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SPEAKING OUT—Pictured (clockwise, starting at top left): James Khodabakhsh M.D., Lisa Cassileth M.D., and Beverly Hills resident Alma Ordaz speak at a town hall meeting Wednesday night at Temple Emanuel to educate the community about the back tax the City is attempting to levy.

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Georgia looks to the kindess of the community to find a loving home.

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El Rodeo gets a new Mac Lab. 5

By Matt Lopez After years of back and forth discussion and numerous attempts to move forward with an oversized facility, the City of

Beverly Hills finally seems to have a design plan set for a redeveloped Roxbury Park communi(see ‘ROXBURY,’ page 18)

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George Christy, Page 6 The LA Phil Opening Gala, The Philharmonic Dances, Featured A Program Spanning A Century Of Music; Fashion Empress Diana Vreeland Says “Water Is God’s Tranquilizer” In Her Documentary Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE

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by Specialty Surgical Center.

“I have reviewed the materials submitted to the City Clerk’s office on June 20, 2012 as part of the appeal process to the city council filed by Specialty Surgical Center,” Brien told The Courier. “Based upon my review, I have concluded that I must recuse myself on professional grounds from any further discussion.” (see ‘RECUSAL,’ page 12)

the first of the US Presidential debates, an overflow group of local medical professionals and concerned community members

tax hike by City staff onto Specialty Surgical Center.

The town hall meeting at (see ‘TOWN HALL,’ page 14)

City to Delete E-Mails Despite Mirisch Open Government Move

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PTA Council celebrates BHUSD staff at Color Me Mine.

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By Matt Lopez Mayor Willie Brien M.D., confirmed to The Courier Thursday evening that he will recuse himself from Specialty Surgical Center's tax assessment appeal hearing before the City Council on Oct. 23.

Councilmember Julian Gold M.D., confirmed to The Courier independently on Monday that he too will recuse himself from the Oct. 23 hearing. Gold has recused himself from all previous

Medical Community, Residents Community Gets the Roxbury Speak Out Against City Tax Hike

By Matt Lopez came together Wednesday night Park It Wants, But At a Price Despite competition from to speak out against a proposed

Beverly Hills Actve Adult Club honors Judie Fenton.

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October 5, 2012

CENTENNIAL KICKOFF—Pictured (from left): Douglas Warner, Janis Black Warner and Dick Rosenzweig stand in front of the volunteer signup white board at last Thursday’s Centennial Kickoff Celebration at Greystone Mansion.

Courier Photo by Laura Coleman

Bill Bloomfield Gives Henry Waxman A Run ForInHis Money

By John L. Seitz 1939, Who would ever challenge Rep. Henry Waxman for Congress? Who would ever challenge him and have a real chance?

For the first time in decades, those questions may have a real answer–Bill Bloomfield. Who is that? You could almost say we've seen this movie before.

By Matt Lopez Despite a state law requiring local governments keep all written correspondence for up to two years, the City of Beverly Hills will continue to retain its e-mail records for just 30 days after a 32 vote by the City Council on Tuesday.

Vice Mayor John Mirisch's

(see ‘RETENTION,’ page 20)

the late longtime Beverly Hills resident James Stewart was nominated for an Oscar for his starring role in

NICE GUYS FINISH FIRST—Los Angeles native Mark Harmon was honored with the 2,482nd star in the Category of Television on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Congratulating him were his wife Pam Dawber and son, Sean.

(see ‘BLOOMFIELD,’ page 20)

DeAnn Marshall Settles Into New Role as CHLA Vice President

By Laura Coleman DeAnn Marshall started her new role this week as Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ senior vice president and chief development officer with a bit more public recognition than anticipated when an email she drafted to the staff of the prestigious centuryold institution went viral.

The memo, assuring staff

Best known for his starring role in the CBS series NCIS, Mark followed the athletic footsteps of his father, Tom, and played football during with the UCLA Bruins.

that the advertisements depicting a clown in bloody scrubs for the Adult Swim TV show Childrens Hospital (note the lack of (see ‘CHLA,’ page 14)

call for a two-year e-mail retention policy at City Hall was shot down by Mayor Willie Brien and councilmembers Barry Brucker and Julian Gold.

The California Public Records Act (CPRA) states that the public has a right to inspect and copy all documents of any

His NCIS salary is $500,000 per episode, and his estate is valued at $40 million. “I have to be challenged,” he says. “The busier I am, the better I like it.”

Celebrity Photo/Scott Downie

More photos in George Christy’s columns on Page 6.

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Council Refuses To Back School Board, Delays Measure J Talk

By Matt Lopez The City Council appeared to avoid taking a stance on Measure J when it passed on discussing the issue at Tuesday’s study session.

The item, which was requested for discussion by Vice Mayor John Mirisch, was

HAWTHORNE WALKS—Hundreds of Hawthorne School students took the streets as part of the school’s new “Walk to School Wednesday” campaign. Students, teachers and parents lined the streets with posters and banners as the kids walked to school this last Wednesday as part of International Walk to School Day. Pictured above: Hoards of students, parents and teachers walk by City Hall on their way to school. Pictured right Ariel Hamron and Hayden Hartman show their support for their school. Far right: Hawthorne student Julian Tabibian walks to school.

placed near the bottom of the study session agenda by Mayor Willie Brien Tuesday. When the council ran out of time at the study session, Mirisch requested the council bring it up at that night’s formal council (see ‘MEASURE J’ page 14)

NEW CVB—The City of Beverly Hills finally cut the tape on the new state-of-the-art Conference and Visitors Bureau Center in a ceremony on Wednesday night. Pictured (from left): Councilmembers Lili Bosse and Barry Brucker, Mayor Willie Brien, Councilmember Julian Gold and City Treasurer Eliot Finkel.

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City Treasurer Finkel To Seek Re-Election Metro Set To Hold Meeting On Subway To The Sea Oct. 10

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By Matt Lopez Beverly Hills City Treasurer Eliot Finkel said he would seek confirmed to The Courier on Tuesday night.

With more than three decades of financial management experience, Finkel is currently rounding out his second

term as treasurer. He will seek a third term in the March 2013 election.

Finkel sees plenty of unfinished business that made the decision to seek a third term a no brainer. Chief among his concerns is unfunded liabilities of the City’s retirement obliga-

tions for safety employees, thanks to faulty estimates by CalPES (California Public Employee Retirement System).

In July, The Courier reported that Calpers had announced only a 1 percent return on its (see ‘FINKEL’ page 12)

Rolex Named Official Timepiece Sponsor For Beverly Hills Centennial Celebration

By Laura Coleman Rolex will be the official timepiece for the City’s Centennial celebration, Centennial Celebration Committee chair Dick Rosenzweig announced during the committee’s kick-off reception at Greystone man-

sion last Thursday evening.

“It is so exciting to have the best watch brand in the world, Rolex, along with our deeply loved Gearys, who has been the foundation of class, luxury and part of our community nearly as long as our City’s

100 years, as our first title sponsor of the Beverly Hills Centennial,” Councilwoman Lili Bosse said. “Their generosity of $300,000 toward our year-long celebration in our (see ‘ROLEX’ page 9)

By Marla Schevker Metro will be holding a Westside Subway Extension community update meeting on Oct. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the 5th floor of the terrace room of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art West.

The meeting, which includes an open house and formal presentation, will discuss preconstruction activities that are anticipated to occur between Wilshire/Western and (see ‘METRO’ page 9)

GEORGIA ON MY MIND— Georgia is a 3-month-old ChiWeenie girl, a Dachshund and Chihuahua mix. This adorable puppy is sweet, full of energy and would be great in any home. She gets along well with other dogs, kids and even kitties. Those interested in adopting Georgia may contact Kira Lorsch at 4Dogs@RHLGroup.com or call FurBabyRescue.org at 213.840.0153.

SUMMER READERS—Vice Mayor John Mirisch hugs his son, Vin, at last Tuesday’s formal City Council meeting. Vin was among dozens of Beverly Hills youth who were honored by the city council for their participation in the Beverly Hills Public Library’s summer

By Laura Coleman and Matt reading program.

Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes Domestic Worker Rights Bill

Lopez Gov. Jerry Brown shot down the grassroots led “Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights” last Sunday when he vetoed Assembly Bill 889 on Sept. 30, ef-

PTA Council Agrees To Fund School District Professional Development Training

By Laura Coleman The PTA Council voted to designate $30,000 for professional development at its meeting last Thursday.

The decision to allocate $5,000 for each K-8 school and $10,000 for the high school

mirrored last year’s council project. Council Co-President Jennifer Terrell-Schwartz said the decision was triggered by the district’s request to repeat last year’s PTA Council project.

“This is just really wanted and needed,” Council Co-Pres-

ident Susie Roberts told The Courier. “It enriches them and it enriches their students.”

In order to avail themselves to professional development opportunities, employees (see ‘PTA COUNCIL’ page 9)

ANOTHER COOL SUNDAY—The Rodeo Drive Committee continued its trio of “Ice Cream Sundays” with Talenti providing 600 servings of gelato and sorbeto as part of last weekend’s festivities at Via Rodeo, “The response was fantastic,” Talenti founder Josh Hochschuler told The Courier.

fectively sparing homeowners from having to act as businesses.

The bill, the brainchild of San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-13th District) (see ‘AB 889’ page 12)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CENTENNIAL KICKOFF—The C e n t e n n i a l Committee officially kicked off preparations for the upcoming year-long celebration last Thursday evening at Greystone Mansion in an event for would-be volunteers. Pictured right: Councilwoman Lili Bosse and Lynda and BHUSD Vice President Jake Manaster.

Courier Photos by Laura Coleman

BHUSD Takes Another Hit From State

By Laura Coleman In September, the BHUSD got slapped with its first-ever bill for providing mental health services for Beverly Hills students to the tune of $600,000.

The bill for services that had hereto been paid for by the government represents one more instance of how the cash-strapped state is increasingly shifting the load onto public school dis-

By Laura Coleman The doggie runway show, put on by Canine Companions for Independence, Disney VoluntEARS and the Luxury Marketing Council of Southern California, will benefit the nonprofit organiza-

tion Canine Companions which provides trained assistance dogs to children and adults with disabilities.

Drawn from the ranks of animal shelters and the American Kennel Club, (see ‘HAUTE DOG’ page 13)

(see ‘BIKES’ page 13)

Saint John’s Hospital Gala Comes to Beverly Wilshire Next Saturday The 70-year-old hospital has a national reputation as an exceptional place for health and healing with specialties that include women’s health, (see ‘GALA’ page 13)

DEPARTING COMMISSIONERS— Pictured (from left) Walter B. Meyer, Fran B. Cohen and Allen E. Rennett were given recognition by the City Council at its formal council meeting last Tuesday for their service on the city’s Architectural Commission. All three commissioners recently retired from the commission after seeing their terms come to an end. At the same meeting, Gidas Peteris was officially appointed to the commission on a unanimous vote from the council.

MAC LAB—El Rodeo opened the doors to its brand new Mac Lab that El Rodeo students will use as a learning center.

The Mac Lab includes 32 brand new iMac computers and was funded entirely by the PTA and contributions from El Rodeo families.

Westfield Century City Mall Prepares To Eliminate 3-Hour Free Parking

By Laura Coleman Westfield Century City mall will start charging patrons to park in the parking lot from the first hour starting in 2013, Westfield’s executive VP of cor-

(see ‘BHUSD’ page 13)

ty in Beverly Hills through bicycling.

“This really is about community in the sense that this is a community debate,” said Horace Mann parent Jeffrey Courion, who moderated the Horace PRINCIPALS AND PRESIDENTS—The BHUSD 2012 Principals and Presidents’ Evening was held last Thursday at Color Me Mine on South Beverly Drive. Pictured (from left): PTA Council Co-President Jennifer Terrell-Schwartz, BHHS Principal Carter Paysinger, BHHS Co-Presidents Franny Rennie and Cindy Dubin. For more pictures from the event, see page 18.

By Laura Coleman St. John’s Health Center Foundation will hold its 2012 Caritas Gala on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, with proceeds to benefit the center.

tricts.

Superintendent Gary Woods told The Courier the “worst case” $6 million budget shortfall projected for the next fiscal year remained the same despite the need to pay the bill.

“We’re just getting to a point where this is getting ridiculous,” Woods said.

Peninsula Hotel To Host ‘Haute Dog’ Runway Fashion Show Next Week

Residents, Community Leaders Meet to Talk Beverly Hills Bicycle Safety

By Laura Coleman On Wednesday, City representatives, school district officials, law enforcement and other community members gathered in the Horace Mann cafeteria to discuss the future of communi-

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porate communications Katy Dickey told The Courier.

“This is to improve the experience for our customers,” she said. “We think (see ‘WESTFIELD’ page 13)

GIVING SPIRIT—Beverly Hills Active Adult Club honoree Judie Fenton (sixth from left) poses with her family during a special luncheon at the Beverly Hilton on Thursday. Pictured from left: Leeza Gibbons, Steven Fenton, Ryan Smiley, Jenny Smiley, Mindy Fenton, Judie Fenton, Donna Goldstein, Katie Fenton, Dennis Samuels and Kelly Fenton-Samuels.

BH Active Adult Club Honors Fentons

By Laura Coleman The Beverly Hills Active Adult Club yesterday honored Judie and Frank Fenton during its first-ever “Spirit of Giv-

ing” luncheon and boutique held at the Beverly Hilton. (see ‘FENTONS’ page 9)

GEORGE CHRISTY

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American Ballet Theatre’s Veronica Part and Roberto Bolle flank L.A. Phil conductor Gustavo Dudamel

L.A. Phil president Deborah Borda (in Carolina Herrera) with patrons Michael and Jane Eisner

Patrons Yuki (in Roberto Cavalli) and Alex Bouzari

Silvia Mautner

be like becoming bored with the person you love.” As editor of Vogue (1963-1971), Diana asked decorator Billy Baldwin to create a living room in her 550 Park Avenue flat that would look like a “garden in hell.” Red, what else?

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L.A. Phil Gala co-chairs Joan Hotchkis (in Mark Zunino), Carolyn Powers (in Monique Lhuillier) and L.A. Phil chairman David Bohnett at Disney Hall, where the annual event raised $3.2 million.

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ey, it ain’t hay – $3.2 million. In this collapsed economy? A balmy night with a full moon and another how-dothey-do-it puzzlement. Raising big bucks, as they did last week, during the annual Gala at the Walt Disney Concert Hall benefiting our Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (LA Phil).

In truth, come every September, the Gala’s one of the city’s anticipated cultural events, and its fundraising success remains staggering.

was billed as this season’s theme.

“Tonight’s program spans a century of music,” informed Deborah Borda, president/CEO of LA Phil.

“Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake danced by American Ballet Theatre superstars Veronica Part and Roberto Bolle ... John Adams’s The Chairman Dances featuring our local BODYTRAFFIC dance company ... and a finale from Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway hit On The Town, with four sailors on shore leave exploring “New York, New York, ow do we do it? Well, a Helluva Town, the Bronx is up we have the best orchestra, the and the Battery’s Down.” best conductor with Gustavo Dudamel, and let’s keep him as he music sparkled,” long as we can … L.A. loves reported LA Times critic Mark him, the Galas sell out. Our Swed. “Dudamel and the LA Gala last year with the all- Phil know how to put on a Gershwin celebration at Disney show, rare in the orchestra gala Hall also filled the 2,265 seats, business.” fetching an astonishing $6.5 million,” says Joan Hotchkis, s with previous Galas, a co-chair with Carolyn Powers of formal supper and dancing folthe Gala 2012. lowed in the grand marquee on Grand Avenue. We dined with ustavo continues to The Courier’s Marcia Hobbs inspire the orchestra with pro- and Dena and Irv Schechter, grams that are innovative and who revealed that Col. Tom creative,” adds philanthropist Parker (of Elvis fame) became David Bohnett, LA Phil chair- his mentor. Our supper tableman, also lately appointed to mates included LA Phil silver the Kennedy Center Board. patrons Yuki and Alex Bouzari, Orchestra members have donat- who had returned home after ed their talents at these Galas attending the Metropolitan since the opening of Disney Opera’s opening of Donizetti’s Hall in 2003.

L’Elisir d’Amore starring the charismatic Russian soprano he Philharmonic Dances Anna Netrobko.

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will remember that we’ve prominently featured Yuki as one of our best-dressed beauties. Her taste is impeccable and classic. Japanese-born Yuki and Paris-born Alex met on a blind date ten years ago in Los Angeles, and wed in a Shrine ceremony in Tokyo. Alex studied engineering in California, and founded the successful DataDirect Network.

