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Dawson leads this week’s Freshpet Adoptable Pets of the Week. 4

MAIL WASTELAND — This was the scene at the bulk mail area of the Maple Post Office Thursday morning. The Courier found dozens of bins filled with mail to be thrown in the trash. Courier photo by Victoria Talbot

Alert! Your Missing Mail May Be Destroyed At Maple Post Office Salvatore Ferragamo celebrated 100 years in Hollywood Wednesday night on Rodeo Drive. 8

Olivia Krevoy talks fashion, food and fun for local teenagers. 9

Mayor Julian Gold held the annual ‘State Of The City’ address Wednesday. 19 •Real Estate •Birthdays •Letters to the Editor

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Postal Workers Union President Sonia Canchola says Beverly Hills Post Office is “the worst.” By Victoria Talbot Union Local president Sonia Canchola contacted The Courier to respond to Postmaster Koula Fuller. In her letter last week, Fuller had written, “I can assure you that all mail coming into the Beverly Hills Post Office from the processing plant that services us is delivered each and every day. No mail is left behind, stored or carried over to another day.” At Canchola’s suggestion, The Courier visited the local post office at 325 N. Maple Drive where we discovered numerous bins filled with mail slated to be thrown into the trash. According to Canchola,

If you believe you are missing mail, head to the Maple Post Office at 325 N. Maple Drive immediately and ask to be taken to the back where bins are filled with undelivered mail.

maintenance workers refused to throw it out, knowing that this is not the proper way to dispose of undelivered mail. Labeled as bulk mail, the bins also held first class parcels and letters. Some were open. Some dated to early June. Letters included bank statements and DMV materials. The postal service is not (see ‘POST OFFICE’ page 11)

Beverly Hills Elder: Renee Firestone – Holocaust Survivor, Educator, Designer Part 52 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City

George Christy, Page 6 Sherry Lansing and Billy Friedkin Celebrated The Publication Of Brian Kellow’s Biography Of Sue Mengers With A Festive Drinks Party At Their Luxurious Residence In Bel-Air

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By Laura Coleman At 91 years old, Renee Firestone said she asks herself everyday, just why she is still alive. Her white hair is a radiant crown, sheltering brilliant topaz eyes that sparkle with kindness and compassion, and she’s committed to doing what she can to make the world a better place. “It’s all miracles,” she says of her life that took her from her childhood home in Czechoslovakia, to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Poland and ultimately to Beverly Hills. Along the way, she learned to survive, accept the miraculous amidst tragedy and became a fashion designer, whose pieces are now part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s permanent collection. And for the

Renee Firestone

past 38 years, she has devoted her life to educating others on the Holocaust. “We need people to speak up and help those who are in trouble,” she says. “Be kind to others and help wherever we can.” After World War II ended, (see ‘RENEE FIRESTONE’ page 18)

GOING TO THE DOGS — Local dog owners brought their canine companions to Tuesday’s site visit. Courier photo by Victoria Talbot

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Dog Park began to take shape Tuesday in a marathon session of the Recreation and Parks Commission (RPC) that began at the proposed site and ended with a 4-hour session to hash out details that will be presented to the City Council soon. Following direction from the City Council, the RPC met at City Hall to be shuttled to the site. However, the shuttle did not materialize. Undeterred, the group either walked or drove to the site at the corner of Alden Drive and Foothill Road shortly after 9 a.m.,

meeting about 50 enthusiastic dog-lovers and dogs, and some congregants of the local synagogues, who were not so enthusiastic about the proposed location. Assistant Director of Community Services Nancy Hunt Coffey pointed out the site’s perimeter and sketched out development proposals. Then the group reconvened at City Hall to start the meeting. Several issues were discussed about the details of the proposed park, against the backdrop of a small, but vocal group of synagogues and (see ‘DOG PARK’ page 17)

BHUSD ‘Fiscally Healthy’ As New School Year Begins By Matt Lopez Christmas came a little early for the Beverly Hills Unified School District on Tuesday when it learned it’s doing better than it originally thought financially. On Tuesday, BHUSD’s Chief Administrative Officer LaTanya Kirk-Carter presented the Board of Education with unaudited actuals (which include all revenue accrued, expenditures paid/accrued, goods received and services rendered through June 30, 2015), that will be submitted to the L.A. County Office of Education for review.

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Beverly Hills Dog Park Moves One Step Closer

The report paints a picture of a financially healthy district – the district’s General Fund balance ended at $3.7 million, an increase of $376,007 from the estimated actuals approved by the school board in June. “That’s $868,000 better than we estimated,” KirkCarter said. “We’re going into the fiscal year with a very healthy beginning balance.” The district currently shows $2.7 million in deficit spending, but Kirk-Carter said that will change when a new budget is submitted Oct. 31. (see ‘BHUSD FINANCES’ page 19)

PAMELA WITH H E R B O Y S — Dylan Jagger Lee, Pamela Anderson, B r a n d o n Thomas Lee during the The Hidden Heroes Gala presented by Mercy for Animals at Unici Casa. For more photos, see George Christy’s column on page 6.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE: September 24, 2015 TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULAR meeting on Thursday, September 24, 2015, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider the following: PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project involves the construction of a new multi-family residential condominium building containing a total of 31 units on the property located at 332-336 N. Oakhurst Drive. The subject property is partially located in the City of Beverly Hills (westerly portion, including building frontage on N. Oakhurst Drive), with a majority portion located in the City of Los Angeles (easterly portion). The proposed project would have a total height of 4 stories and 40’ for the portion of the building located in Beverly Hills, and a total height of 5 stories and 59’-11” for the portion of the building located in Los Angeles. The portion of the building located in Beverly Hills would contain a total of 7 units, with the remaining 24 units located in Los Angeles. The project would contain a total of 82 subterranean parking spaces, 22 of which would be located in the Beverly Hills portion of the project, with the remaining 60 parking spaces located in Los Angeles. Approval of the project requires approval of a Tentative Tract Map and a Development Plan Review. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The subject property is partially located in the City of Beverly Hills, with a majority portion located in the City of Los Angeles. As the designated lead agency for this project, the City of Los Angeles prepared an Initial Study to determine the proposed project’s potential impact on the environment. After reviewing the Initial Study, the lead agency determined that this project may have a significant effect on the environment, but by implementing certain mitigation measures, the project’s potentially significant effects could be reduced to less than significant levels. Accordingly, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was prepared and adopted by the City of Los Angeles. The City of Beverly Hills, as a responsible agency, will consider the MND prepared and adopted by the City of Los Angeles. Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the Commission. According to Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the Commission's action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the public hearing. If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner in the Planning Division at (310) 285-1127, or by email at asahakian@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the project plans and associated application materials are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Sincerely: Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner

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B E V E R LY H I L L S M A I N N E W S GOLD STANDARD— It was a Gold family affair Wednesday at Greystone, where Mayor Julian Gold’s parents, sister, and her fiancé came out to see Gold’s State of the City speech. Pictured left: Mark Hershberg, Philippa Gold (Julian’s sister), Mayor Julian Gold and his parents Herb and Carol Gold.

Mayor Julian Gold Looks Forward In ‘State Of The City’ Address At Greystone By Victoria Talbot “One day, it will be done,” said Mayor Julian Gold, in reference to the advancing Purple Line La Cienega station. “What do you want it to look like?” Gold’s theme at Wednesday evening’s State of the City, which was held at Greystone Mansion, centered on a vision for the future that encompassed the Metro, technology, infrastructure and attracting future leaders to Beverly Hills. Accompanied by his wife, Michele, sister Philippa Gold and her fiancé Mark Hershberg, and parents Carol and Herb Gold, the mayor drew a healthy picture of Beverly Hills today. With the City experiencing revenue growth that exceeds expectations in property tax, business tax and transient occupancy tax, Beverly Hills is strong and Gold’s speech was upbeat.

The mayor focused much of his attention on several of his key initiatives: -Southeast in Motion is focused on visualizing the infrastructure for the Purple Line station at La Cienega, inviting the community to discuss their vision for the subway portal. Gold has had one meeting and plans more in the fall. -Next Generation Committee is a chamber endeavor, focused on attracting young people who will become the City’s future leaders by making Beverly Hills more accessible and attractive to a younger generation. A future block party costing up to $105,000 is proposed, geared to attract 25-45-year olds to “kick-start” the endeavor, said Gold. -The Water Enterprise Plan (WEP) focuses on future conservation measures to meet the goal of cutting water use by 32-percent. The mayor also (see ‘STATE OF THE CITY’ page 19)

Adopt one of these pets and receive a free month of food from Freshpet! DAPPER DAWSON—Dawson is a 30-pound, 2-year old, male, Tibetan Terrier/Poodle mix pup. He was matted and flea infested on Devore Shelter’s doggie death row before ShelterHopePetShop .org rescued him on his “down” day. Pictured left: Dawson before and after. He is now healthy, happy and ready for a home. Those interested in adopting Dawson may call Shelter Hope at 805379-3538.

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School Board To Decide Thursday On Portables For Beverly Hills High, El Rodeo By Matt Lopez The Board of Education will decide Sept. 17 whether or not Beverly Hills High School and El Rodeo students will move into portable interim housing when renovation begins at the schools. The decision is to be made at a special 9 p.m. board meeting, with the later start being made to accommodate boardmember Lewis Hall, who has a prior commitment earlier that evening. The board decided to table any decision at its meeting Tuesday when discussing whether to award construction contracts to PCN3, Inc. as the apparent low bidder for work on both sites. The first phase of work at BHHS will see Building A completely renovat-

ed, along with Buildings B1 and B2, the Administrative Wing, B3 (which includes Peters Audiorium) and Building C. The first part of that work done will be the abatement of Building A, which includes everything from removing the entire exterior and removing asbestos from the framing of the building and the drywall, among much more. BHUSD Interim Facilities Director Tim Buresh said the contracts can only remain open until Sept. 27, after which the district would have to go out and rebid, which he estimated could take a couple of months. Buresh cautioned the district on the seriousness of the work that needs to be done at both sites. (see ‘BHUSD PORTABLES’ page 17)

Beverly Hills Fares Better Than Most In Wake Of Dismal Standardized Test Scores By Laura Coleman For weeks, rumblings have been heard throughout California that results of the new standardized tests put out by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) were not going to be met with glee. Still, few were prepared for just how poorly the state fared when the California Department of Education unveiled the results of the new online assessments on Wednesdays. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson called the results a “starting point.” Statewide in all grades, 44-percent of students met or exceeded the English language arts/literacy standard and 33-percent met or exceeded the mathematics standard. Beverly Hills, however, fared vastly superior to the state mean. In BHUSD, of the 2,561 students tested, 70-percent met or exceeded the English language arts/literacy standard. In math, 59-percent met or exceeded the standard. The picture at Beverly Hills High School, however, is relatively bleak, emphasized Boardmember Lewis Hall.

Only 67-percent of BHHS students met or exceeded the English standard and 47-percent met or exceeded the math standard. That percentage was similar to neighbor Santa Monica High School, but much below Palos Verdes Peninsula High where 84-percent of the students met or exceeded the English standard and 73-percent met or exceeded the math standard. Board President Brian Goldberg insisted there is tremendous room for improvement within the district, particularly at the high school. He said the board will discuss the test data at its Sept. 29 meeting. “While it’s disappointing to see how poorly our students performed in math and English under the new more rigorous common core standards, it is critical for us to have this data so we can address these weakness and work with our teachers to better prepare our students for college and beyond,” he said. “I am hopeful that the change in principal at the high school to Dave Jackson will prove helpful.”

COMPASSION OVER KILLING—Last month, Lori & Jeff Hyland (of Hilton & Hyland) hosted a special event to benefit Compassion Over Killing, the organization at the forefront of exposing farmed animal abuse to create significant change for animal welfare. The event featured undercover animal abuse investigator Chrystal Ferber (left) and mega-singer/songwriter Moby.

Three Beverly Hills High Seniors Named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills High School seniors Shawn Ahdout, Dong Won Lee and Seo Yeon Yoo are among 16,000 semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. They were selected from an entry pool of about 1.5 million students who took the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors. “These students have really reached the gold ring by being honored as National Merit semifinalists,” said BHHS Principal David Jackson. The academic scholarship competition seeks to identify and honor academically talented high school students throughout the nation. Since its found-

ing in 1955, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the competition, has provided more than $1.4 billion in scholarships. Last year, BHHS had three semifinalists, up from the two students named in 2013. Superintendent Steve Kessler said he expects the school will see more semifinalists in the future thanks to the efforts of BHHS Dean of College Admissions AhYoung Chi. Ahdout, who is this year’s student boardmember, said he was grateful the school made the PSAT exam mandatory and free for all juniors. To qualify the students to become finalists, BHHS must submit detailed (see ‘NATIONAL MERIT’ page 16)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16 Former City Mayors Ask Board Of Education Not To Make Any New Construction Decisions By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills Board of Education should refrain from making any of the construction decisions they were elected to make, this according to a letter signed by several former Beverly Hills Mayors. The letter was read at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting by former Mayor Joe Tilem, saying in part that the former mayors believe “the future of our construction phasing and financing are the responsibility of our next Board of Education, therefore the new board needs to make the critical decisions for which they will be held accountable.” “We believe it is in the best interests of the school community, the City at large and the next Board of Education, to slow or stop any significant construction decisions, or contracts, until December.” The request from the former mayors is an interesting one, considering the current school board still has roughly two-and-a-half more months

on the job at a time when decisions need to be made on construction phasing and financing. GOLDBERG RESPONDS See page 31 for Board of Education President Brian David Goldberg’s Letter to the Editor, responding to the concerns of the former mayors of Beverly Hills. The terms of Board President Brian Goldberg and boardmembers Noah Margo and Lewis Hall end this fall and their three seats are up for grabs in the November 3 general election. Margo and Hall are both running for re-election. Once the new school board is voted in, they won’t take the helm until early December. Boardmember Lisa Korbatov responded to the letter Tilem read Tuesday by noting that the district has a “collection of 90 to 100 year old buildings.”

“Many view them with fond memories, but for the last two years the board has been forced to deal with these buildings as they are, not as we wish they were,” she added. Korbatov added that completion of the first phase of construction at Beverly Hills High “renovates the vast majority of academic spaces on campus [and] provides the greatest educational benefit in the shortest period of time.” The letter read by Tilem was signed by former mayors Allan Alexander, Charles Aronberg, Linda Briskman, Les Bronte, Ed Brown, Barry Brucker, Jimmy Delshad, Mark Egerman, Donna Ellman Garber, Marilee Goldman, Tom Levyn, Vicki Reynolds, Richard Stone, Robert Tanenbaum and Steve Webb. Editors note: Many of the former mayors who signed this letter have either publicly endorsed or campaigned for candidates running in the Nov. 3 Board of Education election.

