Week in Review: Volunteers, Books for Kids and Roxbury Park's Overhaul

The news never stops in Beverly Hills. This past week we learned about the survival of our community crisis response team, the generosity of Beverly Hills fourth-graders and whom district school board members are supporting in the upcoming City Council race. Here are the top five stories from Feb. 6-12.

1) One of the community’s leading volunteer groups is the Crisis Response Team. The organization assists residents who are dealing with unexpected, life-changing circumstances. Future CRT services had been threatened when the program was discontinued due to a lack of funding, but Beverly Hills-based nonprofit agency Chiron Center Inc. has .

2) Some district students are getting an early lesson in community service with BookEnds, a California-based nonprofit group that recycles children's reading material. The city's fourth-graders .

3) City Council candidates for the March 8 election had their final public forum last week. Though incumbent Nancy Krasne and challengers Lili Bosse and Dr. Julian Gold have tended to agree on most issues, Gold was strongly challenged by the other candidates for his .

4) Beverly Hills High girls soccer suffered a in the last match of the season. The defeat dropped the Normans from first to second in Ocean League standings.

5) Three out of five members of the school district's Board of Education have endorsed City Council candidates. Should public officials support candidates for public office? Find out .

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