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Comedy Icon, Courier Columnist Joan Rivers Dead at 81

By John L. Seitz The Courier family lost one its own members when esteemed comedienne Joan Rivers died yesterday in New York’s Mount Sinai hospital at age 81, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure at a Manhattan clinic.

Her daughter Melissa Rivers stated: “She passed peacefully at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by family and close friends.

“My mother's greatest joy in

Beverly Vista 5th graders start getting excited about college.

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Sweet Sophie is looking for her Forever Home!

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(see ‘JOAN RIVERS,’ page 18)

Peter Mullin discusses plans for the new Petersen Auto Museum.

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Starmaker Orthodontics opened their new offices at 135 S. Lasky Dr. 5

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A Note From George Christy: For those of us at The Courier, Joan Rivers was family, and we are proud of her illustrious legacy. When we invited Joan to join our Courier masthead ten years ago, she was thrilled. "Everyone I know in Beverly Hills and Bel-Air loves the Courier, as I do. For a community newspaper, it's as good as it gets." Loving theater as she did, Joan wrote brilliantly about Broadway openings. And delivered her fearless due, yea and nay, to bestsellers, being the constant reader that she was throughout her life.

Several years ago, she was hosting a huge charity event in New York for a cause near and dear to her heart on the same night that we asked her to host a cocktail reception for a book containing a year's worth of my columns.

Wouldn't you know she partied with us for two hours, spoke with and was photographed with too many guests in the crowd. Please count on Our Girl riding high in the sky on her Fashion Police saddle designed with the finest Hermes leather. Couture, of course! What else? For everyone's favorite fashionista.

Beverly Hills’ First Estate Holds Seasonal Gala Sept. 13

WALK TO THE COURIER—At this Monday’s Walk With The Mayor, which meets at the Crescent steps of City Hall at 8:30 a.m., Mayor Lili Bosse will make a special stop at The Beverly Hills Courier! Pictured above are Courier staffers outside our new offices at 499 N. Canon Dr.: Ana Llorens, Vicki Talbot, Evelyn Portugal, John Seitz, Steve Simmons, Marcia Hobbs, Laura Coleman and Rod Pingul. Monday’s walk will also visit Mercedes-Benz of Beverly Hills.

Courier Photo by Matt Lopez

State of the City: An Evening With Mayor Bosse The Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce will host “An Evening with the Mayor” at Greystone Mansion this Wednesday at 5 p.m. Mayor Lili Bosse will deliver the annual State of the City address reviewing the City’s issues and progress and outlining opportunities for the future. Bosse’s address will be followed with Q & A, where guests are invited to share their thoughts and concerns. “My personal goal for Beverly Hills is to make this the healthiest city in the world – from our people to our economy to our government,” Bosse told The Courier. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served prior to the formal address.

For tickets visit www.beverlyhillschamber.com/Mayor or call (310) 248-1000.

LADBS Still Reviewing 901 Strada Vecchia Permits The BHHS football team begins play tonight against Templeton.

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“It’s going to have a very exotic feel,” said Friends of Robinson Gardens co-president Adrienne Horwitch. “We all have the feeling when we’re at the gardens that we're in paradise. This is just carrying it to a whole new level.” (see ‘ROBINSON GARDENS,’ page 22)

IN MEMORIAM—The City of

Emma Ferrer, 20, Graces the Cover of the September Subscriber Issue of Harper’s Bazaar (Lady Gaga appears on the newsstand edition).

Emma is the Daughter of Sean Ferrer, Whose Mother is Audrey Hepburn.

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By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills’ first residence, the 103-year-old mansion of Virginia and Harry Robinson, will once again become the setting for a magical garden gala on Sept. 13 when the Friends of Robinson Gardens transform the property to a veritable Shangri-La.

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Beverly Hills will host an annual ceremony on Sept. 11 to mark the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks and to honor our heroes. The ceremony will include lying of the wreath, ringing of the bells and a police color guard. This free, public observance will take place on Thursday, Sept. 11 from 5-5:30 p.m. in front of the Beverly Hills Fire Department Headquarters at 445 N. Rexford Dr. and the 9-11 Memorial Garden. A small, informal ceremony at 6:45 a.m. will also mark the moment the Twin Towers were hit.

Photo by Zale Richard Rubins

By Matt Lopez Bel-Air homeowner Joe Horacek is putting a full-court press on the City of Los Angeles to officially revoke Mohamed Hadid’s permits at his massive 901 Strada Vecchia construction site in Bel-Air. As previously reported by The Courier, the Los Angeles

Department of Building and Safety stepped up in July and hit Hadid, the famed megamansion developer, with a notice of intent to revoke permits and close construction.

The move came after Horacek filed an appeal with the City to study what he felt (see ‘901 STRADA VECCHIA,’ page 14)

Beverly Elder: Bill DiSalvo, Salesman For 54 Years Part 2 of a series of Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City.

By Laura Coleman The gift of a great story is one that Beverly Hills insurance salesman Bill Disalvo has been peddling the good folks of the City since 1960.

He uses a hard leather briefcase that conjures Death of a Salesman. It holds a few papers, but he emails well and has a vibrancy that belies his stated age of 84. And he’s still doing what he loves to do at the DiSalvo Insurance Agency at 315 S. Beverly Dr. (see ‘DISALVO,’ page 9)

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The Waldorf Astoria/Hilton Plan Modifications Approval Reviewed

COLLEGE BOUND—Beverly Vista 5th grade teacher Kris Milliken believes it’s never too soon to start preparing his students for college. Starting last Thursday, he kicked off “College Shirt Day,” where students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing the school they’d like to one day attend. “I want the children to understand that what they do in school each day is leading up to the time when they will enroll at a college or university,” Milliken said: “I am confident if we make education a priority and set the proper tone at a very young age students will be prepared for college when the time comes.” In anticipation of last week’s launch of College Shirt Day, the students wrote hundreds of emails to different colleges and universities across the country asking for donations. Thus far, the class has received t-shirts, pennants, decals, stickers, and literature. Pictured: Front Row - Anna Polin, Chloe Chang, Eli Okum Joshua Hernstad, Leo Vergara, Kevin Yousefpour, Madeline Hodor, Jessica Smiler; Middle Row - Ryan Hodor, Daniel Saghizadeh, Kayla Naemi, Melina Rosen, Lauren Lavian, Alexis Nagler, Mia Elkins, Taylor Fuchs; Third Row - Joshua Daniely, Alexa Newman, Diana Pogorila, Keitumetse Rapia, Arden Brown; Very Back Row Samantha Maybaum, Shayna Natanzadeh, Sarah Lepkowitz, Gabriel Bergher, Jay Cukier, Simon Fox, Isabella Best.

By Victoria Talbot The Waldorf Astoria/Hilton Hotel project withstood yet another hurdle at the City Council meeting Tuesday, when Councilmember John Mirisch asked to review the process by which modifications in the originally approved 2008 plan are currently reviewed.

The planning commission in 2008 originally vetted the project, a 12-story, 170-room hotel at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards under considerable stress, with strong public opposition and support.

The nine-acre luxury hotel is being developed through a partnership between a private investor group led by Alagem Capital Group and clients of Guggenheim Partners.

El Rodeo Family Fun Day Set For Sunday, Sept. 14

By Laura Coleman Grab your grass skirt and put on some flowers, because this year’s El Rodeo Family Fun Day is luau themed. The annual fundraiser, now in its 14th year, will take place at the school from 12-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14.

Last year’s event raised $26,441 and is the PTA’s

biggest fundraiser. The proceeds help sponsor programs which include science and math enrichment, technology hardware and software,to name a few.

The day will be filled with carnival rides and games, food, crafts, in addition to a silent auction featuring rare, collectible, and one of a kind

Residents mingled with councilmembers, City staff and visitors in the casual summer eves.

For next week’s events, see the Outlook on page 18.

Courier Photo by Victoria Talbot

City Of Beverly Hills Approves Emergency Water Conservation Plan To Cut Usage By 10-Percent

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills City Council approved a mandatory water conservation program to cut usage by 10 percent in response to a severe statewide drought and new regulations imposed by the California State Water Board.

The City plan calls for the 10 percent restrictions to go into affect by Oct. 2, or as soon as the City’s billing is recalibrated to accommodate the changes.

Councilmember Nancy Krasne and Vice Mayor Julian Gold were concerned that the public be educated first and that the City measure water

usage fairly.

“If the drought continues, you have to cut down another 10 percent, compounding what we are doing,” pointed out Krasne.

Vice Mayor Gold was concerned over the spikes and dips in water usage. He sought a solution that called for “smoothing.”

“The system will take the same period a year ago. Last year at the same time,” said Trish Rhay, assistant director of Public Works. “That is why I mention the appeals process.”

“We are trying to look for design that is easy to understand to minimize appeals,”

said City Manger Jeff Kolin.

Council directed staff to make a more equitable determination, and to begin an outreach process to educate the public.

Some 60 -70 percent of water consumption is residential irrigation. Cutting back will impact the City’s consumption to bring it into compliance with state regulations.

When fully implemented, a water penalty surcharge will be assessed on basic water rates, charging customers whose usage is in excess of the ninety percent baseline amount. “Tier One”users are exempted.

(see ‘WALDORF ASTORIA’ page 22)

SWEET SOPHIE—Sophie is a 4-year-old, 22-pound Wheaton Poodle. This lovely lady was used for breeding puppies then dumped at a shelter when she was no longer needed. Sophie hopes you make the choice to give her a second chance at a happy life. Those interested in making Sophie part of their family may contact ShelterHopePetShop.org at 805-379-3538.

items donated by local businesses. Among the hot-ticket items this year is a two-night stay at any Montage in the world; three tickets to a Kings game; a World Cup jersey signed by Landon Donovan, a Beverly Hills staycation at the L’Ermitage Hotel with restaurant gift certificates and a mini shopping spree.

CONCERT—Gary Greene and His Big Band of Barristers ended the summer’s Concerts on Canon with the smooth sounds of the Big Band Era.

Construction is currently slated to begin presently with completion for a 2017 opening.

On Tuesday, the council only discussed how the project might go forward.

After being shelved for several years during the recession, the hotel developers returned to the City for the final round of approvals in June. The final hurdle was the Architectural Review Commission.

Commissioners were presented with renderings and elevations of the current iteration of the project, which is similar but not identical to the project that was approved in 2008. The project won approval from the commission.

The Specific Plan allows for City staff to evaluate

Lewis Hall Contends Immunity From Carter Paysinger Lawsuit; BHUSD To Respond Today

By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills Principal Carter Paysinger’s “First Amended Complaint” against the Beverly Hills Unified School District and Board of Education Lewis Hall met push-back this week as the defendants sought to exculpate themselves from allegations of

discrimination.

On Tuesday, Hall’s attorney, John Allen with Gibeaut, Mahan & Briscoe, filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds that Hall’s actions are protected by the applicable Governmental Immunity Code sections and if not, then he has (see ‘PAYSINGER’ page 22)

FOUNTAIN—At the request of Cultural Heritage Commission Chair Maralee Beck, the Beverly Hills City Council has agreed to dedicate the existing fountain in Will Rogers Memorial Park to the namesake of Margaret J. Anderson, the the gifted hostess whose legacy remains a cherished landmark and homage to Anderson’s hospitality. Margaret Anderson and her son Stanley gifted the park to the City in 1915, named the “Sunset Memorial Park.” The park received its current name in 1952 in honor of the City’s beloved Will Rogers.

Interim Moratorium on Hillside Pad Extension Set To Expire

By Victoria Talbot An interim urgency moratorium on pad extensions in hillside developments will expire Sept. 12 while the City considers measures to improve the grading and retaining walls that the urgency measure

sought to amend.

On July 29, at the request of the Planning Commission, the City Council voted to adopt an interim ordinance that prohibited the expansion of the level pad area of lots in the (see ‘HILLSIDE’ page 14)

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Peter Mullin Talks The Future Of The Petersen Automotive Museum

IN SERVICE—In anticipation of the City’s annual event next Thursday to memoralize 9-11, Chloe Castro and Michael Hammer with Griswold Conversation perform their annual treatment to help preserve the 9-11 beam using a scissor lift provided by Grisworld Conservation.

The event brings together the community for a touching ceremony which will take place outside City Hall from 5-5:30 p.m.

This is the first in a three-part interview series with Petersen Museum Chairman and noted car enthusiast Peter Mullin

By Matt Lopez Peter Mullin is a car guy, and as much as anything else in his life, he is known for his picture-perfect restorations of classic cars.

Take for example, the stunning Bugatti Type 50 S that he restored and showed at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

But his biggest restoration, or renovation, has yet to come.

Mullin is chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum, which over the last year has announced a dramatic renovation to both its interior and exterior, set to begin in October and run through the end of 2015.

The objective, Mullin told

PETERSEN—A rendering of the second floor of the new Petersen Auto Museum will look like.

The Courier during a sitdown at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday, is simple: “We want to make it a global automotive museum. One of the two or three best.”

The game plan is already in place: a three-story monument to the past, present and future of automobiles, including a

focus on the cutting edge design and technology that will lead automobiles into the future.

The exterior plans were unveiled last year, while the interior renovations were shown for the first time earlier last month at the Pebble Beach (see ‘PETER MULLIN’ page 19)

TEEN SCENE—Teen scene is now officially open at the new Roxbury Park Community Center for all BHUSD kids grades 8-10. This free program offers activities including crafts, cooking, computers and video games - or just a place to hang out after school. Hours are 3-7 p.m. To join, pick up a registration form at the park. For more information call 310-285-6840. Membership cards are valid through July 2015. Pictured (Back, from left): Julian Saadeh, Ariella Ahdout, Ryan Javidzad, and Keith Stone; (Front, from left): Adriel Ghadoushi, Jessica Sater, Ethan Botehsaz, Gabby Paolettie, Jared Kurtz, and Noelle Trost.

Photo by Reggie Sully

Jewish Community Foundation Awards $1.5M In Grants

By John L. Seitz The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) has given a total of $1.5 million in Cutting Edge Grants to seven local nonprofits for innovative programs intended to engage diverse segments of the local community.

“The organizations and their programs reflect the vision of innovation-minded social entrepreneurs who will drive the future of Jewish Los Angeles,” said JCF President/CEO Marvin I. Schotland.

The $1.5 million awarded in the current grantmaking cycle represents the largest aggregate amount in the 9-year his-

Celebration at Savenick’s expense.

The City agreed to appropriate $75,000 funding for the project on Oct. 3, 2013, as a “work for hire” agreement produced

by TV is OK Productions, Savenick’s com-

(see ‘100 YEARS, 100 STORIES’ page 19)

Operation Smile To Honor Ken Corday, Billy Bush, Sharon D. Lund Foundation

By John L. Seitz Operation Smile, the international children’s medical charity, will honor Ken Corday, executive producer of Days Of Our Lives; Access Hollywood anchor Billy Bush and the Sharon D. Lund Foundation at its Smile Gala on Sept. 19 in The Beverly Wilshire.

