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Courier Breaking News
D.A. Files Felony Charges Against Karen
Christiansen, Ex-School Supt. Jeff Hubbard
Nancy Krasne files for City
Council seat.
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Korbatov named president
of Board of Education.
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Italy sends media ambassadors to boost tourism.
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Westside Nannies offers
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By Amanda Peabody and Courier Staff
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office filed a
criminal complaint late Wednesday alleging eight felony counts
against Karen Christiansen, the
former project director of the
Beverly Hills Unified School District, and two felony counts
against Jeffrey Hubbard, former
district superintendent.
The case was filed in Beverly Hills Superior Court.
Felony arrest warrants have
been issued for both.
The criminal complaint, prepared by the D.A.'s Public Integrity Section, charges Christiansen and Hubbard with appropriation of public money for
personal use and the use of an-
other. Christiansen is charged the $334 Measure E bond, which
with conflict of interest to obtain is now the subject of a civil lawa financial interest “in a contract suit between her and the School
made by her in her official ca- District.
pacity, and by a body and board
In the civil case, set to begin
of which (she) was a member.”
(see ‘FELONY,’ page 34)
The criminal complaint alleges
violations of Penal Code
Sections 424 and 803, and
Government Code Section
1090.
The Courier has learned excluChristiansen had been a sively that counsel for the Beverly
paid employee of the School Hills Unified School District will apDistrict until she left to form pear this morning in Superior Court
a private company (Strategic to seek a stay of the civil trial beConcepts, LLC), resulting in tween the district and Strategic Conincreases in her personal cepts, LLC and its principal Karen
compensation.
Christiansen.
The complaint arises
Check www.bhcourier.com for
out of Christiansen’s role as results of the hearing and breaking
the district's project and news.
construction manager for
Trial On Hold?
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Bullets Match
In Chasen
Murder Case
By Adam Popescu
At a press conference held
Wednesday afternoon outside
Beverly Hills Police headquarters,
Chief of Police Dave Snowden,
Mayor Jimmy Delshad and officers
revealed that preliminary ballistics
analysis of the bullets that killed
Hollywood
publicist
Ronni
Chasen actually came from the
same gun that the “person of interest,” suicide victim Harold Martin
Smith, used to kill himself.
Police say the shooter, who
they believe is Smith, may have
used a bicycle to commit the
shooting that could have been a
random act. Neighbors have reported the bicycle was Smith’s
only mode of transportation. That
bicycle, confiscated by LAPD after
the suicide last week, is being
(see ‘CHASEN,’ page 21)
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Snow Falls On Rodeo Drive
By Brenton Garen
Rodeo Drive recorded three
hours of snowfall last night as
revelers rugged-up and embraced the inaugural ‘Snow
90210’ event to welcome the
Actor Robert Duvall honored
for work at PSIFF.
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Editorial from
Rabbi Pressman
AND MORE
(see ‘SNOW 90210,’ page 22)
Council Votes To Stop Two
Hour Parking Initiative
By Adam Popescu
City Council voted Tuesday
to declare their formal opposition to the G & L Realty Corporation / Marcia Caden Two Hour
Free Parking Initiative. Coun-
$100 Million In
Cash Gifts; A
Deserving Oscar
Nomination For
Paul Giamatti In
Barney’s Version.
holiday season.
The night was one to remember as horse drawn sleighs
whisked customers up and down
the street as 40 snow machines
cilmember Nancy Krasne abstained from the vote.
The matter will still go to voters as long as its legality is up(see ‘TWO HOUR,’ page 27)
Will Three Hour Free
Parking Kill Two Hour Plan?
MAKING A SPLASH—Angelina Jolie, who stars in The Tourist with
Johnny Depp, arrived at the New York premiere with partner Brad Pitt.
More in George Christy’s column on Page 6.
By Adam Popescu
At a special Tuesday meeting,
Beverly Hills City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure establishing a Residents
Three Hours Free Parking Program. The measure will be on the
March 8, 2011 ballot, and will
grant free parking in most City
(see ‘PARKING,’ page 34)
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DECEMBER 10, 2010
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF PROPOSED
ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on December 21, 2010 at 7:00
p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the
Council Chambers of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive,
Beverly Hills, California 90210; the City Council of the City of
Beverly Hills will consider adopting an Ordinance entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
AMENDING THE UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE,
1997 EDITION, AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE
2010 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTIAL CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL
CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE; 2010
CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE; 2009 UNIFORM
SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT TUB CODE; 2010
CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA
FIRE CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING
STANDARDS CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL
BUILDING CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA EXISTING
BUILDING CODE; 2010 CALIFORNIA REFERENCE
STANDARDS CODE; 2009 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE CODE; AND THE 2010 BEVERLY
HILLS PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION GUIDELINES;
INCLUDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS,
AND DELETIONS; AND AMENDING PORTIONS OF
TITLE 9 OF THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE
Summary of Ordinance
The ordinance amends the City’s Administrative Code and
adopts by reference the 2010 edition of the California Building,
Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Energy, Residential, Green
Building Standards, Historical Building, Existing Building,
Reference Standards, and Fire Codes (collectively known as the
California Building Standards Code, 24 C.C.R., Parts 2 through
12), as well as the latest editions of the International Property
Maintenance Code, Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub
Code, and Beverly Hills Photovoltaic Installation Guidelines,
together with certain amendments, deletions and additions.
The California Building Standards Code, as amended, establishes
requirements for the structural, plumbing, electrical and mechanical
systems of buildings and structures, including historic buildings and
buildings not meeting current seismic standards, and for fire and
life safety, energy conservation and sustainability. The other
Codes and Guidelines adopted establish standards for property
maintenance, construction and maintenance of swimming pools,
spas and hot tubs, and installation of solar photovoltaic systems.
The ordinance also provides penalties for non-compliance, and for fees.
The City has determined that the ordinance is exempt from the
environmental review requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of
Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
A certified copy of the entirety of the text of Ordinance is available for
public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 455
N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90210. Further
information may be obtained by contacting the Community
Development Department at 310.285.1141.
BEVERLY HILLS • BEL AIR • HOLMBY HILLS
The City Council of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting to be
held on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., in the
Council Chambers of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210; will hold a public hearing to consider:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
REPEALING ARTICLE 46 OF CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 10 OF
THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BEVERLY HILLS REPEALING THE GREEN BUILDING
STANDARDS RATING SYSTEM, THE GREEN BUILDING/
SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST AND VOLUNTARY
RESIDENTIAL GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM FOR
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES
In 2010 the State of California has required that all jurisdictions,
as part of the regular update of the State Building Codes, adopt a
unified green building code commonly known as CalGreen.
When effective, the State’s green building code (as amended by
the City) preempts the City’s green building standards set forth in
Article 46 of Chapter 3 of Title 10 of the Beverly Hills Municipal
Code. Therefore, Article 46 of Chapter 3 of Title 10 of the
Beverly Hills Municipal Code should be repealed. Moreover, the
resolutions adopting the City’s “Green Building Standards Rating
System”, “The Green Building/Sustainability Checklist”, and
“Voluntary Green Building Program for Single-Family
Residences” should also be repealed.
With adoption of the CalGreen standards (as amended by the
City), the City’s main green building requirements will be
retained or enhanced. As such, it can be seen with certainty that
repealing the existing standards will not result in any significant
impacts on the environment. Therefore, this section is exempt
from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14
Cal. Code Regs. Section 15061(b)(3).
All interested persons are invited to attend and speak on this matter. Written comments may also be submitted and should be
addressed to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford
Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 and should be received prior to
the public hearing.
Please remember, if you challenge the Council's action in court, you
may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else rose
at the hearing before the City Council or in written correspondence
delivered to the City, either at, or prior to, the hearing.
If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact
Peter Noonan, AICP, Associate Planner, Community Development
Department, Planning, at 310.285.1127 or pnoonan@beverlyhills.org. The case file is available for review in the Community
Development Department/Planning Services Section, 1st Floor,
455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
BYRON POPE, CMC, City Clerk
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Korbatov Next Board Of Education President
By Amanda Peabody
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, Lisa Korbatov was named
new president of the Beverly
Hills Unified School District
Board of Education. Boardmember Brian Goldberg was
named vice president.
Korbatov was elected to
the board in Nov. 2009, beating out incumbent Nooshin
Meshkaty, who was then board
president.
Running on a five-point
platform, Korbatov has taken
strides to ensure campus clean-
liness, library program overhauls, has devised a new
BHUSD mission statement and
a revised discipline policy at
all five campuses. Korbatov
also is working towards getting
Measure E, the $334 million
bond for new facilities and
seismic retrofitting, back on
track following a Board-imposed moratorium on spending.
Moving forward, Korbatov
looks to reinstate the GATE
program, install library media
Lisa Korbatov
(see ‘KORBATOV,’ page 16)
Metro To Test Routes For Westside Subway
By Adam Popescu
In the coming weeks,
Metro is expected to begin
conducting soil and seismic
testing along locally preferred
alternative routes for the Beverly Hills section of the Westside
Subway Extension project.
The testing along Santa
Monica and Constellation
Boulevards will be part of the
Final Environmental Impact
Statement Report (EIS/EIR).
Overall findings will be used to
make recommendations about
the best, safest and most effective ways to design and build
the subway.
Geotechnical work will be
conducted along the entire
planned alignment from Western to the Westwood/VA Hospital but will begin in the Beverly Hills, Century City and
Westwood areas to help resolve this outstanding issue.
The project team is working with the cities of Los Ange(see ‘METRO,’ page 16)
BHPD Warrant Service Operation Nets Two Arrests
By Brenton Garen
Beverly Hills police embarked on a warrant service
operation last Sunday morning
for individuals who had
skipped bail on DUI, suspended driver’s license and hit-andrun charges.
Two teams, each consisting
of four officers and a sergeant,
searched both Beverly Hills
and Los Angeles for motorists
who missed showing up for
their court appearances at the
Beverly Hills Courthouse.
One arrest was made on
the 7000 block of Kentwood
Avenue in Los Angeles while
another arrest was made on the
5300 block Playa Vista Drive in
Los Angeles.
BHPD Motor Sgt. Brad Cornelius said its officers attempted to serve 10 warrants during
the operation from 6:30 a.m. to
noon.
Sgt. Cornelius said three
suspects surrendered to court
(see ‘WARRANT,’ page 21)
Fa La La La Along SoBev For Holiday Open House
By Amanda Peabody
Mark your calendars as the
community rallies around
South Beverly Drive retailers
for the SoBev Holiday Open
House, Saturday from 5-8 p.m.
Merchants will spread holiday cheer with in-store events,
refreshments, live entertainment and music.
“The SoBev Merchants Association is working together to
make SoBev the neighborhood
for local Beverly Hills residents
to shop, dine, relax, pamper
themselves and have fun,” said
Alex Sarkissian of Momed,
which will be serving up a Moroccan eggnog for the event.
To sweeten the deal, many
retailers will also offer promotions and discounts for the
evening.
While the adults peruse
the shops, there will be plenty
of street side entertainment as
well. The Beverly High Madrigals will be singing carols as
Santa Claus rides the complimentary trolley as he pauses
for photo opportunities along
the way. There will even be a
balloon artist on hand.
The SoBev Holiday Open
House will take place between
Wilshire and Olympic. For a
complete list of participating
retailers,
visit
beverlyhillschamber.com.
DIVINE DESIGN—Jean Dickinson (left) and Janet Charlton shopped till
they dropped at the annual Divine Design event, at the former Robinsons-May building at 9900 Wilshire Blvd. Their purchases helped to
benefit Project Angel Food, which delivers meals to men, women and
children debilitated by HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
Photo by Reggie Sully
Residents To Vote On Oil Tax
By Adam Popescu
Councilmembers
voted
unanimously Tuesday to formally introduce a ballot measure that increases the tax on oil
extracted from the City, establishes a new tax on natural gas
extracted from the City and
amends the definition of gross
receipts in the business tax regulations of the Beverly Hills
municipal code.
The change in the tax code
cleans up language and does
not raise City business tax rates,
according to staff. The language
correction is to prevent the city
of Los Angeles from receiving
profits from oil extracted from
Beverly Hills. Los Angeles
awaits their own March ballot
measure seeking to tax oil pro(see ‘OIL,’ page 16)
Paysinger Stays BHHS Principal
By Amanda Peabody
Carter Paysinger will stay at
Beverly High indefinitely, said
the Board of Education Tuesday.
The board has named
Paysinger as the permanent
principal of the high school.
Carter was initially appointed
to the position on a conditional
basis.
Paysinger is a long-time
veteran of the Beverly Hills
Unified School District. A graduate of Beverly, he began his
career as a physical education
teacher and assistant coach of
the baseball program in 1979.
In 1995, Paysinger was
named PE department chair,
followed by athletic director in
1997. Paysinger was named assistant principal under former
BHHS Principal J. Guidetti in
2009, only to succeed the latter
this past fall.
“Carter has done an outstanding job,” said BHUSD
Board of Education member
Steven Fenton.
“I was very proud to announce the unanimous decision by the board at my last
meeting as president.”
Donate To School Libraries With New Website
By Amanda Peabody
After being struck by the
“charm” of the Beverly Vista
School library, parent Simon
Gornick decided he wanted to
contribute.
His solution? Create a
website that easily and effortlessly allows others to donate
books to school libraries.
Launched Monday with
the help of business partner
Sara Jacobson, School Library
Exchange allows individual
school libraries to create a
“wish list” of needed books
through Amazon.com. Donations can be made via Gornick’s site.
“School libraries are easy
targets,” said Gornick.
“We need to try and
change perceptions. The site is
built around school group
pages so donors can really feel
involved. They can even make
and rate suggestions librarians
might turn into book requests.
The site could not have
come at a better time, said Boyarsky, as budgets for supplies
and new materials have hit a
20-year low.
“(Gornick) has really tailored the site for librarians and
made it very easy for people to
contribute,” said Beverly Hills
Unified School District and
Beverly High Head Librarian
Karen Boyarsky.
“We’re very excited about
this. In the spirit of generosity,
when parents are looking to
honor teachers or their children, this is a lasting contribution.”
The site has launched with
Beverly Vista, Beverly High and
San Diego’s Westwood Elementary, but is expected to go
national, then global, and incorporate publishers and corporations.
For information or to donate to your school’s library, go
to schoollibraryexchange.org.
BOOKS, BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS—Hawthorne School kicked off
its annual Book Fair last week. With thousands of books to choose from
thanks to supplier California Book Fairs, students were able to find just
what they were looking for to ignite a lifelong love for reading. Funds
raised from the fair earn book credits for the school to purchase books
and classroom sets. The Book Fair hopes to reel in upwards of $15,000
this year. Pictured (from left): Taylor Melamed, Shayna Eastman, Sam
Gilbert, Rachel Gilbert and Nicole Melamed.
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Krasne Files For City Council; Fri. Deadline Day
By Adam Popescu
Today is the last day to file
for candidates interested in
running for the March 8 City
Council election.
Nomination papers are
available in City Clerk Byron
Pope’s office at City Hall. To
file, candidates must return
with up to 30 signatures from
residents and must pay a $25
fee.
Recreation & Parks Commissioner Dr. Julian Gold and
Planning Commission Chair
Lili Bosse have filed. On
Thursday, Councilmember
Nancy Krasne officially filed,
the City Clerk’s office said.
For more information, call
the clerk’s office at 310-2852400.
The deadline is 5 p.m.
Equinox Development Mystery: Who Is NOPE?
By Adam Popescu
At recent Planning Commission meetings, discussion
about the Murray Fischer-fronted Equinox Fitness Club project has brought enemies in the
form of a group called NOPE.
Rumors surrounding NOPE
peg it as a group of individuals
that do not reside in Beverly
Hills, united in opposition of
the development project.
While the identity of the
letters underwriters remains
unknown, what can be construed from City documents, is
that NOPE hired attorney Todd
Elliot to draft opposition letters
to the City. The letters, available for view on the City’s website, call into question the project's environmental review.
City staff is reviewing the
letters and will present its findings to the Planning Commission at an upcoming meeting.
When asked if he filed papers on behalf of NOPE, Elliot
told The Courier he doesn’t
comment to the press, but confirmed that the documents are
on file with the City.
City Planner Jonathan Lait
is also at a loss as to the identity of the group. “It’s unclear
who is part of the NOPE group.
Our only contact with them
has been through its attorney,”
Lait wrote in an e-mail.
The Equinox project seeks a
conditional use permit to allow
an approximately 37,000square foot exercise club to be
located at 9465 Wilshire Blvd.
The permit also seeks to occupy more than 25 feet of street
frontage within the designated
pedestrian oriented area.
City staff is further analyzing a formal response to a letter
from NOPE. It is anticipated
that the Planning Commission
will revisit the matter at its Jan.
13 meeting.
BHUSD Adult School Debuts Winter Term Classes
By Amanda Peabody
The Beverly Hills Unified
School District’s Adult School
has announced its winter 2011
schedule and opened registration.
The theme of the new
term–“A New Year… New
Courses… A New You!”–will
find many Adult School favorites, freshened up with lively courses in arts, technology,
finance and more.
Students can learn journal
making, paper art and card
making, public relations, per-
sonal finance, new technology
such as the iPhone and iPad,
Indian cooking, Spanish for fun
and travel and much more.
The new term is scheduled
to begin in January. To register,
visit www.bhas.bhusd.org or
call 310-551-5150.
University Kidney Research Organization Honors
University
Kidney
Research Organization honored singer Natalie Cole, Ben
Lipps, CEO/chairman of the
Fresenius Medical Care; and
Dr. Carmen Puliafito, dean of
the USC Keck School of
Medicine, at Thursday’s annual
gala dinner on Thursday.
ABC7
anchor
Phillip
Palmer emcee’d, and singer
Patti Austin performed at The
Beverly Wilshire.
SING IT—The Paley Center for
Media in Beverly Hills hosted
the premiere of NBC’s The
Sing-Off (season two) with host
Nick Lachey and judge Shawn
Stockman on-hand. Following
the preview screening of the first
episode, Lachey and Stockman
were joined by executive producer Joel Gallen in a Q&A session with the audience. Pictured: The Backbeats, who ended the evening by singing O
Holy Night to the audience’s delight. Photo courtesy of Kevin
Parry/The Paley Center
Solar Energy Could Help City’s Fiscal Stability
By Adam Popescu
Beverly Hills’ smart city
moniker is being put to the test.
The City's adoption of the
CalGreen system as part of the
2010 California State Unified
Building Code, challenges the
City to go above and beyond
the new standards, as they did
in the 2008 adoption of the
Green Building Rating System
and Checklist.
The goal of the solar project is to greatly reduce carbon
dioxide and greenhouse gas
emissions, and reduce utility
payments for the City. The
adoption of solar energy on a
larger scale could be a viable
option to reduce spending.
The Beverly Hills Unified
School District is a City entity
that could greatly benefit from
more sustainable electricity
costs. BHUSD Interim Superintendent Dick Douglass told
The Courier that he is supportive of bringing solar technology into the district, saying that
it will be incorporated into the
master plan vision process.
A public-private sector venture, like the Antelope Valley
Union High School District
and PsomasFMG, which provides turnkey solar solutionars,
would be a good model for
BHHS. PsomasFMG installed
photovoltaic panel shade structures over parking lots at 10
school sites in Antelope Valley,
generating 9.6 megawatts in
power, saving the district a projected $40 million in electricity bills over 20 years. The business model allowed the agency
to get into solar energy and
lower their long-term energy
costs without the burden of installation and maintenance,
provided at no cost to the district, in return for a deal to buy
electricity from PsomasFMG.
“This would give the district [BHUSD] the most significant savings on its utility bills
and at the same time reap the
benefits of renewable energy,”
Psomas FMG’s Executive VicePresident Paul Mikos said.
ITALY MEETS BEVERLY HILLS—Pictured (from left): Italian Trade
Commission's Dr. Carlo Angelo Bocchi, Consul General of Italy Los Angeles Nicola Faganello, Mayor Jimmy Delshad, Alitalia's Alexander
D'orsogna, California Travel & Tourism Commission Manager/Director
Massimo Loquenzi and Italian Government Tourist Board's Pompilio
Fabrizi.
Photo by Brenton Garen
Italy, City Join To Boost Tourism
By Brenton Garen
Dozens of Italian travel
agents and journalists explored
Beverly Hills last Friday in a
visit which is hoped to boost
tourism numbers during 2011.
Massimo Loquenzi, US
Travel Association Representative based in Italy, said the 50
travel agents and 16 journalists
visited the City as part of a four
day “Italy Meets SoCal”
tourism initiative.
It is timed with Alitalia’s
non-stop service to LAX that relaunched in June, and the popular Italian franchise “Christmas in Beverly Hills” released
this past Christmas.
“Italians are really a potential great market for California
with this new air service I’m
sure the numbers will increase,” Loquenzi said.
“I believe the lifestyle of
Californians is very close to
what Italians like to find in the
United States.”
“Italy Meets SoCal” was organized by the California Travel And Tourism Commission
who is working in partnership
with Alitalia, US Travel Association, Visit USA Association
Italy and the US Commercial
Services to encourage Italians
to visit America.
The representatives started
their Beverly Hills experience
with a breakfast reception cohosted by The Beverly Hilton
and Beverly Hills Conference
and Visitors Bureau.
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GEORGE CHRISTY
Premiering more than fifty
years ago in New York, West
Side Story remains remarkably
relevant, and runs through
January 2nd.
“D
Helen Gurinow
id you know this happens in Switzerland? It did with
me in the Alps. Finish a dish
without leaving a bit, and they’ll
bring you another order,”
explained Paul Giamatti over
lunch at Culina in the Four
Seasons Hotel where, after polishing off his bowl of spaghetti a
la chitarra, another bowl
appeared. A confusion, obviously, but Paul twirled a few
forkfuls.
P
Paul Giamatti, who stars in Barney’s Version, is flanked
by producer Robert Lantos and Canadian Consul
General David Franzen who hosted a screening at the
Lynwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood.
‘Tis a puzzlement. So say
some folks in the Hills of
Beverly about the Ronni Chasen
murder. Did the alleged killer
shoot her five times from a bicycle? And not steal her handbag
or any valuables? Other questions keep surfacing.
A
bout Ronni’s name: she
was born Veronica Cohen and
when she was hired by Warren
Cowan of Rogers & Cowan he
invited her to dinner at
Chasen’s. He suggested she
change her name since Cohen
and Cowan sounded similar.
“Why not Chasen?” replied
Ronni. The next she became
Ronni Chasen. This is confirmed by her long-time friend
Kathie Berlin.
I
n Washington, D.C., five
Kennedy Center Honors honorees from Oprah Winfrey to
Paul McCartney were eulogized
this week. Always a grand night
with gaggles of showbiz superstars joining politicos who salivate to meet and mingle with
them.
That
same
evening,
Hollywood bowed to our
behind-the-scenes men and
women. More than 250 television professionals attended the
28th annual awards dinner at
the Beverly Hills Hotel’s highceilinged, oval Crystal Ballroom,
one of our favored party venues
here or anywhere. Emceed by
Fred Willard, the evening was
hosted by the Caucus for
Producers,
Writers
and
Directors who create and mastermind the shows that launch
superstars.
Think about this:
where would television’s hot
chicks and sexy studs be without
them?
F
ounded by Norman Lear,
Aaron Spelling, Leonard Stern,
among others, Dennis Doty presides over the Caucus today.
One of its first members, Chuck
Fries, remains as Keeper of the
Caucus Flame and heads the
Foundation that within ten years
granted a million dollars in cash
gifts to a diverse group of 100
students in filmmaking internship programs. Chuck, who cochaired the black-tie gala with
Lee Miller, co-authored with
Louis Chunovic his just-published autobiography, The
Godfather of the Television
Movie (which he is).
W
ould that space were
available to acknowledge each
and every honoree and their
presenters. They ranged from
Nigel Lythgoe, producer of So
You Think You Can Dance, to
Lost director Jack Bender, additionally acclaimed as a fine
painter. Also such legends as
Herman Rush, Vin Di Bona, Bill
Blinn, Suzanne de Passe, who,
along with Steven Spielberg, is
producing the first authorized
film on the life of Dr. Martin
Luther King.
B
eauty Greer Grammer,
daughter of Kelsey Grammer
and Barrie Buckner, was in
charge of the award trophies,
and on a personal note, we were
pleased to catch up with Caucus
counsel Ed Blau, an historic figure in the industry who’s lawyerly savvy has represented the best
of Hollywood, from Fred Astaire
to Martin and Lewis.
If
you’ve missed seeing
West Side Story on stage, now’s
the moment at our historic
Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
The film with Natalie Wood and
Richard Beymer was miscast,
but Leonard Bernstein’s music
catches fire on screen and stage,
the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
are classics (Maria, Tonight,
Somewhere, America, I Feel
Pretty). Arthur Laurents wrote
the script about the switchblade
gang wars in Spanish Harlem
(inspired by the warring
Montagues and Capulets in
Romeo & Juliet), and Jerome
Robbins designed the ahead-ofits-time choreography, now
duplicated by Robbins’ assistant
Joey McKeely.
aul’s a deserving candidate in the upper stratum of
Oscar nominations for his
exceptional portrayal of the
delusional Barney Panofsky in
Barney’s Version, the Sony
Pictures Classics adaptation
from Mordecai Richter’s bestselling novel.
Helmed by
Richard Lewis, the veteran CSI
television director, the poignant
film covers several decades from
Richter’s roman a clef. Paul’s
curmudgeonly character is
thrice-married, the whiskeysoaked, cigar chewing, womanizing Barney. Paul is spot-on,
reaffirming his amazing versatility in the roles that he plays, and
Dustin Hoffman’s wonderful as
Barney’s father.
The day after
our luncheon, it opened for a
week to quality for Oscar consideration, and goes into wide
release in mid-January.
lives in Brooklyn Heights with
wife Elizabeth (nee Cohen), wed
since 1997, and they are parents
to nine-year-old Samuel Paul.
