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www.bhcourier.com SUBWAY TO OUR CITY—Hours after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board had backed out of a mediated settlement agreement with Beverly Hills, last Friday Metro kicked off construction on the three-part Purple Line Extension into Beverly Hills with a route it intends to run underneath Beverly Hills High School. At the groundbreaking at the L.A. County Museum of Art, Sup. Zev Yaroslavsky singled out Councilman Willie Brien “as the one Beverly Hills City Council member” who supports Metro.

Courier Photo by Laura Coleman

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El Rodeo students go green at Virginia Robinson Gardens.

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BHUSD Spends $10 Million Endowment Down To $2.5M

By Laura Coleman At Wednesday afternoon’s Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education study session on its 2014/15 budget, the community learned for the first time that the district is dangerously low on cash. In fact, next week the district will convene a special session to get board approval to go after $5 million in interest-free cash from the County Treasurer.

“We have run so low on cash,” Chief Administrative Officer La Tanya Kirk-Carter informed the board, many of whom had yet to learn that

The Beverly Hills City Council On Metro’s Purple Line Ground Breaking Memphis is a 2-year-old, miniature Parti Poodle looking for a home.

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The inaugural Marjorie Pressman Legacy Award was presented Wednesday.

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The B.H. Women’s Club celebrated recent donations to the Salvation Army.

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Veterans at Sunrise Assisted Living in Beverly Hills enjoy Veterans Day. 10 •Arts & Entertainment 21 •Sports 22 •Birthdays 28

“I have always supported the subway in Beverly Hills and I have always been opposed to a route that tunnels under our one and only high school.”

– Mayor Lili Bosse

“I believe the subway should not go under the high school building. I was optimistic that we were going to find a way of a nonconfrontational mitigation.”

– Vice Mayor Julian Gold

“The subway tunnel’s supposed to be on Santa Monica Boulevard and it was never supposed to go under the high school. I just wish the Metro Board would have listened to their mediators.”

– Councilmember Nancy Krasne

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Announcements Real Estate Rentals Sales and More

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(see ‘BHUSD ENDOWMENT’ page 26)

Robbie Anderson Chronicles City History In Beverly Hills: The First 100 Years

By Victoria Talbot Robbie Anderson, great grandson of Margaret Anderson, the legendary hotelier who created The Beverly Hills Hotel, has brought a Centennial masterpiece to the City with his book, Beverly Hills: The First One Hundred Years, which is sure to become a legend itself.

Anderson brings to life the epic story of a generation of visionaries who saw among the bean fields a prophecy fulfilled of a City that would embody

PULLING PAPERS—Pictured above, left, from left: City Clerk Byron Pope, Annette Saleh, Marc Saleh & Mayor Lili Bosse. Pictured above, right: Judie Fenton and Vice Mayor Julian Gold.

Bosse, Gold Make City Council Re-Election Bids Official

By Victoria Talbot Mayor Lili Bosse and Vice Mayor Julian Gold have filed papers to run for re-election to City Council of Beverly Hills this week.

Only the two seats are coming up for election and only two candidates have filed.

However, another resident has

Robbie Anderson

Part 11 in a series on Beverly Hills residents who have grown with the Centennial City.

By Laura Coleman The famed chanteuse Monica Lewis fell in love with jazz at the doorsteps of Harlem clubs in the 1930s listening to soulful tunes crooned out by singers like Ella Fitzgerald. Eventually, this diminutive woman, who moved to Beverly Hills in the 1950s, would go on to appear on the first Ed Sulivan Show where she sung I’m In The Mood For Love.

Born May 5, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, to an opera-singing mother who eventually played the Metro-

Monica Lewis

politan Opera and a composer/conductor father, Lewis moved to New York with her family in 1933, four years into the Great Depression. (see ‘MONICA LEWIS’ page 26)

Celebrity Photo/Scott Downie

Editorial from Rabbi Pressman AND MORE

Fund 17, the so-called “$10 Million Endowment Fund” created last year, had been depleted to $2.5 million in order to pay bills and employees. She added that the fund would be fully restored next month when the district gets the bulk of its Basic Aid funding from property taxes.

Kirk-Carter said the decision to use the endowment fund to pay the bills was made before she took up her new position last month.

“I found out this week,” Board President Noah Margo said, underscoring that the

Councilman John Mirisch Aims To Take On Metro Board’s Problem Of Disproportionate L.A. Representation.

See page 23 for full story.

Beverly Hills Elder: Monica Lewis – Little Lady, Big Voice

Party Time At The Huntley Hotel In Santa Monica Celebrating A 90th Birthday In A “Winter Wonderland” Fantasy Setting That Will Be Long Remembered For Its Grand Style

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“The way they've tried to portray it like Beverly Hills is against the subway simply isn't true. They’re ignoring the potential issues of the school and concerns of the community.”

– Councilman John Mirisch

“It is my opinion that the court has spoken and it is time for both the City and the school district to move forward and end the litigation.It remains my view that funds spent on lawsuits and appeals do not serve our children or our community and needs to stop.”

– Councilman Willie Brien

(see ‘THE FIRST 100 YEARS’ page 10)

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pulled papers expressing his intention of filing for a seat.

Tuesday, Vice Mayor Gold arrived at 7:30 a.m. for a signing party with 30-40 supporters. After accumulating the necessary signatures, Vice Mayor Gold treated his (see ‘CITY COUNCIL RACE’ page 26)

SOPHIA COMES TO TOWN — The AFI Fest 2014 honored Sophia Loren with a special tribute at the Dolby Theatre.

She arrived with sons, director Edoardo Ponti (left) and conductor Carlo Ponti, Jr. (right).

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

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EL RODEO GOES GREEN AT ROBINSON GARDENS—Friends of Virginia Robinson Gardens docent Kerstin Royce leads students from El Rodeo 3rd grade teacher Annie Kohn’s class on a tour. Pictured: Tanner Capik, Amy Han, Andre Sajadi, Jack Greer, Chris Kim, Umer Hassan, Avery Yosian, Nolan Meade, Nick Sobhanian, Anna White, Skylar St. John, and Leila Abrishami.

Beverly Hills Heritage, Beverly Gardens Park Host Cultural Landscape Foundation

Virginia Robinson Gardens Opens El Rodeo Students’ Eyes To Some Green Living

By Laura Coleman On the grounds of the first estate north of Sunset Boulevard, on Monday afternoon docents with the Friends of Virginia Robinson Gardens led El Rodeo 3rd grade students on a two-hour inquirybased science tour designed to make them care about the world around them.

“Virginia Robinson died in 1977 when she was nearly 100. ‘When was she born?’” past Friends president Kerstin Royce asked one group of students. Royce was among four

docents who led some 75 Beverly Hills students through the 6.2-acre botanical garden that was once a bean field.

As part of the educational experience, which included lunch, lemonade and planting seedlings to take home, students deepened their appreciation of plant diversity by finding, identifying, seeing, feeling, tasting and smelling some of what the garden had to offer.

Although the nonprofit organization leads roughly three tours for students every month, Royce said Beverly Hills stu-

dents are infrequent visitors.

The Friends Children’s Program allows students in low-income and Title 1 schools to visit through grants. The El Rodeo school visit was privately sponsored.

To learn more about sponsoring school visits or becoming a children’s docent, email: visit@robinsongardens.org.

Next month, on Dec. 8, Mayor Lili Bosse will lead her group of “Walk with the Mayor” walkers to Virginia Robinson Gardens.

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Heritage and Friends of Beverly Gardens Park hosted the Cultural Landscape Foundation at an event last week in the Beverly Hills Municipal Gallery at City Hall celebrating historic and cultural landscape design.

The event was a launch party for the foundation’s “What’s Out There,” a stewardship organization for landscape architecture.

“What’s Out There” is a searchable, easy-to-navigate database of shared landscape heritage available to research and preserve by designer, style, types and sub-types and written by leading academics and scholars.

The weekend was an opportunity to examine the

cultural landscape contribution of Beverly Hills’ Beverly Gardens Park.

The guests honored Landscape Architect Ralph D. Cornell, who designed the Beverly Gardens Park. A revolutionary concept at the time of its inception, the park on the north side of Santa Monica was meant as a buffer between the residential and the commercial areas.

Cornell’s legacy is recognized for the appeal of his design, the beauty of the results and the unique qualities each individual piece adds to the landscape.

The evening enjoyed the generous support of Architectural Resources Group (see ‘CULTURAL LANDSCAPE’ page 26)

THE KING–Memphis is a 2-year-old, brown and white, miniature Parti Poodle. ShelterHopePetShop.org rescue volunteers say he is soulful and full of swagger. Those interested in adopting this charming little guy may contact Shelter Hope at 805-379-3538.

Controversial Beverly Hills Restaurant ‘The Phoenix’ Falls

GOING GREEK—Beverly Vista 5th grade students performed the Readers’ Theatre Greek Plays under the direction of PTA volunteer mom Jenny Gordon, who runs “Taste of Broadway” through the City’s Parks and Rec division. BV 5th grade teacher Victoria Hanlon said both she and BV 5th grade teacher Jonathan Weiss taught Greek mythology in line with Common Core English language arts curriculum, including theme, message, drama, staging, and character analysis. At Friday’s performance, the students performed Readers’ Theatre of “Apollo, Eros and Daphne,” “Perseus and Medusa,” “Persephone and Hades,” and “Midas and The Golden Touch.”

Beverly Hills High School’s Highlights Staffers Win Top Student Journalism Awards

By Laura Coleman The Beverly Hills High School website beverlyhighlights.com placed fourth in “Best of Show” at this weekend’s National High School Journalism Convention in Washington DC, with Jackson Prince winning an “honorable mention” in the editorial writeoff.

“Hopefully we can improve that fourth place to first place,” said BHHS junior and co-editor in chief of Highlights Juliette Deutsch.

Deutsch was among five BHHS students that travelled to the 4day convention, where they had the opportunity to hear from investigative journalist Bob Woodward and ESPN’s Jay

HURRAY FOR HIGHLIGHTS—Highlights staff attendees: (from left) Amanda Christovich, Jackson Prince, Juliette Deutsch, Sadie Hersh and Gaby Herbst (teacher).

Harris.

The conference also included educational sessions, workshops and seminars on writing, the web, computers, news literacy, team-building,

design, editing, entrepreneurship, and media rights. BHHS journalism adviser Gaby Herbst said that over 6,100 people attended this year’s convention.

By Victoria Talbot “I’m tired,” said one resident, describing how she feels about returning again and again to protest the continuing violations of the Phoenix Restaurant at 14 North La Cienega Blvd.

After numerous trips to the City’s Planning Commission, commissioners have finally shut down the outdoor dining area and extended hours, closing the restaurant at 10:30 p.m. nightly.

Last month the owners, Lonnie Moore and Michael Malin, came seeking to extend their hours to 2 a.m. nightly, despite the fact that they were in violation of numerous conditions, including some affecting the public’s health and safety, others affecting neighboring resident’s peace.

Planning commissioners (absent Chair Howard Fisher) unanimously agreed. Each commissioner expressed disappointment and exasperation with the City Code Enforcement for lax enforcement and the inability to enforce code after 5 p.m. or on weekends.

Commissioner Brian Rosenstein was extremely unhappy with the owners for

their failure to comply with making two deposits for $5,000 each that are one year in arrears, to insure completion of building conditions and to cover code enforcement violations.

Two checks were received the evening before the commission hearing, though the owners asked that the City wait until Dec. 1 to deposit the second check.

“If we didn’t have the hearing today I doubt we would have the checks,” said Rosenstein. Vice Chair Allen Block, and commissioners Craig Corman, Joy Shooshani, agreed to the sentiment.

Two resolutions, one to revoke the development plan review and a second to revoke the extended hours, passed unanimously.

The revocation of the DPR means that the outdoor dining area will not be operable and the extended hours means the restaurant must be closed at 10:30. They can no longer accept patrons after 10 p.m.

The Phoenix Restaurant is going to be closed permanently on February 28, 2015, for the construction of the La Cienega Station for the Metro Purple Line Extension.

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Friends Of Sheba Present Inaugural Marjorie Pressman Legacy Awards To Marilyn Ziering, Ruth Steinberger

GIVING SEASON—As part of its monthly luncheon series, Beverly Hills Women's Club members celebrated its recent donation to the Salvation Army and some 100 backpacks filled with school supplies for children living with Veterans at Westside Transitional Village.

As part of the club's ongoing philanthropic commitments, more money was collected this year than ever before with the additional cash donation to going to fill immediate needs within our own community. Pictured above (from left) BHWC members Lori Gordon, Laurie Okum, Debbie Isaacman, president Mumsey Nemiroff, and Diane Good (Salvation Army.)

Beverly Hills Internist Dr. Wilbur S. Schwartz Died Monday At Age 88

By John L. Seitz Services were held Wednesday for Beverly Hills resident Wilbur S. Schwartz, M.D., who died in his home Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease at age 88.

Born in Youngstown, the Ohio native served with the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, earning a Purple Heart. He attended the Ohio State University and the SUNY Buffalo Medical School. Moving to California in 1952, he became a member of UCLA’s initial

medical residency class.

Dr. Schwartz practiced internal medicine from his North Bedford Drive office for the next five decades. He was a founder and former president of the Concern Foundation for Cancer Research for which donations are requested in lieu of flowers.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Lana; sons Steven, Richard and Jonathan; grandchildren Harry, Lana, Sidney, Sara, Wilson and Micah; and daughter-in-laws Rebecca and Jennifer.

SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL–Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region raised a record $33 million at this year’s gala last Thursday at The Beverly Hilton. Supporters in attendance included: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Streisand, Sylvester Stallone, Chris Tucker, Pamela Anderson, Kathy Ireland, Joanna Krupa, Avi and Joyce Arad, Avi Lerner, and Ben Silverman. FIDF National Boardmember and major supporter, Haim Saban, and his wife, Cheryl, served as gala chairs.

“Tonight’s Gala has become an event that the Los Angeles community looks forward to each year as a chance to honor the soldiers who defend the State of Israel,” said Haim Saban, who is pictured left with singer Barbara Streisand.

Photo by Tiffany Rose

By Laura Coleman On Wednesday, the Friends of Sheba Medical Center celebrated 25 years of women helping to save the lives of others though their support of the cutting-edge Israeli facility that is at the forefront of curing brain tumors in children with cancer.

This year’s annual Women in Achievement luncheon, which was held at the Four Seasons on Doheny Drive, marked the inaugural presentation of the Margie FRIENDS OF SHEBA–Pictured top row, (from left): Pressman Legacy Award.

“Our two award winners are Ruth Steinberger, Marilyn Ziering, Prof. Mordechai (see ‘PRESSMAN’ page 26)

Shani. Seated (from left): Rabbi Jack and Marjorie Photo by Maxine Picard Pressman.

Kristallnacht Remembered In Beverly Hills

By Victoria Talbot Wednesday night, the Museum of Tolerance, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Young Israel of North Beverly Hills and Dr. Stephen Schloss hosted the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

The event commemorates the night of Nov. 9, 1938 when a violent, wellorchestrated Potrom was perpetrated by the Nazi regime in Germany, Austria and Sudentenland (Czechoslovakia).

Called the “Night of Broken Glass,” the most enduring images that reached a worldwide audience were of the burn-

ing synagogues, many of them masterpieces of architecture and culture. Fire departments were ordered to stand down, and only prevent the flames from spreading to adjoining buildings.

Nazi authorities claimed that the destruction was a spontaneous event.

Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda minister, declared the Jews responsible for the violence and thus began the legislation that deprived Jews of their right to property and livelihood, ultimately ending in extermination.

To commemorate that event, a variety of cantors joined Conductor Roï (see ‘KRISTALLNACHT’ page 26)

Human Rights Watch Dinner At Beverly Hilton Raises $1.7M To Fight Oppression

By Laura Coleman On Tuesday evening, hundreds of people gathered at The Beverly Hilton for Human Rights Watch L.A.’s annual dinner, raising approximately $1.7 million to fight oppression.

“This is obviously a tumultuous time,” said Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth.

Banking on the world’s indifference, he said perpetrators seize power, often leading to years of abuse and oppression that can fly under the radar with no one paying attention, in turn leaving an entire people abandoned to a fate.

“I’m convinced that Human Rights Watch is instrumental to affecting change,” said Human Rights Watch International Board of Directors chair Sid Sheinberg. The former MCA president was honored Tuesday for his role in spending the past 20 years to help transform Human Rights Watch from a onecity organization to a global player in the fight to defend the lives of people who are persecuted.

