By Matt LopezGov. Jerry Brown and the

state are once again reachinginto the wallets of its cities andcoming away with hundreds ofmillions of dollars.

Earlier this week, 71 cities inL.A. County received demandfor payment notices totalingnearly $151 million in money

funded by redevelopment. It’s alla result of AB 1484 and part ofBrown’s plan to phase out rede-velopment agencies statewide.

AB1484 was adopted by theLegislature on June 27 and ex-pands the authority of the state’sDepartment of Finance. AB1484allows the department to go to

(see ‘REDEVELOPMENT,’ page 15)

No one likes to sue or besued in court, but the BeverlyHills Unified School DistrictBoard of Education has man-aged to do the near-impossible:make money on its litigation.

After spending approximate-ly $2.2 million with outsidelawyers over the last six months,the district can now count over$10 million coming back in the

form of damages and restitutionawards from Johnson ControlsInc. (JCI) and former Director ofFacilities Karen Christiansen.The remaining cost was forcedon the district by a largely-dis-credited “seismic” report issuedby the Metropolitan Transit Au-thority that claimed an “activeearthquake fault” ran under-

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JOKERS WILD—Bosombuddies Slash and CharlieSheen celebrated at theHard Rock Cafe after Slashreceived the 2,473 Star onthe Hollywood Walk ofFame. Their kibitzing wasnonstop.

His career with Guns N’Roses and Velvet Revolvercontributed to the sales ofmore than 100 millionalbums. Slash was namedas the second greatest elec-tric guitarist by TimeMagazine in 2009, behindJimi Hendrix.

Currently on a world tour,Slash returns home to LosAngeles on Oct. 3 whenhe’ll perform at the WilternTheater.

More photos in GeorgeChristy’s column on page 6.Be sure to check outGeorge Christy’s Pick of theWeek on page 13.

Woods Reflects On Busy FirstYear As BHUSD Superintendent

SUPERINTENDENT—Gary Woods keeps a white board in his office filledwith notes on his different goals and aspirations for BHUSD.

Courier Photo by Laura Coleman

By Laura ColemanOne year after Beverly Hills

Unified School District Superin-tendent Gary Woods took up thereigns of the school district, the

former High School Englishteacher stood in front of the planthat’s been on his wall since hisfirst week in the position and

Holmby Hills Considers Annexation By Beverly HillsBy Laura Coleman

Holmby Hills HomeownersAssociation boardmember BillFleischman today met with a lo-cal attorney as part of thewealthy enclave’s exploration

into being annexed by BeverlyHills.

The impetus for possible an-nexation emerged from the asso-ciation’s frustration with the city

City Staff Falsifies WaterRate Increase DocumentsBy Matt Lopez

In an effort to gain public fa-vor for yet another pair of waterrate increases, City of BeverlyHills staff falsified documentspresented to the City Council,according to Beverly HillsHomeowners Association Presi-dents.

The controversy centers onan April 24 meeting between

Homeowners Association (HOA)Presidents and City Manager JeffKolin, where the HOA was pre-sented with specifics on the in-crease. At the May 15 City Coun-cil meeting, the council voted 4-1 (Vice Mayor John Mirisch wasthe lone dissenter) to increaseCity water rates 7 percent in Fis-

State Demands More Than$150 Million From Cities

AMANDA FOUNDATION SEEKS EXPERIENCED BOTTLE-FEEDERSFOR PANDORA’S PUPPIES—Pandora, a Great Dane, was picked up offthe street and adopted by a family who was, to their surprise, greeted onemorning with eight sweet and hungry adorable puppies. They sought thehelp of the Amanda Foundation and discovered that Pandora needed anemergency operation at the beginning of this week. Unfortunately, the pup-pies remain with Amanda and they are anxious for help in raising theseGreat Dane + ? mix until they are ready to be adopted. They will need to bebottle-fed the next three weeks every four hours and kept warm and awayfrom all other animals because they have no immune system. They need tocome to you in pairs so they keep each other warm.Their eyes will not openfor another week. Please, please call Tracy at 310-278-2935.

BHUSD Board of EducationMakes Profit On Litigation

The Complete Story

(see ‘PROFIT,’ page 18)

(see ‘WATER,’ page 9)

(see ‘HOLMBY,’ page 9)

(see ‘WOODS,’ page 9)

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NOTICE OFPUBLIC HEARING

DATE: July 26, 2012

TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard

LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280ABeverly Hills City Hall455 North Rexford DriveBeverly Hills, CA 90210

The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, at its REGULARmeeting on Thursday, July 26, 2012, will hold a public hearing beginningat 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider:

This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and crite-ria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), theState CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City.The project qualifies for a Class 1 (Section 15301) Categorical Exemptionfor operational changes and interior alterations to an existing commercialbuilding, and the project has been determined not to have a significantenvironmental impact and is exempt from the provisions of CEQA.

Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present writ-ten comments to the Commission.

According to Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge theCommission's action in court, you may be limited to raising only thoseissues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in thisnotice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or priorto the public hearing.

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact RyanGohlich, Senior Planner in the Planning Division at 310.285.1194, or byemail at rgohlich@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the applications, plans,and Categorical Exemption are on file in the Community DevelopmentDepartment, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 NorthRexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Sincerely, Ryan Gohlich, Senior Planner

A request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the conversion of approx-imately 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space to medical officespace within the existing commercial building located at 8536 WilshireBoulevard (Wilshire Le Doux Medical Plaza); and

A request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a portion of the code-required parking for the proposed medical office conversion to be provid-ed within an off-site commercial building located 99 North La CienegaBoulevard. A total of 12 off-site parking spaces are proposed to be provid-ed at the 99 North La Cienega Boulevard property.

NOTICE OFPUBLIC HEARING

The Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting to beheld on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambersof the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, willhold a public hearing to consider adoption of:

The proposed resolution will increase the taxes, fees, and servicecharges that are charged to the public for the various activities andservices as set forth in the schedule for fiscal year 2012/2013. Manyof the fees and charges would be adjusted to obtain full-cost recovery.In some cases fees were adjusted by 3% based on the Consumer PriceIndex (CPI) for November 2011 to reflect the increase in the City’scosts. In other cases, the fees were adjusted to reflect a change in serv-ice level, or more equitable distribution of costs, rather than by theCPI. The fees would become effective on September 1, 2012.

Copies of the proposed Resolution and the Fee Study Report are avail-able for review or purchase in the Office of the City Clerk, Room 290,455 N. Rexford Drive, and in the Finance Department, 3rd Floor, 455N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Any interested personmay attend the meeting and be heard. Written comments may also besubmitted and should be addressed to the City Council, c/o City Clerk,455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210. The com-ments should be received prior to the hearing date. If you need moreinformation, please contact Carolyn Johnson at (310) 285-2459.

Please note that if you challenge the Council's action in regard to thismatter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you orsomeone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or inwritten correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to thepublic hearing.

BYRON POPE, CMC, City Clerk

A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLYHILLS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE OFTAXES, FEES & SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE FISCALYEAR 2012/2013.

NOTICE OFPUBLIC HEARING

The Parking Authority of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meet-ing to be held on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the CouncilChambers of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills,California, will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of:

The proposed resolution will add one additional fee to the fees that arecharged to the public for the Parking Facility Rates set forth in theschedule for fiscal year 2012/2013. The fees would become effectiveon September 1, 2012.

Copies of the proposed Resolution and the Rate Schedule are availablefor review or purchase in the Office of the City Clerk, Room 290, 455N. Rexford Drive, and in the Finance Department, 3rd Floor, 455 N.Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Any interested person mayattend the meeting and be heard. Written comments may also be sub-mitted and should be addressed to the Parking Authority, c/o CityClerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210. Thecomments should be received prior to the hearing date. If you needmore information, please contact Carolyn Johnson at (310) 285-2459.

Please note that if you challenge the Board’s action in regard to this matter incourt, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone elseraised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspon-dence delivered to the Parking Authority, either at or prior to the public hearing.

BYRON POPE, CMC Clerk to the Parking Authority

A RESOLUTION OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF THECITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE COMPRE-HENSIVE SCHEDULE OF PARKING FACILITY RATESFOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2012/2013.

July 13, 2012 | Page 3BEVERLY HILLSBEVERLY HILLS

By Laura ColemanEmotions ran high Thurs-

day morning at HawthorneSchool as community leadersgathered to discuss the futureof the district’s oldest school.

In response to the highcosts for bringing the school incompliance with fire, safetyand ADA standards–currentlyestimated at $52 million–for-

mer mayor Ed Brown, whoconvened the meeting, ques-tioned if spending an addition-al $3.5 million on historicpreservation was in the dis-trict’s best interest.

“The fact is, we’re going torun out of money,” Culturalheritage Commission ChairNoah Furie said. “And the real

HERE! BEVERLY HILLS MAIN NEWS

BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | JULY 13, 2012Page 4

DINE LA — DineLA kicked off its first ever summer restaurant week Wednesday morning at the Four Seasons.KTLA Entertainment Reporter Sam Rubin emceed the event that included a “Pro-Am Chef-Off”. Back row(from left): Tom Mullen (American Express VP of large market development), Mark Liberman (CEO of L.A.Tourism and Convention Board). Front row (from left): Ashley James (Four Seasons executive chef), BenjaminBudzak and Valerie Mitchell (amateur chefs who competed in Pro-Am Chef-Off), Susan Feniger (Border Grillchef), Ben Ford (Ford’s Filling Station chef), Sam Rubin and Austin Watkins (Four Seasons’ director of mar-keting). Courier Photo by Matt Lopez

By Matt LopezDineLA Restaurant Week

launched its first-ever summerrestaurant event Wednesday af-ternoon in the Weatherly Gar-den at the Four Seasons on Do-heny Drive.

KTLA Entertainment Re-porter Sam Rubin emceed andkept the mood light with quick-witted jokes throughout the af-

ternoon. He also hosted a “Pro-Am Chef-Off” between SusanFeniger of the Border Grill andBen Ford of Ford’s Filling Sta-tion in Culver City.

Keynote speakers atWednesday’s event includedMark Liberman (president/CEO of the Los AngelesTourism and ConventionBoard), Tom Mullen (American

Express VIP of Large MarketDevelopment), Austin Watkins(Four Seasons director of mar-keting) and Ashley James (thehotel’s executive chef).

“Los Angeles has becomeone of the most popular dininglocations in the world,” Liber-man told the crowd, who dinedon food from Culina, the Four

DineLA Restaurant Week Kicks Off At Four Seasons

(see ‘DINE LA’ page 12)

Leaders Question PreservingHawthorne School’s History

(see ‘HAWTHORNE’ page 15)

PLANS FOR HAWTHORNE — DLR project manager VirginiaMarquardt showcases two options for redevloping Hawthorne Schoolon Thursday. Courier Photo by Laura Coleman

BHPD Warns Of Scammers Targeting The Elderly

By Matt LopezElderly Beverly Hills resi-

dents are targets of a new tele-phone scam, according to theBeverly Hills Police Depart-ment.

Scammers are calling eld-

erly residents and posing asgrandchildren with the eventu-al goal of getting the unsus-pecting “grandparent” to sendthem money.

According to Lt. MarkRosen, scammers will begin

the call saying: “It's me, yourfavorite grandchild” and thegrandparent will guess thename it sounds the most like.Once the scammer decides on

Updated from www.bhcourier.com

(see ‘SCAM’ page 12)

CONNOR — Conner is a one-and-a-half year old pure bred GermanShepherd who was abandoned with an injured eye. Dawn Vargas ofFurBabyRescue.org had him treated at a pet hospital and his eye is heal-ing well. German Shepherds are known for their intelligence and obedi-ence with a willingness to learn and an eagerness to have a purpose.Conner is incredibly friendly and affectionate. He would be a great addi-tion to an active family who has time for walks with a large dog. Thoseinterested in adopting Conner can contact Kira Lorsch at4Dogs@RHLGroup.com.

Liaison Committee To Discuss Roxbury MondayBy Matt Lopez

The Parks and RecreationLiaison Committee will attemptto make headway on the Rox-bury Park decision-makingprocess when it meets Monday,July 23 at 3 p.m.

The liaisons will engage

further discussion on what todo about potential basketballcourts and whether to build anindoor gym or a “multipurposeroom”.

At the last liaison commit-tee meeting two weeks ago, thecommittee agreed to further

discuss implementing the gym-nasium rather than the multi-purpose room.

The potential gymnasiumhas been described at previousliaison meetings as a “middleschool-type gym” that would

(see ‘ROXBURY’ page 12)

Judge Delays Ruling On Fate OfHannah Carter Japanese Garden

By Laura ColemanL.A. Superior Court Judge

Lisa Hart Cole last Friday post-poned judgment on the fate ofHannah Carter Japanese Gar-den until July 27.

Cole directed attorneysfor the heirs of Hannah Carter,

who filed a preliminary in-junction opposing the sale ofthe Kyoto-style garden on June13, to prepare a supplementalfive-page brief on whether theUC regents are a governmententity or a charitable trust.

(see ‘HANNAH CARTER’ page 12)

FLAG CEREMONY—Capt. MitchMcCann, a member of the BeverlyHills Police Department for morethan 24 years, spoke to a crowd ofpolice, fire and City officialsThursday afternoon after he washonored with a flag ceremony infront of the police station. Lastmonth, McCann accepted the posi-tion as police chief in his home-town of Simi Valley. The BHPDraised a special U.S. flag thismorning in honor of McCann andhad the color guard bring it down toPolice Chief Dave Snowden couldpresent it to him at Thursday’s cer-emony. Pictured (from left): DaveSnowden, Mitch McCann and act-ing Simi Valley Police Chief RonChambers.

Courier Photo by Matt Lopez

FROZEN FUN—Five-year-old Beverly Hillsresident Michael Artzyelienjoys a frozen popsicleduring Camp BH’sFourth of July kids activ-ities last Wednesday atLa Cienega Park. CampBH kids participated anda variety of fun activitiesat the park to celebrateIndependence day.

Updated from www.bhcourier.com

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COCKTAIL WEEK—Mixologist AaronStepka (pictured) willhost a cocktail classAug. 8 at Greystoneestate to help kick offBeverly Hills CocktailWeek, which runs Aug.10-18. The class is acollaboration betweenthe Institute ofDomestic Technologyand the Beverly HillsFarmers Market. Formore information visitbhreg.beverlyhills.org.

By Matt LopezFour defunct Beverly Hills busi-

nesses are among the Top 500 Sales &Use Tax debtors in California, accord-ing to a report released by the StateBoard of Equalization.

The four businesses listed areModa Amir, Seiniger Advertising, 7250Entertainment Group, LLC and Beverly

Hills Auto Collection. All four nolonger appear to be in business,though a visit to the location of Bever-ly Hills Auto Collection did produce ashowroom full of classic cars that ap-pears to be deserted.

Of the four, the BOE has been af-ter Moda Amir, a defunct retail cloth-

Four Beverly Hills Businesses ListedAmong State’s Top 500 Tax Debtors

(see ‘TAXES’ page 12)

City Moves Toward Plastic Bag BanBy Matt Lopez

The City of Beverly Hills is readyto take the next step in a potential city-wide plastic bag ban.

The Public Works Commissionwas updated on plans for the ban bySenior Management Analyst DanielCartagena Thursday morning. He pre-sented the commission with a list of2,100 businesses that the City plans toreach out to in the coming weeks with

a survey to figure out how often thebusinesses use plastic bags and togauge interest on potentially banningplastic bags.

“We’re prepared to release the sur-vey and we’re looking at a 10-minutesurvey,” Cartagena said. “The idea is togive a flavor for how such an ordi-nance would impact their business.”

The issue of banning plastic bags

By Matt LopezEve Simons, longtime president of

the Law Guild of Beverly Hills, was re-cently honored by the AmericanLawyers Auxiliary with its 2012 LifetimeAchievement award.

The American Lawyers Auxiliary, anAmerican Bar Association-related organ-ization, bestows the award each yearupon an individual for “exemplary ded-ication and outstanding service.”

Simons was president of the LawGuild of Beverly Hills (LGBH) from1993-1998 and the LGBH received anOutstanding Auxiliary award under eachyear of her leadership. In 1997, LGBH

earned the coveted Law Day award by

Beverly Hills Law Guild PresidentEarns Lifetime Achievement Award

(see ‘ACHIEVEMENT’ page 15)

Eve Simons

ARTISTIC —Ameen Hakimian-pour, a member of the 2012graduating class, poses with hisportrait of Albert Einstein at lastmonth’s culmination ceremonyat El Rodeo School.Hakimianpour, an avid artist,brought his drawing to the culmi-nation ceremony to show teach-ers and fellow students. Thepiece is a line drawing done withblack pen.

YOUNG NINJAS — Instructor Sensei Shaun Baker helps young karate students practicefront kicks as part of the Young Ninja Camp offered through the Beverly Hills CommunityServices Department. Pictured (from left): Baker, Gabriel Samek and Matthew Goldner.For more information on Young Ninja Camp and other camps, call 310-285-6810..

(see ‘BAGS’ page 15)

BH Insider Launches Dating MemoirREBOOTING BH — Right (fromleft): Barbara Belzberg, CaroleKopple and Marcy Miller at thebook signing for Miller’s new bookhosted at Belzberg’s Beverly Hillshome. Bottom: Miller poses with achocolate cake that was almostas big a star at the event as theauthor was..

On Wednesday, BeverlyHills residents BarbaraBelzberg and Carole Kopplehosted a book signing for au-thor Marcy Miller’s insightfulmemoir on the dating worldin Rebooting In Beverly Hills:A Wise And Wild Path ForNavigating The Dating World.

During the intimate sign-ing, Miller shared that hermemoir was not so muchabout meeting “Mr. Right” asit was recognizing thestrength of her own identity.

Book Soup on Sunset willhold a VIP signing on August2 at 7 p.m. for Miller.

GEORGE CHRISTY

George Christy

Gotta get my tuxedo pressed,Gotta sew a button on my vest,‘Cause tonight I’ve gotta lookmy best,Lulu’s back in town!

(Broadway Gondolier,1935, Al Dubin and HarryWarren)

“Life begins at 8:30” atLoulou’s. Thus beckons the fea-ture about London’s hottestnew club in our August issue ofVanity Fair. An eyeful of pho-tos in its 14-page rainbowlandof color and pattern. ALondon dreamscape designedby Rifat Ozbek for major domoRobin Birley at a cost of 30 mil-lion pounds sterling (oneBritish pound is equal to $l.55U.S dollars). So reports VF’s A.A. Gill.

The son of club and din-ing emperor Mark Birley,whose posh clubs Annabel’s,Harry’s Bar, George and Mark’swere the faves of aristocraticLondon, Robin anticipatedbeing heir to these covetedoases. A terrible family disputeinvolving Robin and his sisterIndia Jane prompted theirfather to pawn off his empire to

“The most exciting thingto happen to our Londonnightlife in a generation,”enthuses Tatler editor KateReardon.

A perfectionist, not unlikehis father, who had held upopening Mark’s Club formonths when he was disap-pointed with a custom chande-lier, Robin’s equally fastidious.Critic William Cass appeareddelighted to find that Robin’schoice of lavatory designer isthe historic “Crapper, theAsprey of old-fashioned lavato-ries,” and quoting Tom Wolfethat “details are the windowinto the soul.”

Robin is charg-ing 25,000 pounds fora founder’s member-ship, and has signedmore than 1,000members. He hiredthe fabled chefAlberico Penati,whose Italian food atHarry’s Bar in Londonwas better than atHarry’s Bar in Venice.So good that our long-ago visit to Londonfound us dining atHarry’s Bar every day.

Why are theBritish so fond ofclubs, asks Gill.“Well, it might be that

the readers, is where you’dwant to be. A grand night ortwo or three of champagne-ing,dining, dancing or observingPretty Young Things and high-spirited youthquakers, royals,stately homes heirs, and on-the-town boulevardiers. You’llneed a member to escort you.Maybe a diabolically cleverhotel concierge might wanglean invitation. (Not likely, butkeep trying.)

The Daily Mail’s crownedRobin Birley the King of Clubs.Never without his pet whip-pets, Robin, at age 12, wasmauled by a tiger at familyfriend John Aspinwall’s privatezoo. His mother AnnabelBirley left his father to becomea mistress for the billionaireBritish-French tycoon Sir JamesGoldsmith, known to remarkthat “when a man marries hismistress, he creates a jobopportunity.”

