In wealthy Los Angeles, home sales are up. But prices aren’t

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There were 1,387 total residential sales in downtown Los Angeles plus west side neighborhoods including Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Brentwood, Century City, Westwood, Malibu, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades and West Hollywood in the fourth quarter of 2019. That’s a 11.2 percent jump from 1,247 sales in the fourth quarter 2018 in ...
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Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Groping Trial Can Include Testimony From 2 More Women

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A judge allowed prosecutors to admit into evidence the accounts of two accusers who say that Mr. Gooding groped them in bars in New York and California. The claims date back to 2013 and 2018. A judge on Wednesday ruled that two additional women who have accused Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Company of Angels Will Present the Los Angeles Short Play Festival: It's All ReLAtional!

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In honor of LA's famed DJ Art Laboe. CITY DATING Written by Tamadhur Al-Aqeel, Directed Mauro Flores Jr. When LA goes on a Tinder date with Glendale, dissed San Fran starts hating on San Diego, who breaks up with Tijuana; and Santa Monica won't take their calls. Three co-workers at an iconic LA theme park navigate the City of Angels' tragic ...
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Turning a spotlight on the Hollywood doyenne who gave refuge to artists fleeing Hitler

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Salka’s A-List guests, whether back in Berlin, Vienna and Prague or later at her Santa Monica home, weren’t just stars, they were superstars. Besides those already mentioned, she and Berthold were acquainted with Rilke, Kafka and Einstein, as well as the composer Kurt Weill, satirist Karl Kraus, novelist Alfred Doblin and critic Theodor Adorno.
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Help more New Yorkers fight evictions: The city’s landmark right-to-counsel law must be expanded

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By establishing a right to counsel in housing court, New York is at the vanguard of a movement taking place across the nation. San Francisco, Newark, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Santa Monica have since passed similar legislation, with other efforts underway in dozens of other cities. It’s even reached the federal level: Multiple presidential ...
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How the Restaurant Industry Is Bracing for Trump’s European Tariffs

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And at wine bar Esters in Santa Monica, Calif. owner Kathryn Weil Coker says 70 percent of her business is from wine. “It’s a really hard time for restaurants, especially in California with the minimum wage going up,” she says. “We really can’t change what we’re making on wine.” So a tariff of 100 percent would have to be passed ...
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‘Star Trek’ charts a new, yet familiar course with Patrick Stewart as ‘Picard’

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Kurtzman, 46, oversees the “Star Trek” TV operations from the inconspicuous offices of his production company, Secret Hideout, in Santa Monica. His workspace there is decorated with art and memorabilia celebrating a wide range of geek-culture touchstones — not just “Star Trek,” but “Superman,” “Back to the Future” and “Star ...
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Recording Academy® Announces Special "GRAMMY® Moments" to Take Place on the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards®

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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--In keeping with the tradition of presenting signature "GRAMMY ® Moments," the Recording Academy ® has announced two special segments to take place on the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards ®. The first, "Old Town Road All-Stars," will feature current nominees Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus joined by BTS ...
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Shareef O’Neal announces decision to transfer from UCLA

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We switch on the guard sometimes, so I have to learn how to guard every position.” O’Neal had been one of the most coveted prospects on the West Coast while leading Santa Monica Crossroads High to a state championship in 2018. He originally committed to Arizona before switching his allegiance and signing with UCLA. He was preparing to start ...
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