CAMDEN DRIVE TRADITION CONTINUES—Karyn Newman, Cindy Trangsrud, Alissa and Janet Roston organized the recent 12th annual 400 S. Camden Dr. Block Party (currently, the only one in Beverly Hills). The event featured a water-balloon toss, musical-chairs competitions and a scavenger hunt. Residents and friends pictured (from left): front row: Ronald Delacruz, Katie Newman, Edith Newman, Jason Newman, Deena Newman, Leah Roston, Fred Nason, Selma Jaffe, Yaffa Pinchasi, Amy Geller, Dr. Warren Roston and Rochelle Ginsberg; second row: Jill Prives, Sara Newman, Andrew Jeong, Sam Krutonog, Nolan Krutonog, Maureen Kedes Rakusin, Ken Rakusin, Oreet Smith, Robin Vogel, Alissa Roston,Talia Smith and Brooke Smith; third row: Karyn Newman, Matt Roston, David Roston, Sam Kochman, Steve Munzer, Adam Vogel, Dr. Mark Vogel, Janet Roston, Melanie Forster, Presley Forster, Cameron Forster and Jon Forster; fourth row: Genevieve Farrell, Sam Roston, Steve Smith, Andrea Spatz, Cindy Trangsrud, Lisa Zimmerman, Bob Wunderlich, Seth Gross and Peter Drasnin. Photo by Barry Weiss

El Nido Family Centers Celebrate 90 Years Of Saving Lives At Robinson Gardens By Laura Coleman There are times when the kindness of strangers can mean the difference between a life of hope and a life of poverty. Since 1925, El Nido Family Centers has been helping out the Los Angeles community and on Saturday, Sept. 19, El Nido will celebrate its 90 years of service with a very special gala at Robinson Gardens. Founded by the National Council of Jewish Women in 1925 as a health camp in Laurel Canyon for young Jewish girls of immigrant parents who worked in downtown L.A. factories, El Nido’s past is closely tied with Beverly Hills’ history. The first president was Cybil Hartfield, who lived in the

Whittier mansion on Sunset Boulevard, and it was the Hartfield home that served as the hub of activities for El Nido, including the agency’s charter membership in the Community Chest which later became the United Way. El Nido at that time was part of the National Council of Jewish Women and many of the women who served on the board of directors were Beverly Hills residents as were two of its executive directors. In 1978 when El Nido became a separate entity, former first lady of Beverly Hills Rose Norton became the first president of the newly created El Nido Family Centers. Today, El Nido provides

critical services to over 10,000 children, youth and family members each year in some of L.A. County’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods “El Nido is proud to have helped hundreds of thousands of individuals on their journeys since 1925,” said Liz Herrera, El Nido executive director, who got her start with El Nido 32 years ago as a UCLA intern. “El Nido Family Centers has established itself as a beacon in Los Angeles, inextricably linked to the fabric of our city.” For information or to purchase tickets, contact Denise Lopez at El Nido Family Centers at 818-830-3646 or email dlopez@elnidofamilycenters.org.

BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 Page 5 COURIER IN COTE D’AZUR— Beverly Hills residents Chris Rovtar and his wife Anita took The Courier with them when they visited beautiful Cote d' Azur, stopping in St. Tropez, France in August to enjoy the gorgeous Pampelonne beach, delicious lunches, the rose wines of Provence, and even a visit from Sir Elton John at the famed Le Club 55. To join the Rovtar’s in the “Carry The Courier Club” simply take a picture of yourself on your next trip with The Courier and e-mail it to mlopez@bhcourier.com.

Beverly Hills High Alums Launch Go College Prep By Alexander Amir Kashfi With the school year now in full swing, many Beverly Hills High School seniors are preparing to apply to colleges and universities. The admissions process, which can be highly competitive, often includes standardized testing, essays and interviews. Three Beverly Hills residents, 2013 Beverly alums Ben Hannani and Ramptin Mobasheri, with Harvard Westlake’s Jordan Elist, are looking to alleviate students’ stress through their new admissions advising company, Go College Prep. The three college juniors believe that their relative youth and recent experiences will enable them to stand out in the college advising sector. “We thought, as students, it would be great to start a college counseling service, by students for students,” said Hannani, a USC junior who also interviews top freshman applicants on behalf the university. “We offer services for all parts of the admissions process..from the beginning to the end...Whatever service you want, we have it.”

From helping seniors write compelling essays to practicing for interviews to searching for scholarships, in addition to ensuring the application is flawlessly completed, Go College Prep contends they have the inside track to getting students admitted to top schools. Hannani said the idea to create the service emerged in response to the “unhelpful” experience that he and his colleagues had with pricey counselors when they applied to colleges. “They hadn’t applied to college themselves in decades,” he criticized. “We’re really up to date on what the application process is, finding scholarships, what schools want from each student” added Mobasheri, who recently transferred from Santa Monica College to UCLA as a junior. “We really hit the specific needs of each student.” Prices for comprehensive application packages start at $700. For more information, visit GoCollegePrep.com or call (424)-278-4218.

Businesses, Residents At Odds Over Parking Change On South Almont Drive By Matt Lopez Perhaps Traffic & Parking Commission Vice Chair Jake Manaster summed it up best last Thursday when discussing modifying parking on the 400 block of South Almont Drive. “Parking in this area sucks,” Manaster said. “That’s all there is to it.” That might explain why some residents and business owners are going at it regarding modifying the preferential parking zone on the street. The 400 block of South Almont is currently two-hour parking from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. except by permit. The Traffic and Parking Commission Thursday recommended to the council that be changed to one-hour parking Mondaythrough-Saturday, but not without some brushback from local business owners. The request came from a

resident-initiated petition that was signed by 60-percent of the residents on the street in an effort to mitigate displaced resident parking. The petition requested no parking on the street except by permit. The portion of Almont in question is adjacent to many commercial businesses along Olympic Boulevard, including the Beverly Hills Plaza (which has 21 storefronts), three commercial buildings and an Infiniti of Beverly Hills vehicle prep building on the south side of Olympic between Almont and Wetherly Drives. Infiniti also has a service location directly across Olympic Boulevard on the north side, an an O’Gara Coach site will occupy the vacant lot directly east of the Infiniti service center, across Almont. (see ‘SOUTH ALMONT’ page 16)

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and I have to work with them.” She was stoned. We hung up the phone.

Oddly,

several nights later we bumped into each other, and we anticipated a n o t h e r tongue-lashing. She was at full gallop, calling me “honey”, “darling” and “sweetie pie.”

Author Photograph © Kurt Smeddon

Brian Kellow, the author of Can I Go Now, The Life Of Sue Mengers, Hollywood’s First Superagent, celebrated the publication with Sherry Lansing and Billy Friedkin at their Bel-Air estate.

adn’t we heard it all? No? Serving Uncle Sam for three years as we did, our army buddies cursed loud and long and imaginatively. Nothing, however, compared to the invective from talent agent Sue Mengers, when we experienced her Big Mouth.

he incident came to mind as we prowled into Brian Kellow’s mightily entertaining and richly readable biography. Can I Go Now? The Life Of Sue Mengers, Hollywood’s First Superagent, about the highs and lows of her tough, screwyou personality. A character with a raging ego that likely underscored a raging insecurity.

arbra Streisand became Sue’s Big Kahuna client, others included Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, Ryan and Tatum O’Neal, Ali MacGraw, Gene Hackman. When Barbra voiced fear about safety after the Manson murders, Sue countered, “Don’t worry … stars aren’t being murdered, only featured players.”

er dinner parties were hot stuff. Floating in her designer caftans, Sue never stopped smoking pot in one hand, a cigarette in the other. The press crowned her a Big Deal.

bout that tongue-lashing we received from Sue, the encounter revolves around fashion empress Diana Vreeland (editor of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar), who was visiting family in Los Angeles.

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ean Howard was hosting a dinner party for Diana. A former Ziegfeld Girl from Texas, Jean had been pursued by Charlie Feldman, a Casanova of a talent agent wooing new beauties for stardom. Charlie represented Greta Garbo, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. After Jean and Charlie married, their Saturday night parties at the 2000 Coldwater Canyon villa were the talk of the town.

he notoriety of the Jean/Charlie good times established Jean as a hostess you should know. Excited about being invited to her first Jean Howard party, Sue asked us to pick her up. We had a complex deadline for our Great Life column in The Hollywood Reporter, planned skipping drinks and arriving later for Jean’s Texas-themed dinner.

“I

’ll let you off the hook,” Sue said. “Do me a favor and find someone who’s young and blond, blue-eyed and straight and hot-blooded as my escort.” We politely sent a taxi to deliver Sue, and asked for an okay to quote her in our column about the Straight and Hot Blooded date.

“Y

ou like that?” she replied. “Be my guest.”

he weekday “trades,” socalled of The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, were delivered early to the Hollywood players, and at 9 A.M., the phone rang, and we heard Banshee screeches. Curses with volcanic vulgarity.

“How dare you write I

wanted somebody straight to pick me up. Where the hell have you been all these years, asshole,” Sue screamed. “Hollywood’s full of gay clients,

o r many, Sue’s alias could have been M a d a m Goddam, and we’re convinced the local crowd and global Hollywood fans will relish Brian Ke l l o w ’s r o u n d l y researched biography. More than 200 interviews, with a marathon of anecdote,. Brian has her down pat. Even as to how she spellbounded Israel President Shimon Perez with gossip about the sexcapades of Tinsel Towners.

avalcades of celebrities parade through Brian’s 326 pages. Diana Ross, Paul Newman, David Geffen, Barry Diller, Robert Evans, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna and Sidney Poitier, Gore Vidal, Princess Margaret, Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Warren Beatty, Dyan Cannon, Ann-Margret, Burt Reynolds, Rod Stewart, Anjelica Huston, Eliott Gould, Jessica Lange, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Bogdanovich, Steve McQueen. On and on. Dish upon dish.

illy Wilder was not a fan, describing her as “nothing worse than a self-hating Jew.” Brian Kellow reports a friend of Sue’s believed, “Her Jewishness was a Jewishness of convenience. She was Jewish when she was with Jews, and wasn’t when she was with antiSemites.” Introduced to a mountain climber, she balked, “You know what? Jews own banks. We don’t climb.”

n Saint-Tropez one summer, Sue and Jean-Claude were houseguesting with Joan Collins and Robin Hurlstone, with Jean-Claude confessing “his decades-old affair with Jean-Pierre Aumont … and the conversation turned to married men sleeping with other men. ‘Oh, my honey had a few experiences like that when he was a baby,’ Sue sighed dismissively, with Jean-Claude pointing out that at the time of his affair with Aumont he was 28.”

hen the conversation turned to circumcision, Sue

said, “‘My honey is circumcised.’

“’N

o, I’m not,’ said Jean-Claude.

“’Yes, you are.’ “Jean-Claude was incred-

ulous. ‘For God’s sake, we’ve been married all these years, and you don’t know?’

ue purred, “I thought it was rude to look.’”

he could be fiercely witty, her barbs amused the Who and the Who. She retired during the mid-’80s, her career viewed as passé. Her health waned. Heart disease, a quadruple bypass, throat cancer (that smoking!), diabetes. She lost her life in 2011 at age 79.

“S

ue bathed in her clients’ fame,” recalled Tuesday Weld.

rian Kellow arrived from Manhattan this week with partner Scott Barnes. Welcomed and feted they were by Sherry Lansing (forever known as Our Girl), who’s devoting philanthropic energies to battling cancer, and her man about cinema and opera, Billy Friedkin (The French Connection, Exorcist). They celebrated the book’s publication with an at-home drinks party for Brian and Scott at their luxurious Bel-Air hilltop estate.

nce you spot the valet runners and their maestro Joel Groves from Chuck’s Valet Parking, you know you’re in the right place. As we were, running into Universal’s Ron Meyer and the reliable health consultant Dr. Wendy Goldberg. In a minute, we were cheerfully embraced by the beloved eventplanner Allison Jackson, who perennially plans Microsoft’s Paul Allen’s yacht soirees during the Cannes International Film Festival. We asked after Allison’s daughter Spencer, one of the best and brightest youngsters we met as a pre-teen who we adored when Spencer charmed the bejesus out of us years ago.

tepping into the spacious, high-ceilinged salon, we sat by Sidney Poitier and his gorgeous Joanna, who, with her Parisian credentials, created the chateau-esque decor into a polished tableaux of high elegance with antique treasures. Admiring the spacious rooms, we concluded to Sidney that “space and light are the great luxuries of today.” Sidney concurred.

e discovered that Sidney and Joanna are proud grandparents with daughters Annika and Sydney adding to the family tree, and that unless they are on the town, Joanna puts on the chef’s toque and and apron to cook chez Poitier. “Tonight? Braised veal with vegetables, salad, etc.”

ow does she keep in shape with her schoolgirl figure? Kathy Griffin vows it’s “the gym every day,” and that beau Randy Vick, a marketing executive, inspires her.

he friendly crowd reminded Brian that Sue might be pissed that he’s written the biography without her approval, but, then again, pissed that she was forgotten. Of course, the yea-and-nay talk, talk, talk centered on Sue, Sue, Sue. with Brian Kellow offering that writing Can I Go Now was “exciting and pleasurable.”

n the chatty mix, Wendy Goldberg talked about being in love with grandmothering daughter Amanda’s charmers Cecilia Jean and Josephine. Next month, Wendy will spring an enterprising surprise on us.

mong our best-looking Hollywood couples, Mitch Glazer and Kelly Lynch, architectural preservationists who own John Lautner and Richard Neutra houses, pleased us with their news. That they decided to marry during one of our luncheons for the Toronto International Film Festival. They credit our event as the “matchmaker” for their togetherness. “You can’t imagine how madly in love I was over Kelly, and still am,” beamed Mitch. Daughter Sloan bartenders at Jeff Klein’s Tower Bar. Mitch and Kelly informed that Jeff’s transforming the gay San Vicente Bungalows (known as Sin Bin) into a “boutique-y hotel,” where naked guests may roam whenever they want.

ere and there were Jeff Klein with mate John Goldwyn, Wendy Stark, whose daughter Allison wed this spring, Michael Black, Jay Kantor, who brought Marlon Brando to Hollywood and is now involved on a megabucks project near Florence, Italy, Peter Bart, Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss (daughter Prentiss is now a happy mama), John Burnham, Judy Balaban, Elaine Thomas, Anjelica Huston (best friend of multi-billionaire Jerry Perenchio), Alana Stewart, Risa Shapiro now managing Jennifer Connelly, Cher, Andie McDowell and her modeling beauties Rainey and Margaret Qualley, L.A. Opera’s music director James Conlon with his beautiful wife Jennifer, who were leaving the next day for the Vienna operas.

s a violet twilight descended on Bel-Air, Brian finished autographing books, with one bozo shouting, “Can we go now?”

hich was Sue’s signature sign-off after a long conversation. Online at www.bhcourier.com/category/george-christy

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Light Up The Night Party Shines A Light On Suicide In Effort To Help Others By Laura Coleman The world can be a dark place at times, and the Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation is determined to shine a light on those that need our help. On Saturday, Sept. 26, the foundation will host its second annual “Light Up the Night White Party” at Mr. C’s Hotel in Beverly Hills in honor of Matthew Silverman, the 18-year-old Brentwood School student who committed suicide in 2006.

This year’s honorees are Melissa Rivers and the late Joan Rivers, who lost their father/husband to suicide in 1987. Matthew’s father, Ron) Silverman, started the Foundation in 2013 in an effort to break the stigma of mental health and suicide while helping others to stop teens and young adults from ending their own lives. The event begins at 7 p.m. For more information www.mattsfoundation.org.

New Book For Moms and Daughters: Tips For Easing ‘Tween-Talk’ By Victoria Talbot In the difficult years when your daughter is between a child and adult, nothing is more important than keeping the conversation open. Sometimes, however, nothing is more difficult. American Girl has partnered again with best-selling author Dr. Cara Natterson for The Care And Keeping Of Us: A Sharing Collection For Girls And Their Moms to keep the conversation going. Sometimes, it is hard for even the closest mother-daughter team to discuss the ins and outs of growing up, from social pressures, body changes, to hygiene, and in this simple, easy-to-read three-book set, Dr. Natterson provides a highly-palatable collection of gentle phrases to enhance communication and introduce difficult topics. Navigating the ‘Tweens doesn’t have to be difficult; communication and support are the key. To help encourage the flow, these lovely volumes are filled with practical words and phrases to encourage a close, trusting relationship with simple scripts and conversation starters to address some of life’s more awkward realities.

