Beverly Hills Celebrates National Night Out

Hosted by the city and the Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD), the annual event is part of a nationwide effort to promote partnerships and community between police and the neighborhoods they serve and protect. 

“Late Fame” is a small movie with an oversized punch, an Academy Award-worthy performance by Willem Dafoe and an engaging script by Samy Burch, a former casting director whose first screenplay, “May-December,” was nominated for an Oscar.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath addressed the Aug. 3 Rotary Club of Beverly Hills luncheon, discussing topics ranging from homelessness to the new county executive position, emergency management and affordability. 

It seeks to install Dr. Amanda Stern as board vice president in place of Sigalie Sabag, on grounds that said result was mandated by bylaws in effect at the time Sabag was elected.

The Beverly Hills City Council approved an update to the city’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations to comply with recent changes in state law at its Aug. 4 regular meeting.

The Beverly Hills Planning Commission at its July 23 meeting conditionally approved a request for a development plan review and vesting tentative tract map for a 15-story, multi-family residential development at 140 South Camden Drive. 

The Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Board of Education approved an updated agreement with the district’s mental health and wellness supervisor and heard a status update on the south site athletic fields construction project.

The Health and Human Relations Commission met on July 27 to discuss the city’s findings about unhoused individuals near the D Line, Jewish Family Service Los Angeles and city crime statistics.

Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Board of Education President Judy Manouchehri announced she has filed to run for reelection on the board in the upcoming Nov. 3 election. 

Approximately 40 residents attended a community input meeting at the La Cienega Park Community Center on July 28 on a proposed affordable senior housing development planned for 327-355 S. Robertson Blvd.