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Opinion: California housing and the environment are often at odds. They don't have to be

New legislation in Sacramento encourages urban and suburban housing while discouraging exurban sprawl that paves over wilderness and invites fires and floods....

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A homeless housing nonprofit's buildings are in shambles. City plans intervention

Los Angeles housing officials are planning to step in with immediate help to stabilize residential buildings that the financially strapped Skid Row Housing Trust is unable to maintain in habitable condition....

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Legendary Fox Studio Lot set for $1.5-billion expansion

Murdochs plan $1.5-billion upgrade to legendary Fox Studio Lot — formerly 20th Century Fox — where filming began nearly a century ago....

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A Black couple settles lawsuit over a home valuation that rose when a white friend posed as the owner

The home valuation increased substantially when a white friend posed as the homeowner. The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount....

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What's the deal with Burbank's gigantic castles? We have answers

Massive turrets. Stained glass windows. Sneering stone gargoyles. We discovered the story behind the enormous castles dotting Burbank....

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Winner of $2-billion Powerball jackpot drops $25.5 million on Hollywood Hills mansion

Powerball jackpot winner Edwin Castro dropped $25.5 million on a Hollywood Hills home shortly after winning the $2-billion lottery....

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A chunk of Rancho Palos Verdes is sliding into the sea. Can the city stop it?

A decades-long landslide has reshaped a 240-acre part of Palos Verdes Peninsula known as Portuguese Bend. Rancho Palos Verdes is mounting a plan to slow it....

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L.A. County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000

L.A. County's proposed earthquake rules would require certain older concrete buildings in unincorporated areas, and those owned by the county, to be retrofitted....

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Historic movie lot that gave Studio City its name to get $1-billion makeover

Historic movie lot in Studio City that was home to iconic television shows, from 'Gunsmoke' to 'Seinfeld,' is getting a $1-billion makeover....

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How renovation of an iconic Chinese mall represents a shift in L.A.'s Chinese community

Columnist Frank Shyong first visited Focus Plaza as a seventh-grader with his family. He sees the mall's renovation as a symbol of Southern California's changing Chinese population....

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O.C. malls, fading from their hip glory days, may get new lives as apartments

In an area where there is little undeveloped land and neighbors are likely to push back at new housing, some see the declining malls as ideal places to build....

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Kim Zolciak-Biermann can rest easy in her Georgia mansion: Foreclosure auction is off

Oops, it was just a misunderstanding: 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' alum Kim Zolciak-Biermann won't see her home sold at auction over a loan default....

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Mark Wahlberg sells lavish Beverly Park mega-mansion for $55 million

Mark Wahlberg just sold his French-inspired mega-mansion in Beverly Park for $55 million, Southern California's priciest home sale so far this year....

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Some buyers find deals in shifting Southern California housing market

Falling mortgage rates and home prices bring some buyers back into the Southern California market just in time for spring....

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Opinion: California housing development remains abysmal despite reforms. Here's what's missing

L.A., San Francisco and other cities need massive private development to supply homes and reduce homelessness. That's why reforms like SB 9 fail....

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Selling a rental property? Here are the tax consequences

Selling a rental property is more complicated than selling your personal home. If you're not using the proceeds to buy another property, it's going to cost you....

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More San Francisco homes selling below asking price. Could that trend come to L.A.?

Data reveal that if not a buyer's market, then the Bay Area is a more buyer-friendly market. Homes are relatively cheaper — a pattern that may manifest in Los Angeles....

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San Pedro Fish Market to close Ports O' Call site after more than six decades

The San Pedro Fish Market and Restaurant will close its location in the Ports O' Call Village in March. The restaurant plans to remain in San Pedro....

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Nelson Rising, who shaped L.A. and oversaw some of California's biggest projects, dies at 81

Rising led the development of the U.S. Bank tower in downtown L.A., the creation of Playa Vista and — nearly — an NFL stadium....

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A deadly building flaw common in California brings destruction and misery to Turkey, Syria

The flaws of non-ductile concrete construction are found across California, with many buildings having not been evaluated or retrofitted and at risk of collapse in a serious earthquake....

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