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BEVERLY HILLS VOLUME: LIII

NUMBER 29

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City Council To Ponder Future Of Electric Scooters

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Nina and Simone are a mother-daughter dog duo available for adoption together now.

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The Planning Commission is set to once again review 331 N. Oakhurst.

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Family-Owned Pioneer Hardware Thriving Despite Changing Shopping Trends

By Steve Simmons In a world where Amazon dominates retail, Beverly Hills’ own Pioneer Hardware has found a way to adapt and thrive, filling a niche in the community by adding online direct sales via its website through Do It Best (the world’s largest online hardware store) while keeping the charm and reliable customer service it has been known for since 1926.

Pioneer is the oldest continuously owned family business in Beverly Hills, according to the Tilem’s.

“We have everything you

would want,” says Jeff Tilem, Pioneer owner-manager. From paint to plumbing supplies, housewares to light bulbs, Pioneer Hardware is Beverly Hills’ neighborhood store.

“The store is a really about customer service,“ says Tilem.

“It’s the Cheers of hardware stores,” he says, where like in the sitcom’s opening theme “everybody knows your name.”

Customers include the many seniors who live near the store’s 315 N. Crescent Dr. address.

Tilem tells of a 94-year-old customer, a client since the (see ‘PIONEER HARDWARE’ page 15)

City Council Returns MOA To Metro For More Mitigation George Christy, Page 6 The Talk Of Beverly Hills And Environs Is Avra Estiatorio That’s In The Heart Of The City. Diners Are Thrilled With The Fresh Mediterranean Fish That Are Flown In Daily, Plus The Greek Delicacies.

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By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills City Council was not satisfied with the draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that has been negotiated over several months with Metro for Section 2 of the Purple Line Subway Extension.

The MOA was peer-reviewed

by DLA Piper.

Several residents and business owners contributed public comments, and while agreeing that the negotiations had come a long way from the beginning, they sought more assurances that the impact would be minimized.

Their comments reflected concerns about vibrations and

noise levels that could impact residents and businesses, haul routes, dust, traffic and the impact on businesses during the critical holiday period.

Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Todd Johnson asked that there be a 60-day advanced notice for hotels and restaurants who must inform patrons in advance of potential issues with construction rather than the 14-day advance in the MOA. The council requested an increasing escalation of fines for noise and vibration violations, (see ‘METRO MOA’ page 17)

Bird Scooters like the one pictured above are popping up all over Beverly Hills.

locate another scooter nearby for their return trip, while another rider can pick up their original scooter through a locater in the app. (see ‘BIRD SCOOTERS’ page 16)

New Court Filing Alleges Hadid Failed To Complete Community Service Hours

By Matt Lopez Bel Air residents laid the hammer down on celebrity megamansion developer Mohamed Hadid’s 901 Strada Vecchia project in a court filing this week.

In a new filing presented to L.A. Superior Court Judge Eric Harmon, attorneys for John and Judith Bedrosian and Joe and Beatriz Horacek revealed that – among other things – illegal work continued at the project after a July 2017 criminal sentencing, and Hadid allegedly failed to fulfill his required 200 hours of community service.

As part of his no contest plea to 2017 charges of illegal construction, Hadid was ordered to complete 200 hours

of community services.

According to this week’s filing

by George Soneff, attorney for the Bedrosian and Horacek families, they believe there is “strong evidence” that Hadid did not fulfill his community service hours.

The families were able to obtain a sign-in sheet from the Cochran Avenue Baptist Church in Los Angeles, where Hadid allegedly signed in for community service 33 times between July 26 and October 2017.

The church sign-in sheet shows that Hadid is alleged to have signed in for 13.5 hours of community service on Oct. 4, 5 and 6. Social media postings

Celebrity Photo Agency/Scott Downie

ONE TEAM, ONE MISSION – The Beverly Hills Police Department was on display in full regalia this week when all police personnel were inspected by Chief of Police Sandra Spagnoli and the command staff, followed by a department-wide meeting held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Spagnoli formally reviewed the core values, mission and vision statement of the BHPD and acknowledged accomplishments in the past year. The Chief also presented an overview of specific strategic priorities, goals and objectives for the coming year to establish best practices in law enforcement, to maintain exceptional community service and to continue the proud tradition of the Beverly Hills Police Department as a critical part of the Beverly Hills community.

By Victoria Talbot Love them or hate them, electric scooters have sped into the public right of way in an unavoidable wave of participation, leaving many people wondering where they came from.

These scooters – largely owned by companies Bird and Lime – are the latest shared mobility devices to hit the streets, meeting a need where bikeshares left off. Their popularity is undeniable and with that, they have become a public nuisance.

The devices are rented through a smart phone app, and for a small fee, the rider can use the device to power at a maximum speed of 15 mph to their destination. They can leave the scooter at their destination and use the app to

BELOVED DENZEL — The fans roared when Denzel Washington reunited with Kareem AbdulJabbar during the Columbia Pictures premiere of Equalizer 2 at the TCL Chinese Theatre.

(see ‘901 STRADA VECCHIA’ page 13)

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

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE: TIME: LOCATION:

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 7:00 PM City Council Chamber - Beverly Hills City Halll 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at a SPECIAL meeting on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, will hold a public hearing beginning at 7:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to consider a request for a General Plan Amendment, Zone Text Amendment, Planned Development Permit, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map for the property located at 9908 South Santa Monica Boulevard as follows: General Plan and Zone Text Amendment. The property at 9908 South Santa Monica Boulevard is currently zoned C-3A. The Proposed Project seeks to amend the General Plan and General Plan Land Use Map to create a Mixed Use Planned Development Overlay Zone (MPD-5) Land Use Designation and apply it to the subject property to allow the development of mixed residential and commercial uses. A Zone Text Amendment is also requested to amend the Municipal Code to establish the Mixed Use Planned Development Overlay Zone (M-PD-5) and associated development standards and other provisions.

Planned Development. The Mixed Use Planned Development Overlay Zone (M-PD-5) includes language requiring a Planned Development to allow construction of the proposed mixed-use project, which consists of 27 residential condominium units and 13,036 square feet of ground floor commercial space in a 5-story building with a height of 58’-0” and three levels of subterranean parking. The proposed project would have a floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.76:1.

Prior iterations of the proposed project previously reviewed by the Planning Commission include: 27 condominium units with no commercial space in a 66’ tall building with one level of subterranean parking (2.5:1 FAR); and 27 condominium units with 3,541 square feet of ground floor retail space in a 66’ tall building with two levels of subterranean parking (2.59:1 FAR).

HONORING JINX – The Beverly Hills police announced in a social media post last weekend that Jinx, a beloved K-9 member of the department had died. According to the BHPD’s press release, Jinx – who was trained exclusively for narcotics detection – died from Cushing’s disease, which occurs when a dog’s body overproduces cortisol or when a dog is given corticosteroid medication over a lengthy period. Jinx served the BHPD from September of 2009 to March 2014 and was the only dog assigned to the field division of the Los Angeles Drug Enforcement Agency’s office.

Vesting Tentative Tract Map. The proposed project includes a request for a Vesting Tentative Tract Map to allow the subdivision of 27 residential condominium units and 1 commercial condominium unit containing the portion of the building devoted to retail and restaurant uses.

A Development Agreement is also being proposed by the applicant in conjunction with the proposed project, and the Planning Commission may discuss and provide recommendations on the terms to be included in the proposed Development Agreement.

This project has been 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 City of Beverly Hills has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) to analyze potential environmental impacts associated with development of the project. The Planning Commission previously held a public hearing to review the Draft EIR during the Draft EIR circulation period, which studied a prior iteration of the proposed project which included 27 residential condominium units, a 66 foot building height, no commercial space and two less levels of parking with an FAR of 2.5:1. Information updating the analysis contained in the Draft EIR has been included in the Final EIR as a separate section, entitled Appendix 9. This added section updates the analysis to take into account modifications included in the currently proposed iteration of the project. Specifically, the Final EIR analyzes the following potential environmental effects of the project: • Aeshtetics • Air Quality • Green House Gas

• Land Use and Planning • Noise • Traffic

• Hazards and Hazardous Materials • Mandadory Findings of Signifcance

In addition the Final EIR also includes an expanded analysis of a Mixed Use Office and Commercial Alternative, entitled Appendix 10.

The Planning Commission will consider the Final EIR, and may adopt a resolution recommending its certification to the City Council.

Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission. Written comments also may be submitted prior to the public hearing to the Planning Division, via mail: attn. Masa Alkire, 455 N. Rexford Drive, 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Written comments may also be submitted via email to malkire@beverlyhills.org. Any written comments received by Tuesday, July 31, 2018 will be attached to the agenda report regarding this item. Any comment received after Tuesday, July 31, 2018, but prior to the public hearing, will be distributed to the Commission under separate cover.

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 Masa Alkire, AICP, Principal Planner in the Planning Division at (310) 285-1135, or by email at malkire@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the project plans and associated application materials are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

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

PASSING THE TORCH– Beverly Hills resident Mark N. Schwartz was officially appointed to the Beverly Hills Community Charitable Foundation Tuesday. He replaces attorney Ronit Stone as a Board Member, who has also served on the Beverly Hills Education Foundation as Past President. Schwartz wife, Lisa Kay Schwartz, serves on the Health and Safety Commission.

Friends of Greystone Present George Geary On Historic Dining Establishments During Hollywood’s Glamour Days

By Victoria Talbot Bestselling cookbook author and Certified Culinary Professional George Geary will be appearing at the Doheny Greystone Mansion to discuss his latest book, L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants, and share some of his insights and experiences with great food and dining at 12:30 – 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 12.

Old-timers will remember the fabled Brown Derby, Chasen’s, Coconut Grove, Romanoff’s, Cock ‘n Bull.

Ciro’s, Mocambo, Trocadero, La Rue, and the Musso & Frank Grill – all restaurants that appeared on celebrity calendars. During Hollywood’s Golden Era deals were made, promises broken, alliances formed and great food was consumed at these mythical haunts.

For many second and third-generation residents with ties to the film industry, these restaurants were more than just eateries – they were part of the rhythm of Hollywood life.

Geary traces the nascence of culinary evolution in Los

Angeles in the 1920s through mid-century and the dawn of chef-inspired Ma Maison and Spago. From Trader Vic’s to Perino’s, there are stories to tell and food to discuss, recalling Hollywood through its inspired dining establishments.

An award-winning chef and educator, Geary has traveled the world teaching culinary arts, and was recently chosen as the Culinary Educator of the Year by the international Association of Culinary Professionals.

The event will be preceded by a glass of champagne and a buffet lunch inspired by recipes from L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants, topped off with George Geary’s signature “Golden Girls Cheesecake Dessert.” Guests can tour the first floor of the mansion and parking is complimentary.

Tickets are $75 for Friends of Greystone and $85 for nonmembers. Space is limited; reservations are required.

Purchase tickets at www.greystonemansion.org or call 310-286-0119 for more information.

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Rachelle Marcus, Tristen Walker-Shuman Officially Declare Candidacy For Beverly Hills School Board

UPLIFTING AND UNFOLDING ART – The Beverly Hills City Council and the Fine Arts Commission joined Mark and Cathy Louchheim to dedicate Folded Square – Alphabet G, a sculpture by Fletcher Benton, to its public art collection. The Louchheim’s graciously donated the piece, which is located inside the Burton Way Median at Rexford Drive. “We are very, very fortunate to receive this donation and to add another Fletcher Benton piece to our collection,” said Mayor Julian Gold. The second Benton sculpture can be found in Maltz Park at Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive. Fine Art Commission Chair Zale Richard Rubins said ”Art enhances the everyday experiences... In building a world-class public art collection by adding pieces like Folded Square - Alphabet G, our hope is that people will be surprised, delighted, intrigued and inspired by what they see.” Pictured (from left): Councilmember Robert Wunderlich, Vice Mayor John Mirisch, Mayor Julian Gold, Mark and Cathy Louchheim, Councilmember Lili Bosse, Councilmember Lester Friedman, Fine Art Chair Zale Richard Rubins, Fine Art Vice Chair Stephanie Vahn, Fine Art Commissioner Michael Smooke, Fine Art Commissioner Alan Kaye.

