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October 3, 2014

Beverly Elder: Paul Selwyn, Visionary Who Helped Create The Wallis

The “Beverly Hills Days” art mosaic is complete with 5,000 photos.

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Part 6 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City.

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La Cienega Tennis Center is hosting a teen Halloween costume party.

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Patti Davis unveiled her latest book The Wit And Wisdom of Gracie.

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Bettie Bearden’s Living Newport offers intimate look at Newport.

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THINK PINK—The Beverly Hills Firefighters Association will be wearing pink t-shirts for October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month; shirts are available for $20 at the Beverly Hills Fire Station at 445 Rexford Dr. to benefit Tower Cancer Research Foundation. Pictured (top row, from left): Engineer Charles Ratcliff, Engineer Scott Steele, Paramedic Mark Hein, Firefighter Ryan Goble, Engineer Victor Gutierrez, Engineer Amy Horst, Captain David Perusse, Firefighter Manny Rosales. Bottom Row (from left): Captain Glenn Pinson, Captain Ken Signorio, Captain JR Berardinelli, Captain Kevin Reed, Firefighter Brenton Weist, Captain Mike Hand, Firefighter Derek Cope, Captain Jon Borer, Captain Dean Viana, Engineer Jeff Thomas, Batallion Chief David Grate.

By Laura Coleman Last season at The Wallis, over 40,000 people came through the doors of the newly opened cultural center in Beverly Hills for some 197 performances. This year, the City-shaping destination, which kicks off its second season next Saturday with the environmental classic The Man Who Planted Trees, is upping its game by offering some 252 performances for 36

Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE

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different programs.

“We have a rich and rewarding season ahead of us [and] I could not be more proud,” said Chairman of the Board Jerry Magnin In addition to programmatic enhancements, this season also includes a change in leadership. In lieu of Lou Moore, who had been serving as Executive Director since 2000 until she stepped down this

Neighbor: Illegal Work At Bel-Air’s 901 Strada Vecchia

By Matt Lopez Bel-Air neighbors allege that construction work is continuing at Mohamed Hadid’s sprawling megamansion at 901 Strada Vecchia, despite the fact that its permits have been revoked by the city of Los Angeles.

On Sept. 9, the L.A. Department of Building and

(see ‘THE WALLIS’ page 16)

Bel-Air Homeowners Alliance Sues City Of Los Angeles Over Somma Way Project

By Victoria Talbot The Bel Air Homeowners Alliance (BAHOA, formerly BAHA) is suing the City of Los Angeles, the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners, the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee, owner WPG 10697 Somma LLC and applicant Shannon Nonn over the approval

of the application to export 29,474 cubic yards of earth from 10697 West Somma Way. In a hearing Tuesday that was continued from Sept. 23 at a special meeting of the Planning and Land Use Committee of the City of Los Angeles before Councilmembers Jose Huizar, (see ‘SOMMA WAY’ page 10)

(see ‘PAUL SELWYN’ page 17)

WORKING... ON WHAT?—In a photo dated Sept. 8, after 901 Strada Vecchia’s permits had been revoked, workers are seen doing some sort of cutting of a board on the site. The LADBS says workers have been at the site, but only performing routine maintenance.

See page 11 for another photo of workers on the site.

TEAM WALLIS—(from left): Interim Producing Director James D’Asaro, Managing Director Tania Camargo and Interim Artistic Director Patricia Wolff serve in concert to oversee programming at The Wallis. The trio’s position was previously held by Lou Moore.

George Christy, Page 6 Julie Andrews Celebrated Her Birthday During L.A. Phil’s 2014 Gala Honoring John Williams At The Walt Disney Concert Hall.

More Than $3.5 Million Was Raised, Noted President Deborah Borda

By Laura Coleman Among Paul Selwyn’s earliest memories is seeing the Statute of Liberty from aboard the S.S. Normandy when, at five years old, he traveled across the Atlantic from his home in Antwerp, Belgium.

The year was 1938, and together with his parents he arrived in New York prior to the beginning of World War II. “Someone in the Consulate who was preparing our Visas suggested going to Beverly Hills,”

The Wallis’ Second Season Opens With More Shows, New Leaders

Safety ruled that 901 Strada Vecchia’s building permits had been issued in violation of the L.A. Municipal Code. The LADBS found that unpermitted grading and demolishing took place without a permit and that the site’s natural grade was misrepresented in order to permit a project that exceeded the (see ‘901 STRADA VECCHIA’ page 16)

STANDING UP — Viola Davis and Julius Tennon stood up in support of the Rape Foundation fundraiser’s annual brunch at GreenAcres private estate in Beverly Hills.

Celebrity Photo/Scott Downie

Cindy Lou is a 5-pound, one-year-old Chihuahua looking for a home.

Attending were Amanda Pays with husband Corbin Bernsen, Emmy Rossum, Eric McCormack, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Tamara Taylor.

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

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Beverly Hills High School Class Of 1954 Sets 60-Year Reunion Plans For October 18-19

By John Seitz The 60th reunion for Beverly Hills High School’s class of 1954 will be held Oct. 18-19, advises class representative Valerie Kay. That Saturday will be a no-host cocktail reception organized by Carole Kreeger-Armour Greenbaum (818-399-3883) from 7 p.m. at the Luxe Sunset Hotel, 11461 Sunset Blvd.

The following day (Sunday), there will be a brunch/lunch across the street at Hotel Angeleno, 170 N. Church Lane, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For information, email: bestclass54@gmail.com or call Ruth Simon at 323654-6186.

POLICE BLOTTER The following assaults, burglaries, grand thefts and robberies have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers.

Losses in brackets.

ASSAULTS 09/22 200 S. La Cienega Blvd.

09/22 Wilshire/S. Santa Monica Blvd.

09/24 100 N. Carson St. BURGLARIES 09/22 50 N. La Cienega Blvd. ($300) 09/22 400 N. Maple Dr. ($840) 09/23 100 N. Robertson Blvd. ($500) 09/23 400 S. Oakhurst Dr. 09/24 9000 Wilshire Blvd. ($2,695) 09/25 400 N. Rodeo Dr. 09/25 9000 Brighton Way. 09/25 300 N. Rodeo Dr. ($14,606) 09/25 8000 Clifton Way. ($157,370) 09/25 300 S. Rexford Dr. 09/27 400 N. Canon Dr. GRAND THEFT 09/18 300 S. Beverly Dr. ($10,000) 09/24 9000 Wilshire Blvd. ($1,990) 09/26 900 Brighton Way. ($1,000) ROBBERIES 09/23 N. Oakhurst Dr./Alden Dr. ($100) 09/25 Hartford Wy./Glen Wy ($4,000)

30-Year BHFD Firefighter Lyle Slater Dies At 78

Lyle Slater, 78, a member of the Beverly Hills Fire Department for three decades, died Sept. 22 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington.

He recently authored a book Divine Thump which chronicled his experiences while serving as a firefighter.

His survivors include his wife of 54years, Shirley; daughter Sierra Suzanne Mittleman; son Marc Edwin Slater; brother Richard Slater; and grandchildren Alexander and Lila Mittleman.

Burial follows an Oct. 13 service up at the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel with a celebration of his life to follow. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to www.ransdellfuneralchapel.com.

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B E V E R LY H I L L S M A I N N E W S CENTENNIAL ART IS 5,000 PHOTOS— Brenda and Richard Rubins, co-chairs of Beverly Hills Days Centennial Volunteer Committee, hold the completed mosaic to be presented Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the City Council meeting. Some 5,000 photos of Beverly Hills’ people make up the mosaic tiles assembled in this piece. At Brenda’s suggestion, Richard collected the photos over the Centennial year and arranged them to create this image. The art will have its own booth at the Beverly Hills Art Show Oct. 18-19.

Beverly Hills Centennial Rose Dedication This Sunday At Will Rogers Memorial Park

By Victoria Talbot As Beverly Hills’ Centennial Celebration winds down, the City has sown some enduring memories that will create a history of their own, including the Centennial Rose.

A dedication ceremony is planned for Sunday, Oct. 5 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Will Rogers Memorial Park, 9650 Sunset Blvd.

This lovely apricot bud displays itself with a hint of pink in a cluster of colorful flowers.

The debut will unveil the newly planted flowerbeds at

the park, featuring more than 160 floribunda rose bush varieties.

The garden is the generous donation from Dr. Keith Zary to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the City of Beverly Hills.

A short dedication ceremony will be followed with light refreshments and a commemorative gift.

Participating sponsors include the Centennial Tree & Rose Committee, Virginia Robinson Garden, flower artist Marcella Ruble and Excalibur

Estate Jewelry of Beverly Hills.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Centennial Rose,

O.J. Simpson’s Prosecutor Christopher Darden Takes On Beverly Hills School District

By Laura Coleman “Hello. Can I speak to Christopher Darden please,” The Courier asked.

It was him– one of the attorneys (along with Marcia Clark) who had prosecuted O.J. Simpson and failed to get a conviction.

“Do you know who I am?,” Darden asked.

The Courier did: “You are the attorney of June TapscottBazzi.”

Former Beverly Hills Unified School District employee Tapscott-Bazzi spent four nights in jail after Beverly Hills Police arrested her on Sept. 12 on the belief that she had stolen $21,000 from the BHUSD. On Tuesday, Darden replaced the public defender assigned to the case and got the preliminary hearing continued to Oct. 29.

“So, why’d you take the case?” The Courier asked.

“Barbara Walters tried that too,” he said in prelude to his steadfast refusal to comment on the case.

Darden did share, however, that he was eating tuna from

Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission Splits 2 To 2 On Mountain Drive Landmark Vote

By Victoria Talbot Cultural Heritage Commissioners were unable to agree on a disposition for the Harry Joe Brown residence at 625 Mountain Dr., at a special meeting Tuesday, voting 2-to-2, with Commissioner Noah Furie recused from the decision.

The decision reflected a split in the staff’s findings: William Crouch, the City’s senior urban designer, recommended that the commission decline to nominate the property; the City’s consultant, Jan Ostashay, recommended landmark status. This was the first time in the 2 1/2 years since the ordinance was adopted that staff did not reach the same findings.

The home is a Georgian Colonial Revival designed by

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA—Cindy Lou is a 5-pound, full-grown, 1-year old teacup Chihuahua. She was found as a stray and left at a high-kill shelter before being rescued by ShelterHopePetShop.org .

Those interested in giving this tiny purse-pup a loving home may contact Kira Lorsch at 4Dogs@RHLGroup.co m or Shelter Hope at 805-379-3538.

LANDMARK NO-GO—Commissioners split 2-2 on designating the Joe Brown residence on Mountain Drive by master architect Paul R. Williams, because of alterations and conditions.

Paul R. Williams and built in 1937-8 by O’Neal & Son contractors for motion picture producer Harry Joe Brown and his wife, actress Sally Eilers. Later, it was purchased by screenwriter Nunnally Johnson and his wife Doris. Nunnelly, who adapted The Grapes Of

Wrath to the screen, eventually became the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood.

But the house is most closely associated with Robert Petersen, publisher of Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines, and his wife Margie. The two (see ‘CULTURAL HERITAGE’ page 17)

GRAN FONDO—The City of Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive welcomed riders from around the world Sunday for the Gran Fondo Italia cycling ride. The tour began in Beverly Hills, ran through the Santa Monica Mountains climbing Piuma Road and circling back to end in front of the Beverly Hills City Hall. Vendors supplied a twoday expo at Beverly Canon Gardens for the weekend.

a can and his son, a private school student, had just gotten an A on his chemistry exam.

“Today’s a great day,” he said, subsequently sharing that his “chances of getting into heaven” were iffy.

A months-long investigation by the BHUSD determined that Tapscott-Bazzi had been stealing funds from the Beverly Hills High School student store.

Prior to taking up a parttime position in the student store in 2012, Tapscott-Bazzi, 33, served as a secretary for Carter Paysinger.

Paysinger, a veteran BHUSD employee since the 1970’s, is currently suing the district for discrimination. Former L.A. District Attorney candidateAlan Jackson is on Paysinger’s legal team.

BHUSD attorney Vincent Ewing said that the BHUSD witnesses and the BHPD detective assigned to the case were scheduled to return to the airport courthouse for the preliminary hearing on Oct. 29.

Darden told The Courier he would have more to say then.

Beverly Wilshire’s Pink Drinks Raise Funds For Breast Cancer

By Laura Coleman In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Beverly Wilshire is going pink as part of a month-long fundraising effort.

Throughout the month, THE Blvd, Cut and sidebar, will donate a percentage of proceeds from featured cocktails to benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

At THE Blvd, a special Sweet & Savory Experience includes a small bottles of Moët

& Chandon’s Rosé Impérial expertly paired with a savory or sweet dish. At CUT and sidebar, the refreshing "Twisted Tiffany" cocktail, made from Lanson Rose Champagne, Aperol, St-Germain and lemon will help the cause.

For more information about Making Strides, visit: makingstrides.acsevents.org .

For reservations at THE Blvd call 310 385 3901 and for CUT or sidebar call 310 276 8500.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PUG LIFE—Patti Davis’ recently unveiled her latest book: The Wit and Wisdom of Gracie. The book, which lists the author as Gracie Davis (pug Gracie Davis is pictured left with Patti Davis), starts with an illustrated tale where Gracie shares such wisdom as: “Here’s another thing I’ve learned: neighborhoods are important. You need to walk out your door, down the sidewalk, and know that you’ll run into friends and share your walks with them.

I can’t imagine what life would be if I couldn’t walk with my friends.” The story continues with Gracie offering poignant meditations on daily life. Patti Davis is perhaps best well known as an author for The Long Goodbye, about losing her father, President Ronald Reagan, to Alzheimer’s. The Wit and Wisdom of Gracie is now available on Amazon.com.

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Paysinger VS. BHUSD, Lewis Hall Lawsuit Continues

By Laura Coleman On Monday, attorneys for Carter Paysinger filed his opposition to Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education member Lewis Hall’s motion to dismiss and motion to strike Paysinger’s first amended complaint to the lawsuit he originally filed against the school district and Hall in July, alleging discrimination and retaliation.

Hall’s attorney plans to file his reply brief early next week

in anticipation of the hearing date which is set for Oct. 20 with U.S. District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez.

BHUSD attorney Fred A. Fenster, with Greenberg Glusker said it was unlikely that a hearing would occur.

“Under ordinary circumstances, the judge will dispense with oral argument and make a decision based on the paper work that has been submitted by the parties,” he said.

Beverly Hills First Mayor Will Rogers Subject Of Next Centennial Film Series At Roxbury Park

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Historical Society will offer the third in its series of Centennial screenings to celebrate the rich history of Beverly Hills on Monday, Oct. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Roxbury Park Community Center. Featured will be a lost treasure–the TV special Will Rogers: Look Back In Laughter, starring Robin Williams, Harold Ramis, Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd.

Originally aired on HBO in 1987, it has not been viewed in almost 25 years.

The film is a testament to

the powerful influence the character of Will Rogers had on generations of humorists, from Dangerfield on down. It is also a fond remembrance of two great comedians who died untimely deaths this past year in tragic circumstances.

The late Robin Williams plays five different characters in the film. They are on a tour of Will Rogers’ Ranch, now the Will Rogers’ Historical Park in Pacific Palisades.

“Our night will be a fitting tribute to these three giants of comedy,” said Phil Savenick, who is producing the series.

The film's director

Will Rogers

Malcolm Leo, and the producer Hildegarde Duane, will be on hand to discuss the film.

The event is free and open to the public.

Temple Emanuel To Host Forum On European Anti-Semitism

TEEN COSTUME PARTY AND DANCE—La Cienega Tennis Center will be a spooky place Oct. 11! Beverly Hills 6-7 graders are invited to the 2nd annual Halloween and Costume Party from 7-10 p.m. at the Tennis Center, 325 S. La Cienega Blvd. The event will include activities like laser tag maze, costume prizes, DJ, and dancing.

Admission is $10 and a valid student ID for residents of Beverly Hills and BHUSD students. Pictured (from left): Amanda Chang, Sammy Gracia-Glazer, Rafael Choukroun, Isaac shinbrot, Isaac Margolis, Ian Fienberg, Ian Kim, Chole Shamsian and Alyssa Balbier at last year’s gig.

‘Bosse Birthday Bash’ Set For Walk With The Mayor Monday

By Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse is throwing a surprise party for her Walk with the Mayor for anyone who joins to celebrate her own birthday.

