SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: RODEO DRIVE CONCOURS d’ ELEGANCE PAGE 23-26 BEVERLYBEVERLY HILLSHILLS VOLUME XXXXVI NUMBER 25 $135 PER YEAR - $1.25 PER COPY • www.bhcourier.com SINCE 1965 JUNE 18, 2010 THIS ISSUE Celebrate Dad’s Day In The Fast Lane On Rodeo By Brenton Garen What better way to spoil dad this Father’s Day than to bring him along to the 2010 Rodeo Drive Concours d’Ele- Taste of Broadway comes to Beverly High. 4 gance this Sunday? From 10 a.m. to 4.pm., Rodeo Drive will be closed be- tween Wilshire and Little Santa Monica boulevards to show- case hundreds of impressive classic cars from 1925 - 1948, Pre-1975 American cars, mus- cle cars, sports cars, European cars, Woodys, hot rods, cus- toms, race cars, vintage motor- cycles and special interest vehi- Students celebrate gradua- cles at this free event. NEED A RIDE?—Join the Beverly Hills Courier, a major This year’s event is extra tion from junior high. 5 sponsor of the 2010 Rodeo Drive Concours d’ Elegance, this Sunday from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. to see Jaguar’s new ZJ model special as it celebrates 75 years (pictured), as well as a variety of classics, hot rods, race of Jaguar and the launch of the cars, Woodys, vintage and special interest vehicles at the company’s new ZJ model. free event. The event will celebrate Jaguar’s 75th anniver- The event also partners sary. Pictured: News Editor Abbey Hood is one of the Courier with Ferrari to showcase the staff members that will be at its meet and greet booth on (see ‘RODEO,’ page 20) Sunday. Will Pensions BHUSD Diverts City JPA Funds, Photo Page: Beverly Hills Cost City $149 Fire Association Dinner 22 Million Soon? Dips Into Bond By Abbey Hood By Abbey Hood & Amanda Government pension prob- Peabody lems, considered California's The Beverly Hills Unified problem, might actually be School District Board of Educa- Beverly Hills' problem. tion is being scrutinized by the That is the prediction of City Council after it was re- some City officials who are in vealed the Board is using City charge of crunching numbers to restricted funds for something forecast the financial stability of other than its intended purpose, Beverly Hills. and using Measure E bond Those forecasters might just money to replace the funds be right. specifically designated by the City Treasurer Eliot Finkel City. states in 2008 Beverly Hills had Under a contract approved Joan Rivers reviews Raquel: (see ‘PENSIONS,’ page 20) by the City Council in 2008, Beyond The Cleavage 8 called the Joint Powers Agree- ment, the City Council agreed BHUSD Short to give BHUSD $10 million a year for four years in return for Another 100k the use of playing fields and gymnasiums. In Budget Of the $40 million total, $600,000 a year was to be put By Amanda Peabody into a reserve fund to replace According to a recent audit, the artificial turf on the playing the schools are being told they fields, the contract states; need to find $101,699.35 to re- George Christy, BHUSD has been paid $20 mil- pay the state for incomplete lion; of that $1.2 million for the Page 6 construction projects. Medicine’s Mr. replacement of the fields. This latest development “For (each) fiscal year the Wonderful; may now force the Beverly Hills Merits A Nobel City shall provide the District Prize; Unified School District to find an annual payment of $10 mil- A Night With Mike more than $1.5 million from the 30 MILLION FOR LEMONADE—Cindy Crawford, son Presley Walker lion. Of this amount, the Dis- Nichols. 2010-11 budget. Previous Gerber and daughter Kaya Jordan Gerber attended the Alex’s Lemonade trict shall set-aside $600,000 in budgetary shortfalls, largely due Stand event at Madame Tussauds Hollywood. Young Alexandra (Alex) a separate fund and delineate Editorial from to previous staff reporting er- Scott was diagnosed with cancer at age 4 and began raising monies with Rabbi Pressman the set-aside amount in the Dis- (see ‘BHUSD,’ page 19) her lemonade stands, which are now worldwide to help cancer research. (see ‘JPA,’ page 21) AND MORE Celebrity Photo/Scott Downie 2 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER JUNE 18, 2010 The Best Read Newspaper in Beverly Hills BEVERLY HILLS • BEL AIR • HOLMBY HILLS NOTICE OF COMMISSION VACANCIES: NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION DATE: June 24, 2010 The Beverly Hills City Council is seeking qualified residents to fill up to three (3) vacancies, with at least one (1) licensed residential TIME: 1:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard architect, on the Design Review Commission. The initial term of office is for two years. At the discretion of the City Council, the LOCATION: Council Meeting Room 280A Commissioner may be reappointed to a second term of four years. Beverly Hills City Hall Each appointee will be required to file an initial and an annual 455 North Rexford Drive “Statement of Economic Interests” financial disclosure. 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