Admittedly Paul favors the
mama-papa Italian restaurants
in the neighborhood, also seeks
out Indian food. “I’m crazy for
Germanic dishes … spicy
sausages and such, also funky
cuisine like soul food. And turduckin – a dish with a de-boned
chicken stuffed into a de-boned
duck stuffed into a de-boned
turkey – a specialty in the South.
“I
t’s not easy keeping up
with new books and films ... my
vintage favorite film is Stanley
Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon … most
films today are forgettable, and
these include mine. I like to
watch cartoons with my son.
Horror films that scare me. Or
Alfred Hitchcock mysteries like
Vertigo with James Stewart and
Kim Novak. Hitchock’s a character I’d love to play one day.”
Buffett, who wields a powerful
influence on Wall Street;
William Hurt is Treasury
Secretary Henry Paulson; James
Woods is Lehman Brothers’
Dick Fuld. A true story about
the 2008 U.S. economy with its
toxic mortgages creating a fear
of another Great Depression.
W
e have the New York
Post’s Nick Pisa to thank for his
article about the filming of The
Tourist, co-starrring Angelina
Jolie and Johnny Depp. Is it so,
Nick,
when
you
write,
“Whatever Angelina’s got going
on under her clothes must be
among the four most powerful
forces on earth, right after gravity, an atom bomb and Oprah.
She’s so powerful, her discarded
undergarments have to be
buried in a Nevada mountain
repository.” True or false?
Online at
www.bhcourier.com/georgechristy.cfm
I
n
the
HBO
movie, Too Big To Fail,
directed
by
L.A.
Confidential’s Curtis
Hansen, Paul stars as
Federal
Reserve
Chairman
Ben
Bernanke.
Set for
release early next year,
it’s an adaptation of
New York Times’
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s
bestseller. Ed Asner’s
cast as the billionaire
investor
Warren
Honoree Suzanne
de Passe
Honoree Jack Bender
P
aul’s acting triumphs
include his Emmy Award and
Golden Globe-winning role of
the aged President John Adams
in HBO’s miniseries. The role of
the quirky, wine-loving, unpublished novelist romping through
the Santa Barbara wine country
in Alexander Payne’s Sideways.
The bizarre comic book legend
Harvey Pekar. Plus dozens of
other roles. He smiles, “Quirky
characters find me.”
Jeralyn and Dennis Doty
A
n actor for all seasons,
Paul ranks on that high acting
scale with Alfred Molina,
Geoffrey Rush, Hellen Mirren
and Cate Blanchett, each
choosing challenging roles that
are poles apart.
Joan and Herman Rush
C
onnecticut-born, Paul’s
the youngest of three children of
Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, the son
of Italian immigrants who
became president of Yale
University and commissioner of
Major League baseball. Paul’s
mother is English teacher Toni
Smith of Irish heritage.
“I’m
rarely
cast in
Italian or
I r i s h
roles,
usually
Jewish
o n e s .
Go figure.”
He
Derek Hough with honoree
Nigel Lythgoe
Vin and Erica di Bona with Ava and Chuck Fries
Steve Cohn
Greer Grammer was the
keeper of the trophies during
the Caucus for Producers,
Writers and Directors Annual
Awards dinner at the Beverly
Hills Hotel.
Ease Nanny, Family Through
Holidays With Simple Tips
By Amanda Peabody
schedule their own holiday
The holidays are a busy gatherings and events accordtime–endless parties, events ingly,” said Vaughan.
and family functions. But it
• Be sensitive to your nanalso means appreciating those ny’s needs
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nanny through the
away to spend
holiday
season
with their own
seamlessly.
loved ones.
• Discuss holi• Respect culday plans in adtural or religious
vance
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It’s easy to
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arrangements, travyour own this time
el schedules, time
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DECEMBER 10, 2010
Gas Co. Will Check For You: Local
Carbon Monoxide Victim, A Warning
In the wake of a Beverly
Hills student suffering near fatal
carbon monoxide poisoning,
citizens are urged to take care
during winter months and utilize the Gas Company’s free furnace inspection program. Defective furnaces may cause carbon monoxide introduction and
poisoning into your home.
Southern California Gas
Company, which serves the Beverly Hills area, recommends annual inspections and replacing
air filter according to manufacturer's recommendations.
To schedule an appointment
with a Gas Company technician
or report a suspected gas leak or
other emergency call 800-4272200
Carbon dioxide is odorless,
tasteless and colorless. Signs
that may indicate its presence
are a yellow, large and unsteady
burner flame or an unusually
pungent odor when the appliance is operating.
Carbon monoxide poisoning
claims up to 1,000 lives annually, making it one of the leading causes of accidental deaths
in the home. Symptoms include
drowsiness, head-aches, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of
breath, nausea, vomiting and
mental confusion.
For additional information
on furnace safety, visit the company’s website at www.socalgas.com/safety.
Any questions about gas appliances or other safety issues in
the home or business, call 310285-1141 or go to www.beverlyhills.org/buildingandsafety.
Registration Open For Winter Camps
The City of Beverly Hills
Community Services Department is currently taking registrations for Camp Beverly Hills,
BevWood Basketball, Brit West
Soccer and SmART Space winter camps.
Camp Beverly Hills, located
at the La Cienega Community
Center, is a traditional day camp
that runs the first week of winter
break and operates MondayWednesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and
9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursdays.
Cost per week is $180 for Beverly Hills residents and $225 for
non-residents.
BevWood Basketball Camp
will only be offered the first
week of winter break and be
held on the Roxbury Park basketball courts.
Camp runs 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Monday-Thursday. Cost for the
one-week camp is $180 for
Beverly Hills residents and
$225 for non-residents.
Brit West Soccer will be of-
fered both weeks of winter
break and run Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon at the
La Cienega Park soccer field.
Cost per week is $135 for Beverly Hills residents and $169 for
non-residents.
New this winter is SmART
Space Art Camp. Located at La
Cienega Community Center,
SmART Space will explore the
exciting world of creativity
through a variety of hands-on
art activities.
The camp is taught by professional teaching artists who
share their love art with their
students. Camp runs the week
of Dec. 27, Monday to Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There
is no camp on Friday. Cost is
$200 for Beverly Hills residents
and $250 for non-residents plus
a $25 material fee due to the instructor on the first day of camp.
To register, go to www.beverlyhills.org/bhregonline or call
310-285-6850.
A.T.& T. Activates New Cell Sites
As part of its continuing network investment to support
growing demand for advanced
mobile devices and applications, AT&T has activated of 20
new 3G cell sites in the Greater
L.A., including three in Beverly
Hills, to enhance coverage for
area residents and businesses.
With mobile broadband speeds,
AT&T customers can surf the
Web, download files faster, and
enjoy interactive mobile applications.
The new cell sites are one
of ongoing network initiatives
planned to enhance wireless
coverage and capacity across
the country. Beverly Hills, consumers can visit the AT&T
Coverage Viewer. Coverage
quality can be measured from a
street address, intersection, ZIP
code or even a landmark.
RESEARCH—The California Nano Systems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA
celebrated the 10th anniversary of the announcement of the Governor
Gray Davis Institutes for Science and Innovation with talks by Gov.
Davis, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, Josh Green of Mohr Davidow, Alex
Fay, director for the L. A. Mayor's Office of Economic and Business Policy, and CNSI Director Paul Weiss. Pictured (from left): Chancellor
Block, ex-Gov. Davis, Mayor Jimmy Delshad and CNSI Director Paul
Weiss stand in front of a plaque honoring Davis, unveiled at the event.
9
Feel Good Music With Singer Erika Jayne
The Beverly Hills Hotel. In the corner,
By Adam Popescu
eating a BLT and drinking a chocolate
Erika Jayne is a Southern charmer.
Mixing striking Nordic features, ice malt,” she revealed. “I love to be there.”
Despite her life in the spotlight,
blue eyes and blond hair, and a penchant for pop songs, this belle is happy Jayne says that at heart, she’s just a reguto call L.A. her home, and even happier lar girl, she says.
“I’m really very simple, and I’m just
about tearing up the Billboard charts
like everybody else,” she said. “I love
with a string of successful pop singles.
what I do. I wake up
Her hit single
One Hot Pleasure is
everyday with pasher first on her new
sion and excitement
record label Pretty
and I'm concerned
Mess
Records,
about the same
launched in Novemthings everyone else
ber.
is: the economy, the
With four concurrent state of the
secutive number one
nation. I’m just a
songs on the Billregular girl.”
board dance charts
A regular girl
including
who’s rocked major
Rollerstages like L.A.’s
coasters, and Stars,
Jayne is feeling the
Maya
Theatre,
love.
singing about love
“I think you
and escape.
make your own
“Sometimes
breaks. I think defisongs snatch you up
nitely having the
right away. Somefour
consecutive
times, you don't
number ones has
know… Sometimes
brought a level of atpeople will be like
Singer Erika Jayne
tention to the project
‘yeah, that’s it,’ and I
that I'm enjoying right now.”
didn't even hear it.”
Jayne looks up to Madonna, Michael
Jayne encourages the use of social
Jackson and Prince, who influenced her media as a way to get in contact with
most growing up, she said. “I believe fans, and says she runs her own Twitter
that all three of these people are terrific account. Her advice to aspiring artists:
performers, trend setters and great musi- “own your own master’s.”
cians; something I aspire to emulate.”
Right now the songstress is working
Jayne’s favorite hangout in the City is on songs for a new EP set for an early
The Beverly Hills Hotel.
2011 release.
“My favorite thing to do, where you
Check out more on Erika Jayne at
can catch me, is at the coffee shop of www.erikajayne.com.
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Happenings Around Town
• Beverly Hills Manners Hosts
“A Mother & Daughter Holiday
Tea”
Celebrate the season with a
special mother and daughter
holiday tea in the Library of
Montage Beverly Hills, Dec. 12
from 2-4 p.m.
Beverly Hills Manners will
host the tea while teaching the
proper manners of greeting
guests, being a gracious hostess,
making proper introductions,
navigating tea service, napkin
placement and usage, proper attire and more.
Tea is for children eight and
older.
Cost is $115 per person.
For more information or to
sign up, contact Lisa Gache at
Beverly Hills Manners at 310276-9078 or email info@beverlyhillsmanners.com.
• Holiday Open House
Come meet the health and
beauty experts of 415 N. Camden Dr., Dec. 16 from 5:30-8:30
p.m.
On hand will be fillers and
cosmetic and laser surgeon Dr.
Kathy Gohar, non-invasive cellulite reduction and body con-
touring expert Lynn Banfi of Per
Amore, Bio-identical HRT, chiropractic and accupuncture
Specialist Dr. Shirley Elzinga,
waxers to the stars Beehive Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills
Makeup Artists Cynthia Roman
and Danny Salazar of Cynithia
Roman Makeup Studio.
Refreshments will be offered. There will also be a raffle
Radiesse, Botox and Latisse.
Goodie bags for the first 50
guests as well as complimentary
holiday makeup applications.
310-247-8413 or 310-2485201.
• Half-Day Holiday Spa Package At The Peninsula Beverly
Hills
The perfect holiday gift—or
holiday indulgence—for the spa
lover: a half-day of luxurious
treatments at The Peninsula Beverly Hills Spa.
Begin with a 60-minute
pumpkin-cherry facial, proceed
to a 60-minute Peninsula signature custom massage and finish
up with the Epicuren white
chocolate indulgence manicure
and pedicure.
Guests are given a holiday
spa gift on departure.
The treatments would cost a
total of $555 individually, but
the Half-Day Holiday Indulgence Package is just $475.
By appointment only. Valid
until Jan. 31.
310-975-2854.
• The Paley Center Presents
Bing Crosby: A Holiday Celebration
Kathryn and Mary Crosby
along with special guests will
join the Paley Center for Media’s
salute to Bing Crosby and his
body of work on television, including his holiday specials,
Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.
The event will also celebrate the release of the DVD
box set The Bing Crosby Specials Volume 2: The Holiday
Specials.
Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for the general public.
For more information, visit
www.paleycenter.org.
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DECEMBER 10, 2010
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Making Spirits Bright...
Today at South Coast Plaza’s Santa’s Village
A Christmas Party For Homeless Orange County Children
hree hundred and fifty homeless children and
motel kids will experience a little holiday cheer
at “Gifts of Love,” a Christmas party being
organized just for them. The Festival of Children
Foundation, The Happiness Project, YPO Southern
California Chapter, and South Coast Plaza are all
collaborating on the special night, to be held at 9
p.m., Friday, Dec. 10 in Santa’s Village at South
Coast Plaza.
The children, ages 3-18, will be brought to the
shopping center on buses from different locations
throughout Orange County. As each child departs
the bus they’ll be matched with a volunteer who will
spend the entire night with them, helping them navigate the various activities. The children will visit
with Santa, ride the reindeer carousel, make arts &
crafts, and enjoy food provided by Wahoo’s Fish
Taco and ZPizza.
A teen lounge equipped with video games and
music will be available for older kids. Every child
will receive a special gift bag targeted for their age
group and gender. More than 200 volunteers will be
on hand to ensure that the fourth annual “Gifts of
Love” event is a success.
The Happiness Project, which helps underprivileged children with basic needs such as clothing
and school supplies throughout the year, has been
involved with the holiday party for three years now.
"Gifts of Love is a holiday party for children in need
in our community. For most children, if it weren't for
this party, they would not have a Christmas celebration at all. Each child receives a bag filled with presents including toys, clothing, shoes, toiletries and
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Thanks to the Festival of Children Foundation,
The Happiness Project, YPO Southern California
Chapter and South Coast Plaza, 350 homeless
and motel children in Orange County will enjoy a
holiday party featuring arts and crafts among
numerous other activities.
school supplies. Many children wait to open their
bag of presents on Christmas morning, so they have
presents to open. These children are incredibly
grateful for this experience and we are happy to
give it to them,” said Lindsay Dickhout, executive
director of The Happiness Project.
YPO Southern California Chapter, a group of community leaders, joined the collaborative effort as
part of its initiative to teach their children about
giving back to the community. “The opportunity to
host this event and visit the shelters and motels
has opened our children’s eyes to the very real
issue of homelessness in Orange County. Hopefully
this holiday experience of giving to others will motivate children and adults alike to continue to make
a difference in our community throughout the year”
said Brian Murphy, president of Athletes First.
“These children need and deserve to feel special,” said Sandy Segerstrom Daniels, Founder of
Festival of Children Foundation. “At the end of the
night our hope is that they also feel loved.”
About Festival of Children Foundation
Festival of Children Foundation is a 501(c) (3)
non-profit organization that serves to bring together
and coordinate the efforts of charities, companies
and individuals who actively work to improve the
lives of children. Festival of Children Foundation
gives a voice, guidance and support. One hundred
percent of the administrative costs are covered by
designated funding, allowing donations to go further in direct support of programs and services that
improve the lives of children. For more information,
visit www.FestivalofChildren.org.
South Coast Plaza
HOLIDAY FINDS
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otoring more than
300,000 miles over a decade,
Molly O’Neill was determined
to refute the myth that
“Americans don’t cook.” Her
energy and passion have been
rewarded with the publication
of One Big Table, indisputably
today’s definitive “portrait of
American cooking.” Molly’s
may be considered a companion to Irma Rombauer’s classic
The Joy Of Cooking that’s guided cooks of all ages since 1931.
One Big Table: A Portrait Of
American Cooking celebrates
the evolving culinary odyssey
of “melting pot America.”
as well as from a distinctly
American yearning, something I
could feel but couldn’t describe
until thousands of miles of highway helped me identify it in
myself: hometown appetite. The
book is a journey through hundreds of ‘hometowns’ that fuel
the American appetite, recipe by
recipe, bite by bite.”
M
olly
grew
up
in
Columbus, Ohio, with a family
of four brothers, and in Mostly
True: A Memoir Of Family, Food
And Baseball, she wrote about
the family’s obsession with baseball. Her father married the
tallest girl in Columbus so that
he would have sons that would
be infielders, and Molly’s
younger outfielder brother, Paul,
played with the Cincinnati Reds
and New York Yankees, winning
any number of World Series
championships.
W
orking as a chef for ten
years, she mentored at La
Varenne in Paris, gave up a
$55,000 job for freelance writing about food in Boston magazine for $300 a month. After
ghosting a Lillian Hellman cookbook (among others), Molly
joined The New York Times as a
food and restaurant columnist.
Her easy and compelling style
was popular, peppered with
amusing quotes such as “Soup
can be as risky as a road trip in a
blizzard.” She’s published other
cookbooks, and been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize twice.
“I
cook with my senses,”
she says, adding that cooking is
natural as breathing to her. Her
easy-to-follow recipes include
America’s favorite family dishes
that are historical and personal,
and weave a multi-cultural tapestry.
Beautifully illustrated
with hundreds of photographs
lder sister Molly fed the (vintage and current) and folk
boys when mom and dad dined art, every recipe in One Big
out for the evening. “I cooked Table is highlighted with a story.
the forbidden junk food they
craved that my parents wouldn’t
ho knew, for instance,
allow in the house. Cheesy that the Caesar salad (page 176)
manwiches, makeshift pizzas purportedly
originated
in
with American cheese and Chicago in 1903. Although
ketchup on sandwich buns. there are historians who nod to
Food is a powerful thing, they Caesar Cardini, whose restaubecame my slaves. With food, rant in Tijuana was “the
families have clean plate kids or nightspot during Prohibition for
dds Molly:
“Most pickers. We were never pick- starlets and tycoons.” All the
same, Molly writes, “Mythology
Americans cook from the heart, ers.”
More
than 600 recipes
with diverse histories were
culled from 20,000 contributions that Molly solicited in this
transcontinental trove of 825
pages. “Many recipes offer a
bridge between first-generation
immigrants and their progeny,”
note her Simon & Schuster publishers, “along with contemporary variations embodying each
generation’s obsession to distinguish itself from its predecessors … Molly cooked with
farmers, fishermen, artists, writers, doctors, truck drivers, food
bloggers, scallop divers, horse
trainers, potluckers and gourmet club members.”
O
W
lays the salad’s
fame on the bony
shoulders
of
Wallis Warfield
Simpson,
the
divorced woman
for whom King
Edward VII abdicated his throne.”
Allegedly
she
became intimate
with the both
king and the
salad in Tijuana,
popularizing it in
Europe. Caesar
Cardini’s daughter Rose insists
that her father
never
used
anchovies, but
allows that Uncle
Alex, her father’s partner, may
have in his version. Molly
believes the recipe in her book is
“one of the greats,” offered by
chef Dave Jones of the Log
Haven restaurant in Salt Lake
City.
W
ith recipes from every
state in the Union, Molly narrates slews of stories, and quotes
a 1884 New Kentucky Home
Cook Book. “Bad dinners go
hand in hand with total depravity, while a well-fed man is
already half-saved.”
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evening also included a special
Gitnick Visionary award presentation to Kathleen and Chip
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Actor John Stamos served as
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and Dr. Madeleine Sherak and
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of the evening was an opportunity drawing for a 2011 Subaru
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by Subaru of Sherman Oaks.
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a long-time Fulfillment Fund
supporter, and also serves on the
boards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and
the Motion Picture & Television
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American Film Institute.
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presented the award to the
Rosenblooms.
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member of the fund’s board for
20 years, produced the documentary Youth Knows No Pain.
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of Open Pictures andmanaging
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Holiday Happenings...
Downtown L.A. Is Bustling This Holiday Season
he Downtown Center Business
Improvement District (DCBID)
has devised a novel way to discover Downtown Los Angeles on foot
through an Amazing Race-style game.
The holiday-themed shopping hunt just
for downtown on SCVNGR, the mobile
gaming application, is available
between now and Christmas.
Playing Is Simple:
• On iPhone or Android phones –
Download the SCVNGR application.
• Select the Treks tab and go to
the “Downtown LA Gift Hunt” game.
• Follow the clues and instructions on the game to eight different
shopping destinations in Downtown
L.A.
• Each location will feature a single “challenge” – an interactive activity that involves typing the correct
answer on the phone. Successful,
gamers will earn discounts or promotional offers at each location as well
as points toward completion of the
trek.
• Contestants who successfully
complete each challenge at all locations will be entered into a grand prize
drawing for a weekend stay at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel in
Downtown with an afternoon tea for
two, plus dinner for two at Café Pinot.
For other phones, par ticipants
can text the keyword “DOWNTOWN-
T
LA” to 728647 to begin playing (standard carrier rates apply).
While visitors are learning about
Downtown L.A., they can also experience nine other holiday adventures for
a memorable season. More ideas at
www.downtownla.com/holidays.
Light Up The Holidays
With Christmas tree lightings at
the Biltmore Hotel and L.A. LIVE, a
Chanukah menorah lighting at
Pershing Square, and Las Posadas on
Olvera Street, celebrate the holidays
with light.
Join The Holiday Cheer
From the Walt Disney Concert
Hall to the Nokia Theatre, there are
plenty of festive per formances to
choose from this season: Rejoice!
Messiah, Chanticleer, Holiday SingAlong , Go Tell It on the Mountain: The
Blind Boys of Alabama, the Radio City
Christmas Spectacular Starring The
Rockettes, Holiday Organ Spectacular
and more.
Escape The Cold
Batten down the hatches! It’s 60
degrees in L.A.! Stay warm indoors by
visiting Downtown’s museums and
exhibits
like
“Suprasensorial:
Experiments in Light, Color, and
Space” at MOCA, “Re-Designing
Histor y: FIDM Museum Study
Collection, 1850-2000,” “Strange
Kozmic Experience” at The Grammy
Museum, or “Forty Years of Sesame
Street Illustration” at the Central
Library.
Or Just Pretend it’s Cold
Who needs snow when you’ve got
Santa at 7+Fig and Macy’s, ice skating at Pershing Square and L.A. LIVE,
Winter Afternoon Tea or a Children’s
Reading Event of The Polar Express ,
both at Rendezvous Court at the
Millennium Biltmore.
Invite Your Relatives To Stay—At One
Of Downtown’s Fantastic Hotels
Holidays are about family—so
invite them to stay, without the downside of a crowded house. The Biltmore
hotel, Wilshire Grand, Sheraton
Downtown LA and more are offering
special holiday packages with discounts on shopping, museums,
nightlife and more.
Give More than Season’s Greetings
If you would like to give more than
season’s greetings this holiday, there
are plenty of opportunities for charitable giving in Downtown Los Angeles:
Volunteer with the Union Rescue
Mission or L.A. Mission, donate to one
of several holiday gift drives, or have
your child write a letter to Santa at
Macy’s and Macy’s will send $1 to the
Make-A-Wish Foundation. You can
also give a gift to the Salvation Army
Angel Tree Gift Drive at the Biltmore
Hotel or the LA Fire Department.
Treat Your Loved Ones To A Holiday
Feast
What’s a fete without a feast?
Whether it’s with the office, friends or
family, make merr y with these
Downtown restaurants offering holiday specials: Border Grill, Nick &
Stef’s, Zucca and more. Kids will
especially enjoy Breakfast with Santa
at the Music Center.
Get in The Spirit With L.A. Sports
Clippers, Kings, Lakers or
Trojans? Take your pick with games
scheduled throughout the holiday season at the STAPLES Center and
Coliseum, with the bonus of plentiful
bars and restaurants throughout
Downtown to help you celebrate your
win.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve
It’s the end of a decade.
Celebrate in style in Downtown L.A.
Kristen Chenoweth is performing on
New Year’s Eve at the Walt Disney
Concert Hall and the historic Biltmore
Hotel is hosting an elegant celebration with dinner, live music and more.
Get more information at DowntownLA.com/holidays.
DECEMBER 10, 2010
METRO
(Continued from page 4)
les and Beverly Hills for the
work that will occur on City
streets. Metro is also hoping to
test under Los Angeles Country
Club and Beverly Hills High
School.
Metro’s Community Relations Manager Jody Litvak told
The Courier that although she
couldn’t nail down an exact
date for the start of activity in
Beverly Hills, the transportation authority is working to finalize the permitting process
with the City.
Details of when and where
work will occur, what to expect, and impacts and contact
information will be distributed
to residents and businesses
closest to the testing locations
advance. It will also be distributed electronically to key organizations in those areas and
posted on the website.
Beverly Hills Unified
School District Interim Superintendent Dick Douglass confirmed that Metro is in the
process of negotiating with
BHUSD.
“We’re asking for some
specifics,” Douglass said. “We
need to know the number of
days involved, hours involved,
where on the property they will
conduct activity, how many
workers and what kind of notice we will we get…they really haven’t defined that.”
The superintendent also
wants the district to be provided with results of the findings
as well as insurance that school
facilities, such as the astro-turf
track, will not be damaged.
Metro plans seismic testing
using a “mini-vib” truck and a
hand-held “micro-vib” box.
These machines create vibrations on the surface, which are
read by sensors. In addition,
different types of borings are
used to obtain soil samples for
testing and evaluation, Metro's
Sr. Public Information Officer
Dave Sotero said.
Noise and vibration testing
will be conducted along with
some of the borings. At these
locations, a vibration will be
created in the bore hole and
measured at sensors on the surface at that location, and in, or
adjacent to nearby buildings.
If Metro does find capped
oil wells or other subterranean
constructions under BHHS,
Douglass said “It will be inter-
esting to see how they [Metro]
will respond. Our hope is that
they would look at that and
agree with us and decide the
Santa Monica route is best.”
According to Sotero, Metro
is waiting for the superintendent to discuss his concerns with
the school board and send
them to Metro.
“We are waiting for his response,” Sotero wrote Wednesday.
On Oct. 28, Metro’s board
of directors voted to wait to
name the subway route connecting Beverly Hills to Century City, claiming cities outside
of Beverly Hills favor other
alignments.
Beverly Hills’ official City
Council stance is the support of
Santa Monica Boulevard as the
“locally preferred alternative.”
