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Week in Review: BHPD Seeks Robber, Billy Bob Thornton Sells Beverly Hills Home and U-Sushi Closes

Also, an El Rodeo student was invited to ride a float in the Rose Parade.

Police are on the hunt for a suspect who brandished a gun during a robbery and a sushi spot on South Beverly Drive has closed after a year in business. Read about that and more in the top stories from Dec. 30 to Jan. 5.

1. The Beverly Hills Police Department is searching for a robbery suspect who brandished a gun at the Mobile gas station on Wilshire Boulevard. Have you seen him?

2. The Beverly Hills Pet Care Foundation, a local nonprofit working to get strays adopted, won an award at this year's Rose Parade. 

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3. El Rodeo seventh-grader Elyse Pollack was invited to ride the award-winning Miracle-Gro float at the Rose Parade. 

4. Actor Billy Bob Thornton has sold the Beverly Hills mansion he once shared with ex-wife Angelina Jolie for $8 million.

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5. U-Sushi on South Beverly Drive has closed after only a year in business. 

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