‘Stop The Purple Threat’ Petition To President Donald Trump More Than Halfway To Goal

By Laura Coleman An online petition asking President Donald Trump to prevent the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) from running a subway tunnel under Beverly Hills High School (BHHS) continues to gain support after being posted earlier this month on change.org.

As of press time, the petition had gathered 576 digital signatures.

“We are looking for a winwin situation, otherwise the safety of our students and staff will be compromised,” wrote Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Superintendent Michael Bregy after signing the online petition. “There is no light at the end of this tunnel!”

A consortium calling themselves the Friends of Beverly Hills High School, which unveiled the petition on July 4 in tandem with launch-

ing the “Stop the Purple Threat” website (https://purplethreat. com), is calling on Trump and U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao to withhold federal funds in order to force Metro to re-route its planned Purple Line extension into Century City from under BHHS. The current route requires Metro to tunnel through pockets of methane gas and upwards of 70 abandoned oil wells that once pumped the oil-rich land under the high school.

BHHS would be the first and only permanent school building in the state to have a subway tunnel run underneath it.

The new campaign is distinct from the school district’s own years-long legal battle against both Metro and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), which BHUSD began almost seven years ago in response to Metro’s decision to

re-route Beverly Hills’ “locally preferred” alignment into Century City via Santa Monica Boulevard.

Multiple sources estimate that the change, which now includes plans for a subway station at the yet-to-be-built Century City Center on Constellation and Avenue of the Stars, will cost taxpayers at least $400 million more, in addition to triggering widespread concerns in the community about student safety.

Metro has repeatedly alleged that the change is necessary and that the planned route under BHHS is the only option available.

Almost two years ago, on Aug. 16, 2016, U.S. Federal Judge George Wu ruled that the FTA acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner” with respect to the environmental effects of tunneling under BHHS in order to reach (see ‘METRO PETITION’ page 16)

City Seeks Embrace Civility Award Nominations

By Victoria Talbot Each year, the City of Beverly Hills honors a community member or group which embodies the principles of civility, respect and responsible actions by giving the Embrace Civility Award, an initiative of the Human Relations Commission.

The City is currently seeking nominees from the community for 2018.

The recipient may be any age, but must be a resident of the City of Beverly Hills, a City employee, or associated with a current business or organization that has operated within

the City of Beverly Hills for a minimum of one year.

Candidates should demonstrate a “positive role model” for civic behavior, take a stand “in support of respect and responsible” action and promote positive neighbor-toneighbor relations.

Nomination forms are available in the City Hall lobby, Roxbury Park, La Cienega Park and the Beverly Hills Public Library, or online at www.beverlyhills.org/embracecivilityaward and can be submitted by email or by conventional mail. Nominations should be received by Sept. 7.

The winner will be honored by the City Council and all nominees will be recognized at the Human Relations Commission.

The program began in 2010 as part of the Human Relations Commission’s quest to encourage civil exchange in the public sphere and to promote a community that is civil, responsible and respectful in the daily business of City Hall and municipal election proceedings.

For more information call the Human Relations Services Division at 310-285-1006.

By Laura Coleman Making good on their pledges to run, on Monday Beverly Hills residents Rachelle Marcus and Tristen Walker-Shuman filed papers with the L.A. County RegistrarRecorder declaring their candidacy to become a governing board member for the Beverly Hills Unified School District.

As of press time, they remained the only potential candidates who have filed to run in the Nov. 6 election.

Board President Lisa Korbatov, who is now finishing her ninth year on the Board of Education, along with first term board member Howard Goldstein have both repeatedly said that they would not be seeking reelection.

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

wonderful place to live,” said Marcus, a retired BHUSD school teacher who has lived in Beverly Hills since 1974.

In May, Marcus became the first resident to announce she was running. WalkerShuman, a third generation resident of Beverly Hills and mother of five, announced her intention shortly thereafter.

Among the hot button items confronting future board members are ensuring fiscal stability; possibly reconfiguring the schools to include a dedicated middle school; and completing a complicated schoolbuilding program to effectively remediate aged and structurally deficient buildings throughout the district.

“We need to reestablish our sense of being a unified school community, develop a relevant culture of excellence (see ‘SCHOOL BOARD’ page 16)

CROONING FOR YOUR HEART – Nina (right) and Simone (left) are a motherdaughter combo looking for a home together. Nina is a 3year-old Havapoo who weighs 15 pounds. Simone is a 1-year-old Havapoo/Shih Tzu mix who weighs 10 pounds. Their owner died and they are hoping to find their forever home together.

For more information, visit www.shelterhopepetshop.org .

Transformative Jewish Leader, Author Richard Siegel Dies At 70

By John L. Seitz Richard Siegel, regarded as a transformative force in the Jewish world, died July 12 after a two year bout with cancer.

The husband of Laura Geller, senior rabbi emerita of Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, Richard was raised in Pittsburgh and earned an M.A. at Brandeis University and a second M.A. degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

His master's thesis at Brandeis – ”A Theoretical Construct for a Jewish Whole Earth Catalog” was subsequently developed into The Jewish Catalog, the best-selling guide to the Jewish counter-culture of the 1960s. His other books included The Jewish Almanac (Bantam Books, 1981) and The Writer In The Jewish Community: An Israel-North America Dialogue (Associated University Press, 1993).

Siegel was executive director of the Foundation for Jewish Culture) for 16 years

and served a total of 28 years at that organization, where he is credited with putting culture and the arts into the conversation about contemporary Jewish identity. .

In more recent years, he had been director of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management.

Following his retirement from that college directorship, he co-authored Getting Good And Getting Older: A Jewish Catalog For A New Age with his wife, Rabbi Geller.

He is also survived by their four children: Andy, Ruth, Josh, and Elana.

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Beverly Hills Hotels Earn Top Travel + Leisure Honors

GIRL POWER – The Beverly Hills Police Department now has the highest number of sworn female officers in its history with 14 women in the 130-member police force, or 10.7 percent, starting with Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli. Pictured, top row (from left): Officers Lynnsey Diamond, Karly Loberg, Anne-Marie Lunsman, Maraya Contreras and Jaqueline Duran. Middle row (from left): Lt. Elisabeth Albanese, BHPD Chief Spagnoli, Detective Rachel Shannon and Officer Danielle Castro. Bottom row (from left): Officer Stephanie Nguyen-Lieu, Detective Audra Alatorre, Officers Stephanie Frias, Arda Guvlekjian and Adessa Anderson.

Greystone Garden To Host Kids Gardening Class On Sunday

By Victoria Talbot The summer is a perfect time for kids to enjoy the benefits of outdoor programs, including a class on How to Maintain a Bed on Sunday at the Greystone Demonstration Garden.

The class will be held at Greystone Mansion & Gardens and is one of the many youth classes being offered through the City of Beverly Hills Recreation and Parks department.

The Greystone Demonstration Garden is a community resource where individuals and groups can come together to produce healthy, organic food. Individuals, non-profit organizations, groups such as the Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts, students and local businesses can participate in the benefits of living landscaping and horticulture.

This course will teach your child the basics of irrigation, transplanting, fertilizers, mulching compositing, seed tape and pesticides.

How to Maintain a Bed is one of

the many classes that form the Junior Master Gardner Classes that are so popular offered through the University of California Cooperative Extension and taught by certified Master Gardeners.

Through hands-on experience, kids learn how to grow a sustainable vegetable garden. They learn the benefits of locally grown, organic food that is environmentally friendly. They gain a life-sustaining wisdom that is both practical and fun, that promotes a healthy sense of accomplishment and mastery.

Participants work on projects that are designed to develop critical thinking skills and promote self-confidence through project presentation.

Children who complete the program will receive the Golden Ray Certificate from Texas A&M University’s Junior Master Gardener Program.

To enroll, visit www.beverlyhills.org/bhrec and look for youth class Course #2052.

COURIER ON ICE –Beverly Hills attorney Steven Gardner enjoyed a fun weekend of skiing at Mammoth Mountain last month, but made sure to bring his copy of the Courier for a little downtime reading in between time on the slopes. To join Gardner in the Carry The Courier Club, snap a photo of yourself holding the Courier on your next trip and email it, along with caption information, to mlopez@bhcourier.com.

Correcting The Record In last week’s article, “City Council Tasked To Decide How Long To Close Wilshire Lanes As Subway Rolls Along,” the Courier incorrectly reported that there would be two 110-foot steel beams inserted into two 110-foot holes that will be drilled in anticipation of creating the Wilshire-Rodeo subway station. In fact, Metro will be drilling approximately 288 piles (beams) at the Rodeo Station. Each pile is approximately 110 feet long.

It will take between two to three months on each side of Wilshire to drill these piles. Once the piling operation is complete, Wilshire will be closed from Beverly to Crescent, on weekends only, for 13 weeks in order to deck Wilshire from Beverly to Crescent.

By Matt Lopez Two Beverly Hills hotels earned high marks last week when Travel + Leisure announced its 2018 World’s Best award winners.

The Viceroy L’Ermitage came in at No. 7 on the Top 15 City Hotels in the Continental United States, while the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills followed closely behind at 12th.

Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills Each year, Travel + Leisure ranks the World’s Best hotels, resorts, airlines, and more. our opening, we have worked hard to Travel + Leisure praised the offer our guests unparalleled service Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills’ “buzzy and a home away from home,” said rooftop pool and restaurant” in its rank- Peter Bowling, managing director at Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. ing.

Beverly Hills dominated the list of “Our team is elated that our guests recognized Waldorf Astoria Beverly Best Hotels in Greater Los Angeles, Hills as one of the best hotels in the with L’Ermitage checking at No. 1, citUnited States and in Los Angeles. Since ing “a feeling of unrivaled privacy and unparalleled attention, from its rooftop poolside service to its spa.”

The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills ranked No. 3, followed by The Peninsula Beverly Hills (No. 4), Mr. C Beverly Hills (No. 5), Montage Beverly Hills (No. 6), The Beverly Hills Hotel (No. 8) and The Beverly Wilshire (No. 10).

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he Big Noise in Beverly Hills since April of this year is noisier than ever. Several months are past, as our locals flock to beat the drum about Avra.

its stature, as does the open kitchen that’s windowed, where chefs, under the guidance of Cyprus-born Christos Philippou, prepare their specialties nonstop.

Gerber, Halle Berry, Chris North, Ellen Pompeo, Anthony Mackie, Steve Stabler, Stephen Galloway, Nicole Murphy and Nicole Scherzinger are regulars.

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carafe of extra virgin olive oil at every table, created from the finest Koroneiki olives of region the from Peloponnesus, is available for dressing the toasted squares of pita or whatever else.

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ere and there on far-off tables with ice in the dining room are the freshly caught whole fish flown in daily from Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Florida and New Zealand. Sold by the pound, and charcoal grilled with olive oil, lemon, sea salt, saffron and mustard.

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v r a Estiatorio is the Greek restaurant that’s come to us from Manhattan where there are two popular locations from entrepreneurers Nick Tsoulos, Nick Pashalis and Marc Packer. Obviously Los Angeles was ready for them.

Expense has not been spared, and Avra appears to be a gold mine.

efore our dinner at Avra, we sipped the new Tito’s Handmade Vodka, glutten-free and kosher, produced by Tito Beveridge who created it in 1995 in Austin, Texas.

