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SCENE OF THE TIMES—Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and built in 1933, the historic Beverly Hills Post Office, now named the Paula Kent Meehan Historic Building, anchors the new the new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (above). Pictured left: local Philanthropist Paula Kent Meehan (in red) stands in front of her eponymous building along with Dave Snowden and Jacqui Rosenberg.

Mel Spitz retires from district Finance Committee.

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The Wallis’ Galas Set Stage For New Performing Arts Center Foxie hopes to be adopted in time forTrick-or-Treat with her new family.

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By Laura Coleman If there was any doubt as to what type of venue The Wallis will be for the City of Beverly Hills, its twin opening galas set the record straight–it will be and is a true community venue.

Thursday night’s star-studded, $2,500-a-

ticket affair was highlighted by theatrical performances by Diane Lane, John Lithgow and Kevin Spacey, in addition to an array of acts ranging from tap dancing to a contortionist inside the acoustically-superb 500-seat Bram Goldsmith Theatre (named for the founding chairman of the board of the Wallis Annen-

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Diamonds, Emeralds, Rubies and Sapphires from David Webb, Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef, Harry Winston Sparkled At The Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts Debut Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE

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Announcements Real Estate Rentals Sales and More

CELEBRATING MULLIN PLAZA—At the dedication of St. John’s Health Center’s new entrance, Mullin Plaza and Mullin Gardens, are (from left): Michael Hunn, senior VP and CEO of Providence Health & Services’ California region; Michael L. Wall, St. John’s acting president/CEO; Merle and Peter Mullin, honorees (Peter Mullin is a St. John’s Foundation trustee); Donna Tuttle, chair, St. John’s Foundation Board; Msgr. Hugh Connolly, president, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland and John Robertson, MD, incoming foundation board chair.

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By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills officially named Ralph Mundell as fire chief Friday, filling the vacancy left when Tim Scranton departed July 19.

Since then, Mundell has been serving as interim chief.

Chief Mundell has been a firefighter for the City for 28 years. He began his career as an entry-level (see ‘CHIEF,’ page 16)

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Mayor’s Mission Promotes School District Edges Closer Trade and Tourism In Big Apple To $10 Million Endowment

By Victoria Talbot The annual trade mission was a success in New York with Mayor John Mirisch and Vice Mayor Lili Bosse in New York City this week,

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New Beverly Hills Fire Chief Rose Through The Ranks

Belize Prime Minister visits Beverly Hills.

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Nespresso celebrates its grand opening.

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The second gala–jokingly referred to as the “B-List” night by locals–was an intimate $500-aticket affair that didn’t quite sell out, but which multiple guests in attendance at both galas

hobnobbing for three days with luxury retailers and businesses, conducting trade meetings and business events to promote tourism (see ‘MISSION,’ page 16)

A GRAND NIGHT — Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale were guests during the debut dinner for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.

The gala was presented by the Ferragamo Family, with Gwen gowned in Ferragamo finery.

Ferrucio Ferragamo arrived from Milan with creative director Massimiliano Giornetti, who orchestrated the fashion show.

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

By Laura Coleman Perhaps the best way to understand what’s going on with the $10 million endowment the Beverly Hills Unified Board of Education is in the process of establishing–on Tuesday the board voted yes to a second

resolution authorizing the endowment–is how outgoing district Finance Committee Chair Mel Spitz characterized it at his final Finance Committee meeting last week: “This has been a very controversial issue.” (see ‘$10 MILLION’ page 18)

HAPPY HOME—Killer is no longer on the loose thanks to last week’s edition of The Courier, which featured “Rescue Dog of the Week” Killer, a Shih Tzu/Lhasa Apso looking for a new home. He was seen by local resident Valeria Wiscot who contacted ShelterHopePetShop.org and went to see him the following day with her husband, Bruce Swartz. The couple fell head over heels...and vice versa.

Another happy new beginning brought to you by The Courier.

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THE 40TH ANNUAL FALL ART SHOW - A clear, warm day and art in the park spelled success for the event, drawing visitors and residents alike to enjoy the event.

WALK ON— BHHS Robotics Team Robot, D e a d l u s MorTorq, walked a mile for charity at the recent “Walk to Defeat ALS”, believed to be the first ever robot to register and walk in a charity event.

From left: BHHS Robotic students Jake Peskin, Jonathan Levin, and Cole Hackbarth.

BOO! FOXIE LADY—Foxie is a 3-years young, 12- pound Papillion/Pomeranian doggie, dressed up for Halloween as a Geisha girl. She is the survivor of a horror story having been abandoned at a high kill shelter with her newborn puppies. All her pups were adopted, but she was not. So, ShelterHopePetShop.org took her in. Don’t be scared, adopt Foxie and get two tickets to Reign of Terror, twelve thousand square feet of scary fun at Janss Market place. Call 818-453-5798.

Above (from left): - Morielle Newman, 4; Darya Newman, 6; Elimelch Urman, 5; Gabrielle Urman, 8; Samual Newman, 1 and Ariel Urman, 11, enjoy snowcones and art together.

Upper Left - (from left) Danny and Sara Geary, Danny, 9 and Charlie, 7.

Bottom Left - Rikk Werner, 6, and Conner Swatton, 13 create their own art with clay.

The Wallis Invites Community To Celebrate Open House On Sunday

By Laura Coleman Come celebrate the new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts this Sunday, Oct. 27, when the venue holds a Community Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The open house will include activities in all of the spaces – and the Bram Goldsmith and Lovelace Studio stages will be filled with fun, family friendly entertainment that will make The Wallis come

alive for the public. Small bites will be provided by Monsieur Marcel Beverly Hills. There will also be guided tours, a preview of the theater school, interactive (see ‘COMMUNITY DAY’ page 18)

Citizens Oversight Committee Adds Two More

By Laura Coleman The Board of Education voted to renew a third twoyear term on its Citizens Oversight Committee for in-

cumbent Steve Hendry on Tuesday, in addition to bringing on real estate and construction expert Brad Gibbons to help overseeing Mea-

sure E bond proceeds.

“The success of Measure E is the committee’s goal as well as the board’s and the district’s,” Hendry said.

BINGO!—More than 130 Horace Mann parents and students came out for a "Family Costume Bingo Night" at the school on Monday. Pictured left (close-up): Makena Pajar and Bar Dingor.

The Beverly Hilton Debuts Poolside Brunch The Beverly Hilton will inaugurate its new poolside Sunday brunch on Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Diners will be offered a

three-course prix fixe meal featuring seasonal selections and fresh, farm to table cuisine while overlooking the hotel’s Aqua Star pool, recently re-de-

signed by Estee Stanley.

The brunch will also include a breakfast buffet for $55 per person offering selections (see ‘BRUNCH’ page 18)

Global Citizen Exhibit Opens At Skirball

Moshe Safdie

By Laura Coleman The Skirball Cultural Center opened its latest exhibit this week, “Global Citizen: The Architecture Of Moshe Safdie,” fresh on the heals of the campus full completion, designed by Safdie, with last weekend’s debut of the Gerin Pavilion.

“This was making architecture and creating an institution hand-in-

hand as time went by,” he said of the 30-year process at the Skirball.

“Daylight throughout the campus is a major, major theme.”

The U.S. debut of Global Citizen, which showcases four decades of Safdie’s work examines his international career, including cultural, civic, and educational institutions, (see ‘SKIRBALL’ page 19)

Roxbury Park Moves Forward

By Victoria Talbot The Recreation and Parks Commission sent their final recommendation to the City

Council for playground equipment at Roxbury Park. If approved by the City Council, the (see ‘ROXBURY’ page 15)

HAPPY RETIREMENT—After three years on the Beverly Hills Unified School District Finance Committee, Mel Spitz retired, chairing his final meeting last week. “I enjoyed it very much,” he told The Courier. “It’s always fulfilling to be of any kind of assistance to the School Board.” Spitz previously served for nine years on the Board of Education from 1970-79.

Residents Reach Out To City For Code Violation Assistance

By Victoria Talbot On Nov. 1, 2011, residents at 350 N. Crescent Dr. were informed that their apartment building had been sold and

that the new owners were raising the rent by 10 percent. The building was old and needed maintenance; rents remained (see ‘VIOLATION’ page 18)

SNOW TIME—Once again, a plan is in the works for Beverly Hills students to take to the Big Bear mountains - on skis or snowboard - for a two-night two-day Big Bear getaway departing Dec. 13. All grade levels are invited and parent involvement is needed. For information contact Adi Hacker at 310-671-8018 or sales@computers411.com. Pictured is Hawthorne student Arie Kattan with his father, Alan.

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BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | OCTOBER 25, 2013 Page 5 GOOD DEED— Marley Hobbs, Sienna Blagbrough and Joaquin Bell Andrade ran in the BookEnds BookDash this past weekend on Westchester Parkway with over 900 people.

BookEnds provides literacy resources to local students in desperate need of them.

Belize Prime Minister Visits Bevely Hills

Jimmy Delshad, Dean Barrow, John Mirisch and Kim Barrow

By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills jeweler Raju Rasiah hosted an exclusive luncheon this weekend at The Beverly Hilton for Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his wife Kim in an effort to raise money for the Belize Inspiration Center, which helps children with disabilities. (see ‘BELIZE’ page 19)

Gran Fondo Giro D’Italia Beverly Hills Set For Nov. 3

NESPRESSO OPENS ON BEVERLY DRIVE– Nespresso, the worldwide pioneer in premium portioned coffee, has opened its sixth and largest U.S. flagship boutique Wednesday at 320 N. Beverly Dr. Celebrating the event in the 7,500square foot site are (from left): Jean-Marc Duvoisin, CEO of Nestle Nespresso S.A.; composer David Foster; Tim Gunn, fashion consultant; and Frederic Levy, president of Nespresso USA. Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images

By Laura Coleman On Sunday Nov. 3, the City will be the scene of a unique Italian style cycling ex-

‘Run For Her’ 5k Run/Walk To Combat Ovarian Cancer On Nov. 10

By Laura Coleman Now in its ninth year, the annual “Run for Her” 5k run/walk is hoping to break last year’s fundraising record of $920,000 by the time

5,000 people take to the streets on Nov. 10 to raise awareness and funds for Ovarian cancer research.

"Awareness is our biggest tool (see ‘RUN/WALK’ page 19)

Kelli Sargent ACCIDENT AT LA PEER AND BURTON WAY Residents believe that two traffic accidents which resulted in heavy vehicular damage and minor injuries were caused by changes to the timing in the traffic lights. LA City is looking into the signal changes.

Beverly Hills Incident Round-Up Traffic Accident - Two accidents in the vicinity of La Peer and Burton Way have prompted an investigation to determine if the accidents occurred as a result of changes in the timing of the traffic lights. The intersection is under the jurisdiction of the city of Los Angeles. Some residents claim that the accidents occurred as a result of stop-light synchronization.

Beverly Hills Traffic and Parking said that the city of Los Angeles has “agreed to our request to look into the signal timing of this intersection.”

Burglary at Saint Laurent Paris - On Oct. 21 at approximately 4:15 a.m., patrol officers responded to a burglar alarm activation at 469 N. Rodeo Dr., Saint Laurant Paris. Upon arrival, officers discovered the front door shattered and the location burglarized. It is believed numerous handbags, clothing and shoes were taken. The exact dollar loss is unknown but is believed to be substantially in excess of $100,000. Detectives continue to review video surveillance tapes.

Multiple suspects entered the location during the commission of the crime. Anyone with information or knowledge about this crime is encouraged to contact BHPD at 310-285-2145 Bicyclist Injured - October 13 at approximately 10:52 a.m. unites responded to the area of the 1100 block of San Ysidro drive in reference to an injury traffic collision, a vehicle colliding with a cyclist. Upon arrival, units discovered a male cyclist laying in the roadway with significant injuries to his face and lower body. The driver of the involved vehicle was also at the scene.

As a result of his injuries, the cyclist was transported by ambulance to the hospital with injuries deemed significant but not life-threatening.

Attempted Kidnapping - On Oct. 17 at approximately 4:30 p.m., a 17-year-old female reported that while walking in the area of Hartford and Pamela, a white van pulled alongside her and stopped. A male occupant exited the vehicle and ran towards her, grabbing her arm. The Victim was able to break free and run away from the suspect. The suspect reentered the van and fled northbound on Hartford. Police artists are working on a sketch of the perpetrator.

perience when the Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia Beverly Hills bike ride comes here. (see ‘GIRO’ page 19)

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Salvatore Ferragamo opened his shoe salon on Hollywood Boulevard in 1923, attracting the leading stars of the silver screen. Today, the Ferragamo empire surrounds the world, and last week the Ferragamo family underwrote the gala debut of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills

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diners. Worker bees pouring out along. Diamonds, emeralds, of parking lots and heading rubies and sapphires. Gorgeous home. Traffic was a bitch. gems dressed in platinum and gold from David Webb, Tiffany, reeting Variety’s Peter Cartier, Van Cleef, Harry Bart, we wondered why a lavish Winston. event for 1,000 guests wasn’t scheduled for a Sunday night ate afternoon sunshine with its lesser traffic. Peter conhopscotched on these blazing curred. jewels accessorizing the bestdressed ladies during the drinks onsiderable bewilderhour in the Sculpture Garden for ment surfaced with the tickets. the debut of Wallis Annenberg About where to sit for the proCenter for the Performing Arts. gram. Upstairs? Downstairs?