“I’m thrilled to build on the original Care And Keeping Of You advice series with an all-new set of books that focuses on helping girls and their parents start to talk about the issues surrounding puberty that can often be difficult to address,” says Dr. Natterson. Dr. Cara Natterson is a Santa Monica pediatrician where she was a partner at Tenth Street Pediatrics serving infants, children and teenagers. She now runs Worry Proof Consulting, the first of its kind pediatric practice that offers parents open-ended time to review everything from medical questions and biology basics to child development and parenting issues. Natterson has appeared on TV, consulted with Fortune 500 companies on safety issues and wellness, and on the subject of adolescence. A graduate of Harvard and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she lives in West L.A. with her husband and two children. Her new book is available at amercangirl.com, at American Girl retail locations, through the American Girl Catalogue and at retail booksellers.

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THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS

Salvatore Ferragamo Celebrates 100 Years In Hollywood, Unveils The New Rodeo Drive Flagship By Laura Coleman Salvatore Ferragamo was born to be a shoemaker. And indeed, his philosophy of attiring a woman from toe to top was foundational to his success. When his life was cut short in 1960, he left behind a 38-year-old wife and six young children, and of course, one of the fashion world’s rising empires. “We grew up seeing my mom work so hard and also achieve my father’s dream, to dress a woman, toe to top,” recalled Fulvia Visconti Ferragamo, whose mother assumed leadership over Ferragamo in an era that was particularly tough on women in the business world. Once Fulvia was out of school, like her siblings before her, she joined the family business, her keen artistic sense launching the brand’s scarf and tie lines, which had slowly been growing beyond the shoes and a smatter-

ing of ready-to-wear pieces that had dominated Ferragamo since the Italian brand began 100 years ago in Santa Barbara. Today, the Italy-based business embodies sophistication and luxurious elegance that somehow makes the wearer feel particularly in touch with their authentic self. “How you interpret your own style is a way of freedom and it’s important to feel free in fashion,“ Fulvia explained. “You can see that a stylish lady is always happy in what she’s wearing.” Ferragamo’s new flagship store on Rodeo Drive, which held its official opening party Wednesday, is the perfect environment for an intimate shopping experience. Indeed, the glamour of Hollywood as envisioned by architect William Sofield is a perfect compliment to the fact that basically every element inside the store–clothing, shoes and accessories included–hails from Italy. Visit 357 N. Rodeo Dr. to see the new store.

CELEBRATING FERRAGAMO—Pictured clockwise from top: Ferragamo Rodeo Drive store director Jon Borland, Vincent Ottomaneli, Fulvia Visconti Ferragamo, Mayor Julian Gold, City Councilwoman Nancy Krasne, Ferragamo CEO Michele Norsa, James Ferragamo and Ferragamo’s Peter Christman; Salvatore Ferragamo’s grandson James Ferragamo signs a copy of Salvatore Ferragamo: Shoemaker of Dreams for Mayor Julian Gold while his aunt, Fulvia Visconti Ferragamo, looks on; Vincent Ottomaneli, City Councilwoman Lili Bosse, Fulvia Visconti Ferragamo and James Ferragamo looking fabulous at Wednesday evening’s cocktail reception. Photos by Scott Downey

Going on Vacation? Take a copy of the Courier, snap a photo with you and the paper and email mlopez@bhcourier.com

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TEEN TIPS FOR TASTEMAKERS Olivia Krevoy Reports on Fashion, Food and Fun hands, eager to explore, and lucky to be in or near Beverly Hills, famous for more than television Housewives or Hollywood, here are some of my tried-and-true favorites.

tart the morning off with a delicious and organic Spanish latte from Urth Caffe. Exercise by walking with your coffee to Beverly Gardens Park, a mile or so away. Extra motivated? Take a morning jog down the dirt path. Want to bask in the scenery? Grab a bench, and have a Zen moment. With your appetite stimulated, proceed directly to Nate n Al’s, that classy Beverly Hllls delicatessen established in 1945 that serves classics from omelets to the best lox and cream cheese bagel.

fter breakfast and if you’re in the mood for more exercise, go to Physic 57 for a full body workout, or go to Soul Cycle to spin that energy on a bike. Soul Cycle welcomes all new comers, but be prepared to take a back seat to the regulars, who ride the front row. Don’t bother with ear plus because the loud music and the instructor’s constant encouragement keep you engaged. The facility has show-

ers, so you may clean up and trendy shoes, and Iro for the latbe ready for your next adven- est T-shirts and casual jackets. ture. ander over to Wilshire troll over to Canon Drive Boulevard, or what I refer to my for a warm slice of pizza from “Department Store Road.” The Mulberry Street Pizzeria. home of Barney’s New York, Nothing better than the rigatoni Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman pizza or the eggplant parmesan Marcus. Head straight to any of pizza. the makeup counters where the friendly artists demonstrate ime to pamper yourself how to crate a new look just for before later plans? Book an you. appointment at one of the trendy nail bars that are here f you have a special event and there. You’ll like Chi Nail where you’ll want to feel “extra Bar & Organic Spa … Olive & glam,” book a blow-dry at one June … The House of Polish. of our many spots, A favorite is The celebrity crowd appears to My Blow LA, and not only does favor Chi Nail Bar & Organic it produce model-ready results, that’s been featured in maga- it’s also located across the street zine articles. Ask for the from Go Greek, a yogurt bar Rocktar gel manicure, and your featuring yummy and fresh selfnails will sparkle plenty for serve frozen yogurt, with nutriweeks. The House of Polish tious toppings. Also add offers innovative nail services another healthy alternative. such as handmade acrylic 3D Sipping a glass of juice from art, nail charms, and even Pressed Juice. Swarovski rhinestone crystals. Try the Joss manicure at Olivia hould you have an hour & June, and leave the salon or two to spare in the afterwith any design of your choice. noon, explore our cultural attractions. Consult the Wallis hile your nails are dry- Annenberg Center for the ing, take a walk along Beverly Performing Arts, also check the Drive or Rodeo Drive and win- Beverly Hills Chamber of dowshop for that perfect outfit Commerce for suggestions. You for an upcoming night on the never know what you’ll see at town. Among my favorites? the famous Gagosian Gallery. Intermix (always check out its For some, a day in Beverly Hills sale section), Sam Edelman for isn’t complete without a

Krevoy Family

Teens with time on your

Olivia Krevoy, at right, with sisters Alexandra and Sophia at Creamistry, their favorite new ice cream parlor at 253 South Beverly Drive in Beverly HIlls

celebrity sighting, so visit The Beverly Hills Hotel, where the stars hang out to unwind over a refreshment.

f you’re planning a night out, enjoy the mouth-watering Italian taste at Il Pastaio, serving homemade ravioli stuffed with mushrooms in a cheese fondue and truffle sauce. Out of this world!

lease save room for dessert. You’ll love Creamistry, our new ice cream parlor specializing in using iquid nitgro-

gen for customized premium ice cream dishes prepared in front of you. Over 70 flavors and toppings, all of the highest quality.

everly Hills always surprises, and there’s always more and more for our young crowd to savor. Olivia Krevoy interned with The Courier this year, and departed this week for Northwestern University to pursue a career in journalism.

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Will Rogers Awards Nominees: Best Historic Commercial Development By Victoria Talbot On Oct. 15, Beverly Hills will celebrate the inaugural Will Rogers Awards in a red carpet event at the Montage Hotel. This event celebrates leaders in business and real estate, and the scions of architecture in the City. Proceeds from the gala will benefit the Beverly Hills Community Charitable Foundation with funds to be directed to the Friends of Beverly Gardens Park for the restoration of Beverly Hills’ heritage parks on Santa Monica Boulevard. The Nominees for the First Annual Will Rogers Award for Best Historic Commercial Development are:

The Writers & Artists Building – 479 N. Rodeo Drive

Located on the northwest corner of Rodeo Drive and S. Santa Monica Boulevard, the Writers and Artists Building was built in 1926 by architect Roy Seldon Price and the firm of Gable and Wyant for druggist A.C. Heegard in the Spanish Colonial Style. With Heegard’s drug store at the corner and the top floor occupied by the Beverly Hills Free Masons, the building’s first tenant was Will Rogers. Other notables included Wallace Beery, Mary Pickford, Ray Bradbury, Billy Wilder, Chuck Barris, Clark Gable, Charles Chaplin, Cary Grant, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicholson and many others. The center of social activity in early Beverly Hills, the building provided affordable working space and a creative sanctuary for many who

would become Hollywood’s elite. In 2008, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Pashaie purchased the property. The Pashaie’s performed a multimillion dollar complete renovation. A new building was built from the inside, and the façade was restored to its original architecture. Today the building consists of high-end ground-floor retail with boutique-style offices on the upper floors. It is a monument to all the writers and artists who created legendary work within its walls. Architect Hamid Gabbay obtained a Ph.D. at the Faculty of Architecture in the University of Florence, Italy. After tenure as assistant professor in Florence, Gabbay returned to Iran to practice architecture and was recruited as a professor at the University of Teheran, simultaneously acting as principal of Gabbay Architects. In 1978, Gabbay immigrated to Beverly Hills where he has served on the Beverly Hills Planning Commission, the Fine Art Commission and the Design Review Commission. •••

erly Hills Post Office (on the National Register of Historic Places) that serves as the theater’s dramatic yet welcoming lobby, and houses the 150-seat Lovelace Studio Theater, GRoW at The Wallis: A Space for Arts Education (a gift of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten and Family and the Annenberg Foundation) and the contemporary 500-seat, stateof-the-art Bram Goldsmith Theater. Together, these structures embrace the City’s history and its future, creating a performing arts destination for L.A.-area visitors and residents alike. Architect Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA founded Studio Pali Fekete architects with partner Judit M. Fekete LEED AP in 1988. The Studio works on a mix of residential, civic, educational and community projects. They have also gained notoriety with projects containing a historical component, including the 1928 Pantages Theatre, the popular 1933 Greek Theatre and Gibson Amphitheater, and the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu. Their own mixed use MODAA building has received multiple awards. For the design of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts – a site that involved connecting a new state-ofthe-art theatre with an adaptive reuse of a historic 1929 WPA post office building, they garnered a California Preservation Award and the LA Business Council award for “Best Civic Project.” •••

The Wallis – 9390 Santa Monica Blvd.

Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (“The Wallis”) brings audiences world-class theater, dance and music performed by many of the world’s most talented and sought-after artists. Housed in a breathtaking 70,000-square-foot venue designed by Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA of Studio Pali Fekete architects, The Wallis celebrates the classic and the modern. The building features the restored, original 1933 Bev-

Platinum Equity – 360 N. Crescent Drive

Master Architect Paul R. Williams originally designed and built this majestic English Georgian Revival complex in 1938 for Jules Stein, the ophthalmologist who founded Music Corporation of America (MCA). The beautifully appointed red-brick building is an iconic feature of Beverly Hills. Williams’ use of this classic design to house a complex for all of MCA’s client activities matched Stein’s transformational vision for his company. While Los Angeles embraced the new look of Art Moderne, the public

still equated colonial styling with tradition, old money and the idealized Northeast coast version of the American home. From the massive antique iron gates to the green shutters, portico, cupola and ornate gardens by Phil Shipley and Associates, the campus-like grounds had a residential, hushed feel, even though the main building contained over 30 offices, a radio station, projection room and even, a hidden bar. Lush interior details included sculpted moldings, paneling, chair rails and antique-like furnishings. MCA sold the building to Litton Industries in 1964 and Platinum Equity acquired it in 2003. •••

Marc Selwyn Fine Art – 9953 S. Santa Monica Blvd.

Originally built in 1941, Al Grimmet & Brothers Auto Body Shop served Beverly Hills residents for over 50 years as the local auto body shop. But Mapleton Investments, LLC, purchased the classic red brick building in 2012 with a vision toward renovating and repurposing the building for use as a modern and contemporary art gallery. Innovative and daring, their bet paid off. In early 2013, the Marc Selwyn Fine Art Gallery opened for business in this innovative new-old space. A perfectly edgy venue for a smart, savvy art gallery, Mapleton Investments worked with Marc Selwyn and architect Frederick Fisher to maintain the integrity of the original building’s façade and bow truss ceilings, while upgrading the 3,000-square foot interior space. Tenant improvements included adding natural light through the installation of a skylight, 18-foot walls to support a space plan that now includes offices, a main gallery and bathrooms, all with polished concrete floors. The façade was enhanced by the addition of large, smoked windows and a wide glass entry that doubles as the marquee for current exhibitions.

Heal the Bay Expects Thousands to Join Coastal Clean Up By Victoria Talbot On Sept. 19, thousands of volunteers from throughout Southern California will sweep the beaches for garbage from 9 a.m. to noon for the 26th annual Heal the Bay Coastal Clean Up Day. The clean up along L.A. County Beaches and inland waterways anticipates more than 10,000 volunteers retrieving “ocean-bound” trash before it pollutes the ocean environment. Volunteers will go through parks, creeks, alleys, highways, lakes and beaches “from Compton to Malibu.” These volunteers will be joining similar volunteers throughout the globe in the world’s biggest single-day volunteer event, cleaning waterways and watersheds clean around the world. Last

year 600,000 volunteers participated. This year, clean up will be concentrated on Ballona Creek, the Los Angeles River/Arroyo Seco confluence and Encino’s Sepulveda Basin with over 50 clean up sites. SCUBA dive sites will be in Malibu, Redondo Beach and Santa Monica; a docent-led dune restoration event at Dockweiler Beach; free sustainable Rubio’s seafood taco vouchers, and other sponsored add-ons. There will be a sandcastle-building contest by leading architectural and design firms at the Santa Monica Pier. Heal the Bay organizes the clean up in partnership with the California Coastal Commission. To join in visit www.healthebay.org

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permitted to toss out mail it does not deliver. The letter to be disposed of must have an endorsement printed clearly on the label. These letters only showed postmarks. Canchola acknowledged everything we have heard about postal delivery. Service is poor throughout the area, but, she said, “Beverly Hills is the worst.” In a letter directed to the office of 33rd District Congressman Ted Lieu and copied to The Courier, Canchola wrote: “The staffing has been really bad for some time. On May 2015 management decided to re-align the clerk jobs throughout the Los Angeles District . . . the intent was to fully staff the retail units and backfill with Postal Support Employees (PSEs) . . . management never gave Beverly Hills the PSE's promised. Beverly Hills currently has 3 vacant full time employee vacancies they have not filled . . . management is not allowing employees to fill those positions because it will leave the distribution section with

little to no employees to distribute the mail. Just for example, two months ago in distribution there were 10 clerks working in distribution between the Maple and San Vicente buildings. Since this re-alignment two major key players in Maple have been moved to retail leaving only 1 employee to do the work of 3. This causes the delay in the processing of mail for the customers in the PO Box, Caller Service and Firm section delaying anywhere from 1 to 2 days (some mail even more). I have other pictures showing the "flats" legal size envelopes and or magazines that are considered first and second class mail ... This is the letter mail left from Friday September 4 to Saturday September 5.” Canchola enclosed dozens of photos showing mail left for another day’s delivery. “First-class letters, parcels and certified mail were left in bins. Beverly Hills is the worst. Their excuse is that its been neglected for many years. There is a lack of accountability in the postal service. Everyone hides the truth.”

