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iefs • 9900 Wilshire demolition phase schedule to begin in summer Page 2 Issue 760 • April 24, 2014 - April 30, 2014 briefs • 12th annual Tower of Hope Gala to honor Gold and Katz Page 6 Chief WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND You can write us at: 140 South Beverly Drive #201 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 You can fax us at: 310.887.0789 email us at: editor@bhweekly.com briefs • Measure E draft report shows the Board has spent over $32 million Page 7 A Weekly exclusive Former students and friends share how the legendary choral teacher has influenced them Pages 6 - 7 former California Chief Justice Ronald George discusses 38 years on the bench and his new book cover story • pages 8-9 SNAPSHOT Read this issue on your smart phone by scanning the QR code. All you need is a QR scanner application. COVER PHOTO: Mayor Lili Bosse and Dr. Ari Babaknia, who wrote extensively about the Holocaust in both English and Persian and is the author of Humanity, Not Josh Gross’ interview with former California Chief Justice Ronald George will air on BH channel 10: May 5 at 4:30 p.m., May 6 at 6:30 p.m., and May 7 at 3:30 p.m. Available online at www.beverlyhills. org/living/beverlyhillstelevision briefs City Council unanimously approves fracking ban City Council unanimously approved a hydraulic fracturing ban with a 4 – 0 vote on Tuesday. Councilmember Nancy Krasne was absent. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a process that injects highly pressurized liquids into horizontally drilled wells to create fissures in rock formations beneath the surface to stimulate oil and gas production. Fracturing fluids include a mixture of water and sand, as well as chemicals that include hydrochloric acid and carcinogens. Fracking may cause potential groundwater contamination, potential increased seismic activity, and environmental and health impacts, according to Director of Community Development Susan Healy Keene. Though Keene said that not enough scientific research has been conducted to conclude whether or not fracking is safe, community members and professionals affected by fracturing voiced their support for Beverly Hill’s fracking ban. Residents who live in high oil producing areas, such as Inglewood and Carson City, gave personal accounts on the environmental, health, and community impacts that oil drilling caused in their cities. Effects included death from pancreatic and brain cancer, and closed school facilities due to land damage. According to Food and Water Watch activist Brenna Norton, oil companies have used 12 of the most dangerous, known carcinogens and toxic air chemicals in the L.A. area in unconventional oil and gas production methods. The lone voice opposing the fracking ban was California Independent Petroleum Association Public Affairs Director Blair Knox. “I encourage you to take your time when looking at this,” Knox said to the City Council. “We urge you not to jump early on this one.” According to Knox, increasing oil production would reduce the need in foreign oil, and the proposed ban would prevent energy independence. “Maybe it’s not us jumping too early in protecting the interests of our community until we have adequate science,” Brien said. “Maybe it’s the industry that’s jumped a little too early in actually doing these types of things in urban areas where people, families, animals, and children live, work, and play.” Paysinger elected CIF president Beverly High Principal Carter Paysinger was elected president-elect for the CIF southern section Wednesday morning. briefs cont. on page 3 Weekly Beverly Hills Issue 761 • May 1, 2014 - May 7, 2014 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. Founded: October 7, 1999 Published Thursdays Delivered in Beverly HilIs, Beverlywood, Los Angeles ISSN#1528-851X www.bhweekly.com Publisher & CEO Josh E. Gross Reporter Nancy Yeang Sports Editor Steven Herbert 1 year subscriptions are available. Sent via US Mail $75 payable in advance Happy Birthday Beverly Hills! Rodeo Drive A 10-feet high, 15-feet wide, 20-feet long, and 4,000 pound birthday cake served up to 15,000 slices to Centennial Block Party attendees on April 27. The cake was a replica of Beverly Hills’ City Hall, complete with palm trees and shopping bags that represented Rodeo Drive stores. Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel and Guittard Chocolate Company paid approximately $200,000 for the cake including materials, labor, and other costs, and presented it to the City as a gift for its Centennial. Page 2 • Beverly Hills Weekly Contributing Editor Rudy Cole (1925-2013) Advertising Representatives Jasmin Boodaie Legal Advertising Mike Saghian Eiman Matian Mathew Mokhtarzadeh 140 South Beverly Drive #201 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 310.887.0788 phone 310.887.0789 fax CNPA Member editor@bhweekly.com All staff can be reached at: first name @bhweekly.com Unsolicited materials will not be returned. ©2013 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. Adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation for the County of Los Angeles. Case # BS065841 of the Los Angeles Superior Court, on November 30, 2000.