Formerly the Beverly Hills Post Quite a pickle, agreed Wendy Office, the Italianate-style struc- Goldberg about the confusion. ture dates back to the early (Wendy and husband Leonard 1930s, and during these past sea- flew with Jane and Marc sons the locals put up with the Nathanson the next morning to long architectural transformation the Napa Valley for Fred Rosen’s by designer Zoltan Pali.

70th birthday weekend.

Perfectly planned by his wife allis Annenberg heads Nadine Schiff for 50 friends at the Annenberg Foundation, a the Auberge du Soleil). multi-billion dollar charity bankroll, with Wallis contributing fter much ado, The that initial gift of $25 million Courier’s Marcia Hobbs and toward the creation of her wel- yours truly finally were shuffled comed cultural Center. She con- off to the balcony in the Bram tinues her father’s amazing lega- Goldsmith Theatre. The founder cy as an ardent public benefactor. of City National Bank, Bram conWallis’ late mom was the beauti- tributed $5 million for the namful Ronnie (Veronica) ing. High praise prevailed about Dunkelman of Canada. A joyous the theater’s excellent acoustics. spirit beloved by all.

A splendid and convenient addition to our town, the theater seats he fun and games began 499 guests. One more guest, when donors and invitees were and the unions take over. called for 6:30 PM last Thursday to attend the gala presentation. A he old Post Office is now weekday night? Shops still open. known as the Paula Kent Meehan Restaurants already receiving Historic Building, in acknowledgement of her $5 million conPage 6 | October 25, 2013 tribution. Paula, as the commu-

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hy not a case or two of one of our finest California wines?” we replied to Walter’s question. Mighty impressed we’d been with what winemakers Jack and Jamie Davies, (former Pasadena folks, if you will) were creating in the Napa Valley with their elegant Schramsberg champagne (referred to now as sparkling wine for numerous reasons). Openly curious, Walter phoned the nearby wine store to immediately deliver bottles of the Schramsberg wine.

Walter was bowled over.

President Nixon picked up

on the recommendation, and after the ceremonial dinner in Beijing, major newspapers headlined the excitement about California wines coming to China.

Photographs of the President and Chairman Mao Zedong toasting each other with our Schramsberg bubbly appeared on front pages around the world. Were French winemakers envious? Take a guess.

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ack and Jamie Davies phoned. Expressing proud disbelief that this good fortune was bestowed on them. The sudden global demand for Schramsberg overwhelmingly exceeded their limited and controlled production. How did this happen?

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o-chairs Brad Pitt and Robert Redford did not attend and were not missed, with the evening’s other co-chairs being Jamie Tisch and Wallis Annenberg. The Center’s board chairman Jerry Magnin spoke with fervor about the need for continuing support for this newly acclaimed landmark devoted to the disciplines of the arts. Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch saluted the Center with his drink.

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Midway through one Sunnylands dinner, we discussed President Nixon’s 1972 forthcoming “breakthrough” meeting in China. Walter asked for suggestions about a suitable gift for the President to bring to the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China. This would be the first newsmaker visit by an American president since China embraced Communism in 1949.

Courtesy of The Annenberg Foundation at Sunnylands

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nity knows, is the entrpreneurial Kopelson, Charlize Theron, who founder of Redken Laboratories appeared in Arnold’s film The and an animal-welfare advocate. Devil’s Advocate, Charlize’s mom Gerta, Sherry Lansing and las, the gala program was Billy Friedkin, Chris Levine, Tim flat. Some ballet, a violinist and Robbins, Kevin Spacey. Is it true a contortionist. Best of show that a private cocktail party conbeing The Joint Is Jumpin’ num- tained the celebrity contingent, And ber by give-it-all-you’ve-got Terri who most of us missed?

White and her tap-dancing that Judy Levy arranged the seatPostmen backed by a live orches- ing, which had its yeas and nays. tra. e dined with the philanirected by New Yorker thropic Renee Kumetz, who Leonard Foglia, the performance owns the Hotel Carmel in Santa nodded to the Post Office’s roots, Monica.

Daughters Linda themed around A Dream in an Waxman and Nancy Lee were at Envelope. Featuring that classic her table with husbands Robert Fats Waller tune from 1935, I’m Waxman, the attorney and John Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Lee, the opthamologist who pracMyself A Letter, later immortal- tices in Beverly Hills. Joining ized by dozens of artists from Nat them was Kay Kimberly Siegel.

“King” Cole to Paul McCartney. atered by Wolfgang Puck, ohn Lithgow read a Will the filet mignon dinner was a hit Rogers letter, Kevin Spacey and with Courier publisher Clif Smith others recited wordy correspon- and wife Candace, finding it dence from Groucho Marx, Peter “juicy and tender and with the Tchaikovsky, Tennessee Williams right amount of fire.” and Martha Graham. All of which should have been edited ays afterward, Wolfgang to a couple of paragraphs (we and Gelila Puck co-hosted a come from the School of Edit). Spago dinner with model Naomi Martha Graham’s modern dance Campbell honoring Vogue Italia’s troupe formally opens the theater editor Franca Sozzani and beneon November 8th. fiting African charities. Wolf’s lately purchased Anthony resented by the Salvatore Pritzker’s gated Holmby Hills Ferragamo family, the gala estate for $14 million, according warmed to Ferrucio Ferragamo’s to L.A. Times’ Lauren Beale, eloquent address about his describing it as a 1938 villa with father’s love of Hollywood. eight bedrooms and 11 bathCustom-cobbling shoes, as rooms.

Salvatore did, at his 6687 Hollywood Boulevard atelier hatting with Geoff (now the Hollywood Cuban Cowan and his politico wife Bistro). Pola Negri favored his Aileen, now among Mayor Eric white satin court shoes, other Garcetti’s team of doers, Geoff Ferragamo loyalists included invited us for an upcoming event Mary Pickford, Douglas at Sunnylands, the Walter Fairbanks Sr., Joan Crawford, Annenberg “duchy” in Rancho Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Mirage. Geoff presides over the Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Sunnylands Foundation Trust, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, and we recalled being privileged the Queen of Romania. to dine, on occasion and with fondest memories, at Sunnylands rriving with Ferrrucio with Wallis and family. from Milan was the label’s creative director Massimiliano t the time, Walter was our Giornetti, his arm broken by a Ambassador to the Court of St. hit-and-run biker in Italy. Those James, appointed by President meeting Massimiliano, who Richard Nixon. Having created orchestrated the fashion show, the hugely successful TV Guide, mentioned his fascination with the art and architecture of Los Angeles.

Wallis Annenberg arriving at the gala opening last week of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. She contributed the initial gift of $25 million to the creation of this welcomed addition in Beverly Hills. Wallis, (above) with her father Ambassador Walter Annenberg in 1972.

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OPENING NIGHT AT THE WALLIS

The Wallis looked stunning for its debut.

Ferruccio Ferragamo, president of Salvatore Ferragamo and host of the Gala

Paula Kent Meehan with Jacqui Rosenberg, Ellyn and Dave Snowden

Peter and Joan Selwyn are joined by son Marc Selwyn.

Fred Hayman, Vicki Reynolds, Jerry Magnin and Murray Pepper

Susan and Peter Strauss and Vera Rausnitz

Eli and Edythe Broad

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and Joanna and Sidney Poitier, Wendy Goldberg, and Jamie Tisch

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Elaine and Bram Goldsmith joined by son Russell Goldsmith and his Candy Spelling wife, author Karen Goldsmith

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averred that it was definitely the better evening. Indeed, an intimate performance by Grammy-winning Natalie Cole, whose soulful tunes carried just as beautifully to those in the back corners of the partially subterranean theatre as they did to those front and center.

The unsung heroes of both nights were certainly the donors–the more generous being Paula Kent Meehan whose $5 million donation kick-started the renovation of the historic 1933 Beverly Hills post office. The Wallis anchor now boasts the 150-seat Lovelace Theatre and myriad components, and the Goldsmiths’ equally generous gift, –all permanently etched into The Wallis’ fabric with buildings that now bear their names. But, also important were the scores of donors who gave in excess of $100,000 and those who gave what they could to make this dream a reality.

“Great places like The Wallis do not get

built today without generous donors like Wallis Annenberg, Elaine and Bram Goldsmith, Paula Kent Meehan and the 100-plus other community minded individuals who provided the funds to build it,” said Chairman of the Board Jerry Magnin. “Unfortunately, most cities today cannot afford to finance projects like The Wallis so it is incumbent on private citizens and foundations to provide the support.

In Beverly Hills, we are blessed to have that support.”

“The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is in many ways transformative for our City,” Mayor John Mirisch told The Courier, noting that The Wallis expands the meaning of culture in Beverly Hills. “From the beginning, our City has been at the center of the movie industry. Now hopefully we’ll also lead the way in the performing arts.”

When the Martha Graham Dance Company kicks off The Wallis’ inaugural season on Nov. 8, it will certainly be just the beginning for Beverly Hills’ only performing arts venue.

NOTICE OF COMMISSION VACANCIES The Beverly Hills City Council is seeking qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the following Commissions:

FINE ART COMMISSION – One Vacancy PLANNING COMMISSION – One Vacancy PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION – One Vacancy Deadline to apply for all three Commissions: November 15, 2013 For more information on the Commission positions, please visit the City’s website at www.beverlyhills.org or call the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 285-2400.

BYRON POPE, CMC, City Clerk

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St. John’s Celebrates Opening of Mullin Plaza And Gardens M E D I C I N E , H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S

Reagan Medical Center Honored For Heart Care

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center has received the “Get With The Guidelines– Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement” award from the American Heart Association.

The recognition signifies the hospital has reached a goal of treating heart-failure patients according to guidelines of care recommended by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology.

Following the treatment guidelines, heart-failure patients are started on aggressive riskreduction therapies if needed, including cholesterol-lowering drugs, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, aspirin, diuretics and anticoagulants while in the hospital.

Before discharge, they also receive education on managing their heart failure and overall health, including lifestyle modifications and follow-up care.

Hospitals must adhere to these measures at a set level for a designated period of time to be eligible for the achievement awards.

Read more at www.bhcourier.com, Health

St. John’s Health Center celebrated the completion of its new entrance, Mullin Plaza and Mullin Gardens, and its benefactors Peter and Merle Mullin with a garden party in the new space last Sunday. “It’s not ‘fun’ to go to a hospital (either as a patient or visitors),” Peter Mullin explained at the event.

“So this new entrance plaza and garden is intended to provide some calm and beauty and a supportive and healing environment for all…made for reflections…the healing starts when you pull in here.”

To celebrate the Mullins’ support, the event included a parade of classic cars from the collections of St. John’s trustees and friends Peter Mullin, Rick Caruso, Bruce Meyer and Jack Nethercutt. There was also a ribbon cutting by the Mullins and speeches by Chair of the St. John’s Foundation Board Donna Tuttle, Chair Elect of the Saint John’s Foundation Board of Trustees John M. Robertson, M.D., and Peter Mullin, as well as an invocation by Fr. Patrick Cahalan, Chancellor of Loyola Marymount University.

Made possible with a $15million gift from the Mullins, the new entrance, with the help

ST. JOHN’S NEW ENTRANCE—At the dedication of the new St. John’s Health Center entrance, Mullin Plaza and Mullin Gardens, are the physicians and researchers of St. John’s and John Wayne Cancer Institute, from left: John Robertson, Anton Bilchik, Paul Natterson, Stanton Axline, Peter Pelikan, Gilbert Kuhn, Russ Kino, and John Sellman, in front of a 1953 Peugeot Type 203 S3 Ambulance from the Schlumpf Reserve Collection in Malmerspach, France, now part of the Mullin Collection.

of landscape designer Art Luna includes layers of Chinese elms, Canary Island pines, ginkgo trees and peppermint willows.

Bioswales, native vegetation that absorb storm-water runoff, are utilized in the front Asianstyle gravel garden to improve water quality, and tall Mexican feather grass is featured along with other drought-tolerant plants.

Additionally there is a hedge maze along the front of

the building that leads into the Gloria and Jimmy Stewart Rose Garden, a gift from the Stewart Foundation and the Stewarts’ children. Nearby the garden is a pink magnolia tree to honor the generosity of Paula Kent Meehan. Below the circle drive, in the plaza, is a 58-foot water feature made from Texas Shellstone. “[The Mullins’] passion for creating beauty and preserving historical designs for future

generations has inspired them to create these important gardens and plaza as an integral part of Saint John’s healing process,” Tuttle said at the event. “ Together, the wonderful Mullin Plaza and Gardens are today and will remain a place to give thanks to God, doctors, nurses and employees who work night and day to save and improve our lives.”

