maybe a designer could construct a tug boat-styled home adjacent to the Boat House and carry out the nautical feeling.

The prize jewel of the Kilroy collection is the Elrod House, which was completed in 1968 and designed by Modernist architect John Lautner for interior designer Arthur Elrod.

Listed at $8 million, this home has two major claims to fame. The first unique feature is its circular living area (too large to call a room), topped by a cone-shaped roof featuring nine triangular wood panels and clerestory windows which allow an abundance of light to illuminate the area below. In addition, retractable floorto-ceiling walls of curved glass offer unhindered north- and west-valley views. If all this sounds familiar it should. The living area of the Elrod House was used as a location for the 1971 James Bond thriller Diamonds Are Forever.

Want to reduce the $8 million asking price? Just tell the real estate broker that you were sent by “Bond ... James Bond.” ****** Yes, you can make lemonade from lemons, just ask Tommy Haas, who had his 2016 professional tennis season terminated due to surgery. He then hit up friend, multi-billionaire Larry Ellison for a job and the latter came through. Ellison, who owns the BNP Paribas Open (the world’s 5th largest tennis tournament), and most of the choice Indian Wells real estate surrounding it, named Haas as its new tournament director.

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• In addition, only one event at a time can be hosted on the rooftop, which actually has three separate venues, at the insistence of Councilmember Lili Bosse.; • The hotel must clean up trash on the north side of Burton Way only when the trash results from hotel operations, and no longer is responsible for all the trash on Burton Way.; • The hotel must submit a list of rooftop events for the coming month to the City that will be available for distribution to any member of the public who requests a copy.; • Rooftop music should not exceed 5 decibels above ambient noise beyond the hotel property.

A penalty schedule for violations remains intact, with fines of $1,000 for the first violation, $2,500 for the second, $5,000 for the third, $10,000 for the fourth and upon the fifth violation there will be a $10,000 fine and the CUP is automatically subject to Planning Commission review for possible revocation.

For an hour, the Council listened to a parade of hotel employees talk about the hotel’s “Five Star” rating, though it was never made clear what bearing that had on CUP violations. Ervin Cohen & Jessup Attorney Allan Cooper,

representing the hotel, argued with the council. “Either you want the hotel to succeed or you don’t. Don’t give on one hand and then take it back,” he rebuked the council. “Our client has been more than reasonable.”

There was disagreement on the part of some residents and speakers about what is “reasonable.” The hotel opened their restaurant patio for brunch the weekend after it was closed because they had not renewed their CUP for four years, in defiance of the City, among other violations. At the same time, they were coming to ask the City for a new conditional use agreement.

“At the end, I felt there was no consideration for the residents, only to hear the hotel wants this and that, and that Planning is finding no objection and granting their requests. I couldn’t care less if the hotel has one star or five stars. I care about the noise they make in a middle of our residential area,” said resident Matti Bialer.

“Part of the problem is that the hotel needs some certainty and the residents need certainty about what they can expect for the peaceful enjoyment of their homes,” said new City Councilmember Kathy Reims.

On the plus side for residents, the new CUP means residents received a one-hour reprieve for rooftop events, changing the closing time from

and March 2016 for parking violations, disturbing the peace, theft, public intoxication, public urination, vandalism and other complaints.

Over 150 residents signed a petition to request that the City reduce the hotel’s entitlements.

Other complaints include deliveries prior to 8 a.m., blocking the alley and the garage entrance to Bialer’s building, noisy guests waiting for valets after hours, limousine drivers washing their cars with residents’ garden hoses and many more.

Residents had hoped that calling up the CUP for a de novo hearing would result in decreased intensification, reduce the number of rooftop events (which remains one per week, and one extra during awards season). That did not happen, but a ceiling of 250 was set on the number of guests allowed on the roof.

“This is the hotel that has been built by the variance,” said Vice Mayor Krasne, calling it a Planning Department “cautionary tale.” Another volume of the staff report was dedicated to past resolutions that increasingly added entitlements to the converted apartment building. “Any time an applicant comes forward with a change that results in intensification of usage it should go to the planning commission. Just because it doesn’t say ‘no’ in the Municipal Code doesn’t mean ‘yes’,” she told Gohlich.

from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. Guests must vacate at 9 p.m. and be vacated off the roof by 10 p.m.

However, the acknowledgement of the new restaurant entrance is being interpreted as inviting more traffic into the neighborhood, say residents.

“Very disappointing!” wrote Matti Bialer, whose family owns the building next door. “Allowing further intensification of use for the hotel.

After continuous violations.”

“Where is it recognized we are creating a new restaurant entrance that goes directly from the street,” asked Councilmember Kathy Riems.

“Where did that come from?”

The new restaurant entrance was created with staff approval and not reviewed by the Planning Commission, said Ryan Gohlich, Assistant Director of Community Planning.

Reims sees it differently.

“My purpose is to change the language from vague to specific so that if people are standing out in front [waiting for tables], that is a violation. My goal is enforcing these conditions, calling out each condition and tightening up the language so we can expect them to be enforced.”

The hotel has a rich history of violations, memorialized in an extensive staff report comprising one of three volumes in the agenda. Police officers visited the premises over 150 times between March 2014

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June 10, 2016 | Page 21 The new restaurant entrance is immediately to the left of the hotel entrance, topped with a neon blue sign that reads “Avec Nous” and a hostess podium to seat guests.

