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Live like one of the Rat Pack

Now you can board at the home of the Chairman of the Board. Or, more correctly, you can rent his former Palm Springs manse.

Frank Sinatra’s Twin Palms Estate now belongs to Mitch Willey, president and founder of Time & Place Homes.

The company owns snazzy homes around the world that it rents for a pretty penny. How pretty? In the case of Sinatra’s 1947 furnished home, it’s $2,143 a night with a three-night minimum.

But it does have four bedrooms, seven baths, 1.5 acres, a grand-piano-shaped swimming pool and a living-dining area that could comfortably seat as many as 100 people for a little dinner party.

“It’s a very glamorous, sexy house,” Willey said.

For information: (866) 244-1800, www.timeandplacehomes.com.

New warning issued for Indonesia

The State Department again is urging U.S. citizens to delay “nonessential” travel to Indonesia, which includes Bali, a popular vacation destination.

The department cautions travelers about what it calls “continued potential for terrorist attacks against U.S. or other Western interests in Indonesia” and says Americans “should maintain a low profile, vary daily routines, avoid crowds and demonstrations and keep abreast of current Indonesian events.”

The warning also notes the possibility of violence during Indonesia’s presidential election on Monday and a possible runoff Sept. 20.

The department has issued new warnings on Saudi Arabia and Cote d’Ivoire. For information, see www.travel.state.gov.

State park fees increase

Add state parks to the list of things that will cost you more this year. Among the changes as of July 1:

* At Will Rogers in Pacific Palisades, you’ll pay $7 for day use, an increase of $2.

* San Clemente State Beach went from $5 for day use to $10 for peak-season weekends (Memorial to Labor days) and $8 during the week and off-season weekends.

* At Bolsa Chica, a premium campsite on the beachfront rose to $39 in high season and $34 in the off, from $26 and $23, respectively. The new price includes the cost of hookups.

* Even Hearst Castle costs more. Daily tours are now $24 in high season, $20 in off. The old rate: $18 year-round.

* Annual passes will now run you $125, a change that has been phased in since April 15 in $5 increments. The price had been $67.

This is the second year of budget shortfalls, a spokesman said, which have totaled $35 million.

Information: www.parks.ca.gov.

-- Compiled by Times staff