Genetic Mutation Linked To Alzheimer’s Doubles Rate Of Brain Tissue Loss, USC Study Shows People who carry a genetic mutation associated with Alzheimer’s disease may develop the disease three years earlier than expected, according to a new study from Keck Medicine of USC. Scientists at the university's Keck School of Medicine have mapped the effects of that genetic mutation, showing for the first time how the Alzheimer’s risk factor affects the living human brain.

The discovery was detailed in last week’s edition of The New England Journal Of Medicine alongside five other studies focused on the TREM2 gene variant, whose link to Alzheimer’s was first reported in January.

“Our lab studies the rate of brain tissue loss in elderly people, trying to discover factors that protect you as you age,” said Paul M. Thompson, Ph.D., USC professor of neurology, psychiatry, engineering, radiology and ophthalmology and the study’s principal investigator. “We have never seen such a dramatic effect as with this genetic variant. If you carry this genetic mutation, we’ve found that there is this wildfire of tissue loss in the brain.”

Healthy people typically lose less than 1 percent of their brain tissue a year, offset by normal tissue generation from mental stimulation, Thompson said.

Symptoms of Alzheimer’s begin to manifest when approximately 10 percent of the brain’s tissue has eroded away.

“This is the first study to use brain scans to show what this gene variant does, and it’s very surprising,” Thompson said. “This gene speeds up brain loss at a terrific pace. Carriers of this genetic mutation, who comprise about 1 percent of the population, lose about 3 percent of their brain tissue per year. This is a

silent time bomb in 1 percent of the world.”

Thompson and colleagues compared brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 478 adults (average age 76 years old) participating in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neurimaging Initiative over two years.

The group included 283 men and 195 women from across North America; 100 participants had Alzheimer’s disease, 221 had mild cognitive impairment and 157 were healthy elderly adults.

Keck researchers found that mutation carriers lost 1.4 percent to 3.3 percent more of their brain tissue than noncarriers, and twice as fast. The loss appears to be concentrated in the brain’s temporal lobe and hippocampus, areas that play important roles in memory.

“This TREM2 mutation appears to multiply the risk of Alzheimer’s by three or four times, which is very useful information. Enrolling those people who carry the mutation in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatments could help us reach quicker and more meaningful results,” Thompson said.

Alzheimer’s Forum Nov. 17 The California Southland chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will host its third “Early Memory Loss” forum on Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Skirball Cultural Center.

Experts and actual sufferers will discuss early Alzheimer’s and dementia symptoms, how they will progress, and how families can cope with the situation.

Those planning to attend must register by Nov. 7. Visit: www.alzla.org/emlf or call 800-272-3900.

Assisted Living Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care Short-term Stay / Respite Care Hospice Care • Home-like atmosphere • Assistance with dressing and personal care • Incontinence Management • Kosher-style kitchen • Housekeeping and laundry service • Activity Program, exercise and entertainment • Open door policy for family members to visit • Geriatric psychiatrist, internist and other professional services available on premises • Transportation to medical services and appointments available within city limits • Advanced transfer equipment available for those in need

For information call: 310.289.8834

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Millionaire Finds Love? Making Time For Romance Q: I am a 63-year-old millionaire who just went through a terrible divorce. The kids are grown and in college. My ex fought me over everything.

Horrible. I have met and fallen in love with a 34-year-old saleswoman in a department store. My kids think she’s after my money. I think this is the real thing. Please share your thoughts.

Rick G. A: Dear Rick: Go for it! Just be sure to get a prenuptial agreement. If she genuinely loves you and cares about your wellbeing, she will consent.

A recent survey found that 83 percent of divorced male millionaires want to re-marry versus just 32 percent for female millionaires.

I treat many stratospherically wealthy people in my 90210 private practice. I find it’s much harder for divorced males to be alone than for females. Males have a tougher time dealing with the loneliness. It makes perfect sense that men want to re-marry and as soon as they can find the right candidate.

Women, on the other hand, who have been burned by a contentious divorce are more squeamish to get back on the horse again.

A survey by American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers which found that 63

Dr. Fran Walfish Answers Your Questions

my way of initiating sex. I realized that it had been three weeks since we last had sex.

Exhausted, she turned toward me and responded. I ended up feeling guilty because I know how tired she is. Do you think I should feel bad?

Leo V.

percent of divorce attorneys found an increase in pre-nups over the last three years may be related to the first survey findings.

The survey also found that millionaire men are also more likely to date someone who’s not as wealthy, while women prefer to date their financial equal. A woman’s ego cannot bear or tolerate a man using her for her money. She needs to know she is loved for who she is inside—rich or poor—flaws and all.

Men just assume that money is part of what women want. Their egos are less tied up in her expectations of money.

No question that people, both men and women, who have suffered the financial cost of divorce once do not want to go through it again. “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”

A: Dear Leo: You sound like a great guy and compassionate husband. When it comes to feelings there are no should’s and should-not’s.

When it comes to sex, you and she should be getting it more than once every three weeks. Young parents today are overly-tired and living with the secret that they feel stuck in sexless marriages.

Your wife sounds like a willing participant. You may need to schedule your rendezvous to have it more regularly. I treat a fabulous young couple where the husband comes home on his lunch break and the kids are in school to mutually satisfy each other.

Chat with your wife to create a plan that works for both of you. When you have young kids, sometimes planning sex works better than waiting for that spontaneous moment.

Q: Dear Dr. Fran: My wife and I have two children ages 4 and 7. The other night we got into bed and I reached out to offer her a back rub. She knew it was

Dr. Fran Walfish–Beverly Hills psychotherapist and author of The Self-Aware Parent at www.DrFranWalfish.com. Send questions to franwalfish@gmail.com.

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B E V E R LY H I L L S R E A L E S TAT E Beverly Hills Bar Association is a Great Source for Real Estate Professionals

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Bar Association is an excellent resource for real estate professionals. Each month, the BHBA presents programs to educate and inform on topics of interest to real estate professionals on legal matters.

The monthly programs offer a speaker or panel which presents on topics related to the substantive law section on real estate.

Tuesday’s luncheon featured a panel of three bankruptcy law professionals on the topic of

“Bankruptcy and Real Property Relationships.” Panelists included experts David Tilem, Marty Rudoy and Akihito Koyama.

The panel discussed “tips for lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers and others when the other side is bankruptcy.”

The panelists addressed the differences between Chapters 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy; some recommendations regarding individual trustees and judges, and useful recommendations based on the considerable experience

of these panelists, to avoid pitfalls in the bankruptcy process.

Next month’s topic is “Neighbor vs. Neighbor Disputes: Boundary Line, Easements and View Issues,” to be presented on Nov. 12. Panelists are Howard N. Gould of Finestone & Richter and John L. Hosack of Buchalter Nemer, APC. They will discuss problems arising between neighbors including boundary lines, easements, view issues and potential title insurance coverage.

EAST COAST VISIT— Beverly Hills representatives went to New York this week to visit with travel indstry and luxury retailers to promote business. From left: Xavier Nolot, CEO of Audemars Piguet, Vice Mayor Lili Bosse, Mayor John Mirisch, and John Benheim, president of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.

Franchise Tax Board Warns Consumers

By Victoria Talbot The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) warns consumers of thefts involving scammers who attempt to use the FTB’s likeness for personal gain.

Police report that scammers contact elderly Beverly Hills residents to inform them of a red-light traffic ticket they received that has not been paid. The scammer instructs the victim to load money to a prepaid debit card and send it to a bogus address, leaving an actual FTB phone number for reference.

Scams that lure people into revealing personal financial information, such as credit card, bank account and social security numbers are referred to as “phishing.”

Contact the FTB immediately if you suspect phishing by calling the FTB at 800-8525711. For more information on the FTB, taxes and fees in California visit taxes.ca.gov.

ILLEGAL SIGNS! The Courier continues to publish our readers’ photographs of ugly, defaced and bad signs. However, most of them have simply been ILLEGAL! Where is the City when it comes to enforcement issues?

We have published photographs for six straight weeks - AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES! This sign has an arrow, is twosided, is oversized and positioned directly in the public rightof-way, on the street! WHERE IS CODE ENFORCEMENT? We continue to receive photos of illegal signs. Send your photos with the address of the sign to vtalbot@bhcourier.com

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soccer game on Dec. 1, and be ready for play by midMarch of next year to coincide with the planned completion of the new Community Center.

Commissioners reviewed five different parks on a bus tour Sept. 26 so they were able to actually see the equipment in use and situated in the parks, as opposed to choosing the equipment from a catalogue.

The commission selected an equipment company, Kompan, and selected units for two play areas, one for 2-5 year-olds and one for 5-12 year-olds, with a non-traditional element, slides and climbing structures. The Kompan designs are visually expansive units with design modifications that are forwardlooking.

Commissioner Simone Friedman wanted to incorporate the existing swings. “Yes, If there is any way they can be refurbished,” said Parks and Urban Forest Manager Ken Pfalzgraf.

“Choosing the right playground equipment for Roxbury is a very important decision and I am pleased to see the commission give it the time and consideration that it needs. We have had several commission and council liaison committee meetings that focus on the equipment, which have been open to the public. We still have a few final decisions to make about the equipment, which will be discussed in an upcoming City Council liaison meeting,” said Pfalzgraf.

The Recreation and Parks Commission also discussed the possibility of having a dog park. In an ad hoc meeting with Commissioner Frances Bilak and Simone Friedman and Community Services Department Director Steve Zoet, said Bilak, they reviewed possible locations for a dog park.

“We recognize that there is an ongoing community interest in creating a dog park somewhere in Beverly Hills.

Staff will continue to look for the perfect location that meets all of the needs of a dog park and that also has support from the community, including the nearby neighbors. We are not currently considering Roxbury as a location, partly because of the ongoing construction and partly because when we vetted that location to the community last year, there was not enough support,” said Therese Kosterman, public information Manager for the City of Beverly Hills.

GHOSTS AND GRAVESTONES

GHOULS ON THE FRONT LAWN

SKULLS AND GHOSTS ARE EVERYWHERE!

HALLOWEEN IN BEVERLY HILLS — The Witch’s House, located at 516 Walden Drive has been scaring children on Halloween since 1924! Designated as Beverly Hill Local Landmark No. 8, and built by architect Harry Oliver in 1921 for Willat Productions film company, then moved to it’s current location. But that is not the only house where ghosts and goblins reside! They are all over Beverly Hills - ghosts on the lawn, dead people hanging from the balcony, spider webs creeping across the bushes, skulls along the walkway and gravestones on the lawn!

SPOOKS ARE HANGING FROM THE BALCONY!

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S OUTLOOK The Peninsula Beverly Hills will present a five-course dinner created by Executive Chef David Codney and Chef de Cuisine Marc Bouchard, paired with wines from Palmaz Vineyards of Napa Valley, from 6-10 p.m., Friday, Nov. 8, at The Belvedere, 9882 S. Santa Monica Blvd.

Florencia Palmaz, CEO of the vineyard, will discuss the family-operated winery’s focus on sustainable farming and cabernet sauvignon production.

Cost is $150 per person (not including tax and gratuity). For reservations, call 310-975 2736. ****** Inner-City Arts, an arts’ education campus for underserved children, hosts its 2013 Imagine Awards gala, Oct. 30, in The Beverly Hilton.

Honorees include artist Charles Arnoldi (“Artistic Excellence” award); photographer and former L.A. District Attorney Gil Garcetti (“Philanthropic Leadership” award); actress Cheryl Hines (“Children’s Advocacy’ award); and design innovator Ralph Pucci (“Creative Innovation” award).

Geoffrey Anenberg and Jay Mangel are co-chairs while Eric

Schotz emcees and R&B and soul music singer Maxine Nightingale performs.

Under the guidance of professional teaching artists, InnerCity Arts’ students engage in a variety of visual and performing art forms in a real studio setting.

Tickets to the Imagine Awards are $500.

Visit: www.inner-cityarts.org. ****** The American-Russian Business Council, together with The New American Association for Culture and Education, Inc. will present “Come On, Support New York, New York,” a benefit for victims of Superstorm Sandy, at 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Writers Guild Theatre, 135 S. Doheny Dr. The program will feature Aida Vedisheva, a screening of her original musical, Masterpiece And Singing Liberty, and a large cast of singers and musicians including violin virtuoso Daniel Shindarov and singers Olga Lomteva, George Komskey and more.

Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com, TicketsR.com and by calling 818-377-2101or 818-518-6700

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firefighter in 1986. From there, he moved through the ranks. “I’ve served in every capacity except paramedic,” Mundell said. The Chief has served in leadership positions since 2001, as Fire Engineer, Battalion Chief, Fire Marshall, and Fire Chief and as Deputy Chief and Interim Chief.

But becoming chief, he said, is a “humbling experience.”

The Beverly Hills Fire Department is responsible for more than 1600 properties in the City.

There are 25 people on duty at all times. “We always attempt to exceed the expectations of the people we serve, “said the Chief,

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and establishing anew that Beverly Hills is a “world class destination.”

Sponsored by the City of Beverly Hills, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, the three days are full of business.