It doesn’t appear to be just for emergency ingress or egress, Reims pointed out.

Krasne called out the “temporary-permanent tent” on the rooftop, as well. The tent has been in place for decades and has to be renewed every six months. “It is a ninth story in a tent on a permanent basis.” She also warned that the CUP will expire in one year. “I want it to sunset out and if you let it expire you are toast. It won’t be looked upon favorably if you do it again,” she said, referring to the four-year lapse that precipitated the CUP hearing in May. Despite all of the conditions, the residents said that enforcement was basically up to them. Bialer pointed out that a truck parked in front of her building’s garage for 11 minutes received a parking ticket on May 3, but Gohlich said it was not a violation of the CUP. “I know, the Council Members have tried to do their best and I have to respect their decisions and I just have to take the burden of policing the hotel myself for the coming violations," said Bialer.

“I’m happy to have some resolution, but it remains to be seen how well it works out,” said Krasne.

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PUBLIC NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CASE NO: SS028868 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Matter of the petition of: PRESTON ORION To all interested person(s): Petitioner: SHARON NAIM/SIMON OURIAN current residence address: 4 Beverly Park, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 filed a petition with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, Santa Monica Courthouse, on May 18, 2016 for a Decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Preston Orion Proposed Name: Brandon Orion The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: July 15, 2016 Time: 8:30am Dept: WEK Room: A-203 The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, Santa Monica Courthouse.

Reason for name change: Parents prefer the name Brandon.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information in the foregoing petition is true and correct.

Signed: Simon Ourian, Sharon Naim Judge of the Superior Court Gerald Rosenberg, Sherri R. Carter, Executive Office/Clerk Dated: May 18, 2016 Published: MAY 27, JUNE 03, 10, 17, 2016 Beverly Hills Courier –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016115778 The following is/are doing business as: 1) GODDESS 2) GODDESS ON MELROSE 7206 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; Malgorzata Kanciak Fischer 7206 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 2002: Malgorzata Kanciak Fischer, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 10, 2016;

Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016115779 The following is/are doing business as: 1) MELROSE ROCKS 2) MELROSE ROX 7202 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; Kim Val Fischer 7202 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Kim Val Fischer, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 10, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016115780 The following is/are doing business as: 1) HOLLYWOOD CHAIN COMPANY 2) HOLLYWOOD CHAIN CO. 3) HOLLYWOOD CHAIN 1523 N. La Brea Ave. #201, Los Angeles, CA 90028; Jon Fischer 1523 N. La Brea Ave. #201, Los Angeles, CA 90028; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jon Fischer, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 10, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016115781 The following is/are doing business as: THE LITTLE TICHEL LADY 1489 S. Canfield Ave. #101, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Jessica Golriz 1489 S. Canfield Ave. #101, Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jessica Golriz, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 10, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016115782 The following is/are doing business as: LUXEBANC INTERNATIONAL MORTGAGE 1141 Highland Ave. #C, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; Mortgage Bank of California 1141 Highland Ave. #C, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Michael Dallal, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 10, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016116956 The following is/are doing business as: ARC ANGELS AFTERCARE & STAFFING 140 N. Hoover St. #216, Los Angeles, CA 90004; Rose Anne Puyo 140 N. Hoover St. #216, Los Angeles, CA 90004; Charienez Duldulao Santos 140 N. Hoover St. #216, Los Angeles, CA 90004; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Charienez Duldulao Santos, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 11, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016116967 The following is/are doing business as: GLOBAL INGREDIENTS HUB 110 W. 40th Place, Los

Angeles, CA 90037; Mickey Barreto 110 W. 40th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90037; Prabhu Ramachandran 110 W. 40th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90037; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Mickey Baretto, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 11, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016116434 The following is/are doing business as: BEVERLY HILLS COSMETIC SURGICAL GROUP 8500 Wilshire Blvd. #1020, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Fardad Forouzanpour 8500 Wilshire Blvd. #1020, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein August 05, 1998: Fardad Forouzanpour, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 11, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016110922 The following is/are doing business as: BENTLEY PLAZA 493 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Marmar Bentley LLC 493 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein April 10, 2016: Jessica Markowitz, Managing Member: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 05, 2016; Published: May 20, 27, June 03, 10, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016127550 The following is/are doing business as: MELODY INTERIOR DESIGN 911 N. Rexford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Melody Soleimani 911 N. Rexford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein September 2011: Melody Soleimani, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 23, 2016; Published: May 27, June 03, 10, 17, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016127551 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SLICING LIGHT PRODUCTIONS 2) LIVING LEGACY PRODUCTIONS 3) LIVING LEGACY VIDEOS 8377 Gregory Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Jonathan Brock 8377 Gregory Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein April 01, 2010: Jonathan Brock, President/Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 23, 2016; Published: May 27, June 03, 10, 17, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016115719 The following is/are doing business as: VISCHAMBER 123 S. Figueroa St. #1637, Los Angeles, CA 90012; Jonpaul Ursick 123 S. Figueroa St. #1637, Los Angeles, CA 90012; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s)