Loulou’s is named for YvesSaint Laurent’s late muse,Loulou de la Falaise, the “hautebohemienne,” as JudithThurman assessed her. Theopening night attracted MickJagger, Kate Moss, BruceWeber, Daphne Guinness,London and Hong Kong’srestaurant maestro David Tang.Any truth that at the opening anIndian billionaire princedropped a 5,000 pound tip?

fashion magnate RichardCarling for 100 million pounds.

Robin was devastated,but struck out on his own.“After bankruptcy, litigation,bullying and five years of hardslog,” his sister Jemima Khantweeted, “Robin’s is a real les-son in tenacity and persever-ance.”

In the London village ofShepherd Market, Robin, 54,transformed an 18th centurytownhouse at 5 Hertford Streetinto a pasha’s palace servingbreakfast, lunch, dinner, supperand tea, and where you’regreeted at the entry by a hugestuffed giraffe. Near the SaudiArabian Embassy, and the red-light district where “ladies ofthe evening ply a nostalgictrade to civil servants andCabinet ministers,” reports Gill,“… the new club is a large,freestanding building that usedto be called Tiddy Dols andwas, by taxi drivers’ accounts,an aviary of entrepreneurialgentlemen’s relief.”

If in London now or when-ever, Loulou’s, as Gill tempts

they are home from home … apromise of companionship andcamaraderie, of conformity andconstancy, a place to do as ourfathers did…an oasis, a chapel,a reserve against the terriblemediocrity and slovenlinessoutside ... the thing you need toremember, the thing about aclub, is not who they let in. It’swho they keep out.”

Let’s not be surprised ifVanity Fair’s assigned an editor-reporter to research the firingmess at our downtownMuseum of Contemporary Art.We’re uncovering more detailsfrom insiders with their reac-tions that will appear in a forth-coming column.

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Fashion News & NotesNeiman Marcus, Target Teamin Daring Designer DealOpposites attract, andNeiman Marcus and Targetknow it.

Neiman’s, the luxury chain,and Target, the trendy dis-counter, are getting togetherfor Christmas in an unprece-dented partnership wherebythey jointly corralled 24CFDA designers to createitems for a limited-editionholiday collection. The Target+ Neiman Marcus HolidayCollection will be sold begin-ning Dec. 1 at all 1,763Target stores and the 42Neiman Marcus stores, aswell as online at target.comand neimanmarcus.com.

The collection ranges from$7.99 to $499.99, with mostitems less than $60.Designers who created piecesfor the collection includeCarolina Herrera, Derek Lam,Diane von Furstenberg, JasonWu, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de laRenta and Tory Burch, Alice +Olivia, Altuzarra, Band ofOutsiders, Brian Atwood,Eddie Borgo, Judith Leiber,Lela Rose, Marchesa, PhilipCrangi, Prabal Gurung,Proenza Schouler, Rag &Bone, Robert Rodriguez,Rodarte, Skaist-Taylor, ThomBrowne and Tracy Reese.

According to top executivesfrom both stores, the collec-tion will include more than50 limited-edition gifts inmen’s, women’s, children’sapparel and accessories, aswell as other categories thatsome of the designers are get-ting into for the first time,such as sporting goods, homedecor, pet accessories andaccessories for electronics.

“We have been talking toTarget over the years aboutdoing some sort of collabora-tion, but we never found theright time or right way to doit,” until this year, Karen Katz,president and chief executiveofficer of Neiman Marcus Inc.told WWD in an exclusiveinterview. “This is kind ofground-breaking. NeimanMarcus and Target share apassion for great design anddelighting customers in newand unexpected ways.”

“Target and Neiman Marcusare known for charting newterrain and, by joining forcesfor the holiday season, we’veset the stage for a redefiningmoment in retail,” said GreggSteinhafel, chairman, presi-dent and ceo of Target Corp.,who visited Neiman’s Dallasheadquarters earlier this year,

with some of his top execu-tives, to get the project off theground. Likewise, Katz led atrip with some of her lieu-tenants to Target’sMinneapolis headquarters,and lots of meetings with theworking teams were held sub-sequently in both cities, aswell as New York to meetwith designers.

“We are going to merchan-dise it all together as oneshop. Both Target andNeiman’s will be shop con-cepts,” Tesija said, unlike lastyear’s Missoni collection atTarget where products werespread out in different areasof the store. Target miscalcu-lated the demand which wasso enormous that Target’sWeb site crashed.

To celebrate the partnership,Target and Neiman Marcusare donating a total of $1 mil-lion to the Council of FashionDesigners of America. “I canthink of no better finale toCFDA’s 50th anniversary cele-bration than through thisextraordinary designer collab-oration,” said vonFurstenberg, president of theCFDA. “As designers, creativi-ty is our best gift, and withthe generous support ofNeiman Marcus and Target,we are happy to have createdspecially designed productsas a thank you to share withour consumers and friends.”WWD

Qatar Group AcquiresValentinoMayhoola for Investments, aninvestment vehicle backed bya private investor group fromQatar, has agreed to acquireValentino Fashion Group SpA.

Terms of the deal were notdisclosed, but Milan-basedsources peg the price tag ataround 700 million euros, or$858 million at currentexchange rates.

The agreement was inkedbetween Mayhoola and Red& Black Lux Sàrl, a companyindirectly controlled by thePermira Funds in partnershipwith the Marzotto family.

Through the acquisition ofVFG, Mayhoola will acquireValentino SpA and the MMissoni license business,while MCS Marlboro Classicsis being carved out from VFGand will remain under theownership of Red & Black.

A Mayhoola spokespersonstated: “Valentino has alwaysbeen a brand of unique cre-ativity and undisputed pres-

tige. …Our vision is to backmanagement for the longterm to exploit the full poten-tial of this exciting brand. Webelieve Valentino is ideallysuited to form the basis for aglobal luxury goods power-house.”

Valentino closed the first halfof the year with revenues of186 million euros, or $240million at average exchange,up 23 percent compared withthe first half of 2011.

Various investment vehiclesfrom the Arab state have beenon a spending spree in luxuryand retail in recent years.

Investment house QatarHolding LLC, which wasestablished in 2006 andinvests on behalf of the Stateof Qatar, as it is linked to theGulf nation’s royal family,took control of Harrods for areported $2.22 billion in2010; it has a 1.03 percentstake in LVMH MoëtHennessy Louis Vuitton and a5.2 percent share in Tiffany &Co. It also bought 26 percentof British supermarket J.Sainsbury in 2010. Last year,Qatar became the largestshareholder in French mediagroup Lagardère SCA, with a12.8 percent stake.WWD

Marvin Traub, RetailVisionary, Dead at 87Marvin S. Traub, one of the20th Century’s most visionaryretailers acclaimed for hismerchandising and marketingshowmanship, diedWednesday at his home inNew York. He was 87 andhad been working up untilJune despite declining healthfor several months. He hadbeen suffering from cancer.

The former Bloomingdale’schairman/CEO was a tireless

champion of theatrical retail-ing, having energized thestore’s selling floors with exot-ic import promotions, glitzygalas and designer shops. Hetranscended the competitionby bringing glamour and sexappeal to Bloomingdale’s,making it a magnet for EastSide singles, tourists world-wide, and high society,shopped by the likes ofJacqueline Kennedy, LadyBird Johnson, Faye Dunaway

and Diana Ross.They all hadcharge cards.

Traub spent atotal of 41 yearsatBloomingdale’s,starting as a mer-chandise assis-tant. He served asCEO for 13 yearsuntil 1991, andwas also presi-dent of the storefor nine years.After leavingBloomingdale’s,he parlayed hisexperience andreputation into asecond careerforming the

Marvin Traub Associates con-sulting firm and working withmany top brands, real estatefirms and retailers on growthstrategies. His most satisfyingassignment occurred twodecades after leavingBloomingdale’s, when he wasable to work once again withthe retailer on planning itsfirst store outside the U.S.,which opened in Dubai in2010.WWD

Nordstrom to Open TopshopDepartmentsNordstrom will take a trendyturn this fall by openingTopshop departments inside14 locations in September.

Each Nordstrom location willinstall 2,500-square-footTopshop women’s and 1,500-square-foot Topman depart-ments. The locations arespread across the country.

“We think our customers aregoing to love their take ontrend-led fashion at greatprices,” said Pete Nordstrom,Nordstrom’s president of mer-chandising.WWD

Beauty BriefsNUXE Paris launched anew Rose Petal CleansingRange in June to help themost sensitive skin typescombat dryness,redness andclogged pores. Damascusrose, known for it’s soften-ing and moisturizing prop-erties,is the star ingredientand it seems to show prom-ise in the first week of use.

The Comforting CleansingMilk does an excellent jobof removing make up andis $22.50.Follow with the GentleToning Lotion to removeany excess cleansing milkand the price is also$22.50.The Gentle Exfoliating Gelis $26–and it is gentle–andis recommended to polishyour skin twice a week.

The Nuxe Paris products areavailable at:Space NK/Bloomingdale’s inCentury City

Evolue at 357 1/2 SRobertson Blvd.

Bliss Spa in the W Hotel inWestwood.

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mer skin blues is to treatpost summer hyperpigmen-tation with SOTHY’S (W.) +Double Action Serum nowand take advantage of themost potent active ingredi-ents to address uneven skintone and reduce melaninsynthesis.

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In the evening pump thenumber 2 side for thebrightening peel which hasexfoliating action thanks tothe first ever combination ofcoupled AHA, and bondedBHA and AHC. The price is$95.

Salons that carry Sothy’sproducts are :Anastasia at 438 N BedfordDrive

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Verabella Skin Therapy at301 N. Canon Drive

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touted the district’s successes. “The whole purpose of the or-

ganziation...is teaching and learning,”he said.

Woods came to Beverly Hills aftera successful four-year tenure as super-intendent of the San Marino UnifiedSchool District.

Highlights of the district’s accom-plishments during his first year includemaintaining class sizes, no layoffs ofteachers, staff or administrators, estab-lishment of new programs (EnhancedK-5 Writing Program and New MathInitiative partnership with LoyolaMarymount University at the highschool), and the adoption of a moreflexible elective schedule in middleschool.

Woods said he spent much of hisfirst year in the position developingthe plan and getting to know peo-ple–“basically living in the district fora year and getting a firsthand perspec-tive and all those key things that makeup the district.”

“The first important step in chang-ing culture is language,” Woods said.“The plan lays out the language of

what excellence...taking the languageand turning it into excellence, that’sthe challenge.”

Going forward he expects therewill be culture-shaping efforts and gal-vanizing everyone to realize theirleadership responsibilities, such as byfinding ways to advance teachers’roles.

“Teaching and learning are thetwo most important parts of this organ-ization by far,” he said. “As a leaderwe need to keep track of what we dowell and then reinforce them...repli-cate what you do well.”

Woods said he is optimistic for thecoming years.

“We have the team we need,” hesaid. “And we have the people in theplaces they need to be to be success-ful. We couldn’t necessarily say that atthe beginning of the year.”

Woods said that bringing the rightteam together, crafting stability andimplementing the vision were founda-tional for the district’s coming success.

“In all honesty, I’m trying to carveout a longterm postion here,” he said.“I’m not looking at this short term.We’ve got a lot of work to do and it’sgoing to take a long time to getthrough all of it.”

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cal Year (FY) 2012/13 and an addition-al 7 percent in 2013/14. Water rateswere raised 8 percent in both FY’s2008/09 and 2009/10.

A 48-page document presented tothe council by Senior ManagementAnalyst Christian Di Renzo claimedthat the presentation was “well-re-ceived” and that HOA members“broadly supported the rate increase”.

Both statement are completelyfalse, according to Thomas White,chairman of the Municipal League ofBeverly Hills, and several other HOApresidents and members.

When pressed about the quotesafter White spoke to the city council atits July 3 meeting, Kolin claimedWoodrow Clark, a member of theMuni League board, asked for a voteand the members present “sponta-neously voted for it”.

White told The Courier no formalvote was ever taken at the meetingand no agreement or endorsementwas made on the presentation in anyway.

He said while Clark is a memberof the Muni League board, he does notrepresent the board.

White said the meeting was sim-ply a discussion between the HOAand staff and White himself expressed

several concerns at the meeting, in-cluding the City marking up the priceon the water it receives from the Met-ropolitan Water District.

Steve Dahlerbruch, President ofBeverly Hills Roxbury Park HOA andJudy Okun, a member of the South-west HOA Board, confirmed inde-pendently to The Courier that no voteor agreement took place on the pres-entation.

“We never vote on any of thesethings; we ask questions and we askfor explanations on certain things,”Dahlerbruch told The Courier.

“The City holds a monopoly onwater delivery in Beverly Hills. Bothresidents and businesses have everyright to object to the City’s astronomi-cal water rate increases over the lastfew years,” White told The Courier.

White said he wanted to make itclear the City’s various HOA’s do notsupport the rate increase and to makesure residents knew about the inaccu-racies in the City’s reporting of the is-sue.

“At a minimum, we are entitled toindependent, objective and unbiasedinformation in staff presentations andwritten reports,” White said. “Instead,we’re too often receiving skewed andincomplete data, and blatant salespitches.”

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of Los Angeles’ refusal to repave thesteets of the Beverly Hills-adjacentneighborhood.

“Holmby Hills has been sendingmillions of dollars to Los Angeles [inproperty taxes] and we’re getting backthousands,” Fleischman told TheCourier. “That’s not fair.”

During the public comment por-tion at last week’s City Council meet-ing, Fleischman asked council mem-bers to consider annexing everythingnorth of Sunset Boulevard and east ofBeverly Glen.

Fleischman said he had recentlylearned that it would be at least twoyears before Los Angeles would be

able to pave the Holmby Hills streets. “You can imagine how frustrating

it is,” he said. “They take our moneyand throw it at the bigger problemsand things like our crumbling infra-structure aren’t important.”

According to City Attorney LarryWeiner, Beverly Hills has yet to per-form a cost analysis or examine a pro-posal.

Weiner said should the processproceed, the first step would be for thehomeowners or City to apply to theLocal Agency Formation Commission.

Annexing any city into BeverlyHills needs to be looked at very care-fully to analyze what benefits if anythere are to our City and its residents,”Councilmember Lili Bosse said.

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•Concern Foundation BlockParty Tomorrow At Paramount

Concern Foundation forCancer Research will stage its38th annual block party “Oh,What a Night” at ParamountStudios tomorrow from 6 p.m.in celebration of the 60th an-niversary of the birth of Rockn’Roll and the legacy of pioneerDJ Alan Freed. His son, LanceFreed, president of Rondor Mu-sic Publishing Group, will bethe honoree.

More than 50 area restau-rants will provide the foodcatering with entertainment anddancing to the Tom NolanBand, The Wonderelles andDwayne Brown.

Check: info@concernfou-dation.org or www.concernfou-dation.org; call 310-360-6100.•George Clooney To Be Hon-ored At Carousel Of Hope Gala

The 26th Carousel of Hopegala, the world’s premier chari-ty event benefiting childhooddiabetes, hosted biannually byBarbara Davis and presented byMercedes Benz, is set for Satur-day, Oct. 20, at The BeverlyHilton. Oscar-winning actorGeorge Clooney will receive“The Brass Ring” award while-featured performers includesoul legend Aretha Franklin,

R&B and pop icon Kenny“Babyface” Edmonds.

Jay Leno of Beverly Hillswill once again emcee while-David Foster and GeorgeSchlatter reprise their roles asmusic director and producer.

The legendary gala benefitsthe Barbara Davis Center forChildhood Diabetes, the coun-try’s leading care and researchcenter for type 1 diabetes.

–reported by Joan Mangum•NCJW/LA Sets Open HouseTo Recruit Needed Volunteers

The National Council ofJewish Women's Los AngelesSection has volunteer opportu-nities available, and the publicis invited to learn more aboutthem at a Volunteer OpenHouse, Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 6-7:30 p.m. The event will beheld at 543 N. Fairfax Ave.

NCJW/LA volunteers andstaff will be on hand to provideinformation about the nonprof-it's many programs and howpotential volunteers can getinvolved.

NCJW/LA serves more than15,000 individuals each year byproviding over 220,000 hoursof programs and services withthe support of 400 volunteers.

To RSVP, contact ChloeHanna at 323-852-8515 orwhw@ncjwla.org.•’Saturdays Off The 405’Concerts At Getty Museum

The Getty Museum, 1200Getty Center Dr., is continuing

with its “Saturdays off the 405”concert series by presentingJanka Nabay and the BubuGang tomorrow from 6 to 9p.m. Nabay is the undisputed“king of bubu,” a frantic dancemusic style from Sierra Leone.

On June 28, it will be vin-tage R&B revivalist NickWaterhouse, backed by theTarots, at the Getty.

Call 310-440-7300.•L.A. Lawyers PhilharmonicConcert Extraordinaire

Beverly Hills residentGary S. Greene will conductthe Los Angeles LawyersPhilharmonic and the 100+-

member Legal Voices in its3 r d A n n u a l C o n c e r tExtraordinaire at Walt DisneyConcert Hall downtown onSaturday, July 21 at 8 p.m..

Actress June Lockhart willemcee the concert that featuresthe dynamic Carmina Burana,selections from Les Miserablesand the song Time To SayGoodbye made famous byAndrea Bocelli. For informa-tion, visit www.lalawyersphil.org or call 310-275-7511.

•Theatre West’s 50th Anniver-sary To Salute Beau Bridges

Theatre West will celebrateits 50th anniversary on Sept. 13and honor actor Beau Bridgeswith the inaugural “BettyGarrett Lifetime Achievement”award at Taglyan CulturalComplex, 1219 N. Vine St. inHollywood.

Presented by Lyn and

Norman Lear, other gala chairsare Susan and Jeff Bridges,Linda Pace and AbbottAlexander, Chazz Palminteriand Garrett and Andrew Parks.Individual tickets are $500.Call 310-201-5033.

For more information aboutTheatre West, visit www.the-atrewest. org.

WOUNDED WARRIORS–Beverly Hills composer/lyricist Carol Con-nors flew to Florida last week to do a 40-foot deep sea dive off KeyLargo to call attention to the Wounded Warrior Project (www.wounded-warriorproject.org) for injured and disabled veterans and their families.

HEART FOUNDATION–The Heart Foundation’s Steven S. CohenHumanitarian award was presented to Kimberly and Dr. P.K. Shah at itsgala fundraiser in The Hollywood Palladium. Pictured (from left) aremusic legend Paul Anka, singer Michael Buble, Dr. Shah, and compos-er David Foster. Ryan Seacrest emceed. Photo by Vince Bucci

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Chef James said that whilerecently in Europe, he wasasked constantly about the L.A.dining scene.

He mentioned that the areahas a growing reputation of be-ing a top-notch food destina-

tion in other parts of the world.The goal of dineLA Restau-

rant Week is to introduce dinersto an assortment of eateries indifferent locations throughoutLA. County.

This year, dineLA Restau-rant Week runs from July 16-27. Menus for participatingrestaurants, as well as pricinginfo, is available atdineLARestaurantWeek.com.

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Both properties werewilled to the University by for-mer UC Regent Edward Carterand are now listed for sale byColdwell Banker for a total of$14.7 million.

Cole said determiningwhether the university is acharitable trust or a public en-tity is foundational for decidingwhether the universitybreached its contract to main-tain the garden in perpetuity bysuccessfully petitioning a judgein Alameda Superior Court tosell the property without notic-

ing the heirs of Hannah Carter.Cole said the plaintiffs,

James E. Caldwell, Jr., HannahC. Sowerwine, Anne Caldwelland Jonathan A. Caldwell, hadmore of a vested interest in thefuture of the property thanmost people, irregardless oftheir intentions for the future ofthe property.

Advocacy groups have crit-icized the university’s behavior,such as petioning a judge toamend the agreement justmonths after sending Carter’sdaughter a condolence letterinforming her that the gardenswould serve as reminder of hermother’s legacy.

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stand around 25-28 feet highand be 5,100 square feet.

RTK presented a conceptthat included a net gain of ap-proximately 8,700 square feetof green space.

Saving green space wasone of the main directives giv-en by the City Council.

In addition to the gymnasi-um/multipurpose room debate,the liaison committee will alsocontinue discussion on what todo about potential field irriga-tion and drainage issues andhow to proceed with those re-pairs during the renovation.

After the liaisons meet onJune 23, the City Council is ex-pected to discuss the new Rox-bury Park concepts at its July 24study session.

