REIT execs on their portfolio management strategies

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We are prioritizing the repositioning of the Wyndham Santa Monica and The Mills House in Charleston, which we expect to complete by mid-2021. “Additionally, we anticipate repositioning two more Wyndham properties by the end of next year. We will provide updates throughout the year as we make progress. In early June, we put in the call ...
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Players 2020: Rory McIlroy is an extremely good Peloton cyclist, a 'monster on the bike'

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The room laughed, but inside I gasped. How juiced? “So I did that the Monday after Riviera in the hotel I was staying at in Santa Monica,” he continued. “My bike at home, I can sort of get on the Peloton, and I can sit in the saddle at like a 50 resistance at like 90—like a 90 cadence and just sort of bang that out for 45 minutes or an ...
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Ziaire Williams’ shot puts Sierra Canyon in state title game

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She scored 30 points to lead La Jolla Country Day past Los Angeles Windward 59-48. Freshman Juju Watkins scored 15 points for Windward. In Division II, City Section Open Division champion Palisades advanced to Saturday’s state championship with a 51-36 win over Santa Monica. Sammie Arnold and Demonnie Lagway each scored 12 points.
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Secret-sharing app Whisper left users’ locations, fetishes exposed on the Web

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The company said 30 million people still interact with the service through social media, the Web and by using the app every month. Whisper is owned by the Santa Monica, Calif.-based holding company MediaLab, which also owns the messaging app Kik, mix tape service DatPiff and online-exam app CoCo E-Learning. The company drew heavy criticism in ...
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Quibi denies stealing mobile technology as streaming debut looms

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Eko also said it shared information about its technology with Snap, the Santa-Monica-based social media and camera company in 2017 and 2018 to potentially integrate Eko’s technology in the Snapchat app. Two of the three employees who saw a demo of Eko’s technology later joined Quibi in October 2018 and were involved in the creation of the ...
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Fried chicken joint Phat Birds closes in East L.A.; bistro and cooking school Violet opens in Westwood

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Everytable, the L.A.-based fast-casual chain that aims to offer affordable and healthful meals to underserved communities, has opened a SmartFridge outlet at Santa Monica College. The grab-and-go concept joins locations at Cal State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez. Zach Swemle and Marlee Blodgett’s mobile pizza operation La Morra, which offers ...
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NBA Buy or Sell: Lakers will rely on defense to win championship; Jusuf Nurkic will help Blazers make playoffs

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If the Lakers win it all this postseason, will LeBron James and Anthony Davis' offense be the main reason why? We're getting to the point of the NBA season where teams are itching for the postseason to start.
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TrueCar names Mike Darrow CEO, president

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TrueCar has named Mike Darrow president and CEO, making permanent the role he'd filled on an interim basis since last May. Darrow, 62, will lead the Santa Monica, Calif., vehicle listings site and steer several new initiatives developed under his tenure, including new shopping tools and a rebranding campaign that launched this year. He also ...
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