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Selma Blair, Halle Berry, Cindy Crawford and Ellen Pompeo are among the regulars at Avra Estiatorio, the new restaurant in the heart of Beverly Hills that is drawing crowds. Top right: Avra’s three partners Nick Tsoulos, Marc Packer and Nick Pashalis.

Right: The addictive zucchini and eggplant chips are favorites.

Below: The always-crowded bar and one of several tables with ice that display the fresh Mediteranean fish flown in daily.

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Beverly Hills Planning Commission To Review 331 North Oakhurst Drive– Yet Again

By Victoria Talbot The Planning Commission will once again review a proposed project on one of three tiny lots located at the corner of North Oakhurst and 3rd Street at 1:30 p.m. on July 26, marking the fourth time the project has returned to the Planning Commission for approvals since the existing home was demolished over neighborhood protests four years ago. The lot is currently vacant.

The applicant, architect Hamid Gabbay, is asking for a Development Plan Review and nine variances, including reduced setbacks that neighbors say will cause noise and privacy impacts.

The two-story, 2,865 square foot (including a 776 square foot habitable basement) one-unit building is on a 55’ by 60’, 3,327 square foot lot located next door to a 990 square foot home owned by resident Barbara Pizik. That lot is sandwiched between 331 Oakhurst and an adjacent lot that is equally small but has an approved project from the same owner and applicant.

Pizik is gravely concerned. A resident for over 25 years, she remodeled her little home, which is a 2-bedroom, one-story house, and plans to spend the rest of her life there. “The one thing I have been fighting for two years is this exact thing,” she said. “Now it’s even closer… Now, they’re putting parking there.”

The parking for the proposed proj-

ect, she says, lays directly below her bedroom window, six feet away.

In addition, the project calls for a curb cut for a driveway that would remove one crucial street parking space on Third Street in an area that is street-parking challenged and add a lightwell that would encroach on the side setback adjacent to the public right-of-way.

The applicant is requesting variances to build a habitable basement (BHMC 103-2085), to deviate from required modulation for multi-family buildings (BHMC 10-3-2806), to allow WHAT IT DOESN’T SHOW - A rendering of the unit does not depict the home of Barbara Pizik, her the reduction of the required bedroom windows located just a few feet from the rear of the building. The tiny lot has proved chalside yard setback (BHMC 10- lenging for the developers and the residents, who seek to maintain their quality of life.

3-2807) and rear yard setback because of its diminutive size for a The first iteration of the project (10-3-2808), a port-cochere to multi-family parcel in the City of (Aug. 2016) was a three-story, 3,724 encroach into the rear yard setback Beverly Hills. square foot residence with a request for (BHMC 10-3-2810) and into the What is allowed is a 1,500 square six variances. The project dwarfed the required rear yard setback (BHMC 10- foot minimum for a three or more-bed- little house, cutting off access to light 3-2812), a lightwell to encroach on the room unit, above grade, 33 feet in and air. The Planning Commission required side yard setback (BHMC 10- height, three stories, with four parking rejected it.

3-2811), a waiver for guest parking spaces and one guest parking space, The applicant returned Jan. 2017 (BHMC 10-3-2817) and a variance to located within the structure and not with a three-story, 2,145 square foot provide unenclosed parking spaces in within 25 feet of the front entrance single-unit building, and was once required setbacks (BHMC 10-3-2818). unless screened from view; a 25-foot again asked to redesign the building.

The project is a two-story residen- front setback, 15-foot rear setback, and In June 2017, the applicant protial dwelling containing one unit in an a total of 17 feet on the side setbacks posed a two-story, 2,865 sq. ft. unit with R-4 zone multi-family residential struc- with a minimum of eight feet each. a 972 square foot. basement. This projture. The parcel is highly unusual Modulation should be three percent of ect required a reduced front setback the building. that neighbors said would impact the Residents argue that the original neighborhood. The applicant requested single-story, approximately 1,000 nine variances, including a habitable square foot home, was built to code, as basement area in a multi-family zone, is Pizik’s rather comfortable bungalow. deviation from required modulation for She has two bedrooms, a dining area, multi-family buildings, reduction in rear living area, office and open kitchen, and side yard setbacks, waived guest with a spacious back yard and patio. “It parking, encroachment of a lightwell in took me 22 years [living here] to get it the side yard setback and a portjust the way I want it. This is my forever cochere in the rear yard, and nonhome,”she said. enclosed parking.

But the home is wedged between Residents say that last year, Gabbay the two projects, and though she has promised that he would come back given her blessing to the project located with a project that would meet Pizik’s to the west of her house at 9171 3rd approval. She has not heard from the Street, she is deeply concerned about developers since then, she says, and she this project at 331 N. Oakhurst Dr. feels deeply betrayed.

Brady Brunch House Hits The Market In Studio City The Studio City home used as the exterior for the home of The Brady Bunch is on the market for the first time in nearly 50 years, a real estate agent announced Wednesday.

The two-bedroom, three-bathroom house in the 11200 block of Dilling Street, adjacent to the Los Angeles River, is listed for The famed home from The Brady Bunch is for sale $1.885 million, according have been demolished recently. The to Ernie Carswell, a Douglas Elliman owners will give first consideration to agent who is listing what he said “is bidders who want to keep the home reportedly the second most pho- intact, Carswell said. tographed home in the United States “We’re not going to accept the first after the White House.” big offer from a developer who wants to The home's interior does not match tear it down,” Carswell stated. “We'’re what was shown in the 1969-74 ABC going to wait a few days, in case there series because those scenes were filmed are others who want to purchase it as an at Paramount Studios, Carswell said. investment to preserve it.”

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Boys & Girls Clubs Of America Names Jeniya McCullar Youth Of Year At Gala YOUTH OF THE YEAR– Boys & Girls Clubs members and alums celebrated the Youth of the Year award at the annual Youth of the Year Gala, held on July 12 at The Beverly Hilton. Pictured: Club Alumnus and actor Anthony Anderson, Club Alumnus and The Voice, Season 12 finalist Aliyah Moulden, and President of Flashpoint Pictures and BGCA Board of Governors member Andrew Tennenbaum.

Photo by Vince Bucci

Boys & Girls Clubs of America announced Jeniya McCullar from Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake, Utah, as the 2018 Pacific Youth of the Year at its annual Youth of the Year Gala held on July 12 at The Beverly Hilton.

The annual gala also honored members and Club alums.

Boys & Girls Club alumnus and actor Anthony Anderson (ABC’s Blackish) emceed the evening, which featured a special performance by Aliyah Moulden, The Voice Season 12 finalist, from Boys & Girls Clubs of La Habra.

Andrew Tennenbaum, president at Flashpoint Entertainment, and Dean A. Spanos, controlling owner/chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Chargers, co-chaired the 28th annual event.

Jeniya, this year’s Youth of the Year,

is 16-years-old and has been a club member since he was five. He has overcome a difficult childhood to become an inspirational young adult and mentor to other club members, through the support and guidance of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake.

Jeniya will receive a $10,000 college scholarship renewable for up to four years, leading to a total of $40,000.

In September, Jeniya will travel to Washington D.C. to contend for the National Youth of the Year title, which comes with an additional $100,000 scholarship and the opportunity to serve as a spokesperson for Boys & Girls Clubs of America representing 4 million Club kids and teens.

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New Documentary Chronicles Life Of ‘Arbiter Of Elegance’ Sir Cecil Beaton

Laraine Newman, Cast Find The Fun In Celebrity Autobiography At The Wallis

After creating documentaries on Diana Vreeland (she’s married to his grandson) and Peggy Guggenheim, filmmaker Lisa Immoridno Vreeland decided to take on another creative giant.

The result is Love, Cecil an informative and engaging documentary about author, painter, photographer, designer and more, Sir Cecil Beaton, opening today and playing for a week at the Nuart Theatre, 17272 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. Vreeland will take part in a Q&A following tonight’s 7:15 p.m. screening.

Beaton was probably best known for his production design for Oscar-winning films Gigi and My Fair Lady (especially the white and black Edwardian costumes for the Ascot race), but his talents went far beyond that.

Beaton himself was frustrated by his wide-ranging interests and abilities––as photographer, theatre and film designer, diarist (he wrote 38 books)––and wondered whether he would have done better to concentrate on just one field, but Vreeland’s film makes it clear that culture would have been far less fortunate if he had.

His world is one of utter fascination for Vreeland–– from his work for Vogue, as a photographer in World War II, (he completely changed the way war was filmed) to his relationship with the Royal Family, all the stars, authors and artists he photographed from Daphne Du Maurier to Mick Jagger, and his alleged affair with Greta Garbo.

“He was way, way out there,” Vreeland, said. “He never stopped creating, and I love that.”

“The most revealing moment was when I was at St. John’s College at Cambridge doing research,” says Vreeland, “and I realized that he was not a bystander in the middle of it. He was a big player in 20th century arts.”

She found letters from Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy and Jean

Local actress-comedienne and Laraine Newman (original Saturday Night Live and much more) will be among the celebrities reading the often hilarious words of other celebrities when Celebrity Autobiography comes to The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for two shows, 7 and 9 p.m., Saturday, July 21.

Newman, a 1970 BHHS grad, became acquainted with the show nearly 15 years ago, seeing it in a small theater above the Amalfi Ristorante & Bar in L.A. “My friend was in it and I loved it,” says Newman. “I was cast and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Currently celebrating its ninth hit year in New York, the 2018 edition rotates new tell-alls with selections from Oprah Winfrey, Celine Dion, Zayn Malik, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Elizabeth Taylor and more.

Over the seasons, Newman’s read selections by Carol Channing, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Burt Reynolds’ assistant and Joan London.

Participants don’t get to choose who they read, Newman reveals, “we find out a couple days before. I’ve done most of them many times before; but I have to refresh on the contents.”

The show is fun, Newman says, and there’s no memorizing as actors read with the books in hand. “It’s a process of finding your way into the material and a way to optimize the material for the most laughs.”

The excerpts are not edited, but the program often includes mashups where, for example, Neil Sedaka, Dolly Parton, George Carlin and more all talk about a single subject like love or food.

How does she explain the show’s long-lasting appeal? “I think there are many aspects,” says Newman. “There’s the charm of getting insight into the individual, like Sylvester Stallone talking to his muscles. And there’s amusement at

Cecil Beaton self portrait, mid 1930s.

Courtesy of the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s.

Lisa Immoridno Vreeland

Cocteau. “They were not only friends, they were asking for advice and opinions,’ says Vreeland. “He was not just a photographer with his Rolleiflex cameras or a designer, but part of the creative dialogue.”

Using previously unseen footage and stills, and with excerpts from his diaries narrated by Rupert Everett, Vreeland worked to give a sense of Beaton as the furthest from “just an ordinary, anonymous person,” his lifelong fear.

Laraine Newman Photo by Tommy Lau

some of the hubris involved—like people listing the contents of their refrigerator and freezer. I read it like a conversation with my girlfriends.”

Newman admits to not reading many of the show’s featured works. ‘I don’t think I’d read David Hasselhoff’s autobiography, I have my own interests.

I’d certainly read something by a comic or musician.”

Joining Newman will be Barry Bostwick (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City), Sherri Shepherd (The View, Everyone Loves Raymond), Oscarwinner Jennifer Tilly (Bullets Over Broadway, Monsters Inc.), Steven Weber (Wings, Mom), co-creators Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel, and more.

“I’ve worked with Steven,” says Newman, “and I know everybody. It’s one of the things I love about the project.”

Having done the show at the Skirball and The Broad, Newman is excited to be (see ‘NEWMAN,’ page 14)

A SWINGIN’ SUMMER EVENING—The Friends of Greystone swung into summer with Gary Greene & His Big Band of Barristers in an outdoor concert last weekend at the historic Beverly Hills’ Greystone mansion. Joined by seven members of the Legal Voices chorus and four dancers from Arthur Murray Beverly Hills, the 18-member band performed music from the golden era of big bands for the sell-out crowd of 150 to enjoy and dance to in the courtyard. Above Conductor Gary Greene (left) receives a proclamation from the Friends of Greystone and Gay Parrish, executive board member.

