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Just one year after piloting an innovative medical program through the Beverly Hills Fire Department (BHFD), the City is poised to expand its Nurse Practitioner Unit (NPU) to service residents seven days a week. While the program's reactive (911- based) component is not novel, its

It was a definite shock for longtime Beverly Hills resident Joan Benny when she walked into the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel last week, on Feb. 6, for her 1 p.m. lunch reservation with her friend Ellen Gelson and was informed that her

Beverly Hills voters packed City Council chambers on Feb. 3 for a lively candidate forum hosted by the Municipal League of Beverly Hills at City Hall. The debate, which included a round of questions where each candidate was allowed to ask a fellow contender a

Gone are the days of building multifamily projects sans consideration for those who can't afford market rate housing in Beverly Hills. On Jan. 28 the City Council reaffirmed its commitment to affordable housing with a 5-0 vote to extend the Interim Inclusionary Housing Ordinance through

Few local races have attracted as much national attention as the Los Angeles District Attorney race. The New York Times has described it as the most important D.A. election in the country.  Incumbent D.A. Jackie Lacey is seeking a third term in a hotly contested battle

About 1,200 trees in the Trousdale area are slated for removal following a unanimous vote by the Beverly Hills City Council to establish street tree fuel management standards north of Sunset Boulevard at its Feb. 4 formal meeting.  The vote followed a robust discussion during the

What brings Mayor Eric Garcetti to Beverly Hills these days? Apparently, it's a book launch about one of the most celebrated cartoon characters in animation history, Betty Boop. The Mayor joined the authors Susan Wilking Horan and Kristi Ling Spencer last week at local Italian

On Jan. 25, the 17th annual G'Day USA Los Angeles dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel brought together prominent Australian and Americans from film, television, music, business, sports, and culture to support relief and recovery efforts in response to the Australian bushfires. The evening saw

There's a saying in the sobriety community, recovery happens every day.  At the "Log Cabin" in West Hollywood, 29 meetings each week offer those searching for sobriety or reaffirming their commitment to a sober life a place to gather and grow stronger. However, that may soon

Just one day after the 75th anniversary commemorating the liberation of the most deadly concentration camp during the Holocaust, Auschwitz, the Beverly Hills City Council unanimously adopted a definition of anti-Semitism. Historians estimate that six million Jews were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.  In response to