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Lamar Odom, the Los Angeles Laker who recently took home the NBA's sixth man of the year award, will be trading his seaside digs in Manhattan Beach for a luxury spread in Tarzana.

The Laker forward's 5th Street complex has been on and off the market since 2009 and is once again available for those with a few extra million dollars in their pocket.

He's been shacking up in Tarzana with his new wife Khloe Kardashian. According to NBC New York, the couple bought the Tarzana place in Dec. 2009 for $3.95 million.

The celebrity couple star in their own television reality show, Khloe and Lamar.

Odom helped guide the Lakers to the Western Conference Semifinals, where they got thoroughly handled by the Dallas Mavericks.

NBC New York has more:

The NBA hoopster's bachelor pad is a five bedroom, six bathroom home that is ideally located on 5th Street in the perpetually sunny SoCal beach enclave of Manhattan Beach. The bachelor pad features a large living room with a custom wet bar, a pool, spa, built-in BBQ area with a gas fire pit, three fireplaces, and soaring ceilings and hardwood floors throughout. The home has been on and off the market, for both rent and purchase, for the last two years. It's now listed for a cool $2.199 million.

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times reported that Lakers Assistant General Manager Ronnie Lester, 52, sold his Manhattan Beach home for $1.65 million.

The five-bedroom house was built in 2002 and includes a guest suite, a two-story high living room and a back lawn. The listing agent was Edward Kaminsky of Shorewood Realtors, Manhattan Beach, and Brittny Burford of Shorewood Realtors, Hermosa Beach, represented the buyer, according to the paper.

Lester played for the Lakers in 1985 and retired in 1986. A former scout for the team, Lester was the Lakers assistant GM for the last 10 years and his contract expires at the end of June. He is credited by some for first discovering Andrew Bynum when the Laker star was a junior at St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, New Jersey.

Lester purchased the Manhattan Beach property in 2002 for $1.3 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Looking for a seaside pad with a bit of history? If you've got a cool $9 million to spend, look no further than Hermosa Beach.

The house used for filming exterior shots during the insanely popular "Beverly Hills, 90210" television series is really in the 90254 and has once again hit the market.

The three-story, pale-blue house is located on The Strand and listed for $8.9 million.

The 2,868-square foot home was built in 1915 and boasts 136 feet of beach frontage and looks like something you'd find in Cope Cod. It sits at the end of 35h Street and features a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom bungalow with a full laundry room, kitchen and enclosed patios. There are also two guest suites, each with a private balcony and - no joke - incredible ocean views.

 

 

The house has actually been on the market for a while - it first went up in 2010 and was originally listed at $10.5 million

The news comes as a recent sale of a massive Manhattan Beach compound set a record for highest home sale in the history of the South Bay, according to Mark McDermott of the Easy Reader. The home at 1600 The Strand sold for $10.9 million. Escrow closed Friday.

In 1998, the "90210" house was highlighted in a Daily Breeze article, shedding light onto some of the history of the famous residence.

 

From the article:

Even though filming at the home has long ended -- in fact, a total of only three days' filming took place in 1993 before a lawsuit by a neighbor ended it -- the house still lives on in the weekly show. Enough outtakes were shot to keep the characters in the house for years on end.

The television crews built a studio duplicate of The Strand apartment and shot multiple scenes there.

Several years before the Aaron Spelling show, the house was featured in the Kim Basinger movie, "My Stepmother is an Alien."

In the five-minute appearance, Basinger's character lands on the beach in a spaceship, and runs into a party at the home.

Although some neighbors find filming a nuisance, Steve Suard, who lives next door, doesn't mind it a bit.

"It was definitely fun. I got paid a lot of money to stay off my front patio," he said, recalling the filming days. "I used to say I live two houses from the corner, now I say I live next to the ` 90210 ' house."

Readers, wake up from your turkey and retail coma to catch up on local news:

Plans for a high-density senior housing complex in the heart of Torrance have resurfaced.  Again.

How did you spend Thanksgiving? Volunteers at Torrance church offered food, comfort and friendship to South Bay folks.

Bravo shoppers for bucking a dismal economy and flooding stores this morning in search of bargains. Our own business columnist Muhammed El-Hasan shares his Black Friday experience from last year.

And while you're out shopping, why not pick up an athletic ball to bring to the Breeze's annual holiday ball drive, which supports local youth-focused nonprofits?

A jury has found that William Sadowski was legally sane when he killed a Los Angeles International Airport police officer in 2005. Now, he's headed for a lifetime in parole, rather than a mental institution.

One Palos Verdes Estates young lady has reached what could be the highest echelon of academic honor, earning a prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

After more than a year of fighting for a dog park on The Hill, it looks like a Palos Verdes Estates couple is finally starting to see some success.

Thanksgiving is sooo yesterday. Bring on Christmas, and visits from Santa Claus throughout the South Bay.

Readers, so much news today:

The owners of the South Bay Galleria want to revamp a 11-acre piece of property adjacent to the Redondo Beach mall with a $32 million retail complex. This development -- curiously titled SouthBay South -- would replace the old bowling alley site, as well as buildings that once housed CompUSA and Thrifty Drug.

Boxing champ Mike Tyson was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a Wednesday night scuffle with the paparazzi.

Speaking of LAX, why don't you mosey over to our South Bay History blog to read up on the providence of the iconic Theme Building?

The heads of the west coast's six largest ports -- including Los Angeles -- are in China touting their facilities to Asian shippers in hopes of luring back business.