Smile ambassador/actressBrooke Burke-Charvet will serve as emcee and The Voice’s Judith Hill performs. Kevin Beggs, Roma Downey and

Mark Burnett along with Jennifer and Henry Salke serve as co-chairs for the event, which is produced by Scott Mauro Enter- Billy Bush tainment.

Operation Smile provides free surgery for children worldwide suffering from facial deformities, to heal their smiles and transform their

Nicole Cheng and Vice Mayor Julian Gold cut the ribbon at McFarlane’s cutting edge Starmaker Orthodontics. Located at 153 So. Lasky Dr., McFarlane is one of the first to offer Acceledent, a process that reduces orthodontics to 50percent of conventional methods.

Photo by Zale Richard Rubins

pany. Savenick had already produced a great body of work, recording the stories of several of the City’s residents, historical points, and landmarks.

The obstacle in reaching an agreement came as a result

DOHENY RANCH GREYSTONE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION—For an all-access membership event on Sept. 21, join the Friends of Greystone at the $100 level or more. Docents will share their knowledge as guests enjoy ranch-style refreshments. For information, visit friends@greystonemansion.org or call 310-286-0119.

Ken Corday

Brook BurkeCharvet

lives.

Individual tickets for the Smile Gala begin at $500. For information, call 323-9044400 or visit www.operationsmile.org/lagala.

(see ‘JCF GRANTS’ page 19)

STARMAKER DENTIST —Dr. Bruce McFarlane,

City And Producer Phil Savenick Reach Agreement For Beverly Hills: 100 Years, 100

By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills has finally found a path to remunerate producer Phil Savenick for the Beverly Hills: 100 Years, 100 Stories video project produced in conjunction with the City’s Centennial

tory of the Cutting Edge Grants and a 25-percent increase from $1.2 million given in 2013, Schotland said.

Recipients of $250,000 each are (1) Jewish Federation of Greater L.A. for its Campus Impact Network that will provide Jewish college students from the Southland with the tools to connect with leaders on other campuses, key campus influencers and non-Jewish student groups, as well as to engage a broader Jewish audience. (2) USC’s David School for Gerontology for Zekenim to promote Jewish Elders sharing their life stories and wisdom, and connect with the next

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Explores Women Collaborators

By Laura Coleman The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will present “Some Were Wives, Some Were Mothers: Female Perpetrators during the Holocaust”on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Wilshire Boulevard Temple.

Guests will join author Wendy Lower and museum historian Edna Friedberg for a conversation about a generation of young women born into ravaged post-World War I Germany and swept up in the feverish nationalism of the Nazi party.

“When we think of the perpetrators of the Holocaust, we tend to think mostly of men,” said Michael J. Sarid,

the museum’s Western Regional director. “The fact that so many everyday, ordinary women played such significant roles not only challenges our assumptions about gender roles, but helps us realize the thoroughness with which the Nazis’ murderous ideology pervaded German society.”

In the midst of uncertainty, many of these Nazi women saw opportunity in the emerging empire for a career and marriage and traveled east, where they witnessed and participated in the exploitation, persecution, and murder of Jews and other victims.

In Lower’s recent book, (see ‘HOLOCAUST MUSEUM’ page 19)

GEORGE CHRISTY and wear throughout the winters.

And I love her white antique stuffed teddy bear.”

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hen Pamela asked Sean, how much of Audrey he sees in his daughter, he reflected, “My mother was the same as she was on the screen: unassuming, humble, funny, emotional, strong, delicate. Fortunately, Emma has much better boundaries than either Mom or I ever had. But the genes are strong – and the comedic gene is alive and well.

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can’t help but think that both of them had to quit professional ballet because they were too tall.”

Online at www.bhcourier.com/georgechristy

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her first husband, the thrifty Mel Ferrer. And their tall, best-looking filmmaker son Sean Ferrer, who mightily impressed us with his smarts.

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hen, this week, the nicest surprise arrived in the mail with the

Emma Ferrer makes her modeling debut in the September subscriber issue of Harper’s Bazaar. She is the daughter of filmmaker Sean Ferrer and Leila Flannigan and is the granddaughter of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer. Emma lives near the wine country in Florence, Italy, and will relocate to New York next year for continuation of her art studies.

said it first.

“Everything happens at parties.” Jane Austen wrote in her 19th century novel, Pride And Prejudice.

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ow, in our time of the 20th and 21st centuries, everything happened at Connie’s.

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onnie Wald, that is, the Connecticut-born New York model who wed Oscarnominated producer and screenwriter Jerry Wald.

She became the sterling

hostess in our upside-down town of Beverly Hills, entertaining the swells from the get-go.

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onnie’s dinner/luncheon invitations promised the best food and exuberant conversations, coveted by the film, literary, political and social folks, who came to sip and sup in Connie’s cozy dining rooms on North Beverly Drive.

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Mae West and Billy Wilder, Gore Vidal and L o n d o n ’s social arbiter Marguerite L a m k i n Littman, etc.

“In other words, guess who isn’t coming to dinner,” as Guy Trebay noted in The New York Times.

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ot only did they wine and dine, Audrey Hepburn also bunked at Connie’s.

Whenever or from wherever or from her village of Tolochenaze, Switzerland, for family visits or charity events in California. The ladies often cooked their favorite pastas together. Spaghetti alla checca. Penne alla vodka.

Not only did we appre-

ciate and enjoy Audrey’s friendship at Connie’s, we were privileged to profile her for Italian Vogue or Italian Glamour (can’t remember which!). Of course, we met

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ilmmaker Sean resides close by, operating an agency controlling intellectual property.

Emma’s boyfriend R i c h a r d Greathouse, 27, hails from Nashville and taught some of Emma’s classes at the art academy in Florence.

“We were friends for a while before anything happened between us.” She pursues her art studies in New York next year.

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career as an artist is Emma’s heart’s desire.

“In art school, I always drew and liked taking art lessons,” she told Pamela, adding that painters she admires include Rembrandt, Titian, Velasquez and Zurbarain.

September issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Sean’s 20-year-old daughter Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer graces the cover of the subscriber issue of the magazine. A flawless beauty whose modeling debut is a coup for HB editorin-chief Glenda Bailey.

Photographed by Michael Avedon, the 23-year-old grandson of the legendary photographer Richard Avedon – Emma and Michael are creating a generational dream team. Another coup for Glenda.

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amela Fiori, the former editor-in-chief of Town & Country magazine who compiled a stunning picture book about Audrey, informs in her

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ondering if Emma has kept anything of Audrey’s, Emma replies, “All I can think of are her cashmere t u r t l e n e ck s , which I adore

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HB cover story that Emma attended our Crossroads School when she lived n Los Angeles. She nests now in the Tuscan hills near Florence. In an upstairs room of a converted barn in the Chianti Rufina vineyards of the Frescobaldi dynasty.

Sofia Vergara dazzled during the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Forbes Magazine lists Sofia as the highest-paid TV actress last year, earning $37 million. Her Modern Family paycheck per episode is $325 thousand dollars with major monies pouring in from Diet Pepsi, Head & Shoulders, AT&T, CoverGirl.

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GEORGE CHRISTY

Allison Williams

Lizzy Caplan

Edie Falco

Michelle Dockery

Minnie Driver

Chris Bosh with Adrienne Jimmy Kimmel with Molly Bosh McNearney

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Gwen Stefani

Octavia Spencer

Halle Berry

Viola Davis

Zooey Deschanel with Jacob Pechenik

Julianna Margulies

Julia LouisDreyfus

Courtney B. Vance with Angela Bassett

Felicity Huffman with William H. Macy

Julia Roberts

Kerry Washington

Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn and Byran Cranston

Ryan Sweeting with Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

Kristen Wiig

Matthew McConaughey with wife Camila Alves

Seth Meyers with Alexi Ashe

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T H E FA S H I O N O F B E V E R LY H I L L S

Lucinda Ellery Salon In Beverly Hills Offers All Women Mermaid Hair

MAKING MUSIC—Life-long Beverly Hills resident Donelle Dadigan (right), president of the José Iturbi Foundation, received several proclamations at a special pre-concert dinner reception for sponsoring “John Williams: Maestro of the Movies” at the Hollywood Bowl. José Iturbi, Donelle’s godfather, was a Beverly Hills resident as well. As part of the evening, the foundation provided 100 free tickets to the Hollywood Police Activities League for local children in an effort to foster enjoyment of classical music. Dadigan, who is also the president/founder of the Hollywood Museum in the Historic Max Factor Building, is pictured with actress Charlotte Kirk at The Rooftop Terrace at the Hollywood Bowl just before the concert.

By Laura Coleman For Lucinda Ellery, it was as simple as wanting to be a mermaid - and it was this dream, this impossible dream lodged in the heart of a woman who lost most of her hair at the age of nine, that inspired her to create an empire.

“I still want to be a mermaid,” the dimunitive force behind Lucinda Ellery’s salon on Burton Way recently told The Courier. “We do anything and everything to do with fabulous hair.”

Among the “everything,” is giving women who have little or no hair the chance to have a full head of hair with her patented mesh system that weaves in hair extensions for a natural look with a permanence and freedom that a wig simply cannot emulate.

“It’s all fake it till you make it,” Ellery said, confidently brushing through her luscious locks that are for the most part fake. She hasn’t cut her hair for 52 years now. “You can have a bad hair day and have a crap day, but to have a bad hair life is no joke.”

Following the loss of most her hair, which Ellery believes happened through trauma, she started wearing wigs at age 12.

But wigs were heavy and she was inventive. Soon she was cutting her wigs up and plating them using wool. Years later, after seeing Daryl Hannah in Splash (A real mermaid with extensions!), Ellery realized how she could make her dream a reality.

The two-year-old “women only” Beverly Hills salon is Ellery’s first U.S. establishment. She founded her flagship salon in London 30 years ago, which she said now serves an average of between 150 to 200 clients a day in a unique 8,000square-foot space. Plans are now in the works to open a Manhattan location.

“There’s so much you can do if you get your feminine power back,” she said. “It really reflects on self-esteem.”

The 20-30-hour process, which lasts for approximately two years, runs between $2,500 to $3,500 and is assembled by a team of people. Maintenance runs around $150 per hour, with most clients needing an hour-and-a-half per upkeep session. Ellery said that people come from across the U.S. to visit the Beverly Hills salon.

The salon also does extensions, cuts and fabulous blow-outs. For information or to make an appointment, call: 866-912-6932.

The Culver Hotel Celebrates 90 Years With The Prohibition Ball Tomorrow

By Laura Coleman Bust out your three-piece suit and don that vintage dress because this Saturday the Culver Hotel is hosting the Prohibition Ball in a nod to the era in which the National Landmark made its debut in 1924.

The evening soiree will transport guests back in time with a Jazz Age bash featuring prohibition inspired handcrafted cocktails, imaginative dishes reminiscent of classic 1920’s fare and an array of magical entertainment.

“For our 90th birthday, we want to carry on that legendary spirit and pay homage to a unique period in our history. We should never forget to celebrate the past as it is ever present in our future,” said the Culver Hotel Owner Maya Mallick.

For more information or to purchase tickets ($90), visit: www.TheProhibitionBall.com. A portion of the event proceeds will benefit the Culver City Historical Society, a non-profit organization founded and dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the cultural and civic accomplishments of that city.

POKER FACE — On Thursday, Hollywood stars gathered once again for the 5th Annual Audi and Kelly Hu Poker Tournament benefiting Best Buddies, the international, a nonprofit that is dedicated to helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Pictured above is Kelly Hu with Glee star and Best Buddies Ambassador Lauren Potter at the Audi Beverly Hills dealership where the tournament was held.

Photo by Steve Simmons

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DISALVO (Continued from page 1)

DiSalvo’s family originally moved from the Bronx to Los Angeles amidst the Great Depression in 1936/37. When he was 10, the family settled in Beverly Hills, with his father setting up shop as a custom orthotic shoe specialist.

“He actually was the shoemaker to the stars,” DiSalvo recalled.

Loretta Young, whose little sister used to attend the same private school as DiSalvo, would drive them to school in her limousine. Alan Ladd would pick him up at school on occasion; Dick Powell too. And then they would head to his father’s shop on Wilshire.

At 13, DiSalvo turned down his father’s offer to work in his shop for $3 a week. It wasn’t a good deal. He knew kids who were getting that a day. Instead, he took a job lifeguarding at the La Cienega swimming pool in the mornings and spent the afternoons selling fruit at the “Super” market on the southwest corner of Doheny and Wilshire.

“Everything was local,” he reminisced of the fresh summer produce like strawberries, cantaloupes, grapes, oranges, peaches and plums.

After DiSalvo graduated from Beverly Hills High School, he studied business administration at Loyola University in Westchester. While there, he helped launch a radio station after a Jesuit priest connected him with Steve Allen (the first host of The Tonight Show.) He said Allen educated him on everything in the business from getting a license to to purchasing a 5,000 watt station, K-XLU, that is still operating today.

Years later, DiSalvo said he helped launch the TV station that his since become K-BEV, the station operated by

BHHS students.

Following 3-1/2 years in Europe where he worked as a medical officer when he was drafted into the Korean Conflict, DiSalvo opened his first sales office at 210 S. Beverly Dr. Soon, he became a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter - an elite professional designation that cemented his expertise in risk management and analysis.

Over the half-century that he has worked (and lived) in Beverly Hills, he said he has watched his clientele change with the City.

“I used to have a lot of movie stars,” he said, rattling off an impressive list of former clients including Dean Martin, Rita Hayworth and Frank Sinatra.

“Maybe because of my dad’s connection to the studios?”

Throughout his life, he has continued to be involved in the City. He joined the Municipal League of Beverly Hills and served on the Vector Control District, where he helped create a special testing laboratory in the wake of the African honey bee epidemic.

Thirty years ago, he said he helped start Beverly Hills Meals on Wheels together with Sen. Dianne Feinstein and former Beverly Hills Mayor Robert K. Tanenbaum. In 1992, he said he ran for City Council on the platform of “Stop the Bleeding” in an effort to curb the flight of businesses and residences.

“I lost by a landslide,” he recounted of his $186 campaign.

And while the City has changed a lot over the 74 years that DiSalvo has lived here, he will forever, happily, call it home.

“I love looking at it,” he said. “It’s easy on the eyes. Even the small houses.

It’s just a happy look, the feel of happiness in the City.”

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T World Premiere Of Affluence Next For Theatre 40, Opens Sept. 25 The world premiere of Steven Peterson’s Affluence, the winner of the 2013 Julie Harris Playwright Award of the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, is next for Theatre 40, opening Thursday, Sept. 24 and running through Sunday, Oct. 19.

