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Touch Furnishings Launches Los Angeles Showroom (Interior Design)
The eco-friendly showroom features reclaimed wood fixtures and concrete flooring.
Options for a 'green' kitchen remodel (The Herald-Mail)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In any home remodeling project, the kitchen typically gets more than its share of attention and the budget, and even more so when it comes to an environmentally-friendly overhaul.
Elephant populations decline in the wild, but zoos may not be the answer (PhysOrg)
In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society estimated recently that the numbers had dropped again, from 3,500 to 1,000.
Preserving a Zen vision (Los Angeles Times)
The home that Japanese American artist and Los Angeles landscaper Benji Okubo built on the top of Mt. Washington in 1953 continues to reflect his vision 33 years after his death.
Pavilions celebrates 10 years on the mall (Denver Post)
Denver's downtown Pavilions turned 10 years old under local ownership and with a plan for renovation that seems mellow compared to the tough beginnings and high expectations a decade ago.
A huge problem (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Elephant populations in the wild are declining sharply, and zoos may not be the answer to saving this charismatic and complex animal.
TV host Eric Stromer averts do-it-yourselfers’ disasters (The Oklahoman)
I think most of us have a tendency to start home-improvement projects, get all excited about them and then get overwhelmed by other demands,” says Eric Stromer, star of "Over Your Head,” a popular reality show on HGTV. On the show, Stromer, a 40-ish surfer-dude type who once made People Magazine’s "Sexiest Men Alive” list, specializes in rescuing hapless do-it-your-selfers — and their families — ...
Luxury hotel opening in peanut-butter-and-jelly times (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Can you “Sé” tough timing? The owners of Sé San Diego are opening a $500-a-night luxury hotel – which claims the West Coast's biggest penthouse at $20,000 per night – in an economy more amenable to Motel 6.
L.A.'s new arts school an expensive social experiment (Los Angeles Times)
The campus has long been intended as a local school, mostly serving students from surrounding neighborhoods. Critics say the district's best resources shouldn't be restricted geographically. With just nine months left before it opens, a new arts high school in downtown Los Angeles still lacks a principal, a staff, a curriculum, a permanent name and a clearly articulated plan for how students ...
Today in the press (RTÉ News)
EXAMINER FOR DUBLIN-BASED INVESTMENT FIRM - The Irish Times reports that the High Court has appointed an interim examiner to First Equity Group, an asset management firm with projects worth €1 billion.
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