D.Law is consolidating four LA-area offices into a custom-built Pasadena headquarters with staff-focused amenities and roughly 130 employees.

The Pasadena City Council signed off on a $186 million construction amendment for the Central Library, moving the long-closed landmark into full seismic retrofit with a 2028 reopening target. The vote follows weeks of debate over local-hire commitments and budget safeguards.

AI-edited listing photos are creating 'housefishing' headaches for buyers; California now requires agents to disclose edited images and show originals.

City planners cleared Stocker Street Creative, a 256,768‑square‑foot campus with soundstages, offices, restaurants and a central plaza at 3701 W. Stocker St.

Varda has leased the 205,443-square-foot former Mattel R&D campus in El Segundo and will convert it into spacecraft and space-pharma production space. The deal keeps the startup anchored in the South Bay.

New filings show the Arts District's Rendon would be razed for an 11‑story, 123‑room hotel, reversing earlier plans to preserve the 1914 building.

A 113,930‑sf Class A distribution building at 6260 Mango Ave in Fontana sold for $30.2M to a New Jersey clothing distributor, underscoring demand for modern logistics space in the Inland Empire.

A BlackRock‑connected entity listed a 206,500‑sq‑ft Torrance industrial building at $102M as South Bay sales and record institutional buys push local benchmarks higher.

A Zillow‑based tally shows only about 12% of California listings are affordable to a median‑income buyer, with coastal metros like LA and the Bay hardest hit.

Investors have snapped up burned parcels in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, drawing community outrage and a federal proposal to pause post‑disaster sales.

Construction crews have started work on a six‑story, 37‑unit ED1 affordable building at 1734 S. Barrington in Sawtelle, replacing a 1950s triplex.

Governor Newsom announced eight Homekey+ awards that will create 443 supportive homes statewide, including dozens reserved for veterans.

A cleared lot on Motor Avenue is set for a seven‑story, 250‑unit Wiseman Residential building that includes 30 units for extremely low‑income renters.