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TO SEE AND BE SEEN

STARS SHINE AT HOLLYWOOD BOWL FOR JOSE ITURBI–Last Thursday evening Jose Iturbi Foundation co-founder Donelle Dadigan, president/founder of The Hollywood Museum, hosted a magical evening at the Hollywood Bowl in honor of classical artist José Iturbi, the first classical musician to receive a star on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. Dadigan, who currently chairs the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, hosted a select group of VIPs for dinner, followed by a performance under the stars by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, who performed Sergei Rachmaninoff’s powerful Piano Concerto No. 2 with Behzod Abduraimov on piano and Gustavo Dudamel conducting. Together with Marion Seabury, in 1985 Dadigan created the foundation to fulfill Iturbi’s wish to make classical music accessible and enjoyable to people of all ages and walks of life. To date, the foundation has awarded $870,000 in prize money to winners of the José Iturbi International Music Competitions. Pictured (from left): George Chakiris, Julie Newmar, Carolyn Hennesy, Alison Arngrim, Donelle Dadigan, Lee Purcell, Marion Ross, Paul Sorvino, Jim Meskimen, Michael Learned and Dee Dee Sorvino.

Photos by Bill Dow, Courtesy of The Jose Iturbi Foundation

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CELEBRATING SENIOR ARTISTS—UCLA Emeriti Retiree Relations Center (ERRC) and Belmont Village Senior Living have teamed up to present Conversations with Art in two special art exhibits at Belmont Village Westwood and Belmont Village Calabasas. Both shows highlight the talent of UCLA Emeriti Retirees featuring Sharon Belkin, Heather Campbell, John Edmond, Dorothea Frederking, Snehendu B. Kar, Barbara Lippe, Tino Mingori, Katalin Radics, Elaine Svenonius and Jill Waterman. Pictured (from left) at the Westwood opening reception were UCLA ERRC director Sue Barnes, artist Tino Mingori and Belmont Village Executive Director James Arp. Both galleries are open to the public. To make a reservation to view the Westwood gallery, call 310-475-7501 and to view the Calabasas gallery, call 818-222-2600.

Photo by Sam LaDue

Registration Opens For LA Cancer Challenge 5K Charity Race Registration is now open for runners and walkers to sign-up for the 21st annual L.A. Cancer Challenge (LACC) 5K charity race benefiting pancreatic cancer research at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21 on the UCLA campus.

Sponsored and produced for more than two decades by the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, the event raises funds for finding a cure for a disease that has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers and is the third leading cause of cancer-relat-

ed deaths in the U.S., surpassing breast cancer.

The LACC typically hosts upwards of 3,000 costumed runners, with a Fit Family Expo, entertainment, raffles and auctions.

Early registration, which ends on Aug. 31, is $40 for adults, $25 for youth 11 and under, and $40 for virtual runners.

For information or to register, visit www.LACancerChallenge.com or call 310473-5121.

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

Providence St. Joseph Health Partners To Ease Southern California’s Homeless Crisis Veterans who have fallen on hard times, the working poor and those suffering mental illness all find themselves among the epidemic of homelessness in Southern California.

As part of its community benefit programs, nonprofit faith-based health care system, Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH) partners with experts to help those who are homeless find shelter, health care and resources.

PSJH Southern California is composed of 13 award-winning hospitals including Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica.

In 2017, PSJH Southern California invested more than $536 million in community benefits and other outreach to help those in need, from the northern San Fernando Valley to the Orange County coast.

“Working with partners, we assessed our communities and identified the greatest unmet needs across this region,” said Erik G. Wexler, chief executive, PSJH Southern California. “The results have guided us in creating a wide range of programs and services, including help for those who have no place to call home.”

Outreach to the homeless efforts include: • Hospital social workers collaborate to link patients to housing, services, doctors; • Access to Care links emergency department patients to primary care and specialists; • Participates in a pilot MediCal program to develop a coordinated health care system; • Partners in the Street to Home to provide services for frequent ER patients; • Funded a partnership to provide transitional housing; • Member of Hospital Subcommittee on Homelessness to increase placement in shelters.

Last year, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti declared his city’s homeless situation a state of emergency.

“Together with communityfocused organizations and innovative partners, Providence St. Joseph Health Southern California reaches beyond our hospital walls to ensure care for those living on the margins,” Wexler said. “It’s vitally important that businesses, community groups, civic leaders and others pool their expertise because together we can develop lasting solutions.”

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Johnny Depp Settles Lawsuit With Beverly Hills-Based TMG Johnny Depp has reached a settlement with his former business managers, his representatives said Monday, allowing the Oscar-nominated American actor to avoid a trial over his finances that promised paparazzi fervor.

A spokesperson said Depp, 55, was "pleased" with the confidential agreement reached with The Management Group, the company that handled his business affairs for nearly two decades.

He had sued the organization in January 2017 for $25 million, accusing TMG of mismanaging his finances, taking out loans without his approval, and concealing his ruinous finances.

Beverly Hills-based TMG had filed a countersuit against the Oscar-nominated actor seeking unpaid fees and damages. The group alleged Depp's lavish overspending had brought him to the edge of financial ruin, having dropped millions on a yacht, luxury cars, private planes and wine.

The agreement comes just before the trial was due to begin in August.

“The lawsuit taken out against The Management Group – and the subsequent settlement – is a further demonstration that Johnny is determined to take firm action to protect his personal and artistic reputation in the interests of his family and his career,” Depp's spokesperson said in the statement announcing the deal.

According to the magazine Rolling Stone, Depp's estimated $650-million fortune has nearly all evaporated.

Depp and actress Amber Heard, 32, reached an out-ofcourt settlement in 2016 to end their 18-month marriage, agreeing that he would pay her $7 million.

–– AFP

Pictured above: A photo presented by the Horacek and Bedrosian families showing their view from below of the massive 901 Strada Vecchia towering over their two properties in Bel Air. The 30,000square-foot project has been called the “Starship Enterprise” by L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz.

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on his then-public Instagram page, which has since been changed to private, show him out of the United States, on vacation in Luxembourg.

On Oct. 6, for example, when Hadid was listed for five community service hours, he posted Instagram pictures visiting museums in Luxembourg.

Soneff’s filing added that “It appears that several other entries on the community service chart are also inaccurate, based upon other Instagram postings and photographs of defendant Hadid in locations that were distant from the church where he was said to have been performing community service.”

Additionally, the filing revealed that unauthorized work continued taking place at

the site, even after that July sentencing. On March 23, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety issued an Order to Comply stating that an inspection of the home revealed “unauthorized excavations and removal of previously placed fill in the unpermitted theater area has commenced without the required reports, plans or permits.”

The Bel-Air residents say they believe this is “evidence that defendant Hadid has not been deterred from undertaking illegal construction activities at the site.”

The residents are asking that the project be placed under receivership, because of Hadid’s inability to comply with the demolition order issued by the Department of Building and Safety all the way back in 2015.

BEVERLY HILLS LOVES ISRAEL– The Beverly Hills City Council acknowledged Sharona Nazarian, Gina Raphael and Vicky Mense for their efforts on the event committee for the City’s celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Israel. Pictured (from left): Daniel Nazarian, Aaron Nazarian, Jonah Nazarian, Noah Nazarian, Vicky Mense, Gina Raphael and Sharona R. Nazarian with Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold, Vice Mayor John Mirisch and Councilmembers Lili Bosse, Les Friedman and Robert Wunderlich.

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S Metro Art will present a “Latin Dance Party” from 810:30 p.m., today at Union Station’s Historic Ticketing Hall, 800 Alameda St., L.A. Kati Hernandez will kick things off at 8 p.m. with a “salsa suelta” lesson (salsa without a partner) followed by the social dance and live music by LA Picante at 8:30 p.m.

Composed of musicians from some of L.A. top bands, LA Picante plays a blend of classics

by Ruben Blades, Willie Colon and Los Van Nan. Admission is free. Visit unionstationla.com for more information.

• • • • • Bergamont’s “Summer Celebration” will be from 2-5 p.m., Saturday, July 21 at the arts center, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica.

Live music will include Friends of the Venice Symphony Orchestra and performances will include Peruvian dancers.

There will be 20-plus art exhibitions with gallery receptions and artist talks.

A theater performance, food trucks and activities including face painting and a succulent bar will also be featured.

For more information, visit visitbergamot.com.

• • • • • The Fowler Museum will present an installation of risograph prints “South of No North,” based on the books of Gato Negro Ediciones, a Mexico City-based independent press led by activist designer León Muñoz Santini, opening at noon, Sunday, July 22 at the museum on the UCLA campus, 308 Charles E. Young Drive N. Risograph printing utilizes an automated stencil duplication process similar to silkscreening. For the exhibition, Gato Negro produced a custom set of billboard-size

México, Gato Negro Ediciones, 2015, 120 pages, printed in risograph.

multiples based on the contents of six books.

One wall will include the complete archive of titles printed to date, 114 books.

Admission is free. Visit fowler.ucla.edu for more information.

• • • • • Heidi Duckler Dance will present A Bela e a Fera Salon:

An Evening of 3 Clarice Lispector Short Stories in Dance at 7 p.m., Sundays, July 22 and 29 at The Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave, Ste. 1100B, L.A. The evening’s pieces Such Gentleness, A Bela e a Fera and the premiere of Duckler’s new dance film, The Sound Of Footsteps were inspired by Ducker’s recent travels to Brazil and Chile, where she first learned about Lispector, considered by many to be the most important Jewish writer since Kafka.

All three works are set to music by M83’s Joe Berry, with narration by Paula Rebelo, star of Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House.

Tickets are $50. Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e /a-bela-e-a-fera-salon-tickets47446522827 to purchase.

• • • • • Local songstress Pamela Clay wil be in concert at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 22 at Vibrato Grill, 2930 Beverly Glen Circle.

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of local and SoCal events. and Lindsay Gillis, Clay is an accomplished chanteuse in styles ranging from jazz and R&B to country, cabaret and Broadway.

For reservations and more information, call 310-474-9400 or visit VibratoGrillJazz.com.

• • • • • Singersongwriter Goapele will kick off the 22nd season of the Skirball C u l t u r a l Center’s Sunset Concerts at 8 p.m., Thursday, Goapele July 26 at the center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A The evening begins with DJ Mamabear of dublab , who will spin a set at 6:30 p.m.

Goapele, whose name means “to move forward” in the African Setswana language is the daughter of a South African activist father and a New Yorkborn Israeli Jewish mother.

Oakland-born and now L.A. based, Goapele has released four albums and collaborated with artists including Snopp Dogg, E-40 and Soulive.

Check-in for the free concert begins at 5:30 p.m.

For more information, visit skirball.org or call 310-4404500.

• • • • • The Billy Mitchell Group with vocalist Billy Redd will present a concert at 6 p.m., Friday, July 27 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s, Smidt Welcome Plaza, 5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Band leader and pianist Michell has worked with artists including Ester Phillips, Randy Crawford, Linda Hopkins, and Kenny Burrell.

Michell began his solo projects in the 1980s and his latest projects include work with the

Jazz Leaders and Circle of Friends.

The event is free and open to the public.

Visit http://www.lacma.org/event/bil ly-mitchell-group-0 for more information.

• • • • • The Beverly Hills Jewish Community and Jewish Platform for Advocacy and Community Engagement will present a lecture by genealogist, historian, speaker and author Jerry Hirsch at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, July 28 at The Beverly Hills Hotel, 9641 Sunset Blvd.