Everyone is invited for the mayor’s birthday walk to Hansen’s Cakes and Sweet Beverly.

Hansen Cakes has served

MARCH SCHWARTZ HONORED—The Friars Charitable Foundation commemorated the contributions to the organization by March Schwartz at a recent certificate presentation at the Hancock Park home of trustee Marge Graf. Schwartz, founder/publisher emeritus of The Beverly Hills Courier, who died last month at 97, served the charity for 40 years as executive VP and member of the board of trustees.

His widow, Linda Schwartz, left, accepted the certificate from the foundation’s President Marilyn Stambler.

Photo by Maxine Picard

the community since 1951.

Owner Patrick Hansen represents the seventh generation family baking tradition, including the Kings of Denmark.

The group will then proceed to Sweet Beverly at Beverly Canon Gardens.

Owner Gabriel Frem will celebrate his grand opening with a mayoral ribbon cutting cere-

mony, specialty crepes and live music in the park.

“I’m excited,” said Bosse.

“I am dancing at the thought of it!” Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this special day, as Mayor Bosse celebrates her birthday with the people of the City. Be at the Crescent steps of City Hall Monday at 8:30 a.m. Dogs are welcome!

SPIRIT OF LIFE—On Sept. 18, William McMorrow, chairman/CEO of Kennedy Wilson received City of Hope's Spirit of Life Award at the L.A. Real Estate and Construction Industries Council's 2014 Celebration.

Nearly 1,000 real estate luminaries gathered at The Beverly Wilshire to honor the professional and personal accomplishments of William McMorrow. The event raised over $1.5M for cancer and diabetes research at City of Hope. Pictured (from left): Robert Stone of City of Hope, Steven Jaffe of BH Properties, William McMorrow and Ed Sachse of Kennedy Wilson. To learn more, visit www.cityofhope.org/lare

By Victoria Talbot Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills’ annual Contemporary Issues Forum on Saturday from 2:25 to 4:15 p.m.will feature the French Consul Gen. Axel Cruau, and a panel of congregants, including Amanda Susskind of the Anti-Defamation League and Prof. Joshua Goode of Claremont Graduate University with moderator Cathy Unger, board member, the American Jewish Committee exploring the ominous rise of antiSemitism in modern-day Europe.

“This year, the rising threat of global anti-Semitism–particularly in Europe–will be top of mind as our community gathers for Yom Kippur,” said Rabbi Laura Geller of Temple Emanuel. “We are honored that Consul Gen. Cruau will be AND VINZ—Nine months after Norwegian duo Nico & Vinz found international success with the hit song “Am I Wrong” (from left) Nico Sereba (and Vincent "Vinz" Dery performed at the Lexus Pop Up Concert Series on Sept. in a free concert at the Book Bindery to the delight of their fans.

Courier Photo by Laura Coleman

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joining our congregation for the holiest day on the Jewish calendar to engage in dialogue and discuss his government's game plan for confronting the dangers of anti-Semitism.

Together, our three expert panelists will provide great insight for our community to try and bring about more thoughtful discourse and committed action.”

Europe has experienced a spike in violent hate crimes against Jewish businesses, antiSemitic rallies and attacks on synagogues, inspiring fear in the European Jewish community.

In France, anti-Semitic activity has increased dramatically, more than seven-fold in the past two decades.

Temple Emanuel is at 8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills.

GEORGE CHRISTY

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John Williams and Itzhak Perlman Joan and John Hotchkis

Ginny Mancini, Julie Andrews and Anjelica Huston

Silvia Mautner

LA Phil President and Sherry Lansing CEO Deborah Borda

L.A. Phil conductor Gustavo Dudamel with wife Eloísa Maturen Dudamel greeted the patrons at L.A. Phil’s 2014 Gala at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The event raised $3.5 million.

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ringing tears of joy and tears of heartbreak from his violin strings, Itzhak Perlman honored composer John Williams with a memorable performance during LA Phil’s 2014 Gala at the Walt Disney Concert Hall this week. The Gala’s become one of our country’s auspicious annual concerts, in its 15th year, with LA Phil president and CEO Deborah Borda thrilled that a blockbuster $3.5 million was raised for the orchestra.

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njelica Huston expressed her longtime adoration for honoree John Williams, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and Itzhak Perlman, adding congratulations for their packing the 2,800-seat house with passionate music fans of all ages. Also praised the dedication of event chair Diane B. Paul and Gala cochairs David Bohnett and Ann Ronus for creating an evening of enchantment.

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heirs was a night of nights celebrating the life and work of John Williams.

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Event Chair Diane B. Paul, Martin Chalifour (LA Phil Principal Concertmaster), Ann Ronus (Gala Committee Co-Chair) and David Bohnett (Gala Committee Co-Chair)

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John paying 35 cents as a youngster at the local cinemas, his favorite films being action movies … John winning his first Oscar for adapting the 1971 film version of Michael Eisner and Norman Lear the Broadway musical Fiddler On The Roof …

John accepting his third Oscar o u Stana Katic Wendy Burch Alex Carla Sands for the l977 Star Wars … John Meneses are one of the receiving 49 Oscar nominabest comtions ... John being honored posers in our with Grammy, Golden Globe, t i m e , ” Emmy, BAFTA awards … John announced Gustavo Dudamel Bonnett and agent Steve whose career spans five before the program’s end, Sauer. Julie and daughter decades, composing music for “and we are here to pay hom- Emma have written The Great more than 100 films … John age to your genius and your American Mousical, soon desembracing a 40-year artistic tined for Broadway. heart.” partnership with Steven Spielberg … John holding long with those picolex sponsored the honorary degrees from 21 uniGala dinner for more than 600 tured on this page, partying versities … John composing guests. LA Phil board mem- were Ghada Irani, Barbara and arranging music for the ber Julie Andrews celebrated and Zev Yaroslavsky, Jane first inaugural ceremony of her birthday with tablemates Eisner, LACMA’s Michael President Barack Obama …

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ny working composer, painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labor, rather than as a bolt out of the blue,” says John Williams.

“Composing music is hard work … and as a younger man, I never dreamed there could be a career earning a living writing music … even then I became interested in movie music because of the great orchestras in Hollywood.

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o much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten. Even by ourselves, so it’s gratifying to have something you have done linger in people’s minds.”

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Lacey Chabert

Bailee Madison

Carnie Wilson

Charlotte Ross

Katie Cleary

Celebrity Photo Agency/Scott Downie

Phillippe Cousteau Jr, Lisa Vanderpump and wife Ashlan Gorse

Bruce Boxleitner and

Beth Ostrosky Stern (Mrs. Howard) partici- Verena King pated in the 4th Annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards at the Beverly Hilton

Pauley Perrette

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Michelle Phillips

Bob Lorsch with wife Kira Reed Lorsch

Lori Loughlin flanked by daughters Isabella and Olivia

Robin Ganzert, Candy Spelling President of American Humaine Association

Wendy Wilson

Ken Davitian

Marlee Matlin

Christina Ferrare, with Arianna and Alexandra Thomopoulos

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

Mondrian West Hollywood Hosts Full Moon Affair To Spotlight Music, Art

STANDING STRONG—Pictured above (from left): Actress Jane Fonda, President of The Rape Foundation Gail Abarbanel and actress Lily Tomlin attend The Rape Foundations Annual Brunch at Green Acres in Beverly Hills on Sept. 28. This year’s annual brunch was hosted by Jane Fonda and MC’d by David Schwimmer. Pictured right (from left): Actresses Emmy Rossum and Amber Heard at the brunch.

The Rape Foundation supports comprehensive, free treatment for sexual assault victims, including emergency medical care and forensic services, professional counseling, advocacy, and court accompaniment in addition to prevention programs that reach thousands of middle school, high school, and college students each year.

Photos by Michael Buckner

By Laura Coleman The Mondrian is the place to be for this month’s full moon when on Oct. 9, an artistic set takes over the West Hollywood hotel for a night filled with art, music and fashion.

"The Los Angeles art scene is going through a renaissance in the visual art world,” said LA's Independent Creatives Franceasca Seiden, who is helping to curate this month’s full moon bazaar together with Karelle Levy and David Tamargo, as well as event producer Jose Ortiz.

“There is a new-found energy charging the city and we are elated to be a part of it.”

For the first time ever, the Mondrian Market, the monthly pop-up shopping event with local artists and curators, is incorporating an art and fashion exhibit. Among those to be featured are Arnold Steiner Clothing, David Tamargo Jewelry, KRELwear by Karelle Levy and LA Street Photographer Matthew Grant Anson. Additional vendors involved Local Heroes, Tumbler & Tipsy, Uni4rm, Hide Designs, MACKR, i.L.L, Jeff Paice, and The FFS. The rooftop event, which runs from 8 p.m. to midnight, will feature complimentary speciality cocktails until 9 p.m.

To RSVP, email: skybarla@mhgc.com.

Bel Air Film Festival Opening Night Is Oct. 7 With After-Party at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills The Seventh Annual Bel-Air Film Festival will hold its opening night red carpet event on Oct. 7 with an after-party set for the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills.

Melanie Griffith will present Tippi Hedren with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award, where she will be recognized for her for dedication and career in film. Emily Ferry will be honored with the festival’s Leadership in Cinema Award.

The festival, which is presented by the A2E Family Partnership, will screen the L.A. premiere of Just Before I Go, directed by Courteney Cox. For more information: visit www.belairfilmfestival.com.

FASHION SHOW—(From left): Armine Amiryan (USArmenia TV), Max Azria (Founder, CEO BCBG Max Azria) and Irina Aidinyan for (Irucci Couture) are all smiles at the Irucci & Aniko’s fashion show at Bellaire Banquet Hall. Guests included fashion, beauty and entertainment professionals, including editors, bloggers, designers, experts and business moguls from Armenia, Russia, China, Latin America and Iran.

Photo by Paul Adams

Shelter Hope Debuts 2015 Calendar Of Rescue Pet Ladies Shelter Hope Pet Shop is celebrating its three-year anniversary with a calendar release on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Janss Marketplace, 275 Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks.

The non-profit animal rescue group’s 2015 calendar features full-color photos of the shop’s rescue ladies and the pets that love them. Some familiar animal activist calendar girls include Playmate Devin DeVasquez, model Caroline Cusumano, and The Bay actress and Beverly Hills Courier Rescue Dog of the Week’s Kira Lorsch.

“Our goal is to raise awareness about pet adoption and the atrocious kill-rates at animal shelters,” said Shelter Hope Founder Kim Sill.

Visit www.shelterhopepetshop.org for information.

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Margie, Robert Petersen Foundation Gives $1.2 Million To Jeffrey Foundation The Jeffrey Foundation (www.thejeffreyfoundation.com), a 43-year old non-profit childcare/resource center offering educational services, programs, childcare, and parental support for special needs children and their families, announced the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation has made a transformative gift of $1.2 million which will pay off Jeffrey’s building mortgages.

In honor of this bequest, the main building on its campus will be renamed the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation Building in an unveiling ceremony and award reception with celebrities and government officials on Oct. 14 from 2-4 p.m. at 5470 W. Washington Blvd.

The now deceased Petersens were Beverly Hills’ residents, successful publishers and transportation industry stalwarts with the Petersen Auto Museum remaining a legacy to their memory.

Ruta Lee and Peter Mark Richman will emcee the afternoon with Beverly Cohen serving as chair. The event will be catered by Suz Landay with entertainment by Larry Covin. Elaine Bernard will sing The Star-Spangled Banner.

Among those expected to attend are: Lou Ferrigno, Charlene Tilton, Dick Van Patten, George Barris, Jack Carter, John Schneider, Renee Taylor, Joe Bologna, Fred Willard, Judy Tenuta, Mamie Van Doren, Courtney Stodden,

Margie & Robert Petersen

Margaret O’Brien, Pat Boone, Jane Withers, Connie Stevens, Lainie Kazan, Rebecca Holden, Robert Forster, Rosie Grier, Susan Stafford, Shadoe Stevens, William Shatner, Gavin McCleod, Francine York, Barbara Luna, Tom Hallick, Paul Petersen, Tippi Hedren, Monty Hall, Norm Crosby, Lee Meriwether, Shelly Berman, Dick Gautier, Marion Ross, Terry Moore, Arthur Hiller, Brenda Dickson, James Darren, Frank Stallone, Ed Ames, Earl Holiman, ‘Fegen’, Chuck McCann, Jon Voight, Ron Masak, and Buzz Aldrin.

“There are over 30,000 disabled youth in L.A. County whoare in need of special interventions,” said Alyce Morris Winston, the Jeffrey Foundation’s founder. “Our foundation was one of the first of it’s kind here and we have a capacity of providing for 124 children daily and 100 parents weekly.“

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Chair, Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo and Councilmember Mitchell Englander, the application was approved and sent to the Los Angeles City Council Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the City Council (including 11th District Councilman Paul Koretz) unanimously approved the application in one vote with several other applications, denying the BAHOA attorneys comment, though they had filled out a comment card related to the project. The approvals were granted without comment and without discussion.

A lawsuit was filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The environmental lawsuit will have priority in the courts and is expected to come to trial within 10 months to a year, said Richard Zeilinga, attorney for the BAHOA. The trial is based on public records and will have no witnesses and no new evidence.

If successful, a Writ of Mandate will be issued vacating all permit approvals and ordering an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). In addi-

tion, the plaintiffs may be required to pay attorney’s fees, already six figures, which are expected to be even more substantial.

“By this action we are challenging the Somma Way project and we don’t know how expansive the court order might be,” said Zeilinga.

But it is hoped that the result will be that the City will reconsider their policy of issuing a Mitigated Negative Declaration and consider requiring an EIR for the massive hillside projects that undertake to move thousands of cubic yards of earth through narrow, steep, winding streets, said Zeilinga.

In the fragile hillside environment, prone to slides, fire and floods, the unintended consequences of such massive excavation could be disastrous.

Even one stalled truck could be catastrophic.

The Somma Way project has galvanized the community in opposition, opening up the ‘disconnect’ between the residents who oppose the project and are members of the Alliance and the Bel-Air Association (BAA), which submitted a letter of support to the PLUM Committee without dis-

cussing it with most of the residents on Somma Way and Stone Canyon who are the major stakeholders, nor the counsel for the Alliance.

Fredric D. Rosen, the CEO and President of the Alliance stated, “The BAA has clearly lost its way. I’m not sure who they are trying to protect, but its clearly not the residents who are most impacted by this project. That’s what happens when you operate in a vacuum.”

In fact, the BAA threatened the community with a restraining order if residents continued to communicate with the BAA, many of them long-time members.

However, as if representing the community, the BAA support letter asked that the developer “contribute $500 to the Bel-Air Associations flagship program ‘Project Pothole,’ which funds are specifically earmarked to repair potholes and other street issues exacerbated by the project’s dirt hauling and construction related vehicles. If the developer uses double axle dirt hauling trucks, we ask that the amount be increased to $750 per 500 cubic yards due to the dramatically increased damage such vehicles cause our streets. This

feel shall be paid UPON THE EARLIER TO OCCUR OF: (1) The City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety sign-off on the foundation permit or (2) 180 days upon completion of the Haul Route.”

The L.A. Board of Building and Safety Commissioners approved the project on Sept. 2 with a finding that “this project will not have a significant effect on the environment pursuant to the City’s Environmental Guidelines.”

It is unclear how an organization that is not a government agency, is not affiliated with the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services nor with the Department of Public Works, could collect public funds or fix potholes on public streets.

The BAA has not answered phone calls.

The BAA denies that they have received money from the Somma developers – which is clear. The conditions they enumerated have not yet been met.

“Its clearly an organization whose membership is declining, which means they are looking for revenue streams wherever they can,” said Rosen. “Their actions here are clearly a betrayal to the resi-

dents of Bel Air.” At the hearing some mitigation was granted, including shortening haul hours to 9 a.m.

– 3 p.m. on weekdays only; increasing the number of flagmen from three to five; requiring identification placards to be displayed in each haul vehicle; and allowing only one haul truck at a time within Bel Air –“no crossing of two hauling vehicles shall be allowed.”

The application Nonn submitted enumerated a total of 29,474 cubic yards of earth to be hauled, requiring at least 6,000 truck trips. Somma representatives claim that they actually will “only” be hauling 25,701 cubic yards of soil.

