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Former professional basketball player Cuttino Mobley has listed his house in the Beverly Hills Post Office area at $3.1 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. The Mediterranean-style home, built in 2005, is designed for entertaining, with French doors opening to a swimming pool, spa and lawn. Including the mountain-view master suite, the house has five bedrooms and 51/2 bathrooms in 6,208 square feet. Cuttino, 35, started his NBA career in 1998 with the Houston Rockets but, following a three-year stint with the Los Angeles Clippers, stopped playing in 2008 because of a heart illness.

Emmy-winning composer Trevor Morris has sold his place in the Cheviot Hills-Rancho Park vicinity and bought a house in Santa Monica for $1.59 million. The Santa Monica property includes a three-bedroom, 23/4-bathroom house, a swimming pool, a spa and a shaded lawn. The 2,400-square-foot house, built in 1940, features wood-beam ceilings, a library, French doors and a balcony. The town house Morris sold for $915,050 has a studio, four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,107 square feet of living space.

Fox Music president and Chief Executive Robert Kraft has his vacation getaway in La Quinta listed for sale at $949,000. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home, with a swimming pool, a spa and a detached guesthouse/casita, backs up to the 17th fairway of the Mountain Course at La Quinta Resort. The more than 3,100-square-foot house, built in 1989, has an open floor plan, a stone fireplace and an island breakfast bar off the newly remodeled kitchen. There are views of the Santa Rosa Mountains.

Actor Albert Brooks has sold the former Merv Griffin estate for $6.275 million. The 2-acre-plus property had been priced at $6.995 million. The listing says the property is in upper Bel-Air, although the Los Angeles Times Mapping Database considers the location to be Sherman Oaks. The 5,100-square-foot single-story house sits off a circular motor court. Features include wood-paneled ceilings, expanses of windows, four bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. There is a tennis court, an infinity pool with a spa and mature landscaping.

The Studio City home of the late model agent Nina Blanchard has sold for $1.1 million. Listed in March at $1,395,000, the single-story contemporary house was custom built in 1955 and has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and about 2,600 square feet of living space. The site, more than half an acre, includes a swimming pool with spa. Blanchard, who died in February at 81, founded a Hollywood modeling agency in the early '60s bearing her name. Its roster came to include Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Shari Belafonte and other top models.

Update: A Hollywood Hills house owned by pop singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera has come back on the market at $6.25 million after a short time off the Multiple Listing Service. This practice of "refreshing" listings restarts the days on the market clock. Originally listed for $7,995,000 in April 2008, the renovated home has a 1,200-square-foot master bedroom suite, a screening room that seats 18, a gym, a pool and a 12-person spa, according to previous Times reports.

"Star Wars" actor Hayden Christensen has listed a house in Studio City for sale at $2.65 million. Built in 1990, the modern-style house features a step-down living room, high ceilings, three fireplaces, five bedrooms and five bathrooms in its 6,302 square feet of living space. An elevator leads to the third-floor master suite, which has a fireplace and dual walk-in closets. The three-quarter-acre lot includes a saltwater swimming pool with spa, flat yard space, mature trees and a three-car garage.

Rain pelted the windshield as I drove up the Vals Valley. Waterfalls coursed over cliff faces, and the tops of the Alps were lost in fog. Not the kind of weather that walkers who come to Vals in the summer long for. But the rain suited me. I was headed for a spa about 120 miles southeast of Zurich, where I planned to spend the next 24 hours. I admit it: I like fancy spas and will go out of my way for a Brittany seaweed wrap or a four-handed ayurvedic massage. But I didn't come to Vals for that -- at least, not strictly so. I came to see the stunning, contemporary bathhouse designed by Peter Zumthor.

The Studio City estate of the late Joseph Barbera, co-founder of Hanna Barbera Studios, and his wife, Sheila, is listed at $6,795,000. Set on 2 acres in Fryman Estates and built in 1988, the main residence has floor-to-ceiling stone fireplaces in the living and family rooms and a formal dining room large enough to seat 16. Including staff quarters, the property has five bedrooms and 6 1/2 bathrooms in the 6,899 square feet. The garage of 7,200 square feet houses a replica of Barbera's office at Hanna Barbera, multiple cars, an administrative office and storage.

Former "Deal or No Deal" host Howie Mandel is ready to deal. His Malibu place is listed for sale at $7.25 million. The Cape Cod-inspired house, built in 2008-09, sits on more than an acre with ocean views, an expansive lawn and a swimming pool with spa. The 5,936 square feet of living space includes an office, a theater, a gym, a breakfast area, a den and a library. Along with the guesthouse are six bedrooms and seven bathrooms. "Deal or No Deal" was canceled last year.