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Hotel leaves light on
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Anxious Fairmont staff awaits hotel’s sale
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BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
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WILSHIRE BOULEVARD — Union officials representing more than 220 hotel employees here are closely monitoring the pending sale of the Fairmont Miramar to see who the new owner will be and what impact
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
Volume 5, Issue 204
CHUCK
SHEPARD
On many weekends a year in parks in the Washington-Baltimore area, 100 or more people gather in medieval costumes and wield soft weapons to wage battle in the 20-year-old Darkon Wargaming Club, according to a May report in Baltimore City Paper. Players point out that their hobby is simply of a piece with historical-battle video games and feature films, but still acknowledge the whimsy. Said a club manager (who is the wife of the player “Shalor” of the “Bloody Axe Mercenary Company"), on seeing the games for the first time: “I didn’t want to get out of the car. I thought it was the dorkiest thing I’d ever seen. And 12 years later, of course, I’m running the thing.” (An acclaimed documentary film on the club, “Darkon,” has just been released.)
BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Daily Press Staff Writer
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press CASH REGISTER The Fairmont Miramar Hotel, located at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, is up for sale and expected to fetch roughly $210 million, or $700,000 per room.
DOWNTOWN — It appears that the retail and office climate here has reached a critical mass. With most vacant spaces either filled or soon to be filled, retailers are
Crowd closer to fine
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Snow & Surf Report 3
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Kim Jong’s going to Disneyland!
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Commentary 5
State Some serious flower power
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National Trees of enlightenment
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Sports Seems like old times
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MOVIETIMES It’s a bird, it’s a plane
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Comics Yak it up, yakmeister
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Classifieds Ad space odyssey
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Folk-rock duo The Indigo Girls, Amy Ray (left) and Emily Saliers, perform at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday night as part of the summer-long Twilight Dance Series concerts.
SM COURTHOUSE — The defense of Michael Jackson began in earnest on Friday in the $1.6 million lawsuit brought against the entertainer by a former associate, a day highlighted by bizarre twists such as cash loans smelling of French fries and a $1 million gift given by the singer to late actor Marlon Brando. The jury began the day watching hours of videotaped testimony by Jackson, who repeatedly said he couldn’t remember the details, financial or otherwise, of his dealings with F. Marc Schaffel, a former See JACKSON TRIAL, page 14
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Opinion
More of the same
finding Santa Monica to be a vibrant place to set up shop — even if rent prices exceed more than $12 per square foot in some areas, like the Third Street Promenade. “Right now, there are good
Jackson begs to differ over cash claims
Horoscopes
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Downtown is filling up
INDEX Out there and loving it, Libra
they may have on future contract negotiations. Kurt Petersen, organizing director of UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing 225 employees of the Miramar, said a contract between his members and the
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