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BEVERLY HILLS
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SINCE 1965
THIS ISSUE
Mayor Jimmy Delshad Will
Not Run For City Council
USC Law School hosts dinner at Spago.
4
THE PLAN—Metro’s updated alternate route number two.
Joyce and Stanley Black
give large donation.
4
City company is on the frontlines of 3-D movement.
9
The Courier’s Education &
Enrichment debuts.
14
CLASSIFIEDS
• Announcements
• Auctions
• Business & Financial
• Real Estate
• Rentals
• Sales
• Transportation
• and More
George Christy,
Page 6
A Knock-YourSocks-Off
“Celebracion”;
Catching Up With
Justine & Robert
Bloomingdale.
Editorial from
Rabbi Pressman
AND MORE
By Adam Popescu
Citing a personal term limit,
Mayor Jimmy Delshad announced to The Courier that he
will not be running for re-appointment to the City Council.
“I want to live up to my
word,” Delshad said, eight years
after first being elected to Council.
In Delshad's 2003 campaign
literature, he adopted a “personal term limit policy by signing a
pledge to serve no more than
two times on the City Council
and encourage other new Council members to do the same in
the future.”
(see ‘DELSHAD,’ page 19)
Metro Delays Route Choice Local Artists Brush Up For
For Beverly Hills Alignment Affaire In The Gardens Show
Courier Update From The Web
This Sunday is Hawthorne’s
annual Spirit Day.
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
By Adam Popescu
Metro staff have issued their
recommendations for a locally
preferred alternative (LPA) route
for the Westside Subway Extension, yet have delayed several
hotly contested decisions on
alignments.
Recommendations call for a
nine-mile route from Koreatown
to the Veteran's Administration
in Westwood, just west of the
405 Freeway. Funding concerns
have caused Metro to pull the
plug on a route through West
Hollywood and extensions to
Santa Monica, effectively icing
the subway to the sea that has
long been dreamed of by commuters.
Of major concern to Beverly Hills residents is the align-
By Brenton Garen
A large handful of Beverly
Hills residents will be among the
250 artists at The Affaire in the
Gardens art show this weekend.
The two-day event, which
showcases art and live music,
will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
tomorrow and Sunday.
One local artist is Nicole
Ebrahimi who lives near the
event site, which is the four
blocks of Beverly Gardens Park
between Rodeo and Rexford Dr.
“My work consists of abstract expressionistic paintings
combined with floral line-work,”
Ebrahimi said.
“This is the first year that I’m
(see ‘AFFAIRE,’ page 19)
(see ‘METRO,’ page 34)
Superintendent Douglas
Will Remain Through 2011
By Amanda Peabody
Superintendent
Richard
“Dick” Douglas is locked in for
the year, said the BHUSD’s
Board of Education, which officially approved the contract for
the acting superintendent Monday in 4-0 vote. Boardmember
Myra Lurie abstained.
“I have to say that I very
much enjoy working with Mr.
Douglas,” said Lurie. “(My decision to abstain from voting) is
really just because of some outrageous behavior and bullying
that occurred at our closed ses(see ‘SUPERINTENDENT,’ page 33)
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ANOTHER
BEAUTIFUL
EVENING–LA
Phil wives
Eloisa Maturen
(Mrs. Gustavo
Dudamel) and
Julia Trappe
(Mrs.
Juan
Diego Florez)
stood out at the
high-end glamorous
Gala
launching the
second season
of L.A. Phil.
Gustavo conducted brilliantly, and lyric
tenor
Juan
Diego hit nine
high
C’s.
Photo
by
S c o t t
Downey/Celeb
rity Photo
A-LISTER TOURS BHPD—Oscar nominated actor and longtime Beverly Hills resident Kirk Douglas toured the Beverly Hills Police Department’s Emergency Operations Center, Wednesday. Douglas is the recipient of BHPD’s Marvin D. Iannone award, which recognizes supporters of
the police department and its officers. Douglas was accompanied by
Traffic and Parking Commissioner and family friend Brian Rosenstein,
also an Iannone award recipient. Pictured: Rosenstein, Douglas and
BHPD Chief Dave Snowden.
Photo by Amanda Peabody
BHUSD To Be United In Fight
Against Bullies On Campus
By Amanda Peabody
Following a rash of teenage
suicides across the country as a
result of bullying, the Beverly
Hills Unified School District is
making an effort to bolster its
policies and procedures.
“I will tell you that (bullying)
is everywhere, it’s at every
school,” said Acting Superintendent Dick Douglas.
Current district policies to
combat bullying and harassment
are vague, it seems.
Although BHUSD “affirms
the right of all students, staff and
parents/guardians to be free from
hate crimes, abusive statements
or any activity which degrades
the unique qualities of an individual such as race, ethnicity,
culture, heritage, sexuality, physical/mental attributes, religious
beliefs and practices,” there are
no uniform courses of action
provided.
“We have decided we would
stand up to this bullying,” said
Horace Mann Principal Steve
Kessler. “Each school has a slight
(see ‘BULLYING,’ page 21)
2 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER
OCTOBER 15, 2010
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BEVERLY HILLS • BEL AIR • HOLMBY HILLS
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its adjourned
regular meeting to be held on Monday, October 18, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council
Chambers of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of:
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE OF TAXES, FEES & CHARGES TO
ADJUST THE PARKING CITATION CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010/2011.
The proposed resolution will amend the Comprehensive Schedule of Taxes, Fees & Charges
to adjust the parking citation charges as detailed in Resolution No. 09-R-12665.
At the public hearing, the City Council will hear and consider all objections or protests to the
rate adjustments. If the City Council adopts the resolution, adjustments to the parking citation charges will become effective immediately.
Copies of the proposed resolution are available for review or purchase in the Office of the City
Clerk, Room 290, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Any interested person
may attend the meeting and be heard. Written comments may also be submitted and should
be addressed to the City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90210. The
comments should be received prior to the hearing date.
Please remember, if you challenge the Council’s action in regard to this matter in court, you
may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior
to the public hearing.
BYRON POPE, CMC, City Clerk
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
DATE:
Thursday, October 28, 2010
TIME:
1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard
LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280 A, Beverly Hills City Hall
455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting on Thursday,
October 28, 2010, will hold a public hearing beginning at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as
the matter may be heard, to consider:
An ordinance of the City of Beverly Hills amending the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to
establish regulations regarding the restoration and maintenance of certain defined views
from single-family residential property in the Trousdale Estates area of the City that are substantially impaired by certain foliage maintained on other private property or properties.
Trousdale Estates is defined in the Zoning Code as all property located north of Doheny
Road and east of Schuyler Road, except that land zoned R-1.X, and that portion of Lot A of
the Doheny Ranch tract northwesterly of tract numbers 24485 and 24486, commonly
referred to as the Greystone Mansion property.
This Ordinance would be a first step in a process to review view restoration in Trousdale
Estates and the Hillside Area of the City. The Planning Commission, at a future meeting,
will separately consider the appropriateness of similar regulations for the Hillside Area of
the City. Any Planning Commission recommendation regarding a draft ordinance would be
forwarded to the City Council for its consideration at a duly noticed public hearing.
This project has been assessed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City, and no
significant unmitigated environmental impacts are anticipated; therefore, a negative declaration is being prepared, subject to review by the Planning Commission. A Notice of Intent
to Adopt a Negative Declaration was issued on June 11, 2010, and a period for public comment on the environmental documentation ran from June 18, 2010 through July 8, 2010.
Copies of the staff report, initial study and Negative Declaration, and all documents referenced in the Negative Declaration will be available in the Planning Division on Friday,
October 22, 2010 and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 N. Rexford Drive,
Suite 100, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Copies of the documents will also be available on the
same date for review in the Beverly Hills Public Library Reference section. Any interested
person may attend the hearing and be heard or present written comments to the Commission.
DATE:
Thursday, October 28, 2010
TIME:
1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as
the matter may be heard
LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280 A
Beverly Hills City Hall
455 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its
regular meeting on Thursday, October 28, 2010, will hold a
public hearing beginning at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as
the matter may be heard, to consider:
An ordinance of the City
of Beverly Hills amending the Beverly Hills
Municipal Code to permit
single family residential
lots located on the east
side of Spalding Drive
south
of
Olympic
Boulevard and west of
Roxbury Drive that meet
certain standards to apply
for Central R-1 Permits as
currently permitted for
single family residential
lots north of Santa
Monica Boulevard, as set
forth in Section 10-3-409
of the Beverly Hills
Municipal Code.
Any Planning Commission recommendation regarding a draft
ordinance would be forwarded to the City Council for its consideration at a duly noticed public hearing.
This project has been assessed in accordance with the
authority and criteria contained in the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA
Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City.
Staff has determined that the proposed ordinance is
exempt from CEQA review requirements pursuant to
Section 15282(h) of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations that exempts by statute an ordinance that designates areas within the city where second units may be
permitted. Staff has further determined that construction
of a second unit in a residential zone is exempt from
CEQA requirements pursuant to Section 15303(a).
Therefore, under the authority provided by the CEQA
Guidelines, no significant environmental impacts are
anticipated.
Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or
present written comments to the Commission. Comments
may be submitted in writing to the Planning Division of the
Community Development Department and written or oral
comments will be accepted at the Planning Commission meeting at the date and time noted above.
If you challenge the Commission's action in court, you may be
limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised
at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the public hearing.
If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Michele McGrath in the
Community Development Department at 310.285.1135 or at [email protected].
A copy of the application is on file in the Planning Division
and a copy of the staff report will be available on October 22,
2010 and can be reviewed by any interested person at City
Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Suite 100, Beverly Hills, CA
90210 or in the Beverly Hills Public Library Reference section. If there are any questions regarding this notice, please
contact Michele McGrath in the Community Development
Department at 310.285.1135 or at [email protected].
Jonathan Lait, AICP, City Planner
Jonathan Lait, AICP, City Planner
If you challenge the Commission's action in court, you may be limited to raising only those
issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the public hearing.
Published: October 15, 2010
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
District Creates New Finance
Committee To Balance Budget
USC LAW GETS READY TO SET SAIL—USC law school alumnus Edward and Marie Lewis hosted a
champagne and caviar reception at Spago to announce an upcoming luxury yacht cruise to the Adriatic and
Greece next Spring. USC Gould School of Law Dean Robert Rasmussen and the Lewis's greeted more than
30 law alums and spouses including Judge Dickran and Geraldine Tevrizian, Sorrell Trope, The Courier’s
Publisher Clif and Candace Smith, and many more. Proceeds from the trip will benefit the law school's
scholarship fund.
Photos by Steve Cohn/Steve Cohn Photography
Two Hour Free Parking Petition Completed
By Adam Popescu
Two hour free parking
jumped its first hurdle last Friday, receiving verification from
the L.A. County Clerk's Office
on 2,673 signatures supporting
the measure.
Two thousand signatures
were needed for the referendum, which attempts to make
two hour free parking manda-
tory at most City-owned parking lots.
At a special City Council
meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 14,
the council considered and declined to move forward to expand free parking at City
owned lots.
Concerns stemmed from a
budget shortfall of approximately $2 million in the Park-
ing Enterprise Fund. If the
measure passes, the total
deficit is estimated at $3.5 million, according to Director of
Parking Operations Chad Lynn.
The proposed 7.5 percent
commercial parking operators
tax would not generate enough
revenue to cover the increased
cost of the measure. If passed,
(see ‘PARKING,’ page 42)
BHEF Gets Ready For A ‘Faire’ To Remember
The Beverly Hills Education Foundation has donated
$587,000 to our schools so far
this year towards academic,
athletic and artistic excellence
but hopes that the Apple Harvest Faire will help raise additional dollars to enable the organization to give $1 million or
more by June. The Faire will be
held for its fifth year on the
front lawn of Beverly High
from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24.
The event this year has
some new rides including a
Ferris Wheel and a train ride
down Moreno Avenue.
Kids
can
create
“spook”tacular crafts, flip
books, sandy candy or get a
Halloween Hair style by City
Rage Salon or glitter air brush
tattoos.
Everyone can enjoy the
pumpkin patch, a “boo”tique,
community service opportunities and live music by Beverly
Hills’ own Rod Lightning & The
Thunderbolts of Love featuring
Michael J. Libow. Beverly High
student Brandon Adams will
By Amanda Peabody
With nearly $1.4 million in
debt to surmount this year, the
Beverly Hills Unified School
District is taking steps to ensure
budgetary shortfalls will be
checked and balanced in the
future with the establishment of
a Finance Committee, Monday.
The committee will be
composed of City residents
with previous school board experience and/or financial backgrounds. Herb Young, AJ
Wilmer, Bob Sternshein, Mel
Spitz and Damian Dean Members were appointed by the
Board of Education.
“We have a stellar group,”
said Board of Education mem-
ber Brian Goldberg.
“My colleagues made
some phenomenal appointments of people who understand our district and financial
issues.”
The ultimate goal of the Finance Committee is to bolster
public confidence and will act
as an independent advisory
committee to the board regarding financial interests and operations. The committee will review and make recommendations regarding existing and
projected revenues and expenditures, suggest measures to
overcome budgetary constraints and improve fiscal solvency within the district.
BHHS’ Donald Paysinger Named
ABC’s ‘Coach Of The Week’
By Amanda Peabody
him on camera. Knowing DonCongratulations to Beverly ald, that was the ultimate honHigh Football Coach Donald or.”
Paysinger as he was commendIn a video profile aired on
ed by the BHUSD Board of Ed- the station, Paysinger was
ucation, Monday.
praised by his stuPaysinger was
dent athletes for
recently
named
his never-ending
ABC’s “Coach of
support of each
the Week”, in
team member and
recognition of his
his commitment
dedication to into their success.
stilling the value of
“Our coach
hard work into his
has
always
players.
preached disci“Being named
pline and responthe Southern Calisibility,” said one
Donald Paysinger
fornia “Coach of
of
Paysinger’s
the Week” by KABC is a terrific players. “Taking care of your rehonor,” said Board of Educa- sponsibilities is a good charaction President Steven Fenton. teristic to teach young adults. I
“Even better was the way our think he’s done a great job of
student athletes talked about teaching us to be responsible.”
(see ‘FAIRE,’ page 34)
City Attorney Larry Wiener Leaves Vernon Job
By Adam Popescu
Beverly Hills City Attorney
Larry Wiener is leaving his post
as the city attorney for the
small South Los Angeles enclave of Vernon.
"All I can say is we terminated our agreement with
them," Wiener told The Courier, declining to elaborate on
the details of his leave after
about a year on the job.
Wiener, a graduate of
Princeton and UCLA, is a
shareholder in the Public Law
Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon, a firm representing 25 cities as city attorneys, with 70 attorneys representing local governments.
Although specific reasons
City Attorney Larry Wiener
(see ‘WIENER,’ page 42)
Former William Morris Buildings To Foreclose
By Adam Popescu
Three iconic Beverly Hills
office buildings are being foreclosed by lenders.
Former William Morris talent agency properties at 150 S.
Rodeo Dr., 150 and 151 S. El
Camino Dr. are being seized by
New York-based investment
firm Brickman.
For more than 25 years,
these properties were the home
of the agency which has since
merged with rival Endeavor to
form William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment.
In 1998, the 100 block of
South El Camino Drive was renamed William Morris Place
by the City of Beverly Hills on
the occasion of William Morris' 100 anniversary.
In 2008, Dallas-based Lincoln Property, in partnership
with the Cape Horn Group of
Chile, purchased the buildings
from the agency for $143 million. It has been reported that
the $783 per foot was about
twice the average price of an
upscale L.A. office building at
the time.
(see ‘WILLIAM MORRIS,’ page 42)
VISTA DEL MAR CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL WITH MEGA DONATION—Vista Del Mar celebrated its 102-year history of service with a
gala event Oct. 10 at The Beverly Hilton. The evening, hosted by Howie
Mandel, also had a surprise announcement–honorees Joyce and Stanley Black will donate an additional $5 million to the organization. “Stanley and Joyce Black have been part of the Vista family for many years,”
said Vista Del Mar CEO Elias Lefferman. “This gift reflects their concern
for children in need and their commitment to Vista Del Mar in providing
the care and treatment that can change children’s lives.” Honors were
also awarded to Mark Itkin, Sheila E., Lynn Mabry, the Konheim family
and Ruth Shuken.
H AW T H O R N E
SPIRIT—Sunday
is Hawthorne’s
annual
Spirit
Day, with food,
music, carnival
games and auctions, courtesy of
local businesses.
Pictured (from
left): Brandon
Eastman, Robert
Rose, Adina and
Shayna
Eastman,
Rachel
Gilbert, Christopher Rose, Sabrina Halavi and
D a n i e l l e
Berukhim.
Tour Bus Parking Recommendations
By Adam Popescu
The Thursday, Oct. 7 Traffic and
Parking Commission meeting saw staff
revisit the Starline tour bus-staging
problem.
Staff's three most feasible locations
recommended were: the west side of
the 400 block of North Roxbury Drive,
at the three northern most meters on the
block; the south side of Dayton Way
immediately east of North Beverly Drive; and the existing tour bus zone on
the west side of the 300 block of North
Camden Drive. Recommendations also
call for the halt of bus travel in residen-
tial areas or directly in front of retail
stores or outdoor restaurants. The City
will also increase fees for parking in
tow-away, no-stopping and specialevent zones to $270 (intended for Halloween and other events and holidays).
If after evaluating these options,
and none are deemed suitable, staff
would recommend a designated Starline hop on/hop off stop to be located
on Third Street in the industrial area.
The commission's tour bus parking
recommendations, along with public
comment, will be discussed at Monday's City Council meeting.
Online ‘Alarm School’ Halts False Alarms
The City receives thousands of false
alarms every year. A fee system introduced in 2009 reduced the number of
false alarms from 5,750 to 5,000.
In order to further reduce the number of false fire and police alarms, City
Council has authorized a new free system that includes an online class to educate residents about how to avoid
false alarms.
The online alarm school is one of
Mayor Jimmy Delshad’s Smart City initiatives.
The program gives residents the
option of waiving the $122 first-offense
fee by taking a 10-minute, online false
alarm prevention course. Repeat offenders will be charged increased fees.
Meals On Wheels Seeks Volunteers
The Beverly Hills Meals On Wheels
is seeking volunteers to deliver meals to
shut-ins Monday through Friday.
Volunteers, who can set their own
schedules, pick up meals at CedarsSinai and make no more than eight
stops per run.
The stops are consolidated “so people aren’t driving all over town,” says
coordinator Pat Jacobson. The only
qualification is having a car.
For more information, call Jacobson at 310-423-3517.
Greystone Kitchen Restoration Complete
By Adam Popescu
The City of Beverly Hills Greystone
mansion kitchen restoration project is
now complete.
Additions to Greystone, the 55room estate and former home of the
Doheny family, include a newly renovated kitchen, walk-in freezer and refrigerator, ovens, pastry preparing
equipment and an elevator between
floors.
The City has opened up the request
for proposal (RFP) process to prospective vendors interested in catering opportunities at the mansion.
For information, contact the City's
consultant Catherine Lorrimer of Manask
&
Associates
(catherine@
manask.com). Caterers interested in
submitting a proposal should have at
least 5-years experience in off-site
catering, and submit an interest in the
RFP catering process no later than Nov.
15.
Stop Whooping Cough Epidemic With Vaccine
By Amanda Peabody
Did you know there is a whooping
cough epidemic sweeping California?
To combat outbreaks of the disease,
the Beverly Hills Unified School District
is urging parents and guardians of
school-age children to know how to
protect themselves and seek medical
care promptly if you suspect an on-set
of whooping cough in your family.
Whooping cough (also called pertussis) begins much like a common
cold, however it progresses, often in
several days, with severe coughing
spells. (Young babies may not cough,
and the disease can be milder in older
children and adults.)
Immunization is available and likely given in early childhood, but does
wear off over time. A booster shot is
recommended for all children and
adults 10 years of age or older.
For more information, visit
www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.
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Wilshire Gateway Improvements Update
By Adam Popescu
The Traffic and Parking Commission
are studying options for modifications to
the Gateway to the City on Wilshire
Boulevard's west boundary.
Enhanced medians and beautification are approved. Graphics of the options include designs by architecture
firm Gruen Associates, which incorporate 14-foot steel pylon signs called
Beverly Hills shields. New date palms
will be added to the medians, as well as
a monument sign and a lantern pier.
What hasn't been determined is
whether the turn lane to Union 76 will
be left intact or not.
Is Your Family Ready For The Big Shake?
By Amanda Peabody
The Beverly Hills United School
District is ready should the earth shake,
rattle and roll as it prepares to participate in the 2010 Great California
ShakeOut, Oct. 21.
All BHUSD staff and students will
drop, take cover and hold in a mass coordinated drill at precisely 10:21 a.m.
After the “shaking” stops, a full-scale
practice evacuation of the five school
sites and district office will take place.
The City will participate in mock search
and rescue drills, as well.
The district is also urging residents
to be prepared for emergencies such as
earthquakes by securing your home,
creating exit plans and building necessary supply kits. It is recommended to
have at least a three-day supply of at
one gallon of water per person, and
enough food to last seven-days.
www.shakeout.org.
REAL AMERICAN HERO—The
Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association will induct Ian Elliot into
the 2010 Hall of Fame this Saturday, Oct. 16, at the UCLA Covel
Commons at 330 De Neve Drive.
Elliot, known for his athletic
prowess, was a four year letterman in varsity football and basketball, and three year letterman
in track. After Beverly, Elliot attended USC for two years before
joining the Army Air Corp, where
he won the Air Medal and the
Distinguished Flying Cross as a
B-17 AAF flight leader. Elliot was
killed on Jan. 5, 1944, on his 49th
mission over Germany.
6 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER OCTOBER 15, 2010
GEORGE CHRISTY
Which leads us to these
two weeks in Los Angeles. The
grand opening of the $54 million Lynda and Stewart Resnick
Pavilion at LACMA, which we
reported about in detail.
A
Broadway-bound, world premiere of Leap of Faith starring
Wonder Boy Raul Esparza.
Days later, an intoxicating
Celebracíon for the Los
Angeles Philharmonic’s second
season at the Walt Disney
Concert Hall, with our philanthropic culturati in high-end
glamour.
All of 29 years old with
his mass of black hair that
many men wish we had, LA
Phil’s Venezuelan conductor
Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel
Ramirez invited the Peruvian
superstar lyric tenor, Juan
Diego Florez, 37, as guest
soloist.
Globally acclaimed
for his bel canto (beautiful
singing), he hit nine high C’s.
With ease. Perfectly. The
crowd went wild.
Many
Peruvians mentioned that on
that day, their compatriot
author Mario Vargas Lhosa was
awarded the Nobel Prize.
C
oncertgoers recall that
Juan Diego was acknowledged
in the Guinness World Book of
Records for breaking tradition
in 2007 at Milan’s La Scala.
He sang an encore, the theater’s first in 75 years, with the
aria of nine high C’s from
Donizetti’s The Daughter of the
Regiment.
G
ustavo
conducted
Rossini’s music during the first
half of our Celebracíon concert, with LA Times’ Mark
Swed lauding Gustavo as “an
inspired Rossinian,” that he
rode Rossini’s crescendos in
the Semiramide overture “like
a surfer on an epic wave.”
Gioachino Rossini’s also a
longtime choice with Juan
Diego, whose performance,
according to Mark, was “all
class”. To keep the evening
humming along, Gustavo
trimmed several announced
numbers, likening this to his
travels when he gets carried
away and overpacks suitcases.
S
panish favorites comprised the second half that
included Granada, Huapango,
and La Flor de la Cannela. For
an encore, Juan Diego nailed
Donizetti’s
Ah, Mes Amis
with its daring high C’s.
D
avid Bohnett, who also
chaired LA Phil’s inaugural
concert last year when nearly
$4 million was raised,
announced that the concert
brought in more than $3 million. Proceeds support the LA
Phil and its education programs, including YOLA (Youth
Orchestra LA). The LA Phil
members donated their services for the evening, which will
be broadcast on PBS’s Great
Performances on December
29, followed by a DVD in 3-D.
Rolex is among the Gala benefactors, along with the Lloyd
Rigler-Lawrence
Deutch
Foundation.
D
inner and dancing followed in a massive marquee
on Grand Avenue, where Mark
Richard praised the sound of
the orchestra to an LA Phil
member, who agreed that the
accoustics were terrific, adding
that once Gustavo came
aboard, it seemed “as if he lit a
firecracker under us all.”
to Melissa
Manchester
sing
ballads
between dinner courses were
Disney Hall architect Frank
Gehry, John Williams, Herbie
Hancock with wife Gigi,
Lennie and Bernie Greenberg,
Brigitte and Donald Bren,
Susan and Jonathan Dolgen,
Jane and Marc Nathanson,
Ginny Mancini, Elaine and
Bram Goldsmith, Bill Bell, Jr.,
Joni Smith, Alyce Williamson,
Marilyn Ziering, Joanna Kerns
and Marc Appleton, Corinna
Fields, Sherry Lansing, Edye
and
Eli
Broad,
Betsy
Bloomingdale with Burt Boyar,
who’s written the definitive
biography of Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Ann Rutherford, Anne Jeffreys,
Alfred Mann, Joan and John
Hotchkis, Burks Hammer,
Carla and Fred Sands, Lynn
Booth, Kimberly Marteau and
John Emerson, Stephen Moyer,
KTLA’s Wendy Burch, principal
concertmaster
Martin
Chalifour.
A
t our table were The
Courier’s associate publisher
Marcia Hobbs and Justine
and Robert Bloomingdale
(whose wedding we attended
20-some years ago). Robert’s
producing Smooch starring
Rihanna, a Hallmark movie
for St. Valentine’s Day, and
he’s an investor in Waterloo
and City, a Brit-style gastropub in Culver City serving fish
and chips and shepherd’s pie
for Sunday brunch. Daughter
Hayley Bloomingdale is with
the Ralph Lauren empire
in Manhattan, where she
outfits Tom Cruise,
Jessica Alba and other
notables for red carpet events.
As does our beloved Wanda
McDaniel, with the Armani in
Beverly Hills, dressing the likes
of Megan Fox, George
Clooney, Emmy winner Claire
Danes, who was best-dressed
at the Emmy Awards.
F
or those of us who dine
out searching for restaurants,
cafes or gin joints to write
about, an invitation for a
home-cooked dinner is an ultimate pleasure, as it was this
week
in
Beverly
Hills.
Margaret and Ron Preissman
are lovers of la bonna tavola.
Margaret’s one hell of a cooker,
and we bonded long ago over
pasta with garlic slivers, San
Marzona tomatoes sauteed in
fine olive oil at the now-gone
(and sadly) Osteria Orsini on
Pico Boulevard, popular with
Michael Douglas and Barbara
Broccoli.
R
on’s a trustee with
Children's Hospital L.A., as is
Marcia Hobbs, who joined
Julie and Patrick Pascal and the
young
Reverend
Father Lawrence Seyer, who’s
based at the USC campus, for
Margaret’s memorable dinner.
Yup, it was the Clean Plate
Club that night with Margaret’s
roasted salmon (from Bristol
Farms) and toasted lentils, the
tenderest chicken – “prepared
the old-fashioned way, with
vegetables and the chicken
roasting for quite a while … the
secret’s in buying the chicken
from Doheny Kosher on Pico
Boulevard. Immaculate and
unbeatable.”
F
ather
Lawrence
informed that he officiates at
three Catholic liturgies on on
campus every Sunday. Early
morning, late morning, and at
10 PM. Morning attendances
are so-so, but evening services
are packed. We wondered if
maybe the students are wiped
out from the partying the night
before, and craved some oldtime religion before the new
week.
Online at
www.bhcourier.com/georgechristy.cfm
Stephen
Moyer
Marc Appleton and
Joanna Kerns
Wendy Burch
C
ongratulations
poured forth for Gustavo
and wife Eloisa Maturen,
who said, “We feel we’ve
been here forever … Los
Angeles has become our
home, we love seeing
movies at the Cinerama
Dome, and shopping later
at
Amoeba
Music.”
Gustavo grinned that he
feels no need to exercise –
“my workouts are on the
podium.”
Ann Rutherford and
Anne Jeffreys
Eli and Edye Broad
Betsy Bloomingdale
W
Kyle Richards
Herbie and Gigi Hancock
elcoming Juan Diego
and wife Julia
Trappe were
philanthropist
David Bohnett
and LA Phil
president
D e b o ra h
Borda,
and
Eva Mendes
who
told
tablemates
that
her
mother had
introduced
her during her
childhood to
the popular
Spanish selections
that
were played.
Celebracíon chair David Bohnett with
LA Phil president Deborah Borda
Eva Mendes
Celebrity Photo/Scott Downie; Silvia Mautner
“N
ew York isn’t the cultural capitol today.
Los
Angeles took over at some
point after World War II, and
we may be living through a
transition in which Las Vegas
assumes the seat of power.
We are left with mere echoes
of times when the arts, politics,
and social mores of the City of
New York virtually ran
American culture.” So reflects
Ethan Mordden toward the end
of his provocative social history, The Guest List, How
Manhattan Defined American
Sophistication – from the
Algonquin Round Table to
Truman Capote’s Ball. Argue
with Ethan, if you will. We are
playing catch-up.
Listening
Carla Sands
Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez, Disney Hall architect
Frank Gehry, LA Phil’s conductor Gustavo Dudamel
with LA Phil’s concert master Martin Chalifour during
the Celebracíon that launched the second season of
the orchestra.
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We say to Metro:
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THE FUTURE OF
3-D—RealD
cofounder
Joshua
Greer talks
about the
evolution
of 3-D and
its future.
Beverly Hills’ RealD Revolutionizes Films
With New Three Dimensional Technology
By Brenton Garen
Next time you watch a 3-D film,
there’s a good chance it was made possible by Beverly Hills based RealD.
The company, which creates software and add-on hardware to make
projectors show 3-D, was founded in a
small office on Wilshire Boulevard by
Joshua Greer and Michael V. Lewis in
2001.
Fast forward to 2010 and the company is based nearby on Crescent Drive, but has now grown globally with its
technology used on an industry leading
7,500 screens worldwide.
Greer, a Beverly Hills resident, said
he was inspired to found RealD after
working with film icon James Cameron
a decade ago on two 3-D documentaries–Ghosts Of The Abyss and Aliens
Of The Deep.
“When Michael (Lewis) and I first
came together, I think we were scratching our heads trying to figure out how
this could work,” Greer said.
“We knew from having a couple of
unique 3-D experiences that it could be
a wonderful evolution of visual media.”
The pair searched the world for the
best 3-D technologies and started to acquire key companies including StereoGraphics and ColorLink to deliver 3-D
films.
In November 2005, Walt Disney’s
Chicken Little was the first film released
in RealD 3-D in 100 theatres worldwide.
This year RealD is on track to release 25 feature films in RealD 3-D in
more than 50 countries.
When asked about the future of 3D, Greer said glasses-free 3-D was still
a while away, but the industry would
continue to grow rapidly.
“I think people are going to be surprised how much 3-D they see in the
next few years whether it’s in the movie
theatres or in their living rooms,” he
said.
“It’s been called a gimmick in the
past, but as the technology and content
get better and better, this is going to become how we look at more images.”
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Happenings Around Town
• 2010 Imagine Gala
Inner-City Arts hosts its
2010 Imagine Gala at The Beverly Hilton honoring actress
Doris Roberts and Janet Lamkin,
president of Bank of America
California.
The event will feature a
cocktail reception at 6 p.m.
with an array of hors d’oeuvres
by celebrity chefs Suzanne
Goin, Nancy Silverton, Matt
Molina and Suzanne Tracht of
Jar.
Dinner is at 7:30 p.m. and
includes a live auction and entertainment.
Tickets start at $400.
For more information, contact Karin Volpp-Gardela at
213-627-9621 or visit www.inner-cityarts.org.
• John Wayne Cancer Institue
Auxiliary Luncheon
John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary will hold its annual membership luncheon/holiday boutique at The Beverly
Hills Hotel honoring Marilu
Henner with the “Angel” award
and the Venice Family Clinic
with the Public Service award,
Nov. 4 starting at 10 a.m.
Laura Baron, host/life coach
of VH1’s You’re Cut Off, will
emcee.
Tickets are $150.
For more information, call
323-904-4400
or
visit
www.jwci.org.
• A.N. Abell Auction Hosts
Castillo del Lago
A.N. Abell Auction company, a full-service auction house,
will be auctioning pieces from
Castillo del Lago, Oct. 17 at 10
a.m. at 2613 Yates Ave., Los An-
geles.
