Prized Pomeranian Returns Home N Dognapping Took Pect Grabbed a Purse, Got Back in Money for ‘Iron Root, 2015’ the Vehicle and Fled
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BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • Alleged hate crime in Partly cloudy, Hollywood pg. 4 with highs in • WeHo council the 80s OKs raises pg. 7 Volume 30 No. 34 Serving the Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities August 20, 2020 Beverly Hills receives seed Prized Pomeranian returns home n Dognapping took pect grabbed a purse, got back in money for ‘Iron Root, 2015’ the vehicle and fled. Lolli, who Beverly Hills pet to weighs less than 5 pounds, was n City gets $200K donation for Ai Weiwei artwork Las Vegas, police say inside the purse. “I had a panic attack,” By edwin folven Bisignano said. “I fell on the By cameron kiszla ground and just started crying.” On Aug. 18, the Beverly Hills A 2-year-old Pomeranian The theft occurred in Los City Council unanimously voted to named Lolli was reunited with her Angeles and was investigated by use a $200,000 donation from the Beverly Hills owner earlier this detectives at the Wilshire Richard M. Cohen and Andrew S. month after allegedly being dog- Division, who were also experi- Cohen Foundation to help the city napped on Pico Boulevard and encing an auto burglary spree and acquire a work by the famed taken to Las Vegas. thought the dognapping was relat- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The reunion was made possible ed. They recovered video footage On Aug. 6, the City of Beverly by officers from the Beverly Hills and identified the vehicle involved Hills Community Charitable Police Department, who received in the crime. Foundation received the donation help from the Los Angeles Police In July, a similar vehicle – a and transferred the funds to the city Department’s Wilshire Division late-model orange Ford Mustang to help Beverly Hills purchase Ai’s and the Las Vegas Metropolitan – had allegedly been involved in cast-iron sculpture “Iron Root, Police Department. Owner Gina numerous other auto burglaries in 2015.” The City Council voted last Bisignano said she thought she the LAPD’s Wilshire, West Los year to follow the recommendation may never see Lolli again, but Angeles and Pacific divisions, as photo courtesy of Gina Bisignano well as West Hollywood and of the city’s Arts and Culture photo by Jindřich Nosek/ thanks to the work of multiple law Gina Bisignano thought she may Commission and purchase the art- courtesy of Wikimedia Commons enforcement agencies, her prized Beverly Hills. Investigators in work, which weighs more than Ai Weiwei Pomeranian is back home and the never see her dog Lolli again, those areas were working together 3,700 pounds, according to a staff alleged dognapper is in jail facing but they were reunited on Aug. 5. to find the car and the suspect report from the April 16, 2019, City Beverly Hills, an extension of the charges. involved in the alleged crime Council study session. “Iron Root, United Talent Agency, is offering it “For 17 days, I was devastated,” at a dry cleaner on Pico Boulevard spree. 2015” is 10 feet wide, 7 feet tall and to the city for $900,000. With the Bisignano said. “I really want to just south of Beverly Hills and On Aug. 5, officers from the 3.5 feet deep. $200,000 donation, the artwork thank the police officers who jumped out of her car for what she Beverly Hills Police Department’s According to the 2019 staff itself is expected to cost the city helped find my dog and get her said was only a minute. A car Crime Impact Team investigated report, “Iron Root, 2015” is valued $700,000. Shipping, contingency back. I didn’t think there would be pulled up behind her vehicle and a an attempted burglary at the at $1.8 million, but the United a happy ending.” man jumped out and smashed her Talent Agency Artist Space in See Artwork page 21 On July 20, Bisignano stopped window with a crowbar. The sus- See Dognapping page 21 Marijuana excluded from smoke-free ordinance ‘Uplift Melrose’ plan would n WeHo bans tobacco use in multi-family units, transform popular avenue common areas n Plan would improve shopping and dining district. The “Uplift Melrose” project By laura coleman walking, biking for has received the support of the In three months, tobacco smokers shopping district Mid City West Community looking to move into a condomini- Council, whose board voted 29-2 um or apartment unit in West By edwin folven in favor of the plan at a meeting Hollywood will not have the luxury last week. The Melrose Business Melrose Avenue may be trans- to light up within their own home. Improvement District is working formed between Fairfax and However, marijuana smokers and with Streets LA, formerly the Highland avenues by a proposed those who use vapes will still have city’s Bureau of