Affluence is a pitch-dark comedy about the fortunes of the once-wealthy Woodley family that have been savaged by the most-recent Great Recession. Grandma, however, is dying and will leave her kin a bundle. But thanks to a quirk in the estate tax laws, the

Woodleys stand to gain even more millions from Grandma if she dies before Midnight on New Year’s Eve. Directed by Larry Eisenberg, the play is produced by David Hunt Stafford.

Performances are ThursdaySaturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. in the Beverly Hillsbased company’s Reuben Cordova Theatre on the BHHS campus at 241 S. Moreno Dr. Tickets are $26. For reservations, call 310-364-0535. For online ticketing, visit www.theatre40.org. “

Wilson, Hanks To Host As You Like It Shakespeare Center Benefit The Shakespeare Center Los Angeles’ 24th annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of As You Like It will be held Sept. 22 at the Freud Playhouse on the UCLA campus.

Hosted by Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, the hilarious evening of impromptu Shakespeare and song will feature a star-studded cast including Grammy-winning singer/ songwriter Paul Simon.

Lisa Paulsen and Entertainment Industry Foundation will be the

honorees.

The program begins at 8 p.m., and be followed by a post performance reception with cast at 9:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles and its artsbased veterans and youth employment programs.

Sponsored by Entertainment Industry Foundation and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, tickets begin at $750. For information, call 310-201-5033 or visit http://shakespearecenter.org.

Burt Bacharach

Bacharach At Saban Tonight Six decades into one of songwriting’s most successful and honored careers, with 48 top 10 hits, nine #1 songs and more than 500 compositions composer Burt Bacharach will present a 9 p.m. concert today at The Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd.

Attendees can expect Bacharach to draw from his long list of hits including: Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” Walk On By, I’ll Never Fall In Love Again, Anyone Who Had A Heart, That’s What Friends Are For, Close To You, and countless more.

For information and tickets , ranging from $65-$125, call 323-655-0111 and visit www.sabantheatre.og.

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Paley Center To Live Stream 10th Annual Paleyfest Fall TV Previews The Paley Center for Media will host nine exclusive, free live streams of the 2014 Paleyfest Fall TV Previews panels, Sept. 6-15.

The streams will be available in real-time at paleyfest.org/live and also viewable on the Paley app, which is available as a free download at paley.me/app.

Fans can follow the panels @PaleyCenter on Twitter and use #PaleyFest to join the conversation. The Q&A panels give television fans and audiences around the globe an inside look at this fall’s new TV series, and those who create them.

The event will feature multiple premiere screenings in their entirety, with each night devoted to a single broadcast network: The CW, with The Flash and Jane The Virgin, beginning at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 6; CBS, with Scorpion, beginning at 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 7; FOX, with Mulaney beginning at 4:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 8; NBC, with Marry Me, beginning at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10, and ABC, with black-ish and Cristela, beginning at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11.

The season premiere of MTV’s Faking It will start at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12.

The premiere of “Fall Flash-

back: The Facts Of Life 35th Anniversary Reunion” will start at 6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 15.

Cast members Charlotte Rae, “Edna Garrett;” Mindy Cohn, “Natalie Green;” Nancy McKeon, “Jo Polniaczek;” and Lisa Whelchel, “Blair Warner,” will attend.

Tickets for events at the Paley Center’s John H. Mitchell Theater, and viewing lounges on the rooftop garden and first floor Bell Gallery space, at 465 N. Beverly Dr.. are available at paleyfest.org.

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HOW DO YOU FEEL?

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

ECMO Program At Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Zusman Is Again ‘Official Podiatrist’ For Breast Cancer Walk Wins Third Award For Excellence In Life Support Lisa decided to get Beverly Hills involved in the doctor Stanley J. cause when ZusZusman will once man’s wife Marsha again be the “official was diagnosed podiatrist“ for the with breast cancer Avon Walk for Breast two years ago. She Cancer, which this is now a survivor, year kicks off for two and both husband days in Santa Barbara and daughter feel starting Saturday. it’s vital to give This is the 12th back. year for the walk and “After my the third consecutive mother’s experiyear Zusman will ence, I vowed that bring his 40-plus I would do anyyears of experience thing I could to seeing patients in the City to helping walk- Dr. Stanley J. Zusman help women in similar situations,” said Lisa ers.

As a walk volunteer, Zusman, who raised $11,000 Zusman will tend to sprains, her first year, $12,00 her second ankle problems, sore feet and year and $11,500 this year.

“One of the best parts of the any podiatry injuries participants endure in the 39-mile walk weekend is learning how walk (26 miles the first day, 13 the funds raised will be used to the second) from Santa Barbara’s help in discovery of leadingChase Palm Park to Carpinteria edge research to combat this deadly disease,” said Zusman.

State Beach.

He will be available “Money raised enables men and throughout the entire race, day women throughout the country and night. As in previous years, to receive the breast-cancer he once again has chosen to screening, support and treatcamp out in the pink tents with ment they require regardless of walkers and crew in the their ability to pay.”

For information, visit, “Wellness Village.”

Zusman and his daughter www.AvonFoundation.org.

The Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has been honored for the third time with the Award for Excellence in Life Support by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), an international group of health-care professionals and scientists that evaluates hospital treatment therapies for patients fighting complex cardiac disease and respiratory failure.

“This award once again points to the commitment of the organization and our staff to providing the highest level of patient care,” says James Stein, MD, surgical director of ECMO and CHLA chief quality officer.

“The ability to provide this stateof-the-art treatment for these highly complex patients is what sets CHLA apart from other hospitals.”

The hospital’s ECMO program serves patients in the neonatal, pediatric and cardiothoracic intensive care units.

More than 1,100 children have received lifesaving ECMO care at CHLA since the program’s inception in the hospital’s Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) in 1987.

ECMO is a treatment that

Haven Forner, healthy and well, after ECMO treatment at CHLA.

uses a pump to circulate blood through an artificial lung outside the body and back into the blood stream of an ill child, giving the heart and lungs a chance to grow or heal while their work is handled by this external system.

It requires a multidisciplinary team, including ECMO specialists at the patient’s bedside, neonatologists, intensivists, surgeons, perfusionists, nurses, respiratory therapists, cardiologists and neuro-radiologists.

In addition, the 24-hour availability of a dedicated emergency transport team and the hospital’s blood bank are inte-

gral to the ECMO team.

Typically used as a lastresort when the infant or child is not responding to standard treatment, ECMO technology increases survival rate by up to 80 percent.

One of the 1,100 children the program has helped is Haven Forner, who just celebrated her first birthday. At 5 months old, Haven was airlifted to CHLA in December 2013 at the request of her doctor, when her “perfect storm of germs”—pneumonia, parainfluenza and adenovirus— worsened. “He had the foresight to know Haven might need ECMO care,” says Aja Forner, Haven’s mother.

On Dec. 25, her lungs and heart were given the gift of complete rest. For the next 17 days, ECMO equipment helped Haven pump and oxygenate her blood, which gave her lungs and heart the time to heal.

Haven and her family spent two months in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at CHLA and she was fittingly named “The Miracle Baby.”

The award will be accepted by members of the ECMO team at the 25th Anniversary ELSO Conference this month in Michigan.

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On The Surprising High Costs Of Parenting; Setting Rules About Teen Dating, Sex And Drugs

Didi Hirsch Sets 5K Walk/Run For Suicide Prevention, Sept. 28

Q. Dear Dr. Fran: My wife and I are planning to have a child.

What is the most surprising high cost that parents should be prepared for spending when raising kids?

Maxwell F.

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services will host its 16th annual Alive & Running 5K Walk/Run event to support its Suicide Prevention Center (SPC), beginnning at 6:30 a.m., Sunday Sept. 28, just north of LAX at W. 88th St, and La Tijera Boulevard in Westchester.

More than 2,000 runners, walkers, spectators and volunteers from all over Southern California will join to raise awareness and funding for SPS, which operates a 24-hour English/Spanish Crisis Line, as well as Crisis Chat and Text services.

In the U.S., someone takes their life every 15 minutes resulting in more than 5 million Americans who have lost a

A. Dear Maxwell: The word I hear directly from parents of teens is the most surprising cost of entertainment and electronic gadgets including computers, iPhones, iPads, Wii, X-box, and on and on.

The complication is that parents today want desperately for their kids to “like” them at all times. Parents can’t bear to say no and have their kids temporarily angry at them.....or even hate them.

We are living in times and a culture where it requires two paychecks to makes ends meet.

Moms and dads feel guilty about not being with their kids all day.

When, in fact, they are with their kids they don’t want to fight. So, parents make the catastrophic error of submitting to the demands, whining, moaning, and groaning of their kids and teens.

We are raising a generation of entitled, unbridled kids. And, it is costing parents an arm and a leg, not to mention the grief that lies ahead when their kids discover the rest of the world will not buckle and submit to their demands.

They will have to get it together and work hard for what their loving, well-meaning parents failed to prepare them for.

Q. Dear Dr. Fran: How can single moms prepare for dating/pressures around sex and drug use kids might face?

Nicolette M. A. Dear Nicolette: Single moms (and single-dads) need to have a serious, honest self-examined look inside to discover where they stand on the issues of their kids dating and engaging in teen sex.

Each one of us must not fear taking a clear stand with our kids on our expectations of what we believe is best for them. Like it or not, as long as they live under your roof they must comply with your rules.

Of course, it would be unreasonable for you to say no dating until after you’re 18. But, you can decide whether you feel

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Dr. Fran Walfish Answers Your Questions comfortable with your teen going to the mall with a group of his or her peers.

Independence should be earned with demonstration of consistently responsible behavior.

Hopefully, parents have established and developed good open communication with their teens in the early childhood years. Open honest dialogue is the foundation for your kids talking with you about their worries, questions, concerns, and fears.

Trust has to have been laid.

This said, the psychological

goal of adolescence mirrors that of the toddler phase of childhood in that kids must resolve the independence they first claimed when they separated by saying “no” and having temper tantrums.

Their defiance and opposition revs up a bit during the teen years for them to resolve their autonomy and come out the other side as adults with their own opinions and beliefs about religions, sex, relationships, character, morals and politics.

Keep talking and listening with your kids. Talking is the glue that holds relationships together.

Dr. Fran Walfish is the author of The Self-Aware Parent at www.DrFranWalfish.-com.

Send questions to franwalfish@gmail.com.

loved one to suicide. More than 38,000 Americans died and 1 million attempted suicide last year. Suicide is also the second leading cause of death for adolescents. And last year. Didi Hirsch’s crisis counselors answered more than 55,000 calls, chats and texts.

Supporters can register, create a team, join an existing team, or donate to the campaign. Pre-event registration is $30; $35 the day of the event.

Donations are tax-deductible.

A free “Kiddie-K” (1K) will also be held following the 5K. For more information, visit www.aliveandrunning.org or email AliveandRunning@DidiHirsch.org.

B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E 901 STRADA VECCHIA (Continued from page 1)

was a project rife with permit violations and other misrepresentations. The LADBS found that the permits were issued in error because “the height of the single family dwelling exceeds the height limit as permitted by the Los Angeles Municipal Code.”

The permits have not officially been revoked, as Hadid appealed the permits and submitted new plans and a new topographical map for the City to consider.

In a letter fired off to the City earlier this week, Horacek’s attorney Victor De la Cruz of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips pulls no punches on his thoughts that Hadid’s latest appeal should be denied.

De la Cruz notes that the new topographical maps have been submitted “in an attempt to have his new survey maps supersede the ones he previously used in order to create a new fantasy world where the past topography of the project site is what suits him, rather than historical fact and reality.”

De la Cruz stated in his letter “there is no justification for LADBS accepting revised survey information and alternate versions of the approved plans.”

According to the letter, Hadid submitted a one-page plan prepared by his surveyor, depicting the footprint of the project’s house (omitting a connected pool deck). De la Cruz says the document “could not be any less useful - it

lacks any topographic elevation lines or basis of bearings, it provides no explanation of where the depicted height datum points came from, and it completely omits the fact that the applicant’s illegal connection of the pool deck to the house adds another 30-plus feet of height to the project.”

“Simply stated, it is absurd that the LADBS would give the applicant a single chance to submit after-the-fact fictional surveys that contradict everything else in the record in an attempt to somehow resolve the project’s illegality.”

In the letter, De la Cruz claims the City’s “Stop-Work Order” is regularly being violated by workers at 901 Strada Vecchia. “Mr. Horacek lives directly below the site, has regularly observed workers entering and leaving the site... and regularly hears powered construction equipment operating within the half-built building. Other neighbors have observed and heard the same activity.”

De la Cruz concludes the letter by stating the permits “must be revoked, the project must be red-tagged and the applicant must be compelled to take the necessary steps to bring the site into compliance with all applicable code requirements and safety measures.”

LADBS Chief Inspector, Training and Emergency Management Luke Zamperini said the latest submissions

by Hadid are still being reviewed by the project’s original plan check engineer.

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Libow Brings Real Estate Sign Ordinance to City of Beverly Hills

By Victoria Talbot Michael Libow, whose generosity and civic responsibility are well known within the City of Beverly Hills, brought one of his real estate signs to the Beverly Hills City Council to protest what he termed is the “selective enforcement” of real estate sign statutes.

The sign, which measured 150 square inches but had a “for lease” rider on the top that extended beyond the edge of the sign about one-half inch on either side, was cited for being in violation of the real estate sign ordinance.

Now, says Libow, he is taking on the City to bring some common sense to the ordinance.

For the past year The Courier has brought to your attention the illegal signage from the real estate community in our regular feature on the Real Estate page.

Each week, residents submit snapshots of signs advertising open houses.

Enforcement, for the most part, says Community Development Director Susan Healy Keene, is in response to complaints, not surveillance. We submit our photos to Code Enforcement.

The City of Beverly Hills prohibits signs that are more than 150 square inches on a single-family lot. They cannot be two-sided, bear any moving parts such as flags or banners, without directional arrows, and they absolutely may not block the public right of way. All such signs must display a permit sticker.

Libow echoes the sentiments of many in the real estate community when he calls for a change in the ordinance.

“I’m taking it on myself,” he said.

Libow has been working with City Staff, including Healy Keene, to create a process to review the current ordinance to find ways it can be improved.

“Small allowances for short periods of time will indicate that we are business-friendly city,” he said. Libow imagines discreet signs, 150 square inches

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hillside area of the City.

The 45-day moratorium will end Sept. 12.

The interim ordinance was not effective in providing enough time for the City and the Planning Commission to achieve a successful public outreach.

In order to manage the projects currently scheduled, the City recommended that the initial interim ordinance be allowed to expire while the Planning Commission subcommittee continues to examine the current ordinance and possible modifications.