Castillo del Lago, once
owned by mobster Bugsy Siegel
and later Madonna, includes
pieces such as Venetian glass
chandeliers, Italian chests, vessels and more.
There will be an exhibition
prior through Oct. 16.
www.abell.com or call 800404-2235.
• Jewlicious Brings Tikkunfest
To L.A.
Jewlicious, the three-day
festival that takes places annually and features musicians, comedians and other artists producing contemporary Jewish
culture, is bringing Tikkunfest to
Los Angeles Oct. 24 from 1-7
p.m.
Tikkunfest will spread out
over 18 blocks of Pico Boulevard.
The event will be a day of
community service and social
action culminating in a free
concert for volunteers. (Nonvolunteer concert goers will pay
a $10 ticket fee.)
www.tikkunfest.com.
• Belmont Villages Hosts Technology Fair For Seniors
Belmont Village of Hollywood Hills will host a technology fair for seniors Oct. 16 from
1-4 p.m. at 2051 N. Highland
Ave.
Check out the latest in senior-friendly technology, from the
latest in telephones to buttonfriendly television remotes to
memory expanding software.
The event is open to the
public, but reservations are rec-
ommended. To secure your
place, call 323-874-7711.
• Cooking Demonstration With
Chef Monique King
Spend an evening with W
Los Angeles’ Executive Chef
Monique King for holiday cooking secrets and recipes.
Meet and eat with Chef
Monique Oct. 19 from 7-9 p.m.
at the NINETHIRTY patio at W
Los Angeles-Westwood.
There is a $40 fee to attend.
Fee includes tasting of several
dishes and wine.
To RSVP, call 310-4438264.
• The Peninsula Offers ‘Peninsula Girls Getaway With Tory
Burch’
The Peninsula Beverly Hills
has partnered with Tory Burch to
offer the “The Peninsula Girls
Getaway with Tory Burch”.
Each guest will receive a
$100 Tory Burch promotional
card. If guests cannot get to the
Tory Burch Boutiques during
regular hours, The Peninsula
will arrange for after-hours instore shopping or for a personal
consultation and mini-trunk
show with a stylist in-room.
Each guest will receive a daily
continental breakfast and a $50
credit toward treatments at The
Spa at The Peninsula Beverly
Hills.
The offer runs through Dec.
15.
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
Can You Bottle Beverly Hills?
The City Says ‘Yes’ With Perfume
By Adam Popescu
Beverly Hills has teamed
up with JT Brands to launch a
perfume incorporating the culture of the City of Beverly Hills.
The fragrance collection
includes three Beverly Hills fragrances: Rodeo, Iconic and
Must Have, made with plants
and flowers native to Beverly
Hills, including the California
Wild Rose, California Peony,
California Wild Sweet Pea and
the California Wild Cedar.
The bottle was designed by
Zoltan Pali, the award-winning
architect behind the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing arts, now under construction in Beverly Hills.
Royalty revenues are
shared with the City's licensing
company Bradford, who take
35 percent of proceeds. The
City and Chamber of Commerce split the remaining 65
percent. The volume of royalty
revenue is based on production
and sales performance by JT
Brands. The City has spent no
direct tax dollars on this branding project, other than the cost
to register the trademark in various countries.
“Many companies have
come to the City seeking to use
the BH trademark, but JT
Brands demonstrated its clear
understanding of the City's
branding vision and a sophisticated and creative approach to
the deign and implementation,” Mayor Jimmy Delshad
said.
The fragrance's official
OVER
THE
SHOULDER
COOL—At Tuesday’s launch party at Greystone mansion, model
Brittany Gartner shows off Iconic,
one of three Beverly Hills fragrances.
Photo by Adam Popescu
coming out party was held at
Greystone mansion on Tuesday,
Oct. 12, with City staff and residents sampling and indulging
the fragrant scents.
The fragrances will be
available in late 2010 at
www.bhbeauty.net, and at selected retailers in the U.S.,
U.K., France, and Dubai in early 2011.
GENTLEMEN’S CHOICE—The Shave Beverly Hills celebrated new
management with a fete on Tuesday, honoring owners Vinnie and
Paula Malcolm. The Shave, established in 2005, is an upscale men’s
grooming salon providing a male-centric atmosphere for the shave connoisseur. The Shave prides itself on delivering a blend of the traditional shaving regimen with a modern approach to men’s skin care.
Photo by Adam Popescu
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George Christy’s Pick Of The Week: Tripping in Bordeaux
D
ining luxuriously at the
historic chateaus of Bordeaux
winemakers, our eminent winemeister Steve Wallace of
Wally’s Wines & Spirits,
returned this week with exciting news, heralding the highly
anticipated 2010 vintage. Will
it be as great as the 2009 vintage?
Steve participated in pri-
vate tastings at Chateau Latour,
where he dined with owner
Francois-Henri Pinault and his
director Frederic Engerer, also
lunching with the proud grape
pickers at this manorial estate.
Billionaire Pinault is wed to
actress Salma Hayek, and is
CEO of PPR, which owns, in
addition to the winery, such
luxury goods brands as Yves
Saint Laurent, Gucci, Bottega
Veneta, Alexander McQueen,
and others.
“Another stop was at the
Chateau Haut-Brion winery, the
oldest estate in Bordeaux, also
unforgettable was lunch with
Jean-Phillippe Delmas, a third
generation son who carries on
the tradition of the family,” says
Steve.
“This was where I
enjoyed the finest single wine
of the trip, the 100-point 1989
vintage.” Chateau Haut-Brion
was bought in 1935 by
American financier Clarence
Dillon, whose great grandson,
2008 Pessa Leognan de
Prince Robert of Luxembourg, is
the administrative director of the Chateau Haut Bailly. The third
wine from the esteemed estate.
winery.
Medium-bodied, dense, with a
here was more dining at dark ruby color and a bouquet
Chateau Haut Bailly and at of black cherries, cassis, minerPontet Canet where he lodged als, roasted nuts, spice, and aroand enjoyed his favorite wine, matic herbs. $24.99.
the impeccable 1959 vintage.
2007 Chateau Hortvie.
The vintages of Pontet-Canet will
be featured during a specially Dark in color, and concentrated
prepared dinner Steve is hosting on the nose, with rich dark fruon November 20 at the aits. Full-bodied, soft silky tannins, and a long, spicy finish.
Peninsula in Beverly Hills.
$34.99.
eflecting on the
wines from Bordeaux,
Steve suggests these
favorites:
T
R
2006 Clarendelle Blanc. A
steal of a wine. Owned by the
Dillon family, who, as mentioned earlier, owns the fabled
Chateau
Haut
Brion.
Captivating bouquet, ripe with
elegant fruit flavors, mineral
2007 Chateau Ampelia. notes. Wonderful balance to the
Beautiful aromas of milk choco- complexity. $20.99.
late, flowers and crushed dark
hese selections are availberries.
Full-bodied with
soft,velvety tannins, and a juicy able at Wally’s Wines & Spirits,
2107 Westwood Blvd. in
vibrant finish. $19.99.
Westwood. Telephone: (310)
475-0606.
2007
Chateau
Croix
Mouton. Full-bodied with displays of blckberry, blueberry,
flowers. Firm tannins, and a
solid core of complexity.
$19.99.
T
2008
Cheateau
Cheval Noir. Full-bodied, fresh, lovely aromas
of smoke, and blue and
black fruit. $24.99.
2008
Chateau
Haut-Sociondo.
Medium to full-bodied,
with rich flavors of
black currants, spicy
oak and herbs. Long,
flavorful finish. $12.99.
2008
Chateau
Mylord. Deep purple
color, aromas of ripe red
fruit, black cherry and
blueberry. Flavors of
spicy oak and cassis.
$14.99.
10 Month CD
1.50
%
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Beverly Hills: (888) 407-9904 Now Open!
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Steve Wallace’s recommendations for affordable Bordeaux wines,
available at Wally’s Wines & Spirits
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
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Richard & Kimberly Gebbia
Shana Forman & Bill Mooz
John, Elisa & Madison Gebbia
Len & Ila Krane
Roger & Gail Dauer
Janet Blasius & Arthur Kassel
Francesca Daniels
Lois Fields
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Associates For Breast And Prostate Cancer Studies
21st Annual Star-Studded ‘Talk Of The Town’ Gala
The ABCs “Talk of the Town” Gala was an exciting evening attended by more than 550 people at The Beverly Hilton. Lou Gramm, former lead vocalist
of Foreigner, had the room dancing and rocking all night. Ellen K of KIIS-FM and Extra served as hostess and kept the evening festive. The Spirit of Hope
Award was given to our own Annie and Shelly Lehrer. Our grateful thanks was supported by their many friends and relatives who came to the gala. Our
esteemed president, Gloria Gebbia, who could not attend was well represented by her granddaughter Maureen, who gave a moving speech. Penny Marshall received the Spirit of Entertainment Award, which was accepted for her by UCLA and Lakers’ basketball star Lucius Allen. We again thank all our
members and friends who help support ABCs in its quest to eliminate breast and prostate cancer. See you next year! Photos by Shana Forman
Seymour & Sheri Rosenblum
(Former Honorees)
Annie & Shelly Lehrer
(2010 Spirit of Hope Award)
Lou Gramm
Past Pres. Marty & Lisa Greenberg
(Former Lead Vocalist of Foreigner)
(Former Honorees)
Bobbie & Jerry Fields
(Former Honorees)
Co-Chair Davida & John Lettiere
Co-Chairman Jack Lerman,
Leonard & Ada Sands
Chairman Patrick Wayne & Elaine Lerman
Barbara & Allison Clago
& Barbara Clago
Bert Rosenbloom &
Past Pres. Adelle Heller
Robert & Toni (Holt) Kramer
(Former Honorees)
Ellen K
(KIIS-FM, Extra)
Grace Scherrer
(Former Honoree)
Dr. Eliot & Joni Alpert
(Former Honorees)
Robin Gerber
Shelly & Donald Sterling
Marilyn & Herb Heller
Antonio Speciale
& John Gebbia
Bob & Beverly Cohen
Madeline Gussman & Bob Vernon
Lana & Sid Schervone
OCTOBER 15, 2010
EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT
Director of
Education
Dupé Aleru
daleru@
bhcourier.com
Kind Campaign Promotes National Program
By Dupé Aleru
ily members. Their aspiration is young girls, and found amazPepperdine
graduates, to reach young girls in elemen- ing results.
Lauren Parsekian and Molly tary, middle and high school to
Today, they receive emails
Stroud are the founders of Kind discuss the rights of passage and phone calls from princiCampaign, a movement and that has been accepted across pals and students praising the
documentary
success of their
based upon the
program.
powerful belief in
Kind Cam“KINDness”.
paign is currently
The
Kind
an internationally
Campaigns moverecognized
ment
brings
movement and
awareness
and
schools across
hearing to girls
the country, inacross the country
cluding schools
about the negain the Beverly
Lauren Parsekian
Molly Stroud
tive and lasting efHills and greater
fects
of
girl-against-girl the country.
Los Angeles area are reaching
“crime”. Physical fighting,
Last fall their journey be- out.
name-calling, threats, competi- gan, as they hit the road for a
For anyone out there who
tion, rumors and ostracizing month and a half in a minivan has been an aggressor or vicare all examples.
donated by Toyota. The girls tim, Parsekian says: “You are
Parsekian and Stroud were traveled around the country perfect just the way you are.”
once victims, but overcame speaking in schools to test pilot
For more information on
their adversity through the help their new school program and Kind
Campaign,
visit
and support of friends and fam- to hear the testimonies of www.kindcampaign.com.
Charlene Liebau Talks Financing For College
The Courier’s College Admissions Editor, Charlene Liebau, is the former director of admissions
for CalTech and Occidental College. She is also a judge of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
By Charlene Liebau
College Admissions Editor
The decision–about where
to attend college–will surely
include consideration of finances.
Given the average cost of
attending
a
private
institution–tuition,
room,
board, books and personal expenses now hovering around
$50,000 a year and attending
an in-state public institutions at
around $25,000 a year, choosing to enroll in either a public
or private college represents a
major financial investment for
every family.
At the beginning of the college planning process however, the purpose is to create options for decision-making.
At this point, early in the
process of researching a variety
of possible colleges, the cost of
attendance should be taken
into consideration but not limit
a student’s exploration. In fact,
many colleges take pride in the
number of students who are
enrolled and who receive financial aid.
Financing a college education revolves around student
and parent resources and the
willingness to work and/or take
out student and parent loans. Is
the student willing to hold a
job, in addition to academics,
while in college? On-campus
employment can have advantages for the student far beyond
earning money.
Studies show that students
who work on campus achieve
at a higher level, that is, earn
higher grades. They learn important time management skills
and develop the ability to work
with others in a variety of settings. Work experience often
serves as an introduction to a
SMARTBOARDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE—Harkham Hillel Headmaster Rabbi Boruch Sufrin oversees teacher Jane Bretter as she instructs
student Joshua Mintz on one of Hillel’s many SmartBoards.
Harkham’s SmartBoard Brings
The 21st Century To All Students
By Dupé Aleru
Harkham Hillel Hebrew
Academy, a Modern Orthodox
centrist Jewish day school in
Beverly Hills, is the only institution of its kind on the West
Coast to have SmartBoard
technology in every classroom,
from preschool through eighth
grade.
These SmartBoards allow
students to learn the alphabet
through interactional games
and activities, mimicking the
Wii and the X-box. Students
now have a greater appreciation for learning and acknowledge that education can be
fun.
The SmartBoard also al-
lows teachers the opportunity
to make learning more animated with interactive, realistic
and original lessons.
The SmartBoard initiative
is just one element of Hillel’s
ongoing efforts to modernize
and rejuvenate its campus.
Hillel prides itself on being
on the cutting-edge of technology and is constantly searching
for new ways to elevate learning and motivate students. The
innovative SmartBoard brings
21st century education to all
students at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, equipping
them for today’s learning and
tomorrow’s world.
(see ‘COLLEGE,’ page 42)
Good Shepherd Catholic School Tells Students
That ‘Character Counts’ With Week-long Program
By Dupé Aleru
Mrs. Widmann, an eighth
grade teacher and Student
Council facility advisor at
Good Shepherd Catholic
School, along with Ms. Murphy, a fifth grade teacher and
co-coordinator, has organized
Character Counts Week Oct.
18-22.
The beginning of each day
will begin with a patriotic song
at Good Shepherd’s morning
assembly, where the character
count pillar for the day will be
announced.
The entire week provides
students with the opportunity
to discover and value the different pillars in ways that are
visual, auditory and kinesthetic.
Every homeroom teacher
will prepare an activity related
to the pillar for their students.
Various activities will in-
volve peer teaching, which is a
great way for older students be
role models for younger students and portray the correct
way to use the character pillars.
Largely, the Character
Counts program discusses how
students can use the pillars in
their everyday life at school,
home and in the community.
–[email protected]
St. Timothy School Launches High School Fair
St. Timothy School offered
a high school fair for eighth
grade students and their parents Oct. 14.
The fair was held between
7-8 p.m., where parents and
students learned about educational opportunities and had
the honor of meeting the Admission Directors from several
Los Angeles high schools.
Schools that attended in-
cluded Crespi Carmelite, Immaculate Heart, Marymout, St.
Bernard High, St. Monica
High, Loyola High, Notre
Dame Academy and Notre
Dame High.
WHO SCREAMS FOR ICE CREAM?—BHPP held its ice cream donation social drive to benefit its annual Silent Auction.
BHPP Presents Its Annual Silent
Auction And Sweepstakes
On the evening of Nov. 6,
Beverly Hills Presbyterian
Preschool will showcase its annual Silent Auction at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The event will include a
silent auction, live auction and
sweepstakes drawing. Last year
over 250 donated items helped
to raise proceeds for upgrades
and maintenance of school facilities, fund various physical
enhancement projects and provided additional academic enrichment programs designed to
benefit the children directly.
The school's fundraising
success starts with the generosity of the school’s families and
the Beverly Hills community.
Many local businesses find
philanthropic opportunities
such as these a great way to attract new customers while doing something good for the
community.
As the families begin their
outreach to local businesses, it
gives the city's retailers a great
sense of community to help out
the future's brightest stars.
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
Names In The News...
Ronna Brand
Named To C.A.R.
Committee
PHONE A FRIEND—Taking part in the Friendship Circle Chai-A-Thon at Prudential California were, from
left: Aliya Warszawski, (FCLA Program Coordinator), Naomi Blank, Avigail Bruker, Srula Duchman (FCLA
Program Coordinator), Melanie Noble (receptionist at Prudential), Esti Rav-Noy, Zeici Friedman, Sarah
Rosen, Batsheva Lazaroff and Michal Bruker.
Prudential Hosts Friendship Circle Fundraiser
Prudential
California
Realty
hosted
the
The
Friendship Circle of Los
Angeles’ third annual Chai-AThon (phone-a-thon) this week.
Manager Tom Dunlap and
realtor Marilyn Stern welcomed more than 40 teen volunteers.
Teens raised money for the
organization that provides programs and friendship for Jewish
children with special needs
and their families.
Friendship Circle Executive
Director Rabbi Michy Rav-Noy
said: “It was thrilling to see so
many of our teen volunteers
taking time off on a Sunday to
raise money for our kids.”
The event was the kick-off
to the 3k Friendship Walk
which will be held from 12:30
-4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14 at
Rancho Park with teens from
more than 40 public and private schools participating.
With a goal of raising
$100,000, the event will feature a festival with carnival
games, a rock wall, face painting, a puppy party, barbecue
and an obstacle course. For
information, visit www.walk4friendshipLA.com.
Friendship Circle programs
match a teen volunteer to a
child with special needs to provide a full range of social,
recreational and Judaic experiences. And they also provide
parents with respite and support.
Ronna Mee Brand, founder
and president of Brand Realty,
Inc. in Beverly Hills, has been
appointed
chair
of
the
California
Association
of
Realtors (CAR) Property Tax
Policy Committee.
On the committee, Brand
will advise the association on
property-tax issues, including
matters relating to Proposition
13 and property assessments;
property tax base year value
portability, and parcel taxes.
The Property Tax Committee is a policy committee,
Brand said. Its mission is to
develop C.A.R.’s government
finance and taxation policies. It
has original jurisdiction to evaluate legislation and regulation
as they relate to real estate.
“I am truly honored and
excited by this appointment
and the opportunity to work
with leadership at the state
level,” Brand said. I believe in
organized real estate and I am
Ronna Brand
passionate about protecting the
rights of California’s property
owners. I look forward to making a difference,” Brand said.
Established in 1984, Brand
Realty, Inc. is an independent
real estate boutique
Brand is a also a director of
the Multiple Listing Service/
CLAW (MLS).
In 2007, Brand served as
the president of the Beverly
Hills Greater Los Angeles
Association of Realtors and has
been a CAR state director for
the past six years.
Brand is currently on the
Real Estate Commission for
Sen. Curren Price.
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
Once again it was a fantastic, SRO evening... More than
1,300 transplanted New Yorkers
celebrated the 25th anniversary
of the “world's largest high
school reunion” in Beverly Hills
–for those who attended high
school in New York City. This
year's honoree was Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr. from Abraham Lincoln High in Brooklyn.
Opening the show and setting
the tone for this large but intimate “meeting of the family”
was the wonderful and talented
writer, actor, producer, director
Garry Marshall, who graduated
from Clinton High school in the
Bronx.
Joining in the salute and
performing wonderful duets
were Ben Vereen and Mike
Burstyn followed by Marilyn
McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
Hal Linden sang and
played the clarinet, Theodore
Bikel reprised his song, Edelweiss from his role in the original The Sound Of Music, while
William Michals sang Some Enchanted Evening from his role
in the recently closed revival on
Broadway of South Pacific.
Scott Record's colorful tap
dancing rendition Cellophane
Man from Broadway's Chicago
gave some diversity from this
New York evening.
Legendary comedian Norm
Crosby, joined by his Friars
Club’ pals Dick Capri and Sal
Richards showed why their
style of mirth has endured for
some 50 years.
Black/white/Jewish comedian Sarge and comedienne
Cory Kahaney flew in from
New York to share their unique
and raucous material.
One of the highlights of the
evening was the appearance of
the Joint Military Services Color
Guard which accompanied
Robbie Britt as he sang Proud
To Be An American. A surprise
introduction of Comdr. Curt
Jones of the recently commissioned USS New York, which
was arranged through negotiations by director Jon Alexander
and the Pentagon drew thunderous applause. This new
naval warship contains 7.5 tons
of World Trade Center steel.
L.A. native–producer Fran
Zigman was the surprise adopted New Yorker. Monty Hall
and Connie Stevens performed
the ceremony surrounded by
former honorees, and adopted
New Yorkers Jerry Vale, Mitzi
Gaynor, Shecky Greene, Arthur
Hiller, Sammy Shore, Hal Linden,
Norm
Crosby
and
Theodore Bikel.
Never overshadowed was
the salute to Lou Gossett, Jr.
which continued throughout the
evening and which also included a lovely video tribute from
Sidney Poitier. Lou's cousin,
Robert Gossett (TNT's The Closer) presented Lou with his high
school and college (NYU) basketball jackets and with a replica of a 1958 N.Y. Knicks bench
created by the New York Alumni
Association with the names of
the staring five players and including the name of Louis Gossett, Jr.–as the "sixth man."
The evening ended with
Lou talking about how his family and his life in a small vibrant
part of Brooklyn–Coney Island - influenced his dreams and aspiration for life.
He also described how
these experiences have led to
his formation of the ERACISM
Foundation, dedicated to extolling the shared positive values of the human race.
Before the show began, we
were able to purchase many of
the delicious foods we enjoyed
when we were young... hot
dogs, knishes, Italian ices, egg
creams and much much more...
I don't think many of us were
counting calories... just delighting in the moment and perhaps
enjoying some wonderful memories...
This is always a great event
and most people buy tickets
now for next year's show. Their
policy is always a full refund 17
days prior to the reunion. Tickets are $50, $75, $100 or $150.
Mail checks to the NYAA, 8306
Wilshire Boulevard, PHB 596,
Beverly Hills CA 90211. For information, call Fran or Lou Zigman at 310-27602754 or email
at [email protected].
******
The Carousel of Hope, one
of the world's premier charity
events benefiting childhood diabetes and hosted bi-annually by
Barbara Davis, will honor Maria
Shriver with the Brass Ring
award at its 32nd anniversary
gala on Saturday, Oct. 23, at The
Beverly Hilton.
California’s “first lady” since
2003 has been a national presence for several decades as a
NBC broadcaster and speaker.
Six of her books have made The
New York Times best seller list.
N.Y.ALUMNI–On hand
for the 25th anniversary
gala of the New York
Alumni in Beverly Hills
were (left, from left):
Jarvee Hutcherson of the
MMPA, honoree Lou
Gossett, Jr., Marty Ingels
and wife, Shirley Jones,
LeVar
Burton
and
Paramount’s A. C/ Lyles;
(below, from left): Shecky
Greene, Connie Stevens
and Norm Crosby. More
than 1,300 attended.
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With Jay Leno handling the
emcee chores, show biz' power
couple, Jennifer Lopez and
Marc Anthony, are guest artists
along with Gladys Knight. Rickey Minor, bandleader of The
Tonight Show, debuts in his
new role as the event's music
director.
For the fourth consecutive
time, Mercedes-Benz will be
presenting sponsor and a highlight of the evening will be the
auctioning of a MB auto.
The gala benefits the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (www.childrensdiabetesfdn.org).
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Kathleen Turner, Matthew
Rhys, Ron Rifkin, Steven Weber,
Billy Crudup, Jane Kacsmarek,
David Selby, Julian Sands, Tate
Donovan and Dule Hill are just
some of the stars lined up to
perform in an exciting lineup of
10 plays for L.A. Theatre Works'
2010-11 Season.
Celebrating 25 years of
recording plays for radio, the
LATW season includes contemporary hits from both on Broadway... ENRON and The Graduate, and off... Becky Shaw, New
Jerusalem, and Lobby Hero, as
well as new work... Charles
Morey's newly revised adaptation of Dracula and beloved
classics... A Raisin In The Sun,
The Three Sisters, and The
Death Of A Salesman.
Each play in the series will
be performed at Skirball Cultural Center, with all performances
recorded for future broadcast
on public radio and distribution
to over 8,500 libraries across
the U.S. The L.A. Theatre
Works Audio Theatre Collection, with over 450 titles, is the
largest archive of its kind in the
world.
For information on and to
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Stars from TV, film, sports
and music united for The Ultimate Slam PaddleJam, a ping
pong celebrity doubles tournament to raise awareness for the
crucial issues of multiple nonprofits.
Taking place at The Music Box
in Hollywood, the 2010 version
launched the annual initiative
uniting stars, non-profits and
cause-conscious brands by showcasing the many ways to make a
difference without necessarily
reaching into one's wallet.
This year's PaddleJam brought
together celebrity participants
George Lopez, Zachary Levi, Greg
Grunberg, Simon Helberg, Harold
Perrineau, David Banner, Taylor
Cole, Jesse Williams, Sherri Saum,
Aimee Garcia, Josh Henderson,
Danielle Dotzenrod, Jessica Sutta,
Hal Sparks and Quinton Aaron,
and united them with non-profits
uch as Oceana, The Humane Society, Lopez Foundation, Equality
CA, Youth Mentoring Connection
and others.
After an evening of spirited
play and music by DJ Eye, DJ
Bizzy and the night's emcee DJ
Reflex, the Rock The Vote team finally beat out the Habitat for Humanity team (with Chuck's
Zachary Levi and Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg) for the title of
2010 PaddleJam champions. As
the prize, Rock The Vote will receive all the proceeds from the autographed Sears/Joola ping pong
table signed by the tournament's
celebrity players through an auction launching this week through
Clothes Off Our Back.
******
A fun evening in Gotham...
Singing legend Frankie Valli joined
the former Chicago cast of the hit
show Jersey Boys along with
crooner Jerry Vale, baseball's Rick
Cerone and Lee Mazzilli, NBA's
Mike D'Antoni, actors Michael
Badalucco and Dan Lauria and
culinary notables Lidia Matticchio
Bastianich and Buddy Valestro at
the National Italian-American
Foundation's “A Night in New
York.”
Valli received a standing ovation from more than 500 guests at
the cabaret-style evening at the
Hilton New York.
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ASPIRING ARTIST—Nicole Ebrahimi will showcase her paintings at
the Affaire in the Garden art show.
AFFAIRE
showing my art work at the art
show. I'm elated to be a part of
such a long running and highly
respected event as a young and
emerging artist.
“I want more than anything
to further the exposure of my
art work so immediately I
thought of applying to the show
this year.
“Going from local art lover
to local showing artist has been
a great achievement in my career.
“Beverly Hills is a prime
location in the company of all
the resident art enthusiasts and
serious art collectors making
this experience all the more exiting, I can't wait to mix and
mingle with everyone while
showing my work.”
For more information
about the art show, visit
www.beverlyhills.org/artshow.
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Delshad was the first Persian-American on the Council
when he was elected in 2003
and the first Persian-American
Mayor in 2007. He began his
second one-year term on
March 16, 2010.
“If I had gone against a
pledge like this that I had made
eight years ago, for personal
gratification to be Mayor again
and all that, I don't think that
would sit right with my value
system,” Delshad told The
Courier.
Delshad's tenure introduced the Health and Safety
Commission, brought City control of Santa Monica Boulevard, and the introduction of
the Smart City Initiative and the
ethos of bringing technology
and green design to the forefront of City culture.
“Over 150 initiatives have
been accomplished in Beverly
Hills that could be considered
Smart City, that have something
to do with our initiative.”
The City's web site, parking meter design and solar panels use are extensions of initiatives in effect.
On a recent trip to Washington D.C., Delshad met with
Homeland Security, who told
him Beverly Hills is a model
City because of these initiatives.
“The last trip to Washington was a wake-up call for me,
that I had accomplished what I
had to do many years ago.
Now we are there.”
Delshad's other passion
has been for bringing good PR
to the City, and improving the
brand of the place he calls both
the “Smart City,” and the
“Friendly City.”
“When I look back at the
things that I intended to do,
one of the most important
things that I wanted to do was
to uplift the brand of Beverly
Hills, and all along these eight
years, whatever I did was to uplift the brand of Beverly Hills.”
Delshad was the mastermind behind the 90210 celebration and helped create the
first annual Taste of Beverly
Hills.
“The first ingredient you
have to have is passion. But
passion alone is not enough.
You can have passion for many
things and give up. So, persistence was the next thing. If I
didn't have persistence, I
would never have one the first
election, second election. I had
so many road blocks.”
Among those road blocks:
facing and defeating Persian
opponents in his second campaign, and juggling very demanding roles as Mayor, husband and father.
“Every minute of my waking days was always thinking
about Beverly Hills and what I
do, and what else needs to be
done,” he revealed. “What they
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don't know is that I'm not here
just the two hours or five hours
of City Council meeting. Really, the Mayor, to do a good job,
has to be available almost all
the time. To do a good job you
have to be committed to spend
a lot of time and effort to do
that. But there is a lot of good
sides to it-you make a change,
you make a difference in the
lives of people and that pays for
all of the bickering on the
Council.”
Delshad is looking forward
to getting a chance to return to
family life.
“I gave up business, I gave
up a lot of things to do this. I
look forward to spending a lot
of time with my family because
they also gave up me to give
myself up to the City.”
Before serving, Delshad
built and manufactured computer storage products, then
sold the company to focus on
community work.
Delshad plans to continue
corporate consulting, and will
keep the door open to politics,
but said he is looking forward
to spending time with his family.
“It was gratifying to go
places and see that Beverly
Hills really reached a different
point. I'm going to miss having
that leadership to take Beverly
Hills to a higher level. I think
it's still got a long way to go,
but there are other people that
can do that.”
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Several hundred feet above
the desert floor, among the
foothills of the San Jacinto
Mountains just south of Palm
Springs, in an area known as
Andreas Canyon, there is a small
mesa surrounded by towering
palms and uplifted rocks. For
centuries, this oasis, nourished
by the brook that flows through
it, has been part of the sacred
ancestral lands of the Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians … a place of peace, in
harmony with nature.
For the past 20 years, in the
month of October, the Desert’s
social season traditionally
begins an al fresco, Native
American-inspired gourmet dinner served on this ancient mesa,
with only the moon and stars for
a canopy.
This year’s Dinner in the
Canyon was held last weekend
and, as with prior dinners, the
event benefited the Agua
Caliente Cultural Museum,
which keeps the spirit of Native
cultures alive through exhibitions, educational programs and
cultural events.
The Agua Caliente are a
proud, hospitable people, and
their passion for sharing and protecting their culture is reflected
in their museum, winner of
numerous, national-level awards
of achievement.
This year, the dinner honored a member of the museum’s
directors, UCLA-trained anthro-
pologist Lowell Bean, Ph.D., for
his lifelong commitment to preserve cultures for the benefit of
future generations.
Music is an integral part of
any festive gathering of Native
people and guests were
enthralled with the original
music of Murray Porter’s band.
Don’t let Porter’s name fool
you; he is a member of the
Mohawk Nation–born and
raised on the Six Nations of the
Grand River Territory in southern
Ontario, Canada. The accomplished singer, songwriter and
pianist seasons his music with
country, blues and humor, andhas performed around the world
including in such unlikely
places as Israel and Egypt.
Just how special is Dinner in
the Canyons? A private dinner
for eight people was the closing
item in the pre-dessert live auction. The winning bid: $13,000.
You can be part of the experience for a lot less. To find out
more, call 760-323-0151.
******
After years of attending
charity events you realize that
like the people they attract, each
has its own, unique personality.
Some are more laid back in
dress, others more formal. Some
are at venues where the food is
superb, others … not so much.
And then there is the entertainment, with the prize for the most
consistently impressive entertainers going to the AIDS
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Assistance Program, a non-profit with only two paid employees
and, over of nearly 20 years,
have distributed more than $6
million in direct client services
to more than 1,500 clients.
The
AIDS
Assistance
Program has been supplying
nutritional support to lowincome men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. They
do this by distributing $100 a
month in food vouchers to their
clients, who may then use these
vouchers for food, household
needs and personal items. This
is a grassroots organization
receiving no federal nor state
funding, surviving on the generosity and efforts of its volunteers and the skills of Mark
Anton, its executive director.