The purpose of the mission is three-fold: thank the companies that have businesses in Beverly Hills and inform them of new and relevant City data; approach companies potentially interested in locating their business in Beverly Hills; and to reach out to media representatives and agents from the travel industry.

Among the high-level retailers and trade representatives, City representatives held meetings with Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Van Cleef & Arpels, Audemars Piguet, Baccarat, Burberry and Barneys New York.

Other meetings centered on the travel industry with travel writers and industry professionals for both business and leisure travel, as Beverly Hills reasserts itself as one of the world’s most iconic luxury travel destinations.

The mission began with dinner at New York’s Le Cirque on

BEVERLY HILLS with a proud smile.

Chief Mundell has been recognized for excellence with the Felix Rothchild Firefighter of the Year Award. He has twice earned the Harvey Adair Award for Meritorious Service. His vast knowledge of firefighting and emergency operations includes complex rescue operations, hazardous materials and wildland fire behavior.

“Chief Mundell is a person of outstanding leadership abilities, experience and ethics and is devoted to public service,” said City Manager Jeff Kolin. “We are extremely fortunate to have him in our ranks and for this willingness to step up to the position as chief.”

Wednesday where Mayor Mirisch, Vice Mayor Bosse, BHCVB Executive Director Julie Wagner and Board Chairman Sandy Murphy and City officials addressed New York’s travel industry and luxury retailers, representing Beverly Hills largest domestic market.

A media breakfast Thursday included face time at the Stanford White Room in the Lambs Club to meet with top journalists, hotel general managers and talk about travel destinations.

Before returning to Beverly Hills the mission had an intimate dinner for members of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, and Exhibitions group (MICE) at Per Se. New York is the #1 market for Beverly Hills hotels. Many luxury goods retailers, restaurants and hotels that have a presence in Beverly Hills are either based in New York City or have their United States corporate headquarters there. The trade mission is a direct dialogue between these key retailers, travel industry professionals and decision makers to effectively establish and maintain important relationships beneficial to Beverly Hills, to foster a robust business environment and to encourage dynamic growth.

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ARTS &

E N T E RTA I N M E N T‘Walt Disney Story’ Musical Now At

Mad Screening To Commemorate Cinerama Dome’s 50th Anniversary UCLA, Boone One Of The Producers “Madness” will reign this Sunday as the historic Cinerama Dome continues its 50th anniversary celebration by presenting the film that started it all, Stanley Kramer’s madcap caper It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, which had its world premiere on Nov. 7, 1963 at what was then called Pacific’s Cinerama Theatre (6360 W. Sunset Blvd., between Ivar and Vine streets.)

In an homage to the film’s final scene, original stars including Mickey Rooney, Barrie Chase, Marvin Kaplan and Stan Freberg, will arrive at the screening via special transportation.

The festivities will get underway at 3 p.m. with celebrity and VIP arrivals. L.A. city officials will be on hand to declare “Mad World Day,” and present certificates to the Cinerama Dome, as well as cast members of Kramer’s family, including his wife, actress, Karen Sharpe Kramer and the Kramer’s daughter, Katharine “Kat” Kramer. Other celebrities and VIPS, including Lisa Jean Hackett, daughter of the late Buddy Hackett, will also attend.

There will also be the unveiling of a new permanent

Milton Berle and Sen. Robert Kennedy at the “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World’ premiere.

Photo courtesy the Stanley Kramer Private Collection

lobby exhibit in tribute to the film, followed by a Q&A, with original cast members moderated by actor and comedian, Jeff Garlin.

The screening will be at 5 p.m. Tickets, $16 and $14.75 for seniors, are available online at www.arclightcinemas.com or by calling the theater box office, 323-464-1478, between 11a.m.-11p.m.

For more information, visit www.stanleykramer100.com.

The event is also in celebration of Kramer’s current centennial celebration.

Dean McClure is seeing his dream come true, much like his hero Walt Disney.

His new musical, When You Wish: The Story Of Walt Disney is now having its world premiere at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.

With a cast of 20, and an onstage orchestra, the story takes Disney from a young boy in Kansas, focuses on his relationship with his brother Roy, and culminates with the opening of Disneyland.

Though When You Wish is McClure’s first musical, it’s not his first songwriting. His friend and longtime resident Pat Boone recorded and sings in his shows, McClure’s The Man On The Road.

When McClure invited Boone to an early reading, he went and “was just enchanted.

I love how it brings the story to the stage. It was the most commercial and classy music, it reminds me of The Music Man or great Broadway hits that ran and ran,” Boone says. And he signed on as a producer.

The score has wistful love songs, Boone appreciates; and “a masterful” song that captures the headbutting between Walt and Roy. “Roy is saying

something is too expensive (like the $1.4 million for Snow White) and there’s no convincing Walt not to fulfill his dream.”

Now that the show’s running, Boone feels “like a proud uncle,” he says. I’m proud of Dean and my involvement. I know I and some accomplished singers will want want to record songs from this.”

Performances, through Nov. 3, are Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $65 and may be purchased through the UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-825-2101 or at http://www.ticketmaster.com / W h e n - Yo u - W i s h tickets/artist/1909696.—Steve Simmons Read more at www.bhcourier.com, Entertainment

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Ever since boardmember Brian Goldberg made a “friendly amendment” to establish a $10 million endowment in perpetuity for the benefit of Beverly Hills schools in June, just before the board unanimously voted to approve the $56 million 2013/14 adopted budget with a positive certification, the community has been wondering just how the district has the money to do such a thing.

“It’s not suddenly there’s $10 million,” Goldberg explained. Rather, it’s a confluence of assessed property values going up (as a Basic Aid district the BHUSD derives substantial revenue from property taxes); rolling in the district’s basic aid reserve; money from the passage of Prop 30; and a reduction in overhead.

The endowment, he said, would be critical not only in generating revenue from the interest, but also in allowing the district to borrow money from itself, as opposed to having to take out loans from L. A. County’s Office of Education, which it does roughly two to three times a year to the tune of $10 million.

“We have an apparatus here in Beverly Hills...to do something that is special; certainly unique in this district,” said Goldberg, who told The Courier he has been advocating for the creation of such an endowment for

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like eggs Benedict, Belgian waffles, Applewood smoked bacon, a made-to-order omelet station, and more.

the length of his six years on the board.

“By doing this today we’re ensuring that tomorrow is going to be better,” he added.

Still, there’s nothing to prevent future boards from dismantling any endowment this board establishes. And Goldberg’s attempt to tie up the endowment by linking it to bond sales gained no support on Tuesday.

Last week, boardmember Lewis Hall–the only member not in attendance for Tuesday’s 4-0 vote on the second resolution authorizing and establishing the endowment fund–said he was uncomfortable with the entire notion and had only voted yes initially in June because it was tacked on to passing the budget.

Still, the board majority appears to be united in the belief that if maintained properly the endowment will provide BHUSD financial security.

According to board President Jake Manaster, within five years there will be a “windfall” from how the money is invested.

“We have an enormous opportunity here, and it can only get better,” he said.

And there are still a few hoops to jump through.

Even before it’s been established, Superintendent Gary Woods said the unions are jockeying for a piece of the pie, referencing a letter Beverly Hills Education Association sent wanting to negotiate with the district.

Completing the meal will be flowing Prosecco (Italian sparkling wine), fresh juice, coffee, tea service and a dessert tower.

Reservations are at 310887-6055.

The Swiss American Chamber Of Commerce Welcomes New Consul General Francois Lichenstern

By Victoria Talbot The Swiss American Chamber of Commerce members enjoyed dinner in the Polo Lounge Ballroom at The Beverly Hills Hotel Wednesday night.

Featured speakers included the new Consul General of Switzerland in Los Angeles Jean- François Lichenstern who assumed his duties Aug. 29. He joined the Federal

Department of Foreign Affairs in 1974.

Keynote speaker Lawrence Piro, M.D., president/CEO of the Los Angeles Clinic and Research Institute.

Dr. Piro, board certified in oncology and hematology, has served as executive VP of Scripps Institute among other honors. With his hip appearance and camera-ready personality, Piro is a frequent

guest on Barbara Walters, Entertainment Tonight and many other shows.

“The Los Angeles/Beverly Hills Chapter of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce promotes commerce and the accomplishments of entertainers, business persons, high net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs,” said Linda Cain, executive director.

COMMUNITY DAY

the general public can re-engage with the historic Beverly Hills Post Office, one of city’s most beloved buildings, and an anchor for the Beverly Hills community.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is located at 9390 N. Santa

Monica Blvd.

Underground parking is available at The Wallis’ 450 N. Crescent garage with entrances/exits off of Crescent Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard (City parking fees apply). For more information about the open house, visit www.thewallis.org

had increased rents by 20 percent.

Sally called the City code violations and received little help. Then, this past summer, Los Angeles experienced a heat wave. The building’s air conditioning failed. One elderly resident was hospitalized from the effects of heat.

Temperatures inside the building climbed into the 90’s.

“I went to the top,” said Sally. She began to dial councilmembers.

She reached Councilmember Nancy Krasne.

Krasne visited the building. “It was 90 degrees in the lobby,” she said. She turned to Nestor Otazu, code enforcement manager for the City’s Planning Department.

As temperatures climbed, Councilmember Krasne took action. She took several rooms at the Beverly Hilton at her own expense and relocated at-risk residents to the hotel for relief from the heat.

At the Sept. 10 City Council meeting, Krasne requested an inquiry into the legal rights of tenants as it concerned their air conditioning as an amenity. Then on Sept. 24 several of the building’s residents complaints were heard at the city council meeting. The building was not being properly maintained.

Some of the residents had been living in the apartments for decades. One couple, 95 and 97 years of age, had lived 38 years in that apartment.

“We are afraid of being evicted in retaliation for complaints,” said Sally.

“My job is to protect residents. I’m their spokesman. I think it’s unbelievable,” said Councilmember Nancy Krasne. ”Their numbers are real

huge,” she said, referring to the rents. “When you got a 95- and a 97-year-old, the move alone could kill them.”

Code inspectors verified the inoperable air conditioning units. They met with Mike Seltzer and discussed compliance issues.

The owner declared the units repaired and the city re-inspected, only to find the building in violation. They were issued a violation and given 48-hours to comply.

The owners purchased four similar units from the same seller, located at 330 and 350 N. Crescent Dr., 415 N. Oakhurst Dr. and 231 N. La Peer. Residents at 330 N. Crescent Dr. declined to speak on record, but Seltzer admitted that there was a “high turnover rate,” at the building. “We did raise rents.

We raised them very aggressively,” he admitted. “But certain accusations have been made and they are completely false,” he said.

City staff found little or no air conditioning. Of the 44 units, 31 were found to have “non-critical” repair deficiencies, including torn carpet, inadequate water flow, slow draining sewer lines and mildew or mold in showers. The LA County Health Department was notified and a Notice to Comply was issued from the City Prosecutor.

A meeting between the owners, Councilmember Krasne and the City Staff is being arranged. The City has ordered a full building inspection at 330 N. Crescent Dr. next week.

As Nov. 1 approaches, residents fear that the owners will once again raise their rents ten percent.

“I don't know what I am going to do,” said Seltzer.

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activities, workshops, live entertainment and an opportunity to meet the staff and hear about exciting ways that the public can participate in The Wallis community.

This will also be one of the first times in two decades

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on the lower side. Many of the residents were older or disabled and on fixed incomes. The 10 percent increase was hard, but they stayed, with the expectation that some deferred maintenance would improve their standard of living.

The new owners, a group of buyers, began a cosmetic face-lift on the building. “I needed to fill vacancies,” explained Mike Seltzer part owner, of Beverly Hills Apartments, LLC with co-owner, Rohit Mehta, owner of Xenon Investments Corp.

Inside the apartments, residents’ complaints included leaking plumbing, electrical problems and faulty air conditioning. The complaints said one resident (who asked to remain anonymous – we will call her Sally) were not being addressed.

“We did not even know where to send our rent checks,” she lamented. Afflicted with severe arthritis, she lives on disability. “We didn’t know who to complain to.”

On Nov. 1, 2012, the new owners again raised the rent ten percent. Without any substantive improvement in the standards of living, the building’s owners

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‘Inspire’ To Benefit CHLA Arts Program The seventh annual Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Healing Arts Reaching Kids (HARK) fundraising event, “Inspire,” will be from 6-8:30 p.m., Sunday. Nov. 6 at Nic’s Beverly Hills, 453 Cañon Dr. HARK is a multidisciplinary program that provides art, music, dance writing and other creative experiences to hospital patients and their families.

The program was founded on the belief that the arts can provide opportunities for critically ill and injured children to

creatively express themselves and find relief.

The evening will feature cocktails, a buffet, walking art, live music, a silent auction, raffle and entertainment by Jordis, a finalist on The Voice.

Tickets are $125 per person and may be ordered by sending requests to P.O. Box 691447, Los Angeles CA, 90069 or use PayPal at healingartsreachingkids.org.

Click on the pink donation button to “Inspire Event Reservation.”

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right now, because there is no test," said founder Kelli Sargent who started the run after her mom was diagnosed and found a partner in Cedars-Sinai.