Koula Fuller Denies Mail Was Being Thrown Out; Canchola Responds And Calls For Independent Mail Review Late Thursday, after The Courier sent out an e-blast regarding its findings at the Maple Post Office, Beverly Hills Postmaster Koula Fuller e-mailed to deny that the bins full of mail that Canchola alerted The Courier to, and that reporter Victoria Talbot saw with her own eyes, were being tossed in the trash. After learning of Fuller’s denial, Canchola contacted The Courier stating she stood by her story that the mail was being sent to waste. Dear Ms. Talbot, explain your mistake. You have made a wrong assumpThe rate of postage that the majortion. The containers of mail you saw ity of bulk business mailers pays does on the back dock of the Beverly Hills not include forwarding or return servPost Office were not mail being de- ice, if the piece is undeliverable. The layed for delivery. The mail is undeliv- undeliverable bulk business mail is vererable-as-addressed bulk business mail ified two times by employees, as being from our PO Box section, waiting to be such, before it leaves our building. picked up for recycling. Also on the I will continue to strive to improve back dock are containers of trash from service for residents of Beverly Hills. our PO Box and Retail Lobbies, which Regarding my letter dated August includes mail customers may have dis- 27, 2015, tracking reflects the item was posed of in lobby trash cans. There is delivered on August 27, 2015 and was no First Class Mail being delayed. addressed to Marcia Hobbs, PublishWe have received calls from our er/President of the Beverly Hills Couricustomers that you have sent them an er. I’ll be happy to send you your own email claiming the Post Office is de- copy. stroying their mail and urging them to Sincerely, go to the Post Office to protest. Please Koula Fuller send a retraction to your email list and Postmaster

From Sonia Canchola ... The comment that Mrs. Fuller stated "no mail left behind" is an absolute farce. If they want to challenge the photos, I suggest an independent party interview all mail processing clerks from the carrier Annex at San Vicente or the retail clerks at the Maple office including the two recent clerks moved out of Maple because they spoke out against the bad services to customers

and now placed them in Crescent and Beverly Stations. As for the waste mail, I stand by my story! Management has not properly sifted through all those gurneys. If they had, there would be endorsement notes on the containers! I encourage an independent party interview all the craft employees. ––– Sonia Canchola

More Letters From Courier Readers It's good to know I'm not alone in my frustration with the Beverly Hills Post Office. While I like our mailman, I don't like our mail service. We frequently receive mail that is not ours. We may receive mail intended for a neighbor or we may receive mail for a complete stranger. It's easy to understand that our city has many streets that contain "Beverly" and how that can be confusing. But I expect the post office to deliver mail for Beverly Grove to Beverly Grove and Beverly Green to Beverly Green and Beverly Drive to Beverly Drive. Obviously my expectations are too high.

What's more, the same piece of mail may be returned to me multiple times!! I can't rid myself of one letter in particular which is supposed to go to Beverly Drive - it now has multiple cancellations on the envelope. I feel for the pizza guys who try to deliver my pizza to Beverly Glen - I feel something different when I think about our postal services. To add to another writer's comment, I too have never succeeded in reaching our Postmaster. When I escalated to the Federal level they referred me back to the local level. No one answers the phone. I think it's because no one is "there". –– Anonymous

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T

Museum Of The Holocaust Presents ‘Healing Art Of Kalman Aron’ Exhibit scholarship to the Academy of Opening this week at Fine Arts in Vienna. He immithe Los Angeles Museum of grated to America, settling in the Holocaust (LAMOTH) L.A. in 1949, where he became is the exhibition: “Into the known for his landscapes and Light: The Healing Art of studies of people in his unique Kalman Aron.” style, “psychological realism.” Born in Riga, Latvia in Aron was commissioned to 1924, Aron began drawing paint hundreds of portraits, as a child and had his first including Ronald Reagan, gallery show at 7. By 13, Henry Miller and Andre Previn. he was commissioned to His art can be seen in paint the official portrait of museums around the world the Latvian president and including LACMA, and his began attending Riga’s Kalman Aron, “Self“Mother and Child” greets visiAcademy of Fine Arts. tors in the LAMOTH atrium. In 1941, when the Portrait” The museum, at 100 S. The Grove Germans invaded Latvia, killing his parents, Aron was moved to the Riga ghetto Dr., is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and later deported to a series of concen- Saturday-Thursday, and from 10 a.m.-2 tration camps, including Buchenwald p.m., Friday. Admission is free. For more and Theresienstadt. He occasionally drew information, visit www.Lamoth.org or portraits of concentration camp guards in call 323-651-3704. For information on Aron and his exchange for food. After the war, Aron painted a dis- memoir by Susan Beilby Magee,, visit placed persons camp, earning a full www.kalmanaron.com.

AYS Launches 51st Season With Giacchino’s Star Trek Into Darkness, Live To Picture C o m p o s e rconductor David Newman will lead the American Youth Symphony (AYS) in Academy Awardwinner Michael Giacchino’s score for Star Trek Into Darkness played live to picture—an AYS first and L.A. premiere—at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. Michael Giacchino 27 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. “It is particularly meaningful that this type of event be presented in L.A., the home of film music,” said Giacchino. Both the Philadelphia and National Symphony Orchestra have debuted the work. “The AYS does a tremendous service by including film-score music in its programs so audiences can experience the breadth of orchestral music available today.” Starfleet uniforms and other cos-

tumes are encouraged. The “bestdressed” of the night will be brought on stage to receive a special Star Trek prize. Giacchino, and host Jon Burlingame, reporter for The Film Music Society and USC film-music hisDavid Newman tory professor, will hold a pre-concert Q&A. General public tickets are $15 in advance and may be reserved at http://aysymphony.org/reserve-now-forstar-trek-into-darkness-live-to-picture. Tickets are $20 at the door. A fundraising dinner with Giacchino, Newman, orchestra members and supporters, begins at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $350 for individuals to $15,000 for premium tables. To reserve seats, visit https://aysymphony.secure.force.com/d onate/?dfId=a0n3100000D0Jx1AAF

Jerry Cutler On Film

‘The Patels’ Are Just Like You And Me Meet The Patels is a documentary worth seeing for many reasons. The first being, it gives an insight into a close-knit Indian family that insists it heritage be paramount—especially when choosing a spouse. The Patels are a proud Indian family whose son Ravi is encroaching on his 30th year of existence and is still single. Ravi is living in the U.S. and, unbeknownst to his family, is seeing a white American girl from Connecticut. Unable to commit to his girlfriend, because of family pressures that he get married to an Indian girl—preferably one whose last name is Patel—Ravi goes back to India to placate his parents. Directed and written by first-generation Indian-American siblings, Greeta and Ravi Patel, the documentary is, at times, a bit shaky, but overcome by the camera’s presence for which we should be grateful. Captured are the extemporaneous and, at times, hysterically funny and deeply rooted Indian culture comments by Ravi’s parents Champa and Vasant whose pres-

ence enriches the film many fold. I would not be surprised if a sitcom is currently in pre-production as I write this review. If it isn’t, it sure as heck should be. All of us who have been brought up adhering to a strict cultural attachment to our specific heritage, can relate to the Patels. And, there seems to be more Patels than there are Smiths and Jones combined. Ravi, his sister, parents and the camera travel to many family gatherings both in their native India and here in the U.S. Throughout, Ravi is gracious and non-committal to everyone’s help and concern; but he can’t stop thinking about his Connecticut golden girl. Working to the documentary’s advantage throughout its 88 minutes, are animated sequences adding to its humor and pacing. Visit the family if you can, and learn of their customs, traditions and sense of humor. They are a lot like you and me. How refreshing is that? 3 bagels out of 4 Jerry Cutler is rabbi at the Creative Arts Temple.

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Health Happenings...

Red Cross Seeks Local Blood Donors, Sets Collection Sites, Dates The American Red Cross is urging blood donors to give in the final weeks of summer to help prevent a blood shortage. Types AB, O negative, B negative and A negative blood are especially needed. Plasma from type AB donors can be transfused to patients of any blood type, as can type O negative blood. Type B negative and A negative blood can be transfused to Rh-positive or negative patients. These are the most in demand blood types and are in constant need. Collection sites and dates will be: from noon-6:15 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16 at Montage Beverly Hills, 225 N. Canon Dr.; and from 10 a.m-4:15 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29 at America Online, 331 N. Maple Dr. To donate, download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-7332767) to make an appointment or for more information. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals 17 (16 with parental consent in California), who weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health are eligible. High school students and other donors 18 and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

Actress Applegate To Be Honored At Tower’s ‘Wonder Woman Walk’ Sunday Award-winning actress and breast cancer advocate Christina Applegate and oncologist and women’s health advocate Dr. Philomena McAndrew will be honored for their work in fighting breast cancer at the inaugural Jessica M. Berman ”Wonder Woman Walk for Breast Cancer,” presented by Tower Cancer Research Foundation (TCRF) and the Jessica M. Berman Memorial Foundation, Sunday, Sept. 13, at Palisades Park, 851 Alma Real, Pacific Palisades. Check-in begins at 8 a.m.; the 5K walk begins at 9 a.m. More than 600 registered walkers will participate in the family-friendly event, which celebrates breast cancer survivors and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease. Walk proceeds will benefit TCRF’s Jessica M. Berman Fund which supports breast-cancer research and patient-support services. To register for the walk, visit www.wonderwomanwalk.org or call 310.299.8470.

Garage Sale To Benefit NAMI Programs The West L.A. chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will hold a two-day garage sale, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20 at 3453 Grand View Blvd.,L.A. The event will feature items for the whole family and also include a bake sale. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, support and mental health research. Sale proceeds will help support programs like Family-to-Family, a free 12-session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people living with mental illness, designed to improve the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to an individual living with a mental illness, through presentations, discussion and interactive exercises.

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

UCLA Researchers’ Discovery Marks Milestone In Understanding Treatment-Resistant Melanoma Within the past few years, new treatments have begun to turn the tide against metastatic melanoma, improving and even saving the lives of countless people with the deadly disease. One of the new treatments, mutation-targeted therapy, disrupts the effects of a genetic mutation that occurs in half of all people with metastatic melanoma. Although the therapy has been promising, one of its ongoing challenges is that, for many patients, the cancer may become resistant to the treatment after several months or years. When that happens, the cancer recurs, often in a more aggressive form than the original melanoma. A new three-year study led by Dr. Roger Lo, a member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, could mark a milestone in the quest to track how cancer changes in response to a powerful drug. The findings, Lo said, could lead to methods that would enable early detection of drug-resistant tumor cells and to new therapies designed to suppress resistance as soon as therapy begins. Lo and his team investigated how metastatic melanoma evolves to become more malig-

nant and resistant to treatment. The cancer mutation being targeted by the therapy occurs in a gene c a l l e d B R A F . Mutations Dr. Roger Lo in the BRAF gene turn on a major cancer growth switch called MAP kinase pathway. The researchers realized early during their work that they could not fully explain the way tumors change behavior after patients begin therapy by analyzing gene mutations alone. So they used two techniques: genomics (which allows numerous gene mutations to be detected in parallel) and epigenomics (which detects all of the changes in the genes’ activities inside the tumors). “Only cancer cells, not immune cells inside the tumors, accumulate gene mutations," said Lo, who is also an associate professor of dermatology. "Mutational profiling alone can-

not tell us about the state of the intratum o r a l immune cells and t h e i r changing s t a t e s w h e n melanoma becomes resistant to Dr. Antoni Ribas therapy.” The researchers also discovered that drug resistance could grow at the same time that antitumor immune cells diminish and weaken, which means that in some patients, the melanoma might slowly develop resistance to both MAP kinase-targeted therapy and salvage immunotherapies, which capitalize on the abundance of immune cells inside the tumor to unleash their anti-tumor activities. In previous studies, Lo and Dr. Antoni Ribas, also a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and a co-author of the paper, used genomic studies to reveal genetic mutations causing resistance to MAP kinase-targeted therapies.

Pamela Kluft, Now A Didi Hirsch Board Member, Again In Walk To Remember Those Who Died By Suicide Resident Pamela Kluft wants those contemplating suicide, those who’ve attempted it and relatives, family and friends of those who died by suicide to know there’s “hope and help.” After her sister Beth Joy Fried committed suicide in 2012, Kluft turned to Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services for advice and support after a friend told her to seek out an agency specializing in suicide grief counseling. She joined the organization’s Survivors After Suicide (SAS) group and is now on it’s advisory board. This year she was asked to join the Didi Hirsch board of directors; and on Sunday, Sept. 27 she will take part in the 17th annual Alive & Running 5KWalk/Run for Suicide Prevention. Like the more than 2,000 runners and walkers expected to take part, she will be walking in memory of a loved one—her sister—along with one of her daughters “and a mini-team.”

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“By doing the walk you’re being present and surrounded by people who’ve been through the same experience,“ says Kluft. “These are people who have taken a horrific experience and are using it to bring awareness to services available, honor loved ones and hopefully help

others.” My sister didn’t know how to express her pain,” says Kluft. A common thread weaving through the stories on the race’s home page—to which Kluft contributed—is people suffering deep depression and not seeking or getting help. “There a stigma; and no one wants to be categorized as mentally ill.” Kluft, who’s “always been honest” about her sister’s death, is always surprised at the people who approach her saying they lost a friend or family member to suicide; and never discuss or share the story. “That’s a lot to carry,” says Kluft. “Never being able to talk about that person, as if they never lived, is a tragedy.” Kluft’s Team Beth is second in fundraising for the walk which supports Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center, which operates a 24-hour English/Spanish Crisis Line, as well as Crisis Chat and Text services. Didi Hirsch crisis counselors answered more than 55,000 calls, chats and texts last year. The run/walk opens with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m., north of LAX, at W. 88th St. and La Tijera Blvd. in Westchester. For information, visit www.aliveandrunning.org or email AliveandRunning@DidiHirsch.org.

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Famed Early TV Series’ Mogul Merv Adelson Dies At 85

On ‘Parentiﬁcation,’ Serial Entrepreneurs, And Telling Grandparents About A Same-Sex Marriage

By John L. Seitz Mega TV mogul and former Bel-Air resident Merv Adelson died Tuesday at age 85. His production company Lorimar, which he founded with developer Irwin Molasky and producer Lee Rich, produced a roster of early day hit series including Dallas, The Waltons, Falcon Crest, Love Connection, Eight Is Enough, Full House, ALF, and Knots Landing. The company, which was nicknamed “the fifth network,” merged with Telepictures and was sold to Warner Bros. in

Q. Dear Dr. Fran: I just heard a new term called “Parentiﬁcation.” Can you explain what it is?. Jane S.

1989 for $1.2 billion. Following the acquisition, he became the vice chairman at Warners. Adelson married journalist Barbara Walters twice from 1981 to 1984 and then from 1986 to 1992. Born in Los Angeles Oct. 23, 1929, he initially made his wealth by opening a Las Vegas grocery store. This led to more real estate projects including building of La Costa resort. He is survived by daughters: Elle, Lexi, and Ava; and sons: Andrew and Gary.

A. Dear Jane: Parentification is when a parent flips accountability for the emotional care, worries, and concerns of the parent/child relationship onto the child vs. on the parent where it belongs. Parents are supposed to hold the privilege and responsibility for their children. These parents are generally dependent personalities and/or narcissistically organized in their personality structures. The children of these parents grow up with higher levels of anxiety and guilt from bearing the burden of Parentification. Not a healthy process to aspire to. Q. Dear Dr. Fran: I read a recent research study indicating that entrepreneurship can be addictive. Can you give me some signs that I can look for to determine if my husband is a Serial Entrepreneur? Joan H.

BELMONT VILLAGE’S SIXTH ANNIVERSARY—Among the guests enjoying the ﬁesta celebrating the recent sixth anniversary of Belmont Village of Westwood were (from left): UCLA retiree emerita Katy Kolodziejski, one of the ﬁrst residents to move into the Wilshire Avenue address; Patricia Will, Belmont Village founder/CEO; Susan Berger, community relations associate; and Rev. John Woodall, senior pastor at Westwood United Methodist Church who worked closely with Belmont Village in building the community.