The City Council expressed unified concern for unintended consequences to residents and developers caught in the moratorium.

“Thank you for working with us,” said Tom Levine. “This is the appropriate result.” Murray Fischer agreed. “This should be turned back to the Planning Commission and vetted out to a more

MICHAEL LIBOW SHOWS SIGN–-To demonstrate his point, Libow shows the regulation-sized sign with the rider that extends over the edge to constitute a violation of the Real Estate sign ordinance.

Courier Photo by VictoriaTalbot

that can be placed outside the public right-of-way during open house and caravan hours on Sundays and Tuesdays.

“When you start attacking me you’re attacking what I stand for,” said Libow.

“The ordinance has to meet the needs of homeowners to market and sell their homes,” he said. “No sandwich signs, no eyesores, no hazardous signs – but small signs with small directional arrows leading towards an open house and flags on the property during open house hours,” he envisions. Signs should not be so obvious that they are cause for concern over aesthetics or blight.

Libow will be working with the City to create a viable discussion to bring to public discussion towards the goal of an ordinance that is fair and mindful of the community’s needs.

appropriate result.”

The Planning Commission subcommittee had only one opportunity to meet in the 45-days.

“I don’t want to rush this,” said Mayor Lili Bosse, echoing the sentiments of the other councilmembers.

“There are definitely unintended consequences with this ordinance. That was never our intention.”

The subcommittee identified several aspects of grading and retaining walls that they will focus on.

They will examine the establishment of more appropriate grading and retaining wall thresholds for triggering a Plan Review; limit the use of retaining walls for terracing; analyze the possible modifications of the way in which wall height is measured; make provisions that require graded areas to be more contiguous with the primary level pad; and examine architectural design and retaining wall finishes in addition to landscaping to camouflage retaining walls.

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SCHOOL IS FUN!

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UCLA Extension Classes Help Hone Your Financial Skills hort on time? This fall let the UCLA Extension Business, Management & Legal Programs

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• New seminar! - Advanced Option help you add to your financial skills and knowledge with these two con- Strategy Workshop - 9 a.m.-3 pm, Saturday, 214 Extension Lindbrook venient seminars and short courses.

Center 10920 Lindbrook Dr. Intended for students, investors, traders, or advisors who want to refine and/or share their stock option strategies with others in a positive brainstorming environment.

This interactive one-day workshop explores some of the more advanced strategies of options use, with an emphasis on individual trades and how to make them more profitable.

Utilizing a student driven setting, you are given the opportunity to present your advanced trading strategies and receive feedback from both the instructor and classmates.

Bring your own laptop or be prepared to present using classroom computer.

Prerequisite: Passing “Managing and Understanding Stock Option Strategies” or familiarity with option strategies.

Cost is $135; $149 after Sept. 18.

Enrollment limited. Early enrollment is highly recommended. Par ticipants may enroll at the door, space permitting, with payment by credit card only.

• Financial Planning for Business Owners, Updated For 2014 - 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Oct 18, UCLA Exten-

sion Lindbrook Center, Lindbrook Dr., Westwood.

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In today's business world no one can depend on a company to provide benefits and retirement savings, which creates the need for individuals to be proactive with their financial planning.

Designed for entrepreneurs and small business owners, this seminar provides an overview for building a personalized financial plan to make sure you are well funded to meet future financial goals.

Topics include savings for an emergency fund, college planning, pre-tax and after-tax retirement investments, as well as ways to manage and reduce their risk.

Discussions also take into consideration estate planning techniques and ways to reduce and protect your personal assets.

Participants leave the class with a clearer understanding of which planning options and investment vehicles are most appropriate for building a sound financial plan.

Cost is $135; $149 after Sept. 18.

Enrollment limited. Advance enrollment recommended. Participants may enroll at the door, space permitting, with payment by credit card only.

For more information about accounting and finance courses, visit uclaextension.edu/fmp.

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S P O RT S

ON THE PROWL—Beverly Hills High defenders close in on Wyatt Rhoads as he carries the ball during football practice on Wednesday afternoon at BHHS. Courier Photo by Matt Lopez

Beverly Hills High School Ready To Kick Off 2014 Football Season

By Matt Lopez Coming off a winless season, it would be easy for members of the Beverly Hills High School football team to hang their heads and take a defeatist attitude into the 2014 campaign.

That, however, just won’t be the case with the 2014 Beverly Hills High Normans football team.

In its second season with coach Charlie Stansbury, the team is motivated and ready to put a disappointing season in their rearview mirror.

“Coming off what we experienced last year, we had a lot of young kids that had to play in games and were learning on the fly,” Stansbury said.

“You can tell they’ve learned their lessons from last year.”

One major issue Stansbury has had to deal with has simply been a lack of players. He estimated the team’s junior and senior class is “the smallest in the league, I’d imagine” but the team does have a freshman team this year after not having one last season.

Stansbury is working hard to bring more players into the program, but says if they can overcome depth issues, the starters are talented and should help the team contend in many games this season.

“We're going to depend a lot on sophomores, but the kids are all working really hard,” Stansbury said. “We’re excited, it’s always a competitive league.”

Offense Stansbury is excited about what Mike Massie will bring to the offense as its new quarterback. At 6-1, 185 pounds, Massie has a strong arm but is also a versatile runner who will bring a dual-threat capability to the Normans

This Week In BHHS Athletics Football Sept. 5 vs. Templeton, 7 p.m.

Girls Volleyball Sept. 6 @ Polytechnic Tourney Sept. 9 vs. Crescenta Valley, 3:15 p.m.

Girls Tennis Sept. 9 vs. Palisades, 2:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 vs. Mira Costa, 3 p.m.

Boys Water Polo Sept.12 at Diamond Bar High Tournament, 3 p.m.

Cross Country Sept. 6 at Fastback Shootout, Cerritos Regional Park, 7:30 a.m.

offense.

“He’s able to get himself out of situations using his athleticism,” Stansbury said. “He understands what we’re trying to do on offense.”

Massie will lead an offense that will be “traditional west coast stuff, with two backs” but with some shotgun offense mixed in.

The running game will be led by Sebastian Torres and Joe Kolko who will rotate to tote the rock, while fullback Rashad Ysaguirre, a 6-1, 215 pound junior will also be a bruiser out of the backfield.

Massie has talent around him at the skill positions, including last year’s leading receiver Harry Green returning.

Soloman Nwankwo is a superb athlete who will add a key element to the passing game at tight end.

Making everything click on offense will be the big guys up front, the offensive line. Helping anchor that unit will be talented players like senior Jordan Etebar and junior Paul Garcia.

Defense The front seven should be a strength of the Normans’ defense, with plenty of talent on the defensive line and at linebacker. John Revah returns as a starting defensive tackle, who Stansbury calls “the strongest guy on the team.”

In addition to his duties at tight end, Nwankwo will also be a key contributer on the defensive line.

Dylan Rutigliano, a 6-1, 225 pound junior and Chase Mayo, a 6-0, 205 pound senior lead the linebacker corp. Harry Green will be another twoway player, starring in the secondary in addition to his duties at wide receiver.

BHHS Girls Volleyball Wins Season Opener

By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills Girls Volleyball started its season off on the right foot with a 28-26, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23 win at Buckley in a nonleague match on Wednesday afternoon.

BHHS coach Tanner Siegal called it a “super intense atmosphere” and said “the girls fought hard.”

Siegal said Elsa Woods and Landry Bearden each led the team in kills and Sara Nieman led the team in digs.

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S OUTLOOK The Beverly Hills Teen Advisory Committee kick off for kids in grades 6-8, the Back to School Bash, will be from 7-10 p.m, Saturday, June 6 at Roxbury Park, 471 S. Roxbury Dr. The event will feature a DJ and food; $10 with student I.D. • • • • • The Diavolo Dance Company and Artistic Director Jacques Heim are bringing Angelinos the dance production Transit Space and Trajectoire, Friday, Sept. 12 at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave. Diavolo, a non-profit performance company fuses acrobatics, martial arts, ballet, contemporary, hip-hop and other dance form.

The hour-long performance will feature special guest appearances by spoken word artist, and Transit Space narrator Steve Connell and by film composer Nathan Wang who composes Trajectoire.

Tickets start at $75. For more information, visit http://www. diavolo.org.

• • • • • The 9/11 Memorial Services will be at 6:45 a.m. and at 5 p.m. at the 9/11 Memorial Garden on the grounds of the Beverly Hills Fire Department at 445 North Rexford Dr. (northwest corner of Rexford and South Santa Monica Blvd.).

•• • • • The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) will unveil one of the rarest stones, a 12-carat Fancy Vivid Blue diamond, in a special exhibition, Sept. 13 through Jan. 6. The Blue Moon Diamond has

been categorized as an extremely significant find – and one of the newest and rarest stones currently worldwide—because of its unique color, clarity, and size.

Cut from a 29.6-carat rough, the internally flawless gem is fashioned in a cushioncut shape at a noteworthy 12carats. The stone was found in a mine northeast of Pretoria, South Africa.

For more information, visit www.nhm.org or call 213-763DINO. • • • • • The Santa Monica College Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery will open “Sight Readings: A 35Year Survey of Work by Roxanne Sexauer,” an exhibition of original works by the printmaker renowned in the contemporary printmaking community as an artist whose aesthetic of abstraction references nature, with a reception from 68 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

A gallery talk by exhibit curator Gordon Fuglie, director/head of curatorial affairs at the Central California Museum of Art, will be held on Saturday at 5 p.m. in The Edye (adjacent to the gallery).

The gallery is in the SMC Performing Arts Center on Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street. Due to construction, enter the building from 11th Street. Exhibits, gallery talks, artist demonstrations, and opening receptions are free.

JOAN RIVERS (Continued from page 1)

life was to make people laugh.

Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon,” she added.

Until late last year, Joan Rivers was a frequent reviewer of books and Broadway plays for The Courier. Ironically, she launched her early stand-up local career at the former night spot, Ye Little Club, less than a block south of the newspaper’s location on North Canon Drive.

Born in Brooklyn on June 8, 1933, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College and worked as a tour guide at Rockefeller Center and fashion for Bond Clothing Stores.

Rivers began her show business career doing stand-up at various Greenwich Village clubs before doing her first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. After working as a gag writer on Candid Camera, she again guested on The Tonight Show with new host Johnny Carson which gave her big break. This would lead to almost two decades as a frequent guest or guest host on that program. She also guested on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Carol Burnett Show, headlined in Las Vegas, wrote and directed the film Rabbit Test (starring Billy Crystal), and did the Joan

BEVERLY HILLS Rivers Show for five seasons on which she won a Daytime Emmy.

Utilizing her catchline “Can we talk?” Rivers and her daughter were regulars on awards’ show red carpets, critiquing celebrity fashion with lines both generous and cutting, while critiquing celebrity fashionistas. She also appeared at the Saban Theatre this past Jan. 17.

Rivers was a star among comedians, admired for her longevity and wit.

Beverly Hills’ own Larry King said: “Joan knew no boundaries. Everything was funny to her. You couldn’t really object because she took no prisoners.”

Donald Trump, who chose her as the winner on a season of Celebrity Apprentice, opined that “Joan was stronger at the end than at the beginning. She had unbelievable stamina.”

Liza Minnelli stated: “I will miss my dear friend but always remember the laughter and friendship she brought into my life.”

Another admirer was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who extended “heartfelt condolences for the loss of a comedy icon who brought laughter to millions around the world and was a vocal supporter of Israel.”

Her funeral will be held Sunday at Manhattan’s Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan on Sunday.

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FUN WITH JOAN— The Courier will miss Joan Rivers’ humor and friendship. She joined the newspaper at a 2011 reception in New York to celebrate the release of a book honoring George Christy’s career with The Courier. Pictured (from left): Former Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad, former publisher Clif Smith, Tawny Sanders, Joan Rivers, Courier President and Publisher Marcia Hobbs and George Christy.

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Concours d’Elegance.

“It was a great time to celebrate where we are going with the new Petersen,” Mullin said.

The new third floor of the museum will be dedicated to the global history of the automobile, while the second floor will focus on the future of transportation. Themes such as alternative energy and future designs will be explored. The second floor will also feature a studio where students from Art Center Design College will work on car designs, a feature near and dear to Mullin’s heart.

“If you look back and say, ‘What’s your 20 most favorite cars of the last 20 years?’ I will guarantee you 85 percent were designed by Art Center graduates.” Mullin said.

The museum’s ground floor will showcase the relationship

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“Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields,” she reveals new evidence that places women directly in the maelstrom of war: looting, plundering, and even killing.

“If we are serious about trying to understand genocide, then we have to get serious about looking at all segments of society...that we might like to think were not involved...and start to question

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generation through art. (3) JQ International for Caring for LGBTQ Jews. (4) InterfaithFamily.com for InterfaithFamily/Los Angeles to connect people in interfaith relationships with L.A. Jewish community resources, other interfaith couples, and clergy.

Receiving $200,000 are: (5) American Jewish University for its Institute for Jewish Creativity (IJC), aiming to become the largest Jewish arts and creativity incubator in the U.S. (6) Jewish Federation of Greater L.A. for Jewish Teen Engagement Initiative which seeks to double the number of local

between art and the automobile, with a contemporary art gallery.

Mullin said an ongoing capital campaign is about $75 million into its $125 million goal.

The museum will close in October through the end of 2015, although Mullin noted that the vault will be open for a large portion of that time, and a special exhibition will be displayed at the Reagan Library, which has agreed to host 30-35 Petersen cars.

“Hopefully people won’t just come to look at things, but to participate,” Mullin said of the new Petersen. “It’s going to be a whole new way to think about a museum. This is going to be a really involved, interactive experience.”

Next week, Peter Mullin will discuss the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and his ultra-rare Bugatti Type 50 S with The Courier. if there was some participation and in what was,” she told The Courier.

The presentation is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required at ushmm.org/events/hitlers-furies-los-angeles. Contact the museum’s office at 310-5563222 or email at western@ushmm.org with questions.

The program will take place at The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Campus at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, located at 11661 W. Olympic Blvd. teens involved in Jewish life.

Recipient of $100,000 is the Jewish Graduate Student Initiative for The Center for Ethics and Fellowship to offer a program for 40 business and law students from nine L.A.area graduate schools per year that will introduce them to Jewish ethical values and the importance of philanthropy.

Established in 1954, the Jewish Community Foundation of L.A. (www.jewishfoundationla.org) is the largest manager of charitable assets and the leader in planned-giving solutions for local Jewish philanthropists, managing more than $900 million. It ranks among the 11 largest foundations in Los Angeles.

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of intellectual property liability releases needed in order for the City to acquire ownership of the project.

In April, Savenick proposed a license agreement which would remain with Savenick for $75,000 to authorize the agreement.

Savenick has distributed Beverly Hills: 100 Years, 100 Stories for viewing at schools and events throughout the Centennial year, regardless of the City’s remunerations.

