Sky NewsA former London Underground station used as a World War Two command centre has been sold to a mystery buyer for £53m. The Brompton Road property, close to department store Harrods, was owned by…
OPP ConnectWhen it comes to British overseas property demand generated by the Olympic Winter Games, France has won gold, says a top agent. For Russian property buyers, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Spain are all winners, but…
ForbesWithout a mound to stand on, Zito has turned his focus back to his bulging real estate portfolio, which includes this for-sale home, a massive property in the Sunset Plaza area of Los Angeles, and…
San Francisco Chronicle(02-27) 12:23 PST SAN FRANCISCO — Five San Francisco police officers and a former officer have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges including extortion, dealing drugs, stealing computers and other…
CBSSports.com“We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity… to develop this unique property, which we expect will become a transformational and vital urban, residential sports and entertainment center for [Oakland],” Colony CEO Thomas J. Barrack, Jr….
USA TODAYMike Trout finally landed the record-setting deal everyone has been breathlessly awaiting Wednesday morning, assuring he will remain property of the Los Angeles Angels through 2020. He signed a one-year, $1million contract. OK, sure,…
CNBC.comInvestment firm London Central Portfolio is set to launch a London residential property fund in Singapore next month, focusing on the central districts of the city, and in direct response to growing Singapore demand for…
Battle Over London Market Raises Development IssuesNew York TimesLONDON — Trying to renovate a Victorian market and tack on some offices hip enough for Google in the oldest part of this ancient city is not…
Memphis mayor traveling to anti-violence meeting focusing on young African …Memphis Commercial AppealOther featured panelists include the mayors of Milwaukee, Oakland, Calif. and Tacoma, Wash. Even as overall crime rates drop, violent crime remains a…
UK home prices to rise 7 percent this year as London leaps – Reuters pollReuters UKThere will be a lot of people thinking, `I will lock in my mortgage now’,” said London-based independent property market…
Childress Klein buys land for $100M apartment project in NashvilleThe TennesseanThe site for a new $100 million apartment project was once the subject of a bitter eminent domain battle. Part of the property had previously…
Daily MailA London penthouse is believed to be the most expensive rental property in the country after it was put on the market for £2.3m a year. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom apartment is located in the…
Middle class ‘cling-ons’ squeezed out of London property marketFinancial TimesLarge numbers of high earners have been locked out of the London housing market, according to an analysis by the Financial Times. Research suggests that entire…
Homeless man pays property taxes after moving into abandoned Cleveland …The Plain DealerMr. Hayes, a homeless man, moved six years ago into an abandoned house on Cleveland’s West Side, where he has become a model…
Extreme Biodiesel’s XTRM Cannabis Ventures stock is taking off on the heels of legalization of medical marijuana production and moves made made to build a 40-acre manufacturing plant in California. Shares of the startup’s stock…
Economic TimesMUMBAI: Mumbai builder Lodha Group has bought a second building in London for over 90 million pounds, or around Rs 1,000 crore, in the space of three months. In November, the group had acquired…
Los Angeles eliminates sidewalk repair fee for homeownersDaily BreezeProperty owners who pay for sidewalk repairs will not have to pay an additional permit fee from the city under a motion unanimously approved Tuesday by the…
Mysterious Houston mansion for saleHouston ChronicleLooking like some kind of long-forgotten Disney haunted mansion, this unique property is in need of more than just a little TLC. But, if you’re up for a renovation challenge,…
Houston Chronicle (blog)Another note: Houston’s property values are shooting up fast, with a historically low supply of houses on the market. The HSN.com report came out the same day the Houston Association of Realtors released…
RegisterCrowd-funding site Kickstarter has become the latest high-profile Internet property to call on users to reset their passwords, after announcing that an attacker had made off with user data. However, the site is at pains…