Last weekend, the AIDS
Assistance Program opened the
season with its Angel Program
Kickoff party at a private estate
in Palm Springs once inhabited
by famed drummer, Buddy Rich,
and currently owned by a mysterious couple whose primary
residence is in San Diego.
Having enjoyed a wide
range of edibles, from fish tacos
to jalapeno peppered cornbread, ultra-rich macaroni and
cheese to Caesar salad, carved
beef to luscious desserts, guests
were regaled with a performance by Grammy-winning
singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne
who,
while
calling
the
Coachella Valley home for the
past 12 years, hasn’t performed
locally in more than two years.
The
AIDS
Assistance
Program traditionally closes out
the Desert season in May with a
gala “Evening Under the Stars.”
DESERT DOINGS– Jackie
Lee Houston (far left)
greets Dinner in the
Canyons
honoree
Dr.
Lowell Bean. Meanwhile,
AIDS Assistance volunteers
(bottom left) and Mark
Anton (below right) were on
hand for the Angel Program
Kickoff party. Photos by
Sherman Fridman
The event features worldrenowned headliners (Lilly
Tomlin, Mary Wilson and Pink
Martini, etc). So, as you might
imagine, the crowd was silent in
anticipation
of
Anton’s
announcement of next May’s
headliner: The B-52’s. (Fear not;
the group was named after itsbouffant hairdos–not a commentary on their performances.)
Information: 760-325-8481.
******
It is not until March, but the
40th anniversary excitement of
one of the biggest majors on the
Ladies Professional Golf tour,
the Kraft Nabisco Championship,has already begun with the
announcement last week that
the “tournament is going back to
its roots,” beginning with a
revised celebrity pro-am.
It has been no secret the
LPGA is concerned about the
future of ladies golf and the fact
that about one-third of the tour
players are Asian, which, along
with players from other parts of
the world, has reduced the level
of American interest,causing the
LPGA to play many of its tournaments abroad.
The organizers of the Kraft
Nabisco have these concerns,
too, but they are also aware that
some celebrity cache has disappeared from the tournament that
used to bear the name of ardent
golfer, Dinah Shore.
Part of the attempted ‘fix’
was made public with the recent
announcement the championship has teamed up with the
SAG Foundation in an effort to
attract high-profile ‘names’ to
the two-day Pro-Am leading off
the tourney. And, if that isn’t
enough, the tournament won’t
expect the stars to play both
days of the pro-am unless they
wish to do so, thereby making it
more schedule-friendly.
To see how it all turns out,
mark your calendars for next
March 28 through April 3.
Can’t wait until then? Check
this column for the latest Kraft
Nabisco Championship news.
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Now preparing for an important fine art and antique auction
Sunday, October17, 2010 at 10:00am
Exhibition Wednesday October 13-Saturday October 16
from 9 to 4
featuring selected property from the legendary Hollywood Hills Castillo del Lago,
former home to mobster Bugsy Siegel and later to Madonna
BULLYING
variation in theme, but we are united in
a zero tolerance policy.”
While BHUSD authorizes each site
to discipline students and does require
that instances that may result in suspension, threat of expulsion or expulsion to
be channeled through the district office, it does not clearly define the
process for less severe episodes.
Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Ilene Straus maintains
that each site follows progressive disciplinary procedures that include parent
notification and witness investigation.
Administrative staff is also trained
by the Los Angeles County Office of Education annually in how to handle bullying situations, especially as technology evolves to include more and more
instances of cyberbullying.
“We know what a bully looks like
on the playground, but how do you define bullying that occurs on someone’s
Blackberry that is then sent to Facebook
or YouTube,” asked Boardmember Myra
Lurie. But she notes: “There is a limit to
what we have jurisdiction over on
things that happen off of campus but
still have an impact.”
Lurie’s point is a good one: although the schools can take steps to
prevent or remedy bullying when it occurs on school grounds, once a child
leaves a BHUSD campus, the district is
unable to enforce any type of punishment due to stringent state mandated
education code guidelines.
“The tools we have are somewhat
limited,” said Boardmember Jake Manaster.
So what is the district to do?
“We don’t want to change our policy and we don’t want to change the
flexibility it provides,” said Boardmember Brian Goldberg. “What we need is
clarification for an administration regulation that will give parents comfort to
know how things are handled and that
it is getting handled.”
The Board is looking to devise an
AR as an addendum to current policy.
Due to state-established privacy laws,
parents/guardians are not privy to information pertaining to a student not their
own, therefore leaving them relatively
in the dark as to how bullying or harassment cases are resolved. The AR is
intended to establish a uniform process
to let parents and/or guardians know
when an issue arises how it is handled,
who has overseen the complaint and
clearly defines consequences.
The AR is scheduled to come back
to the Board for vote at the Oct. 26
meeting.
Teens Gain Business Experience Styling
Photoshoot For New Singer/Songwriter
By Amanda Peabody
With the employment market tightening more than ever, it is growing increasingly more difficult for job seekers, especially young adults, to get that
“leg up” and gain the vital experience
necessary to build a competitive resume.
Christi Wohl knows this and wanted to do her part to help Beverly Hills
teens acquire hands-on experience.
A talent manager for a young,
fresh-faced pop artist, Wohl decided to
use Beverly High teens to do hair and
makeup, style and shoot her client’s
promotional pictures. Each in the
eleventh grade, Justine Manesh acted as
the photographer, Ronna Hashimi
styled the outfits and Roxanne
Aichinger applied makeup and did hair.
“I really feel like it is a tough time
for young girls at this age as they try to
figure out where they belong in the
world and how they fit in,” said Wohl.
“I wanted to help give them direction.”
Her artist, 22-year-old singer/songwriter Savannah Moon, was just as
pleased to use the young talent.
“They were so professional and
helpful… just so talented,” said Wohl.
“This was an experiment to give them
the opportunity to do something great,
and they did.”
Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk To
Host Fundraiser In Beverly Hills, Sunday
By Amanda Peabody
Skateboarding icon Tony Hawk will
host a fundraiser to benefit his organization, the Tony Hawk Foundation,
Sunday, at the home of Ron Burkle in
Beverly Hills.
L.A. rock band Jane’s Addiction will
headline the musical program at Tony
Hawk: SHRED Presents Stand Up For
Skateparks.
The exclusive event aims to raise
funds for free, quality skateparks for atrisk youth across the nation.
For information or tickets, visit
www.standupforskateparks.org.
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Joan started out as the debate
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paid off: Second, third, and even
fourth generations of families have
made them their law firm of choice for
expert estate planning.
O
Louis A. Reisman
Sussan H. Shore**
Martin A. Neumann
M. Neil Solarz, Louis A. Reisman, Harold Weinstock, Susan H. Shore, Blake A Rummel, Martin E. Neumann, Robert E.
Strauss, Jonathan S. Forster and Gary M. Borofsky.
For the attorneys at the firm,
involvement with the law goes beyond
the office suite. Many are longtime
instructors at UCLA Extension and
highly sought-after speakers by professional and community organizations. While sharing their legal expertise with students, business professionals, and fellow Bar Association
members, the firm’s lawyers have
helped strengthen the firm’s connections to the community.
Teaching also helps to keep the
firm attuned to new issues and
changes in the law. By staying on top
of current legal developments, attor-
neys are ready and prepared to come
up with effective approaches that will
best take advantage of—or offset—
new legislation and court decisions.
Keeping in touch with clients—
and keeping clients in the loop—is
another firm priority. Periodic mailings
and the Weinstock, Manion, Reisman,
Shore & Newmann bimonthly newsletter, Insight on Estate Planning, offer
the latest information on tax laws,
business developments and other
pressing issues related to estate planning.
Over the years, individual firm
attorneys have been recognized by
various law publications and peer
groups. That repeated acknowledgement has helped cement the firm's
reputation as a leader among the
region’s estate planning firms, offering personalized service, diverse legal
expertise, and collaboration among
lawyers for the benefit of the client.
Most recently, Weinstock, Manion,
Reisman, Shore & Neumann was
accepted to the 2010 Bar Register of
Preeminent Lawyers, Mar tindaleHubbel’s top rating in both legal ability and ethical standards.
Of Counsel
Harold Weinstock
Gary M. Borofsky*
M. Neil Solarz**
Robert E. Strauss
Brian G. Manion
(1922-1997)
Blake A. Rummel
Jonathan S. Forster
Renee Wittlif
Adam L. Streltzer
Ann Michael
Nhaman Phan Pelphrey
Diane Y. Park
Jeffrey P. Geida**
*Certified Specialist •
Taxation Law
** Certified Specialist •
Estate Planning
Trust & Probate Law
The State Bar of California
Board of Legal
Specialization
TL4
BEVERLY HILLS COURIER OCT 15, 2010
Block Is An Expert In Land Use Matters
With A Special Emphasis On Properties
Along The California Coastline
lock & Block, is a boutique Los
Angeles law firm specializing in
real-estate related matters with an
emphasis in administrative law and landuse regulation along the California
coast.
Alan Robert Block, Block & Block's
senior partner was a former lead attorney to the California Coastal Commission and while a member of the Office of
the Attorney General represented the
Coastal Commission in approximately 20
percent of all its reported published
court of appeal cases while he was in
the office. Over the past 31 years in private practice, Alan has developed a full
service real-estate, land use, and administrative law practice in both litigation
and non-litigation matters throughout
California.
He is recognized as one of the
state’s top experts on land-use matters
involving the Coastal Commission and
has worked on a broad range of projects
including large scale residential and
mixed use projects, office buildings,
resort and recreation projects, as well
as numerous ocean-front dream homes
and compounds for entertainers and
celebrities.
In Beverly Hills, Alan has gained
approvals, for among other projects, the
Village on Cañon, the former Superior
Stamp & Coin Building on Olympic, the
three-lot Barry Dean subdivision adjacent to the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the
B
conversion
of
304 S. Elm Dr.
from apartments
to
condominiums.
Alan is a
member of the
Beverly
Hills
Recreation and
Park
CommisAlan Robert Block & sion, of which he
will become chair
Justin Michael
in November.
Block
Justin Michael Block, has practiced with his father
since 2005, and in 2008 became a partner in the firm.
Since joining the firm, Justin has
successfully represented numerous
clients in securing entitlements from
governmental agencies. Justin has developed long-standing working relationships
with several staff members from these
agencies and his litigation experience
includes an assortment of real-estate
related matters, such as, property disputes involving views, easements and
covenants; breach of contracts, negligence, and writs of mandates.
Justin is a member of the Beverly
Hills Bar Association, the Los Angeles
Bar Association, City of Malibu Chamber
of Commerce and the City of Malibu
Chamber
of
Commerce's
Young
Professionals. He is a past member of
Team Beverly Hills.
Law Offices of
Block & Block, APC
Real estate and land use experts
successfully representing property owners
in both litigation and non-litigation matters
for over 30 years
Highestt peerr review
w ratingg forr
legall competencyy andd ethics
Senior Partner Alan Robert Block is a
former lead attorney to the California Coastal
Commission and one of the most renowned Land Use
Experts in the State of California
1880 Century Park East, Suite 415
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 552-3336
www.blocklaw.net
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Fights
Insurance Company Abuse
hernoff Bidar t
Echeverria LLP
(SBE) leads the
nation in protecting
policyholders
from
insurance company
abuse.
The firm is considered the foremost
authority on insurance
bad faith for good reason: they invented it.
In 1979 founding
partner William Shernoff set the legal
precedent
that Howard S. Shernoff, Travis Corby, William M. Shernoff,
Samuel Bruchey
requires
insurance
they serve, they will pay—and pay
companies to act in good faith.
Mr. Shernoff argued successfully dearly.
Few firms can match SBE’s
to the California Supreme Court that
insurance companies have a trust impressive record of success. The
relationship with policyholders and firm has recovered more than $1 bilshould be liable for punitive damages lion in verdicts and settlements.
With offices in Beverly Hills and
when they unreasonably deny claims.
Mr. Shernoff went on to co-author Claremont, SBE has been involved in
the definitive treatise in the field, major insurance litigation cases with
Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, and local, national and international
co-founded the National Insurance impact.
Consumer Organization.
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP
Ever since, he and par tners
310 N. Cañon Dr., #200
Michael
Bidar t
and
Ricardo
Echeverria have been sending the
310-246-0503
message to insurance companies that
www.shernoff.com
if they take advantage of the clients
S
Firm Excels In Representing
Government, Public Agencies
civil litigator with 30
years experience,
Sheldon Lytton is a
founder and head of the litigation practice at the
Century City firm of Kelly
Lytton & Williams LLP
Although
Lytton
describes himself as “basically a civil litigator” dealing with the litigation
problems of business
clients, his firm also has a Sheldon Lytton, Debby Lytton, Henry Holguin,
unique niche working with Donna Black, Richard Williams, John Messina
government
and
law and Peter Kelly.
enforcement. Kelly Lytton
& Williams is principal
ly involved in a case, or caring about
counsel for the City of Compton in con- what happens to the client, is not a probnection with the re-establishment of lem, but a pleasure. When we take on a
Compton’s police depar tment, and matter is not just another case. It is the
advises other local and federal law case and is treated as such.”
enforcement agencies as well. The firm
In addition to his practice as a
has also represented government and lawyer, Lytton has been deeply involved
public agencies directly, including the in community service. He has served as
State of California, City of Los Angeles, the Special Assistant Attorney General,
the LAUSD and the MTA.
Chief of Staff to the Lt. Governor,
“We are a small firm of experienced Commissioner
of
the
California
lawyers,” Lytton says, “all of us refugees Commission on Citizen Participation,
from much larger firms. We formed Kelly Commissioner and President of the Los
Lytton & Williams to maximize the per- Angeles Convention Center Authority, a
sonal and professional freedom than we Director of the Los Angeles Police
just didn’t have in the big firms. A good Protective League Foundation, and as a
lawyer always tries to do his best for a Parks and Recreation Commissioner in
client, but working for clients that you the city of Calabasas. He is currently an
actually like is so much more gratifying. active reserve deputy sheriff with the
From our perspective, getting emotional- Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
A
Kelly Lytton
& Williams LLP
Business and
Government Litigation
1801 Century Park East, Suite 1450
~~~~~~~~~~~~
310-277-5333
Workers Comp Specialist Friedman
Fights For Injured Workers’ Rights
s a Certified Workers Compen-sation Law Specialist, Lester
James Friedman fights on behalf
of injured workers.
“If you have experienced an injury
while at work, don’t expect to get a
fair deal without legal representation.
Instead, rely on us — we have a reputation for winning the compensation
that our clients deserve,” Friedman
said. “We will do the same for you.”
Friedman, who opened Lester J.
Friedman, A Law Corporation in
Beverly Hills in 1986 was named
among the Super Lawyers® 2005-10,
the Best Lawyers® 2009-10 and is a
LexisNexis Mar tindale-Hubbel® AV
Preeminent Rated Lawyer—all peer
reviewed designations.
He is past president of the
Southern
California
Applicants
Attorneys Association, and a Workers
Compensation Appeals Board Judge
Protem and Arbitrator.
He is former commissioner and
chair of the Board of Legal
Specialization, State Bar of California.
The agency represents the nine
California law specializations, including Workers Compensation.
“I like being able to help people
when they are in a time of great
need,” says Friedman. “When people
have had a work injury they are wor-
A
ried about
getting
back
to
work and
about maintaining
some sor t
of economic life while
they
are
out
of
w o r k .
Employers
sometimes
forget that
employees
are
an
asset to be
valued.”
Friedman is also
official
scorer for
the UCLA
Lester James
men’s basFriedman
ketball
team and PAC 10 (soon to be PAC 12)
basketball tournament at Staples
Center. He was student manager
under legendary Coach John Wooden.
When he graduated the position of
scoreboard operator came open and
he became official scorer. “It’s a lot of
fun,” says Friedman.
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CERTIFIED SPECIALIST
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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
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Board of Legal Specialization
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TL6
Christian Markey Specializes
Real Estate Law Is The
Alberstone Firm’s Sole Focus In All Aspects Of Family Law
hanks to a 1974 law school class
in Real Property, Dale Alberstone
realized that real estate law was
not only fascinating, but something he
could apply to his own life.
He founded his practice in 1976 as
a boutique law firm specializing in all
fields of real estate law. Alberstone &
Alberstone is now devoted solely to
real-estate transactional matters and
all areas of real property-litigation disputes, including boundary and title
issues, easements, construction
defects, and fraud in connection with
the purchase, sale and management
of real property.
Dale Alberstone is a prominent,
established real estate attorney in
Century City who has devoted the
past 34 years exclusively to the practice of real estate law. His success
rate is more than 95 percent in all
fields.
He continues to successfully represent individuals, corporations, limited
partnerships, LLCs and high-profile
celebrity clients in all related real
estate transactions. Dale is also legal
counsel for the Apartment Owners
Association of California, having been
so since its inception 28 years ago.
Dale has authored and published more
than 375 articles on virtually every
issue relating to real estate law and
T
litigation.
D a l e
Alberstone has
been appointed to serve as
a judge pro
tem of the Los
A n g e l e s
Superior Court,
an arbitrator
for
the
American
Arbitration
Association,
Dale Alberstone and a referee
for the Los Angeles Superior Court. He
has also testified as an expert witness in legal malpractice cases in the
real estate arena. Dale has been
awarded
an
AV
rating
from
Martindale-Hubbell, the top honor this
prestigious national organization
bestows.
A lifelong Beverly Hills resident,
Dale
attended
Horace
Mann
Elementary, Beverly Hills High School,
Loyola Law School, and Oxford
University in England.
Dale is a licensed, instrument-rated
pilot who flies his own airplane to
courthouses throughout the Western
United States.
He lives in Beverly Hills with his
wife and 12-year-old boy/girl twins.
ALBERSTONE & ALBERSTONE
34 Years Devoted Exclusively to
Real Estate Law
Specializing In:
All Real Estate Transactional & Litigation Issues
Easements
Title Disputes
Quiet Title Litigation
Encroachments
Boundary Disputes
Promissory Notes/Guarantees
Trustee’s Sales
Judicial Foreclosures
Escrow Issues
Purchase Agreement Disputes
Mechanic’s Liens
Construction Defect Law
Real Estate Transaction Fraud
Laundry Lease Law
Resident Apartment Manager Issues
Apartment Building Law
Commercial, Residential, Industrial & Ground Leases
Dale S. Alberstone, Esq.
ALBERSTONE & ALBERSTONE
1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 600
Tel: 310.277.7300
hristian Markey III’s practice is
devoted to all aspects of family
law from prenuptial agreements
to dissolution, child custody and support.
He is the founder of the Law
Offices of Christian E. Markey III and
is Of Counsel with Hersh, Mannis &
Bogen, LLP, an 11-attorney family law
firm in Beverly Hills.
Markey’s 25 years of experience
as a trial lawyer, coupled with his
unique background of complex business and entertainment litigation provides his family-law clients with the
expertise they need to achieve their
goals.
For the past 15 years, Markey's
reputation in Southern California’s
legal community has earned him
Martindale-Hubbell's prestigious AV
rating for maintaining the highest level
of professional excellence and ethical
standards.
Markey is admitted to all state
and federal courts in California, the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and
the United States Supreme Court.
He is a member of the Family Law
Sections of the Los Angeles County
and Beverly Hills Bar Associations,
and has been a panelist for the Family
Law Inns of Court. Markey has served
C
Christian Markey III
as a Los Angeles Municipal Court
Judge Pro Tem and volunteered as an
Assistant City Attorney for the City of
Los Angeles handling jury trials.
Markey graduated with highest
honors in political science from the
University of California, Berkeley;
received First Degree Honors from the
University of Kent, Canterbur y,
England; and received his J.D. from
USC, where he was an editor of two
law journals.
THE LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTIAN E. MARKEY III
PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION
Dedicated to Your Case and Your Family’s Goals
• Divorce and Family Law Attorney
• Handling all aspects of Family Law from Prenuptial Agreements to
Post-Marital Agreements, Divorce, Paternity, Child Custody, Child and Spousal
Support, Marital Property Characterization, Valuation and Division, and Nullity
• AV rated (highest rating for professional excellence and ethical standards)
• Clients include professionals, creative talent, individuals and homemakers.
• USC Law Graduate (Law Journal Editor), UC Berkeley (Highest Honors),
U of Kent, Canterbury, England (First Degree Honors)
• Initial consultation is free
THE LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTIAN E. MARKEY III
9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 209
Phone 310-786-7899
[email protected]
Tell Mediation Services Successfully
Settles Hundreds Of Cases, Disputes
ranklin Tell, an AV Peer Rated
attorney since the early 1990s,
and in private practice for more
than 35 years; was senior partner in
one of New York City’s preeminent
insurance defense firms, Tell, Cheser &
Breitbart. There he specialized in the
investigation and trials of major and
high-profile insurance frauds, including
staged kidnappings, hijackings and
commercial burglaries, arson fires, art
forgeries and fictitious diamond and
fur losses. In addition Tell managed the
property and liability defense, coverage and bad faith sections of the firm.
Becoming increasingly disillusioned with the enormous waste of
client resources expended in the
morass of protracted litigation, Mr. Tell
moved his family west to Beverly Hills
(his wife, Phyllis, graduated from
Hamilton High and UC Berkeley) where
he founded Tell Mediation Services, an
alternative dispute resolution firm.
With his expertise in insurance
coverage, fraud and bad faith, commercial and business transactions, professional liability, construction defects,
real estate, personal injury and premises liability, Mr. Tell has successfully
helped litigants settle hundreds of
cases expeditiously and economically.
Mr. Tell volunteers as a mediator
for the LA Superior Court, Court of
Appeals for the 2nd Judicial District;
F
and is a Crash
Settlement Officer
for the Glendale and
Santa
Monica
Courts. He is a member of the Beverly
Hills Bar Association
and the Executive
Committee of the
Section on Conflict
Resolution.
At one time
Frank Tell
Frank was on the
board of directors of Temple Emanuel
of Beverly Hills and ser ved as
President of the Emanuel Arts Center.
He loves to sing and act and has
had leading roles in several musical
and theater productions including
those staged by the Beverly Hills
Community Theater.
Frank is an avid golfer, sporting a
3.6 handicap.
He graduated from the University
of Michigan in 1971 and George
Washington University Law School
with honors in 1974.
This past week Mr. Tell has been
invited to join ADR Services, Inc.,
California’s most prestigious alternative dispute resolution firm. He will be
available to help litigants and adverse
parties all throughout Los Angeles,
Ventura, Orange and Riverside
Counties.
Firm Covers Full Spectrum
Of Family Law Issues
hillips, Lerner,
Lauzon
&
Jamra, LLP is
recognized nationally for providing quality representation
on the full spectrum
of family law issues
and its commitment
to finding resolutions that reflect
the highest standard of ethics.
The firm and its
principals specialize
in marriage dissolution proceedings,
custody disputes
that cross state and
international borders, mediation, collaborative
law,
paternity matters,
post-judgment proceedings, and nonmarital family relaAzita Avedissian, Grace A. Jamra, Stacy D. Phillips,
tionships.
PLLJ’s princi- Ram Cogan, Peter A. Lauzon and Marc Lerner
pals and staff focus
ed for their services to a broad range
on an integrated team approach to of clients who include high net-worth
practicing law, and by doing so, are business professionals, athletes,
able to give clients more efficient and celebrities, homemakers and other
responsive representation.
individuals with substantial business
The attorneys are widely respect- and personal assets.
P
TL8BEVERLY HILLS • BEL AIR • HOLMBY HILLS
At Hamburg, Karic, Edwards & Martin Tilles, Webb, Kulla & Grant—Practical
Solutions To Complex Problems
LLP Clients’ Needs Are Paramount
amburg, Karic, Edwards &
Martin LLP is a full-service law
firm founded on a shared philosophy about the practice of law
that brought all of the principals
together. They believe clients’ needs
are paramount; that the lawyer’s
service to his or her client is the
central focus of the practice.
Clients have a one-on-one relationship with experienced lawyers
ready to apply their critical thinking,
advocacy and negotiation skills to
each situation.
Firm members devote themselves to keeping a competitive
advantage for clients by pursuing
education, skills, training, and familiarity with the latest technology and
information gathering products and
services. Edwards & Martin LLP creates an intellectually stimulating
and personally satisfying environment for all lawyers and staff that
will guarantee longevity of service
to clients.
Members of the firm specialize
in complex business, construction,
and real estate litigation in both
state and federal courts, real estate
and commercial transactional law,
corporate law, as well as entertainment litigation, employment litigation, and federal and state taxation.
H
Gregg
A
Martin was admitted to the
California Bar in
1988, and the
U.S.
District
Cour t, Central
District of California.
He earned
his B.A. in 1984
from the UCLA,
he
Gregg A. Martin where
majored in both
economics and philosophy. He
earned his J.D. in 1987 from Loyola
Law School, where he was a member
of the Scott Moot Court National
Team and the Scott Moot Court
Honors Board.
Mr. Martin served as a judicial
clerk for the Honorable William A.
Holohan of the Supreme Court of
Arizona in 1987-88.
Mr. Martin is a member of the
Association of Business Trial
Lawyers, the Los Angeles County
Bar Association, the Beverly Hills
Bar Association, the Culver-Marina
Bar Association, the American Bar
Associations, and the State Bar of
California. Mr. Martin’s areas of
practice include business and real
estate litigation.
Hamburg, Karic,
Edwards & Martin LLP
Providing Superior Legal Advice and
Representation to our Clients
• Business Litigation, Trials & ADR •
• Real Estate Transactions & Litigation •
• Corporate, Partnership Law & Disputes •
• Entertainment Law & Litigation •
• Construction Law & Disputes •
• Employment Law & Disputes •
&
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EM
Hamburg, Karic, Edwards & Martin LLP
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1800
office: (310) 552-9292
fax: (310) 552-9291
www.hkemlaw.com
illes, Webb, Kulla
& Grant was
founded in 1976
and its current members have a combined
75 years of experience in representing
clients in a variety of
business and realestate matters. This
experience allows for
creative and practical
solutions to complex
and in some cases
seemingly unsolvable
problems.
In addition to
Stephen P. Webb’s 40
years of trial experience and dispute resolution, as a former
Mayor of Beverly Hills,
member of the Beverly
Hills City Council and
Stephen
six years of service on
the Planning commission, his practice
has evolved to include representation
of various individuals and entities
before various City Commissions,
Councils and assisting and facilitating
dialogue with City Staff.
Ronald J. Grant has decades of
experience in corporate, partnership
and LLC formation, operation and dis-
T
P. Webb and Ronald J. Grant
solution, business and real estate
transactional matters, private placements, securities, mergers and acquisitions, and employment matters.
Additionally, Mr. Grant has recently
consulted on analyzing, and then
implementing, the division of complex
real estate, corporate and other entity
assets between parties in marital dissolution matters.
T il les, Webb, Kul la & Gr ant
A Law Cor por at ion
Established 1976
AV Preeminent Rating -- Martindale Hubbell
Stephen P. Webb, Esq.
State and Federal Civil litigation; including Real
Estate and business disputes; Real Estate, land use and
entitlement representation; attorney client fee disputes;
expert witness in related issues.
Stephen P. Webb, [email protected]
Ronald J. Gr ant, Esq.
Corporate and business law; securities; acquisitions
and mergers; corporate reorganization; Real Estate and
business transactional matters; employment law; consultant in marital dissolution matters involving complex real estate and business issues.
Ronald J. Grant, [email protected]
Norman S. Kulla, Retired
Mandy Tilles, Retired
433 Nor th Camden Dr., Suite 1010
Be ver ly Hil ls, CA 90210
Telephone: 310-888-3430
Facsmilile: 310-888-3433
OCTOBER 15, 2010
Another Phobia From Roger Lefkon
Helping Seniors, Live Healthier
Happier Lives at Home.
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Finding ways to persuade them that
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Fear Of Making A Decision
During the course of time, I have had to make many important
decisions. What to bring my first date–wine, flowers, chocolates, a
photo of my dog and I sharing a laugh together–a tough call when
you’re only nine years old. Driving the family car without a license
and relying on a booster seat.
I have also grappled with such life defining choices as when to marry and when
to divorce; when to buy and when to sell; when to have a sex change and when to
stand pat; when to lie and when to tell the truth; when to gift and when to re-gift;
when to play the cards I’m dealt and when to stack the deck; when to speak out and
when to remain silent, and whether to embark on a legitimate career or take an entry level position with a major crime syndicate. I am confronted with decision making 24/7 and have come to dread it which is why I am now clinically classified as
being “decidophobic.”
Picture this scenario, I’m in the supermarket shopping list in hand and, after a
couple of false starts, manage to locate the peanut butter section. For the uninformed, it’s sandwiched in between Smuckers jelly and Wonder Bread. What should
be a simple selection process turns into a decision making nightmare. In front of me
are shelf after shelf of peanut butter jars–Skippy, Peter Pan, Jif, Rup–and they are
available as regular, natural, organic, creamy, chunky, super chunky, salted, sugar
free, white chocolate, dark roasted, cinnamon and for the deeply religious, Kosher.
It’s not unlike paying a visit to Starbucks where I’m asked to choose between café
or decaf, short or tall. frappuccino or cappuccino and mild, medium, bold or extra
bold. Caving into pressure to keep the line moving, I decide to forgo the house
blend in favor of the more exotic sounding Ethiopia Limu which, I later discover, is
actually grown in South Jersey.
I wake up and remember I have an appointment with the proctologist. I consider my options, go or no go. Since I’ve already cancelled three times, I make the decision to go. Arriving at her building (women make the best proctologists), I must
decide whether to chance a panic attack by using the claustrophobic elevator, built
to accommodate Snow White and the seven dwarfs, or climb the stairs to the 20th
floor and risk going into cardiac arrest. I choose the stairs and take prolonged rest
stops at each landing to catch my breath and reset my Global Positioning System.
My NASA training kicks in and I realize that GPS does not work in stairwells. I’m
off the doctors radar screen, her office will never find me and I make the decision
to flee the building.
Where to sit in a movie theatre is always a tough call for me. I like to arrive early, lay in wait in a dark corner until I spot two small people take their seats and then
quickly move in to claim the seats right behind them. This technique does not always work, however, since the diminutive duo may be forced to move if a couple
of Lakers take the seats in front of them.
Now the theatre is filling up and I’m running out of options. I begin to sweat
profusely, my pulse rate begins to look like my golf score and the Milk Duds in my
pocket begin to melt. In a game saving move, I go to the manager’s office and request a wheel chair so that I can sit in the obstruction free handicap zone. The
downside to this gambit is that I’m so far from the screen the movie looks like it did
on my 1952 10-inch Dumont TV receiver. The upside is that I’m close to the candy counter and the Junior Mints and in case of a fire, earthquake or a chance encounter with my ex-wife, I am just steps away from the exit and the relative safety
of the mall.
When choosing a physician there is much to consider. Does he look and act
like a TV doctor; do friends and acquaintances refer to him as “the biggest” in his
field; did he opt out of Medicare; does the wait time to see him at his office exceed
the time it takes to fly coast to coast and does he take Wednesdays and Fridays off
to golf with other AWOL doctors? If the answers are “yes”–put a line through his
name.
On the other hand was he a veterinarian before he became a people doctor;
does he makes house calls; will he provide you with his unlisted cell phone number and is he generous in dispersing samples of prescription drugs? If the answers
are “yes,” he’s da man!
Remember that when you arrive at a fork in the road of life, don’t seek a detour,
simply make the best decision you can and move on. Or you can do as I do. Go to
your room, lock the door, turn out the lights, hide under the bed and wait for the
need to decide to go away.
Longtime Beverly Hills resident Roger Lefkon is a veteranTV writer/producer and
former senior executive with Merv Griffin Entertainment.
Annual Bow Wow Beverly Hills Presents
‘Whodunit’ With $60 Courier Promotion
Bow Wow Beverly Hills, the annual Halloween
event that benefits
The Amanda Foundation, will be held
Oct. 28 on The Via
Rodeo at Two Rodeo
Drive, from 7:3010:30 p.m.
Whodunit?
A Halloween Puzzler
Host Pauley Perrette from NCIS will
emcee the doggy costume contest, silent
auction, murder mystery clues and more.
With cuisine from McCormick & formation,
Schmick’s Pacific Seafood Grill, the tion.org.
night will kick off an adoption-filled
weekend.
Dog adoptions will be
held throughout Beverly
Hills’ retail locations all
weekend.
All proceeds go to help
rescue dogs and cats from
city and county pounds
and to The Amanda Foundation’s free Spaymobile
program.
Mention The Courier to
receive a $60 promotion.
