https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/The Beverly Hills Dossier is an independent digital newspaper covering Beverly Hills news, real estate, society, dining, style, wellness, arts, business and local history, with every news story linked to its primary sources.en-ushttps://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/lower-speed-limits-ordinance/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/lower-speed-limits-ordinance/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:55:00 -0800NewsA new city ordinance took effect Oct. 1. The limits become enforceable as new signs go up over the coming weeks.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/evacuation-drill-november-8/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/evacuation-drill-november-8/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:54:00 -0800NewsThe Fire Department's drill runs 1 to 4 p.m. and uses Will Rogers Memorial Park as a temporary shelter and checkpoint. A final information meeting is Nov. 4 at City Hall.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/d-line-beverly-dr-station-update/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/d-line-beverly-dr-station-update/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:52:00 -0800NewsFinal paving between El Camino and Rexford runs Nov. 2–4, the City Council has kept its holiday construction ban, and Metro still forecasts the Beverly Dr Station opening in spring 2027.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/feuerman-monuments-of-stillness-rodeo-drive/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/feuerman-monuments-of-stillness-rodeo-drive/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:51:00 -0800NewsThe superrealist sculptor's first major outdoor public exhibition on the West Coast opens with a free unveiling at 332 N. Rodeo Drive and stays on view through 2027.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/rodeo-drive-holiday-lighting-2026/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/news/rodeo-drive-holiday-lighting-2026/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:50:00 -0800NewsThe free evening celebration runs 5 to 8 p.m. on all three blocks, ends with fireworks, and starts a holiday season of decorations that lasts until Jan. 3.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/weekend/this-week-in-beverly-hills-nov-2-8/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/weekend/this-week-in-beverly-hills-nov-2-8/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:35:00 -0800WeekendGilded Age florals close at Greystone, Wilshire gets its final paving, the mansion opens its doors, and Sunday brings the farmers' market, free shredding and an evacuation drill.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-edit/holiday-gift-guide-2026/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-edit/holiday-gift-guide-2026/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:32:00 -0800The EditLocal experiences you can give this season, and a first look at the Dossier's shop shelf.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/reading-room/books-set-in-beverly-hills-and-hollywood/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/reading-room/books-set-in-beverly-hills-and-hollywood/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:31:00 -0800The Reading RoomClassic Hollywood novels, two local histories you can read at the library, and a space for the Dossier's own bookshelf.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/arts/the-wallis-guide/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/arts/the-wallis-guide/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:30:00 -0800Arts & CultureA 1930s post office with WPA frescoes, a 500-seat theater, and a 2026–27 season of Fleabag, LA Opera recitals, dance and family days.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/style/rodeo-drive-walking-guide/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/style/rodeo-drive-walking-guide/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:29:00 -0800StyleThree palm-lined blocks, a cobblestone side street, a sidewalk of fashion plaques and, starting Nov. 9, ten monumental sculptures. Here's how to see Rodeo Drive on foot.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/dining/beverly-hills-farmers-market-guide/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/dining/beverly-hills-farmers-market-guide/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:28:00 -0800DiningOpen every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, on Civic Center Drive, with two hours of free parking. Here's what to know before you go.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/pickfair-and-greenacres/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/pickfair-and-greenacres/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:26:00 -0800The RecordMary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks brought movie glamour to the hills in 1919, and Harold Lloyd outbuilt them a few years later. One estate is listed on the National Register. The other was almost entirely torn down.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/virginia-robinson-gardens-guide/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/virginia-robinson-gardens-guide/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:25:00 -0800The RecordThe 1911 Beaux Arts house and its six acres of gardens are open only by reservation. Here's how to get in.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/real-estate/trousdale-estates-guide/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/real-estate/trousdale-estates-guide/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:24:00 -0800Real EstateOne developer, 532 lots and a rulebook on roof heights. Here's how the hills above Greystone became Beverly Hills' best-known modernist neighborhood.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/greystone-mansion-guide/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/greystone-mansion-guide/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:22:00 -0800The RecordIt was built as a 55-room gift from an oil fortune and saved from demolition by the city in 1965. The gardens are open daily, and you can see inside the mansion one weekend a month.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/beverly-hills-hotel-history/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/beverly-hills-hotel-history/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:21:00 -0800The RecordIt opened in 1912, before the city existed. It wasn't painted pink until 1948. In 2012 it became the city's first historic landmark.https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/how-beverly-hills-became-a-city-1914/https://beverlyhillsdossier.com/the-record/how-beverly-hills-became-a-city-1914/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:20:00 -0800The RecordLima beans, a failed oil hunt, a hotel built to sell lots, and a few hundred residents was all it took to start the most famous small city in America.