In Search of Los Angeles Magic: Retracing Weetzie Bat’s Steps with Francesca Lia Block

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Francesca Lia Block is gazing at the old-time Santa Monica Pier carousel, looking genuinely forlorn. “Is Esmeralda still here?” she asks an employee doing maintenance work on this early Thursday morning near the tawny and grey-colored ponies, now anchored in stillness on golden poles. “No, she’s been gone for a few years,” he replies ...
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Netflix Series Is a Nightmare—and a Terrible Bore

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In truth, The Goop Lab is less like a lab and more like “The goop Lab,” a 1,300-square-foot, immaculately decorated bungalow tucked into the Brentwood Country Mart in Santa Monica, where the company hawks products like “Moon Juice’s Beauty Dust” and $80 linen hand towels. That is to say: an exorbitantly-priced store. Or more precisely ...
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One of the Nation’s Largest Pediatric Orthopaedic Fracture Centers Opens at Los Angeles’ Orthopaedic Institute for Children

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One of the largest pediatric orthopaedic fracture centers in the nation has opened at Orthopaedic Institute for Children in downtown Los Angeles.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara Help Firefighter Diagnosed with ALS

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The trio was in Santa Monica on Saturday to watch professional weightlifters compete at the Arnold Strongman USA competition. The annual contest — to decide who would qualify for the 2020 Arnold Strongman Classic in March. In a special moment during the event, organizers brought out 30-year-old firefighter Eric Stevens, who was diagnosed in ...
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Earthquake Jolts Los Angeles: 3.6 Magnitude

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Thousands of people took to Twitter to confirm whether or not a quake had just happened. It was reportedly felt from Hollywood to Santa Monica. While reporter Jory Rand tweeted that he felt “one jolt,” fellow ABC 7 reporter Denise Dador, who was located in Pasadena, tweeted that she felt “two jolts.” The earthquake hit nearly two miles ...
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Steph Shep Is a Climate 'Activist' for the Kardashian Generation

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We had our first event in November and partnered with the environmental nonprofit TreePeople. We were able to bring together a group of people to plant trees in the Santa Monica Mountains. We have more plans for 2020 to engage the Future Earth community and enact large-scale initiatives as well. We want to hold smaller discussions about climate ...
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Feds investigate causes of a norovirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park

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Yosemite, which was established in 1864, is no stranger to high-profile outbreaks of infectious disease. In 2017, a Santa Monica middle school temporarily canceled classes after nearly 200 students were potentially exposed to norovirus there. In 2012, a deadly hantavirus outbreak put Yosemite — the heart of the Sierra Nevada economy with 5 ...
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Famous Birthdays Passes 25 Million Monthly Unique Users

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Santa Monica-based Famous Birthdays, which operates an online website which lets people look up the birthdays and other information on celebrities and other famous people, says it has just passed 25 million monthly unique users. The site--headed by Evan Britton--says it also just surpassed 100 million monthly video views across its social channels.
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Sofia Vergara Strips Down & Throws On a Towel for for Massage at Friend's Spa

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As we reported, Vergara got to hang with Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Santa Monica Pier during a qualification event for his Arnold Strongman Classic. Afterward, she left the lifting competition behind and hit up date night with hubby Joe Manganiello. Showing herself in a sexy little black dress paired with some killer boots.
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