A. Dear Joan: Serial Entrepreneurship can become an addiction in some people. It’s good rule of thumb to avoid temptation to diagnose and categorize others or self. It’s always best to use the following signs and markers as a means to

Dr. Fran Walﬁsh Answers Your Questions open dialogue with your husband about your feelings and concerns. Dr. Fran’s Top 3 Signs of Serial Entrepreneurs 1. The Entrepreneur gets his or her “high’ from closing deals vs. from interpersonal relationships. Therefore, he distances himself from his wife and children causing a vacuum of his existence and deep loneliness in his spouse. 2. Accelerated appearance of greed and power in the Entrepreneur. We live in an American society where money is power. In a parallel, in families, children perceive the holder of power as the one with the loudest voice. In fact, power is often held by the one who does not lose his temper and is able to inhibit negative impulses and regulate their own powerful feelings. 3. Obsessive compulsive thoughts and behaviors that draw and magnetize the Entrepreneur to activities focused on developing more

business and away from relationships and everyday life functioning. Q. Dear Dr. Fran, how can a same-sex couple tell grandparents about their upcoming wedding? Thanks. Selwyn L. A. Dear Selwyn: The best way for same-sex couples to tell grandparents about their wedding is truthfully and incrementally. Don’t drop the bomb all at once given grandparents’s senior age and possible medical vulnerabilities. Prepare for the unknown. Courage is not the absence of fear. It is proceeding forward in the face of fear. Tell Grandma and Grandpa that you have found your soulmate in the form of an “unexpected” person. You are hoping they will rejoice and celebrate with you. When they ask what you mean by “unexpected,” ask them what they think it could mean. It is much better for you to conﬁrm their guess than inject shock into them. Once they know they will eventually settle down. Anxiety decreases when there are no curveballs and no surprises. Fran Walfish is the author of The Self-Aware Parent at www.Dr.FranWalfish.com. Send questions to franwalfish@gmail.com

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raffles, special guests, and instore specials. Cats on leash or in carriers are welcome. Told from a cat’s point-ofview, the book is the story of a rescue kitten’s journey in the ‘60s from the gutters of New York to a fancy condo in Manhattan and weekends in the Hamptons. • • • • • L.A. clown troupe Four Clowns, a popular hit at the award-winning Hollywood Fringe Festival, is teaming with the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles for a new take on one of the Bard’s most popular works. Four Clowns presents Hamlet will run for eight performance at 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 18 at the center, 1238 W 1st St. The cast of nine is working with long-time company member and director Turner Munch who previously directed the company’s award-wining productions of Me Rich You Learn and That Beautiful Laugh which ran at the 2013 and 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festivals The show runs under 90 minutes with no intermission. Tickets range from $12-$15. To purchase, visit www.fourclowns.org or call 562-5081788. • • • • • Patrice Martineau, executive chef of Montage Beverly Hills, will join forces with Freddy Vargas, executive chef of the hotel’s Scarpetta, to present “Vini et Dîner.” The gastronomic journey through Italy and France will be held Thursday, Sept. 24 with an exclusive seated dinner beginning with a champagne and hors d’oeuvre reception followed by a five-course, prix fixe menu incorporating a wine pairing with each. Included in the feast will be citrus marinated hamachi, porcini gnocchi, lightly smoked sea bass and pancetta wrapped duck. Priced at $190 plus tax and gratuity per person, reservations are limited and may be made by calling 310-860-5848. • •• • • The weekly update of local and Southland events.

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scholarship applications for each of the students, which includes the student’s academic demonstrated leadership abilities, community and school participation, and honors and awards received. About 15,000 semifinalists are expected to advance to the finalist level

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City staffers said at the meeting they received 13 letters in opposition to any change and one letter of support. Five speakers at Thursday’s meeting spoke out against any change while lead petitioner Sherry Tedeschi, who lives on Almont, appeared at the meeting to explain the reason for creating the petition. “Clark, the 300 block of Maple, Palm and Oakhurst, [the 400 block of] Canon, South Elm, South Oakhurst all have permit parking,” Tedeschi said. “We bought our homers before businesses were even there. It was a quiet neighborhood.” Jeff Levine said he was disappointed by the low turnout

BEVERLY HILLS and will be notified of the designation in February. “I am very pleased that we have three remarkable individuals from BHHS that are being recognized for their outstanding efforts ,” Kessler said. As finalists, Ahdout, Lee and Yoo will compete for one of 2,500 $2,500 scholarships, which will be awarded this spring.

of those in support of the petition and “would rather have had comments from both sides.” Manaster advised business owners to open dialogue with their property owners about the availability of parking for their businesses, noting it is a common problem. “The ownership is not here, but they are the individuals that have the most play with the City Council because they have property rights within the City,” Manaster said. “The landlord who signs a lease with a business knowing there is inadequate parking provided by their lease is doing harm to that business, period.” City staff said the matter would be brought to the City Council for a vote likely sometime in October, or by the first meeting in November.

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congregants who oppose having a dog park in the neighborhood. Following public comment, the Recreation and Parks Commission committed themselves to settling the issues at hand and stayed, with a few breaks, until about 4:30 p.m. to at least discuss each issue, and to vote on many of them. Councilmember Lili Bosse stayed throughout and was joined by Vice Mayor John Mirisch during the meeting. Items which were voted on included: • Residents/Non-Residents Use of the Park: The commission voted 3-1 in favor of residents-only, those who have businesses in Beverly Hills or work within the City, and hotel guests. Users would have to show proof of vaccinations, licensing; obtain a Beverly Hills permit or dog tag. Commissioner Howard Rosoff felt all should be welcomed. • Licensing - The commission voted 4-0 that all dogs using the park must be licensed. Licensing requires that dogs show proof of vaccination and spay/neuter. • Number of Dogs Per User - The commission voted 40 in favor of a maximum of three dogs, the maximum allowed per household. • Number of Dogs Allowed in the Park at One Time The commission voted 4-0 for a total of 40 dogs in the park at

any time, with 20 dogs each in the small dog and large dog enclosures. • Restriction of Certain Breeds of Dogs - The commission voted 4-0 not to restrict any dog breeds from the park. • Minimum Age Requirement - The commission voted 4-0 that children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult • Design Components include a double-gated entry, surface material excluding grass, dirt and wood chip; preferring decomposed granite and exploring artificial turf. • Restrooms - The commission voted 3-1 to use "portapotties" with one each in the small and large dog parks. Vice Chair Frances Bilak dissented and felt no potties should be allowed to discourage loitering. • Park Amenities - Should include shade and poop-bags; the staff was instructed to report on the use of Closed Circuit TV to monitor activities, and the proposal by RTK Architects to place a bench inside the double-gated entry was rejected. • Park Hours - The commission voted 3-1 that the park will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with Bilak dissenting. • Rules - The commission voted to adopt rules that include excluding aggressive dogs. If aggression occurs, the owners must exchange ID tags and contact information, as in LA County parks. • Fees - The commission voted 4-0 that park usage

should be free of charge, but that they would allow for "Friends of the Dog Park" donations, and instructed staff to explore the use of an electronically keyed entry. The commission responded with deference to complaints from the synagogues and to points made in a letter from Rabbi Pina Dunner. The results were that point of entry must be changed to the Foothill side of the park to mitigate contact with congregants on Alden. Also, a pathway for pedestrians will be separated from a pathway for dogs on the street in the design phase of the park. In addition, small and large dogs will be divided; the small dog section is furthest from the temple for sound mitigation Rosoff added that his conversations with a Chabad Rabbi showed that they had erroneously assumed that the dog park boundaries would encompass the area directly across from the synagogue - which is not the case. The proposed dog park only occupies a small quadrant of the larger property to the southwest of the Temple. The commission will recommend that the City provide extra staffing at the onset during Shabbat and the High Holidays when most congregants will be walking to Temple. Staff was instructed to reach out to the administration to define high-traffic hours during worship times. The commission did not feel that there should be a "sun-

set clause" after 12 months that would close the park if there were problems. Rather, they felt that the park's progress would be closely monitored throughout the year, and that tweaks could be made in the open forum of the commission as issues may arise. The commission will again meet on Sept. 29 to discuss design concepts with RTK. The goal is to send their recommendations to City Council by October. City Council must still approve the Mitigated Negative Declaration that underwent a public comment period Aug. 120. If that is accepted, and when these recommendations are hashed out, if the council approves the plans, the City must first perform remediation on the property for the arsenic in the soil. That would consist of removing the top layer of soil, putting a barrier in place, adding fresh, uncontaminated soil on top, and placing a surface barrier (i.e. decomposed granite) on top. Arsenic does not move within the soil, nor does it seep into ground water. Arsenic is only toxic if ingested, which would require one to eat the soil. Once remediated, it would be stabilized for this use. A certain level of arsenic naturally occurs in the soil in California; the level is higher due to historic usage of the property.

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“Demolition and abatement is a notoriously unpredictable area,” Buresh said. “That’s where we uncover any of the bad news.” Construction at BHHS can be completed, Buresh said, with matching funds from the State of California Seismic Mitigation Program (SSMP), which late last year identified 14 BHUSD buildings that are seismically unsafe. Buresh noted that the district had achieved titlement for all 14 buildings and was in the process of negotiating final amounts with SSMP. To finish El Rodeo, however, may take another bond. “I’ve always said another bond would be required to finish El Rodeo, do Hawthorne and finish the high school,” Buresh said. “This plan was always predicated on going out for a June bond.” Boardmember Lisa Korbatov supported moving forward on both sites, stating that “at a time when our credit ratings are high, people have confidence in this district. We should go forward.” The school board will bring BHHS and El Rodeo back up for discussion at its special board meeting next Thursday at 9 p.m. at the district office at 255 S. Lasky Dr. If the Board of Education moves ahead with construction plans and is given the go-ahead from the State, students could move into portables over winter break.

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Chamber Of Commerce Government Affairs Committee Hosts An Open To The Public Forum For BHUSD Board Of Education Candidates On Thursday, Sept 17 By Matt Lopez Beverly Hills’ Board of Education candidates will get their first crack at debating each other face-to-face next Thursday. On Sept. 17 from 5-6:30

p.m., the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee will host a forum for the five candidates in November’s Board of Education election. Current boardmembers

Lewis Hall and Noah Margo, along with Isabel Hacker, Carter Paysinger and Mel Spitz are running for three seats on the school board. All five have accepted the invitation to participate in Thursday’s candi-

date forum. The forum’s format will consist of an opening statement by each candidate, followed by a series of questions by moderator and former mayor Mark Egerman. Questions

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gravestones covered with graffiti swastikas. “That night, I had my very first nightmare,” she recalled. In the dream she was standing in roll call in Auschwitz, the ground was covered in blood and the capos were screaming. She woke up to the sound of her own voice screaming: “They told us, never again.” “I thought, maybe I had been silent too long,” she said. Born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia in 1924, Renee said she grew up just like “any American child.” In the summer she swam and played tennis; in winter skied and skated against the backdrop of the Carpathian Mountains. Her mom was a housewife and her father was in the tailoring and textile business. “I had a very beautiful childhood,” she recalled. That experience was ruptured when Adolf Hitler began raging across Europe. Once his forces invaded Hungary in 1941, she said everyone Jewish in her town knew they were doomed. “We didn’t know anything about concentration or exterminations camps,” she said. “But did know about the mass graves.” Shortly after, her older brother was sent to a work camp in Hungary. And in 1944, Renee, along with her mother, father, and younger sister Klara, after whom she named her daughter, were rounded up and put on cattle car trains. Before they were forced to leave their home, posters throughout Czechoslovakia told the Jews that they would be going to Germany to work in factories and fields.

For three-and-a-half days, Renee sat huddled in a cattle car with 120 other Jews from her town. There wasn’t room to lie out, there was no food or water. A bucket in the corner of the car served as their toilet. Each night, the train would stop for a few hours, and she would listen to people screaming outside and the sound of shooting. “We actually all thought we were going to die on the train,” she said. When the train stopped for the fourth time, it was daylight. As the doors were opened, she grabbed her little sister’s hand and told her not to let go as they jumped from the train. Outside, tens of thousands of people emerged from the cars. Renee looked around, wondering where were the fields they were to harvest. Perhaps they were going to work in factories, she pondered. “The place I saw was really weird,” she described. “A whole village surrounded by barbed wire. Rows and rows of wooden barracks as far as the eyes could see.” And each row of barracks was divided by barbed wire. Loudspeakers instructed everyone to leave their suitcases at the railroad station, assuring them that everything would be delivered. Soon, the loudspeaker blared, they would be going to take a shower to refresh themselves. As the Jews lined up, Nazis marched alongside them, teasing their vicious dogs at the throngs of frightened and hungry refugees. “People were screaming, crying, terrified,” she recalled, underscoring that no one knew why they were here. “I see this village with human skeletons

walking around in strange pajamas. Who are these things? Are these really people?” Before entering the bathhouse, they are instructed to neatly fold their clothing and tie their shoes together. After a one-minute ice-cold shower, they are pushed naked and wet into a clearing where more Nazis with vicious dogs heighten their fear. “We all thought, this is the end,” she said. Out of some 20,000 women, Renee estimated, 1,000 were selected by an officer to go in one direction–she and her sister among them. Soon, a neighbor in line behind Renee taps her shoulder and tells her that one of the Nazi officers wants her. There were two officers, she recalled, a tall one and a little one, both doctors, she later found out. And the tall one continues to motion for her to come over to him. She’s naked, 20 years old and tries to pretend she doesn’t seem him. Eventually, she does go over, whereupon he places his whip under her chin and lifts her face up toward his. “Why are you here?” he asks. He refuses to believe that the blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman is 100-percent Jewish. As he continues to question her, Renee looks toward the line, her sister close to approaching the front, where upon she will have her head shaved. Renee is terrified she’ll lose sight of her sister after that in a sea of naked shaved women and runs away from the officer. Immediately, a capo starts beating her with a bat. “He said, ‘You don’t walk away from Mengele,’” she re-

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Renee, together with her husband Bernard and young daughter Klara, eventually made their way to Los Angeles, where she had an aunt. By 1949, she had a line of blouses she’d designed in Saks Fifth Avenue. Renee subsequently embarked on a partnership with Rudi Gernreich, a young man from Austria who did “beautiful sketches” and wanted to be a designer. Building on her knowledge of the garment business, she did much of the work in his factory, helping him to become a renowned designer before setting out on her own in 1961. The times were still gloomy after the war, she recalled. “I wanted colors,” she described.” I wanted my stuff to be very colorful and became known for my colors.” She also popularized reversible garments, which she characterized as ideal for the traveling L.A. woman who could pack two dresses and sport four looks. In 1977, while she was teaching a fashion class at UCLA, Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center came to her and asked her to share her story. “Until that point, I had never talked about the Holocaust or what I’ve encountered...that I’m a survivor,” she recalled. She was hesitant to open that door to her past, until he told her about a Jewish cemetery being desecrated in the San Fernando Valley. She was aghast that in America people could overturn Jewish

from the audience will be allowed at the end. The event will be held at the Chamber of Commerce board room at 9400 S. Santa Monica Blvd. on the second floor. It is open to the public. called. It was the first of three encounters Renee had with the psychopath German doctor. “He was very pleasant,” she described. “Always very polite. You did not know how he was.” Once back beside her sister, they were both shaved and given pieces of rags to put on their bodies. “It took me a little while to find out what this place was about,” she said. “Today, it’s still a surprise to me how I made it out. None of my friends, neighbors, family survived. “I am here, 70 years later still asking myself–why me?” Shortly after surviving the three-day death march on Jan. 17 to Liebau, Poland, Renee was liberated. She didn’t have a penny in her pocket, a decent dress on her body, nor even a pair of shoes. She had no idea what she was going to do. “Where do I go in a free world?” she wondered. Together with nine other women, Renee eventually made her way to Hungary. And there, miraculously, she saw her brother one day. He had escaped to Slovakia from the work camp, eventually acquiring false papers and changing his name in order to become a freedom fighter. Shortly thereafter, a neighbor recognized them and told them there father was in Terezín. They found him there, dying of tuberculous after having gone through four different concentration camps. But at least they were able to bury him after four months together. Eventually, the two siblings settled in Prague. One day, a friend of her brother’s from the labor camp, Bernard, a school teacher, came to visit. The two were soon married. They counted 55 years of marriage together before he died. Today, thanks to the fecundity of Renee’s daughter Klara, she has one grandchild and three greatgrandchildren. When Renee first starting speaking at the Museum of Tolerance in 1977–she was the museum’s first speaker–she was surprised to learn that people were interested in the Holocaust. She soon learned that survivors also needed to speak about what happened. Shortly thereafter Renee began devoting her life to educating others about the Holocaust, she moved into her current Beverly Hills residence, a Donald Sterling apartment building she has managed the past 38 years. “Beverly Hills just means home to me,” she said. “I was just plain lucky.”