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ing store, the longest. ModaAmir, 9641 Sunset Blvd., had atax lien first brought against itin April 2000 and currentlyowes $557,668 in unpaid salestax. Don Harrison, budget andrevenue officer for the City,said Moda Amir closed its salestax permit with Beverly Hills in2004

Seiniger Advertising, acompany run by Tony Seiniger,whom USA Today once re-ferred to as the “king of Holly-wood film posters,” had a lienbrought against it in Dec.2004. The City has no businesstax record for Seiniger Advertis-ing and it closed its sales taxpermit in 2004. The firm was at9320 Wilshire Blvd. The com-pany currently owes $1.5 mil-lion in back taxes. Harrisonsaid the City has no businesstax record for Seiniger Advertis-ing and its sales tax permit wasclosed in 2004.

7250 EntertainmentGroup, LLC, which was listedas doing business as El GuapoCantina, a Mexican restaurantat 7250 Melrose Ave. in WestHollywood, owes $77,000 inback taxes. The LLC was listedunder a Beverly Hills address at9903 Santa Monica Blvd.#1103. Harrison said the Cityhas no record of it ever payinga sales tax in the City.

Harrison said he was un-able to find records of the Bev-erly Hills Auto Collection,which owes $659,000 in backtaxes, ever doing business inthe City. The address listed bythe BOE is 209 S. RobertsonBlvd.

For the last several years,Beverly Hills Classic Cars hasresided just next door at 207 S.Robertson Blvd. and currentlyhouses numerous classic sportscars in what appears to be adeserted building with no signsnor lighting. Calls to BeverlyHills Classic Cars and its own-er Andy Cohen regarding apossible connection with theB.H. Auto Collection were notreturned. Harrison said B.H.Classic Cars closed its sales taxpermit in 2009. It registered fora business tax as Beverly HillsSports and Classic Cars in Jan.2006 and closed that accountin Oct. 2011.

Jerome Horton, chairmanfor the Board of Equalization,said at this point, there is noconfusion nor miscommunica-tion – anyone listed on the top500 is simply a delinquent taxpayer.

“These organizations havehad ample time to set up a pay-ment plan,” Horton said.“Many of these organizationswill shut down intentionallyand then reopen at a laterdate.”

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an identity, the call proceedsfrom there, with the scammertelling the elderly victim theyare either in jail or have beenin an accident.

The scammers requestmoney via Western Union orMoneyGram, both popularmoney transferral services forscammer. Online classifiedssite Craigslist.org warns usersin bold letters to never make atransaction via Western Unionor MoneyGram, saying mostwho ask for funds wired thatway are scammers.

“It's a cyclical scam, they

go away for a while and thencome back,“ Lt. Mark Rosentold The Courier. “We want thepublic to be aware there arescammers out there and to ver-ify who the person is by askingquestions or calling a relative.“

Rosen said many seniorsin the City had contacted theBHPD warning about thescammers without falling preyto it, but said that a few resi-dents had been duped. Rosenacknowledged that its oftendifficult to find the perpetratorof these types of scams andsaid the BHPD's main motiva-tion was to help prevent resi-dents from getting victimized.

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And it was Craig who addedAsian food to the lexicon of fine din-ing, and who shared his affinity forThai food that millions were unawareof. He brought good Southern andCreole food to the American table,again unlike the usual greasepotkitchens.

Craig hosted East Hamptonlunches and dinners that critic GaelGreene described as “bacchanals”that lasted for hours with non-stopwining and festive dishes. In 1975 hecreated front page news with his$4,000 dinner for two at Chez Denisin Paris, which he won with a $300bid at auction. Sponsor AmericanExpress not prepared for this astro-nomical tab. But, not to worry, thedinner rocked the international press.The Vatican and Pope Paul VI found it“scandalous” for such an extravaganza,with so much poverty in the world.

After garnering a worldwide influ-ence for decades, he lost interest as hegrew older. “At times,” he confessed inhis memoir, “I didn’t give a damn if allthe restaurants in Manhattan wereshoved into the East River and perished… toward the end of my days as restau-rant critic, I found myself increasinglyindulging in drink, the better to endureanother evening of dining out.”

Leaving the Times during the early’70s, he returned in 1974 as food editoron the condition that he would notreview restaurants.

Anyone interested in good food(and are we, or aren’t we all?) will findTom’s profile an immensely readablepleasure about a man who “chronicledAmerica’s boring culinary past,” notesthe Kirkus Reviews, “and the man whoaltered its course forever.”

Discussing the subject of foodbrings to mind the gourmand OrsonWelles, who mentioned that his doctorrepeatedly reminded him when heordered dinner for four, there should bethree other people.

Flocks of restaurant reviewscrowd the blogosphere. Everyone’s acritic, the most popular Website beingYelp. Countless comments are oftenridiculously unreliable, carrying onabout memorably bad food. A halfcentury before this insane food mania,the pioneering Craig Claiborne washired in 1957 by The New York Timesas a professional restaurant critic.“America was a land of overdone roastbeef and canned green beans,” hispublisher recalls. “No such thing asfood criticism at the time, and no suchthing as a restaurant critic.”

Dining-out relied on frozen food,tasteless second-rate ingredients and“bogus” Continental menus. AuthenticFrench, Italian and Chinese foods werevirtually unknown.

A native of Sunflower, Mississippiwhose mother cooked at boardinghouses and fraternities, Craig Claiborneserved in the Navy during World War IIand the Korean War, and took advan-tage of his GI bill to follow his passion.Cooking, inspired by his mother’s “fan-tastic palette.” He enrolled in theworld-famous Lausanne Hotel Schoolnear the shores of Lake Geneva,Switzerland, and trained in classicalFrench cuisine.

Arriving in New York with hisexcellent credentials, Craig became afood publicist before joiningThe NewYork Times to edit its food pages andastutely criticize the restaurant scene,all the while discovering new chefs and

acknowledging overlooked ethniccooks. As he became internationallyrecognized, his many cookbooks toppedThe New York Times bestseller lists.

Craig, who we met during ouryouth and his later life, became a leg-endary powerhouse. Restaurateurs wereterrifed of him. He could make or breaka restaurant. And he did.

So Tom McNamee reveals in hisengrossing biography, The Man WhoChanged The Way We Eat: CraigClaiborne And The American FoodRennaissance. Tom also wrote the best-selling Alice Waters and Chez Panisse.His research about Craig is unrivaled,reminding us of stories Craig shared atthe great Coach House in GreenwichVillage, where we were introduced toCraig, Julia Child, James Beard, PaulBocuse by the perfectionist owner LeonLianides.

Craig created stars of MarcellaHazan for her Italian cooking, MadhurJaffrey for her historic Indian recipes,Virginia Lee for Chinese food, MaidaHeatter for her desserts, PaulPrudhomme for Cajun cookery, JacquesPepin for his French culinary heritage.Jacques bowed to Craig and Julia Childand James Beard as “the trinity of cook-ing.”

It was Craig who praised DianaKennedy’s wonderful Mexican cooking,unlike the gloppy fare available at thetime. Her cookbooks are Pulitzers withthe extraordinary recipes she’sresearched hither and yon south of theborder.

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Ice Age: Continental Drift–My Grand-daughter Loved It–Me, Not So Much

I took my 6-year-old granddaughter, Cleo, to a screening ofIce Age: Continental Drift. She came equipped with a lunch boxfilled with cookies and other assorted goodies. I took a seat onthe aisle because, as I found out a few screenings ago, whenbored she takes off for the bathroom and refreshment stand.Fortunately, there are no refreshment stands at screenings, hencethe lunch box, so that issue was academic.

When weentered theroom, produc-tion notes and 3-D glasses inhand, she satherself down

and asked me when I thought lunch boxes first were invented. Itold her many years ago. “When you were younger?” I told hereven before I was born. She was floored with that statistic.

The lights lowered and Ice Age: Continental Drift came on thescreen featuring my favorite character, Scrat, the sabertooth squir-rel. All the kids, including me, squealed with delight and laughedat his antics. I had hoped, as I have in the past, that the film wouldevolve about Scrat. It didn't but every so often, he floated in andout of the screen.

Although the stories of the subsequent Ice Age movies don'tlive up to the promise of the original for me, Cleo was taken witheach character and adventure. The 3-D glasses never came off heradorable face and she never once asked me to take her to thebathroom. I would have welcomed the brief respite but was veryhappy that she was loving every moment of the on-screen adven-ture.

At this time may I extend a hand of thanks to Ray Romano,John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Peter Dinklage,Jennifer Lopez, Nick Manaj, Wanda Sykes and Keke Palmer formaking it possible for this reviewer to spend some terrific qualitytime with my darling Cleo. When I dropped her off at hermommy's, she gave me a kiss on the cheek, a “thank you” and “Ilove you.” There is no reward greater on this earth than toreceive those beautiful and meaningful words from a grandchild.Mom, dad, grandfather, grandmother, your reaction to the moviemight be cold but when you hear those words of appreciation asI did, you will melt as sure as the driven snow on a blistering hotday.From me: 2 Bagels out of 4From Cleo: A trillion, million Bagels out of 4

Jerry Cutler on Film

Skirball Center Schedules Series OfThursday Night Sunset Concerts

Skirball Cultural Center,2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., hasscheduled a series of free“Sunset Concerts” starting at 8p.m. on Thursday nights.

The schedule begins July 26with Samba Mapangala andOrchestra Virunga.

This will be followed withthe Israeli-based Alaev Familyon Aug. 2 and then the WestCoast premiere of Cuban com-poser Roberto Juan Rodriguezand Orchestra Sarabia Aug. 9.

Another West Coast pre-miere takes the Aug. 16 spot-light with Quebec’s trio of EricBeaudry, Andre Brunet andPierra-Luc Dupuis.

Grammy-nominated LaSanta Cecilia brings Latin-sounds on Aug. 23 with EricBibb’s String Band featuringDirk Powell and Cedric Watsoncompleting the series Aug. 30.

Seating is on a first come,first served basis.

Visit: www.skirball.org

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ENTERTAIMENT

At The Peninsula BeverlyHills, Executive Chef JamesOverbaugh often gets specialrequests from guests – usuallyfor dishes that are low sodium,gluten free, or vegan.

The guest request that chefreceived recently, however,was so special, he calledupon Managing DirectorOffer Nissenbaum tohelp fulfill it.

Orange County resi-dent Richard Emmonshad called to say that hewas driving to Los Ange-les with his wife to goshopping.

He wanted to makea reservation for lunch,and wondered if the chefcould recreate the garlic-butter prawns dish hehad eaten at The PeninsulaHong Kong in July 1971.

Emmons explained that 41years ago, when he was 24, aU.S. army sergeant in Vietnam,he had wandered into the icon-ic hotel on his last day of R&R.Awed by its elegance, he de-cided to splurge on dinner.Though The Peninsula’s Veran-dah Restaurant had a dress

code, the maître ‘d wouldn’thear of turning him away. Helent Emmons a tie to wear withhis “civvies” and invited himin.

Emmons recalled enjoyinga fabulous lunch of prawns in aluscious garlic-butter sauce,

the restaurant staff seeing to hisevery need. “I said to myself,‘Enjoy every minute of this, be-cause tomorrow you’ll be eat-ing army glop back in Viet-nam,” he said. “I skippeddessert because I couldn’t af-ford it, but left the restaurant ahappy man.”

On Emmons’ way out, astaff member asked if he need-

The Peninsula Makes Ex-GI’s FoodDream Come True After 41 Years

DECADES IN THE MAKING—Ex-GI Richard Emmons and his wife Marta (center) stand with PeninsulaBeverly Hills Executive Chef James Overbaugh (far left) and Managing Director Offer Nissenbaum that recap-tured one Emmons enjoyed 41 years ago at The Peninsula Hong Kong.

ed a ride. “I didn’t have moneyfor a taxi, so I told him I was go-ing to the PX–I would walk.”

The staff member insisted.He escorted Emmons to ThePeninsula’s gleaming RollsRoyce, which whisked himaway. “I never forgot the gra-

cious welcome ThePeninsula had showna young GI,” said Em-mons.

Cut to July 10,2012: Emmons dinedwith his wife Marta atThe Peninsula BeverlyHills’ BelvedereRestaurant – Caesarsalads followed byChef Overbaugh’smodern rendition ofgarlic-butter prawns,with forbidden black

rice. For dessert, crème bruléeand chocolate-caramel cake.

Emmons thanked the cheffor a wonderful lunch. “I waslonely when I dined at ThePeninsula Hong Kong, but to-day, at The Peninsula BeverlyHills, I enjoyed it with mywife,” said Emmons. “Since thewar I have been blessed with arich life – an education, a ca-reer in government, a happymarriage – I have much to cele-brate today.”

Emmons was surprisedwhen the chef refused to givehim a lunch check. He waseven more surprised when thelatter escorted the couple out-side, to the hotel’s Rolls RoycePhantom.

Instead of the PX, the Em-mons’ destination was Bloom-ingdale’s. “It was an honor anda privilege to cook for Mr. Em-mons, both as an American andas a member of The Peninsulateam,” said Chef Overbaugh, asthe Rolls Royce whisked themthere in Peninsula style.

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cities and demand city sales tax andproperty tax revenues, as well as impos-ing penalties.

“It was unreasonable for the state tothink that cities could repay a largeamount of money on such short notice,”L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovichtold The Courier. “(It is) another exampleof the state's inability to solve its ownbudget problems and simply put the bur-den on the backs of local governmentsand school districts.”

In April the California Supreme Courtentertained giving cities the right to keeptheir agencies afloat with a “pay to play”option.

Under that option, cities would havethe right to continue with business asusual on the condition that cities pay the

state a large up-front sum, followed byannual residuals.

The “pay for play” option was de-clared to be unconstitutional. What wasnot considered unconstitutional was thedestruction of redevelopment agencies.

What is important to note is that the$151 million due July 12 is just a portionof proceeds that cities are generating,through liquidation and other means, tothe state of California.

The following is a brief list of localL.A. County cities and the amounts theyowe: City of L.A., $51.8 million; SantaMonica, $12 million; Industry, $6.1 mil-lion and Long Beach, $8.2 million.

L.A. and Santa Monica City officialsdid not respond to The Courier’s requestfor comment. Some cities, such as Bak-ersfield, are reportedly considering tak-ing legal action against the state.

the American Bar Association.Under Simons’ leadership, awards

with honorariums were reinstated tohelp give recognition to law students atlocal law schools for both communityservice and academic excellence. Si-mons also led the organization from2007-12 and restored and updated theLGBH Court Tour Guide, a program forclassrooms of students at the BeverlyHills Courthouse. She also led the up-

dating of the animated DVD “Sha-Law-Law” with a teachers guide to usein classrooms.

In addition to her work in BeverlyHills, Simons served for ten years onthe Board of American Lawyers Auxil-iary (ALA), a national organizationwhich serves as a parent group for allAuxiliaries throughout the country. Shecreated the ALA Publicity and PublicRelations Program.

Simons served on many PTA andSchool Council boards.

REDEVELOPMENT(Continued from page 1)

Winston Chua contributed to this article

ACHIEVEMENT(Continued from page 5)

was first raised by Vice Mayor JohnMirisch in October.

In May, Los Angeles joined othermajor cities in the state like San Francis-co, San Jose and Long Beach in passinga plastic bag ban.

San Francisco was the first city toban plastic bags in California when it didso in 2007. Santa Monica instituted aplastic bag ban in September.

The L.A. County Board of Supervi-sors passed an ordinance to ban plasticbags in July 2011.

The ordinance calls for a 10-centcharge when a paper bag is given to acustomer. Cartagena told the commis-sion that the council could decide to

veer away from under the county’s um-brella in adopting an ordinance, inwhich case the City would have to un-dergo a supplemental EIR.

“I tend to think our retail customersmay feel there are materials that couldbe defined as plastic bags are part oftheir brand,” Cartagena said. “So thequestion is how do we get some of thesemajor retailers to change?”

The survey will be sent out via self-addressed stamped envelope.

The commission discussed whetherit would be easier to send the survey viae-mail.

Cartagena said the results would beskewed due to the fact that providing ane-mail addresses is optional when busi-nesses submit a business license registra-tion.

BAGS(Continued from page 5)

question is, how much do we value thehistoric resources of the community?”

Santa Monica-based DLR Groupshowcased two options with those inattendance: one option included keep-ing the 1928 main building designedby Ralph C. Flewelling but called fornew construction on either side withthe elementary school on the southside and the middle school on thenorth side; the second option featureda new main building while keeping thefacade, tower and front buildings. Thecost for keeping the 1928 building was$82 million, not including additionalcosts related to historic preservation.

Combined with modernizing theauditorium, lead paint abatement, ab-sestos removal and other structuralchanges, including the possible addi-tion of an elevator, the costs for mod-ernizing the buildings versus new con-struction were close.

In response to the Board of Educa-tion directive for a historical assess-ment on the major building (originallyintended as the premiere building for

the school district), the courtyard andvarious character defining elements,DLR project manager Virginia Mar-quardt said plans were intended tocombine modern and traditional whilemaking the school “as friendly as pos-sible” accessibility wise.

Voters originally approved a $42million bond to modernize the school.The current budget for just construc-tion is $52 million, which doesn’t in-clude soft costs or contingencies.

“We don’t have the money,”Brown said. “We don’t even have themoney to finish the High School.

“Right now we’re $20 millionshort of satisfying the needs of the highschool and have no money for ElRodeo and Beverly Vista.”

Brown said the $334 millionschool construction budget was insuf-ficient and questioned whether spend-ing additional money on preservinghistory would best serve the studentsand community.

“There’s almost an eagerness and azeal [for] new,” Vice Mayor JohnMirisch said. “I have a feeling withwhat we’re dealing with here is ofgreat historical significance.”

HAWTHORNE(Continued from page 4)

BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | JULY 13, 2012Page 16HOW DO

YOU FEEL?UCLA’s Heart Transplant Program Reaches 2,000 And Counting

The UCLA Heart TransplantProgram performed its 2,000thheart transplant surgery in June,becoming the first program inthe western U.S. and only thesecond in the world to achievethis remarkable milestone.

“It is extraordinary that2,000 donor hearts have beentransplanted at UCLA, givingnew life and new hope to pedi-atric and adult patients rangingin age from two weeks to 77years,” said Dr. Abbas Ardehali,professor of cardiothoracic sur-gery and director of the heartand lung transplant program atUCLA. “Not only is this historic

occasion a time for celebration,it is also an opportunity to thankthose thousands of organdonors and their loved oneswho gave the precious gift oflife.”

Founded in 1984, the pro-gram has been a world leader inits field and was recognized in2010 by the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Resourcesas the nation's best heart trans-plant program.

Today, the program pridesitself on superior outcomes, lowmortality on the wait-list, anduse of innovative and cutting-edge approaches in the fields of

heart failure and transplantation.Patients come to UCLA for hearttransplants from all parts ofCalifornia and neighboringstates, including Arizona, NewMexico, Nevada and evenHawaii.

UCLA's team has pioneeredresearch leading to novel anti-rejection medications andstrategies, including the use oflipid-lowering statins, that haveresulted in better rejection out-comes for all heart transplantrecipients. The program contin-ues to reduce post-transplantcomplications, and its incidenceof donor heart rejection is thelowest in the country, with only5 percent of patients experienc-ing biopsy-proven rejection.

“We are pleased to offer ourpatients a concept of care thatintegrates cutting-edge sciencewith humanism and takes thepatient's perspective seriously,”said Dr. Mario Deng, professorof medicine and medical direc-tor of the integrated UCLAadvanced heart failure, mechan-ical support and heart transplantprogram.

“For example, we spear-headed development of the firstgenomic heart transplant rejec-tion-monitoring blood testcleared by the Food and DrugAdministration, called Allomap.This simple test allows us tomonitor rejection in our stableheart-transplant patients andsafely personalize immunosup-pression drugs to reduce sideeffects, while reducing painful,invasive heart-muscle biopsies.This approach underscores ourreputation as a leading interna-

tional heart transplant center,not only with respect to superbsurvival outcomes but alsoexcellent patient satisfaction.”

Yet while heart transplantssave lives, there are not enoughorgan donors to help everypatient on the waiting list,UCLA doctors say. Currently,there are more than 4,000 peo-ple nationwide, including chil-dren, waiting for a new heart.

“We have achieved 2,000heart transplant surgeries, butwe are still counting,” said Dr.Juan Alejos, medical director ofthe pediatric heart transplantprogram at Mattel Children'sHospital UCLA.

“We urge everyone to dis-cuss organ donation with theirfamily and register to become adonor. Organ donation trulysaves lives.”

To learn more about all ofUCLA's transplant programs,visit www.transplants.ucla.edu.