Whether it is the degradation of a gay man’s humanity over his sexuality in the U.S. or the slaughtering of Middle Eastern villagers over ideology, Human Rights Watch is devoted to documenting human rights violations and exposing them to the world.

Professional basketball player Jason Collins, who was honored at Tuesday’s dinner for his strength in being the first openly gay athlete to play in any major U.S. professional sports team, said coming out in 2013 allowed him to live his authentic life.

“Hearing other people speak up for gay rights and marriage was the final step,” he said. “You can’t win alone. You speak up for the voices–you let them know someone else cares.”

Sheinberg said that educating young people is key and championed the organization has started to empower youth called the Student Task force.

“Every person here has something to contribute,” he said.

GIVING BACK–Emma Goldstein and Madison Friedman, third grade students at El Rodeo had a lemonade stand last week and decided to contribute 100-percent of the proceeds to the PTA Annual Funds. The students were recognized and presented with a certificate of appreciation by the PTA. Pictured, (from left): Friedman, Linda Jankowsi ( El Rodeo PTA CoPresident) and Goldstein

STRIKEFEST–The dynamic "FRIENDS OF FULLER B. GORDY" organization, held their 7th Annual bowling 'STRIKEFEST' at Jillian's Universal City Walk, on Nov 5th. The event was hosted by the energetic Beverly Hills mother/daughter team of Iris Gordy and Karla Gordy Bristol, co-founders of Friends Of Fuller (FOF). Pictured (from left): Nancy Leiviska, Jim Pickens, Jr. (Grey's Anatomy), Iris Gordy, Karla Gordy Bristol, singer Howard Hewitt, Brenda Boyce, Rodney Gordy, Richard Nichols, and last year's honoree, Marcus Farrow, President of Menformation.

Beverly Hills/L.A. Realtors Announce Local Scholarships, Annual Awards

By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors announced its annual achievement awards and the Charitable Foundation announced its scholarship recipients last week.

The Realtor of the Year award this year will be presented to Crystal DaCosta of DaCosta Livin’. Chair of the BHGLAAR Public Policy Committee, DaCosta is a Director of the California Association of Realtors (CAR) and the Regional Representative for the Global Real Estate Forum.

Robin Greenberg of Berkshire Hathaway is the winner of the William May Garland Award for her consistent efforts to give back to the community through her work with the Compassion, Acceptance, Respect and Empowerment (C.A.R.E.) project.

Marilyn Watson of Rodeo Realty

has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of more than 30 years in the industry.

Mindy Reagan of the Buyers’ Protection Group was named Affiliate of the Year.

She has been working with the real estate industry since 2006.

The BHGLAAR Charitable Foundation announced last week the recipients of the 2014 Scholarship Program (scholarships range from $250-$1500). The recipients include Gloria Yang of UCLA, Arian Zerehi of USC, Brenda Sanchez of Santa Monica College and Sascha Meeks of Los Angeles City College.

The awards will be presented at the BHGLAAR 112th Annual Installation Gala on Thursday, December 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Incoming president Diane Manns and the 2015 officers will be installed at the event.

GEORGE CHRISTY

George Christy of England’s and was inherited by Lilly.

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iving in the penthouse suites of New York hotels, her on-the-town fun led Lilly to manabout town and sports champ, Francis “Bunty” Lawrence. His screenwriter father, Vincent, wrote ’30s classics such as the 1939 Gunga Din starring Cary Grant and 1942’s Gentleman Jim with Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith about a swashbuckler boxing champ.

Lilly Fallah Lawrence hosted a 90th birthday party for her friend of many years, Carl Hall, at the Huntley Hotel.

Couturier Alexandre Dorriz (above) created her gown.

Lilly designed the birthday cake as a blue Tiffany gift box, and brought along her Russian doll, Natasha, for good luck that was given to her by the Big Kahunas of Moscow.

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leigh bells ring, are you listening?

In the lane, snow is glistening.

A beautiful sight, We’re happy tonight Walking in a winter wonderland.

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nd a winter wonderland it was, sparkling with Baccarat candelabra, chandeliers and rock crystal appointments at the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica. The Czarina, tagged as she was by the Moscow and Leningrad hoteliers during her autumn holiday thereabouts (prefers being called Babushka), was in a joy-to-the-world mood for a party in the Huntley’s private suite.

silvery and snowy-white dreamland. Eliciting oohs and aahs from her sophisticated guests. As they did over the birthday cake designed as a blue Tiffany gift box.

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er buddy of five decades was celebrating his 90th birthday. Carl Hall, a tall, handsome gentleman whose humor and wit are legend and whose renowned kindness is beloved. To meet him is to wonder if you are in the presence of a holy spirit.

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Africa’s fashionable Berenice Kaplan; Barry Weiss, among Britney Spears and ‘NSYNC music producers; worldly Sammy Sandhu; car guy Vic Labejian with his jewelry designer wife Bridgette. Vic’s clients include Floyd Money Mayweather and our Lilly, of course, with her collection of vintage vehicles that includes two Rancheros from the Elvis Presley estate.

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t was Vic to the rescue when Lilly recently invited Wendy Burch and a bunch of pals to join her for two weeks in Miami Beach at the famous Gianni Versace mansion. Vic flatbedded Lilly’s rare ‘59 violet Cadillac, drove it to Florida, and parked it outside the Versace residence on Ocean Drive. Attracting hundreds of onlookers day and night, and, once again and as always with Lilly, eliciting choirs of oohs and aahs.

Carson, who revealed that Truman Capote begged her to write about her marriage to Johnny Carson, but “private” Joanna would have none of it.

Lilly’s

belle-of-the-ball gown and saucy veil were created by local Robertson Boulevard couturier Alexandre Dorriz, who escorted his mom Shalla to the dinner. The Baccarat appointments glowed on the long dining table where friends included Joanna

never eat this much, every course was irresistible,” proclaimed Molinda Karpman of the keen palate. Husband Dr. Harold nodded his agreement – his major research with the Cardiovascular Foundation will benefit us all. Chef Kevin Meyer served freshly poached shrimp singing of the sea, penne alla marinara al dente, a releve of kaffir lime sorbet, beef or salmon, and an array of Lily’s cheeses.

CAL’s infanticipating Wendy Burch and mom Carol agreed the menu was a winner.

At table were Urgent Care’s Dr. Daniel Safvati and his beautiful Megan; Clean Plate Clubbers Howard Celnick, the Mister Wonderful activities director at the Fireside Convalescent Hospital in Santa Monica, with wife Romina; sexy Jena Chanel, assistant to the late billionaire Armand Hammer of Occidental Oil and knows more than she tells; South

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Russell Simmons with daughter Aoki Lee Simmons

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is the beautiful Lilly Fallah Lawrence, whose legend precedes her. As a teenager, she shunned a marriage proposal from the Shah of Iran when he was in power. She split for the U.S.A. which she loved from her travels with dad Reza Fallah, the late Iranian global ambassador for oil, and mom Mahine, whose jewelry wardrobe is second only to the Queen

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Edoardo Ponti with wife Sasha Alexander

Nicole Richie with Joel Madden

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he sprinkles fairy dust wherever she parties … look at this incredible room … magical … Cesar Haro executed the floral stylings … an enchanted forest, yes?” beamed Marine Corporal Douglas Banker, loyal friend and a veteran who saved our asses in the Middle East wars.

Douglas accompanied Czarina/Babushka to Mother Russia.

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Honoree Kate Hudson received the Baby2Baby Giving Tree Award presented by her mother Goldie Hawn. They were joined by Kurt Russell during the 2014 Baby2Baby Gala, presented by Tiffany & Co. at the Book Bindery. The event raised $1.7 million.

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Jennifer Meyer

Byron Allen with wife Jennifer

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Shawmut Brings Design Eye To Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent and Gucci, As Retailers Strive To Stay Hot

By Laura Coleman As retail spaces in the Golden Triangle of Beverly Hills strive to maintain their luster, The Courier caught up with Shawmut Design and Construction’s new Southern California lead, Vincent Spataro. Most recently, Shawmut has been involved in the construction or renovation of Beverly Hills properties including: Saint Laurent, Burberry, Chanel, Christofle, David Yurman, Ermenegildo Zegna, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Tom Ford and Tory Burch. And the team is now working on finishing up Louis Vuitton, which is anticipated to open early next year.

Spataro said the key to a successful project in Beverly Hills for a firm like Shawmut includes: high quality work; understanding how to partner with the building department; hiring quality subcontractors; understanding clients’ expectations for major flagships; and on Rodeo Drive, working within the rules and restrictions that govern such a high profile area.

“The Rodeo Drive projects have been very cutting edge from a design standpoint,” he said. “The brands will continue to outdo one another. Flagships will continue to be a major part of the brands’ operating budget and strategic planning. [And] stores will keep getting larger.”

NEW FACE: Vincent Spataro recently joined Shawmut Design and Construction as its new director, Southern California Region.

Stars N Stripes Scooters Opens Beverly Hills Store BLUE RIBBON FASHION-Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills was the setting for a luncheon and fashion show co-hosted by The Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center and featuring the U.S. premiere fashion presentation of award winning designer, Elie Saab. The event marked the first visit by the celebrated Red Carpet favorite to Los Angeles and featured his 2015 ready to wear collection. Pictured (from left): Blue Ribbon President Carla Sands, Elie Saab, and Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills GM Ariela Shani.

Fed up with driving a car or walking? As of Nov. 7, the luxury brand of Stars N Stripes Scooters now has its flagship store at 9899 S. Santa Monica Blvd. The four-wheel mobility scooter are touted for their elegance and ease of use, while providing safety features like anti-tippers, rearview mirrors and powerful LED lights. Visit www.SNSScooters.com or stop into the new Beverly Hills store.

Kyrgystan’s Academy Award Contender Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains Comes To Laemmle

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Sharon Stone hosted the Nov. 4th red carpet screening of Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains at the Egyptian Theatre, which opens next Friday in Beverly Hills.

By Laura Coleman Beyond the beautiful cinematography of the most expensive film ever made in Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains, is an important story about a strong willed and courageous woman who saved her nation when the Russians invaded 200 years ago.

The film, which marks Kyrgyzstan’s submission for the 87th Academy Awards Foreign Language Film category, will have a week-long engagement beginning Nov. 21 at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills.

“This is a very important film for our society...about a very important historical period in our history,” film director Sadyk Sher-Niyaz told The Courier through an interpreter.

The film tells the story about a group of people who, led by a courageous woman with a keen sense of diplomacy, resists domination from the Russians. Battle scenes showing the nomadic culture of Kyrgyzstan tribes contrast with opulent splendor depicted in St. Petersburg, Russia as the Russians plan to subject South Asia to its authority.

Sher-Niyaz said that before Kyrgyzstan received its independence 20 years ago, it would have been impossible to make the film.

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Stars And Cars – Photos From Beverly Hills: The First 100 Years

SUNRISE VETERANS–Among the veterans who enjoyed their wellearned Veterans Day this week at Sunrise Assisted Living in Beverly Hills were Robert Snader, 89 (pictured above, left) and Elmer Esrock, 96 (pictured above, right).

The Beverly Hills Speedway In 1921

A newspaper clipping about the Speedway

Thalians Holiday Dinner Dance To Benefit UCLA Operation Mend

By Matt Lopez The Thalians and Presidents Club will present its Elegant Holiday Dinner Dance next month, with proceeds benefiting UCLA’s Operation Mend.

Hosted by Debbie Reynolds, Ruta Lee and Dr. Irwin Lehrhoff, the event is on Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Bel-Air Country Club (10768 Bellagio Rd.).

After partygoers dance along to tunes from the Jimmy Carnelli Band, the Thalians will present a donation toward its $1 million pledge to Dr. Thomas Strouse, director of UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital.

UCLA’s Operation Mend provides returning military personnel with severe facial and other medical injuries access to the nation’s top plastic and reconstructive surgeons, as well as comprehensive medical and mental-health support for the wounded and their families.

Cocktail hour begins at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:30.

Guests are encouraged to dress “holiday glamorous.”

Presidents Club members current with 2014-2015 enter free. Thalians members and guests can reserve a seat at $200 per person.

Seating is limited – call 818-792-4510 to RSVP.

A BOY AND HIS TORAH PORTION–Beverly Vista 7th grader Jax Margo reads from a torah scroll belonging to the family of his father’s colleague on the Beverly Hills Board of Education, Lisa Korbatov.

Jax Margo said: “For my Bar Mitzvah project I was expected to help “repair the world.” My family and I devised a plan in which we would hold a garage sale outside our home and sell our old belongings. We sold close to $700 dollars worth of various items. The money we received contributed to Breast Cancer Research and also raised money for the Hillel Hebrew Academy Kesher Program.”

Clark Gable with his 1932 Packard

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Beverly Center Offers Free Parking, Extended Hours For Holiday Shoppers

By Matt Lopez It’s a great time to be a shopper if you plan on shopping at the Beverly Center this Holiday season.

Shoppers can try out the new UNIQLO Los Angeles flagship store which just opened at the Beverly Center, or check out the newlyexpanded Salvatore Ferragamo and Guiseppe Zanotti stores.

And the best part? Free ‘Black Friday’ parking and special extended holiday hours.

Participating stores will open early on Thursday, Nov.

Jean Harlow In Her Cadillac

27 with free self-parking all day on Black Friday. The extended hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and run from Black Friday through Jan. 4, 2015.

In addition to the shopping perks, the Beverly Center’s Holiday decor will also include a custom art deco inspired Santa set and amenities, landing at the Beverly Center on Nov. 13.

For more information, visit www.beverlycenter.com

the Best of the Best. Anderson traces the timeline from its humble beginnings to the present with trans-generational insights acquired through research and family history, being a true descendant of the founding family of Beverly Hills.

Backed by meticulous documentation, Anderson tells his story with poetic enthusiasm.

“And the story began,” he says, “when a handful of audacious and very wealthy oilmen, familiar with beating the odds, played a hunch, and gradually but inexorably, from horizon to horizon, as far as one could see, fields of cabbage heads and lima beans gave way to a field of dreams . . . Dreams do not come in a box. They are always outside of it. And so it was with the great dream of Beverly Hills.”

Divided into sections formed by fate and time, Anderson leads us chapter by chapter on their journey through discovery and debauchery, with persistence, wisdom and fancy and a little of the old movie magic until inevitably one day, a City emerged unlike any other in history.

“The City of Beverly Hills roared into the 1920’s. In the first half of the decade between 1920 and 1925, the City’s pop-

A Beverly Hills Speedway Poster

Errol Flynn driving his Packard

ulation grew from fewer than 700 to 7,500,” he writes. “And, of course, the price of land and homes leaped upward as well.”

In the 1920s, Americans were infatuated with the new sport of auto racing and so, riding the wave, Beverly Hills enthusiastically took the lead, giving the public even more reason to visit.

In late 1919, to promote land sales and capitalize on the trend, race car driver and businessman Jack Danziger built a speedway with a group of leading citizens that included Jesse Lasky, Cecil B. DeMille and Silsby Spalding, who would go on to develop Bel-Air. No expense was spared. The track cost $900,000 to build and it was completed in a matter of months.

The 50-foot wide oval track pitched a perilous 45-degrees to enable four cars to drive abreast, seating the driver and the mechanic within. Skyboxes “were outfitted with living room furniture,” he writes. So significant was the speedway that it opened and closed the national season.

Beverly Hills sported the longest track and fastest (116 mph) races in the country.

Opening Feb. 28, 1920, Douglas Fairbanks led the day, beginning a tradition. To this day, the City continues its worldwide reputation, hosting the grandest events with A-list celebrities, which has become

the City’s hallmark.

The speedway lasted only four years.

“No matter how profitable the races were, they would never be as profitable as selling the land for development,” writes Anderson, a sentiment that forms the backdrop of the City to this day.

The automobile remains a powerful cultural symbol here, where Teslas and Ferraris compete with Bentleys and Lamborghinis on the City’s streets.

Each year the Concours d’Elegance at Greystone mansion and the Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance in June bring thousands to the City.

Last month City Hall set the stage for Ferrari’s celebration of 60 years in America.

Anderson’s book, which details this and many more epic adventures in the City’s remarkable history, will be available in select stores and hotels, including Gearys and The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows, Nov. 17.

For more of this marvelous history, the men and women who brought the vision to life, and the book itself, at 7 p.m. author Robbie Anderson will appear at Roxbury Park for the “Beverly Hills Historical Society One Hundred Years, One Hundred Stories,” Nov. 17. All are welcome and the event is free.