BAHOA attorneys added the previously undisclosed amount estimated to be 19,634 cubic yards of soil required to excavate 270 soldier piles, for which the City of Los Angeles, under the present law, does not include in the cubic yards total--another fact that makes no sense under the existing. building codes In fact, it is unclear, without a permit, if any of the haul route conditions would apply for this additional soil.

Together, that totals over (see ‘SOMMA WAY’ page 11)

B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E 50,000 cubic yards of earth.

That amount of earth would require thousands of truck trips over two years – but the permit is only for 180 days.

At the hearing Tuesday, Councilman Paul Koretz’ 11th District Planning and Land Use Deputy Shawn Bayliss asked for additional conditions, including that there be a grading inspector present at the applicants expense to insure the safe removal of earth and that the project be limited to removing the applicant’s stated requirement of 25,701 cubic yards of soil, to which the applicant agreed.

If the project comes to fruition, it is unclear where the trucks would be staging, though with the one-truck limit, it is clear that it would not be in Bel Air. Nor is it clear how, with the limits imposed, the applicant would complete the haul in the allotted time.

The letter submitted by the BAA would actually eliminate the “no crossing of two hauling vehicles” and instead would read, “Staggering: No more than Two Dirt Haul Trucks may be within any project staging area at any time, and Dirt Haul Trucks must be staggered to a minimum of ten minutes between the departures of each Dirt Truck leaving the project site.”

In addition, the BAA letter omits the weekend prohibition for hauling and decreases the number of flagmen from five to three.

The support letter from the BAA was followed up with an email that went out twice; first to a select group of members, and then a blind copy sent to and

unknown number of homeowners, both members and non-members, authored by BAA attorney Andrew Skale. In it, through their attorney, BAA President Cynthia Arnold accused the BAHOA of harassing emails that were “threatening,” and warned of “an injunction or restraining order.” The letter also says the emails have caused “grave concern” for the “safety and well-being of the principals, Arnold and Paulette DuBey. Skale charges that all the letters say “the same thing,” and that “constitutes harassment.”

Rosen asked residents to express their sentiments in their own words, he said. He did not tell them what to say.

Rosen asked that the BAA sit down with the BAHOA. “The Alliance and the residents are against the hauling route – the BAA is for the hauling route, and as a result, is to receive a payment per truckload – which can total $30,000 – so they get money while the neighbors are put in danger . . . exactly who are they helping,” asked Rosen. He wants the two organizations to “set ground rules for a new, larger group with the Alliance and find a way to put the two groups together . . . [to] get a real combined organization that is prepared, strong and well funded.” The BAA has ignored the offer and has remained silent. He further commented “Its all about them—not what’s best for the community as a whole. They still will not provide us with a directory of who their officers and directors are.”

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OVERTURNED VEHICLE–-Resident Monca Kelson, Ph.D., encountered a speeding haul truck southbound on Stone Canyon Rd. June 17. The truck was in the northbound lane, forcing her vehicle to the side, where another truck was illegally parked in a no-parking area. Residents who oppose the Somma Way project fear more of the same with more catastrophic results. Fortunately, Dr. Kelson survived.

901 STRADA VECCHIA–-In a photo dated Sept. 26, workers appear to be laying rebar at 901 Strada Vecchia in Bel-Air. All construction permits were revoked form the property in early September. LADBS officials said workers are at the site, but are mainly doing maintenance and cleaning.

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The Old World Is Alive In Splendor In Bettie Bearden Pardee’s Living Newport

By Laura Coleman L.A. native Bettie Bearden Pardee got some hometown loving this week when she returned to promote her recent book Living Newport, which offers an intimate look into the lives and homes of an elite group of people who live in the 375-year-old New England port town.

“I like to say its been trending since 17th century,” Pardee shared this week, in between a book signing luncheon at the Hollyhock House, a luncheon presentation for the Beverly Hills and Bel Air garden clubs at the Bel Air Country Club and an event for the Beverly Hills Women’s Club. “The past and present exist so seamlessly in Newport.”

Founded in 1639 as a colony strong on religious freedom, the Rhode Island gem at the top of the island is perhaps best well known as the original home of the America’s Cup. Pardee said the opulent homes that were constructed in the so-called “Gilded Age” of the late 1800s which drew notable architects, furniture makers and gardeners to the wealthy enclave will serve as the inspiration for an upcoming Downton Abbey which focus on the American heiresses who were nick-named “dollar princesses” for marrying Europeans for a title.

The spectacularly beautiful book is a follow-up to her book Private Newport and likewise captures the old-world charm of the town.

Living Newport is available at the Hollyhock House. It is also available online at NewportStyle.net, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Art Institute Inaugurates Art Grant Program For Students

By John L. Seitz The Art Institute of California–Hollywood, a campus of Argosy University, this week launched an innovative program to help reduce students’ debt, encourage smart borrowing, and improve the affordability of higher education.

This “Art Grant” gives students the opportunity to earn and apply grant money toward their tuition—rewarding them for successfully completing course credits and progressing toward graduation.

Students at the institute are eligible to earn grant funding for every 12 course credits earned while maintaining continuous enrollment status, regardless of their program of study.

An eligible associate degree student may earn up to 15-percent (between $6,400 and $6,900) of their tuition in grant funding over the course of their studies and an eligible bachelor’s degree student may earn up to 20-percent (between $17,300 and $18,600).

“The Art Institute is excited to provide grants that reduce the cost of higher education for dedicated students who have completed at least 12 credits,” said David Ray, interim president.

For information about the Art Grant, visit: http://new. artinstitutes.edu/hollywood or www. AiArtGrant.com

LIVING NEWPORT—Living Newport:

People, Houses, published by Glitterati Incorporated, is the second coffee table book on the New England town Bettie Bearden Pardee (pictured left). The charming book, which offers an intimate look into several exclusive homes is available online. Above: Hammersmith Farm’s lush 63 acres take in the impressively wide Narragansett Bay, crossed by the Newport bridge.

Right: Antonia Fraker takes a moment of contemplation as she prepares to spend a quiet hour with just her bridesmaids and parents at Parterre before going on to Rosecliff for the wedding ceremony.

Photos by Alexander Nesbitt LIL NORMAN—Jason Maybaum attends all home Freshman football games to show his community support. With no band or cheerleaders in attendance, he rallies the crowd with his megaphone.

Vampire Lounge Wine Bar, Tasting Room Celebrates Third Anniversary

By John L. Seitz It’s a long way from being a 1980s’ UK rock star to successfully operating Beverly Hills’ only wine tasting room, but Lisa Machat has made the jump--big time.

The former Lisa Dominique married Beverly Hills’ trademark/music attorney Michael Machat and the couple established Vampire Vineyards (www.vampirevineyards.com). From there came The Vampire Lounge Wine Bar and Tasting

Room, 9865 S. Santa Monica Blvd., now celebrating its third anniversary.

The site has been featured on a number of TV programs including the Carson Daily Show, Man Caves with Charlie Sheen, and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Lisa Machat also recently authored her first novel A Walk In The Sun with, naturally, a vampire theme.

For information on the lounge, visit: www.vampiretasting room.com.

HERO COLOR—Magnolia Pictures premiered Color City last Saturday and the new film includes a very special PSA message at the end drawing awareness to the Crayon Collection. The Californiabased national charity was launched by Sheila Michail Morovati (BHHS Class of 1996) and collects millions of gently used crayons across the country and distributes them to Title I schools. The charity estimates it has repurposed 4 million crayons since its launch in September 2010.

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

Civic Leaders Help Re-Dedicate Music Center, More 50th Anniversary Celebrations Planned

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Viveca Fox, LisaGay Hamilton Among Lady Filmmakers Fest Honorees Honorees celebrated at the recent Lady Filmmakers Film Festival were: Director of Production-HBO West Coast Natasha Foster-Owens with the 2014 Trailblazer Award; actresses Vivica A. Fox and LisaGay Hamilton in the “Spotlight Award; Director Neema Barnette (first African American woman to direct a sitcom and get a three-picture studio deal) with the Moving Image Award; and Casting Director Risa Bramon Garcia (Master’s of Sex, The Peacemaker) with the Illumination Award.

Surprise celebrity guests included Laura Dern, supporting a staged reading of Pyne written by Ingrid Abrams and directed by Cecilia Peck.

Starring Adrian Pasdar (Near Dark, Vital Signs), Sandra Seacat (Country and Frances, The Rose) and rising star Rachel Lawson, the session won “Best Staged Reading.”

For more information, all award winners, events, and instructions for for submitting films for next year, visit www.ladyfilmmakers.com.

WONDER PICKED—Associated Television International has announced that Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe- Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, philanthropist and human rights activist Stevie Wonder (right) will serve as the grand marshal of The 83rd Hollywood Annual Christmas Parade on Sunday, Nov. 30.

The Hollywood Christmas Parade will begin on the streets of Hollywood at 5 p.m. The live event will begin with a concert before the start of the parade proper at 6 p.m. The parade will benefit Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. For the latest updates, call the Parade Hotline,1-866-PARADE1 (866-7272331) or visit www.thehollywoodchristmasparade.org.

Web Junkie, Highlighting Internet Addiction, To Screen At The Music Hall The new documentary, Web Junkie, a film showcasing the dangers of internet addiction, will play Oct. 3-9 at Laemmle’s Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd.

The film follows three Beijing teens whose parents have tricked them into going to an internet addiction treatment center—rehab, military bootcamp style. The founder, Prof.

Tao Ren, calls internet and video gaming ‘“electronic heroin” and claims a 70 percent “cure rate.”

The filmmakers are two Israeli women who Ren snuck onto the Chinese military base where the treatment center was located – they spent four months following the teens and their their distraught parents.

Psychologist Dr. Elisha Goldstein will be special guest host for a Q&A after the 7:30 p.m., Sunday Oct. 5 screening.

For more information, visit http://webjunkiedoc.com/ or www.Laemmle.com

L.A. County Supervisors Don Knabe, Gloria Molina, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Zev Yaroslavsky and Michael D. Antonovich joined performing artists, artistic leaders and hundreds of Music Center volunteers for a special civic rededication as the performing arts center launches a number of 50th anniversary public celebrations.

Saluting the original dedication on Sept. 27, 1964, and the resident companies: the Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the LA Opera and the LA Phil, Music Center President/CEO Stephen D. Roundtree said, “This civic rededication for The Music Center marks an important moment in the history of both Los Angeles and the performing arts. As we recognize the achievements of Dorothy Buffum Chandler and The Music Center’s long-standing partner, the County of Los Angeles, for their continued support, we renew the commit-

Actress/singer Vanessa Williams, currently starring in The Trip to Bountiful at the Ahmanson Theatre, relayed The Music Center’s history and shared her perspective on the importance of the arts in L.A.. Behind Williams is an image of Dorothy Buffum Chandler, the driving force behing The Music Center.

ment of The Music Center and our resident companies to presenting the best, most engaging and eye-opening performing arts experiences and inspiring the county’s diverse communities today and for future generations,” Roundtree added.

• On Saturday, Oct. 11, The Music Center will host a free 50th Anniversary Open House with tours of all four of its venues, a showcase of signature programming and day of arts experiences at both The

Music Center and in Grand Park. lA imited number of tours are available. Sign-ups are encouraged to http://www.musiccenter.org/openhouse.

• The Music Center will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a weekend of events, Dec. 6-7.

For information about ticket sales as well as other 50th anniversary activities, visit musiccenter.org/50, call 213972-4322, or email The50th@musiccenter.org

Gaza Wars Veteran, 17-Old Documentarian Among Guests For Temple Of The Arts Yom Kippur Services Dan Gordon and Sally Enfield Rabinowitz will be among Rabbi David Baron’s guests for services, on the Eve of Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre), at 8 p.m., today, and at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 4, including a Yizkor Memorial Service (memorial service for the departed) at noon at The Temple home, The Saban Theatre, 8840 Wilshire Blvd.

Dan Gordon is screenwriter of such films The Hurricane, Wyatt Earp, Passenger 57, The Assignment and Murder in The First. His plays include stage adaptations of Rain Man, Terms of Endearment and the Broadway Outer Circle Critics Awards nominated, Irena’s Vow. Raised in Southern California and in Kibbutz Ginnegar, in the Valley of Jezreel in Israel, Gordon has served in the Israeli Defense

Sally Enfiled Rabinowitz

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Force as a reserve officer since 1973. He presently serves as a captain in the Military Spokesperson Unit.

• At the age of 17, Sally Enfield Rabinowitz, now 20, raveled to Germany to preserve her family’s history with the

YouTube video, One Family’s Story: Surviving The Holocaust.

Rabinowitz visited historical archives, cemeteries, Buchenwald, and other places to uncover the historical details of her family saga.

Tickets for the services begin at a tax-deductible donation of $350. For more information, call Kasey Carter at 323658-9100 or visit www.templeofthearts.org.

HOW DO Y O U F E E L ?

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Kelsey Grammer

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Among Honorees At UCLA’s Visionary Ball World-enowned physician, surgeon and scientist Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, will receive the Medical Visionary Award; philanthropist Elizabeth Goldhirsh-Yellin the Visionary Leadership Award; entertainment industry leader Jonathan Dolgen and his wife Susan the Courage Award; and multi-award winning actor/producer/director Kelsey Grammer The Rodney Respect Award at UCLA’s Visionary Ball benefiting the department of neurosurgery on Thursday, Oct. 30 at The Beverly Wilshire.

A VIP cocktail reception will start at 6 p.m. with dinner, awards and entertainment at 7 p.m. Talk show host Arsenio Hall will emcee and Wilson Phillips will headline the entertainment.

The event will be hosted by Dr. Neil Martin, professor and chairman of the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery, with co-chairs Edie Baskin Bronson, three-time Emmy Award nominee and former Saturday Night Live photographer; and Richard “Skip” Bronson, CEO of Beverly Hills-based The Bronson Companies.

“Rodney Dangerfield was a patient at UCLA Medical Center. He left a legacy that will benefit our community for generations to come,” said Martin. “We now celebrate Rodney’s greatness with this “Rodney Respect” Award—from his comic genius to his devotion to making a difference in the lives of others. This honor is presented to a member of the entertainment industry who Rodney

admired and whose accomplishments pay tribute to Rodney’s remarkable legacy. “ • Jonathan Dolgen has held a variety of executive positions including president of Fox, Inc. and chair of 20th Century Fox TV; president of Dr. Patrick Columbia Pictures; Soon-Shiong and chairman of the Viacom Entertainment Group.

He presently runs Wood River Ventures.

Two years ago he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Kelsey Grammer Center where Dr. Martin performed emergency surgery. He has undergone intensive rehabilitation and continues to improve. He is now a member of the UCLA Neurosurgery board of advisors • Susan Dolgen is an education advocate and philanthropist, and was appointed by Govs. Wilson, Davis and (see HONOREES,’ page 15)

Jondavid Menteer, MD, director of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Heart Failure Program, division of cardiology (center), with members of the Colloquium team from left: Drs. Anthony Joseph and John Lynn Jefferies.

CHLA Selected 1st Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute On West Coast Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has been selected the first Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute on the West Coast by The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium.

The Colloquium made the announcement following nearly a year of work and an in-depth onsite review last month.

CHLA is now among an elite group of only six pediatric members in the nation to receive the distinction. The Colloquium is the first organization to develop an improvement science-based approach to heart failure accreditation using a continuum-of-care model.

“We are honored to be recognized

by The Healthcare Colloquium as an Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute,” said Dr. Frank F. Ing, MD,

FAAP, FACC, FSCAI, chief of CHLA’s cardiology division, co-director of the CHLA Heart Institute and professor of clinical pediatrics in the division of cardiology, department of pediatrics in USC’s Keck School of Medicine.

“Children’s Hospital Los Angeles strives to provide top care to achieve the best outcomes to treat children with heart disease. Our admittance to this expert group of pediatric heart failure institutes demonstrates our commitment to innovative treatments and improving the lives of pediatric patients with heart failure,” Ing said.

The Colloquium’s accreditation process builds on the member hospital’s prior improvement experience leading to initial heart-failure accreditation. (see ‘ACCREDITED,’ page 15)

Jonsson Cancer Center Researchers Find Melanoma Drug Combo Improves Survival Rate A UCLA researcher at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center helped pioneer a new therapy that combines the drug Zelbora with an experimental drug cobimetinib, allowing metastatic melanoma patients to live longer and without the harsh side effect of a secondary skin cancer seen in some patients prescribed Zelboraf alone.