His work was featured in a clip at the opening Centennial Sing-Along Celebration at the Saban Theatre.

More of the videos are being shown in conjunction

with the Beverly Hills Historical Society’s historical film festival series at Roxbury Park.

“The City gets what it wants, primary exploitation,” said Thomas White, president of the Municipal League at the city council study session. “The producer provides the work at his own expense and the rights go with him. The commercial exploitation is modest as far as revenue generation, and the costs are his to bear.”

“It’s important that I make the films non-exclusive. They are part of our cultural heritage,” said Savenick. “I’ve taken it upon myself to share them with the community.”

City Council members have long expressed frustration with the City’s inability to

September 5, 2014 | Page 19 resolve the issue. All the councilmembers expressed their full support and encouragement for Savenick to lend the final touches to the project in the City’s studios.

“We have our studio facilities for exactly this purpose,” said Councilmember John Mirisch. “Phil should be able to complete and do new projects in the facility.”

“The money is funded, the product is great,” said Councilmember Willie Brien.

Savenick would like to deliver the product to the Cultural Heritage Commission to begin an historical video record of the City’s heritage for future generations.

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Joan Mangum The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles celebrated the recent Emmy weekend with its annual BAFTA TV Tea, one of the more prestigious events in the annual awards calendar.

Held at the SLS Hotel on La Cienega just prior to the Primetime Emmy Awards, honored were this year’s nominees from the UK, Commonwealth and America. Leading television executives, celebrities, It raised awareness and support for its extensive community outreach and education programs.

Spotted in the crowd were ...Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jacqueline Bisset, Betsy Brandt, Lizzy Caplan, Anna Chlumsky, Michelle Dockery, Minnie Driver, Kevin Dunn, Carey Elwes, James Frain, Laura Fraser, Joanne Froggatt, Ken Howard, Robbie Merchant, Miss J Alexander, RJ Mitte, Joe Morton, Bailey Noble, James Remar, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Christiane Seidel, Kiernan Shipka, Tim Simons, and Mira Sorvino.

Sponsors included co-presenting sponsors BBC America and Jaguar along with event partner, the British Film Commission. ****** Boyle Heights-based Neighborhood Music School will celebrate its centennial anniversary with a gala at the Jonathan Club downtown on Sunday, Sept. 13. Starting at 6 p.m., the event will include a reception, dinner, award presentation, entertainment and a raffle.

Composer/Conductor John Williams will present the school’s inaugural Mancini Award to arts philanthropist/music education advocate Ginny Mancini. Named in memory of her renowned husband, Henry Mancini, the award is bestowed upon individuals whose professional and civic endeavors advocate and promote music education opportunities for low-income children.

Comedian-actor Cheech Marin will be the featured guest and Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist Dave Koz will perform, accompanied by pianist and Grammy-nominated arranger Shelly Berg.

To honor the school’s past, celebrate its present and look ahead to the future, the evening will feature several other highlights... plus a collection of unique raffle prizes, including limited edition 50th anniversary Pink Panther albums.

Dress code for the evening is pink tie optional–(a nod to the Mancini-composed Pink Panther theme). Tickets are $250 per person. Visit www.nmscelebration.org or call Megan Ferkel Earhart at 323-723-2967.

Founded in 1914 in Boyle Heights and housed in a charmingly restored 1890s Victorian Home, the Neighborhood Music School provides low-cost music instruction and performance opportunities to children who might not otherwise have access to the joy, hope, and passion that music can instill.

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TEA TIME–Scores of TV personalities were on hand for BAFTA’s TV Tea. Above (from left): Anne Heche (Michael J. Fox Show), James Tupper (Revenge); BAFTA Chair Nigel Daly, Sofia Milos (CSI Miami), producer Nigel Lythgoe; (below) Lizzy Kaplan (Masters Of Sex); Emmy/Golden Globe winning producer Gareth Neame and Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey).

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Frances Allen Desert Roundup

For those looking for a Native American cultural experience, mark Dec. 12-14 on your calendar when the Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians will present the Winter Gathering Pow Wow at the Spotlight 29 Casino.

Native Americans from across the U.S. and Canada attend the gathering for a spectacular display of traditional handmade dresses, dancing, songs, arts, crafts and food.

One of its more popular events is the grand entry held each day, when all of the tribal dancers enter the Spotlight Showroom in a procession displaying their finery.

Guests can also see the dance contests in such categories as “Tiny Tots,” (6-years and under), up to the “Golden Age” group, which will feature both men and women, 65 years of age and older.

Admission to the Pow Wow is free with information at 866377-6829. ****** I’m not making a connection, explicitly, but which came first? The new Ritz Carlton Hotel in Rancho Mirage or the visit to Sunnylands by HRH Prince Albert of Monaco to participate in a conference on water issues and the environment?

Over the years – and we do mean years–readers of this column have been kept abreast of the numerous failed attempts to renovate and re-open a new, sixstar luxury hotel on a parcel of land, (itself almost as large as the monarch’s tiny principality),

200-feet above the Desert floor in Rancho Mirage.

Finally, with the softest of openings, a new, revived, ultrachic Ritz-Carlton is open for business, assuring Prince Albert and everyone visiting the Desert have the opportunity to experience the pleasures of a world-class, luxury hotel. However, don’t wait until October to make your booking.

That’s when the prince and entourage arrive and Rancho Mirage will be putting on the Ritz … again. ****** Stories involving animals are generally ‘feel good’ tales, but the blood donor program for dogs at the Valley Animal Medical Center in Indio aims to do that – literally.

As with humans, there are occasions when a canine needs a blood transfusion. In the Desert, this comes mostly from trauma cases, ingesting rat poison and rattlesnake bites. However, there are no animal blood banks here.

Also, as with humans, there are strict criteria to meet before a dog can become a donor, and not all of them make the grade. But, once tested and selected as a blood donor, the dog received a free physical exam, testing, vaccinations, and dog food treats – sort of like the goodies humans receive from the Blood Mobile after they give blood.

Then, following human practice, if a donor dog is ever in need of blood or plasma, the pet will receive, free of charge, blood products equal to the number of units previously donated.

For information, contact the center at 760-342-4711.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 5). The best things in life are not so free, after all. This month you’ll invest in something that makes you extravagantly happy. Next month, family needs your help, and you’ll be a better person for the effort. December is the best month for locking down a deal. May will be romantic. June fills up with new friends. Aries and Gemini people adore you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Because you see the problem first, you’ll be looked to as the problem solver of the group. Embrace your handyperson identity. Your skills will attract a special someone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You don't have to prove that you can assert yourself --really you're much better off holding back. Yes, you'll get what you want when you push. But you'll also get it when you pull.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). This is truly love. The success of your relationship is more important than either one of your individual successes. You only want to win if you win together.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Conversationally speaking, less will be more today, as nobody has time to sort through too much information.

That’s why you’ll make sure that what you’re about to say is worth sharing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It’s not true that opportunity only knocks once. It comes back every day in different forms. Sometimes the knock is strong as knuckles, and then it’s like a bird pecking on the window. Heed it when you're good and ready.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Frivolous mental pursuits are cool.

Accept that. The best way to avoid being boring is to get so into the topics that interest you that you become a veritable expert.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). How can you stop being your own worst enemy? Just decide to get on your own side, that’s all. Once you do, changes might be disruptive, but they also will be directly beneficial.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). You’re too hardworking to ever be accused of laziness. But it’s time to rest. Do so without feeling guilty because that only defeats the purpose. A difficult person has something valuable to contribute to you.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Being patriotic does not mean that you have bitterness for people from countries other than yours. This is pretty basic human decency, but there are those who still don’t get it. You’ll be a teacher.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There are several ways you might achieve your goal. Your standards for yourself are already high, so let them be broad, as well. Lift your self-imposed limits.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). All eyes and ears are on you, and your ability to express yourself will pave a new path. In the afternoon, you’ll have the Midas touch, and you turn real estate or foreign ventures into gold.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re a force of nature. Use this force to bring people together, and love will be there.

Tonight, someone familiar to you, will surprise you.

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whether the changes require a formal amendment and hearings before the Planning Commission and the City Council or if the Director of Community Development, Susan Healy Keene, can approve them administratively.

In an interview, Keene said she had not yet made that determination.

Of the specific changes to the project, the staff report enumerated seven. They are: -Refinements to the architectural design of the podium and new hotel tower; -Inclusion of a mezzanine within the first floor of the podium resulting in no net increase in floor area from that

approved in the Specific Plan -A 2,408 square foot outdoor dining area resulting in no net increase in floor area from that approved in the Specific Plan -Reconfiguration of meeting and function rooms that will not result in an overall increase in meeting or function room capacity -Changes to the heights of each floor of the new hotel resulting in an overall height increase of approximately four feet -Implementation of a graywater system that will use water recycled from the hotel to reduce total water demand from the project and -Phasing of the off-site right-of-way improvements along Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard,

including streetscape and landscape improvements.

If Keene determines that these changes, and any other changes that may be in the plans, are simple modifications or “administrative modifications,” versus “formal amendments,” the project can be green-lighted by Keene.

Mirisch asked for this review of the process because he said, “I would like the Planning Commission to weigh in, considering the history. I simply think when it comes to something like this, let them weigh in and be part of the project.”

Planning Commission Chair Howard Fisher expressed concerns over a four-foot increase in height on the project. ”It is important that community have input on the projcess to the Robinson Gardens.

In addition to opening up the gardens on Saturdays and remaining open an extra halfhour daily, the gardens will now be able to host four major events annually.

Fellow Friends’ member Jamie Wolf, who like Beck is a longtime resident and community activist, will receive the “Camellia Award.”

The delightful evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails beside the Palladian-style Pool Pavilion which was built in 1925. Guests will enter through the 1911 Beaux-Arts home that still evokes the spirit

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immunity. Hall’s motion also contended that allegations seeking to award punitive damages should be stricken because there is no basis for them to be awarded.

BHUSD attorney Fred Fenster with Greenberg Glusker told The Courier he planned to file an “Answer” to the complaint that will, “consist of general denials and various affirmative defenses.”

If Hall’s motion is granted on the ground that he has full immunity, the only defendant will be the BHUSD.

The patron gala is one of two annual fundraisers the group holds to raise money to preserve the 6.5-acre botanical gardens and residence that Virginia Robinson bequeathed to L.A. County as a public park.

The gardens are also the scene of the annual garden tour.

Thanks in part to the efforts of Maralee Beck, who will be honored with the “Spirit of Beverly Hills Award” at next Saturday’s gala, last month the L.A. Board of Supervisors agreed to increase public acSECOND SHIFT

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“Yes, she (Keene) has the authority,” said Corman. “But a four-foot height change; is that in the best interest of the community?” Both commissioners alluded to the potential for density changes that might affect the congested intersection.

“I had not heard of these changes until I received phone calls from residents. There was no staff report notice,” he reported. “If she (Keene) does decide, I submit, one or all of you will get phone calls from residents.”

City Manager Jeff Kolin interjected, “I want to make sure that we understand what the agenda item is today.” Kolin pointed out that the Specific Plan binds the City to a process

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Mayor Lili Bosse was on the Planning Commission in 2008 when this project came through. “I am starting to have PTSD remembering it. We worked very hard. The intent was open and transparent process . . . For me it is important that we don’t prejudice any project in any way. The Specific Plan is what the Planning Commission agreed upon. To alter that, we are not being fair and transparent.”

The City Council left the project with Susan Healy Keene for determination. If she determines that the project changes are administrative, she may approve the project. City Council can still call the project up for review at a councilmember’s request.

Dinner will be served under the stars on the giant lawn with strings of beautiful lights running across Jamie Wolf the trees while Bollywood dancers provide predancing entertainment.

For more information on attending an “Evening in Shangri-La” or supporting the gardens, call: (310) 550-2068.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Bid Deadline: October 7, 2014 by 11:00 AM Place of Bid Receipt: 255 Lasky Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 – Purchasing Department Project: BEVERLY HILLS HS – SECURITY FENCING PROJECT BID # 14-15/001 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT of Los Angeles County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as "District," will receive sealed bids for BID #14-15/001 – BEVERLY HILLS HS – SECURITY FENCING PROJECT at the District Purchasing Department Office, 255 Lasky Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212, no later than 11:00 AM on Tuesday October 7, 2014. Those bids timely received shall be opened and publicly read aloud. Bids shall be valid for 60 Calendar days after the bid opening date.

The project consists of the replacement and addition of site fences and gates, new locks and alarms and limited new doors and frames.

The construction schedule is approximately 3 months long, running from late October 2014 to the end of January 2015.

Pre-Qualification Documents and Bid Contract Documents will be available for prospective bidders and subcontractors beginning on September 10, 2014.

Bidders may obtain a copy of the PreQualification Documents and the Contract Bidding Documents from the District’s Facilities and Planning Department 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA at (310) 551-5100, Ext. 2390 at no cost to the contractor.

To the extent required by Public Contract Code Section 20103.7, the District shall also make the Contract Documents available for review at the following plan rooms: Planwell – Reprographics www.c2repro.com

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FW Dodge Mcgraw Hill – www.construction.com Reed Construction Data – www.reedconstructiondata.com iSQFT – www.isqft.com The District is PreQualifying Bidders for this project.

Prequalification forms are available through the District’s Facilities and Planning Department and are contained in the Bid Contract Documents. No bids will be received or opened

from Bidders who have not been pre-qualified as Class C-13 Fencing Contractor.

Contractors are encouraged to submit prequalification packages as soon as possible so that they may be notified of prequalification status well in advance. The prequalification packages should be sealed, marked “CONFIDENTIAL PREQUALIFICATION,” and delivered to the following: Beverly Hills Unified School District Purchasing Department, 255 South Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 551-5100 x 2390.

Prequalification packages must be submitted no later than 4:00 PM on Tuesday September 23, 2014.

The questionnaire answers and financial statements included in the prequalification packages submitted by contractors are not public records and are not open to public inspection. All such information provided will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law, although the contents may be disclosed to third parties for the purpose of verification, investigation of substantial allegations, and in the process of any subsequent proceedings.

State law requires that the names of contractors applying for prequalification status shall be public records subject to disclosure, and the first page of the questionnaire will be used for that purpose. All questionnaires are scored using a Board of Education rubric, which is available upon request through the Planning and Facilities Department 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA at (310) 551-5100, Ext. 2390.

One “MANDATORY” Pre-Bid Conferences and walk will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday September 17, 2014 at the Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Attendees must be on time. All attendees will be escorted through the school site by a District Representative. Note that this project will be constructed within an operating and occupied school. It is highly recommended that prospective bidders attend the job walk.

Prospective bidders may not visit the Project Site without making arrangements through the Facilities and Planning Department.