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ala guests included Constance Towers and Jack Gavin, Wallis Annenberg, Lennie and Bernie Greenberg, Edye and Eli Broad, Samantha and John Williams, Annette and Peter O’Malley, John Hotchkis, Mary Hart and Burt Sugarman, Kelley and Don Johnson, Mexico’s award-winning film director Alejandro Inarritu, Anne Jeffreys, Maurice Marciano with Cio Soler, Ghada and Ray Irani, Soraya and Younes Nazarian, Carol and Warner Henry, Joni Smith, Lynn Booth, Bob Tuttle, California Pizza Kitchen’s Joni and Larry Flax, Frances Lacey, Susan and David Gersh, Andrea and John Van de Kamp, Rivka Seiden, Larry Field, Alyce and Spud Williamson, Maria Bell, Marilyn Ziering, Matthew Rhys, Bill Viola, Ginny and David Sydorick, Melanie eaders of this column Cook, Kimberly and John

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Ginny Mancini (in Nolan Miller)

The Hunger Carla Games’ Jacqueline Sands (in Monique Emerson Lhuillier) (in Oliver Tolentino)

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Julie Andrews

Emerson, restaurant kingpin Celestino Drago.

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atrons and their invited politico guests (Barbara and Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark RidleyThomas, Don Knabe) stayed late.

Gossip surfaced about Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison buying Terry Semel’s oceanside compound designed by Michael Graves at Malibu’s Carbon Beach for $36,943,890 (asking price was $40 million). Realtors assess this as the most expensive sale this year in Malibu. Larry Ellison owns eight other houses on Carbon Beach.

Also discussed: the September 30 New York Times article, “Stuffy no more, the ballet and opera are drawing younger names to bring in the money.” Good news.

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ater is God’s tranquillizer. I love the look and the feel of it.” So deemed Diana (Dee-ahna) Vreeland, who loathed narcissism but approved of vanity. A don’t-miss documentary of the fashion tigress, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, is an affectionate portrait written and directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, the wife of Diana’s grandson Alexander, who manages the Vreeland estate.

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iana loved “red as a great clarifier … I can’t imagine being bored with it … it would

he advised Jackie Kennedy Onassis and before Vogue she discovered Lauren Bacall while at Harper’s Bazaar, and admitted the sixties were her favorite era. Are there fashion originals like Diana these days? Doubtful.

Revelatory tales about her work ethic fascinate – a colleague described her as “a badass.”

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earless, unfailingly on the qui vive, jumping ahead of the next trend, Diana was hailed as a gung-ho champion of the fashion industry who “rouged” her ears. We imagine Lady Gaga worshiping at her feet, and Diana captivated by Gaga’s shenanigans.

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iana continually reinvented herself, and her bon mots are not forgotten. “Pink is the navy blue of India...fashion is not the same thing as style...elegance is refusal... dresses aren’t delicious anymore...I say give them what they don’t know they want.” Asked about embellishing her life story, she shamelessly confessed it’s “faction” (fact and fiction!).

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e often chatted with Diana at Jean Howard’s and Doris Stein’s mid-summer parties when Diana arrived in California to visit her architect son Tim Vreeland, wife Jean, and granddaughters Phoebe and Daisy.

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lease, dear boy,” she would command us with a wink. “Another vodka, please.

Now, hurry.” Occasionally, the Vitamin V got to her. No matter.

A legend always stands tall.

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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

Fashion News & Notes Lagerfeld to Open Paris Boutique Karl Lagerfeld has a lock on the arty Left Bank, his favorite district of Paris with such legendary haunts as Café de Flore.

Over the weekend, the designer revealed plans to open a new concept store in February at 194 Boulevard SaintGermain, a stone’s throw from his signature brand’s head-

quarters on Rue SaintGuillaume, where the spring Karl Lagerfeld Paris lines for women and men were unveiled.

“For me, the 7th arrondissement is the center of the world. I couldn’t imagine starting with a shop anywhere else,” Lagerfeld said.

The 2,150-square-foot, twofloor boutique is to showcase the “world of Karl,” blending his various fashion labels with objects selected by the multitasking designer, such as photography and design books, watches and sunglasses.

The retail venture is the latest signal of how majority owner Apax Partners is angling to build the Lagerfeld business to a scale matching his towering fashion reputation.

Earlier this year, Apax introduced a masstige range for men and women under the Karl label, and the new premium Karl Lagerfeld Paris collections, produced and distributed under a licensing pact

with Italy’s Ittierre SpA. “The development of a strong retail portfolio is a key element of our strategy,” said Pier Paolo

Righi, chief executive officer at Lagerfeld, noting that he would soon disclose further openings.

WWD

Beauty Briefs PAULA’S CHOICE introduced a new set of “earth sourced” skin care products earlier this year for those who prefer environmentally friendly and natural products. Very reasonably priced, the line is gentle and effective and the packaging is 100% recyclable.

The Perfectly Natural Cleansing Gel is $16.95,the Perfectly Natural Toner is $16.95,and the AntioxidantEnriched Moisturizer is $20.95 and all are available at paula’schoice.com or you can call 800 431 4088.

OUIDAD, the specialized salon for those lucky ones among you with seriously curly hair,has come West and settled at 1230 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica.

Morgan Willhite,the head stylist here, spent years training with founder Ouidad, the “Queen of Curl”, in her New

York salon and also specializes in cutting and softening those locks to enhance what some feel can be an out of control mane----such would be a happy problem for the rest of us.

Curly hair does tend to be delicate so the line of full Ouidad products from shampoos and conditioners to hair treatments, gels ,combs, and sun shield products are also sold at the salon. Some of the products available are Climate Control Defrizzing Shampoo ($18) and Conditioner ($20); Climate Control Frizz and Flyaway Fighter ($22); Tress Effects Styling Gel ($15); Play Curl Volumizing Foam ($22); Clear Control Pomade ($26); Styling Mist Setting & Holding Spray ($15); and Curl Quencher HydraFusion Intense Curl Cream ($26).

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Wilshire/La Cienega over the next 12 to 18 months. This includes advanced soil testing around the La Brea Tar Pits, utility relocation, continued engineering and design and property acquisition.

Construction for the purple line is scheduled to begin in 2014.

The Metro Board approved the final environmental impact statement/environmental impact report May 24, in-

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work with their principals to determine effective programs to attend and subsequently invoice the PTA Council for reimbursement. Last year district staff participated in a wide variety of conferences ones focusing on math, science

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City is a testament to the quality, sense of community pride and respect the brand of Rolex and Gearys."

The $300,000 sponsorship made

by Gearys and Rolex brings the total funds for the year-long celebration of the City’s 100th year to more than $1

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Luncheon co-chairs Ellyn Snowden and Norma Zager organized the special event, which featured a fashion show from Wendy Harrison’s Beverly Hills.

Proceeds will benefit UCLA’s Department of Neurology and the Active Adult Club.

Mayor Willie Brien served as Master of Ceremony.

cluding a tunnel underneath Beverly Hills High School with a station at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars. They are currently working on the phase one, a 3.9 mile stretch from Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is at 5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Validated parking is available in the museum’s Sixth Street underground garage, enter from Sixth and Ogden. and gifted-related programming. “[Last year] every dime of it plus more was spent on sending teachers and counselors to all kinds of different conferences,” Terrell-Schwartz said. “It’s just an added and needed item for the school district.”

million, including $750,000 earmarked by the City Council for the event.

“I think it’s a once in a 100-year opportunity,” Gearys CEO Tom Blumenthal told The Courier. “First, to give back to the City and second, to partner with Rolex.”

This summer, Gearys opened a Rolex boutique on Rodeo Drive.

Among those who supported the event were Lili and Jon Bosse, Betty and Fred Hayman, Linda and Gary Briskman, Denise and Jay Jaffe, Soraya and Dr. Ruben Melamed, Linda and Maynard Brittan, Marcy and Lori Schulman, Barry and Sue Brucker, Julian and Michelle Gold, Brian Rosenstein, Jeanne Marks, Paula Kent Meehan, Laurie Konheim, the Beverly Hills Firefighter Association and Mercedes of Beverly Hills.

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Happenings

• Heritage Auctions Hosting Wine Tasting For Art Aficionados Oct. 11 On Oct. 11, from 6 to 8 pm, Heritage Auctions will throw open its doors at 9478 W. Olympic Blvd. to welcome modern and contemporary art aficionados for a wine tasting, gourmet hors d’oeuvres and a preview of its’ Oct. 23 Modern & Contemporary Signature Art Auction.

Roy Lichtenstein’s 1964 ink and graphite on paper masterpiece “Sunrise; Sunset” is the top lot and expected to realize more than $400,000 when it comes across the block.

Also being previewed will be a recently uncovered Richard Diebenkorn painting, “Untitled,” (estimate: $150,000+), a work by the master missing from the total census of his work until it was found to be in the Texas-based collection of its consignor earlier this year.

Further highlights on display will include works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Käthe Kollwitz, Amodeo Modigliani, Salvador Dali, Claus Oldenburg, Richard Prince and Chuck Close. The preview continues through Sunday, Oct. 14.

Heritage has a series of pre-

views planned in Beverly Hills for its upcoming fall auctions, including: Oct. 20-22 preview of the Western & California and American & European auction, with a preview party on Friday evening, Oct. 20. Oct. 25-26 preview of the company’s guitars and musical Instruments.

• L.A. Antiques Show Opening Night Party Wednesday Night The opening night party for the Los Angeles Antiques, Art + Design Show is set for Oct. 10 at Barker Hanger at Santa Monica Airport. It will bemnefit the L.A. County Museum of Art’s Decorative Arts/Design Council.

More than 60 international vendors will be featured at the event. Visit www.acma.org/ event/antiques-art-design-show for information.

• Beverly Hilton’s Circa 55 Introduces New Dinner Menu The Beverly Hilton’s Circa 55 restaurant has introduced a new menu for its dinner guests for the first time in six years. Circa 55 is a spacious yet intimate-feeling dining room, offering diners a retro-chic ambiance, with floorto-ceiling windows that overlook the hotel’s Aqua Star Pool.

New Chef de Cuisine Zack Gochin says that more than 90percent of the new dinner menu is locally sourced and features home-cooked comfort dishes including California grass-fed NY strip loin, and citrus-brined organic chicken.

Contem porary dishes i n c l u d e s a u t é e d shisito peppers, grilled salmon on rice noodles with Asian vegetables, and herb teriyaki and cilantro pesto sauce.

T h e Pacific Coast sea bass with Hawaiian

SUNDAY IN THE PARK–The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild presented its “Spotlight” awards at the Four Seasons with its “Sunday in the Park” luncheon. Pictured (from left): emcee Monty Hall, co-honoree Norm Crosby, BHTG Chair Janet Salter, co-honoree Anne Jeffreys, co-honoree James Jahant, and BHTG President Carolyn Fried. Co-Chairing the S.R.O. event were Mary Levin Cutler and Ruth Flinkman-Marandy. More than 500 plays by aspiring playwrights Photo by Amir have already been submitted to Julie Harris Award Chair Candace Coster.

sweet potato raviolis is the most popular dish so far.

Dinner is served nightly from 5 with reservations at 310-8876055.

• Westside Aesthetics Offering October Anti-Aging Treatments Betty Guy-WIlls of Beverly Hills is celebrating her birthday by offering complimentary “AntiAging and Age Subtracting Skin Care” sessions to women 35 and older who share her October birthday month, at Westside Aesthetics, 11645 Wilshire Blvd.

Ladies will receive product samples for their individual skin type plus a special gift, and are asked to bring questions pertaining to any skin problems.

For an appointment, call 310-652-7290. (Bring proof of birth date.)

KICK-OFF–Montage Residences hosted a VIP kick-off for the Oct. 26 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater L.A. Rising Stars Gala. Montage General Manager Hermann Elger (left) greets co-honoree (with Sumner Redstone, Roshon Fegan, and Kim Vamos) Dana Walden, chairman of 20th Century Fox TV, and Leslie Moonves, president/CEO of CBS Corporation. The awards recognize individuals who are inspiring and positive role models for young people. Photo by Vince Bucci

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investments in the last fiscal year, drastically short of projections. It was the third time in the last five years CalPERS failed to meet the 7.5 percent threshold needed to meet its financial projections. The low returns mean the City of Beverly Hills would be forced to pay millions more of its own money into the system.

Finkel told The Courier it is an issue he intends to tackle if he is re-elected and said it’s important to recognize the “heart of the problem.”

“One is that CalPERS is governed by government employees, so you have a situation where people running CalPERS are not liable if they misjudge the rate of return going forward,” Finkel said. “It’s not unlike the banks that were ‘too big to fail’, it’s kind of like..

‘let’s take a gamble, if it works we’re going to benefit and if it doesn’t work, the taxpayer picks up the tab.’”

Finkel said another priority if he is re-elcted is to provide financial stability to the City’s parking enterprise fund and eliminate the $5 million annual draw from the general fund.

Some of the work he’s done as treasurer that he’s most proud of includes Beverly Hills achieving a “AAA” credit rating under his leadership, as well as overseeing the City’s General Fund Portfolio, which has earned $52 million.

Finkel also founded the Citizens’ Budget Review Committee and formed the Pension Task Force.

“I like being involved in the City and I think I’m doing a terrific job as treasurer,” Finkel said.

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As The Courier has reported, the City is claiming Specialty Surgical Center owes over $5.5 million in back taxes.

Specialty paid all taxes historically assessed to physicians at the time they were due. This new amount comes from a “reclassification” by chief city tax collector Noel Marquis. The tax bill results from the City’s assertion that physicians’ charges for medical services are really commercial office rent, which carries a much higher tax rate. The City has sued in Superior Court to collect the “reclassified” tax bill.

If the City staff succeeds in levying unprecedented back taxes onto Specialty, it will use the same procedure to raise taxes on over 20 other surgical centers in the City. In that worst case scenario, surgical centers across the City would likely be forced to close, which could in turn push most of those patients to nearby Cedars-Sinai.

Brien's decision ends weeks of speculation about whether or not the Mayor would recuse himself from a situation where his conflicts were obvious.

Brien is Executive Vice Chairman for the Department of Surgery at Cedars and is director of its Orthopaedic center. In addition, he is on Cedars’ board of directors. If surgery centers are hypothetically taxed out of the City,

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was approved in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Aug. 15 and passed by the state legislature on Aug. 30.

The assembly billed aimed to drastically change the employment process for privatelyhired domestic workers by requiring employers to document rest periods, meal breaks, overtime pay and other conditions for live-in workers such as babysitters, housekeepers and caregivers.

In addition to extensive record-keeping measures, the bill would have made all employers, including elderly Californians who rely on assisted care, subject to substantial penalties under the California Labor Code if they incorrectly filed any paperwork for their domestic employee.

“What will be the economic and human impact on the

BEVERLY HILLS Cedars might stand to benefit financially from an influx of new patients.

Brien declined to comment on any particulars about the case until after the hearing, but said the decision was a clear one and that it was about doing the "right" thing.

"If there's a conflict, you step back from it. I think that's what's required," Brien said. "In a fair hearing, from a due process standpoint, there's material information that precludes me from participating."

Gold serves as Co-Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and is also CoManaging Partner of the General Anesthesia Specialist Partnership Medical Group.

"This matter has come before the the council several times in the last few months. I have recused myself from those discussions... I will continue to recuse myself from this matter," Gold told The Courier.

Gold said his group provides anesthesia to certain surgical centers in the City. Gold said his medical group does not provide any services at Specialty Surgical Center.

"Although I have no financial interest in this surgical center or any other surgical center and the medical group which I represent also has no financial interest in any surgical center..." Gold said. "There are other surgical centers in the community that we do provide services at."

disabled or elderly person and their family of requiring overtime, rest and meal periods for attendants who provide 24 hour care?” Brown wrote in his veto message.

If the bill had been approved, it could have been a nightmare for homeowners, according to Patrick Rea of Burbank-based labor consulting firm The Rea Company, who told The Courier in August that the bill would require a homeowner to have everything from proof of worker’s compensation to documentation about meal and rest periods for their domestic worker Supporters of the bill included the American Civil Liberties Union, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union and Unite Here! Opponents included AARP, California Chamber of Commerce, Stanford Park Nannies and Visiting Angels.

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“The new reality is changing for public schools and we need to get on board and handle this at tcal level and take care of our kids.”

With the school district getting just 60 percent of its funds from the state and increasingly being asked to pay for services that are not traditionally related to education, the school district will be faced with increasing belt-tightening measures or risk joining the growing throng of increasingly troubled cashstrapped schools across the state.

Last month, the state took over Inglewood Unified School District – following governorapproved legislation to provide up to $55 million in emergency loans to help the district meet its financial obligations – in a move that has ramifications expected to ripple out across the 100-plus schools throughout the state currently having trouble staying afloat. Inglewood is

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the canine fashion show will feature dozens of dogs modeling ensembles of their owner's choosing, from the elegant to the outrageous. Prizes will be rewarded for the silliest, cutest and most creative costumes.

