Post Offices

Actress and model Mischa Barton has her Beverly Hills Post Office area compound listed for sale at $8,695,000 or for lease at $30,000 a month. The main house and three guesthouses have a total of eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and six fireplaces in nearly 9,800 square feet of living space. The 1.2 acres include a swimming pool and spa. Barton, 25, starred in "The Beautiful Life" (2009) and "The O.C. " (2003-06). She purchased the house in 2005 for $6.4 million, according to public records.

Producer Gary Mehlman has listed his house in the Beverly Hills Post Office area at $2,249,000. The two-story French country home, built in 1974, has ocean and canyon views. Two master bedrooms, three children's bedrooms, a maid's room and five bathrooms lie within nearly 3,100 square feet of living space. The terraced garden includes nearly two dozen fruit trees. A swimming pool, patio, barbecue and spa sit off the main yard. The two-car garage comes with a motor court that can accommodate seven cars.

Real estate developer George Santo Pietro has sold a Beverly Hills Post Office-area mansion he built on spec for $23.5 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. The 24,595-square-foot Italian-style villa sits on more than 2 acres in gated Beverly Park. The nine-bedroom, 15-bathroom house features a two-story-high living room, a wine room and a theater. The master bedroom suite has two sitting rooms. The grounds include parking for 40 cars and a swimming pool. Built in 2007, the sprawling mansion was originally listed at $50 million.

Although a controversial plan to annex Sunset Beach has sparked plenty of worry in the tiny coastal community, Corinne Brubaker insists there's one aspect of small-town life that won't change: the post office. For half a century, the Sunset Beach Post Office on Pacific Coast Highway between 10th and 11th streets has functioned as the community's hub. Aside from a recent coat of buttercup-yellow paint, the one-story building has changed little in that time. Today, as the neighboring city of Huntington Beach seeks to absorb Sunset Beach, residents fear losing their quaint post office, where residents often are greeted by name and sometimes with a hug. Brubaker, the Sunset Beach postmaster, says they need not worry.

Even for Los Angeles, it's an impressive cast. Roger Moore owned the Beverly Hills Post Office Spanish hacienda in the '80s and '90s, then Candice Bergen bought it, and now the new owner is Cameron Diaz. The property was quietly shopped around to agents as a pocket listing for $10.25 million, but the sales price has not yet been reported on the L.A. County Tax Assessor's website. Occupying about 3 acres in a gated community, the compound has a 5,000-square-foot main house with three bedrooms and four bathrooms and a 2,000-square-foot guesthouse with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, according to the marketing pitch.

Canadian actress Estella Warren has put her Beverly Hills Post Office-area home back on the market at $1,795,000. The one-story house, built in 1959 and described as contemporary Regency style, has been recently remodeled. It features French doors, dark wood floors and an updated kitchen and bathrooms. The canyon-view house has three bedrooms, 2 3/4 bathrooms and 2,247 square feet of living space. There is a swimming pool. The former fashion model and synchronized swimmer, 31, stars in the 2010 films "See You in September" and "Transparency."

Country music superstars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have sold their Beverly Hills Post Office spread for $9.5 million. The two-story Mediterranean, with panoramic canyon and city views and a swimming pool with a spa, sits on 4.85 gated acres — a fair amount of breathing room for a "city" home. The two-story entry features limestone floors. There is a step-down living room. The 10,500-square-foot house's six bedrooms and 7 1/2 bathrooms include a master bedroom suite with dual bathrooms and a connecting gym. Hill, 42, has sold more than 40 million records.

Riverside County officials have postponed certification of the June 8 primary election results until they decide what, if anything, can be done about some 12,500 mail-in ballots that arrived a day late after being forwarded from one post office to another. With several close races possibly in the balance, activists have been putting pressure on elections officials to count the 12,563 ballots, which were collected the day after the election, and are planning legal action. "Our main concern is that people's votes should be counted, so we decided to take the lead on this," Nina Ramos Hiers, president of the Democratic Club of Moreno Valley, said Thursday.