BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • State laws go into effect pg. 3 Sunny, with • Missing man highs in the sought in West 60s Hollywood pg. 4 Volume 30 No. 1 Serving the Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities January 2, 2020 Rabbi denounces anti-Semitic attacks Koretz announces bid n Hier calls for FBI task force after for L.A. City Controller December incidents n City Councilman plans to run in 2022 election BY CAMERON KISZLA BY EDWIN FOLVEN In a press conference at the Los Angeles City Councilman Museum of Tolerance on Dec. 30, Paul Koretz, 5th District, has Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder, CEO announced his candidacy for city and president of the Simon controller in 2022, and although the Wiesenthal Center, which oper- election is two years away, the ates the museum, decried a recent councilman has amassed a list of rise of anti-Semitism in the United many leaders pledging their sup- States and Europe. port. In the United States, Hier said, Koretz said he is making the there were more than 10 anti- announcement early because he Semitic attacks in December wants to be the “consensus candi- alone. photo by Cameron Kiszla date” for the position. He has repre- photo courtesy of Paul Koretz Locally, the most prominent Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center wants President sented the 5th District on the Los City Councilman Paul Koretz incident was the vandalism at the Donald Trump to authorize an FBI task force devoted to anti-Semitism. Angeles City Council since 2009, Nessah Synagogue in Beverly having been reelected in 2013 and why I am running for city con- Hills, where on Dec. 14, religious 2017. Koretz will be termed out as troller.” relics, furniture and worship mate- violent, such as the recent stab- York, was the latest in a string of councilman in 2022. The legislator said the controller’s rials were knocked over and dam- bing of five people in Monsey, anti-Semitic attacks in New York “I have always been passionate office will give him a new platform aged. The Beverly Hills Police New York, at the home of a rabbi and New Jersey that should shake about government efficiency so we to address important issues, includ- Department arrested Anton on Dec. 28, the seventh night of all of us to our core,” U.S. Sen. can avoid waste and use city funds ing fiscal responsibility. Nathaniel Redding on Dec. 18 in Hanukkah. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in exclusively to improve the service “I have spent a lot of time on the connection with the vandalism. “[The] horrific attack at a city government provides for our Other incidents have been more rabbi’s home in Monsey, New See American page 25 residents,” Koretz said. “That’s See Councilman page 26 Foundation nets $4.5M for monument Metro given go-ahead for n West Hollywood AIDS memorial holiday work in Beverly Hills could break ground n Purple Line Presidents’ Day. Metro and its contractor, next year construction can Skanska Traylor Shea, will be allowed to work in the yards and BY MORGAN KEITH continue on MLK, Presidents’ Days underground on Jan. 20 and Feb. In early December, the 17, with no work scheduled in the Foundation for The AIDS BY MORGAN KEITH public right-of-way. Gale Drive’s Monument announced that it has daily closure will only be imple- received more than $4.5 million On Dec. 17, the Beverly Hills mented for deliveries between 6 from individuals and philan- City Council unanimously a.m. and 4 p.m. thropies. photo courtesy of Urban Art Projects approved the Los Angeles Originally, the Memorandum Donations will fund the construc- A rendering depicts the AIDS Monument that will be constructed on a Metropolitan Transportation of Agreement agreed upon by tion of “Stories: The AIDS donated space in West Hollywood Park. Authority’s request to work at the Metro and the City Council in Monument” in the southeast corner Purple Line Extension’s 2017 scheduled construction to of West Hollywood Park as part of the foundation’s board of directors demic in West Hollywood as well Wilshire/La Cienega Station on the park’s renovations. The monu- and the West Hollywood Arts and as a number of quotes from authors Martin Luther King Jr. Day and See Neighbors page 26 ment will be located on a space Cultural Affairs Commission. and activists that died from AIDS. donated by the city north of the The tentative design will incor- Additionally, the tablets will bring West Hollywood Library and porate interactive technology to attention to survivors and the con- across from the Pacific Design honor, memorialize and educate tinuing epidemic. Center, said John Gile, the founda- visitors about HIV/AIDS, said “There’s a lot to be proud of, and tion’s fundraising campaign consul- Tony Valenzuela, the foundation’s we want to make sure this history is tant. executive director. not forgotten,” Valenzuela said. “The three parts of the [monu- “The monument is important The monument will be the sec- ment’s] design pay honor to all the because, first and foremost, the ond West Hollywood memorial in lives lost in West Hollywood and AIDS epidemic is not over,” remembrance of those who lost the caregivers who fought the good Valenzuela said. their lives to AIDS. The West fight,” Gile said. At various locations throughout Hollywood Memorial Walk on photo by Cameron Kiszla Australian artist Daniel Tobin’s the monument site, narrative tablets Metro Purple Line construction in Beverly Hills has impacted monument design was selected by will present the history of the epi- See West page 26 Wilshire Boulevard. 