Developer scraps plans for 300 units of housing in Berkeley

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City officials said they just learned this week that the developer wouldn’t be moving forward. Hill Street Realty has projects in Pasadena, Santa Monica and other parts of the Los Angeles area, but the Berkeley project was slated to be its first in the Bay Area. Join us for a lively conversation with the mayors of Oakland and San Francisco ...
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The DeanBeat: 13 humble predictions for gaming in 2020

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Sony still has some of the best first-party studios in the world, such as newly acquired Insomniac Games and stalwarts like Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, Japan Studio, London Studio, Santa Monica Studio, Media Molecule, and Sucker Punch. Those studios are dedicated to outstanding narrative games that will be exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation 5 ...
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Ideal For Entertaining: 4-Bedroom Farmhouse In Santa Monica

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SANTA MONICA, CA — This modern farmhouse near Sunset Park is the perfect house for those who love entertaining their guests. Imagine hosting backyard barbecues and playing lawn games in the summer on the perfectly-manicured greenery as the cool breeze floats through the air. This four-bedroom, four-bathroom home boasts an updated kitchen ...
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Jetting Around: How to Avoid Travel Hassles This Awards Season

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A house car for local trips is available to all guests. Blade (flyblade.com) offers helicopter trips to and from NYC airports, among San Francisco Bay Area airports, between LAX, Burbank, downtown L.A. and Santa Monica, all around five minutes ($195). “It’s designed to be competitive with ground transportation,” says Will Heyburn ...
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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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