“The City of Beverly Hills
sees no reason to risk tunneling
under Beverly Hills High
School when Century City can
be provided a ‘base’ station on
Santa Monica Boulevard,” an
Oct. 6 letter from the City to
Metro’s board of directors stated. “We find no evidence in
the DEIS/DEIR that a Constellation station would result in a
higher ridership than the Santa
Monica Boulevard station.”
Despite the City’s steadfast
choice to avoid tunneling under homes and schools,
Metro's board ruled in October
that there is no definitive LPA,
and both routes must be studied further.
The City claims the Constellation route would cost $56
million more than the Santa
Monica route.
OIL
er jurisdictions from claiming
the rights to revenue that
should properly be paid to the
City of Beverly Hills.”
The tax is only to extract oil
and natural gas from Beverly
Hills. The extraction tax is
$2,000 per well, plus 2.5 percent of the gross receipts from
the sale of oil and natural gas.
The City estimates tax revenue
at around $1 million.
Funds from the natural gas
extraction tax would be funneled to the General Fund and
essential City services like fire,
police and library.
duction.
“Los Angeles is proposing,
at least on its face, to tax oil
that is taken from Beverly Hills.
We believe that our tax as it’s
proposed, is does not duplicative of the L.A. tax, ours is actually a severance tax. It will tax
the removal of the resource
from Beverly Hills,” City Attorney Larry Wiener said. “One of
the purposes of that clean-up
[amending the definition of
gross receipts] is to prevent oth-
KORBATOV
program, install library media
teachers at each K-8 site while
invigorating the technology, as
well as increase technology usage in the classroom with the
installation of SmartBoards and
district-wide iPad incorporation.
“(Becoming Board president) is a great opportunity to
serve the community and students,” said Korbatov. “I’m
mindful of the gravity of it–it’s a
big job–but an opportunity to
make a meaningful difference.”
Goldberg joined the Board
of Education in December of
2007. Under his tenure, sweeping changes–and controversies–have been implemented
including the phasing out of
opportunity permits, entrance
of the district into basic aid
funding, the discovery of illfunctioning programs including
Food Services which combined
have resulted in a more than $1
million budget deficit, raised
academic standards for graduation requirements and the uncovering of misappropriation of
funds associated with the Measure E and K bonds.
“When I began my work
on the school board, I was idealistic and optimistic that together we would be able to
make change for the benefit of
our students and community,”
said Goldberg. “I thought
naively that if I did my homework, prepared for the meetings, presented ideas and facts
and figures that we could save
public education in Beverly
Hills… Although I still believe
we can go from good to great, I
realize that things are much
more complicated because
people do not always have the
best interest of the district at the
forefront.”
Korbatov will succeed
Steven Fenton. Goldberg will
occupy the vice president chair
previously filled by Korbatov.
“Lisa and Brian are fearless
individuals who happen to
work really well together,” said
Fenton.
“I’m looking forward to
their continual capitalization of
the strong momentum we have
right now as a district.”
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DECEMBER 10, 2010
Local Is Amahl For Pasadena Opera Company
When he’s not on stage
singing or in rehearsals, City resident Leighton Saxby, 13, and a
seventh grader at St. Paul The
Apostle School, is a regular kid
who loves playing football, basketball (he’s a huge Lakers fan)
and video games.
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But these days and nights
Saxby’s time is spent driving to
the Pasadena Playhouse and
preparing for the Intimate Opera
of Pasadena’s production of Gian
Carlo Menotti’s beloved holiday
opera, Amahl And The Night
Visitors, which opens there next
week.
Saxby, as Amahl, in his second starring role—he was Sem,
the youngest son, in L.A Opera’s
production of Benjamin Britten’s
Noah’s Flood—joins a cast that
includes mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzmán, who starred as
the mother in a production of the
one-act work directed by the
composer; tenor Greg Fedderly,
baritone Robin Buck and bass
baritone Cedric Berry.
As a small child, Saxby
astounded his mother by singing
songs in the car he’d heard on
the radio only once. He started
his singing career at 8 as a member of the National Children’s
Chorus where as a boy soprano
be became a Scholar, one of 10
out of 70 members.
Saxby auditioned for Amahl
without knowing anything about
the story of a crippled shepherd
boy who is healed when he
unexpectedly
accompanies
three kings on a visit to a manger
in Bethlehem. “They just gave
me a few lines to sing,” says
Saxby, the youngest of eight,
who
attended
Hawthorne
through second grade.
And he is loving being
Amahl, one of the few lead roles
for a juvenile in opera, and being
the only youth in the production.
(Another cast is handling matinee performances.)
While admitting to no
favorite part of the piece, Saxby
says he enjoys “meeting the
kings and interacting with his
‘mother.’ Each scene in engaging,” he said.
Classically trained by voice
teachers Douglas Neslund and
Marya Basaraba, Saxby also
(see ‘AMAHL,’ page 29)
Filmmaker Steven Barber Seeks
Financing To Complete Doc On
Tarawa Marines’ MIAs
By John Seitz
As a adjunct to the old
phrase: “It’s always harder to
get the job than to actually do
the work,” local filmmaker
Steven Barber would heartily
agree. In his case, however, he
would add: “It’s a so much easier to create a film but getting it
financed is another story.”
Two years ago, Barber and
his Vanilla Fire Productions
produced a stirring documentary on the experiences of Leon
Cooper, a Navy landing craft
officer during the bloody
World War II battle on the
beach of Tarawa.
The result was Return To
(www.return
to
Tarawa
tarawa.com), narrated by Ed
Harris. It’s impact stirred
Congress to pass a mandate to
go look for M.I.A. Marines and
their remains still there since
the battle was fought in
November 1943.
What Barber is seeking is a
Hollywood heavyweight to
step in and executive produce
the finish of his partially com-
Steven Barber
pleted sequel Until They Are
(www.untiltheyareHome
home.com).
“I feel this film would have
such a powerful effect that I’m
certain Congress will give JPAC
(JointPOWMIA
Accounting
Command) the oversight to
look for more of the 78,000
MIAs still unaccounted for
(see ‘TARAWA,’ page 28)
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The Belvedere And The Courier Team Up For
December Dinner Menu At The Peninsula
By Brenton Garen
If anyone knows the art of
pairing wines with food it’s The
Peninsula
Beverly
Hills’
Executive
Chef
James
Overbaugh.
Today through Dec. 30,
diners will be able to select The
Peninsula’s “Beverly Hills
Courier Holiday Menu” at The
Belvedere during dinner service, each course complete with
a glass of the perfect complementing wine.
“We chose wines to balance the whole dinner, not just
each course, moving through
the meal from lighter-bodied
wine to heavier-bodied wine,”
says Overbaugh.
“Heartier dishes work well
with bigger full-bodied wines;
lighter dishes work well with
lighter wines that don’t overpower the flavors of the dish.”
For the main course, the
cherry flavors in the cool climate pinot noir work well with
the cranberry, roasted apples
and duck, he says.
Overbaugh serves the
sliced duck entree with a drizzle of Cranberry-Amarone
reduction.
Amarone is an Italian wine
that is made by partially drying
the grapes in the sun before fermentation, which gives the
wine added depth and flavor.
The three-course “Beverly
Hills Courier Holiday Menu” is
available at dinner for $49
without wine pairings, $69
with matching wines for each
course.
The Peninsula is located at
9882 S. Santa Monica Blvd,
Beverly Hills.
For reservations, call 310- The Peninsula Beverly Hills’ Executive Chef James Overbaugh has
975-2736 or visit www.penin- crafted the hotel’s “Beverly Hills Courier Holiday Menu” complete
sula.com/beverlyhills.
with wine pairings for each course served through Dec. 30.
The Peninsula’s Beverly Hills Courier
Holiday Menu
Appetizer: Pumpkin Gnocchi with Chestnuts, Parmigiano Reggiano and sage
Wine Pairing: Chardonnay: Laetitia, “Estate”, Arroyo Grande Valley, 2008
Strong flavors in this dish makes
the Laetitia Chardonnay the perfect match as it is a strong white
wine with depth of flavor that is
able to work with something as
difficult as sage. The ingredients
are sauteed with a little extra virgin olive oil and shallot. Cream
is not used making it a richly flavored but relatively healthy dish
that focuses on the natural flavors of the ingredients.
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Entree: Sliced Duck Breast with Potato Latkes, Roasted Apples and CranberryAmarone Reduction
Wine Pairing: Pinot Noir: Keller Estate, “Peninsula Label”, Sonoma Coast, 2007
As duck is a lighter meat,
this wine from the hotel’s
own private label is on the
lighter side so it’s not to
drown the flavor of the
meat. This pinot noir
comes from a cool climate
that lets the red stand up to
and work with the accompaniments. The duck breast
is seared so the fat is rendered and then cooked
until medium. The duck is
then sliced and fanned out
over the latkes and apples.
Dessert: Traditional Plum Pudding
Wine Pairing: Port: Fonseca, Bin 27
This port has black fruit components
of a younger Port, not the hazelnut
flavor of a Tawny Port, that stands up
to the flavors of the Plum Pudding
plus the sweetness inherent in the
dish. A sweet dish must have a sweet
wine otherwise there will be conflict.
This Ruby Port will dance with the
Plum Pudding. This fantastic plum
pudding that sticks to tradition overall. It is the Peninsula’s pastry chef’s
dynamic presentation that will make
it stand out.
WARRANT
the following day as a result of the officers making contact with family members at locations where the suspects
were not home.
“We have an active warrant list, but
in order to keep warrants in the system,
you have to show due diligence and attempt to look for people to keep them
active,” Sgt. Cornelius said.
“Otherwise, the court looks at it as if
you have abandoned the chase so to
speak and they will squash the warrant.”
The majority of Sunday’s warrant
searches were for individuals living out-
CHASEN
transferred to BHPD.
Smith, an ex-con, had a long criminal history including two felonies.
“I will tell you we believe Mr. Smith
acted alone,” Snowden said, saying he
did not believe the shooting was a professional hit.
Police would not comment on
whether video exists confirming Smith
fleeing the Chasen murder scene on the
bicycle, but in this new scenario, they
said they believed that Smith acted
alone, opening fire and did not enter
Chasen’s vehicle.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Scientific Services Bureau/Firearms Section confirmed that the gun used in both
crimes was one and the same. The final
ballistics report will not be released for
approximately two weeks, but sources
tell The Courier that there is little chance
that the final report will differ.
At the press conference Wednesday,
21
side of Beverly Hills, but had been
charged for offenses which occurred
within the City’s limits.
A warrant for arrest is issued by a
judge when an individual posts bail, but
then fails to show up for their court appearance.
A warrant can also be issued if an individual attends court, but does not fulfill requirements such as completing
DUI classes or making required payments.
Funding for this particular program
was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Snowden denounced this and other misleading and erroneous information
about the killing. Police said the case is
60 to 70 percent done, to which reporters asked if the case is still not fully
resolved, why did BHPD believe that
Smith was the only shooter? “BHPD will
not divulge that information, other than
the fact that’s what we believe,” BHPD
Sgt. Lincoln Hoshino said.
Chasen was killed in the early
morning hours of Nov. 16 after she was
shot five times in the chest, crashing her
Mercedes-Benz sedan into a light pole
on Whittier Drive.
Smith, who reportedly bragged to
friends that he had killed Chasen, shot
himself Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the lobby
of the Harvey Apartments in Hollywood.
He died on the scene.
Police were led to Smith after a tip
from a viewer watching America’s Most
Wanted.
Sgt. Hoshino told The Courier that
there were no new developments as of 4
p.m. Thursday.
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Making Spirits Bright.. .
Keep Your Goal In Mind When
Buying For That Senior In Your Life
By Jack Merrick
aving a hard time finding that
perfect holiday gift for the special senior in your life? You’re not
alone. Ask him or her for a hint and
you’ll likely hear, “I have everything I
need.” Or you’ll get another common
response, “Don’t spend any money on
me.”
When you don’t have a lot to work
with, turn the problem around and
start with your intention, keeping the
end result in mind. Is it safety you’re
after? Do you want to make them
smile? Do they need mental stimulation? Or perhaps something practical?
We’ve created a quick guide with
more of a goal orientation to help you
in your search.
Lighthearted always scores.
Want to make a senior smile?
Have the grandchildren create something. Compile favorite family memories and create a themed photo book.
Don’t have time for a homemade gift?
Buy them something silly, like a
gnome for the garden or a book of
jokes.
Safety concerns?
Slippers are always a smar t
choice. A pair with soles that have
extra grip can help prevent falls. Along
those lines, any assistive device that
helps a senior perform everyday activities with ease or otherwise helps to
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safeguard the home will bring you
peace of mind.
Practicality can’t hurt.
Everyday items, such as postage
stamps, are a great gift idea, especially if you want to encourage your senior
to write to others. So are light bulbs—
and for good visibility, the brighter the
better.
Stimulating mental activity.
The key here is to find something
that already piques their interest.
Seek out a large-print book about a
subject that will engage their mind.
Unwrap and collaborate on a largepiece puzzle that features a favorite
vacation spot or the breed of dog they
once owned and loved.
And if all else fails, we recommend
giving something to charity in the
name of your senior. Meals on Wheels,
the well-known charity that provides
meals to seniors, is a great option
among many.
Whatever you decide, don’t agonize over a gift; it’s really all about the
spirit of the season, and it’s the
thought that counts. Happy Holidays!
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SNOW 90210
created a magical winter wonderland.
Shoppers checked off their holiday
shopping lists as they took advantage of
the more than 50 participating stores
which stayed open until late.
The 200, 300 and 400 blocks of
Rodeo Drive were closed at 5:30 p.m.
so residents and lucky tourists were
able to walk freely across the famed
shopping strip without the hassle of
watching for traffic.
Live entertainment was enjoyed by
all and holiday fare was frenzied from
seven gourmet food trucks along the
three blocks.
Stores served up free champagne,
hors d’oeuvres, chocolates, warm apple cider, hot chocolate, wine, pastries,
cookies, macaroons and more.
DJs created an electric atmosphere,
raffles were won, new product lines
were launched and some shops even
offered free gift-wrapping, engraving
and even complimentary gifts.
The delightful night made Beverly
Hills the place to be for the holidays
and The Courier looks forward to event
becoming bigger and better next year.
THE UNICEF
C RY S TA L —
The
UNICEF
Snowflake featuring 12,000
Baccarat crystals
is
now
hanging outside
The
Beverly
Wilshire, located at Wilshire
and Rodeo. The
snowflake originally hung at the
intersection of
5th Avenue and
57th Street in
New York City
until it made its
Beverly Hills debut in 2006. The
crystal was originally designed
by Ingo Mauer,
to mimic a stunning snowflake.
The
DESERT
Stars Dazzle At
the Palm Springs
International Film
Festival
By Frances Allen
(See PS2)
December 17, 2010
PS2
The
’s DESERT
A Desert Classic
Palm Springs To Host A Galaxy Of Stars
Marking its 22nd year, the Palm Springs International Film Festival is now the thirdlargest flm festival in North America and a handicapping event for the Oscars.
By Frances Allen
he Palm Springs International
Film Festival (PSIFF), one of the
largest and most prestigious film
festivals in North America, welcomes
130,000 attendees each year to view
its lineup of new and celebrated international feature film releases and documentaries.
A sold-out feature of the festival is
the January Black Tie Awards Gala
honoring the best achievements of the
previous year, both in front of and
behind the cameras. In recent years,
the A-List honorees have included
Clint Eastwood, Kate Winslet, Brad
Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Sean Penn,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ron Howard,
Anne Hathaway, Jeff Bridges and
Danny Elfman.
Unlike most award events, where
the names of the honorees are a well
guarded secret, the PSIFF tantalizes
award guests with a weekly, sometimes by-weekly release of honorees
and their categories before the awards
gala.
Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson and
Helen Mirren.
As impressive and coveted as the
list of honorees is, it is far from finished. About a half dozen other categories remain to be named prior to the
red-carpet gala.
The Festival’s 22nd Annual
Awards Gala—presented by Cartier
and sponsored by Mercedes Benz and
Entertainment Tonight —will take place
on Jan. 8 at the Palm Springs
Convention Center. Entertainment
Tonight’s Mary Hart will reprise her role
as host.
The festival, itself, runs from Jan.
6-17. For more information, cal 760322-2930. CD
T
Jennifer Lawrence will receive the
festival’s Rising Star Award.
International Film Festival honors talent from around the globe with the
International Star Award, recognizing
an actor or actress who has both critically and commercially made a successful transition from foreign-language films to mainstream international recognition. The honoree for 2011 is
Javier Bardem, particularly for his work
in No Country for Old Men and Biutiful.
Colin Firth and Natalie Portman
2011 Palm Springs
Int’l Film Festival
Robert Duvall will be honored for
his 50-year film career.
Carey Mulligan will receive the
Breakthrough Performance Award.
This year, Carey Mulligan was the
first celebrity honoree to be
announced. She will receive the
Breakthrough Performance Award for
her work in the currently released dramas Never Let Me Go and Wall Street:
Money Never Sleeps.
Past recipients of the Breakthrough Performance Award include
Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Hudson,
Felicity Huffman, Frieda Pinto, Jeremy
Renner and Mariah Carey.
The Festival’s Rising Star Award
goes to Jennifer Lawrence in recognition of her work in the criticallyacclaimed Winter’s Bone. In previous
years, Rising Star honorees have recognized Jessica Biel, Dakota Fanning,
Emile Hirsh, Bryce Dallas Howard,
Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick and
Scarlett Johansson.
Holding true to the “International”
in its name, the Palm Springs
Javier Bardem will be named the
PSIFF’s International Star
will each receive the Desert Palm
Achievement Award for an actor and
actress, respectively.
Firth will next be seen in the
Oscar-worthy film, The King’s Speech,
while Natale Portman, who started
dancing at the age of 4 is being
acclaimed for her memorable performance in Black Swan.
The eagerly awaited Career
Achievement Award will be presented
to Robert Duvall in recognition of nearly 50 years of motion picture excellence and for his magnificent portrayal
of a Tennessee hermit in Get Low.
With this award, Duvall joins a
prestigious roster of prior winners,
including Cate Blanchett, Kevin
Costner, Clint Eastwood, Morgan
Colin Firth and Natalie Portman will each receive the Desert Palm
Achievement Award
From Jan. 6 – 17, 2011 the 22nd
Annual Palm Springs International
Film Festival will feature an array of
movies and movie stars.
The festival will feature a line-up of
more than 200 films from 70 countries, special events and gala
receptions. The black tie Awards
gala will be Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011,
at the Palm Springs Convention
Center.
The full schedule of film will be
posted on Dec. 24.
Individual tickets will be available
for purchase to Palm Springs
International Film Society Members online beginning Dec. 24 and
to non-members beginning Dec. 27
Festival box offices located at the
Regal Cinemas Palm Springs
Stadium 9, 789 Tahquitz Canyon
Way or the Camelot Theatres, 2300
E. Baristo Road. Call 1-800-898PALM to order by phone or order
online at www.psfilmfest.org.
The Palm Springs International
Film Society is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization whose
mission is to cultivate and promote
the art and science of film through
education
and
cross-cultural
awareness in the Coachella Valley
and beyond.
Members receive festival benefits
at both festivals the society sponsors commensurate with their
membership level. And because of
the Film Society's charitable status,
part of membership fees are tax
deductible.
Memberships range from $40 to
$4,000, and all include a PSIFF
souvenir program, 10 percent discount on festival merchandise and
online early bird box office access,
For more information, visit
www.psfilmfest.org/society/membership/
The
’s DESERT
PS3
PS4 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER
DECEMBER 10, 2010
The
’s DESERT
TWO HOUR
held. If deemed illegal, the
measure will not reach the ballot.
City Treasurer Eliot Finkel
explained to the council why
the Budget Review Committee
unanimously opposes the G &
L/Caden ballot measure.
“It asks the taxpayers to
subsidize parking for patients
visiting doctors at the five G &
L buildings on Bedford and
Roxbury,” Finkel said. “G & L
benefits because they can
charge their tenants more than
condo space without two hour
free parking. The Budget Review Committee also strongly
objects to the restriction the G
& L initiative places on the
Council’s freedom to govern
the City.”
During the meeting, Councilmember Brien read a Dec. 7
letter from Kaufman Legal
Group to the City. The firm,
representing Marcia Caden, the
filer of the measure, asked the
City to cease and desist calling
the measure the G & L initiative.
Doing so not only mischaracterizes the initiative and misuses the public resources of the
ballot measure in violation of
state law, the letter states.
“The premise of this letter
that Mr. Brien just read is to say
the G & L is not a proponent of
the ballot measure which I find
last week and will be litigated
line day.
Wiener informed The Jan. 4.
Courier via e-mail he had re“We stipulated with the
ceived nothing further from other attorneys that we would
Kaufman Legal Group, as of file our petition on the issue as
Wednesday, and said he ex- a cross-petition in this same acpects a decision in the matter tion,” he wrote in an e-mail.
by Jan. 4.
Phone calls to Kaufman LeEnglander said the exten- gal Group were not returned at
sion issue was raised in court time of publication.
somewhat surprising in reference to the letter considering, I
believe, it is common knowledge that G & L Realty Corp. is
a proponent of this measure,”
City Attorney Larry Wiener
said. “In fact, three weeks ago,
right here in this council chamber, an attorney for G & L Realty stood before you and said G
& L Realty is a proponent of
this ballot measure.”
Chamber monitors then
showed video footage of two
Council meetings wherein
Donna Black, a representative
for G & L Realty said on tape
that G & L is in fact a proponent of the ballot measure.
“I’m here on behalf of G &
L Realty, a proponent of the initiative and Marcia Caden is the
sponsor of the initiative,” Donna Black clearly stated on tape.
City Attorney Wiener said
he thought it was fair to call G
& L proponents of the measure,
given that they testified twice to
that effect, and Caden signed
an affidavit that said she was a
proponent of the initiative. “I
believe they both are (proponents),” Wiener told Council.
Harvey Englander, a representative of G & L Realty Corp.,
said that the word proponent is
a legal term and Caden is the
proponent.
Councilmember
John
Mirisch suggested calling the
measure the G & L Realty
Corp./Marcia Caden Two Hour
Free Parking Initiative. The
Council agreed.
On Dec. 1, Stephen J. Kaufman of Kaufman Legal Group
drafted a letter on behalf of Caden, contending that California
election code bars the City unilaterally extending the deadline
for arguments for or against
City measures. The letter was
sent in response to the City extending the period on the dead-
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Halper—More Personality Profile Than Photography
By Mitch Lehman
The company title includes
the words “fine art” and in this
instance, the result lives up to
that lofty billing.
For decades, Mark Robert
Halper dedicated his time and
talent to the commercial photography trade. That all changed
three years ago when he married
his wife, Jennifer, and the two
set sail on a different course.
Halper now augments his commercial ventures with the creation of stunning portraits of
families.
“Halper Fine Art is all about
creating beautiful and moving
portraits for families, of themselves and their children,” the
namesake told The Courier.
“Our work is meant to be displayed prominently in our
clients’ homes, and that means
that we have to rise above what
other photographers offer.”
Halper is up front about his
goal to create a different product
– individual works of art, if you
will – that are not at all similar to
the typical stock and trade.
“We go far beyond ‘white
shirts and jeans on the beach’ to
create imagery that is appropriate to families who want to display their portraits with their art
collections,” Halper continued.
“As a commercial photographer,
I’d never understood why most
family portraits were so odd,
and aesthetically unappealing.
Either they lined everybody up
wearing the same clothing and
stacked them up on the beach,
or the portraits tried to imitate
paintings. I love paintings, but if
I wanted a painting, that’s what I
do – I’d commission a painting. I
think that photography shouldn’t
try to look like something else,
but rather explore its own aesthetic.”
A journey to his in-home
studio and the opportunity to sit
in on a session is worth the time
in itself, perusal of the finished
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Dr. Hamilton, who is co-author of the
international best seller, “Beverly Hills
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product
a
mere bonus.
Halper’s true
ability is evaluating
and
extracting the
individual personality
of
every family
member and
giving
each
person a true
presence on
the parchment.
One is not witness to a laboratory experiment of lighting and lenses,
rather privy to
a symphony of
social interaction that later
appears
in
black
and
white.
H a l p e r ’s
favorite mediON THE WALL: Above, the finished product.
um.
“My work
very excited about.”
tends to reference mid-century
Halper has been the subject
and earlier photography,” he of feature articles and reviews in
said. “Since our clients will dis- Santa Barbara Magazine, 805
play it for generations, and Living, Santa Barbara Newseventually pass it on to their Press, and The Montecito
children, it’s essential that the Journal.
work not date itself, but it is also
Halper sees most of his
equally essential that it be clients in his Los Angeles studio,
infused with vision and creativi- and also works with clients in
ty. I’ve always found the optical Santa Barbara county. He
characteristics of old lenses to schedules sessions both on the
be beautiful, and many of my weekend and on weekdays, and
images take advantage of those can accept requests to create
qualities.”
imagery on location.
Along with his family por“We recognize that our
trait venture, Halper continues clients have differing schedules,
to explore his commercial roots. and do our best to accommoHalper’s Sunlight and date their needs,” Halper conWater, a collection of portraits cluded.
featuring and celebrating the
So when the family soon
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County. is currently on exhibi- might appreciate the fresh pertion in Los Olivos. “We took spective Halper will bring to
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Samples of the artist’s work
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The Fighter ... A Smash For
Wahlberg, Triumph For Bale
The amazingly gifted Mark
Wahlberg has become somewhat of a mogul in Hollywood.
He produces Entourage and
Boardwalk Empire for HBO and
is listed as a producer for a good
film in which he stars, The
Fighter. Just looking at his abs
you just know that he is able to
shoulder those responsibilities.
He has garnered incredibly
talented actors for his film who
score heavily in their respective
roles. Amy Adams (Charlene) is
tough and vulnerable who won’t
let anyone trample on her guy,
the soft-spoken, shy protagonist,
Mark Wahlberg (Micky Ward).