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A previously, little known-mechanism for the growth andspread of cancer has beenreported by Muller Fabbri, MD,first author on the paper thatrecently appeared in the earlyedition of the Proceedings OfThe National Academy OfSciences.

This mechanism may haveimplications for all types of can-cer and other diseases of theimmune system. Though thestudy is preclinical, it provides arationale for the development ofnew cancer treatments.

“To design innovative treat-ments against diseases like can-cer, researchers need to identifypotential vulnerabilities in howthe disease develops. DrFabbri and his colleagues haveaccomplished that goal,” saidBrent Polk, MD, director of TheSaban Research Institute ofChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles.

“In this study we discovereda completely new mechanismused by cancer to develop,grow and spread,” said Fabbri, aresearcher at the Children’sCenter for Cancer and BloodDiseases at CHLA. (He is alsoan assistant professor ofPediatrics and MolecularBiology and Immunology atUSC’s Keck School of Medicine.

“But what is even moreexciting is now we have identi-

fied a key mechanism used bycancer cells to grow and dis-seminate. Therefore, we candevelop new drugs which canfight tumors by entering thisnewly identified breach in can-cer’s fortress. Finally, we showthis mechanism involves TLR8, afundamental receptor of theimmune system, suggesting theimplications of this discoverymay extend to autoimmune andother inflammatory diseases.”

Scientists have shown thatsmall fragments of RNA (called

micro-RNA or miRNA) are pres-ent in the blood of cancerpatients at different levels thanin healthy patients.

This has led to the conclu-sion that miRNAs are excellentbiomarkers for the diagnosis ofcancer, since they can differen-tiate a cancer-bearing patientfrom a healthy one. Cancer cellsrelease miRNAs both into theirsurrounding micro-environmentand into the circulation. This isthe first report showing a previ-ously unknown cross-talk

between cancer cells andimmune cells, mediated by can-cer cell-released miRNAs, repre-sents a new mechanism for thegrowth and spread of cancercells.

“This study reveals a newfunction of microRNA, whichwe show binds to a proteinreceptor,” said Carlo Croce, MD,director of Ohio State’s HumanCancer Genetics program. “Thistells us some cancer-releasedmicroRNAs can bind and acti-vate a receptor in a hormone-like fashion, and this has notbeen seen before.”

Fabbri, Croce and their col-leagues demonstrated that lungcancer cells are able to secretemiRNAs inside of small vesicles,called exosomes, and the sur-rounding immune cells normal-ly present in the tumor are ableto capture and engulf these exo-somes and the miRNAs con-tained in them. They found thattwo miRNAs contained in theexosome (called miR-21 andmiR-29a) are able to bind to areceptor, called toll-like recep-tor 8 (TLR8). Once miRNAbinds to TLR8 in the immunecells, it activates the receptorand causes therelease of inter-leukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necro-sis factor alpha (TNF-a), result-ing in proliferation andincreased metastatic potential of

the cancercells. The study alsoshows immune cells within atumor, may be unable to destroycancer cells and may actually benecessary for their growth anddissemination.

The clinical implications ofthis discovery are significantsince identifying a completelynew mechanism used by cancercells provides an opportunity fortherapeutic intervention.Developing drugs that interferewith the cancer cell’s ability torelease this miRNA-mediatedsignal to the surroundingimmune cells may effectivelyinterfere with the ability of can-cer to grow and spread.

Stuart Siegel, MD, directorof the Children’s Center forCancer and Blood Diseasescommented: “As new technolo-gy allows researchers to ‘peelthe onion’ back on how cancercells actually grow and spread,discoveries such as the onedescribed by Dr Fabbri and hiscolleagues help us put this com-plex puzzle together, and offernew paths to launch attacks onthe basic mechanisms control-ing the deadly behavior of thesecells.

“We hope to take advantageof these discoveries and developmore effective treatments forcancer in children and adults.”

CHLA RESEARCHER–Muller Fabbri, M.D., a reseacher at Children’sHospital Los Angeles and assistant professor of Pediatrics andMolecular Biology and Immunology at USC’s Keck School of Medicine,has reported on a new micro-RNA mechanism which may have clinicalimplications in the treatment of cancer and other diseases of theimmune system.

Children’s Hospital L.A. Reseacher Discovers Micro RNA Mechanism Required For Growth,Spread Of Cancer And Other Immune System Diseases; May Have Major Clinical Implications

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Atkinson, Andelson,Loya, Rudd & Romo

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Quinn Emanuel 30,250.51 111,682.75 51,211 - 16,387.39 18,258.41 27.790.60Venable LLP 15,009.58 - 16,486.37 - 62,085.13 - 93,587.08

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Hill, Farrer &Burrill

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Professional feesto lawyers

20,264.47

Litigation support 256,605.71

Venable, LLP 135,641.38

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Professional fees tolawyers

25,471.78

Hill, Farrer & Burrill 1,433,112.63

Reimbursement 10,799.58

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Fees to experts 1,048,765.05

LeightonConsulting

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Venable, LLP 49.563.58

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Total Expenses:Lawyers Fees:$423,863.24Geology/Seismic Experts�:$1,783976.79Total Cost: $2,207,840.03Cash recovered by District from Litigation:$5,023,500

Allocation:General fund:$2,524,500Measure E$2,500,500Net Gain To District: $2,815,659.971A refund on the Alston & Bird retainer after theirservices were no longer required.

2Beginning of the year adjustments3Numbers are approximate4For investigating campus safety after the MetroReport falsely identified faults under BHHS and ElRodeo School. Source: Beverly Hills Unified School District

neath Beverly Hills High School.That was the cost to the district toemploy geologists, engineers,seismologists and trench-diggersto confirm or deny the presenceof the fault. Answer: there is noactive earthquake fault underBeverly High. Those fees werepaid through the law firms so thework was protected by attorneywork/product or attorney/clientprivileges. The law firms receivedno mark-up or other profit.

What about the net return?It’s about 4:1 in the district’s favor.

In November 2011, theBHUSD received $5 million incash and $1.65 million in futureequipment purchases (good forone year, with the option for a 60percent cash payout if not used)from a settlement negotiated bythe district’s outside trial counsel,Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sul-livan. The claims against JCI werebased on purchase contracts ne-gotiated by Christiansen. Chris-tiansen, unbeknownst to theBHUSD, was paid by JC-

I to recommend a $7.5 millionpurchase of JCI goods and servic-es to the Board of Education.

Quinn Emanuel also repre-sents the BHUSD in the civil casebrought filed by Christiansen,who alleged unlawful termina-tion after the District fired herupon discovering her unlawfulcontracts. She sued the BHUSDfor the remainder of her contract,totaling $16 million. BecauseChristiansen was found guilty onfour counts of felony conflict ofinterest in Los Angeles SuperiorCourt, Board President BrianGoldberg said it is likely the civilcase will be thrown out after thecriminal appeal.

In January, Christiansen wasordered to pay $3.5 million inrestitution, including $1.5 mil-lion in attorney’s fees. Notwith-standing the judgment, Christian-son is not expected to pay theaward, but JCI has already paid.Goldberg told The Courier that“had [the district] not had Mea-sure E funds… we would nothave been able to do this be-cause it would have been costprohibitive.” At no time were dis-

trict operating funds – classroomfunds – at risk or used. Goldbergsaid the case was important “tosend a message to those lookingto defraud a school district.”

Hubbard was found convict-ed of two counts of misappropri-ation of funds and ordered to pay$23,000 in restitution to theBHUSD.

Much of the amounts paid tothe law firms was used to hire theexperts whose research and testi-mony are vital to winning the dis-putes. Approximately 80 percentof the fees paid to Hill, Farrer &Burrill was for outside experts, inparticular the expensive on-sitetrenching needed to prove or dis-prove Metro’s report of an activeearthquake fault. The districtspent about $720,000 for trench-ing at Beverly Hills High Schooland El Rodeo.

“Whether we wanted to fightthe MTA or not, once they saidthere were three active faults un-der Beverly Hills High Schooland an active fault under ElRodeo, we couldn’t move for-ward [with modernization] un-less we determined if that wasaccurate,” Goldberg said. “If wedidn’t have Measure E bonds andthat report had come out from theMTA, we would have been re-quired to spend that money out ofthe general fund.”

Of the $1.4 million out of theMeasure E fund that went to Hill,Farrer & Burrill over the last sixmonths, approximately $373,000was spent for legal fees and about$1.05 million went towards ex-perts.

Payments To Law Firms

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Renee Kumetz Francesca Daniels Woodrow Clark Phyllis Diller Joan Mangum Shelley Hann Vicki Reynolds Lillian Wyshak Elaine Bernard Dr. Elliot Alpert Jenni RunyanBIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Celebrating are Elaine Bernard, Woodrow Clark and Jenni Runyan (July 13): Polly Bergen and Tommy Mottola (July 14); Brian Austin Green, ForestWhitaker and Ken Kercheval The Courier’s Joan Mangum, Linda Ronstadt, and Vicki Pepper Reynolds, (July 15); Corey Feldman, Shelley Hann, Walter Zifkin, Will Ferrell andPinchas Zuckerman. (July 16); Phyllis Diller, Diahann Carroll, David Hasselhoff, and Donald Sutherland (July 17); Vin Diesel, Francesca Daniels, Richard Branson, Kurt Masur,Elizabeth McGovern, and Renee Kumetz (July 18); Lillian Worthing Wyshak, Anthony Edwards, Brian May and Vicki Carr (July 19); and belatedly to Dr. Elliot Alpert (July 8).

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (July 13). Few work harder than you to makeother people's lives better. This year, the work you do for others makesyour own life better in rather obvious ways. Gifts and surprises tricklein the next four weeks. There's a financial boost in August. You'll com-mune with nature in September. A windfall happens in January. Taurusand Libra people adore you.CANCER (June 22-July 22). Negative thoughts are like chocolates withan automatic draw: Sometimes you don't even realize you're havingone until you've taken a bite. Don't be afraid to put that bitter littlebon-bon back in the box. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A relationship recently put on hold is sudden-ly clamoring for attention. Give it lavishly now, or you might soon turnaround to find this interest has wandered off in search of an embrace.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Go on and follow that strange whim youhave today. If you're not too careful, you will become a master of avery unusual craft, appreciated by many, understood by few.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A funny feeling lingers around your day.Though you may be unaware of the reasons behind this, it has influ-ence and may be indicative of a past event yet to be dealt with SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). So

“Backstage at the Geffen”was a star-studded event at theGeffen Playhouse and the pre-show host committee dinner byExecutive Chef Dakota Weiss atW Westwood’s The Backyardrestaurant, all of which grossedmore than $1 million for the Gef-fen’s education, outreach andartistic initiatives.

The funder honored CarolBurnett and Jim Gianopulos,chairman/CEO of Fox Filmed En-tertainment, and was co-chairedby Willow Bay and her husbandRobert Iger, chairman/CEO ofThe Walt Disney Company.

many friends and family membershave claims on your time thatyou're feeling a little over-whelmed. Slow down, take abreather, and try to prioritize so noone feels left out.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).The unconscious is an importantpart of your psyche–not to beunderestimated. Strive to createthe kind of peaceful environmentthat fosters a sense of safety on alllevels.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).Loved ones require patience. Thismeans more than waiting aroundfor them to get with the program.This is you waiting around with asmile on your face ready to assistin whatever way is needed. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Thatshaft of light on your cheeks is thesun elbowing recent storm cloudsout of the way to say hello. Be sureto lift your face up and say helloright back.PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Youhave more information than youknow what to do with, but this isnot a time for sharing. Loose lipsare dangerous. The fish who keepshis mouth shut won't get caught.ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). As thesong goes, honesty is such a lone-ly word–and you may be feelingquite isolated in your current posi-tion as minister of truth. Stick toyour guns. Soon you'll find your-self in a vast crowd of sincerity. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20).There's a bit of a spook factor foryou during this Friday the 13th.Some “ghosts” are uninvitedguests, but others bring fondmemories. Don't let those slipaway amid the bustle of daily life. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Youknow how you tend to think ofstrangers who remember yourname in a warm and friendlylight? Well, strangers will think ofyou that way, too, because youbothered to commit their names to

In introducing his long-timefriend and sometime co-star Car-ol Burnett, presenter Dick VanDyke referred to the comediclegend, who received the “Dis-tinction in Theater” award as“born with a funny bone imbed-ded in her body.” He alsoshared some wild moments for-getting their lines on stage inSame Time Next Year. Then Bur-nett reminisced about her earlylean years in NYC when shemanaged to talk her way back-stage at a performance of The Pa-jama Game in hopes of talkingone of the stars into finding heran agent.

Meanwhile, Warren Beattydid the presenting honors for JimGianopulos and the latter’s “Dis-tinction in Service” award. Jim’scareer at Fox has ranged from Ti-tanic to Avatar as well as Bull-worth, the 1999 film which wonan Oscar nomination for Beatty.

Warren and Jim, as did mostof the participants including An-nette Bening, paid tribute to Gef-fen Playhouse’s founder/produc-ing director Gil Cates, whopassed away last October. Hewas remembered in a movingvideo narrated by Laurence Fish-burne and created by local Gef-fen supporter Barbara Schroeder.

A few of the highlights in-cluded actor Andy Garcia payingtribute to his Cuban roots by per-forming an impromptu solo onthe bongo drums with his pal,jazz musician Arturo Sandoval,whom he portrayed in For LoveOf Country: The Arturo SandovalStory; Monica Mancini’s stun-ning rendition of The Shadow OfYour Smile; and Beth Behrs, cur-rently one of the Two BrokeGirls, who began her career atthe Geffen stuffing gift bags,opening the evening with Some-one To Watch Over Me.

Emcee Jane Lynch (Glee)kept the event flowing withlaughter, striking the perfectchord between honor and irrev-erence. She called Dame HelenMirren “hot,” while the lattertook aim at the angst-ridden turn

some actors take with a hilariouslook at on-stage nervous break-downs such as the meltdowns ofsome of her early British co-stars.

Jane introduced her Glee co-star Matthew Morrison as “Theguy I’ve been carrying all theseyears!” and threw in some Yid-dish for good measure. ActorJoe Mantegna re-lived the mo-ment when he first fell in lovewith acting… after seeing WestSide Story 11 times.

Dana Delany’s first blush,literally, with the stage took thefledgling college student to asummer stock turn in the mid-west where the only shows theproducer put on involved morethan their share of nudity. Fun-ny guy Bruce Vilanch had the au-dience roaring with “backstage”tales from the 17 Oscar Awardshe worked on with Gil Cates.

“Backstage at the Geffen” ti-tle sponsor City National Bankwas joined by presenting spon-sors Audi of America, NewsCorpand W Hotel’s The Backyard.Also thanks to sponsors Los An-geles magazine, Belvedere Vod-ka and Grand Marnier.

BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN–More than $1 million was raised at theGeffen Playhouse benefit which honored (above, from left) JimGianopulos and comic legend Carol Burnett, whose award was pre-sented by her longtime friend Dick Van Dyke. Below are the Geffen’sArtistic Director Randall Arney with emcee Jane Lynch.

Photos by Jordan Strauss/Geffen Playhouse

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July 13, 2012 | Page 21BEVERLY HILLSBEVERLY HILLSSUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY

OF LOS ANGELESCASE NO: SS022387

ORDER TO SHOWCAUSE FOR CHANGE

OF NAMEIn the Matter of the peti-tion of: JACOBLEBOVITZTo all interested per-son(s):Petitioner: JacobLebovitz current resi-dence address: 1060 S.Sherbourne Dr. #301Los Angeles, CA 90035filed a petition with theSuperior Court ofCalifornia, County of LosAngeles, 1725 MainStreet, Santa Monica,California, 90401, WestDistrict, on June 20,2012 for a Decreechanging names as fol-lows:Present Name: Jacob LebovitzProposed Name: Jacob LebowitzThe court orders that allpersons interested inthis matter shall appearbefore this court at thehearing indicated belowto show cause, if any,why the petition forchange of name shouldnot be granted. Any per-son objecting to thename changesdescribed above mustfile a written objectionthat includes the rea-sons for the objection atleast two court daysbefore the matter isscheduled to be heardand must appear at thehearing to show causewhy the petition shouldnot be granted. If nowritten objection is time-ly filed, the court may

grant the petition withouta hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING:Date: August 10, 2012Time: 9:00amDept: A Room: 104The address of the courtis:1725 Main Street, SantaMonica, California,90401, West District.Reason for namechange: Petitioner isalready known by hisproposed name JacobLebowitz and wishes tobe known by his pro-posed name in all per-sonal/business affairs.I declare under penaltyof perjury under the lawsof the State of Californiathat the foregoing is trueand correct.Signed: Jacob Lebovitz

Judge of the SuperiorCourtJoseph S. BidermanDated: June 20, 2012Published: June 22, 29,July 6,13, 2012BHCourier——————————FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012107427 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:HOLLYWOOD GIRLS CLUB10930 Ashton Ave. #507, LosAngeles, CA 90024; MinnaValance 10930 Ashton Ave. #507,Los Angeles, CA 90024; MillieWeaver 8106 Wilshire Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90048; The businessis conducted by: COPARTNERS,registrant(s) has begun to trans-act business under the name(s)listed herein August 03, 2011:Minna Valance: Statement isfiled with the County of LosAngeles: June 01, 2012;Published: June 22, 29, July 06,13, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012123314 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:IGC GLOBAL 287 S. RobertsonBlvd. #154, Beverly Hills, CA

90211; Chessen Stone & Ass.Inc. 3420 Calle Azul #3-A, LagunaWoods, CA 92637; The businessis conducted by: A CORPORA-TION, registrant(s) has NOTbegun to transact businessunder the name(s) listed herein:Donna Chessen, President:Statement is filed with the Countyof Los Angeles: June 20, 2012;Published: June 29, July 06, 13,20, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012123389 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:1) ELITE MATCHMAKING 2) QINTRODUCTIONS 350 S. BeverlyDr. #220, Beverly Hills, CA 90212;LNG Advisors, LLC 350 S.Beverly Dr. #220, Beverly Hills, CA90212; The business is conductedby: A LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY, registrant(s) has begun totransact business under thename(s) listed herein June 01,2012: Jose L., Felix, CEO:Statement is filed with the Countyof Los Angeles: June 20, 2012;Published: June 29, July 06, 13,20, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012123348 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:1) MODA 2) MODA QUEEN 3) 247MODA 5957 W. 3rd St., LosAngeles, CA 90036; Prima ModaInc. 5957 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles,CA 90036; The business is con-ducted by: A CORPORATION,registrant(s) has NOT begun totransact business under thename(s) listed herein:Christodoulos Kontos,President: Statement is filed withthe County of Los Angeles: June20, 2012; Published: June 29,July 06, 13, 20, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012123356 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:1) AXE-WEAR 2) AXE-WEARCAPOEIRA 1952 S. La CienegaBlvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034;Closerie ‘10’ The Design Studio1952 S. La Cienega Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90034; The businessis conducted by: A CORPORA-TION, registrant(s) has NOTbegun to transact businessunder the name(s) listed herein:Abner Bagdadi, CEO:

Statement is filed with the Countyof Los Angeles: June 20, 2012;Published: June 29, July 06, 13,20, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012114755 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:ST. JOHN 9536 Wilshire Blvd..,Beverly Hills, CA 90212; St. JohnApparel, LLC 17522 ArmstrongAve., Irvine, CA 92614; The busi-ness is conducted by: A LIMITEDLIABILITY COMPANY, regis-trant(s) has begun to transactbusiness under the name(s) list-ed herein July 01, 2003: JuliaFeldman, Secretary: Statementis filed with the County of LosAngeles: June 12, 2012;Published: June 29, July 06, 13,20, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012109056 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:TVT, LLC 303 N. Glenoak Blvd.,Burbank, CA 91501; Television,Versioning and Translation, LLC303 N. Glenoak Blvd., Burbank,CA 91501; The business is con-ducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITYCOMPANY, registrant(s) hasbegun to transact businessunder the name(s) listed hereinMay 25, 2012: Bradley M.Rose, Manager: Statement isfiled with the County of LosAngeles: June 05, 2012;Published: June 29, July 06, 13,20, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012134161 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:1) SNIBBE ORTHOPEDICS 2)SNIBBE HIP INSTITUTE 120 S.Spalding Dr. #401, Beverly Hills,CA 90212; Jason Snibbe, MDProfessional MedicalCorporation c/o- Jason SnibbeMD, 200 Loring Ave., Beverly Hills,CA 90212; The business is con-ducted by: A CORPORATION,registrant(s) has begun to trans-act business under the name(s)listed herein June 01, 2012:Jason Snibbe, M.D., President:Statement is filed with the Countyof Los Angeles: July 03, 2012;Published: July 13, 20, 27,August 03, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT 2012129497 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:ST. TROPEZ BODY 8327 BeverlyBlvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048;Monique Abergel 8214 HollywoodBlvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069;The business is conducted by: ANINDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) hasNOT begun to transact businessunder the name(s) listed herein:Monique Abergel: Statement isfiled with the County of LosAngeles: June 27, 2012;Published: July 13, 20, 27,August 03, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012129460 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:LANDMARK TIME 1436 S. LaCienega Blvd. #201, Los Angeles,CA 90035; Shelomoh Lalezarian200 S. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills,CA 90212; The business is con-ducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, reg-istrant(s) has NOT begun totransact business under thename(s) listed herein:Shelomoh Lalezarian:Statement is filed with the Countyof Los Angeles: June 27, 2012;Published: July 13, 20, 27,August 03, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012129488 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:BASIL CAFE 6404 Wilshire Blvd.#100, Los Angeles, CA 90048;Constantino FructuosoHernandez 2118 6th Ave., LosAngeles, CA 90018; Eva AngelesLopez 2118 6th Ave., Los Angeles,CA 90018; The business is con-ducted by: HUSBAND ANDWIFE, registrant(s) has NOTbegun to transact businessunder the name(s) listed herein:Constantino FructuosoHernandez: Statement is filedwith the County of Los Angeles:June 27, 2012; Published: July13, 20, 27, August 03, 2012LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012129512 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:1) M P I TALENT AGENCY 2)MICHAEL PICK INTERNATION-AL 3) MPI 4) MPI, INC. 1801Avenue of The Stars #1420, LosAngeles, CA 90067; Michael PickInternational Inc. 1801 Avenue of

The Stars #1420, Los Angeles, CA90067; The business is conductedby: A CORPORATION, regis-trant(s) has NOT begun to trans-act business under the name(s)listed herein: Michael J. Pick,President: Statement is filed withthe County of Los Angeles: June27, 2012; Published: July 13, 20,27, August 03, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012129631 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:1) SEE FILMS 2) SELISE E. EISE-MAN PRODUCTIONS 3) STORY-TELLERS 2760 Hutton Dr.,Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Selise E.Eiseman 2760 Hutton Dr., BeverlyHills, CA 90210; The business isconducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL,registrant(s) has begun to trans-act business under the name(s)listed herein 2002: Selise E.Eiseman: Statement is filed withthe County of Los Angeles: June27, 2012; Published: July 13, 20,27, August 03, 2012 LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012129671 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:

HEIWA REIKI 2211 Corinth Ave.#100, Los Angeles, CA 90064;Michele Snell-Crespel 2211Corinth Ave. #100, Los Angeles,CA 90064; The business is con-ducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, reg-istrant(s) has NOT begun totransact business under thename(s) listed herein: MicheleSnell-Crespel: Statement is filedwith the County of Los Angeles:June 27, 2012; Published: July13, 20, 27, August 03, 2012LACC N/C

––––––FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT 2012139381 The fol-lowing is/are doing business as:225 PRODUCTIONS 3923 W. 6thSt. #403, Los Angeles, CA 90020;Harlan Gleeson 3923 W. 6th St.#403, Los Angeles, CA 90020;The business is conducted by: ANINDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) hasNOT begun to transact businessunder the name(s) listed herein:Harlan Gleeson: Statement isfiled with the County of LosAngeles: July 10, 2012; Published:July 13, 20, 27, August 03, 2012LACC N/C

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NO. 12-O-2625

AN ORDINANCE OFTHE CITY OF BEVERLYHILLS REQUIRINGC O N V E N I E N C ESTORES TO OBTAIN AC O N V E N I E N C ESTORE CONDITIONALUSE PERMIT ANDAMENDING THEBEVERLY HILLSMUNICIPAL CODE

THE CITY COUNCILOF THE CITY OFBEVERLY HILLSHEREBY ORDAINS ASFOLLOWS:

Section 1. The CityCouncil hereby findsthat it can be seen withcertainty that there is nopossibility that the adop-tion and implementationof this Ordinance mayhave a significant effecton the environment.This ordinance hasbeen assessed with theauthority and criteria con-tained in the CaliforniaEnvironmental Quality Act(CEQA), the StateCEQA Guidelines, andthe environmental regu-lations of the City. ThisOrdinance does notauthorize construction,and in fact imposes thesame restrictions ondevelopment as alreadyexist under UrgencyOrdinances 11-O-2608and 11-O-2609 in orderto protect the publichealth, safety, and gen-eral welfare. ThisOrdinance is thereforeexempt from the envi-ronmental reviewrequirements of theCalifornia EnvironmentalQuality Act (CEQA) pur-suant to Section15061(b)(3) of Title 14of the California Code ofRegulations. Further,this Ordinance isexempt from CEQA onthe separate and inde-pendent ground that it isan action of a regulatoryagency (the City) forprotection of the envi-ronment, because it willprotect residentialneighborhoods andcommercial uses fromimpacts associated withintensification of com-mercial uses, and there-by qualifies as a Class 8exemption pursuant toSection 15308 of Title14 of the CaliforniaCode of Regulations.

Section 2. TheOrdinance is consistentwith the objectives, prin-ciples, and standards ofthe General Plan.General Plan Policy LU5.8 “Encroachment ofIncompatible LandUses” strives to protectresidential neighbor-hoods from intrusion ofincompatible uses anddisruptive traffic.

Section 3. The CityCouncil hereby amendsSection 10-3-100 ofArticle 1 of Chapter 3 ofTitle 10 of the BeverlyHills Municipal Code byadding the following def-inition between theterms “CommonProperty Line” and“Corner Lot” as theypresently appear in 10-3-100, with all other def-initions in the Sectionremaining unchanged:

“CONVENIENCE STORE:Any retail business sell-ing general food anddrink products notintended for homepreparation and con-sumption with morethan half the squarefootage of the retailsales floor area dedicat-ed to the sale of suchfoods and drinks, tobac-co, magazines, toi-letries, or any combina-tion thereof.‘Convenience Store’does not include a retailbusiness occupying atenant space whose pri-mary entrance opensinto the interior of acommercial building.‘Convenience Store’does not include news-stands, tobacconists,specialty food stores, orretail stores containing alicensed pharmacy.

Section 4. The CityCouncil hereby amendsSection 10-3-100 ofArticle 1 of Chapter 3 ofTitle 10 of the BeverlyHills Municipal Code byadding the following def-inition between theterms “small family day-care home” and “story”as they presentlyappear in 10-3-100, withall other definitions inthe Section remainingunchanged:

“SPECIALTY FOODSTORE: Any retail busi-ness dedicated to thesale of specialized typesor classes of food anddrink products, includingbut not limited to importfood stores, bakeries,and chocolatiers.

Section 5. The CityCouncil hereby amendsSection 10-3-100 ofArticle 1 of Chapter 3 ofTitle 10 of the BeverlyHills Municipal Code byadding the following def-inition between theterms “though lot” and“Trousdale estates” asthey presently appear in10-3-100, with all otherdefinitions in the Sectionremaining unchanged:

“TOBACCONIST: Anyretail business with atleast ninety percent ofits retail floor area dedi-cated to the sale oftobacco products suchas cigarettes, tobacco,and pipes.

Section 6. The CityCouncil hereby amendsSection 10-3-1604 ofArticle 16 of Chapter 3of Title 10 of the BeverlyHills Municipal Coderegarding uses condi-tionally permitted in theC-3 Zone by adding“Convenience Storesnot occupying a tenantspace whose primaryentrance opens into theinterior of a commercialbuilding” between theuses “EducationalInstitutions” and “Hotels,subject to the provisionsof article 28.6 of thischapter” as theypresently appear in 10-3-1604, with all otheruses in the Sectionremaining as previouslyadopted.

Section 7. The CityCouncil hereby amendsSection 10-3-1702 ofArticle 16 of Chapter 3of Title 10 of the Beverly

Hills Municipal Coderegarding uses condi-tionally permitted in theC-3A Zone by adding“Convenience Storesnot occupying a tenantspace whose primaryentrance opens into theinterior of a commercialbuilding” between theuses “Clubs” and “Drive-up, drive-in and drive-through facilities, sub-ject to the provisions ofsection 10-3-1612 ofthis chapter” as theypresently appear in 10-3-1702, with all otheruses in the Sectionremaining as previouslyadopted.

Section 8. The CityCouncil hereby amendsSection 10-3-1802 ofArticle 16 of Chapter 3of Title 10 of the BeverlyHills Municipal Coderegarding uses condi-tionally permitted in theC-3B Zone by adding“Convenience Storesnot occupying a tenantspace whose primaryentrance opens into theinterior of a commercialbuilding” between theuses “Clubs” and “Drive-up, drive-in and drive-through facilities, sub-ject to the provisions ofsection 10-3-1612 ofthis chapter” as theypresently appear in 10-3-1802, with all otheruses in the Sectionremaining as previouslyadopted.

Section 9. The CityCouncil hereby amendsSection 10-3-2003 ofArticle 16 of Chapter 3of Title 10 of the BeverlyHills Municipal Coderegarding uses condi-tionally permitted in theC-5 Zone by adding“Convenience Storesnot occupying a tenantspace whose primaryentrance opens into theinterior of a commercialbuilding” between theuses “Car washes that:A. Are enclosed in abuilding; B. Exclusivelyserve a business whoseoperation is primarilydevoted to the sales,long term leasing orrental of automobiles orother motorized vehi-cles; C. Are located onthe site of the businessbeing served; and D. Donot exceed twenty feet(20') in width or forty feet(40') in length. Whenreviewing the condition-al use permit applicationfor such car washes, theplanning commissionshall consider the condi-tional use permit criteriaset forth in section 10-3-1613 of this chapter”and “Educational insti-tution uses teachinggrade levels onethrough twelve (12)” asthey presently appear in10-3-2003, with all otheruses in the Sectionremaining as previouslyadopted.

Section 10. The CityCouncil hereby adds anew Section 10-3-3800.1 to Article 38 ofChapter 3 of Title 10 ofthe Beverly HillsMunicipal Code estab-lishing a ConvenienceStore Conditional UsePermit:

“10-3-3800.1 CONVENIENCE STORE

CONDITIONAL USEPERMIT. Where author-ized in the zone, the Citymay permitConvenience Stores asa conditional use in thesame manner that itwould process an appli-cation for a conditionaluse permit pursuant tothis Article 38. The Citymay impose any condi-tions on a ConvenienceStore conditional usepermit that are neces-sary to preserve thepublic health, safety, orwelfare, or to mitigateany potential adverseimpacts resulting fromthe establishment of aConvenience Storeincluding impacts asso-ciated with congrega-tion. The City shall notapprove a conditionaluse permit for aConvenience Storeunless it makes all of thefollowing findings:

1. The proposed usewill contribute to andenhance the characterof the neighborhood andlocation, and will pro-mote harmonious devel-opment in the area, andwill contribute positivelyto the branding andimage of the city;

2. The proposed usewill have adequatebuffering between theuse and residentialareas, schools, parks,and locations wherechildren gather, and willnot adversely interferewith the use and enjoy-ment of residential prop-erties in the vicinity of theproposed development;

3. The proposed usewill not result in detri-mental impacts to exist-ing or anticipated resi-dential or commercialdevelopment in thevicinity of the projectwith regard to traffic lev-els, traffic safety, pedes-trian-vehicle conflicts,pedestrian safety haz-ards, parking demand,parking design, andloading or manner ofoperation;

4. The proposed usewill not create excessivenoise, unpleasantodors, noxious fumes,excessive lighting,increased litter, or sub-stantial interference withneighboring propertiesor uses due to the activ-ities associated with theproposed use or itshours of operation;

5. The proposed usewill not create an over-concentration of con-venience stores in thevicinity.”

Section 11. Severability.If any section, subsec-tion, subdivision, sen-tence, clause, phrase,or portion of thisOrdinance or the appli-cation thereof to anyperson or place, is forany reason held to beinvalid or unconstitution-al by the final decision ofany court of competentjurisdiction, the remain-der of this Ordinanceshall be and remain infull force and effect. Tothe extent that the dis-cretionary process torequire a conveniencestore conditional use

permit, or any partthereof, is determined tobe invalid, a conven-ience store use shall beconstrued as prohibitedin the commercialzones.

Section 12. Repeal ofInterim Ordinance. TheCity Council herebyrepeals InterimOrdinance No. 11-O-2608 and OrdinanceNo. 11-O-2609 as lastextended by OrdinanceNo. 12-O-2621, whichrepeal shall becomeeffective only upon thisOrdinance taking effect

Section 13. Publication.The City Clerk shallcause this Ordinance tobe published at leastonce in a newspaper ofgeneral circulation pub-lished and circulated inthe City within fifteen(15) days after its pas-sage in accordance withSection 36933 of theGovernment Code,shall certify to the adop-tion of this Ordinance,and shall cause thisOrdinance and his certi-fication, together withproof of publication, tobe entered in the Bookof Ordinances of theCouncil of this City.

Section 14. EffectiveDate. This Ordinanceshall go into effect andbe in full force and effectat 12:01 a.m. on the thir-ty-first (31st) day afterits passage.

Adopted: July 3, 2012Effective: August 3, 2012

WILLIAM W. BRIEN, MDMayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California

ATTEST:BYRON POPE (SEAL)City Clerk

APPROVED AS TOFORM:LAURENCE S. WIENERCity Attorney

APPROVED AS TOCONTENT:JEFFREY C. KOLINCity Manager

SUSAN HEALY KEENEDirector of CommunityDevelopment

VOTE:AYES: CouncilmembersGold, Bosse, Brucker,and Mayor BrienNOES: NoneRECUSED: Vice MayorMirischABSENT: NoneCARRIED——————————NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No.12CA00058-1 OrderNo. 37044-16 APN:4342-011-034 YOUARE IN DEFAULTUNDER A DEED OFTRUST DATED07/27/2006. UNLESSYOU TAKE ACTIONTO PROTECT YOURPROPERTY, IT MAYBE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THENATURE OF THEP R O C E E D I N G SAGAINST YOU, YOUSHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On July 19,2012 at 01:00 PM,RSM&A ForeclosureServices, LLC as the

duly appointed Trusteeunder and pursuant toDeed of TrustRecorded August 3,2006 as DocumentNumber: 06 1720449of official records inthe Office of theRecorder of LosAngeles County,California, executedby: LANNY D. HADJU,A SINGLE MAN asTrustor, MortgageElectronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., actingas nominee forGreenPoint MortgageFunding, Inc., asBeneficiary, WILLSELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION TO THE HIGH-EST BIDDER FORCASH (payable at timeof sale in lawful moneyof the United States,by cash, a cashier’scheck drawn by a stateor national bank, acheck drawn by a stateor federal credit union,or a check drawn by astate or federal sav-ings and loan associa-tion, savings associa-tion, or savings bankspecified in section5102 of the FinancialCode and authorizedto do business in thisstate) at the followinglocation: At thePomona ValleyMasonic TempleBuilding, located at395 South ThomasStreet, Pomona, allright, title and interestconveyed to and nowheld by it under saidDeed of Trust in theproperty situated insaid County, Californiadescribing the landtherein: Legal descrip-tion as more fullydescribed in said deedof trust. The propertyheretofore described isbeing sold “as is”. Thestreet address andother common desig-nation, if any, of thereal property describedabove is purported tobe: 9321 BURTONWAY B, BEVERLYHILLS, CA 90210.The undersignedTrustee disclaims anyliability for any incor-rectness of the streetaddress and othercommon designation,if any, shown herein.Said sale will be made,but without covenantor warranty, expressedor implied, regardingtitle, possession, orencumbrances, to paythe remaining principalsum of the note(s)secured by said Deedof Trust, with interestthereon, as provided insaid note(s),advances, if any, underthe terms of the Deedof Trust, estimatedfees, charges andexpenses of theTrustee and of thetrusts created by saidDeed of Trust, to-wit:$ 1 , 1 2 3 , 4 7 2 . 4 4(Estimated*) *Accruedinterest and additionaladvances, if any, willincrease this figureprior to sale. NOTICETO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on thisproperty lien, youshould understand thatthere are risksinvolved in bidding at atrustee auction. Youwill be bidding on alien, not the propertyitself. Placing the high-est bid at a trusteeauction does not auto-

matically entitle you tofree and clear owner-ship of the property.You should also beaware that the lienbeing auctioned offmay be a junior lien. Ifyou are the highestbidder at the auction,you are or may beresponsible for payingoff all liens senior tothe lien being auc-tioned off, before youcan receive clear titleto the property. Youare encouraged toinvestigate the exis-tence, priority, and sizeof outstanding liensthat may exist on thisproperty by contactingthe county recorder’soffice or a title insur-ance company, eitherof which may chargeyou a fee for this infor-mation. If you consulteither of theseresources, you shouldbe aware that thesame lender may holdmore than one mort-gage or deed of truston the property.NOTICE TO PROPER-TY OWNER: The saledate shown on thisnotice of sale may bepostponed one ormore times by themortgagee, benefici-ary, trustee, or a court,pursuant to Section2924g of the CaliforniaCivil Code. The lawrequires that informa-tion about trustee salepostponements bemade available to youand to the public, as acourtesy to those notpresent at the sale. Ifyou wish to learnwhether your sale datehas been postponed,and, if applicable, therescheduled time anddate for the sale of thisproperty, you may call(714) 277-4845 or visitthis Internet Web Sitew w w . u s a -foreclosure.com, usingthe file number,1 2 C A 0 0 0 5 8 - 1 ,assigned to this case.Information aboutpostponements thatare very short durationor that occur close intime to the scheduledsale may not be imme-diately reflected in thetelephone informationor on the Internet Website. The best way toverify postponementinformation is to attendthe scheduled sale.The beneficiary undersaid Deed of Trustheretofore executedand delivered to theundersigned a writtenDeclaration of Defaultand Demand for Sale,and a written Notice ofDefault and Election toSell. The undersignedcaused said Notice ofDefault and Election toSell to be recorded inthe county where thereal property is locatedand more than threemonths have elapsedsince such recorda-tion. Date: 06/23/2012RSM&A ForeclosuresServices, LLC 15165Ventura Boulevard,Suite 330 ShermanOaks, CA 91403 (805)804-5616 For specificinformation on salesincluding bid amountscall (714) 277-4845.M a g d a l e n aBerkowska, AuthorizedAgent of RSM&AForeclosures Services,LLC FEI#1045.0166506/29, 07/06, 07/13/2012

