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October 2026

This fall, City Greens Community Farm has broadened its work at Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD), allowing more students to learn about sustainable farming. 

Last week, the Courier asked the candidates running for the two open seats on the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Board of Education to respond to two of the three following questions:

AI can powerfully impact our brains, and not all the results will be positive. 

Horace Mann Elementary School welcomed students and families for an evening of discovery at STEM Night on September 24.

The Beverly Hills Unified School District has launched a districtwide Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force, bringing together students, educators, parents, community members, members of the Board of Education, and district leadership to help shape how artificial intelligence is taught and used across BHUSD.

Ellen Kwon, a fourth-grade teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School, was recognized at the Los Angeles County Office of Education’s (LACOE) annual Teachers of the Year celebration on Sept. 25. 

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed legislation to strengthen local journalism and support the reporters who hold those in power accountable, establishing a new funding mechanism to help qualifying local news organizations hire and retain journalists working in California.

The Health and Human Relations Commission met on Sept. 28 to hear presentations about online safety in honor of Social Media Safety Day and vote on a nominee for the Embrace Civility Award. 

The city of Beverly Hills has begun implementing a new ordinance that establishes lower speed limits on select streets.

The title of Josef Kubota Wladyka’s new film, “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty,” is as absurd, funny and joyful as this ridiculous title would imply.