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Week in Review: Spendy Cell Phones, Pie Eating, 9/11 and a Pot Bust
Also, Friday was the big day for the city's graduating high school seniors and middle school eighth graders.
Here's a recap of the stories and other happenings that went down in Beverly Hills from Sunday, June 13 to Saturday, June 19.
SUNDAY
The day started off with the Ace of Hearts Rescue Dog of the Week. We met Baxter, a mellow and trusting Beagle/Basset mix who loves to hike.
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Next came coverage of the Donate Life Hollywood film festival held at the Paley Center for Media.
MONDAY
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The work week kicked off with a story about available for purchase on Rodeo Drive.
The countdown to graduation continued this week with a profile of Beverly senior Jason Bellet.
Columnist David De Bacco brought us his weekly Fresh from the Farmers' Market piece, as well as a recap of the annual Beverly Hills pie-baking and pie-eating contest.
TUESDAY
We brought you a story and photos of Beverly Hills middle schoolers singing Broadway musicals.
Graduation coverage continued with a profile of Beverly senior Alex Banayan.
Lastly, we profiled Pi Bird and Pi Toi, executive chefs of Boraan Thai.
The mid-week began with a video of residents and tourists giving their two cents about the BP oil spill.
Our graduation coverage continued with a profile of Beverly senior Carly Suber.
Then we posted a story about how the city's latest budget cuts are affecting the public library.
The day began with a countdown to graduation profile, this time of Beverly senior Talia Stone.
Coverage of the Architectural Commission's latest meeting came next. The commission is in talks to build a 9/11 memorial in Beverly Hills.
A video of the free 'Photos and Phantasy' exhibit at the Beverly Hills City Hall Municipal Gallery rounded up Thursday's coverage.
FRIDAY
The day started with our last countdown to graduation profile, featuring Beverly senior Spencer Weissberg.
Then came some police posts. First was a breaking story on a Beverly Hills woman who is alleged to have traveled on a chartered plane with 500 pounds of marijuana.
After that came the latest on a Beverly Hills attorney who was arrested for allegedly smuggling heroin into a Los Angeles court building.
SATURDAY
Patch kicked off its coverage of the city's high school and middle school graduations on Saturday. We started with a video of the Beverly Hills High School commencement.
A lively story on El Rodeo's eighth-grade graduation came next.
The week ended with a photo recap of the BHHS awards ceremony for outstanding students.
NEXT WEEK:
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