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Just before Detroit legend Eminem took the stage in Motor City to kick off the NFL Draft, the rapper announced his 12th studio album. The new album will be entitled The Death of Slim Shady, which he only said would be released this summer without giving a concrete release date. Just before Detroit legend Eminem took the stage in Motor …

Built in 2007 andremodeled since, the Mediterranean-style mansion overlooks the city from its perch in the affluent enclave of Shady Canyon. A Mediterranean-style mansion in the hills of Irvine just sold for $25 million, making it the priciest property ever sold in the city. The record-breaking sale redefines the top of the market in Irvine, which until now hasn’t quite …

A tree was reduced to a pile of branches and logs in Beverly Hills recently. Recently, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant granted the Robertson Boulevard Special Task Force a preliminary injunction to halt the city from clear-cutting 36 Indian laurel figs, commonly known as ficus trees, on Robertson Boulevard, one of the city’s major commercial corridors. …

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The city of Beverly Hills is in the process of cutting down scores of ficus trees to make room for a sidewalk project. “I’ve never done anything like this,” she said on a recent morning, walking from business to business on the 100 block of Robertson Boulevard collecting signatures to save the trees. “But also it means it’s quite destructive …