The gourmet kitchen in the main house. (Photo by Daniel Dahler Photography) The game room features an original 1930s speakeasy. (Photo by Daniel Dahler Photography) The mid-century house. (Photo by Daniel Dahler Photography) A fireplace anchors the living room in the mid-century house. (Photo by Daniel Dahler Photography) The sauna. (Photo by Daniel Dahler Photography)…
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In a ceremony punctuated by speeches, videos and streams of confetti, LA Metro opened its new 1.9-mile Regional Connector rail line on Friday, June 16, in hopes that its eighth train line will not only connect tourists to L.A.’s cultural landmarks but also bring back local commuters to downtown offices. The county’s transit agency has…
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Mother’s Day is one of the busiest days for the American restaurant industry, presenting a massive operational challenge to restaurants. That’s why it gained a reputation among waiters and restaurant staff as one of the most grueling days on the calendar. “Every server knows that working on Mother’s Day is hell. In fact, if I…
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1. Be on the lookout for two noxious weeds that require extreme vigilance to remove them from the garden. The first is false garlic (Nothoscordum inodorum). Its flowers and foliage may fool you into thinking that they belong to some sort of desirable type of onion or garlic until you see the plant proliferate and…
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March 2023 OC home price change by ZIP from CoreLogic (Map by Flourish) Home prices fell in the past year in roughly three of every five Orange County neighborhoods. Countywide, the median selling price was $990,000 in March – off 3% in a year, according to CoreLogic data. Sales totaled 2,109 existing and new homes…
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Democratic state Sen. Dave Min was elected to the California Senate in 2020 thanks to a massive spending binge by the California prison guard union. The union spent about $1.5 million elect Dave Min, who in turn voted to give them massive raises and giveaways (worth over $500 million) as soon as he took office.…
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On Monday last, I drove to Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Park for a pickup softball game. I left the house at 8 a.m., which should have left plenty of time to reach my destination.Unfortunately, the 101 was extra grouchy and Waze sent me meandering through a labyrinth of surface streets, including a long jog north to…
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Southern California communities are expecting to be “deeply impacted” by the end of Title 42, a coronavirus-era policy that allowed the U.S. to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border. Between the state’s proximity to Mexico and a sizable immigrant population that already calls California home, the changes at the border may result in…
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With his signing of a death warrant for Duane Owen on Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis has now approved four executions in less than four months, ending a long drought where he didn’t condemn any murderers to die. That move comes as DeSantis is on the verge of declaring a bid for the White House, raising…
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About 10 years ago, we traded our fescue for UC Verde buffalograss. The transformation took several months, but our grass has held up well against the 100+ degree summers. It demands much less water, so we can be more generous in irrigating our fruit trees and vegetables. At the time we installed it, there were…
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