Beaches

Area basketball coaches are seeing a lot of off-court action these days. Now that the Lakers are out of the playoffs, head coach Mike D'Antoni can turn his attention to moving into the house he and his wife, Laurel, just bought in Manhattan Beach for $6.9 million and working on his tan. Set on a walk street, the ocean-view home features a three-stop cherry-paneled elevator, which should come in handy for carting beverages from the...

Actress Lindsay Lohan violated her probation Thursday by leaving a Newport Beach rehabilitation facility where she was to begin 90 days of treatment in a reckless driving case, prosecutors said. Mark Heller, Lohan's attorney, told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Dabney on Thursday morning that his client had already begun her therapy at the Morningside Recovery facility after opting not to go to a Long Island recovery center. Heller told the judge the facility met all the conditions of Lohan's plea agreement in a case in which she was also convicted of lying to police.

Now that the Lakers are out of the playoffs, Coach Mike D'Antoni can turn his attention to moving into the house he and his wife, Laurel, just bought in Manhattan Beach for $6.9 million. Set on a walk street, the ocean-view home features a three-stop cherry-paneled elevator, which should come in handy for carting beverages from the 2,000-bottle basement wine cellar to the 400-glass wine bar on the top floor. The open-plan house, built in 2003, includes five bedrooms, five bathrooms and 5,000 square feet of living space.

The Clock Tower, a Santa Monica office building beloved by Westside creative firms, has been snapped up by Italian investors who specialize in buying trophy historic properties. Clad in white terra cotta, the 12-story Art Deco-style office high-rise on Santa Monica Boulevard near the Third Street Promenade commands some of the highest rents in Southern California. It is considered one of the choicest addresses in the burgeoning technology and entertainment business enclave known as Silicon Beach.

Sisters of Los Angeles , the line of haute-modern gifts and souvenirs celebrating local pride, has unveiled some new products for the summer season that are too good to pass up. Following on the heels of SOLA's popular Los Angeles and Malibu drink glasses, friendship bracelets, T-shirts and key chains, the company is now offering beach towels ($39.95) just in time for the warm weather. Also new are glass candles ($14.95*) inspired by traditional Mexican seven-day candles, which I will be buying by the armload for festive outdoor entertaining.

Model Daisy Fuentes has bought an oceanfront home in Malibu for $5.75 million. Built in 2009, the house features two hand-carved limestone fireplaces, mahogany doors and windows, stone decks and an open floor plan. The three-story structure, set on more than 50 feet of sandy beach, includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,836 square feet of living space. Grandest pool around? Malibu has it Fuentes, 46, has been a Revlon spokesperson and TV show host for “America's Funniest Videos” (1997-2000)

The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally opposed a call by air-quality regulators to snuff out beach bonfires in much of Southern California. Supervisors urged the South Coast Air Quality Management District to drop a proposed ban on beach-side fire rings in Orange and Los Angeles counties and instead consider a more localized approach that considers factors in each community, such as the fires' proximity to residents. Citing health and environmental problems associated with burning wood, the Newport Beach City Council wants the state to let it remove fire rings in Corona del Mar and other areas.

Huntington Beach police and fire crews evacuated City Hall on Monday morning after a worker found a suspicious package, an official said. The package was found about 8:45 a.m. at the building at 2000 Main St., said Lt. John Domingo of the Huntington Beach Police Department. Fire Capt. Bob Culhane said the package looked like it could have an explosive inside.  He said officials placed it in a stairwell after it was discovered, and the building was evacuated. There were about 300 workers in the building.  The bomb squad was on site.

A beach in San Diego County was open Monday after a military explosive found there led to a two-hour evacuation of the area, officials said. The undetermined type of explosive was found Sunday on Cardiff State Beach, leading to the evacuation of a stretch of the beach, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said. A beachgoer at the northern San Diego County site found the explosive and took it to lifeguards, who called sheriff's deputies. The arson-bomb squad removed the explosive for disposal, and the beach was reopened, officials said.