Mary Cummins Investigative Reporter Los Angeles, California: January 2015

Friday, January 30, 2015

Keishon , Kenyata Blake, twins stab 62 year old neighbor Maria Rivas to death while purse snatching - Mary Cummins, Los Angeles, California

Keishon Jamal Blake, Kenyata Jermaine Blake, murderers, stabbing, death - Mary Cummins, Los Angeles

UPDATE: They are telling people they didn't do it. They were in jail previously less than a month before this. One has a girlfriend who is supposedly pregnant with his baby. She is showing off her hickies on FB as her cover photo. More pics of the ridiculousness below. They admit he was in the Bloods gang. I saved all of their FB pages, info, instagram before I posted it as always. These two 18 year old kids came up behind a 62 year old female neighbor who was carrying groceries and her purse home to her families. They stabbed her from behind while she carried groceries by herself to her home which she owned and shared with her sister and all their families. I hate these punks more and more every day. This was not their only victim!

Here is Maria Elena Rivas' obituary with over 50 photos of her with her extended family. She owned a duplex on Van Buren with her sister Rosa blocks from where she was murdered.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Maria-Rivas&lc=9615&pid=173766845&uuid=29e63750-bc75-4d4a-a595-a41e0c983b36
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Another murder hits close to home. These twins full names Kenyata Jermaine Blake and Keishon Jamal Blake were born July 25, 1996. They are adults who have been in trouble with the law quite often. 6'1" 155 lbs brown eyes, black hair. Below is the news item.

http://abc7.com/news/twin-brothers-18-arrested-in-south-la-stabbing-death/494273/

Supposedly these kids had been in foster care most of their life. As I look at their Facebook pages they had few if any friends except each other. Kenyata had been arrested previously as an adult. Looks like they had been in juvenile hall previously. I'm looking at their recent arrest records here http://www.lasd.org and here http://www.lacourt.org

LAC	BA433216	01	BLAKE, KENYATA	01/26/2015	Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center	030	02/11/2015	08:30 AM	ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEA

LAC

BA433216

BLAKE, KENYATA

01/26/2015

Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center

030

02/11/2015

08:30 AM

ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEA

I actually like some of the homes in this area but I never bought there because there are some bad elements around the edges of West Adams. I officially stopped looking there when I appraised a home where an entire family was murdered.

Kenyata has a prior. He was arrested 12/30/14, assigned jail 1/4 then was released 1/7 on own recognizance. 1/26 he was arrested along with his twin brother for murder no bail. He's now in men's central jail. I don't know why he was in juvie before when he was 18 when he was previously arrested. Maybe it's because these kids are awkward.

Some pics of these kids from their Facebook pages. Again they wear gang clothes, flash gang signs, gang photos, state they are with the Bloods gang... Look at this ridiculous pic of an 18 year old adult Keishon posting in his underwear with a kitchen knife and sun glasses. What a "bad boy." Truly pathetic.

Kenyata Jermaine Blake, Keishon Jamal Blake, murder, Maria Rivas, West Adams, Los Angeles, California - Mary Cummins

Nothing says "bad boy" like an iron and ironing table in the background.

Kenyata Jermaine Blake, Keishon Jamal Blake, murder, Maria Rivas, West Adams, Los Angeles, California - Mary Cummins

Here he is showing off a gun on his page. He calls himself Jankyred Themack. His girlfriend is Ladyy JankyRed. They post as one person JankyRed1and2. After he posted this pic what appears to be a relative or guardian tells him to take that shit down because he just got out of jail and will probably be thrown back in jail. Then she says she's going to kick his ass as soon as she gets out of the hospital. Looks like everyone tried to save these kids but they just don't care.

Kenyata Jermaine Blake, Keishon Jamal Blake, murder, Maria Rivas, West Adams, Los Angeles, California - Mary Cummins

Kenyata Jermaine Blake, Keishon Jamal Blake, murder, killer - Mary Cummins, Los Angeles, California

Birthday in this pic says September when booking records say July.

