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BEVERLY HILLS NUMBER 35

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PANCAKE BREAKFAST — The Beverly Hills community turned out in droves last weekend for the annual BHPD Pancake Breakfast.

Pancakes were cooked and served by the BHPD’s finest and police mingled with children and families in attendance. Aside from the pancakes, families in attendance got to enjoy up close interactions with the SWAT team, motorcycle cops, canines and other officers. Pictured: Maya Graff-Weisner, Zyva Weiss, BHPD Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli, and Evyn Weiss.

THIS ISSUE

Six-year-old Maggie is this issue’s Adoptable Pet of the Week.

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Beverly Hills school leaders welcomed students and parents back to school. 4

A full page of reader-submitted dog photos. The dogs of Beverly Hills!

19 •Health & Wellness •Birthdays •Letters to the Editor

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George Christy, Page 6 The Eminent Cardiologist Dr. Harold Karpman Was Initiated Into Club 90 At The Beverly Hills Tennis Club This Week, Joining Club 90 Members Angela Lansbury, Sydney Poitier, Betty White and Mel Brooks

CLASSIFIEDS • Announcements • Real Estate • Rentals • Sales • and More

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City Council To Review Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Singh Report Tuesday

Incident At El Rodeo Ignites Safety Concerns

By Laura Coleman El Rodeo students and staff got a bit of a scare on Friday morning when a man jumped the fence shortly after school began.

Just as the school day was about to commence, around 8:25 a.m., Beverly Hills Police approached a man who was exhibiting erratic behavior on Whittier Drive and attempting to enter the El Rodeo campus. After a district security guard stationed at the school’s front gate prevented the man from entering, he ran a short distance down Whittier and jumped the fence into the El Rodeo schoolyard.

Students were immediately ushered into classrooms and the school was put on lock down as the district’s security guard and BHPD pursued the subject, con-

firmed Superintendent Michael Bregy.

“He did not have contact with any students, and barricaded himself inside a vacant school bathroom,” Bregy wrote to the parent community in an email sent out after the incident. “The lockdown was lifted once the subject was removed from campus, and normal school activities resumed.”

Within minutes of the man coming on campus, BHPD entered the bathroom and apprehended him. The man was subsequently transported to the hospital for further evaluation.

“As principal, it gives me great comfort to know that our staff takes their training and drills to heart and are prepared to protect our students if need be,” said El Rodeo Principal Kevin Allen.

Virtual Reality In Pediatrics: Game Changer For Patients, Providers At CHLA

By Courier staff An anxious adolescent showed up to have his blood drawn and was asked if he’d like to try virtual reality goggles. The boy agreed.

A few minutes later he asked, “When are you going to take it?” According to Jeffrey I. Gold, Ph.D., the boy was surprised when he took off his headset and found that the blood sample had already been drawn CHLA patients can now enjoy virtual reality while getting treatment. and was on the table beside been determined to successfully him.

In pediatric facilities through- manage the pain and anxiety assoout the country, children undergo ciated with these necessary proceprocedures every day, but few non- dures. To date, few clinical trials pharmaceutical interventions have (see ‘VIRTUAL REALITY’ page 14)

By Victoria Talbot Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Associate Professor of Law at Pepperdine University Sukhsimranjit Singh will present recommendations formed from landlords and tenants in the seven facilitated dialogue sessions for the Rent Stabilization Ordinance at Tuesday evening’s Formal Meeting of the City Council at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers.

Singh was able to move the disparate groups into civil conversation, a difficult task at the onset mired in distrust, anger and fear.

The dialogues resulted in consensus on some issues and dialogue on others, with each session contributing progress toward agreement between landlords and tenants regarding the rent stabilization ordinance.

The results will inform the council about policy, staffing and funding for the ordinance, as well. Last month, the council postponed a decision on a $1.5 million proposal developed by consultants Management Partners for the implementation of the ordinance as it is currently written (see ‘RENT’ page 11)

Wanda Beverly Hills Responds To Rumors Of Financial Woes

By Victoria Talbot Speculation has been building as events unfolding in China cast a pall over the Dalian Wanda Group and billionaire Wang Jianlin, focusing attention locally on the fate of the $1.2 billion One Beverly Hills development at 9900 Wilshire Blvd.

The Courier reached out to project manager Rohan a ‘Beckett, deputy general manager of the Wanda Group, for answers.

The Courier: What is the status of the project (One Beverly Hills) and what is the expected timeline for the project to be started and to be completed?

Rohan a ‘Beckett: The project is on schedule to break ground in 2017 and be completed in 2020.

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The Courier: Considering the concerns expressed, based on articles in numerous publications, will Wanda be able to use funds from China to support this project?

Rohan a ‘Beckett: One Beverly Hills is a U.S. funded development. Wanda is fully committed to bring this $1.2 billion hotel and condominium addition to Beverly Hills.

For further clarification, a ‘Beckett explained that Wanda was drawing on “a variety of domestic sources,” to finance the construction, but that they would not be releasing “explicit” names. A ‘Beckett said that Wanda has “our own source of funds from domestic construction finance. It’s being worked through right now.” (see ‘WANDA GROUP’ page 11)

BACK TO BACK — Jessica Andrea and Logic attended the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum.

Among the many were Katy Perry, Mena Suvari, Lorde, Hailee Steinfeld, Pink, Heidi Klum, Olivia Munn, Vanessa Hudgens.

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

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DATE: September 14, 2017 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: City Council Chamber, Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 PROJECT ADDRESS: 339 North Canon Drive

DATE: September 14, 2017 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: City Council Chamber, Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 PROJECT ADDRESS: 1297 Monte Cielo Drive

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, September 14, 2017, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider:

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, September 14, 2017, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider:

A request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a new real estate office use with more than 25’-0” of building frontage within the Pedestrian Oriented Area of the City on the ground floor of the building located at 339 North Canon Drive. The proposed real estate office use (One Beverly Hills Sales Gallery) would occupy approximately 5,500 square feet of floor area, and have approximately 50’-0” of street frontage along North Canon Drive. This request is being made pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code §10-3-1650, which regulates the amount of street frontage that non-retail uses can occupy in the Pedestrian Oriented Area of the City.

A Time Extension Request for a Variance. The request is for a two-year time extension of a previously approved Variance to allow construction of an accessory structure on a property with no principal building, and to allow the accessory structure to be located less than 100’-0” from the front property line on the property located at 1297 Monte Cielo Drive. The project was previously approved by the Planning Commission on July 17, 2014. The two-year extension would extend the existing entitlements until July 17, 2019.

The request is being made pursuant to Section 10-3-207 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code.

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. Upon review, the project appears to qualify for exemption from CEQA. Accordingly, the Planning Commission will consider a recommendation to find the project exempt from the environmental review requirements of CEQA pursuant to a Class 1 Categorical Exemption in accordance with the requirements of Section 15301 of the Guidelines for operational changes and minor alterations within an existing commercial building.

This project has been previously 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. Upon review, the Planning Commission found the project to be categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15303 (Class 3) of the Guidelines for construction of an accessory structure appurtenant to the primary dwelling unit in a residential zone. There have been no substantive changes to the project and no substantial changes to the environment that would cause the project to no longer qualify for the categorical exemption, or have any significant environmental impacts. The original determination of exemption continues to apply to the project, and no further environmental review is required under CEQA.

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

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

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact 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: Andre Sahakian, AICP, Senior 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.

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

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

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact 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: Andre Sahakian, AICP, Senior 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.

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HERE! WELCOME BACK – Beverly Hills High School leaders welcomed new families at the annual 9th grade and new parent social, held at Beverly Canon Gardens this week.

Pictured (back, from left): BHEF President Cindy Trost; BHHS Principal Mark Mead; BHUSD HR Director Luke Pavone; BHHS AP Chris Regan; Superintendent Michael Bregy; Assistant Superintendent Dustin Seemann; (front, from left): BHHS PTA CoPresident Laurie Okum; BHEF Secretary Mandi Dyner; Assistant Superintendent Dave Jackson; BHHS PTA Co-President Jodi Galen; and PTSA Advisor Marjaneh Manavi.

Possible Burglary Prompts Hawthorne To Shelter In Place Once Again

By Laura Coleman For the second time since the new school year began, Hawthorne students were forced to shelter in place following a neighborhood incident on Tuesday. This week’s scare came just days after a family-related neighborhood disturbance on North Elm last Thursday prompted the school to enact the same protocol of keeping students in classrooms.

On Tuesday Beverly Hills patrol units responded to a residential “bur-

glary in progress” on the 800 block of North Crescent Drive with further information on the radio call stating that there were possibly three suspects at the location seen running.

Beverly Hills police told the Courier that “out of an abundance of caution” school liaison officers that were on duty implemented the order to shelter in place at Hawthorne after hearing the radio call and considering the proximity of the involved residence.

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Beverly Hills Encourages Support And Caution for Harvey Relief

By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills and the BHPD issued separate press releases Thursday to encourage the community to support relief efforts in the stormtossed areas.

“Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc on the state of Texas, with the full extent of damage yet to be determined.

It is our humanitarian obligation, in a catastrophe like this, to step up to the plate and lend our support to those in dire need of help,” said Mayor Lili Bosse.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked that donations be monetary rather than in-kind because of the extent of the damage and anticipation of difficulties in distribution and affected onsite resources.

The City recommends that those interested in providing monetary support should visit the National Voluntary

Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at www.nvoad.org, as referred by FEMA. The site provides a list of nonprofit organizations helping with relief efforts.

The City’s website www.beverlyhills.org/hurricanerelief also lists information on ways to donate.

However, the Beverly Hills Police Department and the City of Beverly Hills caution that it is important to note “that scammers have been known to take advantage of disaster response situations,” said a BHPD press release.

“Beware of unsolicited contacts and appeals on social media sites,” including text messages and crowd-funding requests that can be abused.

The BHPD notes that social media provides “tools of tremendous good, but as with any type of giving it can be abused, so proceed with caution when donating online.”

MARVELOUS MAGGIE – Maggie is a 6-year old dacshund mix She is petite at only 10 pounds.

Maggie just weaned her four puppies and is now hoping to move on into a loving forever home Please consider adopting this sweet girl by going online and visiting W w w. s h e l t e r h o p e p e t s h o p . o r g .

(see ‘SCHOOL SHELTER’ page 15)

Beverly Hills Dog Park To Celebrate First Birthday On Sept. 10

By Victoria Talbot Line up the water bowls and lap it up, as the City of Beverly Hills and Mayor Lili Bosse celebrate the one year anniversary of the Beverly Hills Community Dog Park at a Barks & Breakfast event, 10:30 a.m. – noon Sunday, Sept. 10.

Bow wow for bagels! Breakfast for this “pawty” is sponsored by Friends of Beverly Gardens Park and the Beverly Hills Recreation and Parks Commission with generous donations from Toast Bakery Café, The Beverly Hills Market & Deli, Urth Café, Pussy & Pooch, the Amanda Foundation, Pet Food Express and the Larder at Maple Drive.

The public is welcome, and if you are one of those who has not seen the park, this may be a great opportunity.

The Recreation and Parks Commission conducted outreach at the six-month mark, resulting a decision to continue to operate the park for one year without change.

With the year anniversary, the City is once again conducting public outreach to all tag-holding families in a survey about the dog park to reevaluate the hours of operation, restricting park access solely to Beverly Hills residents

and their guests, hotel guests and employees who work within the City, the presence of a Park Ranger and the registration and permit process to use the park.

Surveys have been mailed, emailed and posted on the website as an online survey to tag holders, neighbors and property owners within 500 feet of the Dog Park. An announcement was posted at the Dog Park as well, sharing the survey link.

Since it opened, tags have been issued to 1,400 dog owners with nearly 20,000 recorded visits to the park. The most popular hours are between 8-10 a.m. and 5-7 p.m.

There have been no incidents at the Dog Park and the park has never achieved the maximum occupancy rate of 40 dogs per side in the large and small dog areas.

However, there have been over 500 inquiries from non-residents who wish to use the park, many from the adjacent neighborhoods.

On May 30, the City recorded one hotel guest pass, 12 residents’ guest passes, 265 employees’ tags, and 1,034 residents’ tags.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> COURIER IN AREZZO – Beverly Hills residents Joann and Walter Hulkower joined the Carry The Courier Club this month, taking their copy of Beverly Hills’ Best Read Newspaper to Arezzo, Italy with their grandson, Joshua Hulkower. Joshua played in the International Baseball Tournament for Israel, playing outfielder on the victorious Israel Baseball Team. To join the Hulkower family in the Carry The Courier Club, snap a photo of yourself with the Courier on your next trip and e-mail the picture, with caption information, to mlopez@bhcourier.com.

The Rise of the Citizen Activist, Part 3: Sharing and Daring

Greystone Mansion Ready for Mayor Bosse’s State of the City Address

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce presents An Evening with the Mayor at Greystone Mansion from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 27, with Mayor Lili Bosse delivering the State of the City address.

The event will be located in the mansion’s formal gardens, and feature hors d’oeuvres and beverages, as well as live entertainment.

Each year, the mayor addresses the public with an overview of the City’s financial condition, business health, capital improvements and broader initiatives, as well as a report on each mayor’s initiatives. The annual State of the City address comes exactly midway through the one-year mayoral term, and provides an update on the progress that has been made and a

roadmap for the next six months until the term is completed.

Mayor Bosse’s Healthy City (#BHHealthyCity) initiative has been extremely popular, and has reached deep into the business community to create the success of her BOLD (Businesses Open Later Days) initiative.

During her term as mayor, hundreds of friends, business owners, visitors and residents have joined her to walk many miles in her Walk with the Mayor campaign. She also led a bicycle tour through the City and hosted a yoga event with Acro Yoga at Beverly Canon Gardens.

Earlier this year, Bosse co-hosted a public meditation event with Dr. (see ‘STATE OF THE CITY’ page 17)

TAKE A BROW AT GET THREADED–Get Threaded Brow and Beauty, an Australian female-owned-and-operated business, opened their first US flagship store in Beverly Hills last week, shaping womens brows by matching their own features and body shape, not a “one-size-fits-all” brow like most brow-shaping. Owners partnered with celebrity pet rescue Vanderpump Dogs as their chosen charity, with a selection of limited edition gift items that benefit the animals. Shown (from left) are staffers Kara Craig and Shannon Perry, Nieves Calvo King (owner) staffers Chase Stewart and Christine Jackson, Liz See (Get Threaded founder) and staffers Sally Sha and Karine Patatanyan at the red carpet grand opening of their flagship store in Beverly Hills.

