Top, from left: Marley Poyo, CWC President Aaron Frank, Mira Sorvino and Chris Backus at the California Wildlife Center’s 2003 Wild Hearts Gala on Nov. 13 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Right: Cortney Litwin, Wild Hearts Angel awardee and writer for The Malibu Times, and Richard Riordan, former mayor and California’s newly appointed education secretary, at the 3rd Annual Wild Hearts Gala to benefit the California Wildlife Center. Cortney Litwin / TMT