In accordance with the provisions of California Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15 and Public Contract Code Section 3300, the District requires that the bidder possess the following classification(s) of contractor's license(s) at the time the bid is

submitted: CLASS C-13. SUPERIOR COURT OF Any bidder not so CALIFORNIA, COUNTY licensed at the time of OF LOS ANGELES the bid opening will be CASE NO: SS024559 rejected as nonresponsive.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR The last day to submit CHANGE OF NAME questions shall be 12:00 In the Matter of the petipm on Tuesday September 23, 2014. All tion of: KIA ELLIOT AZADEH questions must be sub- SAIDNIA, SOPHIA mitted in accordance SAIDNIA, with the procedures set SAIDNIA, SHYLEE S. all interested forth in the Information To person(s): for Bidders.

Petitioner: KIA ELLIOT Each bid shall be SAIDNIA accompanied by a bid 468 S. Roxbury Dr. #206 security in the form of Beverly Hills, CA 90212 cash, a certified or current residence cashier's check or bid address: bond in an amount not 468 S. Roxbury Dr. #206 less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid Beverly Hills, CA 90212 price, payable to the filed a petition with the Superior Court of District.

California, County of Each Bidder is required Los Angeles, to be enrolled in the 1725 Main Street, Santa District Owner Monica, CA 90401 Controlled Insurance Santa Monica Courthouse Program (OCIP) known on August 18, 2014 as the SEWUP for a Decree changing Program. names as follows: Present Name: The District reserves the a. Kia Elliot Saidnia right to reject any or all b. Azadeh Khosbin bids or to waive any Saidnia irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the c. Sohpia Leah Saidnia d. Shylee Cameron bidding process.

Saidnia The project shall require Proposed Name: prevailing wage compli- a. Kia Elliot Gabbay ance. The District has b. Azadeh Khosbin obtained from the Gabbay California Department of c. Sohpia Leah Gabbay Industrial Relations the d. Shylee Cameron general prevailing rate of Gabbay per diem wages in the The court orders that all locality in which this persons interested in this work is to be performed for each craft or type of matter shall appear worker needed for the before this court at the Project.

It shall be hearing indicated below mandatory upon the to show cause, if any, why successful bidder to the petition for change of whom the contract is name should not be awarded, and upon any granted. Any person subcontractor listed, to objecting to the name pay not less than the changes described above said specified rates to all must file a written objecworkers employed by tion that includes the reathem for the Project. sons for the objection at least two court days No bidder may withdraw before the matter is any bid for a period of Sixty (60) calendar days scheduled to be heard after the date set for the and must appear at the hearing to show cause opening of bids. why the petition should Pursuant to Section not be granted. If no writ22300 of the Public ten objection is timely Contract Code, the filed, the court may grant Agreement will contain the petition without a provisions permitting the hearing. successful bidder to NOTICE OF HEARING: substitute securities for Date: Oct. 17, 2014 any monies withheld by Time: 8:30 am the District to ensure Dept: K performance under the Room: A203 Agreement or permitting payment of retentions The address of the court earned directly into is: Superior Court of California, County of escrow.

Los Angeles, Award of Contract: The 1725 Main Street, Santa District shall award the Monica, CA 90401 Contract for the Project Santa Monica Courthouse to the lowest responsible Reason for name change: prequalified bidder as Personal choice. determined from the I declare under penalty of base bid alone by the perjury under the laws of District.

The District the State of California that reserves the right to the information in the reject any or all bids or to waive any irregulari- foregoing petition is true ties or informalities in and correct.

Kia Elliot any bid or in the bidding Signed: process. Bid protests, if Saidnia any, must comply with Judge of the Superior the requirements set Court: Gerald Rosenberg forth in the information Executive Office/Clerk for Bidders in order to be Sherri R. Carter timely and considered Signed: N. Valles, Deputy by the District.

Dated: Aug. 18, 2014 Published: September 5, Publication Dates: 12, 22, 29, 2014 Beverly 9/5/14 and 9/12/14 Hills Courier, LLC.

APN: 4342-034-031 Property : 424 North Palm Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Title Order No. : 730-1401430-70 Trustee Sale No. : 8686-015541F00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED June 20, 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. On September 11, 2014, Sage Point Lender Services, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, C A S H I E R ' S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s 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, or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust with interest and late charges 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 undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ Exhibit A Parcel 1: An undivided 1/15th interest in and to Lot 1 of Tract No 25007, in the City of Beverly Hills, County of Los Angeles, State of California as per Map recorded in Book 834, Pages 48 and 49 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said

County except Units 1 through 15, inclusive, as shown on the Condominium Plan recorded March 29, 1974 as Instrument No 4548, Official Records Parcel 2: Unit 11 as shown on the Condominium Plan above referred to. APN: 4342034-031 Executed by: Hossein Esmaeilzadeh and Khadijeh Esmaeilzadeh, Trustees of The Esmaeilzadeh Family Trust dated February 14, 2005 Recorded on August 08, 2005, as Instrument No. 05 1885334, of Official Records, in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California Date of Sale: September 11, 2014 at 09:00 AM Place of Sale: at the Vineyard Ballroom of the Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 424 NORTH PALM DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 APN# 4342-034-031 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Sale is $551,961.40. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to the return of the deposit paid.

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

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 (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 8686-015541-F00.

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: August 12, 2014 Sage Point Lender Services, LLC 400 Exchange, Suite 110 Irvine, CA 92602 949265-9940 Brenda Avila FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (800) 280-2832 or visit WWW.AUCTION.COM SAGE POINT LENDER SERVICES, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0234898 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER PUB: 08/22/2014, 08/29/2014, 09/05/2014

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PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014214993 The following is/are doing business as: 1) 1) WALLY’S GIFT BASKETS 2) WALLY’S VINOTECA 2107 Westwood Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90025; Southwest Wine & Spirits, LLC 2107 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein July 01, 2014: Christian Navarro, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 06, 2014; Published: August 15, 22, 29, September 05, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014215005 The following is/are doing business as: TIMELESS VENTURES 9764 Suffolk Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Timeless Records LLC 9764 Suffolk Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jake Finkel, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 06, 2014; Published: August 15, 22, 29, September 05, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014214994 The following is/are doing business as: BEVERLY HILLS PRESBYTERIAN PRE SCHOOL 505 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church 505 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein July 31, 2014: Donald Bergman, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 06, 2014; Published: August 15, 22, 29, September 05, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014226074 The following is/are doing business as: CRAFT IN AMERICA 1120 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035; Craft In America, Inc. 1120 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein January 2010: Carol Sauvion, Executive Director: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 15, 2014; Published: August 22, 29, September 05, 12, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014228315 The following is/are doing business as: MEDIA HOME HEALTH 2702 Media Center Dr. #B, Los Angeles, CA 90065; Visiting Angels Home Health Care, Inc. 2702 Media Center Dr. #B, Los Angeles, CA 90065; The business is conducted by: A

CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein July 29, 2014: Zhanna Sherman, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 15, 2014; Published: August 22, 29, September 05, 12, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014226087 The following is/are doing business as: BIG BLOOM ESCROW, A NON-INDEPENDENT BROKER ESCROW 9255 W. Sunset Blvd. #1000, West Hollywood, Ca 90069; Gotham Management Group, Inc. 9255 W. Sunset Blvd. #1000, West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Erik Coffin, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 15, 2014; Published: August 22, 29, September 05, 12, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014226101 The following is/are doing business as: FANCYFACE SKINCARE 337 S. Beverly Dr. #100, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Sandra Allen 337 S. Beverly Dr. #100, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Sandra Allen: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 15, 2014; Published: August 22, 29, September 05, 12, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014234419 The following is/are doing business as: 1) NATALIE LANDVER FAMILY SERVICES 2) NATALIE LANDVER MARRIAGE AND FAMILY SERVICES 519 N. La Cienega #17, Los Angeles, CA 90048; Natalie Landver 1241 5th St. #503, Santa Monica, CA 90401; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Natalie Landver, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 20, 2014; Published: August 29, September 05, 12, 19, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014234419 The following is/are doing business as: 1) THE CLUB BEVERLY HILLS 2) CLUB BEVERLY HILLS 632 N. Almont Dr., West Hollywood, CA 90069; Marjorie Lewis 632 N. Almont Dr., West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 2008: Marjorie Lewis, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 20, 2014; Published: August 29, September 05, 12, 19, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014234448 The following

is/are doing business as: FREEHAND 8413 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90048; Carol Sauvion 272 S. La Peer Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein August 15, 1980: Carol Sauvion, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 20, 2014; Published: August 29, September 05, 12, 19, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014241813 The following is/are doing business as: SKY LINE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 127 N. Clark Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Kenichi Manabe 127 N. Clark Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Tamaki Manabe 127 N. Clark Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein August 26, 2014: Kenichi Manabe, CoOwner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 26, 2014; Published: August 29, September 05, 12, 19, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014237708 The following is/are doing business as: PRIORITEZE 11707 Sunset Blvd. #8, Los Angeles, CA 90049; Cathy Lydon 11707 Sunset Blvd. #8, Los Angeles, CA 90049; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Cathy Lydon, Sole Proprietor: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 21, 2014; Published: August 29, September 05, 12, 19, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014234733 The following is/are doing business as: 1) THANAI 2) THANAI MUSIC 3) THANAI MUSIC LIBRARY 1030 Tiverton Ave. #310, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Thanai Phornphong 1030 Tiverton Ave. #310, Los Angeles, CA 90024; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Thanai Phornphong, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 19, 2014; Published: August 29, September 05, 12, 19, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014242127 The following is/are doing business as: YOUR EXCLUSIVE REALTY M & C 166 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Carlos I. Brik Zabner 10647 Wilkins Ave. #307, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Monica E. Laufer De Brik 10647 Wilkins Ave. #307, Los Angeles, CA 90024; The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Carlos Brik Zabner: Statement is filed with the

County of Los Angeles: August 27, 2014; Published: September 05, 12, 19, 26, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014242108 The following is/are doing business as: 1) TAHITI DREAM PEARLS 2) TAHITIAN PEARLS 3) WEST COAST EXCHANGE 344 Hauser Blvd. #5-426, Los Angeles, CA 90036; Hereiti Wilkes 344 Hauser Blvd. #5426, Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Hereiti Wilkes: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 27, 2014; Published: September 05, 12, 19, 26, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014242115 The following is/are doing business as: 1) PERSONAL IMAGE INTERNATIONAL 2) PERSONAL IMAGE INT. 269 S. Beverly Dr. #1509, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ebonee King 269 S. Beverly Dr. #1509, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Ebonee King: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 27, 2014; Published: September 05, 12, 19, 26, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014242121 The following is/are doing business as: NEIGHBORHOOD CAFE 9464 Charleville, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Nicolas Tejeda 1047 S. Hudson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019; Rafael Guachiac 445 S. Westlake, Los Angeles, CA 90057; The business is conducted by: COPARTNERS, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Nicolas Tejeda, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 27, 2014; Published: September 05, 12, 19, 26, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014235483 The following is/are doing business as: 1) HOUSE OF MEATBALLS 2) MR. MEATBALLS 3) HOLY MEATBALLS 1076 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024; Il Forno, LLC 13650 Marina Pointe Dr. #1004, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Pasquale Morra, Sole Member-Manager: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 20, 2014; Published: September 05, 12, 19, 26, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014 195683 The following is/are doing business as: 1) FARSHAD FARZAM DDS 2) FLORENCE DENTAL GROUP 1575 E. Florence Ave. #A Los Angeles, CA 90001; Farshad Farzam D.D.S. Inc. 1575 E. Florence Ave. #A Los Angeles, CA

90001; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: on January 1, 2014. Farshad Farzam D.D.S., INC. Farshad Farzam, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: July 21, 2014; Published: August 15, 22, 29 September 5, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014 211255 The following is/are doing business as: THE WHITE SALON 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #515 Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Narges Akbari 124 N. Clark Dr. #104 Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Narges Akbari, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 1, 2014; Published: August 15, 22, 29 September 5, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– RESOLUTION NO. 14-R-13003 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS FIXING THE RATE OF TAXES TO PAY THE BONDED AND OTHER VOTERAPPROVED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY

FOR THE FISCAL 1978.

YEAR 2014/2015 The Council of the City of Beverly Hills does resolve as follows:

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.

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 Adopted: August 19, 2014 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:

LILI BOSSE Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California ATTEST: BYRON POPE (SEAL) City Clerk

Approved as to form: All Districts $0.019026 LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney

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,

Approved as to content: JEFFREY C. KOLIN City Manager DON RHOADS Director of Administrative Services/CFO

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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Live-In or Live Out Elementar y and David@TechnoEntomology.com Screened & Trained I Am Moving.

Middle School She Is A Jewel !

Bonded & Insured former Math Teacher “Your 1st Choice is working with children • C O M P U T E R • • Honest & Reliable • Dena: 323/829-7898 always your best choice” for many years.

Repair & Training Referred By Dee: 1st Choice Caregiver LLC * * * * * * * 310/713-9960 Please call: • Home or Office 310/734-4756 • Installation • Setup 323/800-7550 RESPONSIBLE AND • Software Training ENERGETIC FEMALE CERTIFIED SPECIAL • Virus & Spyware IS LOOKING FOR

IN YOUR HOME

DIGITAL PHOTO

88 ELDERLY CARE

Nice, Reliable, Mature, COMPANION German lady-perfect English • R ELIABLE C ARE • SPECIALIST Excellent Cook+HouseFluent English.

Small Business Networks keeper+Babysitter.

Cooking, light Data Safeguard & Recovery Willing to Exchange cleaning & activities.

Services for Room Cloud Computing, Backup Honest & Dependable. or Guest Cottage. & Remote Access Services 310/402-4100 Non-smoker/drinker.

Notary Services Also • GREAT REFERENCES • Mariane: 626/339-2940 Available Excellent References.

• FINE ART •

1-HOUR

55 JOBS WANTED

14-YEARS EXPERIENCE. Individual or Group.

Drawing & Painting, Beginners -Advanced.

Adults & Kids.

• Special Rate • for 1st Time Clients.

Call 818/981-4064 Cell 818/634-7163 Art on Wheels #1

FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPING SERVICES • Office & Home Organizer • Travelling Notary

EXCELLENT LOCAL REFERENCES. Contact Lauretta: 323/424-7555 laurettadgrant@gmail.com

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WE’VE MOVED! Beverly Hills Courier 499 N. Canon Dr. 1st Floor Beverly Hills, CA 90210 310.278.1322 • www.bhcourier.com

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

Contact Ruth at

213/364-1470

58 SITUATIONS WANTED

An award-winning writer of TV sit-coms & stand-up comedy CAN end up homeless in Beverly Hills!

My personal story of cancer, betrayal and survival is available for film or book.

Willing to exchange for free or discounted rent in exchange for work.