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talked about plans to improve the City’s technology, “to bring wi-fi to every resident,” and compete in a tech-savvy world. A Finance Task Force has been assembled to discuss strategies to fund these infrastructure improvements. The City is facing challenges associated with growth, as well, said Gold.

Soon, the Santa Monica Boulevard reconstruction project will begin a twoyear building project to renew the drainage structure beneath the street and improve long-neglected surface conditions and Metro will begin building the La Cienega station at the southeast side of the City. Gold’s message was to look beyond the noise, dust and traffic and focus on the future.

Mayor Julian Gold’s ‘State Of The City’ Event

Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Todd Johnson and Mayor Julian Gold

Laurie Gray and Steve Gordon

Simone and Lester Friedman

Offer Nissenbaum and Eliot Finkel

BHPD Cpt. Tony Lee, Lt. Lincoln Hoshino, Chief Dominick Rivetti, Cpt. Mark Rosen and Division Commander Erik Lee

BHFD Chief Ralph Mundell, Gaby Reims Alexander and George Chavez

S P O RT S Mistakes Pile Up For Beverly Hills High Football Team In Templeton Loss By Matt Lopez Beverly Hills High’s football team didn’t have much success in its first road tilt of the 2015 season last Thursday. The Normans lost 48-13 at Templeton in a nonleague game. BHHS (0-2) never gave itself much of a chance, as mistakes piled up early and often for the Normans. Quarterback Jake Wolken did his b est to fend off a feisty Templeton defense, finishing 12 of 29 for 175 yards and a TD pass, but he threw five interceptions that put them in a hole early.

BHUSD FINANCES Vice Mayor John Mirisch with son Vincent

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Because BHUSD is a basic aid district, the only one in L.A. County, its revenue is based on assessed property values. Two weeks ago, Beverly Hills was certified with a 9-percent increase in assessed value over what the district has predicted. However, as a basic aid district, BHUSD cannot adjust its budget to reflect that until the “first interim” which is Oct. 31. Traditional school districts may revise their budgets 45 days after the Governor signs the annual Budget Act. “Therein lies the problem – we have to make tough decisions in March when we won’t know our funding until September,” Board VP Howard Goldstein said. “We’re not building cars, we’re building futures for our students and sometimes we need to make investments in our students. We’ve tried to be as fiscally prudent as possible.” Kirk-Carter reported there is about $9.3 million currently in the district’s

To add insult to injury, the Normans also lost a fumble for six total turnovers. Raehaan Poonja caught five passes for 112 yards for the Normans. Rashad Ysaguirre was perhaps the lone bright spot offensively for the Normans, running the ball 18 times for 118 yards and a touchdown. Skylar Derrick had an interception for the Normans defensively, but the defense was on its heels most of the evening after the turnovers from the offense. “endowment fund” after some money was moved to pay down pensions, noting the district was the first board in L.A. County to do that. “Most school districts don’t have the option to do that,” Kirk-Carter said. She added that no legal settlements had been paid out of that fund, instead being covered by insurance. Kirk-Carter said that after the $3.7 million in appropriated general fund balance money is moved over to the endowment fund, the district will have “$13 million just sitting there.” Boardmember Lisa Korbatov noted that some people campaigning for a seat on the school board in the Nov. 3 election have claimed the district is in dire straits financially, a statement that KirkCarter wholly disagreed with. “I know what financially unstable looks like and we’re a very financially healthy district,” said Kirk-Carter, who in 2012, was sent by the State to the Inglewood School District to financially assist the district after it fell under State Receivership. “A lot of people want to be us.”

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Kathrine Baumann David Bortman Yvonne Patterson

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS–Kathrine Baumann, Brian DePalma, Lola Falana, Amy Madigan and Kristy McNichol (Sept. 11). Darren E. Burrows, Linda Gray and Pete Scolari (Sept. 12), Brian Reed, Jaqueline Bisset and Tim Salinger (Sept. 13); Zoe Caldwell, Faith Ford, Brenda Rubins and Marsha Grant (Sept. 14); Tommy Lee Jones, Jessye Norman, Dan Yukelson, Oliver Stone and Yvonne Patterson (Sept. 15) Susan Ruttan (Sept. 16); David Bortman, Cassandra Peterson and The Courier’s Evelyn Portugal (Sept. 17).

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H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y , SHELLY– Shelly Sterling of Beverly Hills was saluted with a birthday luncheon in the Polo Lounge of The Beverly Hills Hotel hosted by Darlene Freidman. Pictured (from left) front row: Joni Alpert, Marianne Berman and Gail Dauer; middle row: honoree Shelly Sterling, Darlene Freidman, Cindy Williams, and Stephanie Hibler; back row: Linda Schwartz, Kathrine Baumann, Ronnie Kassorla, Judy Sher, Eleanor Moskatel, and Betsy Superfon. Shelly Sterling’s sister Bernice Liss was also on hand.

Joan Mangum It was a full house at the 15th Harold & Carole Pump Foundation Gala held at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza with Bo Jackson, Oscar Robertson and Thomas Tull honored with the Lifetime Achievement Awards. The foundation helps raise funds and create awareness for the treatment and cure of cancer. By engaging the community, sports leaders and those touched by this disease, financial support is given to the development of cancer treatments, programs and services, as well as the procurement of advanced medical technology. New York Yankees’ great Derek Jeter was among the many sports’ stars who came out to the cause. Also spotted Holly Robinson Peete, Bryan Cranston, Ashlee Ianconetti, Dave Winfield, Franco Harris, John Salley, Jamaal Wilkes, Terry Norris, Rickey Henderson, Rachel Robinson, Norm Nixon, Slash, Julius Erving, Mo’ne Davis, Earl Campbell, Ozzie Smith, Mario Chalmers, Jim Harrick, Paul Westphal, Garry Shandling, Joe Mangianello, Blake Griffin, Steve Nash, Jade Roper, Moses Malone, Kurt Rambis, and Rudy Tomjanovich. ****** Hollywood is gearing up for Primerime TV’s biggest night,

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the 67th Primetime Enmmys and this year’s nominees are the most eclectic list ever seen. The Hollywood Museum, 1660 N. Highland Ave., is celebrating these nominees with an exclusive exhibition showcasing the largest selection of authentic costumes and unique props showcasing the largest selection of authentic costumes and unique props from this year’s shows and “fan favorites” Wednesdays through Sundays from Sept. 16 to Nov. 1. The museum houses more than 10,000 showbiz treasures and an extensive collection of movieland costumes, star cars, props, posters, photographs, etc. www.nataleethai.com Tickets are $15 adults, $12 10101 Venice Blvd., Culver City seniors (62+), $12 (310) 202-7003 students with ID 998 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills and $5 children (310) 855-9380 under 5.

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Desert Roundup Harold Matzner and disco–it’s a recipe for hilarity. ACT for MS, a financial and support services organization serving residents of the Coachella Valley, is holding a disco party honoring “Mr. Palm Springs” on Sunday, March 6, at the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa. This will be the ideal opportunity to see why ACT for MS events are consistently sold out – they’re always so much fun. More information will be provided later, but here’s a teaser: music for the disco party is by “The Latin Crooner’s,” Grammy-winners and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members performing 70s and early 80s disco … and the party-man, himself, Harold Matzner. ****** It has been more than four decades since Tichi Wilkerson-Kassel, famed publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, assembled a group of women in her office to discuss ways that females in the television and film industries could get just recognition for their accomplishments, independent of their male counterparts. The organization, created in the 70s’ in Los Angeles, became known as Women in Film and Television International, and has grown to encompass affiliate chapters across the United States, Europe and Asia. There are more than 40 worldwide with a membership of more than 13,000 women. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Palm Springs area, with its wealth of talent in residence – both full and part-time – spawned it’s own affiliate chapter known as the “Palm Springs Women in Film & Television (PSWIFT).” However, there is a major difference. Where WIFT’s primary goal was to promote its female membership, SWIFT defined its purpose as empowering, promoting and nurturing women and men involved in the entertainment, communication and media industries. This is accomplished through educational mentoring and networking programs. Men also serve on SWIFT’s board. For the past seven years, PSWIFT has presented a “Broken Glass Awards” luncheon honoring remarkable women who have “broken through the glass ceiling” in the entertainment, arts and philanthropy industries. This year’s Broken Glass Award honorees are Jane Seymour, multiple Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actress, author, artist and designer; Mary McDonnell, two-time Oscarnominated and Emmy-winning actress currently starring as Capt. Sharon Raydor on TNT’s Major Crimes; and Beverly Johnson, the first AfricanAmerican supermodel to appear on the covers of Vogue and French Elle, as well as a successful business woman and actress; They will be joined by two other honorees: Joyce Bulifant, actress, philanthropist and comedic entertainer; and, Donna MacMillan, philanthropist, art patron and recently elected chair of the board of directors of the Palm Springs Art Museum. The Broken Glass Awards luncheon will be Theld on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 11a.m. at the Agua Caliente Casio Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage. More information is at 760-238-0306.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO BIDDERS for the GREYSTONE JOINT SEALANT AND VALVE COATINGS REHABILITATION within the City of BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA ooooo BIDS - Sealed proposals for the GREYSTONE JOINT SEALANT AND VALVE COATINGS REHABILITATION at various locations within the City of Beverly Hills, California, will be received up to the hour of 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Beverly Hills, located in Room 290 at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Bids will be publicly opened at 2:00 p.m. on the abovementioned date in the office of the City Clerk at City Hall and award of the contract will be made during a subsequent meeting of the City Council. SCOPE OF THE WORK - The work to be done shall consist of furnishing all the required labor, materials, equipment, parts, implements, supplies and permits necessary for, or appurtenant to, the construction and completion of the project indicated above in accordance with Standard Drawings and the Specifications prepared for this project. In general terms, the contract work for this project shall consist of the following items of work:

roll taxes, health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship funds, and other direct costs, resulting from Federal, State, or local laws, as well as assessments or benefits required by collective bargaining agreements. The following will revise Section 3-3.2.3 of the Greenbook: (a) Work by Contractor. An allowance for overhead and profit shall be added to the Contractor’s cost as determined under 3-3.2.2 and shall constitute the full and complete markup for all overhead and profit on extra work performed by the Contractor. The Contractor shall be compensated for the actual increase in the Contractor’s bond premium caused by the extra work. For costs determined under each subsection in 33.2.2, the markup shall be: a) Labor 20% b) Materials 15% c) Tools & Equipment Rental 15% d) Other Items 15% (b) Work by Subcontractor. When any of the extra work is performed by a Subcontractor, the markup established in 3-3.2.3(a) shall be applied to the Subcontractor’s costs as determined under 3-3.2.2. An allowance for the Contractor’s overhead and profit shall be added to the sum of the Subcontractor’s costs and markup and shall constitute the full and complete markup for all overhead and profit for the Contractor on work by the Subcontractor. For Contractor markup of Subcontractor’s costs, the allowance shall be 10% on the first $2,000 or portion thereof, and 5% on costs in excess of $2,000. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS - Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form prepared for this project and shall be delivered at the office of the City Clerk within a sealed envelope supplied by the City and marked on the outside as follows: “BID NO. 15-48: GREYSTONE JOINT SEALANT AND VALVE COATINGS REHABILITATION." ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE - The preliminary cost of construction of this Work has been prepared and the said estimate is $750,000. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES - There will be a Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) assessment for each calendar day that work remains incomplete beyond the time stated in the Proposal Form. Refer to the Proposal Form for specific details. PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION NUMBER – The Contractor is required to register with State of California Department of Industrial Relations and meet requirements to bid on public works contracts. A Public Works Contractor Registration No. shall be submitted with the bid. PREVAILING WAGES - In accordance with the provisions of Section 1770 et seq, of the Labor Code, the Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California has determined the general prevailing rate of wages applicable to the work to be done. The Contractor will be required to pay to all workers employed on the project sums not less than the sums set forth in the documents entitled "General Prevailing Wage Determination made by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter l, Article 2, Sections 1770, 1773, 1773.l." A copy of said documents is on file and may be inspected in the office of the City Engineer, located at 345 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, California 90210. Attention is directed to the provisions of Sections 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under him. The Contractor and any subcontractor under him shall comply with the requirements of said sections in the employment of apprentices. Information relative to apprenticeship standards and administration of the apprenticeship program may be obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, San Francisco, California, or from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and its branch offices.

Copies of the Specifications and Proposal Form may be inspected and obtained at the office of the City Engineer located at 345 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, California. There is no charge or deposit required for this material; therefore, they are not to be returned to the City for refund. Each bidder shall furnish the City the name, address, and telephone number of the firm requesting specifications. References in the project specifications to specific sections of the Standard Specifications refer to the book of "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction", 2012 Edition, written by a Joint Cooperative Committee of the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association and Southern California District of the Associated General Contractors of California. Contractors wishing to obtain this book may purchase copies directly from the publisher, Building News, Inc., 1612 South Clementine Street, Anaheim, California, 92802; (800) 873-6397. AMENDMENTS - The second paragraph of Section 3-2.2.1 “Contract Unit Prices”, of the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction is deleted. The fourth paragraph of Section 3-2.2.1 “Contract Unit Prices”, of the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction is deleted and replaced by the following: “Should any Contract item be deleted in its entirety, no payment will be made to Contractor for that Bid Item.” The following is in addition to the provisions of Section 2-9.1 of the Greenbook: The Contractor is required to locate and tie out survey monuments in the project area prior to construction involving street and highways, and to file with the County Surveyor a Corner Record of any such work. Prior to the issuance of a completion certificate, the Contractor is required to file a Corner Record for survey monumentation that is replaced. All such survey work shall be performed under the supervision of a California licensed Land Surveyor or a Civil Engineer authorized to perform such work. The Contractor shall provide the City a copy of the office calculations and documents submitted to the County for filing in connection with the aforementioned work. The payment for surveying, related professional services, office calculation, and furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, tools and incidentals, and for doing work involved shall be considered as included in the various items of work, and no additional compensation will be allowed therefore. Section 3-3.2.2 shall be changed as follows: (a) Labor. The costs of labor will be the actual cost for wages of workers performing the extra work at the time the extra work is done, plus the employer payments of pay-

PAYROLL RECORDS - The Contractor's attention is directed to Section 1776 of the Labor Code, relating to accurate payroll records, which imposes responsibility upon the Contractor for the maintenance, certification, and availability for inspection of such records for all persons employed by the Contractor or by the Subcontractors in connection with the project. The Contractor shall agree through the Contract to comply with this section and the remaining provisions of the Labor Code. INSURANCE AND BOND REQUIREMENTS - The Contractor shall provide insurance in accordance with Section 3-13 of the City of Beverly Hills, Public Works Department, Standard Contractual Requirements, included as part of these Specifications. All Subcontractors listed shall attach copies of the Certificate of Insurance naming the Contractor as the additional insured as part of their insurance policy coverage. In addition, the Contractor shall guarantee all work against defective workmanship and materials furnished by the Contractor for a period of one (1) year from the date the work was completed in accordance with Section 2-11 of the Standard Contractual Requirements. The Contractor’s sureties for the “Performance Bond” shall be liable for any work that the Contractor fails to replace within a specified time. PRE-BID MEETING AND SITE SURVEY – A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on September 29, 2015, at 10:00AM in Conference Room 217 of the City of Beverly Hills Public Works building located at 345 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills CA, 90210. Every Bidder is required to attend the pre-bid conference and site survey. Failure by the Bidder to attend will eliminate the Bidder from the BID process. Furthermore, no allowances for cost adjustments will be made if Bidders fail to adequately examine the premises before submitting a proposal. Site surveys will be arranged between COBH and the Bidder. Questions regarding the site surveys should be directed to the contact identified in this document. Bidders may bring up to two of their own employees or subcontractors. CITY CONTACT – Tristan Malabanan 310-285-2512 or tmalabanan@beverlyhills.org CONTRACTORS LICENSE - At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, including full completion of all corrective work during the Correction Period, the Contractor must possess a California contractor’s license or licenses, current and active, of the classification required for the Work, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division 3, Section 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code. In compliance with Public Contract Code Section 3300, the City has determined that the Bidder must possess the following license(s): “A” Continue to Page 23

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PUBLIC NOTICES The successful Bidder will not receive a Contract award if the successful Bidder is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses, or one or more of the licenses are not current and active. If the City discovers after the Contract’s award that the Contractor is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses, or one or more of the licenses are not current and active, the City may cancel the award, reject the Bid, declare the Bid Bond as forfeited, keep the Bid Bond’s proceeds, and exercise any one or more of the remedies in the Contract Documents. In submitting its bid, each Bidder will be required to certify that he/she has a minimum of five consecutive years of current experience in the field of concrete repair and protection, completed a potable water reservoir rehabilitation or upgrade project within the past five years, and that this experience is in actual operation of a firm with permanent employees performing a part of the work as distinct from a firm operating entirely by subcontracting all phases of the work. Contractor shall maintain qualified personnel who have received product training by a Sika representative. If a Bidder fails to meet these qualifications, City shall consider the Bidder to be not responsible. SUBCONTRACTORS’ LICENSES AND LISTING - At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, each listed Subcontractor must possess a current and active California contractor’s license appropriate for the portion of the Work listed for such Subcontractor and shall hold all specialty certifications required for such Work. When the Bidder submits its Bid to the City, the Bidder must list each Subcontractor whom the Bidder must disclose under Public Contract Code Section 4104 (Subcontractor Listing Law), and the Bidder must provide all of the Subcontractor information that Section 4104 requires (name, address, and portion of the Work). In addition, the City requires that the Bidder list each Subcontractor’s license number and the dollar value of each Subcontractor’s labor or services. SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300, substitution of securities for withheld funds is permitted in accordance therewith.