For tickets or more invisit www.amandafounda-
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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS DREAM BIG—Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters, home of Camp Max Straus,
held its fourth Big Dreams luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel. The event recognizes “wonderful” and “outstanding” women who make a difference in the lives of youth. Pictured (from left) are JBBBS Los Angeles
President and CEO Margy Feldman with honorees Debbee Klein Schwartz, Julie Spira, Wendy Greuel and
JBBBS Los Angeles Chairman of the Board Joel Cassel.
DON’T STOP—City resident Jeff Runyan’s race time of two hours and
28 minutes at the Sunday, Oct. 3 L.A. Triathlon, qualified him for next
year's National Triathlon Event in Vermont. The race was a .9 mile
swim at Venice Beach, a 24.8 mile bike ride to downtown L.A. and a
6.2 mile run ending at Nokia Live in downtown L.A.
Glatt Kosher Food Truck Debuts
By Adam Popescu
Not all taco trucks are created equally. Takosher is a new
truck mixing a love for food
and culture, serving Mexican
food with a Kosher twist.
The certified Glatt Kosher
truck serves natural, preservative-free ingredients cooked
and served in a highly sanitary,
strictly supervised environment, creating what it calls the
“chosen taco.”
“Takosher is a catalyst for
celebrating diversity and simply eating great food with one
another,” the truck's owner
Lowell Bernstein said.
Bernstein grew up in L.A.,
with a culinary appreciation
for Latino culture. But since his
Kosher regimen restricted eating outside of his home, his options were limited.
After Bernstein spent fouryears living in Mexico City, his
fascination with tacos was solidified, he said.
Today, Bernstein works
alongside longtime amigos
Chris Martin and Moises
Baqueiro, who have worked
together over the years, catering events and cooking.
Takosher's debut menu
blends Latin and Jewish flavors.
The brisket taco is braised and
slow-cooked with a chili
sauce, sauerkraut and raisins.
The latke taco combines
three types of potatoes and
chipotle chiles, onion and
cilantro, seasoned with salt
and pepper, battered, breaded
with panko, then deep-fried
and topped with a sweet and
spicy jalapeño apple chutney.
Right now the truck can be
found at lunchtime along Pico
Boulevard adjacent to Beverly
Hills.
Takosher regulary cruises
the streets of L.A. during lunch
and dinner five days a week
and can be easily located via
Twitter and Facebook.
For more info check out
www.takosher.com.
SUPERINTENDENT
board majority what efforts are
taking place to find a full-time
superintendent. A $60,000
contract with executive search
firm Morris & Berger, charged
with helming the superintendent search, was terminated in
August. The firm retained
$40,000 in fees, choosing not
to bill the district the remaining
$20,000.
“At this point, we owe the
public an explanation about
where we’re at (with the search
and how funds were spent),”
said Lurie.
sion meeting.”
Boardmember Brian Goldberg, President Steven Fenton
and Vice President Lisa Korbatov each denied that any bullying occurred.
Douglas’ contract is in effect through Aug. 31, 2011.
Both parties may terminate the
contract at any time with 30day written notice.
Although Lurie expressed
her desire to begin a conversation, it was not discussed by the
OCTOBER 15, 2010
METRO
ment recommendation between Beverly Hills and Century City, which has been shelved
for further study.
The routes under Santa
Monica Boulevard and Avenue
of the Stars and at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of
the Stars will continue to be
evaluated in the final environmental study.
Of the two Constellation
routes, the Constellation North
alignment would be further
studied, while the Constellation South alignment would
not.
The Santa Monica Boulevard route would go under
three non-residential properties, while Constellation North
would go under four residential
properties and 18 non-residential properties, including Beverly Hills High School.
Attention now shifts to
Metro's decision whether to
honor the preference of Beverly Hills residents, who prefer
tunneling under Santa Monica
Boulevard, or the Constellation
station, which Metro claims is
preferred by the public outside
Beverly Hills.
Metro also asserts that
earthquake faults run roughly
parallel to Santa Monica
Boulevard, making that route
potentially more dangerous.
However, the discovery of
possible seismic activity so late
in the process has ruffled feathers, especially in lieu of the city
of Los Angeles granting the development of two 40 story towers located adjacent to Santa
Monica Boulevard in Century
City.
For months, Beverly Hills
residents have stood united
against building under schools
and homes.
“The bottom line is there is
a clear and reasonable alternative that is the Santa Monica
line that does not go under
schools,”
Councilmember
Willie Brien said. “I'm hoping
that when Metro leaders make
the decision…they will also
see that it makes the most
sense.”
Ken Goldman, the president of the South West Beverly
Hills Homeowners Association
has said that if Metro staff does
not respect the City's wishes,
he is ready and willing to take
the matter to federal court.
Brien said he wasn't sure
of the legal rights available to
the City in that event, but was
concerned that Metro's decisions were made before the
City's comment letter was sent.
“We don't know what our
options are until we see their
decision,” Brien said.
“I'm surprised they didn't
wait for our letter, voicing our
concerns, before they made
recommendations.”
Mayor Jimmy Delshad supported Brien, saying the City is
doing everything it can to impress upon Metro staff the desire for the Santa Monica
Boulevard alignment.
One definitive recommendation from the report is
Metro's selection of a subway
station east of La Cienega. The
other looming question delaying the project is the station selections at Westwood/UCLA
and at the V.A.
The project's draft environmental impact statement was
released last month. The full report is posted at Metro's website
Although staff recommendations are now published,
public comments on the
DEIS/R are being accepted
through Oct. 18 at Metro's
website and via mail.
Staff respond to questions
and comments as part of that final study.
Comments will be summarized for the Board of Directors, who make the final decision on what subway alignment advances to a final environmental study.
The LPA will be selected at
their Oct. 28 meeting in
Metro's downtown Los Angeles
headquarters.
Metro is seeking federal
funds for the project beginning
in the next fiscal year.
The sooner the Board of
Directors adopts the draft
study, the sooner they get the
money.
FAIRE
serve as MC and DJ with 310
Entertainment.
Fatburger will be on hand
to grill up favorites alongside
Beverly Hills Diner, the Beverly
Hills Firemen, Beverly Hills
Market,
Bombay
Palace,
Carvel, Chin Chin, Factor’s Famous Deli, Famous Cupcakes,
Hansen’s Cakes, Jana Water,
JAR, Momed Porta Via, Saffron,
Scoops N’ Swirls, Sharkey’s
Woodfire
Mexian
Grill,
Sharon’s Kosher Catering,
Snikiddy, Sprinkles, Toppings,
Urth Caffe, Victor Benes, Cali-
fornia Pizza Kitchen and
Whole Foods Market of Beverly
Hills.
“This Faire keeps growing
each year and is something that
everyone looks forward to
now,” said BHEF CEO Dev
Hankin.
Presented by the City of
Beverly Hills, sponsors include
Beverly Hills Courier, The
Bosse Family Foundation, best
events/LA, the Dubin/Ellerin
Family, the Jankowski Family,
The Sachs Family and the
Lloyd/Sorkin Family.
For information on the
event or sponsorship, visit
BHEF.org or call 310-5570651.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS DAY—Beverly High’s
350 Club orchestrated an event for Global Climate Change Awareness
Day. More than 7,000 events took place in 188 countries as part of the
Global Work Party’s mission to cut carbon emissions. For its part, the
350 Club educated participants on pressing environmental issues and
invited them to pledge to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Pictured (from left): back row–Iman Afgham, Jamie Marzouk, Josephine
Whittaker, Elizabeth Brajevich, Julia Petrus-Verstraeten, Madison
Grossan, Austin Grant-Dixon, David Daniely and Joel Yadidian; front
row–Liza Raffi, Lucy Licht, Savannah Chanel, Arriana Aviram and
Maayan Bick.
Photo by Danny Licht
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POLICE BLOTTER
BURGLARY
Occurred between 4 p.m. on
10/7 and 7:30 a.m. on 10/8 in
first block on N. La Cienega
Blvd. Unknown suspect pried
open rolling file/storage cabinet
and stole currency.
Loss $600
Occurred between 8 a.m. on
10/8 and 11:30 a.m. on 10/10
in 400 block of N. Beverly Dr .
Unknown suspect gained entry
into office via unlocked outdoor
patio door, ransacked locale and
fled.
Occurred between noon and
12:35 p.m. on 10/5 in 400 block
of S. Crescent Dr. Suspect #1:
Male Black, 20, 5'10'', 180,
brown hair. Suspect #2: Male
Black, 20–entered location by
unlocking front door with keys
left in planter. When victim
arrived , he observed the two
holding the property.
GRAND THEFT
Occurred between 4 and 10
p.m. on 10/6 in 300 block of S.
Crescent Dr. Suspect: Male
Hispanic, 40, 5'11'', 250–had
victim follow him home using
ruse he was going to buy her a
laptop from his cousin who
works at electronics store, took
victim’s money and never
returned.
Loss $600
Occurred about 7:30 p.m. on
10/7 in 300 block of N. Canon
Dr. Unknown suspect removed
bag from victim’s stroller while
she loaded her daughter into
vehicle.
Loss $3,800
Occurred between 12:01 a.m.
on 7/22 and 8:30 p.m. on 10/2
in 400 block of Martin Lane.
Unknown suspect stole jewelry
and cash from victim’s bedroom
safe.
Loss $94,450
Occurred between 5:50 p.m.
and 6:30 and 6:30 p.m. on 10/7
in 9500 block of Wilshire Blvd.
Suspect: Male White, 60, 5'11'',
175, brown hair and eyes–selected merchandise and took it into
fitting room but exited without the
item but it was not left in fitting
room, exited store and when
approached surrendered the item.
Loss $1,430
ROBBERY
Occurred about 1:30 a.m. on
10/9 in 400 block of N. Beverly
Dr. Unknown suspect forcefully
hit victim and removed watch.
Loss $18,000
ASSAULT
Occurred about 7:45 a.m. on
9/27 near S. Linden Dr. and
McCarty Dr. Suspect: Male
White, 5'09'', 190, black hair
and brown eyes–grabbed victim’s
hand while taking her cell phone
away.
Occurred between 3 and 10:49
a.m. on 9/30 in 100 block of S.
Elm Dr. Suspect involved in
physical altercation with victim.
Occurred about 2 a.m. on 10/3
in 400 block of N. Beverly Dr.
Unknown suspect approached
victim and punched him in the
face with closed fist.
Occurred between 9 and 9:42
p.m. on 10/7 in 300 block of S.
Beverly Dr. Suspect:
Male White, 57, 6'00'', 178, gray
hair and blue eyes–pushed victim
in face with open hands during
argument.
FORGERY
Occurred between 2 p.m. on 9/2
and 5 p.m. on 9/24 in 200 block
of N. Oakhurst Dr. Suspect: Male
Hispanic, 22, 5'08'', 170, brown
hair and eyes–took victim’s
checks, signed his name and
cashed them
Occurred at 6:20 p.m. on 10/1
in 8600 block of Wilshire Blvd.
Unknown suspect used victim’s
personal information to obtain
cash and credit.
Occurred between 6/22 and
6/29 in 200 block of S. Lasky Dr.
(see ‘POLICE BLOTTER,’ page 39)
Dr. Nanaz Pirnia working with Bibi Aisha.
Pirnia Selected To Help Recovering
Afghan Girl, Victim Of The Taliban
Dr. Nanaz Pirnia, founder
/president of the Mind Therapy
Center in Beverly Hills and a
psychotherapist and neurointegration therapist has been
selected by the Grossman Burn
Foundation to help Bibi Aisha.
Aisha is the 19-year-old
Afghani girl who at the age of
13 was forced to marry a member of the Taliban and after
many years of abuse decided to
run away from home.
Her husband with the help
of the Taliban, as a punishment,
took her to a secluded area,
broke her arm, cracked her
skull, and had her husband cut
off her nose and ears leaving
her to die.
She managed to reach a
US military base where she was
taken to a hospital and after a
few months of care was moved
to a shelter for women.
Her story was told by
Diane Sawyer of ABC News
and with the help of Women
for Afghan Women and former
“first lady” Laura Bush she was
flown to the US.
The
Grossman
Burn
Foundation took care of Bibi
Aisha while in the US and with
the help of Pirnia and other
professionals, she will soon be
ready for her complicated
operation to have a normal
face.
“She is a lovely girl who
went through horrible trauma,”
said Dr. Peter Grossman.
“Our goal is to help her
heal completely—emotionally
and physically. She’s making
significant strides toward
health.”
Last week the Grossman
Burn Foundation founded by
Grossman and his wife
Rebecca, held a fundraising
gala to raise money for its
world-wide outreach that
includes a burn center in
Afghanistan.
Pirnia was recognized at
the gala where Bush, Maria
Shriver, political and human
rights activist Joanne Herring,
were among the guests.
Sawyer’s
documentary
included the type of neurointegration therapy and brain mapping that Dr. Pirnia has provided Aisha.
CECI Organization Honors Avi Arad with Lifetime Achievement Award
sentations and “Ambassador
Student” Shira Gushpantz
spoke about her commitment to
Israel and what it meant to her
to be honored for her civic and
leadership achievements.
CECI’s mission is dedicated
to paving the way for a more
stable and flourishing Israel
through research and education. CECI’s initiatives focus on
education of democracy and
leadership programs
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“From Vision To
Reality” with the
2010 Legacy of
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award, presented by Arad’s
close
friend,
actor Jon Voight.
Also acknowledged were the
five top CECI
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Project” win- PRODUCER HONORED —At the CECI gala were: Pouran Nazarian , Danny Ayalon, deputy foreign minister of Israel, member of the Knesset and keynote speaker for the evening; Parviz Nazarian, CECI president; Joyce Arad, Avi Arad, honoree,
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Happenings....
‘Chopin & Schumann’ At All Saints
As part of the Chamber Music at All Saints series, pianist Gary
Barnett will present “Chopin & Schumann: A Bicentennial Commemoration” at 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 17 at the church, 504 N.
Camden Dr. at Santa Monica Blvd.
The concert will feature a series of Chopin’s Impromptus,
Schumann’s Figues, Op. 72 and the world premiere of Byron
Adams’ Illuminations For Piano (2008).
Suggested donation is $20 for adults, $10 for students/seniors. For more information, call 310-275-0123, ext. 112 or visit
www.allsaintsbh.org
Plato Society Hosts Walter Mirisch
The Plato Society of UCLA will sponsor a colloquium featuring a discussion with three-time Oscar-winning producer Walter
Mirisch on the topic “I Thought We Were Making Pictures, Not
History” Thursday, Oct. 21 at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N.
Sepulveda Blvd.
Sign-in and refreshments 1 p.m., program 1:30 p.m.. Reservations required: 818-789-1655. There is no charge.
With a number of residents as active members, the UCLA PLATO Society is a life-long learning program for adults who want to
continue their pursuit of knowledge and intellectual growth.
Show Aids Doctors Without Borders
The Los Angeles Accueil art exhibit “Amitie Expo,” to benefit
Doctors without Borders, will be from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. 16-17 at 813 N. Camden Dr.
The free event will feature fine art paintings and photography,
portrait painting on site, live music, buffet pastries and quiches,
and a supervised kids’ art zone.
• Saturday will feature a 3 p.m. art talk with Asuka Hisa, director of education at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and a chance
to talk with a Doctors Without Borders representative.
• Sunday will feature a 4 p.m. lottery and silent auction.
Taste of Italy Benefits New Museum
With supporters Rocco C. Siciliano, chairman of the Dwight D.
Eisenhower World Affairs Institute and Carlo Bondanelli, father of
famed architect and Italian American Museum Boardmember
Bruno Bondanelli, (Carlo owned Perino’s) the museum will host its
second Taste of Italy Los Angeles, an evening of Italian and Italian
American cuisine, wine and culture Oct. 16 at 424 N. Main St. in
downtown Los Angeles. Taste of Italy 2010 will showcase haute
cuisine, contemporary Italian fusion, fine domestic and imported
Italian wines, and yes, gelato. Tickets are $35 and $75.
Located in the oldest remaining building in L.A.’s historic Little
Italy, the museum will be the only one in Southern California dedicated to the Italian American experience.
For more information, contact the museum at 213-485-8432,
via email at [email protected] or visit www.italianhall.org.
AYS Kicks Off Season With Concert
Dedicated To Flora Thornton
An organization the late
arts philanthropist Flora
Thornton helped champion
will celebrate her legacy
when the American Youth
Symphony (AYS) kicks off its
season at 7 p.m., on Oct. 24
at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
The organization’s mission meshed with Thornton’s
of “propagating culture in our
city,” said Eric Small, Thornton’s husband, who will attend the concert.
“She believed in pre-professional programs that support talented young musicians
all over the city,” said Small.
And AYS has proven itself as a
feeder for world-class symphonies such as San Francisco
and Los Angeles, another of
the Thornton Foundation’s
beneficiaries.
The concert will be dedicated to Thornton, who died
May 7, and the concert in her
honor will feature two singers
from LA Opera’s Domingo/Thornton Young Artist Program, joining the orchestra in
Mahler’s Symphony N. 2.,
Resurrection, conducted by
Alexander Treger.
Soprano Angel Blue was a
favorite of Thornton’s and is
about to complete her second
and final year of training at LA
Opera at the end of the
Flora T hornton
month. Discovered at the Los
Angeles High school of the
Performing Arts, “she has a
wonderful, wonderful voice,”
Small said.
Mezzo soprano Carin Gilfry, who studied at USC’s
Thornton School of Music and
Julliard, was recently accepted to the Domingo/Thornton
program.
Gilfry is the daughter of
popular baritone Rodney Gilfry, seen in LA in South Pacific
recently. “She’s carrying on a
great tradition,” Small said.
“There’s an amazing
amount of talent here and the
educational process has broken down,” Small says. “The
private sector has to step in”
The concert dedication to
Thornton is appropriate, Small
says, considering her “dedication and generosity to the music community in Los Angeles
“I think the legacy that
Flora left is that generosity,
based on intelligent choices,
contributes to the benefit of
all in our community.”
As a trustee of the Thornton Foundation, Small plans
to continue his wife’s work.
Supporting the AYS is just
part of the work that must go
on. “This is one important
part. But it’s part of our overall
philosophy of enriching the
cultural life of Los Angeles.
Heartened by a recent
sold-old performance of Il
Postino at the LA Opera,
Small says, “It shows that Flora’s vision of looking forward
and having our own resident
opera company, identified
with L.A., was right.”
All AYS concerts are at
UCLA’s Royce Hall, 340
Royce Dr.,
For information and reservations about this and the rest
of the 2010-11 season call
310-470-2332
or
visit
www.aysymphony.org.
Iranian Art
Exhibit Opens
Tomorrow
HI, BOB!—The Paley Center for Media saluted Bob Newhart on his
50th anniversary in show business. Joined by his family, friends and
fans, Newhart shared a few stories including how he went from an accountant to stand-up comedy as well as that it was his wife who suggested the infamous ending to the Newhart series. Above, Newhart is
congratulated by Craig Hitchcock, the center’s executive director.
Photo by Kevin Parry
“Echoes in Blue,” an exhibition of contemporary Iranian
paintings, providing a view of
life within the boundaries of
the Islamic Republic of Iran
opens with a reception from 69 p.m., tomorrow at the James
Gray Gallery at the Bergamot
Station, 2525 Michigan Ave.,
D4, Santa Monica
Curated by Iranian-born
Homa Taraji, in association
with Dr. Alireza Sami Azar, former director of the Tehran
Museum of Contemporary Art
and a consultant to Christie’s,
the show features 10 artists living and working in Iran today
and is intended to introduce
their work to Americans.
Though the Iranian government requires that artists refrain
from topics like religion and
politics, “Echoes in Blue” clearly reflects the life struggles that
exist in the long-lasting revolutionary state. The title is from a
poem by the renowned Iranian
female
poet
Forough
Farrokhzad (1935-1967), in
(see ‘EXHIBIT,’ page39)
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Maiko Maya To Be Honored Clint Eastwood’s Conviction
Film Asks: ‘Is There Life After Death?’
For Community Service
Maiko Maya will receive
the Community Service award
at the Celebrity and Stuntwomen’s Awards Luncheon,
hosted by the Diamond in the
Raw foundation, Sunday at
Skirball Cultural Center, 2701
N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Actresses Pam Grier and
Lindsay Wagner are also
among the seven honorees.
Maya, a community service activist, founded The Circle
of Charities Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes local charities including
18 in the L. A. area and three in
Israel. She is also the CEO of
Circle of Charities, LLC which
raises money for the charities
in the Circle.
Maya’s support has contributed to the development
and growth of the Diamond in
the Raw Foundation, which
works to empower at-risk
teenage girls between 12-18 by
helping them enter careers in
Maiko Maya
the entertainment industry in
front of and behind the camera.
Tickets are $125. For information, call 800-566-4714 or
info@stuntwomencontact
sawards.com or visit www.
stuntwomensawards.com.
Neighbors–May Amuse, Offend,
Delight, But It’s Never Boring
By Jim Metropole
Stunning in its audacity,
sheer inventiveness, and political implications, Neighbors
(through Oct. 24 at the Matrix,
7656 Melrose Ave.) will egregiously offend some, delight
and amaze quite a few but bore
absolutely no one. Imagine a
nice upper middle class biracial couple –
Richard, a black university
professor and Jean--a gentle
white housewife. They have a
typical 15-year old daughter,
Melody. Except for the interracial aspect, this could be any
American family until a black
family moves in next door. But
not an ordinary clan but a black
minstrel family The Crows:
Mammy, Zip, Sambo, Jim, and
Tiger. (Program notes tell us
the play is set in a distorted
present.)
Yes, black actors in blackface wearing outrageous costumes from that tradition like
they were everyday clothes.
They become the catalyst, an
actual force, for Richard (a brilliant turn by Derek Webster) to
face his long dormant issues of
personal identity, and Jean (in a
flawless, incredibly compelling
performance by Julia Campbell)
who discovers deeply suppressed feelings about her marriage. Zip, one of the Crows (a
relentlessly engaging Leith
Burke) starts it all off by being,
well, just the new neighbor
come over to say hello. Jean
and Zip become friends. But
what Zip represents terrorizes
Richard by the very idea that
these new neighbors, whom he
despises immediately and feels
threatened by, are his cultural
doppelgangers and represent his
intrinsic nature. In a gut tearing speech Jean sums up years
of fear and confusion about who
she is. Clearly, she is becoming
aware of what she did, and,
more importantly, why.
Richard listens to her gripping diatribe in denial, protesting that if we just forget about
our racial differences, they will
go away. Though actually
believing this, we know he is
really fighting himself. The
Crow family are, above all else,
performers.
Sambo
(an
unapologetic Keith Arthur
Bolden) executes a mime that
symbolizes white fears of black
sexual prowess. Mammy (a
superb Baadja-Lyne), the doyen
of the family, goads young Jim (a
fine James Edward Shippy) and
Topsy (a delightful Daniele
Watts) along to start their minstrel show. Well, that’s what
they do, folks. Melody (a perfect Rachae Thomas) to no one’s
surprise, finds the Crow family
fascinating.
Playwright Branden JacobsJenkins has brilliantly dramatized a mountain of issues, too
many for me to take in at first
glance. I was overwhelmed, or
in the popular patois–blown
away. I talked to Joe Stern, the
producer of the Matrix, whose
credits in theater, movies, and
TV are far too numerous to
mention.
Nevertheless, he
found time for me. We spoke
about how he expected to lose
money with this effort that just
might offend his base but, clearly, was immensely proud of
Neighbors–a play he considers
politically, socially, morally, and
theatrically important. (I could
not agree more.) I asked how
the audience was handling the
mime scene with the sexual reference. He said that was the
roughest one. Seeing this play
in, what might be called, a
white bread theatre–is slightly
confusing to them, but: “I wanted to start a dialog, and that is
what’s happening.”
So, let me ask you, “Is there
life after death?” It’s an age old
question that has never been
answered satisfactorily….that
is, to those of us who do not
hold much faith in psychics.
Pete Morgan in his screenplay,
The Hereafter, plants a seed of
possibility leading us to
believe, well, maybe.
Clint Eastwood’s direction
(he can frame a scene or closeup better than most) is simply
superb. The opening scene
depicts the horror of a tsunami
as it crashes into a beach resort
in the tropics. A French TV
journalist Marie LeLay (a sensual and captivating Cecile de
France) is caught in the crushing waves which destroys the
resort and many of its inhabitants. She is swept along until a
log smashed into her head. She
blacks out and we next see her
listlessly lying on a dock where
two fishermen try to revive her,
but to no avail.
“She is dead,” one says to
the other. Suddenly, she sees
that bright light at the end of
the tunnel everyone, who has
been in that nebulous state,
talks about accompanied by silhouettes. She then miraculously awakes from the dead.
The scene shifts to San
Francisco where a construction
worker, George Lonegan (Matt
Damon) yells at his brother for
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which she reminisces about the
echoes of blue in Isfahan, a
world-famous Iranian city with
hundreds of historic structures,
built primarily in blue tiles. The
poem, like the exhibition, is a
reflection of Iranian culture.
“The timing is right to bring
contemporary Iranian art to the
attention of an international
audience to demonstrate that
despite the repression of
women and art, Iranian artists
of both genders have flour-
Jerry Cutler
On Film
bringing over a stranger, a terrific Richard Kind whose wife has
died, for him to communicate
with.
As a respected psychic,
Lonegan’s life had been a living
hell and he no longer wants to
use his powers to delve into the
personal life of others. Instead,
he wants to begin living his
own life.
In London, a young twin’s
life is altered as tragedy strikes
and changes his life forever. He
sets off on a mission to find a
clairvoyant who is not a charlatan.
There is an amusing
sequence in a cooking class
Lonegan signs up for. He is
partnered with Melanie, a deli-
cious Bryce Dallas Howard,
whose talent as an actress continues to grow.
Of course, the three principals in each story meet up in
London as Eastwood takes his
time to link them together while
teasing us to think, really think
about the variables.
The problem is, and it’s a
slight one, Eastwood takes a bit
too much time bringing the
three stories together. The end
is a bit rushed, as he must tie up
all the loose ends.
However, The Hereafter
will keep your interest throughout with the actors, especially
Ms. Howard, delivering here
and now.
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USC Basketball Coach O’Neill To Speak
USC men’s basketball
Coach Kevin O’Neill will be in
conversation with KNX radio’s
Frank Mottek from 6-7:45
p.m.,Thursday, Oct. 21 at
Carroll & Co., 425 N. Canon
Dr.
A benefit for the Concern
Foundation, funding cancer
research worldwide, the event
will feature wine and hors
d’oeuvres.
Seating to the free event is
limited to the first 100 people
and reservations are required.
Parking is available in the
lot just north of the store.
The event is sponsored by
Porta Via and Presidio Wealth
Management.
310-360-6100
ished,” said Homa Taraji.
Since 2007, the field of
Iranian modern and contemporary art has grown exponentially on the international art market. Iranian artists have dominated auctions organized by
leading auction houses such as
Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and
Bonhams, selling at record
highs. This has propelled
Iranian artists to an international level and collecting their art
is now an attractive investment.
“I have been a gallery
owner for 35 years. I try to promote young artists, like the
Iranians I find so interesting
now. I was lucky enough to
sign five of them before they
began getting a lot of attention
in the media. There’s something
exciting going on in the art
world in Iran today,” says
Austrian art dealer and gallery
owner, Thaddaeus Ropac.
The show runs through
Nov. 14. Gallery hours are 11
a.m.-6 p.m.,Tuesday through
Saturday; noon-5 p.m., Sunday
and Mondays by appointment.
310-489-2417.
OCTOBER 15, 2010
Names In The News
Cancer Researcher,
Physician Joins
Angeles Clinic
Cathie Chung, M.D., Ph.D.
has joined The Angeles Clinic
and Research Institute, bringing
groundbreaking breast cancer
research expertise to the clinic’s
Health Happenings...
breast cancer treatment program.
“The Angeles Clinic name is
becoming synonymous with
excellence in every cancer discipline and Dr. Chung will contribute to our growth and development in the area of breast cancer. She brings a substantial and
widely-recognized
expertise
H E A L T H S E RV IC E S
with her,”≤ said Lawrence Piro,
MD, president and CEO of the
clinic.
Dr. Chung moved to Los
Angeles from Stanford University where she was working in
the phase I drug development
unit on new drugs for cancer.
Dr. Chung’s most recent
research is in examining a new
scientific concept she has
developed in conjunction with
Shiuan Chen, PhD. In working
with Dr. Chen and members of
his laboratory who developed a
preclinical model of endocrineresistant breast cancer, Dr
Chung collaborated in the preclinical science that resulted in
experiments predicting clinical
efficacy of intermittent therapy
with a certain aromatase
inhibitor. This unexpected finding is important because it may
allow more effective breast
cancer treatment with non-continuous therapy that could also
result in reduction of toxicity.
Dr.Chung has translated
these preclinical experiments
into a phase II clinical trial
which is now underway to test
this scientific hypothesis in
patients.
This concept is a departure
from the decades long practice
of continuous hormone therapy
and if it proves effective will
have ramifications world wide.
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Breast Cancer
Symposium
Beverly Hills
• Farin Amersi, M.D.Surgical oncologist, Saul &
Joyce Brandman Breast Center
at Cedars-Sinai
• Peter Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Acting medical director, Tower
Cancer Research Foundation.
Reservations are recommended and may be made by
calling 310-205-5789.
Tower Cancer Research
Foundation will host the first in
a series of free symposiums
from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday
Oct
19
at
Wolfgang’s
Steakhouse, 445 N. Canon Dr.
“Advances in Breast Cancer
Research and Treatment: A
Multidisciplinary
Panel
Discussion” will feature indepth presentations from Tower
Hematology Oncology Medical
Group physicians and other
specialists on new breast cancer
treatment options, the importance of early screening, and
the latest news on clinical trial
research.
Attendees will also be able
to question the panel and be
treated to free appetizers and
non-alcoholic beverages.
“This symposium is for anyone who has recently been
diagnosed with breast cancer, is
currently being treated, or
knows someone with breast
cancer and is simply interested
in learning more about the disease,”
said
Dr.
Barry
Rosenbloom, a managing partner at Tower.
Panelists for the symposium
include:
• Philomena McAndrew,
M.D. - Medical oncologist and
symposium moderator, Tower
Hematology Oncology Medical
Group
• May Lin Tao, M.D. Radiation oncologist, The
Center for Radiation Therapy of
Cedars Hosts
Parkinson’s
Conference
Tomorrow
A free conference for those
with Parkinson’s Disease, their
family members and caregivers
will be held from 1-4 p.m.,
tomorrow at Morse Auditorium
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Plaza Level, South Tower, 8700
Beverly Blvd.
“Parkinson's
Disease:
Promising Developments in
Management and Treatment,”
is offered in collaboration with
the American Parkinson’s
Disease Association, and will
provide current information on
treating Parkinson’s Disease.
Michele Tagliati, M.D.,
who helped pioneer management of deep brain stimulation
for movement disorders in the
U.S., will be a keynote speaker.
He will be joined by other
Cedars-Sinai Parkinson’s Disease experts in discussing the
latest treatment options.
Topics include the latest
advances in treatment and
research pertaining to slowing
the progression of Parkinson’s
disease, current and future
treatment options and physical
therapy approaches to improve
quality of life.
Question-and-answer sessions will follow speeches.
Pre-registration is required
and free validated parking in
Lots 1, 2 and 4 and refreshments are included.
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Five-Time Cancer Survivor Ellen Sue Fox Dies At 66 BH Surgeon Comes To The
A private memorial service
will be held tomorrow for Ellen
Sue Fox, a 38-year Beverly Hills
resident and five-time cancer survivor, who died of cancer Oct. 3
at age 66.
The native New Yorker grew
up in Sacramento and attended
USC where she met her first husband, optometrist Dr. Garry Lee
Regier. She was later married to
orthopedist Dr. James Fox. In the
1980s, she opened a Westside
linen and bedding store called
Undercover in the 1980s. After
losing her brother to AIDS, she
opened and AIDS clinic to help
with the epidemic.
A patron of the arts, Fox
was appointed president of
the fundraising division at
MOCA
She leaves her son, Josh
Regier,
brother
Robert
Statnick, Jand sisters Judy
Guerin
and
Barbara
Cunningham.
In lieu of flowers, the
family asks donations be
made to the Ellen Fox
Memorial Fund found at
www.ohrhatorah.org/memorial/ellen_sue_fox_.html.