2 January 2, 2020 CALENDAR Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Book sale in jail and Billy is robbed, Musket LACMA’s decides to arm herself. Will she prevail Book lovers can find rarities and bar- over the forces against her? Showtimes Sundays Live gains at the John C. Fremont Library’s are 8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; Classical music fans are invited to a per- book sale on Friday, Jan. 3, from noon 7 p.m. on Jan. 5. Tickets are $30. 1625 formance by the Thies-Micarelli-Byers to 4 p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 4, from N. Las Palmas Ave. (800)838-3006, Trio on Sunday, Jan. 5, from 6 to 7 p.m. noon to 5 p.m. CDs, DVDs, audiobooks brownpapertickets.com/event/4423684. at St. James’ in-the-City on Wilshire and videos will be offered. 6121 Melrose Ave. (323)962-3521. Boulevard. The Photo exhibit performance is part of the Los Greta Gerwig Fifteen Southern California photo- Angeles County graphic artists share their uniquely per- Museum of Art’s sonal bodies of work in the exhibition Sundays Live double feature “Project XV: New Perspectives on Join American Cinematheque for a chamber music Photography,” running from Saturday, series. Pianist double feature screening of “Little Jan. 4, through Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Women” and “Lady Bird” on Friday, Robert Thies will Los Angeles Center of Photography. be joined by violinist Lucia Micarelli Jan. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Egyptian The artists include Andy House, Beth Theatre. Writer and director Greta and cellist Eric Byers. Admission is free. Dubber, Carissa Dorson, Elisa Haber, 3903 Wilshire Blvd. lacma.org. Gerwig’s version of “Little Women” Ellen Friedlander, Hilary White, Julia draws on the classic novel and writings Bennett, Kristina Shires, Krysia of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the Lukkason, Mara Zaslove, Michael Impro Theatre author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects Hacker, Michelle Elkins, Sharon back and forth on her fictional life. Johnson-Tennant, Wayne Swanson and ‘Winterfest’ “Lady Bird” is Gerwig’s directorial Yulia Tregub Morris. The exhibit Impro Theatre kicks off 2020 with debut exploring the turbulent bond explores the essence of being human, “Winterfest,” the fourth annual interna- between a mother and her teenage examining issues of family and rela- tional improv festival, running from daughter. The event includes a discus- photo courtesy of the Grammy Museum tionships, aging, creativity, the impor- Monday, Jan. 6, through Sunday, Jan. sion between films with Gerwig and The Grammy Museum will welcome multi-platinum-selling singer and songwriter tance of place and new perspectives on 12, at Impro Studio in the Los Feliz actress Saoirse Ronan. Tickets are $15. Stephen Bishop for an intimate conversation and performance on Wednesday, Jan. the California landscape. 5566 W. District. The live performance festival 6712 Hollywood Blvd. americancine- showcases some of the best genre and 8, at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Scott Goldman, the event will include performances of Washington Blvd. lacphoto.org. matheque.com. some of Bishop’s timeless hits including “On and On,” “Save it for a Rainy Day,” narrative improv talent from the United “It Might Be You” and the Oscar-nominated “Separate Lives.” Bishop is also States and abroad. It features 19 shows, known for appearances in films such as “Kentucky Fried Movie,” “The Blues Holocaust 13 specialized improv workshops for all ‘Mehta’s Mahler’ Brothers,” Twilight Zone: The Movie” and “National Lampoon’s Animal House.” ages and levels, and over 75 internation- Conductor Zubin Mehta leads the LA Tickets are $25. 800 W. Olympic Blvd. grammymuseum.org. survivor talk al performers. Highlights include per- Phil in a series of performances titled The Los Angeles Museum of the formances and workshops from “Mehta’s Mahler” Holocaust will host a Holocaust sur- acclaimed improvisational companies running from wills and trusts, business disputes, con- Hollywood Improv. The evening vivor talk on Sunday, Jan. 5, from 3 to Det Andre Teatret from Oslo, Norway, Friday, Jan.