Starting at Pan Pacific Park on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 8:30 a.m., the 5k run/walk goes down Third Street and culminates with a finish line festival.

“There’s something for everybody,” Sargent told The Courier. “It’s really a family event.”

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mixed-use urban centers and airports, master plans for existing neighborhoods and entirely new cities.

“In many ways, the buildings themselves are global citizens,” said curator Donald Albrecht who conceived and created the exhibit.

Safdie’s architecture is characterized by the use of transcendent light, powerful geometry and iconic forms.

“There is no life in isolation, there’s only life in community, in friendship,” said Uri D. Herscher, Skirball founding president/CEO. Global Citizen is on view through March 2.

For more information, visit: www.skirball.org

“Charity is the greatest of all divine attributes,” Rasiah told the guests, which included California State Controller John Chiang, Pat Boone, Englebert Humperdinck and Mayor John Mirisch, to name a few.

Rasiah underscored that local philanthropist Stanley Black was the first to donate.

Barrow said he was particularly happy to spend time in Beverly Hills: “This afternoon I think really absolutely takes the cake.”

“When one thinks of Beverly Hills, one thinks of the glitz and glamour, but what we’ve been shown most this afternoon is the heart of Beverly Hills,” he added.

“Together with Italy and Made in Italy, we export to the world our way ‘to do cycling,’ a mix of passion and professionalism, high technicality and atmosphere,” said Marco Gobbi Pansana, head of marketing of RCS Sport Cycling.

The Italian-themed cycling event will kick off from Rodeo Drive at 7 a.m., offering two routes heading toward the ocean and then the hills toward Topanga. The long course will then venture into some serious climbing that will include the timed climb for Gran Premio della Montagna (King and Queen of the Mountain), on the popular Piuma Road climb that starts near Malibu Canyon Road.

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by Holiday Mathis TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 25).

You identify with the misfits, and this very same group will help you rule the mainstream. November shows you running things.

December and July are financial highs. February highlights your tie with an affectionate someone.

Trying to do things the easy way will lead to mistakes. Go for integrity in all things. Aquarius and Capricorn people adore you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Three symbols are most prominently associated with your sign: the

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scorpion, eagle and the phoenix.

What they all have in common is an aggressive instinct. Today you’ll use that well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Self-discipline doesn’t usually come easily to you, but you are able to muster more than usual today as you work toward constructively channeling your considerable power.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you lead with your strong, competitive nature, you may intimidate those around you or inspire a kind of fight in them that you’ll later wish wasn’t there. Approach gingerly. Feel things out. Be tender.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your

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air-sign energy will be amplified now. One could call you Lord of the Winds and Breezes, as you seem able to will winds of fate to blow in the direction that most pleases you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). What looked mighty fine from far away will reveal itself to be otherwise close up. But don’t let that stop you from enjoying a beautiful view. Just keep it all at a lovely distance.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). Courage is contagious. When you take a stand, much good will come of it.

That which you stand for will be fortified, and others will be emboldened to stand beside you.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Someone with more maturity and experience has a lot to teach you. Don’t discount all that you might teach this person in return. There’s a chance you could come up with an extremely beneficial barter.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll have great affection for each of the roles you play throughout the day.

The real you is the one adaptive enough to wear this many hats and juggle them, too!

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Much is riding on your ideas. You don’t have to be a genius to be the smartest one in the room. You just have to have the answer that no one else does.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s hard to experience your own uniqueness as an individual because you’re with yourself all of the time. That’s why it’s easy to fall in love with the person who helps you see it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may resist changes you didn’t instigate. You’re not stubborn, just cautious. Someone has to be the one to question authority, right now it’s you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If others lose patience and stamina, it doesn’t matter to you. You’ll keep on keeping on with or without them.

You’ll see results because you believe enough to stick with it until the end.

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Celebrating are Elaine Weinstock, Barbara Cook, Tracy Nelson, Julia Roberts and Marion Ross (Oct. 25); Richard de Grandcourt, Hillary Clinton, Bob Hoskins, The Courier’s Rabbi Jacob Pressman, Pat Sajak and Jaclyn Smith (Oct. 26); Nanette Fabray, Peter Firth, Simon LeBon, and Peter Martins (Oct 27); Jane Alexander, Charlie Daniels, Cleo Laine, Joan Plowright and Annie Potts (Oct. 28); Richard Dreyfuss, Kate Jackson, Jerry Sharell, Winona Ryder, and Bamby Byrens (Oct 29); Brian Rosenstein (Oct. 30); Deidre Hall, David Ogden Stiers, and Jane Pauley (Oct. 31).

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OPERATION SMILE–Operation Smile’s “Smile Gala” at The Beverly Wilshire drew a large crowd on hand to honor (from left): Kevin Beggs, actress Kate Walsh, and Dr. Randy Sherman. On the right is megastar Harrison Ford who presented the award to Dr. Sherman.

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Operation Smile, an international children’s medical charity, honored Kevin Beggs, chairman of Lionsgate Television Group; Randy Sherman, M.D., F.A.C.S., vice-chair of the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai; and actress Kate Walsh at its 2013 Smile Gala in The Beverly Wilshire.

Smile Ambassador Brooke Burke-Charvet was emcee; singers Sasha Allen and Neriah Fisher entertained; and DJ Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys kept the guests rocking guests at the after-party.

Stephanie Argyros, David Charvet, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, Krista Jajonie, Sue Naegle, Jennifer and Henry Salke, Daneia Sanadiki co-chaired.

Operation Smile’s “John Connor Humanitarian” award was given to Kevin Beggs by Michael Burns, vice chairman of Lionsgate. In the audience was Beggs’ adopted brother, Estuardo, who was born with a cleft lip so he saw firsthand how corrective surgery gave his sibling the ability to eat, speak and smile without fear of ridicule or rejection.

Legendary actor Harrison Ford, presented the “Wallis Annenberg Public Service” award to his friend, Randy Sherman, volunteer surgeon with Operation Smile for 25 years and the organization’s chief medical officer since 2007.

The “Universal Smile” award went to Kate Walsh from the hand of her friend Connie Kingsbury of The Newsroom.

A highlight of the evening included an announcement by Operation Smile Co-Founders Dr. Bill and Kathy Magee of a $2.5 million impact grant made by The Sharon D. Lund Foundation.

Actor Stacy Keach, born with a cleft lip and partial cleft palate, gave a poignant speech about his childhood and overcoming obstacles to accomplish his dreams.

Operation Smile provides free surgery for children worldwide suffering from facial deformities, to heal their smiles and transform their lives. For information, visit www.operationsmile. org/lagala. ****** The PUMA Store in Santa Monica welcomed actress Sarah Hyland for a “tweet and greet” and to announce the winning charity of this year’s Project Pink program–The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. (see ‘MANGUM,’ page 22)

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FOR THE BIRDS– The Stroke Recovery Center’s first fundraiser of the season will be held tomorrow at Biggi Bird Gardens. Lindi Biggi (left),considered the Desert’s premier animal activist, is shown with several of her “friends.”

Although most of the world views the greater Palm Springs area as a resort destination renown for its numerous golf courses, that number is surpassed by the various not-for-profit charitable organizations which provide a wide range of services to enhance the quality of life for Coachella Valley residents.

While some of the entities are affiliated with national organizations, Valley residents have preferred to support their own; organizations such as the Stroke Recovery Center, which in its 36 years of existence, has developed the nation’s only free, comprehensive multi-disciplinary rehabilitation program to provide survivors of stroke and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation for longterm recovery. At the center, easy access is provided to skilled stroke rehabilitation care specialists and appropriate, evidencebased therapies to help improve chances of recovery.

The Stroke Recovery Center offers individually specialized recovery programs to help patients return to meaningful roles in life by relearning skills for everyday living. Family is not forgotten in the rehabilitation process. They are provided with personalized stroke education and a strategy to help prevent future strokes with all services rendered without charge.

New on the horizon in 2014 is a state-of-the-art exercise center. The $250,000, 2,000 square-foot facility is made possible entirely by private donors, half of whom are patients or family members of patients. It will feature an outside garden area with a quarter-mile meandering exercise track and a shaded area for outdoor exercise including Pilates, yoga, tai chi and - this being Palm Springs - putting greens.

To help pay for a portion of its ongoing activities, the Stroke Activity Center has two upcoming fundraisers.

Presented by the Stroke Activity Center Auxiliary, the first event to be held tomorrow Saturday is “truly for the birds, ” hosted by Lindi and Gino Biggi at the Biggi Bird Gardens. Lindi, the Desert’s premier animal activist, calls herself a “practicing birdaholic,” as the pampered assortment of birds in the her garden colorfully attest.

The second major event is the Winter Wonderland Ball, a 34year-old tradition, to be held Nov. 23 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa. Co-chaired by Desert philanthropists Lee Appel and Harold Matzner, the black-tie event will honor Harvey (former mayor and councilman of Rancho Mirage) and Angie Gerber (board member of various non-profits), Donna MacMillian (businesswoman, art connoisseur and patron) and Dr. Javed Siddiqi, a nationally known neurosurgeon instrumental in building the most comprehensive neurosurgery, neurology and stroke team in the Valley based at Desert Regional Medical Center.

However, for smart shoppers, the Stroke Recovery Center has been, and continues to be, the home of Jackie Lee’s Thrift Shop, established before her death by the “queen of Coachella Valley” philanthropy: Jackie Lee Houston. Here you will find gently loved, high-end clothes and an ever-changing assortment of treasures at low-end prices.

Information on SRC’s events is available at 760-323-7676.

MANGUM (Continued from page 20) PUMA donates a dollar for every hashtag used now through Oct. 31. Project Pink is PUMA’s fight against breast cancer initiative, rooted in women’s soccer, which empowers young women to take action and effect change.

Visit apps.facebook.com/projectpinkpuma for information. ****** The Alfred Mann Foundation proudly celebrated its 10th gala at the historic Robinsons-May lot.

Host Jay Leno had the audience roaring with laughter throughout the Moroccan-themed black tie evening., which honored Janet and Wayne Gretzky with the foundation’s award for “Innovation and Inspiration” and Dr. Stanislao Rizzo with the award for “Scientific Achievement.”

Larry King took the Moroccan theme to heart and dressed head-to-toe in traditional Moroccan garb.

Impersonator Jeff Tracta closed the show with a terrific, unforgettable comedy act. Celebrity guests included Debbie Allen, Amy Yasbeck, Billy Davis, Jr., Marilyn McCoo and Norm Nixon, among many others.

HIGH TEA TIME—Some 45 Beverly Hills Women’s Club members and guests enjoyed a recent high tea and tour of the Peninsula Beverly Hills. Enjoying the five-star tea service were, top (from left): Offer Nissenbaum, managing director of the Peninsula; Mumsey Nemiroff, club president; Scott Berger, the hotel’s room division manager, Leslie Schlecter, who chaired the event for the women’s club, and James Overbaugh, food & beverage executive manager.

Right photo (from left): Lea Purwin D’Agostino, Carol Baca, Candace Smith and Linda Schwartz.

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Jerry Cutler on Film In Torn, a terrorist bomb explodes in a shopping mall killing 10 people. Two mothers whose sons have died in the explosion, one an émigré from Pakistan, the other born here, meet and form a bond each comforting the other.

When the police announce the Pakistani boy is singled out as the possible culprit, a strained relationship develops between single mother Lea (Dendrie Taylor) who works for a cleaning service and Maryam (Mahnoor Baloch), a real estate agent. Lea breaks off her relationship with Maryam accusing her Mosque-going son of killing her only child. After an inquiry it is discovered that Lea’s son had an equally warped reason for the bombing and is now suspect as well.

The film powerfully examines the reactions of Maryam and Lea, as they both adamantly re-

fuse to believe that their respective son is guilty. However, they must face the ongoing distrust we have developed after 9/11. The community– due to our many school killings and terrorist activities the past few years–turn against them without proof that either one is responsible.

Maryam’s husband (Faran Tahir) who was rounded up with other foreign ‘elements’ after 9/11 and later found innocent, passionately decries the injustice in this country and tells his wife he would prefer living the life of a poor rice farmer in his native land.

The acting is excellent and director Jeremiah Birnbaum and writer Michael Richter do a remarkable job bringing this under $500,000 film to an uncomfortable reality concerning profiling and the way we Americans are starting to allow terrorists to mold our lives.

Torn, which opens today, is not for everyone but if you are

Memories can be CONNIE sweet and bitter but being able to look back is the best revenge. Robert Clary wrote his book From The Holocaust To Hogan’s Heroes (Taylor Trade $16.95) awhile back, but the story of his relatives had not been told until now. His sister Nicole’s story has been written by her daughter Brenda Hancock entitled Nicole Holland One Of The Lucky Ones (Hanover House $15.95) Nicole was working for Dr. Albert, a Catholic, who warned her the Nazis were rounding up Jews in Paris and that she shouldn’t go home that night. With her cousins she joined them to flee Paris and go to unoccupied France.

She had the birth papers of a Catholic girl. They made sure there were no yellow stars on their clothes or “Juif” on their identification papers.

