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Nov 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

Ikea: 'We deeply regret' use of forced labor in East Germany

Ikea Group, the Swedish company known for low-cost furniture and home goods, admitted and apologized for contracting with East German suppliers that used forced labor to manufacture the firm's products more than two decades ago. A report commissioned by...

Tags: Germany, Prisons

Nov 17, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

The 'outsider' becomes an insider (again)

Second in a series of profiles about those in the trenches of Costa Mesa's political battles. * Over a breakfast plate at IHOP, Sandy Genis laughs easily, and is animated and talkative. She uses her hands to make a point, stress an idea, express...

Tags: Elections, IHOP Corporation, Republican Party, Pension and Welfare, Environmental Issues

Oct 16, 2012 |Blog| Cars.com

Nov 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Ikea announces plans for huge new Burbank store

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In a surprise announcement Thursday, IKEA announced plans to go ahead with a new store in Burbank that will be nearly twice the size of its current location....

Oct 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

Jewelry designer Amanda Keidan: a house that sparkles

As a designer of custom jewelry, Amanda Keidan sometimes takes delicate vintage pieces and reworks them into intricately sculptured, modern collections. The same could be said for her sunny, art-filled Venice home, where gold accents blend with sparkling...

Nov 2, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Confessions from a control-freak mom

Before having children, I had no idea how much of a control freak I actually was. Yes, I always had the anxiety part, but even that grew tenfold. My hubby and I lived in an apartment in NYC, where he was able to mask his inability to do simple household...

Tags: Electronics, High Blood Pressure, Penicillin (drug), Science and Technology, Channing Tatum

Nov 2, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

Commentary: Setting the record straight on Banning deal

In a recent letter to the editor, Sandy Genis claims to set the facts straight regarding Costa Mesa's Banning Ranch traffic mitigation agreement. Upon reading her diatribe, it was clear that her claims still fell far short of the facts. I was...

Nov 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

L.A. County cuts several courthouses [Google+ hangout]

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Times reporter Matt Stevens will join city editor Shelby Grad at 1:30 p.m. for a Google+ hangout on Los Angeles County courthouse closures. In a round of sweeping budget cuts, 10 county courthouses will be closed, including such landmark courthouses......

Nov 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

At USC's Phi Sigma Kappa, new design makes frat more fraternal

When architect Ana Henton first toured what had been the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house on USC’s Greek Row last spring, she wasn’t prepared for the end-of-semester squalor she saw. Leased to another fraternity, the house was in an extreme...

Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture

Oct 2, 2012 | Zap2It

IKEA catalog in Saudi Arabia removes women and girls

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IKEA, the worldwide Swedish furniture retailer, has come under fire from its home country for airbrushing women out of its catalogs in Saudi Arabia....

Oct 14, 2012 |Story| SFL

IKEA Flash Mob

Ten opera singers surprised IKEA shopper Saturday with a flash mob. The singers, from the Florida Grand Opera, performed the Libiamo (the Drinking Song) from Verdis La traviata throughout the different shopping areas in IKEA in Sunrise Saturday.

Tags: Florida Grand Opera, Opera (genre), Sunrise (Broward, Florida)

Aug 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

Small house in Marina del Rey remade modern, airy, open

When Joe Borst bought a run-down 1952 house in Marina del Rey, he and girlfriend Maria Torres hoped to transform the 1,200-square-foot cookie-cutter plan into something that felt larger, more open and modern — a tall order given the limited budget....

Tags: Rentals