Photo by Alexandra Geschwind

Beverly Hills Police Black & White Ball Set For Oct. 10 At The Beverly Hilton

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Police Officers Association is getting ready for the annual Black & White Gala to benefit the BHPOA Benevolent Fund to be held at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 at The Beverly Hilton.

The annual event is warmly regarded by Beverly Hills residents and businesses, celebrating the heroes who put their lives on the line every day to defend and protect the safety of the community.

This year’s Honorary Dinner Chairs are Chief Sandra Spagnoli and the City’s new Assistant Chief Marc Coopwood.

The Police Officers Benevolent

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fund 2017 Board of Directors include President Sgt. Christopher Coulter, Vice President Det. Jason DuFour, Treasurer Ofc. Richard Billingsley, Secretary Ofc. Michael Yamada, and Directors at Large Sgt. David Dimond, Ofc. Daniel Chilson and Ofc. Nicholas DiMento.

Donations to the silent auction and ads for the Gala journal will be accepted through Sept. 21. Donations, ads and tickets for the Gala can be found online at bhpoa.org or by calling 310-550-4551.

Funds raised provide scholarships for local BHHS students, and to benefit the children of officers and the Medical Trust.

By Victoria Talbot In October 2014, a project came before the Beverly Hills Planning Commission requesting a Hillside R-1 Permit to allow construction of a new single-family home at 1184-1193 Loma Linda Drive with a cumulative floor area exceeding 15,000 square feet and landform alterations exceeding the thenmaximum allowed 3,000 cubic yards of exported earth material.

The project, a single-family home with two stories and a basement in 27,334 square feet that would require 7,887 cubic yards of exported soil, would have had a cantilevered deck sporting pools and water features, and multiple retaining walls.

Poised above Coldwater Canyon Park, the massive home would be visible for miles.

Below, on Sutton Way, neighbors had yet to recover from a slide on the property that had resulted in an unsightly cement retaining feature, holding the hillside at bay.

Above, resident Debbie Weiss could not imagine how such a behemoth could be built on the narrow, winding street, less than 24-feet in width, dwarfing other homes and permanently altering the neighborhood character the area. Where would they stage the project, and where would the crews park in the tiny cul-de-sac? How would the construction vehicles and heavy haul trucks navigate the sharp

curves and narrow street? How would the residents access their homes?

The City of Beverly Hills was being lauded for their efforts in the hills of Trousdale, where two accidents involving construction vehicles that lost their brakes took the lives of two LAPD officers, Det. Ernest Allen and Officer Nicholas Lee in the spring of 2014. But the rest of the City’s hillside areas had no such protections, though the hillsides were often just as treacherous.

In the aftermath, the City initiated several measures to achieve “Zero Tolerance” for accidents. Random CHP inspections of vehicles, strict haul routes, hauling hours, weight limits on heavy-haul vehicles and cement trucks, secondary breaking systems, street closures for excessively weighted vehicles, cameras at the entrances to Trousdale, offsite parking for crews and traffic calming measures made Trousdale safer, but did nothing for Loma Linda.

Additionally, as the economy recovered and property values increased, building on property that had previously been deemed “unbuildable” due to prohibitive costs suddenly became doable.

Sinking pilings, building multiple retaining walls and excavating were no longer barriers.

What’s more, City planning officials, carrying out their mission to promote development, helped; planning (see ‘CITIZEN ACTIVISTS’ page 17)

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Beverly Hills beloved cardiologist Dr. Harold Karpman with wife Molinda, who hosted a dinner at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club for the good doctor celebrating his 90th year, where he has played every weekend. Vintage photos at right are from the family album.

Club 90.

The esteemed cardiolo-

gist, Dr. Harold Karpman, was installed into Club 90’s elite membership of ranks that include Mel Brooks, Angela Lansbury, Betty White, Sidney Poitier this week.

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a friendship evening celebrating his August birthday at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club.

Where he’s played tennis for years on end every weekend.

And where his slim trim and savvy wife Molinda hosted the seated dinner with chocolate favors for more than 100.

Family, friends and medical brethren savoring a Lucullan buffet. How often do we find delicious yams in a menu of salmon, prime rib, turkey, a luscious and al dente mostaccioli pomodoro.

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onored we were to be at table with Dr. Eli Gang and wife Effie. The Israel-born Dr. Gang, who performed a procedure on us long ago, informed that extraordinary developments have raised the bar for fewer risks for pacemakers and atrial fibrillation.

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dding to the party spirit were Dr. Ron Carlsberg, Dr. Selvyn Bleifer, who arrived from La Jolla, Dr. Chuck Aronberg, who served as mayor of Beverly Hills. He escorted his wife Sandy. Dr. Aronberg, the opthalmologist, and Dr. Karpman were roommates during their medical training at UCSF.

grand niece Eva Karpman, a blonde beauty, who won our heart. Russianborn and eight years old, she was back from a holiday abroad.

“Visiting Siberia, Moscow, Red Square, all over.

I’m happy to be at school now … my favorite subject is reading. I just can’t read enough.”

Keep reading, dear Eva, and absorb that k n ow l edge, and you’ll go far.

e often joined him at intermissions, until the powersthat-be in the opera’s executive offices bounced us off their press list after devoting immeasurable space plus photo layouts to our opera performances and events, as former public relations director Gary Murphy will adhere to. Gary’s a consultant now with The Wallis, and as expected, bringing his expertise to our cultural growth.

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ourier loyalists the likes of Lennie and Bernie Greenberg, Katy and Arpad Domyan are among L.A. Opera’s major supporters, along with Dr. Karpman, and remain our inveterate readers.

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ll the same, the L.A. Phil loves the Courier, and we are invited to attend coveted events at the Hollywood Bowl and the grand opening of the fall season on September 26 this year. The opening night

gala raises millions and remains a night of nights.

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n September The L.A. Opera opens with Georges Bizet’s crowed-pleasing chestnut, Carmen starring soprano Anna Maria Martinez.

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andide follows later, opening January 27th, and celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s centennial.

Bernstein composed the thrilling score, Stephen Sondheim and John Lataouche are among the lyric writers.

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e fell in love with the original 1984 production in New York. Directed by Hal Prince, known as the Prince of Broadway, considering his countless blockbuster successes.

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elsey Grammar stars as Voltaire in our local production.

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n another note, the two directors of Good Times starring Robert Pattinson, who is GQ’s cover model this month, deserve a long hard spanking for asking Robert to sexually abuse a dog on the screen.

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obert told them to go hit the low road to Hades.

When we find these bozos, we will boot them in the kazoo. Not once but twice.

Even thrice.

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is enterprising father Samuel owned the first and much-needed pharmacy in Boyle Heights.

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Health Happenings....

Speakers, Lectures And Movies At This Weekend’s Cancer Convention More than 40 speakers, lectures and movies will be part of the 45th annual Cancer Convention, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m., SaturdayMonday, Sept. 2-4 at the Hilton Hotel, 100 W. Glenoaks Blvd, Glendale.

Sponsored and hosted by the Cancer Control Society, the weekend will feature recovered cancer patients sharing their stories and reports on the latest in prevention and cancer control through nutrition, tests and non-toxic therapies from medical doctors, clinical researchers and authors including Ed Griffin (World Without Cancer).

Cost is $50 per day. For more information, call 323-663-7801 or visit www.cancercontrolsociety.com.

Farrah Fawcett Foundation’s ‘Fiesta’ Benefits Stand Up To Cancer The Farrah Fawcett Foundation (FFF) has announced that its “Tex-Mex Fiesta,” returns at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

The evening will honor Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and its Council of Founders and Advisors including Sherry Lansing, Lisa Paulsen, Rusty Robertson, Sue Schwartz, Pamela O. Williams, Ellen Ziffren, Katie Couric, Kathleen Lobb and Sung Poblete with The Angel Award for excellence in innovative cancer research.

Event co-chairs are actress Jaclyn Smith and Dr. Lawrence Piro.

Guests will enjoy a raffle led by George Hamilton and Fred Willard, a musical performance and a live auction.

El Cholo restaurant will cater the fiesta-style event, a theme inspired by the late Farrah Fawcett and her home state of Texas. The Tex-Mex Fiesta was first held in 2015, and raised more than $500,000.

Fawcett established the foundation in 2007 shortly after her own cancer diagnosis, with the goal of finding a cure by supporting cutting-edge research. Since Fawcett’s passing in 2009 from anal (see ‘HAPPENINGS’ page 9)

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Dr. Stanley Zusman Once Again ‘Official Podiatrist’ Of Avon Walk For Breast Cancer Next Weekend For the sixth consecutive year, Beverly Hills podiatrist Dr. Stanley J. Zusman will serve as the “official podiatrist,” tending to blisters, sprained ankles and more, for walkers in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Sept. 9-10 in Santa Barbara.

He and a breast-cancer surgeon from the John Wayne Cancer Institute, along with nurses and other volunteers, will treat the approximately 2,000 walkers on the 39.3-mile route from Santa Barbara’s Chase Palm Park to Carpenteria State Beach.

Along the walk—26 miles the first day, and 13 the second—the doctors will follow and camp at night in pink tents with walkers and crew in the “Wellness Village” to be available around the clock for walkers, supporters and staff, During the walk Zusman sees ”hundreds of feet” and he and other volunteer doctors treat shin splints, plantar fasciitis calf pain and any other foot or leg problems.

His advice for walkers: “A good pair of athletic shoes is essential. Wear them with soft, thick or thin socks, depending on climate, and have an extra pair just in case.” Socks should be synthetic.

Zusman first became involved in the event when his wife Marsha, now fully recovered, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is now a survivor, and both husband and daughter feel it’s vital to give back.

Zusman’s daughter Lisa Zusman picked up the challenge and will be walking for the sixth year in a row with her daughter Madison. “After my mother’s experience, I vowed that I would do anything I could to help women in similar situations,” she said. To date, Lisa Zusman has raised more than $78,000.

Dr. Stanley Zusman treating an Avon Walk for Breast Cancer participant.

“I have my daughter, and her closest friend and my granddaughter and even my nurse on the team,” says Dr. Zusman. Elise Berberian, also a six-year walk veteran, joined Dr. Zusman in his (see ‘ZUSMAN’ page 9)

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cancer, a type that is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) in up to 90 percent of cases, the Foundation’s President/CEO Alana Stewart has fought to carry out Farrah’s wishes.

In 2013, The Farrah Fawcett Foundation joined forces with Stand Up To Cancer to create the SU2C-FFF Translational Research Team, headed by Dr. Ellis Reinherz and Dr. Robert Haddad at Dana Farber in Boston. The team is now conducting a clinical trial with a therapeutic vaccine for patients with no other treatment options. The FFF is also committed to creating patient assistance funds, and supports prevention and awareness programs.

“We are thrilled to honor SU2C at our second Tex-Mex Fiesta and to continue raising funds for cancer research in Farrah’s memory,” said Stewart. “Our partnership with SU2C has expedited treatment options for all HPV-related cancers.

Farrah wanted to make a difference and this night will help further that goal.”

Tickets to “Tex-Mex Fiesta” start at

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Bedford Drive office two years ago.

In the same location for 50 years, Zusman has seen generations of patients.

“I’m very fortunate,” he says. “My patients, many of whom end up as walk sponsors, are great.”

Dr. Zusman has never shied away from volunteering for causes he feels passionate about. He was another “official podiatrist,” treating athletes in the 2015 Special Olympics, and says helping other people in a great cause “is the American thing to do. Americans are all over the world doing missions, and look what’s happening in Texas. People are pitching in

$1,000. To purchase and for more information, email texmex@jamesgrp.net or call 818-245-6194.

Wells Bring Hope Gala To Help Bring Safe Water To South Africa Wells Bring Hope will hold its annual fundraiser from 3-6 p.m., Sunday, Sept.

10 at the Holmby Hills estate of Stanley Black.

The L.A.-based nonprofit is committed to drilling wells to bring safe water and sanitation to rural villages in Niger, West Africa, the poorest country in the world. Since its inception in 2008, the all-volunteer WBH, with one paid employee, has funded 447 wells, delivering safe water to close to half a million people.

In a garden setting, the evening will include hors d’oeuvres and wine plus silent and live auctions for such items as private jet excursions and a Maui luxury vacation.

Tickets are $150 with all proceeds benefiting the organization’s life-saving work. To purchase, and for more information, visit WellsBringHope.org. to help each other; and I think it’s a great way to live.

“One of the best parts of the walk weekend is learning how the funds raised will be used to help in discovery of leading-edge research to combat this deadly disease,” said Zusman.

Locally funds support research efforts at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, UCLA and Cedars-Sinai.

“Money raised enables men and women throughout the country to receive the breast-cancer screening, support and treatment they require regardless of their ability to pay,” he says.

For more information on the walk, visit www.avon39.org.—Steve Simmons

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Rochelle Maize Keeps A Leg Up In A Competitive Luxury Real Estate Market

By Matt Lopez To be as successful as Rochelle Maize has been in real estate takes a certain kind of desire. One might even call it, a hunger, to be the best.

Maize used that hunger to figure out some interesting ways to hook potential clients.

Last year, she sold a North Walden Drive home in the Beverly Hills flats for $5.6 million, the highest per-squarefoot price in the neighborhood since 2014, according to The Real Deal.

At the open house – instead of the typical cookies and small treats offered from the broker’s caravan, Maize parked a grilled cheese truck outside the home.

Another time, more recently, Maize hired the popular Cousins Maine Lobster truck to park outside of a house she was showing.

“It’s fun, it costs a little bit of money, but it always comes back to you,” Maize said. “The visitors enjoy it, the neighbors see it and talk about it. It’s just to get people talking and get people interested.”

Creative moves like that have helped Maize carve out a decades-long career, which has

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seen her become one of the preeminent names in the competitive real estate field in Beverly Hills and beyond.

Maize dipped her toes into the world of real estate after a 15-year career in wealth management. Little did she know at the time how much that financial background would help her. With a history of crunching numbers, home valuations quickly became her calling card.