Two robbers who held up an Inglewood autoparts store who led Hawthorne police on a freeway chase in a high-jacked car are still at large after about nine hours of searching Wednesday.

Make sure you check out pictures of Hermosa Beach's candlelight Veteran's Day ceremony

Serra High's defensive end duo are best friends who place weekly wagers on who gets the most sacks.

A Manhattan Beach developer is responsible for the Santa Fe springs housing tract being touted as the largest solar-powered residential community in the United States.

Readers, heads up:

After hoards of cars clogged South Bay streets waiting for swine flu vaccinations Saturday, the Beach Cities Health District has canceled another clinic planned for next month in Redondo Beach.

Also, Los Angeles County has now established limits on who can get shots.

A pair of jetliners came within 100 feet of each other Sunday on Los Angeles International Airport's south airfield.

The Beacon House's 25-year Halloween tradition of building an elaborate haunted house in San Pedro has been canceled thanks to new city building regulations.

The District Attorney's Office has served search warrants at the home and business of Wilma Wilson, the owner of the Carson-based Peace and Joy battered women's shelter who is currently under investigation for allegations of misuse of public funds.

South Bay median home prices rose unexpectedly in September. Whoo hoo!

Sports just run in the family for Peninsula High volleyball player Nina Bjekovic, sister of Lakers player Sasha Vujacic, who starts his season tonight. See pictures of the brother-sister team.

Readers, we are just brimming with local news today:

A woman drove her car into a Lomita house this morning.

Former HUD secretary Henry Cisneros stopped by Carson this week to close a development deal on a 198-unit town home development in town. This was one item in a marathon meeting full of squabbling and politicking that endured until 3 a.m.

Finally, some good news in the housing market: State home prices are expected to increase next year by 3.3 percent -- meager, yes, but a big improvement over double-digit drops experienced in the last two years.

Deputies have arrested four men suspected of committing $10,000 worth of graffiti damage in Carson. Detectives found practice drawings in one of their homes. I don't know about you, but I like a well-prepared tagger.

Looks like Redondo Beach voters might have a say on new elements of the city's King Harbor rezoning.

A former Jiffy Lube worker will stand trial for allegedly raping a customer in the Torrance station's office. Oh, and then she got herpes.

Readers, here is your morning news:

As the High Holy Days approach, South Bay synagogues are working to help members afford tickets to services, as well as expensive membership dues, which are typically paid this time of year.

What would Suzanne Somers think? Manhattan Beach park goers might have to leave their ThighMasters at home if city leaders tonight decide to ban personal exercise equipment in town.

An 87-year-old woman forced to testify in court said her son would never, ever murder his former girlfriend 30 years ago in Torrance.

Volunteers from the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro released seals back to the sea Monday. Check out pictures of these cuties -- the seals and the volunteers, of course.

A San Pedro real estate agent and mortgage broker doesn't let blindness impede his business.

South Bay beach city residents had better get ready for a new girls volleyball season. Check out pictures of teams from Mira Costa and Redondo Union.

Readers, without further ado:

Harbor-area police are investigating two shootings just blocks apart Monday night in San Pedro.

A judge has blocked construction of a Hermosa Beach house whose basement's unique construction is alleged by a neighbor to have damaged her house next door.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants parents and community stakeholders to choose what kind of schools get built in thier neighborhoods -- a plan set for a Los Angeles Unified School District board vote today that the teachers union opposes.

Two women arrested for shoplifting cell phone accessories from a Hermosa Beach store could be linked to many other crimes in the South Bay.

Meanwhile, three men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in four street robberies in Hawthorne.

News columnist John Bogert weighs in on the recession and school supplies.

Torrance's All-Star baseball team has advanced to the next round in in the Babe Ruth World Series.

Readers, let's get this news party started:

Could a luxury Rancho Palos Verdes resort be headed for closure after only two months in business? One of its lenders has taken the first step in foreclosure proceedings by posting a notice of default on its $110 million loan. And the city has denied a request for extension on its tax rebate.

Hope its owners don't go to Carson for help: Officials there are now distancing themselves from a city program that pushed troubled foreclosure-facing homeowners to a firm with a history of complaints.

You know Los Angeles freeway traffic is bad when you can give birth before making the trip from Westchester to Irvine, like one local couple did this week. Check out pictures of sweet little Evan Glavan and his proud parents.

A Torrance police officer who waged a high-profile battle against cancer died this week, two days after his father succumbed to the same disease.

Watch a retired kindergarten teacher fly a string of 53 kites on Torrance's beach.

News columnist John Bogert reminisces about Woodstock.

The city of Torrance has loaned a car dealership $250,000 to help spur business along the Hawthorne commercial drag.

Cal State Dominguez Hills' mens soccer team is gearing up for this season.

Readers, you know we're here for you:

Looks like the endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly is on the mend at the South Bay's preservation site just west of Los Angeles International Airport. The flutterers are apparently mating like crazy this summer...

... and apparently so was at least one couple at last weekend's ocean-side free concert in Hermosa Beach, where huge crowds have prompted city officials to hire more security and make other changes to this weekend's show.

Owners of a long embattled Hermosa Beach commercial development hopes paid parking will help stave off foreclosure.

Is Hawthorne getting into the real estate flipping business? The city will buy out some businesses along Hawthorne Boulevard so it can package the properties with its old police station and sell at a profit.

An El Segundo 13-year-old girl is among the youngest skaters at this week's X-Games in Carson. Check out pictures of Allysha Bergado in action.