listed herein: Jonpaul Ursick, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 10, 2016; Published: May 27, June 03, 10, 17, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 2014122227 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: SMG ART PARTNERSHIP II 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Los Angeles, CA 90212; The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on (date): May 06, 2014 in the county of Los Angeles; Douglas Stone 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Neil Meyer 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Mitch Smelkinson 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Richard Genow 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Allison Binder 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Chad Christopher 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Matthew Rosen 9665 Wilshire Blvd. Fl. #5, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL declare that all information in this statement is true and corSigned: Douglas rect, Stone, General Partner; Statement #2016122135 is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 17, 2016; Published: May 27, June 03, 10, 17, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016121671 The following is/are doing business as: 1 HOUR SIGNINGS 133 The Promenade N. #405, Long Beach, CA 90802; Geraldine Armosilla 133 The Promenade N. #405, Long Beach, CA 90802; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein May 2016: Geraldine Armosilla, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 17, 2016; Published: June 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016116474 The following is/are doing business as: SAMI MIRO VINTAGE 1234 N. La Brea Ave. #225, West Hollywood, CA 90038; Sami Miro Carter-Oberstone 1234 N. La Brea Ave. #225, West Hollywood, CA 90038; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein April 2016: Sami Miro Carter-Oberstone, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 11, 2016; Published: June 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016130568 The following is/are doing business as: GOLDEN DRAGON 88 9777 Wilshire Blvd. #900, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Golden Dragon 88, Inc. 9777 Wilshire Blvd. #900, 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: Faren Hom, Officer: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 25, 2016; Published: June 10, 17, 24, July 01, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016130567 The following is/are doing business as: MD GLAM 9735 Wilshire

Blvd. #330, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Health and Sports Technologies, LLC 9735 Wilshire Blvd. #330, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Catherine Huang-Begovic, Owner/President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 25, 2016; Published: June 10, 17, 24, July 01, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016137972 The following is/are doing business as: CITY VIEW 516 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; City View Alf, Inc. 16601 Ventura Blvd. #506, Encino, CA 91436; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein April 01, 2016: Yaacov Isaacs, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: June 02, 2016; Published: June 10, 17, 24, July 01, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016130989 The following is/are doing business as: BEAUCOUP CRAWFISH 357-1/2 N. Curson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Mark Grandpre 357-1/2 N. Curson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Mark Grandpre, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 25, 2016; Published: June 10, 17, 24, July 01, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016134106 The following is/are doing business as: CIRCUS ROYALTY 10844 Wellworth Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024; Jennifer Nosratian 10844 Wellworth Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jennifer Nosratian, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 27, 2016; Published: June 10, 17, 24, July 01, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016135918 The following is/are doing business as: GS WAVE 12400 Ventura Blvd. #211, Studio City, CA 91604; Galit Shokrian 12400 Ventura Blvd. #211, Studio City, CA 91604; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein May 2016: Galit Shokrian, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 31, 2016; Published: June 10, 17, 24, July 01, 2016 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2016123299 The following is/are doing business as: JDR AND COMPANY 409 N. Camden Dr. #108, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Darobel Pacific, Inc. 409 N. Camden Dr. #108, Beverly Hills, CA 90210;d The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Joy Daros, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: May 18, 2016; Published: June 10, 17, 24, July 01, 2016 LACC N/C

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC Sec. 6105) Escrow No. 16144 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) of the Seller(s), are: RIVIERA RESTAURANT GROUP 2 LLC., A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 269 South Beverly Drive, Unit #904, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: SAME AS ABOVE As listed by the seller, all other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE The name(s) and business address of the Buyer(s) is/are: JM CALIFORNIA LLC., A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 2251 Landmark Place Manasquan, NJ 08736 The assets being sold are generally described as: RESTAURANT and are located at: 6361 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 The business named used by the Seller at that location is: JERSEY MIKE'S SUBS #20107 The said bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: Sepulveda Escrow Corporation at 10550 Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 105, Mission Hills, CA 91345 on or after 6/28/16.

The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2 The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: Sepulveda Escrow Corporation, 10550 Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 105, Mission Hills, CA 91345 and the last date for filing claims by any creditor shall be 6/27/16, which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: May 31, 2016 JM CALIFORNIA LLC., A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY By: /s/ PETER CANCRO, Managing Member 6/10/16 CNS-2890429# BEVERLY HILLS COURIER

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC Sec. 6105) Escrow No.: 16131 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) of the Seller(s), are: RIVIERA RESTAURANT GROUP, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, 269 South Beverly Drive, Unit #904, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: SAME AS ABOVE As listed by the seller, all other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE The name(s) and business address of the Buyer(s) is/are: JM CALIFORNIA LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 2251 Landmark Place Manasquan, NJ 08736 The assets being sold are generally described as: RESTAURANT and are located at: 279 SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 The business named used by the Seller at that location is: JERSEY MIKE'S SUBS #20034A The said bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: Sepulveda Escrow Corporation at 10550 Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 105, Mission Hills, CA 91345 on or after 6/28/16.

The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2 The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: Sepulveda Escrow Corporation, 10550 Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 105, Mission Hills, CA 91345 and the last date for filing claims by any creditor shall be 6/27/16, which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: May 31, 2016 JM CALIFORNIA LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY S/ By: PETER CANCRO, Managing Member 6/10/16 CNS-2890448# BEVERLY HILLS COURIER

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

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TSG No.: 8604805 TS No.: CA1500271912 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 4328-034-021 Property Address: 240 EL CAMINO DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/22/2013. 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 P R O C E E D I N G AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 06/23/2016 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 07/29/2013, as Instrument No. 20131107721, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California.

