BH Vice Mayor John Mirisch Wants Better Metro Transparency

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 …

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Horace Mann Blood Drive to Help Local Mother, Cedars-Sinai

Come to Horace Mann Wednesday to donate urgently-needed blood. Type O positive donors are particularly needed.

Horace Mann parents are rallying around one of their own and also helping to ease a shortage of donated blood at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Inspired by a critically-ill Horace Mann parent, the school is holding a blood drive in the auditorium from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 16. It is the first time in recent memory that any of the K-8 schools have held a blood drive. “We have a wonderful mother of two Horace Mann children who is in need of blood,” said middle school parent Cassia Geilim, the lead organizer of the drive. “This is sad and our community must be united.” The ill parent, who wishes to remain unidentified, needs Type O positive blood, so anyone with that blood type is urged to donate. Still, any donor is welcome …

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A Meaningful Mother's Day

Learn about the origins of Mother's Day and how you can celebrate the holiday by helping others.

The first American Mother's Day was in 1870, created by suffragist and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe. Howe is most remembered for writing The Battle Hymn of the Republic, but after witnessing the continuing horrors of the Civil War, she called on women to work towards peace: With no political power, and very little sway in commerce, Howe hoped to use women's role as mothers—considered at the time the moral center of the family and the nation—to put an end to killing of their husbands and sons.  Mother's Day became a nationally recognized holiday through the work of Anna Marie Jarvis. Her mother, Ann Jarvis, had also called for mothers to come together during the Civil War. She spent her life providing nursing and sanitation care to people …

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Commentary: Tunneling Under BHHS Could Spark Methane Gas Explosion

A Beverly Hills resident's video depicts the possible danger of routing a subway under the city's high school, which sits above an oil field.

Patch accepts and publishes emails to the editor regarding any relevant local issue. The views expressed in the following commentary do not reflect the opinion of the publication, its editor and/or its writers. Emails may be edited for length and clarity. Have an opinion? Write to the Beverly Hills editor at mariec@patch.com and the Westwood-Century City editor at saraf@patch.com. Commentary submitted by Beverly Hills resident George Vreeland Hill. I care about the future of Beverly Hills. That means our children and the fact that they are in harm's way because a tunnel under Beverly Hills High School puts them in real danger. The facts are that a methane gas explosion is a very real danger. History proves that. There are documented cases …

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Holocaust Remembrance: Never Again or Yet Again?

April 19 marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. As we remember those who perished, the president of Jewish World Watch notes that despite the adage “Never Again,” there have been 46 genocides since the Holocaust.

A few years ago, my father-in-law, David, stood on a corner in the small Ukrainian village of Tuchin and pointed to the spot where he last saw his mother, Chaya, his sister, Rachel, and her three small children in November 1941. The Nazis had invaded the Ukraine in June and by November it was clear that they were advancing on Tuchin.  Chaya sent David off by foot to outrun the Nazis; as bad luck would have it, her daughters' children were suffering from the measles and had high fevers. The plan was for Chaya, Rachel and the children to join David on the eastward trek a few days later. Chaya waved goodbye to David, knowing that they would only be separated for a few days.  Within hours of David's departure, the Nazis invaded. David's family…

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Commentary: Metro Should Not Force Itself on BH

George Vreeland Hill writes that Metro's plans for the Westside Subway Extension would not only adversely affect BHHS, but many Beverly Hills businesses as well.

Beverly Hills Patch accepts and publishes emails to the editor regarding any relevant local issue. The views expressed in the following commentary do not reflect the opinion of the publication, its editor and/or its writers. Emails may be edited for length and clarity. Have an opinion? Write to the site editor at mariec@patch.com. Commentary submitted by Beverly Hills resident George Vreeland Hill. Metro seems to have caused a divide between the citizens of Beverly Hills and those outside the city in regards to a subway plan that would run under Beverly Hills High School and the city. Some people have accused us (the people of Beverly Hills) of being greedy, self-centered and selfish for not wanting a subway that would help others. We and …

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joninla

1:47 am on Monday, April 16, 2012

Mark - You clearly know much more about the facts and details about the politics behind this issue. I am not an insider and only make my conclusions based on what is said (or often what is conspicuously not said) and the confirmation of the inaccuracies by the biggest nut who keep making up different excuses to provide the basis for a decision made years ago when no facts existed to form the …   more ›

Letter to the Editor: What Will Happen to the Westside if the Subway Never Comes?

Letter to the editor submitted by Carol Spencer, a Westwood resident and member of the Westwood Community Council.

Westwood-Century City Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor from readers on any relevant local topic. The views expressed in the letter do not indicate the opinion of the publication, its editor and/or its writers. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Have an opinion you'd like to share? Email your letter to the editor of your local Patch site. Letter submitted by Carol Spencer, a Westwood resident and member of the Westwood Community Council. Each time I read yet another alarming headline in the Beverly Hills Patch or the Beverly Hills Courier, I wonder if the entire dream of a Subway to the Sea will only remain a dream. Beverly Hills Councilmembers Bosse and Mirisch have stamped their collective feet and said there …

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Mark Elliot

8:57 am on Monday, April 23, 2012

Well-said: "...we have a sense of true Community which is very rare in the megalopolis that has become the Southland." I agree. There are many dimensions to Beverly Hills. I appreciate every day our (historically) well-planned city, particularly in the 'flats,' as they say. The scale, the mix of multi-family and small-lot SF, the commercial districts. It makes the city quite unique. I do wish for…   more ›

Five Passover Recipes

Enjoy Passover with these easy recipes for gefilte fish, charoset, prime rib, pizza and even a seven-layer cake.

Add some variety to your Passover meals with these tasty options.  1. Gefilte Fish An Asian twist to the traditional dish. Ingredients For Garnish: Directions  2. Traditional Charoset Traditional dish with no added sugar. Ingredients Directions 3. Garlic Prime Rib Scrumptious entree for the holiday. Ingredients Directions 4. Passover Pizza An easy and tasty snack for kids and adults. Ingredients Directions 5. Passover Seven-Layer Cake A no-bake, Kosher cake for the holidays. Ingredients Directions Thanks to AllRecipes.com and Holiday Eats for these Passover recipes. Be sure to follow Beverly Hills Patch on Twitter and "Like" us on Facebook.

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Commentary: Mayor Says 'Courier' Is Wrong About Cultural Heritage Commission Appointments

Mayor Barry Brucker writes that the newspaper inaccurately claims Councilman John Mirisch was unfairly passed over for a commission post.

Beverly Hills Patch accepts and publishes emails to the editor regarding any relevant local issue. The views expressed in the following commentary do not reflect the opinion of the publication, its editor and/or its writers. Emails may be edited for length and clarity. Have an opinion? Write to the site editor Marie Cunningham, at mariec@patch.com. Commentary submitted by Beverly Hills Mayor Barry Brucker. Beverly Hills Courier publisher Clif Smith's March 16 tabloid headline “Brucker Punishes Mirisch: Puts Himself and Brien First” (note that there is no reporter byline) is the most recent example of Mr. Smith's misleading pattern of using salacious headlines and gutter-ball journalism to try and fracture our City Council. This story was …

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