Maize says a large portion of her business comes in the flats and her “big break” came when a friend was selling a property in the 800 block of Foothill. The friend asked Maize to provide a valuation, which the home owner thought was perfect.

“I didn’t really have a lot going on so I had so much time to devote to it,” Maize said. “I ended up basically camping out in front of this house. I brought the only three offers and ended up being very good friends with the agent that brought the buyer.”

That same client ended up buying Danny DeVito’s estate off market from Maize for $32 million.

“The valuations are really just about hard work and rolling up your sleeves,” Maize said. “The background with numbers helps.

You need that education.”

Those sales helped kickstart a booming career for Maize, whose name has become synonymous with luxury estates. Over the last year, Maize has racked up more than $200 million in sales.

“There’s no other zip code in the world that immediately identifies with money and lux-

ury,” Maize said. “Thank God for the television show (Beverly Hills 90210). Those numbers equate to money and wealth.”

Maize said current real estate trends in Beverly Hills have led to things drying up in the mid-market, making it difficult to find quality properties in the flats.

“Those homes in the flats in the $6-8 million range,

home – Greenway Manor – at 840 Greenway Dr. Situated on more than 30,000 square feet of flat land, the home features an upgraded kitchen with an oversized kitchen island, seven en-suite bedrooms and 10 custom bathrooms, along with a home theatre and much more.

“It’s a stunning property, it’s been a really fun one to

Rochelle Maize’s newest listing: 840 Greenway Dr.

there’s just not a lot of inventory at that level,” Maize said.

Maize is currently active on the market with an 11,000square-foot cape cod style

show and have people get to know it,” Maize said.

For more information on Greenway Manor, visit http://greenwaymanorbh.com.

B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E Shawmut Launches Luxury Homes Division

By Laura Coleman While the future of the real estate market is anyone’s guess, there seems to be no shortage of buyers for high-end homes. To that end, construction management titan Shawmut Design and Construction recently launched a luxury homes division.

According to Shawmut CEO Les Hiscoe, Beverly Hills is shaping up to be its most active market for those new services. Shawmut is currently focused on growing the business in L.A., New York and Miami.

With its roots in the residential industry spanning over three decades, the $1.3 billion national construction management firm’s new division aims to combine its refined cost controlling construction delivery system and experience with its talent for sophisticated scheduling and communication.

“We started building homes as a special service to our commercial clients who wanted the same superior service we provide for their businesses reflected at home,” explained Hiscoe. “It’s a meaningful move for us and a nod to our heritage as we formalize our commitment and bring our unprecedented expertise to the residential market.”

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The Courier: What was your process for the graphics on the construction barriers?

Rohan a ‘Beckett: We went through the Architectural Review Board [sic] for adding the text signage to our construction fence.

In addition to the construction barriers, the project will have a 40-foot sound wall behind the construction barriers. The sound wall is currently being reviewed by the Architectural Review Commission.

Last week, Wanda abandoned plans for their affiliate International Real Estate Center to purchase a 10-acre (fourhectare) $606 million (470-million pounds) property, Nine Elms Square in London, without explanation or details.

Wanda, whose holdings range from hotels to entertainment and commercial property, has increasingly come under pressure from the Chinese government of late, as China adds new restrictions on foreign investments in real estate, sports clubs and entertainment.

The government has expressed increasing concern over the growing debt incurred in overseas acquisitions by Chinese companies, singling out Dalian Wanda Group, Anbang Insurance Group, and a handful of other multinational Chinese companies.

Les Hiscoe

develop residential properties by employing the same sophisticated approach they use in the commercial world for clients like Nobu, Tom Ford and Louis Vuitton.

“We really took the idea to heart,” he said, noting that the key is to be sensible and a good communicator. “We want it to be a wonderful and collaborative experience with the clients.”

Hiscoe said that locally the team is already finding favor with entertainers following the creation of a sound space for a Grammywinning music producer who subsequently referred them out.

“It seems that our approach is working,” he said.

In July, reports say that uncovered documents showed financial regulators in China have ordered banks to stop loaning Wanda financing for their overseas acquisitions, including entertainment interests.

Dalian Wanda Group shares suffered an 11-percent slide Monday amidst rumors that Wang and his family were detained by Chinese authorities Friday in Tianjin airport and later released and barred from leaving China.

Wanda released a statement denying the event had occurred, that said these were rumors “concocted with ulterior motives. Wanda Group solemnly states that all rumors have been entirely fabricated with ulterior motives, and hopes that everyone will neither believe nor circulate them,” the statement said.

Wang is said to be China’s richest man. In a 4-1 vote, the Beverly Hills City Council sought no construction bond on the property, despite a request by thenCouncilmember Nancy Krasne.

The City signed a Development Agreement with $60 million in an up-front payment from Wanda before they can break ground on the project.

The City of Beverly Hills expects to see $820 million in revenue over the next 30 years from the project.

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until they heard recommendations from Singh’s report.

Tuesday is likely to be a long evening, with many policy decisions expected to be decided on the results of the discussions.

With 474 completed Rental Unit Registrations (48 percent) and another 168 in process (17 percent) and the balance due Sept. 22, there is still a question of funding for the program. To complete the program by the Jan 22, 2018 deadline, the City will have to bring on temporary staffing, which requires an interim operating budget through the end of the fiscal year, said Director of Community Development Susan Healy Keene. Staff will recommend that the registration continue and that modifications

to the electronic forms be made online.

Among the other questions that remain unanswered are whether there should be a landlord- tenant mediation board, and if so, how would it be staffed; habitability standards, which are currently determined by the state requirements, which are quite low; if duplexes, tri-plexes and four-plexes that are owner-occupied should be under the ordinance; relocation fees, code enforcement issues (determined by habitability standards) and rent increases.

Healy Keene predicts, based on past meetings, that there will be as many as 50 speakers during the public comment section of the agenda item.

For more information call the Rent Stabilization Hotline at 310-285-1031 or visit www.beverlyhills.org/BHrent.

TO SEE AND BE SEEN

ROLEX AT WESTFIELD—Gearys Rolex Boutique became the latest store to open at Westfield Century City, which is currently finishing a $1 billion renovation, with VIPs in attendance early Thursday morning to cut the iconic green and gold ribbon. The Rolex Westfield Century City boutique, which is shaped like a fishbowl with curving glass windows, marks the third L.A. area Gearys Rolex Boutique, joining the newly opened one at Santa Monica Place and the one on Rodeo Drive. Pictured above (from left): Michael Sudjati, Kenneth Benbassat, Evan Meyer, Daniel Chen, Susan Blumenthal, Thomas J. Blumenthal, Cliff Cook, John Couris, Joanne Sawaya, and Bill Hecht.

VIEW FROM THE TOP—The Porsche Club of America Los Angeles Region held its monthly breakfast at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills on Saturday where attendees enjoyed a gorgeous morning meal at Jean Georges Beverly Hills. Roughly 25 Porsches were on display outside the main entrance to the hotel. Among the favorites was the fully restored 1973 911T owned by Peter Norman.

Guests included President of Porsche Club of America Mariana Small, Managing Director of Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills Luc Delafosse, Amber Blonigan of the Gi Automotive Group and Nate White of Beverly Hills Porsche.

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THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS THE CHICANO MAN— The Autry Museum of the American West will mount the first comprehensive exhibition of photographer, essayist, and performance artist Harry Gamboa Jr.’s ongoing series, “Chicano Male Unbonded.”

Opening Sept. 16, the exhibition includes more than 90 images, including recent work and photographs on view for the first time.

The black-and-white portraits call into question assumptions society has of men of Mexican descent. “I created this work as a way to counter the negative stereotypes people have of Chicano men,” said Gamboa. “They are all photographs of men I know on some personal level.

Some I know from academia and the art world, others are family or friends. It’s very interesting to stand back and listen as viewers speculate on who the men are.

I’ve heard people comment, just from looking at the pictures, that they are gang members. But then they get closer, read the descriptions and discover that the ‘gang members’ are lawyers, Ph.Ds, artists and novelists. In these days, when political talk includes discussion about the mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican males in particular are negatively portrayed, this work stands out.” For information, visit: www.theautry.org.

DUNE BUGGY CUTIE—The Los Angeles Modern Auctions announced this week it was adding a 1969 Glass Enterprises Bounty Hunter Dune Buggy to its upcoming October auction.

Considered a classic of 1960s industrial design, it is estimated to go for between $30,000 to $50,000.

Visit lamodern.com for more information.

STAR STRUCK—Celebrate with some of the biggest stars around (at least, in wax) at the upcoming JVSLA fall fundraiser “An Evening at Madame Tussauds” on Saturday, Sept.

16. A departure from past events, this party with a purpose is costume-optional where guests will mingle with their favorite A-listers like Rihanna (pictured), eat delicious themed cuisine, enjoy hosted bars and then stay and dance until midnight. All proceeds will benefit the lifechanging work of JVS Los Angeles programs for veterans and at-risk, foster and probation youth.

Visit: www.jvsla.org/party. Tickets are $195.

Photo courtesy of Madam Tussauds Hollywood THE MINDY PROJECT— Mindy Kaling, Costume Designer Salvador Perez and more celebrated The Paley Center for Media’s new exhibit, “The Mindy Project: Six Seasons of Style Curated by Costume Designer Salvador Perez,” which opened to the public last weekend.

In celebration of the upcoming sixth and final season of The Mindy Project, the new exhibit features iconic costumes, photography, and sketches from the Hulu comedy series.

The exhibit showcases many of the colorful, custom-made costume creations designed by Perez, president of the Costume Designers Guild and an Emmy-nominated costume designer. The exhibit runs at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills through Oct. 1. Pictured left: Mindy Kaling and Salvador Perez.

Photo by Imeh Bryant for The Paley Center for Media

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T LACO’s Campus To Concert Hall’ Pass Offers Students 30 Concerts For $30 College students ages 17 to 30 can now enjoy the benefits of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's (LACO) “Campus to Concert Hall All Access Pass,” which provides admission to 30 LACO concerts during its 2017-18 season for $30.

For the equivalent of just $1 per ticket, pass-holders attend performances at leading Southern California venues, including all eight of LACO’s Orchestral Series concerts at Glendale’s Alex Theatre, Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium and UCLA’s Royce Hall; three In Focus programs, offering insights into chamber music repertoire, at Santa Monica’s Moss Theater and San Marino’s Huntington Gardens; five Baroque Conversations programs, with repertoire from early Baroque through the pre-classical period, at downtown LA’s Zipper Hall; and three Sound Investment salons where attendees meet and mingle with the year’s composer and learn about their artistic process.

As an added bonus, the All Access Pass includes access to performance after-parties to mingle with musicians; advance reservation privileges; and the option to reserve up to three additional tickets at just $8 each for college friends (valid college ID required).

This popular student pass, offered for the seventh year, has served to build appreciation for classical music among younger audiences.

Passes are available online at laco.org, or by calling 213-622-7001.

Guitarist Ottmar Liebert Returns To Saban With Concert Sampling Latest Albums, Plus Fresh Versions Of His Hits

Flamenco guitarist Ottmar Liebert, who loves blending genres, styles and traditions, returns to Beverly Hills for an 8 p.m. concert, Saturday, Sept. 9 at The Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd.

In addition to hits that have brought him international fans like Barcelona Nights, Surrender 2 Love and Heart Still Beating, Liebert will perform songs from his two latest albums and draw from his catalog of nearly 30 recordings.

He plans to give fans three selections from Waiting n Swan, his tribute to Bob Marley.

“I was a big fan,” says Liebert. “In the mid-’70s he was played at virtually every teenage party my friends and I went to. He was bigger than the Beatles or the Stones; and his lyrics talked about political and social change.”

Plus, Liebert loves to show how reggae and some forms of flamenco come from the same African roots.

“It’s a cool pairing,” says Liebert.

He points out that both tango and reggae have a de-emphasis on the first beat. “So in a song like Waiting In Vain the percussionist plays a one-drop drum beat on the first count, and with the tango rhythm it works. And it shows how these rhythms come from the same source.”

On the East Coast, Liebert played for some musicians who had toured with Marley. “They liked what we were doing, so that was cool,” Liebert says.

L.A. Children’s Chorus Announces 2017-18 Season, Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson’s Final One With The Ensemble Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC), has announced its 2017-18 season, “And This Shall be for Beauty,” featuring repertoire that illuminates LACC’s signature bel canto sound honed by Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, who is stepping down at the end of the season, her 22nd at the chorus’ artistic helm.

“It has been a tremendous privilege and delight to work with the Los Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. Photo by Jamie Pham Angeles Children’s Chorus Hubble Cantata, Unprecedented Live for more than two decades,” says Experience Pushing Boundaries Of Art Tomlinson. “My greatest joy has been And Science, at Ford Theatre, and six perworking with the children, who are so formances of Bizet’s Carmen at the inspiring and dedicated. I also treasure Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; the incredible opportunities LACC’s artis• Performances of Orff’s Carmina tic partners have provided the organiza- Burana with the Los Angeles Master tion.”

Chorale at Walt Disney Concert Hall; and Season highlights Include: guest appearances with Pasadena • First-ever collaboration with Symphony and POPS for Holiday Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Candlelight Concert at Pasadena’s All Music Center featuring the world pre- Saints Episcopal Church; miere of a new version of George • Masterclasses with Maria Guinand, Balanchine’s The Nutcracker with Miami artistic director of Venezuela’s Schola City Ballet at the Dorothy Chandler Contorum; Spring Concert, featuring corPavilion; nerstones of choral literature and some of • A stand-alone performance of L.A. Tomlinson’s favorite works; Gala Bel Philharmonic’s “Sounds About Town Canto Fundraiser; “Bach to Broadway” Series” and two appearances with the performance benefiting restoration of orchestra, including the U.S. premiere of Pasadena’s historic St. Andrew Church; Andrew Norman’s opera A Trip to the and International Tour in summer 2018 Moon and Bernstein’s Mass, at Walt wrapping Tomlinson’s tenure.

Disney Concert Hall; For more information on LACC, its • Roles in two LA Opera produc- auditions or programs call 626-793-4231 tions – the West Coast premiere of or visit www.lachildrenschorus.org.

Ottmar Liebert

For his latest album, Slow, Liebert decided to try something completely different.

