briefs • Committee Hears Early Plans tributes • Remembering Barbara sports • BHHS girls’ soccer team for Wilshire/La Cienega Station Page 2 Yaroslavsky Page 5 shuts out Lawndale Page 8 Issue 1005 • January 3 - January 9, 2019 What’s Your New Year’s Resolution? cover story • page 7 and schematics for the Wilshire/La Ciene- an afterthought.” ga subway station, which will be opera- “We see rideshare cutouts and queu- tional in mid-2023 as part of the Metro- ing lots at every venue these days, so I’m politan Transportation Authority’s Purple surprised that would not be immediate- briefs Line Extension project. ly available as part of this,” Committee City Project Manager Robert Welch member Myra Lurie agreed. “I think we said the tunnel for the station will be 3.92 can very safely predict people will be us- Committee Hears Early miles long and is expected to accommo- ing t hat for first and last mile transit.” Plans for Wilshire/La date 10,000 daily boardings when it first Welch said that Metro typically does Cienega Station opens in 2023. That ridership is expect- not include drop-off and pick-up areas At its last meeting on December 20, the ed to drop to 6,500 daily boardings after when constructing stations, but City Man- Beverly Hills Strategic Planning Commit- section three of the extension project, ager Mahdi Aluzri clarified that the City is tee was presented with preliminary ideas which will connect downtown Los Ange- planning to provide an area for dropping les to the Westside, opens in off and picking up subway users. 2026. The goal of the sub- “One of the primary reasons the City ac- way station itself, however, quired the Gale property is to provide for is to draw those riders into that opportunity,” Aluzri said, referencing Beverly Hills by present- the City’s purchase of 8421 Wilshire Bou- ing them with a design that levard, which was bought as part of the pulls them off of the sub- Memorandum of Agreement with Metro way and up to the street lev- and is currently being used as a staging WHAT’S ON el. Plans for how to accom- yard. “The unfortunate thing about it is plish this are in the early the possession of the site is going to be YOUR MIND? stages, Welch said, though later during the process because they’re Wilshire/La Cienega Station Schematic he did share some of the using it, so that might delay our chanc- You can write us at: early plans for street-lev- es to put something in place that will be 140 South Beverly Drive el amenities, such as bike available at the time that the station be- #201 storage lockers, a bike share comes operational. So, we’re looking at Beverly Hills, CA 90212 dock, artwork, landscaping, other opportunities in the area to see what elevators, stairs, and escala- opportunities we have.” You can fax us at: tors. More details of what will be construct- 310.887.0789 Committee member ed at the street-level for the Wilshire/La Kathy Reims asked Welch Cienega station will be discussed at the email us at: whether or not pick-up and January 10 meeting of the Traffic and [email protected] drop-off would be included Parking Commission as part of the City’s as part of the station, noting Complete Streets Plan, which will outline that it would “not be safe or potential infrastructure projects, policies efficient if it’s added in as and programs to be implemented city- SNAPSHOT WeBeverlye Hills kly Issue 1005 • Jan 3-Jan 9, 2019 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. Founded: October 7, 1999 Published Thursdays Delivered in Beverly HilIs, Beverlywood, Los Angeles ISSN#1528-851X www.bhweekly.com Publisher & CEO 1 year Josh E. Gross subscriptions are Reporter available. 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Page 2 • Beverly Hills Weekly wide. rent K-8 as well as a high school PTA par- there will always be a space for them.” work. ent without a kid in the younger grades,” Interested artists can now apply online PTA Elections Focused Corey said. Kruger called the high school California Democratic Party for a juried spot by visiting www.bever- on Fairly Representing parent a “tiebreaker” representative, who to Hold Assembly District lyhills.org/artshowapp. There is a $35 Reconfigured Schools would help keep votes equitable. Elections application fee and applicants selected to Following BHPD reconfiguration, elec- In order to vote, serve on the nominat- On Sunday, January 27 registered dem- participate in the show are required to pay tions for next academic year’s BHUSD ing commit- ocrats in Assembly District 50, which in- a $395 acceptance fee. parent-teacher associations (PTAs) will tee, or vote for cludes Beverly Hills, are invited to cast be focused on having fair representation who serves on ballots for their chosen district represen- Music in the Mansion 2019 across school families, according to cur- the nominat- tative. Voting will be held at Santa Moni- Lineup Announced rent Beverly Vista PTA President Nathan ing committee, ca College, located at Kruger. members must 1900 Pico Boulevard. 2019 Music in the Mansion Lineup At Beverly Vista, where students from join their new Convener Nicole January 20 Los Angeles Ensemble with Esther Lee and each of the district’s elementary schools school’s PTA Phillis told the Weekly Sung Chang will be pooled together to create Beverly before Janu- that doors are sched- February 17 Anastasia Malliara (soprano) and Aaron Hills’ first-ever middle school, representa- ary 26. After uled to open at 9 a.m., Haas (guitar); Laurel Irene (soprano) and Jaxon Williams (guitar) tion is especially important. joining, par- followed by speeches “All these parents are going to be ents can fill out from candidates at March 17 The Latsos (piano duo) April 21 Micah Wright & Friends (classical and jazz) coming to Beverly Vista from the other Nathan Kruger forms at each 9:30 a.m. Registration schools, so obviously the parents from of the district’s for those who are not May 19 Adelya Shagidullina (viola) and Azer BV could easily be overrepresented on the schools to nominate himself or herself or registered democrats Damirov (violin) executive board,” Kruger said. “Because another PTA member for an executive or who need to regis- June 16 Delirium Musicum (chamber orchestra) of that, we’re doing a lot of work now to board position. ter to vote will open Source: Beverly Hills Community Services reach out to parents from other schools to The nominating committee, which Co- at 10 a.m., as will build relationships and figure out who is rey said would form in February, will then voting. Voting will end at 1:00 p.m. Music in the Mansion will return to most interested in taking on a leadership use those nomination sheets to form a Former Hawthorne principal Kathy Greystone Mansion & Gardens: The role. We really want to make sure we get slate of potential candidates for the new Schaeffer is running to serve as represen- Doheny Estate on Sunday, January 20 at them in.” executive board. In April, the full PTA tative in Assembly District 46. Elections 2 p.m. with the Los Angeles Ensemble, One of the ways Beverly Vista is work- will vote on which of the candidates will for that district will also be held on Sun- featuring piano duo Esther Lee and Sung ing to accommodate and represent all of officially take the lead going into the day, January 27, with doors opening at Chang. the current K-8 schools on its new exec- 2019-20 school year. 10:00 a.m. and registration/voting begin- The Los Angeles Ensemble, compro- utive board, according to El Rodeo PTA “The dates have been pushed back a ning at 10:45 a.m, at 6150 Van President Molly Corey, is to change the month so that more people will have the Nuys Boulevard. Voting and number of individuals on their nominat- opportunity to get involved,” Corey told registration will end at 12:45. ing committee—the group responsible for the Weekly. “There has been a great deal City Seeking 2019 selecting the slate from which voters se- of discussion about making the process lect board members—from three to five. equitable between the schools as well as artSHOW Applicants “BV has changed their nominating having representation from each school on The city is currently seeking committee from three to five so that there the executive board. If people really want applications from artists for will be one representative from each cur- to participate and volunteer their time, the spring 2019 Beverly Hills artSHOW, which is set to take place on May 18-19 in Beverly Gardens Park.