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Rare Smathers Home Brings Light And Space To Hillside

By Victoria Talbot And what a life she Fred Smathers has led! Montandon is the architecture has author of a new memoir, almost a cultish folPeeing On Hot Coals. Her lowing, so ‘Los seventh book, she has Angeles’ that it has tackled subjects that become synonyinclude How to be a Party mous with the hillGirl, Celebrities and their sides he built in.

Angels and Whispers from Now one of those God: A Life Beyond homes has come to Imagining. the market in Montandon is perhaps Beverly Hills, a best known for her 1970 beautiful example Freedom of Name Choice of this inspiring Center, a burgeoning architect. women’s movement Located on INDOOR/OUTDOOR FRAMES THE DINING ROOM—A bejewelled effort to help women Lago Vista the chandelier is an interesting focul point for a room bathed in light and air. keep their own names. home, built in Photo credit to Marco Franchina Growing up the 1976 and immacudaughter of a fundamenlately maintained, nestles against the Franklin Canyon Reservoir. talist preacher in the Oklahoma On the exterior the 4,000 square foot home is cheerfully symmetrical, a front Dust Bowl, Montandon’s formadoor framed on either side by the defining presence of chimneys. tive years embraced the Great A sloped roof conceals the high ceilings that lift the interior to an aery light- Depression. Yet she has managed ness. Beamed ceilings throughout enhance the sense of a rustic connection to the to travel around the world more than 37 times. environment.

In a home of abundant curios, A devotee of the environment outside defining the interior frequency, Smathers built several homes in the Nichols Canyon area, says realtor Bret Parsons for Aaroe with lavish chandeliers and colorArchitectural. Today we read about Smathers every time one of his signature resi- ful antiques, Montandon says that nearly everything she owns has dences surfaces.

“The best compliment I have received is, ‘it’s a friendly house,’” said owner Pat been a gift.

“This is my dream home,” she Montandon. “People feel comfortable.”

“Formal balance and symmetry abounds with classical features on three lev- states unequivocally, though anothels,” said Parsons. “High ceilings, large fireplaces, tile and wood floors, oversized er adventure is pulling her away. “It French doors and a true feeling of indoor-outdoor living,” define the home. is ‘rustic’ in a fabulous environment.”

Secluded and private, Montandon has thoroughly enjoyed life there.

BUDDHA IN ENTRY HALL—Montandon’s travels have helped her acquire an array of pieces beautifully displayed in the stucco, wood and tile interiors, set off by the high beamed ceilings and enhanced by the natural light throughout.

Photo credit to Marco Franchina

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Page 16 | November 14, 2014 BRISTOL FARMS–Bristol Farms held its grand re-opening this week at 9039 Beverly Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90048 Chamber Staff, Patrick Posey (VP Sales & Marketing), “Marilyn Monroe”, Ernie Mathis (District Manager), Tony McAndrews (Store Director), Melinda Race (Director Catering & Caf) – blonde in the back, Alana Martinez (Manager of Service), Ruben Walters (Manager of Service) – in the back with glasses, Iiona Sherman, Adam Caldecott (EVP of Retail), “Frank Sinatra”.

FESTIVE CONCERT SATURDAY–The LA Lawyers Philharmonic and its chorus Legal Voices will stage a “Festive Concert” tomorrow night at Wilshire United Methodist Church, 4350 Wilshire Blvd. Pictured are (from left): Debra Kaiser (BHHS ‘2001), executive director; founderconductor Gary S. Greene of Beverly Hills; and emcee actress June Lockhart. The concert will feature music from Mozart to a 20th anniversary salute to the Disney musical The Lion King among other selections. Tickets are $20/adults; $15/students and seniors (65+). Tickets may be purchased at www.LALawyersPhil5.eventbrite.com or at the door. For information, call 818-845-4048 or visit www.LALawyersPhil.org.

Montage’s ‘Tis’ The Season’ Treat

By John Seitz Spa Montage inside Montage Beverly Hills is offering a special treat of minerals and aromas of the holiday season.

Through Jan. 31, the treatment begins with a hand blended sugar and spice scrub, followed by an organic chocolate and vanilla French clay wrap. It

is completed with a Vichy shower rain therapy rinse and then a juniper oil lotion application while sipping on holiday tea.

The price, which includes a scalp treatment and massage, is $195 for 60 minutes or $275 for 90 minutes. To reserve, call 310-860-7840.

The California Association of Realtors To Hold First Real Estate Summit in Los Angeles

By Victoria Talbot The California Association of Realtors (CAR) will hold its first real estate summit Friday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The invitation-only event will feature U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro.

“The Real Estate Summit: Partnering for Change in California” is a day-long conference hosted by CAR and top university-based research centers to examine the state’s biggest challenges, including infrastructure, foreign investment consumer trends, housing finance, affordability and the business environment.

Castro, the former threeterm mayor of San Antonio,

Texas, was sworn in just this past July as HUD secretary. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law. Both his parents are political activists and his identical twin brother, Joaquin Castro, is in the U. S. House of Representatives.

This dynamic, charismatic politician is being discussed as a possible VP candidate on the 2016 Democrat ticket.

“Secretary Castro is on the front lines of the nation’s efforts to rebuild its economy by providing affordable housing and safe, sustainable neighborhoods,’ said Chris Kutzkey, the CAR president-elect for 2015, “He adds a critical viewpoint to the summit’s search for solutions to California’s housing

and economic challenges.”

In addition to Castro, the summit will share the podium with thought leaders from business, economics, and academia. Some participating institutions include the UC Berkeley Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Irvine Center for Real Estate, UCLA Anderson Forecast, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and the Stanford Professionals in Real Estate.

The summit promises to be an educational opportunity that will explore solutions that will enhance the real estate and property climate going forward in California.

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Health Happenings...

UCLA To Celebrate Darwin Contemporary Alfred Russel Wallace Charles Darwin probably has received too much credit for conceiving of evolution by natural selection, says UCLA professor Daniel Blumstein. And Alfred Russel Wallace, a Darwin contemporary, has received too little.

To celebrate Wallace’s contributions to science, UCLA hosts a series of events that roughly coincide with the 100th anniversary of his death. The celebration will be highlighted by a day-long program from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, at UCLA’s Schoenberg Auditorium.

The program will feature TED-style talks by “rock star scientists,” said Feelie Lee, director of UCLA’s Wallace Centennial Celebration. It will cover Wallace’s impact of science, as well as his views on science and religion.

Speakers will include: • Jared Diamond, a professor of geography and environmental health sciences at UCLA, Pulitzer prize winner and author of five best-selling books about human societies and human evolution, including The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs And Steel and Collapse.

• Andrew Berry, an evolutionary biologist and historian of science at Harvard University, whose books include Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace

Anthology, and; • Frans B. M. de Waal, a biologist at Emory University known for his work on the social intelligence of primates whose latest book is The Bonobo And The Atheist.

Tickets are $35 for the full day and $25 for either the morning or afternoon session and may be purchased at the Wallace Celebration website, https://www.eeb.ucla.edu/arwallace/.

Proceeds will support the A.R. Wallace Fund, which enables UCLA undergraduates to propose and conduct research.

Lynch, Hundley Walking To End Epilepsy Sunday The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles will host its annual Walk to End Epilepsy non-competitive 5k Walk/Run and 1-Mile Stroll, beginning at 9 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, at the Rose Bowl, 12001 Rose Bowl Dr. More than 5,000 participants are expected to convene along side UCLA Quarterback Brett Hundley, an event spokesperson, Glee’s Darren Criss and Jane Lynch, a vocal advocate of the foundation.

The event will also feature festivities including the Big Brain: a gain, interactive walk-through inflatable brain; team sign decoration stations, arts and crafts, games, activity booths, food truck and more.

.David Thomas, PhD, medical physicist and Percy Lee, MD, review patient scans.

Groundbreaking Therapy Opens Window To See Cancerous Tumors In Motion With the first MRI-guided radiotherapy system in the western U.S. — and one of only three locations in the world — UCLA radiation oncologists have an unparalleled ability to see and accurately target cancerous tumors, while making real-time adjustments to treatment delivery.

This technological advancement addresses a longstanding challenge for radiation oncologists, enabling them to see the targeted tumor and the surrounding healthy tissue during treatment and ensure that the radiation beam stays within desired margins as tumors and organs move.

Known as ViewRay, the technology incorporates magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for pre-treatment imaging as well as continuous imaging during radiation therapy for cancer patients.

It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2012 for clinical use. “The ability to image in real-time with high-quality MRI during therapy is new and a game-changer in all aspects,” says radiation oncologist Percy Lee, M.D. MRI is the preferred method for imaging soft tissue because it can produce a clearer, more detailed view of internal organs than computed tomogra-

phy (CT) without the radiation exposure associated with CT. In areas of the body such as the abdomen, pelvis and breast, MRI allows physicians to more easily differentiate a tumor from healthy tissue, and is especially useful for mobile tumors, which often change position in unpredictable ways, Dr. Lee explains.

The clearer visualization potentially allows for more precise therapy.

During treatment, ViewRay captures a steady stream of soft-tissue images and, in real time, compares them to the planned treatment margins. If the tumor strays outside prescribed margins, the machine can turn the beam off until the tumor returns to its prescribed location. Patients with such cancers as prostate, bladder and pancreas, as well as cancers of the head and neck and central nervous system, are expected to benefit from this non-stop MRI imaging.

Radiation oncologists traditionally design treatment plans based on images taken days or weeks before the treatment date. If doctors suspect tumor movement from weight loss or other reasons, redesigning a plan can take days.

Using ViewRay, UCLA radiation oncologists can adapt radiation on the fly by creating a customized plan of the day for (see ‘TUMORS,’ page 19)

MENDING KIDS AROUND THE WORLD—Surgeons Dr. Philip K. Frykman, right, and Dr. Keith Kimble, along with wife Janet Kimble, R.N., (above left) were honored with the Hope Award for their surgical volunteerism and contributions to pediatric medicine Saturday at the Mending Kids “Wings Around the Galaxy” gala at Santa Monica Airport’s Hangar 8.

Drs. Frykman and Dr. Kimble invented a low-cost muscle stimulator for anorectal malformations repair that is currently in commercial production. Actor Mel Gibson presented the Mend Award to residents Brad and Tina Hillstrom (above right) for their support of the nonprofit that has provided thousands of free life-changing surgeries to children from 54 countries, deploying surgical teams on missions and bringing children to Los Angeles.

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Billy Dee Williams, AnnaLynne McCord On What Video Games Teach, Being Too Nice, & To Be Honored At ABCs Fundraiser

Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies 25th annual “Talk of the Town” gala black-tie fundraiser will be held Nov. 22 from 6 p.m. at The Beverly Hilton.

Honored actor/singer Billy Dee Williams (Spirit of Entertainment Award) and actress/model AnnaLynne McCord (Spirit of Hope Award).

Entertainment for the evening will be by The Temptations while Brandon T. Jackson will

emcee.

A B C s President is G l o r i a G e b b i a while Sheri Rosenblum chairs the e v e n t .

Tickets begin Billy Dee at $400 with Williams sponsorship packages available. For information, call 323-904-4400.

Thrift Shops To Benefit Families In Need Council Thrift Shops a program of the National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles (NCJW/LA) is celebrating 90 years of service to the L.A. community at its eight store locations throughout L.A. and the San Fernando Valley,Nov.15 and 16. There will be special discounts and free giveaways at each location.

Revenues from Council Thrift Shops, provide direct serv-

ice to more than 11,000 women, children, men and their families in–need and at-risk.

Donations are given away through the Annual Free Clothing Giveaway and Community Partners Free Clothing Voucher Program.

To donate, call 800-4006259. For thrift shop locations and more information, call 323651-2930, email info@ncjwla.org or visit www.ncjwla.org.

TUMORS

and supports all available advanced and traditional radiation-delivery techniques, including image-guided radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and 3D conformal therapy.

“We are excited to learn how real-time MRI-guided radiation can change the paradigm of how radiation therapy is delivered, with an eye toward benefiting our patients,” says Dr. Lee.

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each patient. In doing so, radiation that otherwise would have hit healthy tissue is redirected to hone in on malignant tissue, increasing the probability of exact delivery and improving outcomes, creating a customized plan of the day for each patient.

In doing so, radiation that MRIguided radiation therapy expands the personalized treatment options available at UCLA

How Creating Memories Is Better Than Gift Giving Q. Dear Dr. Fran: Are video games good for your brain? I keep hearing different opinions on this subject. What’s yours?

Sarah G. A. Dear Sarah: I am not a researcher, nor a neuroscientist.

I am a clinical psychotherapist who treats patients. Many of whom are kids and teens who obsessively play video games.

After seeing hundreds to thousands of kids become fascinated with video games, I can attest to the observation that video games are not good for one’s brain.

On the contrary, they train the brain to “tune out” other stimuli and variables by forcing the video game activity into the foreground and push everything else, including people and relationships, into the background.

Video games condition the brain to expect an immediate response; which in human-tohuman interaction is an inappropriate expectation. People need time to process information. They hear something, take it in, interpret, and retrieve a response.

The process is not quite as immediate as in a video game.

This teaches gamers to become quickly impatient.

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nosis and treatment at a set level for a designated period.

These measures include aggressive use of medications and riskreduction therapies.

UCLA also received the association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll for meeting stroke quality measures that reduce the time between hospital arrival and treatment with the clotbuster tPA, the only drug approved by the FDA to treat ischemic stroke. People who

one of those people in my youth and early 20s. Now in middle age, I am still described as extremely nice; but what I have learned is to incorporate setting boundaries and limits, too.

The greatest downfall, or pitfall, of folks who are too nice is that they can’t say no. They have a profound need to be “liked.” I let that go when I was able to accept myself—flaws and all.

There are simple boundary phrases one can keep in their back pocket and learn to quickly draw upon when needed.

These included: “That doesn’t work for me;” “I’m not comfortable with that;” or “Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you.”

Nice people often reply impulsively when they feel under pressure from an aggressive person.

Q. Dear Dr. Fran: What are the pitfalls of being too nice?

Janis A.

Q. Dear Dr. Fran: With the holidays approaching how many gifts is appropriate to give a child? When should parents hit the stop button on holiday gifts?

Penelope C.

A. Dear Janis: Being too nice has it'’s many pitfalls. I know. I was

A. Dear Penelope: How many holiday gifts is too many? When

UCLA Comprehensive Center Honored For Stroke Care The UCLA Comprehensive Stroke Center at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) for the treatment of stroke patients.

Get With The Guidelines Stroke helps hospital teams provide current, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. UCLA earned the award by meeting quality achievement measures for diag-

Dr. Fran Walfish Answers Your Questions

suffer a stroke who receive the drug within three hours of the onset of symptoms may recover quicker and are less likely to suffer severe disability.

According to the AHA/ASA, stroke is the #4 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies of a stroke every four minutes; and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.

should parents hit the stop button? Fabulous question, particularly in light of living in times of breeding the “entitled child.”

The real answer lies specifically in the nature of how well each individual parent is able to balance love/nurture with limits/boundaries in every day life.

When parents are comfortable enforcing holding the line and stopping their child from excess of fulfilling their every desire (for instance, computer/iPad time; extended bedtime; two more cookies; delaying doing homework; or more TV time) on a regular basis, then come holiday time it’s perfectly fine to indulge the child as a special holiday treat.

But, if the parent is not comfortable setting and holding limits, or if the parents inconsistently then indulge their child with one gift for each night of Christmas or Chanukah, it is too many gifts. It’s much better to utilize some of the holiday nights as opportunity to make homemade things to “give” as gifts to family and friends.

The activities of baking, decorating, and gift wrapping are memories your child will hold for a lifetime. I guarantee you that of all the thousands of adults I have treated in my private practice, not one has ever remembered a singular gift they got for the holidays.

Send questions to franwalfish-@gmail.com.

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OUTLOOK B E V E R LY H I L L S OUTLOOK The Beverly Hills High School Performing Arts Department and Michael J. Libow, in association with the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, will present 2014’s Fall Play, Michael Frayn’s Noises Off by Michael Frayn.

The farcical comedic romp, will be performed by the BHHS Theatre Arts Workshop students under the direction of Brad Vincent and Annie Terry in the BHHS’s Salter Family Theatre Performances are at 7:40 p.m.,tonight and tomorrow.

Tickets are $5 with ASB card, $10 Student, $15 adults, $20 VIP (Reserved Section). and may be purchased at www.shopbhhs.com.

• • • • • The exhibition, “Tyrone Power: Man, Myth & Movie Idol,” opens today and runs through Jan. 11, 2015 at the Hollywood Museum, 1660 N. Highland Ave., at Hollywood Boulevard.