“Sometime in 2015 I decided to record by myself, without the band, and that I wanted to create ‘slow’ music,” Liebert says. “I wanted to raise my guitar against the sound of billions of smartphones beeping with the latest news, mentions, likes and comments,

keeping us in a state of constant alarm. I also discovered that there has been scientific research into how slow music can relax listeners’ heartbeat and lower their blood pressure.”

Engineering the album, Liebert created the sound of a bass guitar by recording his guitar at half speed, and other sounds by hitting the back of his instrument. “The sounds that are more keyboard-like are guitar chords that I’ve reversed.”

Liebert will once again be coming with group Luna Negra (black moon) with Jon Gagan, who’s been with him since 1989, on electric bass, and Chris Steele, of Venice, on cajon and drums.

While Slow was strictly a personal project, the trio has created a way to bring the selection Butterfly Dream to the stage. “Jon came up with a bass line and Chris added a drum part and the song works really well.”

For Liebert, who’s lived in Santa Fe since 1986, music is a lot like the bread he makes almost daily, experimenting with potatoes, blue-corn flour and brown rice gruel. “The best things come from mixing stuff up. There’s no purity in music.”

Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets range from $32-$58. To purchase, and for more information, visit wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com/events/ottmarliebert-beverly-hills/ or call 800-7453000—Steve Simmons

Page 14 | September 1, 2017 CLUB DAY – Club Day was a huge success this week at Beverly Hills High. The courtyard was filled with students, music, food and great energy during Wednesday’s lunch period. Students this year have 95 clubs to sign up for everything from Math Club and Book Club, to Food-Lover’s Club and Fashion Club. Pictured left: two BHHS students join clubs at the school.

Richard Anderson, “The Six Million Dollar Man” Dies In Beverly Hills Home Richard Anderson, best known for his portrayal of Oscar Goldman -- boss to Lee Majors on The Six Million Dollar Man and Lindsay Wagner in the spinoff The Bionic Woman – died Thursday at age 91.

Anderson died at his home in Beverly Hills, according to publicist Jonathan Taylor.

A New Jersey native, Anderson began his career with MGM, where he worked as a messenger before signing an acting contract and appearing in films such as Forbidden Planet and The Magnificent Yankee.

He later appeared in director Stanley Kubrick's World War I drama Paths of Glory, John Frankenheimer's Seven Days in May and Sidney Sheldon's The Buster Keaton Story.

He also worked opposite Paul Newman in The Long, Hot Summer.

Anderson also had a prolific television career, appearing in more than 100 series, most notably portraying the brotherin-law of Dr. Richard Kimble in the final episodes of the ABC drama The Fugitive.

But it was his work as Oscar Goldman, head of a secretive government agency that "rebuilt" severely injured astronaut Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man, that made him truly famous.

Majors, who portrayed Austin in the classic series, recalled that he first met his future TV boss when Anderson guest-starred on The Big Valley in 1967.

Anderson is survived by three daughters, Ashley, Brooke and Deva. Their mother, Katharine Thalberg -- daughter of Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer -- died in 2006. She and Anderson were married from 1961-73.

Memorial services are expected to be private.

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have been conducted to thoroughly study the effectiveness of these interventions.

Gold, a clinical psychologist and director of the Pediatric Pain Management Clinic in the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), has embarked on a new study to examine the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) for children and adolescents.

He and a team of researchers have hypothesized that patients using VR will report significantly less procedural pain and anticipatory anxiety, as well as lower heart rates and less behavioral distress, than patients receiving the standard of care, such as topical anesthetics.

“Pain is not simple,” says Gold. “Most people think pain is just about tissue damage, but the pain system is really a complex and sophisticated network of signals cascading across many regions of the brain. It is an integrated chemical, physiological and behavioral response.”

AppliedVR, a software solutions company, is supplying specialized headsets for the study and working with Gold to design and develop content for the virtual reality experience.

Gold, who is also a professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and

Dr. Jeffrey I. Gold

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at USC’s Keck School of Medicine explains that not everything produced for VR is valid for managing pain. “We’re testing an ‘environment’ here that’s being developed especially for the purposes of pain management.”

Immersive VR allows the user to become an active participant in a virtual world as it captures the visual, auditory and tactile senses, as well as the limbic sense of emotion. “When someone is fully engaged and immersed in a VR experience, they are releasing endorphins,” he says. “These endorphins can produce an opioid response that markedly reduces the patient’s subjective pain.”

Given the significant concerns about problematic opioid use in the U.S., Gold is hopeful that evidence-based support for non-pharmaceutical interventions such as VR may lead to improved procedural pain management and a decreased need for narcotics.

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District officials became aware of the nearby police activity around 12:55 p.m. according to Beverly Hills Unified School District spokesperson Laura Skirde.

“Even in a case like this when the shelter in place was only a precautionary measure, our school administrators will always follow police guidance,” she said.

Beverly Hills Police subsequently told Hawthorne Principal Michelle Dar to proceed with releasing kindergarten students as scheduled, with the caveat of keeping the kids inside and releasing them one-by-one as each parent arrived as a precaution.

At 1:15 p.m. BHPD told district staff to lift the shelter in place.

Following a brief investigation, BHPD concluded that no crime had been committed.

POLICE BLOTTER

The following assaults, burglaries, robberies, and grand thefts have been reported this week by BHPD. Losses (when known) are in brackets.

ASSAULTS 08/23 300 N. Canon Dr. 08/24 400 S. Roxbury Dr. 08/25 200 S. Beverly Dr. 08/26 200 N. Canon Dr. 08/27 300 N. Canon Dr. 08/27 Dayton Way/N. Rodeo Dr. BURGLARIES 08/04 9600 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,890) 08/07 200 N. Elm Dr. ($28,700) 08/08 9600 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,890) 08/22 9600 Wilshire Blvd. ($2,490) 08/22 400 Martin Lane 08/23 400 Martin Lane 08/23 400 N. Palm Dr. ($802) 08/25 300 S. Rodeo Dr.

08/25 300 N. Rodeo Dr. 08/25 300 S. Rodeo Dr. ($200) 08/26 9900 S. Santa Monica Blvd.

08/27 800 Whittier Dr. 08/27 9600 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,095) 08/27 9700 Wilshire Blvd. ($540) GRAND THEFTS 08/15 8900 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,472) 08/19 400 NB. Canon Dr. ($1,200) 08/21 9700 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,425) 08/21 9800 Wilshire Blvd. ($60,000) 08/21 9700 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,600) 08/22 300 N. Beverly Dr. ($1,235) 08/22 9000 Dayton Way ($14,300) 08/24 400 Evelyn Pl. ($7,000) 08/24 300 N. Rodeo Dr. ($2,650) 08/25 400 N. Canon Dr. ($7,400)

Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 1). The love coming into your life will grow and grow. You'll sail the uncharted territory and make your own map in October. In November, choices that seem monumental are actually as silly as worrying about choosing which side of the bread to butter. Not knowing makes it exciting. Dive in: It's delicious either way. Sagittarius and Pisces adore you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Some things are beautiful because they fit so perfectly into a well-defined niche. Other things are beautiful because they are so difficult to explain or define. The latter kind brings today's wonderment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The human fight-or-flight response only works with outside stimuli. No human can run fast enough to get away from his or her inner life. Fighting with it is futile, too. An accepting, gentle conversation will do much good, though.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Nothing is interesting until someone is interested in it. When you pay attention and hook into what fascinates you, you'll make the subject more appealing to others. Your curiosity is, in essence, a public service.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Relax. Let the stressful thoughts float by without grabbing hold of them. There's a lot running through your head that you can safely dismiss, if only because you've already thought it before. What's new and important will stand out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People show appreciation in the way they know how. Often, it's not in the timeliest or politest way, but we're not all coming from the same teaching in that regard. Let it go and accept kindness however it comes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). They're seeking the same thing that you are: love, peace and connection. Of course, a fair exchange of goods, services and money would be nice, too. You just might get it all.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). When you get a whiff of something that reminds you of the past, this can trigger an incommensurable emotional response in you that's not an accurate representation of what's actually going on.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Many situations are ambiguous. It's the way we interpret them that gives them context and meaning. To take a neutral situation and turn it into something negative is to needlessly drain a little joy from your life.

Let in the light.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). When working harder doesn't solve it, stop. You don't want to exhaust your energy in the wrong direction. Also, there's no need to prove you're the hardest worker. Anyway, you're more into getting results. So ask for advice.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Contraction is the natural reaction to the cold or hardness of either external or internal circumstances–a narrowing of focus and life. Now what will you do to counter it?

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You know a lot on the subject at hand and will be asked for your opinion. You'll be slow to weigh in, though, ever aware that there are always new insights. Peers will respect your humility.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you're really “on” (as you'll find you will frequently be over the next three weeks) your stories will be like theme park rides taking people out of the atmosphere into a new world before returning them safely back to the car park.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE: September 14, 2017 TIME: 7:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: City Council Chamber, Beverly Hills City Hall, 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 PROJECT ADDRESS:

9200 Wilshire Boulevard

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, September 14, 2017, will hold a public hearing beginning at 7:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider the following: PROJECT DESCRIPTION A Planned Development Permit and Vesting Tentative Tract Map were approved in September 2007 to allow a mixed-use project in the M-PD4 Mixed Use Planned Development Overlay Zone containing a minimum of 14,000 square feet of commercial space and no more than 54 multifamily units. (Approved Project). On June 6, 2016, the applicant submitted an application to modify the Approved Project by reducing the commercial floor area from 14,000 square feet to 5,696 square feet, increasing the multi-family residential component from 54 units to 90 units, shifting the areas of building modulation, reducing the number of subterranean parking levels from four to three while providing surplus parking, and changing project access and circulation (Original Modified Project). The Planning Commission considered the Original Modified Project at its regular meeting held on July 13, 2017. At the conclusion of the July 13, 2017 meeting, the Planning Commission directed the applicant to revise the proposed project, and voted to create an Ad Hoc Committee consisting of two Planning Commissioners to work with the applicant on project revisions. The Ad Hoc Committee held one meeting on July 27, 2017 to review project design revisions. The applicant subsequently requested for the matter to be brought forward to the full Planning Commission for consideration of a further revised Project (the Revised Modified Project) consisting of 6,119 square feet of commercial floor area and 54 residential condominium units, two subterranean parking levels with surplus parking on the ground floor behind less than 40’-0” of building space facing a street, and with some modifications to building modulation and traffic control devices. The Revised Modified Project requires Planning Commission review of a Planned Development Permit and Vesting Tentative Tract Map applications.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The subject 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. A Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) was certified by the City Council when the project was originally approved by the City in 2007. An addendum to the 2007 FEIR was prepared for the Planning Commission’s consideration of the Originally Modified Project on July 13, 2017. However, based on the recent changes in the Revised Modified Project, the Planning Commission may rely on the 2007 FEIR, given that the Revised Modified Project now contains the same number of residential units, is no taller, and contains substantially the same uses as what was studied in the 2007 FEIR. The primary changes to the Approved Project include a decrease in the retail space of more than 8,000 square feet and a reduction in the number of subterranean parking levels. Other changes include changes to site circulation and ground floor access/entry configurations, building modulation, and reconfiguration of rooftop amenities, which according to analysis in the Addendum to the 2007 FEIR, were found not to result in any new significant environmental impacts beyond what was studied in the 2007 FEIR. Consequently, the Planning Commission will consider the 2007 FEIR as the appropriate environmental document for the Revised Modified Project under CEQA. Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission. Please note that any comments received will become part of the public record. 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) 2851135, or by email at malkire@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the applications, plans, and CEQA documentation 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, Andre Sahakian, AICP, Senior Planner PROJECT LOCATION

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.

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Beverly Hills Hazardous Waste Roundup Set for Sept. 16

By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills will host a public Household Hazardous Waste and E-Waste disposal Sept. 16, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the corner of Foothill Rd. and Civic Center Drive. The event is open to all Los Angeles County residents.

This is an opportunity to safely dispose of items such as brake fluid, paints, paint thinner, cleaners with acid or lye, pesticides, herbicides, batteries and car batteries, pool chemicals, motor oil and oil filters, expired pharmaceuticals, antifreeze and fluorescent light bulbs.

E-waste includes computer monitors, televisions, computer CPUs, keyboards, printers, cell phones and other used electronics.

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commissioners and City Councilmembers supported the trend.

Weiss knew nothing about land use, city government or the process of appeal. She knew the applicant was Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini.

As with the residents in Bel-Air, “It was a huge learning curve,” she said.

As Weiss struggled to inform herself, and then her neighbors, another group of neighbors were forming in a multi-family neighborhood south of Sunset to oppose the demolition of three apartment buildings on Oakhurst Drive that formed part of what they believe is an historic area.

The buildings at 332-336 N. Oakhurst Dr. sport green lawns, mature vegetation and an old-Hollywood feel that long-term residents understand as the backdrop of Los Angeles.

A potential Historic District, according to historic surveys of the block, the buildings are located partially in Los Angeles and partially in Beverly Hills, also represented home to a group of vulnerable tenants facing Ellis Act evictions.

The Ellis Act is a state law which says that landlords have the unconditional right to evict tenants to “go out of business.”

These evictions are most often used to convert rental units to condominiums, using loopholes in the condo law.

A formal complaint accused the applicant of engaging in irregular conduct towards the tenants, even boarding up the building with tenants still inside, inspiring long-time neighbors to act.

Furthermore, their research revealed that the buildings were the 1937 work of Edith Mortensen Northman, described by the Los Angeles Times in 1937 as “Los Angeles’ only female architect.”

Mortenson had an exceptional career building homes in Los Feliz, Hollywood and Hancock

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Park for film industry professionals, succeeding during the Depression in a field many men could not sustain.

Robert Block and Steve Mayer were not exactly neophytes as both men had experience in real estate and property issues. But the two-city jurisdictional issues and historic possibilities made the Oakhurst situation entirely unique.

In February 2015, the Beverly Hills City Council held a special meeting to consider filing an appeal of the City of Los Angeles Advisory Agency Approval of a vesting tentative tract map and adoption of a mitigated negative declaration to allow the construction of the 31-unit condominium project.

They denied the appeal, and in doing that, they also ceded authority over the project to the City of Los Angeles. LA would derive the tax benefits but the residents would have all the advantages of Beverly Hills services. Mayer appealed.