THE CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY BID OR ALL THE BIDS AND TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITY OR IRREGULARITY IN ANY BID, BUT IF THE BIDS ARE ACCEPTED, THE CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.

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TSG No.: 5021085 TS No.: CA1100223969 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 4335-029-038 Property Address: 150 NORTH ALMONT DRIVE #402 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90211 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/02/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE P R O C E E D I N G AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09/24/2015 at 10:00 A.M., First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 05/16/2006, as Instrument No. 06 1073139, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: SHAHRIAR ZARINI AND LOEIS REFUA, HUSBAND AND WIFE, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, C A S H I E R ' S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 4335029-038 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 150 NORTH ALMONT DRIVE #402, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90211 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the

street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $936,324.83. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on

this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/proper tySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1100223969 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC 1500 Solana Blvd, Bldg 6, 1st Floor Westlake, TX 76262 First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT C O L L E C T O R ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 NPP0256055 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 09/04/2015, 09/11/2015, 09/18/2015

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING STAGE D WATER CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR WASHDOWN OF BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, SIDEWALKS AND OUTDOOR DINING AREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The city council hereby amends and restates paragraph D.2.g. of Section 9-4304 (“REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER CONSERVATION STAGES”) of Article 3 (“Emergency Water Conservation Plan”) of Chapter 4 (“WATER REGULATIONS”) of Title 9 (“BUILDING AND PROPERTY HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows: “9-4-304: REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER C O N S E RVAT I O N STAGES: D. Stage Requirements:

2. Stage D compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements: g. Exterior washdown of vehicles shall be prohibited unless:

2. Stage D compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements: j. Exterior washdown of buildings shall be prohibited unless: (i) using a Reclaimed Water System and such washing is done: (a) no more than once per month for retail building frontage; (b) no more than twice per year for office and commercial buildings; (c) no more often than is necessary to comply with health laws and regulations for the building frontage of food service uses; or (d) no more than once per year for residential structures solely for the purpose of preparing a residential structure for painting. (ii) using a commercial glass and window cleaner.” Section 3. The city council hereby adds subsection (k) to paragraph D.2. of Section 94-304 (“REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER C O N S E RVAT I O N STAGES”) of Article 3 (“Emergency Water Conservation Plan”) of Chapter 4 (“WATER REGULATIONS”) of Title 9 (“BUILDING AND PROPERTY HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows: “9-4-304: REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER C O N S E RVAT I O N STAGES:

D. Stage D (i) using a Requirements: Reclaimed Water System; 2. Stage D compliance elements shall include (ii) performed in the following mandatory accordance with an elements: alternative plan that promotes water conservak. Exterior washtion and is approved in down of sidewalks and writing by the Director of the pavement of outdoor Public Works or his/her dining areas shall be designee; or prohibited unless using a Reclaimed Water (iii) required to System and such washmeet laws or govern- ing is done no more mental regulations to often than is necessary protect health and safe- to comply with health ty, such as the cleaning laws and regulations.” of garbage trucks and The city vehicles to transport Section 4. council hereby adds food.” paragraph D.4. to The city Section 9-4-304 Section 2. council hereby adds ( “ R E Q U I R E M E N T S subsection (j) to para- FOR WATER CONSERgraph D.2. of Section 9- VATION STAGES”) of 4-304 (“REQUIRE- Article 3 (“Emergency MENTS FOR WATER Water Conservation C O N S E R V A T I O N Plan”) of Chapter 4 STAGES”) of Article 3 (“WATER REGULA(“Emergency Water TIONS”) of Title 9 Conservation Plan”) of (“BUILDING AND Chapter 4 (“WATER PROPERTY HEALTH REGULATIONS”) of AND SAFETY REGUTitle 9 (“BUILDING AND LATIONS”) of the PROPERTY HEALTH Beverly Hills Municipal AND SAFETY REGU- Code to read as follows: LATIONS”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal “9-4-304: REQUIRECode to read as follows: MENTS FOR WATER C O N S E RVAT I O N “9-4-304: REQUIRE- STAGES: MENTS FOR WATER C O N S E R V A T I O N D. Stage D STAGES: Requirements: D.

Stage

Article, “Reclaimed Water System” shall mean a system that initially uses potable water and then collects the runoff, treats the runoff, and uses the runoff for non-potable uses for multiple cycles.” Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Section 6. Publication. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the city within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the city Clerk’s certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this city. Section 7. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage. The Director of Public Works Services or his designee may extend the deadline for compliance with this Ordinance for no more than thirty (30) days in order to accommodate good faith efforts to implement the requirements of this Ordinance. Adopted: September 1, 2015 Effective: October 2, 2015 JULIAN A. GOLD, M.D. Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California ATTEST: BYRON POPE (SEAL) City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: MAHDI ALUZRI Interim City Manager DAVID LIGHTNER Deputy City Manager / Director of Capital GEORGE CHAVEZ Director of Public Works Services

VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Krasne, Bosse, Brien, Mirisch, and Mayor Gold NOES: None ABSENT: None D 4. For purposes of this CARRIED

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PUBLIC NOTICES TS# 1505-737 (2534 Benedict Canyon Dr) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 6/11/2014 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 October 07 2015, at 9:00 AM the undersigned, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to: Deed of Trust recorded 6/17/2014, as Instrument No. 2014-0624698 in the Official Records of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, and executed by Nir Isaac Toledano, an unmarried man WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash or cashier's check drawn on a financial institution authorized in Civil Code Section 2924h(b), at: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA Pomona, CA all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State as more fully described in said Deed of Trust. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2534 Benedict Canyon Drive,

Beverly Hills, CA 90210. APN 4382-008-006. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid balance of the note(s), secured by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $1,122,635.30 including as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust. Notice of default and election to sell the described real property under the deed of trust was recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (951)694-3903. 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. Dated: September 09 2015 MFTDS, INC. A California Corporation dba MASTER FUNDING CO. By: Andrea Wheeler (951) 694-3903 41911 5th St., Ste 202, Temecula, CA 92590 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2467, Temecula, CA 92593-2467 (IFS# 1186 09/11/15, 09/18/15, 09/25/15)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015208065 The following is/are doing business as: XFINITY TRADING 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #1679, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Keri Dunn 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #1679, 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: Keri Dunn, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 11, 2015; Published: August 21, 28, September 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015208066 The following is/are doing business as: 1) ALTERNATIVES 2) ALTERNATIVES ADDICTION TREATMENT 3) ALTERNATIVES BRAIN INSTITUTE 822 S. Robertson Blvd. #300, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Alternatives Behavioral Health, LLC 822 S. Robertson Blvd. #300, Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein May 17, 2013: Adi Jaffe, Executive Director: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 11, 2015; Published: August 21, 28, September 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015209641 The following is/are doing business as: NJM REAL PROPERTY ADVISORS 10445 Wilshire Blvd. #1606, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Neal Mehta 10445 Wilshire Blvd. #1606, Los Angeles, CA 90024; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has

begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein August 01, 2015: Neal Mehta, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 12, 2015; Published: August 21, 28, September 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015206193 The following is/are doing business as: 007 REGISTERED AGENTS 1328 N. Cherokee Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028; Gerald Crosby 1328 N. Cherokee Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Gerald Crosby, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 07, 2015; Published: August 21, 28, September 04, 11, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015214720 The following is/are doing business as: MAD BEAUTY LA 463 S. Robertson Blvd. #3, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Leslie Kritzer 463 S. Robertson Blvd. #3, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Madison DeClercq 463 S. Robertson Blvd. #3, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Leslie Kritzer, Co-Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 19, 2015; Published: August 28, September 04, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015220469 The following is/are doing business

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96 Head of an inn? 97 Caliban in “The Tempest,” e.g. 102 Pooh-bah 103 Get into 106 Part of a dominatrix’s outfit 108 Babe in the woods 111 “You can’t judge a book by its cover, but …” 114 “____ no idea” 115 Blazing stars 116 Pairs are seen in it 117 Emulate Isocrates 118 Birth-certificate datum 119 Paradises 120 Chemical ____ 121 Trig functions 122 Boom source DOWN

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13 2004 musical biopic for which the star won Best Actor 14 Pet in the comic strip “FoxTrot” 15 See 69-Across 16 “Helm ____!” (captain’s cry) 17 Within view 18 Ratchets (up) 25 Ambient music innovator Brian 26 Put forward 28 “Huh?” 32 It’s a trap 34 “Slow and steady wins the race, but …” 35 Shanghai nursemaid 36 Winter Olympics sport 38 “Knowledge is power, but …” 39 1943 conference site 40 Checked online reviews of, modernstyle 43 Here/there connector 44 One on staff? 45 Sphere of civilian activity during war 46 Trifle 47 Cousin of Sven 48 Michael Sheen’s character in “Twilight” 55 Mystical Muslims 56 Broadcast 58 Ill-gotten gains 59 Port on the Panama Canal 61 D.C.’s ____ Constitution Hall

as: BYERS & LABAT WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION 1450 S. Beverly Dr. #403, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Mario Labat 1450 S. Beverly Dr. #403, Los Angeles, CA 90035; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Mario Labat: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2015; Published: August 28, September 04, 11, 18, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015221200 The following is/are doing business as: 1) MUSTANG ENERGY BRANDS 2) MUSTANG ENERGY 3) MUSTANG ENERGY DRINK 4) MUSTANG ENERGY DRINKS 5) MUSTANG ENERGY BRAND 13908-3/4 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423; Maximillian Nechita 13908-3/4 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Maximilliam Nechita, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2015; Published: September 04, 11, 18, 25 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015221199 The following is/are doing business as: M & M KITTY’S 1142 Wall St. #107, Los Angeles, CA 90015; Bijan Yousefi 1142 Wall St. #107, Los Angeles, CA 90015; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 2003: Bijan Yousefi, Owner: Statement is filed with the

County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2015; Published: September 04, 11, 18, 25 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015221198 The following is/are doing business as: M & M KITTY’S 1327 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90015; Bijan Yousefi 1327 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90015; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 2003: Bijan Yousefi, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 25, 2015; Published: September 04, 11, 18, 25 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015228659 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SBS DESIGN 2) SIDE BY SIDE DESIGN 243 S. Barrington Ave. #B1, Los Angeles, CA 90049; Lauren Gwartz 243 S. Barrington Ave. #B1, Los Angeles, CA 90049; Tamira Bitton 15009 Moorpark St. #213, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein January 01, 2014: Tamira Bitton, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 03, 2015; Published: September 11, 18, 25, October 02, 2015 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015228658 The following is/are doing business as: 1) GO COLLEGE PREP 2) GO COLLEGE 269 S. Beverly Dr. #1361, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ramtin Mobasheri

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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310/860-9991 310/433-1949 213/926-4213

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2 hours away from Beverly Hills or less if you fly your small plane in Tehachapi Airport!

4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths on 2 acres covered in beautiful oaks and pines. 2977 Sq. Ft. + exercise room/laundry, mud room and storage area. Solar paneled house includes sun porch, double garage plus additional covered parking in gated community with private police department. $275,000 Maggie Schick 661-972-0545 RE/MAX• BRE#01062948

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————— 1138 SOUTH CREST GORGEOUS 4 BEDROOM & POOL ONE BLOCK OUT OF BEVERLY HILLS GREAT INVESTMENT FOR RENTAL OR PERFECT 1031 EXCHANGE FOR FUTURE BUILDING New Listing $1,495,000

SANDRA LEWIS AGT. 310-770-4111 BRE 00456048

Hardwood floors., large backyard, 2-car garage, circular driveway. $6,000/Month

Large Balcony. New Kitchen.Washer/Dryer. lrg. rooms w/d, stove, Pool, Spa, Recreation fridge. Pet considered. Room & Storage Area. $2,700/Month $4,100/Month Or $2,900/Month • Noushin Ahobim • Agt.: 310/863-4325 w/ Remodeled Kitchen

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BEVERLY HILLS TOWNHOUSE Prime Carthay Circle ———————— Pride of Ownership

Top flr 3+3.5 • $5,250 2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH

Dining room, open floor plan. 1930’S DUPLEX Fully Remodeled SANTA MONICA COMPLETELY UPDATED New Appliances 427 Montana Ave. Liv rm w/ hi-ceilings, hrwd Adjacent to S t o r a g e flrs, fireplace. New kitch Beverly Hills Hotel Space w/ granite counters, for$4,000/MO. Av a i l a b l e mal din breakfast area. LISA SHERMAN • AGENT Furnished $5,000/MO. for Rent. Close to Beach . Please Call: 310/394-7132

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310/724-7000 x-1851 Call 310/227-2128

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4 BDRMS, 3.5 BATHS

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HOME ON THE HILLS Very Private & Spacious

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with amazing views, spa hardwood floors, wine cellar and wet-bar. Convenient location. Available Now $7600/MO.

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2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATH upper unit with breakfast and formal dining room. Yard, laundry & parking.

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Furnished or Unfurnished Totally Renovated. Granite Counters Hardwood Floors. Raised Ceilings Unobstructed 180 degree City Light Views. Inside Washer/Dryer

CENTURY PARK EAST

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH $4,250/month

Outstanding South Tower. Corner Renovation. 270 degree Unobstructed Views. Hardwood Floors. Built Out Closets. Fabulous Kitchen, Newer Appliances Crystal Stall Shower, Spa Bathtub. 2 Jumbo Balconies .Super Quiet Location.

1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH $3,100/month High Floor. Total Renovation Great City Views

PARK PLACE $4,000 to $5,950/Mo.

CENTURY HILL $5,850 to $7,000/Mo.