Highlight include costumes worn by Power. such as the iconic matador “suit of lights” from Blood and Sand (1941); embroidered pants from The Mark Of Zorro (1940); black tailcoat with sil-

ver buttons from Son Of Fury: The Story Of Benjamin Blake (1942); black hat with red feathers from Captain From Castile (1947); navy suit from The Luck Of The Irish (1948) and more.

The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Wednesday - Sunday. Tickets are: $15 general admission, $12 students/seniors; and $5 for children 5 and under.

For information, call 323464-7776 and visit www.The HollywoodMuseum.com.

• • • • • The Beverly Hills Women’s Club will present a movie night double feature beginning at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 at the club, 1700 Chevy Chase Dr. • First up will be Beverly Hills: 100 Years, 100 Stories creator Phil Savenick. An award-winning local film maker, he will explore the history of the City,told by the generation of eyewitnesses who passed down their stories.

• Next will be Top Hat, introduced by Michael Berman, son of Producer Pandro S. Berman. The 1935 screwball musical comedy stars Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and

features Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes and Helen Broderick with music and lyrics are by Irving Berlin.

Non-refundable tickets are $25 members and guests; $35 non-members.

For information, call 310276-5804, email info@bhwclub.org and visit www.bhwclub.org.

• • • • • The annual Christmas Tree Exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum will showcase the state of California with 23 trees representing not only tourist attractions like the cities of San Francisco and L.A., but also historical landmarks and national parks like Yosemite and the Redwoods, Sunday, Nov. 16Jan. 4, 2015 at the center, 40 Presidential Dr., Simi Valley.

On Sunday, from 10-10:30 a.m., two uniformed Marines will help the library kick of its Toys For Toys campaign (running through Dec. 21) collecting new, unwrapped toys for distribution to needy children.

Tickets are $16 general admission, $13 for seniors 62 and over, $9 for children 11-17, $6 for children 3-10 and free for children 2 and under. For information, call 800-410-8354 or visit www.reaganlibrary.com.

• • • • • The international conference, “Memory, Media and Technology: Exploring the Trajectories of Schindler’s List,” put on by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research, will be Nov. 16-18 at the Radisson Hotel at USC. A survivor of the Holocaust who was saved by Oskar Schindler, a child survivor of the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide, the creator of an awardwinning documentary about the Armenian Genocide and a member of the Brussels Parliament who has bridged a divide between Muslim and Jewish lawmakers, will be among Sunday’s panelists.

All events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.

To RSVP visit https://usc.qualtrics.com/SE/?SI D=SV_1S5AIkbh5hdmPDT. • • • • • The 10th annual My Hero International Film Festival will begin at 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Herb Alpert Educational Village, 3131 Olympic Blvd. in Santa Monica.

The festival will screen films in the genres of documentary, narrative, environmental, college films, music videos and animation.

The highest acclaimed films in each category will be shown and filmmaker and heroes recognized at the awards

ceremony.

Prizes include: The Relationship First Award, The Ron Kovic Peace Prize, Media Award, the Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award and the Dan Eldon Activist Award, presented by Kathy Eldon.

Actress, singer and activist Q’Orianka Kilcher will emcee.

Poet, author and educator Paul Cummins will receive the 2014 Global Educator Award.

A short film featuring Jack Black as Cummins will be shown in his honor.

A screening of select winning films will be followed by a filmmaker reception at 5 p.m. and the screening and award ceremony from 7-10 p.m.

To RSVP, visit myhero.com/go/IFF14 • • • • • Circa 55 in The Beverly Hilton will host a Thanksgiving holiday brunch buffet from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. followed by dinner from 6 to 10 p.m.

Executive Chef Troy Thompson will offer brunch guests a host of treats including breakfast treats, a seafood bar, and a turkey carving station. ($79/adults and $29/children).

For dinner, there will be a four-course prix fixe menu featuring a rich lobster or pumpkin bisque, roasted beet and goat cheese or wedge salad and citrus brined turkey with all of the traditional sides, pan roasted salmon or dry aged prime rib,plus a trio of Thanksgiving pies. The four-course menu is priced at $69, excluding tax and gratuity.

Reservations are required. http://www.beverlyVisit: hilton.com/circa-55-beverlyhills-restaurant to make a reservation and view the full Thanksgiving brunch and dinner menus.

• • • • • The holiday tradition of belting out the Hallelujah Chorus at the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s (LAMC) famed “Messiah Sing-Along,” conducted by Artistic Director Grant Gershon, continues at 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7 at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave. at First St. The performance features a professional orchestra and quartet of professional soloists from the chorale, including Holly Sedillos, soprano; Janelle DeStefano, mezzo soprano; Ben Cortez, tenor; and David Castillo, baritone.

Tickets range from $2 $99. Group rates are available. For tickets and information, call 213-972-7282 or visit www.lamc.org.

The weekly update of events for the Southland area.

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Elwes Details Making Of ‘The Princess Bride’ In New Book Actor Cary Elwes will sign copies of his new book As You Wish, his behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of the most beloved movies, at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 17 at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd.

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From The Making Of The Princess Bride, by the movie’s leading man himself, features a forward by director Rob Reiner, an epilogue from producer Norman Lear, and even a keepsake Shephard Fairey poster on the inside dust jacket as a special bonus.

Elwes says he wrote the book to answer the questions he’s constantly asked—Like what was Andre the Giant like to work with? There are tales of him learning to swashbuckle with Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya), creating the “man in black” look (he didn’t grow the signature mustache and pony tail), almost a biography of Andre the Giant, apparently loved by the whole cast; Billy Crystal keeping the cast and crew in hysterics during the Miracle Max scene, and much more.

Music Center Sets 50th Anniversary Gala The Music Center has announced plans for its 50th anniversary celebration weekend. Festivities will include a star-studded performance on the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, ”The Music Center 50th Anniversary Spectacular,” featuring Gustavo Dudamel, Davis Gaines, Grant Gershon, Susan Graham, Harry Hamlin, Jane Kaczmarek, Dale Kristien, Edward James Olmos, Jennifer Paz, Phylicia Rashad, Christoph Waltz, music from Esa-Pekka Salonen, and more—along with a post-show gala dinner at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 and an eclectic party, The NEXT 50 Party on the Plaza, from 6-9 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7.

For the first time, all four resident companies—Center Theatre Group, LA Phil, LA Opera and the Los Angeles Master Chorale—along with its dance series, Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, will offer joint collaborations.

For information about tickets, visit http://www.musiccenter.org/50, email The50th@MusicCenter.org or call 213972-4322.

The third floor gallery of The Broad with skylight.

Photo by Nathaniel Riley

Broad Museum To Open Next Fall The Broad, the new contemporary art museum under construction on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, is set to open in fall 2015 with free general admission, offering local residents and visitors from around the world access to a collection of more than 2,000 works of contemporary art set in a new building designed by the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

The Broad is the initiative of longtime art collectors and philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, D S + R ’s “ ve i l - a n d - va u l t ” concept features two floors of public gallery space to show-

case contemporary art and a central “vault” to house the collections. The third-floor gallery boasts nearly an acre of columnfree space to display works from the collections.

With the first floor gallery for special exhibitions, the museum will have more than 50,000-square-feet of exhibition space.

Upon entering the lobby, visitors will travel up a 105-foot escalator, through the second floor concrete vault, and emerge into the third-floor gallery that features 23-foot ceilings and 318 skylights that filter in diffused sunlight.

Oscar-Caliber Performance From Carell In Foxcatcher If you are not a wrestling aficionado, and I’m not, you will probably find Foxcatcher at 133-minutes, a tad too long.

However, you will find the performances of the three principles, Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo, outstanding.

Carell, who will probably be mentioned at Oscar time, captures the idiosyncratic karma of heir to the duPont fortune, John.

The enigmatic John hires a down and out former Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz (Tatum) to train prospective wrestling champions at his state-

Jerry Cutler On Film of-the-art training facility, Foxcatcher Farm.

DuPont, who also has a penchant for bird watching, camouflages his lack of virility by assuming the role of head coach of the team. At long last, he hopes to capture the recognition of his pontifical and icy mother, Vanessa Redgrave.

Wanting reinforcement for Mark, duPont asks him to secure the services of his brother Dave,

a noted coach who also is a wrestling gold medalist.

There are suspicious nuances of homosexuality when duPont runs through drills with the wrestling aspirants. After demoralizing and demoting Mark, he turns his attention solely to Dave and his expertise in an all out effort to win the approval of his mother.

Academy Award-nominee Bennett Miller (Capote and Moneyball) directs with a knowledge and passion for the sport, but seems he was a bit reluctant to make some judicious editing….it would have helped. 2-1/2 Bagels out of 4

LAMOTH Gala Dinner Honorees Dr. Frank Litvack, Shelley Litvack Photos by Alex Berliner and Kati Marton.

LAMOTH Community Gathers to Support Holocaust Remembrance and Education in Los Angeles More than 700 guests, ranging in age from 9 to 96, gathered for the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH) Annual Gala Dinner on Sunday night, raising nearly $1 million.

The evening honored community leaders and philanthropists, Shelley Litvack and Dr. Frank Litvack; internationally recognized author and journalist, Kati Marton; and concert pianist and author, Mona Golabek. All were celebrated for their leadership and commitment to Holocaust remembrance and education. The evening’s emcee was Jessica Yellin, former White House Correspondent for CNN. Museum Director Samara Hutman, said, “The evening was a poignant reminder of the importance of a community gathering together to carry on the legacy of memory, as Holocaust Survivors, dignitaries, and so many from the L.A. community gathered to support the Museum in ways that will be critical to Holocaust Remembrance in the years ahead. We are grateful to our honorees Shelley and Frank Litvack, Kati Marton, and Mona Golabek, who in carrying forward their parents’ legacy inspire us in our work at the Museum.”

• Honoree Frank Litvack in his remarks highlighted the importance of the museum, saying, “Today, LAMOTH is a vessel for history where the collective and individual stories of our parents, grandparents and neigh-

Honoree Mona Golabek

bors can be preserved for all the future generations.”

• Kati Marton accepted the Humanitarian Award in honor of her parents Endre Marton and Ilona Marton, for her writing, her work on behalf of Holocaust Survivors and human rights advocacy.

• Mona Golabek received the Righteous Conversations L’Dorot Award in honor of her parents Lisa and Michel Golabek.

“LAMOTH (100 S The Grove Dr, L.A.) sis a free educational and commemorative space in the heart of our city where people continue to connect with, witness, and wrestle this heartbreaking, wrenching, and complex history. It is a place that daily honors the founders’ mission to educate and commemorate with dignity, creativity, excellence, and compassion.”

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S P O RT S Beverly Hills High’s Girls Tennis Team Loses To Top Seed Valencia In CIF Semifinals

By Matt Lopez The BHHS girls tennis team saw its dream season come to an end on Wednesday in a close, hard-fought 10-8 loss to host Valencia in the CIF Southern Section Division II semifinals.

Beverly Hills High, the reigning Ocean League champs, took the #1 seed Valencia to the limit but were unable to come up with the big road victory and advance to the CIF finals.

In the Valencia match, Jackie Hauser and Sabrina Saitta earned a big doubles win for the Normans, who also picked up seven singles wins in the match.

“We did pretty well against a very solid team,” Margolin said. “Our doubles are not as strong as our singles, so we did get most of our points out of singles, but the doubles did a great job and played hard.”

To get to the semifinals, BHHS had to first go through Temecula Valley last Friday in a second-round road match which the Normans won 10-8.

In that victory, the Normans earned seven wins in singles and each doubles team won one set to tip the scales.

After that came a match with M.L. King on Monday in the quarterfinal. BHHS’ Martina Bocchi, Katarina Stefanovic and Lola Gorbacheva swept in singles that finished in a 9-9 tie with BHHS pulling out a win 70-64 on points.

Although the team’s season didn’t end with a trip to the CIF finals, Margolin said he was thrilled with the play of his team this season and the improvement the program continues to make.

“Considering where we’ve come from, the kids did incredible,” Margolin said. “This year Division II was incredibly tough, there’s some really good teams that didn’t even get out of the second round.”

Margolin and the team will wait to hear of a possible CIF State bid on Saturday and Martina Bocchi will continue representing BHHS and the Ocean League when she takes part in the CIF Individuals on Nov. 24.

BHHS Cross Country Teams Qualify For CIF Playoffs

By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills High boys and girls cross country teams are headed to the CIF playoffs.

Both squads earned the CIF trip at the Ocean League Finals on Nov. 6 with thirdplace finishes in the 3-mile course at Kenneth Hahn Park.

The BHHS boys took third behind El Segundo and Santa Monica, led by Jonathan Cohen’s fifth-place finish in 17 minutes, 48.08 seconds. Noah

Lee took 10th place in 18:20.87 for the Normans.

In the girls race, the BHHS girls took third place led by Sydney Hanover, who finished in 10th place at 23:11.85.

Sophomore Sophia Miller had a strong finish in the varsity race, taking 10th place in 23:11.85.

The CIF Southern Section Division III prelims, which BHHS will participate in, are Saturday at Mt. SAC beginning at 7:45 a.m.

READY TO GO—Beverly Hills High defensive player Jonathan Hakimi lines up and gets ready to rush the Culver City offense during last Friday’s 41-12 Ocean League loss to Culver City. The loss marked a rough ending to a difficult season for the Normans, who finished 1-9 overall and 0-5 in the Ocean League. The loss marked the ninth time in 10 games that the Normans gave up more than 40 points to their opponent. While the season didn’t end on a high note, the Normans did pick up their first win in more than a year earlier this season with a 35-0 romp over San Gabriel. It also marked the first win in the BHHS coaching career for Charlie Stansbury, who took over the program at the beginning of last season.

Photo by David Berke

Beverly Hills High Basketball Star Chance Comanche Signs Letter Of Intent With Arizona

By Matt Lopez One of the reasons Beverly Hills High basketball fans are so excited about the upcoming season is the same reason University of Arizona fans are so excited about next season.

That reason is 6-10, 205pound Chance Comanche, and the new “man in the middle” for the Normans made his col-

lege decision official Wednesday when he faxed his national letter of intent to Arizona coach Sean Miller.

Comanche, who transferred to Beverly Hills High this year from View Park Prep, will attend Arizona next year on a basketball scholarship.

Comanche is a 4-star prospect according to

ESPN.com’s recruiting rankings, and the #11 player in the state. He was highly sought after by nearly every PAC-12 school, and many national powers like Kansas, Louisville, Gonzaga and Connecticut.

Comanche averaged 19.5 points and 13 rebounds per game last season for View Park Prep.

BHAAA—Last Friday evening, at the Normans Football game, Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association (BHAAA) inducted the 8th class of athletic alumni into the BHAAA Hall of Fame. The 2014 class includes Jeff Spitz, football, (Class of 1976); Cheryl Jones-Woods, tennis, (Class of 1982) and Jennifer Choi, golf, (Class of 1990). The BHHS Alumni Hall of Fame dinner gala dinner honoring these athletic alumni as well as Mayor Lili Bosse (Class of 1979), Michael Schlesinger (Class of 1960), Benny Medina (Class of 1975), Jon Turteltaub (Class of 1981), as well as Susan Stevens receiving the McCarthy Lifetime Achievement Award will be held on Thursday Feb. 12, 2015 at The Beverly Hilton. Information can be found at www.hofdinner.org. Pictured above, from left: Spitz, Choi and Jones-Woods.

PACIFIC TRIATHLON—Pacific Triathlon League competed in the UCLA IronBruin this past Sunday. Pictured: Coach Ella Esar, UCLA triathlete and USAT Pro preps her athletes for the swim. Pictured: Abby Kolko, Sabrina Nagy, Naomi Nagy, UCLA Coach Ella Esar, Shu Watanabe, Kieran Greg, Charlie Choi and Denis Shuartsman. Watanabe finished in 3rd place. In the next few weeks the league will be participating in the Pasadena Turkey Tri and the HITS Triathlon in Palm Springs. 2015 training with begin in February.

Training for Team WeHo, Team BH and Team Culver will take place in West Hollywood and Culver City. For more information, visit www.pactri.org or contact Susankolko@hotmail.com.

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John Mirisch Aims To Take On Metro Board

By Laura Coleman City Councilman John Mirisch is taking up the issue of disproportionate representation on the Metro Board with a grassroot’s campaign designed to bring about real change by adding two new members to the L.A.-heavy 13-member board.

“L.A.'s votes count for 57.8-percent more than everyone else's. I'm not sure how and why everyone has accepted the situation,” Mirisch told The Courier.