Among the judges will be Cole Massie, a Los Angeles teenager with cerebral palsy

the ninth California school district taken over by the state since 1990. Perhaps half a dozen more schools will be taken over by the state over the course of the coming academic year – more than in the last 10 years combined.

Schools that are forced to declare bankruptcy, such as Inglewood, are taken over by the state and assigned a trustee that has near-ultimate authority, usurping the power of the school board, superintendent and collective bargaining of local unions.

On Wednesday State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson appointed a State Administrator to take over the Inglewood school district.

The community will likely be faced with increased parcel taxes in order to maintain current programming needs as the state continues whittle away public school funding – despite rhetoric that emphasizes the importance of education as foundational to the future prosperity of the Golden State. who has been partnered with Assistance Dog Ilia since he was eight years old.

This event will also feature a cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres and the opportunity to bid on unique items and experiences in a silent auction.

To purchase tickets, register your dog or for more information visit www.cci.org/hautedogla.

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Mann PTA-sponsored forum on enhancing safety and sustainability during the night of National Walk To School Day. “We want to grow this movement of community conversations.”

Courion, a former gubernatorial policy advisor, emphasized that bicycles and community walkways are effective community-builders.

As the future of mass transportation continues to shift in the wake of increasingly clogged arterial roads in the City, such as Santa Monica Boulevard, Robertson Boulevard and Beverly Drive, creat-

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oncology and heart care, to name a few.

This year’s gala will honor the Tarble Foundation with the “Spirit of Saint John’s” award and Sister Maureen Craig with the “Caritas” award.

Honorees Pat and Newt

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our customers will not stop coming to the center because of this.”

Dickey said patrons would pay “market rate” fees from the first hour on to park at the Westside mall, which is cur-

ing safe bike routes is critical.

Beverly Hills resident Nadine Neiman, whose youngest two children currently attend the high school, said she currently doesn’t feel safe biking or having her children bike through the City.

“I’m here because I cannot say enough how much I support Beverly Hills having a biking community,” she said. “I’m not going to go out and I’m not going to put my kids on a lane unless there’s a safe bike lane.”

Eric Bruins, Planning and Policy Director for the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, said that 85 percent of people would feel comfortable riding a bicycle if there is a protected

October 5, 2012 | Page 13 bike lane infrastructure in place, as opposed to 3 percent of people who currently feel safe currently biking the roads.

The City is currently preparing to launch a 12month Bike Route Pilot program along Crescent and Burton Way. Transportation planner Martha Eros said that a plan for adding bike racks would be presented to City Council at its next Study Session.

“Having bike racks in strategic places throughout the City is a no-brainer,” Vice Mayor John Mirisch said during the meeting. “We’re here now and having these meetings so we can get it right.”

Tarble, who founded the Tarble Foundation, have been supporting St. John’s for over half a century and recently gifted the Tarble Atrium to St. John’s.

Craig’s leadership and commitment to caring for others in a compassionate manner for 25 years as the health center exemplifies the hospital’s

healing mission.

For more information or two purchase a ticket, contact Esther Espinoza at 310-8298262 or email esther.expinoza@stjohns.org.

The gala kicks off with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m.

rently in the midst of a $500 million expansion, in an effort to “enhance” the visitor experience.

Westfield received approval from the City of Los Angeles last month to be able to expand its parking rate structure. The mall currently grants patrons three hours of free

parking, including non-mall visitors who make use of the gratis parking structure.

As part of Westfield’s expansion, the Australian-based shopping mall will be adding more than 500 parking spaces, which represents a 20 percent increase.

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Temple Emanuel aimed to educate the community about how the City concocted the idea to levy $5.5 million in back taxes on Specialty Surgical Center. It has done so by “reclassifying” Specialty Surgical Center as renting commercial real estate to its patients (or in that case, customers) rather than actually providing a healthcare service.

In doing so, the City is attempting to tax Specialty Surgical (and if it's successful, likely other professionals in the City) five times more than what doctors in Los Angeles and Santa Monica are asked to pay.

Specialty Surgical Center will have its tax assessment appeal hearing before the City Council on Oct. 23. The city council’s most recent effort to increase taxes on local doctors was rejected nearly 3:1 by the voters in 2009.

Perhaps the strongest voice in opposition to the tax hike came from a concerned community member. Alma Ordaz, a parent of two students in the BHUSD system, spoke to the audience about how a potential closure of surgery centers in the City could result in limited medical choices for residents, including her elderly mother and her daughter, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder.

"What would happen to

our choices if all the surgery centers we use were to close their doors?" Ordaz asked.

According to Ordaz, the attempt by the City to levy the tax hike without using a public vote is just another example of a much deeper issue.

"For those of us who fought Metro time and time again, attended Roxbury Park meetings, watched with shock as our water rates shot up, we've come to expect a deaf ear from City Hall," Ordaz said. "This is another example of the disconnect that exists between City Hall and the residents it serves."

James Khodabakhsh M.D., spoke to about 70 at the town hall meeting and said renting property is the exact opposite of what Specialty Surgical, and other surgery centers do.

Khodabakhsh is a managing director for Specialty Surgical Center.

"When you go to a surgery center, you aren't renting that room for the day; you're having surgery," said Khodabakhsh, whose wife Stella Sarraf, a professional in the City, organized the meeting.

"You're receiving specialized procedures and specialized care."

Lisa Cassileth M.D., a plastic surgeon who maintains a practice in Beverly Hills made it clear that anyone trying to define a surgery center as renting commercial space is

simply incorrect.

"We are not landlords, but that's the rate we've been asked to pay. We're tenants, and we have landlords who are already paying taxes on this business," Cassileth said.

"This will drive the cost of healthcare up and result in a loss of choice for the community."

Matthew Finerman M.D., practices out of Century City but said a loss of surgery centers would be devastating for the local healthcare community. He said some of his partners are shareholders in another surgery center in the City and while he sees none of the profits from that, the benefit for him is in helping his patients.

He's able to get operating time at the surgery center that he otherwise wouldn't normally be able to get at CedarsSinai Medical Center, where he said is simply unable to get adequate operating time.

Finerman said there are about 20,000 cases a year between Specialty Surgical Center and La Peer Surgery Center.

If they were to close, where would those patients go?

"There's no way Cedars can absorb that. I have to wait a month now (to operate at Cedars), what will happen when another 20,000 plus cases show up?" Finerman asked.

"I just want to be able to give proper care to my patients as a physician."

Start-Up Beverage Company, Refine Mixers, Introduces Itself With Local Events efine Mixers is an all-natural zero-calorie cocktail mixer distributed nationwide in 250 Cost Plus World Market outlets and throughout California and Arizona in 260 Safeway, Vons and Gelson’s supermarkets.

How Refine came to be: Founder Patrick Castles, 27, is an entrepreneur and owner of Refine Mixers.

Now a resident of Venice, Castles was formerly a collegiate athlete at UC Berkeley. As a competitive college athlete, he Patrick Castles became a strong supporter of the natural-food movement. He developed a passion for staying healthy and eating right, and therein began directing his energy toward the food and beverage industry.

Noticing the abundance of aspartame-based diet sodas and high calorie mixers that were being consumed by himself and his friends, Castles was inspired to create a drastic change in the beverage industry.

His mission: to create zero-calorie cocktail mixers that maintain allnatural integrity.

As Refine gains in popularity it has gone from being sold in 50 bars and restaurants in San Diego to more than 500 retail outlets across 38

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states in less then two years.

“It is important for the brand to have face-to-face time, or rather, taste time, with our consumers,” says Castles.

For the past few months, Refine has participated in “First Fridays,” a festival-like atmosphere in Venice with food trucks, art, music, and more. Refine created its own take on “First Fridays” by opening up its headquarters, which also happen to be home to a team of Refine’s core employees, and inviting the community in.

The office space was transformed into an art gallery each Friday, displaying young up-and-coming artists. By the third installment, more than 200 guests visited the pop-up gallery to enjoy Refine specialty cocktails and works by such artists as Louie Ferrigno Jr. (former USC football player and son of Lou Ferrigno) and Kelcey Fisher (mentee of legendary artist Jack Armstrong).

Refine aims to bring its consumers what they desire, beyond the cocktail experience. Whether that is access to unique ar tists, fitness classes on the beach or in a salon, Refine has targeted it’s consumer in unique ways.

Refine will hold its fourth “First Friday” event, at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5.

In the meantime, visit www.refinemixers.com for more information or watch this video for an inside look at the Refine Mixers’ experience: http://vimeo.com/37188978.

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apostrophe) were not, in fact, part of the hospital’s advertising campaign.

“It certainly is raising the awareness of the hospital this week,” she told The Courier on her second day in her new role.

Raising awareness of CHLA is just one arena the hospital’s former head of communications will be tasked with doing as she spearheads efforts to raise between $75 to $100 million annually. Specifically, Marshall said she would be emphasizing CHLA as “the best children’s hospital in all of Los Angeles.” U.S. News & World Report ranks it among the top five in the nation for clinical excellence.

Marshall is no stranger to helping position the hospital as a national leader – after joining CHLA in 2010 she launched the

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meeting, since the scheduled appeared light. Although the meeting went only a little over an hour, the Mayor did not bring the subject up for discussion during the meeting. If approved on the November ballot, Measure J will extend the existing one-half cent sales tax that was approved by voters in 2008 (Measure R) for an additional 30 years, expiring in 2069 instead of 2039.

“It seemed like a stalling tactic to me,” Mirisch told The

BEVERLY HILLS hospital’s first comprehensive branding initiative and advertising campaign, resulting in a change to the hospital logo, graphic identity and tagline – We Treat Kids Better.

“I feel like I have absolutely the best job in Los Angeles,” Marshall said. “I think it’s very rare to be able to come to work everyday and impact the life of children and families everyday.”

Founded in 1901, CHLA is today the biggest children’s hospital in the state, licensed for 603 beds. Marshall said the hospital, which has around 5,000 employees, treats roughly 320,000 outpatients every year, in addition to 11,500 in-patient annual visits and 65,000 Emergency Room cases.

“There are so many issues impacting kids these days,” she said. “There’s just programs here that you just don’t have anywhere else.”

Courier. “It’s important to take a position. It’s another example of blank check crony capitalism politics, which is aimed at giving more money without any specificity or accountability and it needs to stop.

Brien told The Courier the council simply ran out of time and didn’t get to it.

“We had a lot of things on the agenda and we want to have enough time to discuss things open and fairly,” Brien said. “We are going to discuss it at the next council meeting (Oct. 23).”

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

Plastic Surgeon Explains ‘Contrarian’ Views In New Book

Health Happenings...

Dr. Robin T.W. Yuan isn’t your typical plastic surgeon. For one thing, he drives a Honda SUV instead of a Dr. Robin Yuan top-down P o r s c h e (though he has done TV and owns a 2 3 - ye a r- o l d Mercedes 560SL convertible). And he has his own, contrarian approach to his field of expertise.

He explains it all in his recent book, Behind The Mask, Behind the Glitter: The Deeper Truths About Safe, Smart Cosmetic Surgery.

“Plastic surgery is unnecessary–but obviously desirable— and should be undertaken only after careful consideration,” Yuan says.

With cosmetic surgery, he doesn’t believe in “paternalistic medicine” where the doctor says “this is what you need” in a five-minute consultation, and then hands the patient to a consultant to “close the deal.”

“Someone who just wants only the doctor to decide is not my kind of patient,” Yuan asserts.

Over numerous consultations, a minimum of three and often up to seven, he helps patients discover “their own view of beauty,” how they view themselves, and determine on their own what they want. He’s even been known to talk patients out of surgery.

“Patients, potential patients, and the general public asked questions and expected answers that seemed out of touch with what really should be going on in cosmetic surgery,” Yuan says on why he wrote his book. “It is clear that people are led as much by the lay media as the profession’s relentless marketing.”

Yuan hopes those interested in going under the knife will think more deeply about the procedures and accept cosmetic surgery for what it really is: A potentially life-altering event that, while based in science, is more an artistic process, what he calls “structured creativity.”

The book has drawn praise from others in the medical community like Dr. Leon Morgenstern, UCLA emeritus professor of surgery and former chief of surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who wrote: “There is much surgical and medical wisdom than just plastic surgery.”

Read the full story at www.bhcourier.com

Bogart, Yahoo Set ‘Day of Champions’ The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program and Yahoo!

Sports will present their second annual A Day Of Champions event at the Sports Museum of Los Angeles, 1900 Main St., from noon-4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21, to benefit The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program.

The event will honor Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann by presenting them with the 2012 Children’s Choice Award.

During the event, guests will meet and compete with professional, Olympic and extreme sports athletes. Demonstrations and activities will allow guests to challenge athletes to basketball, football, soccer, boxing and more.

Tickets are $500 for a family four-pack; individual tickets are $150 adults, $100 children. For information visit www.bogartfoundation.org.

Center Sets Healthy Aging Conference The UCLA Longevity Center will hold a “Healthy Aging – Taking Control of Your Life” Conference on Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Olympic Collection Conference Center, 11301 Olympic Blvd.

The conference will include panels and speakers including Dr. Gary Small, author and director of the UCLA Longevity Center.

Registration is $125 through Oct. 19. The price includes lunch.

For a full list of sessions and speakers plus registration information, call 310-794-0676 or visit http://www.healthyaging2012.com.

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M E D I C I N E , H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S

Renowned Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Frank Ing Recruited to CHLA Cath Lab While he believes the cardiac catheterization program at Children’s Hospital Los Angles (CHLA) is excellent, Dr. Frank Ing is hoping to push it even further; to develop a tier-one fetal catheterization cardiac interventional program that can treat children with congenital heart disease (CHD), before they’re even born.

One of the nation’s leading pediatric cardiologists in cardiac catheterization, Ing has joined CHLA and USC as associate chief of cardiology and director of the hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

He will also be professor of clinical pediatrics in USC’s Keck School of Medicine division of cardiology, department of pedi-

atrics.

Dr. Ing’s interest and research specialty is primarily in the development of transcatheter techniques and cardiovascular de- Dr. Frank Ing vices to treat congenital and structural heart disease.

Ing’s expertise is cardiac intervention, where the cardiologist threads a long, thin, flexible tube, a catheter, into an artery of the leg or arm. Under X-ray visualization, the doctor guides the tip of the catheter to the heart.

One of the techniques is to put a needle delivering the

catheter through the mother’s abdomen into her uterus and into the chest wall of the baby, between the ribs to the heart.

A balloon can then be inflated, increasing blood flow through the valve and enabling a ventricle to develop and grow.

Ing has used this procedure to treat Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a rare congenital heart defect in which the left ventricle of the heart is severely underdeveloped.

“We can do something on the left side to improve flow and make the ventricle larger,” says Ing. “If we catch it early and do the procedure; chances of survival are much better.”

Read the full story at www.bhcourier.com.

Local Surgery Centers To Combine Operations Surgery Center of the Pacific and Surgery Center of Santa Monica have executed a Letter of Intent to combine operations and will provide outpatient surgical care from one location, 2121 Wilshire Blvd., under the Surgery of the Pacific name by late 2012.

Additionally, St. John’s Health Center intends to acquire an ownership interest in Surgery Center of the Pacific to deepen physician alignment and expand its surgical offerings. Surgery Center of the Pacific will be a core facility for integrating with the recently announced Chan Soon-Shiong Center for Sports Science (CSS2) at St. John’s, which will be a leading orthopedic and sports medicine institute.

St. John’s creation of CSS2 will allow the health center to integrate sports medicine, sports performance science, physical therapy, stem-cell therapy, integrated education of surgical fel-

lows, physical therapists and sports trainers. Clinicians will provide acute care and conduct state-of-the-art clinical trials.

“We are excited for this joint effort and the possibilities it offers to for both St. John’s and our new CSS2,” said Lou Lazatin, St. John’s president/ CEOs. “We look forward to being able to expand our surgical

offerings so we can better provide for our patients. This venture is very promising for us, our physicians and especially for our patients.”

“I’m proud of this announcement because it’s so creative,” said Jeremy Hogue, president/CEO of Sovereign, parent company of the Surgery Center of the Pacific.

ANOTHER B I RT H D AY ! ?

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Betty Guy Wills

Eleanor Moscatel

Lili Bosse

Jean Sanders Torrey Darrien Iacocca

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Astrology

By Holiday Mathis

Marilyn Stambler

Janet Refoa

Herbert Young

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Celebrating are Alan Robert Block, Nicky Hilton, Marilyn Stambler, Alan Black, Karen Allen, Betty Guy-Wills, and Glynis Johns (Oct. 5); Darrien Iacocca, Lili Bosse, Elizabeth Shue, Britt Ekland and Marilyn Lewis (Oct. 6); Dr. Janet Refoa and Jean Sanders Torrey (Oct. 7); Linda Lavin and Penny Marshall (Oct. 15); Stephanie Zimbalist, Matt Damon, Edith Newman, Chevy Chase, Elaine Hettleman, and Sigourney Weaver (Oct.8); Joe R. Eisaman, Scott Bakula, Vivienne Della Chiesa and Nance Mitchell (Oct. 9); Jessica Harper, Alan Rachins, David Lee Roth, Tanya Tucker and Ben Vereen (Oct. 10); Eleanor Moscatel, Joan Cusack, Daryl Hall, Earle Hyman, Ron Leibman and Luke Perry (Oct.11).