Hirsch, who traces his ancestors back seven generations is a direct descendent of original Israel settlers. He has written three books: Aliyah to Zichron, Call to Zion and Settlers to Soldiers.

To RSVP and for more information call 310-276-4246 or email info@beverlyhillsjc.org.

• • • • • Summer Happenings at The Broad continue with “Social Shaman,” an evening inspired by the creative practice of German artist Joseph Beuys and he Fluxus movement he founded, at 8 p.m., Saturday, July 28 at The Broad, 221 S. Grand Ave, L.A. The music-filled evening will include experimental sets from Krautrock group faUSt and Baltimore duo Matmos— that recently composed and recorded an album by playing a washing machine onstage—performing in the Plaza and throughout the museum.

Other performers will be DJ EYE, Pharmakon, Total Freedom in a cross-genre set; FlucT in a performance created especially for the evening and Nelson Patton with Lonnie Holley in a shamanistic improvisational set.

For those 21 and older.

Tickets are $30.

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Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and GRoW at the Wallis present the debut performance of “Voices of History,” at 7 p.m.,Wednesday, July 25, at Lovelace Studio Theater at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9340 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills.

The production is the culmination of the museum’s Voices of History summer theater workshop for middle and

high school students.

During the workshop, the L.A.-area students met with survivors Lea Radziner and Phil Raucher and worked with museum staff to create the original theater piece inspired by survivors’ experiences. The production is directed by Ann Noble, an actress and screenwriter with numerous theater credits.

Voices of History, one of

the museum’s signature programs, offers students the opportunity to create meaningful artistic reflections in various mediums.

Students learn about the Holocaust through primary sources, informative sessions with museum staff, and dialogue with Holocaust survivors and create short films, theater performances, music compositions, and photography exhibits.

The final projects capture the personal stories of the sur-

vivors, the students' understanding of this history, and their dedication to shaping the future of Holocaust education.

For more information, visit http://www.lamoth.org/news-events/events/voices-of-history/.

For tickets, $15, visit http://tickets.thewallis.org/single/SYOS.aspx?p=12296.

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park is the oldest Holocaust survivorfounded museum in the U.S.

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The Wallis before, during and after the performance.

Ticket range from $30-$50 $50. To purchase, and for more information, visit TheWallis.org/SortingRoom, call 310-7464000, or visit the box office at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills.

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coming to The Wallis. The center’s Sorting Room event turns the Lovelace Studio Theater into a nightclub space with table seating at the center and traditional seating in the room’s perimeter. Audiences can enjoy drinks from The Briskin Bar @

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Reality Star Farrah Abraham Charged In Beverly Hills Hotel Incident

By Matt Lopez Former reality television mainstay Farrah Abraham’s legal troubles may not be over after her run-in with Beverly Hills police last month.

Abraham, 27, best known for her role on MTV’s Teen Mom, is scheduled to be arraigned at the Airport Courthouse on Aug. 13 and could face up to 18 months of jail if convicted of charges that she struck a security guard at The Beverly Hills Hotel last month, then resisted arrest when asked to leave.

According to the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office, Abraham is facing misdemeanor counts of battery and resisting a police officer.

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‘70s—“We are honest and help him and he depends on us like so many other seniors.”

Another customer wrote Tilem recently about the store’s renowned handyman service, at a flat rate of $65 an hour. “I usually save up lot of little things that need fixing around my house; replacing burned out bulbs, dripping faucets, doors that don’t close right, and I call Pioneer Hardware Handyman Service to fix them all in one visit.“ For light plumbing and electrical work, the charge is $95 an hour.

A client of attorney Joe Tilem, a former Beverly Hills mayor and Jeff’s father, was having a $100,000 German kitchen installed. Workers discovered that a screw from that country was missing, slowing the job.

They went to Pioneer, found the screw and the job was completed on time.

Jeff recalls that he charged 70 cents for the hardware.

In addition to making keys and mixing paint, in-store repairs include fixing broken lamps and chairs. One customer brought in pieces of an expensive vase. “We put it together and you can’t even see the cracks,” says Tilem.

Next door to the post office, Pioneer also leases post office boxes.

Pioneer also installs grab bars for clients of Jewish Family Service Los Angeles at no cost. “It’s important to give back to the community,” says Jeff.

Jeff, a Hawthorne, BHHS, USC and UCLA graduate is a 55-year resident and in his 25th year of serving the community, “I’ve seen a lot of changes over the years,” says Jeff. “People buy things on Amazon and bring them to us to help them assemble or explain how to use. And that’s what we do, we help people help themselves.

“Our prices are in line with the bigger stores,” Tilem points out, “and

Abraham was allegedly arguing with guests at the hotel past midnight on June 13 before she was asked to leave the premises by hotel security.

Abraham refused, and resisted arrest after officers came on the scene. A security officer suffered a minor injury when Abraham allegedly struck him as he tried to escort her out.

sometimes we’re lower. People shouldn’t have the perception that we’re an expensive store.”

Pioneer was the community’s goto store from the 1930s through the ‘50s. Gene Kelly bought roller skates from Pioneer to teach himself how to dance in the rain for Singin’ In the Rain and customers included Jimmy Stewart, Howard Koch, Ed McMahon, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Johnny Carson, Richard Anderson and Liza Minnelli.

Now clients include local restaurants like Nate ‘n Al, Spago and La Scala and even the City’s Public Works Department.

Tourists from all over Europe stop in, Tilem says, remarking, “I didn’t think this kind of store existed in Beverly Hills.” With its different vibe and atmosphere it reminds them of hardware stores in Europe.

Tilem posts coupons on the website and encourages customers to print them out and use them. “The City needs a hardware store — but the demographics have changed dramatically and if this hardware store is going to continue, residents need support it,” Tilem says.

Jeff also denies rumors he’s heard around town that the store is shutting down. “I have not been informed that we’re closing. The City holds our lease through the end of next year and has not indicated it will not renew it.

Pioneer Hardware wants to remain open and continue to serve the community.

“We are more than a retail store,” says Jeff. “We are a community asset, a resource for finding just about anything or assembling anything—where people trust we won’t take advantage of them.”

Pioneer Hardware – dog-friendly – Tilem says, is open 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday.

For more information call 310276-1167 or visit pioneerhardware.com.

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Jewish Community Foundation Awards Record $100 Million In Charitable Grants During 2017

By John L. Seitz The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (www.jewishfoundationla.org), the largest manager of charitable assets and planned-giving solutions for local Jewish philanthropists. reported audited financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, during which it awarded a record-high $100 million in grants to more than 2,600 nonprofits locally, nationally and in Israel.

Last year’s grant distributions are an increase of more than 23 percent from $81 million awarded in 2016, and cap a five-year period where distributions totaled $413 million.

Approximately $48 million (48 percent of total 2017 grants), were awarded to causes in greater L.A., with the balance going to programs across the U.S. and overseas. Of that $100 million total, $61 mil-

lion, went to Jewish-affiliated causes, while approximately $39 million went to initiatives and organizations in the secular community.

According to President/ CEO Marvin I. Schotland: “At the most-recent-year end, the foundation’s total charitable assets under management stood at $1.25 billion, rising 14 percent from $1.1 billion at Dec. 31, 2016 and reflecting the continued strong inflow of contributions from donors, as well as investment portfolio growth.

“Contributions to new and existing charitable funds totaled $120 million in 2017 with donors having contributed $627 million to foundation-administered charitable funds. Some 58 new donor advised funds and endowments were opened during the year.”

BIRD SCOOTERS

of motorized scooters – according to the Beverly Hills Police Department – which riders seem to ignore. Regulations include a prohibition that the scooters cannot be used on roadways with a speed limit greater than 25 mph unless there is a designated bike lane (§21235(b)); all riders of all ages must wear helmets (§21235(c)); riders must have a valid drivers’ license or permit (§21235(d)); scooters are for single-rider use only – no passengers (§21235(e)); riders must keep at least one hand on the handlebars while operating (§21235(f)); scooters cannot be driven on sidewalks – they should be used in the bike lane or in the right-hand curb or right edge of the roadway (§21235(g)), (§21228 and §21229); when parked there should be enough room for pedestrians (§21235(i)); riders cannot operate under the influence of drugs or alcohol (§21221.5) and in darkness, scooters must have a light that illuminates the street and is visible from 300 feet away (§21223(a)(1)).

Two companies dominate the market in this area – Bird and more recently, Lime. Bird is a Venice start-up, and the now-billion-dollar company proliferated early in Santa Monica.

The city of Santa Monica reports that the first three months of the year yielded 623 stops through March and 302 citations. The city filed a criminal case against Bird for operating without permits and carrying over $6,000 in fines, which they settled for $300,000 in February. They also established an impound fee for blocking the PROW. Last month, owing to the continuing complaints, Santa Monica established a 16month pilot program for Shared

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Users can be seen riding down the middle of residential streets and on sidewalks. They enter traffic lanes and bike lanes in city traffic. Scooters are often abandoned on the public right-of-way (PROW) where they sit until they are picked up for charging or use by another rider. Some companies offer financial incentives for users to pick up the scooters and take them home to charge by plugging them into their own outlets.

These devices appear to be filling a need that has made them so ubiquitous. But they are also creating a backlash of complaints and clashes, including an accident Wednesday in Beverly Hills that left one unfortunate rider hospitalized with a head injury.

The City of Beverly Hills will be following Santa Monica, West Hollywood and San Francisco to regulate – or in the case of West Hollywood, ban – the devices, beginning at the next City Council Study Session on July 24 at 2:30 p.m.

In the meantime, the Beverly Hills Police Department announced Thursday that it will vigorously enforce laws targeting scooter, pedestrian and bicycle violations in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the California Office of Traffic Safety to raise the public awareness. Targeted enforcement on July 13 resulted in five citations and three warnings for jaywalking, two citations and two warnings for bike helmet violations and 17 citations and 38 warnings for motorized scooter helmet violations.

Currently, several California Vehicle Code (§21225) laws apply to the use

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Century City.

Wu further ruled that a supplemental Environmental Impact Report needed to be undertaken in order to give the community a better opportunity to understand the risks related to running a subway tunnel under BHHS. Both the City of Beverly Hills and BHUSD currently have federal lawsuits challenging the legal sufficiency of the

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resulting court-ordered environmental analysis, which was released in November 2017.

Metro spokesperson Dave Sotero appeared nonchalant at the prospect that the petition might impact the planned route.

“Construction of this section is now well underway, with utility relocation, staging yard setup and tunneling preparatory work activities now taking place throughout the project corridor,” he stated.

“Following decades of success-

BEVERLY HILLS ful federal funding arrangements, it has long been our experience that, once a funding grant agreement is received, the federal government honors its commitments to local transportation agencies and serves as a critical partner in ensuring that the project is delivered according to its established schedule and budget.”

The White House has yet to respond to the Courier’s request for comment.

and create a district that serves as a leader by finding models that enable the best possible execution of education delivery,” emphasized WalkerShuman, who got a taste of BHUSD politics when she served on the district’s Future Focused Schools Team earlier this year. “We are in a hole of our own creation, and now is the perfect time in our commu-

nity’s history to do the deep, painstaking work.”

The upcoming November election marks the first time in three years that voters will have an opportunity to elect fresh voices to the dais. Last year the board voted to add an extra year to members’ four-year terms pursuant to Senate Bill 415, which requires standalone municipal elections to coincide with statewide elections by November 2022.

In 2015, Beverly Hills resi-

dents voted Isabel Hacker and Mel Spitz, both of whom voted against adding a fifth year onto their incoming year, onto the Board of Education, along with giving a second term to Noah Margo, currently Board VP. “Voting is one of our most important acts of participation in this great democracy,” Board President Korbatov said. “This is the best example to our children of what it means to be a citizen and to have a voice.”