When 196 trees were cut down on Parcels 12 & 13 by the Beverly Hills Land Company in November 2015 on arsenic-laced soil so toxic it was under the jurisdiction of the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), residents began calling the City right away. Several of them had attended an earlier meeting with the DTSC that detailed possible plans to mitigate the arsenic-laden parcels. One of the plans, called a Remedial Action Workplan (RAW), would have all the trees removed so that the property owner could mitigate to a depth that would permit habitation on the land.

However, following the meeting, resident Lionel Ephram examined the DTSC information and noted that the RAW was for parcels in a nonresidential area and for land without trees, invalidating the RAW. After the tree-cutting debacle, Ephram reached out to the neighboring residents.

Many of the neighbors who had mobilized over 332-336 N. Oakhurst were already

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Deepak Chopra, which was attended by a crowd estimated at over 1,000.

Her partnership with artist Ed Massey and Portraits of Hope has brought thousands of visitors to see the spectacle during the month of August in the Lily Pond.

BOLD has proven to be wildly successful in a limited launch that truly elevated the buzz and excitement in the business triangle, bringing in shoppers after 6 p.m. when stores are traditionally closed. The infusion of excitement anticipates the October grand opening of the Westfield Century City mall, as well as competition from The Grove and the Beverly Center, currently under construction.

The results brought a clamor from businesses supporting the BOLD initiative during the upcoming holiday season, an expansion in holiday lighting,

acquainted – with each other and with City officials. As the situation with Parcels 12 & 13 unfolded, including the Courier’s mining of City documents through a Public Information Request that revealed that City officials appeared to have promoted the activities, ignored safety concerns for residents, and attempted to perpetrate misinformation to the public, residents wanted to know who was responsible.

At the heart of the matter was a plan for the Beverly Hills Land Company to build a mixed-use development on the property that is in a T-Zone, for transportation only. To do so would require a favorable City Council, contributing to a newly-minted distrust of City politics.

North Beverly Hills association president and former City Mayor Robert Tanenbaum and Thomas White, chairman of the Municipal League of Beverly Hills became involved, bringing multi-family residents and single-family homeowners together in the search for accountability.

The ensuing months revealed much about City Hall as they bungled their way through their response to the incident.

Each wave of response, from City Council events to town hall meetings engaged the residents.

“What makes our City unique and special is the sense of community and small town family feeling we all have living here,” said Bosse. “There is a pride that is collectively shared… it inspires many to get involved proactively in shaping the future of our City.”

From Oakhurst to Loma Vista, people who had never been engaged before in City government found themselves on the front lines of the battle to preserve their communities.

Slowly, public opinion has shifted, bringing developers and real estate speculators into sharper focus in contrast with a time when realtors sold homes

September 1, 2017 | Page 17 the café seating on Rodeo Drive and a renewed commitment to keep feeding the buzz to retain Beverly Hills’ status as a destination shopping location.

In short, Bosse has shown she will go to any lengths to promote a healthy City, healthy people and a healthy business environment in the City of Beverly Hills.

“Mayor Bosse’s momentum will almost certainly guarantee a sold-out event,” said Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Todd Johnson, adding that the mayor, “hit the ground running with her term and rolled out the BOLD initiative shortly after taking office. She has accomplished something that the business community has been hungry for, for a long time.”

All are welcome; tickets are $50 for members, $60 for non-members. To purchase tickets, visit BeverlyHillsChamber.com or call 310248-1000.

to people who lived in them.

Up on Loma Vista, Weiss mobilized, urging her neighbors to write letters and show up at Planning Commission meetings. For many people, she gave them a voice and words to talk about the impacts such a massive project would have on their neighborhood.

Lawn signs proclaimed, “Save Our Neighborhood: Stop Aquilini.”

The Loma Linda project galvanized the neighborhood and drew the support of Beverly Hills North Homeowners Association and the Municipal League.

Residents who had engaged in the Oakhurst battle and Parcels 12 & 13 brought their support, knowledge and experience.

With so many residents spending so many hours on activism, hiring attorneys, educating themselves and fighting for their neighborhood characters, something shifted.

Developers no longer had the element of surprise, the expectation that residents were ignorant of the laws, or that they could get their developments, no matter how outrageous, passed.

"There is no group more knowledgeable nor better suited to understand the needs of a neighborhood than those who live in that neighborhood,” said Vice Mayor Julian Gold. “City councils rely on those residents to help us maintain the integrity of our neighborhoods. Both Loma Vista and Loma Linda are good examples of this.”

Last summer, the Beverly Hills City Council approved the Hillside Development Ordinance as an Urgency Ordinance, meeting the threshold that, “the City Council finds and determines that there is an immediate threat to the public health, safety or welfare.”

The overflow crowd included several attorneys for the Aquilini project, AKA Loma Linda Trust, and a very organized and informed group in opposition to the project who supported the Hillside Ordinance.

Lawyers for the Loma Linda Trust demonstrated a shocking level of unprofessional behavior, catcalling and attempting to personally smear Weiss during the proceedings.

“Our hillside community is particularly well organized by a few citizen activists who are concerned with health and safety issues relating to largescale developments,” said Planning Commission Chair Lori Greene Gordon. “In the case of the Lago Vista project, these activists brought together a team of resident lawyers, engineers and other professionals that provided compelling testimony to our commission and ultimately helped us reach a unanimous decision to deny the project.”

“It is community activism that created the City of Beverly Hills over 100 years ago, and that fact remains true today,” said Mayor Lili Bosse, referring to then- residents’ refusal to be annexed to the city of Los Angeles. “Our identity will always depend on it.”

The Hillside Ordinance could not stop the developer from bringing the project back, and suing the City for the Urgency Ordinance. A “by right” project that split the property into two houses to stay below the trigger of 1,500 cubic yards of export on each property does not appear to require Planning Commission or City Council review. Taken together, however, Weiss said that the impact is the same, exporting nearly 3,000 cubic yards of soil.

In the pipeline, several projects seeking variances that will impact the hillsides are waiting.

Weiss, Mayer, Block, Tanenbaum and a host of new activists joined residents Anne and Peter Ostroff to oppose a project on Loma Vista Drive.

They succeeded, so far.

Ostroff has joined TEAM Beverly Hills, and Block completed the course last year.

Next week, Part 4: The Bird Streets

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Tres Souls will bring Latin American sounds to Broad Fest.

Music, food and interactive entertainment will be part of Broad Fest, from 2-7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 3 at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica.

The outdoor Plaza Stage schedule includes the duo Sadubas, reggae from Aaron Nigel Smith, boleros from Tres Souls, electric violinist Val Aaron Nigel Smith Vigoda and The Reverend Shawn Amos and his band.

Inside in The Edye Second Space will be performances and talks from Santa Monica College and Heal The Bay. Tango lessons, hula-hooping demonstrations and art projects inspired by wind and waves will also be part of the afternoon.

Admission is free. For more information, a complete festival line-up and to RSVP, visit the broadstage.org.

• • • • • Beverly Hills songstress Debbie Joyce will bring her smooth jazz stylings to an 8 p.m performance, Sunday, Sept. 3 at the E Spot Lounge at Vitello’s, 4349 Tujunga Ave., Studio City.

The show will feature the Tony Campodonico Trio and comedian John White.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

For tickets and more information, visit www.vitellosrestaurant.com.

• • • • • The American Institute for Levinassian Studies (AILS) will present a debate “Kafka & Rembrandt: Hidden Poetics, Alterity in Literature & Art,” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 7 at

the American Jewish University, 15600 Mulholland Dr., L.A. Taking part in the discussion will be Andreas Kilcher, professor of literature and cultural studies at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, and Zhenya Gershman, artist and Rembrandt scholar, who has worked at the Getty Museum for more than a decade.

Christian Grusq, AILA president, will moderate the debate focusing how Rembrandt Van Rijn and Kafka created through mystification, concealment and parable, and how their works are connected to Jewish philosophy.

Tickets are $10. For more information, visit wcce.aju.edu.

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From left, Daniel Sugimoto (Aladdin), Sarah Kennedy (Princess Jazmin) and Lewis Powell II (Genie) Disney’s Aladdin, Dual Language Edition/Edición De Lenguaje Dual. Photo by Louis Gaudi

The hit musical, Disney’s Aladdin, Dual Language Edition/Edición De Lenguaje Dual, will begin a two-week run at 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 8 on Stage Three at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, 54 S. Spring St., L.A. Presented by Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo and TNH Productions, in association with El Centro Del Pueblo and CASA 0101 Theater, the English/Spanish production features a cast of 24.

The 80-minute production will be presented ThursdaySunday through Sept. 17.

The musical’s Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice score incudes hits like A Whole New World and A Friend Like Me. Tickets range from $49-$79.

To purchase, and for a complete production schedule, visit

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• • • • • Prodeezy will DJ a live set of top 40, hip hop and dance music from 8 p.m.-midnight, Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Vampire Lounge and Tasting Room, 9865 S. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills.

The free event is open to those 21 and older.

• • • • • More than 50 vendors and record collectors from all over the world selling vinyl 12s and 45s in all genres will gather for Beat Swap Meet, a free event from noon-6 p.m., Sunday, Sept.

10 in Grand Park in downtown, L.A., 200 N. Grand Ave. The family-friendly event also includes: music-related wares from fashion to art to headphones for sale, two stages, DJ competitions for all ages, performances by DJs, spoken word and music artists, live art-making, including graffiti art; a free supervised kids craft-making booth, turntable repair, a classic car display and food trucks.

For more information, visit grandparkla.org/beatswapmeet.

• • • • • Author and style expert Ari Seth Cohen will sign copies of his latest book, Advanced Style: Older & Wiser, at the Bloomingdale’s Fall Shopping Event, from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Bloomingdale’s Century City, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., 2nd floor.

Valerie von Sobel will host the event where 10 percent of sales benefit the Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation.

Required RSVPs may be made to aswire@andreriveroflife.org.

• • • • • KCET and The California Endowment will present a screening and discussion of the new documentary, City Rising, examining gentrification in six cities across California: Boyle Heights, South Central, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Oakland and Oak Park, from 6-9 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 13 at The California Endowment, 1000 Alameda St., L.A. Following the special director's cut showing, a panel discussion hosted by KCET’s SoCal

Connected Anchor and Town Hall Host Val Zavala, will feature panelists Robin Hughes, CEO of Abode Communities; Isela Gracian, East LA Community Corporation president and Tram Nguyen of the Alameda County Public Health Department.

Required RSVPs to the free screening may be made to www.eventbrite.com/e/kcetcity-rising-community-screeningtickets-36907325805.

• • • • • The L.A. Zoo Roaring N i g h t s evening, from 6-10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 15 will feature a 1980-90s “Battle of the Decades” for Richard Blade ages 18 and older, featuring legendary L.A. DJ Richard Blade.

The summer music party features after-hours access to animal habitats, including an expanded route through the zoo open from 6 to 8 pm, pop-up zookeeper talks and close-up animal experiences.

Guests are encouraged to dress for the ‘80s-’90s theme as they enjoy live music from the Boombox Heroes, delivering uptempo ‘90s hits, food trucks, full-service bars, a Game Zone, and more.

DJ Johnny Hawkes will spin hits from both decades, while DJ Richard Blade focuses on the era when he first shot to fame, the 1980s.

Tickets are $20 (ages 18 and older only) and available at http://www.lazoo.org/roaringnights or the zoo, 5333 Zoo Dr. in Griffith Park.

• • • • • Next Night, “A Night Block Party” will be held from 6-11 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 23 on South Beverly Dr. (between Charleville Boulevard and Gregory Way).

The evening will feature live music, pop-up shops, a beer and wine garden, food trucks and restaurant specials.

For more information, visit beverlyhills.org/nextnight.

KCET To Air Premiere Of Fire Chasers Public TV station KCET will screen the world premiere of the Netflix original documentary series Fire Chasers at the KCET Cinema Series, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 5 at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica.

Launching this fall, Fire Chasers follows the men and women of CAL FIRE and the L.A. County Fire Department whose mission is to battle the flames that erupt most ferociously – in both populated and natural areas – during fire season, which threaten wildlife, natural terrain, and tens of thou-

sands of homeowners.

Following the screening of this first one-hour episode, producers Molly Mayock and Phillip Watson, CAL FIRE's Chief Pimlott and Apparatus Engineer Cody Parks with Firefighter Bri Cody will take part in a Q&A moderated by KCET's Cinema Series host and Deadline.com's chief film critic Pete Hammond.

Tickets are $25 and available at the door or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ 2017-fall-kcet-cinema-seriesspecial-screening-fire-chaserstickets-37318524712

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Dogs Of Beverly Hills Two weeks ago, we asked our readers – in celebration of last Saturday’s National Dog Day – to send us photos of their canine companions to print in the Courier. Below are the many submissions we received. Enjoy a peak at some of the many dogs of Beverly Hills!

Rocky

Latkee

Teddy

Bear

Rux

Joshua

Joey

Angel

Precious

Dudley & Sophia

Coco

Josie & Arrow

Tallulah

Princess

Cashew

Beau

Rosie Stella

Piper

Honey

Tosca

Mary & Rory

Jesse

Charles

Vicki

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Hurricane Harvey Fundraising Effort To Be Held At Sunday’s UCLA Football Game To promote donations, both teams will wear a special helmet decal to help bring awareness of those affected by Hurricane Harvey, now a tropical depression. Pre-game and in-game announcements and video board reminders will also be made.

“It’s easy to feel helpless at a time like this, but when we come together and use the platform of sports for what really matters, our collective power to make a difference is far more impactful than we could have imagined," UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero said.

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NORMANS AT ROXBURY – While the synthetic field replacement project at Beverly Hills High School gets underway, the City has permitted the varsity football team to use Roxbury Park for weekday practices. Both AYSO and the City made accommodations to existing programs to allow for such use. The team will be playing away games until the turf project's completion in mid-October. Here's to a great season Normans.

A fundraising effort for the American Red Cross to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey will be held at Sunday’s UCLA-Texas A&M football game at the Rose Bowl.

Fans attending the game will be asked to text keyword “HARVEY” to 75759 to make a donation.

Fans donating at least $10 will receive two free tickets to the Sept. 9 UCLA-Hawaii football game. The tickets can be received by showing your donation receipt at one of three customer service booths on the Rose Bowl Stadium concourse before the end of the third quarter.