Joan Mangum The extremely warm weather didn’t stop celebrities and the 300+guests from showing their support at the 3rd Face Forward Gala at The Beverly Wilshire. Deborah Alessi, founder of Face Forward, and Dr. David Alessi, co-founder, along with funny man Tom Arnold and the lovely Bonnie Somerville, hosted a Moroccan themed evening to benefit women of domestic violence. After guests such as Jennifer Coolidge, Dr. Jenn Berman, Linda Thompson, Dennis Smith, Katie Cleary, Shaun Toub, GALA–The Face Forward Gala at The Beverly Wilshire found hosts Dr. Dain Blanton, Barbara Bentley, James Dumont, Stephen Kramer Glick- David and Deborah Alessi flanking emcee Tom Arnold. Co-emcee man, Boxer David Rodriquez and few others made their way down the Bonnie Sommerville is on right. Photos by Brian Carter/Dana Ross red carpet, they took time to put a bid on some amazing auction items. event’s Musical Director David Foster. Past awardees Quincy Jones Thanks to sponsors such as Turkish Airlines which donated two business and Clive Davis act as music chairmen.

The star-studded gala benefits the Barbara Davis Center for Childclass tickets, to any of its 205 destinations, and Aman Resorts which dohood Diabetes, the country’s leading care and research center for type nated a vacation for two to Bali, pens were running out of ink quickly.

Unici Casa, one of LA’s most unique event venues hosted the Face 1 diabetes. Jay Leno will emcee at the event which honors Oscar-winForward kick off party and one lucky bidder won the chance to host a ning actor/director George Clooney with “The Brass Ring” award for special event at their venue. They also donated a few Murano glass outstanding artistic achievements and humanitarian undertakings.

For the fifth consecutive time, Mercedes-Benz will be the presentpieces designed by architect/designer and UNICI founder Michael Foroutan and hand blown by one of the greatest glass masters, Alfredo ing sponsor and a highlight of the evening will be the auctioning of a Mercedes-Benz. Other major sponsors include Guess? Inc., American Barkini just before he passed away at 93 years old.

The gala’s entertainment program, during which guests enjoyed Airlines, Estee Lauder, Moet Hennessy USA and The Beverly Hilton.

To purchase tickets, contact Carin Ingoldby at 303-628-5119 or go desserts from My Vienna Gelato, began with George Komsky, former lead tenor of Riverdance’s North American tour party, who with his duet part- to carin@childrensdiabetesfoundation.org. ****** ner Becca Stockton performed Vivo Per Lei, featuring Cirque du Soleil star Among the recent pre- and post-Emmy events: Entertainment acrobat Tatiana Gousarova. This was followed by the duet The Prayer and Komsky’s solo of Funiculi, Funicula. Headlining the evening was Weekly celebrated TV’s biggest weekend with a party honoring the the exotic Ukrainian violinist Assia Ahhatt, who performed her dramatic nominees and stars of the new fall TV season. Presenting sponsor L’Oreal Paris celebrated at the Fig & Olive in West Hollywood. Guests eninterpretations of Overture and Four Walls.

Thanks to the dream team of exceptionally skilled doctors behind joyed champagne and a vintage photo booth while listening to music Face Forward, The Alessi Institute, Dr. Ivan Brooks, Dr. Al Jumper and Spe- by DJ Mick Boggie. Here’s a small sampling of who was on hand: Jacialty Surgery Center patients can look in the mirror and see the begin- son Ritter, Minnie Driver, Joey Lawrence, Chris McDonald, Chris Noth, Marisa Tomei, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mark Cuban, Jeannie Garth, Rumer ning of a new life.

Willis, Kate Walsh, Ty Burrell, Francis Conroy, Jeremy Davis, Cat ****** The Carousel of Hope, the world’s premier charity event benefiting Deetey, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth Moss, Julia Ormond, Martha childhood diabetes, hosted biennially by Barbara Davis, and presented Plimpton and Ben Feldman.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 5). A new attitude takes hold in you this year. Your joy will be reflected in an activity in which you love to immerse yourself. You could rescue an animal or be someone’s hero in November. Finances improve in 2013 simply because you create a budget and stick to it.

An adventure (and a possible relocation) launches in May. Scorpio and Aquarius people adore you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You have no interest in making a good impression. You feel that unless you can wow people, it’s not worth your time to show up. So you’ll over-deliver on what you never promised you’d do in the first place.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Mercury encourages you to take up space and command attention with your communication style.

You’ll gain the support of authority figures and the approval of those who see you as an authority.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Feel inclined to reach out and literally touch people. Handshakes and hugs are healing, especially since you’ve spent much energy communicating virtually.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Do not underestimate the power of your friendships. As your sign mate President Woodrow Wilson said: “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If love is a game, this feels like the prize-winning round. Hand on the buzzer, you hope to come up with the right answer. Of course, it’s best not to make your move until you’re really sure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Your inner circle likes hearing what you think. Beyond that, there is little to gain and much to lose discussing personal views with business associates or the general public.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Instead of seeing the huge task before you as an overwhelming job, see it as a series of little jobs, all of which happen to be quite doable with your current resources.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). There will be some drama. It will take but three days for the nonsense going on now to get old. Knowing you'll look back on it and think it’s just ridiculous, you may want to limit your current investment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). With the moon rooting you on, there’s a bubbly quality to your conversation. Be careful: Effervescence is contagious. Tonight features a social and culinary destination.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be attuned to the story behind things. When the story isn't being told, you’l either speculate as to what it might be, or you’ll ask gentle questions to try to nudge out the truth.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may get the feeling that a boss, client or friend is sharing incorrect or irrelevant information. Though the “customer” is not always right, it’s sometimes necessary to treat them as if they are.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Jokes and stories are best shared face to face. Resist the urge to forward them in email form because it robs you of the opportunity to work on the social skills that really matter today: how you present yourself in person.

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ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M ECelebrity N T Films Win Accolades At Lady Film Fest

Impressionist Premieres Vegasstyle Extravaganza At El Portal Stephen Sorrentino-Voices In My Head will have its West Coast premiere Wednesday, Oct. 10-Sunday, Oct. 14 at the El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood.

The production is slated to coincide with the Voices In My Head DVD release on the national tour.

The hit show showcases Sorrentino’s talents on piano, sax, flute and guitar along with his repertoire of 180 vocal interpretations.

The musical extravaganza is complete with the Sin City Babe Showgirls and Dancers, choreographed by Cynthia Cameron, and the Voices band with Musical Director Adam Wheeler.

The show features fullscale production numbers, comedy, music and Sorrentino nailing impressions of everyone from Sonny and Cher, Luciano Pavarotti, Lady Gaga, Jose Feliciano, Jay Leno, Sammy Davis, Jr. and more.

His “Mislead Zeppelin,” is sung by Willie Nelson and Wayne Newton; and Jerry Lewis sings a comic version of Black Dog. The “On Screen Celeb

Flash Trash” features pop icons and political leaders including Joan Rivers, Kim Kardashian, William Shatner, Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, along with non-human favorites Bart Simpson and Flipper.

With his distinctive vocal abilities, (singing anything from opera to rock) his spot-on mimicry and comedic timing, the award-winning performer was discovered by Debbie Reynolds with whom he often appears.

Sorrentino has appeared in 13 feature films and recent TV performances include playing Eden Wood’s mentor in Toddlers and Tiaras, ShowTime’s’ Monsters, playing a washed up teen heartthrob, and a stint on Larry The Cable Guy. Show times are 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10; 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11-Saturday, Oct. 13, and 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14.

Tickets start at $40; discounts apply.

For reservations and more information call 818-5084200, 866-811-4111 or visit www.elportaltheatre.com.

When You Find Me, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard and Produced by Ron Howard won “Best Drama;” Baseball In The Time Of Cholera, produced by Olivia Wilde won “Best Documentary” and Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy won “Best Feature Film,” “Best Supporting Actor,” Billy Boyd; “Best Actor,“ Adam Sinclair; “Best Supporting Actress,” Olivia Andrup; and “Best Actress,” Kristin Kreuk at last weekend’s Lady Filmmaker Film Festival at the Writers Guild Theater.

The festival honored producer Joyce Cox with the Trailblazer Award and cinematographer Amy Vincent, ASC with the 2012 Moving Image Award. Both spoke on the panel

topic “Crossroads of Arts & Commerce in Studio Filmmaking.”

The Wilde-directed Free Hugs, staring Justin Long, was also screened along with Commerce starring Joel Gretsch and Annabeth Gish (who attended the festival) and A Sunny Morning starring Charlie Cox and Sophia Myles.

“This is a film, music, and art festival unlike any other in L.A.,” said resident Patricia DiSalvo Viayra, the festival’s director/founder. “The festival promotes short and feature movies made by ladies by showcasing and celebrating the viability of films by lady filmmakers, artists, musicians and the men who collaborate with

All Saints To Offer Brahms, Mozart The “Chamber Music At All Saints’” music series continues with “Brahms and Mozart: Viennese Gems” at 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14 at the church, 504 N. Camden Dr. The program will feature Camille King, soprano; Lucinda Carver, piano and Henry Gronnier, violin.

• Pieces by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) will include: Zwei Gesänge for voice, violin, and piano, op. 91,

CELEBRATING–Actress Renee Taylor (center) celebrates the success of last weekend’s benefit for the Motion Picture & Television Fund held in her and husband Joe Bologna’s Beverly Hills home at a luncheon in Isla Cantina with Marci Weiner (left) and Photo by Grace Scherrer author Grace Robbins.

Gestillte Sehnsucht, Geistliches Wiegenlied, Regenlied, op. 59 No. 3 and Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, op. 78.

• Non temer amato bene, K. 490; and L’amerò, sarò costante from Il re pastore, K. 208 will be the selections by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) .

Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students.

For more information, call 310-275-0123, ext. 112 or visit www.allsaintsbh.org

them.”

This year, festival attendance quadrupled, and 51 films from countries including Japan, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Finland, UK, France and Spain were shown.

For a complete list of winners and information, visit www.ladyfilmmakers.com.

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ROXBURY

2012 Principals and Presidents Evening On Sept. 20, BHUSD held its “2012 Principals and Presidents Evening” at Color Me Mine on South Beverly Drive. The annual event was hosted by the Beverly Hills PTA Council to show appreciation to the district's leaders and administrators for all the work they do for the schools. Present were school board members, the superintendent, executive staff, school administrators, PTA Presidents and BHEF leadership.

PTA Council member Howard Goldstein, PTA Council CoPresident Susie Roberts, BHEF President Annette Saleh and BHEF Executive Director Matt Zarcufsky.

Mary Anne McCabe, Superintendent Gary Woods, Jennifer Tedford and Dawnalyn Murakawa-Leopard

El Rodeo Principal Dave Hoffman, El Rodeo PTA-Co Presidents Mandy Katz and Jodi Galan, Susie Roberts and El Rodeo Assistant Principal Kevin Painter

Hawthorne PTA Co-President Michele Rose, Assistant Principal Christian Fuhrer, Principal Kathy Schaeffer and Co-PTA President Grenda David.

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ty center that meets the needs and desires of its community.

On Tuesday night, it presented an update design that councilmember Lili Bosse said provides “what the community wants”.

The new design also provides questions about the the City’s fiscal priorities.

Before shovels hit dirt, the project has already gone over the $14.8 million the city council had previously approved to be spent on it.

Tuesday’s presentation by City staff said the total construction costs for the project will come out to $14,407,594. That does not include an additional $985,056 in soft costs and other fees, which were described as additional project costs indirectly related to construction (design fees, geotechnical investigations).

More importantly, the total doesn’t include an additional $1.4 million that had been spent on hiring an architect for a previous, unused iteration of Roxbury Park’s design.

Bosse called the $1.4 million into question and said it should be included in the budget presented to the city council.

“I don’t feel we should not count the $1.4 million, that was $1.4 million that was directed to Roxbury,” Bosse said. “We were building a building that we couldn't afford and we have to be accountable for the fact that we lost that money.”

BEVERLY HILLS Counting that $1.4 million, total costs spent on Roxbury would shoot to about $16.7 million. That number approaches the $16.8 million the council voted against in 2011 when it was trying to decide how much to spend on a previous two-story version of the community center.

City Manager Jeff Kolin said the $1.4 million was not counted because it was spent before the 2012/13 Capital Improvement Project budget was approved. That reasoning didn't sit well with Marilyn Gallup, a community member who has been to most of the Roxbury Park meetings and followed the issue closely over the years.

“This community was told $14.5 million would be spent on Roxbury, not how it would be budgeted or allocated,” Gallup said.

“Adding together your numbers, we are over ($16 million). I don’t care how you move the numbers around, we want what you promised us.”

Vice Mayor John Mirisch said the City “blew $1.4 million”, but said he was generally pleased with the design. He proposed a glass ceiling around the outdoor courtyard seating area and supported councilmember Julian Gold’s idea for sliding glass doors on the parking lot side of the building.

"I think we managed to retain the character of the park, which was a very important factor in consideration of all this," Mirisch said.

"You definitely got the essence of what the direction was from the community... and kept it in line (with that)," Bosse said.

Hope for Orphaned Elephants & Rhinos

Dame Daphne Sheldrick

Margo O’Connell & Marcia Hobbs’ first stop in Kenya was to see the important work of The Sheldrake Wildlife Trust and play with the elephants.

Flying to Kenya is long, but thanks to Emirates Airlines, restful, delicious and the perfect place to catch the missed episodes of Downtown Abbey during the 16 hour flight. We flew directly to Dubai first and were met by their very efficient ground personnel, were scooped into a limo, and soon were standing in front the great water fountain show in front of the Burj at 10pm – in 98 degree or above temperatures. Dubai shows all the signs of an important financial and shopping center on steroids.

The next morning the

Milk bottles being prepared for the evening meal.

Emirates crew welcomed us back for another five hour flight to Nairobi Airport and upon landing it was clear we had left the ultra modern behind and were in a teeming city little changed since the first of my visits in 1980. I had followed the stories about the conservation ranches set up to protect Kenya’s threatened animal populations and was looking forward to visiting one and being on a tented safari.

Sadly, within the hour after we landed, I learned that poachers are more active now – many are Somalis affiliated with Al Queda – and the elephants and rhinos are killed regularly and their tusks and horns stolen for the chinese market.

Dame Daphne Sheldrick welcomed us to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Orphanage and told us the individual stories of the animals we had met as we

walked out with her rangers to bring them in from the Nairobi Wildlife Reserve, on the edge of the city, to their protected quarters for dinner and a safe night in especially built and well guarded quarters .

Dame Daphne’s book Love, Life, and Elephants tells the whole story of her family’s history and the Trust with it’s Nairobi facilities, mobile vet clinics, the rehabilitation, and the reintroduction stockades in Tsavo take the elephants who reach the age to be moved back into the wild. We were mesmerized for two hours with learning about the elephants intelligence – and how they never forget those who saved them – and bring their babies back to introduce them to the rangers.

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Solio, two and a half years old, whose mom was killed by poachers the week before we arrived.

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Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.

It’s the story of a sincere, perhaps naïve, outsider arriving in D.C. as an appointed senator with the goal of turning the place around, making it less political, and getting things done for the overall good of the country. Unfortunately, he was soon to face the reality of bureaucracy, incumbency and corruption as it then existed there (and obviously still does).

Switch scenes 73 years later and a somewhat similar scenario is being played out in real life locally. Bill Bloomfield, the new “Mr. Smith” of 2012, visited The Courier to offer his thoughts.

Bloomfield is not a total novice to politics–he is one of the guiding forces behind California's anti-partisan openprimary law.

The retired chairman/CEO of family-owned Web Laundry Services and former founder/ president of two other companies threw his hat into the ring early this spring for the vastly redrawn 33rd Congressional District—not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an Independent.

The result: he finished second in a seven-person race, enabling him to face the formidable and well-financed 38-year incumbent Waxman, whom he already appears to be giving the race of his life.

Bloomfield is espousing “No Labels”—a multi-point plan which he believes will ’fix” Congress. The planks of this national organizationwhich is dedicated to unlocking the hyper-partisan gridlock in Washington include no budget-no lawmaker pay; upand-down votes on all presi-

dential appointments within 90 days; reduced use of the filibuster; allow bi-partisan majorities to supercede a leader or committee chair in bringing a bill to the floor; three fiveday workweeks per month with the fourth week to be spent in the home district; monthly bi-partisan gatherings; and interspersed bi-partisan seating.