Mirisch said the proper solution to address the issue of disproportionate representation would be to divide the areas outside of L.A. into six sections and choose representatives through a city selection committee. He is currently in the process of speaking with the The League of California Cities.

“There is a problem,” he said. “It’s one that can be easily addressed.”

Beverly Hills Author Stephen Maitland-Lewis Among Louie Award Winners

By John L. Seitz New York’s Louis Armstrong House Museum (LouisArmstrongHouse.org), dedicated to preserve and promote the cultural legacy of Louis Armstrong, has announced its 2014 Louie Award recipients to be presented Dec. 8 at its annual gala.. They are Beverly Hills author Stephen MaitlandLewis, author/talk show host Dick Cavett, and Andrew P. Jackson of Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center.

Maitland-Lewis’ novels Hero On Three Continents and Ambition both received multi-honors, while his latest, Botticelli’s Bastard, was published in August. The former British attorney, and international investment banker held senior positions in the London, Kuwait, and on Wall Street before moving to California in 1991. As a 12-year-old boy in England, jazz aficionado Maitland-Lewis would listen again and again to 78 r.p.m. recordings of Louis Armstrong’s music. No one was more astonished than he, when a fan letter he wrote to Armstrong resulted in a private lunch with the famous musician which resulted in a 15-year friendship, lasting until the latter’s 1979 death.

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Lord Jacob Rothschild Awarded J. Paul Getty Medal

By Victoria Talbot The 2nd annual J. Paul Getty Medal was awarded to Lord Jacob Rothschild last week, honoring his extraordinary achievements in museology, art historical research, and philanthropy, conservation and conservation science.

At a gathering held at the Getty Center in Brentwood, actress Gwyneth Paltrow introduced the British philanthropist and investment banker, a leader in art and conservation throughout the world.

Lord Rothschild reflected warmly on the Getty’s contributions to the arts and humanities, including those by J. Paul Getty’s son and grandson to British institutions with which Rothschild is associated.

Rothschild has served as the chairman of the National Gallery of Art, London, chairman of the National Heritage Memorial Fund 1994-98, and the Pritzker Prize for Architecture 2002-4, trustee and honorary fellow of the Courtauld Institute of Art and of the State Hermitage

Museum of St. Petersburg and the Qatar Museums Authority. He is a 2002 recipient of the Order of Merit by Her Majesty the Queen, limited to 24 members who have rendered exceptionally meritorious service in the field of the arts, learning, literature and science. He serves as the chairman of Yad Hanadiv, dedicated to the advancement of education, the environment, academic excellence and civil society in Israel. He also established the Butrint Foundation to support excavation and conservation of ancient sites at Butrint, Albania.

Nearly 250 guests joined the event for dinner at the Pritzker-Prize winning Richard Meier Getty Center. Guests included notaries from the art, museum and film worlds, including William Friedkin, Sherry Lansing, James Snyder, Steven S. Koblik and many international dignitaries. Local politicians included L. A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and former California attorney general John Van de Kamp.

GETTY AND GWYNETH CELEBRATE THE GOLD— Pictured (from left): Mark S. Siegel, chairman of the Board of Trustees for J. Paul Getty Trust; J. Paul Getty Medal Honoree Lord Jacob Rothschild; Gwyneth Paltrow and James Cuno, president/CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust pose during the J. Paul Getty Medal dinner honoring Rothschild at the Getty Center. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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Sports Sweepstakes Held At The Beverly Wilshire Supports Vista Del Mar The 32nd Sports Sweepstakes, hosted by Stanley Black and Bob Barth, chaired by Lyn Konheim, and honoring the Los Angeles Dodgers took place on Monday at The Beverly Wilshire. Former Dodgers’ great Orel Hershiser was the master of ceremonies. The event was a huge success with more than 450 people attending, and raised almost $600,000 in support of critical programs and services provided by Vista Del Mar to Los Angeles’s children and families. The evening opened with the children of Vista Del Mar singing You Gotta Have Heart from Damn Yankees. Spectacular prizes were given to more than 30 attendees and the Grand Prize, a 2015 Toyota Prius was won by Josh Flagg, who also made a very generous donation during the night in support of Vista’s 2014 Campaign No Child Left Unplugged, which aims to provide a laptop to every child in its non-public school.

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entourage to breakfast at Nate ‘n Al’s.

“I will continue to strive to improve our resident's quality of life, the City's fiscal position and to make Beverly Hills a City which exceeds everyones’ expectations," said Vice Mayor Gold about another term in office.

A few hours later, Mayor Lili Bosse met up with an assemblage of supporters that filled the council chamber, waiting for her to return from Walk with the Mayor Monday.

The party reassembled outside City Hall for a signing party, with Mayor Bosse handing out orange pens with the word “gratitude” on them.

Gold returned at 2 p.m. with his one-inch stack of forms completed for the clerk.

Bosse was not far behind; her papers were returned within hours, as well.

Pope explained to The Courier that it is very unusual to see the rapid turnaround that Bosse and Gold showed. Most candidates take a few days at least to complete and return their nomination packet.

Gold and Bosse are popular figures with loyal supporters. Bosse’s walks generate hundreds of walkers each week, increasing her visibility further.

“My first term on the council has been more work than I ever imagined, but it's also been more rewarding. My Healthy City Initiative and the 60-Second Shout Outs have been very successful. I'm energized and enthusiastic about continuing my work on behalf

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and the California Garden & Landscape Society.

Throughout the weekend participants enjoyed lectures and garden tours that focused on the pioneering landscape work of Cornell.

The 22-block long strip is bordered on the east by Doheny Drive and the west by Wilshire Boulevard at Whittier

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very special people,” Pressman said at the luncheon. “We’re lucky to have them with us.”

The Pressman Legacy award went to Marilyn Ziering, the founding President of the Women’s Group at the Friends of Sheba Medical Center, and Ruth Steinberger, who first visited Sheba in the 1960s.

“Helping a child with cancer to survive and live a full life is really God’s work,” Steinberger said.

The revolutionary ap-

of Beverly Hills, my beloved hometown,” said Bosse.

Jacob Goldstein, 34, met with City Clerk Byron Pope Wednesday to obtain the papers necessary to run for council. Goldstein, who says he has never attended a City Council meeting, is a dark horse candidate. He is not well known and he admits that he is not actively involved or associated with any local organization. The nomination period, which opened Monday, closes Dec. 5; In the event he completes his signatures, Goldstein has until then to return his completed nomination papers.

Goldstein ran a decade ago for the City Council and claims he had 3,000 votes. (A check of the records for March 10, 2005 shows that Jacob Goldstein received 1,081 votes.) He says he is interested in environmental issues and schools. He is not an official candidate until he has first returned his nomination papers and then filed his candidacy with the City clerk.

If no one else files papers, and only Bosse and Gold are running for the seats, then there will be no City election. The election on March 3, 2015 will still be held for the Community College District and Los Angeles County, but at Los Angeles County’s expense.

In the event that Goldstein or someone else files to run in the race, the City will also hold an election. City Clerk Byron Pope estimates the cost at $250,000.

The expenses include staff salaries, printing, consulting, city-sponsored candidate forums, poll workers and ballots.

Drive. A lecture by Brian Tichenor and an exhibit curated by Steven Keylon and Kelly Comras was presented at UCLA's Young Research Library. A tour in Beverly Gardens Park was conducted by Landscape Architect Michelle Sullivan on Saturday afternoon. The event concluded on Sunday with multiple tours and lectures throughout Los Angeles County.

proach in genetic mapping that doctors use at the Sheba clinc allows each child the opportunity to receive personalized targeted therapy. Would-be donors are encouraged to “adopt a child” for $5,000, which is the cost for doctors at Sheba to conduct genetic screening and mapping for a child.

Yesterday’s luncheon committe included: Marianne Berman, Beverly Cohen, Aviva Harari, Judy Shapiro, and boutique chair Lynn Ziman. Entertainer Michele Lee served as the mistress of ceremonies.

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resolution creating the fund allowed it to be used to provide temporary relief for cash flow.

“Apparently they had been using it for that purpose since August.”

Kirk-Carter likened the cash transfer out of the district’s endowment fund to buying a $150 pair of shoes before payday and transferring money for the purchase from a savings account to a checking account until the next paycheck can be

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“We were broke,” she recalled. “I didn’t know the difference. They let me take my doll and buggy.”

At 17, Lewis graduated high school and landed work on a radio station singing pop songs every Saturday morning singing pop songs for 15-minutes and getting paid $5 a week. Her powerful voice eventually led Benny Goodman to hire her to replace jazz singer Peggy Lee (who’d just eloped with a bandmember) and she started singing with him on Tuesdays and Thursdays for $250 a week. The audition was 8 bars of singing in a “cattle call” of 300 girls and she nabbed it with her: “It don’t mean a thing, if you don’t have that swing.”

After that, Lewis began making records and personal appearances singing at the Stork Club in New York.

“In those days, we had nightclubs that were night clubs ... curtains and beautiful chandeliers,” she reminisced.

In the 1940s, Lewis moved to Los Angeles, in part to help her father recover from a heart attack in the warmer weather.

She signed a two-year contract with MGM and made four films during that time. She recalled her learning curve when shooting her first film, dressed in the bustles of the 1890s, she sung a song and said good night and began to walk off:

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Azoulay, Cantor Netanel Baram, Rabbi Pini Dunner of Young Israel of North Beverly Hills, Director of the Museum of Tolerance Liebe Geft, Composer James Stephenson and Cantor Gideon Zelermyer

used to restore the transfer.

Currently, there is not enough money in the district’s general fund to pay salaries through the end of the year. She estimated that the district pays out $5 million every month on various bills.

“Part of the resolution was that we could use the endowment to borrow against ourselves with the explict caveat that it had to be reimbursed,” said Board VP Brian Goldberg who originally championed the resolution.

In 2014/15 the fund re-

BEVERLY HILLS ceived approximately $49,000 in interest and $19,000 in interest in 2013/14. Before the endowment fund, BHUSD would have done a tax revenue anticipation note to borrow money, on which they pay interest and other associative fees.

However, there may be some competition to access the $5 million from the County that Kirk-Carter said the district is entitled to borrow. “They only have $20 million, hopefully they haven't given it to anyone else," she said.

“They said, wait a minute Miss Lewis, you haven’t done your close-up.”

In L.A., she got involved with helping the government by selling war bonds at the end of WWII and performing at military bases for returning soldiers. Her life changed palpably after she travelled to Korea and performed for 150,000 troops.

“That was an eye-opening experience. It changed my whole life,” she said.

She recalled subsequently lunching at the MCA commissary and seeing Clark Gable with Ava Gardner: “I suddenly looked around and it was just a lunch room, because I’d seen life and death for real and been part of it.”

On Jan. 1 1956, Lewis married MCA agent Jennings Lang at a friend’s house in Beverly Hills. At the time of their first date–which included a party for Joan Crawford–Lang was a widower with a 14 and 9-year-old.

She said after their marriage, their Beverly Hills home became, “the Western White House.”

The couple once held a fundraiser to pay for the legal defense of Daniel Elsburg, the former military analyst who released the Pentagon Papers.

“Almost every celebrity who was not a right-wing Republican was there,” she said. The fundraiser was a great success.

Barbara Streisand performed on a national feed

where she would raffle off songs while Marvin Hamlisch played piano. The Beatles showed up (Lewis saw them in the morning eating in the kitchen with Streisand) and figured they had spent the night smoking joints, the butts of which filled a Miro sculpture.

“The Beatles had obviously spent the night on the couches and they thought it was an ash tray,” she said.

In 1958, Lewis gave birth to her son Rocky. She also officially adopted her husband’s two children.

“We just tried to live a rounded life, but always the center was family,” she said.

Three years ago, Lewis authored a beautiful autobiography about her extraordinary life: Hollywood Through My Eyes: The Lives & Loves Of A Golden Age Sire.

She said her previous love affairs (outside of her husband, who died in 1996) included almost marrying an Irish writer that she’d received a dispensation from the Pope to marry (since she’d briefly been married before) and a marriage proposal from Ronald Reagan when he was a Democrat and president of SAG. “[Lang] was like a bull; strong,” she recalled of her husband of 40 years. “His sense of humor and his brilliance; both were important. But to find it in one guy. [Lang] was the whole world and package and the life.

We got really lucky.”

to revive the music of the great synagogues of Germany.

The music was accompanied with images of the lost synagogues, breathing life into the musical experience and immersing the audience inside the lost buildings.

It was a night of rememberance and commemoration

that elevated and inspired the audience.

Wednesday’s event was a sell-out performance that spilled into the overflow of an adjoining theater. The 40-piece orchestra and all the participants where transported.

KRISTALLNACHT— Pictured (from left): Rabbi Pini Dunner, Cantors Gideon Zelermyer and Netenal Baram, orchestra conductor Roï Azoulay and the orchestra.

Photo by Barry Novack

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SCHOOL IS FUN!

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Special Needs Network Receives 10,000 Children’s Books from Scholastic for L.A.-Area Special Needs Children pecial Needs Network (SNN), an L.A.-Angeles-based nonprofit, is on a mission to collect 10,000 toys this holiday season to match a 10,000-book donation from Scholastic for SNN’s network of L.A’.s underserved children.

The books are provided through the Scholastic Possible Fund, part of the company’s new literacy initiative “Open a World of Possible,” designed to emphasize the importance of reading.

Continuing its tradition of collecting and giving away toys to children with autism and other disabilities, SNN is expanding its holiday giveaway to include a wide array of new children’s books. The nonprofit plans to distribute the donated books and toys to thousands of South L.A. lowincome children during a series of December events.

SNN staff and volunteers will hand out the majority of the books and toys during the organization’s annual Christmas Care Toy Give-Away, Dec. 13 on the USC campus.

“Most people would be surprised to learn there are thousands of kids in Los Angeles who don’t have a single children’s book in their home,” says Areva Martin, SNN’s president and founder. “With the donation from

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Continuing its tradition of collecting and giving away toys to children with autism and other disabilities, SNN is expanding its holiday give-away to include a wide array of new children’s books.

Scholastic, we will not only be able to bring a smile to a child’s face this holiday but we will play a small part in improving literacy in South LA and tackling what’s called the 30-million word gap.”

It is well-documented that by age 3, children from upper-class homes are exposed to 30 million more words than children from disadvantaged or low-income homes, and most educators agree the word gap leads to the

Smashbox Co-Founder Davis Factor Honored At Wednesday’s 21st Annual ETTA Gala Davis Factor, great-grandson of cosmetic legend Max Factor and co-founder of Smashbox Studios and Cosmetics, received the Visionary Award at the 21st annual ETTA Gala on Wednesday in The Beverly Hilton.

Hosted by TV’s Adrianna Costa with a performance by opera singer Carlos De Antonis, honored were several notables for their contributions to the community.

The ETTA Youth Board received the Hendeles Young Leadership Award while Angie and Moise Hendeles were saluted along with a special tribute to Frances and Rabbi Hyman Agress.

Founded in 1993, ETTA (www.ETTA.org) is the only local organization providing a full spectrum of services for Jewish adults with special needs and developmental disabilities.

achievement gap and problems throughout school.

Parent groups and nonprofits all over the country have weighed in on how to close this achievement gap, which can have life-long ramifications.

Though the approaches may vary, there is no dispute that encouraging kids to read and having parents read to kids are vital steps to increasing literacy.

One of the core groups supported

by SNN throughout the year is the autism population. As the rate of autism continues to grow, now impacting one in 68 children, SNN has seen a dramatic increase in the number of families requesting assistance during the holidays. Studies confirm at least half of those impacted by autism are nonverbal or struggle with communication.

“Children with autism often struggle with spoken and written language and reading comprehension can be a challenge for regardless of where a kid is on the autism spectrum,” says Arshya Vahabzadeh M.D., a pediatric specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

“We increasingly recognize the positive brain development effects of reading to children, and attaining literacy.

Children with autism are no exception, and by providing reading materials such as books, we take an important step to helping them to achieve their full potential.”

To meet the demand, SNN is reaching out to the community, asking for help collecting, toys, new clothing and toiletries.

To help, email connie@specialneedsnetwork.org or visit www.specialneedsneteork.org for more information.