Rescue Of Valley Shootout Victim
This past April 3, a young man was having a celebratory dinner
with some of his buddies at their local hangout in Studio City, just
blocks away from some of Hollywood’s biggest movie studios.
Moments later he would be fighting for his life after being shot 10
times. The shootout made national headlines as two people were
wounded and four killed.
The youth (named David) was rushed to the hospital with multiple gunshots to his chest, wrist, arm, abdomen, and three shots to his
face. His eye-globe was ruptured, his jaw barely hanging on and he
still had a bullet lodged in his throat… the doctors told his mother
he only a 1 percent chance of surviving.
Beverly Hills surgeon, Joseph A.
Broujerdi, M.D., who specializes in craniomaxillo facial surgery was immediately
called in to consult with the trauma surgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr.
Broujerdi trained in oral, maxillofacial and
reconstructive surgery, was well-equipped to
handle what was an ominous situation.
Actress Julie Andrews and filmmaker compassion and concern for others through
Calling upon all of his training and expertBlake Edwards will receive the Caritas award exceptional service to the community .
ise, he literally managed to put David back
Joseph Broujerdi, M.D.
at the Caritas Gala, hosted annually by the St. Proceeds the the gala benefit St. John's protogether again.
John's Health Center Foundation trustees and grams and services.
For Dr. Broujerdi, this type of victim was not that unusual as as
the Irene Dunne Guild, Saturday in the Grand
Additional special guests this year
he completed his residency at hospitals in some the the toughest
Ballroom of The Beverly Wilshire.
include actor, director, writer and producer
sections of Brooklyn and Detroit, bearing witness to the aftermath of
St. John's Trustee Carolyn Dirks and her Garry Marshall.
brutal gang wars, from which he often had to utilize his skills to
husband, Brett Dougherty, will receive the
The event begins with cocktails at 6:30
repair severe facial traumas, thereby developing considerable expeSpirit of St. John's award for their commit- p.m. and the dinner and awards ceremony at
rience in this type of reconstructive surgery
ment to and support of the health center.
7:30 p.m.
Before his team went to work on the young man, an ophthalmolEach year, the Caritas Gala honors an
For information, visit www.stjohn.org
ogist was called in to remove David’s right eye as one of the bullets
individual or individuals who demonstrate
had destroyed both the eye and socket, and there was a high risk of
losing the other to infection. Dr. Broujerdi had to make sure that
there was enough of the eye socket left to eventually rebuild it for a
POLICE BLOTTER (Continued from page
credit card to make fraudulent 9500 block of S. Santa Monica account using the latter’s debit prosthetic eye to be properly fitted, and they also had to insert a tracheotomy tube to facilitate whatever upcoming surgeries David
charges.
Blvd. Male suspect forged vic- card number.
Occurred at 4 p.m. on 9/27 in tim’s signature on check to Occurred between 10/5 and would need and to live a somewhat normal life.
Besides his work operating at both Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
400 block of N. Oakhurst Dr. obtain cash.
10/6 in 400 block of S. Doheny
Unknown female suspect stole IDENTITY THEFT
Dr. Unknown suspect used vic- and St. John’s Heath Center, Dr. Broujerdi’s Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
one of victim’s bank checks, Occurred between 8 a.m. on tim’s debit card and P.I.N. to make Institute is at 9401 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1105. Call 310-276-9200.
Andrews, Edwards To Receive Caritas Award
washed it, filled it in and deposited it.
Occurred between 8 a.m. on
9/15 and 8 a.m. on 9/22 in 200
block of Moreno Dr. School
received a bank notice advising
that a counterfeit bill was used to
make a purchase.
on 6/18 and noon on 7/1 in
9500 block of S. Santa Monica
Blvd. Male suspect forged victim’s signature on check to
obtain cash.
on 6/18 and noon on 7/1 in
9/23 and 5 p.m. on 9/2 on 9/27
in 200 block of S. Wetherly Dr.
personal information to make
department store purchases and
attempted to open credit
accounts.
Occurred at 12:30 p.m. on
9/20 in 9600 block of Wilshire
Blvd. Unknown suspect opened
various accounts and made
charges.
Loss $3,500
Occurred between 7/2 and 7/4
in 100 block of S. Almont Dr.
Unknown suspect made transactions on victim’s bank
fraudulent cash
withdrawals.
Occurred about
noon on 10/9 in
400 block of N.
Rodeo Dr.
Suspect
#1:
Male Asian, 35,
black
hair.
Suspect
#2:
Male
Asian
–attempted to
purchase item
using fraudulent
credit card.
HAPPENINGS
UCLA Offers New Memory Training Course
At some time, everyone has forgotten someone’s name, misplaced their
glasses or walked into a room and forgotten why they entered?
The UCLA Center on Aging will
offer a new four-week Memory Training
course that will focus on the top memory challenges that people complain
about the most.
Attendees will learn simple strategies to help remember names, faces,
future appointments, and improve their
ability to recall those frustrating “tip of
the tongue” memory gaps.
The program teaches practical
techniques for enhancing memory abilities and is designed for people with
age-related memory concerns. The
course is not intended for people with
Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.
The class will meet from 10 a.m.noon, four Wednesdays, Oct. 27-Nov.
17 at the UCLA Center on Aging
Ueberroth Building, 10945 Le Conte
Ave.
Cost is $50.For more information,
call Sherrie Goldfarb at the UCLA
Center on Aging, 310-794-0676 or
visit www.semel.ucla.edu/aging
Alzheimer’s Support Group Meets At Sunrise
An Alzheimer’s Support Group
meets from 6:30-7:30 p.m. the last
Tuesday of each month at Sunrise of
Beverly Hills, 201 N. Crescent Dr.
The group is designed to provide
emotional support and practical information for family members and caregivers of those with memory loss and
dementia.
Participants can share their experiences and give and receive mutual support and coping skills with one another.
Group leader Judith Delaney, MFT,
also helps participants improve coping
and communication skills.
For more information, and to RSVP
for the group, call 310-887-4609
OCTOBER 15, 2010
THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
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Bruce Schulman
Linda Eng
Mary Evelyn Smith
Joyce Black
Richard Benveniste
Ali Soltani
Lou Milkowski
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Celebrating birthdays are Linda Lavin and Penny Marshall (Oct. 15); Jim White, Barry Corbin, Angela Lansbury, Tim McCarver, Tim Robbins and
Suzanne Somers (Oct. 16); Mary Evelyn Smith, Ali Soltani, Lou Milkowski, Jimmy Breslin, Margot Kidder and George Wendt (Oct. 17); Dr. Richard Benveniste, Joyce Black, Wynton
Marsalis, Joe Morton and Karen Sachs (Oct. 18); Donna Goldstein, John Lithgow and Simon Ward (Oct. 19); Linda Eng, William Christopher, Tom Petty (Oct. 20); Bruce Schulman, Carrie
Fisher and Joyce Randolph (Oct. 21).
CONNIE MARTINSON
Talks Books
Chris Bonjailian has authored Secrets Of Eden about a
murder in a small Vermont village where the victim, Alice
Hayward, had been baptized
that morning by the attractive,
bachelor minister, Rev. Stephen
Drew. Her husband had been a
wifebeater who left bruises
which could be hidden by clothing. Their teenage daughter was
aware of her mother’s torture.
The minister is accused of the
double murder by the deputy
state attorney. Meanwhile, he
has become the lover of a bestselling author who believes she
is the instrument of angels.
Well-written and an engrossing
plot.
******
Tim Kring had time on his
hands, thanks to the last Screen
Writer’s Guild strike, and had an
idea for a novel but his experience was in TV where he had
created and produced Heroes.
His agent introduced him to
Dale Peck , a novelist, and the
two using email co-wrote Shift:
A Novel (Crown $26) which
asks: “Did LSD kill JFK?”
The book begins on 1963
when the Cold War is a way of
life, but so is the Civil Rights
movement. In Boston, Chandler
Forrestal who falls in love with a
Russian call girl who is a tool for
the CIA secret human research
program which used LSD among
other drugs to manipulate states
of consciousness for a truth
serum and mind control. Controlling both of them is a memorable character named Melchior,
a CIA operative who opens the
book by murdering with torture.
Enter Dr. Timothy Leary, who
runs an LSD spa in upstate New
York. Chandler is obsessed with
finding his love and will be in
Dallas on the horrible day. Oswald was to be told not to shoot
but the messenger was drugged
out on LSD. Another brick in the
assassination conspiracy. It is a
book that keeps one saying
“What can possibly come next?”
And it does.
******
Time for beauty in Susan F.
Lake’s Willem De Kooning: The
Artist’s
Materials
(Getty
$40). Along with the paintings is
the author’s analysis of the artist’s
working methods and how he
achieved his unique style. Many
years ago, I saw my first De
SEROTONIN
Dear Reader, will this be our defining moment? Are you my kindred
spirit-my potential would-have-been, could-have-been college sweetheart whose attention I never captured, because you were too busy
peering over your notes as the professor’s voice droned on? Or did
we brush shoulders in an elevator or at an airport? We lost the
moment, at least until now. Please don’t distance yourself from me
again but speak with your own voice. Use the power of words to
make it happen. I’m a desirable 65 year old caucasian retired teacher
seeking someone like myself, 60-79, cultured, with a good mind, an
insatiable curiosity, warmth, substance, perseverance, an infectious
smile, quality and depth, shared values, in a conventional lifestyle
dealing together with life’s challenges. I am inspired by those who
don’t shirk hard work but rather embrace it and find in it a source of
pride particularly when it helps others. When I was a child, I thought
about you. Initially I set out to transform myself into the most desirable person so one day you would want me. Later I did it for myself.
I still turn heads, am extremely youthful, and have much to offer! I
miss your friendship, our soft conversations, and snuggling up close
to you lovingly and laughing with you not admitting I’m an adult for a
few precious moments to love and be loved. Will our exchange be a
time of wonder or a cameo role? Will we be on the same comfort
level and feel an emotional connection? Hope to hear from you as I
contemplate the possibilities. Let the sweetness of engagement
begin. Thank you.
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Kooning which an art collector
Max Zurier had. It was outstanding. The artist began an
apprenticeship in Rotterdam
with a commercial design and
decorating firm and a year later
enrolled in the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and Techniques.
De Kooning left the Netherlands
for America, working as a
housepainter during the week
and as his own artist on weekends. It was thanks to the Federal Art Project or W.P.A. he began
to be recognized.
As abstract became an accepted art form, he became one
of the foremost artists of this
style. He went through an alcoholic period, but by the 1980s
had became abstinent and he
became more prolific. It is here
he used primary colors of red,
yellow and blue laid against a
white background. He died in
1997.
******
A new and growing publisher Michael Wiese Productions
has published a lovely book Illuminations: Memorable Movie
Moments ($26.95) by Richard
D. Pepperman. Along with the
film details is his story of how
old he was and where the family was when he saw certain
films. And I loved the uncle who
was the family comic, who
threw himself on the street in
front of his malted shop to drum
up business. Here are the films
that made a difference be it King
Kong, Paths Of Glory, Hiroshima
Mon Amour, and of course
Casablanca.
******
Another practical film book
is Jeremy Juuso’s Getting The
Money: A Step-By-Step Guide
For Writing Business Plans For
Films (Wiese $26.95). This outlines all the stages, the legal requirements, risks entailed for investors, and the changing market trends of profits from DVDs,
distribution fees, etc. By the time
you are finished, it’s a wonder
anyone would go through this
maze, but this book helps.
www.conniemartinson.com airs
and streams on www.lacityview
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Library. Interviews with authors Bohjailian and Kring can be seen on
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ASTROLOGY
by Holiday Mathis
The void-of-course moon is like a fog, making it hard to see what's
right in front of us. There's an interesting movement in the atmosphere -- stirring but not really going anywhere. Then the moon
slips into Aquarius. The fog lifts, and an idea dawns about what
we're supposed to be doing: helping one another. It's the only
thing that makes sense.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Oct 15). You see that whatever happens in
your life is ultimately beneficial, and that attitude makes you just
plain lucky. You'll be made aware of the wealth of love in your life
in November. You'll start a new great habit in December. There's
hard work to finish in February, and it will be a source of pride for
you in March. Aries and Virgo people adore you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It's natural to experience a crisis of confidence every once in a while. A life without fear means that not
enough chances are being taken. Without risk, there is no reward.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What you do to help others might
seem to backfire. Maybe they don't appear to appreciate you as
fully as you were secretly expecting. Help anyways. Your kind acts
will have a long-reaching effect.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are driven. It is because of
your sheer force of will that you will be able to overcome any lack
of resources or bit of turbulence you encounter. Remember the
true grit you are made of.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Hold on! You're in for some exciting, unnerving interaction with someone who is essentially a live
wire. This person's intensity makes you uncomfortable, and yet
you're better off for the association.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You're not as excited about an endeavor as you once were. But someone new will get involved and
fan the flames once more. You'll quickly make inroads.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar.20). You are so emotionally complex sometimes that even you don't understand why you feel the way you do.
But the "why" doesn't matter. It's how you channel these strong
feelings into action that matters.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). You surround yourself with comfortable,
accepting, fun-loving people. That's partly why you are free to be
yourself and don't have to worry about what anyone will say.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Giving yourself over to a conversation
is like taking a magic carpet ride into someone else's life. Ask a
good question, open your ears, and get ready for the transportation
to carry you away.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Though it is sometimes necessary to be
very discriminating and critical of the world, too much analyzing
is likely to cut you off from the natural, giddy, carefree joy that
comes from accepting things as they are.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Some would use a situation for all it's
worth and then dump it when something better comes along. You,
on the other hand, are loyal. You stick with what is working and
make it work even better.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll spend time with a special loved one
and be aware of how this friendship is bigger than the sum of its
parts. It's as though the relationship is a thing itself, independent
and distinct from the two of you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Power conflicts are subtle. Pay attention. Facial expressions will tell you all you need to know. Try to
smooth things over with charm before they get out of hand.
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career field or can expand a
student’s perspectives and horizons about a future career.
Even if money is not an issue,
student employment can be an
important part of one’s education. And, in today’s economic
climate, work experience is an
important element in seeking
employment following graduation.
When developing the college list students and parents
should become knowledgeable
about the terms: financial aid,
scholarships, loans, and workstudy.
Need-based financial aid
requires an application process
separate from the application
for admission process and calls
for parents to complete financial forms.
PARKING
the measure's fiscal impact on
the City's budget would not
cover the increased deficit, City
Treasurer Eliot Finkel said in a
recent interview with The
Courier.
The petition was submitted
Sept. 15 by G & L Realty, and
was completed in 17 business
days, City Clerk Byron Pope
said.
Pope and his staff are now
working with City Attorney Lar-
The first step is for parents
to become familiar with the
Free Application for Federal
Student Aid. An introduction to
the federal student aid process,
the application form and requirements can be found at
www.fafsa.gov.
The FAFSA form is required
by most colleges as part of the
financial
aid
application
process. In addition, private
colleges and universities may
also require the PROFILE form
of the College Board. The PROFILE form can be found at
https://profileonline.collegeboard.com.
Information from the FAFSA and PROFILE forms provide
the data colleges use to calculate the amount an individual
family can be expected to contribute to the student’s education.
In researching colleges it is
important to learn if the colleges of interest are need-blind
in making admission decisions.
Colleges with a need-blind admission policy do not take an
application for financial aid
into consideration when making an admission decision. That
is, a student applying for financial aid is not at a disadvantage
in seeking admission.
Self assessment is the important, critical first step in the
college planning process.
That is, self assessment in
terms of academic goals, student life expectations, and
physical characteristics that
will make a “good fit” with the
student’s preferences. Self assessment also takes into consideration a candid discussion
about family financial resources.
ry Wiener and City Manager
Jeff Kolin to place the item on
the Oct. 18 City Council agenda.
“The save two hour free
parking initiative has gained
more support every day from
merchants, restaurants, businesses and residents since it
was announced,” Harvey Englander, a Beverly Hills resident
and consultant to G&L said.
“We hope that the City Council
will do the right thing and just
adopt it. If not, we expect it to
win overwhelmingly at the
March ballot.”
WILLIAM MORRIS
The Wall Street Journal and
the trade publication Real Estate Alert claim the portfolio's
estimated value at slightly more
than the $93 million of outstanding debt.
Real Estate Alert also wrote
that Brickman holds the $15
million mezzanine loan on the
buildings measuring 179,000
square feet. Mezzanine loans
are second-tier loans that developers purchase and sit on when
they want a building but aren't
interested in paying full price.
WIENER
for the departure are unclear at
this time, Vernon's City Administrator Mark C. Whitworth
called the move “mutual.”
Vernon officials had previously praised Wiener's efforts
toward greater transparency.
The former city attorney
helped Vernon eliminate a twotiered salary structure that had
allowed top officials to bill for
overtime, an unusual arrangement for salaried workers, and
virtually unheard of in the public sector.
“The city approached our
firm and asked us to help them
with adopting best practices
and modernizing,” Wiener explained.
Right now, the state attorney general and Los Angeles
County prosecutor are investigating reports that some Vernon
officials were paid salaries of
more than $1 million a year.
Vernon, located next door
to much maligned Bell, is a city
of fewer than 100 residents,
home to almost 2,000 businesses that employ approximately
55,000 people.
Differences between the
cities of Vernon and Beverly
Hills are hard to compare,
Wiener said, but he noted local
issues and culture vary greatly.
Wiener grew up in Beverly
Hills, attending Horace Mann
and Beverly Hills High School.
Wiener has worked for numerous cities throughout California, serving as city attorney
for the cities of Westlake Village
and Hidden Hills, and General
Counsel to the Las Virgenes
Malibu Council of Governments and Authority Counsel to
the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport.
Compensation wise, Beverly Hills pays Wiener’s firm,
Richards, Watson & Gershon,
on a retainer basis. The firm received $140-275 per hour for
general services. Wiener is not
personally paid by either entitiy, he said.
Wiener will leave his post
in Vernon on Nov. 1. He had
been working on an internal
probe into the lavish salaries
and compensation of top Vernon officials.
Wiener, who said he understood the curiosity surrounding his departure, but
could not elaborate, still expects to complete his review
before the end of the month,
but does not anticipate working
with the city of Vernon again.
“We indicated we would
stay until Nov. 1, to transition
the work,” he said.
Wiener has worked as Beverly Hills' city attorney since
1998. His contract is up for renewal in June of 2013.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
TS # CA-10-368930-AL Order
# 100377979-CA-GTO YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED
9/11/2006. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. A public auction
sale to the highest bidder for
cash, cashier's check drawn
on a state or national bank,
check drawn by 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 to the Financial
code and authorized to do
business in this state, will be
held by duly appointed
trustee. The sale will be
made, but without covenant
or warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal
sum of the note(s) secured by
the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon,
as provided in the note(s),
advances, under the terms of
the Deed of Trust, interest
thereon, fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee for
the total amount (at the time
of the initial publication of the
Notice of Sale) reasonably
estimated to be set forth
below. The amount may be
greater on the day of sale.
BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO
BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL
AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s):
LYNBARBRA MAHLER , AN
UNMARRIED
WOMAN
Recorded: 9/20/2006 as
Instrument No. 06 2086929
in book xxx, page xxx of
Official Records in the office
of the Recorder of LOS
ANGELES County, California;
Date of Sale: 10/21/2010 at
10:30 AM Place of Sale: At
the West side of the Los
Angeles County Courthouse,
directly facing Norwalk Blvd.,
12720
Norwalk
Blvd.,
Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount
of unpaid balance and other
charges: $364,300.39 The
purported property address
is: 999 NORTH DOHENY
DRIVE #211 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 Assessors
Parcel No. 4340-027-042 The
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
incorrectness of the property
address or other common
designation, if any, shown
herein. If no street address or
other common designation is
shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for
property location. In the event
no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the
property may be obtained
within 10 days of the date of
first publication of this Notice
of Sale by sending a written
request to JPMorgan Chase
Bank,
N.A.
7301
Baymeadows
Way
Jacksonville
FL
32256
Pursuant to California Civil
Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or
authorized agent, declares as
follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage
loan servicer has obtained
from the commissioner a final
or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section
2923.53 that is current and
valid on the date the notice of
sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale
specified in subdivision (a) of
Section 2923.52 does not
apply pursuant to Section
2923.52 . If the Trustee is
unable to convey title for any
reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of
monies paid to the Trustee,
and the successful bidder
shall have no further
recourse. If the sale is set
aside for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall be
entitled only to a return of
the deposit paid. The
Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the
Mortgagor, the Mortgagee,
or the Mortgagee's Attorney.
Date: 9/24/2010 Quality Loan
Service Corp. 2141 5th
Avenue San Diego, CA 92101
619-645-7711 For NON
SALE information only Sale
Line: 714-730-2727 or Login
to: www.fidelityasap.com
Reinstatement Line: 619645-7711 Quality Loan
Service, Corp. If you have
previously been discharged
through bankruptcy, you
may have been released of
personal liability for this loan
in which case this letter is
intended to exercise the note
holder's rights against the
real property only. THIS
NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF COLLECTING
A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE
HOLDER AND OWNER OF
THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR
PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM
OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
As required by law, you are
hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting
on your credit record may be
submitted to a credit report
agency if you fail to fulfill the
terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3718224
10/01/2010, 10/08/2010,
10/15/2010
———
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S
SALE T.S No. 1282225-02
APN: 4333-018-025 TRA:
2410 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx2641
REF: Arbib, Abraham R
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNER: YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST, DATED
March 07, 2005. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT
MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. On October 28,
2010, at 10:00am, CalWestern
Reconveyance
Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust
recorded March 18, 2005, as
Inst. No. 05 0624038 in book
XX, page XX of Official
Records in the office of the
County Recorder of Los
Angeles County, State of
California, executed by
Abraham R Arbib, A Married
Man, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for
cash, cashier’s check drawn
on a state or national bank, a
check drawn by a state or
federal credit union, or a
federal savings and loan
association, savings association, or savings bank At the
west side of the los angeles
county
courthouse,
Southeast District, 12720
Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk,
California, all right, title and
interest conveyed to and now
held by it under said Deed of
Trust in the property situated
in said County and State
described as: Completely
described in said deed of
trust The street address and
other common designation,
if any, of the real property
described above is purported
to be: 124 S Hamel Dr
Beverly Hills CA 90211 The
incorrectness of the street
address and other common
herein. Said sale will be held,
but without covenant or warranty, express or implied,
regarding title, possession,
condition or encumbrances,
including fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee and
of the trusts created by said
Deed of Trust, to pay the
remaining principal sums of
PUBLIC NOTICES
the note(s) secured by said
Deed of Trust. The total
amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation
secured by the property to be
sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and
advances at the time of the
initial publication of the
Notice
of
Sale
is:
$1,113,489.17. If the Trustee
is unable to convey title for
any reason, the successful
bidder's sole and exclusive
remedy shall be the return of
monies paid to the Trustee,
and the successful bidder
shall have no further
recourse. The beneficiary
under said Deed of Trust
heretofore executed and
delivered to the undersigned
a written declaration of
Default and Demand for Sale,
and a written Notice of
Default and Election to Sell.
The undersigned caused said
Notice of Default and
Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the
real property is located.
Regarding the property that
is the subject of this notice of
sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in civil code
§ 2923.53(k)(3), declares
that it has obtained from the
commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption
pursuant to civil code section
2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on
the date this notice of sale is
recorded. the time frame for
giving a notice of sale specified in civil code section
2923.52 subdivision (a) does
not apply to this notice of
sale pursuant to civil code
sections 2923.52. DECLARATION PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE
SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant
to California Civil Code
Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares
as follows: 1. It has obtained
from the commissioner a
final or temporary order of
exemption pursuant to
Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the
notice of sale is filed; and 2.
The timeframe for giving
notice of sale specified in
subdivision (a) of Section
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or
Section 2923.55. Chase
Home Finance LLC Name:
Ann Thorn Title: First Vice
President. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to
4:00pm (619) 590-1221.
Cal-Western
Reconveyance
Corporation, 525 East Main
Street, P.O. Box 22004, El
Cajon, CA 92022-9004
Dated: September 27, 2010.
(R-346907
10/08/10,
10/15/10, 10/22/10)
—————
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S
SALE TS No. 10-0074275
Title Order No. 10-8-315485
Investor/Insurer
No.
1704305523 APN No. 4340023-101 YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST, DATED 07/13/2007.
UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION
TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED
AN EXPLANATION OF THE
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER." Notice is hereby
given that RECONTRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as duly
appointed trustee pursuant
to the Deed of Trust executed
by SUSIE M KOIKE, A SINGLE
WOMAN,
dated
07/13/2007 and recorded
07/20/07, as Instrument No.
20071721901, in Book ,
Page ), of Official Records in
the office of the County
Recorder of Los Angeles
County, State of California,
will sell on 11/05/2010 at
10:30AM, At the West side of
the Los Angeles County
Courthouse, directly facing
Norwalk
Blvd.,
12720
Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA
90650 at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash
or check as described below,
payable in full at time of sale,
all right, title, and interest
conveyed to and now held by
it under said Deed of Trust,
in the property situated in
said County and State and as
more fully described in the
above referenced Deed of
Trust. The street address and
if any, of the real property
described above is purported to be: 9005 CYNTHIA ST
UNIT 406, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, 900694847. The
herein. The total amount of
the unpaid balance with
interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable
estimated
costs,
expenses and advances at
the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is
$378,826.47. It is possible
that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less
than the total indebtedness
due. In addition to cash, the
Trustee will accept cashier's
checks drawn on a state or
national bank, a check drawn
by a state or federal credit
union, or a check drawn by a
state or federal savings and
loan association, savings
association, or savings bank
specified in Section 5102 of
the Financial Code and
authorized to do business in
this state. Said sale will be
made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or
warranty, express or implied,
regarding title, possession
or encumbrances, to satisfy
the indebtedness secured by
said Deed of Trust, advances
thereunder, with interest as
provided, and the unpaid
principal of the Note secured
by said Deed of Trust with
interest thereon as provided
in said Note, plus fees,
charges and expenses of the
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
DATED: 10/08/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.
1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA
93063 Phone: (800) 281
8219, Sale Information
(626)
927-4399
By:
Trustee's
Sale
Officer
RECONTRUST COMPANY,
N.A. is a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt.
Any information obtained
will be used for that purpose.
ASAP#
3741084
10/08/2010, 10/15/2010,
10/22/2010
————————
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE File No. 7518.24727
Title Order No. 4484756 MIN
No. APN 4385-018-004
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
DATED 09/05/07. UNLESS
EXPLANATION OF THE
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 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
§5102 to the Financial code
and authorized to do business in this state, will be
held by duly appointed
trustee. The sale will be
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances,
to satisfy the obligation
secured by said Deed of
Trust. The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of
the property address or
if any, shown herein.
Trustor(s):
Rozalin
Banafsheian and Houman
Tehrani, wife and husband as
joint tenants Recorded:
09/11/07, as Instrument No.
20072093260, of Official
Records of Los Angeles
County, California. Date of
Sale: 11/01/10 at 1:00 PM
Place of Sale: At the front
entrance to the Pomona
Superior Courts Building, 350
West Mission Blvd., Pomona,
CA The purported property
address is: 3019 Hutton
Place, Los Angeles (Beverly
Hills area), CA 90210
Assessors Parcel No. 4385018-004 The total amount of
the unpaid balance of the
obligation secured by the
property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the
time of the initial publication
of the Notice of Sale is
$2,518,160.45. If the sale is
set aside for any reason, the
purchaser at the sale shall be
entitled only to a return of the
deposit paid, plus interest.
The purchaser shall have no
further recourse against the
beneficiary, the Trustor or the
trustee. If required by the
provisions of section 2923.5
of the California Civil Code,
the declaration from the
mortgagee, beneficiary or its
authorized agent was recorded with the appropriate
County Recorder’s Office and
reads substantially as follows: The mortgage loan servicer declares that (1) it has
obtained a final or temporary
order of exemption pursuant
to California Civil Code §
2923.52 and (2) the timeframe for giving notice of sale
specified in subdivision (a) of
California Civil Code §
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to California Civil Code
§ 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date:
October 8, 2010 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES,
INC., as Trustee Victoria
Gutierrez,
Authorized
Signatory 505 N. Tustin
Avenue, Suite 243, Santa
Ana, CA 92705 Sale Info website:
www.USAForeclosure.com Automated
Sales Line: 714-277-4845
Reinstatement and Pay-Off
Requests: (866) 387-NWTS
THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT A DEBT AND
ANY
INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE FEI#
1002.171968 10/08, 10/15,
10/22/2010
——————————
T.S. No.: 10-38268 TSG
Order No.: 100254166-CAMSI A.P.N.: 5554-005-065
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. On 10/29/2010 at
10:30 AM, Old Republic
Default
Management
Services, a Division of Old
Republic National Title
Insurance Company as duly
appointed Trustee pursuant
to the Deed of Trust,
Recorded
4/2/2007
as
Instrument No. 20070769633
in book --, page -- of Official
Records in the office of the
County, California, executed
by: SCOTTMAN D. WALL, A
SINGLE MAN, as Trustor,
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC. as Beneficiary. WILL
SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
FOR CASH (payable in full at
time of sale by cash, a
cashier’s check drawn by a
state or national bank, a
association, savings association, or savings bank speci-
fied in section 5102 of the
Financial Code and authorized to do business in this
state). At the front entrance
to the Pomona Superior
Courts Building, 350 W.
Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA
all right, title and interest
it under said Deed of Trust in
the property situated in said
County, and state, and as
more fully described in the
above referenced Deed of
Trust. The street address and
other common designation, if
any, of the real property
described above is purported
to be: 1424 NORTH CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD, WEST
HOLLYWOOD,
California
90046 The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the
street address and other
common designation, if any,
shown herein. Said sale will
be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or
warranty, expressed or
sum of the note(s) secured
by said Deed of Trust, with
interest thereon, as provided
in said note(s), advances, if
any, under the terms of the
Deed of Trust, estimated fees,
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust,
to-wit:
$1,027,687.79
(Estimated). Accrued interest
and additional advances, if
any, will increase this figure
prior to sale. It is possible
that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than
the total indebtedness due.
The Declaration pursuant to
California Civil Code, Section
2923.5(a) was fulfilled when
the Notice of Default was
recorded on 4/22/2010 The
Declaration pursuant to
California Civil Code, Section
2923.54 is attached as
Exhibit A EXHIBIT “A” SERVICER’S DECLARATION TO
NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT
TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE
SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant
to California Civil Code
§2923.54 the undersigned,
on behalf of the beneficiary,
loan servicer or authorized
agent, declares as follows:
The mortgage loan servicer
has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that
is current and valid on the
date the notice of sale is
recorded. The timeframe for
giving notice of sale specified
in subdivision (a) of Section
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52.” I
declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
State of California that the
foregoing is true and correct
Date:
6-30-09
Saxon
Mortgage Services, Inc. By:
Steven
Roark
Date:
9/29/2010 Old Republic
Default
Management
Services, a Division of Old
Republic National Title
Insurance Company, as
Trustee 500 City Parkway
West, Suite 200, Orange, CA
92868-2913 (866) 263-5802
For Sale Information Contact:
Priority
Posting
and
Publishing (714) 573-1965
Rick Mroczek, Foreclosure
Specialist “We are attempting
to collect a debt, and any
information we obtain will be
used for that purpose.”
P752848
10/8,
10/15,
10/22/2010
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20101339762 The following is/are
doing business as:
NORTH REAL
ESTATE SERVICES, INC. 269 S. Beverly
Dr. #1138, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; North
Real Estate Services, Inc. 269 S.
Beverly Dr. #1138, Beverly Hills, CA
90212; The business is conducted by: A
CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT
begun to transact business under the
name(s) listed herein: Kyle John
Bradshaw, V. President; Statement is
filed with the County of Los Angeles:
September 21, 2010; Published:
September 24, October 01, 08, 15,
43
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: SCALA LUXURY
8306 Wilshire Blvd. #516, Beverly Hills,
CA 90211; Oliver Bowien 8306 Wilshire
Blvd. #516, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; The
business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed
herein May 01, 2010: Oliver Bowien;
Statement is filed with the County of Los
Angeles: September 21, 2010;
Published: September 24, October 01,
08, 15, 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: OPSP DESIGN 9615
Brighton Way #228, Los Angeles, CA
90027; Opal Stone 4025 Cromwell Ave.,
Los Angeles, CA 90027; The business is
conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein
November 02, 1999: Opal Stone;
08, 15, 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: 1) SLICING LIGHT
PRODUCTIONS 2) SLICING LIGHT 3)
LIVING LEGACY PRODUCTIONS 4) LIVING LEGACY VIDEOS 8377 Gregory Way,
Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Jonathan Brock
8377 Gregory Way, Beverly Hills, CA
90211; The business is conducted by:
AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has
name(s) listed herein 2005: Jonathan
Brock; Statement is filed with the County
of Los Angeles: September 21, 2010;
08, 15, 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: ALL IN THE WORKS
209 El Camino Dr. #202, Beverly Hills CA
90212; Ilene Woolf 209 El Camino Dr.
