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On Feb. 1, the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Board of Education held a Special Meeting during which the board authorized staff to prepare a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Bond Management Services related to the district's construction program.

Polymerase chain reaction is a laboratory procedure that amplifies genetic signals in a sample to determine whether someone has COVID-19. The tests are better at catching asymptomatic cases or confirming positive results from an antigen test. 

Applications for grants are reviewed by the city's Human Services Division, the Charitable Solicitations Commission and the Human Relations Commission. The application then goes to Beverly Hills City Council where final funding allocations are voted into action. 

A drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 has opened in a parking lot on N. Santa Monica Boulevard, across from the Beverly Hilton.

The Rotary Club of Beverly Hills will hold a blanket drive Feb. 7 from 3 to 4 p.m. outside the Beverly Hills Fire Department.

On Jan. 25, the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Board of Education held a special COVID-19 Study Session after a host of parents voiced frustration last week regarding mask mandates at school and other safety measures.

Two weeks into the second semester, the Beverly Hills Unified School District's (BHUSD) mass COVID-19 testing plan is undergoing its own stress test. After beginning the new year on Jan. 10 with a few positive daily cases, approximately 60 students are now testing positive for

In addition, limited passport services will be offered. Passport photos will not be offered; those seeking passports through the library will have to supply their own official passport size photo. 

When Jacqueline Avant, the late wife of producer Clarence Avant, moved to Los Angeles from New York, she started her philanthropic journey in the Watts/Willowbrook neighborhood of South Los Angeles.

"We keep seeing arrestees with lengthy convictions for the same offense, like in this particular case," Trejo told the Courier. "This is the revolving door that we are seeing constantly, where we arrest someone for an offense that he or she was convicted of literally