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PUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESNOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE T.S No. 1357165-02 APN: 4340-023-113TRA: 001349 LOAN NO:Xxxxxx2065 REF:Gelfand, JacquelineIMPORTANT NOTICE TOPROPERTY OWNER:YOU ARE IN DEFAULTUNDER A DEED OFTRUST, DATEDNovember 15, 2006.UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEEDAN EXPLANATION OFTHE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDING AGAINSTYOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.On July 19, 2012, at9:00am, Cal-WesternR e c o n v e y a n c eCorporation, as dulyappointed trustee underand pursuant to Deed ofTrust recorded November28, 2006, as Inst. No. 062623336** in book XX,page XX of OfficialRecords in the office ofthe County Recorder ofLos Angeles County,State of California, exe-cuted by Jacqueline CGelfand, An UnmarriedWoman, will sell at publicauction to highest bidderfor cash, cashier’s checkdrawn on a state ornational bank, a checkdrawn by a state or feder-al credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or feder-al savings and loan asso-ciation, savings associa-tion, or savings bankBehind the fountain locat-ed in civic center plaza,400 civic Center PlazaPomona, California, allright, title and interestconveyed to and nowheld by it under saidDeed of Trust in the prop-erty situated in saidCounty and Statedescribed as: Completelydescribed in said deed oftrust **loan modificationagreement dated septem-ber 1, 2011, recorded01/23/2012, doc#20120114087. The streetaddress and other com-mon designation, if any,of the real propertydescribed above is pur-ported to be: 9005Cynthia Street #318 WestHollywood CA 90069The undersigned Trusteedisclaims any liability forany incorrectness of thestreet address and othercommon designation, ifany, shown herein. Saidsale will be held, but with-out covenant or warranty,express or implied,regarding title, posses-sion, condition or encum-brances, including fees,charges and expenses ofthe Trustee and of thetrusts created by saidDeed of Trust, to pay theremaining principal sumsof the note(s) secured bysaid Deed of Trust. Thetotal amount of the unpaidbalance of the obligationsecured by the propertyto be sold and reasonableestimated costs, expens-es and advances at thetime of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Saleis: $393,964.62. If theTrustee is unable to con-vey title for any reason,the successful bidder'ssole and exclusive reme-dy shall be the return ofmonies paid to theTrustee, and the success-ful bidder shall have nofurther recourse. Thebeneficiary under saidDeed of Trust heretoforeexecuted and delivered tothe undersigned a writtendeclaration of Default andDemand for Sale, and a

written Notice of Defaultand Election to Sell. Theundersigned caused saidNotice of Default andElection to Sell to berecorded in the countywhere the real property islocated. NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS: Ifyou are considering bid-ding on this property lien,you should understandthat there are risksinvolved in bidding at atrustee auction. You willbe bidding on a lien, noton the property itself.Placing the highest bid ata trustee auction does notautomatically entitle youto free and clear owner-ship of the property. Youshould also be aware thatthe lien being auctionedoff may be a junior lien. Ifyou are the highest bidderat the auction, you are ormay be responsible forpaying off all liens seniorto the lien being auc-tioned off, before you canreceive clear title to theproperty. You are encour-aged to investigate theexistence, priority, andsize of outstanding liensthat may exist on thisproperty by contacting thecounty recorder's office ora title insurance compa-ny, either of which maycharge you a fee for thisinformation. If you consulteither of these resources,you should be aware thatthe same lender may holdmore than one mortgageor deed of trust on theproperty. NOTICE TOPROPERTY OWNER:The sale date shown onthis notice of sale may bepostponed one or moretimes by the mortgagee,beneficiary, trustee, or acourt, pursuant to section2924g of the CaliforniaCivil Code. The lawrequires that informationabout trustee sale post-ponements be madeavailable to you and tothe public, as a courtesyto those not present atthe sale. If you wish tolearn whether your saledate has been post-poned, and, if applicable,the rescheduled time anddate for the sale of thisproperty, you may call(619)590-1221 or visit theinternet websitewww.rppsales.com, usingthe file number assignedto this case 1357165-02.Information about post-ponements that are veryshort in duration or thatoccur close in time to thescheduled sale may notimmediately be reflectedin the telephone informa-tion or on the InternetWeb Site. The best wayto verify postponementinformation is to attendthe scheduled sale. Forsales informa-tion:(619)590-1221. Cal-Western ReconveyanceCorporation, 525 EastMain Street, P.O. Box22004, El Cajon, CA92022-9004 Dated: June28, 2012. (R-41355906/29/12, 07/06/12,07/13/12)——————————NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE TS No. 12-0029542 Doc ID#0008734431612005NTitle Order No. 12-0049688 Investor/InsurerNo. 1707663921 APN No.5559-006-177 YOU AREIN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST,DATED 07/19/2005.UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEEDAN EXPLANATION OF

THE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDING AGAINSTYOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.Notice is hereby giventhat RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A., as dulyappointed trustee pur-suant to the Deed of Trustexecuted by DAVIDERALD WHEELER, ASINGLE MAN, dated07/19/2005 and recorded7/28/2005, as InstrumentNo. 2005-1787813, inBook , Page , of OfficialRecords in the office ofthe County Recorder ofLos Angeles County,State of California, willsell on 08/09/2012 at9:00AM, DoubletreeHotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111Sycamore Drive,Norwalk, CA 90650,Vineyard Ballroom atpublic auction, to thehighest bidder for cash orcheck as describedbelow, payable in full attime of sale, all right, title,and interest conveyed toand now held by it undersaid Deed of Trust, in theproperty situated in saidCounty and State and asmore fully described inthe above referencedDeed of Trust. The streetaddress and other com-mon designation, if any,of the real propertydescribed above is pur-ported to be: 1230NORTH HORN AVENUE#421, WEST HOLLY-WOOD, CA, 90069. Theundersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for anyincorrectness of the streetaddress and other com-mon designation, if any,shown herein. The totalamount of the unpaid bal-ance with interest thereonof the obligation securedby the property to be soldplus reasonable estimat-ed costs, expenses andadvances at the time ofthe initial publication ofthe Notice of Sale is$159,536.97. It is possi-ble that at the time of salethe opening bid may beless than the total indebt-edness due. In addition tocash, the Trustee willaccept cashier's checksdrawn on a state ornational bank, a checkdrawn by a state or feder-al credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or feder-al savings and loan asso-ciation, savings associa-tion, or savings bankspecified in Section 5102of the Financial Code andauthorized to do businessin this state. Said sale willbe made, in an ''AS IS''condition, but withoutcovenant or warranty,express or implied,regarding title, posses-sion or encumbrances, tosatisfy the indebtednesssecured by said Deed ofTrust, advances thereun-der, with interest as pro-vided, and the unpaidprincipal of the Notesecured by said Deed ofTrust with interest thereonas provided in said Note,plus fees, charges andexpenses of the Trusteeand of the trusts createdby said Deed of Trust. Ifrequired by the provisionsof section 2923.5 of theCalifornia Civil Code, thedeclaration from the mort-gagee, beneficiary orauthorized agent isattached to the Notice ofTrustee's Sale dulyrecorded with the appro-priate County Recorder'sOffice. NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS Ifyou are considering bid-ding on this property lien,you should understand

that there are risksinvolved in bidding at atrustee auction. You willbe bidding on a lien, noton a property itself.Placing the highest bid ata trustee auction does notautomatically entitle youto free and clear owner-ship of the property. Youshould also be aware thatthe lien being auctionedoff may be a junior lien. Ifyou are the highest bidderat the auction, you are ormay be responsible forpaying off all liens seniorto the lien being auc-tioned off, before you canreceive clear title to theproperty. You are encour-aged to investigate theexistence, priority, andsize of outstanding liensthat may exist on thisproperty by contacting thecounty recorder's office ora title insurance compa-ny, either of which maycharge you a fee for thisinformation. If you consulteither of these resources,you should be aware thatthe lender may hold morethan one mortgage ordeed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER The saledate shown on this noticeof sale may be postponedone or more times by themortgagee, beneficiary,trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g ofthe California Civil Code.The law requires thatinformation about trusteesale postponements bemade available to youand to the public, as acourtesy to those notpresent at the sale. If youwish to learn whetheryour sale date has beenpostponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduledtime and date for the saleof this property, you maycall 1-800-281-8219 orvisit this Internet Web sitewww.recontrustco.com,using the file numberassigned to this case TSNo. 12-0029542.Information about post-ponements that are veryshort in duration or thatoccur close in time to thescheduled sale may notimmediately be reflectedin the telephone informa-tion or on the InternetWeb site. The best way toverify postponementinformation is to attendthe scheduled sale.RECONTRUST COMPA-NY, N.A. 1800 TapoCanyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA93063 Phone: (800) 2818219, Sale Information(626) 927-4399 By: -Trustee's Sale OfficerRECONTRUST COMPA-NY, N.A. is a debt collec-tor attempting to collect adebt. Any informationobtained will be used forthat purpose. A-FN4265755 07/13/2012,07/20/2012, 07/27/2012——————————NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE Trustee Sale No.246651CA Loan No.3012841254 Title OrderNo. 678946 YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUSTDATED 03-23-2007.UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEEDAN EXPLANATION OFTHE NATURE OF THEP R O C E E D I N G SAGAINST YOU, YOUSHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On 08-03-2012at 11:00 A.M., CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCECOMPANY as the dulyappointed Trustee under

and pursuant to Deed ofTrust Recorded 04-02-2007, Book N/A, PageN/A, Instrument20070769943, of officialrecords in the Office ofthe Recorder of LOSANGELES County,California, executed by:NILOUFAR YOUNESSITRUSTEE OF THE 2004NILOUFAR YOUNESSIREVOCABLE TRUSTDATED JULY 16, 2004,as Trustor, WASHING-TON MUTUAL BANK, FA,as Beneficiary, will sell atpublic auction sale to thehighest bidder for cash,cashier's check drawn bya state or national bank, acashier's check drawn bya state or federal creditunion, or a cashier'scheck drawn by a state orfederal savings and loanassociation, savingsassociation, or savingsbank specified in section5102 of the FinancialCode and authorized todo business in this state.Sale will be held by theduly appointed trustee asshown below, of all right,title, and interest con-veyed to and now held bythe trustee in the here-inafter described propertyunder and pursuant to theDeed of Trust. The salewill be made, but withoutcovenant or warranty,expressed or implied,regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, topay the remaining princi-pal sum of the note(s)secured by the Deed ofTrust, interest thereon,estimated fees, chargesand expenses of theTrustee for the totalamount (at the time of theinitial publication of theNotice of Sale) reason-ably estimated to be setforth below. The amountmay be greater on theday of sale. Place of Sale:BY THE FOUNTAINLOCATED AT 400 CIVICCENTER PLAZA,POMONA, CA 91766.Legal Description: PAR-CEL 1 A) AN UNDIVIDED1/102ND INTEREST INAND TO LOTS 1, 2 AND3 OF TRACT NO. 43889,IN THE CITY OF BEVER-LY HILLS, AS PER MAPRECORDED IN BOOK1085 PAGES 3 AND 4 OFMAPS, IN THE OFFICEOF THE COUNTYRECORDER OF SAIDCOUNTY EXCEPTTHEREFROM ALL OIL,GAS AND OTHERHYDROCARBON SUB-STANCES, BUT WITH-OUT THE RIGHT TOENTER ON THE SUR-FACE OF SAID PROP-ERTY OR THE SUBSUR-FACE THEREOF, TO ADEPTH OF 500 FEETBELOW THE SURFACE,AS RESERVED BYBERKELEY HALLSCHOOL FOUNDATIONIN THE DEED RECORD-ED OCTOBER 16, 1980AS INSTRUMENT NO.80-1029220, OFFICIALRECORDS. ALSOEXCEPT THEREFROMUNITS 1-01, 1-02, 1-03,1-101 TO 1-113,1-201 TO1-213,1-301 TO 1-313, 1-401 TO 1-408, 2-101 TO2-113, 2-201 TO 2-213, 2-301 TO 2-313, 2-401 TO2-413, ALL INCLUSIVE,AS DEFINED ANDDELINEATED ON ACONDOMINIUM PLANRECORDED MAY 15,1987 AS INSTRUMENTNO. 87-770978, OFFI-CIAL RECORDS, ANDAS AMENDED BY ANI N S T R U M E N TRECORDED JUNE 22,1987 AS INSTRUMENTNO. 87-988619, OFFI-

CIAL RECORDS, ANDAS AMENDED BY ANI N S T R U M E N TRECORDED AUGUST25, 1987 AS INSTRU-MENT NO 87-1359408,OFFICIAL RECORDS. B)UNIT 1-109 AS DEFINEDAND DELINEATED ONTHE ABOVE REFERREDTO CONDOMINIUMPLAN PARCEL 2 ANEXCLUSIVE EASE-MENT, APPURTENANTTO PARCEL 1 ABOVE,FOR ALL USES ANDPURPOSES OF A ''BAL-CONY'' OVER ANDACROSS THAT POR-TION OF LOTS 1, 2 AND3 OF SAID TRACT NO.43889, IN THE CITY OFBEVERLY HILLS,DEFINED AND DELIN-EATED AS ''EXCLUSIVEUSE COMMON AREA''N/A ON THE ABOVEREFERENCED CONDO-MINIUM PLAN PARCEL3 AN EXCLUSIVE EASE-MENT, APPURTENANTTO PARCEL 1 ABOVE,FOR ALL USES ANDPURPOSES OF A''DECK'' OVER ANDACROSS THAT POR-TION OF LOTS 1, 2 AND3 OF SAID TRACT NO.43889, IN THE CITY OFBEVERLY HILLS,DEFINED AND DELIN-EATED AS ''EXCLUSIVEUSE COMMON AREA''109-D ON THE ABOVEREFERENCED CONDO-MINIUM PLAN Amount ofunpaid balance and othercharges: $832,748.31(estimated) Streetaddress and other com-mon designation of thereal property: 200NORTH SWALL DRIVE #359 BEVERLY HILLS, CA90211 APN Number:4335-020-092 The under-signed Trustee disclaimsany liability for any incor-rectness of the streetaddress and other com-mon designation, if any,shown herein. The prop-erty heretofore describedis being sold "as is". Incompliance withCalifornia Civil Code2923.5(c) the mortgagee,trustee, beneficiary, orauthorized agentdeclares: that it has con-tacted the borrower(s) toassess their financial situ-ation and to exploreoptions to avoid foreclo-sure; or that it has madeefforts to contact the bor-rower(s) to assess theirfinancial situation and toexplore options to avoidforeclosure by one of thefollowing methods: bytelephone; by UnitedStates mail; either 1stclass or certified; byovernight delivery; by per-sonal delivery; by e-mail;by face to face meeting.DATE: 07-09-2012 CALI-FORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY, asTrustee DEREK WEAR-RENEE, ASSISTANTSECRETARY CaliforniaReconveyance Company9200 Oakdale AvenueMail Stop: CA2-4379Chatsworth, CA 91311800-892-6902 For SalesInformation: (714) 730-2727 orwww.lpsasap.com (714)573-1965 or www.priority-posting.com NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS: Ifyou are considering bid-ding on this property lien,you should understandthat there are risksinvolved in bidding at atrustee auction. You willbe bidding on a lien, noton the property itself.Placing the highest bid ata trustee auction does notautomatically entitle youto free and clear owner-

ship of the property. Youshould also be aware thatthe lien being auctionedoff may be a junior lien. Ifyou are the highest bidderat the auction, you are ormay be responsible forpaying off all liens seniorto the lien being auc-tioned off, before you canreceive clear title to theproperty. You are encour-aged to investigate theexistence, priority, andsize of outstanding liensthat may exist on thisproperty by contacting thecounty recorder's office ora title insurance compa-ny, either of which maycharge you a fee for thisinformation. If you consulteither of these resources,you should be aware thatthe same lender may holdmore than one mortgageor deed of trust on theproperty. NOTICE TOPROPERTY OWNER:The sale date shown onthis notice of sale may bepostponed one or moretimes by the mortgagee,beneficiary, trustee, or acourt, pursuant to Section2924g of the CaliforniaCivil Code. The lawrequires that informationabout trustee sale post-ponements be madeavailable to you and tothe public, as a courtesyto those not present atthe sale. If you wish tolearn whether your saledate has been post-poned, and, if applicable,the rescheduled time anddate for the sale of thisproperty, this informationcan be obtained from oneof the following two com-panies: LPS AgencySales & Posting at (714)730-2727, or visit theInternet Web sitew w w . l p s a s a p . c o m(Registration required tosearch for sale informa-tion) or Priority Posting &Publishing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the InternetWeb site www.priority-posting.com (Click on thelink for “AdvancedSearch” to search for saleinformation), using theTrustee Sale No. shownabove. Information aboutpostponements that arevery short in duration orthat occur close in time tothe scheduled sale maynot immediately bereflected in the telephoneinformation or on theInternet Web site. Thebest way to verify post-ponement information isto attend the scheduledsale. CALIFORNIARECONVEYANCE COM-PANY IS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTINGTO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. A-426963307/13/2012, 07/20/2012,07/27/2012

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N O T I C E —Fictitious name state-ment expires five yearsfrom the date it wasfiled in the office of thecounty clerk. A new fic-titious business namestatement must be filedbefore that time. The fil-ing of this statementdoes not of itselfauthorize the use in thisstate of a fictitious busi-ness name in violationof the rights of anotherunder federal, state, orcommon law (SeeSection 14400, et seq.,Business andProfessions Code).

PUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESNOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE TSG No.:100276412?CA?MAI TSNo.: CA1000199369FHA/VA/PMI No.:A P N : 4 3 4 2 ? 0 11 ? 0 3 1Property Address: 9317BURTON WAY BEVERLYHILLS, CA 90210 YOUARE IN DEFAULT UNDERA DEED OF TRUST,DATED 07/13/05.UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEEDAN EXPLANATION OFTHE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDING AGAINSTYOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.On July 26, 2012 at 11:00AM, First AmericanTrustee ServicingSolutions, LLC, as dulyappointed Trustee underand pursuant to Deed ofTrust recorded 07/20/05,as Instrument No.05?1707936, in book ,page , of Official Recordsin the Office of the CountyRecorder of LOS ANGE-LES County, State ofCalifornia. Executed by:NADER NOURAFCHAN,A SINGLE MAN,. WILLSELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION TO HIGHEST BID-DER FOR CASH,C A S H I E R ' SCHECK/CASH EQUIVA-LENT or other form of pay-ment authorized by2924h(b), (Payable at timeof sale in lawful money ofthe United States) Insidethe lobby of the buildinglocated at 628 NorthDiamond Bar Blvd., SuiteB, Diamond Bar, CA. Allright, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by itunder said Deed of Trust inthe property situated insaid County and Statedescribed as: AS MOREFULLY DESCRIBED INTHE ABOVE MEN-TIONED DEED OFTRUST APN#4342?011?031. The streetaddress and other com-mon designation, if any, ofthe real property describedabove is purported to be:9317 BURTON WAY, BEV-ERLY HILLS, CA 90210.The undersigned Trusteedisclaims any liability forany incorrectness of thestreet address and othercommon designation, ifany, shown herein. Saidsale will be made, but with-out covenant or warranty,expressed or implied,regarding title, possession,or encumbrances, to paythe remaining principalsum of the note(s) securedby said Deed of Trust, withinterest thereon, as provid-ed in said note(s),advances, under the termsof said Deed of Trust, fees,charges and expenses ofthe Trustee and of thetrusts created by saidDeed of Trust. The totalamount of the unpaid bal-ance of the obligationsecured by the property tobe sold and reasonableestimated costs, expensesand advances at the timeof the initial publication ofthe Notice of Sale is$937,456.54. The benefici-ary under said Deed ofTrust heretofore executedand delivered to the under-signed a writtenDeclaration of Default andDemand for Sale, and awritten Notice of Defaultand Election to Sell. Theundersigned caused saidNotice of Default andElection to Sell to berecorded in the Countywhere the real property islocated. NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS: Ifyou are considering bid-

ding on this property lien,you should understandthat there are risksinvolved in bidding at atrustee auction. You will bebidding on a lien, not onthe property itself. Placingthe highest bid at a trusteeauction does not automati-cally entitle you to free andclear ownership of theproperty. You should alsobe aware that the lienbeing auctioned off may bea junior lien. If you are thehighest bidder at the auc-tion, you are or may beresponsible for paying offall liens senior to the lienbeing auctioned off, beforeyou can receive clear titleto the property. You areencouraged to investigatethe existence, priority, andsize of outstanding liensthat may exist on this prop-erty by contacting thecounty recorder's office ora title insurance company,either of which may chargeyou a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either ofthese resources, youshould be aware that thesame lender may holdmore than one mortgageor deed of trust on theproperty. NOTICE TOPROPERTY OWNER: Thesale date shown on thisnotice of sale may be post-poned one or more timesby the mortgagee, benefi-ciary, trustee, or a court,pursuant to Section 2924gof the California Civil Code.The law requires that infor-mation about trustee salepostponements be madeavailable to you and to thepublic, as a courtesy tothose not present at thesale. If you wish to learnwhether your sale date hasbeen postponed, and, ifapplicable, the resched-uled time and date for thesale of this property, youmay call (916) 939?0772or visit this Internet Webhttp://search.nationwide-posting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx using thefile number assigned tothis case CA1000199369.Information about post-ponements that are veryshort in duration or thatoccur close in time to thescheduled sale may notimmediately be reflected inthe telephone informationor on the Internet Web site.The best way to verifypostponement informationis to attend the scheduledsale. If the sale is set asidefor any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shallbe entitled only to a returnof the deposit paid. ThePurchaser shall have nofurther recourse againstthe Mortgagor, theMortgagee or theMortgagee's Trustee. Thebeneficiary or servicingagent declares that it hasobtained from theCommissioner ofCorporations a final or tem-porary order of exemptionpursuant to California CivilCode Section 2923.53 thatis current and valid on thedate the Notice of Sale isfiled and/or The timeframefor giving Notice of Salespecified in subdivision (s)of California Civil CodeSection 2923.52 appliesand has been provided orthe loan is exempt from therequirements. Date:06/22/12, First AmericanTrustee ServicingSolutions, LLC 6 CampusCircle, 2nd Floor,Westlake, TX 76262Original document signedby Authorized Agent, ChetSconyers -- FORTRUSTEE'S SALEINFORMATION PLEASECALL (916) 939-0772.First American Trustee