Executed by: ANTHONY D. CLIFFORD ("ANTHONY") AND REBECCA CLIFFORD ("REBECCA"), HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, C A S H I E R ' 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# 4328034-021 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 240 EL CAMINO DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 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

$580,203.05. 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/proper tySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1500271912 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.

First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE Date: First American Title Insurance Company 6 Campus Cir, Bldg 6, 1st Floor Westlake, TX 76262 FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 NPP0282973 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 06/3/2016, 06/10/2016, 06/17/2016 —————————— NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN Order No: 160020706 TS No: M15-12048 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN, DATED 11/10/2015.

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. NOTICE is hereby given that Witkin & Neal, Inc., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to that certain Notice of Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien (hereinafter referred to as "Lien"), recorded on 11/13/2015 as instrument number 20151421167 in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, and further pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded on 2/8/2016 as instrument number 20160138235 in said county and further pursuant to California Civil Code Section 5675 et seq. and those certain Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded on 5/16/2002 as instrument number 021135575, WILL SELL on 06/30/2016, 10:00AM., Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA at public auction to the highest bidder for lawful money of the United States payable at the time of sale, all right, title and interest in the property situated in said county as more fully described in the abovereferenced Lien. The purported owner(s) of said property is (are): ROBERT M. BRODNEY, AN UNMARRIED MAN. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property is purported to be: 450 SOUTH MAPLE DRIVE #305, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212, APN 4332-001-045.

The undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. 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 this Notice of Sale is: $11,385.24. The opening bid at the foreclosure sale may be more or less than this estimate. In addition to cash, the trustee will accept a cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn on a state or federal credit union or a check drawn on state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee's Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or the endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale shall be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Lien, advances thereunder, with interest as provided in the Declaration or by law plus the fees, charges and expenses of the trustee. THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD IN AN "AS-IS" CONDITION. This communication is from a debt collector.

Witkin & Neal, Inc. is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a discharge in bankruptcy, you may have been released from personal liability for this debt in which case this notice is intended to exercise the secured party's rights against the real property only.

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 AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: 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 this sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site: www.nationwideposting.c om using the file number assigned to this case: M15-12048. 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the sale shall be subject to the following as provided in California Civil Code Section 5715: "A non judicial foreclosure sale by an association to collect upon a debt for delinquent assessments shall be subject to a right of redemption.

The redemption period within which the separate interest may be redeemed from a foreclosure sale under this paragraph ends 90 days after the sale." Dated: 05/23/2016 Witkin & Neal, Inc. as said Trustee 5805 SEPULVEDA BLVD., SUITE 670 SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91411 (818) 845-8808 By: SUSAN PAQUETTE TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY I N F O R M AT I O N OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0282540 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 06/10/2016, 06/17/2016, 06/24/2016 —————————— NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 128909-1 Loan No. 6340792-9002 Title Order No. 160021107 APN 5528-017-061; 5528-017064 & 5528-017-062 TRA No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/31/2003.

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 P R O C E E D I N G S AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 07/01/2016 at 10:00AM, MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 01/02/2004 as Document

No. 04 0002539 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: TOBY MAZZIE, JR.,, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier's check drawn by 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, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state).

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, California describing the land therein: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is".

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 8444 MELROSE AVE. & 619 N. CROFT AVE., 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, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $510,409.73 (Estimated).

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The Beneficiary may elect to bid less than the full credit bid. 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 and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that

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

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.c om, using the file number assigned to this case 128909-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 06/06/2016 MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 81 BLUE RAVINE ROAD, SUITE 100, FOLSOM, CA 95630 (916) 962-3453 Sale Information Line: (916) 939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com MARSHA TOWNSEND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. MAY BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0283739 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER PUB: 06/10/2016, 06/17/2016, 06/24/2016

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BRENTWOOD

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• 1 Bdrm. + Good closet space, a/c, Den + 2 Bath • elevator, dishwasher, Near Whole Foods.

310/207-1965 Lrg. unit. Balcony, controlled access. Close Walk-in closet, to Cedars/shops/trans. intercom entry, laundry BRENTWOOD 310/247-8689 facility, elevator, prkg.

11640 Kiowa Ave. • CHARMING & BRIGHT • •••••••• • BRENTWOOD • Close to Cedars, restaurants, shopping 125 N. Barrington Av. Newly Updated N E W LY U P D AT E D 2 Bdrm. 2 Bath & transportation.

Must see to appreciate!

LE PARC

Close to shopping, dining & transportation.

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• • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• Hardwood floors, •• •• dishwasher, on-site

$3,100/MO 138 N. Hamilton Dr. • 310/276-1528 • Call 213/819-8868 • • • • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath • 2 Bdrm.

BEVERLY HILLS Dishwasher, 2 Parking Side by Side + 2 Bath • controlled access, Newly Remodeled 24hr Full Service Bldg.

Upscale, Bright, 1 Bd.+Den+1.5 Ba. laundry facility.

Pool Jacuzzi Gym Party Rm BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. Gorgeous & Spacious.

