Carspotting: 2011 Alpina B7

Maybe our German readers can help me with this one.  It's a new B7 parked in California.  It has a BMW of Beverly Hills registration sticker on the windshield, but German plates.  Did this get here through BMW's European delivery program?  Is that license plate a legitimate (and recent) plate from Germany?

Here is an excellent article about the new B7.