Mobility Devices to “expand the diversity of transportation options and address the challenges introduced by new technologies.”

Santa Monica, while not embracing the technology, has accepted it, and in fact, partnered with it as part of their mobility solution into the future.

“Santa Monica wants to be a place where innovators come to test new solutions to sustainable living, and the city is eager to partner with companies looking to advance their ideas,” according to the city website.

“If new mobility companies are prepared to operate safely and within the bounds of both state and local laws, the City is ready to work with them to bring their operations into full compliance with permitting and use of public space requirements.”

It allows up to four providers to operate within the city and caps the number of devices at 1,500 with a potential to expand to 2,250 units, paying a fee for operating in the city.

The pilot program, scheduled to begin in September, will allow the city to work through the issues proliferating with the devices, and hash out some solutions to meet the needs of pedestrians and other users of the PROW, including drop zones and Geo fencing to provide a virtual perimeter to prohibit using scooters in the pedestrian-heavy Promenade or beach paths.

In West Hollywood, its city council passed a resolution to prohibit the operation of shared on-demand personal mobility device companies such as Bird and Lime, in the City, which operate in the PROW. The West Hollywood General Plan Goals and Policies state that the city

should: “Maintain and enhance a pedestrian-oriented city,” which the city council sees as inconsistent with unregulated devices “causing safety concerns in the PROW” that “impact users and bystanders,” and contribute “to the clutter.”

Acknowledging that scooter traffic will flow into the city, West Hollywood Mayor John Duran explained that people, “can ride the scooters through the city,” but that they have, “banned the companies from setting up shop in West Hollywood.”

The city of 35,000 residents is only 1.9 tightly packed square miles.

“Beverly Hills has more real estate,” he said. “Our sidewalks are walkable for pedestrians, dog walkers, outdoor cafes and coffee houses – not scooters. They are supposed to ride on the street with helmets.

People ride on the sidewalks.

We are not ready to add scooters to the mix… It’s a public safety issue. Nobody can dump their business model on the PROW.” Duran acknowledges that things could change in the future, but those companies will be fined starting at $40 per day for impound.

Beverly Hills Vice Mayor John Mirisch is a strong proponent of alternate transit modalities. A visionary regarding Complete Streets and the future of transit options, he has championed driverless cars and bike paths.

While Mayor Julian Gold has expressed feelings that the scooters should be banned in Beverly Hills, Mirisch sees scooters as a potential opportunity. “It’s a safety issue. People have to use them responsibly,” he said, referring to the California Vehicle Code already in place. “We have to solve the safety issues first.”

Mirisch foresees the City of Beverly Hills partnering in “revenue sharing” – the PROW in exchange for a share of the revenue. “I’m not supportive of a ban.”

Like Santa Monica, Mirisch also sees the partnership potential as acknowledgment that the electric scooter is already out of the barn and showing no sign of slowing.

While the providers may find themselves increasingly held to account for permitting, product quality and for dumped vehicles, individuals are responsible for failing to follow the rules of the road; safety is the first concern for every municipality.

In San Francisco, dockless scooters must keep their units off city sidewalks as of June 4, and they will not be allowed back on the streets or sidewalks until they pull a permit. Those companies that fail to remove them will be fined $100 per scooter, per day.

Their permit program is designed to enhance pedestrian safety at the price of a permit, which will run $25,000 plus an additional $10,000 for related costs. The program will include rider-data sharing with the city, a rider safety program and demonstrations of how to keep the scooters off the sidewalks, as well as offer user’s low-income rider plans. San Francisco has come to see them as a practical short-distance transportation solution.

The dockless electric scooter has become a phenomenon across the country as the new transit option has been introduced in more than 30 cities across the country in a wave of market penetration.

Not one of them was ready.

Beverly Hills is just the latest city to find itself forced to come to terms with them.

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Nancy Sinatra Sr., First Wife Of Frank Sinatra, Dead At 101 Nancy Barbato Sinatra, the first wife of singer Frank Sinatra and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101.

She died Friday and her passing was noted on Twitter by her oldest daughter and namesake, singer-actress Nancy Sinatra Jr. “My mother passed peacefully tonight at the age of 101,” the younger Sinatra posted Friday. “She was a blessing and the light of my life. Godspeed, Momma. Thank you for everything.”

The couple had two other children, younger daughter, actress-producer Christina “Tina,” and son, singer-bandleader Frank Jr., who died of heart failure in 2016.

Nancy Barbato met Frank Sinatra in 1934 in their native New Jersey when she was 17 and he 19. They married in 1939, but the marriage ended in 1951 amid his highly publicized affair with actress Ava Gardener, whom he married just days after his divorce became final.

In those early years, friends said Nancy Sinatra worked as a secretary for a printing plant, answered her husband's fan mail and occasionally traveled with him before they moved to Southern

GUNS BE GONE – Gerdau Steel Mill in Rancho Cucamonga partnered with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to continue a quarter-century tradition of destroying thousands of confiscated and illegal firearms this week, incuding weapons submitted by the Beverly Hills Police Department . More than 3,500 weapons were destroyed.

Legendary Crenshaw High Coach To Speak At BevWood Basketball Camp Frank and Nancy Sinatra

California in the 1940s when Frank Sinatra started his movie career, which ultimately garnered him an Academy Award.

By all accounts, the two visited regularly and remained on good terms until his death.

Frank Sinatra, who died in 1998, divorced Gardener in 1957. He was married to actress Mia Farrow from 1966 to 1968 and to model Barbara Marx, from 1976 until his death. Barbara Sinatra died in 2017 at age 90.

Nancy Sinatra Sr., who rarely spoke to the media, devoted her time to family and charity, but never remarried.

When journalist Pete Hamill asked why, she reportedly told him "After Sinatra?"

She is survived by her two daughters and three grandchildren. No funeral arrangements were announced.

legendary Crenshaw High Basketball Coach Willie E. West, Jr. will attend the final week of BevWood Basketball camp from July 23 to July 27 to be a guest mentor and speaker.

West coached at Crenshaw for 37 years, from 1970 to 2007. West’s incredible 1,040-

140 career record culminated in 16 L.A. City Titles, 8 California State Titles and one World Championship in 1985.

He coached 11 players who made it to the NBA, including Marques Johnson, John Williams, Stevie Thompson, Robert Smith and Darwin

Cook. He also coached 5 MLB stars including Darryl Strawberry, Ellis Valentine and Chris Brown. West is a 2018 nominee for inclusion in the Naismith Hall of Fame.

For more information, go to www.beverlyhills.org/bhrec, or call 310-285-6850.

METRO MOA

Concerns for mitigations at Beverly Hills High School included putting more protections in place for noise mitigation, dust, vehicle emissions and vibrations.

The Council also asked for subsidence mitigation, a streamlined claims process and response, clarity on bus stops and better traffic mitigation for the business district.

Councilmember Les Friedman pointed out that the claims process could be prolonged. A former Traffic & Parking commissioner, Friedman noted that the traffic “tool box” developed by the commission should be a part of the MOA, incorporating a

number of potential measures to help mitigate traffic.

A moratorium on construction will suspend activity during the crucial ThanksgivingNew Year’s period, and the Jewish High Holidays.

Friedman pointed out construction suspension needed to begin in the evening when observance begins.

The City will continue to negotiate with Metro to meet the needs of the stakeholders regarding the MOA. The next monthly community-wide meeting will be Aug. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Municipal Gallery.

A revised MOA is anticipated to be brought to City Council for consideration on Aug. 21.

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which are monitored by an Independent Compliance Monitor. The City Council inquired if one monitor is a sufficient number to be on the scene 24-7.

“Roadwork happening will dissolve our holiday business,” said one business owner.

“Anything that happens now will reverberate” in their other locations throughout the world.

Monitoring for noise is done with an average noise level in 15-minute increments.

The council unanimously agreed that this could lead to unacceptable noise levels.

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BIRTHDAYS—Marc Saleh, Diana Rigg, Chuck Daly and Kim Carnes (July 20); Josh Hartnett, Jon Lovitz, and Norman Jewison (July 21); David Spade, Albert Brooks, Linda Roberts, Shirlie Schyman, Sally Sherman, Terence Stamp, Alex Trebek and Willem Dafoe (July 22); Woody Harrelson, Christian Grusq, Michelle Williams, and Edie McClurg (July 23); Ginny Mancini, Matt LeBlanc, Marie Borofsky, and Janet Margolin (July 25); Kate Beckinsale, Stan Magid, Sandra Bullock, Casey Boyer, Janet Bova, and Mick Jagger (July 26); and belatedly Gina Raphael (July 18).

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CALIFORNIA SPIRIT 33–The venerable Sony Studios in Culver City was the site of the American Cancer Society’s “California Spirit 33.” Among those on hand were (above, from left): JB Wilhelm, CoChair Joy Davis, Honorary Chair Sherry Lansing and Co-Chair Roger Davis; (left photo standing, from left): Peggy Collins, Elizabeth Kim Song, and Andrew Lee, (seated): Diane Morton, and Desiree Samuels; (right column photos, from left): Timothy Corrigan, and Miren Ciganda-Apaolaza; Kathleen Scheinfeld, and Andrew Lee. Photos by Getty Images

The American Cancer Society’s “California Spirit 33” gourmet garden party at Sony Studios in Culver City honored Chef Ming Tsai with the 2018 Impact Award for his inspiring work in the fight against cancer through his leadership in the national non-profit Family Reach at Sony Studios in Culver City. The event was hosted

by Chef Javier Plascencia, celebrated chef, author, TV personality noted for his signature interpretation of the cuisine of Baja California. Chef Jason Fullilove, owner of Barbara Jean LA presided as culinary chair for the event.

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Honorary chairs Sherry Lansing and Phil Rosenthal welcomed the crowd and Andrew Firestone presided over the live auction. Among the celebs on hand were Sharon Lawrence, Samantha Harris, Camila Banus among others.

The event featured a performance by Band From TV, a powerhouse group of,acclaimed actors including Greg Grunberg, Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, and Scott Grimes.

Guests enjoyed offerings from some of L.A.’s top restaurants. ****** On the same Sunday afternoon, Gloria and Mike Franks hosted an open house in their beautiful, newly redecorated home high atop Trousdale with more than 80 on hand savoring Asian delicacies from Xi’an on Canon Drive.

Joining the fun were Lorna Luft, Marianne Rogers, Edye Rugolo, Michael Rosen, Mike Berman and Renee Sperling, Diane and Stan King, Patricia and Howard Storm, Lou Alexander, Virginia Plumb and Mike Starkman, Helen Rosen and Don Kaufman, Naomi and Martin Feldman, Fran and Roger Behrstock, Don Appel and Pearl Fishman, Joanne and Dr Stuart Kaplan, Tommy and Kami Longo, Jan and Herb Rosenthal, and Juli Hutner.

More were Debbie and Paul Supnik, Christina amd Eddie Kahn, Svet and Wendy Biney, Jackie Rosenberg, Julie Farb, Katie Johnson, Julia Vera, Janelle Martin, Dr. Ron Gaster, Shirley Freis, Leslie Lobel, Lisa Masaowitz, Arlene Smukler, Dale Jensen and LeAnne Dodge, Don Kartoon, Ken Cutler, Amanda and Jeff Pirene, Mae Serkin, Bix and Sally Kroener, Steve and Rena Krietenberg, John Goldstein and Lisa Klein, Judy and Steve Tomingas, Kay and Ken Lee, Amy and Johnny Ritz, Percy and Dr. Olga Lipinski with their actress daughter Ava Lipinski, and several others. ****** The Associates, the women’s auxiliary support group of the L.A. Jewish Home, will hold its 88th “Tree of Life” luncheon at The Beverly Hilton on Wednesday, Aug. 22.

