Posts Tagged ‘Beverly Hills’
Disturbing New Report Finds Large Nuclear Risk At San Onofre
March 27, 2012 at 9:06 am
www.huffingtonpost.com
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A new report claims that Southern California Edison misled federal regulators about equipment and design changes at the San Onofre nuclear power plant that are the likely cause of extensive wear on tubing that carries radioactive water. A series of untested equipment and design changes to the massive generators "created a large risk of tube failure at the San Onofre reactors," the report concluded. Following a radiation leak in January, tests found that seven tubes that carry radioactive water from the reactor were in danger of rupturing under high pressure in Unit 3.
LA Basin May Face Summer Power Shortages
March 22, 2012 at 7:58 pm
losangeles.cbslocal.com
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Parts of the Los Angeles Basin and San Diego could face power shortages this summer depending on whether the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station units remain offline. Unit 3 of the plant south of San Clemente has been shut down since Jan. 31, after station operators detected a leak in one of its steam generator tubes. Unit 2 was taken down for planned maintenance Jan. 9. Technical studies show very tight reserve margins for San Diego and the Los Angeles Basin, especially during potential summer heat waves.
Beverly Hills High Student Cracks Obama Press Corps
February 19, 2012 at 6:15 pm
www.mediabistro.com
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Max Schwartz still wants that one-on-one with Barack Obama. But for now, the Beverly Hills High School student is happy to settle for getting within about 30 feet of the Commander-in-Chief at LAX.
Whitney Houston fans pay tribute at Beverly Hilton hotel
February 13, 2012 at 5:45 pm
www.dailynews.com
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BEVERLY HILLS -- For years to come, music fans and tourists to Los Angeles will pass by the Beverly Hilton, look up toward the fourth floor of the hotel and reflect on how a voice of a generation went silent
BHPD: Whitney Houston was ‘Underwater and Apparently Unconscious’
February 13, 2012 at 5:06 pm
beverlyhills.patch.com
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Famed singer Whitney Houston was found "underwater and apparently unconscious" in the bathtub of her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills police confirmed Monday while declining to offer any specifics about what may have actually caused her death. Houston, 48, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. Saturday at the hotel where she was [...]
Award-Winning Singer Whitney Houston Dead at 48
February 11, 2012 at 8:33 pm
hollywood.patch.com
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Whitney Houston was a Grammy winner, earned countless Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards—even a couple of Emmys. According to the Associated Press, the singer and actress is dead at the age of 48. Although Houston's publicist has not announced where Houston died on Feb. 11, the Beverly Hills Poslice Department said she was at [...]
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 [...]
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 › ]
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 [...]
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 [...]