Nicole claimed she had lost her papers but had a birth certificate and was given temporary papers. This allowed her to move to Marseille where she became a messenger for the French Underground. From there she was assigned to Agen where she lived in a Catholic dormitory.

There are photos of her and the girls who became her friends.

At the end of the war, she returned to Paris, not expecting to see any of her family still alive.

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civic minded and open, you will be enveloped with the power and intensity of each scene.

3 Bagels out of 4 ****** Counselor, a far more expensive film opens today as well and sports marquee names such as Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruze, Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz.

Ridley Scott’s direction is powerful as always with lots of gratuitous blood squirting all over the screen, though I found the screenplay a bit convoluted and hard to follow. Cormac McCarthy, who received a Pulitzer Prize for his novel, No Country For Old Men, is credited as the writer–his first attempt at screenwriting. Perhaps his initial effort should have been a smaller film with unknown actors.

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

Buchenwald, when he heard a voice crying out “Robert” and it was Nicole. The book documents her meeting and marrying Bruce Holland, an American soldier from Texas. They returned to that state where their daughters, Barbara and Brenda were born. Nicole is still living there and every Sunday, she and her brother Robert Clary talk. When I asked Robert if he uses Skype, where he could see her he laughed and said he didn’t have a computer and he still preferred the telephone. ****** The book that really brings back memories is Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide: The Modern Era (Plume $25). Each year the book gets bigger. This time it is 1,644 pages. Lets face it, the first thing one looks for are the films a relative made. When I talked with Leonard last year on 2013 Movie Guide he told me that the book was getting so large that he has divided some films into “Classic Movie Guide.”

Over and above just listing and capsule reviews, the book has over 25,000 DVD and video listings and a list of mail order houses. Leonard writes and publishes an interview letter where one of his subjects was Leslie Martinson. ****** Connie Martinson Talks Books is seen on Lacityviewchannel 35 at 3 and 11:30 p.m. and these shows are on Youtube/user/ConnieMartinson’sChannel.

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Escrow No. 48305 Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made.

The names and addresses of the Seller/Licensee are: Sliders on Sunset Boulevard LLC, 9161 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The Business is known as: PIZZA & WINE BAR The names and addresses of the Buyer/Transferee are: Paisley Restaurant Inc., 9161 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/Transferee are: None The assets to be sold are described in general as: Liquor license, furniture, fixtures and equipment and are located at: 9161 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The kind of license to be transferred is: 41-536654 On-Sale Beer & WineEating Place now issued for the premises located

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2013215034 The following is/are doing business as: TOPAZ CARE SERVICES 12338 Oxnard St. #207, North Hollywood, CA 91606; Teresita Reyes 12338 Oxnard St. #207, North Hollywood, CA 91606; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein October 15, 2013: Teresita Reyes: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 15, 2013; Published: October 25, November 01, 08, 15, 2013 LACC N/C

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2013213108 The following is/are doing business as: ENCINO TOWERS 5150 Yarmouth Ave., Encino, CA 91316; Migdal Properties LLC 15940 Valley Vista Blvd., Encino, CA 91436; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 1964: Mark Migdal, Member: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 11, 2013; Published: October 25, November 01, 08, 15, 2013 LACC N/C

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Page 24 | October 25, 2013 ORDINANCE NO. 13-O-2648 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING SECTIONS 10-2-804 AND 10-2-805 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS FOR LEGALLY NONCONFORMING LOTS. WHEREAS, on August 12, 2013 the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider a proposed amendment to the standards for Lot Line Adjustments as set forth in the Beverly Hills Municipal Code and recommended that the City Council approve the proposed amendment.

WHEREAS, on September 24, 2013, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider proposed amendments to the standards for Lot Line Adjustments and introduced the Ordinance.

“10-2-804: COMPLI- certify to the adoption of ANCE WITH MINIMUM this Ordinance and shall REQUIREMENTS: cause this Ordinance and his certification, Except as otherwise together with proof of provided in section 10- publication, to be 2-805 of this article entered in the Book of regarding nonconform- Ordinances of the ing lots, all lots pro- Council of this City.” posed to be altered pursuant to the provisions Section 5. Effective of this article shall con- Date. This Ordinance form to the minimum shall go into effect and requirements for subdi- be in full force and effect visions set forth in arti- at 12:01 a.m. on the thircle 3 of this chapter and ty-first (31st) day after to the minimum require- its passage. ments set forth in the city's zoning provisions.” Adopted: October 3, 2013 Section 2. Subsection Effective: 10-2-805 (Approval of November 3, 2013 Lot Line Adjustments) of Article 8 of Chapter 2 of JOHN A. MIRISCH Title 10 of the Beverly Mayor of the City of Hills Municipal Code is Beverly Hills, California amended to read as follows: ATTEST: “10-2-805: APPROVAL BYRON POPE (SEAL) OF LOT LINE ADJUST- City Clerk MENTS: APPROVED AS TO Upon receipt of the map, FORM: the planning director LAURENCE S. WIENER shall examine it to see City Attorney whether it complies with all the requirements of APPROVED AS TO this article and whether: CONTENT: JEFFREY C. KOLIN A. The proposed lot City Manager line adjustments will not deny access to any par- SUSAN HEALY KEENE cel; Director of Community B. The proposed lot Development line adjustment will not result in a conflict with VOTE: any public or private AYES: Councilmembers easement; and Krasne, Gold, Brien, C. The proposed lot Bosse, and Mayor configurations meet all Mirisch standards of the zoning, NOES: None subdivision, and build- ABSENT: None ing ordinance provi- CARRIED sions, except that exist- —————————— ing, legally nonconformORDINANCE ing lots need not meet NO. 13-O-2649 all standards of the zoning, subdivision, and ORDINANCE OF THE building ordinance pro- CITY OF BEVERLY visions, provided that HILLS AMENDING THE the proposed lot line BEVERLY HILLS adjustment will result in MUNICIPAL CODE TO either a decrease or no AMEND THE TERM OF change in the degree of APPOINTMENT OF any existing nonconfor- THE CITY’S REPREmity, and will not create SENTATIVE TO THE a new nonconformity.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE METROPOLIIf the planning director TAN WATER DISTRICT makes these findings, OF SOUTHERN the planning director CALIFORNIA shall approve the adjustment.

The planning THE CITY COUNCIL director may forward the OF THE CITY OF BEVapplication to the plan- ERLY HILLS HEREBY ning commission for its ORDAINS AS FOLreview.”

LOWS:

WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and concludes that the Amendment has been environmentally reviewed pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et seq.(“CEQA”), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines (hereafter the “Guidelines”), and that the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Article 5, Section 15061 (b)(3) of the Guidelines, which states that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. The exemption is applicable because the proposed Zone Text Amendment and Lot Line Adjustment would not result in physical changes to the subject properties other than the relocation of property lines, and no potential for causing a significant effect on the environ- Section 3. The City ment exists.

Council hereby approves this Ordinance NOW, THEREFORE, and authorizes the THE COUNCIL OF THE Mayor to execute the CITY OF BEVERLY Ordinance on behalf of HILLS DOES ORDAIN the City.

AS FOLLOWS: Section 4. Publication.

Section 1. Subsection The City Clerk shall 10-2-804 (Compliance cause this Ordinance to With Minimum be published at least Requirements) of once in a newspaper of Article 8 of Chapter 2 general circulation pubof Title 10 of the lished and circulated in Beverly Hills the City within fifteen Municipal Code is (15) days after its pasamended to read as sage in accordance with follows: Section 36933 of the Government Code, shall

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Section 1. Conduct of Business.

The City Council hereby amends Section 2-2-1502 (“Term of Appointment”) of Article 15 (“Representation On Board of Directors of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California”) of Chapter 2 (“Commissions and Committees”) of Title 2 (“Administration, Personnel, and Procedures”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows: “The term of office of the

representative shall be for four (4) years. At the discretion of the city council, the representative may be reappointed to a second term.

Appointments to a second term shall be for four (4) years; provided, however, that the Council can extend a representative’s second term up to an additional four (4) years for purposes of allowing such representative to complete a full term as an officer of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Severability.

If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall be remain in full force and effect.

Section 3. Publication.

The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk’s certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City.

Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.

Adopted: October 3, 2013 Effective: November 3, 2013 JOHN A. MIRISCH Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California ATTEST: BYRON POPE (SEAL) City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: JEFFREY C. KOLIN City Manager

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

Escrow No. 48305 Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made.

The names and addresses of the Seller/Licensee are: Sliders on Sunset Boulevard LLC, 9161 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The Business is known as: PIZZA & WINE BAR The names and addresses of the Buyer/Transferee are: Paisley Restaurant Inc., 9161 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/Transferee are: None The assets to be sold are described in general as: Liquor license, furniture, fixtures and equipment and are located at: 9161 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The kind of license to be transferred is: 41-536654 On-Sale Beer & WineEating Place now issued for the premises located at: 9161 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is November 5, 2013 at the office of Oak Escrow, Inc., 932 North Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91202 The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, including the estimated inventory, is the sum of $115,000.00, which consists of the following: Description Amount Cash $115,00,00 It has been agreed between the Seller/Licensee and the intended Buyer/Transferee, as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: October 7, 2013 Sellers: SLIDERS ON SUNSET BOULEVARD LLC, a California Limited Liability Company /s/ Moushekh Petrosian Buyers: PAISLEY RESTAURANT INC., a California Corporation /s/ Dara Asaadi

VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Krasne, Gold, Brien, Bosse, and Mayor Mirisch NOES: None ABSENT: None 10/18/13 CNS-2545849# CARRIED

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THE BEVERLY HILLS COURIER Advertising Policies

The Beverly Hills Courier reserves the right to refuse the publishing of any advertisement and to delete any objectionable word(s) or phrase(s).

Submission of an advertisement to a Beverly Hills Courier salesperson does not represent an agreement by the Beverly Hills Courier to print the advertisement.

The Beverly Hills Courier will not be liable for failure to publish an advertisement as requested. If there is an error or an omission in the printing or the publication of an advertisement, the liability of the Beverly Hills Courier shall be limited to a maximum of the cost of the incorrect advertisement or the reprinting of the correct advertisement. The Beverly Hills Courier, under no circumstances, shall be liable for other damages.

The Beverly Hills Courier will not accept any cancellations or changes to a classified ad/ads after 12:00 PM Wednesday, and display ads after 5:00 PM Tuesday of that requested week of publication. Legal notices already published once is 10 days prior to publication date. We will reserve one major change to a classified ad running on a five-week term. Changes in addition to the one alteration will incur a minimal charge of $3.00 per change.

For additional policies on advertising, please contact the Beverly Hills Courier at: (310) 278-1322.

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Close to Brentwood Village.

BEV. HILLS 90211 • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • SMALL 3 BEDROOM • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. • 2 BATH HOME • GORGEOUS UNITS • • 310/440-5051 •

VERY UNIQUE • MUST SEE

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Perfect for small family Central air, large or roommate situation. balcony, pool, elevator, BRENTWOOD on-site laundry, Includes 2 car garage, The Carlton intercom entry.

11666 Goshen Ave. hardwood floors, central (•)() heat, gardner included. 320 N. La Peer Dr. ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) Single No pets. $3,900/MO. • 310/246-0290 • CLOSE TO Call Mrs. Lee: 1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba.

310/497-7750

SHOPS & DINING

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407 GARAGE/ STORAGE

SANTA MONICA 427 Montana Ave.

Storage Space Av a i l a b l e for Rent.

Close to Beach .

310/394-7132

420 GUESTHOUSES FOR RENT PRIME BEVERLY HILLS

BEAUTIFUL GUESTHOUSE

(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)

Beverly Hills

BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL 1 BEDROOMS

TOWNHOUSE

CB Irene: 310/993 6141

laundry, parking.

P LEASE C ALL :

BEVERLY HILLS

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310/435-3693

872 S. Westgate Ave.

11640 Kiowa Ave.

WEST L.A.

Newly Updated 1628 Westgate Ave. 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath ~ Single ~

• 310/826-4889 •

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Hardwood floors, all new • BRENTWOOD • kitchen appliances, washer & 125 N. Barrington Av. dryer in unit, subterranean • 1 Bdrm. parking. Must See! + 1 Bath • 132 S. BEDFORD DR. Upscale, Bright, Open Daily • 12-2 & 5-7pm Gorgeous & Spacious.

310/990-3266 ONE Month Free Rent with 1 year lease

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

245 S. DOHENY

Close to shopping.

B E V E R LY H I L L S

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH

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$4,500/MO.

BRENTWOOD

•••••••• Bright & Airy.

Balcony, dishwasher, Dishwasher, a/c, heated pool, WiFi, Intercom entry, on-sight elevator controlled parking, on-sight access, on-site laundry, laundry facility. parking. Close to Brentwood Village, Close to transportation.

WALKER’S PARADISE 310/820-1810 Shops & Restaurants.

NEWLY RENOVATED

WiFi, central air/heat, Apt. on Doheny w/garage fireplace, patio, MODERN 2+2 443 S. Oakhurst Dr. controlled access, for 2 tandem spots, across street from BH • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • pool, elevator, parking, Hi ceiling hardwood floor W/D on site, LARGE, laundry facility.