#202, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Susan
Scott 1108 18th St. #12, Santa Monica,
CA 90403; The business is conducted by:
A
GENERAL
PARTNERSHIP,
registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
business under the name(s) listed
herein: Ilene Woolf; Statement is filed
with the County of Los Angeles:
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: LED LITE CO 8721
Santa Monica Blvd. #623, Los Angeles,
CA 90069; John Yona 8721 Santa
Monica Blvd. #623, Los Angeles, CA
90069; Robert Saadatfar 8721 Santa
Monica Blvd. #623, Los Angeles, CA
GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s)
has NOT begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein: John
Yona; Statement is filed with the County
of Los Angeles: September 21, 2010;
08, 15, 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: 1) VILLIAN VETEMENTS 2) THE ORIGINAL BODY BLUEPRINT 3) MANIFESTO CLOTHING 159 N.
Orange Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90036;
Picture This Productions, LLC 159 N.
Orange Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90036; The
business is conducted by: A LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has
NOT begun to transact business under
the name(s) listed herein: Monica
Renna, Sole Owner; Statement is filed
with the County of Los Angeles:
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: REO RESOURCE
6399 Wilshire Blvd. #305, Los Angeles,
CA 90048; Spalding Consulting Group
Inc. 6399 Wilshire Blvd. #305, Los
Angeles, CA 90048; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
herein: Mayer Dallel, President;
Published: October 01, 08, 15, 22,
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: ELITE MATCHMAKING 350 S. Beverly Dr. #220, Beverly
Hills, CA 90401; EM Advisors, LLC 1250
4th St. 5th Flr., Santa Monica, CA 90401;
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s)
has NOT begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein:
Jeremy Milken, Manager; Statement
is filed with the County of Los Angeles:
October 05, 2010; Published: October
08, 15, 22, 29 2010 LACC N/C
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Trustee
Sale
No.:
20100169808716 Title Order
No.: 100408815 FHA/VA/PMI
No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE YOU
ARE
IN
TRUST, DATED 07/10/2006.
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. NDex West, LLC,
as duly appointed Trustee
under and pursuant to Deed
of Trust Recorded on
07/14/2006 as Instrument
No. 06 1555484 of official
records in the office of the
County Recorder of Los
Angeles County, State of
California. Executed By:
Douglas Walter Donehoo,
will sell at public auction to
highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check/cash equivalent or other form of payment
authorized
by
2924h(b), (payable at time of
sale in lawful money of the
United States). Date of Sale:
11/04/2010 Time of Sale:
10:30 AM Place of Sale: At
the front entrance to the
Pomona Superior Courts
Building, 350 W. Mission
Blvd., Pomona, CA. Street
Address and other common
designation, if any, of the real
property described above is
purported to be: 1435 N.
Fairfax Ave #13, West
Hollywood, California 90046
APN#: 5554-001-026 The
herein. Said sale will be
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances,
to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s)
secured by said Deed of
Trust, with interest thereon,
as provided in said note(s),
advances, under the terms of
said Deed of Trust, fees,
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
The total amount of the
unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property
to be sold and reasonable
estimated costs, expenses
and advances at the time of
the initial publication of the
Notice
of
Sale
is
$348,160.91. The beneficiary
under said Deed of Trust
a written Declaration of
Notice of Default and
Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the
real property is located. For
Trustee Sale Information
Please Call: Priority Posting
& Publishing, Inc. 17501
Irvine Blvd., Suite One Tustin,
CA 92780 714-573-1965
www.priorityposting.com
NDex West, L.L.C. as Trustee
Dated: 10/15/2010 NDex
West, L.L.C. may be acting
as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be
used for that purpose.
P753258 10/15, 10/22,
10/29/2010
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Trustee Sale No. 14398CA
Loan No. 1008291757 Title
Order No. 100103234-CAMAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
10:30 AM, MTDS, INC., A
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
DBA MERIDIAN TRUST
DEED SERVICE as the duly
appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust
Recorded 08/25/2006, Book
, Page , Instrument 06
1897341 of official records
in the Office of the Recorder
of Los Angeles County,
California, executed by:
Bridget Klotz, A single
woman and Brooke Donberg,
a single woman as joint tenants as Trustor, SFF
Mortgage, Inc DBA Security
First
Financial,
as
Beneficiary, will sell at public
auction sale to the highest
bidder for cash, cashier's
national bank, a cashier’s
state or federal savings and
loan association, savings
association, or savings bank
specified in section 5102 of
the Financial Code and
authorized to do business in
this state. Sale will be held by
the duly appointed trustee as
shown below, of all right,
title, and interest conveyed
to and now held by the
trustee in the hereinafter
described property under
and pursuant to the Deed of
Trust. The sale will be made,
but without convenant or
warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possesssion, or encumbrances,
to pay the remaining principal sum of the notes (s)
secured by the Deed of Trust,
interest thereon, estimated
fees, charges and expenses
of the Trustee for the total
amount (at the time of the
initial publication of the
Notice of Sale) reasonably
estimated to be set forth
below. The amount may be
greater on the day of sale.
Place of Sale: At the front
entrance to the Pomona
Superior Courts Building,
350 West Mission Blvd.,
Pomona,
CA
Legal
Description: As more fully
described in said Deed of
Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges:
$567,186.92 The street
designation of the real property purported as: 950 N.
Kings Road #341 , West
Hollywood, CA 90069 APN
Number: 5529-025-204 See
Declaration, as required by
California Civil Code Section
2923.54, attached hereto and
made a part hereof. CALIFORNIA
FORECLOSURE
PREVENTION ACT DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE
(CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE §
2923.54(a)) The undersigned mortgage loan servicer hereby declares under
penalty of perjury, under the
laws of the State of
California, as follows: [ ] The
mortgage loan servicer has
not obtained a final or temporary order of exemption
pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code §
2923.53 that is current and
valid as of the date that the
Notice of Trustee’s Sale was
filed or given. Therefore, the
mortgage loan servicer has
waited an additional 90 days
before giving notice of sale
as required by Cal. Civ. Code
§ 2923.52(a). [X] The mortgage loan servicer has
obtained a final or temporary
order of exemption pursuant
to Cal. Civ. Code § 2923.53
that is current and valid as of
the date that the Notice of
Trustee’s Sale was filed or
given. [ ] The timeframe for
giving notice of sale specified in Cal. Civ. Code §
2923.52(a) does not apply
because: [ ] The loan was not
PUBLIC NOTICES
recorded between January 1,
2003 and January 1, 2008. [
] The loan Is not secured by
residential real property. [ ]
The loan is not secured by a
first priority mortgage or
deed of trust. [ ] The borrower did not occupy the property as his/her principal residence when the loan became
delinquent. [ ] The loan was
made, purchased or serviced
by (1) a California state or
local public housing agency
or authority, including state
or local housing finance
agencies established under
Division 31 of the Cal. Health
& Safety Code and Chapter 6
of the Cal. Military &
Veterans Code, or (2) the
loan is collateral for securities purchased by any such
California state or local public housing agency or authority. [ ] The borrower has surrendered the property as evidenced by either a letter confirming the surrender or
delivery of the keys to the
property to the mortgagee,
trustee, beneficiary or
authorized agent. [ ] The borrower has contracted with
someone whose primary
business is advising people
who have decided to leave
their homes on how to
extend the foreclosure
process and avoid their loan
obligations. [ ] The borrower
has filed for bankruptcy, and
the bankruptcy court has not
entered an order closing or
dismissing the bankruptcy
case or granting relief from
the automatic stay. OneWest
Bank, FSB By: Vicki
Brizendine ATTACHMENT TO
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the
street address and other
shown herein. The property
heretofore described is being
sold
“as
is”.
DATE:
10/12/2010 MTDS, INC., A
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
DBA MERIDIAN TRUST
DEED SERVICE, As Trustee
4675 Macarthur Court Suite
1540 Newport Beach CA
92660 Sales Line: (714)
573-1965 (702) 586-4500
PRIORITYPOSTINGS.COM,
Stephanie
Farrell,
Foreclosure Assistant MTDS,
INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION DBA MERIDIAN
TRUST DEED SERVICE IS A
DEBT
COLLECTOR
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION
FOR
THAT
PURPOSE.
P752074 10/15, 10/22,
10/29/2010
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Trustee Sale No. 141143CA
Loan No. 780858437 Title
Order No. 495844 NOTICE
OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNIFIED SALE YOU ARE IN
TRUST DATED 05-20-2008.
NATURE OF THE NATURE OF
THE
PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST
YOU,
YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. On 11-05-2010 at
10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY
as the duly appointed Trustee
under and pursuant to Deed
of Trust Recorded on 05-222008, Book , Page ,
Instrument 20080907997 of
official records in the Office
of the Recorder of LOS
ANGELES County, California,
executed by: ARDAVAN, LLC,
A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND
DAVID KAMRAN, as Trustor,
WASHINGTON
MUTUAL
BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will
sell at public auction sale to
the highest bidder for cash,
state or national bank, a
association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the
Financial Code and authorized to do business in this
state. Sale will be held by the
duly appointed trustee as
shown below, of all right,
title and interest conveyed to
and now held by the trustee
in the hereinafter described
property under and pursuant
to the Deed of Trust. The sale
will be made, but without
covenant or warranty,
expressed
or
implied,
regarding title, possession,
or encumbrances, to pay the
remaining principal sum of
the note(s) secured by the
Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee
for the total amount (at the
of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set
forth below. The amount
may be greater on the day of
sale. Place of Sale: THE
FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE
POMONA
SUPERIOR
COURTS BUILDING, 350 W.
MISSION
BOULEVARD,
POMONA,
CA
Legal
Description: LOT 10 OF
TRACT 6380, IN THE CITY
OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS
SHOWN ON A MAP FILED IN
BOOK 69, PAGE(S) 11-20
INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN
THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID
COUNTY. Amount of unpaid
balance and other charges:
$3,090,636.84 (estimated)
Street address and other
common designation of the
real property: 165 & 171 S
ROBERTSON BLVD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90211 APN
4333-008-006 Notice is further given pursuant to
Section 9604 of the
California Commercial Code,
under that certain financing
statement filed 06-02-08 in
the Office of the Secretary of
State as Instrument Number
087159813870 and any
amendments or modifications to either of them, that
the Trustee will sell simultaneously with the above
described real property covered by the Deed of Trust, at
the same public auction and
under a single bid, certain
personal property covered
by the Security Agreement
dated 05-20-08, given by the
trustor to Beneficiary as
Secured Party. The personal
property to be sold is
described as follows: ALL
FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS,
FIXTURES,
EQUIPMENT,
MACHINERY, MERCHANDISE, GOODS AND OTHER
TANGIBLE
PERSONAL
PROPERTY OF NATURE
OWNED BY DEBTOR AND
LOCATED ON OR USED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE
REAL
PROPERTY
DESCRIBED,
ALL
ACCOUNTS,
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE,
CHATTEL
PAPER, MONEY, INSURANCE CLAIMS, GENERAL
INTANGIBLES, CONDEMNATION AWARDS, CONTRACT
RIGHTS, INSTRUMENTS,
DOCUMENTS AND OTHER
RIGHTS OF DEBTOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED
TO DEBTOR’S OWNERSHIP
OR OPERATION OF SUCH
REAL PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH ALL PROCEEDS,
INCREASES AND PRODUCTS OF AN ACCESSIONS
TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING. The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of
the street address and other
shown herein. The property
heretofore described is being
sold “as is, where is”, without
covenant
or
warranty,
express or implied, regarding
title, possession, encumbrances, condition, suitability
for a particular purpose, or
the location or existence of
any personal property, to satisfy the indebtedness secured
by said Deed of Trust and
Security Agreement, and any
advances thereunder. This
notice is given in compliance
with a written request made
to the Trustee by the
Beneficiary. DATE: 10-052010 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as
Trustee (714) 573-1965 or
HYPERLINK "http://www.priorityposting.com" www.priorityposting.com DEBORAH
BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT
9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP
N110612
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311
CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A
DEBT
COLLECTOR
FOR
THAT
PURPOSE.
P755481 10/15, 10/22,
10/29/2010
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TSG No.: 4061967 TS No.:
20099070805672
FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 4350006-018
NOTICE
OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF
TRUST,
DATED
02/12/2003. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A
10:30 A.M., First American
Trustee Servicing Solutions,
LLC f/k/a First American
LoanStar Trustee Services,
LLC, as duly appointed
Trustee under and pursuant
to Deed of Trust recorded
02/26/2003, as Instrument
No. 03 0553819, in book ,
page , of Official Records in
the office of the County
County, State of California.
Executed by: JOHN VISCONTI, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC
AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S
CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT
or other form of payment
authorized by 2924h(b),
(Payable at time of sale in
lawful money of the United
States) At the front entrance
to the Pomona Superior
Courts Building, 350 West
Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA
All right, title and interest
it under said Deed of Trust in
the property situated in said
County and State described
as: AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE
MENTIONED
DEED
OF
TRUST APN# 4350-006-018
The street address and other
of the real property described
above is purported to be:
1140 CALLE VISTA DRIVE,
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
herein. Said sale will be
sum of the note(s) secured
by said Deed of Trust, with
interest thereon, as provided
in said note(s), advances,
under the terms of said Deed
of Trust, fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee and
of the trusts created by said
Deed of Trust. The total
amount of the unpaid balance
of the obligation secured by
the property to be sold and
reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the
of the Notice of Sale is
$2,665,049.24. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust
a written Declaration of
Notice of Default and Election
to Sell to be recorded in the
County where the real property is located. Date:
10/11/2010 First American
Title Insurance Company
First American Trustee
Servicing Solutions, LLC f/k/a
First American LoanStar
Trustee Services, LLC 3
FIRST AMERICAN WAY
SANTA ANA, CA 92707 The
beneficiary or servicing agent
declares that it has obtained
from the Commissioner of
Corporations a final or temporary order of exemption
pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 2923.53 that is
current and valid on the date
the Notice of Sale is filed
and/or the timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in
subdivision (s) of California
Civil Code Section 2923.52
applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from
the requirements. First
American Trustee Servicing
Solutions, LLC f/k/a First
American LoanStar Trustee
Services, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR
OBTAINED MAY BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE. FOR
TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-5731965 P756626 10/15, 10/22,
10/29/2010
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NOTICE OF SALE OF
ABANDONED PERSONAL
PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that
under and pursuant to
Section 1988 of the California
Civil Code the property listed
below believed to be abandoned by Vanessa and Joseph
Plante whose last address
was 349 S. Camden #349,
Beverly Hills, CA 90212will
be sold at public auction at
349 S. Camden Beverly Hills,
CA 90212 on November 2,,
2010 11AM.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY;
Household Furnishings &
Personal Effects: Motor
Scooter, Tennis Tudor,
Music Records, Treadmill,
Bikes, Foo’s Ball Table,
Antique Cabinet,
CTV’s, 4pc Sectional, Rugs,
Pioneer Mixer, Speakers,
Compact Discs, Record
Players, Keyboards, Dining
Rooms Sets, Living Room
Sets, Coffee Tables, Medical
Chair, Twin Box & Matt’s &
Frames, Dressers, Chests,
Bookcases, Toys, Bedroom
Sets, Computer Tables, Office
Chair, Electronic Games, File
Cabinet, Fax/Copier, Floor
Lamps,
Table
Lamps,
Decorator Items, Pictures,
Vases, Ken Washer & Dryer,
Suitcases, Clothing, Lines,
Misc.Kitchen
Utensils,
Toiletries, Boxes of Misc. Etc.
CONDITIONS OF SALE;
Sale date: Tuesday November
2, 2010 11AM
Inspection: Day of sale
Tuesday November 2,, 2010
10:30AM
Payment: CASH in full on
award of bid day of sale.
Load Out:
Purchases
removed same day by 3PM
or by appointment only with
in 24 hours.
Inventory to be sold “AS-IS”–
“WHERE – IS “as 1 or more
bulk lots. No minimums or
reserves.
Refundable clean out deposit
of $1,000.00 may be
required (to be announced at
time of sale). For information
call: South Coast Auction
714-957-1225 or 800-649-4922
Published: 10/15, 10/22/10
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doing business as: EUROPEAN DESIGN
CENTER 2285 Westwood Blvd, Los
Angeles, CA 90064; Meridian Kitchen &
Bath Design, INC 2285 Westwood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90064; The business is
conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
herein: Rachel Levy, Owner Meridian
Kitchen & Bath Design, INC; Statement
is filed with the County of Los Angeles:
October 4, 2010; Published: October 15,
22, 29, November 5, 2010 LACC N/C
———
doing business as: THECHILDRENSFOUNDATION.ORG 257 El Camino Dr.,
Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ryan David
Gurman 257 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills,
CA 90212; The business is conducted by:
AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT
name(s) listed herein: Ryan David
Gurman; Statement is filed with the
County of Los Angeles: September 24,
2010; Published: October 08, 15, 22, 29
2010 LACC N/C
———
doing business as: 1) DERMATOLOGY
RESEARCH CENTERS 2) PACIFIC DERMATOLOGY RESEARCH 2021 Santa
Monica Blvd. #245E, Santa Monica, CA
90404; David Michael Stoll M.D. 422 S.
Las Palmas Ave., Los Angeles, CA
90020; Elyse Jennifer Stoll 422 S. Las
Palmas Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020;
The business is conducted by: A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has
name(s) listed herein October 2007:
Elyse Jennifer Stoll; Statement is filed
with the County of Los Angeles: October
12, 2010; Published: October 15, 22,
29, November 05, 2010 LACC N/C
———
doing business as: 1) SKIN90210.COM
2) SKIN90210 414 N. Camden Dr.,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Lynne Praver
1459 Oriole Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90069;
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun
to transact business under the
name(s) listed herein: Lynne Praver;
Angeles: October 07, 2010; Published:
October 15, 22, 29, November 05,
2010 LACC N/C
———
doing business as: HANNIBAL CLASSICS 8265 Sunset Blvd. #106, West
Hollywood, CA 90046; Hannibal
Classics Inc. 8265 Sunset Blvd. #106,
West Hollywood, CA 90046; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION,
registrant(s) has begun to transact
herein September 10, 2010: Patricia
Lionda, Corporation; Statement is filed
with the County of Los Angeles: October
13, 2010; Published: October 15, 22,
29, November 05, 2010 LACC N/C
———
doing business as: 1) SIK HOTEL MANAGEMENT 2) HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY
HOTEL 1775 Orchid Ave., Los Angeles,
CA 90028; Ijaz Khan 1775 Orchid Ave.,
Los Angeles, CA 90028; Herezilda Khan
1775 Orchid Ave., Los Angeles, CA
GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s)
has begun to transact business under
the name(s) listed herein April 2004:
Ijaz Khan; Statement is filed with the
County of Los Angeles: October 05,
2010 LACC N/C
———
doing business as: 1) FIRST IMPRESSION 2) FIRST IMPRESSION CONSULTING 1245 Beverly Estate Dr., Beverly
Hills, CA 90210; Eleanor Sanchez 1245
Beverly Estate Dr., Beverly Hills, CA
90210; The business is conducted by:
AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT
name(s) listed herein: Eleanor
Sanchez; Statement is filed with the
2010 LACC N/C
doing business as:
KING SOUNDWORKS INC. 16426 Moorepark St.,
Encino, CA 91436; The Dawgs Sound
Design, Inc. 16426 Moorepark St.,
Encino, CA 91436; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein
October 01, 2010: Gregory King,
President; Statement is filed with the
2010 LACC N/C
(310) 278-1322
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@hotmail.com
for an appointment.
• Tutoring by former
Math teacher.
• Gifted or remedial
study.
D i s c i p l i n e , B e a u t y , & G r a c e • All Ages.
premium Vaganova Ballet Training
Kids & Adult classes
Call for complimentary trial class
310-858-8212 • www.kovaballet.com
MATH & PHYSICS
PROFESSIONAL TUTOR
• Ph.D. in Physics
• CSET, SAT, AP Exams
• Taught H.S. & College • 7th Grade - College
• Trained High School Math Teachers
Tutoring to Success
Algebra I & II, Geometry, Calculus & Above.
• 310/201-0772 •
Both Gifted & Remedial Tutoring
Call 323/951-0124
MUSIC SERVICE
Founded in 1994
Offers unique learning
opportunities for
aspiring vocalist,
musicians & performers.
Lorré Springsteen
310/991-3662
*************
Whether Acting, Music,
Piano is your profession
or merely a hobby.
I can help you define
and reach your goals.
www.lorrespringsteen.com
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Exclusive
Concierge Service
for those over 50 .
Over 100 services including:
• Transportation • Errands
• Shopping, Lunch, Salon
• Companionship
• Pet Care, Lawn Care
• Housekeeping & more
Call for a full list.
• ELDERCARE •
IN-HOME SPECIALIST
• 310-734-8016 •
W W W .T H E S E N I O R C O N C I E R G E . C O M
• Gift Certificates Available •
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CHAUFFEUR/
BUTLER
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ELDERLY CARE
SERVICES
Personal Estate
Assistant+Security
ARE YOU A
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N
IOR AND NEED
EVENTS & TRAVELLING.
A
S
SISTANCE?
ENGLISH TUTOR Have worked w/ celebrity
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• GRAMMAR
• SPELLING
• VOCABULARY
• READING COMPREHENSION
• ESSAY WRITING
• TOEFL/SAT/ACT PREP.
• ACCENT REDUCTION
• ALL LEVELS
EXPERIENCED COLLEGE
INSTRUCTOR
Who’s Who of American
Teachers: 2000, 2002, 2005
(M.A. TESL U.C.L.A.)
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COMPUTER
CONSULTANT
clientele. Multi-lingual. We can help YOU!
20 years experience.
Discreet & Reliable. ****************
We provide experienced
Jon • Beverly Hills
Cargivers, CNA’s & HHA’s
for seniors needing
companions to drive them
55
JOBS
to doctors, prepare meals,
WANTED
light housekeeping, etc...
We offer responsible and
EXPERIENCED nurturing care. Our staff is
HOUSEKEPPER thoroughly screened and
Seeks Room we care. Live In/Out.
in exchange for
cleaning services.
A1 references!
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Repair & Training Former International
A t Yo u r
Model is LOOKING
• Home or Office • FOR AN UPSCALE
• Installation • Setup •
PERSONAL
• Software Training •
ASSISTANT POSITION
• Internet •
CALL E. STURM:
Flexible schedule. Fluent
• 310/459-0895 in German. Extremely
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COMPUTER
SPECIALIST
• Caregivers
• CNA • CHHA
• Companions
• Live-In / Live-Out
Bonded & Insured• Licensed • Fully Screened
310.859.0440
www.exehomecare.com
BBB AAA Rated
RN on Staff
310/999-8586
O N E - O N - O N E CALL 310/871-0504
COMPUTER
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ELDERLY CARE SERVICES
B.H., The Grove Adj.
AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL
& West Hollywood
310/650-3284
SPRINGSTEEN
50
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
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M AT H &
ALGEBRA I
A school in Beverly Hills that offers
reliable & intelligent.
Elke: 714/277-8844
[email protected]
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Specializing in:
- On-Site Custom
Experienced Nurse
Computer Service
w/ CNA License
- PC & MAC
- Hardware /Software is Looking for a
Position as a
- DSL / Cable / Dial Up
Caregiver, House- Troubleshooting
- Anti-Virus & More... keeper or Nanny
- Local References
Live-out. W/ car+ins.
310/275-DAVE
Excellent References.
or email:
David@ Patient & Reliable.
TechnoEntomology.com
323/528-6244
Call Lisa 24hrs.
323/877-8121
323/806-9498
Good Company.
Great People.
We provide in-home care and
companionship
to
help
you
remain independent and
happy at home.
If you need help and would like
a free in-home assessment
please call us at:
323-932-8700
CLASSIFIEDS
46 BEVERLY HILLS • BEL AIR • HOLMBY HILLS
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ELDERLY CARE
SERVICES
NEED HELP?
WE UNDERSTAND...
Mama’s caregivers
are loving, caring,
trained & bonded.
Live in or out.
90
90
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
FLOOR MANAGER
VERY QUALIFIED & EXPERIENCED
TO SELL, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY,
MEN’S CLOTHING TO
HIGH-PROFILE MEN
PLEASE CALL MS. JAYNE
310/273-6544
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BEAUTY
SALON
OFFICE & STORES FOR LEASE
SALON ON
E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E IN BEVERLY HILLS 90210
SO . BEVERL Y D R
ACCOUNTING
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Accounting degree
Quickbooks exp +
Bilingual Spanish
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For Rent/Commission.
Welcome stylist with no
clients, needs exp.
Cell 626/379-1772
or 310/378-8850
Looking for Serious Investor
or Hairstylist to partner with
Complete Salon
Excellent location in
Beverly Hills. Ample Parking
310-429-0255
160
Commercial
Real Estate Loans
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shopping. Prefer individual
We
are
currently HOUSEKEEPER with own car. Covered
parking space is provided.
recruiting for a Part
WA N T E D
Contact Trish @
Time Sales Associate
at the Lladro Center in Seeking eperienced live- 310/459-2645 and
Beverly Hills, CA. in housekeeper for single
press option 2
Successful candidate mom with one child. 5 dys
will be an energetic a week. Must speak English
individual who pos- and have driver’s license.
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sesses
exceptional
Call Ruth at
BEAUTY
retail selling skills, is
310/989-3789 or
driven toward success,
SALON
and will be able to Marissa 213/383-3222
deliver the highest
for interview.
UPSCALE SALON
level of customer service for all transactions
with Incredible
and contact with the
Environment.
customer. Applicant
Looking for experienced
must have prior sales
HAIRSTYLISTS
experience and the
Must
have clientele
ability to work a flexible
and
good
work ethic.
schedule that will
North Robertson Bl.
include weekend and
Great People Make
evening hours.
Call 310/275-5810
LIVE-IN
GOOD COMPANY
In addition to a solid
growth opportunity, we
offer an attractive
salary and an excellent
work
environment.
Please send your
resume with salary
history to:
Lladro Center,
408 N. Rodeo Drive,
Beverly Hills, CA, 90210;
Fax (310) 385-0682; or
E-mail beverlyhills-rd
@us.lladro.com EOE.
LLADRÓ
Our premiere private
duty
home
care
agency is currently
seeking professional
caregivers to assist
our senior clients.
CNA’s,
CHHA's,
MA's preferred.
Great paying positions
available throughout
Los Angeles, Hancock
Park, Beverly Hills,
Bel Aire,
Pacific
Palisades and San
Fernando Valley.
Please call
(323)692-3692
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BEVERLY HILLS
SALON
CHEZ GERMEN
Come to the heart of the
STATIONS
2-PERSON RESIDENT LIVE-IN COMPANION
Seeking qualified and
MANAGEMENT
experienced
lady to work
TEAM
Call 310/709-8809 Professional appearance. as a live-in companion $500k to $100 Mil.
for a lovely lady in
As Low As
Small complex,
Beverly Hills. Must have
4.875%
Fixed
Beverly Hills Area. superior references and
Free
Quote,
E-mail
Us:
Retail
Management/
able to provide upon per- [email protected]
SALES
Maintenance Experience. sonal interview meeting.
Visit Us:
ASSOCIATES F a x R e s u m e :
Qualifications: Must WWW.CAPITALEQUITY.COM
• S INCE 1989 •
310/829-2630
(Part-Time)
speak fluent Spanish,
714/258-0177
x-301
Duties (not all-inclusive)
Or Email:
Lladró porcelain sculpDRE Lic. # 01147688
include housekeeping,
THEROBERTSCO @
tures are renowned the
prepare and serve 2
world over as the finest THEROBERTSCO . COM
200
meals per day. Grocery
porcelain art.
240
HAS
MAMA’S HOME CARE ————— —————
LIVE-IN
323/655-2622 LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS
2 experienced and HOUSEKEEPER —————
qualified caregivers
4 DAYS A WEEK
required for elderly
90
lady in Beverly Hills. English Speaking and
EMPLOYMENT
1 person for 4 days on / have local verifiable refOPPORTUNITY
erences. Must work
3 days off, the other one
3days on / 4 days off.
weekends. BH Area
Resume and references
Call April at
required at interview.
310/274-8352
ASSISTANT W.LA NO Agencies Please.
1+ yr acctg experience Call 310/570-7924
468 North Camden Drive
For more info call: 888-909-0210
golden triangle starting at
$600 a month. Included in
the price of the office will be
FREE T1 / Wireless internet
access, FREE phone reception / forwarding.
ø MOVE-IN FEES !
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BEVERLY HILLS
RESTAURANT
ACROSS
FROM
LACMA
PSYCHOTHERAPY
AND MEDICAL
Wilshire, just
east of Fairfax.
Beverly Drive
PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL
OFFICE SPACE
with many amenities
310/276-7600 x.203
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In The Heart of
Miracle Mile.
• 323/954-1318 •
*** PRIME ***
PRESTIGIOUS BEVERLY HILLS
L AW / B U S I N E S S
LOCATION
OFFICE
1800 SQ. FT.
Medical /
Surgical Suite
Available
Mon. - Fri.
17ft. x17ft.
99 N. La Cienega Bl.
Beverly Hills
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2 BEVERLY HILLS
Call Stephanie at
310/276-2119
Income Property STARTER OFFICE’s —————
For Sale
AFFORDABLE
740sf. $1,500/MO.
686sf. $1,400/MO.
Bright bldg. w/ courtyard,
HANCOCK PARK central air, controlled
entry. CAM incld.
3 Spacious Tri-Plex
BUNGALOW
*** STYLE ***
1 Yr. Lease w/ CPI Option
Tiny Ron:
Cell: 310/850-6255
Call 310/237-2977
or 713/266-1444
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AFFORDABLE
& CHARMING
BEVERLY HILLS
Window Office
$500/Month
310/429-9990
RETAIL
FRONTAGE &
SMALL OFFICE
*** SUITES * **
NO NNN
All Utilities Included.
Must Lease Now!
Co-Tenant in 1000
sf Office Space
3 Window Offices
Conference Room,
Kitchen, Parking
Central Air & Heat
Controlled Access
Furnished optional
Phone/Internet
Contact Jynyvy
310/691-5500
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***BARRISTER***
EXECUTIVE SUITES
BEV. HILLS CORNER B E V E R LY H I L L S
C E N T U RY C I T Y
STOREFRONT SANTA MONICA
• High Speed Internet
SHOWROOM /
• Mail Boxes
• Conference Rooms
OFFICE/STUDIO
• Voice Mail
CREATIVE SPACE • Phone Service with
Olympic & Bedford Dr, Reception and more
Temporary, full/part time
2,700 Sq. Ft.
Offices with B.H. address
Call Judy at:
$4,700/MO.
310/279-5100
Call 310/551-2654 www.barristersuites.com
OPEN & BRIGHT
Hardwood Floors
BEVERLY HILLS Adj
MUST SEE!
NICE OFFICE on
Eva: 323/270-0604
Robertson/Olympic
SANTA MONICA Newly remodeled with
260
marble floors, new fixSAN VICENTE @ 7TH
ACREAGE
& LOTS
tures, electrical, phone
FOR SALE
26 Old Units
lines and dsl lines.
100ft.x200ft. Lot $8Mill. Call 310/652-8888
• 11708 S. Main/Cent frwy
SOUTHERN CA
1+acre lot • $2.5Mill.
WINE COUNTRY
• Hawthorne-11445 York
FOR SALE
Cent frwy/12,000sf. $600K
Hantman • Noon + With Panoramic Views 136 acre Citrus grove, income, great
vineyard/winery/resort potential.
310/474-4050 / 474-4408 on Top Floor in Golden
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TWO LARGE
OFFICES
• PRIVATE ROOM
with double station
for busy hair dresser.
BEVERLY HILLS Triangle Beverly Hills.