LARGE DUPLEX Rooftop C LOSE TO C EDARS , Central Air-Conditioning • • • • • 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH 2 BDRMS + 1 BATH Penthouse EVERLY C ENTER , B New Carpet & Paint $3,400-$3,600/MONTH With Pool, balcony, + OFFICE + DEN Panoramic Views!

ESTAURANT R OW. R High Floor. Large Balcony central air, fireplace, Refrig - Washer - Dryer Large living, dining Lots of light, Unobstructed Views. Total 310/531-3992 and breakfast room. elevator, intercom private, hrwd. flrs. $4,195/Month Renovations. Stainless Steel • Granite countertops • entry, parking. gym.

Call 323/933-9544 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Kitchen. Hardwood Floors • • 310/476-2181 • with marble floors and BEVERLY HILLS • 221 S. Doheny Dr. French doors in bdrm. to • all appliances. Hardwood 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH patio overlooking pool • Close to shopping, • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. floors, high ceiling, $2,500/MONTH dining & schools. nicely landscaped yard Spacious, hardwood flrs., • GORGEOUS UNITS • www.

PENTHOUSE Central air, huge closets, built-in 2-car garage w/ remote. pool, elevator, a/c, dishwasher, pool, bhcourier $2,750/MO. CENTURY PARK EAST on-site laundry, In The HEART of elevator, controlled $2,650 to $4,500/mo.

Call 310/908-1919 intercom entry. $4,350/MONTH High Floor Corner. Unobstructed City/Ocean Vus. Total Renovation Stainless Steel Kitchen. Walk-In Closet. Hardwood Floors 2 Jumbo Balconies

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NEWLY RENOVATED GORGEOUS 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Amazing Location $4,300/MO.

8491 FOUNTAIN AVENUE WEST HOLLYWOOD Call 310/741-2156

872 S. Westgate Ave. Pool, a/c, balcony, = = = = = = stove, dishwasher, laundry rm., prkg., inter2 Bd.+11/2 Ba. = = = = = = com entry, elevator.

C L O S E TO S H O P S & R E S TA U R A N T S C A N O N /B E V E R LY / RODEO DR.

310/858-8133

Hardwood floors, sliding glass doors to patio, parking, laundry facility.

310/592-4511

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W E S T W O O D W E S T W O O D CULVER CITY BRENTWOOD ~ WEST ~ Midvale Ave. 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . 3830 Vinton Ave. 925 S. Barrington Ave. L O S A N G E L E S 1409 The Carlton • • •• •••• • • • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath 11666 Goshen Ave. 12424 TeXaS Ave. • • • •1 Bd.+1 Ba.• • • • Single • • Hardwood floors, • • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • •• • Single • • Single • dishwasher, on-site •• •• Single+1 Ba. V E R Y N I C E U N I T. • • • • • • •• • laundry & parking.

2nd floor, • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • Pool, sauna, • • • • intercom entry, 310/826-0541 on-site laundry, • • • • • • WiFi, central air/heat, BRENTWOOD

fireplace, patio, controlled access, pool, elevator, parking, laundry facility.

covered parking, controlled access.

310/442-8265

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

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

elevator, on-site Close to shopping, laundry, parking. dining & transportation.

All Utilities Paid.

310/841-2367 CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., E T A . SHOPPING & 1 BLK. Close To U.C.L.A. 310/312-9871 310/477-6856 1236 Amhearst Ave. TO WESTWOOD PARK. H O L LY W O O D Shopping & Dining in 310/478-8616 • Spacious Units • 1769-1775 WILSHIRE Brentwood Village 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath ~ WESTWOOD ~ C O R R I D O R N. Sycamore Av. • • • • • ^^ 1385 Kelton Ave. 10530-10540 SANTA MONICA ^ ^1^Bdrm. +1 Bath • Single 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Wilshire Bl. 808 4th St. Dishwasher, a/c, Hardwood floors, Bachelor ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ • Controlled controlled access, dishwasher, on-sight access, ** ** on-site parking laundry, controlled • 2 B d . + 2 B a . • laundry facility. * Penthouse * access, parking. & laundry facility.

Utilities Included.

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • * 3 Bd.+2 Ba. * 310/569-1159 310/820-8584 323/851-3790 * * Close to U.C.L.A. & • S i n g l e • * * L ARGE , U NIQUE W E S T L . A . Westwood Village ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ * HOLLYWOOD * Luxury Living AND G ORGEOUS . 12333 TeXaS Ave. 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. • WESTWOOD • Fireplace, balcony, 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath with valet, * * * * * 550 Veteran Ave. dishwasher, intercom lush garden ∞ ∞ ∞ 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • ∞ ∞counters, ∞ dish∞ ••••• surrounding pool, entry, elevator, Granite gym, elevator, etc. parking and pool. washer, balcony, stove, • 2 B d . + 2 B a . * * * * * Hrwd. flrs., granite • Close to Beach • intercom-entry, on-site • Newly Remodeled counters, dishwasher, 310/394-7132 • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Great Views laundry, parking. central air, balcony.

••••• Great views, controlled 310/826-4600 • Free WiFi • access, balcony, SANTA MONICA Very spacious, Call: 310/470-4474 WESTWOOD elevator, lrg. pool, granite counters, • Spacious • prkg, on-sight laundry.

1370 Veteran Ave. microwave, intercom **CENTURY CITY** 3 Bdrm. + 2 Bath IKING IN R UNYON H 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath entry, on-sight laun- 2220 S. Beverly Glen Approx. 1,100sf.