Melissa Leon (Alice) brings into
focus the driven, hard and
focused female manager, controlling her son Micky’s boxing
career and Christian Bale
(Dicky), her favorite son and former boxer who knocked Sugar
Ray Leonard to the canvas or
maybe the champ just slipped.
An HBO filming crew is
doing a retrospective on Dicky’s
life. In his delusional mind he
thinks it’s because he is still a
celebrity. Truth is, it’s a document about the degenerative
effects of drugs on a once highly
touted prizefighter. Bale is brilliant as the down and out character looking to redeem himself
as manager of his kid brother.
The problem is, he’s hooked and
AMAHL
attends The Colburn School on
Saturdays where he is a featured
vocalist with the school’s
Children’s Choir.
Not plagued with stage
fright (he chides his mother for
getting nervous) or worried
about that inevitable voice
change, Saxby is hoping for a
singing career.
With a passion for opera, he
TARAWA
from WW II,” said Barber.
He claims the first effort has
made a difference in the lives of
thousands of veterans. Because
of it, two Marines were found
and he was able to cover 34
days on the ground in Tarawa as
JPAC did its recovery mission.
“The process of how our
military looks for the war dead is
beyond fascinating and the
sequel will bring a lot of good
will
and
information
to
American families still waiting
on word as to the whereabouts
of their loved ones,” explained
Barber.
Jerry
Cutler
On Film
can’t seem to extricate himself
from the clutches of a crack
house and its forlorn women.
Charlene enters Micky’s life
and realizing his conflict with
his mother, brother and seven
sisters, tries to steer him away
from their clutches.
Director David O. Russell is
apparently more in his element
than he was with the travesty
that befell I Heart Huckabees
(also starring Wahlberg). His
direction is solid and his depiction of this dysfunctional family
right on.
Based on a true story, the
fight scenes between Micky and
his opponents en-route to hopefully, capturing the light welterweight championship of the
world, are so realistic that if you
don’t duck in the movie theatre
you might get caught by a right
hand smash to the side of your
head.
If you come out unscathed,
you will remember the cast of
consummate actors and especially Bale’s knockout performance, who, thanks to Wahlberg,
brought this tale to the screen,
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doesn’t limit himself to that
genre, and is the lead singer for
the Hollywood Rebels, a group
of youths who perform music
from the ’50s. “I get to sing a lot
of Elvis,” Saxby said.
Performances of Amahl and
the Night Visitors are 8 p.m.,
Dec. 16-18 and 2 p.m., Dec.
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call 626-274-7342 or visit
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—Steve Simmons
The budget for the sequel
shot in HD is $156,000 with
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to tell the story, he continued.
“I have spoken to Matt
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DECEMBER 10, 2010
EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT
Director of
Education
Dupé Aleru
daleru@
bhcourier.com
The Courier Visits Harkham
Hillel Hebrew Academy
By Dupè Aleru
This week was another
week to visit and observe classrooms in Beverly Hills. The
Courier’s pick was Harkham
Hillel Hebrew Academy off
West Olympic Boulevard and
Oakhurst.
After successfully visiting
St. Timothy’s Catholic School a
few weeks back, I realized how
vital it is for the community to
see what really goes on behind
the scenes–a day inside the
classrooms.
Teachers work so hard–I
know from personal experience–and they deserve to get
recognized for their patience
and love for teaching.
Elana Gettinger, a kindergarten teacher at Hillel had her
students in centers when The
Courier arrived. These consisted
of dramatic play with halo
blocks, block area, pinati ivrat
(in Hebrew) center where students play with the dreidels in
celebration of Hanukkah, a
writing center, a lego duplo
area and a sand table.
Students learn many skills
from fine motor coordination,
math skills and social skills to
conflict resolution, gross motor
skills and physics.
In addition to the visit, The
Courier observed Hillel’s music WRITING CENTER–Pictured (from left): Ateret Isaidi and Hilla
Newman (back) Lior Ronen and Keira Deutsch.
comprehension class with first
graders learning to use a xylophone. Led by music teacher
Dika Durbuzovic, students took
turns playing a short tune-up
song.
Meghan Borg, science
teacher, had her students present and share their science projects with the class. Elie Benzaquen presented his project on
clouds.
Job well done Hillel. Keep
up the great work!
SAND TABLE–Students are burying dreidels in sand for other students
to find. Pictured (from left): Zev Berenson and Nettie Wolkind.
MUSIC COMPREHENSION–Students learned how to play the xylophone. Pictured (from left): Kayla Golban and Shaina Davoudpour.
BOYS BEING BOYS–A group of students posed during their lunch
SCIENCE CLASS–Elie Benzaquen presented his science project on break after a game of basketball. Pictured (from left): Josh Eliasson,
“Clouds” to the class as his friends help support the presentation board. Asher Remer, Zack Kino, Yair Isaccs, Derek Orshlien and Mati Davis.
JUMP SHOT–Shirin Nataneli,
seventh grade student at Hillel,
played basketball for recess.
Harkham Hillel
Host Banquet
By Dupè Aleru
Harkham Hillel Hebrew
Academy is honoring its
school’s patriarch, Chaham
Naji Harkham, at its upcoming
scholarship banquet, Dec. 19,
at the Westin Bonaventure
downtown.
Hillel honoree Hazan Sassoon Ezra will be receiving the
Legacy of Education award.
Also being recognized are
three distinguished alumni educators: Rabbi Roi Zadok, class
of ’87; Daphne Orenshein,
class of ’82; and Florette Benhamou, class of ’82.
Hillel families, friends,
alumni and supporters are encouraged to make reservations
and place a journal ad.
310-276-6135.
Writing Program Powered By BHHS Alumnus Is A
Success For Dr. Raquel Ramsey’s Students
By Dupè Aleru
Directed by former BHHS
student David Reynaldo and
developed by English Language
Learning Coordinator Dr.
Raquel Ramsey, the college
counseling business, College
Zoom, administered questionnaires for its writing program at
the end of November.
The questionnaires were
administered to get student
feedback about the College
Zoom writing program that
ended last Friday.
COLLEGE ZOOM–Students from College Zoom filled out an anony“We are going to learn
mous exit survey on the last day of its writing program.
what students gained from the
program, how it can be improved for next time, and how
the students are going to use
their new writing skills in the
future” said David Reynaldo,
director and co-founder of College Zoom.
The company’s tutors from
UCLA and USC helped BHHS
students master advanced writing skills during the program.
As a result, students reported in an anonymous exit survey
that their writing ability not
only improved but their confidence increased as well.
One student said: “Before,
I always thought I couldn’t
write. Now I feel confident
about my essay because of the
tutors. I actually started to like
writing.”
Another student responded: “I learned how to organize
my thoughts better and, in fact,
just got an ‘A’ on my history essay from what I learned.”
For information about College Zoom’s year-round service, contact David Reynaldo at
310-770-1829 or david@collegezoom.us. You can also visit
www.collegezoom.us for additional information.
EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT
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Director of
Education
Dupé Aleru
daleru@
bhcourier.com
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy Joins The Los
Angeles Symphony For A Festive Musical Day
Yair Fax tests out the tuba.
Tali Schlacht observes her friend Temimah Pilichowsky play the violin.
By Dupè Aleru
A musical “petting zoo”
Green’s version of “Yom
“It was beautiful…and was set up for students to try Zeh LeIsrael/Yismach Moshe”
soothing,” said Rebecca Reg- everything from trombones, was not only outstanding, but it
wan.
trumpets, clarinets and cellos made an auditory connection
“Jews and
between Latinon-Jews
no and Jewish
united
by
music.
Spanish muIn honor of
sic,”
stated
Chanukah,
Ilan Bouskila.
Green’s talUnder the
ented daughsupervision of
ter sang a
fifth
grade
solo of Ocho
t e a c h e r
Kandelikas
D a p h n e
while the stuOrenshein,
dents in the
Harkham Hilaudience
lel Hebrew
sang
along
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rus–“Uno
an educationkandelika,
dos kandeal music prolikas…” and
gram during
danced the
the ThanksgivMexican Hat
ing weekend.
Dance
along
“ Fr o m
Michaela Somekh, Rebecca Regwan and Naomi Niv.
with the orThanksgiving
chestra.
songs to Shabbos songs to Lati- violins, pianos and drums.
Cantor Gindlin sang Cielito
no music, Harkham Hillel HeFollowing the “petting
brew Academy’s fifth and sixth zoo”, students were brought to Lindo and asked the audience
grade students relished the mu- a separate room where they members to wave their prosical culmination of a long were provided with a snack grams in their hands. In addiweekend with family. Under and an activity packet. In order tion, during his version of
the artistic direction of Dr. to test the students’ knowledge Granada he asked audience
Noreen Green and the Los An- of diverse instruments, the members to shout “ole!” when
geles Jewish Symphony, the packet had a variety of puzzles directed.
It is evident that Hillel stustudents were treated to a feast and games to play and solve.
for the ears, as they sat in the
Welcoming 600 guests and dents have a passion for music
Valley Beth Shalom Sanctuary introducing the well-respected which makes programs such as
together with Jewish and non- Cantor Marcelo Gindlin, Dr. this so meaningful. The stuJewish students from various Green followed the welcoming dents enjoyed the gorgeous
schools participating in the Ed- by conducting and introducing Ladino music and agreed it was
ucation Project,” said Oren- each piece with a short expla- the ideal way to close a beautiful culture-rich weekend.
shein.
nation.
Page Private School’s Staff Plays Dress Up
Courtney D. Harris
Janice Kim
Alexandra Morris
Tonia Good
Jacqueline Castillo
BROADWAY–Watch out! Make
room for the staff of Page Private School.
Page Private School hosted
its “A Holiday on Broadway"
on Wednesday with dinner
served on the outside patio
area on campus.
Singing and dancing, students–preschool through third
grade–will be putting on various Broadway performances
from The Lion King and Hairspray to Singin’ In The Rain and
The Phantom Of The Opera.
‘Admit’, ‘Deny’, Or ‘Deferred’
By Charlene Liebau
College Admissions Editor
As 2010 draws to a close,
the coming days promise to
bring news for students who
applied to college as an “early
action” or “early decision”
candidate.
For students who submitted an “early decision” application and receive a message
along
the
lines
of
“Congratulations, you’ve been
admitted” there is not only a
sense of excitement, but also
one of relief.
What if the decision is not
so favorable? Colleges may,
and are, denying students at
this point. If that is the decision
the student receives, he or she
may not reapply as a “regular
decision” candidate for fall
2011.
Other than receiving an
“admit” or “deny” decision,
students may be “deferred.” In
this case, the application will
be reconsidered along with all
the applications in the regular
decision applicant pool. Often
the “deferred” decision reflects
the college’s wish to see the
student’s senior year grades
and to learn of achievements
during the senior year.
If the response to your
application is other than
“admit”–think of this as a
chance to demonstrate your
resilience. Don’t give up!
Continue to research colleges
of interest and work on your
application to fully convey
your abilities and interests.
Note: that time is short as
the regular decision application deadline for many colleges
is Jan. 1 or Jan. 15.
Charlene Liebau is the former director of admissions for
CalTech
and
Occidental
College. She is also a finalist
judge of the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation.
DECEMBER 10, 2010
THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Celebrating birthdays are Myra Demeter, Kenneth Branagh, Susan Dey, Chris Matsumoto and Gloria Loring (Dec. 10); Teri Garr, Jermaine Jackson,
Brenda Lee, Donna Mills, Eliot Finkel, Rita Moreno and The Courier’s Janet Salter (Dec. 11); Nancy Krasne, Brandon Beck, Bob Barker, Mayim Bialik, Fionna Flanagan, Connie
Francis, Ed Koch, Susan Seidelman and Dionne Warwick (Dec. 12); Patty Duke, Helen Slater and Hal Williams (Dec. 13); Norma Zager, John Davidson, Christopher Plummer,
Christopher Prosky, George Shultz and Dick Van Dyke (Dec. 14); Tim Conway and Don Johnson (Dec. 15); Barbara Gardner, Terry Sternfeld, Jack Barclay, Lee Kapelovitz, Ben Cross,
Fred Cunningham, Frank Deford, Lesley Stahl and Liv Ullman (Dec. 16).
ASTROLOGY
by Holiday Mathis
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 10).
Love is in the forefront this year.
You create excitement by seizing
your moments impulsively. Your
personal life zings with new interest in January. Your riches
grow after you take control of
your expenses and whittle them
down to a grouping that is more
easily handled. Your home gets a
makeover in June. Libra and
Gemini people adore you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). If it comes too easily to you,
you won't keep track of it, maintain it or appreciate it enough.
Someone realizes this and
makes you work for his or her attention.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
You're in a flirtatious mood, but
be aware that not everyone is
open to your fun energy. Try not
to make anyone jealous, and be
sure that your choice of words is
appropriate for the environment.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
What we now call “myth” was
once taken very seriously as religion. And all those family stories
you tell -- someone actually
lived them at one time. You will
pay homage to the past in some
way today.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). If you
feel someone edging away, just
know that the dance of love is a
push-and-pull ballet. You can
close the distance between you
with a bridge made of laughter.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). You'll
be a trailblazer, developing a different kind of system from what
was once used in the job you're
doing. Push beyond what you
think will work. The answer will
be on the extreme side.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). You
want a certain outcome, but
what matters to you more than
the end result is the way the result has been achieved. Stay involved. Keep the others accountable.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You
won't want to judge others or
spoil their fun, but that doesn't
mean you want to participate in
it, either. You are no stranger to
high speed and high-risk activities, though you'll opt for a mellow and wise choice today.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You
have always been an intuitive
person, and yet you have not always believed in your intuition
enough to act on it. Today, you
don't need proof in order to be
certain of something.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Gravitate
toward those who show extreme
generosity. Beware of the one
who says he will meet you
halfway. Make sure this person
is as good a judge of distance as
you are.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You
don't know what your whims
are because you have not been
in a position to follow any of
them or have them fulfilled. But
all of that is about to change. So
start up the quirky dream machine in your head.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The
right project for you is something you can become totally
immersed in. There is a paradox
at work here: You will find the
best in yourself when you lose
yourself altogether.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Perhaps no one will erect a
monument to your greatness today, but make no mistake: The
good deeds you do contribute to
the structure of humanity. With
your every kindness, you are
building your legacy.
To write to Holiday Mathis, go
to www.creators.com and click
on "Write the Author" on the
Holiday Mathis page.
CONNIE MARTINSON
Talks ‘Cook’ Books
If you are one who reads
cookbooks in bed, Los Angeles
Times’ Food Editor Riss Parsons’
How To Read a French Fry: And
Other Stories Of Intriguing
Kitchen Science (Houghton
Mifflin $25) is a must. He writes
about the science of frying with
little oil and low calories. For
those who love lamb, there is a
recipe for roast lamb in the
French manner with peas and
turnips including the way his
flavors are layered and tied together.
Now that your clothes feel
tight, look to the French. Michel
Montignac’s Slim Forever The
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dissects how and why we put
on weight , and can take it off
the logical and healthy way. The
rules are--never skip a meal but
dinner should be lighter than
lunch. Eliminate sugar and potatoes. Carrots raw are fine but
cooked – no. Legumes or beans
gets hearty “yes.” Recipes con-
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Drive To Launch On
North Elm Drive
Beverly Hills-based Victorino Noval Foundation is sponsoring the “Spark of Love” 2010
Toy Drive in partnership with
the Children's Trust Fund.
The goal is to collect toys
for needy L.A. foster care children beginning on Wednesday,
Dec. 15 (through Dec. 24) with
a toy donation box being
manned by volunteers daily
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Elm Dr.
This annual gift of giving
during the holiday season was
started by social workers who
on limited incomes saw firsthand the needs of children in
foster care.
Tax deductible donations
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PARKING
lots for residents up to three
hours.
The City will not alter the
current two hour free parking
program for other motorists,
but the new measure would
not compel the City to provide
additional free parking for non
residents away from retail areas.
“If it prevails, the ordinance
will supercede any ballot
measure provided it receives
more votes,” Assistant City
Manager Mahdi Aluzri said
Tuesday, in reference to the
projected annual loss staff anticipates, between $250,000
and $400,000.
The measure is the response to what the City is now
calling the G & L Realty Corporation /Marcia Caden Two Hour
Free Parking Initiative, which
Doheny Village • Beverly Hills
the City sued in a writ of mandate on Nov. 24.
The new Residents Three
Hour Parking Measure wouldprovide residents three hours of
free parking in existing City
parking structures with the exception of the Foothill Drive facility lot.
Free parking would not apply to meter parking, monthly
parking permits, daily passes,
special event, commercial valet
storage, early bird, and other
special parking rates including
flat evening rates.
Residents will receive a 50
percent discount on nightly lots
when the City provides an
evening flat rate in off street
parking facilities, encouraging
local patronage of retail business and the City's fine dining
establishments.
Most importantly, the new
measure maintains the City
Council discretion to adjust
meter and monthly parking
rates, the issue at the heart of
the matter.
The City has not yet determined how to implement the
plan, if approved. City Manager Jeff Kolin will begin working
on guidelines to prevent misuse
or abuse, including limiting the
number of privileges issued to
each household, and only providing privileges to licensed
drivers.
The measure has a 10-year
clause, wherein if fiscal emergency ensues, a fourth-fifths
City Council vote could suspend the program for a period
of one year, with suspension
only up for renewal after another supermajority of four
votes.
Councilmemeber Willie
Brien, who served on the adhoc committee with Vice-Mayor Barry Brucker, going over
several proposals for the past
month, said he is against the
initiative because it challenges
the council's ability to legislate.
“I think it's phenomenal,”
Vice-Mayor Brucker told The
Courier. “Here the voters and
the residents are being given an
added benefit. It's good for the
residents, it's good for our retailers because it encourages
our residents to shop and dine
even more so….I think it all
pans out for a win-win-win for
the residents, businesses and
City.”
Councilmember
John
Mirisch asked the council if
there was any truth to the assertion that the new measure will
incur further staff costs. Harvey
Englander, who backs the G &
L Realty Corporation/Marcia
Caden Two Hour Free Parking
Initiative, has held steadfast to
the notion that the City is hiding costs for staff additions,
calling the new plan risky.
“The three hour parking
proposal is ill-conceived and
poorly planned,” he wrote in
an e-mail. “It will create a new
city bureaucracy costing hundreds of thousands of dollars
on an untested permit parking
program that limits Beverly
Hills' family's opportunities...
This program was created by
the same people who allowed
the Parking Enterprise Fund to
develop a $25 million deficit.”
City Manager Kolin said he
did not believe the measure
would require additional full
time employees. “If anything, it
will be a modest part of an employee, part-time, permanent
part-time position,” Kolin said.
FELONY
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won a number of key rulings
from the civil court.
The Courier learned late
Thursday that the BHUSD
counsel Steve Madison of
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and
Sullivan, will seek a stay of the
civil case pending resolution of
the criminal complaint.
The district attorney seeks
$2 million in bail for Christiansen and $50,000 for Hubbard.
Check The Courier’s website, www.bhcourier.com, for
further updates as they become
available.
trial on Monday, Christiansen
seeks over $16 million in damages.
BHUSD counterclaimed
for $4 million and attorney
fees.
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MAGAZINE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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colors
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Gate State Park
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orchestra
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want
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jo king about that
y et?”
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sheepish?
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26 How pets may fly
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composer Brian
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g ro undbreaking?
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a k a the Dunkin’
Dutchman
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33 Sh ed thing
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rings
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41 Richard Gere
title role of 2000
42 Peach, e.g.
45 On etime
“S.N.L.” regular
Tina
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a Harvest
Cheddar flavor
50 “Butter knife” of
golf
51 Deem
56 Austin-to-Waco
dir.
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59 Escapee from a
witch in a
Grimm tale
61 Swingers’ grp.
For any three answers,
call from a touch-tone
phone:
1-900-285-5656,
ANSWERS
FOUND
$1.49 each minute; or,
IN NEXT
with a credit
card, 1-800WEEK’S PAPER…
814-5554.
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down on a roll
64 Up for bidding
68 Strong aversion,
colloquially
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71 10 Downing St.
figures
73 R.V. refuge org.
74 Reflux
76 Places for
needles
77 Go by
79 Exactly right
82 Mythological
triad
83 Porker ’s place
84 Creatures known
to lick their own
eyeballs
86 Itty-bitty
88 “Cómo es ___?”
(Spanish
“Why?”)
89 Nuts about
90 It guards the
heart
94 Kind of romance
between actors
96 One of the
Gandhis
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101 Vegas opening?
102 ___ Na Na
104 What might go
for a dip?
108 Worked up
110 Big name in
late-night
112 “Don’t try any
more tricks!”
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115 When repeated,
an old sitcom
farewell
116 Cry of selfpride
117 Beginning
118 Preceders of xis
119 Stretched
figures
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with the 1990 hit
“Feels Good”
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twisted humor
126 Is worth doing
127 Trattoria topper
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support
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be a t ?
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sunbow
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s t udi o a l bum
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t hi s puz z l e )
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repair franchise
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silents
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i nfi l t ra t e d N a z i
Germany
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Abbr.
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when 148-Across
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t a ke s pl a c e
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gi a nt
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Judy
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creme
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pl a c e
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t he re ___ S a nt a
C l a us ”
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c e nt e rpi e c e of
148-Across
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novel)
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Jane
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Ic e l a nd?
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G re e k We ddi ng”
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a t hl e t e s
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s ome t hi ng
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di s rupt i on i n
space
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w i t h “ t he ”
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Maui
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for short
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star
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consciousness,
for short?
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Confucian sage)
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term of address
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you”
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36 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER DECEMBER 10, 2010
T.S. No. T10-66930-CA / APN:
4337-015-011 NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED 02-28-2007.
UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION
TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED
AN EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. A public auction sale
to the highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check drawn on a
state or national bank, check
drawn by a state or federal
credit union, or a check drawn
by a state or federal savings
and loan association, or savings association, or savings
bank specified in Section 5102
of the Financial Code and
authorized to do business in
this state will be held by the
duly appointed trustee as
shown below, of all right, title,
and interest conveyed to and
now held by the trustee in the
hereinafter described property
under and pursuant to a Deed
of Trust described below. The
sale will be made, but without
covenant
or
warranty,
expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or
encumbrances, to pay the
remaining principal sum of the
note(s) secured by the Deed of
Trust, with interest and late
charges thereon, as provided
in the note(s), advances, under
the terms of the Deed of Trust,
interest thereon, fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee
for the total amount (at the
time of the initial publication of
the Notice of Sale) reasonably
estimated to be set forth
below. The amount may be
greater on the day of sale.
Pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 2923.54 the
undersigned, on behalf of the
beneficiary, loan servicer, or
authorized agent, declares as
follows: [X] The mortgage loan
servicer has obtained from the
commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption
pursuant to Section 2923.53
that is current and valid on the
date the notice of sale is filed
and [X] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in
subdivision (a) of Section
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or
2923.55 Trustor: BRUCE B.
BEALKE AND WILLAM BELLI,
DOMESTIC PARTNERS AS
JOINT
TENANTS
Duly
Appointed Trustee: CR Title
Services, Inc. C/O PITE DUNCAN, 4375 JUTLAND DRIVE,
SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO, CA
92117
877-576-0472
Recorded 03-06-2007 as
Instrument No. 20070486890
in book , page of Official
Records in the office of the
Recorder of LOS ANGELES
County, California, Date of
Sale:01-03-2011 at 10:30 AM
Place of Sale: AT THE FRONT
ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA
SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BLVD.,
POMONA,
CALIFORNIA
Amount of unpaid balance and
other charges: $2,225,515.24
Street Address or other common designation of real property: 394 HUNTLEY DRIVE
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA
90048 A.P.N.: 4337-015-011
Legal Description: AS MORE
FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID
DEED OF TRUST The undersigned Trustee disclaims any
liability for any incorrectness
of the street address or other
common designation, if any,
shown above. If no street
address or other common
designation is shown, directions to the location of the
property may be obtained by
sending a written request to
the beneficiary within 10 days
of the date of first publication
of this Notice of Sale. The
Trustee shall incur no liability
for any good faith error in stating the proper amount of
unpaid balances and charges.
For Sales Information please
contact PRIORITY POSTING
AND
PUBLISHING
at
WWW.PRIORITYPOSTING.C
OM or (714) 573-1965 REINSTATEMENT LINE: 877-5760472 Date: 12-10-2010 CR
Title Services, Inc. 1000
TECHNOLOGY DRIVE MS 314
O’FALLON, MO 63368 KIMBERLY LEE, TRUSTEE SPECIALIST Federal Law requires
us to notify you that we are
acting as a debt collector. If
you are currently in a bankruptcy or have received a discharge in bankruptcy as to
this obligation, this communication is intended for informational purposes only and is
not an attempt to collect a
debt in violation of the automatic stay or the discharge
injunction. P773679 12/10,
12/17, 12/24/2010
——————————
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
Trustee's Sale # M-1385 Loan
No. 702 N CRESCENT Title
Order # 5810567 APN
Number: 4344-003-001 YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST DATED 1222-2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD
AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION OF
THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. On 01-06-2011 at
2:00 P.M., ROBERT E. WEISS
INCORPORATED as the duly
appointed trustee under and
pursuant to deed of trust
recorded 08-12-2010, book ,
page
,
instrument
20101118906 of official
records in the office of the
recorder of LOS ANGELES
county, California, executed
by: ILAN ASHER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ILAN ASHER AS
TRUSTEE FOR THE ILAN
ASHER I SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST DATED 11-22009 AND ILAN ASHER FAMILY INVESTMENTS, COMMON WEALTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF ILAN ASHER, as
Trustor, BARRY FISCHER, as
Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT
PUBLIC AUCTION SALE TO
THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH, cashier's check drawn
by a state or national bank, a
cashier's check drawn by a
state or federal credit union,
or a cashier's check drawn by
a state or federal savings and
loan association, savings
association, or savings bank
specified in section 5102 of
the Financial Code and
this state. Place of sale: IN
THE LOBBY OF THE OFFICE
BUILDING LOCATED AT 920
VILLAGE OAKS DRIVE, COVINA, CA 91724 all right, title
now held by it under said
deed of trust in the property
situated in said county,
California describing the land
therein: AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED
OF TRUST The property
heretofore described is being
sold "as is". The street
address and other common
designation, if any, of the real
property described above is
purported to be: 702 N.