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Celebrating are Marty Geimer and Robert Ginty (Nov. 14); Walter Samson and David Leisure (Nov. 16); Danny DeVito, Gordon Lightfoot, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, William Moses, Shair Ali and Martin Scorsese (Nov. 17); Linda Evans, David Hemmings, Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins, Susan Sullivan and Brenda Vaccaro (Nov. 18); Larry King, Martha Moody Rourke, Dick Cavett, Jodie Foster, Calvin Klein, Meg Ryan, and Alan Young (Nov. 19); Debi Schiff, Bo Derek, Richard Dawson, Veronica Hamel, Estelle Parsons, Sean Young, and Dick Smothers (Nov. 20).

Debi Schiff

Larry King

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Shair Ali Danny DeVito Providence St. John’s Health Center, Marcel Loh, and his wife, Jane. Another highlight was the presentation of an oversized check by Melanie Wayne, auxiliary treasurer, in the amount of $798,178 which the group raised last year.

Since 1981, the family of John Wayne has been committed to pioneering cancer research in memory of their father, who died of cancer. For more information, visit www.jwci.org or call the auxiliary’s information line: 310-829-8324. ****** The Beverly Hilton was the site when the University Kidney JWCI LUNCHEON– Celebrating John Wayne Cancer Institute Aux- Research Organization (UKRO) iliary’s membership luncheon at The Beverly Wilshire were (above, from and more than 350 attendees, left): Marcel Loh, Dr. Anton Bilchik, Melanie Wayne, Anita Swift and honored Barry Hoeven, ElizaPatrick Wayne. Below (from left): are honorees Dr. Marilou Terpenning beth Garrett, and Lynda Oschin and Dan Hay. Photos by Vince Bucci at its 5th benefit dinner.

After a moving introduction by singer Natalie Cole, herself on the UKRO Board of Directors, Michael Feinstein entertained the crowd with wellknown standards.

Phillip Palmer, ABC7 News anchor, acted as emcee.

Funds raised are going to the USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center, which will soon become a part of USC’s Keck School of Medicine. It will foThe John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary held its annual membership cus on basic and applied reluncheon/boutique at The Beverly Wilshire with nearly 300 on hand. Hon- search to identify the causes of, ored were Marilou Terpenning, MD, a JWCI oncologist and medical direc- improve upon existing treattor of oncology at St. John’s Health Center, (Angel Award); and Dan Hay, ments for, and, ultimately, find a president/CEO of Premier Girls Fastpitch and Surf City Tourneys, Inc. (Pub- cure for all forms of kidney dislic Service Award). ease.

Institute board chair Patrick Wayne presented Hay with his award, notKen Kleinberg of Kleinberg ing the latter’s passion for John Wayne films which inspired him to spear- Lange Cuddy & Carlo LLP head major softball tournaments benefiting JWCI to the tune of $65,000 the founded UKRO after being diagpast three years. nosed with kidney ailment that, Former JWCI Auxiliary President (and cancer survivor) Lois Rosen, to this day, has no known cause. poignantly shared her personal association with co-honoree, Dr. Terpen- Eventually, Kleinberg’s kidneys ning, describing her as “her own personal angel.” Event co-chairs were failed to function and he was on Katie Lewis and Marisol Zarco withactor Gerard DiNome tackling emcee dialysis the next six years, where duties for the second year. he enlisted the help of his physiAuxiliary President Anita Swift celebrated the accomplishments of the cian, Dr. Vito M. Campese, proorganization which has raised more than $18 million for JWCI since its fessor of medicine and chief of founding in 1981. She also announced April 11 will be the date of the the division of Nephrology and group’s annual Odyssey Ball and introduced the new CEO of JWCI and Hypertension at Keck School to form UKRO. Meanwhile, Kleinberg received a successful kidney transplant in 2007. ****** Here’s another new dinery to try...Santa Monica’s Blue Plate Oysterette opened a second lo-

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DIAMOND JUBILEE BIRTHDAY BASH–Noted publicist Arlene Howard Noel celebrated her diamond jubilee birthday with a dinner-dance atop L’Ermitage Beverly Hills last Saturday hosted by her husband Bryce Noel (top left photo). Lou Varoujan provided the dance music while Broadway-bound magician Adam Trent entertained. Among the 150 saluting the birthday girl were (top right photo): Mag Black Scott, founder/CEO of Beverly Hills Wealth Management, and her astronaut husband David Scott; (second row, from left): former Sheriff Lee Baca, mega auto dealer Bert Boeckmann, and automotive tycoon Lee Iacocca; (third row, from left): Lexy and Beverly Hills’ clothier John Carroll; famed attorney Patty Glaser with husband, entrepreneur Sam Mudie; (bottom row, from left): Francesca and actor Richard Harrison; interior designer Deborah Parsons and PR executive Craig Parsons.

Photos by Rick Gustafson/Mada Productions, Inc.

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Frances Allen’s Desert Roundup

Want A Celebrity For Christmas?

THE NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY MAGAZINE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

How would you like to take a celebrity home for Christmas?

Your family would be in awe and you–the envy of all your neighbors.

Hyperbole aside, you can have a celebrity presence in your home for the holiday festivities thanks to ACT for MS and its 14th Christmas Tree Lane, held this year at the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown Palm Springs.

Now in its teens, this popular yearly event brings out the decorating talents of local celebs and volunteers by each having a uniquely designed Christmas tree in their name adorned with their memorabilia. Among this year’s individual celebrity trees are the Jason Alexander, Lucie Arnaz and Laurence Luckinbill, Michael Childers, Carol Channing, Carol Connors, Dean Torrence (formerly of Jan and Dean), Jack Jones, Ruta Lee, Barry Manilow, best-selling author Andrew Neiderman, Susanne Somers, Jerry Vale (in memoriam) and, Fred “The Hammer” Williamson.

Out of the way Harley motorcycles and Fender guitars, the trees will be on display in the hotel’s lobby from Nov. 21 through Dec. 5. Then they go under the auctioneers’ gavel. Can’t wait to shop, but don’t need a whole 6-foot tree? An array of customdesigned miniature trees and holiday wreath will be on sale prior to the start of the auction.

Heading up this massive, logistic-intensive production are Event Chairs Gloria Greer (founder of ACT for MS) and Desert designer Linda Williamson, while Kay Bell chairs the pre-auction boutique.

Jack Jones and Ruta Lee will be the celebrity hosts and local meteorologist Patrick Evans serves as auctioneer. Super-talented Bill Marx will provide the music and noted jazz producer Jimi Fitz Fitzgerald will be a special guest.

The non-profit ACT for MS was founded more than 15 years ago by Gloria Greer after she realized her daughter, who had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, had very little in the way of a support system for coping with the disease in the Coachella Valley. Hence ADT for MS’s simple mission statement: Providing assistance for local residents with multiple sclerosis.

Reservations to attend the Celebrity Tree reception/auction are required and can be made by calling 760-773-9806.

Cruisin is free for spectators to attend. There is a $5 entry fee to show your vehicle. Further information about Desert Cancer Foundation is at 760-773-6554..

ANSWERS FOUND IN NEXT WEEK’S PAPER…

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Israeli Dance Company To Make Wallis Debut Israel’s Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) is coming to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for three performance, Nov. 19-21 in the Bram Goldsmith Theater.

The company is widely identified with the work of Artistic Director Rami Be’er, whose singular choreographic character has become the company’s trademark, both in Israel and abroad.

“We are excited to be coming to Beverly Hills – and very curious as well,” says Be’er. “I know from being with audiences all over the world that a dialogue Members of Israel’s Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Rami Be’er’s happens.We are look- “If At All,” coming to The Wallis. Photo by Uri Nevo ing for that to haptence–love, tenderness, vio- evoked while watching our pen.” lence, beauty, and fear, he work.”

With its technically strong adds: “I don’t tell stories – there KCDC was established in and physically eclectic cast of is no narrative–but through 1970 in Kibbutz Ga’aton in the dancers, and its dynamic sensidance.

Western Galilee of northern bility, KCDC epitomizes Israeli “Audience members can Israel. One of the leading dance. connect to themselves and dance companies in the world, KCDC will be perform its maybe by the end of the per- KCDC has developed an famed If At All, a moving theformance, when the lights “International Dance Village,” atrical event brought to life in come up, they may have a where dancers live and work figurative and abstract circles. question to ask of life, or some- together to create, be inspired “The piece deals with the issue thing new to think about. It’s by and celebrate dance. of our existence,” explains not about understanding me, as Subscriptions and single Be’er. “We start as individuals, the creator of the piece – or tickets are available at and then enter into society as what I intended. What most www.thewallis.org or by callcouples, and then groups, all of interests me is when the audi- ing 310-746-4000 or in person us connected to life in the here ence gives itself the freedom to at The Wallis Ticket Services , and now.” connect through its own inter- 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd..

While If At All touches difpretations and feelings that are Read more at www.bhcouriferent aspects of human exis-

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

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

lication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: LANDON C BRESS, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 3/3/2008 as Instrument No. 20080362943 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Street Address or other common designation of real property: 656 N. KNOLL DR #204, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA (AKA 656 WEST KNOLL DR, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA) A.P.N.: 4337003-095 Date of Sale: 11/26/2014 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $658,655.69, estimated The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

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

mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

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

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 10/22/2014 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 7209200 Sale Information Only: (800) 280-2832 Auction.com Frank Escalera, Team Lead NPP0237696 To: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER 10/31/14, 11/07/2014, 11/14/2014

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

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

The names and address of the Seller/Licensee are: Jewish Same Thing LLC, 8917 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069 The Business is known as: Gorge The names and addresses of the Buyer/Transferee are: M2 Partners Sunset, L.P., 16861 Ventura Blvd., Suite 310, Encino, CA 91436 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/Transferee are: NONE The assets to be sold are described in general as: all stock in trade, fixtures and equipment, and ABC License and are located at: 8917 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA

90069.

The kind of license to be transferred is: On-Sale Beer and Wine - Eating Place, Type 41, No. 522177 now issued for the premises located at: 8917 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is December 4, 2014 at the office of All Brokers Escrow, Inc., 2924 W. Magnolla Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505.

The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, including the estimated inventory, is the sum of $149,000.00 which consists of the following: Description Amount Check....$10,000.00 Dem and Note.... $139,000.00 Total Consideration.... $149,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller/ Licensee and the intended Buyer/Transferee, as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: November 3, 2014 SELLERS: Jewish Same Thing LLC, a California Limited Liability Company By: Ilan David Hall, Managing Member BUYERS: M2 Partners Sunset, L.P., a California Limited Partnership M2 Partners Sunset GP, Inc. By: /s/ Michael Voltaggio, Chief Executive Officer 11/14/14 CNS-2687904#

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BEVERLY HILLS COURIER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014 288714 The following is/are doing business as: EXPRESSWAY COPY SERVICE 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #1211, Beverly Hils, CA 90211; Britanny Sullivan 8306 Wilshire Blvd. #1211, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Brittany Sullivan, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 8, 2014; Published: November 7, 14, 21, 28 2014 LACC N/C

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014308053 The following is/are doing business as: LAW OFFCE OF DAVID C. CODELL 8560 SUNSET BLVD. #500, West Hollywood, CA 90069; David Charles Codell 9000 cynthia St. #405, West Hollywood, CA 90069; The business is conducted by: AN INDI-

VIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: David Charles Codell, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 28, 2014; Published: October 31, November 7, 14, 21, 2014 LACC N/C

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014307505 The following is/are doing business as: STRIDE PUBLIC RELATIONS 2068 W. 220th St., Torrance, CA 90501; Robert Brown & Associates Communications, Inc. 2068 W. 220th St., Torrance, CA 90501; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein October 01, 2014: Robert Brown, CEO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 28, 2014; Published: October 31, November 07, 14, 21, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014305273 The following is/are doing business as: 1) L.A. INTEGRITY 2) LA INTEGRITY 3) LOS ANGELES INTEGRITY 429 N. Oakhurst Dr. #201, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; William Freed 429 N. Oakhurst Dr. #201, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: William T. Freed, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 28, 2014; Published: October 31, November 07, 14, 21, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014303521 The following is/are doing business as: PALM RESTAURANT 267 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Palm Beverly Hills Restaurant, LLC 1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW #900, Washington, DC 20036; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein November 01, 2014: James A. Longo, Manager: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 23, 2014; Published: October 31, November 07, 14, 21, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014308506 The following is/are doing business as: GN MANAGEMENT CO. 607 N. Bedford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Gail Novack 607 N. Bedford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 2008: Gail Novack, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 30, 2014; Published: November 07, 14, 21, 28, 2014

LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014308508 The following is/are doing business as: A & C INVESTMENTS 722 N. Foothill Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Martha Engler 722 N. Foothill Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein 2004: Martha Engler, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 30, 2014; Published: November 07, 14, 21, 28, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014308502 The following is/are doing business as: MIGHTY RIVER WELLNESS 12400 Ventura Blvd. #1024, Studio City, CA 91604; Rebecca Hoehn 12304 Hillslope St., Studio City, CA 91604; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Rebecca Hoehn, Sole Proprietor: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 30, 2014; Published: November 07, 14, 21, 28, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014300439 The following is/are doing business as: DONCHKA TRAVEL 1841 Noel Pl., Beverly Hills, CA 90210-1743; Donna Wolfe 1841 Noel Pl, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein February 19, 2010: Donna Wolfe, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 21, 2014; Published: November 07, 14, 21, 28, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014315185 The following is/are doing business as: MUSICIAN’S CHOICE ENTERTAINMENT 3727 Robertson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232; Jerry W. Pinkston Jr. 233 S. La Fayette Pk. Pl. #225, Los Angeles, CA 90057; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Jerry Pinkston, Sole Proprietor: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: November 04, 2014; Published: November 14, 21, 28, December 05, 2014 LACC N/C

ICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014297170 The following is/are doing business as: 1) CASPISJEWELRY.COM 2) 18KJEWELERS.COM 337 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Nana Busiashvili 337 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Jessica Busiashvili 337 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; Tamara Busiashvili 337 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein June 03, 2011: Nana Busiashvili, Owner/Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 21, 2014; Published: October 24, 31, November 07, 14, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014297172 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BOSTON & SEEBERGER 2) ENGINEERINGRIGHTNOW 137 S. Robertson Blvd. #119, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Pathbuilders Inc. 137 S. Robertson Blvd. #119, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein February 23, 2010: James Lauria, COO: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 21, 2014; Published: October 24, 31, November 07, 14, 2014 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2014297171 The following is/are doing business as: 1) BOGART BY GINA NICOLE 2) BOGART COLOGNE 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #527, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Cheryl Bogart 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #537, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Gina Smirnov 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #537, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed herein: Gina Smirnov, Partner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 21, 2014; Published: NOTICE— Fictitious name October 24, 31, November 07, 14, 2014 LACC N/C statement expires five years from –––––– the date it was filed in the office of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT the county clerk. A new fictitious 2014305274 The following business name statement must be is/are doing business as: filed before that time. The filing of THANK YOU THANKERS this statement does not of itself 6715 Woodley Ave. #22, Van Nuys, CA 91406; Curtis R. authorize the use in this state of a John 6715 Woodley Ave. #22, fictitious business name in violaVan Nuys, CA 91406; The busi- tion of the rights of another under ness is conducted by: AN INDI- federal, state, or common law (See VIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business Section 14400, et seq., Business under the name(s) listed and Professions Code). herein: Curtis R. John, Owner: Statement is filed with To File and Publish your DBA the County of Los Angeles: please contact George Recinos at October 28, 2014; Published: October 31, November 07, 14, 310.278.1322 ext 121 21, 2014 LACC N/C ––––––

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PUBLIC NOTICES BID PACKAGE NO. 15-12 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS CAPITAL ASSETS DEPARTMENT PROJECT ADMINISTRATION 345 FOOTHILL ROAD BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210 LEGAL NOTICE BIDS WANTED LA CIENEGA PARK MAINLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT

f. Due Date and Location for Submittals: Sealed bids will be received at all times during normal business hours prior to the Bid Opening, at the City Clerk’s Office, 455 North Rexford Drive, Room 290, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. All bids must be in writing and must contain an original signature by an authorized officer of the firm.

Electronic bids (i.e., telephonic, FAX, etc.) are NOT acceptable. All bids shall clearly contain on the outside of the sealed envelope in which they are submitted: BID PACKAGE 1512: LA CIENEGA PARK MAINLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT

The City of Beverly Hills ("City") hereby requests sealed bids for the materials, supplies, equipment or services set forth herein, subject to all conditions outlined in this Bid Package, g. Contractor's including: License: In accordance with provisions of SECTION 1: NOTICE Section 3300 of the INVITING BIDS California Public SECTION 2: INSTRUC- Contract Code, the City TIONS TO BIDDERS has determined that the SECTION 3: SPECIAL Contractor shall posCITY REQUIREMENTS sess a valid California SECTION 4: GENERAL Contractor's License SPECIFICATIONS Class B – General SECTION 5: BIDDER'S Building Contractor, or BID Class C-27 Landscpaing SECTION 6: SIGNA- Contractor, or other TURE PAGE AND appropriate license LEGAL STATUS classification under the SECTION 7: ADDI- State Contracting Code TIONAL FORMS at the time the contract is bid. Failure to posSECTION 1: NOTICE sess such license may INVITING BIDS render the bid non responsive and bar the 1. Notice Inviting Bids award of the contract to that non responsive a. Date of Bidder.