• 2 individual station
14-Unit Apt. Bldg. Includes Secretarials,
available for rent.
• 2 Manicurist Station, For Sale By Owner Receptionist, Conference
must have clientele.
Room, Internet, Fax,
* * * * * *
Great location and • 7 (1-Bdrm’s)
Copier and Storage.
great parking in
• 7 (2-Bdrm’s)
Kim: 310/273-8444
friendly environment. $5,250,000 Firm
[email protected]
Call 310/246-1270
612/209-5072
WILSHIRE BLVD
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• • • • • • •
Also, Turn key winery with approved
resort project looking for JV partner.
180 acres. 5 miles East of downtown
Temecula and 1-15S freeway.
• • • • • • •
Call or E-mail to set up
an appointment for site tour .
• 760-533-5595 •
[email protected]
CLASSIFIED RENTALS
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& TOWNHOMES
CONDOMINIUMS
& TOWNHOMES
HOUSES
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
BEVERLY HILLS * PRESTIGIOUS *
Durant Dr. • $569,000
Lrg. 1 Bd.+11/2 Ba. BEVERLY HILLS
Condo • 1,040sf. 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH
Remodeled Condo
NEWLY REMODELED.
Top flr., front unit. Hard$975,000
wood flrs., central air,
310/203-0422
lots of closets, pool, prkg.
310/985-0244
GLORICE SOMEKH
REALTY, INC.
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*BEVERLY HILLS*
OPEN Sun. • 2-5pm
234 S. Tower Dr. #4
4 Bdrm. +4 Bath
Custom Designed
Townhouse.
Beverly Hills Schools.
Close to Park+Tennis.
Michelle Kim:
310/877-8350
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Century
City
C e n t u r y To
To w e r s
$1,599,000
2 Bd.+Office+2.5 Ba.
KELEMEN
REAL ESTATE
(310) 966-0900
all listings are on
centurycityliving.com
This Weeks Listings
CENTURY PARK EAST
$578,500
2 Bed, 2 Bath. Totally Renovated.
Granite, Hardwood Floors.
Large Balcony. Tree Views
Washer/Dryer
No Special Assessment
$598,500
2 Bed, 2 Bath Totally Renovated.
Granite Counters. Wood Floors. 2
Balconies. City & Ocean Views
Washer/Dryer
No Special Assessment
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CENTURY TOWERS
SHORT SALE
$560,000
Was $700,000
1 Bed, 1 Ba. Hardwood
Floors. Extra Large Balcony/
Nicely Renovated
Finest Views in Century
City. Washer/Dryer
SHORT SALE
$860,000
Was $1,295,000.
2 Bedroom 2 Bath
Total Renovation
Stainless Steel,Granite
Hardwoods, High Floor
Unobstructed Views
Huge Balcony, Subject to
Lender Approval
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CENTURY HILL
$1,700,000
4 Bed, 5 Ba. Penthouse
Single Level w/ Loft
Quiet Garden Location
Vaulted Ceilings. Spacious
Rooms. 2,900 sq. ft. of
Luxury Living
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PARK PLACE
TRUSTEE SALE
$875,000
2 + 2.5 PENTHOUSE
Quiet interior location
Large rooms
Extra Large Patio
Penthouse $925,000
2 Bed, 2.5 Bath
Totally Renovated
Stainless Meile, Bosch,
CeasarStone Huge walk-in
closets Jumbo Rainforest
shower
Quiet Inside Location
Heated Pools, Sundeck,
Tennis, Doorman,
Houseman, Gardens &
Lawns, Security Staff,
Switchboard, Saunas,
Business Center
CENTURY PARK EAST
CENTURY TOWERS
PARK PLACE
CENTURY HILL
LE PARC
CENTURY WOODS
For Lease
See our Ad Sec. 440
WESTWOOD ~
**BEVERLY
* * * HILLS*
* * * ~10992
Ashton Ave.
BRENTWOOD BEVERLY HILLS
11988 Kiowa Ave.
S PA N I S H S T Y L E • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • • • • • • • • • •
Single • • • • •
• • Single • •
2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH
* * * * H O U S E * * * * Balcony, intercom Large & Bright Unit.
Backyard w/fruit trees, entry, elevator, on- Elevator, controlled
access, on-site
appliances. BHUSD. sight laundry, prkg.
laundry facility,
No pets. $2,600/MO. Close to UCLA &
balcony, parking.
18 month lease preferred. Westwood Village.
Close to
Call 310/777-5223
310/479-8977
Brentwood Village,
Shops & Restaurants.
* * * * * * * —————
BRENTWOOD
11931 Goshen Ave. • 310/826-4889 •
435
GUEST HOUSE
FOR RENT
• 1 Bdrm .+
1 Bath •
** *** ***
* * * * * * * * 1 *Bdrm.
+ 1 Bath
Patio,
a/c,
dishwasher,
*•*1*Bdrm.
* * * * *+ 1 Bath • controlled access,
• 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath •
on-site parking and
• Gorgeous Units •
laundry facility.
Central air, large
310/820-8584
balcony, pool, elevator,
on-site laundry,
intercom entry.
BEVERLY HILLS ADJ
320 N. La Peer Dr. 930 S. Shanendoah
• 310/916-9667 • 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH
CLOSE TO SHOPS & DINING.
Bright, built-ins, a/c, new
hardwood
flrs. & paint,
SANTA MONICA
laundry, prkg. No pets.
808 4th St.
1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath Call 818/523-6844
≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈
or 818/633-3588
Lrg. fireplace, dishwasher, intercom entry,
Border of
elevator, prkg., pool. BEVERLY HILLS
• Close to Beach • 321 S. Sherbourne Dr.
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WEST L.A.
1343 Carmelina Ave.
Patio, built-in
appliances, dishwasher, • • • • • •
on-sight laundry, parking. • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •
Bright, patio, on-site
310/207-1965
BEVERLY HILLS
laundry, On-site
GUESTHOUSE
parking. Close to
BEVERLY
HILLS
FULLY FURNISHED
218 S. Tower Dr.
transportation.
$1,100/MO Util. Incl. • S i n g l e
310/820-8292
Available Nov. 1st. • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba.
Private Entrance, A/C, Old World Charm! S ANTA M ONICA
Bright, intercom entry,
2600 Virginia Ave.
Cable + internet access.
fridge, stove, laundry fac.
Call 310/666-3422 Close to restaurants • S p a c i o u s •
• 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath •
or 310/666-3622
& shopping.
Patio,
stove, dishwasher,
323/651-2598
on-site laundry, parking.
440
BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. Close to school, freeway
APARTMENT
120 S. Swall Dr. & transportation.
FOR RENT
••• ••• •••
310/962-5733
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310/393-3547
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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.
Exquisite Remodel
City+Mountain Views
* * * * * * *
Century Park East
$349,000
1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath
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• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •
Completely Remodeled
222sf. Private Patio
* * * * * * *
• DIANA COOK •
• 310/203-8333 •
[email protected]
Coldwell Banker • B.H.
405
ROOM
WANTED
A/C, intercom entry,
North of Burton Way on-sight laundry, prkg.
1 Blk. East of Doheny Close to
shops
2 BEDROOM Cedars-Sinai,
& transportation.
Completely Remodel
310/597-9750
Clean, bright, nice size
apartments. Swimming BRENTWOOD
pool, laundry facilty 11933 Darlington Ave.
2 Bdrm.
and gated garage.
+ 2 Bath
Call 310/276-9871
Spacious, balcony,
dishwasher, fridge, onBRENTWOOD sight laundry & prkg.
310/473-1509
11640 Kiowa Ave.
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Newly Updated
•••••
•••••
1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath
bright unit.
a/c, heated pool,
elevator controlled
access, on-site laundry,
parking. Close to
Brentwood Village,
Shops & Restaurants.
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X-St. Strathmore
• 2 Bdrm. +1 Bath •
•• Jr. Executive ••
• • Single • •
Controlled access,
309 S. Sherbourne Dr.
a/c,
stove, refrigerator,
( ••• ----- ••• )
elevator,
laundry
1 Bdrm.+1 Bath
facility,
parking.
Newly Remodeled.
Balcony, large closets, • 310/247-8689 •
a/c, elevator, dishwasher, CLOSE TO CEDARS-SINAI,
controlled access. Close
BEVERLY CENTER &
to Cedars/shops/trans. TRENDY ROBERTSON BL.
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BEVERLY HILLS BRENTWOOD
310/247-8689
• WESTWOOD •
10933 Rochester Ave. 412 N. Oakhurst Dr.
* * * * * * Luxury 2 Bd.+2 Ba.
* Jr.
~ Newly Updated ~
Executive
w/ new hardwood floors,
Spacious, balcony,
paint, appliances,
a/c, fireplace, pool, washer/dryer. wet bar,
controlled access,
central air, walk-in
laundry fac., parking. closet, 2-prkg. No pets.
11666 Goshen Ave.
(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)
• 1 Bd.+Den+11/4 Ba.
• Singles
(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)
Central air/heat,
fireplace, patio,
controlled
access,
Close To U.C.L.A. Robert: 310/403-6812
pool, elevator, parking,
310/473-5061
laundry facility.
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• BRENTWOOD •
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BEVERLY HILLS’
125 N. Barrington Av. BEST In The 90210
•• •• •• •• •• 432 N. Palm Dr.
N EWLY R EMODELED
672 Kelton Ave. • 2 B drm.+ 2 B ath •
• WESTWOOD •
WEST L.A.
• 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath • 1236 Amhearst Ave.
•• •• •• •• ••
* * * * * *
Bright & Spacious
1 Bdrm.+1 Bath
310/826-4889
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LOW MOVE-IN!
“51
THE
MISSION”
GHOST
WRITING•
• WESTWOOD
Upscale, Bright,
* * * * * *
Gorgeous & Spacious. Pool, Key-controlled
• 1 Bdrm. +1 Bath • With Pool, balcony,
L.A.’S FINEST, MOST
intercom entry.
Controlled access,
LUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL
Seeks Room
central air, fireplace,
Garage parking,
parking, laundry facility.
* * * * * *
laundry facilities. Huge
stove, elevator,
in exchange for
Close to U.C.L.A. intercom entry, prkg.
•
2
Bd.’s+2 Ba.’s
closets, dining room.
cleaning services.
310/208-3085
•
1
Bd. + 1 Ba.
• 310/476-3824 • Decorator Remodeled. 6-Month
• 310/826-4889 •
Lease Avail.
A1 references! Short term lease avail.
* * * * * *
= BRENTWOOD = Close to shopping. New kitchen cabinets,
tiled bath floors,
Every Extra Luxury:
CALL 310/871-0504
417 S. Barrington Av.
central air. No Pets. custom cabinets, granite
WESTWOOD
~ W E S T ~ • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •
stone entry,
L OS A NGELES
• 2 Bd.+1 Ba. • 1380 Midvale Ave. * * * * * * countertops,
pool,
health
club, spa.
12424 TeXaS Ave. Hrwd. flrs., pool, laundry • 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath • • OPEN HOUSE •
407
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Close
to
UCLA •
•
S
a
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&
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u
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•
== == == == == facility, controlled access, • • • • •
•••••
Garage/Storage
1350 S. Midvale Ave.
• 11am-1pm •
• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • parking. Close to Central air, pool, elevator,
L.A., 90024
For Rent
Brentwood Village. controlled access, on- • 310/724-8994 •
Very Nice Unit.
C o n t a c t M g r. :
• 310/440-5051 • sight laundry, parking. BeverlyHillsApartments.net
Dishwasher,
• 310/864-0319 •
VERY UNIQUE • MUST SEE Close to U.C.L.A.
balcony, on-site
310/473-1509
SANTA MONICA laundry, covered prkg.
EXPERIENCED
HOUSEKEPPER
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427 Montana Ave.
Storage
Space
Av a i l a b l e
for Rent.
Close to Beach .
310/393-3547
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*BEVERLY HILLS**
8725 Clifton Way
•
• BRENTWOOD • 1 Bdrm.+
Den+2 Bath •
872 S. Westgate Ave.
Lrg. unit. Balcony,
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*****
Walk-in closet,
1 Bd.+Den+
intercom entry, laundry
Loft+1 Ba. facility, elevator, prkg.
Hardwood. floors, • CHARMING & BRIGHT •
patio, fridge, a/c,
Close to Cedars,
dishwasher, parking, restaurants, shopping
laundry facility,
& transportation.
310/207-1965
• 310/248-0008 •
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LOS ANGELES
2 Bdrm. + 1 Bath
* * * * * *
Patio, balcony, fridge,
stove, controlled access,
on-site laundry, prkg.
1307 Barry Ave.
310/473-1509
SMALL QUIET BLDG.
Featured Property of the Week
Beverly Hills
441 S. Bedford
3 Bed 2 Bath 1800 sq ft
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APARTMENTS FOR RENT
BEVERLY HILLS’ BEVERLY HILLS W E S T W O O D
443 S. Oakhurst Dr. 1409 Midvale Ave.
BEST
• Single •
1
Bdrm. +
LOCATION
North of Wilshire
3 0 3 N . S w a l l D r.
Lrg. 1 Bd.+11/2 Ba.
* * * * * *
Key-controlled intercom
entry, subterranean
prkg, laundry facilities.
Lrg. Private balcony,
huge closets. Corian
counters & tiled floors,
ceramic tile bath
flrs, plush carpet,
central air. No Pets.
* * * * * *
310/550-6038
BeverlyHillsApartments.net
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1 B a t h A/C, pool, intercom
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BRIGHT & SPACIOUS
B EVERLY H ILLS
310/478-8616
L IVING .
Elevator, intercom
BEVERLY HILLS
entry, on-site
Rexford Dr.
laundry, parking.
Lrg. 2 Bd. + 2 Ba.
310/435-3693
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OMPLETELY REMODELED.
WILSHIRE
CORRIDOR
10530-10540
Wilshire Bl.
Hardwood flrs., a/c,
granite kitchen, fridge,
washer/dryer incld. 2-prkg.
• Prime Location •
∞• ∞
∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ 213/688-1087
1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • 213/923-7373
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2 Bdrm.+1 Bath • BEVERLY HILLS ADJ
Luxury Living with
MID-WILSHIRE valet, lush garden
340 S. St. Andrews Pl. surrounding pool,
gym, elevator, etc.
• • • • •
Call: 310/470-4474
1 Bdrm. + 2 Bath
entry, laundry facility,
elevator, parking.
Close to U.C.L.A.
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1126 S. CLARK DR.
3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH
BRIGHT UPPER UNIT
with hardwood / tile/
carpet flooring, central
air & heat, laundry
facility, parking.
Call 818/640-7363
Newly Remodeled. C U LV E R C I T Y
Controlled access,
3830 Vinton Ave.
refrigerator, parking,
• • SINGLE • •
elevator, on-site laundry. Pool, sauna, fridge, BEVERLY HILLS
Close to shopping. dishwasher intercom HUGE 3,000 SQ. FT.
entry, elevator, on-site 3 BD + 2 BA CONDO
323/352-6255
In Spanish 4-Plex
laundry, parking.
Utilities Included. Upper corner unit.
WEST L.A.
private entry, balcony,
310/841-2367
1415 Brockton Ave.
hardwood floors, fire2 B drm. + 2 B ath HOLLYWOOD place, Central A/C, high
N EWLY R EMODELED . 1769-1775 Sycamore Av. ceilings, alarm, double
garage. Pets OK. Close
• Bachelor
Patio, stove, fridge,
to shops & restaurants.
dishwasher, on-sight • S i n g l e
$3,990/MO.
laundry, parking. Close Controlled access,
Call
310/890-5576
laundry
facility.
to shops & restaurants.
Utilities Included.
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323/851-3790
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to Everything.
In The HEART of —————
BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE
170 N. Crescent Dr.
PRIME WESTWOOD
$3,750/MO.
• BRENTWOOD • F u l l y F u r n i s h e d
120 Granville Ave.
2 Bdrm. + 2 1/ 2 Bath
* * * * * *
Large & Bright. 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath
Elegant Top Floor
View Condo
Large, Sunny & Bright.
2
B
d
.+ 2 Ba. + Loft
A/C, heated pool,
Newly Remodeled.
Pool, a/c, balcony,
Rooftop patio & sundeck,
intercom entry,
fridge, stove, laundry on-sight laundry, prkg. beautiful building. High
rm., prkg., intercom Close to Everything. ceilings, crown moldings,
entry, elevator. Close to
new energy efficient win424/202-7286
shops & restaurants.
dows, new A/C, gourmet
SANTA MONICA eat-in kitchen, marble
310/864-0544
427 Montana Ave. master bath, wood floors,
• Single •
*CENTURY CITY**
carpeted bedrooms, sep.
• Bachelor •
bdrm suites. Large private
2220 S. Beverly Glen
Hardwood floors,
storage room in garage.
• 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. •
Controlled access,
• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • garage, laundry facility. C a l l 3 1 0 / 4 7 4 - 0 4 3 3
Lots of
Close to Beach.
Character & Charm!
310/393-3547
OPEN HOUSE
Alcove fireplace, fridge,
SUNDAY • 12-5
laundry facility, gated
436 S. BEDFORD DR.
parking, intercom
BEVERLY HILLS
PRIME
UPPER DUPLEX
entry and more.
BRENTWOOD
3
BDRM.
+ 2.5 BATH
• 310/552-8064 •
2
BDRM
+
2
BA.
2,200
sf.
Central
A/C,
Rooftop jacuzzi with
remodeled
kitchen,
new
310/826-8819
panoramic city views.
painted, oakwood flrs.
$3,700/MO.
WESTWOOD
Call 310/553-4904
HOLLYWOOD
550 Veteran Ave.
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BEVERLY HILLS 9955 DURANT DR. * * * * * * * * * * * * * BEVERLY HILLS Adj
2 BDRM. + 2 BATH
$3,500/MO.
Spacious front condo
on a quiet beautiful
street. New kitchen,
large balcony, walk-in
closets and fireplace.
MUST SEE!
**BEVERLY HILLS**
HUGE 3 BD + 3BA.
Approx 2000 sf, lots of
closet space, central
air & heat, intercom
entry, side-by-side 2
car parking, No Pets.
$3,195/MO.
Contact Hector
at: 310/277-9340
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= 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath =
1 BDRM + 1 BA.
Spacious, microwave,
intercom entry, on-sight
laundry, on-sight parking.
Very close to UCLA
& Westwood Village.
*CULVER
* * * *CITY
**
310/666-5951
2,150sf. Updated
amenities & pool. Near
Beverly Hills Schools.
454 Smithwood Dr.
310/208-5166
GREAT AREAS!
CLOSE TO SHOPS & DINING.
310/308-5957
LARGE SINGLE
BEVERLY HILLS
• Upper Duplex •
3 Bd.+11/2 Ba. • $3,700
424/245-0710
3 BDRM + 3 BA.
LUXURY APARTMENT
BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.
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Spacious & bright unit,
private patio, fireplace,
washer/dryer in unit,
Contact Vickie at
secured building and
310/774-1452
parking. No pets.
$2,800/MO.
BEVERLY HILLS
9800
VIDOR DRIVE
2BD+2BA CONDO HANCOCK PARK
(@
Roxbury
Drive)
ADJACENT
On Oakhurst Drive
LUXURY 3 BEDROOM Contact Gezell at
1,850 sf. Large living
DUPLEX APARTMENT 310/860-5426
+ breakfast area, lots of Non smoking building,
closets, laundry in unit, parking on property,
BEVERLY HILLS
Pool, exercise room.
Owner upstairs.
145 S. MAPLE DR.
and 2 car parking.
Retired professional
SPACIOUS UNIT
Available immediately. preferred. $3,000/MO.
2
BD + DEN + 2 BA.
(negotiable)
$3,500/MO.
Granite
counter tops,
Call
323/242-4598
Call 310/770-2646
central air /heat, lots
of closet space, hardwood
PRIME WESTWOOD
floors, 2 car parking.
*** TOWNHOUSE ***
CENTURY PARK EAST
$2,700/MO.
Granite, Marble, Wood Floors.
Adjacent Century City
Call 310/385-7188
Pool, Gym, Sauna, Tennis Court,
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3 BDRM + 2 BATH
$2,450/MO.
CHARMING SPANISH
UPPER DUPLEX.
Dramatic, living room
& views. Hardwood
floors, 10ft ceilings.
1220 EDRIS DR.
Call 310/283-6653
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BEVERLY HILLS
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9520 W. Olympic Bl..
SPACIOUS & BRIGHT
2 BD + DEN + 2.5 BA
OVER 2,000 SQ. FT.
$2,400/MO.
New countertops, new
appliances, new carpets,
new central air/heat,
2 balconies, wet bar,
laundry room, parking
secured building.
Call 310/772-0233
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EXTRA LARGE
2 BDRM, 2 BATH
Doorman and Valet Parking.
24 Hour Security Guards.
Formal living room with
fireplace, dining room.
Large master suite with
fireplace, hardwood flrs
crown molding, French
doors, updated kitchen,
laundry in unit, enclosed
garage. No pets. $3,500
1292 DEVON AVE.
Call 310/795-5990
2+2 15th flr, 2 balconies,
remodeled, NWE views
$3,000/MO.
2 + 2 18th Floor with
Mountain and City Views.
Balcony, washer & dryer.
$3,200/MO
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1836 PARNELL AVE .
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213/663-8513
2 Bdrms, 2.5 Baths
$2,800-$2,900
BEVERLY HILLS
4.5 Year old building, high
UPPER DUPLEX
3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH ceilings with crown molding,
Approx. 2,000 Sq. Ft., bamboo floors stainlessNew Granite Kitchen steel-appliances Washer &
dryer, Marble bathrooms.
& Hardwood Floors,
Recessed Lighting, New
310/203-0422
GLORICE SOMEKH REALTY, INC.
Appliances, Central Air,
Completely Remodeled.
Washer/dryer in unit.
Beautifully landscaped
like an Oasis!
CENTURY PARK EAST
$3,300/MO.
CONDO LIVING
Short/Long Term Lease
Call: 310/271-9678 20th floor, Corner Unit
2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH
310/351-9190
AND 2 B ALCONIES
WILSHIRE CORRIDOR Breathtaking 20th floor
Completely Remodel mountain/city views.
2 BDRM. + 2 BATH R e c e s s e d l i g h t i n g ,
With Beautiful Views walk-in master closet,
High Rise Building
washer & dryer.
with Full Amenities.
Valet, gym, pool and
$3,200/MO.
tennis court.
Contact Pari at
Available
Now.
•• 310/273-8393 ••
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Beverly Hills Adj.
Large + Bright
3 Bdrm. + 2 1/ 2 Bath
+ Convertible Den
Hrwd. flrs./carpet, central
100 S. DOHENY DR air, washer/dryer hook-up,
BRIGHT & SPACIOUS balcony, secured bldg.
2 BDRM. + 2 BATH $2,395 EASY TO SHOW.
In high-rise with pool,
310/659-2577
spa, tennis and 24hr
doorman. Non-smoker BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.
LUXURIOUS
no pets. $2,695/MO.
PENTHOUSE
Call 818/990-5010
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1 BDRM.+2 BATH
SUNSET/DOHENY + LARGE LOFT
Designer Decorated
Furnished Single
Full kitch., lrg. balcony w/
views, new flat screen tv,
marble flrs+bath, hrwd flrs,
prkg. Full service bldg.
DOHENY WEST TOWERS
$2,650/Month
310/305-7350
ANGEL CITY WEST, INC.
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Wilshire Corridor
FULL SERVICE BLDG
W/ FABULOUS VIEWS
2 Bdrm.+2 Bath
Washer/dryer in unit. Lrg.
master w/ walk-in closet.
pool, spa, rec-room, tennis.
$2,600/Month
Lisa Sherman • Agt.
310/724-7000 x-1851
20’ ceiling, spacious
living room with bar,
hardwood floors and
berber carpets, updated
kitchen w/new granite
counter top, stainlesssteel appliances and
new tile floors, spacious
master bath w/ spa,
large closets. Newly
remodeled bathrooms.
Quality amenities.
private deck, balconies,
fireplace, central A/C,
washer/dryer in unit,
and secured building.
Close to Beverly Center,
Restaurants, Shops
and Cedars-Sinai.
Please no pets.
$2,350MO.
8544 BURTON WAY
By appointment call
*** 310/273-6770 ***
*** 310/274-2914 ***
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BEVERLY HILLS BEVERLY HILLS Apt.
423 S. Rexford Dr
2 BD + 2 BA. CONDO
Updated kitchen with
new appliances, washer/
dryer in unit, large bal$2,950/MO
cony, lots of closet space
• BEVERLY HILLS • C a l l 3 1 0 / 9 8 0 - 2 6 9 6
and secured parking.
170 N. ARNAZ DR.
$2,500/MO. Water incl.
Spacious, Bright Units BEL AIR CONDO Call 310/600-1268
3Bd, 2Ba Townhouse
2 Bd.+2 Ba.+Lrg. Loft
Style Apt........$3,200
BEVERLY HILLS Adj
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Central air, f/p, vaulted 3 BDRM + 2 BATH
1 Bd, 1 Ba......$1,650 ceilings, balcony-views,
$2,450/MO.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * slate flrs/carpet, granite CHARMING SPANISH
Formal dining room,
UPPER DUPLEX.
ctrs., w/d, pool, jacuzzi,
Dramatic, living room
hardwood flrs., stove,
fridge, A/C, parking gym, rec. rm., tennis. & views. Hardwood
floors, 10ft ceilings.
and laundry facility. $2,900/Month
1220 EDRIS DR.
$1,650/MO.
213/700-2150
Call
310/283-6653
Cell 818/667-9007
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150 N. Clark Dr.
Large 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath
Balcony+2 garage spaces.
Updated granite kitchen
& bathrooms. Central
a/c, laundry facility. New
Hrwd. flrs+Berber carpet.
MUST SEE!! $2,200
213/300-3772
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BEVERLY HILLS
Charming Spacious
2 BDRM. + 2 BATH
$2,200/MO.
Dining room, hardwood
floors, plantation shutters
throughout, A/C, range,
fridge, dishwasher,
laundry facility, parking.
Call 323/650-4600
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Chateau Beverly BH $10000000 VIEW
2 + 2 • $2,100
All appliances Incld., 2 BDRM. 2 BATH
hardwood floors,
Balcony, pool, entry
hi-ceilings, fireplace, control, gated garage,
balcony, sundeck, laundry BH schools, reduced
facility, 2-parking.
to $1,995/MO.
137 N. Wetherly Dr.
OPEN
SAT &SUN 1-4
Yelena: 310/858-0905
and by appointment
HEART of
221 S. DOHENY DR.
BEVERLY HILLS (south of Wilshire)
226 N. Crescent Dr.
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** BEVERLY HILLS ** WEST HOLLYWOOD
La Cienega/
Melrose Square 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Charming 1 Bedroom
2 Bdrm.+2 Bath
With Extra Large
Living Room. Pool,
central air, patio/balcony,
laminate flrs, elevator,
gated entry, 2-car
sub-prkg. $1,695 & Up
$1,595/MO.
Freshly painted with
hardwood floors, stove,
fridge, laundry, front
garden and parking.
336 S. DOHENY DR.
Call 310/980-3296
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310/271-1898
1/2 MO. MOVE-IN SPECIAL
Updated kitchen with
all new granite counter
tops and appliances,
hardwood floors, plantation shutters throughout,
lots of closets, balcony,
pool, laundry, parking.
$1,300/MO.
Call 323/650-4600
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BEVERLY HILLS PRIME LOCATION Prime Beverly Hills
Call 310/274-6931
174 N. Almont Dr. BEVERLY HILLS &
No. Oakhurst Dr.
Updated. 1,200sf.,
or 310/474-8053 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $1,695
BRENTWOOD
1
Bdrm.+1 Bath
dining room, hardwood
Updated kitchen w/ new
2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath •
floors, full kitchen,
appliances, bar,
central air, garage.
No pets. 1 Year Lease.
$1,900/Month
• 310/273-6124 •
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SINGLE
cabinets lots of windows,
Spacious & Private a/c, dishwasher, fridge,
$1,095/MO.
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BEVERLY CENTER/
THE GROVE AREA
8133 Blackburn Ave.
*KELEMEN* Gorgeous and Huge
REAL ESTATE
2 BDRM, 1 BATH
(310) 966-0900 updated unit with Old
World Charm in Pride
all listings are on
of
Ownership building.
centurycityliving.com
Large, Formal Dning
Valet and Guest
Rm, Hdwd floors, W/D
Parking. Huge Heated hook up, Lots of closet
Pool, Security Staff, space. Will accept most
Doorman & House- dogs. Sorry, street parkg
only. Avail.by Oct
man, Switchboard
20th $1,900/MO.
Tennis, Fitness Center Call 323/304-6969
Business Center
NEW LISTINGS EVERYDAY
Call for latest properties
CENTURY PARK EAST
$1,950/month
1 Bed, 1 Bath. New Carpets,
Fresh Paint Large Balcony
$2,400/month
1 Bedroom, 1 Bath
High Floor, Large Balcony
Totally Renovated
Granite, Smooth Ceilings
$2,800/month
2 bed 2 baths
Separated suites, Large Balcony
High Floor, Quiet Location
Fresh Paint & New Carpets
Granite Counters
$3,150/month
2 Bed, 2 Bath. High Floor
Total Renovations
Stainless Steel Kitchen
Hardwood Floors. Large Balcony
Choose from Three
$3,150/month
2 Bedroom, 2 Bath
Sub-Penthouse, Total Renovation
Large Balcony, Hardwood Floors
Granite Counters, 270 Degree
Unobstructed Views.
FREE
RENT!
Pico/Robertson
2 Bd.+2 Ba. $1,790
Unique & Spacious
Light & Airy Corner.
New custom built-ins in
kitchen, balcony, dry
bar, skylight, huge
closets, central heat, a/c,
2-prkg., laundry facility.
Exceptional Condition!
323/937-3737
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WEST HOLLYWOOD
612 N. KINGS RD.
LARGE FRONT APT
3RD FLR WITH VIEW
2 BDRMS, 2 BATHS
$1,750/MO.
Large living & dining
room area, balcony,
lots of cabinets in
kitchen + dishwasher,
double oven, laundry
facility, A/C, 2 parking,
swimming pool. No pets.
Call 323/944-0270
Stamp Collections Wanted
FREE Appraisals on the spot
Encino Stampshow
Oct 22nd - 24th
Buy • Sell • Appraise
Fri 11-6, Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4
St. Nicholas Church Community Room
17114 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91316
FREE ADMISSION and PARKING
Totally Remodeled.
For info call: 888-995-0548
Carpet/tile, granite ctrs.,
stove, laundry facility,
lots of closets, 1-prkg.,
parking. No pets.
laundry facility. No pets.
Quiet 13-unit bldg.
Hardwood flrs/Carpets $1,300/Month
469
480
310/870-1757
Call After 12pm:
ANTIQUES
PETS
323/653-5297
BEVERLY HILLS ADJ From $1,500-$2,200
1135 So. Oakhurst Dr. Shown by appointment
AKC LABRADOR
Alex 310/966-1014 WEST HOLLYWOOD
2 BDRM, 2 BATH
=== E S T A T E ===
PUPPIES &
1 BEDROOM
bright lower unit newly
Near Cedar Sinai. Newly JEWELRY & WATCHES ADULT BREEDER
remodeled with Hdwd
STUD DOGS
floors, granite and tile BRENTWOOD remodeled bathroom,
Big
blockheads. Yellows,
available now. Quiet 7
SINGLE • $1,375 fridge, stove, ceiling fans, BUY • SELL • RESTORE chocolates+reds. All shots.
unit bldg, just South Condo bldg., carpet, separate storage room,
GOLD & SILVER
$500 & up.
of BH, parking and fireplace, appliances,
Appraiser to
parking, laundry, nonFor
Info. & Pics:
laundry on premises. a/c, laundry facility, 24-hr
Celebrities
909/797-0433
smoking building. Close
$1,675/MO.
1-800-918-4880
security, controlled
to bus line. 1 year lease, 30 yrs. in Beverly Hills [email protected]
Call 323/304-6969
access, pool, prkg.
last mo.free $1,300/MO.
By appointment
1 BLK TO SHOPPING
508
Call
310/278-0716
Licensed
• Bonded • Insured
AND DINING.
AUTOS
or 310/274-6261
BEST PRICED
310/593-1492
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BEVERLY HILLS
North of Wilshire
$1,650/Month
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320 S. CLARK DR.