In a new study co-authored by Dr. Antoni Ribas, UCLA professor of medicine (hematology and oncology) and JCCC member, researchers found that the BRAF mutation gives melanoma the signal to grow continuously as a cancer.

Zelboraf taken by itself cannot completely block that signal, but when cobimetinib is added, the combination forces the melanoma to respond better.

The study was published online last week in The New England Journal of Medicine, and will later appear in the print edition on next month.

The scientific basis of this combination is based on prior studies by Dr. Roger Lo, associate professor of medicine (dermatology) and JCCC member, who had described the mechanisms of how melanoma became resistant to Zelboraf and the addition of a drug-like cobimetinib would prevent these mechanisms.

In addition, previously researchers had discovered that a harsh side effect of a secondary cancer had developed in 25 percent of patients who had been given Zelboraf alone.

“"We wondered why it was that we were getting the melanoma to shrink, but another skin cancer was developing,” said Dr.Ribas.

It turned out that giving cobimetinib in combination with Zelboraf decreased this important side effect.

An estimated 70,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed in the U.S. each year.

Of those, 8,000 people will die of the disease. About 50 percent of patients with metastatic melanoma, or 4,000 people a year, have a mutated protein called BRAF mutation and can be treated with Zelboraf (also known as vemurafenib). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved use of Zelboraf in August of 2011.

Results of the study also showed the drug combination extended the duration of response to the drug from a median of six months with Zelboraf alone to nine months with the combination The data was collected internationally over a one-year period. 495 patients participated at 135 sites in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Zelboraf was administered twice daily, in combination with cobimetinib which was taken once a day for 21 days, followed by seven days off.

The next step is to seek FDA approval for cobimetinib in combination with Zelboraf, in the hopes that patients will benefit from the drug combination.

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Schwarzenegger to the board of the California State Summer School for the Arts. She is also a member of the UCLA Neurosurgery Board of Advisors.

• Elizabeth GoldhirshYellin comes to her role as president of the newly formed Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation after having been a director of the Goldhirsh Foundation since 2003. In her new position, she works to further the legacy of her late parents, sharing their passion for funding medical research, promoting education from early childhood through college, and supporting Jewish causes centered on a commitment to Israel and the preservation of its heritage and history.

Her parents’ illnesses and deaths are a driving force in her philanthropy. Her father, Bernard Goldhirsh, battled brain cancer, and her mother, Wendy, died of stage-four stomach cancer.

• Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong performed UCLA medical school’s first whole pancreas transplant; and invented and developed Abraxane, the nation’s first FDA approved, protein nanoparticle, albuminbound delivery technology being used in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer since 2005 and lung cancer since 2012.

In 2013, the FDA approved Abraxane for pancreatic cancer and the drug has also made significant measurable improvements in melanoma—two cancers for which there have been no advancements in 20 years.

• Kelsy Grammer is the recipient of five Emmys, three Golden Globes and a SAG Award.

His initial role as Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers developed into the cornerstone of the Juilliardtrained actor’s career.

His other television credits include starring and executive producing the Starz drama, Boss as well as the ABC comedy, Hank; and starring opposite Martin Lawrence in the FX comedy Partners.

On the big screen, he was most recently seen in X-Men: Days Of Future Past, The Expendables 3, and Think Like A Man Too. To purchase tickets, call 323-904-4400.

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Empathy Is Key In Dealing With Children With ADD, ADHD; When Is The Right Time To Introduce Your Child To A New Dating Partner?

Q. Dear Dr. Fran: What is the most important thing that parents, teachers, kids with ADD, and siblings can do to help their kids deal with the feeling of being different or apart?

Charles V. A. Dear Charles: The most important and best thing parents can do to help their kids deal with the feeling of being different and apart is empathize.

So many parents make the mistake of denial. In trying to comfort, they say something like, “That’s not true, you’re just like everyone else!” Your child knows the truth.

Instead, say something like, “I can imagine sometimes it’s hard being you when you try your best and hardest and things just don’t go the way you hope or wish. That’s hard.”

• Partnering a child with

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Member hospitals work within four established domains of heart failure: Community, hospital, clinicians and science using The Healthcare Colloquium’s continuum of care model.

“My personal thanks go to our CHLA heart-failure team for its advancements and for working diligently with the Healthcare Colloquium reviewers,” says Dr. Jondavid Menteer, MD, director of the CHLA Heart Failure Program, division of cardiology and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Keck School.

“During our site review, the Colloquium voiced appreciation of our program’s unique components, groundbreaking clinical services and research, and superb outcomes. Our team

Dr. Fran Walfish Answers Your Questions ADD can be helpful in the classroom, particularly if the partner is kind, patient and compassionate. It combats the child with ADD from feeling lonely and on the outside looking in. That is the single hardest piece of the complicated equation for kids at school.

• Also, teachers can help by seating the child with ADD in the front center or front side away from visual (sight) and auditory (hearing) distractions.

• Teachers can also implement a private reward system in which the impulsive child earns looks forward to collaborating with the Colloquium and its other Pediatric Heart Failure Institutes to advance heart failure and heart transplant care for children,” Menteer added.

A leader in the field since the 1930s, CHLA’s Heart Failure Program provides multidisciplinary care to children with severe heart failure of all causes.

The team combines cuttingedge medical and surgical treatments to customize patient needs.

Last year it managed more than 8,000 visits and since 1993, has performed more than 120 heart transplants—making the cardiology program one of the largest and most successful in the nation.

The hospital houses one of the largest pediatric cardiac programs in the country with 45 dedicated inpatient beds.

rewards for restraining inappropriate impulses (calling out answers, grabbing neighbors pencils, jumping up out of his seat, etc.).

• Often, these kids are helped by joining a social skills group (the right fit group matched to similar type of kids).

It helps to know you are not the only one who feels the way you do. Get support where your child can talk and listen.

• Siblings should not be expected to help or carry any burden of responsibility for their siblings with a disability. I treat many “normal” siblings of kids with a diagnosis who need so much help and support because they feel cheated out of an equal full tablespoon of Mommy’s attention. Moms are so busy transporting the disabled child to therapy sessions and supportive treatments that the other kids who are quote “normal” feel gypped. Don’t add insult to injury by expecting even more out of the child without a diagnosis.

Q. Dear Dr. Fran: If a parent is dating, when is the appropriate time to introduce a date to the child? What problems could the child experience if introduced too soon? Too late?

Eva Y.

A. Dear Eva: The appropriate time for a parent to introduce their child to their dating partner is after a mutual commitment to the new relationship has been made. This generally takes at least six months.

The negative risk for the child if introduced too soon is primarily that he could become attached to the dating partner and when the relationship doesn’t work out, and the couple break-up, the child once again loses a well-bonded male (or female) attachment figure. It can be traumatic and reopen the original divorce wound and the memory of losing Dad (or Mom).

The only negative a child can feel if told too late is a feeling of mild to moderate betrayal. ... ”Why didn’t you tell me for all these months? You’re keeping secrets!”

Lean on the side of caution … wait to involve your child until you and your new partner become seriously attached and discuss real commitment such as moving in together, engagement, or marriage.

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

Send questions to franwalfish@gmail.com.

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S OUTLOOK The newest exhibition “Monsters, Mummies and Mayhem: Your Worst Nightmares Come to Life,” will run Oct. 11- Nov 19 at The Hollywood Museum in the Historic Max Factor Building at 1660 N. Highland Ave. (at Hollywood Boulevard). featuring Hannibal Lecter’s legendary prison cellblock from The Silence of the Lambs, Eric Northman’s coffin from True Blood and much more.

The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., WednesdaySunday. Tickets are $15, $12 for students and seniors; and $5 for children 5and under.

For information, call 323464-7776 or visit. www.The Hollywood Museum.com.

• • • • • The Assistance League of Los Angeles Nine O’Clock Players new production of Aladdin, written and scored by Carol Wiess opens Sunday, Oct. 26. The musical tells what happnens when an evil magician tricks Aladdin into going into a dark and dangerous cave to retrieve a dirty, old lamp All performances are at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22 and Sundays, Nov. 2, 9, 16 and 23 at the Assistance League of Los Angeles, 1367 N. St. An-drews Place, Hollywood.

Tickets are $12. For iinformation, call 323-469.-1970, email nop@assistanceleague.net or visit www.nineoclockplayers.com.

• • • • • More than 700 business executives will attend The Israel

Conference,Thursday, Oct. 30 (7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.) and Friday, Oct. 31 (8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) at the Skirball, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.

They will meet leaders of significant businesses that do business in Israel and investors in Israeli companies in high tech, media and entertainment, advertising, e-commerce, gaming and more. plus consumer products.

Tickets are $495. For information, visit www.TheIsraelConference.org or call 310-4455388.

• • • • • Inner-City Arts hosts its 25th anniversary Imagine Awards Nov. 7 in The Theatre at the downtown Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway. The Walt Disney Company will receive the group’s Philanthropic Leadership Award.

Inner-City Arts provides a safe, supportive environment for young people to express themselves, explore their creativity and develop essential life skills.

The benefit will include a cocktail reception with small plates and hors d’oeuvres from 6:30 p.m., followed by awards program, live auction, musical performance and after-party.

For tickets (priced from $500) or information, contact Kathryn Bise at 213-627-9621; email: kathryn@inner-cityarts.org; or visit www.inner-cityarts.org/how-you-can-helpimagine-awards.php.

• • • • • The weekly update of events for the Southland area.

Miriam Levin, Assistant To Warren Cowan, Dies At 95

By John L. Seitz Miriam Levin, a 30-year Beverly Hills resident, died Sept. 26, at age 95.

After moving to Los Angeles in 1983, she worked at the Rogers & Cowan public relations agency, eventually becoming executive assistant to legendary publicist Warren Cowan first at Rogers & Cowan and continuing later at Warren Cowan & Associates which he formed in 1994. For decades, she worked with such clients as Paul Newman, Merv Griffin and Kirk Douglas among other notables.

Born May 6, 1919 in New York, Levin raised her family in

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LADBS building code’s height limit.

A 901 Strada Vecchia neighbor Joseph Horacek, however, says the ruling hasn’t deterred Hadid. Horacek, who led the charge to have the project more thoroughly studied by the city of L.A., had one of his attorney’s, Todd Nelson, fire off a letter to LADBS General Manager Ray Chan on Sept. 29, notifying the LADBS of continuing construction activity at the site.

Horacek’s letter alleges “the applicant has continually performed illegal construction work on the project for several months in complete disregard of the multiple stop-work orders issued by LADBS...The applicant cannot be allowed to simply ignore the city’s laws for any longer.”

The letter continues that Horacek, and other neighbors, have been able to “easily observe the Applicant’s unpermitted construction activities from vantage points located on the public right of way and from neighboring properties.”

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summer, the Wallis is now helmed by a trio consisting of Managing Director Tania Camargo, Interim Artistic Director Patricia Wolff, and interim Producing Director James D’Asaro.

“Our vision is to bing the best of the best to what’s an incredibly vibrant artistic community,” Wolff said. “We’re quite serious in our mission of making the wallis a hub of activity for all different age groups.”

In addition to the inaugural play (suitable for ages 7 and up), which is being put on by the Puppet State Theatre Company of Scotland from Oct. 1119 in the Lovelace Studio Theater other highlights of the new season for this month include:

Philadelphia where she was office manager of the University of Pennsylvania’s Scheie Eye Institute.

She is survived by her children Gwenn AbrahamsMarks (Major), Michael Swerdloff, Helaine RossPearlstein (Howard), and Lisa Abel (Michael); and grandchildren Andrew Abrahams (Maura), Joey and Samantha Abel; and greatgrandchildren Max, Nina and Zachary Abrahams.

Donations may be made in memory of Miriam to Tower Cancer Research Foundation (www.towercancerfoundation .org).

According to the letter, the work continuing at the site includes: “large groups of workers entering and leaving the site by car and truck, the operation of powered construction equipment inside and outside the half-built project, the cutting of stone facade material...the installation of new windows and sliding glass doors, and the placement of rebar material.”

LADBS Chief Inspector Luke Zamperini told The Courier on Thursday that the project has been “visited by an inspector 25 times in the last 30 days” with no violations found and that “we would not be very happy if we found illegal work going on up there. If they’re doing anything, we’re going to catch them.”

Zamperini said what the inspector has found are workers at the project “maintaining the property. There is plastic covering the hillside, and they have a crew that checks for holes, waters plants and sweeps up.”

“It’s basically a maintenance crew, not a construction crew,” Zamperini added. “The inspector goes out, walks the site and checks for any signs of construction. There is no conthe Grammy award-winning Dan Zanes and Friends performance on Oct. 19 in the Bram Goldsmith Theater; Grammy award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award-nominated composer Branford Marsali with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia on Oct. 16 in the Bram Goldsmith Theater; and the Oct. 15 debut of new series “Arts & Ideas: Conversations at The Wallis,”which will feature Leon Panetta in Conversation with Jessica Yellin.

Camargo said The Wallis will be “activating” the plaza this season by bringing in highdesign furniture and lunch trucks. A cafe is planned to open next season.

“We just have to get somebody here for the first time and they’re a fan,” D’Asaro said.

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Selwyn said. “My parents had no idea what Beverly Hills was.

[He] may as well have said Bakersfield.”

The Selwyns soon moved into a home on South Crescent Drive and precisely one month later the historic 11-day Malibu fire broke-out.

“The entire sky was orange,” Selwyn recalled. “I thought the world was ending and we were all going to die and get burned up.”

But life went on and young Selwyn began attending Beverly Vista and learning to speak English.

In 1939, he saw his first movie, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, at the Warners Beverly Hills Theatre at Wilshire and Canon. Later, Saturday mornings were spent watching Hopalong Cassidy films in the old Beverly Canon Theatre, known as “The Hitching Post.”

“Kids would come on bicycles and tie them up to the hitching post in front of the theatre like they were horses,” he said.

A big sign read: “Check your guns at the door.” And the kids obliged and turned over their cap pistols.

“We all thought we were cowboys,” Selwyn added.

During the War, his father, who had successfully relocated his diamond business from Belgium to Beverly Hills, served in the Beverly Hills Auxiliary Police force where he was tasked with ensuring no one poisoned the reservoir at Rexford and Sunset.

In 6th grade, the family moved to North Roxbury Drive and Selwyn began attending El Rodeo (47’) and later Beverly Hills High School, where he was a member of the BHHS tennis team, which won the State Championship in 1951.

Among the more vivid memories from that time, Selwyn counts July 7, 1946 when Howard Hughes crashed his plane on Whittier Drive while aiming to land at nearby L.A. Country Club.

“One Sunday afternoon, we heard an airplane flying very low and it sounded like it had engine problems,” Selwyn recounted. “Shortly thereafter we heard many sirens and we all ran over to see what had happened. [Hughes] had tried valiantly to cross Whitier Drive and was 100 yards short of making it.”

October 3, 2014 | Page 17 After graduating from BHHS, Selwyn studied political science at UCLA and joined the Navy ROTC program. After graduating, he was commissioned in 1955, and subsequently stationed at Subic Bay in the Phillipines where he served as the disbursing officer.

After that, he worked for Harold International in Hong Kong for two years until his father had a heart attack in 1959 and Selwyn returned to Beverly Hills to run the family’s jewelry manuacturing business, Pauling and Co. Selwyn served as owner/president from 1959 until 1990.

Just a few months after his return to Beverly Hills, Selwyn’s life took another serendipitous twist when he met his wife-to-be, Joan Gordon in February 1959. (Selwyn has now been married to the Friends of Robinson Gardens founder for 55 years.) One of their earliest dates was at Ye Little Club on Canon and Little Santa Monica where they watched Joan Rivers perform.

They spent their wedding night at The Beverly Hills Hotel, which on May. 23, 1959, was $25 for the room.

His life changed through Joan. Through his wife, he became interested in art and they started collecting contemporary art in the 1960s. This became an important part of their life and served as a catalyst for their son Marc’s entry into the art world. Earlier this year, the Marc Selwyn Fine Art gallery opened in Beverly Hills.

Selwyn’s second child, Laura, was born in October 1962, the night of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Selwyn recalled: “Joan was very pregnant....and President Kennedy comes on television and says, ‘We may be at war in the morning.’”

Both children went through the Beverly Hills school system and Selwyn recalled that it was a particularly idyllic time to raise two children in Beverly Hills.

Selwyn recalled the many wonderful restaurants that dotted the City in its earlier days.

