Week in Review: BHUSD Ramps Up Subway Lobbying, Murder Trial of Alleged Trousdale Estates Killer Begins

The Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education is increasing its efforts to stop a subway from being routed under Beverly Hills High School and trial is underway for the alleged killer of a 21-year-old man who was stabbed to death two years ago in the exclusive Trousdale Estates neighborhood. Read about that and more in the top stories from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1.

1. The California Assembly passed a bill that would mandate a .

2. Respected sushi chef Kazunori Nozawa will in the old Madame Chocolat space.

3. The school board for a law firm lobbying the federal government to stop the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from building a subway tunnel under BHHS. Venable LLP will challenge Metro's subway plans in federal court under the National Environmental Protection Act.

4. The trial of Scott Joseph Barker, who is of his then-girlfriend's former boyfriend in the Trousdale Estates, is underway.

5. Upon reopening after the Labor Day holiday, the city library will operate under .

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