Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Kenneth Leventhal, the founder of Kenneth Leventhal & Co. that merged with Ernst & Young, died Tuesday.
Funeral services were pending today for Kenneth Leventhal, a certified public accountant who built the largest CPA firm in the United States specializing in real estate, located in Century City since 1965. Leventhal died Tuesday in a Los Angeles-area hospice facility of natural causes. He was 91. He and his wife, Elaine Otter, started Kenneth Leventhal & Co. in the second bedroom of their apartment in 1949. As it expanded, the business moved to various locations in West Los Angeles and, in 1965, relocated to Century City. Leventhal was a major financial supporter of the University of Southern California, whose accounting school bears his name. The firm's early clients included Ray Watt and other real estate giants such as Trammell Crow, …
Friday, May 4, 2012
A Huffington Post blogger wrote this opinion piece about the sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Ron "Stix" Ballatore died Saturday night in Florida.
Ron "Stix" Ballatore, who coached the UCLA men's swimming team for 16 seasons, including guiding the Bruins to the 1982 NCAA championship, died tonight in a Gainesville, Fla. hospital from bone cancer, the university announced. He was 71. UCLA finished in the top 10 in the NCAA championship 15 times and top five nine times under Ballatore. Ballatore coached 28 Olympians at UCLA including five-time gold medalist Tom Jager and two-time gold medalist Brian Goodell. After UCLA discontinued its men's swimming program in 1994, Ballatore was Brown University's coach for two seasons, then was the University of Florida's coach. Ballatore was an assistant coach with the U.S. men's swimming teams in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, Peru's team in the…
Monday, April 23, 2012
Richard Brown was the chairman of Santa Monica's Airport Commission. He died from a stroke.
Richard Brown, the chairman of Santa Monica's Airport Commission who was perhaps better known for his work in public health, particularly as the founder of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, died Sunday. The center's director, Gerald F. Kominski, said in a statement Monday that Brown died from a stroke while speaking at a conference in Kentucky. He was 70. "Beloved husband, father, grandfather, teacher, mentor and public health visionary, Rick touched the lives of tens of thousands of Americans with his unique blend of warmth, intelligence, tenacity and belief that public health data and information could be a powerful force for good," Kominski said. Until his death, Brown worked as a professor at the UCLA School Public of Health…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Hoffman was the retired chairman of Flying Tiger Line, once the largest air cargo company in the world.
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Tuesday, April 3
Wayne M. Hoffman, the retired chairman of Century City-based Tiger International, died Saturday in Indian Wells. He was 89. Hoffman began working for Flying Tiger Line in 1967, reports the Los Angeles Times. Three years later, he co-founded Tiger International, which was later acquired by Federal Express. To read the full obituary for Hoffman, click here. Did you know Wayne Hoffman? Please post your memories in the comments section below or you may email them to saraf(at)patch.com.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
The blogger-journalist and Westwood resident was taken to UCLA Medical Center early Thursday morning.
Andrew Breitbart, a prominent political blogger and journalist who founded several websites, died unexpectedly after collapsing near his Westwood home just after midnight Thursday. He was 43. Breitbart's father-in-law told the Associated Press that someone called 911 after they saw Breitbart collapse. He was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. An announcement on his website BigJournalism.com says Breitbart died of natural causes. A watch commander at the Los Angeles County coroner's office told the Associated Press the cause of death is unknown and an autopsy is likely. Breitbart is well known in the media community for his work at the Drudge Report and in the early days of The Huffington Post. Matt Drudge, editor of …
Monday, February 13, 2012
The singer's songs—and her amazing voice—touched the lives of millions. What are your memories? Add your comments.
As the investigation into Whitney Houston's death continued inside the Beverly Hilton Saturday night, helicopters hovered overhead and camera crews, reporters and fans gathered outside the hotel. An impromptu memorial began to grow on a sidewalk, as fans contributed flowers and candles. Marquit and Autrese Strozier of Los Angeles came to the Hilton when they learned of Houston's death. "When we heard the news, we just wanted to come out and see if it was true, and also see them bring her body out—so we could see if it was real," Marquit Strozier said. His wife, Autrese Strozier, said Houston was an inspirational figure. "She was iconic. She was the Queen of Pop. I'm saddened to hear that she died so early," she said, noting that her …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
The latest on the singer's death.
Singing sensation Whitney Houston, 48, was found unresponsive in a bathtub of a fourth-floor room at the Beverly Hilton and declared dead by Beverly Hills police at 3:55 p.m. Saturday. Our sister site, Beverly Hills Patch has all the latest details including tributes and quotes from fans, photographs, a look at the singer's career and information on her latest movie - Sparkle - which will be released in August. Click here to go to Beverly Hills Patch to read the latest on the life, career and death of Whitney Houston. Don't forget to take our Whitney Houston polls, which you can find here.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
The Los Angeles Times and TMZ is reporting that the singer, who famously battled drug addiction, died at the Beverly Hilton. Take our polls and let us know your thoughts on the singer's death and your favorite Whitney song.
Singer Whitney Houston died today at the age of 48, the Associated Press is reporting. Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, confirmed the death of the singer Saturday, but did not reveal how or where the six-time Grammy winner had died. According to the Los Angeles Times and the website TMZ, Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel. TMZ published a photograph taken Saturday of a police crime lab vehicle outside the hotel. The Hilton is hosting a pre-Grammy party Saturday evening. To read the AP report, click here. To read the Times report, click here. To read the TMZ report, click here. Click on this link to follow updates on this breaking story at our sister site, Beverly Hills Patch. Are you surprised by Whitney Houston's death? And what…
Friday, February 3, 2012
A headline about a Pacific Palisades High School graduate who recently passed away "seemed shockingly cold" to one reader. As a result, Patch has decided to change it out of respect for the deceased, his friends and his family.
Editor's Note: As a journalist, you're charged with giving your readers as much information as applicable while writing as concisely as possible and removing yourself and your opinion from the story. In that formula, it's easy to appear insensitive toward the feelings of those actually involved in the story. It was not this journalist's intention to offend the good name of the deceased, but rather to paint the most accurate picture and to be inclusive of those who may not have known the deceased or his story. Max Tinglof was a person with many friends and a loving family. The people who shared his story with Patch were quick to stress how great a person he was. Angela Collins wrote to Patch stating that she thought the headline on the …
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