Posts Tagged ‘Beverly Hills’
Private Citizen Driven Garden Restoration Presents Initial Designs To Beverly Hills Council
January 27, 2012 at 7:00 am
bhcourier.com
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Planning has begun in the resident-driven restoration of the Beverly
Gardens Park. Resident Steve Gordon and landscape architect Mia Lehrer
presented their initial plans to the City Council at the study session
Tuesday.
South Robertson Blvd. Blockbuster to Close
January 5, 2012 at 1:00 pm
beverlyhills.patch.com
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Beverly Hills will lose its last movie rental store when Blockbuster closes its doors on Jan. 22.
The corner store at the intersection of South Robertson and Charleville boulevards has been in operation for at least a decade. It is no longer offering rentals and is selling its entire stock of DVDs, video games, snacks and even furniture.
Still, [...]
Actress-producer Jodie Foster sells Beverly Hills estate for $8.3 million
January 3, 2012 at 11:36 pm
www.latimes.com
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The seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom compound features a guesthouse, a tennis court and a swimming pool.Actress-producer Jodie Foster has sold her gated Beverly Hills estate for $8.3 million, public records show.
Ron Paul Street Art Shows Up in Beverly Hills
January 3, 2012 at 2:30 pm
laist.com
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As the caucuses in Iowa caucuses heat up, somebody in Los Angeles wants to let the world know that they support Republican contender Ron Paul -- a street artist in Beverly Hills slapped a painting of the candidate at the bottom of a statue, with the title "Consistency." [ more › ]
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2 Shot, 1 Critically, Outside Nail Salon Near Beverly Hills
January 2, 2012 at 4:29 pm
losangeles.cbslocal.com
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WEST LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Investigators are searching for the shooter who injured two people outside a nail salon, one critically, in the Pico-Robertson area Monday morning.
Police officers responding to a report of a shooting arrived to find a man badly hurt and a woman shot in the leg outside a business in the 1500 [...]
Romney Visits Southland For Beverly Hills Fundraiser
December 7, 2011 at 12:19 am
losangeles.cbslocal.com
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Beverly Hills (CBS) — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was in the Southland Tuesday night for a Beverly Hills fundraiser.
A CBS2 camera crew was asked to leave when spotted outside the Beverly Hills Hotel by Romney’s campaign staffers.
The request was not uncommon, as most presidential contenders prefer to raise money privately.
Romney’s lead in the polls [...]
Beverly Hills Still Working on a Plastic Bag Ban
December 5, 2011 at 10:30 pm
laist.com
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Beverly Hills is still working away at getting a plastic bag ban in place, and Patch checked in with officials there to see how long it's going to be before a ban is in the bag. [ more › ]
Local Dancers Shine In Joffrey’s Nutcracker
November 23, 2011 at 3:41 pm
bhcourier.com
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Resident Cecilia Perlstein,13, is particularly excited about the Joffrey
Ballet’s return to Los Angeles—with it’s acclaimed production of that
holiday classic, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.
Ex-Beverly Hills school official convicted
November 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm
latimesblogs.latimes.com
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A former Beverly Hills School District official was convicted Monday of conflict-of-interest charges for taking more than $1.3 million through a contract she steered to herself, authorities said. Karen Anne Christiansen, 53, the district's former facilities director, encouraged school officials to borrow money for a building campaign while she planned to direct the management contract to herself, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.
90210's Way or the Highway: Latest Subway Conspiracy Theory: Developer Is Behind Route!
November 14, 2011 at 2:44 pm
la.curbed.com
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It was inevitable that the national media would eventually pick up the Beverly Hills vs. Metro battle regarding the placement of the route near Century City--it contains all the LA clichés that journalists love (celebrities! rich people! LA's traffic and dysfunctional public transit!). This weekend's story, from the Associated Press (which mentions that Angelina Jolie [...]
Beverly Hills Bids To Halt Subway Tunnel At School
November 12, 2011 at 12:57 pm
losangeles.cbslocal.com
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest attempt to build a subway line into the crowded Westside of Los Angeles has hit a bumpy stretch — in Beverly Hills.
Officials in the affluent city are alarmed by a proposal to drill a train tunnel 70 feet below the high school.
Regional transit consultants say drilling would be safe. [...]
Yoga Addicts: Get Your Fix
November 9, 2011 at 4:16 pm
la.racked.com
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The Fred Segal Salon is hosting a yoga and live music fundraiser this Friday with karmaNICA, a non-profit dedicated to helping kids in the Costa Sur community in Nicaragua. Peter Sterios will be teaching a yoga class from 6:30-7:30 PM with live beats by Masood Ali Khan, with whom Steve Gold will join forces for a concert from 7:45-10 PM. Yoga and the concert are $20 apiece, or $35 together. www.karmanica.org.