Request: November 17, 2014 h.

Liquidated Damages: There shall b. Bid Number: be a $500.00 assess15-12 ment for each and every calendar day work c. Item Description: remains undone after The project scope con- date fixed for complesists the replacement tion. of the Irrigation Mainline valves and i.

Prevailing wires for the park at La Wages: In accordance Cienega Park, 8400 with the provisions of Gregory Way, Beverly Sections 1770 et seq., Hills, CA 90210. of the Labor Code, the Director of the Industrial Relations of the State of d. Obtaining Bid California has deterDocuments: A copy of mined the general prethe Bid Package may be vailing rate of wages obtained by mail or in applicable to the work to person from the be done. The Contractor Department of Public will be required to pay to Works & Transportation all persons employed on - Project Administration, the project by the 345 Foothill Road, Contractor sums not Beverly Hills, CA 90210, less than the sums set telephone number 310- forth in the documents 288-2823.

The bid entitled "General package including plans Prevailing Wage and specifications may Determination made by also be viewed on, and the Director of Industrial downloaded from the Relations pursuant to City’s web site: California Labor Code, www.beverlyhills.org.

Part 7, Chapter 1, Article 2, Sections 1770, e. Bid Opening: 1773, 1773.1." These Thursday – December documents can be 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. reviewed in the office of the City Clerk or may be

obtained from the State. ally chartered bank as the escrow agent, and j.

P r e b i d City shall then pay such Conference Date and moneys to the Location: A mandatory Contractor. Refer to the pre-bid conference will contract for further claribe held on Monday, fication.

November 17, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at La p. C o n t a c t Cienega Park, located Person: A bidder or at 8400 Gregory Way, potential bidder who has Beverly Hills 90210. a procedural question may call Julio Guerrero k. Bid Security: at telephone number Each bid shall be 310-288-2823. A subaccompanied by bid stantive question must security in the form of a be submitted in writing cashier's check, certi- and a copy of that quesfied check or bid bond in tion plus a written the amount of 10% of response to it will be the total bid amount. All emailed or mailed to all cashier's checks or cer- parties who have tified checks must be obtained a bid package. drawn on a responsible bank doing business in THE CITY OF BEVERLY the United States and HILLS RESERVES THE shall be made payable RIGHT TO REJECT t o T H E C I T Y O F ANY BID OR ALL BIDS B E V ERLY HILLS. Bid AND TO WAIVE ANY bonds must be issued INFORMALITY OR by a bonding company IRREGULARITY IN licensed to do business ANY BID. ANY CONin the State of TRACT AWARDED California.

Bids not WILL BE LET TO THE accompanied by the LOWEST RESPONrequired bid security SIVE AND RESPONSIshall be rejected. Cash BLE BIDDER. and personal or compa- —————————— ORDINANCE NO. ny checks are NOT 14-O-2668 acceptable. The City shall return the bid security checks of AN ORDINANCE OF unsuccessful bidders to THE CITY OF BEVERLY AMENDING them when the success- HILLS ful bidder ("Contractor") THE BEVERLY HILLS CODE enters into the Contract MUNICIPAL TO INCREASE THE with the City.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIl. Payment Bond BUTION LIMIT FOR and Performance Bond: CANDIDATES WHO A Payment Bond and a ACCEPT THE VOLUNPerformance Bond, TARY EXPENDITURE FOR CITY each in the amount of LIMIT 100% of the contract ELECTIONS amount, will be required THE CITY COUNCIL of the Contractor.

OF THE CITY OF BEVm. I n s u r a n c e : ERLY HILLS DOES Upon award of contract, HEREBY ORDAIN AS contractor will be obli- FOLLOWS: gated to file certificates In Section 1. of insurance evidencing coverage as specified in order to increase the the bid documents and contribution limits, for in a form acceptable to candidates who accept the City. The certificates voluntary spending limshall be on the City's its, from four hundred standard proof of insur- dollars $400 to $450, the City Council hereby ance form. amends and restates n.

Time of paragraph A of Section (“CONTRIUCompletion: The 1-8-3 contractual completion BITON LIMITATIONS”) time shall be 60 calen- of Chapter 8 (“CITY CAMdar days from the date ELECTION PAIGNS; CONTRIBUof Notice To Proceed.

TION LIMITS, VOLUNo. Retention: TARY EXPENDITURE In accordance with the LIMIT AND DISCLOREQUIREcontract, five percent SURE (5%) of any progress MENTS”) of Title 1 PROVIpayment will be withheld (“GENERAL as retention. Pursuant to SIONS”) of the Beverly Section 22300 of the Hills Municipal Code to Public Contract Code, at read as follows: the request and CONTRIBUexpense of the “1-8-3: Contractor, securities TION LIMITATIONS: equivalent to the A. Limits On amount withheld may be By deposited with the City Contributions And or with a state or feder- Persons

Committees: 1. Except as provided in this section and section 1-8-4 of this chapter, no person or committee shall make to any candidate, including the controlled committee of such candidate, a contribution in excess of one hundred twenty five dollars ($125.00) for any single election at which the candidate is attempting to be, or is, on the ballot.

Additionally, no candidate or candidate's controlled committee shall solicit or accept any contribution that will cause the amount contributed by the contributor to the candidate or the candidate's controlled committee to exceed one hundred twenty five dollars ($125.00) for any single election at which the candidate is attempting to be, or is, on the ballot.

2. Notwithstanding subsection A1 of this section, if a candidate accepts the voluntary expenditure ceiling established bysection 1-84 of this chapter, no person or committee shall make to any such candidate, including the controlled committee of such candidate, a contribution in excess of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for any single election at which the candidate is attempting to be, or is, on the ballot.

Additionally, no candidate or candidate's controlled committee shall solicit or accept any contribution that will cause the amount contributed by the contributor to the candidate or

the candidate's controlled committee to exceed four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for any single election at which the candidate is attempting to be, or is, on the ballot.

3. The city council may, by resolution, adjust the contribution limit established in this subsection A in October of every even numbered year to reflect any increase or decrease in the California consumer price index since the last such adjustment of the contribution limit.

Such adjustments shall be rounded to the nearest ten dollar ($10.00) amount.

4. The limitations of this subsection A shall not apply to contributions of a candidate's personal funds to his or her controlled campaign committee on behalf of his or her own candidacy, and shall apply to contributions from the candidate's spouse.”

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 remain in full force and effect.

lished 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: November 4, 2014 Effective: December 5, 2014 LILI BOSSE Mayor ATTEST: BYRON POPE (SEAL) City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: LAURENCE S.WIENER City Attorney APPROVED AS CONTENT: JEFFREY KOLIN City Manager

TO

VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Mirisch, Brien, Gold, and Mayor Bosse NOES: None Section 3.

ABSENT: Councilmember Publication. The City Clerk shall cause this Krasne Ordinance to be pub- CARRIED

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Shown By Appointment.

Call 310/273-6770 or 213/444-8865

————— Breathtaking Views

Bright/Airy • B.H. Adj. Upper 2+2 • $2,695 2 Entrances, lrg living Rooftop Garden Panoramic B.H. Views Spacious, tile+carpet.

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

1259 S. Camden Dr.

310/849-3858

————— 320 S. CLARK DRIVE

CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS & SHOPPING .

310/531-3992

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Close to Beach.

310/394-7132

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WEST LA PENTHOUSE N o r t h o f W i l s h i r e ROBERTSON / BURTON WAY 2 BDRM, 2 FULL BATHS • CONDO QUALITY • FRONT UPPER UNIT 8 4 3 4 th S t .

View, New carpets, all BRIGHT & AIRY 1 BDRM amenities, bright, high * * * * * $1,695/MO. ceilings, washer/dryer 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath in unit, pool/spa, security Balcony, a/c, wet bar, Balcony, ceiling fan, tub + stall shower, ELEVATOR, A/C, camera surveillance large closets, walk-in and 2 car parking. gated garage. Controlled closet, controlled Open House Fri. 2-4pm access, elevator, access in quiet, non-smoking Sat. & Sun. 12-3pm building. NO Pets.

Call 323/252-5600

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2433 BARRY AVE. Call 310/612-1125 —————

BEVERLY HILLS

laundry room, parking.

Heated pool/gym/sauna.

310/260-9893 4 Blks. to Beach.

• • • • • • • • —————–––– • • BRENTWOOD • ONE BEDROOM • 2 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. • 125 N. Barrington Av. French doors in bdrm. to • with Full Bath N E W LY U P D AT E D patio overlooking pool • Newly Remodeled.

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH • • • • • Ceasar stone, fresh • GORGEOUS UNITS • 2nd floor, newly painted, • 2 Bdrm.+ 2 Bath • BEVERLY HILLS ON ARNAZ DRIVE * * * * * * * * *

WESTWOOD • 1 Bd.+1 Ba.

paint. Private

hardwood floors, balcony, entrance. Kitchenette, dishwasher, air conditioning, central air, closets, w/d carport parking, and laundry on premises.

Available Now!

hook-up, alarm. $1,650/MO. LEAVE MESSAGE/TEXT:

Cell: 216/235-7373

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$2,500/MO. Call 310/403-0439 * B E V E R L Y H I L L S *

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8725 Clifton Way Newly Remodeled

BEVERLY HILLS • 2 Bdrm. +

Central air, • 1 Bdrm.+ 1 Bath • pool, elevator, Upscale, Bright, on-site laundry, Gorgeous & Spacious. intercom entry.

• • • • • 320 N. La Peer Dr. With Pool, balcony, • 310/246-0290 • central air, fireplace, CLOSE TO S H O P S & D I N I N G stove, elevator, intercom entry, prkg. gym.

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Border of • 310/476-2181 • B E V E R L Y H I L L S Close to shopping,

321 S. Sherbourne Dr. dining & schools.

DOHENY/OLYMPIC Den + 2 Bath • • • Spacious • • 2 Bd.+1Ba. • $2,300 • 1 Bdrm. + Den + 2 Bath • • Jr. Executive • • B R E N T W O O D • Newly Remodeled

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Lrg. unit. Balcony, Walk-in closet, Spacious & Light. intercom entry, laundry 2nd flr., Hardwood flrs., facility, elevator, prkg.

2-a/c’s, ceiling fans, • CHARMING & BRIGHT • Close to Cedars, prkg. No pets. Quiet, restaurants, shopping well maintained bldg. & transportation.

w/ brand new kitchen.

310/948-4725

••

• • 922 S. Barrington Av.

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

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

• 310/247-8689 • Close to Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Center & Close to shops+dining.

Trendy Robertson Bl. 310/826-0541 • 310/276-1528 •

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440

440

440

440

468

470

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

UNFURNISHED APT’S/CONDO’S

BAGS WANTED

Miscellaneous For Sale

BRENTWOOD

~ WEST ~ LOS ANGELES

WANTED

QU I M PE R FIS H PLA TTER 24”x12” Decor Henriot

11730 SUNSET BLVD.

W E S T W O O D CULVER CITY L A F A Y E T T E P A R K

10905 Ohio Ave. NEWLY REMODELED 2 Bdrm. + 1 Bath •• •• •••••• Newly Remodeled.

•• • Jr. Executive •• New hrwd. flrs., stain- • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • • SINGLE • • • • • • • • • less steel appl., balcony, •• •• controlled access, Rooftop pool, Wifi, Bright, controlled on-site laundry, prkg. deck, central air, access, balcony, elevator, intercom 1307 Barry Ave. pool, elevator, entry, on-sight laundry, 310/473-1509 laundry facility, prkg. gym, parking.

SMALL QUIET BLDG. • Free WiFi Access • Close To U.C.L.A. ~ 310/476-3824 ~ 310/477-6856

—————–––– WEST L.A.

274 LAFAYETTE PARK PL.

3830 Vinton Ave.

•

• •

•

Single

•• •• •

•

•

Pool, sauna, intercom entry, elevator, on-site

1 Bdrm.+1 Bath Granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, air conditioned, new hrwd. flrs., designer finishes, balcony, ceiling

laundry, parking. fan, elevator, controlled All Utilitsies Paid. access. Fitness ctr, yoga room, wi-fi, skyview 310/841-2367

—————–––– lounge w/ outdoor fire-

—————–––– • MIRACLE MILE • place, laundry facilities.

—————–––– 1433 Armacost Ave. W E S T W O O D 615 S. Cochran Ave. Easy freeway access BRENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE

BRENTWOOD 1 B d r m .

1409 Midvale Ave. 1 Bath 11666 Goshen Ave. B RIGHT & S PACIOUS . • • • • • • • • • • • (•)(•)(•)(•)(•) • Single • Balcony, Dishwasher, Single •• ••

The Carlton

(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)

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

+

controlled access on-sight laundry, prkg.

• • • • • •

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

310/531-3992

310/479-0700 WiFi, a/c, intercom Close to Museums, CL O S E TO AL L entry, laundry facility, Grove & Restaurants.

S H O P P I N G A R E A S elevator, parking, pool.

CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., H O L L Y W O O D 310/312-9871 W E S T W O O D SHOPPING & 1 BLK. 1769-1775 Shopping & Dining in 1370 Veteran Ave. TO WESTWOOD PARK. N. Sycamore Av. Brentwood Village 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath • • • • • 310/478-8616 Single • BRENTWOOD • • T O W N H O U S E Balcony, air conditioning •• WESTWOOD • • B a c h e l o r

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872 S. Westgate Ave. dishwasher, controlled 10933 Rochester Ave. = = = = = = access bldg., WiFi, Loft+Den+1 Ba. pool, on-sight laundry, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jr . Executive 2 Bd.+2 Ba. gym, parking. = = = = = = Spacious a/c, fireplace, 310/477-6885 Hardwood floors, C l o s e t o U. C . L . A . pool, controlled access, sliding glass doors laundry fac., prkg. to patio, parking, • WESTWOOD • • Free WiFi Access • laundry facility.

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310/207-1965

————— BRENTWOOD 11640 Kiowa Ave.

••••••••

Newly Updated 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath

••••••••

Balcony, dishwasher, a/c, heated pool, WiFi, elevator controlled access, on-site laundry, parking. Close to Brentwood Village, Shops & Restaurants.

• 310/826-4889 •

—————–––– ≈ WEST ≈ LOS ANGELES

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

310/208-5166

—————–––– WESTWOOD 1380 Midvale Ave.

Controlled access, laundry facility.

Utilities Included.

323/851-3790 Close to Everything.

—————–––– MID-WILSHIRE

310/473-5061

340 S. St. Andrews Pl.

Close To U.C.L.A.

• • • • • Spacious 1 Bdrm + 2 Bath • • • • •

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

•

•

Balcony, controlled

213/382-1021

310/435-9222 + OTHER CERAMIC ITEMS AVAILABLE .

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CLASSIFI ED INDEX MISCELLANEOUS/ANNOUNCEMENTS Obituaries .............................................00 Bookkeeping/Accounting ......................01 Announcements....................................02 Mail Boxes............................................03 Lost & Found ........................................04 Personals .............................................05 Phone Cards ........................................06 Legal Services......................................09 Catering ................................................10 Valet Parking Services ..........................12 Auctions................................................25 Travel Tours..........................................40 Personal Chef.......................................42 Party Services ......................................43 Video/Photography ...............................44 Schools/Instruction ...............................45 Computer Consultants..........................46 Health & Beauty....................................47 Fitness ..................................................48 Professional Services...........................50 Alterations ............................................53 Jobs Wanted ........................................55 Situations Wanted ................................58 Jobs Wanted Domestic ........................60 Domestic Agencies...............................85 Child Care ............................................86 Elderly Home/Care...............................88 Employment Opportunities...................90 Volunteer Work.....................................98

Business and Commercial Lots .........235 Wanted to Rent, Offices.....................239 Offices, Stores for Lease....................240 Commercial Property For Lease .........241 Building Material.................................245 Industrial Lots.....................................250 Acreage, Residential Lots ..................260 Condominiums and Townhouses........270 Real Estate for Exchange ..................280 Real Estate Services ..........................281 Real Estate Loans..............................288 Property Management .......................290 Houses for Sale .................................300 Wanted to Buy....................................302 Wanted to Buy Houses ......................303 Palm Springs for Rent ........................331

RENTALS Rentals to Share ................................404 Wanted to Rent ..................................405 Garage/Storage Rentals .....................407 Rooms for Rent...................................415 Hotels & Motels...................................416 Boarding House/Senior Living ............418 Houses for Rent Furnished ................420 Houses for Rent Unfurnished.............425 Apartments for Rent Furnished..........435 Rental Referral Services ....................439 Apartments for Rent Unfurnished ......440 Vacation Rentals ................................449

elevator, on-site laundry.