Beverly Hills High Football Team Starts Season With 35-0 Loss

Lakers Fined $500,000 For Violating NBA’s Anti-Tampering Rules In Contacting Then Indiana Pacer Paul George

The Beverly Hills High football team lost its season opener last Friday, 35-0, to Carnegie Schools of Riverside.

The game – played at Culver City High – was the culmination of a rough few weeks for the Normans who, as we reported last week, have not yet been able to practice on their own home field, as the BHHS turf is undergoing a renovation.

BHHS coach Steve Geanakos said the team is hoping to finally be able to practice and play a game at home by late September.

In Friday’s loss, BHHS junior Nick Sullivan carried 25 times for 114 yards, one of the lone bright spots in the loss for the Normans.

Decklan Eaden ran for 165 yards on just eight carries to lead Carnegie.

Carnegie led 14-0 after the first quarter and scored a touchdown in each of the three ensuing quarters to pull away from the Normans.

The Normans return to the field tonight to play at Nordhoff High at 7 p.m.

Nordhoff opened its season last week with a 23-20 win over Hueneme.

The NBA Thursday fined the Los Angeles Lakers $500,000 for violating the league's anti-tampering rule by contacting the agent of then-Indiana Pacer Paul George.

“The conduct at issue involved communications by Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka with the agent representing Paul George that constituted a prohibited expression of interest in the player while he was under contract,” according to the NBA. “The penalty reflected a previous warning issued by the NBA to the Lakers regarding tampering, following comments made by Lakers President of Basketball Operations Earvin Johnson about Paul George during an April 20 national television appearance.”

The league noted that the investigation -- conducted by the New York City-

based law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz -- did not find any evidence of an agreement that the Lakers would acquire George, a four-time all-star who was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder on July 6 and could become a free agent following the 2017-18 season.

George, a Palmdale native, has long expressed interest in playing for the Lakers.

“We respect and accept the NBA's decision regarding this matter," Pelinka said. "On behalf of the Los Angeles Lakers, I want to express our regret over this unfortunate incident to both our fans and the NBA.” Adam Streisand, an outside attorney working with the Lakers, said the team “can assure the fans that the Lakers will be hyper-vigilant going forward to make sure this is never an issue again.”

Viewing Parties For U.S.-Costa Rica Soccer Game Set For Six Locations Viewing parties will be held at six locations in the Southland for Friday's telecasts of the U.S.-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier.

The 3:30 p.m. game from Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, will be televised in English by ESPN and in Spanish by Univision and Univision Deportes Network.

The viewing parties will be held at: • The Auld Dubliner, 2497 Park Ave., Tustin; • Buffalo Wild Wings, 2548 E. Workman Ave., West Covina; • Q's Billiard Club, 11835 Wilshire Blvd., Brentwood; • 1739 Public House, 1739 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz; • Shannon's On Pine, 209 Pine

Ave., Long Beach; • Underground Pub & Grill, 1334 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach.

The parties are organized by various chapters of American Outlaws, a nationwide support group for the U.S. men's and women’s national soccer teams.

The U.S. enters the game trying to stay ahead of Panama in the race for the third and final automatic berth in the 2018 FIFA World Cup from the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football.

The U.S. is third in the final round of qualifying with a 2-2-2 record for eight points, while Panama is fourth with seven points on a 1-1-4 record.

–– City News Service

Beverly Hills Flag Football Looking for a great way for you and your friends or co-workers to bond, socialize and stay active? The Beverly Hills Flag Football League is still accepting new members. The season begins on Sept. 10. Those interested in joining can visit https://www.teamsideline.com/Org/Content/EntryForm.aspx?d =IQHUKL5TfZraEjK%2bCZFdijsmtDxs1t1dL9RIL1iRng0%3d and fill out the application form. Call 310-285-6823 for more information regarding the league.

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WINES & SPIRITS White Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1099 California Rosé

750 ml

Iceberg Lettuce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 for $1 Trapiche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$799 Malbec 750 ml Cantaloupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 lbs for $1 Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch . . . . . . . .$2999 12 year 750 ml White Peaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99¢ lb 99 Tito’s Handmade Vodka . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16 Yellow Nectarines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99¢ lb 750 ml

Corona Extra Beer

Modelo Beer

12 pk glass

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FRIDAY & SATURDAY SALE Organic

Galia

Loose Cluster

Blackberries

Melons

Tomatoes

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3 lbs for $1

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Red or Yellow

Bell Peppers

79¢ lb

Sales are limited to stock on hand

Sale Prices Effective Sept. 1 to Sept. 7, 2017

Sale prices valid 9/1/17 and 9/2/17

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A N O T H E R B I RT H D AY ! ?

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Joan Mangum For some people, life begins at 20...or 30...or even 40. For Beverly Hills resident Steve Sheanin, however, make that 75. This former successful publisher has turned his hobby of barbecuing ribs in the backyard of his home into a new and bustling business called BBQ Hero Ribs, which has been recently saluted with an article in The New York Times.

When Steve and his wife, Jackie Applebaum, hosted their annual summer backyard barbecue for 100 of their close pals –which included many of ther top names and chefs in the food industry,–it was an especially fun occasion.

Among those on hand were Sharon and former Gov. Gray Steve Sheanin & Jackie Applebaum Shelly & Bruce Marder Davis, Shelly and Bruce Marder, Bonnie and Offer Nissenbaum, Mae and Richard Ziman, Gloria and Richard Pink, Heather and Chris Klapp, Marcia Hobbs, Arlene and Henry Gluck, Lois and Jerry Magnin, Judy and Bernie Briskin, Mary Louise Oates and Robert Shrum, Mark Peel, Steve Wallace, Eleanor and Max Baril, Camille and Arnon Adar, Tammy Thomas, Dustin Falcon, Yoko and Tetsu Yahagi, Sandy and Dr. Barry Pressman, Sharon and Sandor Romick, Allison and Tom Levyn, Hans Rockenwagner, Daphne Brogdon, Ali and Andrew Tennebaum, Sophie Gayot, Shelly and Dr. Marty Cooper.

Still more were Leslie and Bob Spivack, Abby and Alan Levy, Yvan Valentin, Sybil and Jimmy Goldrich, Carol and Bob Kopple, Anne and David Ruderman, Kalie and Lionel Sweet, Teresa and Michael Seligman, Lynn and Harvey Gussman, Silvio DeMori, and many others.

I can still taste those ribs ....sooo delicious. ****** Eden Sassoon (left), daughter of Beverly and the late, legendary Offer & Bonnie Nissenbaum Gray Davis with Eddie Kerkhofs Beverly Hills stylist Vidal Sassoon, will be honored Oct. 28 at The Beverly Hilton with the Woman of the Year Award as the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House hosts its 28th annual awards luncheon.

Eden, who operates her own beauty salon on Sunset Boulevard, recently left her year-long role on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.

She will be joined in the spotlight

by Harold Owens, senior director of Santa Monica’s MusiCares, who receives the Excellence in Service Award; and Kat Von D (Katherine von Eden Sassoon Drachenberg), founder of Kat Von D Beauty, who will get the Shining Star Award.

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1); Shelly Sterling, Salma Hayek, Mark Harmon, and Keanu Reeves (Sept. 2); Pauline Collins and Charlie Sheen (Sept.

3); Mitzi Gaynor, Beyonce Knowles, and Judith Ivey (Sept. 4); Bob Newhart, Michael Keaton, William Devane, Bob Fields, Murray Fischer, Carol Lawrence and Raquel Welch (Sept.

5); Georgette O’Connor, Carly Fiorina, Jane Curtin, Chris Christie, Jeff Foxworthy, and Swoosie Kurtz (Sept.

6); Kevin Lee, Jon Bosse, Corbin Bernsen, Angie Everhart, Michael Feinstein, Julie Kavner, and Cherie Mohrfeld (Sept.

7); belatedly BHPD Chief Sandra Spagnoli and Carole Wells Doheny (Aug. 29).

****** With the Emmys coming up this month, downtown’s FIDM Museum at 919 S. Grand Ave. is presenting the “Art of Television Costume Design.” The exhibition runs Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and ends Oct. 7.

Costumes from such nominated shows as (Contemporary) Big Little Lies, Grace And Frankie, and This Is Us; (Period or Fantasy) Feud: Bette And Joan, The Crown. The Handmaiden’s Tale, and Westworld; (Variety, Nonfiction or Reality) Dancing With The Stars and Hairspray Live will be featured.

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BEVERLY HILLS

PUBLIC NOTICES RESOLUTION NO. 17-R-13154 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS FIXING THE RATE OF TAXES TO PAY THE BONDED AND OTHER VOTER-APPROVED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017/ 2018 The Council of the City of Beverly Hills does resolve as follows: Section 1. Pursuant to law, there hereby is fixed and levied the rate of taxes, designated in the number of cents upon each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the assessed value to be taxed as assessed by the County Assessor and equalized by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, as set forth in Section 2 hereof.

Section 2. Upon all of the taxable property in each of the taxing districts within the City of Beverly Hills, there hereby is fixed and levied the rate of taxes as follows: All Districts $0.023870 The rate so fixed is needed to raise the amount necessary to make annual payments for other indebtedness of the City approved by the voters prior to July 1, 1978.

Section 3. The City Clerk shall cause this resolution to be published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage, in accordance with Section 36936.1 of the Government Code; shall certify to the adoption and publishing of this resolution and shall cause this resolution and his certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the Council of this City.

Adopted: August 22, 2017 LILI BOSSE Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California ATTEST: BYRON POPE (SEAL) City Clerk Approved as to form: LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney Approved as to content: MAHDI ALUZRI City Manager DON RHOADS Director of Administrative Services/CFO

TSG No.: 8696784 TS CA1700278729 No.: FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 4385-010-017 Property Address: APN 4385-010017 BEVERLY HILLS, CA OF NOTICE 90210 TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU DEFAULT IN ARE UNDER A DEED OF DATED TRUST, UNLESS 08/26/2014.

YOU TAKE ACTION TO YOUR PROTECT PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROAGAINST CEEDING YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09/21/2017 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded as 09/11/2014, No. Instrument 20140961263, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California.

State of Executed by: BEVERLY HILLBILLYS LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, C A S H I E R ' S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said State County and described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN MENABOVE THE OF DEED TIONED TRUST APN# 4385-010017 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: APN 4385-010-017, BEVERLY 90210 CA HILLS, be may Directions obtained pursuant to a written request submitted to the beneficiary within 10 days from the first publication of the notice.

BENEFICIARY: DONALD OKADA 1855 W Katella Ave, Ste 365 Orange, CA 92867 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be without but made, covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and

expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $2,990,253.08. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located.

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

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

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

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySea rchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1700278729 Information about postponements that are very

short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

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

Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 NPP0315170 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 09/01/2017, 09/08/2017, 09/15/2017 T.S. No. 15-1415-11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU’U Y: KÈM THEO DÂY LÀ BÀN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LU’O’C VÈ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIÈU NÀY PLEASE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(d)(1) THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THIS DOCUMENT BUT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED AND THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION NEED ONLY BE MAILED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/3/2005.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank,

check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: COURTNEY MIERZWIAK, A SINGLE WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 8/9/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1893969 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Street Address or other common designation of real property: 8401 FOUNTAIN AVENUE #11 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 A.P.N.: 5554-024-047 Date of Sale: 9/7/2017 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale:

Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $830,253.87, estimated The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or

deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.c om, using the file number assigned to this case 151415-11.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 8/3/2017 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale Information Only: 916939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com Darlene Clark, Foreclosure Officer PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE WOLF FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0313835 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER

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PUBLIC NOTICES T.S. No. 17-45619 APN: 5526-017-010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/22/2007.

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

613 NORTH GARDNER STREET (WEST HOLLYWOOD AREA) LOS ANGELES, California 90036 Described as follows: LOT 501 OF TRACT NO. 6143, IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 68, PAGES 90 AND 91 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES, LYING BLOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY. A.P.N #.: 5526-017-010 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

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

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

Trustor: MARINA KOSTANIAN, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 3/2/2007 as Instrument No. 20070458318 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:9/15/2017 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at NOTICE TO PROPERTY 400 Civic Center Plaza, OWNER: The sale date Pomona, CA 91766 shown on this notice of sale may be postponed Estimated amount of one or more times by the unpaid balance and other mortgagee, beneficiary, charges: $931,858.48 trustee, or a court, purNote: Because the suant to Section 2924g of Beneficiary reserves the the California Civil Code. right to bid less than the The law requires that total debt owed, it is pos- information about trustee sible that at the time of sale postponements be the sale the opening bid made available to you may be less than the total and to the public, as a debt owed. courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you Street Address or other wish to learn whether common designation of your sale date has been real property: postponed, and, if appli-

cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub.co m, using the file number assigned to this case 1745619. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 8/21/2017 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 www.elitepostandpub.com Christine O'Brien, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EPP 23064 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/17 T.S. No.: 9986-8874 TSG Order No.: 7301510314-70 A.P.N.: 5555-003-122 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/06/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 11/28/2007 as Document No.: 20072612538, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: F A N N I C INDROKUSUMO, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state).

All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the attached

legal description. Sale Date & Time: 09/18/2017 at 10:00 AM Sale Location: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1110 HACIENDA PL, APT 205, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069-2755 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $375,985.76 (Estimated) as of 09/13/2017.

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.

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

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

to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting.c om, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9986-8874.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting.com or Call: 916-939-0772.

NBS Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt.