H a r r i e t Rossetto (right), CEO/founder/ clinical director of Beit T’Shuvah, will be honored with the Zelda White Woman of the Year Achievement Award. while Denne Goldstein (left), a dedicated supporter of the Jewish Home and other charities, receives the Humanitarian Award.

Sandy Stackler is president of The Associates, luncheon chair is Florence Gorlin, and honorary chairs are Anne Goldstein and Annette Shapiro. Molly Forrest, CEO/president of the Jewish Home, will be the speaker.

Tickets are $175, which includes parking. For reservations, call 818-774-3375 or email: debbie.fishel@jha.org.

“From ghoulies and ghosties, long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night--Good Lord, deliver us!” From what, exactly, remains to be seen but a growing number of purveyors of the occult are seeking to make a comeback in the Coachella Valley where triple-teentemperatures serve as a prelude for some as to what they may be expected to face on the “other side.”

It wasn’t until the 1980s that city governments throughout Southern California, including the Coachella Valley, passed local ordinances to keep fortune tellers, (the current preferred phrase is “spiritual advisor”), from doing business within city limits.

The city of Palm Springs’ ordinance is fairly typical. It asks for extensive (and expensive) application materials, disclosing the applicant’s height, eye and hair color, as well as prior business activity and criminal acuities. The city of Coachella requires the posting of a $15,000 bond as part of its application procedure.

Today, many local psychics offer theirs in connection with a local spa and the costs of occult readings are characterized as “donations.” But with its resurgence, the spirituality industry wants an end to the local ordinances, arguing that they are about 40 years old now. How this will spin out, only the future, or a well-connected spiritual advisor, can tell. ****** Anyone who has spent even a brief amount of time walking the sidewalks around downtown Palm Springs knows that they are not paved in gold, but in bronze stars… over 400 in fact.

After a hiatus of about a year, the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for new stars, the criteria is that the honoree have a relationship in one be in one of seven categories: humanitarian, entertainment, civic/pioneer, architects/artists, sports figures, military and literary.

Another qualification is that the honoree have $15,000 to pay for his or her star.

The nomination forms can be found at peachamber.org and must be returned by September.

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PUBLIC NOTICES BID PACKAGE NO. 18-17 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS PUBLIC WORKS - PROJECT ADMINISTRATION 345 FOOTHILL ROAD BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210 LEGAL NOTICE - BIDS WANTED MODERNIZATION OF THE ELEVATORS AT THE LIBRARY, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE STATION HEADQUARTERS The City of Beverly Hills ("City") hereby requests sealed bids for the materials, supplies, equipment or services set forth herein, subject to all conditions outlined in this Bid Package, including: SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION

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NOTICE INVITING BIDS INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS CONTRACT BONDS INSURANCE SCOPE OF WORK TENTATIVE PROJECT MILESTONE DATES SECTION 9: FLOOR PLANS SECTION 10: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SECTION 1: NOTICE INVITING BIDS 1.

Notice Inviting Bids a. Date of Request: July 19, 2018 b. Bid Number: 18-17

c. Item Description: The Project includes, without limitation, the modernization of a total of (6) six elevators: (1) one hydraulic elevator at the Library, (2) two hydraulic elevators at the Fire Department Headquarters building, and (3) three hydraulic elevators at the Police Department Headquarters building. Contractor to include all work needed to ensure a fully code compliant modernization of the elevators. This Work will be performed in strict conformance with the Contract Documents, permits from regulatory agencies with jurisdiction, and applicable regulations. d. Obtaining Bid Documents: The bid package, including specifications, may be viewed on and downloaded from the City’s web site: http://www.beverlyhills.org/business/bidlistings/ To obtain a hard copy of the Contract Documents by mail or in person, please contact Karen Domerchie, Project Manager at telephone number 310-2852463 or email kdomerchie@beverlyhills.org.

Request must be made at least one (1) business day in advance for in person pick-up, and at least five (5) business days in advance to receive by mail. Pick-up location will be at the Department of Public Works 345 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. e. Bid Opening: Thursday – August 16, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. f. Due Date and Location for Submittals: Sealed bids will be received at all times during normal business hours prior to the Bid Opening, at the City Clerk’s Office, 455 North Rexford Drive, Room 290, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. All bids must be in writing and must contain an original signature by an authorized officer of the firm. Electronic bids (i.e., telephonic, FAX, etc.) are NOT acceptable. All bids shall clearly contain on the outside of the sealed envelope in which they are submitted: BID PACKAGE 18-17: MODERNIZATION OF THE ELEVATORS AT THE LIBRARY, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE STATION HEADQUARTERS g. Contractor's License: In accordance with provisions of Section 3300 of the California Public Contract Code, the City has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid California Contractor's License Class C-11 Elevator Contractor’s license classification under the State Contracting Code at the time the contract is bid.

Failure to possess such license may render the bid non responsive and bar the award of the contract to that non responsive Bidder. h. Liquidated Damages: There shall be a $1,000.00 assessment for each and every calendar day work remains undone after date fixed for completion. i. Prevailing Wages: In accordance with Labor Code Section 1770 et seq., this Project is a “public work,” and thus, the Contractor and any Subcontractors must pay wages in accordance with the determination of the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) regarding the prevailing rate of per diem wages. Copies of those rates are on file with the Director of Public Works, and are available to any interested party upon request. Contractor shall post a copy of the DIR’s determination of the prevailing rate of per diem wages at each job site. j. Pre-bid Conference Date and Location: A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Meet at the Assessment heretofore executed and TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018150347 The main entrance of the City of Beverly Hills Library, 455 delivered to the undersigned a written following is/are doing business as: SMARTHOME ADVIGROUP 324 S. Beverly Dr. #452, Beverly Hills, CA North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210.

Declaration of Default and Demand for SORS 90212; Bradley H. Green 324 S. Beverly Dr. #452, Sale, and a written Notice of Default Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: k. Bid Security: Each bid shall be accompa- and Election to Sell. The undersigned AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact nied by bid security in the form of a cashier's check, caused said Notice of Default and business under the name(s) listed February 2018: certified check or bid bond in the amount of 10% of Election to Sell to be recorded in the Bradley H. Green, Owner: Statement is filed with the the total bid amount. All cashier's checks or certified county where the real property is locat- County of Los Angeles: June 20, 2018; Published: June checks must be drawn on a responsible bank doing ed and more than three months have 29, July 06, 13, 20, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– business in the United States and shall be made elapsed since such recordation.

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT payable to THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS. Bid NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If FICTITIOUS 2018150351 The following is/are doing business as: bonds must be issued by a bonding company you are considering bidding on this FLOW BENJAMINS 9461 Charleville Bl vd. #128, Beverly licensed to do business in the State of California. property lien, you should understand Hills, CA 90212; Open Point Capital, LLC 9461 Bids not accompanied by the required bid security Charleville Blvd. #128, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The busishall be rejected. Cash and personal or company that there are risks involved in bidding ness is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the checks are NOT acceptable. The City shall return the bid security checks of unsuccessful bidders to them on a lien, not on the property itself. name(s) listed April 2018: Tanya C. Hekimian, Statement is filed with the County of Los when the successful bidder ("Contractor") enters into Placing the highest bid at a trustee auc- Manager: tion does not automatically entitle you Angeles: June 20, 2018; Published: June 29, July 06, the Contract with the City.

N/C to free and clear ownership of the prop- 13, 20, 2018 LACC–––––– l. Payment Bond and Performance Bond: erty. You should also be aware that the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT A Payment Bond and a Performance Bond, each in lien being auctioned off may be a junior 2018150349 The following is/are doing business as: 1) the amount of 100% of the contract amount, will be lien. If you are the highest bidder at the JOANN SMYTH JEWELRY 2) JOANN SMYTH PEARLS auction, you are or may be responsible & FINE JEWELRY 115 S. Fairfax Ave. C/O-The Farmer’s required of the Contractor. for paying off all liens senior to the lien Daughter Hotel, Los Angeles, CA 90036; Joann Smyth 115 S. Fairfax Ave. C/O-The Farmer’s Daughter Hotel, Los m. Insurance: Upon award of contract, con- being auctioned off, before you can Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: AN tractor will be obligated to file certificates of insurance receive clear title to the property. You INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact busievidencing coverage as specified in the bid docu- are encouraged to investigate the exis- ness under the name(s) listed January 2013: Joann ments and in a form acceptable to the City. The cer- tence, priority, and size of outstanding Smyth, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los tificates shall be on the City's standard proof of insur- liens that may exist on this property by Angeles: June 20, 2018; Published: June 29, July 06, N/C ance form. contacting the county recorder's office 13, 20, 2018 LACC–––––– or a title insurance company, either of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT n. Time of Completion: The contractual com- which may charge you a fee for this 2018152382 The following is/are doing business as: pletion time shall be 300 calendar days from the date information. If you consult either of COMPASSION BRANDS 2160 Century Park East #312, of Notice To Proceed. these resources, you should be aware Los Angeles, CA 90067; Caru Di Design, Inc. 2160 that the same lender may hold more Century Park East #312, Los Angeles, CA 90067; The o. Retention: In accordance with the contract, than one mortgage or deed of trust on business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, five percent (5%) of any progress payment will be the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the listed June 2012: Felix R. Wasser, withheld as retention. Pursuant to Section 22300 of OWNER: The sale date shown on this name(s) Treasurer: Statement is filed with the County of Los the Public Contract Code, at the request and expense notice of sale may be postponed one or Angeles: June 21, 2018; Published: June 29, July 06, of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount 13, 20, 2018 LACC N/C withheld may be deposited with the City or with a more times by the mortgagee, benefici–––––– ary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT state or federally chartered bank as the escrow Section 2924g of the California Civil 2018154797 The following is/are doing business as: BRIagent, and City shall then pay such moneys to the Contractor. Refer to the contract for further clarifica- Code. The law requires that information TANNIA ROW RECORDINGS 11845 W. Olympic Blvd. about trustee sale postponements be #1125-W, Los Angeles, CA 90064; Hoco Music tion. made available to you and to the public, Publishing, LLC 11845 W. Olympic Blvd. #1125-W, Los Angeles, CA 99064; The business is conducted by: A p. Contact Person: A bidder or potential bid- as a courtesy to those not present at LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun the sale.

If you wish to learn whether der who has questions regarding this project should to transact business under the name(s) listed June email those questions to Karen Domerchie, Project your sale date has been postponed, 2018: Randy Scott Cohen, Manager: Statement is Manager at kdomerchie@beverlyhills.org. Written and, if applicable, the rescheduled time filed with the County of Los Angeles: June 25, 2018; responses to all questions will be issued via adden- and date for the sale of this property, Published: June 29, July 06, 13, 20, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– you may call FOR SALE INFORMAdum.