To this day, he still recalls the taste of Armstrong Shroeder’s scrambled eggs, stewed tomatoes and rye toast He remembers the curly-q fries and car trays at Simon’s Drive-in and Delores’ Drive-in; the hamburgers at Biff’s on Wilshire; Wil Wright’s ice cream “so rich it would stick to the roof of your mouth;” the “memorable” crunch cake at Blum’s on Wilshire and Beverly; the Saloon, the outdoor dining at the Swiss Cafe, and the Luau on Rodeo were all memorable.

In the late 1970’s, Selwyn said he became actively involved in the City once he recognized how dramatically the landscape could change. He recounted how in 1959 there were only two significant buildings on Wilshire; The Beverly Wilshire and the California Bank Building. Between 1959

and 1964, he said, dozens of eight-story buildings were built along Wilshire Boulevard from Santa Monica to San Vicente, thus altering the landscape to its present high-rise density.

“The City changed drastically during that five-year period,” he said.

In 1978 then-Mayor Joe Tillem appointed him to the City’s first Rent Adjustment Board, which Selwyn served on from 1978-1980 before moving onto the Architectural Commission, which he served on until 1986. Selwyn then spent eight years serving on the Planning Commission where until 1994 he help regulate what could be built in residential areas. Under his watch the commission developed the Bulk Ordinance, which codified restrictions on height limits.

“I felt that I was able to give something back to the community that I grew up in and that I loved,” he said. “Beverly Hills is a unique community. It’s an oasis in the middle of a very large urban area.”

In the 1990’s Selwyn said he embarked on what he considers to be his most profound City-shaping endeavor; helping to create the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts where the historic Beverly Hills Post Office once stood.

Selwyn recounted how in the late 1920s honorary Mayor Will Rogers said: “We’ll never be a real City until we have our own post office.” As a result, the City deeded the spot to the government for $1. Thanks to a “genius” City Hall clerk who had deeded only the property under the footprint of the building, the rest of the block remained the property of the City, which meant that the building was decidedly less valuable than what the U.S. Post Office believed.

Around the time the historic Post Office went up for sale, Selwyn banded together civic leaders Carolyn Ahmanson, Dick Rosenzweig and Kerman Berricker to preserve the City’s heritage. In January 1994 he became the founding president of the Beverly Hills Cultural Center Foundation.

Selwyn said that then-Mayor Vicki Reynolds was instrumental in helping the City purchase the building and allowing the foundation to negotiate an agreement for a performing arts complex. Wallis Annenberg subsequently provided the lead gift and Bram Goldsmith took over as founding chairman in 2000.

“It’s very emotional every time I see people arriving,” Selwyn said. “It’s been a major benefit to the community. People are embracing it. That’s probably the most important thing I’ve done for the community.”

One Book, One City Author Finale —One Book, One City reaches a crescendo Oct. 12 at Beverly Hills High School with author Daniel James Brown at this community event.

Sponsored by a unique coalition of the Beverly Hills Public Library, the Human Relations Commission and the Beverly Hills Unified School District, the event centers on The New York Times Bestseller, The Boys in the Boat.

The event is free and includes a book signing and light refreshments to follow a Q&A with the author Sunday, Oct. 12 at the Kenneth L. Peters Auditorium at BHHS. To make a reservation, please call (310) 288-2220 or visit www.beverlyhills.org/oboc

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bought the house in 1963.

Petersen died of cancer in 2007 and his wife died in 2011. The house was sold last year.

The new owners, according to their attorney Steve Webb, originally hoped to restore the property. They retained PCR services for a landmark assessment prepared in May 2014. PCR did not recommend the home for historic preservation “because of substantial alterations that have removed or altered key primary character-defining features,” that “detract significantly from the property’s eligibility.”

Though historic personages had resided at the home, the home was not associated with significant work. PCR findings were that the “residence is substantially altered and does not retain integrity.”

Specifically, the “removal of William’s signature-designed Colonial Revival front portico, doors, and second-story windows have altered the distinctive characteristics of the subject residence . . . The residence no longer retains its primary character-defining features and integrity from the period of significance and the alterations compromised the property’s integrity.”

The City’s consultant, Jan Ostashay, did not agree.

Ostashay & Associates found that the “property retains integrity from its period of significance” and that “the property has historic value.”

Ostashay argued that few estates are extant in the original form by Paul R. Williams; the loss of integrity would be offset by, in this case, the rarity of similar prospects.

Commissioner Waldow pointed out that “rarity” was not in the City’s ordinance.

William Crouch did not recommend the property because of the “loss of integrity.” Crouch cited the building permit history, specifically “the permit for sand-blasting of original exterior clay bricks,” he wrote. “Sandblasting removed the original mortar coursing and the natural clay glaze from the brickwork allowing for water intrusion through the exterior brick veneer skin resulting in advanced corrosion of the brick ties . . . In some damage caused by water infiltration is well advanced . . . the removal and replacement of bottom wall plates impregnat-

ed in creosote is a costly repair requiring demolition.”

“In the staff’s opinion the loss of integrity caused by the sandblasting and numerous changes to the original architecture, including the removal of the original, character defining Paul R. Williams designed entry portico, aggravated by current health and safety concerns leads to a find of ‘Loss of Integrity’ in this case.”

Waldow also explained that the ordinance does not address poor condition; Webb said that the brickwork alone is estimated to cost $500,000.

The fact that the owners do not want the property landmarked is not the commission’s concern.

Webb said the owners have hired an architect to recreate the same plan that Williams used in a Georgian Revival style. “They would not have gone through the expense to attempt to restore the home.

They did buy an historic property and try to restore it.”

Waldo also said that the structural problems and hazardous waste were not the commission’s concern, calling such concerns a “slippery slope.” He deferred to the City.

Pynoos and Waldo voted in favor of landmark status and in opposition to the resolution to decline landmarking.

“Despite the changes and alterations, I feel it does retain a feeling, location, design, association. I do feel demolition would be a loss to the built environment and the history of Beverly Hills,” said Commissioner Rebecca Pynoos.

Vice Chair Lisa Greer referred to the alterations. “I am not comfortable . . . They would be out of the question if the property were already landmarked,” she said. Commission Chair Maralee Beck disagreed with Waldo on the issues of health and safety. “We would be derelict not to consider exigencies,” said Beck, saying that Commissioners “have to live in the real world.”

A resolution memorializing the split decision will be presented for approval at the next commission meeting on Oct. 8, but the split rules out a landmark designation.

The CHC also approved two Mills Act designations to be recommended to City Council for the landmarked Joe E. Brown residence on Walden Drive and the McGilvray house on North Alpine Drive.

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S P O RT S San Marino 49, Beverly Hills 14

Titans Offense Too Much For Normans To Handle In Crowell Cup Loss

By Matt Lopez It was easy last Friday for Charlie Stansbury to see the improvements Beverly Hills High’s football team has made in his 14 games as coach, but it wasn’t enough to earn a victory in San Marino.

Beverly Hills High fell to the San Marino Titans last Friday 49-14 in a nonleague road game to win the Crowell Cup. Despite the lopsided final score, it wasn’t all bad. After a 64-6 loss to that same San Marino squad last year, Stansbury said it was easy, coming off the team’s first win since 2012 last week, to see the steps forward his team has taken.

“That’s the best we’ve played against that team in three years, but they’re a great team and they did some good things” Stansbury said. “Their quarterback is a good player, and there were times where we were in great spots and he delivered it where nobody else could get it but his receiver.”

The game was scoreless through six minutes until the first quarter until San Marino got its scoring barrage started until Beverly Hills eventually got on the board in the third quarter after Joe Kolko capped off a 10-play, 66-yard drive with a 1-yard TD run.

Later on, Rashad Ysaquirre

scored on a 10-yard touchdown run to finish a 9-play, 80yard drive that included a beautiful 39-yard pass from Mike Massie to PJ Goolsby.

BHHS once again ran the ball well, with Kolko tallying 107 yards and a TD on 16 carries. Ysaquirre added 79 yards and a TD on 11 carries.

Defensively, the Normans had trouble stopping San Marino’s spread misdirection offensive attack.

The Normans (1-3) hosted South Pasadena Thursday night at 7 p.m., after The Courier’s press time.

Hanover, Dveirin Shine For BHHS Cross Country At Dana Hills Invitational

By Matt Lopez Running in Division II races, Beverly Hills High’s Sydney Hanover and Jillian Dveirin had strong performances on Sept. 27 at the Dana Hills Invitational at Dana Hills High School.

Sydney Hanover’s ran her way into the BHHS all-time list with a 20th place finish in 20 minutes, 22.50 seconds in the junior race.

Jillian Dveirin did the same in the sophomore race, taking 30th place in 20:24.40.

In the boys sophomore race, BHHS’ Jonathan Cohen took 33rd place (17:01.40), with his brother Jason close behind in 43rd place at 17:09.20.

Noah Lee finished 44th in 17:09.60.

GIVING CHASE—Beverly Hills High’s Dylan Rutigliano (#7), Harrison Van Pelt (#74) and Wyatt Rhoads (#2) chase down San Marino’s JP Shohfi in Friday’s loss.

Photo By San Marino Tribune

BHHS Girls Tennis Team Ranked No. 2 In CIF Division II, Set To Start League Play

By Matt Lopez BHHS’ girls tennis team is off to an impressive start this season, at least according to the pollsters.

The CIF Southern Section released its updated polls this week, showing BHHS (2-2) as the No. 2 ranked team in CIF-SS Division II, just behind Valencia.

With Ocean League play set to begin next Thursday at El Segundo, coach Mike Margolin joked he hopes the players don’t let it get to their heads.

“I haven’t even told the kids about it yet,” said Margolin, who admitted he was surprised to see the ranking. “It’s nice on paper, but we’ve got work to do.

They have been doing a great job though and they’re getting better every match.”

Most recently, BHHS beat Marlborough 12-6 on Sept. 22. Martina Bocchi and Katrina Stefanovic each swept their singles sets in the win.

This Week In Beverly High Athletics Girls Volleyball Boys Water Polo Oct. 9 vs. Lawndale, 3:15 Oct. 8 @ El Segundo, 3 p.m. p.m..

Cross Country Oct. 8 @ North Torrance Dual Girls Tennis Oct. 9 @ El Segundo, 2:30 Meet p.m.

SCHOOL IS FUN! Willows Community School Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Year-Round Festivities he Willows Community School will celebrate 20 years of educating children—“in a unique community committed to a balanced, yet demanding, progressive curriculum rooted in experiential learning and social values”—with festivities throughout the year.

The Willows Book Fair, a fall festival free and open to the public, will be held from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, as one of the first events to mark this milestone anniversary.

In September 1994, The Willows opened its doors to 93 students in a single building. Now 20 years later, The Willows has evolved into “one of the most desirable schools in Los Angeles,” said Head of School Lisa Rosenstein.

Now on a 2.86 acre, six-building campus, the school is educating 445

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students from throughout the Los Angeles area.

“The Willows founding families set out to create a school with a progressive, innovative educational approach and strong academic roots that instilled character and compassion, and inspired fearlessness and flexibility,” said Rosenstein.

“We agreed upon the name The Willows, which honors a tree with strong roots that grows quickly, whose branches bend but do not break,” Rosenstein added. “The founders embodied what would be known in the future as The Willows “can-do” spirit.

This spirit lives on in our community today and is the foundation of our philosophy and our school credo: all things are possible.”

For more information, visit the school’s website: www.thewillows.org.

Fair Has Answers For Those Seeking Quality Pre-school, Early Education Opportunities he Parents Education League of Los Angeles (PEL) will host its L.A. Preschool Fair from 2-5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 19 at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Irmas Campus, 11661 W. Olympic Blvd.

More than 40 preschools will be represented at the free event, expected to draw hundreds of parents and children from throughout the city.

“The PEL has had a terrific response from preschool directors who welcome an opportunity to help educate parents about their programs and venues,” said President Desiree Lapin.

“The schools represented are from all over the area and offer a variety of approaches to child development, length of program and readiness requirements.”

“There are a multitude of things to take into consideration when looking at preschools,” Lapin said, “These include if your child is potty trained,

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ready for a full-time or part-time program, and if the school environment is a good fit for your family.”

In addition to meeting school directors and representatives, attendees will also have an opportunity to sign up for school open houses when parents will have a chance to visit the schools for a guided tour.

PEL is a non-profit dedicated to providing parents access to the most objective, current and comprehensive information regarding schools and education in L.A. For more information about the fair, a list of attending school or more details about the organization, visit the PEL website, http://www.parentseducationleague.org or call 310-4410684.

This 2014 L.A. event is sponsored

by ScholarShare, California’s 529 College Savings Plan.

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Fusion Academy: Non-Traditional School With Customized Classrooms usion Academy is a private school for students in sixth-12th grade where all classes are taught “one teacher to one student.”

Here, the educational experience is completely customized around each student. Classes are self-paced, and the material is presented in a way that considers each student’s interests, strengths, and learning style.

Fusion Academy teachers are experts in their subject areas, so students will likely have a different teacher for each class. However, each student also has a lead teacher who acts as the student’s mentor and is the main source of communication between the school and parents.

The schools practice the Mastery Learning instructional method, meaning that teachers don’t move on to the next lesson until the student has demonstrated proficiency with the current one. So if a student is struggling with a certain topic, the teacher will work with the student for as long as it takes for them to understand the material. And if that student is a natural when it comes to another topic, they might even get to advance to the next lesson early.

For some students, the traditional lecture-based class isn’t conducive to learning. They may learn most effectively by doing a hands-on activity. Or role playing. Or reading a passage out

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of a book. The point is, every student has a unique learning style. Fusion Academy teachers identify that style, and then tailor their instruction to fit it.

This makes us an ideal fit for students with learning differences such as ADHD or dyslexia, who may require specialized instruction.

Students may attend Fusion Academy full-time, or enroll in Fusion Learning Center’s tutoring, summer, and classes for credit programs as an educational supplement.

Founder Michelle Rose Gilman, conceptualized an approach that personalized education using a mentoring approach to help students not thriving in a traditional learning environment.

“Our students have found success because they are being taught to their learning strengths and gain a selfawareness otherwise untapped in a typical classroom,” said Clarissa Vasquez, MA MFT, director of admissions and outreach.

“Unlike many traditional schools, Fusion Academy accentuates our creative arts classes, offering music in an actual on-campus recording studio and unique expressive arts courses.”

Local locations are: 1640 Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 100, 310-4452516 and 5757 Wilshire Blvd, 1st Floor Promenade, 323-692-0603.

For more information, visit www.fusionacademy.com

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

Joe Eisaman

Stanley Black

Janet Refoa

Darrien Iacocca

Lili Bosse

Harriett Bronson

Nicky Hilton

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS–Stanley Black, Neve Campbell, and Ashlee Simpson (Oct. 3); Alicia Silverstone, and Jackie Collins (Oct. 4); Alan Robert Block, Nicky Hilton, Marilyn Stampler, Alan Black, Karen Allen, Betty Guy-Wills, and Glynis Johns (Oct. 5); Darrien Iacocca, Harriett Bronson, Mayor Lili Bosse, Elizabeth Shue, and Britt Ekland (Oct. 6); Dr. Janet Refoa (Oct. 7); Priscilla Yablon, Linda Lavin and Penny Marshall (Oct. 8); Stephanie Zimbalist, Matt Damon, Edith Newman, Chevy Chase, Marjorie Dehey, Elaine Hettleman, and Sigourney Weaver (Oct.8); Joe R. Eisaman, Scott Bakula, Vivienne Della Chiesa and Nance Mitchell (Oct. 9).

Astrology

by Holiday Mathis

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 3). Your life’s palate is craving new flavor, and there are a lot of recipes you have to try. The habit you develop the next 10 weeks will not only help your self-esteem, but it will enhance a close relationship. November is for Betty Guy-Wills Marilyn Stampler Jackie Collins Priscilla Yablon Marjorie Dehey getting clear and concrete about your professional and personal goals. A mentor will help in December. Capricorn and Sagittarius people adore you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Love your mistakes and lighten up. Who said you need to be right all of the time— or any of the time, for that matter?

When you slip up, don’t agonize.

Assess your new position and start from there.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Contemplation comes easily to you SHAKESPEARE–A star-studded array of performers took today, and you will mentally untie a the stage for the 24th “Simply Shakespeare” benefit for Shakespeare Center of L.A. at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse. knot that’s been keeping you bound Above photo (from left): co-host Rita Wilson Hanks; SCLA to tired, unhappy ideas. What you Founding Artistic Director Ben Donenberg; and honoree once thought was inevitable now Lisa Paulsen. Left photo (from left): performers William doesn’t seem so.

