The owners of the Brentwood home where Marilyn Monroe lived and ultimately died are suing the City of Los Angeles for the right to demolish the property.

Brinah Milstein, of the Milstein real estate dynasty, and her reality television producer husband, Roy Bank, filed a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit on Monday, alleging “illegal and unconstitutional conduct and abuse of power” by the city regarding the property they bought in July 2023.

According to the Los Angeles Times, they purchased the home for $8.35 million.

Their plan was to demolish the home and expand their current residence, which is located next door, according to the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs claim they were issued a demolition permit from the city, which was initially “held” for 30 days to allow for objections.

In January, the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission recommended landmark status for Marilyn Monroe’s home, which could potentially save the home from being demolished.

An attorney for the homeowners said in a statement to KTLA, “The City invoked an unconstitutional ‘stay’ of city-issued and vested demo and grading permits, secretly worked with third parties (including for-profit tour operators and a local conservancy organization) to assure their desired outcome.”

The homeowners claim that no objections were raised and permits were subsequently issued, which led to them incurring over $30,000 in expenses before receiving actual notice of a “stay” invoked by the city.

KTLA reached out to representatives for the city of Los Angeles and Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the 11th District, where the home is located, for comment but has not yet heard back.

Milstein and Bank argue in their lawsuit that the home has had 14 owners since Monroe’s death, and at least a dozen permits have been issued for remodels over the past 60 years.

Meantime, fans of Marilyn Monroe, and conservationists claim the residence is a part of Hollywood history.

Monroe died from an overdose in the Brentwood property at the age of 36.

WNBA rookie sensation and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark will make her regular season debut on Disney+, the first in the streaming platform’s history.

This comes during a revolution in live sports programming, where leagues like the NFL and Major League Baseball have ventured since streaming has become a mainstay in content consumption.

Clark, the No. 1 overall pick, and the Fever will face the Sparks at Crypto.com Arena on May 24, matching up against former Stanford standout Cameron Brink, who was the No. 2 overall pick.

The original venue was Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach, moving to the home of the Lakers, Kings and Sparks to increase capacity.

Clark and the Fever recently sold out a preseason game against the Dallas Wings, making her professional debut in front of a sold-out crowd.

She scored 21 points with three rebounds, two assists and two steals in a loss to Dallas.

After breaking the NCAA Division I all-time scoring record, she led the University of Iowa Hawkeyes to the national championship title game, losing to South Carolina.

She set a milestone for WNBA jersey sales. Her No. 22 jersey sold out within two hours, setting a record for the highest number of jerseys sold on any draft night for any athlete across all sports.

Since being drafted, she’s become the face of the WNBA, coming after an announcement from the WNBA’s commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, they will begin to charter planes for their players.

Single-game tickets go on sale to the general public on May 9th at 8:00 a.m. PST for the Sparks’ matchup against the Fever will and season ticket holders can purchase their tickets now.

Neighbors remain stunned after FBI agents and SWAT team members swarmed a Canoga Park home on Tuesday night.

Federal agents responded to a townhome on the 21700 block of Hart Street at around 5:45 p.m. A search warrant for a male suspect was being served as armored trucks arrived on the scene.

Officers deployed flash bangs and using loudspeakers, ordered the suspect to exit his house.
Video of the raid showed a row of vehicles filled with armed officers dressed in camo and full tactical gear, accompanied by a BearCat armored vehicle.

Residents in the area said they were terrified and stunned by the alarming commotion. A neighbor who was not identified lives in the unit next door and shares a wall with the suspect’s home.

He said he was terrified and confused when SWAT officers surrounded the townhome.

“We came out freaking out,” he said. “It was a regular morning, a regular day. I was making my potatoes, bacon and eggs and I turned around and my mom had this scared look on her face,” he recalled. “I look at her and then I hear, ‘Boom! Boom!’ so I look outside and I just see a flash bang in my face. I’m all disoriented. I run upstairs and the police are banging on the doors. I was just in fear the whole time.”

He recalls frantically telling his aunt to call 911 before realizing the commotion outside was being caused by authorities, confusing him further.

“I didn’t know what to do,” he said. “I was just so scared and tried to get away as fast as I could.”

A woman who also lives in the home initially believed that someone had shot her family inside their house.

“I kept thinking, ‘Oh my God, they just shot my family,” she recalled. “So we run upstairs and I keep hearing a couple more [bangs] and I’m thinking, ‘I’m about to get shot. I’m about to die.’”

She and her family eventually stepped outside with their hands up before realizing they weren’t the targets as authorities quickly told them to go back inside.

The suspect that agents were actually searching for was their next-door neighbor although details about what the man may have been wanted for remain unclear.

The neighbors don’t know the suspect very well but said he always seemed nice.

“We went to go ask [the authorities] why they were here and they just told us, ‘We got a search warrant for his house,’” the neighbor said. “We’re asking them like, ‘Can we know what happened?’ We got explosives thrown into our living room! Like, we’re trying to know what’s up. We can’t even eat our breakfast in peace. The only thing I knew was fear at that moment.”

KTLA has reached out to the FBI for more information on the case and has yet to hear back.

The suspect was only described as a man in his 20s to 30s, but his identity was not released as the investigation continues.