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TION, PLEASE CALL (855)986-9342, FICTITIOUS 2018163629 The following is/are doing business as: THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS RESERVES THE or visit this Internet Web site BABY BOOT CAMP LOS ANGELES (RANCHO PARK & RIGHT TO REJECT ANY BID OR ALL BIDS AND TO www.superiordefault.com using the file BEVERLY HILLS) 269 S. Beverly Dr. #365, Beverly Hills, WAIVE ANY INFORMALITY OR IRREGULARITY IN number assigned to this case 2016- CA 90212; Lauren Bendixen 269 S. Beverly Dr. #365, ANY BID. ANY CONTRACT AWARDED WILL BE 1116 . Information about postpone- Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND ments that are very short in duration or AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed July 2013: Lauren RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. that occur close in time to the sched- Bendixen, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of uled sale may not immediately be Los Angeles: July 03, 2018; Published: July 06, 13, 20, reflected in the telephone information 27, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– or on the Internet Web site. The best APN: 4340-021-046 T.S. No.: 2016-1116 Title Order way to verify postponement information FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT No:160022256 Reference No. 938 BVR CL2 NOTICE is to attend the scheduled sale. THE 2018163627 The following is/are doing business as: OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER A NOTICE OF A PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD SUB- ENCINO TOWERS 5150 Yarmouth Ave., Encino, CA 91316; Migdal Properties, LLC 15940 Valley Vista Blvd., NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND JECT TO THE NINETY DAY RIGHT OF Encino, CA 91436; The business is conducted by: A LIMCLAIM OF LIEN. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A REDEMPTION CONTAINED IN CIVIL ITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED CODE SECTION 5715(b). PLEASE transact business under the name(s) listed November 3/23/2016. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO- NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT COL- 2012: Mark David Migdal, Member: Statement is filed TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A LECTOR AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO with the County of Los Angeles: July 03, 2018; Published: 2018 LACC N/C PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFOR- July 06, 13, 20, 27, –––––– THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: 2018156101 The following is/are doing business as: hereby given that on 8/3/2018 at 11:00 AM, S.B.S. Lien 6/27/2018. S.B.S LIEN SERVICES, DESIGN YOUR DORM 437 N. Bedford Dr., Beverly Hills, Services, As the duly appointed Trustee under and 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, CA 90210; Seven Palms, LLC 437 N. Bedford Dr., pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, record- Westlake Village, California, 91362. By: Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun ed on 3/29/2016, as Document No. 20160341399, Annissa Young, Trustee Sale Officer to transact business under the name(s) listed June Book , Page , of Official Records in the Office of the (07/13/18, 07/20/18, 07/27/18 | 2018: Cheryl E. Robinson, Manager: Statement is Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, The TS#2016-1116 SDI-11176) filed with the County of Los Angeles: June 26, 2018; Published: July 13, 20, 27, August 03, 2018 LACC N/C original owner: Alissa Masciarella The purported new FICTI–––––– owner: Alissa Masciarella, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER payable at time PUZZLE ANSWERS of sale in lawful money of the United States, by a cashier’s check drawn by a State or national bank, a 07/13/18 check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by state or federal savings and loan assoG E E K W H U M P E H O W ciation, savings association, or a savings bank speci- L E D O N O L G A E A P O E X E N A fied in section 5102 of the Financial Code and author- S C O R E ized to do business in this state.): BEHIND THE A L G R E E N B A Y W I N D O W C A L L FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 T A N Q U A D A R G O N B E R Y L CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. All F I D O L O S T T O right, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent S T A Y P U T P A R I S H I L T O N H E A D S H O P Assessment in the property situated in said County, as K O P I B I S E L S E S O S more fully described on the above referenced assessment lien. The street address and other common des- C A T O G M A N A L L L E G S ignation, if any of the real property described above is O L I V E R N O R T H P O L E D A N C E purported to be: 8960 Cynthia St # CL2 West O L E R E A M S Y O Y O I A M S Hollywood, VA 90069 The undersigned Trustee disC A P W H A T N O T claims any liability for any incorrectness of the street P O D C A S T S C A T S K O A L C R O address and other common designation, if any, shown T T Y L herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or S E A N P E N N S T A T I O N B R E A K warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possesW I L D O N E T O O L A L P E sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal C B S B A I O T H I S R A D sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, R I C H L I T T L E R O C K M U S I C E X E S A B S O L U T advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and A G R E E D expenses of the Trustee, to wit: $42,878.96 accrued S T E N T C H E C K O M N I A P U interest and additional advances, if any, will increase H O W L M A E W E S T B A N K H E I S T this figure prior to sale. The claimant: Beverly Regent E D I E O N E A L V O T E M A M E T Owners Association under said Notice of Delinquent S O N Y E S P Y S S E E R M U S T I

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Property owner Kevin Davis has a bone to pick with rent control! He believes that the Beverly Hills City Council should not have a say about rents nor tenant “protections” (his scare quotes) because it’s not fair to landlords. Three quarters of economists agree, he says, and I’m sure that’s true. Many economists like a “free market” (my scare quotes).

But Beverly Hills hasn’t had a free market for rental housing in four decades. Our City Council adopted Chapter 5 rent stabilization in 1978. For lower-rent households, it tied rent increases to consumer costs and protected those tenants from eviction. In 1986, the council capped increases at 10 percent for the rest of us (but allowed no-just-cause evictions).

Rent stabilization was the law of the land in Beverly Hills when Kevin Davis formed his real estate investment firm. He has continued to own rental property here ever since though his businesses are located in Los Angeles, not Beverly Hills.

State codes have regulated residential tenancies for much, much longer. Both the legislature in Sacramento and our own City Council understood that rental housing was categorically different from other commercial asset classes in that providing housing comes with a social responsibility. A landlord who doesn’t appreciate the importance of tenant protections should invest in non-residential commercial real estate where no rent control applies.

Kevin Davis owns two large rental properties of 24 and 36 units and so could add something to the policy discussion. Just 6 percent of rental buildings in the City are as large.

So unlike mom-and-pop operators that landlords like to push to the foreground, Mr. Davis has operations’ numbers which accurately describe market conditions. He could talk about net operating income, change in expenses, trends in asking rents, rates of tenant turnover and–most significant but rarely mentioned–asset appreciation.

Instead, he wants to talk about tenants. The figures he provided suggest that many families in Beverly Hills are not doing as well as we want to think. Given the high cost of living–particularly housing–in Southern California, the one-third of families that fall under $50,000 in household income would actually qualify for federal and local assistance programs. That includes free legal assistance, free home repair, and other services from our City’s human services providers.

Many of the two-thirds of families with household incomes below $100,000 would qualify, too.

Los Angeles County sets the assistance threshold at about $70,000 for a family of four.

As for those most-advantaged among us, the households earning more than $250,000 in combined income represent just 1 percent of renting households–an outlier by any definition.

Whatever Kevin Davis’ philosophical concern may be with price controls, he knows that any landlord’s margin is in tenant turnover. The key is asking rents (not paid rent) because a vacant apartment is leased at a market rent.

So if his figures are accurate–and indeed 22 percent of tenants moved their housing in the past two years–perhaps nearly a quarter of his units are at or near the market rent.

We’ve heard from Mr. Davis about tenants but not a word about his business. He’s not sharing

those figures.

Lastly, Kevin Davis reserves some of his scorn for the City’s consultant, HR&A Advisors. That’s a head-scratcher: the firm is completing (at City expense) precisely the kind of economic analysis that landlords were preparing to fund themselves. It will include an analysis of household incomes, of course, but what it will not include is data about past rent increases, no-just-cause evictions, landlord code violations, unlicensed apartment leasing businesses or a host of other inputs important to the discussion. Such data was simply never collected.

I formed the Beverly Hills Renters Alliance last year to encourage those who rent to communicate with each other about landlord problems.

So I’m never going to see eye-to-eye with a freemarketeer housing provider like Kevin Davis. But I will side every time with parents of the kids in our schools whom he, it seems, would happily price out of housing only to relocate to what he kindly terms “a more modest community.”

Mark Elliot Founder of the Beverly Hills Renters Alliance ****** One of the unintended consequences of having the Courier print one’s “letter to the editor,” are the wonderful pen pal friendships that off-time develop.

For example, my new pen pal, Daniel Fink, helped me realize that the grass and trees I believed covered the Burton Way Median were actually the Sawtelle Trolley Line.

Thankfully, my embarrassment evolved into gratitude–for now when in the mood to slurp down some noodles and broth–all I need do is hop on the ‘ole trolley and be transported to Sawtelle Avenue and the land of noodles.

Thank you pen pal.

Robert Block ****** In response to Dr. Daniel Fink’s letter criticizing Robert Block about his “ignorance” regarding the proposed Burton Way Median “demonstration” project, here are some important facts: (1) Only two landscaping alternatives were provided to the residents and Public Works and Fine Art Commissions. The public, the commissions, and the City Council were unaware of a third alternative; (2) That third alternative, which would cost far, far less, is installing drought resistant turf on the Burton Way Median, which would use a fraction of water compared to the current grass; (3) Capturing the run-off from one building (407 N. Maple Drive), would satisfy the entire City’s legal requirement, obviating the need for the Burton Way Median project; (4) That run-off from that one building is sufficient to water all of City Hall/Civic Center green space and the Burton Way Median. The cost savings for this alternative would be $8 million; (5) There is no reason for a “demonstration project” on Burton Way. The City has already expended untold dollars for three demonstration projects in the renovated Beverly Gardens Park; (6) While praising Shana Epstein is a worthy goal, the fact remains that she inherited this. The Burton Way Median “demonstration project” was already on the train tracks, and she could not independently stop the train, even if she wanted to.

Steve Mayer

POLICE BLOTTER The following assaults, burglaries, robberies and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD.

ASSAULTS 07/09 300 North Canon Drive 07/12 8500 Wilshire Boulevard BURGLARIES 07/09 9200 Wilshire Boulevard 07/09 9300 Wilshire Boulevard 07/09 400 North Rodeo Drive 07/10 100 North Rexford Drive 07/10 300 North Crescent Drive 07/11 300 North Rodeo Drive 07/11 300 North Rodeo Drive 07/11 300 South Robertson Boulevard 07/11 9500 Brighton Way 07/12 200 South Beverly Drive

Streets are usually indicated by block numbers.

07/13 200 South Bedford Drive 07/14 9500 Brighton Way GRAND THEFTS 12/18 200 N. Robertson Boulevard 07/06 Civic Center Drive/Foothill Road 07/08 400 North Canon Drive 07/10 300 North La Peer Drive 07/11 200 North Rodeo Drive 07/14 9300 Civic Center Drive 07/15 9500 Wilshire Boulevard ROBBERIES 07/13 South La Peer Drive/Gregory Way 07/14 1000 Hillcrest Road

Cartoon for the Courier by Janet Salter

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 20). You learn to be your own cheerleader, and this makes all of the difference. You’ll basically be teaching others to cheer you on as well, and with the new gumption, you’ll spring over the hurdles that once kept you from your joy. A deal in August favors you. You’ll check two things off your bucket list, and add two more. Leo and Libra adore you.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ve an inner zeal that is so much a part of who you are that you don’t even realize how many people walk around without an ounce of enthusiasm for life. You’ll share your energy with someone who lacks it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Love thrives on the tongue, but who puts it in practice? You want to. There’s a lot you once did out of love that has now turned into duty, or just habit, and you’re trying to get back that original feeling.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The best strategy is not to talk about yourself unless you absolutely have to today. It’s the demonstration that counts. Don’t worry; you’ll savor the look on their faces when they see what you can do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is nothing to gain from being harshly self-critical. You learned this kind of treatment of yourself, and you can unlearn it. Start by sweetening the tone you use when you talk to yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You know that the very nature of favorites dictates that only one person or thing can top the category, but it doesn’t stop you from treating each loved one like a favorite — an approach that attracts much luck today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). They want to talk of past glories; you do not. You’ve done some cool stuff, but you know in your heart that the best is yet to come. Arms open and onward, ever onward!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Don’t let the things that happen to you make you feel “less than.” If you can't help but feeling that way, that’s OK. Just know that feelings can lie. The truth is that you are more because of what you’ve experienced, and you’ll continue to build on it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You haven’t always had the care you needed to help you thrive as who you really are inside, but that will change. Support is gathering around you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). You don’t need propping up; nor should you be another person’s prop. You’re a whole person, and it’s right for you to connect with another whole person and work together in a way that honors you both.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Whether the job is big or small, your sincere aim to do it right will be what makes this day a success, regardless of how far you get into it. Good instruction will be key; the search engine will be your best friend.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Anything fresh out of the fire is unsafe to touch: This is true more metaphorically than literally today. Let that hot thing in your life cool down before you approach.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When you ask a question and the response is not forthcoming, take that as your answer. Instead of waiting around, assume the silence means “No”; move on; explore new options; be a happy traveler.

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