Shatner, Bill Irwin, Christopher Lloyd, Gillian Jacobs and SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). If you’ve been holding on to an ugly Martin Short. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging little piece of regret, chuck it. Resolution will be painless. Declare that Kaitlin Olson, Bill Irwin, Sam Waterston and Sheldon Donen- you did what you could and you’ll berg. do better in the future. Then let it Sponsored by the EIF and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Manage- drop. ment, the evening included a pre-show reception, followed by a CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You post-performance dessert reception with the cast. All proceeds don’t need to battle your fear. Try it instead. Fear keeps you support the SCLA and its arts based veterans employment and befriending safe. It heightens your perception The Shakespeare Center of L.A. (SCLA) presented its 24th annu- youth employment programs for inner-city youth, arts education and helps you correct your course al “Simply Shakespeare” benefit reading of As You Like It at UCLA’s in local schools, and professional union contracted productions when necessary.

Freud Playhouse, this year’s event honored the Entertainment Indus- at the Japanese Garden on the grounds of West L.A.’s Veterans AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You take pride in caring for others well. try Foundation (EIF) and its President/CEO Lisa Paulsen for their con- Medical Center.

The skills you exhibit in accommotinued dedication to bringing about positive change within health, Rita Wilson presented the award to Lisa Paulsen citing her dating others foretell that you will arts education and social causes. and EIF’s ongoing support of SCLA. Under the direction of its have no difficulty succeeding in life Hosted by Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, the hilarious evening of founding Artistic Director Ben Donenberg, William Shake- on a variety of fronts. impromptu Shakespeare and song featured a star-studded cast in- speare’s endearing romantic comedy not only gave the bard’s PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Making cluding Paul Simon, William Shatner, Steve Carell, Martin Short, words additional hilarity through the on-stage delivery and antics the healthy choice may not change Colin Hanks, Gillian Jacobs, Christopher Lloyd, Glenn Howerton, of its all-star cast, but wove in 10 iconic songs from Paul Simon, everything immediately, but your sense of self-worth will be strengthin the role of Amiens, a lord and musician in the Forest of Arden, ened each time choices are aligned the play’s primary setting. Met with wild applause from the 500 with your best self. guests were his renditions of The 59th Street Bridge Song and ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Fearless Bridge Over Troubled Waters, both duets with Rita Wilson; The courage isn’t courage; it’s foolishBoxer, Homeward Bound, Cecilia, Still Crazy After All These ness. Real courage always has fear to it. Life is better when you Years, Bookends, Leaves That Are Green and an all-cast finale attached make room in your mind for fear and featuring Kodachrome. excitement to exist simultaneously.

The EIF (http://www.eifoundation.org), a leading charitable TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). You 310.275.0579 • 434 N. CANON DRIVE organization of the entertainment industry, has distributed hun- don't have to pursue happiness -dred of millions of dollars to support charitable initiatives ad- you were born with it. What you do MON. - THURS. 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM have to do is protect it. Don't let anydressing critical health, arts education and social issues.

FRI. & SAT. 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM one encroach on your joy. If someSince 1985, The Shakespeare Center of L.A. (www.shakeone took your joy, get it back.

I TA L I A N R E S TA U R A N T spearecenter.org) has been a vibrant hub of unique programs, GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The baby performances and events designed to make Shakespeare accessi- bird jumping out of a tree for the first ble and engaging to all. Its “Veterans in Art” program represents time can be a hard thing to watch. A an innovation in veterans programming. This summer’s “Shake- lot of awkwardness and risk go into to fly. Awkwardness and risk speare Under The Stars” professional production of Romeo & Juli- learning are essential parts of all beginnings. et incorporated a full veteran workforce supporting the produc- CANCER (June 22-July 22). You tion and continues to offer free tickets to active military, veterans won’t get the power you seek, so don’t seek it. Go the other direction and their families and care givers. and let go instead, and you may just find you suddenly have great influence over what happens.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your karma is pretty straightforward: give the best you have, and the best comes back to you. Tonight your soul will be fortified by a bit of wild beauty.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). People’s perceptions of you will be distorted by their own programs. Their perspective will be severely limited, and so their approval or disapproval means nothing. Stand by your values without worrying about what anyone else thinks.

Joan Mangum

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First, there was the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, swept behind a curtain of yesterday’s memories. It lasted more than two decades and its chorus line of 65-plus dancers was known around the world. But then the performers got younger and the box office takings became lighter, so the curtain came down on the Follies this past spring.

Then, the focus fell on golf, and the last reincarnation of the Colgate Dinah Shore’s women golf tournament became the Kraft Nabisco Championship. After being a named-tournament for 43 years, the first major event of the yearly LPGA tour became nameless with the termination of Kraft’s sponsorship. Thankfully it was still called, unofficially, the Dinah Shore by those avid golfers with fond memories.

Now it’s the Bob Hope that’s getting the axe.

Begun in 1960, what was then known as the Palm Springs Golf Classic, (though none of the four desert golf courses participating \were located in Palm Springs), changed its name to the Bob Hope Desert Classic five years later in recognition of the support provided for the event by the world famed comedian.

Things progressed relatively well until 1985, when automaker Chrysler, which had been a long-time sponsor as well as providing vehicles for transportation during tournament week, decided to up the ante and become the official title sponsor t, which was then to be known as the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Things still appeared to be going well at the tourney, which generated millions of dollars for Desert charities. In fact, as evidence of its cache, the 1995 tournament featured an historic event: the first “fivesome” to play there, when defending champion, Scott Hooch joined Bob Hope, two former Presidents, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, along with the then sitting President, Bill Clinton for a photo-op round of golf.

Bob Hope died in 2003, and looking, back thisappears to be when the “wheels started coming off the bus.” The American car manufacturing industry needed more than a high-profile corporate sponsor that was, itself, approaching bankruptcy, and Chrysler quit the event after the 2008 event was played.

With the 2009 tournament sponsorship gone, the scramble was on to obtain a name-sponsor but it took three years and the threat of extinction before the tournament announced an unique

bi-sponsorship between healthcare company Humana and non-profit healthcare provider (among other things) the Clinton Foundation, with the venerable tournament to be known as the “Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation.”

Humana entered into an eight-year contract for its sponsorship of the tournament beginning with the event played in 2012, and tournament organizers breathed a sigh of relief. But, the Humana contract had a “Mulligan” in it–the healthcare company being able to terminate the contract after the first three years; and it did so.

So far, we do not know what the change of events will mean to the other co-sponsor, but are told that it will not be a problem finding a new titlesponsor and that the Clinton Foundation would still be a participant.

The take-a-way from this story–it’s not enough to concentrate only on your ball but need to be aware of your partner’s ball as well.

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People who love mysteries, especially murder mysteries, are in luck. Peter James, famous for his Roy Grace books, has a ninth one called Dead Man’s Time (Minotaur Books $25.99).

Grace is detective superintendent in the English police force.

The story begins in 1922 in New York City where 5-year old Gavin Daly and his 8-year old sister, Aileen, are awakened by their mother being murdered and their father kidnapped never to be seen again nor his body to be found. The children’s aunt fearing for their safety takes them to Ireland but, just before the boat sails, a messenger finds them and hands over a package containing a gold watch that is broken and a paper sheet with a list of numbers, all of which will play back to help solve the crime.

As they say in filmdom, disolve to London 2012, where a brutal robbery of valuable antiques and a gross beating and death of an elderly woman has taken place. The woman in her 90s was Aileen and her brother, Gavin, also in his 90s, is a very wealthy man who feels he controls the universe and is determined to find and punish whoever committed this crime. His first concern is that someone knew his sister’s code for her home vault where his father’s cherished watch was kept. Even though it was still kept in its broken condition, it was an invaluable item and doubly so to Gavin.

Like many self-made powerful men, Gavin’s son Lucas is a weak version of his father, with a beautiful wife who reads the news on TV and cheats on him. Gavin has an enemy, whose father had been his father’s enemy in New York. The book is more than 400

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PUBLIC NOTICES T.S. No. 14-1196-11 Loan No. 189761354 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU’U Y: KÈM THEO DÂY LÀ BÀN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LU’O’C VEˆ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIÈU NÀY PLEASE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(d)(1) THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THIS DOCUMENT BUT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED AND THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION NEED ONLY BE MAILED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/25/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: LANDON C BRESS, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 3/3/2008 as Instrument No. 20080362943 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Street Address

or other common designation of real property: 656 N. KNOLL DR #204, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA (AKA 656 WEST KNOLL DR, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA) A.P.N.: 4337003-095 Date of Sale: 10/28/2014 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $656,048.08, estimated The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

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

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 14-1196-11.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend

the scheduled sale. Date: 9/25/2014 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale Information Only: (800) 280-2832 Auction.com Frank Escalera, Team Lead NPP0236802 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 10/03/2014, 10/10/2014, 10/17/2014

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listed herein: David Moray, Managing Member: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 26, 2014; Published: October 03, 10, 17, 24, 2014 LACC N/C FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014251443 The following is/are doing business as: SOULSCEND PRESS 426 S. Norton Ave. #108, Los Angeles, CA 90020; Ross Goodell 3500 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein August 21, 2014: Ross Goodell: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 09, 2014; Published: September 12, 19, 26, October 03, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014251444 The following is/are doing business as: 1) RUMBA CALIENTE DANCE FITNESS 2) RUMBA CALIENTE DANCE 3) SALSA & BACHATA NIGHT CALIENTE 4) CALENTE RUMBA 5) RUMBA CALIENTE 6) DANCE FITNESS RUMBA 7) BACHATA & SALSA CALIENTE 10936 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025; Yumiko Oba 10936 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Yumiko Oba: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 09, 2014; Published: September 12, 19, 26, October 03, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014249065 The following is/are doing business as: 1) ULTIMATE STAFFING SERVICES 2) LEDGENT 3) ADAMS AND MARTIN GROUP 10100 Santa Monica Blvd. #275, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Roth Companies, Inc. 333 City Blvd. #100, Orange, CA 92868; Ben M. Roth 333 City Blvd. #100, Orange, CA 92868; Jennifer Simonson 333 City Blvd. #100, Orange, CA 92868; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jennifer Simonson, SVP/General Counsel Of Roth Staffing Companies, LP: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 03, 2014; Published: September 12, 19, 26, October 03, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014244684 The following is/are doing business as: KINU’S FUR FINISHING 4255 W. 5th St. #106, Los Angeles, CA 90020; Kinuyo Ambo 4255 W. 5th St. #106, Los Angeles, CA 90020; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Kinuyo Ambo.

Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: August 28, 2014; Published: September 12, 19, 26, October 03, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014254433 The following is/are doing business as: 1) FOUNTAINHEAD 2) WESTSIDE HOUSING 700 N. San Vicente Blvd. #G-410, Los Angeles, CA 90069; Westside Affiliated Holdings, Inc. 700 N. San Vicente Blvd. #G-410,

Los Angeles, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein April 1994: Michael Klein, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 16, 2014; Published: September 19, 26, October 03, 10, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014254434 The following is/are doing business as: BR ALBUM 8383 Wilshire Blvd. #225, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Bari Bogart 6170 Barrows Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048; Ronit Menache 9385 Charleville, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: COPARTNERS, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein June 2007: Bari Bogart, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 16, 2014; Published: September 19, 26, October 03, 10, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014263606 The following is/are doing business as: ARCHANGEL INDUSTRIES 9427 Lurline Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311; So Cal Media Group, Inc. 9427 Lurline Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Gabriel Guzman, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 18, 2014; Published: September 26, October 03, 10, 17, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014263607 The following is/are doing business as: 3 CLEVER THINKERS 1540 S. Beverly Dr. #3, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Lynnette Lipp 1540 S. Beverly Dr. #3, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Beverly Ellman 827 Oxford Ave., Marina Del Rey, CA 90292; Joyce Koff 1277 S. Beverly Glen Blvd. #208, Los Angeles, CA 90024; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein September 15, 2014: Lynnette Lip, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 18, 2014; Published: September 26, October 03, 10, 17, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014263610 The following is/are doing business as: SUNSET AND PALM 324 S. Beverly Dr. #452, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Tamara Devlin Green 324 S. Beverly Dr. #452, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Arden Burstein 324 S. Beverly Dr. #452, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Tamara Devlin Green, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 18, 2014; Published: September 26, October 03, 10, 17, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014263608 The following is/are doing business as: STAN ROSENFIELD & ASSOCIATES LTD. 2029 Century Park East #1190, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Zachase Enterprises Inc. 2029 Century Park East #1190, Los Angeles,

CA 90067; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 1986: Stan Rosenfield, Owner, President & CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 18, 2014; Published: September 26, October 03, 10, 17, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014265498 The following is/are doing business as: UNITED UNIFORM MANUFACTURERS 2034 Greenfield Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025; Kambiz Zinati 2034 Greenfield Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Kambiz Zinati, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 19, 2014; Published: September 26, October 03, 10, 17, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014273828 The following is/are doing business as: 1) HAIR MOVES 2) BANGZ 3) HAIR LAB 4) HAIR LOUNGE SPA 5) HAIR SALON 6) HAIR SPA 7) HAIR SPA SALON 8) BLOWN AWAY 9) SCISSORZ 10) TALKING HEADS 11) TRILOGY HAIR SPA 2926 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403; Hair Moves, LLC 2926 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein June 16, 2009: Lindsay Zakheim, Manager: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 26, 2014; Published: October 03, 10, 17, 24, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014273829 The following is/are doing business as: CALLE SUERTE PROJECT 2550 Overland Ave. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90064; Louis Wolff 2550 Overland Ave. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90064; Linda Wolff 2550 Overland Ave. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90064; The business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein January 1997: Louis Wolff, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 26, 2014; Published: October 03, 10, 17, 24, 2014 LACC N/C

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE (U.C.C. 6101 et seq. and B & P 24074 et seq.)

Escrow No. 039666-NT Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made.

The names and addresses of the Seller/Licensee are: Jewish Same Thing LLC, 8917 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The Business is known as: Gorge The names and addresses of the Buyer/Transferee are: M2 Partners Melrose, L.P., 16861 Ventura Blvd., Suite 310, Encino, CA 91436 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/Transferee are: None The assets to be sold are described in general as: all stock in trade, fixtures and equipment, and ABC License and are located at: 8917 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The kind of license to be transferred is: On-Sale Beer and Wine - Eating Place, Type 41, No. 522177 now issued for the premises located at: 8917 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is October 22, 2014 at the office of All Brokers Escrow, Inc., 2924 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505.

The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, including the estimated inventory, is the sum of $149,000.00, which consists of the following: Description, Amount Check $10,000.00 Demand Note $139,000.00 Total Consideration $149,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller/Licensee and the intended Buyer/ Transferee, as required

by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: September 2, 2014 SELLERS: Jewish Same Thing LLC, a California Limited Liability Company By: Ilan David Hall, Managing Member BUYERS: M2 Partners Melrose, L.P. By: Michael Voltaggio, President 10/3/14 CNS-2673705# BEVERLY HILLS COURIER

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PUBLIC NOTICES PROJECT 15-08 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS PROJECT ADMINISTRATION 345 FOOTHILL ROAD BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210 REQUEST FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS AND PREQUALIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR: POLICE FACILITY OVERSIZED VEHILE STORAGE PROJECT – RE-BID #2 Notice is hereby given that the City of Beverly Hills (“CITY”) has determined that all bidders for the construction of the Police Facility Oversized Vehicle Storage (“Project”) must be prequalified prior to submitting a bid on that Project. It is mandatory that all Contractors who intend to submit a bid, fully complete the prequalification questionnaire, provide all materials requested herein, and be approved by the CITY to be on the final qualified Bidders list.

No bid will be accepted from a Contractor that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, or expect to submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified to bid. The last date to submit a fully completed questionnaire is 2:00 PM Friday, October 17, 2014.

Contractors are encouraged to submit prequalification packages as soon as possible, so that they may be notified of omissions of information to be remedied or of their prequalification status in advance of the prequalification deadline for this Project.

Answers to questions contained in the attached questionnaire are required. The CITY will use these documents as the basis of rating Contractors with respect to whether each Contractor is qualified to bid on the Project, and reserves the right to check other sources available. The CITY’s decision will be based on objective evaluation criteria.