Single dry, parking & WiFi. • • C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD Patio, dishwasher, •••• • • 1 B d . + 1 B a .

• B OWL /N IGHTLIFE. •••• Very close to UCLA • on-site laundry, parking.

323/467-8172 Balcony, air conditioning • Single •• C LOSE TO S CHOOL , dishwasher, controlled & Westwood Village. • •• 310/473-1509 •• access bldg., WiFi, F REEWAY & L o t s o f • • LAFAYETTE PARK • • pool, on-sight laundry, T RANSPORTATION .

Character & Charm! 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL. gym, parking.

• WESTWOOD • Glass Fireplace 310/449-1100 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath 310/477-6885 2600 Virginia Ave. Close to U.C.L.A. 10933 Rochester Ave. Newly Remodeled.

•••••• 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath New hardwood flrs., Granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ granite counters, ~ WEST L.A. ~ L.A.’S FINEST, Jr. Executive stainless steel appl., air conditioned, new 1675 Colby Ave. MOST LUXURIOUS hrwd. flrs., designer *** Spacious a/c, fireplace, alcove fireplace, APT. RENTAL finishes, balcony, ceiling *** 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. * * * * * * pool, controlled access, fridge, laundry facility, fan, elevator, controlled gated parking, intercom laundry fac., prkg.

Spacious & Bright. access. Fitness ctr, yoga “The Mission” • Free WiFi Access • entry, WiFi and more. room, wi-fi, skyview A / C , b a l c o n y, • 310/552-8064 • lounge w/ outdoor fire• Westwood • 310/473-5061 dishwasher, stove, Rooftop jacuzzi Close To U.C.L.A. with panoramic place, laundry facilities. intercom entry, • • • • • Easy freeway access on-sight laundry, prkg. city views.

213/382-102 1 • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. 310/477-0072 WESTWOOD • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • 1380 Midvale Ave. ~ WESTWOOD ~ LOS ANGELES • 1385 Kelton Ave. 6-Month Lease Avail.

401 S. HOOVER St. • • • • • * * * * * * 1628 Westgate Ave. 1 Bd. +1 Ba. 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • • • • Every Extra Luxury ~ 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. ~ custom cabinets, granite 2 Bd.+2 Ba. Hardwood floors, • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. B r i g h t & A i r y. countertops, stone entry, • • • • • dishwasher, on-sight • pool, health club, spa.

Dishwasher, WiFi, pool, elevator, laundry, controlled • • • • • • • • • Free WiFi Access • Intercom entry, on-sight • Close to UCLA • controlled access, onControl access, pool, access, parking. parking, on-sight 1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. sight laundry, parking. dishwasher, elevator, 310/569-1159 L.A., 90024 laundry facility. on-site laundry C l o s e t o U . C . L . A . Close to U.C.L.A. & Close to transportation. Contact Mgr.: and parking.

310/473-1509 • 310/864-0319 • Westwood Village 310/820-1810 213/385-4751

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904-908 Granville Av.

2 Bd.+2 Ba. Includes: Granite counters, Fireplace, balcony, laundry facility, subterranean prkg.

Near Whole Foods.

310/207-1965

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11730 SUNSET BLVD.

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

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872 S. Westgate Ave.

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ANTIQUES / JEWELRY BUY & SELL

BEVERLY HILLS

ANTIQUES / JEWELRY BUY & SELL

WANTED

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

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Buyers and Sellers of High-End Jewelry & Watches

IN ADDITION TO

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

TOP DOLLAR PAID Call 310/289-9561 475

GARAGE / ESTATE SALE

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

BEVERLY HILLS MOVING SALE SAT. & SUN. June 11/12 • 12-4PM

161 N. HAMEL DR

————— ESTATE SALE BEVERLY HILLS THURSDAY & FRIDAY Jun 9 & 10 • 9am-4pm

515 N. LINDEN DR. North of Santa Monica Bl.

Residential furniture, Ralph Lauren, Barclay Butera, Henredon, crystal, chandeliers, chaise lounges, mirrors, dining & bedroom furnishings, T.v.'s , outdoor furn etc.

Please no purses, bags, boxes.. just wallets. Thank you

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Furniture; Dining, living & bedroom set. Beautiful antique rugs & furniture, household items, TV’s, electronics & much more!

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

BUY & SELL

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

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S E R V I C E

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CARPET CLEANING

CONTRACTORS

ELECTRIC

HANDY PEOPLE

J & J Carpet Cleaning

CONTRACTOR

CARE ELECTRIC

H&L

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

• AC •

CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

REMODELING & NEW ADDITIONS FREE Estimates

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

All Electrical Needs!

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

310/901-9411 Lic.# 568446

CONTRACTORS

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

www.elaninnovativeconstruction.com

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HANDY PEOPLE • WHITNEY'S • ELECTRICAL AND HANDYMAN SERVICE Lamps, Fixtures, Etc...

Big and small jobs.

Excellent reference.

General Building Contractor

Call Robert at

“FREE ESTIMATE” Call 310-294-6866

805-252-2122

GOLD COAST ~ MARBLE ~

HANDYMAN and MAINTENANCE

• Marble Polishing • Sealing • Floor Restoration • Grout Cleaning

Painting • Plumbing Tiling • Electric • Drywall Remodel & Demolition • Hauling, Remove and Replace Carpet.