CRESCENT DR BEVERLY
HILLS, CA 90210 The undersigned trustee disclaims any
liability for any incorrectness
of the street address and
other common designation, if
any, shown herein. Said sale
will be will be made, but without covenant or warranty,
remaining principal sum of
the note(s) secured by the
Deed of Trust, with interest
thereon, as provided in said
not(s), advances, if any, under
the terms of the Deed of Trust,
estimated fees, charges and
expenses of the trustee and of
the trusts created by said
deed of trust, to wit: Amount
of unpaid balance and other
charges: $154,409.70 (estimated) Accrued interest and
additional advances, if any,
P U B L I C N OT I C E S
will increase this figure prior
to sale The beneficiary under
said Deed of Trust heretofore
executed and delivered to the
undersigned
a
written
Declaration of Default and
Demand for Sale, and a
Written Notice of Default and
Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said notice of
default and election to sell to
be recorded in the county
where the real property is
located and more than three
months have elapsed since
such recordation. DATE:
December 06, 2010 ROBERT
E. WEISS INCORPORATED,
As Trustee ATTN: FORECLOSURE DEPARTMENT 920
VILLAGE OAKS DRIVE COVINA CA 91724 (626)967-4302
FOR SALE INFORMATION:
www.lpsasap.com or (714)
730-2727 CRIS A KLINGERMAN, ESQ. WE ARE
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
ASAP# 3841668 12/10/2010,
12/17/2010, 12/24/2010
——————————
Title Order No. 1027407
Trustee Sale No. 2010-2322
Refrence No. BERRY-304
APN No. 5529-008-072
Notice of Trustee's Sale under
a Notice of Delinquent
Assessment and Claim of Lien
YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT
UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED
7/13/2010. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice
is hereby given that on
1/4/2011 at 10:30 AM S.B.S.
Lien Services, As the duly
appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Notice of
Delinquent
Assessment,
recorded on 7/15/2010 as
Document No. 10-0968805
Book
Page
of Official
Recorder of Los Angeles
County, California, the purported owner(s) of said property is (are): Lavel E. Berry
Will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash,
(payable at the time of sale in
lawful money of the United
States, by cash, a cashier’s
check drawn by a State or
National bank, a check drawn
by a state of federal credit
union, or a check drawn by a
state or federal savings and
this state.): At the front
entrance to the Pomona
Superior Courts Building, 350
West Mission Blvd., Pomona,
CA All right, title and interest
under Notice of Delinquent
Assessment in the property
situated in said County,
describing the land therein:
As more fully described in
said Deed of Trust. The street
designation, if any, of the real
property described above is
purported to be: 1010 N.
Kings Road #304, West
Hollywood, CA 90069 AKA
1010 N. Kings Rd #304, West
Hollywood, CA 90069 The
undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any
incorrectness of the street
designation, if any, shown
herein. Said sale will be made,
but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied
regarding title, possession or
remaining principal sum due
under said Notice of
Delinquent Assessment, with
interest thereon, as provided
in said notice, advances, if
any, estimated fees, charges,
and expenses of the Trustee,
to-wit: $7,741.78 accured
interest
and
additional
advances, if any, will increase
this figure prior to sale. The
claimant, 1010 North Kings
Road Condominiums Owners
Association
under said
Notice
of
Delinquent
Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the
undersigned
a
written
Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and
Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of
Default and Election to Sell to
such recordation. The property is being sold subject to
he Ninety Day right of
redemption contained in civil
code section 1367.4(c) (4).
Please note that we are a debt
collector and are attempting
to collect a debt and any
information we obtain will be
used for that purpose. For
sale information, please call
(714) 573-1965 or log onto
www.priorityposting.com.
Date: 12/1/2010 S.B.S. Lien
Services, 31194 La Baya
Drive, Suite 106 Westlake
Village, CA 91362 By: Heather
Sherman,Trustee Sale Officer
P779349 12/10, 12/17,
12/24/2010
——————————
Trustee Sale No. 743177CA
Loan No. 3060070822 Title
Order No. 100495171-CAMAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST
DATED 8/18/2005. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT
MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN
EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. On 1/3/2011 at
10:30 AM CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY
as the duly appointed Trustee
under and pursuant to Deed
of
Trust
Recorded
08/30/2005, Book , Page ,
Instrument 05 2082010 of
official records in the Office of
the Recorder of Los Angeles
County, California, executed
by: Barbara Ann Collins,
Trustee of the Barbara Ann
Collins Living Trust under
trust agreement dated June
29, 2001, as Trustor,
Washington Mutual Bank, FA,
as Beneficiary, will sell at
public auction sale to the
highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check drawn by a
state or national bank, a
or a cashier’s check drawn by
this state. Sale will be held by
the duly appointed trustee as
hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the
Deed of Trust. The sale will be
made, but without covenant
or warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal
sum of the note(s) secured
by the Deed of Trust, interest
thereon, estimated fees,
charges and expenses of the
Trustee for the total amount
(at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale)
reasonably estimated to be
set forth below. The amount
may be greater on the day of
sale. Place of Sale: At the
front entrance to the Pomona
CA Legal Description: As
more fully described in said
Deed of Trust Amount of
unpaid balance and other
charges: $949,614.68 (estimated) Street address and
other common designation of
the real property: 9033
Elevado
Street,
West
Hollywood, CA 90069 APN
Number: 4340-018-032 The
undersigned Trustee disclaims
any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and
any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is
being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code
2923.5(c) the mortgagee,
trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has
contacted the borrower(s) to
assess their financial situation
and to explore options to avoid
foreclosure; or that it has
made efforts to contact the
borrower(s) to assess their
financial situation and to
explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by
United States mail; either 1st
class or certified; by overnight
delivery; by personal delivery;
by e-mail; by face to face
meeting. Date: 12/1/2010 SEE
ATTACHED EXHIBIT Exhibit
DECLARATION PURSUANT
TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE
SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to
California Civil Code Section
2923.54, the undersigned loan
servicer declares as follows: 1.
It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary
order of exemption pursuant
to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the
notice of sale is filed; and 2.
The timeframe for giving
notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52
does not apply pursuant to
Section 2923.52 or Section
2923.55. JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association
Name: Ann Thorn Title: First
Vice President
California
Reconveyance Company, as
Trustee (714) 259-7850 or
www.fidelityasap.com (714)
573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com Deborah Brignac
California
Reconveyance
Company is a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt.
Any information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
Deborah
Brignac,
Vice
President 9200 Oakdale
Avenue Mail Stop N110612
Chatsworth,
CA
91311
P776035 12/10, 12/17,
12/24/2010
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
Title Order No.: 5810686
Trustee Sale No.: 72424 Loan
No.: 9042573428 APN: 4388004-018 You are in Default
under a Deed of Trust dated
08/31/2007. Unless you take
action to protect your property, it may be sold at a public
sale. If you need an explanation of the nature of the proceedings against you, you
should contact a lawyer. On
12/30/2010 at 10:00AM, DSL
Service Company as the duly
appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust
Recorded on 09/11/07 as Doc
#20072092834 of official
records in the Office of the
by: Shachar Ronen, A Married
Man as his sole and separate
property, as Trustor Downey
Savings and Loan Association,
F.A., as Beneficiary WILL SELL
AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH
(payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States,
by cash, a cashier's check
drawn by a state or national
bank, a check drawn by a state
or federal credit union, or a
check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or
savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code
and authorized to do business
in this state). At the West side
of the Los Angeles County
Courthouse,
Southeast
District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd.,
Norwalk, CA, all right, title and
interest conveyed to and now
held by it under said Deed of
Trust in the property situated
in said County, California
describing the land therein: As
Deed of Trust. The property
heretofore described is being
sold "as is". The street address
and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9549 Dalegrove
Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210.
The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
herein. Said sale will be made,
but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied,
regarding title, possession, or
note(s) secured by said Deed
of Trust, with interest thereon,
as provided in said note(s),
advances, if any, under the
terms of the Deed of Trust,
estimated fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee and of
Deed of Trust, to-wit:
$1,062,601.52 (Estimated)
Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will
increase this figure prior to
sale. The beneficiary under
said Deed of Trust heretofore
executed and delivered to the
undersigned
a
written
Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and
such recordation. Regarding
the property that is the subject
of this notice of sale, the
“mortgage loan servicer” as
defined in California Civil Code
§ 2923.53(k)(3), declares that
it has obtained from the
Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption
pursuant to California Civil
Code section 2923.53 and that
the exemption is current and
valid on the date this notice of
sale is recorded. The timeframe for giving a Notice of
Sale specified in Subdivision
(a) of Section 2923.52 does
not apply to this Notice of Sale
Code Sections 2923.52 or
2923.55. Date: 12/4/10 For:
DSL Service Company, as
Trustee By: FCI Lender
Services, Inc., as Agent 8180
East Kaiser Blvd., Anaheim
Hills, CA 92808 U.S. Bank
National
Association,
Customer Service Department
(949) 798-6002 For Trustee
Sale Information log on to:
www.rsvpforeclosures.com or
call: 925-603-7342. Vivian
Prieto, Vice President FCI
Lender Services, Inc. is a debt
collector attempting to collect
a debt. Any information obtained
will be used for that purpose.
(RSVP#
204165)(12/10/10,
12/17/10, 12/24/10)
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Order No. 548207 NOTICE OF
TRUST DATED 11/2/2006.
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. On 12/17/2010 at
10:30 AM CALIFORNIA
under and pursuant to Deed of
Trust Recorded 11/22/2006,
Book , Page , Instrument 062599149 of official records in
the Office of the Recorder of
Los
Angeles
County,
California, executed by: Jim
Nyholt, a single man, as
Trustor, Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc.,
(MERS), Solely As Nominee
For Lender, CMS Capital
Group Inc, it's successors and
assigns., as Beneficiary, will
sell at public auction sale to
this state. Sale will be held by
the duly appointed trustee as
hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the
sum of the note(s) secured by
the Deed of Trust, interest
reasonably estimated to be
set forth below. The amount
may be greater on the day of
front entrance to the Pomona
CA Legal Description: As
Deed of Trust Amount of
unpaid balance and other
charges: $916,165.44 (estimated) Street address and
other common designation of
the real property: 1050 North
Edinburgh Avenue Unit #101,
West Hollywood, CA 90046
APN Number: 5529-014-049
herein. The property heretofore described is being sold
“as is”. In compliance with
California
Civil
Code
trustee, beneficiary, or
authorized agent declares:
that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore
options to avoid foreclosure;
or that it has made efforts to
contact the borrower(s) to
and to explore options to
avoid foreclosure by one of
the following methods: by
telephone; by United States
mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by
personal delivery; by e-mail;
by face to face meeting. Date:
11/19/2010 See attached
Exhibit Exhibit Declaration
Code
Section
2923.54
Code Section 2923.54, the
undersigned loan servicer
declares as follows: 1. It has
obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary
to Section 2923.54 that is
current and valid on the date
the notice of sale is filed; and
2. The timeframe for giving
notice of sale specified in
subdivision (a) of Section
2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or
Section 2923.55. JPMorgan
Chase
Bank, National
Association Name:
Ann
Thorn Title:
First
Vice
President
California
Reconveyance Company, as
Trustee (714) 259-7850 or
573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com Deborah Brignac
California
Reconveyance
Company is a debt collector
Deborah
Brignac,
Vice
President 9200 Oakdale
Avenue Mail Stop N110612
Chatsworth, CA 91311
P771919
11/26,
12/3,
12/10/2010
Trustee
Sale
No.
737507CA
Loan
No.
3017927728 Title Order
No. 3206-250681 NOTICE
OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED 06-262007. UNLESS YOU TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT
YOUR PROPERTY, IT
MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED
AN EXPLANATION OF
THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER.
On 01-03-2011 at 10:30
AM,
CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust
Recorded
07-02-2007,
Book , Page , Instrument
20071575547, of official
Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California,
executed by: VERONICA
SALINAS, A SINGLE
WOMAN,
as Trustor,
WASHINGTON MUTUAL
BANK, FA, as Beneficiary,
will sell at public auction
sale to the highest bidder
for cash, cashier's check
drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check
credit union, or a cashier’s
check drawn by a state or
federal savings and loan
association, savings association, or savings bank
authorized to do business
in this state. Sale will be
held by the duly appointed
trustee as shown below, of
all right, title, and interest
conveyed to and now held
by the trustee in the hereinafter described property
under and pursuant to the
Deed of Trust. The sale
will be made, but without
covenant or warranty,
expressed or implied,
regarding title, possession,
or encumbrances, to pay
the remaining principal sum
of the note(s) secured by
charges and expenses of
the Trustee for the total
amount (at the time of the
initial publication of the
Notice of Sale) reasonably
below. The amount may be
greater on the day of sale.
Place of Sale: THE FRONT
ENTRANCE TO THE
POMONA
SUPERIOR
COURTS BUILDING, 350
W. MISSION BOULEVARD, POMONA, CA
Legal Description: As more
fully described in said Deed
of Trust Amount of unpaid
balance and other charges:
$1,636,048.28 (estimated)
Street address and other
common designation of the
real property: 1932 COLDWATER CANYON DRIVE
BEVERLY HILLS, CA
90210 APN
Number:
4387-027-016 The undersigned Trustee disclaims
any liability for any incorrectness of the street
herein.
The
property
heretofore described is
being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil
Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary,
or
authorized
agent
declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to
assess their financial situation and to explore options
to avoid foreclosure; or
that it has made efforts to
contact the borrower(s) to
assess their financial situation and to explore options
to avoid foreclosure by
one of the following meth-
ods: by telephone; by
United States mail; either
1st class or certified; by
overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail;
by face to face meeting.
DATE: 12-06-2010 SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
Exhibit DECLARATION
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE
SECTION
2923.54
declares as follows: 1. It
has obtained from the
commissioner a final or
temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section
2923.54 that is current and
valid on the date the notice
of sale is filed; and 2. The
timeframe for giving notice
of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52
Section
2923.52
or
Section
2923.55.
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National
Association
Name: Ann Thorn Title:
First Vice President CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as
Trustee (714) 259-7850 or
www.fidelityasap.com
(714)
573-1965
or
www.priorityposting.com
Deborah Brignac CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS
A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.
ANY
I N F O R M AT I O N
OBTAINED WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
DEBORAH
BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE
AVE MAILSTOP N110612
CHATSWORTH,
CA
91311 P778355 12/10,
12/17, 12/24/2010
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Trustee
Sale
No.
441045CA Loan No.
5303763717 Title Order
No. 352996 NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER
A DEED OF TRUST
DATED
6/8/2006.
UNLESS YOU TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT
YOUR PROPERTY, IT
AN EXPLANATION OF
THE NATURE OF THE
P R O C E E D I N G S
AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. On 12/17/2010
at 10:30 AM CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust
Recorded
06/15/2006,
06-1317252 of official
County, California, executed by: Keyvan Khadem
And Afsaneh Khadem,
husband and wife as joint
tenants,
as
Trustor,
Mortgage
Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc.,
(MERS), solely as nominee for lender, The
Mortgage Store Financial,
Inc.,
A
California
Corporation, it's successors and assigns, as
Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check drawn by
a state or national bank, a
cashier’s check drawn by
a state or federal credit
union, or a cashier’s check
savings and loan association, savings association,
or savings bank specified
in section 5102 of the
Financial
Code
and
authorized to do business
in this state. Sale will be
held by the duly appointed
trustee as shown below, of
conveyed to and now held
by the trustee in the hereinafter described property
Deed of Trust. The sale will
be made, but without
the remaining principal
by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated
fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the
total amount (at the time of
the initial publication of the
Notice of Sale) reasonably
below. The amount may
be greater on the day of
front entrance to the
Pomona Superior Courts
Building,
350
West
Mission Blvd., Pomona,
CA Legal Description:
Parcel 1 an undivided 1/24
interest in and to lot 1 of
tract no. 31364, in the City
of Beverly Hills, County of
Los Angeles, State of
California, as per map
recorded in book 840
pages 99 and 100 of
maps, in the office of the
county recorder of said
county except therefrom
units 1 to 24 inclusive as
shown and defined on the
condominium plan recorded June 16, 1986 as
instrument no 86-747220
parcel 2 unit 10 as shown
and defined on the condominium plan referred to
above Amount of unpaid
balance
and
other
charges:
$990,161.66
(estimated) Street address
and other common designation of the real property:
121 South Palm Drive
#305, Beverly Hills, CA
90212 APN Number:
4331-018-132 The undersigned Trustee disclaims
address and other common designation, if any,
shown herein. The property heretofore described is
being sold “as is”. Date:
11/22/2010
SEE
ATTACHED
EXHIBIT
Exhibit DECLARATION
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE
SECTION
2923.54
declares as follows: 1. It
has obtained from the
commissioner a final or
temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section
valid on the date the notice
of sale is filed; and 2. The
timeframe for giving notice
of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52
Section
2923.52
or
Section
2923.55.
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National
Association
Name: Ann Thorn Title:
First
Vice
President
California Reconveyance
Company, as Trustee
(714) 730-2727
or
www.fidelityasap.com
(714)
573-1965
or
www.priorityposting.com
Deborah
Brignac
California Reconveyance
Company is a debt collector attempting to collect a
debt.
Any information
obtained will be used for
that purpose. Deborah
Brignac, Vice President
9200 Oakdale Avenue
MailStop
N110612
Chatsworth, CA 91311
P772874 11/26, 12/3,
12/10/2010
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TSG No.: 4517832 TS
No.:
CA1000208873
FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN:
4344-004-006 NOTICE
OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST,
DATED
04/11/2006.
UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD
AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF
THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER.
On 12/16/2010 at 11:00
A.M., First American
Trustee
Servicing
Solutions, LLC f/k/a First
American
LoanStar
Trustee Services, LLC, as
duly appointed Trustee
under and pursuant to
Deed of Trust recorded
04/24/2006 as Instrument
No. 06 0885749, in book,
page, of Official Records
in the office of the County
Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of
California. Executed by:
HUSHANG MOLAYEM
AND
MARJANEH
MOLAYEM, HUSBAND
AND WIFE WILL SELL AT
PUBLIC AUCTION TO
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH,
CASHIER’S
CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment
authorized
by
2924h(b), (Payable at time
of sale in lawful money of
the United States) *11:00
A.M. AT THE WEST SIDE
DOORS TO THE LOS
ANGELES
COUNTY
COURTS
BUILDING,
12720
NORWALK
BOULEVARD,
NORWALK, CALIFORNIA. All
right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by
it under said Deed of Trust
in the property situated in
said County and State
described as: AS MORE
FULLY DESCRIBED IN
THE
ABOVE
MENTIONED
DEED
OF
TRUST APN# 4344-004006 The street address
and other common designation, if any, of the real
property described above
is purported to be: 612
NORTH
CRESCENT
DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS,
CA 90210. The undersigned Trustee disclaims
shown herein. Said sale
regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s)
secured by said Deed of
Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said
note(s), advances, under
the terms of said Deed of
Trust, fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee
and of the trusts created
by said Deed of Trust. The
total amount of the unpaid
balance of the obligation
secured by the property to
be sold and reasonable
estimated costs, expenses
and advances at the time
of the initial publication of
the Notice of Sale is
$593,553.71. The beneficiary under said Deed of
Trust heretofore executed
and delivered to the
undersigned a written
written Notice of Default
and Election to Sell. The
undersigned caused said
Notice of Default and
Election to Sell to be
recorded in the County
located. Requirements of
SB1137 have been met
pursuant to the Notice of
Sale
Declaration
of
Record. The beneficiary or
servicing agent declares
that it has obtained from
the Commissioner of
Corporations a final or temporary order of exemption
Code Section 2923.53 that
is current and valid on the
date the Notice of Sale is
filed and/or the timeframe
for giving Notice of Sale
specified in subdivision (s)
of California Civil Code
Section 2923.52 applies
and has been provided or
the loan is exempt from the
requirements.
First
American Title Insurance
Company First American
Trustee
Servicing
American
LoanStar
Trustee Services, 3 First
American Way Santa Ana,
CA
92707
Date:
11/20/2010
Authorized
Signature
DeeAnn
GregoryFOR
TRUSTEE’S
SALE
INFORMATION PLEASE
CALL
714-480-5690.
www.tacforeclosures.com/
sales
First
American
Trustee
Servicing
American
LoanStar
Trustee Services, LLC
MAY BE ACTING AS A
DEBT
COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
I N F O R M AT I O N
OBTAINED MAY BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
TAC: 920147 PUB: 11/26;
12/03; 12/10/10.
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Order No: 106000842 TS
No: G10-05010 NOTICE
OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
UNDER A NOTICE OF
DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF
LIEN YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A
NOTICE
OF
DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT
AND CLAIM OF LIEN,
YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD
AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE
OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. NOTICE is hereby given that Witkin & Neal,
Inc. as duly appointed
trustee pursuant to that
certain
Notice
of
Delinquent Assessment
and Claim of Lien (hereinafter referred to as
“Lien”),
recorded
on
4/2/2010 as instrument
number 20100449959 in
the office of the County
County, California, and further pursuant to the Notice
of Default and Election to
Sell thereunder recorded
on 8/25/2010 as instrument
number 10-1183451 in said
county and further pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 1367.1 and
those certain Covenants,
Conditions
and
Restrictions recorded on
7/22/1981 as instrument
number 81-728190. WILL
SELL on 12/17/2010, 10:30
AM At the front entrance to
the Pomona Superior
Courts Building, 350 West
Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA
a public auction to the highest bidder for lawful money
of the United States
payable at the time of sale,
all right, title and interest in
the property situated in
said county as more fully
described in the above referenced Lien. The purported owner(s) of said property is (are): Robert V.
Kellerman, a single man.
The property address and
other common designation,
if any, of the real property is
purported to be: 935
Westbourne Drive #305,
West Hollywood CA 90069,
APN 4339-007-053. The
undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any
incorrectness of the property address and other
common designation, if
any, shown herein. The
total amount of the unpaid
this Notice of Sale is:
$15,500.45. The opening
bid at the foreclosure sale
may be more or less than
this estimate. In addition to
cash, the trustee will
accept a cashier’s check
drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn on
a state or federal credit
union or a check drawn on
state or federal savings
and loan association, savings association or savings
bank specified in Section
5102 of the California
Financial Code and authorized to do business in this
state. In the event tender
other than cash is accepted, the trustee may withhold the issuance of the
Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale
until funds become available to the payee or the
endorsee as a matter of
right. Said sale shall be
made,
but
without
express or implied regarding title, possession or
encumbrances, to satisfy
the indebtedness secured
by said Lien, advances
thereunder, with interest as
provided in Declaration
plus the fees, charges and
expenses of the trustee.
THIS PROPERTY IS
BEING SOLD IN AN “ASIS” CONDITION. Witkin &
Neal, LLC, a Delaware
Limited Liability Company,
is attempting to collect a
debt. Any information
obtained will be used for
that purpose. If you have
previously received a discharge in bankruptcy, you
may have been released
from personal liability for
this debt in which case this
notice is intended to exercise the secured party’s
rights against the real property only. IMPORTANT
NOTICE: Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary
contained herein, the sale
shall be subject to the following as provided in
California Civil Code
Section 1367.4(c)4: “A non
judicial foreclosure sale by
an association to collect
upon a debt for delinquent
assessments shall be subject to a right of redemption. The redemption period within which the separate interest may be
redeemed from a foreclosure sale under this paragraph ends 90 days after
the
sale.”
Dated:
11/19/2010 Witkin & Neal,
Inc. as said Trustee 5805
Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 670
Van Nuys, CA 91411 (818)
845-8808
By:
Susan
Paquette, Trustee Sales
Officer This notice is sent
for the purpose of collecting a debt. This firm is
attempting to collect a debt
on behalf of the holder and
owner of the note. Any
information obtained by or
provided to this firm or the
creditor will be used for that
purpose. For sales information, call 714-573-1965
or go to www.priorityposting.com P772574, 11/26,
12/3, 12/10/2010
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S
SALE Trustee Sale No.:
20100028701386
Title
Order No.:
554762
FHA/VA/PMI No.:
YOU
37
ARE
IN
DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST, DATED 08/20/07.
UNLESS YOU TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT
YOUR PROPERTY, IT
AN EXPLANATION OF
THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER.
NDEx West, LLC, as duly
appointed Trustee under
and pursuant to Deed of
Trust
Recorded
on
08/30/07, as Instrument
No. 20072028607 of official records in the office of
the County Recorder of
LOS ANGELES County,
State of California. EXECUTED BY: WENDELL
GREEN, WILL SELL AT
PUBLIC AUCTION TO
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH,
CASHIER'S
CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment
authorized
by
2924h(b), (payable at time
of sale in lawful money of
the United States) DATE
OF SALE: December 16,
2010 TIME OF SALE:
11:30 AM PLACE OF
SALE: At the front
Superior Courts Building,
350 W. Mission Blvd.
Pomona, CA. STREET
ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of
the real property described
above is purported to be:
1400
NORTH
HAYWORTH AVENUE 19,
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA
90046.
