Friday, May 18, 2012
"The Affaire in the Gardens" is being revamped with more daring art.
The Beverly Hills Art Show returns this weekend, featuring more than 250 artists presenting their work in booths set up at Beverly Gardens Park. Formerly known as "The Affaire in the Gardens," the biannual art show is held every spring and fall. It is one of the city's most popular public attractions and has been taking place for almost 40 years. This year's event will brand itself with a new artSHOW logo, created by award-winning graphic artist Victoria Arriola, who has also designed for companies such as Apple and Disney. "It was time to put 'art' in the name of the show and really let the whole public know exactly what we're about," said coordinator Karen McLean, who has been involved with the event for the past 12 years. "We're about …
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If Metro decides to route a subway under Beverly Hills High School, it will be faced with a lawsuit to prevent tunneling under the campus.
Geologists hired by the Beverly Hills Unified School District argued Thursday that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is using flawed studies to support a subway route that requires tunneling under Beverly Hills High School to reach Century City. The controversial route is part of the proposed Westside Subway Extension, an expansion of the Purple Line to Beverly Hills, Century City, Westwood and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. The allegations that Metro is relying on faulty data were made during a public hearing before Metro's Board of Directors. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who chairs the board, said the purpose of the hearing was to allow Beverly Hills the chance to present evidence and testimony regarding …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Experts hired by the Beverly Hills Unified School District called Metro's Westside Subway Extension studies flawed. The city of Beverly Hills presented alternative options for reaching a station on Constellation Boulevard in Century City.
Beverly Hills presented its case Thursday against tunneling under the city’s high school during a special hearing with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors. Metro has proposed routing the Westside Subway Extension under Beverly Hills High School to reach a station at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars in Century City. That plan is opposed by Beverly Hills city officials and school board members, but supported by some neighborhood and business groups in Century City. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who chairs the Metro board, said the purpose of the hearing was to allow Beverly Hills the chance to present evidence and testimony regarding its opposition to tunneling under BHHS. The Metro board …
The video has about 1,300 views on YouTube since it was posted Tuesday.
A new video about Beverly Hills and the Westside Subway Extension has popped up online. This time, it's a parody of the videos Beverly Hills has made about the subway, with explosions included and a singing hillbilly. What do you think of the video? Tell us in the comments.
In a post titled "Jimbo and Me—In Search of the Elusive Professor Dolan" on CityWatch, Mirisch calls on Metro to be more forthcoming with its scientific data.
The following post first appeared on the website CityWatch and is being republished with permission from the author. WHAT’S METRO HIDING? - James Francis Dolan, PhD. Professor of Earth Sciences at USC’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. The guy may be tone-deaf, for all I know, but he is literally one of the region’s true geology rock stars. The go-to guy when it comes to faults, tectonics and all that jazz. I have no idea if his friends call him “Jim” or “Jimmy” or “J. F.” Somehow with all his contagious enthusiasm and dry sense of humor, I imagine that he’s a Jimbo, but it’s just a hunch. Jimbo Dolan, USC rock star. His rock star qualities became apparent at Metro’s Oct. 19 presentation when, as a member of a panel paid …
Beverly Hills city and school officials want to stop Metro from routing a subway under the city's high school.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors will hold a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to review the objections that Beverly Hills city and school officials have to a subway tunnel going under Beverly Hills High School to reach a station in Century City. The hearing will take place at the Metro Board Conference Room, One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Patch will be there to live blog the event. The board last month approved plans for the first phase of the $5.6 billion Westside Subway Extension, an expansion of the downtown L.A. Purple Line, but delayed action on the next two segments so it can consider Beverly Hills' objections to the route. A roughly 3.9-mile extension from Wilshire Boulevard and …
Patch editors Sara Fay and Marie Cunningham updated this article live throughout the public hearing.
Editor's note: The live blog is no longer being updated. Thanks for participating and we will have a wrap-up story published later this evening. If you want to follow the latest from the Metro public hearing on the location of the Century City subway station, set a bookmark for this article. Patch editors Sara Fay and Marie Cunningham will keep you posted on the news from the meeting and the commenters. The meeting began at 1:30 p.m. Click the image above to see our live updates. You can also participate in the conversation! We'd love to hear from you. Once we start the live blog, you can enter comments and questions into the live feed. In the meantime, read up on the Westside Subway Extension by clicking here.
Keflezighi is preparing to compete for gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer.
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This article is sponsored by Citi. San Diego resident Meb Keflezighi is known as “Marathon Meb” after becoming the first American man since 1976 to win an Olympic medal in the sport during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Having won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials with his best time ever, Marathon Meb is one to keep your eyes on at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Meb, 37, came to the United States as a 12-year-old refugee from the African nation of Eritrea. He was a finalist as a track and field team member for the 10,000-meter race and won a silver medal in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. In 2009, he became the first American since 1982 to win the New York City Marathon. Adding to his list of accomplishments, Meb is now one of 13 athletes …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The average residential water bill is expected to rise by about $12 a month.
City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to raise water rates in Beverly Hills by 7 percent for fiscal years 2012/13 and 2013/14. The city estimates that the average residential customer will incur an increase of $12 a month or 40 cents a day. Commercial customers are expected to see an increase in their monthly bill of 5 percent or less. The increase will cover the cost of higher rates charged by the Metropolitan Water District, and also help pay for ongoing replacement and retrofitting of Beverly Hills' aging infrastructure, according to a statement from the city. By the end of 2013, Beverly Hills plans to have replaced or retrofitted most of its reservoirs and deteriorating water manes. The dissenting vote on the matter was cast by Vice Mayor …
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At the request of Beverly Hills, a public hearing on the location of the proposed Century City subway stop will be held.
A public hearing requested by Beverly Hills on the placement of a subway station in Century City will be held Thursday at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters. The meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. in the third floor boardroom at One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952. The Metro board held off approving the entire Westside Subway Extension plan at its April 26 meeting after the Beverly Hills City Council requested a public hearing on the placement of the Century City subway station a few days before the vote was to take place. Instead, the Metro board voted to approve three more subway stops from Wilshire and Western to Wilshire and La Cienega. The board postponed a vote on the other proposed stops in Beverly…
George Vreeland Hill
11:12 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
We all knew Metro's studies were flawed all along. Their reports had so many errors and false information that they should be investigated. There is also so much corruption going on with Metro and what they could make off of deals by routing the tunnel under BHHS that a criminal investigation should take place. The faults along Santa Monica Boulevard are inactive. The tunnel was supposed to go … more ›