Mapping Joan Didion’s Los Angeles

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Some gaze at a photograph—a fleeting instant captured in Hollywood or Malibu—until it speaks its truth ... On January 30, 1964, shortly after her 30th birthday, Joan Didion married fellow writer John Gregory Dunne in central California’s Mission San Juan Bautista. According to Tracy Daugherty’s Didion biography, The Last Love ...
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Homicide Detectives Shed Light on Julia Christine Snyder Death Investigation

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An LA County Sheriff’s Department Homicide investigation into the death of 53-year-old Malibu resident Julia Christine Snyder was still underway as of Monday, March 2, nearly two weeks after the discovery of her body. Snyder was initially reported missing from the 4300 block of Ocean View Drive in Latigo Canyon on Feb. 8. According to ...
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Spring Forward on March 8 with Daylight Saving Time

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Enjoy your hour of sleep while you can: Daylight Saving Time goes into effect this Sunday, March 8, at 2 a.m. Prepare to be a little groggy since you’ll be losing an hour overnight, but those long summer evenings are just around the corner. DST will end on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2 a.m., when we resume Standard Time.
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From the Publisher: Voting Day Angst

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This week is about Joe Edmiston’s plan for Malibu Bluffs Park. Part of Bluffs Park is owned by the city and has the ballfields. The rest of Bluffs Park—some 80-plus acres—is SMMC/MRCA property and Joe wants to build campsites on the westernmost portion. I must confess that I can’t really blame Joe Edmiston for a good part of this.
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Joint Statement From The Westside Cities Of Beverly Hills, Culver City, Malibu, Santa Monica, And West Hollywood On Novel Coronavirus

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 – The Westside cities of Beverly Hills, Culver City, Malibu, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood are jointly following the lead of Los Angeles County and its Department of Public Health (Public Health) and are at-the-ready for local action if the County or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend it.
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Former Hollywood film producer turned developer unveils Five Points project

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“We’re keeping several of the buildings from Pendleton to what used to by Hip Wa Zee,” Spoliansky said from his home in Malibu, Calif. “And the new construction will have a sense of Five Points.” The strip would “operate as one community” with parking in the back accessed by a new curb cut on Pendleton, he said. The plans indicate ...
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