Former BHUSD Superintendent Sol Levine Passes Away

Former BHUSD Superintendent and Beverly Hills High School Principal Sol Levine has passed away at the age of 92.

From Celine Dion’s electrifying performance at the Paris Olympics stepping beyond her early retirement to the energizing decision by President Joe Biden to step aside, it was quite a week.

A Long Beach man pleaded guilty this week to participating in the March 2022 daylight smash-and-grab robbery of a Beverly Hills jewelry store in which nearly $2.7 million worth of merchandise was stolen.

With the 2024 Olympic Summer Games underway in the City of Light, the city of Los Angeles is already looking forward to taking the torch in four years for the next Olympic Summer Games.

City of Beverly Hills planners held a virtual workshop on July 31 to inform the community about potential updates to the regulations for Multi-Family Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) and to offer a chance for resident feedback.

While vacationing with family in France, Beverly Hills Vice Mayor Sharona Nazarian took it upon herself to meet with the Vice Mayor of Cannes and discuss how the two cities can revive their longstanding sister city relationship.

This week a federal judge ordered UCLA to submit a court enforceable plan to protect Jewish students and ensure equal access to campus should further protests erupt this fall.

On July 30, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on a governance reform proposal that will appear on the LA County ballot this November.

The field of candidates running for three open seats on the Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education continues to grow after construction professional Sigalie Sabag and attorney Kevin Lipton filed nomination papers with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk this week. 

Jobson Marangoni De Castro, the 38-year-old Beverly Hills man who pleaded guilty to a theft at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, faces time behind bars after his sentencing on Aug. 1.