In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION A CONDOMINIUM COMPOSED OF:PARCEL 1:AN UNDIVIDED 1,134/27,450 INTEREST IN AND TO ALL THAT PORTION OF LOT 1, TRACT 37858, IN THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 993, PAGES 13 AND 14 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, SHOWN AND DEFINED AS "COMMON AREA" ON THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN RECORDED OCTOBER 28, 1981 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 81-1062242 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY.PARCEL 2:ALL THAT PORTION OF LOT 1, TRACT 37658 AS SHOWN AND DEFINED AS UNIT NO. 11 ON SAID CONDOMINIUM PLAN.PARCEL 3:NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND APPURTENANT TO PARCELS 1 AND 2

ABOVE, AS SUCH EASEMENTS ARE SET FORTH IN THE SECTIONS ENTITLED "CERTAIN EASEMENTS FOR OWNERS" AND "SUPPORT, SETTLEMENT AND ENCROACHMENT" OF THE ARTICLE OF THE "DECLARATION" ENTITLED "EASEMENTS". NPP0314536 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 08/25/2017, 09/01/2017, 09/08/2017 –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017210843 The following is/are doing business as: SPENCER LARRABEE PUBLISHING 9461 Charleville Blvd. #468, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Diana R. Spencer Trust 9461 Charleville Blvd. #468, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A TRUST, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Diana R. Spencer Trust, Trustee, Carmela Spencer: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 03, 2017; Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 01, 2017 LACC N/C

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017215608 The following is/are doing business as: CETH ASHEN 1180 S. Beverly Dr. #650, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Ceth Ashendouek 1180 S. Beverly Dr. #650, Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Ceth Ashendouek, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 07, 2017; Published: August 25, September 01, 08, 15, 2017 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017240922 The following is/are doing business as: IMPERIAL CONSULTANTS 7301 Lennox Ave. #D-4, Van Nuys, CA 91405; Martyn Wilk 7301 Lennox Ave. D-4, Van Nuys, CA 91405; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Martyn Wilk, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 29, 2017; Published: September 01, 08, 15, 22, 2017 LACC N/C

NOTICE—

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

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LEGAL SERVICES

LEGAL PROBLEMS?

TOP “A/V” RATED BEVERLY HILLS LAW FIRM CAN HELP YOU. Specializing In:

Divorce, Collection of Delinquent Support & Personal Injury / Auto Accident Cases, Civil & Real Estate Litagation.

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SCHOOLS & INSTRUCTION

FORMER UCLA MEN’S TENNIS TEAM PLAYER (Ranked #2 in California)

Available for private lessons. All ages.

No Recovery, No Fee! Free Consultation.

Will come to your home or other locations (From Beverly Hills to UCLA Tennis Courts)

• 310/557-2599 •

Email: 90210TennisCoach@gmail.com or call Jon: 310/850-8875

LAW OFFICES OF BRADFORD L. TREUSCH “ A / V ” R AT E D F O R OVER 30 YEARS.

www. Treusch .net RATED BY SUPER LAWYERS

• Bradford L. Treusch • SuperLawyers.com

Over 25 Years Years Expeirence Exxpeirence Serving All Your Immigration Immigrration Needs.

New Processing times! g employment p y inn approx. pp 1 year! y Green Card through Representing Religious Religious Workers Workers for o schools/synagogues/churches scchools/synagoguess//churcches around around the t country!

————— ————— SPECIAL ED BH MATH TUTOR TEACHER

40 YEARS EXPERIENCE Rates start at $40 One-on-one tutoring WITH LAUSD Avaiable for Private Tutoring K-12 • All Subjects Call 310/859-1121

• Elementary • Middle School • Algebra One 2 decades of experience.

FRENCH LESSONS Enjoy French Language!

Please call:

(310) 734-4756

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Jackie Collins

Personal Property Sale The Personal Property of World Famous, Best Selling Author, Jackie Collins, will be for sale next

Saturday & Sunday, September 09th & 10th 11am-6pm • In Bel Air

Address will be released in next Friday’s Beverly Hills Courier, watch for the ad.!

—————–––– —————–––– SEEKING AGENT

To Evaluate Script That’d Been Approved

by William Morris Agency 20 Year Ago. Based on 2 L.A. Times front page articles about dying homeless marine veteran. word2chuck@yahoo.com

We Will File Your DBA for FREE! (No Service Fee)

For more info Call George: 310.278.1322

• COMPUTER • Tutoring by a teacher with many years of experience at the Lycee Francais of Los Angeles and The BH Lingual Institute

Call Mme. Newman at

310/838-7749 or e-mail yvonnettenewman@gmail.com

Repair & Training

• Home or Office •

NEEDED FOR UPSCALE SALON IN PRIME LOCATION BEVERLY HILLS CALL RAPHAEL 310/275-5810 55

JOBS WANTED

RETIRED RN is Available for PERSONAL ASSISTANT OR NURSE COMPANION OR CAREGIVER Price Negotiable.

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213/364-1470

————— I AM SEEKING HOUSEKEEPING POSITION

Installation P/T. Flexible Hours.

• Setup • Very Experienced.

Software Training Fluent English.

• Virus & Spyware With Car. Removal Legal Citizen.

• Website Design • Honest & Reliable • CALL E. STURM: Please Call:

310/678-2173

www. bhcourier .com

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HAIRSTYLIST MANICURIST & ASSISTANT

Contact Ruth at

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Special Announcement

HEALTH & BEAUTY

323/252-9004

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• ELDERCARE • IN-HOME SPECIALIST • Caregivers • CNA • CHHA

• Companions • Live-In / Live-Out

Experienced • Compassionate • Fully Screened

310.859.0440 www.exehomecare.com

BBB A+ Rated

Referral Agency

NEED HELP? W E U N D E R S TA N D . . .

Mama’s caregivers are loving, caring, trained & bonded. Live in or out.

M AMA’ S H OME C ARE 323/655-2622 • CAREGIVER • F u l l o r P a r t - Ti m e

Provide Tender Loving Care.

Prepare healthy nutritious meals.

Own car. Previous experience.

References available upon request.

Please Call:

323/656-1805

COMPANION Responsible, Friendly, Caring young woman with car.

DRIVE you to Dr. apps Shopping, Restaurants, Concerts, Theaters Etc...

Housesitting also avail.

Live-in or Live-out In emergency case help is available around the corner.

SUZAN

323/394-4146

ARE YOU A SENIOR AND NEED ASSISTANCE? We can help YOU!

We provide experienced Cargivers, CNA’s & HHA’s for seniors needing companions to drive them to doctors, prepare meals, light housekeeping, etc...

We offer responsible and nurturing care. Our staff is thoroughly screened and we care. Live In/Out.

Call Lisa 24hrs.

323/877-8121 • 323/806-3046

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

OFFICE / STORES FOR LEASE

CAREGIVER

HOUSEKEEPER LIVE-IN

SEEKING LEGAL ASSISTANT

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With 10 years experience looking for live-in/out position. CPR Certified & Seminar Certificate for Elderly. Reliable and very patient with excellent references.

Call 747/230-1805

————— Experienced, Mature, Caring

5-Days per Week For Criminal/Cannabis

Must have experience & references from Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Westwood, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades.

West L.A. or nearby ONLY. Fluent English.

310/271-1680

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Honest, Hard Worker, Should know how to cook with Healing Qualities. and must have valid Very Pleasant To driver’s license. References.

Be Around.

Immediate opening.

Fluent English.

Please call 323/822-6273 818/762-5269 References Available.

————— ————— CAREGIVER EXECUTIVE SEEKING POSITION PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Filipina with 15 years experience.

Simplify your life.

Experienced, organized, With car for errands. hard-working, discreet, Fluent English. Flexible British Personal Assistant hours. Live-Out. Excellent seeking position with local references. business owner. Good 818/201-4861 references.

Email: Honest & Dependable. ukgillian@gmail.com

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Seeking Female Caregiver For Patient with Brain Injuries. • • • • • • 7:00pm to 7:00am Fridays Only.

English speaking.

Must be timely, dependable & caring.

Call Dave At:

SEEKING FULL-TIME FILING ASSISTANT With Room For Growth!

Beverly Hills Medical Office Please Fax Resume To:

310/285-0878

—————–––– SEEKING FULL TIME LIVE-IN or LIVE-OUT

Must have 10 plus years of experience working in single SEEKING family homes. Must speak EXPERIENCED some English and able to RECEPTIONIST work in the U.S.

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KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900 License 00957281

Bright Sunny Unit.

Move-In Ready.

CenturyCityLiving.com

24-hr. guard gated,

NOW AVAILABLE

pool, tennis, gym. $795,000

310/557-1900

323/782-1144

all listings are on

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

CENTURY PARK EAST CONDOMINIUM

SOLD $1,000,000

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Ocean Views. Separated Suites. Jumbo Balcony Hardwood Floors. Nicely Renovated. Quiet South Tower Location 1 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH $749,500

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Total Renovation Jumbo Balcony Quiet South Tower Location CENTURY PARK EAST $671,000 TO $1,050,000

CENTURY TOWERS $699,000 TO $1,099,000

PARK PLACE $935,000 TO $1,139,000

LE PARC

$2,099,000 TO $2,895,000

CENTURY HILL

$1,250,000 TO $2,390,000

ONE CENTURY

$3,400,000 TO $10,099,000

CENTURY WOODS

$1,369,000 TO $2,799,000

Call 310/278-2401

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For Very Busy Beverly Hills Medical Office. *****

** OFFICES ** CENTURY CITY 2 Bd.+2 Ba. AVAILABLE

Business Licensing From $550 Attorney. to $1,400 Computer literate, with legal background. *â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;*â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;* Beverly Dr/Olympic office In Boutique Building Atty. Bruceâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Margolin Adj. Beverly Hills Established 1967 Building has been Ph: 310/276-2231 completely remodeled.

Send Resume: Preferred Attorneys

Female Caregiver CAREGIVER NEEDED To The Elderly Male 25-45 years old. margolinlawsoffice@ Live-In

CONDOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FOR SALE

An amazing oppor tunity to lease class A office space in Beverly Hillsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 90 prestigious EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY G o l d e n Tr i a n g l e .

This prime location on the cor ner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Nor th Cañon Drive is t w o b l o c k s e a s t o f t h e w o r l d - r e n o w n e d R o d e o D r i v e a n d a c r o s s f r o m Wa l l i s A n n e n b e r g Center for the Per for ming Ar ts. Offices feature spectacular views with plenty of natural light and on-site valet parking. This is an ideal loc a t i o n f o r a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e .

For more info call 310.887.7000

BEL AIR CREST $1,788,000 TO $9,500,000

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

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

BEVERLY HILLS

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

PRIVATE MONEY LOANS

COMPLETELY REMODELED

* * * * * * * * * * * * * 8888 WEST THIRD ST.

PURCHASE-REHAB-REFINANCE FIX & FLIP - CONSTRUCTION LOANS 1ST & 2ND'S POSITION'S UP TO 80% LTV CASE BY CASE

KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

Beverly Hills Adjacent

License 00957281

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ

COMPETITIVE RATES & FEE'S ALL TYPES OF REAL ESTATE CONSIDERED

ETHAN RUCH R O YA LT Y M O R T G A G E C O .

1-844-368-5202 www.RoyaltyMortgage.com BRE# 00818732

NMLS # 313559

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HOUSES FOR LEASE

STUNNING CELEBRITY’S 1927 HOME Recently Remodeled 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Magnificent Spanish Home, North of Sunset. Sweeping city and ocean views. Original hardwood floors, all new state-ofthe-art appliances, fireplace, beam ceiling, gorgeous brick wrap-a-round patio. Fabulous for entertaining. $8,000/MO. This is L.A. living at its best!

OPEN HOUSE and ART SHOW Art by creative talented artist Janna Avner www.jannaavner.com Sunday September 10th 2-5pm 1445 Queens Way, Los Angeles 90069 Jane Topol (BRE# 00769658) Gail Bershon 310-367-8110 310-717-9729

HOMESELLERS Find out what homes down the street sold for!

Free list with pictures of Beverly Hills home sales and current listings.

Free recorded message

1-833-349-2286 ID# 1041

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2 BDRM + 2.5 BATH Penthouse w/separate dining rm. With city views and large balconies, new appliances, living room, fireplace. $6,500/Mo 1 year lease Call 949/233-1855

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. •PLAZA TOWERS• 838 N. DOHENY DRIVE

MODERN & STUNNING CONDOMINIUM 2 BDRM + LRG DEN or 3RD BDRM + 2.5 BATH With Panoramic Views 1554 Sq. Ft. Elegant hardwood flooring.

Valet, 24 hour receptionist.

Designer kitchen cabinets with high end appliances including washer & dryer, ample closet space, gym, sunbathing rooftop pool and ground pool. $6,500/MO.

By Appointment only Call 310/859-0858

—————–––– WILSHIRE CORRIDOR 10501 Wilshire Bl.

2 BDRM, 2 BATH On 11th Floor with Amazing Views. $5,195/MO. All utilities included except cable & internet.

Luxury condo w/ valet parking, doorman, pool, gym, spa, hrwd. flrs., granite counters, stainless steel appliances.

310/653-2551

—————–––– 2220 Ave. of Stars #1805 2 COMBINED UNITS $7,850 • 2+4 • 3,000sf.

270º Jetliner View-Ocean, Downtown, Hollywood.

24-hr. Security, Valet, Concierge, Tennis, Pool, Gym, 4-Prkg., Hi-Ceiling.

Rent Includes $3,000 Homeowner Assoc. Dues.

*** PRIME *** BEVERLY HILLS Great Convenient Location!

Beautiful 2,000 sq.ft.

all listings are on

CenturyCityLiving.com

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

*BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CENTURY PARK EAST

1 BEDROOM /1 BATH $4,500/MONTH

Furnished Penthouse Luxurious Renovation Newer Kitchen/Bathroom Unobstructed City Views Real Hardwood Floors Jumbo Balcony Quiet Location 2 BEDROOM /2 BATHS $4,250/MONTH

Brand New Renovation Hardwood Floors Quiet South Tower Corner Location 2 Jumbo Balconies New Samsung Kitchen Hardwood Floors.

2 BEDROOM /2 BATHS $4,150/MONTH

Corner High Floor City & Ocean Views 2 Jumbo Balconies Newer Renovation Real Hardwood Floors Quiet Location

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ONE CENTURY $16,500 to $27,000/month

CENTURY WOODS

LIGHT & BRIGHT Sorry 3 BDRM. + 3 BATH Some Complexes include + FAMILY ROOM Heated Pools, Sundeck, Remodeled Kitchen Tennis, Doorman, Century Park East Houseman, Staff Spacious Rooms $3,300 • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Beverly Vista School Engineers, Switchboard, 270º Jetliner City Views Security Staff, $4,295/MO B.H./Downtown/Hollywood.

Switchboard, Saunas, Remodeled Corner Unit. ************* Business Center, Pet Large Balcony STEVE GELLER PlayLand, Restaurant, Coldwell Banker • DIANA COOK • Acres of Flower Gardens 468 N. Camden Dr., B.H., 90210 (310) 922-2141 and Grassy Lawns.

