The design of the newly built Craftsman in Long Beach was heavily influenced by Greene & Greene. (Steven Weaver) latimes.com — To say Steve Weaver is a Greene & Greene fan is an understatement. His two-story Craftsman in the Belmont Park neighborhood of Long Beach is a hybrid of classic Arts and Crafts styling and modern function. Portions look like they are [...]
scubadiving.com — The fishermen won’t be too happy, but local divers in Southern California are gearing up. Five years after the 58‐foot, steel-hulled A.C.E. bait boat went down in a storm off San Clemente, a team from Beach Cities Scuba recently located it and prepared the site for recreational diving. The site was a closely guarded fishing spot until a boat captain received [...]
The house, designed by Norm Applebaum, has three bedrooms and two bathrooms in 3,864 square feet. (Jenni Young) latimes.com — Eileen and Carlton Appleby opened their Escondido home to a group of architects and designers in 1984 as a place to judge entries for the city's Civic Center design competition. One of the judges, Michael John Pittas, who at the time was [...]
The Laguna Beach contemporary is stepped and set back to reduce the appearance of mass. (Vincent Ivicevic) latimes.com — Cut into a steep hillside, this contemporary home in north Laguna Beach reflects the changes the city made to its municipal code in 2002, commonly known as the "mansionization ordinance," to reduce the appearance of mass from the growing number of stacked [...]
M Magazine — Alex Wilcox is seeing red these days—as in red stripes, and that’s a good thing. The CEO of Long Beach-based JetSuite, Wilcox recently took delivery of three more Embraer Phenom 100s, which brought his young fleet to 12 shortly before the end of its first full year of operation. Originally called Magnum Jet when it launched in 2006, the company’s plan [...]
M Magazine — Producer-director McG, who flew in from New York a few hours earlier, is giving a tour of his Wonderland Sound & Vision headquarters off Sunset Blvd. Later in the afternoon, he’ll head over to 20th Century Fox to discuss the release date of “This Means War”, his latest directing project starring Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine. A fireball of [...]
Agave, flax and birds of paradise flank the steps leading up to the original copper gates, which have a water-and-leaf design. (Michael McNamara) latimes.com — Nearly a decade after he purchased Lloyd Wright's 1926 Sowden House and pumped more than $2 million into the historical property, designer Xorin Balbes has put the Mayan Revival on the market. The thickly ornamented, steel-reinforced [...]
cadivingnews.com — Five years after the 58-foot, steel-hulled A.C.E. drum seiner sank off the coast of San Clemente, a team of divers from Beach Cities Scuba (BCS) recently located it and prepared the site for recreational diving. Now buoyed about five miles south of the Dana Point Harbor, the A.C.E. offers divers an opportunity to explore a new wreck that’s roughly halfway between [...]
latimes.com — On a cul-de-sac overlooking the second hole of La Costa's North Course, a late-1970s International-style home has been extensively remodeled with an eye for detail and a seven-figure outlay. From the outside, the flat roof, cubic shapes, pure white exterior and series of tinted black-framed clerestory windows give the home a suspended-in-time appearance. Donald Cromley [...]
latimes.com — The 62-room mansion was converted into rental units long ago. Some renters have lived there for decades. Pyne Castle, Walter Estel Pyne's Normandy Revival creation one mile north of downtown Laguna Beach, is on the market for the first time in 40 years. An eccentric and frugal entrepreneur, Pyne sold player-pianos through his Santa Ana franchise, but it was the discovery [...]