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iefs • 9900 Wilshire demolition<br />
phase schedule to begin in summer Page 2<br />
Issue 760 • April 24, 2014 - April 30, 2014<br />
briefs • 12th annual Tower of Hope<br />
Gala to honor Gold and Katz Page 6<br />
Chief<br />
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND<br />
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briefs • Measure E draft report shows<br />
the Board has spent over $32 million Page 7<br />
A<br />
Weekly<br />
exclusive<br />
Former students and<br />
friends share how<br />
the legendary choral<br />
teacher has influenced<br />
them<br />
Pages 6 - 7<br />
former California Chief Justice Ronald George<br />
discusses 38 years on the bench and his new book<br />
cover story • pages 8-9<br />
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COVER PHOTO: Mayor Lili Bosse and<br />
Dr. Ari Babaknia, who wrote extensively<br />
about the Holocaust in both English and<br />
Persian and is the author of Humanity, Not<br />
Josh Gross’ interview with former<br />
California Chief Justice Ronald George<br />
will air on BH channel 10: May 5 at<br />
4:30 p.m., May 6 at 6:30 p.m., and May<br />
7 at 3:30 p.m.<br />
Available online at www.beverlyhills.<br />
org/living/beverlyhillstelevision<br />
briefs<br />
City Council unanimously<br />
approves fracking ban<br />
City Council unanimously approved a<br />
hydraulic fracturing ban with a 4 – 0<br />
vote on Tuesday. Councilmember Nancy<br />
Krasne was absent.<br />
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as<br />
fracking, is a process that injects highly<br />
pressurized liquids into horizontally drilled<br />
wells to create fissures in rock formations<br />
beneath the surface to stimulate oil and<br />
gas production. Fracturing fluids include<br />
a mixture of water and sand, as well as<br />
chemicals that include hydrochloric acid<br />
and carcinogens.<br />
Fracking may cause potential groundwater<br />
contamination, potential increased<br />
seismic activity, and environmental and<br />
health impacts, according to Director of<br />
Community Development Susan Healy<br />
Keene.<br />
Though Keene said that not enough scientific<br />
research has been conducted to<br />
conclude whether or not fracking is safe,<br />
community members and professionals<br />
affected by fracturing voiced their support<br />
for Beverly Hill’s fracking ban.<br />
Residents who live in high oil producing<br />
areas, such as Inglewood and Carson City,<br />
gave personal accounts on the environmental,<br />
health, and community impacts that<br />
oil drilling caused in their cities. Effects<br />
included death from pancreatic and brain<br />
cancer, and closed school facilities due to<br />
land damage. According to Food and Water<br />
Watch activist Brenna Norton, oil companies<br />
have used 12 of the most dangerous,<br />
known carcinogens and toxic air chemicals<br />
in the L.A. area in unconventional oil and<br />
gas production methods.<br />
The lone voice opposing the fracking<br />
ban was California Independent Petroleum<br />
Association Public Affairs Director Blair<br />
Knox.<br />
“I encourage you to take your time when<br />
looking at this,” Knox said to the City<br />
Council. “We urge you not to jump early<br />
on this one.”<br />
According to Knox, increasing oil production<br />
would reduce the need in foreign<br />
oil, and the proposed ban would prevent<br />
energy independence.<br />
“Maybe it’s not us jumping too early<br />
in protecting the interests of our community<br />
until we have adequate science,”<br />
Brien said. “Maybe it’s the industry that’s<br />
jumped a little too early in actually doing<br />
these types of things in urban areas where<br />
people, families, animals, and children live,<br />
work, and play.”<br />
Paysinger elected CIF<br />
president<br />
Beverly High Principal Carter Paysinger<br />
was elected president-elect for the CIF<br />
southern section Wednesday morning.<br />
briefs cont. on page 3<br />
Weekly<br />
Beverly Hills<br />
Issue 761 • May 1, 2014 - May 7, 2014<br />
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bags that represented Rodeo Drive stores. Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel and Guittard Chocolate Company paid approximately<br />
$200,000 for the cake including materials, labor, and other costs, and presented it to the City as a gift for its<br />
Centennial.<br />
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