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Husband Who Killed Mentally Ill Wife With Flashlight Sentenced

AP | By LYNNE TUOHY | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Sentence, Flashlight, Christopher Smeltzer Sentence, Video, Mentally Ill, Christopher Smeltzer, Christopher Smeltzer Sentencing, New Hampshire, Brentwood, Second-Degree Manslaughter, Mara Pappalardo, Crime News

BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man was sentenced Friday to 15 to 30 years in prison for beating his mentally ill wife to death with a flashlight a...

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PHOTOS: Mandeville Canyon Masterpiece For $8.3 Million

Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Brentwood, Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles News

An architecturally stunning home in Mandeville Canyon has been listed for $8.3 million dollars. The 4,194-square-foot house is surrounded by lush o...

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Ready, Set, Shop: L.A.'s 5 Newest Fashion and Beauty Spots

Style Section L.A. | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Handbags, Sales, Beach, Santa Monica, Shopping, Surfing, Denim, Los Angeles, Malibu, Retail, Beauty, Makeup, Malibu Lumberyard, Ann Taylor, Brentwood Country Mart, Brentwood, Cosmetics, Fashion, La Shopping, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Style Section L.A.

Bored of shopping the same old stores? Here are a few of L.A.'s freshest retail spots -- lovingly curated by the staff of Style Section L.A.

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Dog Days of Summer in Toad Suck

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Albuquerque, Amarillo, Toad Suck Arkansas, Dog Parks, Oklahoma City, Toad Suck, Flagstaff, Dempsey Dumpster, Hailstorm, America, Hurricane, Nashville, Smokey Mountains, Wheaton Terriers, Route 66, Brentwood, Boating, Covered Bridge, Driving With Dogs, Asheville, Dog Days of Summer, Burns Park, Groom Texas, Driving Cross Country, Madison County, Tennessee, Blue Ridge Mountains, Vacation, Largest Cross, Dogs, Summertime, North Little Rock, I-40, Bucksnort, Travel News
Maggie Van Ostrand

I just got back from a cross-country drive with my two dogs and boy did we have a few adventures along the way. We were headed from Southern Californi...

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Chef Speak: Carly Brien of Pressed Juicery

Heather Taylor | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Brentwood, Slidepollajax, Juice, Health Food, Recipes, Best of La, Los Angeles, LA Restaurants, LA Food, Pressed Juicery, Los Angeles News
Heather Taylor

In just eight months since opening up shop, Pressed Juicery has become West LA's preeminent juice bar, featuring freshly pressed blends that are equally healthful and delicious.

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The Wilshire BRT: LA Metro's Achilles Tendon

Joel Epstein | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Brentwood, West LA VA, Veterans, Metro, City Council, Achilles Tendon, Condo Canyon, Disabled, Public Transportation, Los Angeles, Wilshire BRT, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Given the mobility challenge older and disabled riders face, they should be the city's fiercest supporters of the rapid public transit solutions like the Wilshire BRT will provide.

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PHOTOS: Vivi Nevo's Brentwood Modern For $4.79 Million

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 06.23.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Aviv Nevo, Vivi Nevo, Slidepollajax, Brentwood, Graydon Carter, Lee Manning, Zhang Ziyi, Brentwood Real Estate, David Offer, Los Angeles News

Media mogul Vivi Nevo's Brentwood home has been listed at $4.79 million, down from the original price of $5.29 million. Built in 1964 and since remode...

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PHOTOS: Frank Gehry's Schnabel House For $13 Million

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Brentwood, Jon Platt, Frank Gehry, Schnabel, Ipad, Los Angeles News

Frank Gehry’s Schnabel House is now for sale with a listing price of $13 million. The residence was completed in 1989 for Ambassador Rockwell Schnab...

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Showing Some Political Backbone for the Wilshire Boulevard BRT

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brentwood, Los Angeles, Condo Canyon, Egypt, Democracy, LA City Council, Chicago, Tunisia, Michael LoGrande, Cal Poly Pomona, Wilshire Boulevard, Roger Moliere, ULI LA, Metro, Michael Woo, Blackberry, Westside, Bill Rosendahl, Wilshire-Brt, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Next to the spontaneous uprisings against illegitimate regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, as a news story, the Wilshire bus rapid transit (BRT) project pal...

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Holiday Concierge: 5 LA Shops Worthy of Your Presents

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tortoise, Los Feliz, Holiday Shopping, The Hardwear Store, Turpan, The Tortoise General Store, Venice, Big Red Sun, Brentwood, La Shopping, Gifts, Los Angeles, Happy, Los Angeles News
Stacie Krajchir

Rather than spend another dime at the same old cookie cutter, overcrowded and cliché shopping mall retail stores, drop into one of these favored neighborhood nooks.