APN#
5554?002?046
The
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
shown herein. Said sale
the remaining principal
by said Deed of Trust, with
interest thereon, as provided in said note(s),
advances, under the terms
of said Deed of Trust, fees,
charges and expenses of
the Trustee and of the
trusts created by said
Deed of Trust. The total
amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation
the Notice of Sale is
$462,910.72. The beneficiary under said Deed of
Trust heretofore executed
and delivered to the undersigned
a
written
written Notice of Default
and Election to Sell. The
undersigned caused said
Election to Sell to be
recorded in the county
located. FOR TRUSTEE
SALE
INFORMATION
PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION,
INC.
5005
WINDPLAY
DRIVE,
SUITE 1, EL DORADO
HILLS, CA 95762-9334 916939-0772, www.nationwideposting.com NDEx West
L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING
AS A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECTADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NDEx West,
L.L.C. as Trustee, BY: Ric
Juarez Dated: 11/24/10
NPP0169872 11/26/10,
12/03/10, 12/10/10
T.S No. 1293603-11 APN:
4341-018-017 TRA: 002410
LOAN NO: Xxxxxxxxxxx2889
REF: Elist, James IMPORTANT
NOTICE
TO
PROPERTY
OWNER: YOU ARE IN
TRUST, DATED February 08,
2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE
THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. On December 23,
2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western
Reconveyance Corporation, as
duly appointed trustee under
and pursuant to Deed of Trust
recorded February 15, 2007, as
Inst. No. 20070328605 in book
XX, page XX of Official Records
in the office of the County
County, State of California, executed by James J. Elist and
Nancy Elist, Trustees Of The
Elist Trust Dated June 2, 1992,
will sell at public auction to
highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check drawn on a
state or national bank, a check
credit union, or a check drawn
by a state or federal savings
and loan association, savings
association, or savings bank At
the west side of the los angeles
county courthouse, Southeast
District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd.,
Norwalk, California, all right,
title and interest conveyed to
and now held by it under said
Deed of Trust in the property
situated in said County and
State described as: Completely
described in said deed of trust
The street address and other
common designation, if any, of
the real property described
above is purported to be: 717 N
Maple Dr Beverly Hills CA
90210-3480 The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the
street address and other common designation, if any, shown
herein. Said sale will be held,
but without covenant or warranty, express or implied,
condition or encumbrances,
including fees, charges and
the trusts created by said Deed
of Trust, to pay the remaining
principal sums of the note(s)
secured by said Deed of Trust.
The total amount of the unpaid
secured by the property to be
sold and reasonable estimated
costs, expenses and advances
at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is:
$1,034,775.76. If the Trustee is
unable to convey title for any
reason, the successful bidder's
sole and exclusive remedy shall
be the return of monies paid to
the Trustee, and the successful
bidder shall have no further
recourse. The beneficiary
under said Deed of Trust
heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and
Demand for Sale, and a written
Notice of Default and Election
to Sell. The undersigned
caused said Notice of Default
and Election to Sell to be
recorded in the county where
the real property is located.
Regarding the property that is
the subject of this notice of
sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in civil code §
2923.53(k)(3), declares that it
has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary
order of exemption pursuant to
civil code section 2923.53 and
that the exemption is current
and valid on the date this notice
of sale is recorded. the time
frame for giving a notice of sale
specified in civil code section
2923.52 subdivision (a) does
not apply to this notice of sale
pursuant to civil code sections
2923.52. DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL
CODE SECTION 2923.54
to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the
notice of sale is filed; and 2.
The timeframe for giving
notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52
Section 2923.52 or Section
2923.55. Chase Home Finance
LLC Name: Ann Thorn Title:
First Vice President. For sales
information: Mon-Fri 9:00am
to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221.
Cal-Western Reconveyance
Corporation, 525 East Main
Street, P.O. Box 22004, El
Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated:
December 01, 2010. (R355501 12/03/10, 12/10/10,
12/17/10)
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TS No. T10-66689-CA / APN:
4339-009-150 NOTICE OF
TRUST DATED 1/29/2002.
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. A public auction
sale to the highest bidder for
cash, Cashier’s Check drawn
on a state or national bank,
check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check
savings and loan association,
or savings association, or savings bank specified in section
5102 of the Financial Code and
this state will be held by the
under and pursuant to a deed
of trust described below. The
sale will be made, but without
covenant
or
warranty,
note(s) secured by the Deed of
Trust, with interest and late
charges thereon, as provided
in the note(s), advances,
under the terms of the Deed of
Trust, interest thereon, fees,
Trustee for the total amount (at
the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set
forth below. The amount may
be greater on the day of sale.
Code Section 2923.54 the
undersigned, on behalf of the
beneficiary, loan servicer, or
authorized agent, declares as
follows: [X] The mortgage
loan servicer has obtained
from the commissioner a final
or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section
valid on the date the notice of
sale is filed and [X] The timeframe for giving notice of sale
specified in subdivision (a) of
Section 2923.52 does not
apply pursuant to Section
2923.52 or 2923.55 Trustor:
Carlos Venegas Jr., a single
man Duly Appointed Trustee:
CR Title Services Inc. C/O Pite
Duncan, 4375 Jutland Drive,
Suite 200, San Diego, CA
92117
877-576-0472
Recorded 02/06/2002 as
Instrument No. 02 0286188 in
book , page
of Official
County, California, Date of
Sale: 12/27/2010 at 10:30 AM
Place of Sale: At the front
CA Amount of unpaid balance
and
other
charges:
$141,543.77 Street Address
or other common designation
of real property: 970 North
Palm Avenue #218 West
Hollywood, CA 90069 A.P.N.:
4339-009-150
Legal
Description: As more fully
described in said Deed of Trust
address or other common
above. If no street address or
other common designation is
shown, directions to the location of the property may be
obtained by sending a written
request to the beneficiary
within 10 days of the date of
first publication of this Notice
of Sale. The Trustee shall
incur no liability for any good
faith error in stating the proper amount of unpaid balances
and charges. For sales information please contact Priority
Posting and Publishing at
www.priorityposting.com or
(714)
573-1965
Reinstatement Line: 877-5760472 Date: 12/3/2010 CR
Title Services, Inc 1000
Technology Drive, MS-314
O’Fallon MO 63368 Penny
White, Trustee Specialist,
Federal Law requires us to
notify you that we are acting
as a debt collector. If you are
currently in a bankruptcy or
have received a discharge in
bankruptcy as to this obligation, this communication is
intended for informational
purposes only and is not an
attempt to collect a debt in violation of the automatic stay or
the discharge injunction.
P772854
12/3,
12/10,
12/17/2010
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Trustee
Sale
No.
:
20100015008241 Title Order
No.: 100499364 FHA/VA/PMI
No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
EXPLANATION OF THE
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC,
as duly appointed Trustee
Trust
Recorded
on
12/31/2007 as Instrument No.
20072864126 of official
County Recorder of LOS
ANGELES County, State of
CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY:
FARRAH DIANI, WILL SELL
AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH,
CASHIER'S
CHECK/CASH
EQUIVALENT or other form of
payment authorized by
2924h(b), (payable at time of
sale in lawful money of the
United States). DATE OF SALE:
12/23/2010 TIME OF SALE:
10:30 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT
THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING
NORWALK BLVD., 12720
NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA. STREET ADDRESS
and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 339 N PALM DR APT
202, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210 APN#: 4342005-023 The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the
street address and other common designation, if any ,
shown herein. Said sale will be
made, but without covenant or
warranty, expressed or
said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in
said note(s), advances, under
the terms of said Deed of
Trust, fees, charges and
Deed of Trust. The total
amount of the unpaid balance
of the obligation secured by
the property to be sold and
reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the
time of the initial publication
of the Notice of Sale is
$1,318,026.23. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust
heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a
written Declaration of Default
and Demand for Sale, and a
written Notice of Default and
located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE
INFORMATION
PLEASE
CALL: AGENCY SALES &
POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO
REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA
92602
714-730-2727
www.lpsasap.com
NDEx
West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING
AS A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx
West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated:
12/03/2010 NDEx West,
L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor
Boulevard, Suite 500 Addison,
Texas 75001-9013 Telephone:
(866) 795-1852 Telecopier:
(972) 661-7800 ASAP#
3821135
12/03/2010,
12/10/2010, 12/17/2010
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Order No. 563523 NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF TRUST DATED 02-212008. UNLESS YOU TAKE
THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. On 12-27-2010 at
10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA
Trust Recorded 02-28-2008,
20080343618, of official
Recorder of LOS ANGELES
by: LAWRENCE LAZAR
TRUSTEE OF THE LAWRENCE
LAZAR LIVING TRUST UDT
MARCH 5, 2003, as Trustor,
WASHINGTON
MUTUAL
BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will
sell at public auction sale to
the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this
state. Sale will be held by the
reasonably estimated to be set
forth below. The amount may
be greater on the day of sale.
Place of Sale: THE FRONT
ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA
SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION
BOULEVARD, POMONA, CA
Legal Description: As more
fully described in said Deed of
Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges:
$1,584,399.54 (estimated)
Street address and other common designation of the real
property: 8833 HOLLYWOOD
BOULEVARD WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 APN
Number: 5558-017-005 The
undersigned Trustee disclaims
any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and
any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is
being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code
trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has
contacted the borrower(s) to
and to explore options to avoid
foreclosure; or that it has made
efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial
situation and to explore
options to avoid foreclosure by
one of the following methods:
by telephone; by United States
mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by
personal delivery; by e-mail; by
face to face meeting. DATE: 1129-2010 SEE ATTACHED
EXHIBIT Exhibit DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION
2923.54 Pursuant to California
Civil Code Section 2923.54, the
order of exemption pursuant to
Section 2923.54 that is current
and valid on the date the notice
of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale
specified in subdivision (a) of
Section 2923.52 does not
apply pursuant to Section
2923.52 or Section 2923.55.
JPMorgan
Chase
Bank,
National Association
Name: Ann Thorn Title: First
Vice President CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY,
as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or
573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com Deborah Brignac CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT.
ANY
INFORMATION
OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
DEBORAH
BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT
9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP
N110612
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311
P773171
12/3,
12/10,
12/17/2010
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TS No. 10-0105637 Title Order
No.
10-8-404524
Investor/Insurer
No.
6049695700 APN No. 4333001-029 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
EXPLANATION
OF
THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice
is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as
duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ESMAIL AZINKHAN
AND FARIDEH ARSHABEN,
dated 04/24/2003 and recorded 05/06/03, as Instrument No.
03 1285510, in Book , Page ),
of Official Records in the office
of the County Recorder of Los
Angeles County, State of
California, will sell on
01/03/2011 at 10:30AM, At the
West side of the Los Angeles
County Courthouse, directly
facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720
Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA
90650 at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash or
check as described below,
payable in full at time of sale,
conveyed to and now held by
it under said Deed of Trust, in
the property situated in said
County and State and as more
fully described in the above
referenced Deed of Trust. The
street address and other
common designation, if any,
of the real property described
above is purported to be: 125
SOUTH LA PEER DRIVE,
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, 90211.
herein. The total amount of
the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation
secured by the property to be
sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and
advances at the time of the
initial publication of the
Notice of Sale is $580,738.45.
It is possible that at the time
of sale the opening bid may
be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to
cash, the Trustee will accept
cashier's checks drawn on a
check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check
savings and loan association,
savings association, or savings bank specified in Section
5102 of the Financial Code
and authorized to do business
in this state. Said sale will be
made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or
warranty, express or implied,
regarding title, possession or
encumbrances, to satisfy the
indebtedness secured by said
Deed of Trust, advances
thereunder, with interest as
provided, and the unpaid
principal of the Note secured
by said Deed of Trust with
interest thereon as provided
in said Note, plus fees,
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
DATED: 12/03/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800
Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-91401-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA
93063 Phone: (800) 281
8219, Sale Information (626)
927-4399 By:Trustee's Sale
Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector
ASAP# 3815006 12/03/2010,
12/10/2010, 12/17/2010
——————————
Trustee
Sale
No.:
20080187520808 Title Order
No.: 1165712 FHA/VA/PMI
No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE YOU
ARE
IN
TRUST, DATED 11/09/2004.
SHOULD
CONTACT
A
LAWYER. NDex West, LLC,
as duly appointed Trustee
under and pursuant to Deed
of Trust Recorded on
11/17/2004 as Instrument
No. 04 2979851 of official
County Recorder of Los
Angeles County, State of
California. Executed By:
Louis Jerome Bonaparte, will
sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s
check/cash equivalent or
other form of payment
authorized by 2924h(b),
(payable at time of sale in
lawful money of the United
States). Date of Sale:
12/23/2010 Time of Sale:
10:30 AM Place of Sale: At
the front entrance to the
Pomona Superior Courts
Building, 350 W. Mission
Blvd., Pomona, CA. Street
Address and other common
designation, if any, of the
real property described
above is purported to be:
807 Westbourne Drive, West
Hollywood, California 90069
APN#: 4337-013-005 The
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
herein. Said sale will be
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances,
to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s)
secured by said Deed of
Trust, with interest thereon,
as provided in said note(s),
advances, under the terms of
said Deed of Trust, fees,
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
The total amount of the
unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property
to be sold and reasonable
and advances at the time of
the initial publication of the
Notice
of
Sale
is
$807,541.03. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust
heretofore executed and
delivered to the undersigned
a written Declaration of
Default and Demand for Sale,
and a written Notice of
Default and Election to Sell.
The undersigned caused said
Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the
real property is located. For
Trustee Sale Information
Please Call: Priority Posting
& Publishing, Inc. 17501
Irvine Blvd., Suite One Tustin,
CA 92780 714-573-1965
www.priorityposting.com NDex
West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated:
11/24/2010 NDex West, L.L.C.
may be acting as a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be
used for that purpose.
P774405 12/3, 12/10,
12/17/2010
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OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
• Magnificent City Views
SEEKING
• Beautiful Hancock
MAJOR
DOMO
Park neighborhood
• 1 & 2 Bdrm. Suites Part-Time / Full-Time
Starting @ $3,000/Mo. For semi-retired person
in Bel Air. Good DMV
• Assisted Living
record. Good cook.
Services All Inclusive
• Grand roof top terrace Light chores. Fluent
English. Non-smoker.
w/ panoramic views
Email Resume To:
CONTACT KYM GUY:
hrjobsusa@yahoo.com
• 805/490-4076 •
515 N. L A B REA AV.
L.A., 90036
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Call 310.278.1322
ask for George
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GOOD COMPANY
Our premiere private
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home
care
agency is currently
seeking professional
caregivers to assist
our senior clients.
CNA’s,
CHHA's,
MA's preferred.
Professional appearance.
Please call
(323)692-3692
PSYCHOTHERAPY
AND MEDICAL
OFFICE SPACE
686sf. $1,400/MO.
WILSHIRE BLVD
Bright bldg. w/ courtyard,
RETAIL
central air, controlled
FRONTAGE &
entry. CAM incld.
SMALL OFFICE
Small complex,
Beverly Hills Area.
Management/
Maintenance
1 Yr. Lease w/ CPI Option *** SUITES * **
Experience.
Tiny Ron:
NO NNN
GREAT OPPORTUNITY! Cell: 310/850-6255 All Utilities Included.
Fax Resume:
Must Lease Now!
310/829-2630
BEAUTY
SALON
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TWO LARGE
OFFICES
With Panoramic Views
on Top Floor in Golden * PRESTIGIOUS *
Triangle Beverly Hills. BEVERLY HILLS
Includes Secretarials, 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH
Remodeled Condo
Receptionist, Conference
$975,000
Room, Internet, Fax,
310/203-0422
Copier and Storage.
GLORICE SOMEKH
REALTY, INC.
Kim: 310/273-8444
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deklawoffices@yahoo.com
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CONDOMINIUMS
& TOWNHOMES
Century
City
C a l l 3 1 0 / 2 3 7 - 2 9 7 7 2220 Ave. of the Stars
# 5 0 1 • $1,599,000
or 713/266-1444
2 Bd.+Office+2.5 Ba.
Great Office Suite in
a Professional * * * B A R R I S T E R * * *
Setting with
EXECUTIVE SUITES
Fabulous View of B E V E R LY H I L L S
C E N T U RY C I T Y
Hollywood Hills
SANTA MONICA
and Golf Course. • High Speed Internet
CONDO FOR SALE
Corner unit, small complex.
Approx. 1757 sf with
huge living & dining
room, fireplace, wood/
laminate floors, laundry room inside unit.
1/2 Block So. Wilshire.
*** $549,000 ***
1209 Amherst Ave.
Call 310/498-1090
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KELEMEN
REAL ESTATE
(310) 966-0900
all listings are on
centurycityliving.com
This Weeks Listings
CENTURY PARK EAST
$559,000
2 Bed 2 Bath 270 degree
views. Totally Renovated.
Wood Floors. Onyx
Counters. 2 Large Balconies
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PARK PLACE
Gate Guarded Complex
Exquisite Remodel
City+Mountain Views
$875,000
2 Bed 2.5 Ba. Lower Floor
Huge Private Patio
Real Hardwood Floors
Quiet Inside Location
2 Extra Lrg. Executive • Mail Boxes
* * * * * * *
• Conference Rooms 2220 Ave. of the Stars
**VIEW**
Offices
&
CHEZ GERMEN 1 Smaller Office. • Voice Mail
# 1 2 0 1 • $649,000
• Phone Service with
$875,000
SALON
2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath
All are available
PRESTIGIOUS PENTHOUSE
BEVERLY HILLS immediately as well two Reception and more
Ideal for Professionals
Temporary, full/part time
Beautiful Large Private cubicle spaces. Offices
2 Bed 2.5 Bath. Designer
Offices with B.H. address
Kitchen with State of the Art
Room For Rent for 2. are equipped w/ furniture
Call Judy at:
Appliances. Lovely Living
and
artwork.
Spacious
HAIRSTYLIST
Room with Scenic Views
310/279-5100
reception area with
or ESTHETICIAN
Flat Screen TV. Large Master
www.barristersuites.com
Ocean, City, Golf Course
seating for waiting guests.
Bedroom With Fireplace
Avail. December 16
Great location and
great parking in
friendly environment.
Call 310/246-1270
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UPSCALE SALON
with Incredible
Great paying positions
Environment.
available throughout
Los Angeles, Hancock
Park, Beverly Hills,
Bel Aire, Pacific
Palisades and San
Fernando Valley.
Beverly Drive
PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL
2 - PERSON ————— with many amenities
2 BEVERLY HILLS
RESIDENT
310/276-7600 x.203
MANAGEMENT STARTER OFFICE’s
740sf. $1,500/MO.
TEAM
Needed Part Time Or Email:
THEROBERTSCO @
Computer graphics
knowledge with exp. THEROBERTSCO.COM
required. References.
Call Doris at
98
310/276-2980
We Will Beat —————
Anybody’s Rate!
CORNER OF
MOTOR & NATIONAL
(Next To Norm’s Foam)
APPROX. 2,100 S.F.
ST. PARKING ONLY.
$3,700/MO.
Call 310/559-4323
BEVERLY HILLS
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BRENTWOOD ADJ.
X-LARGE 2 BDRM
Looking for experienced
HAIRSTYLISTS
Must have clientele
and good work ethic.
North Robertson Bl.
Call 310/275-5810
Please Call:
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310/985-9534
Newly Renovated
Or E-mail:
PRIME
BEVERLY H I L L S
info@summitportfolio.com
and Mountain Views
* * * * * * *
2170 Century Park East
2170 Century Park East
# 1 2 0 4 • $499,000
1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath
To schedule an
OFFICE SPACE
appointment to view N e a r W i l s h i r e o n
premises.
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Office 1: 182 SQ.FT.
Office 2: 216 SQ.FT.
* PRICES ARE
NEGOTIABLE,
will offer HUGE discount
for multiple offices.
Santa Monica Blvd.
Seller Will
Will Finance.
Up to 3,800
Also For Lease: $2,350
Available immediately City+Mountain+Ocean Views
Building signage
* * * * * * *
• DIANA COOK •
available
Contact Kosha
310/691-5520
• 310/203-8333 •
Diana@CAdreaming.com
Coldwell Banker • B.H.
Master Bath with extensive
Use of Marble. Jumbo
Rainforest Shower
Totally fitted walk-in closet
Heated Pools, Sundeck,
Tennis, Doorman,
Houseman, Gardens &
Lawns, Security Staff,
Switchboard, Saunas,
Business Center
CENTURY PARK EAST
CENTURY TOWERS
PARK PLACE
CENTURY HILL
LE PARC
CENTURY WOODS
For Lease
See our Ad Sec. 440
300
Houses For Sale
Montecito
Spectacular ocean-island-harbor view
3 BEDROOMS, 3 BATHS
Master suite with den/fireplace. Solar pool, well
irrigation, move in condition in Prestigious Golden
Rectangle. No freeway/rail noise. Private access
road. Owner financing-$3.950 Mil. Priced for quick
sale. Owners leaving country, brokers courtesy.
fotos available: ablair1920@cox.net
or call 805/969-3667
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435
BEVERLY HILLS
GUESTHOUSE
FOR RENT
Tree-lined Street
Bright & Spacious
3 Bdrm.+21/2 Bath
Lrg. open kitchen facing
BEVERLY HILLS
family rm, formal dining, liv
GUESTHOUSE
rm w/ fireplace, hrwd flrs,
In The Hills
$1,350,000 • 6,500sf. lot
1 Bd.+1 Ba. • 2 Story
Call Nasrin:
Hrwd. flrs., central a/c,
310/497-8997
French doors, laundry,
Beverly Hills Flats private brick patio+garage.
N. of Santa Monica $1,700/Month
6 Bd. Family Home
FULLY FURNISHED.
5,000sf.+ • $3,926,000
310/271-0594
Pool, lrg. living, dining+
family rms. 2-fireplaces.
440
Call Nasrin:
APARTMENT
310/497-8997
FOR RENT
Or Call Mojgan:
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310/485-0257
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Beverly Hills Flats
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
440
440
440
440
440
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
PRIME
BRENTWOOD
2 BDRM + 2 BA.
310/826-8819
*HOLLYWOOD
******
1 BDRM + 1 BA.
310/308-5957
*CULVER
* * * *CITY
**
LARGE SINGLE
310/666-5951
GREAT AREAS!
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C U LV E R C I T Y
BRENTWOOD *BEVERLY HILLS** BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. BEVERLY HILLS
11640 Kiowa Ave.
Newly Updated
•••••
•••••
1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath
bright unit.
a/c, heated pool,
elevator controlled
access, on-site laundry,
parking. Close to
Brentwood Village,
Shops & Restaurants.
• 310/826-4889 •
Short term lease avail.
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WESTWOOD
1409 Midvale Ave.
8725 Clifton Way
• 1 Bdrm.+
Den+2 Bath •
Lrg. unit. Balcony,
Walk-in closet,
intercom entry, laundry
facility, elevator, prkg.
• CHARMING & BRIGHT •
Close to Cedars,
restaurants, shopping
& transportation.
dishwasher intercom
entry, elevator, on-site
laundry, parking.
Utilities Included.
310/841-2367
entry, laundry facility,
elevator, parking.
Close to U.C.L.A.
310/478-8616
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SANTA MONICA
808 4th St.
310/473-1509
1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath
≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈ ≈≈
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Lrg. fireplace, dish-
672 Kelton Ave.
elevator, prkg., pool.
• WESTWOOD • washer, intercom entry,
X-St. Strathmore
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412 N. OAKHURST DR.
~ Luxury Large ~
1 Bd.+Den+11/2 Ba.
~ Newly Updated ~
w/ new carpet, paint &
appl’s. Washer/dryer,
417 S. Barrington Av. wet bar, central air, walkin closet, 2-prkg. No pets.
• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •
• 2 Bd.+1 Ba. • Robert: 310/403-6812
Hrwd. flrs., pool, laundry
facility, controlled access, BEVERLY HILLS ADJ
parking.
Close to 1126 S. CLARK DR.
Brentwood Village. 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH
• 310/440-5051 • BRIGHT UPPER UNIT
VERY UNIQUE • MUST SEE with hardwood / tile/
== WESTWOOD == carpet flooring, central
1 0 9 0 5 O h i o A v e . air & heat, laundry
facility, parking.
• SINGLE •
• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath • Call 818/640-7363
Bright, dishwasher,
controlled access,
MID-WILSHIRE
balcony, pool, elevator,
340
S. St. Andrews Pl.
laundry fac., prkg.
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dishwasher, on-sight
laundry, parking.
310/207-1965
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fridge, dishwasher,
intercom-entry, on-site
laundry, parking.
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Large & Bright.
Newly Remodeled.
Pool, a/c, balcony,
fridge, stove, laundry
rm., prkg., intercom
entry, elevator. Close to
shops & restaurants.
310/385-9169
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LOW MOVE-IN!
“THE
51
MISSION”
GHOST
WRITING•
• WESTWOOD
• 1 Bd.+Den+1 Ba. •
• 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •
Lots of
Character & Charm!
Alcove fireplace, fridge,
laundry facility, gated
parking, intercom
entry and more.
• 310/552-8064 •
Rooftop jacuzzi with
panoramic city views.
310/820-8292
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Close To U.C.L.A. 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath
1 Bdrm. + 2 Bath
310/477-6856
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Newly Remodeled.
Controlled access,
11730 Sunset Blvd.
refrigerator, parking,
• 1+1+Balcony •
• Jr. Executive • elevator, on-site laundry.
Close to shopping.
Rooftop pool,
deck, gym, central air,
323/352-6255
elevator, intercom entry,
on-sight laundry, parking. HOLLYWOOD
BRENTWOOD
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~ WESTWOOD ~
10992 Ashton Ave.
••
• • Single ••
•
•
••
RENTWOOD & U.C.L.A. CLOSE
~ 310/476-3824 ~
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1769-1775 Sycamore Av.