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL

MISCELLANEOUS/SALES

Close to shopping,

Character & Charm !

great restaurants

Glass Fireplace

and Metro.

Newly Remodeled.

213/364-8423

Business Opportunities .......................110 Business Wanted ................................115 Investment Opportunities....................125 Investors Wanted................................126 Business Services ..............................130 Financial Services ..............................135 Money to Loan....................................150 Mortgage Loans ..................................151 Real Estate Loans ..............................155 Money Wanted....................................165

Antiques/Paintings for Sale................460 Antiques/Paintings Wanted.................461 Jewelry ...............................................468 Furniture For Sale ..............................469 Miscellaneous for Sale........................470 Miscellaneous Wanted ........................471 Pianos For Sale ..................................472 Pianos Wanted....................................473 Fashion ...............................................474 Garage/Estate Sales...........................475 Pets ....................................................480 Auctions .............................................488

access, parking,

New hardwood flrs.,

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granite counters,

LOS ANGELES

stainless steel appl.,

401 S. HOOVER St.

Intercom entry, a/c, WiFi, pool, elevator, entry, WiFi and more. Control access, pool, dishwasher, on-sight controlled access, on- • 310/552-8064 • dishwasher, elevator, laundry & parking.

Rooftop jacuzzi on-site laundry C L O S E T O S C H O O L sight laundry, parking. and parking.

C l o s e t o U . C . L . A . with panoramic & F R E E W AY S

310/473-1509

TOP DOLLAR PAID Call 310/289-9561

SINGLE • • •• •• • L o t s o f • • •

• alcove fireplace, • • • • • • • • • • • • • fridge, laundry facility, • 1 B d .

11305 Graham Pl. 2 B d . + 2 B a . +1 Ba. 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath gated parking, intercom • • • • • • • • • • • • •

310/477-8171

ALLIGATOR, CROCODILE, EXOTIC SKINS; CHANEL, GUCCI HERMES, Red/Yellow/Blue on White READY FOR AND DESIGNER YOUR HOLIDAY’S HANDBAGS From France, signed.

VINTAGE & NEW Like New • $465

city views.

213/385-4751

REAL ESTATE Income Property for Sale ...................200 Income Property Wanted ....................201 Commercial Property For Sale...........202 Businesses For Sale ..........................208 Business Property for Sale .................210 Business Property for Rent.................215 Business Property Wanted.................220

TRANSPORTATION Autos for Sale ....................................500 Motorcycles ........................................525 Aircraft’s for Sale................................540 Aircraft’s Wanted................................545 Boats/Yachts ......................................555

BEVERLY HILLS

S E RV I C E

475 GARAGE & ESTATE SALE

AUTOS WANTED

BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE SALE

$ $ C A S H F O R C A R S $$

Designer Furniture, Clothes, Rugs, Costume Jewelry, China Sets, All Mint Condition Great for Gifts!

SAT. Nov. 15 • 9am-5pm

* * * * * * * * * * A l l Ty p e s .

Will appraise your car for free.

C ALL J OHN OR N EIL : 323-868-4119 sales@chequeredflag.com

345 S. RODEO DR. Preview at

BUY & SELL ESTATE PAWN SHOP

estatesaleshop.com

————— BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE SALE SATURDAY & SUNDAY 9:00AM - 4:00PM

232 S. PALM DR. Between Wilshire/Olympic ***************

Arts, Antiques, Accessories.

No purses, bags, boxes allowed. Only Wallets.

Security on premises.

View website for photos

pacificestatesales.com

————— BEVERLY HILLS DESIGNER SALE

One Of A Kind Antique Asian Furniture and Accessories. Previously offered to the trade only.

Cabinets, Tables, Chests, Lamps, Ceramics, Artwork, Etc...

SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOV. 15 & 16 • 10AM-2PM 443 S. REXFORD DR. (Cross Street Olympic)

Info: 310/922-0484

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We File & Publish DBA’s visit us at bhcourier.com

ANTIQUES / JEWELRY BUY & SELL

HIGHEST CASH we buy antiques!

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. ••••••••••

Paintings Art Deco Art Nouveau Marble Statues Russian Items

310/276-0188 818/888-9200

Visit my website at beverlyhil santiques.com

Meissen KPM Royal Vienna Islamic Art Bronze

Sculpture Jade Tifanny Lalique Galle Daum

TRADES & CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED TOO! WE

CAN BUY ONE ITEM OR YOUR ENTIRE HEIRLOOM!

Arté Antiques

Tel:

310.858.7666 artela@aol.com

www.ArteAntiques.com

LUXURY JEWELS 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

We Buy and Sell Watches A l t i e r i F i n e Wa t c h e s & J ewe l r y

• Rolex

• Panerai

• Cartier

• Audemar Piguet

• Patek Phillipe

• Chanel

All other high-end watches

We Buy Any Gold Jewelry 238 1/2 S. Beverly Dr. Beverly Hills, CA

or call: 310.278.1322

Chinese Art Clocks Chandeliers Porcelain Dresden

MICHAEL NEWMAN

bhcourier.com

Greatly Reduced Prices.

ANTIQUES BUY & SELL

Highest prices paid, satisfaction Guaranteed!

We Will Buy Your Car, Running or Not.

SUN. Nov. 16 • 10am-5pm (No. of Olympic Blvd., So. of Wilshire)

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1910-0967

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CONTRACTOR

GENERAL CONTRACTOR 4 0 Ye a r s E x e r i e n c e i n L A

T HE S OLENDER G ROUP I NC .

New Construction, Remodeling & Additions.

Also, Exp. Forensic Expert Free Consultations and Estimates.

Hi Rise - Lo Rise • Cal. LIC #348195 WWW . SOLENDERGROUPINC . COM

Stephenmishka90025@yahoo.com

310/203-0323 • 323/850-0080 CONTRACTOR

• AC • CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

REMODELING & NEW ADDITIONS FREE Estimates

310.278.5380 L I C : # 8 0 1 8 8 4 • F U L L Y INSURED

CARPET CLEANING

CLEAN YOUR CARPETS FOR THE HOLIDAY’S

~ Special ~ $30 per Room (2-rm min)

CLEAN CARPET CARE • Steam Cleaning • Free Deodorizer • Free Spot Removal Residential/Commercial

All Janitorial Services.

30+ Years Experience.

• 323/540-0448 • Quality Cleaning!

—————–––– YOUR AD HERE To advertise your services

call: 310.278.1322

ELECTRICIAN

HANDY

PEOPLE LICENSED HANDYMAN State Lic. #914589

D I R E C T O R Y

HANDY

PEOPLE

LICENSED HANDYMAN Lic. # B650400

N o j o b t o o S M A L L or BIG .

From A to Z. Electrical • Plumbing • Painting Int./Ext. • Framing • Tile • Concrete Drywall • Glasswork Carpentry • Welding Additions • Remodeling + F ULL S ERVICE BUILDING MAINTENANCE

FREE Estimates.

• WHITNEY'S • ELECTRICAL AND HANDYMAN SERVICE 30 years of Quality service.

HOME REPAIR & REMODELING

Excellent reference.

www.careelectric.net

310/901-9411 Lic.# 568446

HANDY

PEOPLE

HONEST and RELIABLE No job too Big but not too Small

323/304-0380

————— HANDYMAN HOME REPAIRS

• HANDYMAN • & REMODELING • Home Repairs

• Remodeling • Carpentry • Carpentry • Drywall • • Ceramic Tile • Plumbing Painting • Ceramic Tiles • Drywall • Painting • Flooring • Roofing • • Plaster • Wallpaper Kitchen Cabinets • Call Dave • • • • • • • • • • • Cell: 213/300-0223 No Job Too BIG 323/651-1832 or Too Small No Job Too BIG

or Too small!

Call 626/644-5620

• GARDENING • HAULING • CLEAN-UPS • SPRINKLERS • NEW LAWNS •• 323/528-2448 •• •• 323/755-8603 ••

DAVE’S

House • Commercial Apt. • Industrial • Hi-Rise

Call Robert at

I Have Great Preparation

REASONABLE RATES

Lic. # 689667 • Bonded / Insured

HONEST & RELIABLE

323/733-4898 Call Young anytime

FAST RESPONSE

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Residential/Commercial Quality Custom Painting References Available.

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.

30 Years in Business • 3rd Generation Roofer

• Orsinis Roofing •

NO JOB TOO SMALL. LIC. # 641602 BONDED + INSURED 20 Years Experience

Call Steve 24-hrs.: • 800-213-6806 • • 213-675-3769 •

EXCELLENT LOCAL REFERENCES Insured • Bonded

Mobile Credit Card Payment And Payment Plans Available.

323/658-7847 —————–––– 323/864-2490 • Plumbing

818/720-0714

PAINTING

805-252-2122

LI Construction

POOL SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~

Since 1982

“I Do My Own Work”

PAINTING

Immediate Response

SERVICES

TREE TRIMMING “Lowest Rates”

—————

SUDOKU ANSWER

FREE ESTIMATE

11

ISSUE

WILSHIRE

• Electrical

PAINT & REPAIRS

• + Electrical Upgrades

Residential & Commercial Licensed & Insured

————— • Kitchens+Bathrooms

All Electrical Needs!

Residential/Commercial Expert Repair Small Jobs OK Fully Insured All Work Guaranteed!

Interior/Exterior

PAINTING =

RAFAEL

35 Years Experience

CARE ELECTRIC HANDYMAN

VA L D E Z

Bonded & Insured

Big and small jobs.

CALL DAN @ 323/855-8400

POOL SERVICE

Call Rony:

• 310/245-1717 •

FREE ESTIMATES

Kitchen/Bathroom & Additions • Electrical Plumbing • Painting Int./Ext. • Concrete Drywall • Carpentry Welding • Roofing W e Can Help with All Your Home Needs.

Needs.

YALE

LANDSCAPING

=

BEVERLY HILLS

• Remodels • Re-Piping & More Free Estimates!

Honest & Reliable!

• Low Rates • 25 Years Experience • Interior/Exterior Painting • Drywall and Texture • Dryrot Repairs • Plumbing • Electrical

818/422-6151

Free Estimates

Licensed•Bonded•Insured

310/653-2551

MARBLE

PUZZLE ANSWERS

RESTORATION

GOLD COAST ~ MARBLE ~ • Marble Polishing • Sealing • Floor Restoration • Grout Cleaning Call For Free Estimate:

818/348-3266 • 818/801-9503 • Cell: 818/422-9493 • • Member of BBB • REAL ESTATE AGENTS/SELLERS, PREP YOUR PROPERTY.

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

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

The Courier is proud to be

Rabbi Jacob Pressman Rabbi Jack is taking the day off. His column will return next week.

Education Partner

From The Publisher

MARCIA WILSON HOBBS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Once again, we read in the Los Angeles Times and on NBC the mischaracterizations of Beverly Hills concerning the subway. Fact: Beverly Hills unanimously approved the subway through the City. All Metro’s presentations had the route going from Wilshire to Santa Monica Boulevard Only when Metro, at the behest of Century City developers, switched the route to go under Beverly Hills High School (that would make it the only school building in the entire state with a subway running under it) did Beverly Hills oppose the changed route.

And Metro has flat-out misrepresented: first its reason was a “seismic issue” under Santa Monica Boulevard that turned out to be totally false. Indeed, a 37-story office/residential building is now being built on the very site where the Century City station would have gone per Metro’s original plan.

When that excuse didn’t pan out, Metro claimed ridership would increase, but those exaggerated numbers also don’t add up. Can those who seem to support Metro’s plans guaranty that construction accidents and underground tunnels won’t affect our students, teachers and modernization plans? We should all be concerned when individuals speak out to appease Metro and try to make Beverly Hills the bogeyman for Metro’s poor planning and outright misstatement.

Ken Goldman ****** Thank you for listing on Nov. 7 both the naming opportunities at each school as well as those locations previously named. I was disheartened, however, by how quickly the history is lost.

There may have been others but the first large donation I recall occurred in the early 1990s. Then on the board of the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, Virginia Maas (subsequently elected to the BHUSD Board of Education) courted Jimmy Stewart in an effort to have him donate $100,000 and name the iconic “swim gym.” Most will recall that wonderful scene at the swim gym in It's A Wonderful Life.

Not only did Mr. Stewart rise to the occasion but, in typically thoughtful and humble fashion, preferred not to name the swim gym but instead to donate the entire $100,000 for the benefit of the BHHS’s English Department. I believe that money was to be invested with the interest going to that department.

At the time we were all thrilled with Mr. Stewart's generosity and with Virginia's creativity. It seems that we should have a dignified way of acknowledging his gift in a perennial, more substantial manner than only in the memories of those of old enough to remember. Perhaps the Beverly Hills Unified School District and the Beverly Hills Education Foundation can share more details.

Margie Blatt ****** In the real world, when people fail to do their jobs, they are fired or asked to resign.

The current BHUSD Board of Education, it's superintendent and chief academic officer have all failed miserably at their jobs. They have failed to provide our children with the quality and standard of education that once made our schools the best of the best.

And in granting contracts without competitive bidding to companies that have not been properly vetted, they display a lack of sound business practices or worse a corrupt buddy buddy arrangement.

It's time for the board, the superintendent and chief academic officer to resign.

Robert Block

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

Losses in brackets.

ASSAULT 11/07 200 North Crescent Drive BURGLARIES 11/03 300 Reeves Drive ($10) 11/03 300 Reeves Drive ($230) 11/05 100 North La Cienega Boulevard ($100) 11/09 100 North Clark Drive ($50) 11/09 100 North Clark Drive ($22) 11/09 100 Park Way ($1,800) GRAND THEFTS 10/06 9000 Wilshire Boulevard ($1,680) 10/26 200 South La Peer Drive ($15,500) 11/01 300 South Oakhurst Drive ($8,190) 11/09 9000 Burton Way ROBBERIES 11/06 9000 Wilshire Boulevard ($600) 11/08 9000 Wilshire Boulevard

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Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 14). You've forgotten the score, but the universe winks at you anyway and says: “You're winning.” Someone has the same destination in December, so why not travel there together? January brings serious study, followed by writing and intellectual rigors. March brings a happy purchase. Sagittarius and Capricorn adore you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People want you in their drama. There's one in particular who is practically casting you in it, Hollywood-style.

Don't worry. All you have to do is turn down the role. A-listers do it all the time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Social lulls are to be expected.

Make the most of them by using them as an opportunity to bring the attention around to the other person's favorite subject or expertise. The other person's comfort will be to your benefit.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When nothing seems to be working on its own, you see it as an invitation to make it work by nudging it, winding it up or throwing your full weight behind it. Success!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have a sense for the unspoken needs of others. When you address these in unexpected ways and without calling direct attention to the needs, they find you super-cool.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). You don't like it when people push you to agree with them or buy from them. You'll do that kind of thing when and if you want to and they would be wise to wait until you want to.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). After walking around inside your own vessel for a lifetime, it's easy to forget that the others haven't seen or done or felt all that you have. Today's conversation will clear that up.

TAURUS (Apr.20-May 20). You always defend the innocent, but what if you defended the guilty instead? Would you see the situation differently? There's a stalemate going on you can break playing devil's advocate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Acceptance is the way to peace. It won't be easy today, but you can warm up to it. What if you agreed to accept that unacceptable thing for three minutes? Then six. Then 12...

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Rejection is so potentially painful, many people would rather become angry than endure the slightest rejection.

You're tougher than that. It's why you make a sale today.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You long to work on your own projects, but because you're a good friend, keep getting roped into other people's.

Say “no.” Be a good friend to yourself as you're shortchanging your talent.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). All you can control is the action you take; nothing after that. Not other people's perception of you, not their immediate reactions, not their subsequent choices. So act, and let it go.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). New information nullifies the plan. You had a feeling something was amiss with that plan anyway. In fact, you're probably excited that it's time to create a more relevant strategy.

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