The GuardianThe governor of the Bank of England has admitted it is powerless to control the soaring prices of prime property in London. Mark Carney played down fears of a bubble in the wider market,…
Las Vegas Sun (blog)Wranglers President Billy Johnson said today that Las Vegas‘ entrant in the ECHL has reached an agreement with owners of the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas to play its home games in…
Las Vegas Wranglers announce move to downtown’s PlazaLas Vegas Sun (blog)Wranglers President Billy Johnson said today that Las Vegas‘ entrant in the ECHL has reached an agreement with owners of the Plaza in downtown Las…
NBC Southern CaliforniaThe owner of a camel that bit at least one person after it escaped from its pen north of Los Angeles was not permitted to have the animal on the property, according to…
Oil and gas company sues city of Dallas over right to drill on leasesDallas Morning NewsTrinity East Energy sued the city of Dallas on Thursday to recoup its investment in oil and gas leases because…
Dallas Morning NewsBefore the remodeling, there was so much dark granite inside the Berkshire at Preston Center that the lobby of the North Dallas office tower looked like a crypt. “You couldn’t see people on…
Lawmaker wants to eliminate weather as a factor in enforcing evictionsChicago Sun-TimesBut one Chicago lawmaker introduced legislation this week that would eliminate weather as a factor in enforcement of eviction judgments — making exceptions only…
Extreme Biodiesel’s XTRM Cannabis Ventures Medical Marijuana Stock Hot | $XTRM Extreme Biodiesel XTRM Cannabis Ventures Medical Marijuana Plant Due To Farm Bill $XTRM Extreme Biodiesel’s XTRM Cannabis Ventures To Grow Medical Marijuana. Medical Marijuana…
Oakland ‘ganjapreneur’ gets five years probation for fraud schemeSan Jose Mercury NewsOAKLAND – An Oakland businessman known for his involvement in the medical marijuana industry was sentenced today to five years’ probation in a scheme…
The GuardianA property tycoon who promised one billion Hong Kong dollars (£78m) to any man who married his daughter has withdrawn his offer after she published an open letter asking him to accept her sexuality…
Telegraph.co.ukLondon has become the property “safe haven of the world”, according to the European boss of the world’s second largest estate agent, though swaths of the capital risk becoming “ghost towns” because overseas investors buy…
ABC NewsSamsung Electronics Co. has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to cross-license their patents, reducing the risk of costly legal disputes over intellectual property and likely fostering greater collaborate between the two tech giants….
Entertainment Tonight NewsThe 19-year-old man named Juan Garcia was allegedly caught when a family member called 911 after allegedly spotting the teen on the property of Gomez’s Encino home. The arrest occurred around 9:30 a.m….
Mirror.co.ukSelena Gomez is shaken after an intruder was arrested on suspicion of trespassing at her home. Cops have confirmed a 19-year-old man was cuffed in the premises of Selena’s property in the San Fernando Valley’s…
EntertainmentwiseAs if having to deal with Justin Bieber’s latest brush with the law wasn’t enough to deal with, poor Selena Gomez has also been the victim of an intruder trespassing on her Californian home, according…
Financial ExpressSummaryA teenager has been arrested on suspicion of trespassing on pop star Selena Gomez’s LA property. Related Articles. Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber post intimate pictureJustin Bieber, Selena Gomez vacation togetherJustin Bieber arrested while …Teenager…
TMZ.com0125-selena-gomez-stalker-x17 Scary moment for Selena Gomez that had nothing to do with Justin Bieber — instead it was a guy getting busted at her home for allegedly creeping around on her property Saturday morning. Cops…
CNN(CNN) — Edward Snowden douses the idea of his returning to the United States — where he faces charges of espionage and theft of government property for leaking sensational details of spy programs — saying…
Times of IndiaSTOCKHOLM: Videogame maker King, creator of the Candy Crush Saga, a game that has millions of fans around the world, said on Tuesday it had trademarked the word “candy” to protect the game…