• Bachelor
SANTA MONICA • S i n g l e
2600 Virginia Ave.
Balcony, intercom
L.A.’S FINEST, MOST
• Spacious •
entry, elevator, onLUXURIOUS APT. RENTAL sight laundry, prkg. • 3 Bdrm.+2 Bath •
Controlled access,
laundry facility.
Utilities Included.
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* * * * * *
*CENTURY CITY** • 2 Bd.’s+2 Ba.’s
2220 S. Beverly Glen • 1 Bd. + 1 Ba.
Call 310.271.3435
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on-sight laundry
and parking.
Border of
W E S T L . A . parking, laundry facility.
BEVERLY HILLS • 2 B d r m . + • • • • •
2 B a t h • 12333 TeXaS Ave. Close to U.C.L.A.
321 S. Sherbourne Dr. • • • • •
310/208-3085
•• Jr. Executive •• This unit offers a patio, ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞
1
Bdrm.
+
1
Bath
•• ••••••••
built-in appliances,
= BRENTWOOD =
Balcony, stove,
Controlled access,
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Gourmet Chef's Kitchen,, Granite Counters,
Stainless Appliances, Custom Cabinets, Step
Down living Rm., Dining Rm, Plantation
Shutters, Wood Floors, New Berber Throughout;
Master with Jacuzzi, Large Walk-In Closet;
A/C, Security System, Gated Courtyard; BHUSD.
Spacious, balcony,
• 310/916-9667 •
CLOSE TO SHOPS & DINING.
• Close to Beach •
310/393-3547
C LOSE T O S HOPS • 2 Bdrm. +1 Bath •
«««««««
•
»»»»»»»
& R ESTAURANTS .
• 1 Bdrm. +1 Bath • BEVERLY HILLS
213/663-8513
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BEAUTIFUL EXECUTIVE / FAMILY SPANISH
Available Immediately
442 S. CRESCENT DR. • BEVERLY HILLS
3 BEDROOMS + 3 BATHS •$6,000/MO.
2 Bdrm.
+ 2 Bath
————— 11931 Goshen Ave. ————— Controlled access,
BRENTWOOD
********
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WEST L.A.
Patio, stove, fridge,
dishwasher, on-sight
laundry, parking.
A/C, intercom entry, • 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath •
on-sight laundry, prkg. * * * * * * * *
• 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath •
Close to
• Gorgeous Units •
Cedars-Sinai, shops
Central air, large
& transportation.
balcony, pool, elevator,
310/597-9750
on-site laundry,
intercom entry.
BRENTWOOD
11933 Darlington Ave. 320 N. La Peer Dr.
• 323/651-2598 •
BETWEEN WILSHIRE &
310/207-1869
• 310/247-8689 •
BURTON WY ON Maple Dr LARGE LUXURY CLOSE TO CEDARS-SINAI, SANTA MONICA
8 4 3 4 th S t .
2-Story Home
3 BDRM., 4.5 BA.
BEVERLY CENTER &
*BEVERLY HILLS*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
3 Bdrm. + 3 Bath
8725 Clifton Way
Balcony and Parking TRENDY ROBERTSON BL.
Large yard+pool. 7,500sf.
1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath • 1 Bdrm.+
Must See!
corner lot, A+ Location.
Den+2 Bath •
BRENTWOOD Heated pool, balcony, a/c,
Call Mojgan Now:
O P E N S A T • 1 - 4 11666 Goshen Ave. dishwasher, controlled Lrg. unit. Balcony,
310/485-0257
Walk-in closet,
(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)
access, elevator,
Call Mike:
310/666-6641
• 1 Bd.+Den+11/4 Ba. laundry room, parking. intercom entry, laundry
** 3 1 0 / 8 0 1 - 3 3 1 0 ** • S i n g l e s
facility, elevator, prkg.
310/899-0609
• CHARMING & BRIGHT •
• Single+Loft+1 Ba.
407
4 Blks. to Beach.
Close to Cedars,
(•)(•)(•)(•)(•)
Garage/Storage North of Burton Way
restaurants, shopping
Central
air/heat,
For Rent
WEST L.A.
1 Blk. East of Doheny
& transportation.
fireplace, patio,
1343
Carmelina Ave.
2 BEDROOM
• 323/651-2598 •
controlled access,
• • • • • •
SANTA MONICA Completely Remodel pool, elevator, parking, • 1 Bdrm.+1 Bath •
~ WEST ~
laundry facility.
427 Montana Ave. Clean, bright, nice size
Bright, patio, on-site
L
OS
A NGELES
310/312-9871
laundry, On-site
12424 TeXaS Ave.
Storage Space apartments. Swimming
parking. Close to
pool, laundry facilty In The HEART of
Available for Rent.
transportation.
and gated garage. BEV. HILLS TRIANGLE
Very Nice Unit.
Close to Beach .
310/820-8292
Dishwasher,
Call 310/276-9871 170 N. Crescent Dr.
310/393-3547
balcony, on-site
1 Bdrm.+1 Bath
laundry, covered prkg.
HOUSE FOR RENT
120 S. Swall Dr.
————— dishwasher, refrigerator,
• Single •
1415 Brockton Ave.
3830 Vinton Ave.
•
1
Bdrm.
+1 Bath • 2 B drm. + 2 B ath
• • SINGLE • •
A/C, pool, intercom N EWLY R EMODELED .
Pool, sauna, fridge,
a/c, stove, refrigerator,
B E V E R L Y H I L L S elevator, laundry
336 S. SPALDING DR facility, parking.
425
41
6-Month Lease Avail.
Close to UCLA & Patio, stove, dishwasher,
323/851-3790
Westwood Village. on-site laundry, parking.
Close
to Everything.
Close to school, freeway
310/479-8977
& transportation.
310/962-5733
• WESTWOOD •
WESTWOOD
* * * * * *
* Jr.
Executive
* * * * * * SANTA MONICA
Every Extra Luxury:
————— 10933 Rochester Ave.
custom cabinets, granite
countertops, stone entry,
pool, health club, spa.
• Single •
• Bachelor •
1380 Midvale Ave.
310/393-3547
310/473-1509
427 Montana Ave.
• 2 Bdrm.+2 Bath • Spacious, balcony,
•
••••
• • • • • a/c, fireplace, pool,
Hardwood
floors,
• Close to UCLA •
Central air, pool, elevator, controlled access,
Controlled
access,
1350 S. Midvale Ave.
controlled access, ongarage, laundry facility.
laundry fac., parking.
L.A., 90024
sight laundry, parking.
Close to Beach. Close to U.C.L.A. Close To U.C.L.A.
Contact Mgr.:
• 310/864-0319 •
310/473-5061
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BEVERLY HILLS BEVERLY HILLS
443 S. Oakhurst Dr. 2BD+2BA CONDO
1 Bdrm. +
On Oakhurst Drive
1 B a t h 1,850 sf. Large living
BRIGHT & SPACIOUS + breakfast area, lots of
closets, laundry in unit,
B EVERLY H ILLS
Pool, exercise room.
L IVING .
Elevator, intercom and 2 car parking.
Available immediately.
entry, on-site
$3,300/MO.
laundry, parking. Call 310/770-2646
BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.
S PANISH D UPLEX
2 BD + DEN + 2 BA
Hardwood flrs, updated
kitchen with all new
appliances, high ceilings,
central air formal dining,
breakfast area, w/d, service
porch & garage parking.
$2,785/Mo. Water Included
Call 323/874-6022
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BEVERLY HILLS —————
310/435-3693
Wilshire Corridor
UPPER DUPLEX
WILSHIRE
CORRIDOR 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH FULL SERVICE BLDG
10530-10540
Wilshire Bl.
∞• ∞
∞∞∞∞∞
2 Bdrm.+1 Bath •
∞∞∞∞∞∞
∞
Luxury Living with
valet, lush garden
surrounding pool,
gym, elevator, etc.
Call: 310/470-4474
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DURANT DRIVE
Duplex Apartment
********
3 Bd + 2 Ba + Ofc
Approx. 2,000 Sq. Ft.,
New Granite Kitchen
& Hardwood Floors,
Recessed Lighting, New
Appliances, Central Air,
Completely Remodeled.
Washer/dryer in unit.
Beautifully landscaped
like an Oasis!
459 S. Doheny Dr.
$3,200/MO.
Short/Long Term Lease
Call: 310/271-9678
310/351-9190
W/
FABULOUS VIEWS
2 Bdrm.+2 Bath
Washer/dryer in unit. Lrg.
master w/ walk-in closet.
pool, spa, rec-room, tennis.
$2,600/Month
Lisa Sherman • Agt.
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1836 PARNELL AVE .
2 Bdrms, 2.5 Baths
$2,600-$2,700
PRIME WESTWOOD
Five Year old building, high
*** TOWNHOUSE *** ceilings with crown molding,
Adjacent Century City
bamboo floors stainless* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * steel-appliances Washer &
EXTRA LARGE
dryer, Marble bathrooms.
2 BDRM, 2 BATH
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CONDO LIVING
Contact Vickie at
310/774-1452
Breathtaking 20th flr,
BEVERLY HILLS
with 2 Bath & 2 Balconies
310/203-0422
GLORICE SOMEKH REALTY, INC.
BEVERLY HILLS
recessed lighting, walk-in
master closet, washer
and dryer. Valet, gym,
pool and tennis court.
Available now a t
424/245-0710
$3,150/MO
CLOSE TO SHOPS & DINING. Call 310/980-2696
2,150sf. Updated
amenities & pool. Near
Beverly Hills Schools.
454 Smithwood Dr.
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NEW LISTINGS EVERYDAY
Call for latest properties
CENTURY PARK EAST
$2,400/month
1 Bedroom 1 Bath. High Floor
Renovated Kitchen & Bath
Separate Stall Shower
$2,700/month
CORRIDOR
hardwood floors,
hi-ceilings, fireplace,
balcony, sundeck, laundry
facility, 2-parking.
137 N. Wetherly Dr.
Yelena: 310/858-0905
REDUCED!
BEVERLY HILLS Melrose Square
2 B drm.+ 2 B ath
(south of Wilshire)
310/274-6931
310/474-8053
Full service bldg.
a/c, prkng., laundry,
2-large walk-in closets,
storage. Pet O.K.
central air, balcony, $1,895/Month
washer/dryer in unit.
310/275-5304
$2,295/Month
714/883-5300
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Move-In Special (OAC) BEVERLY HILLS ADJ
BEVERLY HILLS 1135 So. Oakhurst Dr.
————— BEVERLY
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HILLS Adj.
100 S. DOHENY DR
BRIGHT & SPACIOUS
2 BDRM. + 2 BATH
In high-rise with pool,
spa, tennis and 24hr
doorman. Non-smoker
no pets. $2,450/MO.
Call 818/990-5010
2 BD. + OFC + 1 3/4 BA.
$2,395/MO.
CHARMING SPANISH
UPPER DUPLEX.
Dramatic, living room
& views. Hardwood
floors, 10ft ceilings.
1220 EDRIS DR.
Call 310/283-6653
310/849-3858
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Near Sunset Plaza
B
R
$4,150/Month
PRESTIGIOUS PENTHOUSE
IDEAL FOR PROFESSIONALS
2 Bed 2.5 Bath
Designer Kitchen with
State of the Art Appliances
Lovely Living Room with
Scenic Views Flat Screen TV
Large Master Bedroom With
Fireplace Master Bath with
extensive Use of Marble. Jumbo
Rainforest Shower Totally fitted
walk-in closet
CENTURY PARK EAST
CENTURY TOWERS
PARK PLACE
CENTURY HILL
LE PARC
CENTURY WOODS
For Sale
See our Ad Sec. 270
EAUTIFULLY
ENOVATED
1
1 Bd.+1 /2 Ba. • $2,150
th
laminate flrs, elevator,
gated entry, 2-car
sub-prkg. $1,695 & Up
310/271-1898
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PARK PLACE
2 Bdrm.+2 Bath
~ Very Large ~ 2nd flr., carpet, v-blinds, With Extra Large
1 Bd.+11/2 Ba. Condo fridge, stove, dishwasher, Living Room. Pool,
central air, patio/balcony,
$3,150/month
BEVERLY HILLS Adj.
Panoramic View,
2 Bedroom 2 Bath. Separated Suites 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $2,150
Balcony.
Ocean Views Total Renovation
Lower, 2 entrances, private
Spacious, private, pool, Real Wood Floors. Marble Baths
patio Roof Garden w/
entry control, 2 car Separate Stall Shower. Quiet Location Panoramic B.H. Views,
New tile+stove+microwave.
gated garage parking.
$3,150/month
Pool, sauna, elevator,
Beverly Hills Schools.
2 Bdrm 2 Bath. High Floor
central
air, parking, marble
$2,495/MO.
Unobstructed Views. Real Hardwood
lobby.
Tree lined street.
Floors. 2 Large Balconies
OPEN SAT & SUN 1-4
1259
S.
Camden Dr.
and by appointment Washer/Dryer. Separate Stall Shower
221 S. DOHENY DR.
WEST HOLLYWOOD
LARGE 2BD + 2BA
With balcony, hardwood
floors, new double
oven, dishwasher, A/C,
laundry rm, 2 parking.
$1,695/MO.
Call 323/944-6270
or 310/351-0729
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La Cienega/
BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. 9633 W. Olympic Blvd.
LUXURIOUS
Adj. Roxbury Park.
Separate Stall Shower. Large Balcony 2 BDRM, 2 BATH 2 Bd.+1 Ba. • $1,850
Quiet Location
Large closets, balconies, Updated bath, kitchen w/
all amenities in kitchen, granite, hrwd., d/w, a/c.
$2,750/month
carpeted & verticle blinds. Restricted entry+more.
1 Bdrm 1 Bath. Brand New Renovation
fireplace, bar, washer / By • 323/828-7170
New Kitchen. Stainless Steel Appliances
dryer
included in laundry Appt: • 818/783-4969
Separate Stall Shower, Wood Floors
area.
Secured building
Large Balcony Unobstructed City Views
with garden courtyard. V E RY L A R G E
Conveniently Located, 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH
$2,950/month
1 Bdrm, 1 Bath Largest 1 Bedroom in Near Beverly Center, Front Unit In French
Cedars-Sinai, Restaurants Normandy Four-Plex
Century City. Huge Rooms Total
Etc... No Pets.
Renovation. Newer Open Kitchen.
Separate dining room,
$2,200/MO.
Stainless Steel Appliances. Real
hardwood floors, stove,
Shown By Appointment. fridge. Near restaurants,
Hardwood Floors. Huge Walk-In
8544 BURTON WAY theaters & The Grove.
Closet. Separate Stall Shower
Plus 400+sq. ft. Pvt. Patio
CALL 310/273-6770
$1,850/MO.
Quiet Inside Lower Location
or 310/274-2914 Call 323/658-6808
3 BDRM. + 2 BATH
Views.
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Bedroom Corner Unit
BEVERLY HILLS Adj
• Upper Duplex • New hardwood floors
3 Bd.+11/2 Ba. • $3,500 and window coverings,
Updated kitchen with
all listings are on
new
appliances, washer/
centurycityliving.com
dryer
in unit, large balValet and Guest
Parking. Huge Heated cony, lots of closet space
and secured parking.
Pool, Security Staff,
$2,350/MO. Water incl.
Doorman & HouseCall
310/994-4684
man, Switchboard
Tennis, Fitness Center
WILSHIRE
Business Center
310/724-7000 x-1851 2 Bedroom 2 Bath. Separated Suites
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Newly Remodeled; all
new appliances, central
air & heating. 2 car covered garage, backyard.
$4,000/MO. + utilities
Call 310/613-5045 Formal living room with
fireplace, dining room.
BEVERLY HILLS Large master suite with
fireplace, hardwood flrs
HUGE 3,000 SQ. FT.
crown molding, French
3 BD + 2 BA CONDO doors, updated kitchen,
In Spanish 4-Plex laundry in unit, enclosed
Upper corner unit. garage. No pets. $3,200
private entry, balcony, 1292 DEVON AVE.
Call 310/795-5990
hardwood floors, fireplace, Central A/C, high • BEVERLY HILLS •
ceilings, alarm, double 170 N. ARNAZ DR.
Elegant
garage. Pets OK. Close
Remodeled
to shops & restaurants.
3Bd, 2Ba Townhouse
$3,990/MO.
Style Apt........$3,200
Call 310/890-5576 1 Bd, 1 Ba......$1,595
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BEVERLY HILLS Formal dining room,
2 BDRM. + 2 BATH hardwood flrs., stove,
fridge, A/C, parking
$3,500/MO.
and laundry facility.
Spacious front condo Cell 818/667-9007
on a quiet beautiful
street. New kitchen,
large balcony, walk-in
closets and fireplace. CENTURY PARK EAST
*KELEMEN* BEVERLY HILLS Chateau Beverly
REAL ESTATE 423 S. Rexford Dr 2 + 2 • $2,100
(310) 966-0900 2 BD + 2 BA. CONDO All appliances Incld.,
2 BDRM, 2 BATH
bright lower unit newly
remodeled with Hdwd
floors, granite and tile
available now. Quiet 7
unit bldg, just South
of BH, parking and
laundry on premises.
$1,675/MO.
Call 323/304-6969
BEVERLY HILLS
Almont Drive. North of Wilshire
OPEN HOUSE
SAT 12-5 & SUN 1-4
Large 1Bd+Den, 2 & 3Bd
Wood floors. Granite
counters. New
appliances/BHUSD
Starting from $1650
310-694-2430
825 BEDFORD #105
2 BDRM. + 2 BATHS
PRIME LOCATION
$1,795/MO.
Remodeled unit, new BEVERLY HILLS &
BRENTWOOD
kitchen and baths.
1,200 sf., Microwave,
L U X U RY U N I T S
Dishwasher & Stove.
• SINGLES
Nr. Robertson. No Pets
• 1 BEDROOMS
Call 310/915-9595
• 2 BEDROOMS
ext. 26 for appointment. Hardwood flrs/Carpets
Or 310/720-4810
FREE
RENT!
Pico/Robertson
2 Bd.+2 Ba. $1,790
From $1,500-$2,200
Shown by appointment
Alex 310/966-1014
12 flr., Great Views!
Flr. to ceiling mirrors.
Cable+gas+water incld. Unique & Spacious
MIRACLE MILE
~Full Service Bldg.~ Light & Airy Corner.
Across LACMA
New custom built-ins in
24hr. reception+security,
2 Bdrm.+1 Bath
kitchen, balcony, dry
valet, pool+sauna.
Hardwood flrs., tub/stall
bar, skylight, huge
310/502-8888
closets, central heat, a/c, shower, stove, fridge,
2-prkg., laundry facility. laundry facility, parking.
HEART of
Exceptional Condition! $1,600/Month
BEVERLY HILLS
760/321-4999
323/937-3737
226 N. Crescent Dr.
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Ve r y B r i g h t
2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath
*** NEAR ***
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BEVERLY HILLS DESIGN CENTER
174 N. Almont Dr.
Updated. 1,200sf., 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • $1,775
dining room, hardwood
Lots of windows,
floors, full kitchen,
fireplace, a/c,
appliances, bar,
dishwasher, fridge,
central air, garage. stove, laundry facility,
No pets. 1 Year Lease.
parking. No pets.
$2,100/Month
• Q UIET B UILDING •
• 310/273-6124 •
916/761-0943
Newly Remodeled
UPPER & BRIGHT
1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH
with breakfast area with
all appliances, new
hardwood floors, parking included. No dogs.
$1,325/MO.
Call 310/271-9247
BEVERLY HILLS Adj.
417 S. Arnaz #205
1 BDRM + 1 BATH
$1,295/MO.
Modern Unit.
Clean Quiet Building.
No Pets.
Call 310/248-2441
CLASSIFIEDS • (310) 278-1322
468
JEWELRY
RARE 50'S
————— PATEK
PHILIPPE
BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.
Near 3rd & Robertson
Immaculate Bright
Upper Front
ONE BEDROOM
Men's Pink gold
Ref.3448
Lunar PhasePerpetual Date
Lots of closets, ceiling
(800) 918-4480
fan, tub + stall shower.
ELEVATOR, balcony, Open bid $37,500.00
By Appointment
gated, quiet, no pets.
$1,295/MO.
320 S. Clark Drive
Call 424/249-3012
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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.
1110 S. OAKHURST
1 BD + DEN + 1.5 BA
With balcony, A/C,
dishwasher, laundry,
parking, gated building.
$1,275/MO.
Contact Brian at
310/821-4903
FOR SALE
Diamond in pure Platinum
bracelet- Watch - heirloom
Other Diamond Jewelry Rings- Loose Stones.
BEVERLY HILLS
walk-in closet, stove, fridge,
ceiling fan, covered prkg.,
469
LUGGAGE
FOR SALE
laundry facility. No pets.
Quiet 6-Unit Bldg.
Call: 310/552-2569
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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ
865 SHANANDOAH
UNIT #201
1 BDRM, 1 BATH
$1,200/MO.
PRIVATE PARTY
LOUIS VUITTON
PEGASE
55 Rolling Luggage
Hardwood floors, Crown
Real Nice.
molding. Bright unit and
Asking $1,750
built in 1920’s. Street
parking Only. No pets Call 310/275-9846
310/915-9595 x.26
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** BEVERLY HILLS **
LARGE 1 BD + 1BA.
on lovely quiet street.
Full dining room, laundry
facility, lots of closet space,
new paint & new carpets.
$1,050/MO.
911 WOOSTER ST.
Call 805/379-2000
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• SPECIAL •
1 MONTH FREE!
BEVERLY HILLS
• STUDIO •
Available Anytime.
Wood floors,
stove, refrigerator.
$1,045/Mo.
310/924-7247
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BEVERLY HILLS adj.
3 rd & Robertson
475
GARAGE &
ESTATE SALE
TARZANA
ESTATE SALE
off the 101, south of Ventura Bl)
310/275-0467
Watch Parking signs on Friday!
BEVERLY HILLS
preview @
estatesaleshop.com
$795 PER MONTH
Includes full bathroom,
good closet space and
fridge. Utilities Included.
Call 323/951-0369
Or: 909/838-8208
BEVERLY HILLS
ESTATE SALE
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Dec. 11-12 • 9am-3pm
High-End Asian
Antique Furniture,
Art & Accessories.
443 S. Rexford #2
BEVERLY HILLS, 90212
Btw: Olympic & Whitworth
480
PETS
2 FREE
ENGLISH
BULLDOGS
for adoption.
14 wks old with shots.
Male and Female.
If interested, contact me at
chriscole2083@yahoo.com
508
AUTOS
WANTED
WANTED!!!
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Mercedes Benz pre -1972
Porsche pre-1970
Austin Healey pre-1967
Bentley pre-1965
Rolls Royce pre-1965
TA R Z A N A , C A 9 1 3 5 6
(2 blocks west of Reseda Bl,
I BUY
USED CARS
CALL ED
310/413-1138
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20101646149 The following is/are
doing business as: JELBI SALES CO.
9903 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills,
CA 90212; Ira Goldberg 806 N. Bedford
Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Linda
Goldberg 806 N. Bedford Dr., Beverly
Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: HUSBAND and WIFE, registrant(s) has begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein July
2001: Ira Goldberg; Statement is filed
with the County of Los Angeles:
November 16, 2010; Published:
November 19, 26, December 03, 10,
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as:
1) OM ENTERPRISES 2) OM PRODUCTIONS 311 N.
Robertson Blvd. #751, Beverly Hills, CA
90211; Olga C. Mellican 311 N.
Robertson Blvd. #751, Beverly Hills, CA
90211; The business is conducted by:
AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT
begun to transact business under the
name(s) listed herein: Olga C.
Mellican; Statement is filed with the
County of Los Angeles: November 16,
2010; Published: November 19, 26,
December 03, 10, 2010 LACC N/C
doing business as: 1) COPPER COIN
PRODUCTIONS 2) COPPER COIN
FILMS 733 S. Manhattan Pl. #602, Los
Angeles, CA 90005; Kristin R.
Lauterbach 733 S. Manhattan Pl. #602,
Los Angeles, CA 90005; The business is
conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein
December 17, 2003: Kristn R.
Lauterbach; Statement is filed with the
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doing business as: 1) 1) OCAM REAL
ESTATE 2) OCAM FINANCIAL SERVICES 9903 Santa Monica Blvd. #354,
Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Fayek
Takieddine 9903 Santa Monica Blvd.
#354, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL,
registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
business under the name(s) listed
herein: Fayek Takieddine; Statement
is filed with the County of Los Angeles:
2010 LACC N/C
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RATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun
to transact business under the
name(s) listed herein: Arlene Krantz,
President; Statement is filed with the
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doing business as: MINERAL RIGHTS
PARTNERS 24686 Cordillera Dr.,
Calabasas, CA 91302; C & L
Schoenfeld Investments LLC 224 5th
St., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-5710;
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s)
has NOT begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein:
Laurence J. Schoenfeld, V.P.;
Statement is filed with the County of Los
Angeles: November 16, 2010; Published:
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: ATELIER RESTUCCIA DESIGN COLLECTIVE 285 S.
Barrington Ave. #62, Los Angeles, CA
90049; Maria Lourdes Restuccia 285 S.