BRIGHT & S PACIOUS throughout. Fireplace in 310/312-9871 BEVERLY HILLS lots of closets and light LR. Zen garden with deck Shopping & Dining in LIVING. Brentwood Village dishwasher, central air/heat. & koi pond. Gated 2 parking.

Balcony, dishwasher, Modern furniture included. elevator, intercom Contact Haim at • BRENTWOOD • 6-8 Mo. Lease. entry, on-site

323/244-9470

• 310/476-2181 •

—————–––– ~ WEST L.A. ~ 1675 Colby Ave.

* * * 1 Bd.+1 Ba. *** Spacious & Bright.

A/C, balcony, dishwasher, stove, intercom entry, on-sight laundry, prkg.

310/477-0072

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LOW MOVE - IN !

WESTWOOD AREA L.A.’S FINEST, MOST 2 BDRM., 2 BATH

LUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL

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6-Month Lease Avail.

* * * * * * New laminted floors in living and dining room.

Full amenities with gym. “ T h e M i s s i o n ” • Westwood • Close to UCLA and Westwood Village. For more information call • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Pari 310/273-8393 • • • • •

WEST L.A.

* * * * * *

Every Extra Luxury:

12333 TeXaS Ave. custom cabinets, granite

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

• Free WiFi Access •

Granite counters, dishwasher, balcony, stove, intercom-entry, on-site laundry, parking.

• Close to UCLA • 1350 S. MIDVALE AVE. L.A., 90024 Contact Mgr.:

310/207-1869

• 310/864-0319 •

2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath

countertops, stone entry, pool, health club, spa.

= = = = = = 2 Bd.+11/2 Ba.

Hardwood floors, fireplace, 721 N. Roxbury Dr. BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. dishwasher, parking, 1 4 Bd. +4 /2 Ba. 120 S. Swall Dr. laundry facility. +Guesthouse

• • • • • • • • •

G REAT F LOOR P LAN .

• • Bachelor •• Updated kitchen, wet Very Spacious, A/C, bar, hrwd. flrs., recessed intercom entry, lighting, central air. on-sight laundry, prkg.

Great grassy yard w/ lrg. pool+jacuzzi. Close to Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Center, GREAT FOR ENTERTAINING. shops, cafes $15,000/Month Agt: 310/863-4325 & transportation .

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310/207-1965

—————–––– BRENTWOOD

904-908 Granville Av.

Includes:

Single

Granite counters, Fireplace, balcony, laundry facility, subterranean prkg.

Near Whole Foods.

310/207-1965

————–––– —————–––– — BRENTWOOD 310/858-6830

Border of 11730 SUNSET BLVD. BEVERLY HILLS P.O. B E V E R L Y H I L L S • • • • • NEWLY REMODELED • 321 S. Sherbourne Dr. • Jr. Executive • • Spacious • • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • ••••••• • Jr. Executive • •• •• Rooftop pool,

Newly remodeled, private entrace, full bathroom, PRIVATE 4 BDRM, 4 BA Mountain Side Home kitchenette with new with Canyon Views. appliances, fireplace, a/c & heat, storage, parking. Hardwood floors, High Garage available with ceilings, Central A/C additional charge. All utilities included. No Pets. Reduced and pool. $7500/Mo. Sacrafice $1,550/MO. 9640 ROYALTON DR.

Call 310/382-2267

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CENTURY CITY PARK PLACE

security, side-by-side parking. Full Amenities.

Move in condition.

Contact Karen 310/310-5081

R E N TA L S

Balcony, controlled access, a/c, stove, elevator, laundry facility, parking.

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

• 310/247-8689 • Close to Cedars-Sinai, • Free WiFi Access • ~ 310/476-3824 ~ Beverly Center & CALL 310/880-8182 Trendy Robertson Bl. BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. Condo Style Living In Beverly Hills

LUXURY 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

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

TO

$3350

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

133 North Almont Towers www.almonttowers.com • 310.888.8875

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

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SANTA MONICA W E S T W O O D

* * * * * * * * * *

Large, Unique & Gorgeous. Fireplace, balcony, dishwasher, intercom entry, elevator, prkg., pool.

••

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Wifi, Bright, controlled access, balcony, pool, elevator, laundry facility, prkg.

heart of Beverly Hills.

Icludes top-of-the-line appliances, washer & dryer, hardwood floors 2 car garage parking.

Pets OK $4,800/MO. Available immdiately.

*KELEMEN* REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ Bedford/Olympic 2 BD, 2 BA CONDO $2,150/MO.

PRIME BEV. HILLS Canon/Charleville 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH

Upper and lower unit Approx. 1400 Sq. ft. available with hardwood Lower unit with fridge, floors, secured building, laundry facility, street washer/dryer in unit parking only. No Pets. and 2 car parking.

All utilities paid

all listings are on Call 310/880-7281 • Close to Beach • Close To U.C.L.A. centuryci t yl i v i n g.com —————–––– Starting at $1,400/MO. 310/394-7132 310/864-0319 Call 310/729-1400 —————–––– —————–––– Call 310/413-8481 Valet and Guest ~ WEST ~ for appointment.

• WESTWOOD • FREE L O S A N G E L E S 10933 Rochester Ave. —————–––– Parking. Huge Heated R E N T ! ————— •••••• Pico/Robertson BEVERLY HILLS BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. Jr . Executive 2 Bdrm. 1 Bath 2 Bd. 2 Ba. $1,975 1017 S. SHERBOURNE Pool, Security Staff, 2 Bd.+2 Ba. Balcony, stove, L &A C . SPACIOUS 1 BD. 1 BA. Very Private & Spacious controlled access, New custom built-ins in 2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATH Doorman & House- kitchen, dry bar, balcony, $1,395/MO. on-site laundry, prkg. upper unit with breakfast patio, huge closets, a/c, New carpet, new stove, 1307 Barry Ave. and formal dining room. man, Swi t chboard • Free WiFi Access • central heat, 2-car prkg., ceiling fan, parking.

310/473-1509 Yard, laundry & parking.

310/473-5061 laundry facility. Cat OK. S Q B . $3,500/MO. Tenni s , Fi t n ess Cent e r Exceptional Condition! Pet Ok. Special: 1/2 —————–––– Close To U.C.L.A. Call 213/804-3761 Securtiy deposit OAC. 323/937-3737 W E S T W O O D —————–––– —————–––– Business Center Call 310/278-8999 1409 Midvale Ave. **CENTURY CITY** +

+

IGHT

Spacious a/c, fireplace, pool, controlled access, laundry fac., prkg.

MALL

UIET

IRY

ORNER

LDG

• BEVERLY HILLS • • • • • • • •1 • • • • 2220 S. Beverly Glen 2 Bd.+11/2 Ba.• $2,590 2 Bd.+1 /2 Ba. • 1 B d . + D e n + 1 B a . • X-LARGE ELEGANT APT. •• Single •• • • S i n g l e • • • Newly Updated • • • • • • • • • L o t s o f • • New Carpet, drapes, WiFi, a/c, intercom

Character & Charm ! w/d hook-ups, hi-ceilings, entry, laundry facility, Alcove fireplace, fridge, mirrored closets. Shared elevator, parking, pool. backyard. No pets. laundry facility, gated CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., 310/271-6811 parking, intercom SHOPPING & 1 BLK. Cell: 310/994-4122 entry, WiFi and more.

TO WESTWOOD PARK. Must see! 439 S. Rexford

310/478-8616

—————–––– • WESTWOOD •

550 Veteran Ave. ••••• • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. Very spacious, granite counters, microwave, intercom entry, on-sight laundry, parking & WiFi. Very close to UCLA & Westwood Village .

310/208-5166

—————–––– ~ WESTWOOD ~ 10992 Ashton Ave.

• 310/552-8064 • Rooftop jacuzzi with panoramic city views.

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323/851-3790

Close to Everything.

—————–––– — ————–––– 1380 Midvale Ave.

LOS ANGELES

• 401 S. HOOVER St. • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Hrwd. flrs, stove, d/w, ceil ing fans, walk-in closets, prkg. No Dogs. QUIET 6-UNIT COURTYARD BLDG.

818/594-1160

—————–––– BEVERLY HILLS 1 BDRM. PETHOUSE with beautful view and very private. $2,350/MO.

448 1 B d . + Den + 1 B a .

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. Also Available PLOT • • • • • 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH FOR SALE • • • • • • • • WiFi, pool, elevator, Control access, pool, Completely Remodeled controlled access, on- dishwasher, elevator, sight laundry, parking. on-site laundry Close to U.C.L.A. and parking.

310/473-1509

CENTURY PARK EAST 1 BED / 1 BATH $2,600/MO Total Newer Renovation Hardwood Floors Fabulous Newer Kitchen Corner w/North & West Views

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Balcony, intercom • Single entry, elevator, on- • B a c h e l o r sight laundry, prkg.

Controlled access, laundry facility.

Close to UCLA & Westwood Village . Utilities Included.

WESTWOOD

PRIME LOCATION SANTA MONICA North of Wilshire 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath

Call for latest properties

* H O L L Y W O O D * L ARGE & B EAUTIFUL 1134 N. SYCAMORE AV. Upper front unit. Hard~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath wood floors, appliances, • • • • • • 1 BED /1 BATH patio, front+back yard.

Newly Remodeled $3,250/MO 7-Blocks to Beach Great Views Total new renovation.. Partial Great views, controlled $2,595/Month 310/666-8360 access, balcony, Ocean Views. Stainsteel Kitchen elevator, lrg. pool, Quartz Counters, Luxurious New prkg, on-sight laundry. B E V E R L Y H I L L S Shower, Real Hardwood Floors TOWNHOUSE H IKING IN R UNYON Recessed Lighting, No Commonn C ANYON , H OLLYWOOD Robbins Dr. B OWL /N IGHTLIFE .

2 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. $2,500 Walls, Big Walk-in Closet 323/467-8172 Tandem den makes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ideal nursery or office.

• • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • H O L L Y W O O D • • 1769-1775 Sycamore Av.

310/479-8977

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NEW LISTINGS EVERYDAY

213/385-4751

Large unit with washer and dryer in unit. $3,350/MO.

Call 310/651-1732

2 BED /2 BATHS $3,600/MO

High Floor. Fabulous Renovation. Unobstructed City Views. Hardwood Floors. Open Kitchen. Stone Counters 2 Jumbo Balconies

B E V E R L Y H I L L S ————— • • N E W L Y • • BEVERLY HILLS • • U P D A T E D • • 218 S. Tower Dr. • •• • 1 Bd. +1 Ba. • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• Hardwood floors, a/c, • • •

laundry, covered prkg. Old World Charm !

• • • • • • Bright, intercom entry, 336 S. Rexford Dr. fridge, stove, laundry fac. $1,700/Month CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS

310/860-9991 310/433-1949

&

SHOPPING .

310/531-3992

—————–––– —————–––– • BEVERLY HILLS • BEVERLY HILLS VERY LARGE SINGLE

• 1 Bd. + 1 Ba.

•

with patio, fridge, stove, • 2 Bd. + 2 Ba. • laundry room, parking. • GORGEOUS UNITS • Central air, large 1 block from Century City balcony, pool, elevator, $1,595/MO. on-site laundry, By appointment only: intercom entry.

310/557-3516 320 N. La Peer Dr.

—————–––– 320 S. CLARK DR.

• 310/246-0290 • CLOSE TO SHOPS & DINING

Robertson/Burton Way IMMACULATE

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ONE BEDROOM $1,550/MO.

443 S. Oakhurst Dr.

Newly remodeled unit.

New stove, new microwave, 448 new vinyl & new carpets.

Balcony, PLOT ceiling fan, tub + stall FOR shower,SALE ELEVATOR, A/C, gated garage, controlled access in quiet building. No pets.

Non-smoking facility.

Call 323/252-5600 or 424/249-3012

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

P LEASE C ALL :

310/435-3693

—————–––– — — — — — – – – – CENTURYPARK EAST BEVERLY HILLS 100 S. DOHENY DR. CENTURYTOWERS PARK PLACE CENTURYHILL LE PARC CENTURYWOODS For Sale See our Ad Sec. 270

1 BDRM., 1 BATH 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Full service building with $1,550/MO.

New carpet, stove, A/C, Upper unit parking.Pets Ok. Special: 1/2 Securtiy deposit OAC. Call 310/278-8999

beautiful view. Nicely done hardwood floors, pool, jacuzzi and 24 hour security guard. For more information call

Pari 310/273-8393

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8 0 8 4 t h S t . 1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . BEVERLY HILLS ** •• • • Charming Spanish Duplex ** * 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. * • • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba. • • 3Bd+Den+ 2Ba Upper * * • • Single • • over 2,500 sq.ft in the * *

BEVERLY HILLS

BEVERLY HILLS

S E RV I C E

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508

BAGS WANTED

BUY & SELL ESTATE PAWN SHOP

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ALLIGATOR, CROCODILE, EXOTIC SKINS; CHANEL, GUCCI HERMES, AND DESIGNER HANDBAGS VINTAGE & NEW TOP DOLLAR PAID Call 310/289-9561

• Watches • Platinum • Silver • Diamonds • Coins • Signed pieces • Gold 25 years of experience.