Servicing Solutions, LLCMay be Acting as a DebtCollector Attempting toCollect a Debt. AnyInformation obtained maybe used for that purpose.NPP0203628 07/06/12,07/13/12, 07/20/12——————————T.S. No.: 10-10371Notice Of Trustee's SaleUnder DelinquentAssessment LienTitle No.: 5905187 APN:4335-020-092 Reference:38-000359-01 You Are InDefault Under A Notice OfDelinquent AssessmentDated 11/28/2011. UnlessYou Take Action To ProtectYour Property, It May BeSold At A Public Sale. IfYou Need An ExplanationOf The Nature Of TheProceedings Against You,You Should Contact ALawyer. On 7/27/2012 at10:30 AM, Best AllianceForeclosure and LienServices as the dulyappointed Trustee underand pursuant to DelinquentAssessment Lien, record-ed on 12/2/2011 asDocument No. 2011-1631643 ,Book-- ,Page--,of Official Records in theOffice of the Recorder ofLos Angeles County,California, property ownedby: Niloufar Younessi,trustee of the 2004 NiloufarYounessi Revocable Trustdated July 15, 2004 WillSell At Public Auction ToThe Highest Bidder ForCash, (payable at time ofsale in lawful money of theUnited States, by cash, acashier's check drawn by astate or national bank, acheck drawn by a state orfederal credit union, or acheck drawn by a state orfederal savings and loanassociation, savings asso-ciation, or savings bankspecified in section 5102 ofthe Financial Code andauthorized to do businessIn this state.) At: At TheFront Steps Of BuildingLocated At 17305 GilmoreStreet, Van Nuys, CA allright, title and interestunder said DelinquentAssessment Lien in theproperty situated in saidCounty, describing the landtherein: 'Lots 1, 2 And 3 OfTract No. 43889, In TheCity Of Beverly Hills, AsPer Map Recorded In Ook1085, Pages 3 And 4, OfMaps' The street addressand other common desig-nation, if any, of the realproperty described aboveis purported to be: 200North Swall Drive #359Beverly Hills, CA 90211Title No.: 5905187 T.S.No.: 10-10371 ReferenceNo.: 38-000359-01 AP No.:4335-020-092 The under-signed Trustee disclaimsany liability for any incor-rectness of the streetaddress and other com-mon designation, If any,shown herein. Said salewill be made, "AS-IS" and"WITH ALL FAULTS" andthat no representations orwarranties are made as tothe legal title, possession,legal condition, location,dimensions of land, bound-ary lines, legality of bound-ary line adjustments, com-pliance with or violations ofthe subdivision map act, orany other law, rules or reg-ulations concerning thelegality of the property oras described, or encum-brances existing or regard-ing the physical conditionof the property, to pay theremaining principal sumdue under said Notice ofDelinquent Assessmentand Claim of Lien, withinterest thereon, as provid-ed in said notice,advances, if any, estimated

fees, charges and expens-es of the Trustee, to-wit:$34,253.33 EstimatedAccrued interest and addi-tional advances, if any, willincrease this figure prior tosale. If the Trustee isunable to convey title forany reason, the successfulbidder’s sole and exclusiveremedy shall be the returnof monies paid to theTrustee and the successfulbidder shall have no furtherrecourse. This sale shallbe subject to a right ofredemption. The redemp-tion period within whichthis property interest maybe redeemed ends 90days after the date of thesale. The claimant undersaid DelinquentAssessment Lien hereto-fore executed and deliv-ered to the undersigned awritten Declaration ofDefault and Demand forSale, and a written Noticeof Default and Election toSell. The undersignedcaused said Notice ofDefault and Election to Sellto be recorded In the coun-ty where the real propertyIs located and more thanthree months haveelapsed since such recor-dation. Best AllianceForeclosure and LienServices, as Trustee orAgent to Trustee is a debtcollector and is attemptingto collect a debt. Any infor-mation received will beused for that purpose.Date: 6/29/2012 BestAlliance Foreclosure andLien Services, as TrusteeBy: /s/ Barbara MacKenzieBest Alliance Foreclosureand Lien Services 16133Ventura Blvd., Suite 700Encino, CA 91436 (888)785-9721 Office Visits AreBy Appointment Only, NoWalk Ins Can BeAccommodated. PleaseCall First. 07/06/12,07/13/12, 07/20/12——————————NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE T.S No. 1353348-11APN: 5529-001-121 TRA:001319 LOAN NO:Xxxxxx7160 REF: Charlie,Yawar IMPORTANTNOTICE TO PROPERTYOWNER: YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST, DATEDJuly 28, 2006. UNLESSYOU TAKE ACTION TOPROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLDAT A PUBLIC SALE. IFYOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THENATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU,YOU SHOULD CONTACTA LAWYER. On July 26,2012, at 9:00am, Cal-Western ReconveyanceCorporation, as dulyappointed trustee underand pursuant to Deed ofTrust recorded August 04,2006, as Inst. No. 061732587** in book XX,page XX of OfficialRecords in the office of theCounty Recorder of LosAngeles County, State ofCalifornia, executed byYawar Charlie A SingleMan, will sell at public auc-tion to highest bidder forcash, cashier’s checkdrawn on a state or nation-al bank, a check drawn bya state or federal creditunion, or a check drawn bya state or federal savingsand loan association, sav-ings association, or sav-ings bank Behind the foun-tain located in civic centerplaza, 400 civic CenterPlaza Pomona, California,all right, title and interestconveyed to and now heldby it under said Deed ofTrust in the property situat-ed in said County andState described as:

Completely described insaid deed of trust **loanmodification agreementrecorded on 12/29/2010 asinstrument no.20101930958 The streetaddress and other commondesignation, if any, of thereal property describedabove is purported to be:1015 N Kings Rd #316West Hollywood CA90069 The undersignedTrustee disclaims any liabil-ity for any incorrectness ofthe street address andother common designation,if any, shown herein. Saidsale will be held, but with-out covenant or warranty,express or implied, regard-ing title, possession, condi-tion or encumbrances,including fees, charges andexpenses of the Trusteeand of the trusts created bysaid Deed of Trust, to paythe remaining principalsums of the note(s)secured by said Deed ofTrust. The total amount ofthe unpaid balance of theobligation secured by theproperty to be sold and rea-sonable estimated costs,expenses and advances atthe time of the initial publi-cation of the Notice of Saleis: $396,514.98. If theTrustee is unable to conveytitle for any reason, the suc-cessful bidder's sole andexclusive remedy shall bethe return of monies paid tothe Trustee, and the suc-cessful bidder shall haveno further recourse. Thebeneficiary under saidDeed of Trust heretoforeexecuted and delivered tothe undersigned a writtendeclaration of Default andDemand for Sale, and awritten Notice of Defaultand Election to Sell. Theundersigned caused saidNotice of Default andElection to Sell to berecorded in the countywhere the real property islocated. NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS: Ifyou are considering biddingon this property lien, youshould understand thatthere are risks involved inbidding at a trustee auction.You will be bidding on alien, not on the propertyitself. Placing the highestbid at a trustee auctiondoes not automatically enti-tle you to free and clearownership of the property.You should also be awarethat the lien being auc-tioned off may be a juniorlien. If you are the highestbidder at the auction, youare or may be responsiblefor paying off all liens seniorto the lien being auctionedoff, before you can receiveclear title to the property.You are encouraged toinvestigate the existence,priority, and size of out-standing liens that mayexist on this property bycontacting the countyrecorder's office or a titleinsurance company, eitherof which may charge you afee for this information. Ifyou consult either of theseresources, you should beaware that the same lendermay hold more than onemortgage or deed of truston the property. NOTICETO PROPERTY OWNER:The sale date shown onthis notice of sale may bepostponed one or moretimes by the mortgagee,beneficiary, trustee, or acourt, pursuant to section2924g of the California CivilCode. The law requires thatinformation about trusteesale postponements bemade available to you andto the public, as a courtesyto those not present at thesale. If you wish to learnwhether your sale date has

been postponed, and, ifapplicable, the resched-uled time and date for thesale of this property, youmay call (619)590-1221 orvisit the internet website"http://www.rppsales.com"www.rppsales.com, usingthe file number assigned tothis case 1353348-11.Information about post-ponements that are veryshort in duration or thatoccur close in time to thescheduled sale may notimmediately be reflected inthe telephone informationor on the Internet WebSite. The best way to verifypostponement informationis to attend the scheduledsale. For sales informa-tion:(619)590-1221. Cal-Western ReconveyanceCorporation, 525 EastMain Street, P.O. Box22004, El Cajon, CA92022-9004 Dated: July05, 2012. (R-41422707/06/12, 07/13/12,07/20/12)——————————

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE T.S No. 1356810-02APN: 5555-006-134 TRA:001349 LOAN NO:Xxxxxx4652 REF:Crowley, Stephen IMPOR-TANT NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: YOU AREIN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST, DATEDMarch 02, 2005. UNLESSYOU TAKE ACTION TOPROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLDAT A PUBLIC SALE. IFYOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THENATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU,YOU SHOULD CONTACTA LAWYER. On July 19,2012, at 9:00am, Cal-Western ReconveyanceCorporation, as dulyappointed trustee underand pursuant to Deed ofTrust recorded March 08,2005, as Inst. No. 050520102 in book XX, pageXX of Official Records inthe office of the CountyRecorder of Los AngelesCounty, State of California,executed by Stephen JohnDavid Crowley, will sell atpublic auction to highestbidder for cash, cashier’scheck drawn on a state ornational bank, a checkdrawn by a state or federalcredit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federalsavings and loan associa-tion, savings association,or savings bank Behind thefountain located in civiccenter plaza, 400 civicCenter Plaza Pomona,California, all right, title andinterest conveyed to andnow held by it under saidDeed of Trust in the prop-erty situated in said Countyand State described as:Completely described insaid deed of trust Thestreet address and othercommon designation, ifany, of the real propertydescribed above is pur-ported to be: 1155 N. LaCienega Blvd., #903 WestHollywood CA 90069 Theundersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for anyincorrectness of the streetaddress and other com-mon designation, if any,shown herein. Said salewill be held, but withoutcovenant or warranty,express or implied, regard-ing title, possession, condi-tion or encumbrances,including fees, chargesand expenses of theTrustee and of the trustscreated by said Deed ofTrust, to pay the remainingprincipal sums of thenote(s) secured by saidDeed of Trust. The totalamount of the unpaid bal-

ance of the obligationsecured by the property tobe sold and reasonableestimated costs, expensesand advances at the timeof the initial publication ofthe Notice of Sale is:$377,804.27. If the Trusteeis unable to convey title forany reason, the successfulbidder's sole and exclusiveremedy shall be the returnof monies paid to theTrustee, and the success-ful bidder shall have no fur-ther recourse. The benefi-ciary under said Deed ofTrust heretofore executedand delivered to the under-signed a written declara-tion of Default andDemand for Sale, and awritten Notice of Defaultand Election to Sell. Theundersigned caused saidNotice of Default andElection to Sell to berecorded in the countywhere the real property islocated. NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS: Ifyou are considering bid-ding on this property lien,you should understandthat there are risksinvolved in bidding at atrustee auction. You will bebidding on a lien, not onthe property itself. Placingthe highest bid at a trusteeauction does not automati-cally entitle you to free andclear ownership of theproperty. You should alsobe aware that the lienbeing auctioned off may bea junior lien. If you are thehighest bidder at the auc-tion, you are or may beresponsible for paying offall liens senior to the lienbeing auctioned off, beforeyou can receive clear titleto the property. You areencouraged to investigatethe existence, priority, andsize of outstanding liensthat may exist on this prop-erty by contacting thecounty recorder's office ora title insurance company,either of which may chargeyou a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either ofthese resources, youshould be aware that thesame lender may holdmore than one mortgageor deed of trust on theproperty. NOTICE TOPROPERTY OWNER: Thesale date shown on thisnotice of sale may be post-poned one or more timesby the mortgagee, benefi-ciary, trustee, or a court,pursuant to section 2924gof the California Civil Code.The law requires that infor-mation about trustee salepostponements be madeavailable to you and to thepublic, as a courtesy tothose not present at thesale. If you wish to learnwhether your sale date hasbeen postponed, and, ifapplicable, the resched-uled time and date for thesale of this property, youmay call (619)590-1221 orvisit the internet websitewww.rppsales.com, usingthe file number assigned tothis case 1356810-02.Information about post-ponements that are veryshort in duration or thatoccur close in time to thescheduled sale may notimmediately be reflected inthe telephone informationor on the Internet WebSite. The best way to verifypostponement informationis to attend the scheduledsale. For sales informa-tion:(619)590-1221. Cal-Western ReconveyanceCorporation, 525 EastMain Street, P.O. Box22004, El Cajon, CA92022-9004 Dated: June28, 2012. (R-413557 06/29/12,07/06/12, 07/13/12)

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••• PRIME ••• BEVERLY HILLS329 S. CANON DRIVE3 BDRM, 2 BA. HOME + LARGE GUESTHOUSE1,900sf with hardwoodfloors, plenty of storageand large back yard.

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GGUUEESSTTHHOOUUSSEE//AAPPTTGGUUEESSTTHHOOUUSSEE//AAPPTTA Home Away From Home

1 Bedroom-Single Occupant

CompletelyFurnished Turnkey

LowerBenedict CanyonPrivate with patio in

woodsy setting. Designerdone, hrwd. flrs., built-ins,2 tv’s, cable, DSL, spa

tub, washer/dryer.$2,800 • Short-Term Avail.Call: 310/271-5971

Owner • Realtor

BEVERLY HILLS• • • • • • •

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• 2 Bd.+2 Ba. •

• GORGEOUS UNITS

Central air, largebalcony, pool, elevator,

on-site laundry,intercom entry.

320 N. La Peer Dr.• 310/246-0290 •

CC LOSELOSE TT OO

SS HOPSHOPS && DD ININGINING

—————–––– BEVERLY HILLSADJ.120 S. Swall Dr.• • • • • • • • •

• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • •

• Bachelor • • •

Very Spacious, A/C,intercom entry,

on-sight laundry, prkg.Close to Cedars-Sinai,

Beverly Center,shops, cafes

& transportation.310/597-9750

BEVERLY HILLS141 N. ARNAZ DR.

2 BD + 2 BANicely Appointed Unit

Centrally LocatedHistorically Preserved

3-Unit BuildingIn Unit: Dishwasher,

Laundry, A/C, Custom Cabinets,

Granite CountertopsNon-smoking building.

Please call:310/276-2119

—————––––~~ WW EE SS TT ~~

LL OO SS AA NN GG EE LL EE SS• • • • • •

2 Bdrm. + 1 BathPatio, stove,

controlled access,

on-site laundry, prkg.

1307 Barry Ave.310/473-1509

SMALL QUIET BLDG.—————WW EE SS TT LL .. AA ..WW EE SS TT LL .. AA ..1628 Westgate Ave.~ 1 Bd.~ 1 Bd.++1 Ba. ~1 Ba. ~B r i g h t & B r i g h t & A i r yA i r y ..

Dishwasher,Intercom entry, on-sight

parking, on-sightlaundry facility.

Close to transportation.310/820-1810

—————––––BRENTWOOD519 S. Barrington Ave.

˚̊ΔΔ˚̊ΔΔ˚̊ΔΔ˚̊ΔΔ˚̊ΔΔ˚̊ΔΔ˚̊1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath

Bright unit.Dishwasher, On-site

laundry, parking.Close to

Brentwood Village.310/472-8915

—————–––– • WESTWOOD •550 Veteran Ave.

= Single == 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====

Very spacious,,microwave, intercom

entry, on-sight laundryand parking.

Very close to UCLA& Westwood Village.

331100//220088--55116666—————––––•• BRENTWOODBRENTWOOD ••120 Granville Ave.

** ** ** ** ** ** ** **1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

Large, Sunny & Bright.Patio, dishwasher,

heated pool, intercomentry, on-sight lndry., prkg.Close to Everything.424/202-7286

BBEEVVEERRLLYY HHIILLLLSSBBEEVVEERRLLYY HHIILLLLSS443 S. Oakhurst Dr.

1 Bd.1 Bd. ++ 1 Ba.1 Ba.== == == == == == ==

BBRR II GG HH TT && SS PP AA CC II OO UU SS

BBEE VV EE RR LL YY HHII LLLLSS

LL II VV II NN GG ..Balcony, dishwasher,elevator, intercom

entry, on-sitelaundry, parking.

PLEASE CALL:310/435-3693

—————––––WW EE SS TT LL .. AA ..

1415 Brockton Ave.1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

{{ {{ {{ {{ {{ {{ {{

Balcony, stove, fridge,dishwasher, on-sight

laundry, parking.CLOSE TO SHOPS& RESTAURANTS.310/363-3766—————––––

W E S T W O O DW E S T W O O D1409 Midvale Ave.• • • • • • • • • • •2 Bd.+2 Ba.• Single ••• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •

•• • • •

A/C, pool, intercomentry, laundry facility,

elevator, parking.Close to U.C.L.A.

310/478-8616—————––––~ WESTWOOD ~10992 Ashton Ave.• • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • • •

• Single •Balcony, intercomentry, elevator, on-sight laundry, prkg.

Close to UCLA &Westwood Village.

310/479-8977—————––––~ WEST L.A. ~~ WEST L.A. ~

1675 Colby Ave.1 Bdrm.+1 Bath** ** ** ** ** **2 Bdrm.+2 Bath

Spacious & Bright.A/C, balcony,

dishwasher, stove,wet bar, intercom entry,on-sight laundry, prkg.

310/477-0072f—————––––•• BRENTWOODBRENTWOOD ••120 Granville Ave.

** ** ** ** ** ** ** **1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

Large, Sunny & Bright.Patio, dishwasher,

heated pool, intercomentry, on-sight lndry., prkg.Close to Everything.424/202-7286—————–––– WW ESTWOOESTWOO DD1380 Midvale Ave.

• • • • • •• • • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba.• • • • • • • • • • •Pool, elevator,

controlled access, on-sight laundry, parking.Close to U.C.L.A.

310/473-1509

BEVERLY HILLS218 S. Tower Dr.• • • • • • •

• • S i n g l e • •• • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • •Old World Charm!Bright, intercom entry,fridge, stove, laundry fac.CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS

& SHOPPING.310/531-3992

—————––––•• BBRREENNTTWWOOOODD ••922 S. Barrington Av.•• 11 BBddrrmm..++11 BBaatthh ••Fireplace, balcony,

wet bar, dishwasher,laundry facility,

elevator, parking.CLOSE TO SHOPS+DINING.

310/826-0541—————––––

WWWW EEEE SSSS TTTT WWWW OOOO OOOO DDDD1 0 9 0 5 O h i o Av e .

••• •••• • Single • •

•• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. ••2 Bd.+2 Ba.

Bright, controlled access,balcony, pool, elevator,

laundry fac., prkg.Close To U.C.L.A.

310/477-6856—————––––SANTA MONICA427 Montana Ave.

• • • • • • • • • •

• • • Bachelor • • •• • • • • • • • • •

SingleControlled access,

garage, laundry facility.Close to Beach.

310/394-7132—————––––

WWWW EEEE SSSS TT TT LL ..LL .. AA ..AA ..1236 Amhearst Ave.

• Large Unit •3 Bdrm.+ 2 Bath2 Bdrm.+ 2 Bath

Dishwasher, a/c,walk-in closet, wet

bar, controlled access,on-site parking

& laundry facility.310/820-8584

—————––––BRENTWOOD11640 Kiowa Ave.Newly Updated

2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath• • • • • • • •

Balcony, dishwasher,a/c, heated pool,

elevator controlledaccess, on-site laundry,

parking. Close toBrentwood Village,

Shops & Restaurants.• 310/826-4889 •

*BEVERLY HILLS*8725 Clifton WayNewly Remodeled

• 1 Bdrm.+Den+2 Bath •

Lrg. unit. Balcony,Walk-in closet,

intercom entry, laundryfacility, elevator, prkg.• CHARMING & BRIGHT •

Close to Cedars,restaurants, shopping

& transportation.• 310/246-3889 •—————––––

W E S T L . A .1342 Centinela Ave.

- 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath• Bright Unit •

With patio, on-sitelaundry, On-site

parking. Close totransportation.