Kenyata Jermaine Blake, Keishon Jamal Blake, murder, Maria Rivas, West Adams, Los Angeles, California - Mary Cummins

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Mary Cummins Beverly Hills High School class of 1982/1983 - California

Mary Cummins was the Beverly Hills High School class of 1983 but graduated a year early through the Resident Honors Program of the University of Southern California. Cummins completed her last year of high school simultaneously at USC.

Below is the link to the Wiki page of BHHS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_High_School

Here's a page for the alumni highlights. There are articles about famous and not so famous people who went to Beverly Hills High School. BHHS generally has a 100% graduation rate.

http://bhhs.bhusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=226424&type=d&pREC_ID=575218

Beverly Hills High School, California, Mary Cummins, Los Angeles

Mary Cummins also went to USC on full scholarship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California

Here is their official website.

http://www.usc.edu

USC, University of Southern California, Mary Cummins, Los Angeles, California

Mary Cummins also went to El Rodeo elementary school in Beverly Hills.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Unified_School_District

El Rodeo Elementary School, Beverly Hills, California, Mary Cummins, Los Angeles, California

and Good Shepherd Catholic School in Beverly Hills which was part of Good Shepherd Catholic Church.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd_(Beverly_Hills,_California)

Many celebrities went to Good Shepherd Catholic Church including Elizabeth Taylor, John F Kennedy Jr, Frank Sinatra, Farrah Fawcett, most of the cast of "The Wizard of Oz," and many more.

Mary Cummins Good Shepherd Church Beverly Hills California

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Beverly Hills YMCA on little Santa Monica Blvd. - Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

Beverly Hills YMCA, 9930 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212

09/09/2017 It appears the lease is up on the old YMCA building. The entire building is offered for lease at Entire Building 27,830 sqft Jul 21, 2017 51 days ago $5.25/sqft/mo triple net NNN or $146,000/month. It was built in 1950 on a 120' x 200' lot. YMCA owned it then sold it in 1995 for $1.95M. In 2003 it was in foreclosure then sold for $5,000,000. They now have a $5.9M loan on it.

https://42floors.com/us/ca/beverly-hills/9930-s-santa-monica-blvd

Seems other tried to lease it as well.

Beverly Hills YMCA 9930 Santa Monica blvd Beverly Hills

More pics of the pool. The advertise it as an Olympic size pool. An Olympic size pool is 50 meters. This is 25 yards. Big difference. It's located basically in the basement of the YMCA.

Beverly Hills YMCA 9930 Santa Monica blvd Beverly Hills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2S-zS2y3bY

Beverly Hills YMCA 9930 Santa Monica blvd Beverly Hills

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The Beverly Hills YMCA used to be located at 9930 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. It is now the JEM Center at http://www.jemcenter.com The building was built in 1950 and is 27,833 on a 24,003 sf lot.It last sold for $6,500,000 in December 2005. It's currently owned by BSD Properties in Santa Fe Springs, California.

The photo above is from the JEM Center who currently leases it beginning in 2003. When YMCA was at the site 2/3 of the people who went to the Y were not Christian but Jewish. The new Center is Jewish.

I went to the Y with my sister after school from 1972-78. Dara Torres hung out with me there after school. Ricardo Montalbon from "Fantasy Island" used to swim there during senior swim which was after swim team. Buddy Ebson from "The Beverly Hillbillies" also went there. Ben Stiller and his friends used to play basketball there. John Eikrem was the Director when I was there. He had two kids my same age.

John Eikrem used to be the Director. The Y started having some issues in 1988 because of the "C" in YMCA. Here's an article. For those who don't know Beverly Hills is/was mainly Jewish.

Beverly Hills YMCA, 9300 Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Beverly Hills YMCA 9300 Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Here is some history of the YMCA. http://www.ymca.net/history/1900-1950s.html

Beverly Hills YMCA, 9300 Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, CA 90212*

Beverly Hills YMCA swim team, the Dolphins

Beverly Hills YMCA swim team the Dolphins.