Residential & Commercial Cleaning. Shampoo Carpet.

Property Management.

Call For Free Estimate:

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

HUGO: 310/204-6107

or 661/886-9440

PAINTING

SERVICE DIRECTORY

RAFAEL PAINTING

30 years of Quality service.

Immediate Response

MARBLE

RESTORATION

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

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Residential/Commercial

SUDOKU ANSWER 06/03/16 ISSUE

Quality Custom Painting References Available.

NO JOB TOO SMALL. LIC. # 641602 Lic. No. 953274 —————–––– BONDED + INSURED Will Donate Part of the proceed to Charity/organization/schools of your choice. • HANDYMAN • 20 Years Experience

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

SUDOKU

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

No Job Too BIG or Too small!

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323/658-7847 323/864-2490 FREE ESTIMATE

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PAINTING Interior/Exterior PUZZLE ANSWER

House • Commercial

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Apt. • Industrial • Hi-Rise Since 1982

HONEST and RELIABLE

I Have Great Preparation

No job too Big but not too Small

323/733-4898 Call Young anytime

310/653-2551

“I Do My Own Work”

Lic. # 689667 • Bonded / Insured

To Advertise Your Services

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BEVERLY HILLS

Chairman 2014 Paula Kent Meehan President & Publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We would like to address the article in the Courier entitled “Rec & Parks Commission Opposes Historic Designation of Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling Greens At Special Meeting.”

The term that we “vented” is not representative of how we expressed our opinions.

Additionally, individual commissioners were misquoted, and we feel the entire context of the meeting was unfairly portrayed. In fact, the entirety of the special meeting can be viewed at http://beverlyhills.granicus.com/Media Player.php?clip_id=4868.

To begin with, the “special meeting”of the Recreation and Parks Commission was not called on Saturday, May 21. There was, however, a special meeting that followed the regular meeting on Tuesday, May 24. This came about as a result of a motion being passed by the Cultural Heritage Commission on May 18, regarding a grass portion of Roxbury Park being considered for Historical Cultural Designation. The Recreation and Parks Commission was not approached regarding this proposal. No information was provided to our commission advising us of what actually was going to be designated.

We were not provided with any photos, plots, sketches or general forewarning regarding this matter. We had a brief attachment to our agenda of what had occurred.

There once was a lawn

bowling clubhouse at Roxbury Park, but it no longer remains.

There is just a piece of land that, due to its infrequent use both in time and number of City residents, had been suggested in the past to be used for a dog park or other uses commensurate with the community’s use of a public park.

Currently there are 24 members of the Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling Club, 20 non-residents and 4 residents of Beverly Hills, of which one is Mayor John Mirisch.

We, as a commission, did not feel that designating a portion of Roxbury Park was appropriate, not because we don’t respect historical relevance, but because we need to weigh the sentiments of community members and the mission of our commission to ensure that the land is appropriately designated to the interests of our residents and shareholders of the City. It is our Commission’s fervent desire to retain and maintain, as much green space for our resident as we can. We jealously guard any infringement upon the precious green space we have.

That is why we are so concerned about what a historical designation could entail for the future of this green space. We did not indicate, as the article stated, that we disapprove of an area that holds tremendous history in the city, or that Walt Disney's contribution was not important to local history.

It was suggested at the

meeting that a historical plaque be placed at the site.

However, this suggestion needs to be further addressed at an agendized meeting, so that the community can voice its opinions.

Members of the Parks & Recreation Commission Frances Bilak, Susan Gersh, Robbie Anderson, Simone Friedman, Howard Rosoff ****** Editor’s Note: It is our hope it would remain a green space–either lawnbowling or another green sport. A volleyball court is not green. ****** If the Beverly Hills Post Office were as universally wanting as portrayed in the Courier’s most recent Letters to the Editor section, I think a riot would be justified. But as much as I sympathize with those neighbors and citizens whose mail is mishandled, let me tell you, please, another story. I have lived in Beverly Hills well over half a century now, and aside from the occasional misdirected letter showing up in our mailbox, the BHPO service has been exemplary. Our regular mailman, Edizon Varias, could not be more conscientious, courteous or consistent. In fact, it is my happy experience that all our mail carriers sincerely try–amid budget restraints and onerous workloads–to do their very best by us, and 99.9-percent of the time, succeed admirably.

S. R. Willen

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (June 10). You’re not aiming to gain power, just trying to be more effective. In dedicating yourself to that you will gain power, momentum, better connections and a more energizing emotional pallete, too. Your project will cross the finish line in August and win an award in September. Family expansion happens in December. Sagittarius and Aquarius adore you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re all about proliferating ideas and giving sparkling communication–an attractive style. Even quiet, reserved people find themselves drawn to your charms.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The resources are there, but they are not apparent. They are like underwater springs, and you’ll have to apply your intuition to divine your way to the good stuff, like the ancients who used a sacred stick to find water underground.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The orphans and strays will be attracted to your innate generosity, and perhaps you'll care for them by entertaining them and impressing them, taking risks that leave them gasping in awe.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Location matters -- specifically, the flow of energy through a location. Set it up so that you can move easily through the tasks that keep your life rolling along. Bad organization brings with it some unnecessary stress.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When loss, change or stress takes someone you love out of his or her normal coping pattern, you’re there to give reassurance. The stability of your love can be counted on when other things can’t be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Effectively walk through the good and bad of the day and you'll grow. When