All this sounds well and good on the surface but whether this strategy works in the long run is anybody’s guess? Right now Bloomfield is sticking it to both major parties as he attempts to clarify his “independent status.” For instance to the anguish of Democrats, he supports California’s Prop. 32 which the California Teachers Association and other unions are heavily opposing, and is highly dubious about Gov. Jerry Brown’s Prop. 30 tax-raising initiative.

On the other end of the spectrum, he backs several aspects of Obamacare and is both pro-choice and pro-gay marriage.

The 62-year old Bloomfield, a graduate of UC Berkeley, claims his philosophy is “not, left, not, right but forward.” He decries the use of 10-second sound bites which, in his opinion, are both easy and unfairly inaccurate because they lack a full context.

“Not being beholden to anyone, I’m running to provide the leadership to fix Congress and bring about the kind of change to stop the trading of favors,” he said.

“We need to send people to Capitol Hill not vested in the special interests which obstruct reform, but, just as importantly, are willing to do whatever it takes to change the system and allow the solutions to our nation’s problems to be

implemented.”

Bloomfield adds: “Politicians are pathetically beholden to the special interest groups financing their campaigns and who look to Washington for laws, regulations, grants, bailouts, favors, protection and advocacy to survive and thrive.

“I am an Independent because of always being a strong believer our government leaders need to put our country’s best interest ahead of the political parties and special interests that fund them.”

The former Republican grew up in a household that was fiscally conservative but “progressive” regarding social issues. He claims to have never been totally comfortable with every aspect of either major party platforms.

Bloomfield worked to enact open primaries so he and future Independents would have primary voting rights equal to those of registered Republicans or Democrats.

An advocate of offering every child the opportunity to receive a world-class education, he claims the public school system is failing them with any real reform stymied by politics, largely driven by the political arm of the teachers’ union.

Some 20 years ago, though a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment, he took on the gun lobby because of its support for the right to useassault weapons and “cop killer bullets,” and confronted the political arm of the trial bar by founding “Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse.”

Bloomfield is past president of the Rotary Clubs of Westwood Village and Manhattan Beach, and served on the boards of UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, Concern Foundation, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Junior Achievement and WINGS (Women’s International Network for Guatemalan Solutions).

Whether there will be a happy ending to this modern Mr. Smith Goes To Washington tale, still remains to be seen. But this enthusiastic, charming and workaholic candidate is doing everything to pull it off.

Despite the seemingly huge odds, those who have dealt with Bill Bloomfield during his long and colorful career, don’t bet against him.

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kind, including email messages, "containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used or retained by any state or local agency.. ."

The two year standard has already been set in the northern California city of Auburn, where a similar 30-day policy was overturned in a landmark legal settlement that now requires Auburn officials to retain e-mail correspondence for at least two years.

Auburn community activist Victoria Connelly teamed with the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) to sue the city, which in the settlement agreed that "all email sent or received by the city's e-mail server will be preserved for two years and made available for public inspection on the same terms as other city records."

The law does exclude personal "notes" or spam, which is how the City is able to get around the state law.

The CPRA allows the City to come up with a policy for what it defines as records relating to City business.

In its staff report to the council, City staff said that much of the 900,000 monthly emails that come into the City can be classified as just that – insignificant "notes" that have nothing to do with the actual business of the City.

Mirisch has continued to dispute the idea that so many of the City's e-mails can be classified simply as "notes", especially with technology today allowing for so many different communication devices and ways to correspond with people.

Mirisch said the rapid influx of iPhones and other text messaging devices in society have replaced e-mail as the main form of communication when partaking in the kind of correspondence that could be defined by City staff as a "note" (such as agreeing to meet someone for lunch).

The staff report said the City retains an e-mail beyond 30 days only if it is deemed "necessary or convenient for the discharge of the public’s business".

Terry Francke, general counsel for Californians Aware (an organization that deals with the understanding and use of public forum laws) told The Courier that such a policy makes public records unavailable to the public "by preemptive destruction."

"If the city wanted to solve the practical problem of its commingled official, employee-personal and spam messages it could do so by technical and policy means," Francke said."

"Otherwise it may not simply trash records relating to its operations that it finds "unnecessary" or "inconvenient" to produce in response to CPRA requests."

Brucker said at Tuesday's council meeting that he had concerns over whether or not some people might be able to look into the e-mails and “try to find some nefarious e-mail to embarrass someone”. Mirisch countered that allowing people to look into such e-mails was the whole point of the Public Records Act. “That’s the benefit of the Public Records Act, to allow people to look into what City Hall does and how we do business,” Mirisch said. “It’s about doing the people’s business in public.”

Brien and Gold said they were against the change because they simply didn’t see any issues with the system currently in place. David Schirmer, who presented the staff report, said he had personally not received any requests for records that fall outside the 30-day statute, but wasn't sure if anyone else in City Hall had.

Mirisch disagreed with the idea that just because it hasn't happened yet, that it won't in the future.

"How do we know? It's sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy," Mirisch told The Courier. "That's not the basis for making good policy."

Councilmember Lili Bosse, who supported Mirisch's call for a two-year policy, said the ongoing dispute about Roxbury Park over the last several years is a perfect example of a situation where a two year, or longer, email retention policy would come in handy.

"If someone wanted to reach back and find some information on Roxbury, it likely won't be there," Bosse told The Courier. "We're now dealing with the Centennial, reaching 100 years of history, and its important to be able to look back at the past. It kind of defines where you are now and where you're heading."

The matter had been on the agenda for the previous two study sessions prior to this week's, but Mayor Brien -- who controls the agenda -- refused to bring the matter forward until Tuesday's study session.

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Frances Allen Desert Roundup

It was the party of the year, and 2012/2013’s social calendar hasn’t even begun. But leave it to hostess Helene Galen to get a jump on the season and on any competition as the Desert’s new social arbiter as she celebrated the birthday of her partner, the debonair Jamie Kabler, co-founder of the Hollywood Cookie Diet.

PARTY TIME–Helene Galen and her co-hostess Charo (left photo) got an early start on the social season with a party. Joining in the fun were Kevin Parker of David Webb Jewelers and actress Rhonda Courier photos by Frances Allen Fleming, a BHHS alumna.

Guests were led to a red carpet by tuxedoed valet parkers, there to be greeted by Helene and her co-hostess, a bubbling Charo.

Once inside, as if levitated on magnets, guests made their way to the signature feature of a Galen party: a huge tub of caviar and chilled champagne. From our vantage post near the toast points we observed members of the Desert “A-List” pass by in impressive numbers, including Kevin Parker of David Webb, jeweler to the stars as well as the Desert; Angie and Harvey Gerber; infomercial creators Gregg and Stacey Renker; Arturo Montes, a Desert top chef; Bart Ketover, MD; Betty and Alex Hagen, owners of the Empire Polo Grounds, venue for the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals; socialite Renee Kumitz; Harold Matzner; head executive of the Palm Springs Art Museum; Steve and Carol Nash; Madeline Redstone; Marilyn and a very spry Monty Hall; and, the forever beautiful, Rhonda Fleming with hubby Darol Carlson.

And multiple best wishes to the birthday boy who, after celebrating one special day, was off to Connecticut and the Annenberg estate for the wedding of his daughter, who also just happens to be the granddaughter of Lee Annenberg. ****** “Docomomo,” no it’s not the word for “thank you” in some obscure Asian language; but, unless you are an admirer of modern architecture, (think around the middle of the 20th Century), the word may just as well be.

Actually, Docomomo is an anachronism for a Barcelonabased international group formed for the Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement. Those visitors and residents, who look beyond the golf courses and casinos of Palm Springs and surrounds, understand that the interest of Docomomo in Desert architecture is based on the fact the Coachella Valley is literally home to a museum-quality collection of modernism that could fill a coffee-table book.

For the past seven years Palm Springs has presented Modernism Week in the early part of the year as a week-long event organized to showcase some of the local modernism treasures. However, with interest of Palm Springs’ Modernism Week becoming global, it attracted Docomomo, which now sponsors a Fall modernism Tour and learning event that serves as a logical precursor to Modernism Week.

This year Docomomo’s event is this weekend. Capping off the modernism experience are double-decker architectural bus tours that depart from the Palm Springs Hilton at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and at 9 a.m Monday. Some of the places on the $75 bus tour are houses once owned by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and Cary Grant.

In addition to the mobile tour, other Docomomo events include a cocktail party, awards preservation luncheon and free lectures. Who said the dry, hot desert climate wasn’t a preservative; you would be amazed. More information is available at modernismweek.com. ****** It has finally sunk in: El Paseo is to the Desert what Rodeo Drive is to Beverly Hills, and more of the Southland’s up-scale establishments have gotten the message and are running with it … straight to a spot on El Paseo in Palm Desert.

Mastro’s, the high-end steak and seafood restaurant that is one of Canon Drive’s favorite eateries, has had a lease on El Paseo restaurant space since 2007, but didn’t want to build it out until now, citing the poor economy as the reason.

Mastro’s has felt a sea-change, and the restaurant, with 150 new jobs, is now set for opening Nov. 2.

Also coming to El Paseo is a Wolfgang Puck Restaurant that is in its final construction stage.

Of course, a meal at one of these fine restaurants means you have to look your best. No problem; for that last minute hair and facial fix internationally-known Just Blow Drys (sic) and Wink Lash & Beauty Bar are putting out the welcome mat on El Paseo as well. ******

Richard Heineman Dead At Age 75 Lt. Richard Heineman, who grew up in Beverly Hills and spent 35 years as a L. A. County Lifeguard patroling the beraches of Santa Monica, died Sept. 15 at age 75.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Kay; children Joanne, Dennis and Rick; and seven grandchildren.

Heineman was a U. S. Air Force Reservist, president of the Culver City Amateur Radio Emergency Service, and founder and sole proprietor of Jasmine Boatworks and its subsidiary Jasmine Furniture.

POLICE BLOTTER The following burglariesand grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are indicated by block numbers.

BURGLARY 9/24 9600 S. Santa Monica Bl. ($170) 9/25 200 S. Beverly Dr. ($36.347) 9/27 8700 Wilshire Bl. ($300) 9/28 9900 Robbins Dr. ($6,250) GRAND THEFT 9/15 200 Lasky Dr. 9/24 300 S. Elm Dr. ($1,100) 9/24 500 N. Crescent Dr. ($5,100) 9/25 300 S. Robertson Bl. ($500) 9/28 9700 Wilshire Bl. ($3,010)

If it were only as simple as a name change; that’s what the promoters of the newly renamed Interfusion Music Summit and Cathedral City hope for this year’s Independent Music Summit (through Sunday). However, regardless of its success, the music artists who reside in Cathedral City get a good deal.

The summit is not so much a music festival as it is a chance for behind-the-scenes workers such as engineers, DJ’s and arrangers as well as artists to network and learn.

Here they will not get to see performances by big-name bands or recording artists, but have the opportunity interacting with other artists on the rise as well as attending their live performances.

The event is being held at various places in Cathedral City with live performances at DiGS Night Club and at the Quality Inn, which is the host hotel. ****** It’s no secret, there has been a multi-year rivalry for attention between the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, presenters of the Oscars, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of Golden Globes’ fame.

This year, although they’ll deny it, their fight for recognition has left the producers of the two biggest award productions to trying to upstage the other in announcement dates, with the Oscar nominees being announced Jan. 10 and the Golden Globes three days later.

Had things gone the way they did last year, the AMPAS would have made its announcement one day after the Foreign Press made its.

This confusion and oneupmanship has been watched with some interest by the Palm Springs International Film Festival, as its red-carpet gala draws the attendance of motion picture A-Listers and has a very impressive score for honoring

Services For Ellie Lazaroff, 86, Sunday At Hillside Funeral services will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in Hillside Memorial Park for Elsie (Ellie) Berkowitz Lazaroff, who died after a long battle with lung cancer on Sept. 29 at her Los Angeles home. She was 86.

Born March 9, 1926 in New York City, she was a long time resident there and in Florida before moving to California. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Irving Lazaroff; her children Daniel, Barbara and Ellie Lazaroff William (Irene); grandsons Cameron and Byron Lazaroff-Puck, and Benjamin and Timothy Lazaroff.

Ellie Lazaroff was an amateur oil painter and charcoal artist, who loved to sing, dance and had a flair for design.

The family requests any donations in her name be made to Tower Oncology Research Foundation; Israel Cancer Research Fund; or Jewish Healing Center of Los Angeles.

CONNIE MARTINSON

Talks Books It is 1925 Shanghai and Irene Blum has arrived to heal her wounds from having been passed over by Seattle's Brooke Museum as curator, because she is a woman. This is Kim Fay’s opening for The Map Of Lost Memories (Ballentine Books $26). Irene was brought up living in a cottage on the museum grounds, when she quits in a fury–also quitting her life connected with the museum. As she is cleaning out her grandfather’s trunks, she finds a map which will lead to the set of copper scrolls that chronicle the lost history of Cambodia’s Khmer civilization. In Shanghai, Irene joins a bi-polar Simone Merlin who delights in robbing temples as well as by Louis and Clothilde who know this world of Cambodia.

Behind the scenes as a puppet master is rich, old Henry Simms who was Irene’s grandfather’s closest friend and her sponsor for this venture. Along with the personalities and the sense of place in the 1920s, there is the race to find the scrolls and stay alive.

Kim Fay told me much of the book is based on her life in Asia. In her travels there, she had written Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam (ThingsAsian Press $19.95). Kim had lived in Vietnam for four years in the 1990s but this book is based on a five-week tour through Vietnam in which she and her sister, Julie Fay Ashborn, together ate everything and took pictures of it. Vietnamese food for them prior to their nomination by either of the two dominant Hollywood organizations.

But Desert residents need not be concerned. The festival gala has always preceded the announcement of Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.

The fact the festival has been so accurate is due to the prescience and efforts of its board chairman Harold Matzner, and executive director Darryl Macdonald. This won’t change.

Announcements of the festival award winners should be released soon.

me, combines the best of Chinese and French cooking--or to quote the title of one chapter “Dining Is Living:” ”There are no specific recipes just the memories of their tastes to awaken one's salivary glands.”

Along with Kim and Julie was their friend, Nguyen thi Lan Huong, a producer and partner in a film company. When Julie was sick, it was Nguyen who joined Kim in seeking out the famous clam rice. I did note to Kim that when we were in Hanoi, I was shocked at the poverty of people sleeping in the street of a communist country. ****** How does one handle loss, first the brilliant person from Alzheimer’s and then the death of that person? Keven Bellows was married to the legendary newspaper editor Jim Bellows for 35 years and it was a fabulous, exciting journey, until it was no more. She has turned to poetry to express her grief , the grief that began before he died.

The book is entitled The Blue Darter (Conflux Press $14).

Her first poem ”The Blue Darter” is a memoir of the old Jim, the bigger than life editor behind his commanding desk: “When every day he searches the same pockets, drawers for the keys he had moments before.” She writes of their chance meeting at 753 N. Rexford Dr. which ended with marriage on a Malibu beach. “I know how to be married,” he said. “I will teach you.”

Her poem “Getting Ready” has a great first line: “Maybe forgetting is the last gift.” And “The Christmas Wish” at the table when Jim said to his 3year-old grandson’s question as to what he wished for Christmas: “I want to be 85.” As the question went round the table, each response was: “I want Gramps to be 85” It was not to be.

This is a monumental book in the artistry of the words and emotions telling a story of lives, marriage and endings, that strike a resonance in the heart. www.conniemartinson.com aired and streamed at 3 and 11:30 p.m. on www.lacityview.org channel 35 and on youtube/user/conniemartinson’s channel.

Page 22 | October 5, 2012 T.S. No: 11-08-32418-CA APN: 4331-005-037 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED August 14, 2004. 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. Notice is hereby given that at the request of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, successor in interest from the FDIC as Receiver of Washington Mutual Bank F/K/A Washington Mutual Bank, F.A. The Cooper Castle Law Firm, LLP, located at City National Plaza, 515 South Flower Street, 36th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071 as duly appointed, substituted trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by Randi Marla Curtis, dated August 14, 2004 and recorded on September 28, 2004, as Instrument: 04 2496485 of Official Records of the Los Angeles County of California, will sell the below referenced property on 10/23/2012 at 10:00 AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at the time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust.

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 300 S. Reeves Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

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 p u b l i c a tion of this Notice of Sale.

The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $281,098.16. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. It is possible that at the time of sale, the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.

The Trustee may require the last and highest bidder to deposit the full amount of the bidder’s final bid in cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or by a state or federal savings and

loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Financial Code section 5102 and authorized to do business in this state.

The property will be sold subject to the right of redemption, if applicable, and the sale will be made “AS IS”, without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, and will be made 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 undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any inaccuracies in the amounts of the obligation, the street address and other common designations, if any, shown herein.

If the Trustee(s) is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, or the Trustee’s Attorney.

If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only.

THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

BEVERLY HILLS

P U B L I C N OT I C E S 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 visit this Internet Web site http://ccfirm.com/sales for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 11-08-32418-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury under the law of the state of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date: 9/11/12 The Cooper Castle Law Firm Raya M. Drew, Esq. City National Plaza, 515 South Flower Street, 36th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tel. (213) 236-3521 / (702) 435-4175 ext.

134164 State of Nevada } SS. County of Clark } On September 11, 2012 before me, J. Stevenson, Notary Public, personally appeared Raya M. Drew, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct

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 WITNESS my hand and to the lien being auctioned official seal. Signature off, before you can (Seal) receive clear title to the property. You are encour- BHCourier • Published aged to investigate the 09/21/12, 09/28/12, existence, priority, and 10/05/12

Trustee Sale No. : 20120187500501 Title Order No.: 1112532 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/21/2003.

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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER, TREDER & WEISS, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 08/28/2003 as Instrument No. 03 2508873 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: EUGENE CHARLES CRANE, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, C A S H I E R ' S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 10/25/2012 TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: INSIDE THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 628 NORTH DIAMOND BAR BLVD, SUITE B, DIAMOND BAR, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 950 N KINGS RD # 202, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90069 APN#: 5529-025-103 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any , shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $194,715.36. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale , and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will

be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

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

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.c om for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 20120187500501.

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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION 2 A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 5005 WINDPLAY DRIVE, SUITE 1 EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762-9334 9 1 6 - 9 3 9 - 0 7 7 2 www.nationwideposting.c om BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY I N F O R M AT I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee Dated: 09/28/2012 NPP0207891 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 10/05/2012, 10/12/2012, 10/19/2012 —————————— TSG No.: 6779963 TS No.: CA1200245083 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 4387-010-013 Property Address: 9581 STUART LANE BEVERLY HILLS

AREA (LOS ANGELES), CA 90210 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/04/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10/25/2012 at 11:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 05/11/2007, as Instrument No. 20071147107, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California.

Executed by: DANIEL ELLIOTT BROCK AND GUDRUN I. BROCK, HUSBAND AND WIFE, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, C A S H I E R ' S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Inside the lobby of the building located at 628 North Diamond Bar Blvd., Suite B, Diamond Bar, CA All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 4387-010013 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9581 STUART LANE, BEVERLY HILLS AREA (LOS ANGELES), CA 90210 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $1,136,735.86. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of

Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located.

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

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

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySea rchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1200245083 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse. First American Title Insurance Company First American Title Insurance Company 3 FIRST AMERICAN WAY SANTA ANA, CA 92707 Date: FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.NPP0207754 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 10/05/2012, 10/12/2012, 10/19/2012

BEVERLY HILLS NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 250839CA Loan No. 1769122394 Title Order No. 842647 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03-28-2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10-19-2012 at 11:00 A.M., CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 04-032007, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20070787443, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: OTGON BUYANT, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, PACIFIC TRUST GROUP, INC., as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale 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 the Deed of Trust. 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, interest thereon, estimated 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. Place of Sale: BY THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766.

Legal Description: PARCEL 1: AN UNDIVIDED 1/60 INTEREST IN AND TO ALL THAT PORTION OF LOT 1 OF TRACT NO. 36372, IN THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 937, PAGES 74 AND 75 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, SHOWN AND DEFINED AS ''COMMON AREA'' ON THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN RECORDED FEBRUARY 14, 1980 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 80157068, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY. PARCEL 2: ALL THAT PORTION OF LOT 1 OF SAID TRACT NO. 36372, SHOWN AND DEFINED AS UNIT NO. 19A ON SAID CONDOMINIUM PLAN. PARCEL 3: EXCLUSIVE EASE-

P U B L I C N OT I C E S MENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND APPURTENANT TO PARCELS 1 AND 2 ABOVE, FOR PARKING PURPOSES, OVER THOSE PORTIONS OF LOT 1 OF SAID TRACT NO. 36372, SHOWN AND DEFINED AS AREA PS 23 ON SAID CONDOMINIUM PLAN. PARCEL 4: NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND APPURTENANT TO PARCELS 1 AND 2 ABOVE, AS SUCH EASEMENTS ARE SET FORTH IN THE SECTIONS ENTITLED ''CERTAIN EASEMENTS FOR OWNERS'' AND ''SUPPORT, SETTLEMENT AND ENCROACHMENT'' OF ARTICLE OF THE ''DECLARATION'' RECORDED FEBRUARY 20, 1980 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 80172482, OFFICIAL RECORDS, ENTITLED ''EASEMENTS.'' Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $539,421.94 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 9005 CYNTHIA STREET #119 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 APN Number: 4340-023-074 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting.

DATE: 09-26-2012 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee MARIA MAYORGA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or 1-714-7302727 www.priorityposting.com or 1-714-5731965 www.auction.com or 1-800-280-2832 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY I N F O R M AT I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 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, this information can be obtained from one of the following three companies: LPS Agency Sales and Posting at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet Web site w w w. l p s a s a p. c o m (Registration required to search for sale information) or Priority Posting and Publishing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com (Click on the link for "Advanced Search" to search for sale information), or auction.com at 1800-280-2832 or visit the Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the Trustee Sale No. shown above. 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. A4307373 09/28/2012, 10/05/2012, 10/12/2012 —————————— FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012189026 The following is/are doing business as: HOLLYWOOD ELECTRIC VACUUM AND SEWING 7922 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 900465108; Enrique Bernardo Toledo 9949 Young Dr. #101, Beverly HIlls, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein on May 6, 2002: Signed: Enrique Bernardo Toledo, Owner; Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 20, 2012; Published: September 28, October 5, 12, 19, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012192748 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SHAGGY CREATURE PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2) LOU STRATTEN 3) THE FRETTI AND LOU SHOW 1965 S. Sherbourne Dr. #5, Los Angeles, CA 90034; Shaggy Creature Productions, Inc. 1965 S. Sherbourne Dr. #5, Los Angeles, CA 90034; The business is conducted by: A

CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein August 2006: Mary Louise Saltonstall, Founder: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 26, 2012; Published: September 28, October 05, 12, 19 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012191071 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SEA BORN FISHING 2) SEA BORN FISH CO. 240 S. Doheny Dr. #201, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Jonathan Kreindler 4000 Casablanca Terrace #4312, Danville, CA 94506; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jonathan Kreindler: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 20090618386 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: 1) LA SEXY HAIR 2) LASEXYHAIR 1212 Brockton Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90025; The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on (date): April 28, 2009 in the county of Los Angeles; Shiva KH Roohi 1212 Brockton Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL declare that all information in this statement is true and Signed: Shiva KH correct, Roohi; Statement #2012191164 is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012191166 The following is/are doing business as: SHIVA SALON & HAIR BOUTIQUE 1212 Brockton Ave. #103, Los Angeles, CA 90025; Shiva KH. Roohi 1212 Brockton Ave. #103, 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: Shiva KH. Roohi: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 20081173245 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: SILKY SMOOTH AUTO DETAILING 2116 Kerwood, Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025; The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on (date): July 01, 2008 in the county of Los Angeles; Shalom Len 2116 Kerwood, Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL declare that all information in this statement is true and correct, Signed: Shalom Len; Statement #2012191118 is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012191120 The following is/are doing business as: AUTOMOTIVE DETOX 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #1229, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Shalom Len 2116 Kerwood 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: Shalom Len: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012191076 The following is/are doing business as: LITTLE INDIA RESTAURANT 6775 Santa Monica Blvd.

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#7, Los Angeles, CA 90038; Zannat Alanna Holdings, LLC 6775 Santa Monica Blvd. #7, Los Angeles, CA 90038; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Amirul Islam, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012191089 The following is/are doing business as: JOSEPH COHEN DIAMOND CO. 606 S. Hill St. #912, Los Angeles, CA 90014; Joseph Cohen 606 S. Hill St. #912, Los Angeles, CA 90014; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 1989: Joseph Cohen: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012191111 The following is/are doing business as: 1) SERVANT PRODUCTIONS 2) NEW RELEASE ENTERTAINMENT 9733 Charleville Blvd. #1, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Jodi Hannah 9733 Charleville Blvd. #1, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Eric Hannah 9733 Charleville Blvd. #1, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: HUSBAND AND WIFE, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jodi Hannah, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 24, 2012; Published: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 LACC N/C ––––––

Rebecco P. David following is/are doing business Proposed Name: as: DRESS FOR DEATH 3437 David P. David S. Cloverdale, Los Angeles, CA The court orders that all 90016; Gabriel Garofano 3437 persons interested in this S. Cloverdale, Los Angeles, CA matter shall appear before 90016; Lauren Rivera 3437 S. this court at the hearing Cloverdale, Los Angeles, CA indicated below to show 90016; The business is concause, if any, why the peti- ducted by: A GENERAL PARTtion for change of name NERSHIP, registrant(s) has should not be granted. NOT begun to transact busiAny person objecting to ness under the name(s) listed the name changes herein: Gabriel Garofano: described above must file Statement is filed with the a written objection that County of Los Angeles: includes the reasons for September 24, 2012; Published: the objection at least two October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 court days before the mat- LACC N/C ter is scheduled to be –––––– heard and must appear at FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME the hearing to show cause STATEMENT 2012189225 The why the petition should following is/are doing business not be granted. If no writ- as: RC TALENT AGENCY ten objection is timely 8961 Sunset Blvd. #2C, West filed, the court may grant Hollywood, CA 90069; Robert the petition without a Andrew Saltzburg 8815 hearing.

Rosewood Ave., West NOTICE OF HEARING: Hollywood, CA 90048; The busiDate: October 18, 2012 ness is conducted by: AN INDITime: 8:30am VIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT Dept: T Room: 600 begun to transact business The address of the court under the name(s) listed hereis: in: Robert Andrew 6230 Sylmar Avenue, Van Saltzburg: Statement is filed Nuys, CA 91401, with the County of Los Angeles: Northwest District.

September 21, 2012; Published: Reason for name change: October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 Petitioner is already LACC N/C known by his proposed –––––– name David P. David and FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME wishes to be known by his STATEMENT 2012190875 The proposed name in all per- following is/are doing business sonal/business affairs. as: TREASURE TRASH 4237 I declare under penalty of Longridge Ave. #204, Studio perjury under the laws of City, CA 91604; Brett Elizabeth the State of California that Williams 4237 Longridge Ave. the foregoing is true and #204, Studio City, CA 91604; correct.

The business is conducted by: Signed: David P. David AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) Judge of the Superior has NOT begun to transact Court business under the name(s) SUPERIOR COURT OF Richard H Kirschner listed herein: Brett Elizabeth CALIFORNIA, COUNTY Dated: September 6, 2012 Williams: Statement is filed OF LOS ANGELES Published: September 14, with the County of Los Angeles: CASE NO: LS023058 21, 28, October 5 2012 September 24, 2012; Published: ORDER TO SHOW BHCOURIER October 05, 12, 19, 26, 2012 CAUSE FOR –––––– LACC N/C CHANGE OF NAME In the Matter of the petition FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012191059 The of: REBECCO P. DAVID To all interested person(s): Petitioner: Rebecco P. David current residence NOTICE— Fictitious name statement address: 17437 Gilmore St. Van Nuys, CA 91406 expires five years from the date it was filed in the filed a petition with the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious busiSuperior Court of ness name statement must be filed before that California, County of Los Angeles, 6230 Sylmar time. The filing of this statement does not of itself Avenue, Van Nuys, CA authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi91401, Northwest District, ness name in violation of the rights of another on September 6, 2012 for under federal, state, or common law (See a Decree changing names Section 14400, et seq., Business and as follows: Professions Code).

Present Name:

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Page 24 | October 5, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012178763 The following is/are doing business as: CHOCOLATE FESTIVALS AMERICA 8950 W. Olympic Blvd. #486, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Martin J. Ellis 8916 David Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Martin J. Ellis: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 06, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012178771 The following is/are doing business as: VERSAILLES RESTAURANT 1000 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; Garcia Garcia Inc. 3018 Reid Ave., Culver City, CA 90232; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein June 19, 1996: William Garcia, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 06, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012179475 The following is/are doing business as: GREGORY WAY TUNES 315 S. Beverly Dr. #315, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Vuguru LLC 315 S. Beverly Dr. #315, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: David Shall, Esq, Head of Business Operations/General Counsel: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 06, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012179507 The following is/are doing business

as: 75 DOLLAR DOCTOR 6222 Wilshire Blvd. #303, Los Angeles, CA 90048; Peiman Berdjis, M.D. Inc. 411 N. Oakhurst Dr. #406, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein September 2012: Peiman Berdjis, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 06, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012179526 The following is/are doing business as: HOTEL SOFITEL LOS ANGELES AT BEVERLY HILLS 8555 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; Accor Business & Leisure Management, LLC As Agent For Beverly Blvd. Lease Co LLC Liberty Plaza 1, #200, 5055 Keller Springs Road, Addison, TX 75001; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein August 06, 2012: Diane Stafford, Asst.

Secretary: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 06, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012179530 The following is/are doing business as: 1) GOLDEN STATE VINEYARDS 2) GOLDEN STATE NAPA VALLEY WINES 3) GS NAPA VALLEY WINES (USA) 4) GS VINEYARD WINES 5250 W. Century Blvd. 7th Flr., Los Angeles, CA 90045; China Mart USA, LLC 5250 W. Century Blvd.

7th Flr., Los Angeles, CA 90045; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Stephen Perl, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 06, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October

05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012177821 The following is/are doing business as: EXPAK GROUND 3861 Channel Dr., West Sacramento, CA 95691; Golden Gate Overnight, Inc. 20231 Charianne Dr., Redding, CA 96002; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein September 04, 2012: V. Pustynovieh, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 04, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012177220 The following is/are doing business as: CANDICE SETAREH JEWELRY 435 N. Oakhurst Dr. #805, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Candice Setareh 435 N. Oakhurst Dr. #805, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Candice Setareh: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 04, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012177612 The following is/are doing business as: 1) LA SCALA 2) LA SCALA RESTAURANT 434 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Leon Kappel Restaurants Inc. 916 S. Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein May 24, 2007: Gigi Leon, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 04, 2012; Published: September 14, 21, 28, October 05, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT 2012181966 The following is/are doing business as: RHYTHM WORKSHOP 14414 Addison St. #1, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423; Matthew Gabriel Shapiro 14414 Addison St. #1, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423; Amy Bird Shapiro 14414 Addison St. #1, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423; The business is conducted by: HUSBAND AND WIFE, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Matthew Gabriel Shapiro: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 11, 2012; Published: September 21, 28, October 05, 12, 2012 LACC N/C –––––– SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CASE NO: LS023064 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Matter of the petition of: EVONNE KAIROUZ To all interested person(s): Petitioner: Evonne Kairouz current residence address: 20286 Allentown Dr., Woodland Hills, CA 91364 filed a petition with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 6230 Sylmar Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 91401, Van Nuys Courthouse, on September 10, 2012 for a Decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Evonne Kairouz Proposed Name: Evonne El-Ghoul The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written

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objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: October 22, 2012 Time: 8:30am Dept: T The address of the court is: 6230 Sylmar Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 91401, Van Nuys Courthouse.

Reason for name change: The Petitioner desires to change her name back to her maiden name.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information in the foregoing petition is true and correct.

Signed: Evonne Kairouz Judge of the Superior Court Richard H. Kirschner Dated: September 10, 2012 Published: September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 2012 BHCourier –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2012177769 The following is/are doing business as: RUGOLO ENTERTAINMENT 195 S. Beverly Dr. #400, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Rugolo Entertainment, Inc. 195 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein June 25, 2007: Regina Rugolo, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: September 04, 2012; Published: September 28, October 05, 12, 19 2012 LACC N/C

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GET A SELF, FAMILY OR PET PORTRAITS By Proffesional Artist

Years of Experience as Professional Singer/Musician/Teacher.

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All Kids & adults (incld. special needs). MARLA 323/377-1790 Private or public pool. www.marlajones.com

Fahi Sorkhabi 310/709-6164

————— 15% OFF 8 Lesson Package! Private Tutoring

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O NE W ITH T HE WATER . ORG all age groups NON-PROFIT 501C3 • Evening / weekend

I H AVE O VER 7 Y EARS E XPERIENCE .

• • • • • •

Personal Shopping/ Home & Closet Organization

323/364-SWIM (7946) • Extensive experience tutoring schedules

References Available.

Please Call:

Energetic & Motivating ————— •Reduced Rates for

PAINTING INSTRUCTOR

45 SCHOOLS & INSTRUCTION

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

I teach Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal.

Call Megan Gangi at 310/773-8229 Min. 2hrs per session

424/229-2528

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1st Time Clients!

SERVING B.H. & WESTSIDE Cell: 949/633-7581 kalaria1@gmail.com

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Publish that book.