Sterling owns 34 Beverly Hills properties ADDRESS TYPE 257 South Reeves Drive 10-unit apartment building 345 South Rexford Drive 14-unit apartment building Essex House 411 Palm Drive 15-unit apartment building 255 South Reeves Drive 16-unit apartment building Beverly Hills Galleria Apartments 420 North Palm Drive 16-unit apartment building 303 North La Peer Drive 19-unit apartment building Beverly Regent Apartment 317 North Palm 20-unit apartment building Waldorf Towers 433 North Palm 21-unit apartment building 357 South Rexford Drive 23-unit apartment building 332 North Palm Drive 24-unit apartment building 470 South Bedford Drive 24-unit apartment building Hamilton Ritz 131 North Hamilton Drive 24-unit apartment building 272 South Rexford Drive 25 unit apartment building Rexford Park Plaza 300 South Rexford Drive 28-unit apartment building 137 South Reeves Drive 29-unit apartment building 317 South Rexford Drive 29-unit apartment building Crescent Park North 240 North Crescent Drive 30-unit apartment building Oakhurst Towers 400 North Oakhurst Drive 32-unit apartment building The Regency 345 South Elm Drive 32-unit apartment building Spalding Towers 330 South Spalding Drive 35-unit apartment building 428 North Palm Drive 36-unit apartment building Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel and Spa 10300 Wilshire Boulevard Hotel 9429 Wilshire Boulevard Office building 808 North Beverly Drive Single-family residence 223 South Roxbury Drive Single-family residence 253 South El Camino Drive Single-family residence 259 South Bedford Drive Single-family residence 264 South Bedford Drive Single-family residence 324 South Linden Drive Single-family residence 333 South Roxbury Drive Single-family residence 509 North Beverly Drive Single-family residence 520 North Crescent Drive Single-family residence 618 North Rodeo Drive Single-family residence 719 North Rodeo Drive Single-family residence Source: Curbed LA Among162 listed properties in Los Angeles, L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling owns 34 various use properties in Beverly Hills. On Tuesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life from the league and issued a $2.5 million fine, the maximum amount allowed under the NBA constitution, in response to racist remarks Sterling made in a recorded conversation. Silver is urging the NBA Board of Governors to force the sale of the L.A. Clippers team. Donald Sterling briefs cont. from page 2 CIF, the California Interscholastic Federation, regulates California high school athletics. Paysinger will serve as presidentelect for two years and president for two years. The southern section includes almost 600 schools from Carter Paysinger Pasa Robles to South Orange County. Paysinger could not be reached for comment as of press time. Meet El Rodeo’s PTA President Marjaneh Manavi and Vice President Linda Jankowski Marjaneh Manavi previously owned a consulting business before becoming a full time mom and PTA member. She was first involved in El Rodeo’s PTA when her daughter was in the first grade in 2005. Manavi participated in the sock drive, which was a service learning activity for first graders, and has been involved in community service and service learning throughout the years. “My goal is to work very closely with the parents, teachers, and administration to make sure that we are better serving all the students at El Rodeo,” Manavi told the Weekly. “Our focus is really on the students.” Manavi’s other goals included working closely with the Beverly Hills Education Foundation to help raise funds “to fill the gaps that we may have in the future as far NOTICE OF public HEARING DATE: May 16, 2014 TIME: 10:00 AM LOCATION: Commission Meeting Room 280A Beverly Hills City Hall 455 North Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 This is to give notice that on Friday, May 16, 2014, the City will hold a public hearing beginning at 10:00 AM to consider: A request for a determination of Public Convenience or Necessity to allow the sale of alcohol (beer, wine, and wine tasting) from the property located at 9400 S. Santa Monica Boulevard (Héritage Fine Wines). Pursuant to Section 23958.4 of the California Business and Professions Code, the City of Beverly Hills is required to make a determination as to whether allowing the sale of alcohol from the subject location would serve the public convenience or necessity. This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The project qualifies for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption for minor alterations to an existing commercial building, and the project has been determined not to have a significant environmental impact and is exempt from the provisions of CEQA. Any interested person may attend the meeting and be heard or present written comments to the City. According to Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the City’s action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City, either at or prior to the public hearing. If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner in the Planning Division at (310) 285-1127, or by email at asahakian@beverlyhills.org. Copies of the application and associated materials are on file in the Community Development Department, and can be reviewed by any interested person at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Sincerely, Andre Sahakian, Associate Planner Marjaneh Manavi and Linda Jankowski briefs cont. on page 4 May 1-May 7, 2014 • Page 3
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