Call: 323/312-9837

ARE YOU A SENIOR AND NEED ASSISTANCE?

We can help YOU!

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

• Companions • Live-In / Live-Out

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We provide experienced Bonded & Insured• Licensed • Fully Screened Cargivers, CNA’s & HHA’s for seniors needing companions to drive them to RN on Staff doctors, prepare meals, BBB A+ (Highest Rated) light housekeeping, etc...

We offer responsible and Do you need experienced LVNs, nurturing care. Our staff is CNAs, caregivers with references thoroughly screened and we to provide tender loving care care. Live In/Out.

310.859.0440 www.exehomecare.com

**************** Call Lisa 24hrs.

323/877-8121 323/806-9498

JB Family Nurses Registry, Inc. has standby nurses available 24/7

Call 818.742.8764/818.310.2121 www.jbfnursesregistry.com

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

OFFICE / STORES FOR LEASE

TOWNHOMES/ CONDOS FOR SALE

MEDICAL OFFICE

Executive and Virtual Offices in the heart of Beverly Hills

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ASST./ RECEPTIONIST PT up to 20 hours a week Exp’d with scheduling, W E U N D E R S T A N D . . . insurance & pharmacy interface and good interMama’s caregivers personal skills. Computer literate and electronic are loving, caring, medical records important. trained & bonded. Minimum 2 yrs exp. Busy medical practice office.

Live in or out.

Email resume to: M AMA’ S H OME C ARE medjob100@gmail.com

NEED HELP?

323/655-2622

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C A M D E N D R I V E / S A N TA M O N I C A

Executive Offices: Move-in Special

NH-N URSE . COM PROVIDING COST EFFICIENT CARE IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME 24/7.

SMALL OFFICES

Skilled Nursing & Companions.

• 310/991-0662 • License, Bonded & HIPPA Compliant

ARE YOU A SENIOR AND NEED ASSISTANCE?

We can help YOU!

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Great People Make GOOD COMPANY Our premiere private duty home care agency is currently seeking professional caregivers to assist our senior clients.

CNA’s, CHHA's, MA's preferred.

Great paying positions available throughout Los Angeles, Hancock Park, Beverly Hills, Bel Aire, Pacific Palisades and San Fernando Valley.

We provide experienced Cargivers, CNA’s & HHA’s Please call f o r s e n i o r s n e e d i n g (323) 932-8700 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.

YOUR AD HERE

In Boutique Building Adj. Beverly Hills Building has been completely remodeled.

Prefer Attorneys.

2 offices Available $850/MO. & $575MO. Call 323/782-1144

————— OFFICE FOR LEASE MEDICAL BUILDING 8733 Beverly Blvd.

1141 Sq. Feet.

Across the street from: Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

A SK F OR V ICTOR :

310/855-0469 T HURSDAY ’ S O NLY A SK F OR S AM :

323/653-5553

—————–––– WILSHIRE BLVD RETAIL FRONTAGE & SMALL OFFICE *** SUITES *** NO NNN All Utilities Included.

Must Lease Now! Call 310/237-2977 or 713/266-1444

**************** Call Lisa 24hrs. To advertise your ————— services, call: 323/877-8121 BEVERLY HILLS 323/806-9498 310.278.1322 SUB-LEASE BEAUTIFUL REMODEl OCCUPANCY IMMEDIATELY! 3,598sf. (possible expansion to 5,914sf).

Good parking, elevator identity, many windows, large conference room, Good Company.

Great People.

We provide in-home care and companionship to help you remain independent and happy at home.

If you need help and would like a free in-home assessment please call us at:

323-932-8700

Call 310.858.5558

Live receptionist • Mail receipts • Free WiFi access to meeting rooms and much more.

————— New Horizons Nursing Care

One month free with any virtual agreement

Virtual Office: Starts at $95/MO.

executive offices, large kitchen, open work area, more private offices.

Please Contact:

ASHER COMMERCIAL 310/666-2872

www.gbcone.com

Private Office Suite at 9595 Wilshire Bl. 508 RSF • $2,300/Mo. 1 Large Executive Window Office & 1 Support/ Reception Area.

Contact: Stan Gerlach Or: Bryan Dunne 310/550-2500

270 TOWNHOMES/ CONDOS FOR SALE

KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900 License 00957281

all listings are on CenturyCityLiving.com

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

CENTURY PARK EAST EXECUTIVE OFFICES AVAILABLE in THE BEVERLY HILLS GOLDEN TRIANGLE

• • • • • • • JUST REMODELED • Elevator access.

Rent Includes: HVAC, electricity, phone, high-speed internet, use of conference room.

310/653-2551

268 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

288 LAND FOR SALE

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $983,500

300 HOUSE FOR SALE

Roxbury Park Fixer

High Floor 1,400+ sq. ft.

Total Renovation. 180 degree unobstructed views..

Designer Kitchen. Quartz Counters. Stainless Steel Appliances. Real Hardwood Floors. Luxurious Bathrooms 2 Jumbo Balconies Quiet Location.

2 BED/2 BATHS $550,000 Magnificent renovation Quiet Corner.Tree Views Lower Floor.Granite Island Kitchen.Stainless Steel Appliances. Real Hardwood Floors. Luxurious Baths Raised Coffered Ceilings South & West Exposures

BEL AIR CREST from $1,798,000

THE REMINGTON from $1,790,000

THE ONE CENTURY from $2,995,000

CENTURY TOWERS from $525,000

PARK PLACE from $759,000

CENTURY WOODS from $1,700,000

LE PARC from $1,499,000

Priced to Sell Cash Buyers Only Rich Baron

BRE #01036838

310-497-7949 / richbaron@me.com

405

407

WANTED TO RENT

GARAGE/STORAGE

SINGLE MALE, PHYSICIAN 60

TO RENT

SANTA MONICA

Quiet and responsible is Some Complexes include 427 Montana Ave. Heated Pools, Sundeck, relocating from Ojai, CA. Looking for small house Tennis, Doorman, Houseman, Staff or guesthouse 1-2 bdrms Engineers, Switchboard, on quiet treelined street.

Security Staff, Walking distance or very Switchboard, Saunas, Av a i l a b l e Business Center, Pet short commute to my new PlayLand, Restaurant, for Rent. office at 955 Carrillo Dr. Acres of Flower Gardens Next to Carthay Center Close to Beach . and Grassy Lawns.

Elementary School.

For Lease

Storage Space

See our Ad Sec. 440

Call 805/889-2800

310/394-7132

CLASSIFIED

BEVERLY HILLS

415 ROOM FOR RENT

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

435 GUESTHOUSES

FOR RENT

**CHARMING**

310/228-8620

Call 310/710-8841

425

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440 HOUSES FOR RENT

BEVERLY HILLS 3 BDRM + 3 BATH + DETACHED OFFICE Granite kitchen and stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, A/C, Beautifully landscaped.

North of Wilshire $5,900/MO. Call 310/653-2551

————— •• BEL AIR ••

Newly Remodeled 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath Separate office / Guest quarters with bathroom. Pool. $5,800/MO. JUST RENTED

————— • BEVERLY HILLS • 3 BEDROOM, 3 BATH HOUSE FOR LEASE Completely Redone with new kitchen and hardwood floors.

BH Unified School District. $5,500/MO. Call 310/271-3435

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KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900 License 00957281

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

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $5,950/MONTH Largest model in Complex Total Renovation. Furnished High Floor. 2 Jumbo Balconies Spa Tub. European Kitchen Granite Counters. Stainless Steel Appliances. Marble Floors

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $5,850/MONTH Almost New. Largest model in Complex. Total Renovation Furnished. High Floor. 2 Jumbo Balconies. European Kitchen Granite Counters. Stainless Steel Appliances. Hardwood Floors Quiet Location

2 BEDROOM / 2 BATHS $3,900/MONTH New Renovation. European Design Kitchen. Hardwood, Granite, Stainless Steel,. Spa Tub, Walk-in Closet. Huge Balcony Ocean & City Views

1 BEDROOM / 1 BATH $2,750/MONTH Nice Renovation. 19th Floor Ocean & City Views. No Common Walls. Walk-in Closet Quiet Location. No Balcony

1 BED / 1 BATHROOM $2,750/MONTH

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ULTRA LUXURIOUS TOP FLOOR IN 3-UNIT BUILDING Beverly Hills Adj. BEVERLY HILLS B E V E R LY H I L L S 141 N . A R N A Z D R I V E 3 BD + DEN/OFC. or 4 BDRM + 2.5 BA $5,500/MO.

Entertainers Dream!

Living Room and Dining Room, Gourmet Kitchen w/Top of the Line Stainless Steel Appliances Including Sub-Zero Refrigerator, Built-In Oven, Cook-Top Microwave and Dishwasher, Custom Cabinets and Granite Countertops Throughout, Hardwood Floors, Recessed Ceilings w/Crown Molding and Recessed Lighting, Central Air and Heat, Washer/Dryer Hook-Ups in Unit, Two Car Garage. Immediate Move-In. No Pets Allowed.

For more info call: 310/276-2119

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BEVERLY HILLS

CHARMING SPANISH DUPLEX UNITS FOR LEASE

9160 BEVERLY BLVD.

4 BEDROOMS + 3 BATHS

Quite 2 Bd.+11/2 Ba. Bright Top flr., a/c, wood

Carved & Beamed Ceilings, Fireplaces, Hardwood laminate flrs., balcony, Floors, A/C & Heat, Large Living, Dining and stove, d/w, secured bldg., Family Rooms, Laundries, Internet + Cable elevator, laundry facility, Ready, 4 Car Garage. Walk to Horance Mann 2-parking. No dogs.

$4,650/MO. • C a l l 3 1 0 / 4 7 7 - 2 4 0 0

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$2,195/Month

310/246-9433

floors, 2 car garage.

Pets OK. $5,995/Mo. Appt 310/271-4207

Yard, laundry & parking.

$3,500/MO. Call 213/804-3761

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The Famous Ave. of The Stars

LARGE & SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHS

Prestigious Century Towers 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Brand New Remodel To Perfection. 1,300sf.

W/D, olympic size pool, 24/7 valet, doorman, tennis court. $4,500

Quiet corner unit with central air, high ceilings, stainless steel appliances, washer & dryer, controlled entry, pool & spa. 2 parking, Beverly Hills Schools. $3,150/MO.