ONE CENTURY $20,000 to $45,000/Mo.

BEL AIR CREST $16,500 to $67,000/Mo.

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440

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

440

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

Border of BEVERLY HILLS

SOUTH CLARK DR.

WESTWOOD

NEWLY REMODELED

922 S. BEDFORD DRIVE LIGHT AND BRIGHT

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH

321 S. Sherbourne Dr.

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newly remodeled on second • floor with A/C and 2 parking.

Spacious

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Jr. Executive • •• ••

$2,350/MO. Balcony, controlled Sam: 310/422-6026 access, a/c, stove,

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Robertson/Burton Way

LOVELY ONE BEDROOM With balcony, tub + stall shower, ELEVATOR, A/C, gated garage, controlled access in quiet building. No pets. Non-smoking facility.

SANTA MONICA W E S T W O O D

427 Montana Ave. 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . 1380 Midvale Ave.

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• ••• •••• ••• SINGLE ••• • •• •••• •••

1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH •• •• • • • • • • •• IN BEVERLY HILLS •• + • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • 2 Bd. 2 Ba. 1 Bd. + Den + 1 Ba. On second floor with A/C, •• •• Single

Controlled access, Wifi, Bright, controlled garage, laundry facility. access, balcony, Close to Beach. pool, elevator, 310/394-7132 laundry facility, prkg.

elevator, laundry Call 310/653-2551 BEVERLY HILLS ADJ facility, parking. Close To U.C.L.A. Bedford/Olympic • 310/247-8689 • ~ W E S T ~ 310/477-6856 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO Close to Cedars-Sinai, B R E N T W O O D L O S A N G E L E S $2,150/MO.

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Beverly Center & 11730 SUNSET BLVD. 2 Bdrm. + 1 Bath Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. Trendy Robertson Bl. NEWLY REMODELED Newly Remodeled. Lower unit with fridge, washer/dryer in unit and 2 car parking.

Call 310/880-7281

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2 Bd.+1 Ba. • $2,000 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • $1,700 Quiet, Desired Location. Parking, laundry facility. Close to Bristol Farms/Ralphs. Call David:

310/488-1785

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221 S. Doheny Dr. • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • Single Spacious, hardwood flrs., huge closets, built-in a/c, dishwasher, pool, elevator, controlled access, laundry facilities. No pets.

310/531-3992

Great Location!

————— NEWLY REMODELED 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH IN BEVERLY HILLS

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central heat, stove,

• • • • •

WiFi, pool, elevator, Call 310/210-6683 controlled access, onsight laundry, parking. H O L LY W O O D Close to U.C.L.A. 1769-1775 310/473-1509 N. Sycamore Av.

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1370 Veteran Ave. New hrwd. flrs., stainWILSHIRE • Jr. Executive less steel appl., balcony, 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath BRENTWOOD CORRIDOR Single 1 Bdrm. +1 Bath • controlled access, 10530-10540 11988 Kiowa Ave. •••• •• • • • • • • • on-site laundry, prkg. Wilshire Bl. •••• ••••••• Rooftop pool, 1307 Barry Ave. 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. Balcony, air conditioning ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ ••••••• deck, central air, 310/473-1509 dishwasher, controlled elevator, intercom SMALL QUIET BLDG. Large & Bright Unit. access bldg., WiFi, • 1 B d . + 1 B a . • entry, on-sight laundry, Elevator, controlled gym, parking. access, on-site W E S T L . A . pool, on-sight laundry, • 2 B d . + 1 B a . • • Free WiFi Access • laundry facility, gym, parking. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ 1415 Brockton Ave. ~ 310/476-3824 ~ balcony, parking. 310/477-6885 Luxury Living BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE 1 Bdrm. +1 Bath Close to Close to U.C.L.A. with valet, Brentwood Village, Patio, stove, fridge, BRENTWOOD lush garden Shops & Restaurants. dishwasher, on-sight The Carlton W E S T W O O D surrounding pool, • 310/826-4889 • laundry, parking. 11666 Goshen Ave. 1409 Midvale Ave. gym, elevator, etc. C LOSE T O S HOPS • • • • • BRENTWOOD ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) • • • • • • Hrwd. flrs., granite Single+1 Ba. & R ESTAURANTS . • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • counters, dishwasher, 519 S. Barrington Ave. •• 310/479-0700 • • central air, balcony. 1 Bd.+Loft+11/2 Ba. ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚ • • • • Call: 310/470-4474 • • 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) (•)(•) WEST L.A. WiFi, a/c, intercom Bright unit. WiFi, central air/heat, 1343 Carmelina Ave. entry, laundry facility, CULVER CITY Dishwasher, On-site fireplace, patio, - 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath elevator, parking, pool. 3830 Vinton Ave. laundry, parking. controlled access, • Bright Unit • • CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., • • Single • Close to pool, elevator, parking, On-site laundry, SHOPPING & 1 BLK. • • • Brentwood Village. laundry facility. on-site parking. TO WESTWOOD PARK. • • •• 310/312-9871 310/472-8915 Close to 310/478-8616 Pool, sauna, Shopping & Dining in transportation. intercom entry,

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Brentwood Village

170 N. Crescent Dr.

On second floor with A/C, central heat, stove, fridge, oven. No Pets.

Call 310/210-6683

922 S. Barrington Av.

• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • Fireplace, balcony, wet bar, dishwasher, laundry facility, elevator, parking.

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Balcony, dishwasher, laundry rm., prkg., intercom entry, elevator. elevator, intercom CLOSE TO SHOPS entry, on-site & R E S TA U R A N T S laundry, parking. C A N O N / B E V E R LY / RODEO DR. P LEASE C ALL : 310/858-8133 310/435-3693

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• 2 Bd.+2 Ba.

• • • • •

6-Month Lease Avail.

* * * * * * Every Extra Luxury

custom cabinets, granite countertops, stone entry, pool, health club, spa. C LOSE TO S CHOOL , Spacious a/c, fireplace, • Free WiFi Access • pool, controlled access, • Close to UCLA • F REEWAY & laundry fac., prkg. 1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. T RANSPORTATION .

310/449-1100

2600 Virginia Ave.

Controlled access, laundry facility. Utilities Included.

323/851-3790

Close to Everything.

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340 S. St. Andrews Pl.

• • • • • Spacious 1 Bdrm + 1 Bath • • • • •

Balcony, controlled access, parking, elevator, on-site laundry. Close to shopping, great restaurants and Metro.

213/364-8423

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274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL.

1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

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* * Close to shops+dining. * * * * * BEVERLY HILLS Newly Remodeled 310/826-0541 Luxury 443 S. Oakhurst Dr. Penthouse 310/820-8584 • • 3 Bdrm.+3 Bath SANTA MONICA • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • 1,800sf+, street views • S p a c i o u s • • WESTWOOD • kitch w/ island, new • • lrg 3 Bdrm. + 2 Bath 10933 Rochester Ave. appl., washer/dryer. B R I G H T & S PA C I O U S 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath Approx. 1,100sf. * * * * * * * B E V E R LY H I L L S Large & Bright. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Patio, dishwasher, Pool, a/c, balcony, LIVING. Jr. Executive stove, dishwasher, on-site laundry, parking.

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• • • • • • Single • Bachelor

Granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, • 310/442-8265 • elevator, on-site air conditioned, new L.A.’S FINEST, laundry, parking. W E S T L . A . MOST LUXURIOUS All Utilities Paid. hrwd. flrs., designer finishes, balcony, ceiling APT. RENTAL 1236 Amhearst Ave. 310/841-2367 fan, elevator, controlled • Spacious Units • * * * * * * access. Fitness ctr, yoga ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ “The Mission” room, wi-fi, skyview 2 Bd.+2Ba. • Westwood • lounge w/ outdoor fire* HOLLYWOOD * Dishwasher, a/c, 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. place, laundry facilities. controlled access, Easy freeway access • • • • • on-site parking * * * * * 213/382-102 1 & laundry facility. • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

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In The HEART of BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE • BRENTWOOD •

fridge, oven. No Pets.

• Free WiFi Access • 310/473-5061

L.A., 90024 Contact Mgr.:

Close To U.C.L.A. • 310/864-0319 •

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* * * * * LOS ANGELES

Newly Remodeled 401 S. HOOVER St. Great Views • • • • • • • • Great views, controlled • 1 Bd. + access, balcony, • 1 Ba. elevator, lrg. pool, • • • • • • • • prkg, on-sight laundry. Control access, pool, H IKING IN R UNYON dishwasher, elevator, C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD on-site laundry B OWL /N IGHTLIFE . and parking.

323/467-8172

213/385-4751

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MARCIA WILSON HOBBS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, former Mayor Joe Tilem read a letter sent to the Board of Education signed by 16 former mayors of the City of Beverly Hills. While I respect many of those who signed this letter and agree that we should not move students into “cottages” until and unless we have the funds available to complete any project which involves placing students and staff in these “cottages.” I take serious issue with the idea that an elected official should not participate in nor take votes on any and all issues that arise during their elected term of office. Each such official is elected for a term of office and has the duty, obligation and authority to serve until their term ends. To do anything less would be to deny the voters their elected representation. I was surprised and disappointed that any former elected official would take this position so I reviewed the terms of office and voting records for each of the 16 former mayors who signed the letter. I did not find one instance of any of these individuals abstaining or not participating in debates or discussions on issues before the council because their term was about to expire, or an election about to occur, in fact just the opposite. Many of these mayors pushed their agendas and took votes until the very last meeting of their term of office. It is hypocritical for any of them to suggest any member of the Board of Education not perform his or her duties. It is also interesting to note that many, if not all, these former mayors have endorsed challengers in the upcoming school board election. I agree that the election is a perfect opportunity for the community to discuss and debate these issues, the only problem is that only the incumbents, Noah Margo and Lewis Hall are actually discussing their plans on how to address major issues affecting the safety of our school buildings and how they will use the Measure E bond funds to address these issues. The voters have a clear choice and know the various positions of all five elected members of the board. I have yet to hear any specific plan with details from any of the candidates challenging Noah or Lewis in the school board race. This is a tried and true strategy for challengers–attack the incumbents while trying not to alienate any voters by telling them what you as a challenger will actually do if elected. Our community deserves better and the voters should be asking tough questions to the challengers about their specific plans, not just allow them to pull a Donald Trump and say, “trust me I have a plan,” and that they would do things differently, more efficiently and more cost effective without providing specifics. While using sound bites may win votes, it will not allow the community to weigh in on these issues. Ultimately that should have been the point the former mayors made. One more interesting fact is many of these former mayors who signed this letter are now paid consultants for developers who have business interests before the City, including several who represent the MTA and support the route under Beverly Hills High School instructional buildings. I wonder how much they billed their clients for drafting, reviewing and signing this letter? Brian David Goldberg, PhD President, BHUSD Board of Education

I have tried the best I can and then more to try to convince Democrats (not the democratic people) to oppose the Iran deal which I cannot believe has been accepted by Democrat senators including, amongst them, many Jews. All these “senators” have been in our City for dinners, cocktail parties, sponsorships and presentations. I am surprised the “hosts” of such events couldn’t understand and put forth that Iran’s purpose among others is to destroy Israel. Only to the illiterate or the deaf are the words of the ayatollahs unclear. In fact, even Obama and Kerry are clearly aware of the damnations, but who cares when tiny Israel is the one at stake. Do actually the 5 plus 1 countries believe that Iran will comply when the deal is onesided? It is like selling sticky caramels to a person with false teeth. Among the multiple great articles which I have read is one by the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Michael Oren (happy it was written on my 71st birthday). I wish to quote some of what his writing because he is not only a great person but his explanation “hits the nail on the head.” He refers to his grandchildren’s future in Israel and their well- being. Many of us are fortunate enough to say that indeed grandchildren are the greatest thing in life (we have 11 and can vouch for that). Oren speaks of the enemies surrounding his home (Israel) and the quantity of arms, money and help these terrorists receive from Iran. Unfortunately, our Democrats clearly don’t care! In fact, with full knowledge, they are going to give the ayatollahs $150 billion to buy arms from Russia and China. Switzerland, Germany France and Britain are ready to make deals. Of course, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad is already reserving more virgins for those who sacriﬁce themselves. Amb.Oren clearly expresses his anxiety and heartache about the evolution of his grandchildren’s lives. I believe Oren is right on the mark when he says it will be during their young lifetime, Iran will “most likely be a nuclear country”! Perhaps this would not happen if a man like President Ronald Reagan were to become our president. These Democrats are so confused. On the one hand, Russia is helping Assad from Syria, the U.S. red line has been violated and the U.S. is against this. So how is it that they are “Iran’s friends”?..... it makes no sense, amigos. Per Iran's big leaders.... No talks with U.S. outside the nuclear deal....does this describe a country to be trusted? To quote Amb. Oren: “Advocates of the Iran deal must ask themselves one question: would they support it if the lives of their children and grandchildren depended on it? Mine do. Indeed, the deal will threaten all of our families — Israeli as well as American — for generations to come. “The American credibility essential to mediating and guaranteeing peace will also have vanished. Having falsely promised that Iran will never possess the right to enrich uranium and retain underground facilities, Israelis and other Middle East partners will unlikely place their trust in the United States. Pablo Nankin, MD

IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY!! Cartoon for The Courier by Janet Salter

Astrology By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 11). The signs the universe gives you are flashing, neon, sparkling and generally doing everything possible to capture your attention. As far as your destiny goes, this is a “can’t miss” year. This month brings the first in a series of small victories that add up to a November prize. December and May will be the most romantic. Scorpio and Leo people adore you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Is the new stuff really going to be better than the status quo? That’s the question of the day, and you’re going to want to see examples and hard data before you'll be willing to make any kind of a change. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Some around you are driven by the fear of losing autonomy and respect. It therefore will be more important than ever to give them their due. Your awareness of each gesture will improve the relationship. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Don't expect it to be easy. Your idea could cause a multitude of reactions. Your response will be akin to taking a pulse. You’ll find out what the current level of support is, and you’ll go from there. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). In the deepest parts of your insides, you want more recognition than you’re getting. And that a title would give you, CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Think proactively. Take initiative. Waiting for problems and then solving them is not the way. What might you do to make it better before a problem arises? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Are the opportunities more complicated than you’d like? Your communication skills are on fire these days, and so the answer is quite simple: State the conditions under which you could say yes. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Even if a person has been a part of your life for many years, you can always discover some fresh brilliance in that person. Today will prove the point. ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Your neighborly attitude might lead you to learn more than you wanted to know. However awkward you may feel about the information, you will be better for having been armed with this knowledge. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Unreal expectations will produce, at best, disappointment—at worst, cruelty. There is absolutely no reason for you to expect yourself to automatically know how to behave in every situation. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Take charge of the situation by making a proposal. It doesn’t matter whether it is rejected or accepted. The point is you’ll change the dynamic by asserting yourself. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be asked to repeatedly perform a specific function. Sound nutrition and good hydration will help you to do more repetitions than you otherwise could have done. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Creating a vision is important. Communicating it is more important. The clearer you get about your vision the easier it will be to convey it. Explain it to yourself, and you’ll find where the holes are.

POLICE BLOTTER The following burglaries and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers. Losses in brackets. BURGLARIES 9/01 8900 Olympic Blvd. 9/01 200 S. Beverly Dr. 9/02 300 S. Bedford ($220,000) 9/03 200 Lasky Dr ($700) 9/03 1000 N. Rexford Dr. ($1,300) 9/03 600 N. Doheny Dr. ($15,300) 9/05 400 N. Doheny Dr. ($9,460)

9/06 300 N. Crescent Dr. ($6,200) GRAND THEFTS 8/25 600 Arden Dr. ($58,000) 8/31 9500 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,000) 9/03 N. La Cienega Blvd.($1,563) 9/05 300 N. Beverly Dr. ($6,000) 09/06 200 S. Wetherly Dr.

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