Educators, elected officials, friends and family congratulated outgoing Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education President Noah Margo while welcoming his colleague and successor, Dr. Amanda Stern, as head of the board on Dec. 19.
The colorful decor added to the festive spirit of the event.
This year’s Cookie Baking Contest at the Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market attracted 28 participants and a distinguished panel of judges that included Mayor Dr. Julian Gold, Councilmembers John Mirisch and Sharona Nazarian, Recreation and Parks Chair Myra Lurie and owner of Uzzi’s Cookies, Uzma Majid.
Councilmember Lili Bosse, an alumna of the Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills, returned to the school this week to address students at a menorah lighting.
The thump of a guitarron and blare of a trumpet filled the pews along with Catholics and non-Catholics alike at Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills on Dec. 12, as they do every year on the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The Dec. 5 “Mix and Mingle with the Courier” was a huge success, bringing together more than 100 invited guests to Tatel on Canon Drive.
Nine candidates have officially qualified for the Beverly Hills City Council elections and are each hoping that their combination of professional skills and community service will appeal to voters on March 5, 2024.
Longtime Beverly Hills resident and home designer Hamid Omrani has become one of the final candidates to enter the race for the hotly contested City Council seats in the March 2024 election.
To help restaurants survive the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beverly Hills City Council in 2020 launched OpenBH, a program that eased outdoor dining regulations and allowed restaurants to construct “parklets,” or dining areas that extend to public areas.
Tentative agreements reached between hotel management and employees of the Beverly Hilton, Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills and the Beverly Wilshire on Dec. 8, Dec. 9 and Dec. 13, respectively, promise improved pay, benefits and working conditions while signaling the end of months of strategic work