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• GUARANTEED •

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48 FITNESS

Pioneer Hardware

————— 315 N. Crescent Dr. 90210 Get Fit with TENNIS LESSONS Former #1 Female Player in Venezuela.

Central American Olympic Gold Medalist.

W ORLD R ANKED .

12 Years Exp • All Levels

Our Team Of Certified Windows and Apple Technicians Provide In Store, at Home or Office Computer Services

Call Don @:

310/592-1938 toyonn@aol.com

Certified Personal Trainer Health • Body • Mind

Special Rate for New Clients!

• Strength & Cardiovascular Reach Us Right Away! • Weight Loss • Circuit Training Also Available for Hitting Sessions . For a Free Consultation • Corrective Exercise • Flexiblity Training Call (310) 276-7316 • Kickboxing • Nutrition 310/407-9503 • 10+ Years Experience T EACH UT ENNIS . COM

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COMPUTER • —————–––– •Repair & Training LOCAL TUTOR * * * * * * A P M a t h / P h y s i c s • Home or Office

Also Specializing in ADD+ADHD & other special needs students.

Other subjects as well.

*

Contact Stephen:

• 310-741-1682 •

• Installation • Setup Celebrity Trainer • Software Training Michele Laybourn • Virus & Spyware

Has Just Relocated to Beverly Hills.

Removal • Website Design OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. CALL E. STURM: 310/678-2173 References Avail.

LeRoy Larry • MS Physics

Cert. Personal Fitness Trainer Yoga Instructor • Spin Instructor Dietary Guidance • On-Line Training Pre/Post Natal • Travel Fitness Prg’s

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One FREE Session!

————— COMPUTER

—————–––– SPECIALIST CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY • experienced teaching Professionally • Specialize in TEST PREP (SATII/AP) and • raising SCORES! • Private classes/ Team classes

V I C K Y: (310) 351-0934

Specializing in: - On-Site Custom Computer Service - PC & MAC - Hardware /Software - DSL / Cable / Dial Up - Troubleshooting - Anti-Virus & More...

- Local References 310/275-DAVE or email: David@ TechnoEntomology.com

49 PARTY SERVICES

Sweet Sixteen’s

Birthday’s Anniversaries Take Advantage of Corporate Parties, etc

Natalie Ravan Your Personal Life Coach

Better your life & improve your relationships around you.

Bringing out your inner ability to overcome any obstacles.

BEVERLY HILLS OFFICE.

310/435-6689 N ATALIE R AVAN . COM

55 JOBS WANTED

Make it a fun & special memory w/ Lazershow For Details Call: & Nightclub Lighting *CAREGIVER* & DJ Sound Reliable, Patient and 310/923-3237 Contact Alex: Mature Woman Or Visit: 323/590-7486 BODYBYMISHKA.COM is seeking Full & www.LaserParty.net Part Time Position.

REFERENCES AVAIL., INCLD. (No Obligation)

LADY A NTEBELLUM ’ S T OUR M ANAGER

We Will File Your DBA for FREE!!

Excellent cook (incl.

Kosher menu), own car

with clean DMV record.

Great references,

CALL:

available for travel.

310.278.1322

Call 310/500-9965

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I am a reliable, caring and responsible GENTLEMAN seeking a position as a CAREGIVER Full time live out.

Excellent References with 30 years exp.

Call 323/655-1883

BEVERLY HILLS

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88 ELDERLY CARE

NEAT HOME CARE, INC RN/LVN/CNA/Home Health Aid/Caregiver/Homemaker Caregiver/Homemaker Live Out (hourly) $18/hr (8hrs) Caregiver/Homemaker Live Out (hourly) $15/hr (10-12 hrs) Caregiver Live In with driving (24/7) $180/Day No Long Term Contracts Use our services only as long you’re 100% satisfied LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED

ELDERLY CARE

90 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY RESEARCH ANALYST

ARE YOU A SENIOR AND NEED ASSISTANCE?

We can help YOU!

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(Beverly Hills, CA) Conduct economic research and prepare reports on the EU economy.

Specifically focusing on Hungary, Germany, & France for clients with business interests in those markets. Analyze business models as practiced in Hungary & Germany. Requirements: Master’s in Economics & 2yrs exp. in position or as Sales Director. Mail CV to:

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OFFICE / STORES FOR LEASE

HUNTLEY HOUSE FOR LEASE W E S T

H O L L Y W O O D

PDC & Melrose Ave is this Rare free standing structure Open space.

We provide experienced Cargivers, CNA’s & HHA’s Proudly serving Southern California 2500 Wilshire Bl. Penthouse D • LA, CA 90057 f o r s e n i o r s n e e d i n g ————— 213/381-1429 • 818/636-2977 • 323/540-7318 companions to drive them to Hi ceilings 1600 SF + 1200 SF patio set amongst bamboo. Zen doctors, prepare meals, I AM AN HONEST like ambiance. 3-4 car parking. Zoned CM 2. Ideal for design light housekeeping, etc... studio, salon/spa, cafe. $8500 NNN mo. Do not disturb RESPONSIBLE We offer responsible and Associates M&A, Inc. tenant Call Irene 310 993 6141 FEMALE. nurturing care. Our staff is 8484 Wilshire Blvd.

For reliable ride for errands thoroughly screened and Beverly Hills, CA 90211 ————— ————— Attn: Mr. Nemeth Office Suites /doctors appointment & we care. Live In/Out. ————— JWusItLESaHsItRoEf BFaLiVrfDa.x Medical Available for Rent. pick up/drop off your

kids from school/home.

Good Company.

Great People.

Please cal Parvin

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

at 310/944-0457

88 ELDERLY CARE

AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOME CARE a company that provides excellent and affordable home care.

Licensed•Bonded•Insured

Contact Cindy: 213-300-4492

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

323-932-8700

SENIOR CARE SPECIALISTS, Ltd. Provide Thoroughly Screened Caregivers and Companions.

Licensed Bonded • Insured

• M EMBER BBB •

• 310/657-5703 • WWW.SENIORCARE

SPECIALISTSLTD.COM

NEED HELP? ******* WE UNDERSTAND...

Mama’s caregivers are loving, caring, trained & bonded.

Live in or out.

*******

MAMA’S HOME CARE 323/655-2622

Call Lisa 24hrs.

323/877-8121 323/806-9498 89 BEAUTY SALON

Competitive Rates

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

• Companions • Live-In / Live-Out

Bonded & Insured• Licensed • Fully Screened

310.859.0440 www.exehomecare.com

BBB A+ (Highest Rated)

RN on Staff

Call Paul: Cell: 804/605-2496

—————–––– CAREGIVER/ CARETAKER/

1 & 2 - PERSON RESIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM

Established Hair Salon In Beverly Hills • 1 Great Double Station For Rent.

& WOODLAND HILLS.

We are an orthopedic, 4-Room office suite. spine, neuro surgeon Hip mid-century decor.

Small complex, B.H.+Westside Area Spot lighting/sink/built-ins. group with complete rehabilitation and Management/ 323/954-1318 Maintenance aqua therapy on site.

Experience a Plus.

Professional appearance.

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310/829-2630 Or Email: THEROBERTSCO @ THEROBERTSCO . COM

• 1 Manicurist Spot Avail.

Great parking & friendly environtment. Must have own clientele.

Call 310/246-1270

310/808-4238 SEPIDEHDAYAN@YAHOO.COM

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at 9595 Wilshire Bl. 508 RSF • $2,300/Mo. REMODELED 1 Large Executive C E N T U RY C I T Y Window Office & OFFICE BUILDING 1 Support/ For Lease Reception Area.

3,700 sq. ft.

Contact: Stan Gerlach $2.15 Per Sq. Ft. Or: Bryan Dunne Includes 8 parking space.

310/550-2500 Gary 310/995-0075

90 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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

C N A’s , CHHA's, MA's preferred.

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

MATURE COUPLE

Please call (323) 932-8700

Email Resume To: lisaerinoffice@ yahoo.com

APT. MANAGER

Experience a must!

54 Unit Apt. Building Beverly Hills Adjacent.

Fax Resume To: V A L E T / H O U S E M A N 310/559- 1114

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110 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

INVESTOR WANTED J A M E S P E R S E to run/invest in Will drive, shop, NOW HIRING Hottest American ® cook, garden and ASSISTANT men’s magazine to maintain grounds.

MANAGER rival Maxim/FHM. Present 15 year Brand includes TV * * * * * * couple is moving.

Send Resumes show & fashion line.

Please Call Joe: Directly To: Email: patrick@ 310/871-3220 jroberts@jamesperse.com hottestamerican.tv

30 Year Malibu Gent

* * * * * * $995/Mo .

CHEZ GERMEN Great Opportunity! Private Office Suite Fax Resume:

Busy Plastic Surgery Office is Seeking LICENSED Receptionist.

VOCATIONAL NURSE/ Individual must be CAREGIVER polished, experienced AVAILABLE and computer-savvy.

Post-Op. care/In-home.

Daily assistance, meals, Dr’s. appts., errands.

$295/Mo.

1-Room window suite. BEAUTIFUL TIME SHARE OFFICE IN BEVERLY HILLS New carpet & paint.

————— BEVERLY HILLS OFFICES

Fairfax/Wilshire

UNIQUE & QUIET PSYCHOTHERAPY Prime Location on ~ OFFICE ~

Wilshire next to Academy of Motion Picture.

• Executive Suite $400up include utilities • 4F with views 2500-5000 sf @ 2.65/sf

Mylene 310/246-9625 or 310/242-0507

—————–––– WILSHIRE BLVD

RETAIL FRONTAGE & SMALL OFFICE *** SUITES *** NO NNN All Utilities Included.

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

Shared waiting room, call light system separate exits, full kitchen, free parking. $900/MO. Utilities Included.

Email: mcbensonasst@gmail.com

Call: 323/938-4012

—————–––– 9665 WILSHIRE BLVD Office for Sublease Window office inside Beverly Hills Law Firm.

Fully furnished, 1,300sq.ft suite with access to conference room and waiting area $1,750/MO. Contact Maria at: 310/270-9044

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HOUSES FOR RENT

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

80 Acre Ranch Estate &

1261 COLDWATER CANYON, BEVERLY HILLS

Private Western Town!

Train from TV show “Dr Quinn Medicine Man”

$1,175,000 Video Tour - www.CowboysAtHeart.com CAROL BIRD www.CBirdinMalibu.com Associate Broker (310) 317-8212

Carol@CarolBird.com

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TOWNHOMES/ CONDOS FOR SALE

KELEMEN REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900 all listings are on centurycityliving.com

This Weeks Listings CENTURY PARK EAST 1 BED, 1 BATH $397,500 High Floor, Renovated, Large Balcony Manhattan Views

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1 BED, 1 BATH $425,000 Unobstructed East Views Best South Tower Location No Assessment

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1 BED/1 BATH $460,000 5 Star Renovation, Limestone Counters, Hardwood Floors, Large Balcony, Custom Cabinetry Partial City Views, Quiet Location

COLDWELL BANKER • BH

2 BED/DEN/2 BATHS $799,000

ILoveCenturyCity.com Condo Sales & Leases

1 BED/2 BATHS $1,100,000 Penthouse, One of a Kind Sky Lounge Den, 2 Jumbo Balconies, Walk-In Closet Hardwood Floors, 270 Degree Unobstructed City & Ocean Views

Heated Pools, Sundeck, Tennis, Doorman, Houseman, Gardens & Lawns, Security Staff, Switchboard, Saunas, Business Center CENTURY PARK EAST CENTURY TOWERS PARK PLACE CENTURY HILL LE PARC CENTURY WOODS For Lease See our Ad Sec. 440

Gorgeous Beverly Hills Estate with —————–––– 424/202-7286 4 Bedrooms and a full guesthouse In The HEART of —————–––– plus pool. Huge private grounds. BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE • B R E N T W O O D • 170 N. Crescent Dr. 922 S. Barrington Av. $13,500/MO. * * • 1 Bdrm. +1 Bath • * * * * * Fireplace, balcony, Bdrm. +2 / Bath SANDRA LEWIS 2Large & Bright. wet bar, dishwasher, 1

AGT • 310 770-4111

Remodeled kitchen & bathrooms w/ granite counter tops, Hrwd.flrs., central air, driveway City+MountainViews!

Elegant Remodel prkg.+separate garage.

Generous Master $4,800/Month

310/203-8333

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Bright, intercom entry, Patio, dishwasher, Intercom entry, a/c, fridge, stove, laundry fac. heated pool, intercom dishwasher, on-sight CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS entry, on-sight lndry., prkg. laundry & parking. & SHOPPING .

Close to Everything. C L O S E T O S C H O O L .

310/531-3992

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• DIANA COOK •

407 GARAGE/ STORAGE

310/849-2434

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415 ROOM FOR RENT

Pool, a/c, balcony, fridge, stove, laundry rm., prkg., intercom entry, elevator.

• 310/476-2181 • Close to shopping.

BRENTWOOD

1 Bd.+Loft+1 /2 Ba. (•)(•)

(•)(•)(•)

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

310/312-9871 Shopping & Dining in GUESTHOUSE/APT Brentwood Village 1 BedroomSingle Occupant

A Home Away From Home,

310/820-1810

CLOSE TO SHOPS & R ESTAURANTS . BRENTWOOD 1342 Centinela Ave. 519 S. Barrington Ave. 310/385-9169 - 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚ - 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. 2 Bdrm. + 1 Bath • Bright Unit • Bright unit.

120 S. Swall Dr. With patio, on-site • • • • • • • • • Dishwasher, On-site laundry, On-site laundry, parking.

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • parking. Close to

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Close to Very Spacious, A/C, transportation.

Brentwood Village. intercom entry, • 424/744-6342 • 310/472-8915 on-sight laundry, prkg.

Close to Cedars-Sinai, W ST L. A. B R E N T W O O D 1236EAmhearst Beverly Center, Ave. 904-908 Granville Av. shops, cafes • Large Unit • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. & transportation .

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310/597-9750

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S i n g l e 1 Bd. + Den + 1 Ba.

1 Bd. + 1 Ba.

310/207-1965

310/820-8584

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

~ WEST L.A. ~ 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e .

1675 Colby Ave.

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GUESTHOUSE FOR RENT

~ 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. ~

————–––– —————–––– — WEST L.A. 310/826-0541

Dining room, den, central ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( ) A/C, 2 car garage plus 4 1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba. BRENTWOOD additional parking. Close to S i n g l e 11640 Kiowa Ave. everything. Avail immediately.

1 Newly Updated

435

WEST L.A.

1628 Westgate Ave.

Bright & Airy.

Dishwasher, Intercom entry, on-sight parking, on-sight laundry facility, laundry facility. elevator, parking.

Close to transportation.

Close to shops+dining.

2-STORY HOME 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. to Cedars/shops/trans.

The Carlton * 5 BDRM. + 3 3/4 BATHS 11666 Goshen Ave. ***** 310/247-8689

427 Montana Ave.

Av a i l a b l e for Rent.

Close to Beach .

310/394-7132

2

310/477-8171

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Upscale, Bright, Dishwasher, a/c, Includes: Gorgeous & Spacious. walk-in closet, wet Fireplace, balcony, With Pool, balcony, BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. bar, controlled access, central air, fireplace, 309 S. Sherbourne Dr. laundry facility, on-site parking subterranean prkg. ( • • • ----- • • • ) stove, elevator, & laundry facility.

1 intercom entry, prkg. 1 Bd. + Den + 1 / 2 Ba. Near Whole Foods.

————––––––– 120 S. WETHERLY DR. BEVERLY HILLS

$6,500/MO. SANTA MONICA Call 310/276-0278

Storage Space

≈ WEST ≈ LOS ANGELES

• • • • • • • • • 120 Granville Ave. 11305 Graham Pl. Bd.+1 Ba. • * * * * *1 * * * •• 1 S ~~~~~ i n g l e • • 2 Bdrm. + 1 / 2 Bath • Old World Charm ! Large, Sunny & Bright. 1 B d r m . + 1 B a t h

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Luxurious Master Bath

BEVERLY HILLS • BRENTWOOD • 218 S. Tower Dr.

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. MEDITERRANEAN PENTHOUSE 3 BDRM, 3 BATH Built in 2008 Excellent Condition OPEN SUNDAY 2-5 420 S. HAMEL RD. 440 BEVERLY HILLS PH2. LA, CA 90048 4 BEDROOM, 4 BATH UNFURNISHED Contact Rita (Agent) APT’S/CONDO’S + DEN + BONUS 310/502-3848 Spacious Home Newly Updated • BRENTWOOD • California $5,550/MO. D r e a m i n g ® 434 S. Swall Drive 125 N. Barrington Av. C E N T U R Y C I T Y Call 310/657-2630 •• •• •• •• •• • 2 Bdrm.

• REDUCED • + 2 Bath • Prime Location $1,049,000 • 1 Bdrm.