310/476-4300

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$6,000/Month

310/247-0270 310/433-1949 213/926-4213

~~~~~ • 1 BEDROOM

218 S. Tower Dr.

•• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • ••

Carpets, drapes, mini-blinds, stove, refrigerator, balcony, gated parking, laundry.

No pets. $1,295Month

•• ••

Old World Charm !

Bright, intercom entry, fridge, stove, laundry fac.

CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS & SHOPPING .

310/531-3992

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* B E V E R L Y H I L L S * 120 S. Swall Dr.

8725 Clifton Way • • • • • • • • • Newly Remodeled • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • • • • 1 Bdrm. + Very Spacious, A/C, Den + 2 Bath • intercom entry, Lrg. unit. Balcony, on-sight laundry, prkg.

Walk-in closet, Close to Cedars-Sinai, intercom entry, laundry Beverly Center, facility, elevator, prkg. shops, cafes • CHARMING & BRIGHT • & transportation .

Close to Cedars, 310/270-0724 restaurants, shopping & transportation. BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. • 310/276-1528 • 309 S. Sherbourne Dr. ( • • • ----- • • • )

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• • • • • • • • • 1 Bd. +1 Ba. • • 2 Bd. +2 Ba. • French doors in bdrm. to • patio overlooking pool • • GORGEOUS UNITS •

Call 310/922-5437

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1 Bd.+1 Ba.

• • • • • •

Good closet space, a/c, elevator, dishwasher, controlled access. Close

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intercom entry.

Lower 2 Bd.+1 Ba. 2 Bd.+2 Ba. $2,175 320 N. La Peer Dr. • Quiet Building • • L IGHT & A IRY • Brand new hardwood • 310/246-0290 • Hardwood floors, flooring throughout.

CLOSE TO Laundry facility.

New custom built-ins S H O P S & D I N I N G No pets / smokers. in kitchen, huge closets, 310/383-3503 a/c, central heat, 2-car B E V E R L Y H I L L S 310/657-3717 prkg., laundry facility.

443 S. Oakhurst Dr. 818/422-2041 Exceptional Condition!

• 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. • 323/937-3737 • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • BRENTWOOD • • • • 11933 Darlington Ave. • • • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. ==== • • BEVERLY HILLS ADJ • • ==== Bedford/Olympic 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO B R I G H T & S P A C I O U S Spacious, Hardwood BEVERLY HILLS floors, dishwasher, $2,150/MO. LIVING. on-sight laundry Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. and parking.

Lower unit with fridge, Balcony, dishwasher, washer/dryer in unit elevator, intercom 310/473-1509 and 2 car parking. entry, on-site Call 310/880-7281 laundry, parking. BRENTWOOD

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P LEASE C ALL :

The Carlton

310/435-3693

11666 Goshen Ave.

—————–––– ( • ) (•)(•)(•)() Beverly Hills

Newly Remodeled. 138 N. Hamilton Dr. Houseman, Staff POOL, WET BAR AND Ceasar stone, fresh Engineers, Switchboard, Bright Front Units.

• Bachelor • paint.

Private Security Staff, Dishwasher, CENTRAL AIR. Built 2013 Switchboard, Saunas, entrance. Kitchenette, controlled access, 170 N. CRESCENT DR central air, closets, w/d From $3,750/MO. Business Center, Pet laundry facility.

PlayLand, Restaurant, Hardwood floors, washer Available Immediately. hook-up, alarm.

C LOSE TO C EDARS , Acres of Flower Gardens $1,650/MO. & dryer in unit, 2 parking. Call or Text Lesley B EVERLY C ENTER , and Grassy Lawns.

EAVE MESSAGE/TEXT: L R ESTAURANT R OW .

For info call Elaine (Agt) For Sale at 310/770-2714 Cell: 216/235-7373 310/531-3992 See our Ad Sec. 270 310/633-4742 2 BEDROOM CONDOS

hardwood floors, large backyard, 2-car garage, circular driveway.

3 rd & L a C i e n e g a

Prime Beverly Hills 1 BLK. TO BRISTOL FARMS Most Desirable BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. Townhome 1017 S. SHERBOURNE to Cedars/shops/trans.

Ultra Luxurious Very Private & Spacious 310/247-8689 UNIQUE & 3 Bdrm. + 3 Bath Central air, large 2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATH +dining room+patio SPACIOUS Privacy, secured bldg., upper unit with breakfast C O R N E R U N I T ! balcony, pool, elevator, W H I T W O R T H D R . / digital a/c+alarm, internet, on-site laundry, ROBERTSON AREA Pico/Robertson and formal dining room. gourmet kitch, all marble

**BEVERLY HILLS** • B.H.P.O. • 2430 Coldwater Canyon GOLDEN TRIANGLE WESTWOOD Some Complexes include CENTURY CITY ADJ 4 Bdrm. +5 Bath ONE BEDROOM Heated Pools, Sundeck, N. Of Santa Monica Blvd 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH Newly remodeled kitchen with Full Bath Tennis, Doorman, $2,495/MO. w/ new appliances, Updated. Laminated Wood Floors Large Balcony. Ocean & City Views

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Private Bdrm.+Bath GUESTHOUSE in Newly Remodeled BEVERLY HILLS FLATS 2 Bd.+2 Ba. Condo

With private entrance, Hrwd., central air, w/d. kitchen, full bath + loft.

Pool, gym, sauna, Includes Wifi, Cable, secured bldg. No Pets.

Cble.+Internet+Util. Incld. All utilities, parking. $2,000/MO. Female Only $950/Mo.

R E N TA L S

1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba. (•)(•)(•)(•)(•)

WiFi, central air/heat, fireplace, patio, controlled access, pool, elevator, parking, laundry facility.

310/312-9871 Shopping & Dining in Brentwood Village

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

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L . A . W E S T W O O D WILSHIRE 1409 Midvale Ave. CORRIDOR

HOLLYWOOD

WEST

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ

1236 Amhearst Ave. • • FABOLOUS AREA 1769-1775 • • • • • • • • • 10530-10540 • Single • UPPER 2 BDRM. + 2 BA. • Spacious Units • N. Sycamore Wilshire Bl. •• •• ∞ ∞ ∞ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • • • • • ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ • • • Newly renovated with 1 Bd.+Den+1Ba. • • • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • Single hardwood floors, dishWiFi, a/c, intercom

entry, laundry facility, • S i n g l e • elevator, parking, pool. ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Luxury Living CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., with valet, SHOPPING & 1 BLK. lush garden 310/820-8584 TO WESTWOOD PARK. surrounding pool, 310/478-8616 gym, elevator, etc.

WEST L.A. 1433 Brockton Ave. W E S T W O O D Hrwd. flrs., granite * H O L L Y W O O D * 1380 Midvale Ave. counters, dishwasher, Spacious • central air, balcony. 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. 2 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • • • • 1 Bd. +1 Ba. Call: 310/470-4474 • 1 Bdrm. +1 Bath Dishwasher, parking, • • • • • * * * * * laundry facility.

WiFi, pool, elevator, **CENTURY CITY** Newly Remodeled Please Call: controlled access, on- 2220 S. Beverly Glen Great Views 310/479-0700 sight laundry, parking. • • Close to transportation, C l o s e t o U . C . L . A .

• 1 B d . + 1 B a . • Great views, controlled 310/473-1509 shopping & restaurants. access, balcony, • • Lots of • • elevator, lrg. pool, & Charm !

• WESTWOOD • Character ≈ WEST ≈ Glass Fireplace prkg, on-sight laundry.

L O S A N G E L E S 550 Veteran Ave. Newly Remodeled. HIKING IN RUNYON ••••• 11305 Graham Pl. New hardwood flrs., C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. granite counters, Single • B OWL /N IGHTLIFE .

1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath • • • • • stainless steel appl., 323/467-8172 alcove fireplace, Intercom entry, a/c, Very spacious, dishwasher, on-sight granite counters, fridge, laundry facility, laundry & parking. microwave, intercom gated parking, intercom L O S A N G E L E S C L O S E T O S C H O O L entry, on-sight laun- entry, WiFi and more. 4 0 1 S . H O O V E R S t . dry, parking & WiFi. • 310/552-8064 • & F R E E W AY S • • • • • • • •

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N E W LY U P D AT E D • • • • • • 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath • Upscale, Bright, Gorgeous & Spacious.

• • • • • With Pool, balcony, central air, fireplace, stove, elevator, intercom entry, prkg. gym.

• 310/476-2181 • Close to shopping, dining & schools.

—————–––– BRENTWOOD 11730 SUNSET BLVD

Av. Granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, air conditioned, new hrwd. flrs., designer Controlled access, finishes, balcony, ceiling laundry facility. fan, elevator, controlled Utilities Included. access. Fitness ctr, yoga room, wi-fi, skyview 323/851-3790 lounge w/ outdoor fireClose to Everything. place, laundry facilities.

Easy freeway access

Dishwasher, a/c, controlled access, on-site parking & laundry facility.

washer, laundry facility in quiet 6 unit non smoking building. No Pets.

Call between 11am-6pm at 310/657-3717

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310/477-8171

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WEST L.A.

Very close to UCLA & Westwood Village.

310/208-5166

Rooftop jacuzzi with panoramic city views.

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• WESTWOOD • CULVER CITY • • • • • NEWLY REMODELED 10933 Rochester Ave. 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath • ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ • 3830 Vinton Ave. • • Jr. Executive Patio, stove, fridge, • Single • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • • • • • • • dishwasher, on-sight Jr .

Executive • • • laundry, parking.

Rooftop pool, • • •• Spacious a/c, fireplace, • 310/479-0700 • 1415 Brockton Ave.

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

• Free WiFi Access • ~ 310/476-3824 ~ BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE

—————–––– BRENTWOOD 11640 Kiowa Ave.

•••••••• Newly Updated 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath

•••••••• Balcony, dishwasher, a/c, heated pool, WiFi, elevator controlled access, on-site laundry, parking. Close to

C LOSE T O W ILSHIRE S HOPS & R ESTAURANTS .

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• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • • • • Control access, pool, dishwasher, elevator, on-site laundry and parking.

213/385-4751

213/382-1021

464 PLOTS FOR SALE EDEN MEMORIAL PARK 2 PLOTS SIDE-BY-SIDE Judea East (sold out section) Plot # 271 A & B $20,500 includes transaction & endowment fees.

Or Best Offer.

Call Frances at 818/789-0434

YOUR AD HERE To advertise your services, call:

310.278.1322

pool, controlled access, Pool, sauna, intercom entry, laundry fac., prkg. elevator, on-site • Free WiFi Access • 310/473-5061 laundry, parking.

Close To U.C.L.A. All Utilities Paid.

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310/841-2367 WESTWOOD L.A.’S FINEST, MOST LUXURIOUS 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . P I C O / R O B E R T S O N APT. RENTAL 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath • • Single • • • • Lower Duplex • * * * * * * • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • COMPLETELY •• “The Mission” •• RENOVATED • Westwood • Wifi, Bright, controlled & R EMODELED , access, balcony, T OP TO BOTTOM. pool, elevator, • • • • •

• 2 Bd + 2 Ba + Balcony • • • • • 6-Month Lease Avail.

laundry facility, prkg.

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2-Car garage.

No pets or smokers.

Close To U.C.L.A. 310/383-3503 310/477-6856

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818/422-2041

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* * * * * * Every Extra Luxury 1422-1428 Kelton Av. • MIRACLE MILE •

Spacious 615 S. Cochran Ave. custom cabinets, granite 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • countertops, stone entry, • Single • pool, health club, spa.

Hardwood floors, Controlled access, • Free WiFi Access • dishwasher, controlled on-sight laundry, • Close to UCLA • access, WiFi, on-site a/c unit, kitchenette.

Shops & Restaurants.

1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. L.A., 90024 Contact Mgr.:

laundry & parking.

C LOSE TO U.C.L.A.

• 310/930-2920 •

• 310/864-0319 •

310/864-0319

Brentwood Village,

LAFAYETTE PARK 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL. 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

bhcourier.com

440

310/531-3992 Close to Museums, Grove & Restaurants.

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. Condo Style Living In Beverly Hills

LUXURY 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

L UXURY 2 B EDROOM f r o mA PARTMENTS $ 3 1 5 0 t o FROM $ 3 9 9$3150 5

TO

$3350

Gourmet Granite Kitchens & Baths, Pool, Gym, In Home Laundry Rooms

133 North Almont Towers www.almonttowers.com • 310.888.8875

BEVERLY HILLS

S E RV I C E

472 BAGS WANTED

AUTOS WANTED

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MARCIA WILSON HOBBS This past February, Beverly Hills lost one of its more colorful citizens, television pioneer Sid Caesar. On Monday, he would have celebrated his 93rd birthday. Rabbi Jerry Cutler reflects...

REMEMBERING SID CAESAR

By Jerry R. Cutler This coming Monday Sid Caesar would have been 92 years old.

His hit TV series, Your Show of Shows, which ultimately gave way to The Sid Caesar Show, were the finest, funniest and most entertaining shows at the time and never equaled, since. And, they were done—”live.”

His staff of comedy writers including Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner and Neil Simon and, oh yes, a young fella named Mel Brooks, were the best ever assembled in one room.

His spoofs on movies and the passing cultural scene were screamingly funny. I was one of the millions who watched the Emmy telecast last month and waited for a special mention of the iconic Caesar, yet none came. His passing last February was memorialized by a fast glimpse of his photograph and printed name beneath.

When I saw a compassionate speech by Billy Crystal in a moving memorial to Robin Williams, I thought, surely, there will be one for Sid. After all, Williams’ brilliance was an extension of the great Caesar’s talents.

There was nothing, just a photograph with the caption, “Sid Caesar.”

The last few years weren’t kind to Sid as his fully acknowledged foray into drink and drugs, took its toll in his later years. Thanks to the kindness of two wonderful Beverly Hills residents, Lou and Fran Zigman, it was decided that Sid, when it was difficult for him to physically get around, needed a reason to continue his life. They provided that impetus by having a once a month, Sabbath candle lighting and the blessing over the bread and wine and inviting his close friends to meet at his house and kibbitz, reminisce, tell jokes and most importantly, laugh.

Sid–thanks to his guests who included regulars Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Joe Bologna, Renee Taylor, Monty Hall, Theodore Bikel, Connie Stevens, Jack Carter, Richard Lewis, Jeffrey Ross, Estelle Harris, Michelle Lee, Lainie Kazan, Rudy Deluca and periodic attendees such as Dick Van Dyke, Larry King, Hal Linden, Diane Ladd–was given a new lease on life. Sid looked forward to those Friday nights as well as every birthday bash and Passover Seder.

Participating in the Sabbath prayers was one of the highlights of my own rabbinical career.

Theo Bikel would chant the blessing over the wine (when he wasn’t there, the substitute cantor was Deluca who babbled something in Italian and returned to his seat, satisfied with his input) and I said the prayer over the challah (bread).

Then we sat and ate and talked. It wasn’t your usual “talk” because nobody there usually talked. Instead, they laughed. Carl would send around a cup imprinted with the Broadway hit Old Jews Telling Jokes. Everyone who took the cup had to tell a joke. Laughter reigned supreme for Sid. The best was when he, Mel and Carl reminisced about the good old days and yes, indeed, they were the good old days.

Sid fought to stay alive and with his group of friends surrounding his wheelchair, he relived the glory days and brought into focus his invaluable contribution to American culture. He would crack a smile when Brooks and Reiner told a joke imitating two chickens talking about the price of eggs in Yiddish. His eyes twinkled when the stories of the “mishugas” (craziness) of performing a live production every week was not only an impossible task but, one that was filled with non-stop laughter.

Always the perfect host, when we left, he told us how much he loved us. Whenever Lou and Fran came up with an idea for a party, he always acquiesced.

I don’t know what was going on in his brilliant head but I can surmise that he reflected back to his New York childhood in Yonkers, when his original family gathered together on the holy days. We were his new family and I was proud to be a part of show business history eavesdropping about a time when Sid Caesar was actually, “Caesar!”

In memoriam, Carl Reiner said that Sid was the “template for everyone and without a doubt the greatest sketch comedian/monologist that TV ever produced.” He could do everything, Carl said: “improvise and do anything necessary to make people laugh.”

From 1951 to 1958, Sid made America forget their problems. He was nominated for 11 Emmys, winning two, and among his many honors in 1985 was his induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. Most recently, in 2011 Sid Caesar received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame.

He was the most original and creative force in comedy during our lifetime. And, when he passed, all he got at last week’s Emmy Primetime Awards was his photograph with a caption, “Sid Caesar.”

Jerry Ram Cutler is The Courier’s film critic and rabbi at Creative Arts Temple.

The Courier appreciates and welcomes “Letters to the Editor” Remember to follow these simple guidelines: (1) The shorter the better; (2) Keep to a single topic; (3) Do not send letters appearing elsewhere.

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Rabbi Jacob Pressman THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE Have you heard about the Ice Bucket Challenge?

It’s a fundraising campaign which seems to be going on all over the world. The idea is to film yourself pouring a bucket full of ice over your head, share the video with your friends, donate to a charity and challenge your friends to do the same.

The non-profit which benefits from this viral phenomenon fights Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as A.L.S. The disease, which affects 1 in 1,000 Americans, destroys motor nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in a progressive but fast paralysis and death.

Everybody is doing the Ice Bucket Challenge: individuals, celebrities such as Kermit the Frog, and organizations alike. The Beverly Hills Hotel, for example, has done it recently using leftover ice cubes from its restaurant.

If you are susceptible to cold, do not try this? It’s actually interesting that the challenge is spreading during hot summer days in California with so much success, because it’s not clear how the challenge originated. It seems its original version involved jumping into cold water in the northern states, then nominating another to do the same. If you were not brave enough to take a plunge, the price to pay for your cowardice was a donation to a charity. With people donating now each time they pour ice over their heads, ALSA.org has received $106 million in Ice Bucket donations from over 3 million donors.

Cartoon for The Courier by Janet Salter

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I wish to retract my remarks in last week’s edition of The Courier.

After communication with Kate Stern, the curator of the Arts of Palm project, I have learned that this planned art project is not putting sweaters on trees, but rather an installation of colorful knittings on the palm trees along Burton Way. This is known as “yarn bombing.” The installation will be done by artists yet to be chosen and cost far less than was reported in the Aug. 22 edition.

As the conclusion of the Arts of Palm project, which has so creatively highlighted Beverly Hills’ wonderful palm trees, photographed every day by tourists from all over the world, this sounds like a fun and worthwhile project.

I withdraw my hastily written remarks, which were based on incorrect information, and apologize to Kate Stern, Mayor Lili Bosse, the City Council, and anyone else I may have offended.

Daniel Fink

Editor’s Note: The funds to be expended on this “yarn bombing” represent the surplus remaining from the Arts of Palm’s original Centennial allocation. City staff recommended that the money be used for this project rather than return it for the future benefit of Beverly Hills’ taxpaying citizens. ****** Joan Rivers made us laugh, think and look at ourselves for decades.

Her brand of talent was like no other. In short, she was a genius. We will miss Joan, but always love her.

In closing, I want to say to The Courier ...Please don’t hire someone to replace Joan Rivers. Start another column because she can't be replaced.

George Vreeland Hill

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