• 424/744-6342 •—————––––SANTSANTAA MONICAMONICA

8 0 8 4 t h S t .8 0 8 4 t h S t .

* * 1 Bd.+ 1 Ba. * ** 2 Bd.+ 2 Ba. *** Large fireplace, *

*

balcony, dishwasher,intercom entry,

elevator, prkg., pool.• Close to Beach •

310/394-7132—————––––

In The HEART ofBEV. HILLS TRIANGLE

170 N. Crescent Dr.****

**** **** **** **** ********

2 Bdrm.+11/2 BathLarge & Bright.

Pool, a/c, balcony,fridge, stove, laundryrm., prkg., intercom

entry, elevator.CC LOSELOSE TT OO SS HOPSHOPS

&& RRESTESTAURANTSAURANTS..310/385-9169

—————––––MID-WILSHIRE

340 S. St. Andrews Pl.1 Bdrm.+1 BathBalcony, controlled

access, parking,elevator, on-site laundry.Close to shopping.

323/352-6255—————––––• WESTWOOD •10933 Rochester Ave.2 Bdrm.2 Bdrm. ++ 2 Bath2 Bath

JrJr. Executive. ExecutiveSpacious, balcony, a/c,fireplace, pool, controlledaccess, laundry fac., prkg.• Free WiFi Access •

310/473-5061Close To U.C.L.A.

~~ WW EE SS TT ~~~~ WW EE SS TT ~~LL OO SS AA NN GG EE LL EE SSLL OO SS AA NN GG EE LL EE SS12424 TeXaS Ave.• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •

VV E RE R YY NN I C EI C E UU N I TN I T..Dishwasher,

balcony, on-sitelaundry, covered prkg.

424/744-6342—————––––BRENTWOODBRENTWOOD

T h e C a r l t o nT h e C a r l t o n11666 Goshen Ave.( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • )

Single( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • )

Central air/heat,fireplace, patio,

controlled access,pool, elevator, parking,

laundry facility.310/312-9871

Shopping &Shopping & Dining inDining inBrentwood VillageBrentwood Village—————–––– BBRREENNTTWWOOOODD

904-908 Granville Av.2 Bd.+2 Ba.

Includes:Fireplace, balcony,

laundry facility,subterranean prkg.

Near Whole Foods.310/207-1965

—————––––HH OO LL LL YY WW OO OO DDHH OO LL LL YY WW OO OO DD

1769-1775 Sycamore Av.• B a c h e l o r• S i n g l e

Controlled access,laundry facility.

Utilities Included.323/851-3790

Close to Everything.—————––––

≈≈≈≈ WW EE SS TTWW EE SS TT ≈≈≈≈LL OO SS AA NN GG EE LL EE SSLL OO SS AA NN GG EE LL EE SS11305 Graham Pl.11 BBddrrmm.. 11 BBddrrmm.. ++++ 11 BBaatthh11 BBaatthhIntercom entry, a/c,

dishwasher, on-sightlaundry & parking.

CC LOSELOSE TT OO SS CHOOLCHOOL ..310/477-8171

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425HOUSES

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425HOUSES

FOR RENT

SSEEAALLEEDD BBIIDD SSAALLEE626 Siena Way, Bel Air Area,

Los Angeles County CA (residential)MINIMUM BID AMOUNT: $9,000,000

Georgian Manor in prime Bel Air location.

or

10619 Bellagio Rd, Bel Air Area,Los Angeles County CA (land)

MINIMUM BID AMOUNT: $5,700,000Landscaped Garden located on over an acre.

or

626 Siena Way and 10619 Bellagio Road,Bel Air (residential and land)

MINIMUM BID AMOUNT: $14,700,000

CASH ONLY.For information, showings and/or bid

package, contact Joyce Essex & Danny Harvey(DRE#00935613/01272324) 310-922-7476,

Ron de Salvo (DRE#00576209) 310-777-6233,301 N Canon Dr Ste E, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Bids to be delivered to:The Regents of the University of California,

c/o RESG,1111 Franklin St., 6th Flr, Oakland, CA 94607-5200no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012.

Public bid opening at 10:00 a.m. onWednesday, August 15, 2012 in the

Main Conference Room,1111 Broadway Street, 14th Flr,

Oakland, CA 94607-5200.

LL OO WW MM OO VV EE -- IINN !!

L.A.’S FINEST, MOSTLUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL

* * * * * *•• 2 Bd.+2 Ba.

•• •• •• •• •••• 1 Bd.+1 Ba.

6-Month Lease Avail.* * * * * *

Every Extra Luxury:custom cabinets, granitecountertops, stone entry,

pool, health club, spa.

• Free WiFi Access •• Close to UCLA •1350 S. Midvale Ave.

L.A., 90024Contact Mgr. :

• 310/864-0319 •

““TThhee MMiissssiioonn””•• WWeessttwwoooodd ••

BRENTWOODBRENTWOOD11730 SUNSET BLVD.• • • • • • •

• Jr. Executive• • • • • • •

• 1 Bdrm.+1 BathRooftop pool,

deck, gym, central air,elevator, intercom entry,on-sight laundry, parking.• Free WiFi Access •~ 310/476-3824 ~BRENTWOOD &U.C.L.A.CLOSE

—————–––– WWIILLSSHHIIRREEWWIILLSSHHIIRREE

CCOORRRRIIDDOORRCCOORRRRIIDDOORR10530-10540

Wilshire Bl.• 2 Bdrm.+1 Bath •

∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •

∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞• SingleLuxury Living

with valet,lush garden

surrounding pool,gym, elevator, etc.

Dishwasher,central air, balcony.

Call: 310/470-4474—————––––LLOOSS AANNGGEELLEESS440011 SS.. HHOOOOVVEERR SStt..

** ** ** ** ** ** ** **•• 11 BBddrrmm

++11 BBaatthh** ** ** ** ** ** ** **Control access,

PPOOOOLL,,dishwasher, elevator,

on-site laundryand parking.

213/385-4751—————––––

WEST L.A.1433 Brockton Ave.Spacious

1 Bd. + 1 Ba.Balcony, dishwasher,

parking,laundry facility.

Please Call:213/663-8513

—————––––SSAANNTTAA MMOONNIICCAA

•• CCOONNDDOO ••1222 Princeton St.• 2 Bedroom• 1 BathDISHWASHER, POOL,

CONTROLLED ACCESS,ON-SIGHT LAUNDRY

AND PARKING.310/980-3384—————––––

•• BBRREENNTTWWOOOODD ••TTOOWWNNHHOOUUSSEE

872 S. Westgate Ave.2 Bd.+11/2 Ba.

Hardwood floors,wet bar, f ireplace,

dishwasher,parking,

laundry facility,310/207-1965

CULCULVERVER CITYCITY3830 Vinton Ave.

• • • Single • • •• • • • •

Pool, sauna, fridge,dishwasher intercomentry, elevator, on-site

laundry, parking.310/841-2367

—————––––WW EE SS TT LL .. AA ..WW EE SS TT LL .. AA ..1628 Westgate Ave.~ 1 Bd.~ 1 Bd.++1 Ba. ~1 Ba. ~B r i g h t & B r i g h t & A i r yA i r y ..

Dishwasher,Intercom entry, on-sight

parking, on-sightlaundry facility.

Close to transportation.310/820-1810

—————––––BEVERLY HILLS141 N. ARNAZ DR.

2 BD + 2 BANicely Appointed Unit

Centrally LocatedHistorically Preserved

3-Unit BuildingIn Unit: Dishwasher,

Laundry, A/C, Custom Cabinets,

Granite CountertopsNon-smoking building.

Please call:310/276-2119

—————––––•• BRENTWOODBRENTWOOD ••120 Granville Ave.

** ** ** ** ** ** ** **1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

Large, Sunny & Bright.Patio, dishwasher,

heated pool, intercomentry, on-sight lndry., prkg.Close to Everything.424/202-7286

—————––––W E S T L . A .

1342 Centinela Ave.- 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath• Bright Unit •

With patio, on-sitelaundry, On-site

parking. Close totransportation.

• 424/744-6342 •—————––––WW ESTWOOESTWOO DD1380 Midvale Ave.

• • • • • •• • • • 2 Bd.+2 Ba.

• • • • • • • • • • •Pool, elevator,

controlled access, on-sight laundry, parking.Close to U.C.L.A.

310/473-1509

WWWW EEEE SSSS TTTT WWWW OOOO OOOO DDDD1 0 9 0 5 O h i o Av e .

••• •••• • Single • •

•• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. ••2 Bd.+2 Ba.

Bright, controlled access,balcony, pool, elevator,

laundry fac., prkg.Close To U.C.L.A.

310/477-6856—————––––SANTA MONICA427 Montana Ave.

• • • • • • • • • •

• • • Bachelor • • •• • • • • • • • • •

SingleControlled access,

garage, laundry facility.Close to Beach.

310/394-7132—————––––

—————––––WWEESSTT HHOOLLLLYYWWOOOODDEastview TowersEastview Towers2 Bd.+2 Ba. CondoCompletely Remodeled.Corner unit, kitch. w/

breakfast area, formaldin. rm., step-down liv.rm. w/ fireplace+balcony,walk-in closets, w/d inunit. Pool/spa/guest prkg.

$3,550/MonthLISA SHERMAN • BROKER

310/786-1851—————––––BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.1017 S. SHERBOURNEVery Private & Spacious

2 BDRM. + 1.5 BATHupper unit with breakfast

and formal dining room.Yard, laundry & parking.

$3,500/MO.Call 213/804-3761—————––––

—————––––WESTWOOD CONDO

1819 Holmby Avenue

2 bd. + 2.5 ba. + Den

Great views on quiet

street.1800 sq. ft., hard-

wood flrs, upgraded

kitchen, intercom entry,

close to Century City

mall. No Pets/Smoking.

$3,300/MO.

310/990-5021

—————––––•• PPRRIIMMEE ••

BBEEVVEERRLLYY HHIILLLLSSLrg. 2 Bd.+11/2 Ba.

$2,595/Month

2-Story Townhouse- MoreLike A House Than An Apt.Balcony, wood flrs., stove,

fridge, covered prkg.

NON-SMOKING BLDG.

310/276-3474CLOSE TO EVERYTHING.

—————––––•• BBEEVVEERRLLYY HHIILLLLSS ••22 BBddrrmm.. •• $$22,,669900//MMoo..X-LARGE LUXURY APT.Professionally deco-rated. All new interior.Hrwd., drapes, granitekitch/bath, s.s. appl., w/dhook-ups, hi-ceilings.AA LL SS OO 22 BB DD RR MM ..

$$ 22 ,, 33 99 00 // MM OO ..310/271-6811

Cell: 310/994-4122Must see! 439 S. Rexford—————––––BBEEVVEERRLLYY HHIILLLLSS336 S. Rexford Dr.

•• 22 BBddrrmm..++11 BBaatthh ••~~ NN~~ NN EEWWLLYYEEWWLLYY UUUU PPDDAATTEEDDPPDDAATTEEDD ~~~~

Upper, hardwoodfloors, a/c, laundry,

covered parking.$2,200/Month

310/247-8547310/433-1949

BEVERLY HILLS8747 Clifton Way2 BDRM. + 2 BATH

$2,200/MO.Upper unit with balcony,

central air, dishwasher,

microwave, parking,

laundry facility, gated

entry, elevator, upgraded

kitchen, rooftop patio.

Ron:310/990-1730—————–––– BEVERLBEVERLYY HILLSHILLSUpper 2 bd. + 2 ba. Many closets, laundryfacility, gated parking,conveniently locatedby restaurants, shop-

ping and transport.No Pets. No smoking.

$1,925/MO.310/927-3264

—————––––BBEEVVEERRLLYY HHIILLLLSS

TTOOWWNNHHOOUUSSEE2 Bd.+1.5 Ba. • $1,895OO LDLD WW ORLDORLD CC HARMHARM

Balcony, wood flrs, ceilingfans, washer/dryerhook-ups. No dogs.

Beverly Hills Schools.818/594-1160

OLYMPIC, NEAR ROXBURY PRK.————— BEVERLBEVERLYY HILLSHILLS~ TRIANGLE ~~ TRIANGLE ~226 N. Crescent Dr.

* * * * * * *• Large •

1 Bd.+Den.+2 Ba.LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT.dining room, hardwood

floors, full kitchen,appliances,

central air, garage.No pets. 1 Year Lease.

$1,850/Month• 310/273-6124 •

—————––––PRIME

BEVERLY HILLS1 Bedroom, 1 BathSPALDING & CHARLEVILLE

Close to shops, dining,UCLA, Cedars. Light,bright, carpeted unit.

Quiet building. No pets.$1,600/mo

310/435-2738

—————––––PRIME

BEVERLY HILLS1 Bedroom, 1 BathSPALDING & CHARLEVILLE

Close to shops, dining,UCLA, Cedars. Light,bright, carpeted unit.

Quiet building. No pets.$1,600/mo

310/435-2738—————––––PRIME BRENTWOODNORTH OF WILSHIRE

1 BDRM. + 1 BATH$1,575/MO.

Like a cottage withlarge private brick patio,real wood burning fire-place, 1 parking, laundryon premises. No Dogs.Non-smoking buildingCall 310/826-8819

—————Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Adj.Adj.

3 rd & Doheny1 B1 BEDROOMEDROOM

Carpets,min i- bl inds,

stove, refrigerator.No pets.

$1,200/Month310/275-0467

—————––––MMIIRRAACCLLEE MMII LLEEAAccrroossss LLAACCMMAA1 Bdrm.+1 Bath

Hardwood flrs., tub/stallshower, stove, fridge,

laundry facility.Charming 6-Unit Bldg.$1,100/Month

760/321-4999

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Special Sections Editor Steve Simmons*******

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The Courier welcomes “Letters to the Editor.” Remember the following guidelines:(1)The shorter the better;(2)Refrain from personal attacks or insults;(3)Keep to one topic;(4)Do not send letters which have appeared elsewhere.Email: myopinion@bhcourier.comFax: 310-271-5118Mail to: The Courier , 8840 W. Olympic Blvd.Beverly Hills CA 90211

DO YOU KNOW YOUR ACRONYMS?Dear Erudite Reader: While reading last week’s edition of The Courier, I was struck

by how many acronyms I saw there.What’s an acronym? It is a word made up of the initials of

other words in order to be brief. You know many. For example,our television call letters: ABC is short for American BroadcastingCompany. IOU is short for “I owe you.”

We see many acronyms in the press. I went for a search forthem in our own newspaper, and while I came across 25 of themI am not certain I saw them all. Nor do I know what each of themmeant. There are at least 5 whose meanings escape me.

If this pursuit interests you and you know all the meanings,please complete this list and send it back to me c/o (care of) TheCourier and I will send you a copy of one of my books. Thanks.

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CONGRATULATIONS, BEVERLY HILLS! ....AND QUIT FEELING GUILTY

We hope our readers pay attention to factsand let their emotions take a rest. For the mostpart, we believe that The Courier’s readers gener-ally pride themselves on looking at facts and try-ing to leave emotion behind. Not always, butmost of the time.

Taxes, wealth, poverty and guilt – they’reshaping up to be the main issues in the upcomingpresidential election.

We know that guilt about “success” can bevery debilitating. We know that, politically,“guilt” is a big motivator. “Envy” is the flip sideof “guilt,” and both when used together are pow-erful.

It is now clear President Barack Obama andthe Democrats will wage all-out class warfarebased largely on guilt and envy. Republicanswill try to blunt those attacks, as they usually do,by making some sort of lame rejoinder like “Weneed to grow the economy,” but still act guiltyabout being successful. Democrats will respondby repeating (endlessly) the usual guilt trip theyplace on higher income earners. Republicanswill then pretend they don’t make that muchmoney. (Actually, Democrats make up more ofthe “1 percent” than Republicans, but who’s pay-ing attention?) While we wish that Americanswould again celebrate success instead of demo-nizing it, that’s a wish for another day. That’s notthe point of this column.

This column is strictly about facts and ourwish for you to consider them.

Please, “take a moment” and look at thefacts. The Congressional Budget Office is aboutas close as we get to an unbiased impartialsource. What about income “disparity”? Whatabout “fair share taxation”? What about “jus-tice”?

The results are in and . . . guess what?Beverly Hills need not feel guilty! Are you pay-ing your “fair share” of taxes? What are the facts?Hurray! You have actually done more than yourshare! You’ve done almost EVERYBODY’S share!The top 20 percent of wage earners in the UnitedStates now pay 94 percent of all income taxes!You are way ahead on points! You’re in greatshape from the “social justice” point of view.

Not only that, but when it comes to thedeficit, your “Bush tax cuts” hardly added to thedeficit at all. In fact, based on CBO numbers,your share of the “deficit” was less than 4 per-cent. The other 96 percent came from newspending and its consequences. Most of “deficit”spending went to the lower 60 percent of wageearners and government workers at all levels.

Specifics: Two new government reports ana-lyzed deficit growth from 2001 through 2011.Those reports show how a 2001 projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion turned into an actual$6.1 trillion deficit over the same period. It wasnot your failure to pay taxes.

The first report, found athttp://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attach-ments/06-07-ChangesSince2001Baseline.pdf,shows the tax policies enacted a decade ago (the“Bush tax cuts”) are responsible for just 16 per-cent of the swing from surplus to deficit.Furthermore, given that only about one-fourth ofthe tax cuts went to upper-income earners, just1/25th of the switch from projected surpluses toactual deficits came from upper-income tax cuts.(NOTE: Given that CBO does not take intoaccount any of the positive impact of tax cuts oninvestment, savings and economic growth, thepercentage was actually even smaller than the1/25th estimate).

So, be happy! Remove your guilt! It’s notyour fault! President Bush’s “help the rich” taxcuts hardly show up in the deficit. In truth, theeconomic growth you provided more than offsetany “help the rich” tax cuts you received. Youwere good stewards. You took the small addi-tional amount of your own money the federalgovernment allowed you to keep and earned aton of money from it – and paid the taxes accord-ingly.

But what about that deficit? Isn’t that some-how your fault? Nope. The CBO answered thatquestion, too. Answer: new spending and inter-est on the (massive new federal) debt created 75percent of the deficit. That also means that youselfish, greedy, guilty, rich Beverly Hills resi-dents–getting richer off the Bush tax cuts–canonly be blamed for about 1/12th of the deficit.So, it was NOT your fault after all! And did youget any of that government money? No. Ofcourse not. If you are in the upper 20 percent ofwage earners in the United States, you are onlysupposed to pay, not get. Well, that’s exactlywhat you did. You paid, and paid, and paid, andpaid. You did not “get.”

Will any of you look up these reports?They’re pretty easy to read. If you are on our e-edition at www.bhcourier.com, just put your cur-sor on the links and click. The reports will comeup. We’ve also put them on www.bhcourier.comdirectly.

If you don’t want to look at these reports, orreally don’t want to know facts that relieve yourguilt, then please don’t look. The results are soclear and easy to see that, for the guilt-ridden,you won’t like it. We all know some people whorevel in guilt and we don’t want to spoil their rev-elry. For those with an open mind, however, butwho are committed Democrats or statists, thismay be traumatic. The entire campaign pitch ofPresident Obama and the Democrats is based onsupposed unfairness, injustice, income disparity,discrimination, victimhood, and all the other lib-eral buzz words. The fact that none of theseaccusations are real should trouble you (but onlyif you read the facts).

Even if you read the facts, absorb them andstill don’t care because you want to “get even” or“be fair” or “help the poor,” there is hope, there,too. If the attitude of “soak the rich” prevails,you will shortly be deprived of your earnings andyour wealth. There will be no “top 20 percent”to pay for everyone else and you will have noreason to feel guilty! Why? Because most of that“top 20 percent” will become “everyone else”and there will be no one left to pay for everyoneelse. If you still have any money left, you canalways travel to Greece or Spain or Portugalwhere they’ve already eliminated the top 20 per-cent and there is no one left to pay for “everyoneelse.” France and Italy are racing to see who’s togo broke next. Or, if you just want a budget trip,visit Mammoth Lakes, San Bernardino orStockton – they’re already bankrupt so you wouldfeel right at home. We hear there are good dealson houses in Maryland, too, because nearly all ofthat state’s “rich” have left.

But these are just the facts. If knowing thefacts spoils your guilt trip, then just ignore them.We cannot ignore the facts. Sorry – we just can’t.We’d like to (sort of like a fantasy that USC willsome day have a championship basketball team),but we just can’t.

Whether you look at the facts or not, themessage is clear: “Beverly Hills – rejoice! It’snot your fault!”

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