Thursday, May 17, 2012
Los Angeles County Deputies from Marina Del Rey substation responded to Tueday's 4:51 a.m. incident.
A 15-year-old boy with a baseball bat confronted a parolee allegedly caught burglarizing the teen's Windsor Hills home Tuesday, authorities said today. Responding to a burglary report at a home in the 5800 block of Mansfield Avenue, deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Marina del Rey substation arrived to find the boy and his father holding the man, according to a department statement. The boy told deputies he confronted the suspect with a baseball bat and yelled to alert his father, who helped him hold the suspect, who had a knife on him, deputies said. Reportedly no one was seriously injured. Deputies said they later discovered that another attempted burglary had occurred on the same block about three hours earlier. The suspect…
Metro's proposal to tunnel under Beverly Hills High School to bring the subway to Century City is opposed by Beverly Hills school and city officials.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors will meet to review objections to a proposed tunnel under Beverly Hills High School that would allow the so-called Subway to the Sea to reach Century City. The high school and Beverly Hills city officials requested today's public hearing because they believe placing the tunnel under the campus would be dangerous. Metro has recommended a Century City station at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars over an alternative stop at Santa Monica Boulevard and Century Park East, requiring the subway to go under the high school. The Century City Chamber of Commerce and other neighborhood groups have supported the Constellation station. On April 26, the Metro board approved three …
Videos of some of the events at this year's Marina Fest.
The Marina Fest will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and free for children 12 and under. To find out more about Marina Fest, visit marinafest.com Follow us on twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our newsletter | Blog for us
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
According to a real estate date information company, home sales are slowly rising.
Home sales in Los Angeles County rose by 8 percent in April, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices dipped by 3.1 percent, a real estate information service announced Wednesday. A total of 6,510 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 6,025 in April 2011, according to San Diego-based DataQuick. The median price of a home in Los Angeles County in April was $310,000, down from $320,000 in April 2011. In Orange County, 2,920 homes were sold in April, up 17.5 percent from April 2011, when 2,485 were sold. The median home price was $420,000 last month, down 2.3 percent from $430,000 in April 2011. A total of 19,282 new and resale houses and condos sold in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and …
The 19th century replica Bill of Rights will be available for public excursions.
The first tall ship in six years sailed into Marina del Rey on Tuesday to kickoff the Marina Fest, a celebration of the marine lifestyle. Bill of Rights, the 1856 replica gaff topsail schooner tall ship, is currently docked at the Del Rey Yacht Club before it heads to Fisherman’s Village, where it will remain through Sunday for public viewing and outings. The ship is typically anchored in Oxnard, where kids, some of whom have never stepped off a dock before, learn the physics of sailing, navigation and how to collaborate. “They look at themselves and the entire world in a whole different way after they sailed,” said Bill of Rights Capt. Stephen Taylor. Children, many of them socioeconomically disadvantaged, also learn species dissection, …
A 44-state investigation into the Manhattan Beach based global footwear company takes issue with claims made about the shoemaker's Shape-ups, Tone-ups, Skechers Resistance Runner, and Shape-ups Toners.
Shoemaker Skechers USA agreed to pay $40 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over health claims it made regarding toning footwear, the agency announced today. The consumer lawsuit claimed "toning" footwear known as Shape-ups, Tone-ups, Skechers Resistance Runner, and Shape-ups Toners toning shoes were falsely advertised to improve posture, promote weight loss, strengthen the back, improve blood circulation, promote sleep, reduce stress, reduce physical stress on knees, legs and ankle joints, and burn calories. The settlement was reached in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission and 44 states and the District of Columbia. If approved by the court, the proposed settlement will result in cash refunds for each pair of …
The scammers claim that President Barack Obama is offering a program of bill credits or direct payment of bills.
Southern California Gas Co. warned its customers Monday about a scam in which the culprits tell victims they can get credits on their utility bills if they provide information such as a Social Security number. According to the gas company, scammers have visited customers in person, used social media sites and even sent text messages to victims claiming that President Barack Obama is offering a program of bill credits or direct payment of bills. Officials of Southern California Gas Co. said workers for the utility always carry proper identification when visiting customers, and they do not randomly call or text customers asking for Social Security numbers or other personal information. Customers should verify a person's employment before …
See Los Angeles City Council member and mayoral candidate Jan Perry in conversation before a live audience at Cal-State Northridge.
(If video window doesn't appear, refresh the page.) Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry cruised through a list of issues at Cal State Northridge Tuesday in the second of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series of interviews with mayoral candidates. Moderator Christine Essel, the CEO for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, started off the event by saying that she had known Perry for 20 years. Questioned by Essel, Perry touched on redevelopment, jobs, housing, transit, education, pensions and the city's budget deficit. Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which was organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization; and Cerrell Associates, a Los Angeles political …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Home sales face a slight dip in Los Angeles.
Home prices in Los Angeles County jumped by 5.1 percent in April compared to the previous month, but the number of sales dipped slightly, the California Association of Realtors announced today, noting that statewide home sales reached their highest level in more than two years. In Los Angeles County, the median price of a single-family home was $286,800 in April, up from $272,920 in March. Last month's median price was down 1.3 percent from April 2011, when the median was $290,600, according to CAR. Home sales dipped in the county by 2.9 percent between March and April, and the April sales number was 0.6 percent lower than April 2011. In Orange County, the median home price was $513,950 in April, up 5.9 percent from $485,300 in March but …
Three new apartment complexes to be built.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve building permits for several redevelopment projects in Marina del Rey. Legacy Partners Neptune Marina, the developer, will demolish an apartment building on Via Marina and Marquesas Way and build three new condominium buildings. Additionally, Neptune will develop a 114-unit residential facility for seniors in an adjacent parking lot, and a 1.46 acre wetland park with a pedestrian pathway. Two of the new buildings will be 55 feet high and the other will measure 60 feet – or four stories with two levels of subterranean garage parking, providing 909 parking spaces. In April 2011, the board approved the redevelopment project amid a backlash from dozens of …
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