New restaurants hoping to open in the City of Beverly Hills should have no reservations about making the deal following this week's action by the City Council amending the parking requirements for businesses. The Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday to pass an urgency ordinance that addresses
A bond measure was among several options discussed at last week's City Council / Recreation and Parks Commission liaison meeting as a way to fund the transformative La Cienega Park renovation. The first phase is estimated to cost $125.5 million. The liaison consisted of Vice Mayor
In response to a request from local merchants to help ease the consequences of the closure of Canon Drive north of Wilshire Boulevard, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Beverly Hills City Council unanimously voted to convert Dayton Way to a two-way street between Crescent Drive
For L.A.-based artist Channing Hansen, the felling of a century-old eucalyptus tree in his backyard in summer proved to be the catalyst for his latest body of work, "Entanglements" a vibrant series of woven paintings created via an algorithm of his own design, now
The Beverly Hills City Council voted on Dec. 10 to extend the existing agreement as amended with its waste hauler Athens Services ("Athens"). The Council also voted to approve a new eight-year franchise agreement with Athens for commercial solid waste collection and residential solid waste
Rockefeller & Bloomingdale Launch The SIL. Last week in the upstairs private room at San Vicente Bungalows, The SIL holiday fashion capsule collection was launched during an intimate dinner. Designer Ariana Rockefeller flew in from New York to join Natalie Bloomingdale, who curated the digital
What skyscrapers are to New York City, palm trees are to Beverly Hills. The palms that line the streets of Canon Drive are as emblematic of the City as the Beverly Hills sign itself. The lean palms that decorate the City date back to 1907
You might have first spotted tall, blond, down- to-earth and affable Australian chef Curtis Stone as a judge on NBC's "America's Next Great Restaurant," or on "Today" sharing recipes. When he appeared on "The Celebrity Apprentice" Season Three, he was coined 'The Quiet Terminator' for
Sandwiched in between Bondi Harvest and Tom Dixon, around the corner from Soul Cycle and Roberta's pizza, is The Optimist, perhaps the chicest store in The Platform complex in Culver City. The recently opened establishment is the brainchild of real estate developer and principal at The
Scores of people packed the Municipal Gallery at City Hall on Dec. 3 to discuss Beverly Hills' effort to make people less reliant on cars via the Complete Streets Plan. The plan, which has been in development for nearly two years, is intended to make