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Phyllis Diller Still Cackling at 93!

Barbara Schroeder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comedienne, Jokes, Phyllis Diller, Hersheyfelder, Slidepollajax, Famous Female Comics, Hilarious, Brentwood, Youtube, Stand Up Comedy, Entertainment News
Barbara Schroeder

Is there anything better than the perfect joke at the perfect time? Yes, having it delivered by an iconic, wild-haired, eccentrically-dressed female comic who opened the door for women.

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Brentwood Residents Outraged By LA Billionaire's Building Project

latimes.com | Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brentwood, Patrick Soon-Shiong House, Patrick-Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles News

Tucked between Sunset and San Vicente boulevards lies a leafy Brentwood neighborhood whose ranch homes, driveway basketball hoops and occasional picke...

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Breaking News: The 30/10 Initiative Is a National Story

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Bel Air, John McCain, Brentwood, President Obama, Washington, George Orwell, 30/10, Npr, Matt Drudge, Santa Monica, Congress, Wikileaks, Los Angeles, David Bohnett Foundation, Tom Friedman, Montana, Metro, Fox News, New York Times, Public Transportation, Bell, Norman Lear, Eli Broad, Roll International Corporation, Subway, Leonardo Dicaprio, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Let's close the 30/10 deal by being so united in our support that it is on the front page and everyone in Washington knows what we're talking about and asking for.

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Getting the Masses to Ride Mass Transit in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bus Rapid Transit, Westwood, Rick Caruso, 30/10 Initiative, Metro, Brentwood, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles Times, Subway to the Sea, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Streetcars, Businessweek, Mass Transit, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

With so many viable, desirable and thoughtful mass transit options out there let's keep plugging away on the good ones. I want more bus rapid transit and the Subway to the Sea along Wilshire.

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LAPD Source: Infiniti Involved In Hit-And-Run Is In Custody, Driver Has Been Identified...

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harvard Westlake Hit and Run, Harvard Westake Student Killed, Child Killed Brentwood, Julia Siegler, Brentwood Hit and Run, Harvard Westlake, Brentwood Student Killed, Brentwood, Infiniti, Harvard Westlake Middle School, Hit and Run Brentwood, Harvard Westlake Hot and Run, Student Killed Brentwood, Palisades Charter High School, Los Angeles News

UPDATE: The LAPD has ruled the incident to be an accident, and no charges have been filed against the drivers involved. The LA Times reports today: Tw...

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Brentwood Golf Course Employees Embezzle $180k

latimes.com | Bob Pool | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brentwood, Brentwood Golf Course Embezzlement, Gold Course Embezzled, Gold Course Embezzlement, Los Angeles News

On the golf course, a little undercounting is not unheard of as players shave a stroke or two from this hole or that one to make their score more bear...

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Everybody Eats Where? In LA, Vincenti

Mara Gibbs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pizza, Los Angeles, Italian-Restaurants, Vicenti, Los-Angeles-Restaurant-Reviews, Brentwood, Los Angeles Restaurants, Restaurant Reviews, Los Angeles News
Mara Gibbs

When you crave a real Italian pizza, one of LA's finest Italian restaurants, Vincenti, cranks up the heat in their wood burning oven on Mondays.

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Republican Millionaire Rick Caruso Backs Democrat Jerry Brown for CA Governor

Tina Daunt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Bratton, Oakland, Jerry Brown, Brentwood, California Republican Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010 California Governor, Lapd, Meg Whitman Governor, Los Angeles News
Tina Daunt

Millionaire mall developer Rick Caruso, a longtime Republican fundraiser and pal of Arnold Schwarzenegger, said in an interview with the Huffington Po...

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You Ain't Nothin' But a Blue Dog

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Talking Points Memo, Brentwood, Orange County, Jane Harman, Iraq War, Loretta Sanchez, Los Angeles, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

I'm glad to know that Reps. Harman and Sanchez have joined the growing call for a public option. But for the life of me, I do not understand what took Jane Harman so long.

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Homeless Marketing: Helpful Or Offensive? (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poll, Producer Pays Homeless Man to Hold Movie Poster, Homeless in La, Homeless Veterans, Homelessness, Brentwood, San Vicente and Wilshire, Homeless, Youth in Revolt, David Permut Advertising, David Permut Youth in Revolt, Los Angeles Homeless, David Permut Marketing, David Permut, Youth in Revolt Homeless Man, Impact News

David Permut is a film and television producer from Los Angeles. He's partially responsible for the cinematic entries "Captain Ron" and "Farce of the ...

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