Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Morgan Freeman and model Lara Stone in Vogue from The Pipeline
— As of 8:44am, Paul Koretz has slight lead in District 5 balloting / LA Now
— Trutanich defeats Weiss in L.A. city attorney’s race / LAT
— First Lady Wears L.A. Designer Jasmin Shokrian / Trade Talk
— Pre-fixe meal at BreadBar on West 3rd /Thrillist
— Enter [...]

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Special elections are tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19, which includes our next LA City Council District 5 member—Paul Koretz or David Vahedi.
Be sure to vote! Check out the LAT ‘Election at a Glance,’ and find your polling place at lavote.net.
There’s also one last forum between Vahedi and Koretz tonight, Monday, May 18, at the [...]

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Looks from Suno’s fall collection from The Pipeline
— Pretty, pretty Suno at Opening Ceremony / Racked LA
— And check out Suno’s fall collection / The Pipeline
— Iron Maiven, LA Derby Dolls and Drew Barrymore / La Vie en Rose
— Santa Monica Place to open August, 2010 / Racked LA
— Trutanich, Vahedi Endorsed by LA Times [...]

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— Sales—Reminder of This Weekend’s 3rd Street Spring Stroll
— Fast Fashions—Forever 21’s Plus-Size Faith 21 Hits Stores and Online Today
— Eats—Lines Out the Door at Corner Bakery
— Shops—CB2 Opens Thursday at 8000 Sunset, The Preview Here!
— Shops—Goodwill on Beverly Boulevard Opening May 8
— Jewels—Robindira Unsworth’s Rich Moroccan Inspired Creations
— Jewels—May de Chelly and [...]

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With the May 19 Statewide Special and Consolidate Elections coming up, the race for our 5th District City Council seems to be heating up a bit. A couple days back, we received a flyer from the Paul Koretz campaign, shown above, the front reading, ‘Why one of LA’s biggest outdoor advertising firms is [...]

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The scope of the Wetherly Project; click to expand
A B+S reader pointed me to the article on the front page of the April 2 edition of the Beverly Press, ‘Residents Think Wetherly Project Aims Too High.’
This has been an ongoing issue for neighboring residents who oppose the Genton Barth Real Estate Group residential project, [...]

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— B+S Eats—The Golden State Shines Friday Night
— B+S Dreams—Still of Green Spaces
— Eats—New, Lesser Expensive Offerings at Ortolan
— Fashions—Oh No, Madonna Doing Line for Christian Audigier
— Fashions—Forever 21 Launching Plus-Size Faith 21
— Fashions—Stop Staring! Offers Vintage Appeal from XS to XL
— Shuttering Shop News—Fashion Factory Outlet Closed on Beverly
— Fashions—Get In on [...]

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Click to expand; Paul Koretz corner campaigning
That’s City Council District 5 candidate Paul Koretz holding the sign above his head with the blue buttondown at the corner of Beverly and La Cienega—some last-minute campaigning in the works. I caught him last night around 5:30pm-ish as I was walking home, first from voting, then walking up [...]

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Candidates Robyn Ritter Simon, Ron Galperin, David ‘Ty’ Vahedi; click to expand
Last week’s ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 forum brought out about 150 audience members, a more diverse, younger and bigger crowd than January’s forum put on by the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association.
This forum, moderated by Ted Miller of Conroy Commercial [...]

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Following last month’s forum, put on the by the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association, this coming Tuesday, February 10, from 7pm-9pm, the Mid-City West Community Council, along with the West 3rd Street Business Association, Melrose Action Neighborhood Watch, and the Fairfax Business Association, are sponsoring a ‘Race for the 5th’ Council Forum Debate at Hancock Park [...]

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Candidates Ron Galperin, Adeena Bleich, Robert Schwartz
The Husband and I attended the LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum last Sunday, held at the Pan Pacific Senior Center, moderated by Ron Kaye and put on by the Beverly Hills Wilshire Homes Association. We gleaned quite a bit from going and I would encourage others to [...]

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This Sunday, January 18 from 10am-1:30pm, there will be a LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum (our district) at the Pan Pacific Senior Center (141 South Gardner Avenue), next to the Gardner Library between West 3rd Street and Beverly Boulevard. Journalist Ron Kaye was one of the moderators at the last forum and reports: [...]

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