Articles for Hills City

How Beverly Hills became an unlikely battleground for the future of abortion rights
6 months ago

How Beverly Hills became an unlikely battleground for the future of abortion rights

LA Times  

Emma Craig was outside the Beverly Hills Medical Center on Wilshire Boulevard, spoiling for a fight. “The decision to rescind DuPont Clinic’s lease was not made by the City of Beverly Hills,” public information manager Lauren Santillana wrote in a statement in response to DuPont’s lawsuit against the city. “My experience with patients who needed late-term abortion were nightmares, absolute …

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Coral Gables, Florida Tops Beverly Hills as Ritziest Home Market in US
9 months ago

Coral Gables, Florida Tops Beverly Hills as Ritziest Home Market in US

Hindustan Times  

Floridians with homes in the ritziest neighborhoods that include Coral Gables and Naples are experiencing the nation’s biggest increases in real estate wealth as markets in the Sunshine State supplant those in California and New York at the top. HT Image In February 2020, before the pandemic, California was home to six of the 10 priciest neighborhoods in the country, …

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In Beverly Hills, no kitchen remodels or pool grottoes as judge orders building moratorium over lack of affordable housing
11 months, 3 weeks ago

In Beverly Hills, no kitchen remodels or pool grottoes as judge orders building moratorium over lack of affordable housing

LA Times  

Projects that cross the transom of the Beverly Hills building department include the extravagant — pool grottoes and bowling alleys — as well as the more quotidian kitchen and living room upgrades. Last month, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis A. Kin blocked the city from issuing all building permits except for new residential development as a penalty for …

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Their neighbors lost everything in a massive landslide. Now they fear for their homes
1 year, 1 month ago

Their neighbors lost everything in a massive landslide. Now they fear for their homes

LA Times  

Sepideh Razipour and her husband never thought they could afford to be homeowners, but when their Rolling Hills Estates rental went up for sale, they scrambled to make the townhouse their own, pulling together savings and borrowing from extended family. “It’s been really hard.” The city of Rolling Hills Estates reported that last winter’s excessive rains caused July’s devastating landslide, …

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Former and current Black LAPD cops claim they were profiled by Beverly Hills police; A lawsuit seeks $500 million
1 year, 2 months ago

Former and current Black LAPD cops claim they were profiled by Beverly Hills police; A lawsuit seeks $500 million

LA Times  

Shepherd York, left, and Joseph Nett, listen as attorney Ben Crump, off camera, addresses the media near Beverly Hills City Hall on Friday about a $500-million class-action lawsuit in which 1,086 people claim they were racially profiled by Beverly Hills police. The sworn statement describing the incident, which allegedly occurred on March 2, 2013, was recently submitted in court to …

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In pricey Palos Verdes, the ocean view is great — until your house slides into a canyon
1 year, 5 months ago

In pricey Palos Verdes, the ocean view is great — until your house slides into a canyon

LA Times  

The Palos Verdes Peninsula — a land of rolling hills, jagged cliffs and sweeping views of the city and ocean — boasts some of the most beautiful terrain in Southern California. “This remains an active situation,” said Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Britt Huff at a city council meeting on Tuesday, adding that due to a break in a sewer main, …

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What’s causing luxury homes in Rolling Hills Estates to slide down a canyon? Here’s what we know
1 year, 6 months ago

What’s causing luxury homes in Rolling Hills Estates to slide down a canyon? Here’s what we know

LA Times  

An aerial photo shows cracked foundations and crumbled homes along a canyon on Peartree Lane in Rolling Hills Estates, where dozens of residents were evacuated and structures condemned after the ground shifted. Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Britt Huff said officials were surprised by the destruction. In 1997, workers from 18 small businesses evacuated two buildings in a Rolling Hills Estates …

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Walking the Five Peaks of the Pentlands, Edinburgh’s best-kept secret
3 years, 10 months ago

Walking the Five Peaks of the Pentlands, Edinburgh’s best-kept secret

The Independent  

Perhaps it’s the romanticism and history of Edinburgh’s famous Old Town, from the dramatic castle rock to the ancient closes below, that mean so few visitors to the Scottish capital stray beyond the city limits and into the hills beyond them. Arthur Conan Doyle’s home in the 1880s looked out over the Pentlands, Ayr-born Rabbie Burns was known to walk …

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Beverly Hills will prosecute protesters for curfew violations
4 years, 4 months ago

Beverly Hills will prosecute protesters for curfew violations

LA Times  

A family member of Breonna Taylor is hugged by another woman after speaking to protesters in Beverly Hills on June 6. “The public safety benefits are the same benefits of any prosecutions.” Sterling said neither Beverly Hills Mayor Lester Friedman nor the City Council was involved in the decision to press charges. James Butler, who organized the protest through the …

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Beverly Hills police chief retires after lawsuits alleging racism, anti-Semitism, harassment
4 years, 8 months ago

Beverly Hills police chief retires after lawsuits alleging racism, anti-Semitism, harassment

LA Times  

Beverly Hills Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli announced her retirement Saturday, marking the end of a rocky tenure that saw the city pay out millions to settle lawsuits alleging that she had made racist remarks to subordinate officers and engaged in acts of harassment. “During the Chief’s tenure, crime was reduced while the department increased diversity, public outreach, best practices and …

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