Street Services, city of Los Angeles project that the freedom to smoke in their resi- to implement the idea. Currently would bring more sidewalk space, dence. in the conceptual phase, the city separated bike lanes, new cross- The decision to amend the West plans to apply for a $31.8 million walks, better lighting, more trees Hollywood Municipal Code to pro- photo by Irina Iriser/courtesy of Unsplash and improved landscaping to the See Melrose page 22 hibit smoking within newly built or newly leased units within multi- While marijuana use will be allowed in multi-family units in West family dwellings, as well as in com- Hollywood, tobacco use will be banned. mon areas, was unanimously passed by the City Council on Aug. before the ordinance goes into multi-family dwellings. 17. The ordinance, which also pro- effect, stopped short of requiring a “West Hollywood has a strong hibits smoking in any park or with- registration program that would history of advocating for the health in 5 feet of any parklet, will go into have designated units’ smoking sta- and welfare of its residents. effect 90 days after the 5-0 vote. tus. In anticipation of further Similarly, the city has long advocat- “We’ve reaffirmed that a viola- strengthening its no-smoking poli- ed that people should be able to live tion of this provision is not grounds cy, staff will be conducting a survey the life they choose in the privacy for eviction, but it is grounds for an in the upcoming year about making of their own homes without govern- administrative citation for violating all condominium and apartment ment intrusion provided that those the provision,” Mayor Pro Tempore units smoke-free. According to the activities are not interfering with John Heilman said. Aug. 17 staff report, approximately others’ peaceful enjoyment of their photo courtesy of Streets LA The council, which pledged to 87.6% of dwelling units in the city The city has released renderings of how the street may be reconfig- decide on the specifics of the fines of West Hollywood are located in See Smoking page 22 ured under the “Uplift Melrose” project. 2 August 20, 2020 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press CALENDAR Feuer files lawsuit over plan Mindful Awareness LAMOTH ‘Unorthodox’ American Cinematheque is holding to shorten census count time Meditation Holocaust film a virtual seminar on the Netflix Improve well-being with the Join the Los Angeles Museum of the mini-series “Unorthodox” (2020) Los Angeles City Attorney Mike planned eight-and-a-half month Hammer Museum and its online Holocaust for a discussion on the on Sunday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m., via Feuer filed a lawsuit on Aug. 18 period for collecting and processing Mindful Awareness Meditation series Italian film “Life Zoom. Co-presented by the Goethe- against the Trump administration, data into a four-and-a-half month on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 12:30 to Is Beautiful” Institut, the event includes a live challenging the federal govern- period. 1 p.m., via Zoom. The free weekly (1997) on Q&A session with the series’ cre- ment’s attempt to drastically cut the Feuer’s lawsuit was filed in part- drop-in sessions usually take place in Thursday, Aug. ator Anna Winger, director Maria amount of time for the 2020 census nership with the National Urban the Hammer’s Billy Wilder Theater 20, at 5 p.m. The Schrader and star Shira Haas. count. League; League of Women Voters; but are offered live online during the event is part of “Unorthodox” is based on Deborah The lawsuit contends that a deci- Black Alliance for Just pandemic. Mindful Awareness the Teicholz Feldman’s New York Times best- sion by the administration to reduce Immigration; Harris County, Texas; Meditation is the moment-by- Holocaust Remembrance Film selling memoir. Request a screen- the amount of time to collect and King County, Washington; the moment process of actively and Series, a collaboration with the ing copy and register by visiting process data would result in a cities of Salinas and San Jose in openly observing one’s physical, Consulate General of Italy and the americancinematheque.com/unorth severe undercount of the city’s pop- California; Rodney Ellis and mental and emotional experiences. It Italian Cultural Institute of Los odox. ulation, negatively affecting Los Adrian Garcia. It asks the court to is used to reduce stress, improve Angeles. Participants are encouraged Angeles’ representation in prohibit implementation of the con- attention, boost the immune system, to watch the film ahead of time and reduce emotional reactivity and pro- join a virtual discussion with Andrea Congress and jeopardizing millions densed plan, thereby restoring the ‘The Ancestors mote a general sense of health and Malaguti, associate professor of of dollars in federal funding.