In the pics above Coach Conrad with the afro,

Here is their last 990 tax return for 2003 when they closed.
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/951/643/2004-951643395-01a5ee93-Z.pdf

990 from 2002. They changed their name to Beverly Hills Community Sports Center. They took in about $1.5M and spent about $1M on programs, rest on fees, costs, salary. Board of Directors were Leonard de los Prados, Mel Spitz, Alan Berlin, Dan Olincy, Bue Huemann, Ben Boston, Robert Curtis, George Fenomore, Larry Gittler, Gary Hoffman, Eric Lax, Yar Meshkaty,
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2003/951/643/2003-951643395-1-9.pdf

990 for 2001
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2002/951/643/2002-951643395-1-9.pdf

Entity Name:	BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTER
Entity Number:	C0197837
Date Filed:	04/25/1945
Status:	SOS/FTB SUSPENDED
Jurisdiction:	CALIFORNIA
Entity Address:	8671 WILSHIRE BLVD S700
Entity City, State, Zip:	BEVERLY HILLS CA 90211
Agent for Service of Process:	LEONARD DE LOS PRADOS
Agent Address:	8671 WILSHIRE BLVD S700
Agent City, State, Zip:	BEVERLY HILLS CA 90211

*Image from Mark Wanamaker, 2006. "Beverly Hills images 1930-2005."

There was talk that the YMCA might rescind BH YMCA license because of supposed needed repairs. Time and time again people complain about the BH Y when one of their board members is up for re-election for BH Council.

http://bvh.stparchive.com/Archive/BVH/BVH01062000P03.php

**Icons in Women's Sports. Dara Torres at BH YMCA, pg 557.

This article is about a friend of mine and BH YMCA. He was in the same grade as my sis.

http://www.wildbell.com/2011/04/19/i-always-new-where-i-was-going-how-to-get-there/

Matt Damon and Ben Afleck played bball at BH YMCA

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7fd8106-1f6f-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Q5cXW06X

I found some of my patches from Beverly Hills YMCA. I have a ton of trophies, medals, ribbons. Most were from YMCA meets then Catholic School meets then Jr Olympics, Nationals.

Beverly Hills YMCA patches swimming

Beverly Hills YMCA swim team, Mary Cummins

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Ray Bradbury, writer, home, demolished yesterday. Old and new pics of his house

UPDATE: 01/22/2015: The new owner and architect Mayne is now making up stories. He said he never knew it was the Bradbury house when he first saw it on the market. That's a lie. It says "Bradbury" all over the listing page, see below. It was like that the second it went on the market. There were a ton of articles about the house being on the market. The second it went on the market I drove down the street to look at it. I even made a Facebook page for the house.

Mayne has stated in the past that he doesn't know why people get upset when he tears down a house to build a new one. He says "architecture is transitory in nature." He said this after he tore down the Bradbury house. Now he's trying to say he saved all the wood to make projects. No, he didn't. I was there. They used machinery to rip down the home. The wood was broken up into little pieces and is now in two large trash bins exposed to rain, sun, heat, cold. If he was going to use the wood, he wouldn't have ripped the home down in that manner and tossed everything in trash bins. The only thing I saw that he saved were two windows.

My family used to own Downtown Salvage. We tore down most of the expensive homes in Beverly Hills for years. We first go in and salvage anything of value like wood beams, fire places, copper plumbing, doors, windows, railings, brick, tile.... We carefully removed that to trucks and transported to our huge indoor warehouses in downtown LA on 7th and Anderson near Mateo. We owned four blocks down there which we sold in the 1980's to a storage company. We carefully stored everything in the warehouse.

After the items of value were removed, then we'd go in with wrecking balls, bulldozers and demolish the home putting that in trash bins which we hauled to the dump. That is not what Mayne did at all. I live up the street and watched this.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:

It's with a heavy heart I give you the news that Ray Bradbury the writer's home of many years was demolished yesterday. Below is the original listing with original pics before it was sold.

