In this weekly column, real estate agents across the nation share stories of the lessons they’ve learned during their time in the industry. This week, Southern California broker Troy Palmquist explains why your output is only as good as your input.

CALABASAS, Calif. (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board,

Rainbo was grossing about $4 million annually when it moved to Santa Monica in 1974 and invested in cassette duplicators, automatic pressing equipment, high-speed plating and shrink-wrap machines to become a one-stop shop. Two dozen presses pushed out Donna Summer and Bee Gees product, easy listening and budget classical recordings, and bawdy ...

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© Provided by The Independent David Schwimmer has said the #MeToo movement led to “a lot of overreacting” about sexual harassment. Speaking to The Guardian, the Friends actor, said that initially when the movement emerged,

"I'm going to my agent's in Santa Monica," he replied to me that day. "I can give you a ride to your hotel (the Marina Del Rey Marriott, right next to Santa Monica), but that's about it." It took maybe 25-30 minutes, first on the 405, then on Highway 10 toward-the-beach traffic. He pulled out of the parking lot in a jet-black BMW 740iL.

The day began as an idyllic Sunday in Calabasas, the suburbs of Los Angeles. The weather was crisp and a low fog hung in the air, obscuring the tops of the Santa Monica mountains. Around 10:00 a.m., neighbors began texting each other, “Is anyone else seeing the smoke billowing from the valley near Las Virgenes Road and Mulholland Drive?”

The crash took place in Calabasas, a city of about 25,000 people in the Santa Monica Mountains about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Art Marrujo, a dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, said firefighters quickly ...

It was VIP only today in Santa Monica's Stoner Park to celebrate the Bark-Mitzvah of Penny- The fabulous Goldendoodle. Thirteen year old Penny, (who likes to go by the age of two) was joined by her closest studs & bitches. Penny was overheard barking about how time goes so fast in dog years but her friends reassured her she was looking great.

The Vaxxed bus rolls into town. It parks outside of the Laemmle Theater, in downtown Santa Monica. On the outside of the bus, there are nearly 10,000 names. All painstakingly written by hand, a lot of hands. Inside are the echoes of their voices, their tears, their sorrow. Polly Tommey has heard them all. Day after day, week after week ...