things seem to be turning in a negative direction, you can avoid getting caught in the downward spiral by keeping your hands and attention to yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Being there to celebrate the success of a loved one makes you feel connected. You have your own successes, which is why you can so easily relate and do it up in the memorable way everyone enjoys.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A past predicament could have been altered had you made different choices, but most of it was out of your control. Moving forward, you’ll continue to put yourself in a better and more powerful position.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you’re not sure what matters, give the whole issue of your priorities about 15 silent, thoughtful minutes. Nothing is too hard for you to figure out when you allow the mental space and focus for that.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). You’ll make your choice. A weaker person would make no decisions, thereby believing that he or she has escaped all responsibility.

It doesn't work that way. Not deciding is a decision, too, and therefore culpable.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Your body is starting to show the benefits of your health and fitness efforts, and this will inspire you to do even better. Sure, this is work, but your happy spirit makes any attention you put on feeling better a joy.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Your friends will want to hang out at your place. This is where the acceptance and sense of belonging is, after all. They can feel it best in your kitchen, and you'll dream up something delicious to add to that.

Another Phobia From Roger Lefkon

THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT

Simply stated “Fear of Missing Out” (FOMO) is the feeling of envy, insecurity and anxiety associated with missing out on something more positive and exciting that other people are experiencing in their lives. Prepping for a colonoscopy does not qualify.

I am one of those who want to say “yes” to most everything because the consequences of missing out on a good thing are too cataclysmic to contemplate.

That’s why I check my cell phone, computer and all of my other electronic devices every 10 minutes to see if anything has been updated.

My online friends who reside on Twitter, Facebook, Google and other social platforms are largely comprised of people whom I have never met in person and probably never will. The upside is I make lots of new friends and the downside is that I never learn their true identities. They may be serial killers who have learned their trade by watching Criminal Minds, aliens in search of a rent controlled apartment, recruiters for extremist groups who promise to deliver me to paradise in the afterlife once I have blown myself up and lonely women who have fallen in love with my photo and want me to live with them, meet their mother and share in their vast wealth. In return, I must walk their dogs and make funny faces when they are depressed.

My fear of missing out includes being obsessive about answering the phone knowing full well it may be a telemarketing call with an alluring female voice telling me I have just won a two week cruise and all she needs before issuing the ticket is my credit card, social security and passport information; or “this is Vito from Godfather Pizza and I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse”; or “hello Roger, how is your day going, I’m Jake, a contractor who happens to be in your neighborhood and I’d like to stop by and discuss demolishing your house and building you a new one.”

Then there is a threatening voice without a name informing me that a warrant has been issued for my arrest and if I wire $5,000 he can make it disappear. I tell him that I possess a “get out of jail free card” so being in the slammer doesn’t bother me.

He hangs up and moments later the phone rings again and I hear “your aunt Bertha is in big trouble in Damascus and needs money sent to her right away. Just say the word and I will arrange for a drone to pick up the cash and make sure it’s in unmarked Syrian pounds.”

I reply, “I never liked Bertha and still have the toaster she regifted me as wedding present, so tell her she’s on her own.” Then there are the politicians, fundraisers and special interest groups that resort to robocalls and always manage to dial just as the Viagra is kicking in.

I also have a fear of missing out when it comes to sampling hot new restaurants which is always a challenge since I don’t eat sushi, lamb, duck, shabu shabu or kale (like Peter Rabbit I prefer iceberg lettuce); buying a California lottery ticket where the odds of winning are one in 41 million whereas the odds of being killed by terrorists while traveling abroad are a mere one in 650,000; attending a legendary New Years Eve party, attempting a new diet and, if it fails, becoming a contestant on The Biggest Loser and standing in line all night so I don’t miss out on getting the latest iphone. Would Alexander Graham Bell have stood for this?

With the “golden years,” (more accurately referred to as badly tarnished copper), upon me, my thoughts turn to the fear of missing out on my own memorial service.

I would make all of the arrangements up front including a legacy tribute in the form of a video showcasing the highlights of my life, which shouldn’t take more than 60 seconds and compiling a list of guests who would speak lovingly of me.

Phyllis, my soul mate of 38, years would remark that I would no longer be around to issue instructions to her and my shrink Mitzi, a former stripper, would observe that I missed my calling and would have made a great dictator.

A bunch of my doctors would exclaim that they don’t know how I managed to live this long and Jacob the owner of Pico Cleaners would be distraught, not because I’m gone, but realizing that without my business he might be forced into early retirement.

My grandkids, Jason and Andrew would speculate I haven’t really passed away but am in fact somewhere in the room wearing an ingenious disguise because it would be unthinkable for me to miss out on being present for such an auspicious occasion and the lavish buffet that would follow.

Finally, someone would ask that the casket be opened to afford those assembled one last look at my adorable face and when the lid was raised all that would be seen and heard would be a note that read “he who laughs last, laughs best” and a music box playing the Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive.

Beverly Hills resident Roger Lefkon is a veteran television writer/producer; former senior executive with Merv Griffin Entertainment; and author of The World Is A Really Scary Place

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