Ray Bradbury, author, home, home, demolished, los angeles, california, mary cummins, real estate

	Mary Cummins
	Cummins Appraisal Services
	www.MaryCummins.com
	(310) 877-4770

STATUS: Sold

ADDRESS: 10265 CHEVIOT DR , LOS ANGELES 90064

SP: $1,765,000

Add'l Photos

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RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY	AREA: (8) Cheviot Hills - Rancho Park	MLS#: 14-760515	MAP: 632/F6	BR: 3
STYLE: Traditional	SUB:	PUD:	YB: 1937	BA: 3.00 (3 0 0 0)
APN: 4316-003-004	ZONE: LAR1	HOD:	STO: 2	APX SF: 2,456/AS
ADP:	VU: Yes	PL: No	APX LDM:	APX LSZ: 9,567/AS
APX ACREAGE: N/A	GH: N/A	FP#: 2		PKGT: 2
HORSE PROP:	LSE:	LOP:	FUR: No	PKGC:2
ELEM: Castle Heights	JRHS: Palms	SRHS: Hamilton

DIRECTIONS: East of Motor Avenue, At Queensbury Drive

REMARKS: 10265 Cheviot Drive is perhaps Cheviot Hill's most important address. For more than half a century it was home to Ray Bradbury, one of the most celebrated, beloved authors of our time. This charming traditional features a grand living room with soaring vaulted ceilings, classic brick fireplace, large bay window allowing soft California light to flood in across original hardwood floors and custom built-ins; formal dining room for proper entertaining with detailed crown moldings, expertly crafted wainscoting and wood shuttered windows; 3 generously sized en-suite guest bedrooms; maid's quarters on the main floor; expansive grounds with a large front yard as well as backyard to retreat to the outdoors in a secluded environment and a surprisingly spacious basement where he chose to write daily. A beautiful property with an important cultural provenance, come see where so many great works of fiction were conceived. A tremendous opportunity to begin a new chapter in its storied history.

ROOMS: Basement,Bonus,Breakfast,Den,Dining,Living
EQUIP: Built-Ins,Range/Oven,Refrigerator
AIR: None	HEAT: Central,Other
FLOOR: Hardwood	LAUNDRY: Inside,Room
FIREPL: Living Room	ROOF: Composition Shingle
POOL: Room For	TENNIS: None
PARK: Attached,Garage	SPA: None
VIEW TYPE: Green Belt	WATERFRONT: None
SEC: Owned	FIN: Cash,Cash To New Loan
SEWER: In Street	POSS: Close Of Escrow
DISC: As Is,Listing Broker Advantage	SZONE: Property Report
OCC/SHOW: 24-hr Notice,Appointment w/List. Office,Call LA 2	SALE TYPE: Standard
LAND TYPE:

LP: $1,495,000	DOM: 12	LD: 05/15/2014	SP: $1,765,000	SSP:	BLOG Y/N: Yes	LP/SF: $608.71
OLP: $1,495,000	CDOM: 12	CD: 05/27/2014	SD: 06/24/2014	WD:	AVM Y/N: Yes	SP/SF: $718.65

LA1: Rory Posin		DRE: 01030819
PH: 310-839-8500	CELL:	FAX: 310-559-5587
LO1: RE/MAX ESTATE PROPERTIES		PH: 310-205-0050
roryposin@aol.com

LA2: Kristian Bonk		DRE: 01466159
PH: 310-559-5570	CELL: 310-839-8500	FAX: 310-559-5587
LO2: RE/MAX ESTATE PROPERTIES		PH: 310-205-0050
kwbonk@yahoo.com

SA1: John Michael Cockinos		DRE: 01267199
PH: 310-442-1399	CELL: 310-612-5606	FAX: 310-820-1457
SO1: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage		PH: 310-820-6651
MC@MikeCockinos.com

SA2:		DRE: N/A
PH:	CELL:	FAX:
SO2:		PH:

CSO: 2.0%

LT: ER

LBA: Yes

BAC: Yes

LS: No

EO: Yes

PROBATE:

Broker/Agent does not guarantee the accuracy of the square footage, lot size or other information concerning the conditions or features of the property provided by the seller or obtained from Public Records or other sources. Buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of all information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals. Copyright © 2015 by TheMLS.com. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Friday, January 30, 2015

Keishon , Kenyata Blake, twins stab 62 year old neighbor Maria Rivas to death while purse snatching - Mary Cummins, Los Angeles, California

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Mary Cummins Beverly Hills High School class of 1982/1983 - California

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Beverly Hills YMCA on little Santa Monica Blvd. - Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Ray Bradbury, writer, home, demolished yesterday. Old and new pics of his house

Barbara Carrasco Mural LA History A Mexican Perspective at Natural History Museum by Mary Cummins

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