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For the applicant team behind the La Casa de Los Amigos replacement, the last eight months have been a bit of a rollercoaster between frequent and lengthy meetings, project revisions, votes to approve that were later up for reconsideration and more.

Del Mar is implementing the California HOME Act — better known as Senate Bill 9, or SB-9 — which went into effect last year and allows developers to split a residential plot zoned for a single-family home into duplexes and fourplexes.

The next step isn't certain after the Development Permit Review Committee votes to revisit the issue following a resident's objections over the roof structure on a proposed new house on the historic property.

The street frontage would stay the same, and the planned new home’s size has been reduced by about 800 square feet.

Efforts to repopulate the Bay with sea otters and help the coastal kelp forest gain support in Sonoma County, although local fishers and sharks could stand in the way.

Architect says recent meetings with local preservationists produced a compromise design that includes rehabilitation and preservation of 'prominent historic elements.'

Letters include how building could negatively change Ventura skyline; space for pronouns on forms is wrong; and Dodgers hypocrisy on "Pride Night."

The Beach and Bluff Conservancy asks court to set aside payments develed by Coastal Commission and city officials

CARPINTERIA, Calif. -The Carpinteria City Council will hear a presentation from the city's Community Development Director about anti-displacement

By Mark McDermott A Superior Court judge has ordered the City of Manhattan Beach to pay the attorney fees for a resident who successfully challenged the…