310-203- 8333

BRE 01153015

440

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UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

• BEVERLY HILLS • BEVERLY HILLS 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $3,400 Great Location!

2 Bd.+1 Ba. • $3,150 X-LARGE ELEGANT APT.

•• • • • • • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •

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One of the Most • Presigious, Elegant, Newly Updated.

• Beautiful Apt. Bldg. W/ granite kitchen & bath, French doors in bdrm. •

LUXURIOUS SPACIOUS porcelain tile & hrwd. flrs., open to large balcony • PENTHOUSE overlooking pool • 2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATH washer/dryer hook-ups, • GORGEOUS UNITS • SPECTACULAR VIEWS walk-in closet, hi-ceilings.

Between Robertson & Doheny Shared backyard. No pets. Hardwood flrs., central Front unit with 3 balconies

310/271-6811

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Cell: 310/994-4122 Loaded with Amenities

Must see! 439 S. Rexford Granite Kitchen, Bathroom Counters, Stainless Steel Appliances, Washer & Dryer in the unit, Hardwood Floors, Spectacular Location Central A/C, Jacuzzi tub, Gas in Beverly Hills Fireplace, Vertical Blinds, 24/7 Newly Remodeled Digital Surveillance – Controlled 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath Entrance, Assigned parking.

12’ High ceiling. NO PETS Very large upper unit

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$3,950/MO. Call 310/550-5767 thevillasonthird.com

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

LUXURIOUS

w/ views! Central a/c, 2-car garage, hrwd. flrs., laundry. 1/2 blk to Bev. Vista School.

324 S. Rexford Dr. $2,995/Month

By Appointment Only: 310/271-4207

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

320 N. La Peer Dr.

• 310/246-0290 • CLOSE TO S HOPS & D INING

—————–––– BEVERLY HILLS 218 S. Tower Dr.

• • •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• •• •• • •• •

Old World Charm!

2 BEDROOM, 3 BATH Bright, intercom entry, PENTHOUSE fridge, stove, laundry fac.

Includes Spacious Loft ————— CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS BEVERLY HILLS & SHOPPING. Bonus Room, and N. Oakhurst Drive 310/531-3992 Large Rooftop Deck.

Large closets, balconies, all amenities in kitchen with granite counter tops and all stainless steel appliances. Berber carpet/ CENTURY PARK EAST harwood foors and verticle $4,000 to $5,300/month blinds. Fireplace, wet bar, washer/ dryer included in PARK PLACE laundry area. Secured $4,200 to $4,950/month building with garden CENTURY TOWERS courtyard. Choice location $6,500 to $7,000/month Near Beverly Center, CedarsCENTURY HILL Sinai, Restaurants, Trader $4,950 to $8,900/month Joes, Etc. No Pets.

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Quiet 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Desired Location.

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443 S. Oakhurst Dr.

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Very spacious first flr. unit • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • w/ stove, fridge, laundry • • • • •• facility. Close to Bristol • • • • •• Farms & Ralphs.

B R I G H T & S PA C I O U S $2,300/Month B E V E R LY H I L L S Call David at

310/488-1785

LIVING.

Balcony, dishwasher, ————— skylight, elevator, inter-

BEVERLY HILLS 412 N. OAKHURST DR.

~ Luxury Large ~ Top Flr. 2 Bd.+2 Ba.

com entry, on-site laundry, parking.

P LEASE C ALL :

310/435-3693 Beverly Hills School District

Living+dining rooms, 3-balconies appliances, Shown By Appointment.

8544 BURTON WAY washer/dryer hook up, * BEVERLY HILLS * bar, central air, School District Call 310/273-6770 8725 Clifton Way walk-in closet, or 213/444-8865 2-parking. No pets. Newly Remodeled Large & Spacious Robert: 310/403-6812

$3,800/MO.

BEVERLY HILLS

435 S. Maple Dr.

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• • • • • • 138 N. Hamilton Dr. 2 Bd.+ 2 Ba. • $3,400 • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • Pleasant view, bright, Dishwasher, living+dining rm., freshly controlled access, painted, central air, washer/ laundry facility. dryer, fridge, gated intercom entry, 2-car garage. C LOSE TO C EDARS, B EVERLY C ENTER , Water included. No pets.

COMPASS GOLD PROP.

Marty: 310/293-2205

1 Bd.+Den+2 Ba.

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Lrg. unit. balcony, walk-in closet, central air, intercom entry, laundry facility, elevator, parking.

• CHARMING & BRIGHT •

• 310/276-1528 •

Close to Cedars, Beverly Center R ESTAURANT R OW. restaurants, shopping 310/531-3992 & transportation.

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439 S. LE DOUX

LE DOUX / BURTON WAY

440

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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 Landlords’ primary beef appears to be with the 3percent allowable yearly rent increase in the ordinance. For the record, annual allowable rent increases in other rent stabilized cities are at or close to the consumer price index of 2-percent but, here in Beverly Hills, landlords claim to need 7-percent just to keep up. This is absurd at face value, for what it says is that every year the increase in expenses to a landlord in Beverly Hills is 350-percent greater than other cities in the U.S., compounded year after year.

Landlords have also gone out of their way to misstate the entire purpose of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance as “to provide more affordable housing to those in need.” Quite the contrary, its purpose it to provide basic security and protection for hardworking Beverly Hills residents and their families—people who contribute to our shared community, attend our schools, houses of worship, and patronize local businesses—yet are treated by some unscrupulous property owners as second-class citizens who live under the constant fear of no-cause evictions, retaliation, and unacceptable habitability standards. The landlord/tenant relationship is not one of equals, and the ordinance partially addresses this power imbalance by providing a system that ensures accountability for and enforcement of regulations that protect the rights of tenants to feel secure in their own homes.

The very notion of a Rental Registry is a major bugaboo for landlords, but the arguments they offer in opposition make no sense and, clearly, the honor system that been in place for decades has not been ineffective—good results only come with good data.

Based on a limited study of landlord licensing, we have concluded that no less than 10-percent of all apartment owners are unlicensed in the City, and we are asked to trust that their $300+ million in rents are being fully reported to the City. This is what the landlords are truly concerned about, and not their stated terms that they are nobly worried about public disclosure of “sensitive” information on behalf their tenants. All potentially sensitive and personal information is redacted from the registry, and the Renters Committee has offered up a plan that makes implementing it a cost neutral, and potentially even revenue-generating, proposal. Those who follow the rules and have nothing to hide have nothing to fear from transparency of information.

Another major argument from local landlords is that buildings of four or less units should be magically exempt from any Rent Stabilization Ordinance. A building’s size has no bearing on the fact that the asset is a business with the all the attendant financial benefits of depreciation, tax deductions, etc., or that the tenants are paying customers entitled to the same rights and consumer protections as anyone else. It may be your property, but it is our home and, as a sole-service provider of an essential commodity, landlords should fully expect a higher level of governmental regulation to help insure against abuse of this nearly monopolistic power, once their tenants have signed a lease and no longer have other free-market choices.

Finally, landlords want to categorically dismiss the 30-year-old rent control laws from neighboring cities like Los Angeles, West Hollywood, and Santa Monica as being outdated and anachronistic. These laws have stood the test of time, have addressed contentious issues, and withstood legal challenges, without substantially affecting property owners’ ample financial gains on their investments.

No city we know of has ever discontinued rent controls once they have been established. In another publication, a representative of the Property Owners Association has urged for the passage of Rent Ordinance laws that, and I quote verbatim, “don’t have any moral component to them.” There is a name for a system in which a powerful minority imposes amoral laws upon the majority—Tyranny. Is this the system we want to be the law of the land in Beverly Hills?

Michael Schulman ****** As a resident of Beverly Hills for more than 40 years, I attempted to speak at two of the early meetings on the subject of rent control. However, I was totally ignored by the chairman and not allowed to speak.

I felt it important to bring up the subject of painting which is done every five year in rent controlled cities and carpeting which is shampooed every three years or replaced every seven years.

What’s the problem?

C. R. Cavendish ****** Robert Block wrote a letter to the Courier last week decrying the disconnect between the residents of

our City and its government. Among his complaints, which he ascribes to “mediocre minds,” is that our school system is “deeply in debt and bent on replacing our teachers with administrators.”

This current school board inherited many challenging conditions–organizational, academic performance-wise, and financial; and we are committed to resolving them. But Mr. Block's focus misses the mark. Aside from the unfunded liability related to teachers' pensions which is quite ordinary, and the Christiansen court judgment which is under appeal, the BHUSD is not “deeply in debt.” More importantly, we are not bent on “replacing teachers with administrators.”

We are bent on reducing the overstaffing of teachers that has built up over the past several years as our student population declined, and accounts for our annual operating deficit.

Also, the school board supports Superintendent Bregy's wise decisions to hire a communications officer, missing from the district since the lighthouse years of Superintendent Ken Peters and Communications Officer Ken Gelms, and a student services officer to improve the district’s educational program.

Mr. Block's statement is false, and a disservice to the community.

Mel Spitz, President, BHUSD Board of Education ****** As a resident of Beverly Hills for the last 40 years, I am embarrassed to walk down South Beverly Drive with out-of-town guests. Recently, one guest remarked that, although we may have many large trashcans, we still have the filthiest sidewalks that he has ever seen! How ironic is this!

Our multi-cultural population enjoys visiting South Beverly Drive because it is populated with an eclectic range of restaurants.

Unfortunately, it is one of the filthiest areas of any place I have visited, including Marrakesh, London, Paris, Berlin, and several east European cities. Many U.S. cities such as Carmel and Redlands that also have high traffic eating areas, are cleaned multiple times a day. In spite of voicing my concerns to our City on numerous occasions, nothing has changed. In order to see positive change, it is imperative that members of our City Council develop a new action plan to address this urgent need, especially with the increase of pedestrian traffic on South Beverly Drive.

Stanley Bauer ****** Last week’s letter to the editor from members of the Beverly Hills City Council rightfully condemned the hate groups prevalent at the riots in Charlottesville (i.e. Neo-Nazis. racists, anti-Semites, the KKK, et al), none of which should ever be welcome in our City.

I’m certain it was an oversight but no mentionwas made of another prominent (and often) radical group, namely Antifa which is seemingly composed of paid, often masked, thugs recruited on the Internet whose entire purpose is to incite fights and brass knuckle violence to play to TV news’ appetites.

Let them stay in Berkeley, Seattle, Ferguson, Baltimore, San Jose, Chicago, downtown L.A., or wherever. We certainly don’t need nor want any of their kind invading Beverly Hills.

M.S. Lawrence ****** No sooner than my article concerning our sidewalk safety and some solutions get published, but then I read our always pondering City Council decides that it is going to have tables and chairs on Rodeo Drive for people watching.

Who is going to watch who? We don't know anyone walking in the street anymore since a great meeting area has been turned into a tourist location.

Unless you are a fan of unusual attire, then I can’t imagine what else is there to see. However, it does increase risk in the City.

I like classical music, my youngest grandchild likes childrens´ songs, the older ones prefer Lady Gaga, etc. Who decided to have music in the streets?

Was it by majority or just because the City wants to blow money. There are a lot of hungry people roaming the City and all our schools are inadequately protected because not enough money is directed toward security by police officers.

Frankly, I don't care what the city/school debates are, but I definitely do care about out schoolchildren being safe.

Pablo Nankin, MD

Cartoon for the Courier by Janet Salter In a recent editorial, former City Treasurer Elliot Finkel asserts that the BHUSD “lags in both test scores and college acceptances.”

The fact is that our K-8 schools continue to be ranked in the top 1percent of all schools in the state. Last year, state testing placed the BHUSD in the top 1.27-percent of all school districts in California. The BHUSD also ranks 4th out of all Basic Aid school districts in the state.

U.S.News & World Report continues to rank Beverly Hills High School as a top high school, and considering the significant increase in state test scores, improved National Merit Scholar Results, and an increase in AP test scores, our school district is on an upward trajectory for success. Beverly High students are consistently admitted to top universities in the country, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UC Berkeley, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Vassar, Brown, Georgetown, and Mr. Finkel’s own alma mater, the University of Chicago.

He further asserts that this board has “shirked its financial responsibility.” He is apparently unaware that in late 2016, Moody’s Investors Service had assigned an AAA rating to BHUSD. Moody’s noted that the AAA rating reflects the “district’s stable financial position with healthy reserves.” Mr. Finkel is also incorrect that BHUSD spends “over 50 percent more per student than comparable districts, $15,600 versus $10,000 or less.” San Marino and Santa Monica-Malibu spend more than $14,000 per student, Pasadena spends over $13,000 per student.

Mr. Finkel speciously proclaims that: “Instead of being open and transparent about its finances, the board has been secretive and opaque.”

He fails to recognize that the California Education Code requires our board to submit two interim financial reports and one final financial report each year to the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) along with a certification about the ability to continue paying obligations in the current and two subsequent budgetary years, not five years as Mr. Finkel incorrectly asserts. The board copiously discusses and approves all financial reports in open session before they are submitted to LACOE. Finally, he does not understand the purpose and importance of the JPA to this community. The joint use of facilities benefits children and the wider community by providing safe, accessible places for recreation after school hours and on weekends. Increased opportunities for physical activity can improve overall health and well-being, prevent obesity, and improve academic performance. Joint use of facilities provides an opportunity for the City and BHUSD to work together to maximize resources, keep costs down, and achieve shared goals.

Howard Goldstein, Member of the BHUSD Board of Education ****** I am a private citizen, living over 45 years in Beverly Hills. I do not know much about finances of our municipality nor the BHUSD, but something strikes me as odd.

The BHUSD is paying up to $59,830 for an audit to evaluate the JPA to find the maximum it can charge for its services as if it were a real estate entity in the field of renting sports and community facilities.

The BHUSD gets most of its revenue from the local property taxes, the majority from households that no longer have students in district schools..

Where is the evaluation of how the JPA enhances the life of the citizens of Beverly Hills, mostly the families of your students, past present and future? It does that at a small incremental cost to its budget, for which it should be reimbursed. The BHUSD is also entitled to be reimbursed by the City for the cost of the additional 38 out-of-district students. Since it is a bonus for the City employees, it can be paid from the tax revenue.

If you ended up having revenue of $572,450 for a year in the past, it was a relatively small amount but was a win–win situation to the City and the school district as it enhances both sides, and is augmented by the added value to life in this great City.

Susanne Spira

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