The CITY reserves the right to adjust, increase, limit, suspend or rescind the prequalification rating based on subsequently learned information. Contractors whose rating changes suffi-

ciently to disqualify them will be notified, and given an opportunity for a hearing consistent with the hearing procedures described below for appealing a prequalification rating.

While it is the intent of the prequalification questionnaire and documents required therewith to assist the CITY in determining bidder responsibility prior to bid and to aid the CITY in selecting the lowest responsible bidder, neither the fact of prequalification, nor any prequalification rating, will preclude the CITY from a post-bid consideration and determination of whether a bidder has the quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily perform the proposed work, and has demonstrated the requisite trustworthiness.

The prequalification packages should be submitted under seal to the Office of the City Clerk, City of Beverly Hills, 455 North Rexford Drive, Room 290, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. The following should be clearly marked on the outside of the package “CONFIDENTIAL PREQUALIFICATION STATEMENT FOR THE POLICE FACILITY OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE PROJECT – Re-Bid #2” The prequalification packages submitted by Contractors are not public records and are not open to public inspection.

All information provided will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law.

However, the contents may be disclosed to third parties for purpose of verification, or investigation of substantial allegations, or in an appeal hearing. State law requires that the names of contractors applying for prequalification status shall be public records subject to disclosure, and the first page of the questionnaire will be used for that purpose.

Each questionnaire must be signed under penalty of perjury in the manner designated at the end of the form, by an individual who has the legal authority to bind the Contractor on whose behalf that person is signing. If any information provided by a Contractor becomes inaccurate, the Contractor must immediately notify the CITY and provide updated accurate information in

writing, under penalty of lenge the decision of the perjury.

CITY, whether by administrative process, The CITY reserves the judicial process or any right to waive minor other legal process or irregularities and omis- proceeding. sions in the information contained in the pre- If the Contractor gives qualification application the required notice of submitted, and to make appeal, a hearing shall all final determinations. be conducted no earlier The CITY may also than five business days determine at any time after the CITY’s receipt that the prequalification of the notice of appeal process will be sus- and not later than five pended for the Project business days prior to and the Project will be the date of the Notice bid without prequalifica- Inviting Bids for this tion.

Project. Prior to the hearing, the Contractor Contractors may submit shall, in writing, be prequalification pack- advised of the basis for ages during regular the City’s pre-qualificaworking hours on any tion determination. day that the offices of the CITY are open. The hearing shall be Contractors who submit conducted by a panel a complete prequalifica- consisting of three tion package will be noti- members of the fied of their qualification Department of Public status no later than ten Works & Transportation business days after sub- senior management mission of the informa- staff (the “Appeals tion.

Panel”). The Appeals Panel shall consider any The CITY may refuse to evidence presented by grant prequalification the Contractor, whether where the requested or not the evidence is information and materi- presented in compliance als are not provided by with formal rules of evithe due date indicated dence. The Contractor above. There is no will be given the opporappeal from a refusal for tunity to present evian incomplete or late dence, information and application, but re-appli- arguments as to why the cation for a later project Contractor believes it is permitted. Neither the should be pre-qualified. closing time for submit- Within one day after the ting prequalification conclusion of the hearpackages for this ing, the Appeals Panel Project will be changed will render a written in order to accommo- determination as to date supplementation of whether the Contractor incomplete submis- is pre-qualified. It is the sions, or late submis- intention of the CITY sions, unless requested that the date for the subby the CITY in its sole mission and opening of discretion. bids will not be delayed or postponed to allow for In addition to a contrac- completion of an appeal tor’s failure to be pre- process. qualified pursuant to the scoring system set forth Please contact Julio in the prequalification Guerrero at the package, a contractor Office of Project may be found not pre- Administration, at qualified for either jguerrero@beverlyhills.org omission of or falsifica- for any procedural tion of, any requested questions or concerns information. regarding this project.

Where a timely and completed application results in a rating below that necessary to prequalify, an appeal can be made by the unsuccessful Contractor. An appeal is begun by the Contractor delivering notice to the CITY of its appeal of the decision with respect to its prequalification rating, no later than two business days following notification that it is not prequalified. The notice of appeal shall include an address where the Contractor wishes to receive notice of the appeal hearing. Without a timely appeal, the Contractor waives any and all rights to chal-

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T.S. No. 14-26916 APN: 5559-001-081 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/15/2006.

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

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: CARA COSLOW, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVE Deed of Trust recorded 11/22/2006 as Instrument No. 20062597035 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:10/24/2014 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $719,961.98 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

As more fully described as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite on said Deed of Trust.

450 Irvine, CA 92606 A.P.N #.: 5559-001-081 The undersigned Trustee For Non-Automated Sale disclaims any liability for Information, call: (714) any incorrectness of the 848-7920 street address or other For Sale Information: 848-9272 common designation, if (714) any, shown above. If no www.elitepostandpub.com street address or other Christine O'Brien, Trustee common designation is Sale Officer shown, directions to the location of the property THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTmay be obtained by send- ING TO COLLECT A ing a written request to DEBT AND ANY INFORthe beneficiary within 10 MATION WE OBTAINED days of the date of first WILL BE USED FOR THAT publication of this Notice PURPOSE. EPP 10264 10/3, 10/10, 10/17/2014. of Sale.

–––––– NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014273831 The sidering bidding on this following is/are doing business property lien, you should as: 244 S. SPALDING PROunderstand that there are JECT 2550 Overland Ave. risks involved in bidding #200, Los Angeles, CA 90064; at a trustee auction. You Louis Wolff 2550 Overland will be bidding on a lien, Ave. #200, Los Angeles, CA not on the property itself. 90064; Linda Wolff 2550 Placing the highest bid at Overland Ave. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90064; The busia trustee auction does not ness is conducted by: A MARautomatically entitle you RIED COUPLE, registrant(s) to free and clear owner- has begun to transact busiship of the property. You ness under the name(s) listed should also be aware that herein March 2001: Louis the lien being auctioned Wolff, Partner: Statement is off may be a junior lien. If filed with the County of Los you are the highest bidder Angeles: September 26, 2014; Published: October 03, 10, 17, at the auction, you are or 24, 2014 LACC N/C may be responsible for –––––– paying off all liens senior FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME to the lien being auc- STATEMENT 2014273832 The tioned off, before you can following is/are doing business receive clear title to the as: 116 S. MANSFIELD PROproperty. You are encour- JECT 2550 Overland Ave. aged to investigate the #200, Los Angeles, CA 90064; Louis Wolff 2550 Overland existence, priority, and Ave. #200, Los Angeles, CA size of outstanding liens 90064; Linda Wolff 2550 that may exist on this Overland Ave. #200, Los property by contacting Angeles, CA 90064; The busithe county recorder's ness is conducted by: A MARoffice or a title insurance RIED COUPLE, registrant(s) company, either of which has begun to transact busimay charge you a fee for ness under the name(s) listed herein May 2007: Louis this information. If you Wolff, Partner: Statement is consult either of these filed with the County of Los resources, you should be Angeles: September 26, 2014; aware that the same Published: October 03, 10, 17, lender may hold more 24, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014273830 The erty. following is/are doing business as: 7200 MELROSE AVENUE NOTICE TO PROPERTY PROJECT 2550 Overland Ave. OWNER: The sale date #200, Los Angeles, CA 90064; shown on this notice of Louis Wolff 2550 Overland sale may be postponed Ave. #200, Los Angeles, CA one or more times by the 90064; Linda Wolff 2550 mortgagee, beneficiary, Overland Ave. #200, Los trustee, or a court, pur- Angeles, CA 90064; The business is conducted by: A MARsuant to Section 2924g of RIED COUPLE, registrant(s) the California Civil Code. has begun to transact busiThe law requires that ness under the name(s) listed information about trustee herein February 2001: Louis sale postponements be Wolff, Partner: Statement is made available to you filed with the County of Los and to the public, as a Angeles: September 26, 2014; courtesy to those not Published: October 03, 10, 17, 24, 2014 LACC N/C present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been NOTICE— Fictitious postponed, and, if applistatement cable, the rescheduled name time and date for the sale expires five years from of this property, you may the date it was filed in call (714) 848-9272 or the office of the county visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub.co clerk. A new fictitious m, using the file number business name stateassigned to this case 14- ment must be filed 26916. Information about before that time. The filpostponements that are very short in duration or ing of this statement that occur close in time to does not of itself the scheduled sale may authorize the use in this not immediately be state of a fictitious busireflected in the telephone information or on the ness name in violation Internet Web site. The of the rights of another best way to verify post- under federal, state, or ponement information common law (See is to attend the schedSection 14400, et seq., uled sale.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1131 ALTA LOMA ROAD NO 231 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA Dated: 10/1/2014 90069-2434 Law Offices of Les Zieve, Described as follows:

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New Horizons Nursing Care

BEVERLY HILLS

90 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Receptionist

240 OFFICE & STORES FOR LEASE

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INVESTMENTS OPPORTUNITIES

KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

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HOUSES seeking someone with CENTURY PARK EAST FOR SALE experience interacting with 2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS ARE YOU A senior executives, tenants OPPORTUNITY WITHIN 270 WILSHIRE BLVD Beverly Hills Flats $983,500 SENIOR AND NEED and prioritizing work tasks.

TOWNHOMES/ Extra High Floor RETAIL FRONTAGE • Several Unlisted Homes A SUCCESSFUL The successful Receptionist ASSISTANCE? Unobstructed City Views & SMALL OFFICE CONDOS FOR SALE Available To Offer, some STOREFRONT We can help YOU! will demonstrate the ability Recently Renovated. Quartz *** SUITES *** w/ Very Huge Llots to work independently and OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE Counters. Stainless Steel NO NNN in Prime Locations. alongside a team. Could Kitchen. Luxurious Baths ••••• To have own exam room All Utilities Included.

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2 Separate Suites 1 + 1 • 1st Fl. Monday - Friday 12-miles away from the Large Balcony thoroughly screened and we No children, no pets. Building has been large conference room, $499,000 upcoming New Tesla Great City Views Salary negotiable. completely remodeled. executive offices, large Century Park East Tenant Occupied Facility in Neveda Planncare. Live In/Out. kitchen, open work area, Only thoroughly Rare Garden Condo ing to Employ 6,000+ Prefer Attorneys. more private offices. experienced & ••••• 300 SF Private Patio responsible person 2 offices Available Please Contact: BEL AIR CREST need apply.

F OR M ORE INFO. CALL: from $1,798,000 ASHER COMMERCIAL 2 + 2 • 8th Fl. $850/MO. & $575MO. To Schedule A NNETTE WOLF • AGT. 310/666-2872 THE REMINGTON $630,000 Interview, Call: 310/441-1811 Call 323/782-1144 from $1,790,000 310/552-1551 Century Park East Cell: 310/766-1812

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

CNA’s, CHHA's, MA's preferred.

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

Please call (323) 932-8700

OFFICE FOR LEASE Private Office Suite RESIDENT MEDICAL BUILDING at 9595 Wilshire Bl. M A N A G E R 8733 Beverly Blvd.

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1141 Sq. Feet.

1 Large Executive Small complex, Across the street from: Window Office & B.H.+Westside Area Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

Management/ 1 Support/ A SK F OR V ICTOR : Maintenance, Reception Area.

310/855-0469 Leasing Contact: Stan Gerlach T HURSDAY ’ S O NLY Experience a Plus.

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TO RENT

Wonderful Views of Golf Course/City/Mtns.

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2 • 5th Fl.

• DIANA COOK •

310/203-8333 CAdreaming.com

248 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

from $759,000 from $1,700,000

LE PARC from $1,499,000

SANTA MONICA 427 Montana Ave.

Storage Space

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

Av a i l a b l e for Rent.

Close to Beach .

310/394-7132

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with private entrance in 3 Bedroom Old World Charm Duplex.

$900/MO. Call 310/271-3220

CLASSIFIED

BEVERLY HILLS

425 HOUSES FOR LEASE BEVERLY HILLS

• B.H.P.O. •

North of Wilshire 2430 Coldwater Canyon 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath 4 Bdrm. +5 Bath • • • • • Newly remodeled kitchen L IGHT & B RIGHT w/ new appliances, Breakfast area, nice backyard.

Ready to Move-In.

310/863-4325

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310/247-0270 • BEVERLY HILLS • 310/433-1949 3 BEDROOM, 3 BATH 213/926-4213 HOUSE FOR LEASE

Completely Redone with new kitchen and hardwood floors.

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

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KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

ULTRA LUXURIOUS TOP FLOOR IN 3-UNIT BUILDING

GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES F URNISHED & U NFURNISHED

*BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CENTURY PARK EAST

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $5,800/MONTH City Views. Recently Renovated

HOME FOR LEASE $8,500/MO.

Quartz Counters. Stainless Steel

438 SO. ALMONT DRIVE

Kitchen. Luxurious Baths Hardwood Floors. 2 Jumbo Balconies. Quiet Location.

Largest Size Unit

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $5,495/MONTH

AGT • 310 770-4111

BEVERLY HILLS 336 SO. WETHERLY DRIVE FOR LEASE $6,900/MO.

AND GRANITE KITCHEN AND BATHS. HUGE LIVING ROOM WITH FABULOUS WOOD BEAMED CEILING AND FORMAL DINING ROOM.

BRC00456048

SANDRA LEWIS AGT • 310 770-4111

428 LAND FOR SALE

Entertainers Dream!

Living Room and Dining Room, Gourmet Kitchen w/Top of the Line Stainless Cell: 216/235-7373 Steel Appliances Including Sub-Zero Refrigerator, Built-In Oven, Cook-Top Microwave and Dishwasher, Custom Cabinets and Granite Countertops BEVERLY HILLS Throughout, Hardwood Floors, Recessed Ceilings w/Crown Molding and Near Roxbury Park Recessed Lighting, Central Air and Heat, Washer/Dryer Hook-Ups in Unit, 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • $1,500 Two Car Garage. Immediate Move-In. No Pets Allowed.

Upper, lrg. kitchen+ bath, For more info call: 310/276-2119 wood floors, stove, dishwasher, a/c, great CENTURY CITY ADJ BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. **BEVERLY HILLS** mini-blinds. No Dogs.

CHARMING 6-UNIT BLDG. N. Of Santa Monica Blvd 1017 S. SHERBOURNE GOLDEN TRIANGLE 818/594-1160 Very Private & Spacious 2 BEDROOM CONDOS 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH Convenient Location 2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATH Bright Front Units. $2,495/MO. upper unit with breakfast BEVERLY HILLS and formal dining room.

Built 2013 POOL, WET BAR AND • • • • • • • • • 1 Bd. +1 Ba. • Yard, laundry & parking.

From $3,750/MO. CENTRAL AIR. • 2 Bd. +2 Ba.

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Fully Furnished. High Floor 2 Jumbo Balconies. Great views

310/633-4742

Marble Floors. Luxurious Baths. Quartz Counters.

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Stainless Steel Kitchen.

10548 EASTBORNE

Loads of Custom Features.

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $3,500/MONTH

BEVERLY HILLS 329 S. Rexford Dr.

3 Bdrm.+2 Bath NEWLY REMODELED

• GORGEOUS UNITS •

Call or Text Lesley

at 310/770-2714

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Central air, large balcony, pool, elevator, on-site laundry, intercom entry.

320 N. La Peer Dr.

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ granite counters, central Bedford/Olympic • 310/246-0290 • WESTWOOD/BH ADJ. air, fireplace, wet bar, 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO CLOSE TO SHOPS & DINING * * * * * * * * * * * * balcony, 2-car tandem $2,150/MO. 3 BDRMS, 2.5 BATH parking. • $3,200.Mo. Approx. 1400 Sq. ft.

In The HEART of 323/933-7564 +/- 1,700sf., upper front,

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unit with fridge, BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE —————–––– Lower washer/dryer in unit 170 N. Crescent Dr.

Top Floor Approx 1600sf Remodeled unit with wood/ WEST LA / CENTURY CITY Ceilings. New Appliances tiles/carpets flooring. Wet bar, SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM Hardwood Floors. Luxurious stainless steel appliances, + DEN + 2 BATHROOMS Baths. Garden Views washer and dryer in unit, With large patio, wet-bar, updated kitchen & baths, 1 BED/DEN AREA/2 BATHS 2 balconies, central air & laundry facility, parking, heat, controlled accessed $3,000/MONTH no pets, non-smoking building and parking for 2.