B E V E R L Y H I L L S $1,250,000 + 1 Bath • 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath

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2 Large Balconies. 270 Degree Unobstructed Views. Totally Renovated. Huge Spa Oversized Master Bedroom Travertine Tile Floors Prime CPE Location

Open Saturday & Sunday 2-5pm

••• •••• • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba . • • •• • S i n g l e • •• • • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. •

Spacious & Bright.

A/C, balcony, Bright, controlled access, dishwasher, stove, balcony, pool, elevator, wet bar, intercom entry, laundry fac., prkg.

2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath on-sight laundry, prkg. Close To U.C.L.A. •••••••• 310/477-6856 310/477-0072 f Balcony, dishwasher, a/c, heated pool, SANTA MONICA elevator controlled L O W M O V E - I N ! 2600 Virginia Ave. L.A.’S FINEST, MOST access, on-site laundry, • Spacious • LUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL parking. Close to • 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath • Brentwood Village, “ T h e M i s s i o n ” Shops & Restaurants.

Patio, dishwasher, • Westwood • • 310/826-4889 • on-site laundry, parking.

Close to school, freeway = BRENTWOOD = * * * * * * & transportation.

417 S. Barrington Av. • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • ::::::: 310/962-5733

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—————–––– —————–––– BRENTWOOD

11730 SUNSET BLVD.

Just Bring a Toothbrush • • • • • • • : : : : : : : 6-Month Lease Avail.

Completely • Jr. Executive • 1 Bdrm. * * * * * * F u r n i s h e d T u r n k e y ••••••• BEVERLY HILLS +1 Bath • Every Extra Luxury: SANTA MONICA ~ Lower ~ South Wetherly Dr. Hardwood floors, custom cabinets, granite • CONDO QUALITY • P r i v a t e R O O M Benedict Canyon • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath pool, countertops, stone entry, Rooftop pool, 8 4 3 4 th S t .

Private with patio in for RENT pool, health club, spa. laundry facility, • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. With private full bath. woodsy setting. Designer deck, gym, central air,

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Cable+internet ready.

Laundry room avail.

Female Preferred. $800/Month Call: 310/275-4364

done, hrwd. flrs., built-ins, 2 tv’s, cable, DSL, spa tub, washer/dryer. $2,700 • Short-Term Avail.

Call: 310/271-5971 Owner • Realtor

elevator, intercom entry, controlled access, prkg.

Close to on-sight laundry, parking.

Brentwood Village.

• Free WiFi Access •

310/440-5051 • ~ 310/476-3824 ~ V•ERY UNIQUE • MUST SEE

BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE

• Free WiFi Access • Heated pool, balcony, a/c, • Close to UCLA • 1350 S. Midvale Ave. L.A., 90024 C o n t a c t M g r. :

• 310/864-0319 •

dishwasher, controlled access, elevator, laundry room, parking.

310/929-0610 4 Blks. to Beach.

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CULVER CITY 3830 Vinton Ave.

• • Single • • • • • • • ••

157 No. LaPeer Drive

2 BDRM, 1.5 BATH TOWNHOUSE

Pool, sauna, fridge, dishwasher intercom

ALL HARDWOOD, RECENTLY REMODELED. CENTRAL AIR, LAUNDRY, 1 CAR GARAGE. LOTS OF STYLE. $3,350/MO.

entry, elevator, on-site laundry, parking.

310/841-2367

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WILSHIRE CORRIDOR 10530-10540 Wilshire Bl. • Single •

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •

Luxury Living with valet, lush garden surrounding pool, gym, elevator, etc.

Dishwasher, central air, balcony.

Call: 310/470-4474

—————–––– **CENTURY CITY** 2220 S. Beverly Glen

•• •• •1 Bd.+1 Ba.• • • Lots of • •

————— unit. Pool/spa/guest prkg. $3,550/Month LISA SHERMAN • BROKER

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New kitchen, carpeted, Controlled access, owner occupied. No laundry facility.

Gorgeous 19th floor ————— garage. Retired profesUtilities Included. penthouse. Century City CENTURY CITY Adj. sional couple preferred.

323/851-3790 • TOWNHOUSE • Close to Everything. view. About 1,650 sq. ft. Newly Remodeled No Smokers. Must See! $2,800/MO. * * * * * * —————–––– Converted 3 Bd.+21/2 Ba. • $3,295 2 Bdrm. + Den MID-WILSHIRE Call 323/829-2933 Bright front unit, Top Flr. $3,500/MO. WILSHIRE CONDO Call 213/804-3761 PENTHOUSE

340 S. St. Andrews Pl. into spacious Master Suite. Large living 2 Bdrm + 2 Bath room & walk-in closet.

• • • • • Entire unit: 1 Bdrm + 2 Bath Italian marble, all Balcony, controlled “Miele” appliances. access, parking, elevator, on-site laundry. Full Service Condo: Close to shopping. concierge, pool, 323/352-6255 jacuzzi, tennis court. $3,900 per month

—————–––– 401 S. HOOVER St.

• 1 Bdrm +1

Bath

• 2 Bdrm +2

Bath

310/849-0400

—————–––– BEVERLY HILLS 216 S. REXFORD DR

3 BDRM. + 2 BATH

Large Unit 2000 sq.ft. with granite counter POOL, tops, hardwood floors, dishwasher, elevator, central air, elevator. on-site laundry Control access,

and parking.

213/385-4751

————— ————— BEVERLY HILLS *KELEMEN* 260 S. DOHENY DR REAL ESTATE •• 2 BEDROOM •• (310) 966-0900

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Dishwasher, Laundry in Unit, Crown Molding. $2,950 PER MONTH 310/786-1851 MUST SEE ~ NO PETS ~ BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. 310/276-2119 1017 S. SHERBOURNE Very Private & Spacious HANCOCK PARK ADJ 2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATH Luxury 3 Bd. Duplex HOLLYWOOD upper unit with breakfast $4,800/MO. A/C & heat, 1769-1775 Sycamore Av. and formal dining room.

Call 310/261-4079 • • • • • Yard, laundry & parking. washer/dryer hook up,

LOS ANGELES

1 BDRM., 11/2 BATH. 24-hr. security, swimming 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO pool, tennis court, gym, $2,150/MO. 6th flr. room view, up- Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. graded. High-rise Lower unit with fridge, bldg. Next to 4-Season’s washer/dryer in unit Hotel. $2,150/MO and 2 car parking.

Call 310/892-4166 Call 310/880-7281 or 323/653-3862

all listings are on centurycityliving.com Valet and Guest Karen: 310-384-7300 Parking. Huge Heated Pool, Security Staff, Doorman & HouseBEVERLY HILLS WEST HOLLYWOOD BEVERLY HILLS man, Switchboard NORTH OF SANTA MONICA Fountainview Towers 141 N. ARNAZ DR. Tennis, Fitness Center Business Center 3 BD + 4 BA. CONDO 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. Condo Large~Gorgeous~Impressive 2 BD + 2 BA Totally remodeled. New Completely Remodeled.

NEW LISTINGS EVERYDAY Condo Quality Unit kitchen with top-of-the- Corner unit, kitch. w/ Call for latest properties Completely Remodeled line appliances, all new breakfast area, formal Hardwood/Carpet/Tile, bathrooms and flooring. din. rm., step-down liv. Custom Cabinets, Granite CENTURY PARK EAST rm. w/ fireplace+balcony, $5,500/MO. Countertops, Walk-in 1 BED, 1 BATH Call 310/422-0905 walk-in closets, w/d in Closets w/ Built-ins A/C, $2,500/MONTH

Character & Charm !

Alcove fireplace, fridge, BEVERLY HILLS laundry facility, gated 205 EL CAMINO DR. parking, intercom 3 BDRM + DEN + 3 BATH entry and more.

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October 5, 2012 | Page 31 Publisher Clifton S. Smith, Jr *******

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OBAMA VS. ROMNEY, ROUND #1

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From the Publisher CLIF SMITH

NO ON PROP 30 AND PROP 38 They Just Won’t Work...Just Make Things Worse We are told that we must raise taxes on ourselves in order to save the schools. It’s always “the schools” that are threatened. (First it was the parks, then they found tens of millions of dollars tucked away for parks, so we don’t hear about parks any more.)

Proposition 30, sponsored by Gov. Jerry Brown, and Proposition 38, sponsored by billionaire heiress Molly Munger, are on the ballot in November. Either one will give us about the highest tax rates in the United States.

That is not a distinction we need or want.

California has money troubles. Our troubles come, not from too low taxes, but from too high taxes and too much government.

Sacramento has a spending addiction. The Governor and the Legislature are addicted to spending like a crack addict is to crack cocaine.

OK. They’ve spent us into hole. Will Props 30 or 38 get us out? No. They will make things worse. They will make our condition worse not just by driving away taxpaying businesses and jobs, but there is a more fundamental problem.

Give Sacramento a dollar, and they spent $1.15 or $1.25. It’s practically automatic.

We are supposed to have a “balanced budget,” meaning Sacramento is not supposed to spend more than it takes in. For 10 years now, we have had evasions of this Constitutional requirement. Our spend-crazy Govs. Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown have proven that there is something worse than just the spending. They all spent about $1.15$1.25 for every $1 of taxes the state collects.

That means that if our state collects $80 billion in taxes, it will spend $92 billion. If Sacramento collects $100 billion, it will spend $112 – $115 billion. We will never catch up.

So, no matter how much money we send to Sacramento, it will never be enough until they are cut off and forced to live within the state’s means.

“But that will take away money from the schools.” Yeah. Hold our schools hostage.

They always do this. They never cut or eliminate state workers’ pensions or pay. They never cut back their own pay or benefits. When State Controller John Chiang held up their paychecks because they failed to adopt a balanced budget, the legislators went to court and convinced a judge that their phony “smoke and mirrors” budget was real. Chiang tried. The courts overruled him.

When it comes to priorities, these governors actually added state workers. We pay their salaries, their benefits and their union dues. We get stuck with the bill. The state runs short and they threaten the schools.

Why is it “ALWAYS the SCHOOLS?” Why not government worker pensions? Why not shrink government? Why not institute reasonable reforms to state worker pensions? Why not make government workers pay their own union dues? Or pension contributions?

No. It’s “ALWAYS THE SCHOOLS” that will get cut off.

We know why – because Sacramento knows how to scare people. We all love our children and want the best for them and everyone else’s children. Education is a key for a successful life.

So, Sacramento uses the schools to hold our children hostage and thereby hold us hostage. How long are we going to permit this?

It is dishonest and it is disreputable. It real-

ly does bear resemblance to a crack-addict holdup: your money or your life. “Your children or your money.”

Both propositions are so patently obvious that no one should be fooled.

When will the people say, “You’ve fooled us for 10 years, no more” or “We’ve had enough and you’re not getting any more of our money.”

“Make it work with what you have.”

The Courier says: “enough is enough.” We say to Sacramento: “Go into rehab. Get treated.

Cure your spending habits. Get jobs into California and get our state working again.” Then maybe we might let you have more of our money.

Until then, “Forget it.” Live on what you get and DON’T HURT OUR SCHOOLS. Stop picking on the kids. Go pick on someone else. When will we, the people, stand up to the spenders in Sacramento and force them to govern properly?

Please don’t feed Sacramento’s spending addiction.

Please vote “no” on Propositions 30 and 38.

They will not work...just make things worse.

This past Wednesday we had our first opportunity to see and hear the two candidates for the presidency of the United States for the next four years engaged in public debate.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney had a half hour’s time each to set forth their programs and give us insight into their policies and their projection’s for America’s future. It was the essence of disagreeing agreeable. It wasn’t exactly a Lincoln versus Douglas occasion but it made me swell with pride in the open democracy of opportunity for Americans to learn more about the candidates, to watch their body language, their conduct under pressure, their statesmanship, their seasoning of good humor, their decency.

However, all this is not a display for our entertainment. It is for us to be better prepared to mark our ballots in November for the man who will lead, not only this land with its current pressing problems of unemployment, and lagging economy, but also much of the free world which looks to America for its security. On Wednesday the two candidates for this role comported themselves well.

Now we look forward to Round #2.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Recently, the Los Angeles Times took the shameful position of recommending a “no” vote on Proposition 32.

Anyone who lives in this state cannot dispute that public employee unions have wildly disproportionate power over the workings of Sacramento. For them to imply that unions would not continue to wield immense power even if paycheck deduction restrictions were enacted and that corporations have anywhere near the same level of influence as the unions is intellectual dishonesty, bordering on moral corruption.

The Times’ hollow position effectively endorses the dysfunctional status quo, and violates what ought to be a universal principle, which is to never let “perfect” be the enemy of “good.” I hope the people of California have the good sense to ignore the lies flooding the airways and some newspaper editorial pages and overwhelmingly deliver a “yes” on Prop 32.

Mark Mendlovitz Beverly Hills

Guest Editorial

HIDING THE BALL AT CITY HALL California state law requires local governments to retain all written correspondence for two years and make those writings available for a minimum of two years. The law considers emails to be “written correspondence” and thus all emails are supposed to be covered.

However, state law also gives local cities the ability to write policies to define what must be kept for the two years.

Beverly Hills’ policy allows most of these emails to be deleted, either immediately or after 30 days. What is worse, the City’s own policy grants bureaucrats the power to decide what is to be retained and what is to deleted.

Vice Mayor John Mirisch, joined by Councilmember Lili

Bosse, have tried for nearly two months to bring this “instant deletion” practice to the City Council. Until this week, Mayor Willie Brien refused to bring it up for discussion. Tuesday night, when the matter was finally brought forward the council majority of Brien and members Barry Brucker and Julian Gold refused to change the policy. In a candid exchange, Brucker admitted that he wanted the current 30-day policy to remain in effect, in part over a concern that someone might seek out a “nefarious e-mail” to “embarrass” someone within the City.

Mirisch responded, “That’s the benefit of the California Public Records Act, to allow people to look into what City Hall does.”

The vote was 3-2 to keep the current policy that allows City bureaucrats to decide what, if any, emails will be kept and made available to the public.

Vice Mayor Mirisch explains his position:

By John Mirisch This past Tuesday, after having been bumped from the City Council agenda for several meetings, we finally got around to discussing the City’s e-mail retention policy. Going back to 2005, the City has maintained a policy of keeping emails for only 30 days.

At the beginning, when terabytes came at a premium, it was a matter of storage capacity, expense and practicality.

Those are no longer considerations. Despite the fact that the City gets some 900,000 e-mails every month, current technology would allow the cost-effective storage and filing of emails for longer than 30 days.

The Public Records Act in California mandates that public documents, including written letters to City Hall be retained for a minimum of 2 years. My goal in bringing the subject to the council was to bring the City’s e-mail retention policy into conformance with the Public Records Act. Retaining e-mails for two years clearly provides the public with better access to public documents and serves the goal of increased transparency and allowing the public a better opportunity to see just what’s going on at City Hall.

Of the 900,000 monthly e-mails received by the City, the City’s Chief Information Officer David Schirmer estimates that some 500,000 of them are pure spam. Nobody was ever suggesting we should retain spam. Some of the e-mails have the character of “notes,” such as “I’ll be five minutes late” or “There’s cake for Steve’s birthday in the kitchen.”

Nobody is suggesting that these e-mails be retained either (and I also made the point that many of these kinds of e-mails have been replaced by text or iMessages). There are effective programs which can sort and separate spam and “brief notes” e-mails.

But in many cases, e-mails have replaced letters and con-

tain substantial information which is relevant to the way City hall is run and does business. It is exactly these kinds of documents which should be available for public viewing for two years as is the intent under the Public Records Act. Unfortunately, the City Council rejected any change to the existing policy, which has not been updated for 7 years (which in computer years is a century), with myself and Councilmember Lili Bosse dissenting. In my opinion, it makes no sense to keep an antiquated policy which restricts public access to documents which should be public.

One of the other councilmembers suggested that the intent of extending the retention of e-mails to the two years envisaged by the Public Records Act was simply to encourage people to try to do digging to find something “nefarious.”

Of course, the answer to this suggestion is that nobody will find anything nefarious if everything is kosher. But providing increased access would hopefully discourage any shady dealings, as well as make cover-ups more difficult. To the contrary of the councilmember’s suggestion, not retaining e-mails for two years makes it look like somebody’s got something to hide – and that is bad policy.

One of the other councilmembers suggested that the policy seemed to be “working” and this wasn’t about “transparency.” While the defense of business-as-usual at City Hall and the attitude “this is how we’ve always done it” are not particularly surprising, it needs to be forcefully stated that providing the public with better access to documents which are part of the decision-making process is not only about transparency, it is very definition of transparency.

Unfortunately, this defense of business-as-usual shows the need for true reform at City Hall and the need to put into place policies which put the residents first, where they belong.

John Mirisch is the vice mayor of Beverly Hills.

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