Charlotte Rubin, 104, right, pauses for a photo during the Beverly Hills centenarian celebration. The event was one of the first in a rolling, yearlong birthday party for the city, which turns 100 this year. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Sitting on dad Eric Freedman’s lap, Brent Freedman, 3, talks with great-grandfather Walter Freedman, 100, as grandfather Gary Freedman right, and grandmother Nancy Freedman, in back, look on at Beverly Hills’ tribute to residents as old as or older than the city. Beverly Hills was incorporated Jan. 28, 1914. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)