Large Balcony. Lower Floor building. Avail. furnished.

Hardwood Floors. Fresh Paint Close to Century City mall $3,000/MO. Quiet Location. Available Octobe shopping and restaurants. For appointment please Nicely Renovated. Raised

$3,500/MO.

Some Complexes include Call 310/474-7565 Heated Pools, Sundeck, PALMER PROPERTIES Tennis, Doorman, —————–––– Houseman, Staff BEVERLY HILLS Engineers, Switchboard, 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $3,800 Security Staff, Large, bright corner Switchboard, Saunas, unit. New Kitchen.

Business Center, Pet • • • • • PlayLand, Restaurant, 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $3,500 Acres of Flower Gardens New kitchen+baths, central air. and Grassy Lawns.

For Sale See our Ad Sec. 270

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$3,500/MO.

Hardwood floors, washer Call 213/804-3761 170 N. CRESCENT DR French doors in bdrm. to • patio overlooking pool • & dryer in unit, 2 parking.

Available Immediately.

For info call Elaine (Agt)

GORGEOUS 3 BEDROOM WITH POOL. SOPHISTICATED HOME WITH RECESSED LIGHTS, HIGH CEILINGS

with Full Bath Newly Remodeled.

Ceasar stone, fresh paint. Private 3 BD + DEN/OFC. entrance. Kitchenette, or central air, closets, w/d 4 BDRM + 2.5 BA hook-up, alarm. $5,500/MO. $1,650/MO. LEAVE MESSAGE/TEXT:

all listings are on CenturyCityLiving.com

NOW AVAILABLE

WESTWOOD ONE BEDROOM

B E V E R LY H I L L S 141 N . A R N A Z D R I V E

License 00957281

BEVERLY HILLS

SANDRA LEWIS

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Extra High Floor. Unobstructed

GORGEOUS 9 YEAR YOUNG HOME WITH 5 BEDRMS, OFFICE, HUGHE FAMILY ROOM, COOKS GRANITE KITCHEN. LONG TERM OR SHORT TERM. FABULOUS ENTERTAINERS FLOOR PLAN WITH BIG SCREEN TV IN FAMILY ROOM. BEVERLY HILLS SCHOOLS, DRAMATIC AND SOPHISTICATED HOME BRC00456048

R E N TA L S

310/863-4325 R EADY TO M OVE -I N

* * * * * * Call 310/880-7281 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath * * * * * * * Large & Bright.

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. and 2 car parking.

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Pool, a/c, balcony, fridge, stove, laundry Newly remodeled, large rm., prkg., intercom entry, elevator. patio overlooking swimSPACIOUS 1 BEDROOM

CLOSE TO SHOPS & R ESTAURANTS . laundry, dishwasher, etc.

310/858-8133 call 818/522-3192

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ming pool, gated garage, $1950/MO.

Call 323/388-9326

310/849-3858

BEVERLY HILLS

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443 S. Oakhurst Dr.

Bright/Airy • B.H. Adj. Upper 2+2 • $2,800 Prime Beverly Hills 2 Entrances, lrg living Rooftop Garden Panoramic B.H. Views Spacious, tile+carpet.

Pool, sauna, gated, elevator, central air, prkg., marble lobby.

1259 S. Camden Dr.

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South Lasky Dr.

$1,850/Mo. 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. Separate dining rm, hrwd. flrs., hi-ceilings, 2-walk-in closets, 1-car garage, gated bldg COMPASS GOLD PROP. Marty: 310/293-2205

2 Bd. + 2 Ba. • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • • • • • • • • • • • • BRIGHT & S PACIOUS BEVERLY HILLS LIVING. Balcony, dishwasher, elevator, intercom entry, on-site laundry, parking.

P LEASE C ALL :

310/435-3693

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

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BEVERLY HILLS • BRENTWOOD • W I L S H I R E

BEVERLY HILLS CHARMING SPANISH DUPLEX UNITS FOR LEASE

4 BEDROOMS + 3 BATHS

218 S. Tower Dr.

•• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. ••

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

Den + 2 Bath •

Quiet neighborhood. 1,500 sq. ft.

Pool, jacuzzi, sauna, new modern fitness rm, 24 hour security, valet parking, large balcony, A/C & heating , washer/dryer, side-by-side garage parking w/extra storage. $3,950/MO.

CALL 310/653-2551

CORRIDOR

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2 Bath •

Upscale, Bright, Gorgeous & Spacious.

• • • • •

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

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

• 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. •

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2220 S. Beverly Glen Granite counter tops, stain• • less steel appliances, • 1 B d . + 1 B a . • air conditioned, new hrwd. flrs., designer • • L o t s o f • • finishes, balcony, ceiling Character & Charm !

Glass Fireplace fan, elevator, controlled Newly Remodeled. access. Fitness ctr, yoga New hardwood flrs., room, wi-fi, skyview granite counters, 310/207-1965 stainless steel appl., lounge w/ outdoor fire• 310/276-1528 • alcove fireplace, place, laundry facilities.

WEST L. A. fridge, laundry facility, Easy freeway access 1236 Amhearst Ave. BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. • Spacious Units • gated parking, intercom 213/382-1021 entry, WiFi and more.

120 S. Swall Dr. Lrg. unit. Balcony, TOWNHOUSE 872 S. Westgate Ave. Walk-in closet, = = = = = = intercom entry, laundry Loft+Den+1 Ba. facility, elevator, prkg.

2 Bd.+2 Ba. = = = = = = • CHARMING & BRIGHT • Hardwood floors, Close to Cedars, sliding glass doors restaurants, shopping to patio, parking, laundry facility. & transportation.

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^ ^1^Bd. ^ ^+Den+1Ba. Dishwasher, a/c, controlled access, on-site parking & laundry facility.

Very Spacious, A/C, balcony, intercom entry, 310/820-8584 on-sight laundry, prkg.

Close to Cedars-Sinai, W E S T L . A .

1342 Centinela Ave. Beverly Center, - 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • Bright Unit • shops, cafes Granite countertops, & transportation . balcony, on-site 310/270-0724 laundry, On-site parking. Close to transportation.

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• 310/552-8064 • L O S A N G E L E S Rooftop jacuzzi 4 0 1 S . H O O V E R S t . with panoramic • • • • • • • • city views.

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba.

—————–––– • • • • • • • —————–––– • MIRACLE MILE • •Control access, pool, 615 S. Cochran Ave.

• Single • Controlled access, on-sight laundry, a/c unit, kitchenette.

310/531-3992

Close to Museums, BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. • 310/442-8265 • Grove & Restaurants.

309 S. Sherbourne Dr. ~ WEST L.A. ~ ( • • • ----- • • • ) * HOLLYWOOD * 1675 Colby Ave.

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1 Bd.+1 Ba.

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

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. Condo Style Living In Beverly Hills

LUXURY 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

$3350

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

133 North Almont Towers www.almonttowers.com • 310.888.8875

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dishwasher, elevator, on-site laundry and parking.

213/385-4751

464 PLOTS FOR SALE

*** FOREST LAWN * *2 *Bd.+2 Ba. 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. GLENDALE • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Spacious & Bright. * * * * * Located in one of Forest A / C , b a l c o n y,

Newly Remodeled dishwasher, stove, Great Views intercom entry, on-sight laundry, prkg. Great views, controlled to Cedars/shops/trans.

310/477-0072 access, balcony, 310/247-8689 elevator, lrg. pool, WESTWOOD 1380 Midvale Ave. prkg, on-sight laundry.

BRENTWOOD • • • • • H IKING IN R UNYON • 11640 Kiowa Ave. 1 B d . + 1 B a .

• • • • • C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD B OWL /N IGHTLIFE .

• • • • WiFi, pool, elevator, • •• • 323/467-8172 Newly Updated controlled access, onsight laundry, parking.

1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath C l o s e t o U . C . L . A .

HOLLYWOOD

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

Balcony, controlled Luxury Living access, parking, with valet, elevator, on-site laundry. lush garden Close to shopping, surrounding pool, great restaurants gym, elevator, etc. and Metro.

Hrwd. flrs., granite 213/364-8423 counters, dishwasher, central air, balcony.

LAFAYETTE PARK Call: 310/470-4474 274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL.

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L UXURY 2 B EDROOM $3150 fromA PARTMENTS $3150 to FROM $3995

MID-WILSHIRE 340 S. St. Andrews Pl.

•• N E W LY U P D AT E D 10530-10540 Wilshire Bl. •• • • • • • ∞ ∞ ∞∞∞∞∞ 1 Charm ! • 2 Bdrm.

Carved & Beamed Ceilings, Fireplaces, Hardwood CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS & SHOPPING .

Floors, A/C & Heat, Large Living, Dining and 310/531-3992 ————— Family Rooms, Laundries, Internet + Cable BEVERLY HILLS Ready, 4 Car Garage. Walk to Horance Mann *8725 Clifton Way* Remodeled $4,650/MO. • C a l l 3 1 0 / 4 7 7 - 2 4 0 0 •Newly 1 Bdrm. +

LUXURIOUS CONDO Prime Beverly Hills NORTH SWALL DRIVE 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH

125 N. Barrington Av.

310/473-1509

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Balcony, dishwasher, • WESTWOOD • 1422-1428 Kelton Av. • • • • • a/c, heated pool, WiFi, • Single Spacious elevator controlled 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • B a c h e l o r access, on-site laundry, Hardwood floors, Controlled access, parking. Close to dishwasher, controlled laundry facility.

Brentwood Village, access, WiFi, on-site Utilities Included. laundry & parking.

Shops & Restaurants.

323/851-3790 C LOSE TO U.C.L.A. • 310/826-4889 • Close to Everything.

310/864-0319

Lawn’s most Peaceful and Tranquil locations.

Great for estate planning.

“Terrace Morning Calm” Space 4093 A & B This is a companion plot Valued at $22,000 Asking for $15,000 For more information call Tom: 760/831-4174

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We Will Buy Your Car, Running or Not.

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PRICES PAID •••••••••• Antiques - Old Coins Tiffany Items Paintings - Objets d’Art Estate Jewelry: Gold - DiamondsVintage Watches Lalique - Art Glass Fine Porcelains: Meissen - Sevres Marble Statues Bronze Sculptures Clocks - Silver Furniture: French English - American One Item or Entire Estates Purchased For Cash. Prompt & Considerate Response to All Inquiries.

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Chairman Emeritus Paula Kent Meehan President & Publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs ******

Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Stephen P. Simmons ****** Founding Publisher March Schwartz (Publisher 1965-2004) Clifton S. Smith, Jr. (Publisher 2004-2014)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I have serious concerns on the future of Beverly Hills–not its health nor wealth. As I have said before, it’s about the composition of our City’s population, particularly in the summer. The great influx of tourists is bringing along with it problems previously not seen here and by the looks of things our City Council is determined to continue with its desire to increase our visitors’ population. This is very worrisome and potentially dangerous.

In five months, there are elections again. Perhaps we need to clarify and focus on the platform of each incumbent and new person prior to voting.

All I see is traffic congestion, street closures, high rents and water increases. More importantly, I have never seen a clear disclosure of finances except to hear that we have money but we have more debts. We need to know about the income and its origins as well as the categorized outflow of funds, debts owed, and actual profit and loss.

Pablo Nankin, M.D. ****** Not long ago our schools were some of the best in the state. Today our claim to fame will soon be to have the highest percentage of high school graduates going to community colleges.

What if the Beverly Hills Board of Education were to turn the pages back to our “glory days,” investigate what we were doing then and then do it now. Too simple?

You might also want to look into the charter schools founded by Hillsdale College's Barney School initiative to discover what they are doing to achieve their successes in K-12. Of course this would mean getting up from behind their Apple pcs and doing something meaningful for our children and schools.

Robert Block ****** With a sand and water play area at Roxbury Park, am I supposed to cut down on water so the children can make sand pies? Of course, this will result in additional washing of the children and their clothes. But then, of course, Beverly Hills is not in a drought.

Ruth Santo ****** To use the fear of the ISIS bogeyman to further The Courier’s long battle against the subway under Beverly Hills High School is a sorry admission that this disgusting group of terrorists got your support. I’m sure that wasn’t your intent but you fell right into its trap. Shame on you. Your idea there is a hypothetical possibility that ISIS will blow up subways under our kids is pathetic. Is it a choice between blowing up the high school or blowing up Century City?

Let’s get real here and not just headline extremist fears that seem to show up whenever there is a chance.

Mark Aronson

Cartoon for The Courier by Janet Salter

Rabbi Jacob Pressman Rabbi Jack is taking a couple of weeks off and will return soon.

....AND CONTROVERSY IN BEL-AIR As counsel to the Bel-Air Association (BAA), we have been in receipt of many emails from Frederic Rosen of the Bel-Air Homeowners Alliance (BAHA) and other correspondence to Ms. Cynthia Arnold, Ms. Paulette DuBey and the BAA. It is clear that this correspondence is being sent at the direction of members of the BAHA, with the goal being to harass. They constitute harassment under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 527.6 and fail to serve any legitimate purpose.

The BAA is a non-profit and is not responsible for permitting, zoning or approving construction in Bel-Air. When the City of Los Angeles approves a construction project, the BAA does its best to mitigate and monitor any measures for safety and road repair.

The BAA never received a $30,000 buy-out. Such false accusations are defamatory and must immediately cease. Moreover, having multiple people repeatedly state the same message constitutes harassment. You are not members of the BAA; therefor we feel that the sole purpose of these communications is to harass.

The harassing emails sent by the Alliance and Mr. Rosen have caused these women grave concern for their safety and well-being.

Most of you are only sending these communications at the behest of another. If this continues, the BAA will seek an injunction or restraining order.

Andrew Skale, Attorney for the Bel-Air Association ***** The Bel-Air Association (BAA) does not help Bel Air when it works directly against the interests of our residents. Their letter to the City of Los Angeles on Somma Way is direct proof of that. The residents are not harassing anyone–just stating points of view. The BAA does not represent our interests and should state clearly to the City that it does not represent all the residents of Bel Air. I suggested that both groups should meet. It’s about the community. The rage the community feels to Mr. Andrew Skale’s client is a result of its behavior.

The first time we met, the Bel-Air Homeowners Alliance (BAHA) received a letter telling us not to use “Bel Air.” Paulette DuBey tried to get the police to arrest me, though they said that was ridiculous.

If you want to start litigation, go for it. What you start, we will finish. Your client is protecting the job of its employee and their officers and directors (whom they refuse to divulge). If they were really doing their job, do you think our organization would even exist?

If you want to do something constructive, tell your client to stop chasing tomato plants and get in a room with us. Let us know if you can arrange the meeting....

• If the Bel-Air Association is trying to help Bel-Air, why is it taking the opposite position of the Bel-Air Homeowners Alliance and the directly impacted residents?

• We want no more hauling and a moratorium on new hauling routes–there are too many trucks in the hills already. Someone is going to be seriously hurt or killed. The BAA failed to talk to the people most impacted by the project.

• The BAHA and residents are against the hauling route and the BAA is for the hauling route (and asks for a percentage of the hauling fees to supplement its own budget).

• I asked people to write to Cynthia Arnold of their displeasure.

The words and pictures are theirs, not mine. The emails reflect their unhappiness with the BAA's action.

• The people who have responded to you and your client are all intelligent, successful people. I have no control over them and did not put words in their mouths and no one followed blindly. They stated their opinions. Do you really think the BAHA would have been formed with supporters paying $5,000 if the BAA was doing its job?

Now since the real goal here is the safety and security of residents of Bel Air, these are my suggestions: • The BAA is a declining organization without the resources to deal with the circumstances the community finds itself in.

• We meet to become a truly powerful force in the community.

I am happy to step aside if we can get a real combined organization that is prepared and funded correctly.

Fredric Rosen, President/CEO–Bel Air Homeowners Alliance Editor’s Note: The Bel-Air Association (BAA) has refused to meet with the Bel-Air Homeowners Alliance (BAHA) or its individual boardmembers. It has also refused to disclose the names of its board of directors and the members of its Land Use Committee. The BAA did not send its members an annual financial statement or adhere to other parts of the IRS code regarding 501 (c), 3,4 and 6 organizations. There was also no annual meeting this year.

The Courier welcomes and appreciates “Letters to the Editor” Email: myopinion@bhcourier.com; Fax to: 310-271-5118; Mail to: The Beverly Hills Courier, 499 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills CA 90210

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