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National CORE, City of San Clemente to Host Grand Opening of Las Palmas Village Apartment Community

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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – National Community Renaissance , one of the nation’s largest nonprofit community builders, and the City of San Clemente hosted a Grand Opening of the highly anticipated Las Palmas Village Apartments on Wednesday, March 2. Las Palmas provides 18 units of much- needed workforce housing for very low-income families in south Orange County . Located near San Clemente’s historic downtown, the community matches the city’s “ Spanish Village by the Sea” design style and will feature an onsite community resource center with computer stations, private underground parking , an outdoor courtyard garden area and private patios and balconies in select units. A 19th unit will be for the on-site manager. The community also will feature on-site economic mobility assistance through the Hope through Housing Foundation. “Las Palmas exemplifies a successful partnership with National Community Renaissance and others,” said Mayor Bob Baker . “I am proud that the City of San Clem...

Death toll in Spain attacks rises to 14

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Catalan authorities say a woman injured in an attack in a popular seaside town south of Barcelona has died. The woman, who wasn't named, is the first fatal victim of the attack late Thursday in Cambrils, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Barcelona. It came hours after a van slammed into pedestrians on a busy Barcelona promenade , killing 13 people and injuring over 100 others. Police on Friday shot and killed five people wearing fake bomb belts who staged a car attack in a seaside resort in Spain's Catalonia region hours after a van plowed into pedestrians on a busy Barcelona promenade , killing at least 13 people and injuring over 100 others. Authorities said the back-to- back vehicle attacks — as well as an explosion earlier this week elsewhere in Catalonia— were connected and the work of a large terrorist group . Three people were arrested, but the driver of the van used in the Barcelona attack remained at large and the manhunt intensi...

Studio on 280 acre Sevier River Ranch - 1 King and 1 Twin bed

The Barn @ Sevier River Ranch & Cattle Company is a private studio style apartment located on a quiet 280 acre cattle ranch in Hatch, between Bryce Canyon (25 mins) and Zion National Park (50 mins). The air conditioned Barn is newly decorated with ranching antiques and consist of a main room with a king bed and a twin beds (if you need additional capacity, check out the listings for the Wranglers Quarters and Ranch Hands Bunkhouse ), a kitchenette with sink, microwave, refrigerator and "Nespresso" style automatic espresso and coffee maker (no stove or cooking utensils) and a private bathroom with bathtub/shower combination, toilet and sink. It sleeps 3 people and is a bit larger than our other 2 cabins, but has no river view. High speed Internet service (wifi) and DirecTV satellite TV service are available. Two other cabins are located on the ranch about 100 feet away: the Ranch Hands Bunkhouse (sleeps 2 in 2 twin beds) and the Wranglers Quarters (sleeps 2 in o...

Celebrity Real Estate: Ellen DeGeneres, Lauren Conrad, David Bow - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather

Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst - Now Where, Ellen? Some creatively restless people take up watercolor. Others seek temporary solace with a little retail therapy. Then there's Ellen DeGeneres . And then there's her $45 million, 17- acre Santa arbara estate . The comedian and real estate tycoon has done all she can to upgrade, enhance and furnish the 10,000-square-foot villa she and wife Portia de Rossi bought in 2012 for $26.5 million, so it's time to say so long. So what if the massive chunk of land and the Tuscan- style home overlooks the Pacific Ocean in one of America's greatest coastal communities ? Who cares if the natural setting includes olive trees and a Roman- style swimming pool ? There's plenty of other intriguing real estate fish for Ellen to fry. And has been Ellen DeGeneres' habit, she's now ready to sell this fantastically unique property and move on to a "blank canvas." Baby On Board Makes Lauren Conrad Rethin...

Why didn't Buckingham Palace fly flag half mast for Diana?

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They were the seven days that shook the world, from the death of Princess Diana to her funeral at Westminster Abbey.  In this poignant series to mark the 20th anniversary, Jonathan Mayo reconstructs those momentous events as they happened though the eyes of Royal Family members , politicians, the Princess’s family, and a heartbroken public . . . Monday, September 1, 12.15am Paris time/ 11.15pm UK time  Jill and Ernie Rees-Jones are walking down the Champs-Élysées in Paris to get some air. Their son Trevor, the Princess’s bodyguard and sole survivor of the crash that killed her, is lying unconscious in the nearby Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital. There is huge media and public interest in Trevor’s recovery, as his memories may unlock the cause of the crash. Suddenly a car races towards them, and Ernie pushes Jill out of its way just in time. He kicks the car as it passes and yells at the driver. But Jill can see the funny side: if she’d been hit, she could’ve ended up in a bed next to Trev...