Robertson/Burton Way
2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath Terrific Bright Upper
Prkg., elevator, laundry, Front 1 Bd. w/balcony
controlled access, lrg. Stall shower + tub.
walk-in closets.No pets. new decor, ELEVATOR,
310/557-8499
gated, quiet building.
• OTHERS AVAILABLE • No Pets. • $1,350/MO.
BEVERLY HILLS
90210
STUDIO
$1275
INCLUDES ALL UTILITIES
Historical Boutique
Art Deco Building
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Lease
TERRIFIC LARGE
www.455NorthDoheny.com
***
SINGLE
**
*
BEVERLY HILLS
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1 BDRM. 1 3/4 BATH Upper unit, with stove,
fridge & dishwasher.
$1,650/MO.
With Central A/C, Oak 2-8’closets, non smoking
Cabinets, dishwasher, building with parking.
** $1,050/MO. **
Microwave, Gated
Call
323/252-5600
Entry, Parking, Laundry
Balcony and Elevator. or 424/249-3012
8747 Clifton Way
Ron:310/990-1730 BEVERLY HILLS
1 Bdrm. • $1,350
MIRACLE MILE • Newly Decorated •
Across LACMA Lower rear, hrwd. flrs.,
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310-363-7748
[email protected]
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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.
In Great Neighborhood
1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH
$1,150/MO
Lots of closets, A/C, stove,
fridge, dishwasher, prkng.
473
WANTED
HANDBAGS
WANTED
ALLIGATOR &
CROCODILE
HANDBAGS AND
ACCESSORIES
OLD & NEW
TOP DOLLAR PAID
Call 310/289-9561
475
GARAGE &
ESTATE SALE
BEVERLY HILLS
2 Bdrm.+1 Bath walk-in closet, stove, fridge, Call 310/652-7829 B e a u t i f u l , C h e a p ,
or 310/266-5178
Decorators’ sale
Hardwood flrs., tub/stall
ceiling fan, covered prkg.,
shower, stove, fridge,
Sofas, tables, clothing,
laundry facility. No pets. * * * A D J A C E N T * * *
laundry facility, parking.
rugs, collectibles.
Quiet 6-Unit Bldg. ** BEVERLY HILLS **
$1,600/Month
Saturday 10/16/10
Call: 310/704-4656 LARGE 1 BD + 1BA.
760/321-4999
9AM - 2PM
on lovely quiet street.
217 EL CAMINO DR.
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West Hollywood - 1015 & 1021 N. Doheny Dr.
Full dining room, laundry
CENTURY TOWERS
BEAUTIFUL
REMODELED
APARTMENTS
facility, lots of closet space,
CENTURY PARK EAST
CENTURY TOWERS
PARK PLACE
CENTURY HILL
LE PARC
CENTURY WOODS
For Sale
See our Ad Sec. 270
468
COLLECTIBLES
L U X U RY U N I T S
• SINGLES
• 1 BEDROOMS
• 2 BEDROOMS
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$3,200/month
1 Bedroom 1 Bath
High Floor. Extra Large
Rooms. Stone Floors
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$1,050/MO.
911 WOOSTER ST.
Call 805/379-2000
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BEVERLY HILLS
1 Bdrm w/ full kitchen $1,695
Single w/ full kitchen $1,195
New kitchen with stainless steel appliances, new bathroom, new hardwood floors, A/C and new windows throughout. Full kitchen with separate breakfast nook. Located just south of Sunset on Doheny Drive, minutes from shops and restaurants. This apartment is a must-see - old
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67 ___ en scène
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69 Her: Ger.
70 “Independence
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71 Singer DiFranco
72 Brewery sights
73 South American
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86 Cave dwellers
87 Menu option
89 Upbeat
91 Chocolate
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96 Where sharks are
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sister
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38 Crucifix letters
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41 Actress Drescher
42 C ha rt s how i ng
highs and lows
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Marilyn Monroe,
C he G ue va ra a nd
t he l i ke ?
45 Rests
47 Shoe insert
48 Grown-up eft
51 Anesthetic gas
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residue
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58 Screw up
59 A c t ua l l y
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26 Stu dent
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28 Like some exams
29 Turn red, say
30 “___ you!” (“Just
try it!”)
32 Search the
h eavens
35 Spoiler of a
parade for
Ahmadinejad?
40 Racing boat
41 Charlie Brown’s
cu rly-haired pal
44 January
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OPINION
A View From The New York Times
Maureen Dowd
As Barack Obama struggles to rekindle the magic, one of the
most pathetic headlines was the one on a CNN poll last week:
“Was Bush Better President than Obama?”
“Americans are divided over whether President Obama or his
predecessor has performed better in the White House,” the CNN
article said.
So now the Republican president who bungled wars and the
economy and the Democratic president trying to dig out are in a
dead heat?
America’s long-term economic woe has led to short-term
memory loss. Republicans are on the rise again, and the candidates are crazier than ever. And crazy is paying dividends: Sharron
Angle, the extreme Nevada Republican candidate for the Senate
vacuumed up $14 million in the last quarter in her crusade to
knock out Harry Reid—the kind of money that presidential candidates dream of collecting.
Karl Rove has put together a potent operation to use anonymous donors to flood the airwaves with attack ads against Democrats. And a gaunt-looking Dick Cheney is out of the hospital and
back to raking in money defending torture and pre-emptive war.
He, Lynne Cheney, Rove, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Laura
Bush drew more than 10,000 people at $495 a pop to a conference
in Bakersfield last weekend.
Republicans are also gearing up to start re-sliming Valerie
Plame Wilson and Joe Wilson when the movie based on their
memoirs, Fair Game, opens next month. Robert Luskin, a lawyer
for Rove who considered Plame collateral damage and labeled her
“fair game,” dismissively told Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York
Times that the Wilsons are “a little past their ‘sell-by’ date.”
It’s hard to believe that it was seven years ago when the scandal of the “glamorous spy and showboating ambassador” exploded. Joe Wilson first accused the “boy emperor” of not wearing any
clothes on the Iraq WMD, and then charged the Bush White House
with running a “smear campaign” against him and outing his wife
as a CIA spy. He was right on all counts and brave to take on a
White House that broke creative new ground in thuggery and
skullduggery.
But it was child’s play for the Republicans to undermine the
former diplomat and the spy who loved him. Wilson was “pretty
widely known as a loudmouth,” as the movie's director Doug Liman put it, and overstepped at times, posing for Vanity Fair in his
Jaguar convertible with his wife coyly cloaked in scarf and sunglasses.
While her husband was in his promotional whirlwind, Plame
was in her reticent cloud, her air of blonde placidity belying her
anguish at being betrayed and her disgust that Cheney Inc. bullied
the CIA, overriding skepticism about Saddam’s weapons system
and warping intelligence. “It’s called counter-proliferation, Jack,”
Naomi Watts’Plame says to her superior. “Counter.”
The movie makes clear Plame was not merely “a secretary” or
“mediocre agent” at the agency, as partisan critics charged at the
time, but a respected undercover spy tracking Iraqi WMD efforts.
And it reiterates that Plame did not send her husband, who had
worked in embassies in Iraq while Saddam and G.H.W. Bush were
in charge and was the ambassador in two African countries, on the
fact-finding trip to Niger about a possible Iraqi purchase of 500
tons of yellowcake uranium. She merely acted as an intermediary
when a colleague threw his name into the hat for the unpaid gig.
The film creates composites to heighten the tension and suggests Plame's Iraqi contacts and their families were murdered once
she was outed —a subplot Variety called “apocryphal and manipulative.”
But the movie is a vivid reminder of one of the most egregious
abuses of power in history, and there are deliciously diabolical
turns by actors playing Scooter Libby, David Addington and Rove.
Plame’s CIA bosses are portraits in cravenness, cutting her loose at
the moment she starts receiving death threats and her Iraqi sources
become endangered.
Liman, who grew up watching his father Arthur’s Buddha-like
interrogations during the Iran-Contra hearings, does not use an
Oliver Stone sledgehammer on history. He views the scandal
through the lens of the Wilsons’ marriage, which snaps for a time
under the strain of being hounded by the most powerful men on
earth.
(As Valerie writes in her book about Joe’s demand to see Rove
“frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs:” “Husbands.
What can you do?”)
Costumed with lush mane and round paunch, Sean Penn is
well suited to capture Wilson’s arrogance and mouthiness, while
also showing his honesty, brazenness, sly charm and fierce love of
wife and country.
They were the “girl and boy who kicked the hornet’s nest,” and
we should all remember what flew out.
© 2010 The New York Times News Service
LETTERS
I find Myra Lurie's characterization of 'bullying' as a reckless and insensitive use of the
word at a time when parents are
worried and students are vulnerable to bullying. To make a
mockery of a current national
crisis at our schools for dramatic purposes is behavior that is
particularly unbecoming for a
member of our own School
Board.
Since I've been on the
board, Myra knows very well
she has never been muzzled nor
prevented from sharing her
opinions.
It's my responsibility as
board president to control the
meetings. It's Myra's responsibility not to storm out of a meeting after swearing at me. I had
to “gavel” her because of her
pontificating, interrupting, and
off topic comments which disrupted our closed session meeting.
It was unconscionable for
her to go public a short while
later in open session and hide
behind the word “bullying” and
to be untruthful about being
“prevented” from voting. All this
was confirmed by my colleagues.
I'm saddened by this and
look forward to putting it behind
us so we can continue the
tremendous progress we're
making as a school district.
Students
are
happy,
employees are happy, and we
finally have extraordinary leadership at our schools and district
office once again.
We are a good school district and the sooner we can let
go of personal past grievances
the sooner we can get back to
the business of being great.
Steven Fenton
******
While there are subway
committee people who are sarcastic in their response to residents who feel uncomfortable
about the prospective subway
route through our City, one
committee person publicly
wondered whether that committee was being “used” without a
vast majority of residents not
being properly listened to.
None of the actual MTA members, Supervisor Yaroslavsky, nor
our state officials were present
at the City subway meeting. To
whom were we actually speaking? Why were they not personally in attendance?
The MTA will make a decision as to the subway's route
while being pressured by
Century City property owners to
change the route one block so it
can stop near their buildings. If
it does, we will have the subway
on a 30-year building plan that
will take it under many of our
75-year old houses, as well as
under both Good Shepherd
School and our huge Beverly
High. It will travel underground
through old infrastructure and
oil-rich land.
We must stop this plan from
becoming an independently formulated reality. Before the
subway train has left the station,
please assign your name sup-
A Look At The Sacramento Scene
FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Stephen Frank
It the past week Gov. Schwarzenegger has proven it is past time
for him to go home and smoke a cigar. He has caused enough damage as governor.
A week ago he signed a deficit budget that was for the purpose
of paying bills. With the deficit of the new budget, he has created
$150 billion in deficits while in office.
California has a 12.6 percent unemployment rate, mostly due to
the policies, fiscal and environmental, of our governor. So, he is
working hard to create jobs--but in Russia--and at the same time
killing California jobs!
Arnold Schwarzenegger's trip to Russia this week is politically
off-message. Back at home, candidates and parties in the November
elections are accusing their opponents of outsourcing jobs to China
and other foreign places. So what does Schwarzenegger do? The
governor heads to Russia to encourage a plan by Russia's president
to establish his own area, akin to Silicon Valley, where technology
firms can rise.
This comes on top of an earlier trip to China where the governor congratulated the thousands of Chinese workers building a big
piece of the new Bay Bridge.
Then we had Arnold veto a bill that would create punishment
for those who provide imprisoned criminals with cell phones.
Why in the world would Arnold refuse to punish the bringing of
cell phones into our prisons?
By vetoing this measure, Arnold is promoting the commission of
crimes. This is what happens when you have an ego driven, amateur as governor. Any wonder his approval level is only 22 percent?
If that is not enough, we have this; the governor vetoed a bill
that would have created the technology to track the success of students in government school. Apparently Arnold does not want the
evidence to show the failure called government schools.
LAUSD has a 60 percent drop out rate. Statewide, it is 40 percent, most students entering our state colleges must take remedial
English and math. Guess we already know that government schools
fail, why pay millions for a data base to prove what we already
know? Maybe Arnold was right, we already know the lack of success of our schools.
Arnold is working hard to make sure his legacy as governor is a
depression for a generation.
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's environmental team is playing
hurry-up offense to issue controversial climate rules before his term
ends in January, even if it means wading into an election day thicket with the oil industry. California's Air Resources Board (CARB) is
on track by the end of the month to release more than 1,000 pages
of proposed rules for how the state should curb greenhouse gases at
power plants and other large industrial plants,” according to
Monday’s Politico.
This will kill jobs, and he knows it. Worse, the process is based
on known fraud, smears and data shredding. Why does the almost
billionaire dislike the working people of California?
Finally, this week he endorsed an independent for senator from
Florida. Almost no Republicans in California on the 2010 ballot
have been endorsed by Arnold. If they have no one is announcing
it.
While the “guv” is the titular head of the California GOP--he
has refused to raise money for the party, help its candidates (unless
his non endorsement can be considered helping them). Yet, he has
found a mirror image of himself in the failed governor of Florida-running as an independent (i.e., no principles) for the U.S. Senate.
The good news is that Charlie Crist, the failed governor, will assure
a real Republican wins a key Senate seat.
What a week! Cell phones for prisoners, regulations to kill
California jobs, billions more of deficits, helping Russians steal
California jobs. The punctuation point for Arnold was his endorsement of Crist—a final nose thumbing at Republicans by Arnold.
Indeed, it is time for Arnold to leave the stage.
Stephen Frank, a political and public policy activist since 1960, is the publisher of
the California Political News and Views-www.capoliticalnews.com.
port to Ken Goldman's support
form.
Russ Levi
******
The most important thing
separating private from public
schools is that teachers run the
risk of being fired. Thus, teachers either love what they do
(and do a good job), or they
work hard at it anyway to keep
from being fired. Our K-12
teachers should never have the
security of knowing they can't
be fired. I don't have that security and most people do not,
unless they belong to a public
employees union. The single
most effective reforms we can
make to public education is to
eliminate tenure for K-12 and
reward great teachers with
merit pay. If the teachers don't
like it, they can find a new job.
Incidentally, I am encouraging our Board of Education
to see the new movie Waiting
For Superman, which has
shone a very harsh spotlight on
the teachers' unions. It is critical for all of us who care about
education to recognize that
educating children properly is
infinitely more important than
saving teachers' jobs, and that
what teachers want is a distant
concern next to what children
need.
Mark A. Mendlovitz
Publisher Clifton S. Smith, Jr
Senior Editor
Editor-at-Large
Special Sections Editor
Assistant Editor
John L. Seitz
MeraLee Goldman
Steve Simmons
Amanda Peabody
*******
Public Affairs Editor
Society Editor
George C. Shen
Joan Mangum
*******
Associate Publisher & Editor
Beverly Hills Design & Life
Marcia W. Hobbs
*******
Founding Publisher
March Schwartz
(Publisher 1965 - 2004)
The Courier is proud to be a
Education Partner.
Guest Editorial
THE FAILED POLICIES OF
THE WRONG WAY CONGRESS
By Rep. David Dreier
Exclusive to The Courier & The San Marino Tribune.
The House adjourned early this fall and according to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, this limp to the finish was all by
design. She explained that the House “had a full agenda this
Congress” and that the majority had “charted all of our work to
be finished by the end of the fiscal year.” What she neglected to
mention was the work the majority failed to do: the consideration and passage of a budget resolution; the completion of a single appropriations bill; and, the prevention of the looming tax
hike set to hit every taxpayer in America.
Four years ago, the then-minority Democrats promised a
“new direction.” Today, they have become the “Wrong Way
Congress.” Last week, my Rules Committee Republicans colleagues and I released a report with the same title explaining the
procedural abuses and failures of the 111th Congress. They
have pursued the wrong bills in the wrong way at the wrong
time. The House Rules Committee Democrats have been in the
driver’s seat through it all, planning and executing the strategy.
At the direction of Speaker Pelosi, they have rewritten much of
the major legislation passed by this Congress, sometimes in the
middle of the night. They have engineered the exclusion of
opposing viewpoints and steered around the regular legislative
process to meet the ends of a Majority driven by partisan concerns.
Most notably, it has also been the Rules Committee
Democrats who have protected this majority’s record-setting
spending increases by virtually eliminating the opportunity to
amend spending bills. The 111th Congress is the first in 221
years that has not allowed one bill to be considered under an
open amendment process. This fact alone makes the “Wrong
Way Congress” the most closed Congress in history.
Speaker Pelosi’s agenda of the failed “stimulus,” the unsuccessful Cap and Trade, and healthcare “reform” bills is well
known for its negative economic impact, but this trio of jobkillers is also known for the procedural abuses employed to
guarantee their passage. The final version “stimulus” bill was
available for only an hour when it reached the Rules
Committee. Fewer than eighteen hours later, Members were
voting on it. The rush, we were told, was necessary to keep the
unemployment rate below 8 percent. It now stands at 9.6 percent nationally, and at a tragically high 12.4 percent in
California. The Cap and Trade energy legislation ignited the
“Read the Bill” movement when, at 3 a.m. on the same day as
the House vote, it was rewritten by a 300 page amendment in
the Rules Committee. The Democrats’ wildly unpopular
healthcare “reform” legislation also remains tainted by the procedure used to force it through. They tried to pass it with the
“Slaughter Solution,” named for Rules Committee Chair Louise
Slaughter. This extreme abuse of the House Rules would have
allowed the Democrats to “deem and pass” the Senate’s version
without an actual up or down vote. It was eventually abandoned after an open rebellion from members of the Democratic
Caucus and the American People.
These and other black eyes have brought the “Wrong Way
Congress” to the point of parody. Recently, comedian Stephen
Colbert brought national attention to the arrogance of this
Congress, rather than the issue on which he was invited to testify. As Mr. Colbert explained in his “testimony,” just like members of Congress, he hadn’t read the bill in question.
Unfortunately, the record of this Majority is no joke. Rather
than focusing on job creation, the “Wrong Way Congress” pursued an agenda based on reckless spending, increased regulation and higher taxes. They did so by employing heavy-handed tactics, parliamentary maneuvering, and by ignoring the will
of the American people. It has led them, and most important
the American people, to a dead end.
There are important lessons to be learned from the “Wrong
Way Congress” — Less debate does not convey more credibili-
OPINION
RABBI JACOB PRESSMAN
VISTA DEL MAR – OUR NEIGHBOR WITH THE GREAT HEART
In greater Los Angeles there are few institutions and landmarks that can claim to be 100
years old. Last Sunday at The Beverly Hilton more
than 1,000 guests assembled to observe the 100th
birthday of Vista del Mar. It began as the Jewish
Orphan’s Home of Southern California, moved to
Boyle Heights, built a facility in 1912 in
Huntington Park and eventually located at its present site at 3200 S. Motor Avenue. Through the
years, its emphasis expanded to include Vista del
Mar Child and Family Services, Family Service of
Santa Monica, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center,
Julia Ann Singer Center and Home-Safe.
Vista del Mar’s vision early on began to
expand beyond the needs of the Jewish child and
included service to children of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds. It now provides specialized
service and therapeutic treatment to children
struggling with social behavior or developmental
challenges. The 18 acres include two residential
units, an on-ground school, a synagogue, a cafeteria, a children’s library and vocational workshop, with an athletic field, Olympic-size swimming pool and various sports facilities.
Honored on Sunday evening was a most distinguished and varied group: the Konheim family,
Joyce and Stanley Black, the indefatigable centenarian Ruth Shuken, Sheila E. and Lynn Mabry
and Mark Itkin. I am proud that the Konheim and
Black families are longtime members of Temple
Beth Am and our close friends. George Konheim,
of blessed memory, was chairman of the board for
27 years, and led it in becoming a great institution. His family, including Susan and Bruce,
Laurie and Lyn, and Terri Cooper, and their children and grandchildren are all carrying on the
tradition of support of Vista. Joyce and Stanley
Black and their children, Jack, Jill Zalben, Janis
and Doug Warner and their children and grandchildren are also carrying on the humanitarian
and philanthropic support, which is sustaining
Vista.
The fast paced event included greetings by
the elegant and eloquent Vista leaders responsible for the huge success of the evening.
Luminaries Howie Mandel and Monty Hall
served as emcees. A stage full of Vista children
performed a rousing musical interlude. The honorees were each and all accorded the encomiums and the presentations, and responded
delightfully. And – it was all over by 9 p.m.!
In these times of acrimonious battles in the
realm of politics, international military sparring
in so many parts of the world, exacerbated by
natural disasters, it is uplifting and refreshing to
see what dedicated and generous volunteers can
do to make life better for disadvantaged children.
I like Stanley Black’s motto, “If you have much,
give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your
heart.”
With so many of its leaders and financial
supporters over the years living in Beverly Hills
we can well take pride in Vista del Mar, our
neighbor with the great heart.
ty. Attempts to micro-manage the legislative process often create bigger problems than they solve. Fundamentals, like budgets and spending priorities matter. The American people deserve
and expect a say in how the Congress conducts its business.
Despite Speaker Pelosi’s assertion that their work is done, important decisions still lie ahead before the conclusion of the 111th
Congress. It’s not too late for the “Wrong Way Congress” to
make a U-turn and take these lessons to heart.
Cartoon For
The Courier
By
Janet Salter
Publisher's Note: Congressman Dreier is the senior member of California's Republican Congressional delegation and is currently Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee. which determines which bills reach
the floor of the House to be voted on and sets the rules for amendments. In Congressional parlance, a bill is
never "passed;" instead, the "rule adopting the bill" is voted on and either adopted or rejected. He has served
for 28 years as the Representative from the 26th Congressional District. He is widely respected as L.A. County's
most important Republican representative in the Congress by both Democrats and Republicans.
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BALLOT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NOV. 2, 2010
For most elections, The Courier would recommend conservative, limited government candidates who support United States national security, a strong Israel, low
taxes and pro-business policies. That has not changed, but the emphasis for Nov. 2 is
different. Our entire government from top to bottom now costs far more than we can
possibly afford. It is owned and controlled by unions–mainly public employee
unions. Unions collect dues, they use that money to support their candidates who,
when they win, reward the unions with pay and benefits far beyond anything available in the free sector.
Whether it is Beverly Hills, Bell, California or the United States, we have gone
broke paying for government. The servants are now the served. Whether we agree or
disagree on the environment, national defense or street sweeping, costs are completely out of control. This election is “them or us,”... “them” being government salaries
and benefits, “us” is everyone who does not hold a government job – Democrats,
Republicans, independents, everyone.
Think tanks regularly conclude it takes 24 private jobs to pay for one government
worker. With the coming retirement of the “baby boom” generation, there will not be
24 private jobs for every government worker. Government workers have first claim on
100 percent of our own earnings and savings. We have no claim on them.
As for taxes on the “rich,” the “poor” do not create jobs. The rich, when overtaxed, leave. We are overtaxing everyone – not just “the rich.” Government workers
are largely immune to this. Even when a city like Los Angeles “fires” someone, L.A.
had them all hired by its Department of Water and Power. Now, DWP wants to give
these featherbedded workers lower retirement benefits than the regular (unionized
and highly overpaid) DWP employees. L.A. City Council just blocked it. Why? Most
elected officials in California are supported, promoted and backed by unions. These
officials will never bite the hands that feed them – the unions.
To us, this is the overriding issue of this election – to be or not to be broke. If we
return government to a reasonable level and get money again, we can all resume the
battles over social engineering, gay marriage, the “global warming” fraud, church vs.
state, Muslim extremism and mosques, and everything else that moves activists. Until
that condition returns, if it does, we cannot pay for ourselves, our City, our county or
our state.
These are our recommendations:
STATEWIDE OFFICES
Governor of California - Meg Whitman.
In most years Whitman would be considered a liberal Republican, which she is.
However, she has a clear track record of demanding discipline and
performance in a huge and highly competitive industry. We believe
she has the personality and independence to fight for an economic
turnaround in California. This battle will require the strength to stand
up to unions and interest groups – something our current governor
never had the stomach to do. We absolutely do not believe that 73year-old Jerry Brown will ever attack the unions. We just do not. He
never has. Unlike his father, Gov. Pat Brown, Jerry Brown is definitely not “pro-business.” While he may have become somewhat less anti-business, that is quibbling over
small variations. We need jobs, Whitman led the charge to create thousands of new
private jobs that paid taxes and drove a tiny company to industry dominance.
Billionaire? So what. Good for her. We thank her for spending so much of her own
money to invest in the people of California. She could have bought a dozen yachts,
but spent her money trying to help our state.
United States Senator – Carly Fiorina
In other years, Fiorina would be a considered a moderate Republican. Now, all
of a sudden, the Democrat Barbara Boxer names her a “conservative.” OK. Next to Boxer, anybody is a “conservative.” Boxer is perhaps the worst senator of any state in the union. She has a 28 year
record of voting for the most anti-business, anti-family, anti-farmer,
anti-California, anti-United States legislation. She, herself, has
authored and led – nothing. Everyone in the know goes to Sen.
Dianne Feinstein whom The Courier’s sister newspaper, the San
Marino Tribune, previously endorsed for re-election. But Boxer is not Feinstein. By
contrast, Fiorina had to deal with real-world consequences of decisions affecting hundreds of thousands of people. Brought in to change a great but stagnant corporate
giant, she forced a merger of two huge computer companies that led directly to H-P’s
current leadership position in the industry. She knows first-hand how business conditions in California are so bad that companies must either send jobs overseas or to
another state, or perish themselves. Boxer has accused Fiorina of succeeding as a
woman in business who rose by her own abilities and prospered – what a crime. No
American executive would ever voluntarily “outsource” any local jobs if their companies could afford to stay competitive while located in California. Boxer and her ideological fellows have relentlessly driven business and jobs out of California with their
votes and policies. Fiorina will actively represent California in Washington. Boxer is
one of the greatest “job killers” ever elected to the Senate. If we want to reduce our
22 percent actual unemployment and restore prosperity to California, it is time for
Boxer to go. If we retain Boxer, we are not serious about correcting the problem.
Lieutenant Governor – Abel Maldonado
Maldonado is the poster boy for "bi-partisan" or "post-partisan" government.
Another liberal Republican, the best thing about him is that he is not Gavin Newsome
who is an utter extremist with no regard for law or popular will. We need real people, not activists outside any definition of "mainstream."
Controller - Tony Strickland
Tony Strickland is a fiscal conservative and a disciple of Tom McClintock. That
means he knows how much money we have, how much we owe, what we are spending it on, where the fiscal bodies are buried, and he follows the law. John Chiang has
defied the law, disregarded fiscal integrity and has disbursed what limited funds we
have in complete disregard of fiscal responsibility. Again, we must get control of our
finances and for that, we need someone who will defy unions and government workers. Strickland will, Chiang won’t. It’s pretty simple.
Treasurer - Mimi Walters
Walters is a solid public servant and business owner. She has served as a city
council member, mayor, in the state assembly and now the state Senate. An Orange
County and UCLA product, she is a prime example of citizen-government. She got
involved out of civic duty when her children were in school. A former investment
executive, she co-founded the California Women’s Leadership Association. She has a
life outside politics and is dedicated to restoring the fiscal integrity of our state. The
incumbent, Bill Lockyear, is a lifetime politician who has moved from one job to
another whenever term limits force him out. He moved from Assembly to Senate to
Senate leader to attorney general (he’s not even a lawyer) and now treasurer. It’s time
for him to get a real job – like being a lobbist or something. The treasurer must keep
track of California’s money. Walters will act on that responsibility.
Attorney General – Steve Cooley
A true “post-partisan,” Steve Cooley has earned the trust of people of all political
backgrounds during his tenure as district attorney of Los Angeles County. The Courier
endorsed him last week. He will discharge the duties of his office faithfully and diligently. His opponent, Kamala Harris, is another radical left-wing activist who picks
and chooses what laws she will or will not enforce. She has refused fully to prosecute
cop-killers, illegal alien gang bangers who commit multiple murders, and refuses to
seek the death penalty regardless of the will of the people. She has never discharged
the duties of her office properly, which is why she is so strongly opposed by law
enforcement. If she wants statewide office, she should seek a policy position to advocate her extreme views, not attorney general.
Insurance Commissioner – No recommendation.
Secretary of State - No recommendation.
BALLOT PROPOSITIONS
Proposition 19 - Legalization of Marijuana NO
Are we on dope? Every study of marijuana has concluded it is one of the most
toxic, carcinogenic substances commonly available today. It is the “gateway” drug for
young people. It does in fact lead to serious drug abuse. The slight benefits anecdotally reported for cancer victims has already been used and overused to boost “clinics.” News reports now reveal that this dodge is fake – they are excuses to sell the
dope. “Potheads” is not a respectable condition. All responsible law enforcement and
health officials oppose this pet project of the doper community. The main argument
“for” is that we can tax it. Right. So, if we were not broke we not consider this? Not
a good argument. NO on 19 (“yeahhhhh mannnn – so KOOOOOL, dude. Duhhhh.”)
Proposition 20 - Citizen Redistricting for Congress Seats YES
This measure expands citizen oversight of drawing electoral districts to
Congressional districts. This is “good government” at its best. Only those who want to
perpetuate permanent politicians oppose this measure. California must have fair districts, actual competition for votes and must stop the “good old boys/gals” from cutting deals to save themselves from voters. A "yes" on Proposition ends gerrymandering in California. This is a “must pass” proposition. Yes on 20.
Proposition 21 - Vehicle Tax for State Parks NO
Why is it that government always wants to take away the things we voters like
most? What about government boondoggles and overpaid state workers? With $80
billion of tax revenue, the state now wants to force us to pay extra to enjoy our own
state parks. This is just a way to raise more tax money. We are taxed enough. NO on
21.
Proposition 22 - Stops State from Swiping Local Funds YES
Sacramento loves to take away local tax money to fund their union buddies. This
is another “good government” proposition that locks up the lock box and keeps
Sacramento from taking local money. A definite YES on 22.
Proposition 23 - The “Don’t Commit Economic Suicide” Proposition YES
The enviro-wackos convinced much of the world that we were polluting ourselves with “carbon dioxide” and “global warming” until this massive fraud was
exposed. We now know that the data on which the theory of “man-made global
warming” was fraudulent and in California ALL of the data on which the devastating
AB32 was based was just exposed as off by 340 percent. So, what does the legislature do? Pass a bill that makes California jump off the cliff to “stop global warming.”
Note: not one other state and not one nation has EVER enacted “anti-global warming” legislation that took effect. Forget the Kyoto Accords – no country has ever followed them. China and India dismiss them out of hand. If California imposes these
draconian AB32 restrictions on the state, there will be no jobs left. (Of course, the
way we are going, there will not be any jobs left anyway.) Even if we do, there will
be ZERO effect on the world. We are jumping off the cliff by ourselves. Proposition
23 suspends this financial suicide law. That is a good thing. YES on 23.
Proposition 24 - Tax Hike on Businesses NO
This proposition is a tax hike on business. The California Teachers Association is
the backer. This union wants more money and to get it this would prevent businesses from using losses to offset income. It is highly unfair and would only help drive
away more businesses from California. NO on 24.
Proposition 25 - Make it Easier for Legislature to Raise Taxes NO
Cutting to the chase, Proposition 25 lets the legislature pass new taxes with a
lower vote. Now, they must get 2/3s vote to raise taxes. Our taxes are already the second highest in the nature and jobs are disappearing. We cannot make it easier to raise
taxes, we should make it harder. NO on Proposition 25.
Proposition 26 - Call a Tax a Tax YES
State government, aided by the courts, circumvented propositions requiring a
public vote to raise local taxes. Instead, they invented a word game and called new
taxes "fees." Proposition 26 ends the word game. Under this measure, “fees,”
“charges,” “imposts” or anything else that taxes people will be called a “tax” and will
be subject to a vote of the people. YES on 26.
Proposition 27 - "Save the Incumbents" Redistricting NO on 27.
This is the legislature’s tricky response to Proposition 20. Often, when the people
file a good government initiative, the Legislature cooks up a confusing "look alike" to
save their own jobs. That is what 27 is about – don’t let the “citizens” do anything.
Confine the subject to back room deals with sweetheart agreements. This would take
the people out of the redistricting process and give it back to politicians. This is a terrible proposition. NO on 27.
Thank you for considering our recommendations. Each is based on returning
power to the people, restoring limited government and – most of all – breaking the
stranglehold public employee unions have over our lawmakers and the law-making
process. Their power has made us broke and we are out of time to fix the conditions
that put us into this mess.

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