BusinessweekLondon house-price growth slowed in January after the best year since 2006 as values slid in the most expensive districts of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea, Rightmove Plc said. Asking prices in the U.K. capital…
New York TimesUNITED NATIONS — A top United Nations human rights official visiting South Sudan described “horror” on Friday, with bodies on the streets and reports of mass killings, sexual violence and the recruitment of…
Why the lobby is the most important space in Las VegasLas Vegas WeeklySometimes that taste is a basket of old peppermints on marbled plastic, though that’s rare on Las Vegas Boulevard. With so many mega-resorts…
QuartzHouse prices in the UK rose by a pedestrian 3.5% year-over-year in November, according to the latest data—that is, if you exclude London from the calculation. Residential property prices in London rose by 11.6%, which…
ReadWriteThe talent behind Branch Media, the New York City-based social startup backed by the likes of Twitter’s Biz Stone and Evan Williams, will officially become property of Facebook thanks to a $15 million deal to…
Starpulse.comSean Penn and Charlize Theron have sparked romance rumors after being spotted at her home following their vacation. The 53-year-old actor and the 38-year-old beauty were seen leaving her Hollywood property yesterday morning (02.01.14) in…
Merry Christmas! It sure has been that in San Francisco! The Historic Handlery Union Square Hotel at 351 Geary (between Powell and Mason) in San Francisco teamed with the San Francisco Firefighters Union Local 798…
Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) Executive Director who has so skillfully directed the construction of the $4 billion Transbay Transit Center Project for The San Francisco Bay Area, has been honored with…
Pinewood Studios Atlanta, Fayetteville, GA has reached several major construction milestones on its way to an anticipated January 2014 opening. The sprawling entertainment production complex, the latest in a group of new buildings the UK-based…
Artesa Winery has come out fighting in a Sonoma Coast California property battle against Friends of the Gualala River. Artesa Winery is fighting to improve and protect a neglected Sonoma, California property in the face…
The Coliseum City Project (the focus of an Oakland City Council closed session meeting today) just got the “middle eastern investor” Oakland District Seven Councilmember Larry Reid was working on securing as far back as…
UPDATE: Coliseum City Oakland Gets Bay Investment Group: Rashid Al Malik, Colony Capital LLC The Coliseum City Project Proposal, which if successfully developed will result in new stadium homes for the Oakland Raiders and either…
California State Controller John Chiang has dropped what looks like a legal bomb on the City of Oakland. What I wrote in the last blog post (where the State’s full report is included) was: “The…
Marion Bartoli’s sadly retiring from Tennis. The 2013 Wimbledon winner, who beat Sabine Lisicki in what some considered an upset, failed to play at the Western & Southern Tennis Open this week, first “retiring” from…
HyperLoop is an idea that has popped up all over my newsfeeds over the past day or so, and since it’s from a man who’s business work I admire, Elon Musk, I had to move…
Quietly, the design for Godzilla as envisioned by its director Gareth Edwards was revealed Thursday, during Comic Con, and he’s a small frozen animal in a plastic glass cage, held in status, which means he…
Tonight, beginning sometime after 6:30pm, the Oakland City Council is expected to adopt the fiscal year 2013-2015 budget (item #9). The importance of the budget can hardly be understated: this document will control the City’s…
UPDATE: Edward Snowden To Leave Moscow, Russia For Ecuador UPDATE: WikiLeaks Statement On Edward Snowden Edward Snowden, according to CNN just now, the former NSA contractor charged with espionage, theft, and conversion of government property,…
This Oakland News is an addendum. It comes from emailed reports that, to protect those involved, will not be entirely directly referred to. It involves an incident that happened Sunday night into Monday Morning at…
This Oakland News has a lot going on for Tuesday, June 18th, 2013, which is tomorrow. First, the legendary Rod Dibble is back at The Alley at 3325 Grand Avenue across from Walden Pond Book…
Oakland News – there’s a lot of it and I’m behind as I’ve been traveling, and trying to stay in shape – let’s get to it. Bryan Parker For Mayor Of Oakland Bryan Parker, who…
