Letters to the Editor: Ultra-liberal voters may once again give Trump the presidency

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Al Gore fell just four electoral votes shy of the presidency. Mark E. Kalmansohn, Santa Monica To the editor: Wiener maintains that Trump doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life as a “loser” and therefore wants desperately to be reelected. The real reason Trump seems to be fighting like a caged animal to stay in office is that he fears ...
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Magnitude 4 earthquake near Oxnard shakes up L.A. and Ventura counties

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Malibu’s Point Dume is about 25 miles northeast of the epicenter, and Santa Monica is about 40 miles east of the earthquake’s origin. Downtown L.A. is almost 55 miles away from the epicenter. There were no reports of damage in Oxnard, the Police Department said, where a dispatcher felt a bit of shaking. The earthquake occurred in an area of ...
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Penny Marshall’s Midcentury Hollywood Hills Home Is Listed for $7.195 Million

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Other rooms of note include a wood-paneled drawing room with its own wet bar, a formal dining room, and a main living area with a set of glass sliding doors that open to reveal views of Hollywood Boulevard, Santa Monica, and the Pacific Ocean. One special space in the abode was previously dedicated to all of the A League of Their Own director's ...
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Optimus Properties, LLC Completes $15M Purchase of Master Architect-Designed Golden Triangle Mixed-Use Trophy Asset

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Santa Monica Boulevard. The historical and attractive Modernist/Spanish Revival classic was built in the mid-1920's by Master Architect W. Asa Hudson (Beverly Hills Hotel bungalows) and consists of 18,000 rentable square feet with nearby parking located in an affiliate property across the street. Located on "little" Santa Monica Boulevard ...
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Five Luxurious New Hollywood-Loved Hotels That Debuted in 2019

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High profilers looking to stay a stone's throw from the ocean finally have a new option in Santa Monica that’s filled with Hollywood history. Stan Laurel of Laurel & Hardy made the beachfront haven his residence, throwing legendary parties for everyone from Jerry Lewis to Dick Van Dyke to Marcel Marceau. After a $25 million renovation ...
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Dowdy Venice cottages get a modern update

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Alas, her secret’s now out. The front home’s smallish master bedroom is clad in hemp wallpaper, which sets off a custom-built walnut bed made by Santa Monica’s Faithful Roots. The adjoining bathroom now has white paneled wainscoting — background to an elegant Waterworks Empire tub with a brass floor-mounted filler. In the back house ...
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Dinnerstein and Haimovitz make beautiful music together and more classical concerts in SoCal this week

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Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Bram Goldsmith Theater, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills. Thu., 7:30 p.m. $39-$99. (310) 746-4000. thewallis.org Mehta Conducts Wagner & More Mehta leads the LA Phil in selections from Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” featuring soprano Christine Goerke, plus Schoenberg’s Chamber ...
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Keller cries foul: Brokerage sues CBRE over WeWork lease deal

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Early last year, CBRE netted a $2 million commission when it brokered WeWork’s 116,000-square-foot lease at the Lantana office complex in Santa Monica. But Keller Williams claims it is owed half that amount, alleging CBRE disregarded a contract the two brokerages negotiated in July 2017 with WeWork’s then head of global real estate.
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Refugees Fleeing Nazi Germany Reshaped Hollywood. This Forgotten Woman Helped Make It Possible

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Fewer have told about the Americans who had the courage to take them in. Of those heroic citizens, at the top of the list for her uncompromising conviction and generosity, was a too-often-forgotten screenwriter in Santa Monica named Salka Viertel. Salka Viertel was a recently naturalized American when Hitler’s war began, having arrived from ...
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Zero to 60 in 2.2 seconds? Electric vehicles to watch

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Natural language comprehension will allow users to state commands in various ways, such as “Take me to Santa Monica” or “I want to go to Santa Monica.” The expected range will be 210 to 300 miles, depending on the model. In the “frunk,” or front trunk, the space usually occupied by an engine will offer space designed to hold ice for ...
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