Barrington Ave. #62, Los Angeles, CA
name(s) listed herein: Maria Lourdes
Restuccia; Statement is filed with the
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doing business as:
VILKIN FAMILY
PARTNERS 8714 Dorrington Ave., West
Hollywood, CA 90048; The Michael
Vilkin Revocable Trust; Michael Vilkin
Trustee 8714 Dorrington Ave., West
Hollywood, CA 90048; Peter Vilkin Trust
Agreement; Peter Vilkin, Trustee 673
Maybell, Palo Alto, CA 94306; The business is conducted by: A GENERAL
PARTNERSHIP, registrant(s) has
name(s) listed herein January 17,
2006: Michael Vilkin, Manager;
Angeles: October 27, 2010; Published:
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: FRIENDS OF THE
PLANET 1645 Vine St. #303, Los
Angeles, CA 90028; Claus Hjelmbak
6200 Franklin Ave. #401, Los Angeles,
CA 90028; The business is conducted by:
name(s) listed herein: Claus
Hjelmbak; Statement is filed with the
County of Los Angeles: October 25,
doing business as:
ADMISSION
ACCOMPLISHED 2107 Greenfield Ave.,
Los Angeles, CA 90025; Baillie Gerstein
2107 Greenfield Ave., Los Angeles, CA
AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has
begun to transact business under the NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO
SELL ALCOHOLIC
name(s) listed herein November 2005:
BEVERAGES
Baillie Gerstein; Statement is filed with
Date of Filing Application:
the County of Los Angeles: November
NOVEMBER 03, 2010
16, 2010; Published: November 19, 26,
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- PHILLIP BUI
MENT 20101646379 The following is/are The applicants listed above are applydoing business as:
THE MEDIA ing to the Department of Alcoholic
STAFF.COM 8425 W. Third St. #401, Los Beverage Control to sell alcoholic bevAngeles, CA 90048; Jerry Maybrook erages at:
8425 W. Third St. #401, Los Angeles, CA 8543 SANTA MONICA BLVD. #5
90048; The business is conducted by: WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069-4150
AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT Type of license(s) applied for:
begun to transact business under the 41 - ON-SALE BEER AND WINEEATING PLACE
name(s) listed herein: Jerry
Maybrook; Statement is filed with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
County of Los Angeles: November 16, Control,
2010; Published: November 19, 26, 888 S. Figueroa St. #320
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213/833-6043
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- 12/03/10, 12/10/10, 12/17/10
MENT 20101646406 The following is/are BHC 259137
doing business as: CALIFORNIADEAL BEVERLY HILLS COURIER
357 S. Fairfax Ave. #502, Los Angeles,
CA 90036; 213 Market LLC 357 S. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEFairfax Ave. #502, Los Angeles, CA MENT 20101631548 The following is/are
A ROCKIN ICE
90036; The business is conducted by: A doing business as:
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, regis- 8633 West Knoll Dr. #205, West
trant(s) has NOT begun to transact Hollywood, CA 90069; Thom Uber 8633
business under the name(s) listed West Knoll Dr. #205, West Hollywood,
herein: Ygal Aiche, Owner; Statement CA 90069; William Hacket 8633 West
is filed with the County of Los Angeles: Knoll Dr. #205, West Hollywood, CA
November 16, 2010; Published: 90069; The business is conducted by:
November 19, 26, December 03, 10, STATE or LOCAL REGISTERED
DOMESTIC PARTNERS, registrant(s)
2010 LACC N/C
has NOT begun to transact business
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- under the name(s) listed herein: Thom
MENT 20101646410 The following is/are Uber; Statement is filed with the County
doing business as: MAKE POSITIVE of Los Angeles: November 12, 2010;
CHOICES 8721 Santa Monica Blvd. Published: November 26, December
#226, West Hollywood, CA 90069; Tabor 03, 10, 17 2010 LACC N/C
Group, Inc. 8721 Santa Monica Blvd.
#226, West Hollywood, CA 90069; The FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEbusiness is conducted by: A CORPO- MENT 20101566338 The following is/are
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
www.bhcourier.com
43
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES
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Carpets, mini-blinds,
stove, refrigerator,
sundeck. No pets.
$935/Month
BACHELOR
GARAGE &
ESTATE SALE
5,500 Sq.Ft. of
In Any Condition.
Treasures, Antique
TOPDOLLARPAID!
and Contemporary
We Pick Up From
Furniture, Jewelry, Any U.S. Location.
Paintings, Bric-A-Brac,
China, Large Appliances
Please Call
and Much More!!!
Alex Manos:
310/486-9398
Friday & Saturday
Dec. 10-11 • 8am-4pm continental5000@gmail.com
Sun. Dec 12 • 12-5pm
Monday & Tuesday
Dec. 13-14 • 9am-3pm
.
Efficiency 1 Bdrm. 5354 AMIGO AVE
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475
Photos available
————— Ron@rh-factor.com
1 Bdrm. • $1,275
• Newly Decorated •
Lower rear, hrwd. flrs.,
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doing business as:
1) LEATHER &
FUR FROM PARIS 2) MY LEATHER
FOREVER 902 S. Wooster St., Los
Angeles, CA 90035; Zabachic, Inc. 902
S. Wooster St., Los Angeles, CA 90035;
The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT
name(s) listed herein: Frank Perez,
President; Statement is filed with the
2010; Published: November 26,
December 03, 10, 17 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: 1) BRISBANE BALLOONS 2) BALLOONS BY O 3) SYDNEY BAR SERVICES 1106 S. Ridgeley
Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90019; Ostralia
Mathews 1106 S. Ridgeley Dr., Los
Angeles, CA 90019; The business is
conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
herein: Ostralia Mathews; Statement
November 26, December 03, 10, 17
2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as: BEVERLY HILLS
LIQUOR COMPANY 350 N. Canon Dr.
#4, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Ohannes
Serorian 15753 Bassett St., Van Nuys,
CA 91406; The business is conducted
by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has
NOT begun to transact business under
the name(s) listed herein: Ohannes
Serorian; Statement is filed with the
December 03, 10, 17 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as:
GLASS QUEEN
22525 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA
90265; Ginette Lemonnier 29500
Heathercliff Rd. #102, Malibu, CA 90265;
The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to
transact business under the name(s)
listed herein August 05, 2005: Ginette
Lemonnier; Statement is filed with the
December 03, 10, 17, 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as:
AUGUST AESTHETICS 436 N. Bedford Dr. #201,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210; August Denton
2115 Buckingham, Los Angeles, CA
AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has
name(s) listed herein October 01,
2010: August Denton; Statement is
filed with the County of Los Angeles:
December 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010 LACC
N/C
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doing business as: AFLALO GROUP
333 S. Beverly Dr. #205, Beverly Hills,
CA 90212; Laura Anne Aflalo 333 S.
Beverly Dr. #205, Beverly Hills, CA
90212; Samuel Adam Aflalo 166 N.
Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210;
Moshe Aflalo 333 S. Beverly Dr. #205,
Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is
conducted by: COPARTNERS, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
herein: Laura Anne Aflalo, Partner;
December 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010 LACC
N/C
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doing business as: 1) COMPETITION
PLUMBING 2) COMPETITIVE PLUMBING 234 S. Gale Dr. #107, Beverly Hills,
CA 90211; Oleg Svirsky 234 S. Gale Dr.
#107, Beverly Hills,, CA 90211; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL,
registrant(s) has begun to transact
herein 2000: Oleg Svirsky; Statement
December 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010 LACC
N/C
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doing business as:
1) VUGURU
TUNES 2) VUGURU FILM PRODUCTION MUSIC 315 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly
Hills, CA 90212 Vuguru, LLC 315 S.
Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212;
The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s)
has begun to transact business under
the name(s) listed herein October 09,
2009: Larry Tanz, President;
December 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010 LACC
N/C
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doing business as: 1) BEVERLY HILLS
COURIER WINE CLUB 2) BEVERLY
HILLS WINE CLUB 8840 W. Olympic
Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Beverly
Hills Courier Publishing Co., LLC 8840
W. Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA
90211; The business is conducted by: A
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
herein: Clifton Smith, President;
December 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010 LACC
N/C
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doing business as: SOUTH BEVERLY
JEWELRY AND LOAN 157 S. Beverly
Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Ben
Jewelry Inc. 157 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly
Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
herein: Yossi Dina, President;
December 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010 LACC
N/C
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doing business as: SHARP & READY
4751 W. 120th St., Hawthorne, CA
90250; Yasmin Wendling 4751 W. 129th
St., Hawthorne, CA 90250; The business
is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business
under the name(s) listed herein
February 22, 2010: Yasmin
Wendling; Statement is filed with the
2010; Published: December 03, 10, 17,
24, 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as:
SANITY 320 N.
Ogden Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90036;
John W. Holland 320 N. Ogden Dr., Los
Angeles, CA 90036; The business is
conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact
herein: John W. Holland; Statement is
filed with the County of Los Angeles:
December 03, 10, 17, 24, 2010 LACC
N/C
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doing business as:
BENCHESTER
GOLF CLUB 1665 S. Curson Ave. Los
Angeles, CA 90019; Lujah Benjamin
1665 S. Curson Ave., Los Angeles, CA
name(s) listed herein: Lujah
Benjamin; Statement is filed with the
County of Los Angeles: December 01,
24, 2010 LACC N/C
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doing business as:
SCOOPS N’
SWIRLS 271 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills,
CA 90210; Talco, LLC 271 North Canon
Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has
name(s) listed herein September 28,
2010: Taline Mihranian, Managing
Member; Statement is filed with the
31, 2010 LACC N/C
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NOTICE— Fictitious
name statement expires
five years from the date it
was filed in the office of the
county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before
that time. The filing of this
statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this
state of a fictitious business name in violation of
the rights of another under
federal, state, or common
law (See Section 14400, et
seq.,
Business
and
Professions Code).
SER VICE DIRECTOR Y
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A View From The New York Times
Maureen Dowd
The doomed caribou gazed calmly across the Alaska tundra at
Caribou Barbie.
The female caribou could easily have escaped, since it took
the Wasilla huntress six shots, two rifles and some help from her
dad to bag her prey. (Giving credence to Levi Johnston’s contention
that she isn’t all that proficient with guns.)
But, inexplicably, the caribou just waited to get gunned down
by Sarah Palin, who came across less like a pioneer woman than
Private Benjamin with her camo, her French manicured nails, her
cap that says (in pink) Girls And Guns, her 72-year-old father and
her TLC reality show crew.
Sarah checked her freezer at home before she flew 600 miles
to the Arctic, trying to justify her contention that she needs to hunt
to eat. Wasn’t it already stocked with those halibuts she clubbed
and gutted in an earlier show?
“My dad has always taught me that if you want to have wild,
organic, healthy food,” she pontificated, “you’re gonna go out
there and hunt yourself and fish yourself and you’re gonna fill up
your freezer.”
Does Palin really think the average housewife in Ohio who
can’t pay her bills is going to load up on ammo, board two different planes, camp out for two nights with a film crew and shoot a
caribou so she can feed her family organic food?
It’s amazing that Palin patronized Neiman Marcus during the
campaign. Couldn’t she have spun cloth to sew her own clothes?
Hunting seems more sporting with birds—at least they have a
better chance to get away. Unless the hunter is Dick Cheney, who
would shoot pheasants that were pen-raised and released from a
net to make slaughtering them easier.
The poor caribou in the Arctic Circle, a cousin to Santa’s reindeer, had to die so Palin could show off her toughness to voters and
try to boost ratings on her show that have slipped since its premiere. (Next Sunday, she’s dragging up nine Gosselins to go shooting and camping.)
Sarah’s view of America is primitive. You’re either a pointyheaded graduate of Harvard Law School or you’re eviscerating animals for fun, which she presents as somehow more authentic.
In movies with animals, they often have a line in the credits assuring that no animals were harmed. In Sarah Palin's Alaska, they
should have a line at the end assuring that “almost every living
creature involved in this show was harmed.”
The caribou that waited too pliantly in the cross hairs is
doomed to become stew for Palin and an allegory for politics. The
elegant animal standing above the fray, dithering rather than charging at his foes or outmaneuvering them, is Obambi. Even with a rifle aimed at him, he’s trying to be the most reasonable mammal in
the scene, mammalian bipartisan, and rise above what he sees as
empty distinctions between the species so that we can all unite at
a higher level of being.
Palin’s father advises her to warm up her trigger finger. And
trigger-happy Sarah represents the Republicans, who have spent
two years taking shots at the president, including potshots, and tormenting him in an effort to bring him down.
The Republicans think they have hurt their quarry on the taxcut deal, making him look weak and at odds with his party. There’s
an argument to be made for what the president did, but he doesn’t
look good doing it.
When all the Democrats are complaining and all the Republicans are happy, it just can’t be a good deal for Democrats.
Obama gave up on a big principle, and Democrats showed—
again—they can’t win the message war. Republicans proved that,
while they don’t have the House (for now), the Senate or the White
House, they’re still running things.
Obama used to play poker in the Illinois Legislature, but it’s
hard to believe. First, he cried uncle to Republicans standing in the
corner, holding their breath and turning blue. Then, in his White
House press conference, he was defensive, a martyr for the middle
class.
He said he must compromise at times as he follows “a North
Star.” It was odd, given that Palin uses North Star as a code name,
her own “city on the hill” reference, and an allusion to God.
The president said he couldn’t stick to his guns, even though
most Americans agreed with him, because Republicans feel that
this is their holy grail: “the single most important thing that they
have to fight for as a party.” But isn’t helping those in need rather
than gilding the rich a holy grail for Democrats? Does he think for
a second that the Republicans will relent and be more reasonable
in two years? If he believes he can go out in 2012 and attack the
Republicans when the political stakes are much higher, why couldn’t he do it now?
It’s not that hard to explain to Americans in distress that the
protection of vast fortunes should not be the priority of government.
© 2010 The New York Times News Service
POLICE BLOTTER
BURGLARY
Occurred between 6:40 p.m. on
11/30 and 9:42 a.m on 12/1 in
300 block of S. Beverly Dr.
Unknown suspect pried open
rear door of location, a former
restaurant, and stole property.
Occurred between 12:01 and
10:45 a.m. on 12/1 in 300 block
of S. Doheny Dr. Unknown suspect broke lock latch on side
door and stole property. Loss $80
GRAND THEFT
Occurred between 11 a.m. on
11/23 and 8 a.m. on 11/24 in
9900 block of Sunset Blvd.
Unknown suspect entered home
suring brokers-only open house
and stole property from cabinet
in bathroom.
Loss $20,500
Occurred about 4:20 p.m. on
11/30 in 100 block of S. Beverly
Dr. Suspect #1: Female Black,
30, 5'07'', 150, black hair.
Suspect #2: Female Black, 30,
5'05'', 120, black hair–distracted
victim while other suspect stole
wallet from the latter’s purse in
closet of store.
Loss $715
Occurred at 10:45 a.m. on 12/1
in 9800 block of S. Santa Monica
Blvd. Suspect: Male White, 20,
6'00'', 200–stole wallet from victim’s purse and exited via hotel’s
side door.
Loss $1,250
Occurred between 10:15 and
10:45 a.m. in 300 block of N.
Rodeo Dr. Suspect: Female
White, 40, 5'08'', 120, brown
hair and eyes–set up and displayed jewelry and was last person seen handling it which is
now missing and unaccounted
for at inventory.
Loss $11,400
IDENTITY THEFT
Occcurred at 5 p.m. on 11/8 in
9400 block of Charleville Blvd.
Unknown suspect obtains victim’s credit card number and
makes purchases.
Occurred between 10/12 and
11/19 in 8700 block of Wilshire
Blvd. Unknown suspect used victim’s personal information to
open credit accounts and purchase goods and services.
Blvd. Unknown suspect made
unauthorized use of victim’s
account.
Blvd. Unknown suspect made
unauthorized use of victim’s
account.
Blvd. Unknown suspect opened
an account over the Internet
using victim’s personal identifiers.
Occurred pm 9/27 in 8900
block
of
Wilshire
Blvd.
Unknown
suspect
opened
Internet account using victim’s
personal identifiers.
Occurred on 8/5 in 400 block of
N. Rodeo Dr. Unknown suspect
used victim’s personal identifers
to fraudulently make purchases.
11/26 in 200 block of Tower Dr.
Unknown suspect used victim’s
ATM debit card to make five separate withdrawals of $500 each.
11/29 in 100 block of N.
Willaman Dr. Unknown suspect
deposited checks into and withdrew funds from victim’s bank
accounts.
A Look At The Sacramento Scene
FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Stephen Frank
If you want to lose money buy a lottery ticket, go to Vegas, get
a bad divorce attorney or give money to government.
San Francisco already has a government terminal that is losing
money. In the real world you cut back, cut costs and employment and maybe cut prices. Not S.F.–in that wild and crazy town
–if you have one bad apple, why not two?
“Spruced-up waterfront: officials want to build a cruise ship
terminal at Pier 27 if that city is chosen to host the next America’s
Cup regatta. Local team and defending champ BMW Oracle
Racing has the right to choose the next race location.
After struggling unsuccessfully for years to establish one
cruise terminal on the waterfront, San Francisco might wind up
with two. Port officials say this is not a problem, and argue it
would be beneficial to have more berths available for cruise ships,
which they have worked hard to attract.
What? If they can't get cruise ships for one terminal, why do
they think they will get ships for two? This is about union construction jobs and special interest contractors not economic realities. Any wonder S.F. will have two straight years of deficits $400+
million each year?
Then while California farmers are getting about 25 percent of
the water they need, money is going to protect salmon, while the
water is being held for the delta smelt and other fish.
“Juvenile salmon, not yet wise to the ways of crafty humans,
would be turned back from the danger of being sucked into the
state’s vast Delta water system with a new ‘screen’ in the water,”
the Department of Water Resources says.
Tax dollars are going to protect fish instead of getting water to
farmers to create jobs. Of course you will note the cost is not mentioned. Who cares, it is just your money and water–government
prefers you not to know. Why is government going broke?
Because government has its priorities mixed up.
Then you have unions which financially break a school district, but demand parents not be allowed to volunteer to pick up
the slack, to keep the education system running smoothly. Unions
are forcing a school district to get rid of parent volunteers!!
This is the attitude of the unions. When volunteers began to
help answer phones in the office and support the school librarian
at Petaluma Junior High School, CSEA Local 212 President Loretta
Kruusmagi immediately objected.
Representing 350 clerical and janitorial staff in the Petaluma
School District, Kruusmagi betrays not the least concern for the
kids her union supposedly serves when she glowers: “As far as I’m
concerned, they never should have started this thing. Noon-duty
people (lunchtime and playground assistants), those are instructional assistants. We had all those positions. We don’t have them
anymore, but those are our positions. Our stand is you can’t have
volunteers–they can’t do our work.”
Now you know why government schools are expensive.
Schools should be able to use as many volunteers as possible to
save money–our money. Unions will not allow this.
Every special interest has a way to waste your tax dollars. Do you
have $9 billion to save the Salton Sea–then $153 million to “operate” it every year?
As part of a 2003 water transfer between the Imperial
Irrigation District and San Diego County, the state is legally obligated to “restore” the sea. The state's proposed plan to do so
involves construction of a large horseshoe dam and wetlands with
an estimated capital cost of $8.9 billion over 75 years plus annual operating expenses of $153 million.
We do not have money for cops, teachers or pensions. Our
roads are bad and taxes high. Deficits of tens of billions of the
next 5-7 years, after seven years of deficits equaling $165 billion-yet we have the money to “save” the Salton Sea?
These are a few examples of why government, at every level has
massive deficits. Makes you proud of government, huh?
Stephen Frank, a political and public policy activist since 1960, is the
publisher of the California Political News and Views-www.capoliticalnews.com.
Occurred between 8 a.m. on Unknown suspect used victim’s
11/1 and 9:30 a.m. on 12/3 in identification to open fraudulent
9400 block of Wilshire Blvd. accounts in two locations.
Suspect: Male White, 35, 6'00'', FORGERY
300, brown hair–changed infor- Occurred between 12:01 a.m.
mation on victim’s bank account on 11/27 and 1:31 p.m. on 12/5
to intercept fraudulently issued in 9900 block of Robbins Dr.
checks to a valid trust account Unknown suspect obtains victhe latter manages.
tim’s check, changes name on
Occurred at 8:30 p.m. on 11/26 and replaces it with different
in 400 block of N. Doheny Dr.
name to obtain funds.
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CLIF SMITH
TRULY THANKFUL FOR JACK
AND MARGIE PRESSMAN
Rabbi Jacob Pressman's column for Thanksgiving Week
raised a very succinct point. Being thankful. Simple yet
intense. The Courier has been blessed with Rabbi Jack's
columns for years. Of all the good things that came with The
Courier, without question the best were Jack and Margie
Pressman.
For Thanksgiving week, Jack shared his gracious thoughts
about being thankful. He is always so self-deprecating and
humble, if he weren't so sincere about it one would think he
was posturing. He never does, which is remarkable since he is
truly one of the rarest of gifted human beings. His talent, his
intelligence, his ability to make complicated things simple and
simple things wise and his infinite courtesy make him a prince
in the old-fashioned sense. He makes this community infinitely richer than even all our reputed bank accounts through
his humor, his wisdom and his insight.
Standing by him for longer than most of us have been alive
(well, many of us), is the fiery and irrepressable Marjorie, she
of the infinite capacity to organize and promote only the best
of everything decent. Don't ever cross her, and most don't.
Those who might probably aren't here anymore to tell about it.
But ask her for help or for advice, and she gives of herself as
few can. If Jack is the prince, then Margie could readily be
titled “Lady Pressman” as in “Lady Thatcher.” They've even
given us the tremendously gifted and dedicated Joel, prickly
though he maybe, whenever politics or education are discussed. This community is better for him, too.
The Pressmans have made a serious and affirmative mark
on this community, whether it be through the growth of Temple
Beth Am, the founding of Pressman Academy, the constant
ministering to others, or simply being here.
Writing a weekly column looks easy, but writing one that
does some good, or makes a point, or gets people thinking is
not easy. This author has tried to measure everything that
appears here and in The Courier by “What will the Pressmans
think?” Does it help the community? Is it truthful? Is it principled even if it leads to disagreements? Are the words spelled
correctly and is the grammar right? Then, you read Jack's column and the final key question emerges–does it make any
sense? If you get most right, you're doing really well.
Passing the Pressman test is not easy. It's a challenge faced
by so many of us in this loving community because so many of
us measure ourselves by the standards they set . . . and for that
we should all be thankful.
Dear Jack and Marjorie: Thank you.
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WHY DO WE NEED A GOVERNMENT?
The most efficient government ever was
made up of one man: Adam, Homo sapiens.
Then Eve came along and took over control.
Soon there were lots of Homo sapiens and
they needed organizing so the caveman with the
thickest and heaviest club and best muscles
became the one-man ruler. Eventually medicine
men, soothsayers, and priests variously led a
growing population.
In time, men like Moses brought down from
Heaven a set of laws for governing men. Once
you had laws you had to have lawyers to interpret
the laws and judges who made decisions. There
emerged monarchs–kings and queens who
claimed they had the right to rule because it was
God’s will, called Divine Right.
They also had the most soldiers and best
armies to help them dominate. Such rulers were
eventually called princes and princesses, royalty,
imperial, duke, earl, kaiser, czar, caliph, pharaoh,
sheikh and on and on. There was always a governor of some sort ruling over his or her constituents.
Religious leaders were called prophet,
swami, buddha, rabbi, and pope, down to minister, reverend, deacon, parson, sexton, and beadle
etc. The business and financial worlds have their
own hierarchies: tycoon, industrialist, investor,
philanthropist, billionaire, developer, bulls and
bears.
LETTER
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Hills Chamber of Commerce
and the City. This showmanship
is straight out of the American
tradition of doing business and
selling merchandise, products
and service since our Yankee
Clipper ships sailed across the
seas and oceans to advance
American trading interests and
even before.
Even John D. Rockefeller,
Sr.'s father was a traveling
showman-salesman who taught
his now legendary son sales
psychology and commerce
sense to prosper in a capitalistic
world.
I keep telling and showing
the less fortunate retail business
communities in rich, middle
class and poor neighborhoods
to follow Beverly Hills, which is
a leader to imitate and learn
from concerning showmanship,
special events, attracting shoppers and getting mass media
attention.
The simple brilliance of
using “9.02.10 Day” as a
launching platform for “Food &
Wine” and “Fashion's Night
Out” (FNO) and then FNO for
launching “Snow 90210” cannot be from American merchant business history.
This leads me to congratulate the
Rodeo
Drive
Committee for promoting complimentary shopper rides of a
four story ferris on Rodeo on the
night of Sept. 10. It set a mostly new precedent for combining shopping and having fun in
once scenario.
Hollywood and the fashion
Each human endeavor from the smallest and
up has its own hierarchy in which somebody is
the head of some kind of group.
Nowhere is that more clear-cut than in our
military, where the levels of leadership are designated by symbols. The private or the plebe has
not yet won his or her promotion. Their ranks
are indicated by stripes when they become corporals, sergeants, lieutenants, colonels, and generals in the army, and seaman up to admirals in
the Navy. Medals and badges indicate distinguished service.
One may wonder why, in a democratic society do we need these distinctions. It struck me,
as far back as the Bible, and probably in great
empires before that time, that in the Bible, in the
Book of Exodus, verses 17 and 21, Jethro, Moses’
father-in-law, seeing Moses try to govern the
Israelites all by himself, said to him: “The thing
thou doest is no good. Thou wilt surely wear
away…. Thou shalt surely provide out of all the
people, able men, such as fear God, men of
truth, hating covetousness and place such over
them, to be ruler of thousands, rulers of hundreds, and ruler of tens and let them judge the
people…”
So it seems that in any group of people,
somebody has to govern, even if it is only two
people, as in which case Eve was the boss, and
the taxes were paid in fig leaves.
industry have a closer interwoven relations because of Fred
“Mr. Beverly Hills” Hayman's
influence upon the fashion wear
during the Academy Awards.
Now the Rodeo Drive
Committee has shown how to
have a beneficial and profitable
relationship with the carnival
industry and upscale shopping
areas across America. What a
modern retail business innovation to get our American economy going again, but with some
fun added to the business sales
transaction!
Beverly Hills still proves to
me it is in the forefront for its
showmanship which will sweep
across America with new
American‘s showmen to helping
retail America prosper.
I look forward to being
involved in the 100th anniversary celebration of Beverly Hills
far more than I was involved in
its Diamond Jubilee.
As Arsenio Hall used to say:
“Let's get busy!
Emzy Veazy III
Cartoon for The Courier by Janet Salter
DECEMBER 10, 2010
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