We Specialize in watches, estate and signed jewelry.

We also do repairs on high end watches

475 GARAGE & ESTATE SALE

FABULOUS 2 FAMILY BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE SAL E This Weekend 10-4pm

Fri., Sat. & Sun. Sept. 25 +26+ 27 1211 Beverly Estates Dr. Beverly Hills, 90210

• Top money paid.

• At home private consultation available.

Dov Markovich

17326 Ventura Blvd

(at the CVS shopping center)

Encino, Ca. 91316

818-788-7117 • 954-675-4546

Off Benedict Canyon

Something For Everyone.

Contemporary & Traditional, fine americana, Italian, deco Tiffany, lots of art, vintage books, records, Bosendorfer player piano, pilates machine, ladies clothes (lrg)+more.

Priced To Sell!

To View Photos: www.EstateSale.net

D I R E C T O RY

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ANTIQUES BUY & SELL

ANTIQUES / JEWELRY

HIGHEST CASH

LUXURY JEWELS

BUY & SELL

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

House Calls O.K. ••••••••••

MICHAEL NEWMAN

OF

BEVERLY HILLS Bring us your watches, diamonds, estate jewelry, gold/silver, coins, art, & antiques. We have over 100 combined years of expertise in buying, selling, and appraisals.

WE PAY PREMIUM PRICES! *WE BEAT MOST AUCTION HOUSE PRICES*

B U Y •S E L L •L O A N •T R A D E •C O N S I G N 203 S. Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills 90212 310.205.0093 • info @ ljobh.com license# 19100971

STEVEN & CO.

J E W E L RY

L O A N S

$$$ Highest loan to value $$$ Serving Beverly Hills for 32 years, with discretion and integrity.

We are now buying for immediate cash Diamonds 1ct - 20cts , gold, and signed jewelry Patek Philippe, Rolex, Cartier

By appointment: 310.274.8336 4 3 7 - A N o rt h B e d fo r d D r . • B e v e rl y Hi l l s , CA 9 0 2 1 0 License # 71161678

we buy antiques!

Highest prices paid, satisfaction Guaranteed!

310/276-0188 818/888-9200

480 PETS FOR SALE

Visit my website at beverlyhil santiques.com

GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES F1 (Blue) Mother: AKC blue poodle Father: AKC Golden Retriever Only 5 Left for sale at $1000 each.

588

For more info contact 818/4698-9140

JEWELRY

We File & Publish DBA’s

500

For More

AUTOS FOR SALE

Information

1987 Jaguar XJ6

Please Call:

310/837-8584

Chinese Art Clocks Chandeliers Porcelain Dresden

Meissen KPM Royal Vienna Islamic Art Bronze

Sculpture Jade Tifanny Lalique Galle Daum

TRADES & CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED TOO!

Custom built in England.

79,200mi, always garaged, 6-cyl, light blue ext w/ gold trim, blue ext.

New hubcaps, alternator, battery, electrical coil, belts.

Well Maintained.

Excellent Condition. $7,500 • OBO

Paintings Art Deco Art Nouveau Marble Statues Russian Items

310.278.1322

WE

CAN BUY ONE ITEM OR YOUR ENTIRE HEIRLOOM!

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Tel:

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www.ArteAntiques.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY Call us 310-278-1322

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S E R V I C E

AUTO BUYS

ELECTRICIAN

D I R E C T O R Y

HANDY

BEVERLY HILLS

PAINTING

PEOPLE

I BUY USED CARS RUNNING or NOT ****** Will Appraise Yo u r C a r For FREE. ****** Call John: 323/868-4119

—————––––•

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HANDYMAN •

AUTO SERVICES

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• Home Repairs • Remodeling • Carpentry • Ceramic Tile • Plumbing

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• Drywall • Painting • Plaster • Wallpaper

• Call Dave • Cell: 213/300-0223

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Call Rony:

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LANDSCAPING

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ROOFING • ROOFING SERVICE • • N EW R OOFS / R EPAIRS • R AINGUTTER & S KYLIGHT S ER VICE • G ARAGE /O FFICE C ONVERSION ’ S Written roof inspections for real estate agents.

Apt. • Industrial • Hi-Rise • GARDENING Quality Work at Since 1982 Affordable Prices! • HAULING I Have Great Preparation 30 Years in Business • 3rdrd Generation Roofer Remodeling: kitchens, • CLEAN-UPS baths, room additions. • SPRINKLERS Lic. # 689667 • Bonded / Insured • Orsinis Roofing • Flooring, plumbing, Call Steve 24-hrs.: 323/733-4898 electrical, tile, carpentry, • NEW LAWNS • 800-213-6806 • painting, masonry, Call Young anytime EXCELLENT LOCAL REFERENCES windows & much more. •• 323/528-2448 •• Insured • Bonded • HONEST & RELIABLE • •• 323/755-8603 •• “I Do My Own Work” Mobile Credit Card Payment 818/744-1089 And Payment Plans Available.

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Publisher Clifton S. Smith, Jr ******* Associate Publisher Marcia W . Hobbs Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Steve Simmons ****** Founding Publisher March Schwartz (Publisher 1965-2004)

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From the Publisher CLIF SMITH YOUR ‘GOOD INTENTIONS’ ARE KILLING OUR COUNTRY Liberals, including our dearest friends here in Beverly Hills, are getting what they wished for – a national government imposing state control on virtually all aspects of our lives in the name of “equality.” The “good intentions” have taken over and the mess we see is exactly what we said would happen.

For the supposed sake of, at most, 30 million uninsured people in this country, the entire nation is facing a breakdown of our entire healthcare system. Obamacare is a fiasco and will not get better. If it does “improve,” all that means is that none of us will get the healthcare we now have.

Remember, not one single Republican in Congress – House or Senate – voted for it. This is 100 percent the creation of the Obama/Reid team. We witness daily horror stories of the website, of hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their healthcare, of massive rate hikes all across the country.

Every red flag, every warning, every trap exposed by Republicans is now showing up. The Republicans were right and every single Democrat was wrong. That is an absolute, proven fact.

The Democrats used this supposed “uninsured population” as a smokescreen to capture 1/6th of the nation’s economy. For what it costs, the federal government could simply have just paid for each of these supposed “30 million” to buy a decent Blue Cross policy, created a “preexisting conditions” re-insurance pool, and be done with it. Liberals – are you happy now? They parlayed your “guilt trip” into a giant hole that only promises to get deeper.

“Obamacare” is exposed daily as a fraud and a fake. It is nothing more than a massive power grab that will kill our nation’s economy and our own people by denying healthcare (except for Congress and government workers who have exempted themselves). Look at where the nation’s money has gone in the attempt to implement this – over $1 billion to computer programmers connected to the Democrat Party as big contributors. Consultants, “experts,” communications people – all being paid to hawk this mess.

Have we forgotten how bad the cars of General Motors were despite hundreds of millions of dollars of advertising? A lemon is a lemon is a lemon, no matter how fancy the packaging.

This is “good intentions” in action.

And . . . no matter what happens it’s the Republicans’ fault. So, anything they support is automatically bad and anything they oppose is automatically good. Since they oppose Obamacare, Obamacare must be good goes the argument. For those controlled by “good intentions,” that’s enough to end the argument.

For those of us with Democrat parents – centrist Democrats – we know the difference between legitimate concern for the welfare of others and a phony “concern” that is used to take away our freedoms, to spy on us, to take our property and the fruits of our own labors. Liberals – you’re getting faked out by your own guys. The “faking out” is getting worse as the Obama/Reid administration now uses the “shutdown” (which really shut down nothing except what Obama chose to shut down) as an excuse for their own failings. Given their huge Twitter and Facebook and other social media machine, they will likely get the younger generation and the “hand out” recipients to believe it.

The federal government shutdown was a fiasco. That’s a universal opinion. Opinion is not universal on assigning “fault,” but the Democrat propaganda machine has assigned fault to – guess who? – the Republicans. All they did was authorize 100 percent of government operations minus Obamacare. Good for them. They were elected to do just that. What about the President?

A responsible President with true feelings for the American people would have used his executive powers to keep open our national monuments, to honor veterans many of whom will not be alive next year, and make sure that those who protect us are treated properly. Don’t forget, it is President Obama who closed the White House to tours by the American people. That’s never been done before, but he did it. His “shutdown” response gave us photos of 80- and 90-year-old vets arrested in Washington for trying to see “their” monument. We saw vets tear down barriers and dump them at the fence around the White House. We see U.S. National Park Service mounted troopers threatening innocent tourists while they shut down private businesses operating in national parks.

If the mainstream media were honest about this, they would be giving us photos and references to police state tactics. Short of shooting the vets and tourists and beating them up, it is hard to distinguish the photos of last week from police attacks on anti-Vietnam war protesters at such places as Kent State and the Democratic National Convention in 1968 in Chicago. The vets went quietly into the police vans unlike the students in the ‘60’s, but the police arrested them all for legitimate exercises in free speech. That is 100 percent the responsibility and doing of President Obama. This is just a taste of what is happening to us – dissent, question, disagree and you get the police and the IRS on you.

The President and the Democrats refused to give one inch to acknowledge that Obamacare is a complete disaster – rejected by the people, rejected by the states. Everyone with a free choice has said “no.” Our Congress previously made big mistakes like Prohibition and the punitive tariffs that brought on the Great Depression. Those actually were the fault of Republicans – the 1920’s Republicans pushed for and got both. Disaster followed and the country kicked out the Republicans. The 2009-2013 Democrats are the sole authors of Obamacare. It is the same kind of big mistake. Like Prohibition and the Great Depression-causing tariffs, Obamacare should be repealed and the Democrats kicked out with it.

Oh, well. Don’t bother. It’s the intentions that count. Right?

Rabbi Jacob Pressman Rabbi Jack is taking the week off prior to celebrating his 94th birthday on Saturday. All of us wish him many happy returns. His column returns next Friday, Nov. 1.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR What a week! Four out of the six Nobel Prize recipients were Jews, in fact two of them are Israelis! As always, in the glory of the prize, there is a flaw. One of the recipients has a hobby and that is to dislike, demonize and create animosity against the Jewish State of Israel. In fact, he has been a voice on intellectual divestment from Israel. How does this fool feel now? We can ask him, although most likely he is hiding his hide.

This Nobel prize winner is not unique in demonizing this amazing Jewish State of Israel. There are governments that do the same, media outlets, newspapers as well as groups of people (including Jews) who form various divestment groups.

Well, I guess this is another great moment to divest from all the knowledge that the Jews are adding to the brain data base.

Sufficient to say that over 22 percent of Nobel Peace Prize laureates are from a total Jewish world population of 14 million. This is incredible, maybe after all, the Jews in fact are the “chosen people”!

There is another movement trying to convince the nonthinkers that ritual male circumcision (of course referring to the Jewish one) performed under the age of 18 violates human rights.

I don’t understand how they came up with that theory considering the actual and very real human right violations are occurring right now to people around the world... Syria, Africa, North Korea, etc.

What I surmise from the statistics above is that ritual Jewish circumcision must alert the brain cells to make you alert, smarter and a better human being.

Pablo Nankin, MD

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POLICE BLOTTER The following assault, burglaries, and grand thefts have been reported by BHPD. Streets are usually indicated by block numbers. Losses in brackets.

ASSAULT 9/08 400 Drury Ln. 10/7 400 N. Canon Dr. 10/9 200 S. Doheny Dr. 10/14 Wilshire Bl./N. Beverly Dr. 10/15 200 N. Canon Dr. 10/20 N. La Cienega Bl. BURGLARIES 8/24 200 N. Rodeo Dr. ($40,439) 10/07 500 N. Roxbury Dr. 10/08 300 N. Oakhurst Dr. 10/08 400 N. Oakhurst Dr. ($1,600) 10/08 624 N. Crescent Dr. ($23,000) 10/09 8800 Gregory Wy. 10/11 200 S. Beverly Dr. ($200) 10/11 8800 Charleville Bl.

10/13 9800 Wilshire Bl. ($1,295) 10/15 100 S. Rodeo Dr. 10/15 300 N. Palm Dr. ($2,109) 10/16 300 N. Palm Dr. ($60) 10/16 9500 Wilshire Bl. ($11,940) 10/16 100 S. Maple Dr. 10/17 400 N. Rodeo Dr. ($2,000) 10/18 9600 Wilshire Bl. 10/19 1100 San Ysidro Dr. GRAND THEFTS 8/03 9600 S. Santa Monica Bl. ($30,000) 10/01 9600 Sunset Bl. ($2,060) 10/11 200 S. Beverly Dr. ($20,000) 10/13 700 Alpine Dr. ($8,000) 10/17 9600 Wilshire Bl. ($1,475) ROBBERY 10/09 Clifton Wy./N. Crescent Dr.

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