Sun, sand, sea, history
Randolph Hearst, son of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, and his first wife, Catherine, bought this La Jolla home in 1966, eight years before their daughter, Patty, was kidnapped by a group of radicals from her Berkeley apartment.
The Hearsts used the house for only three years before they sold it. Like the current owner, they lived full time elsewhere while using the La Jolla house as a getaway.
The Hearsts were divorced, after 44 years of marriage, in 1982, and he remarried twice before he died in December 2000.
At the time of his death, he lived in New York City, but earlier in 2000 he had purchased the Vanderbilt mansion in Manalapan, Fla., for a little less than $30 million.
About this house: The weekend retreat is being marketed as “the ultimate sand castle.” The house, built in the ‘50s, has been updated and maintained, but it isn’t ostentatious. Nor is the lot huge.
What is spectacular is the location. The oceanfront estate is just a few steps from the beach and has sweeping views of the coastline and the surf.
Asking price: $10.9 million
Size: There are five bedrooms and 5 1/2 bathrooms in 3,718 square feet. The lot is 12,815 square feet, according to public records, but the house has 75 feet of beach frontage.
Features: The air-conditioned home also has a courtyard, living room with fireplace, a contemporary kitchen with granite counters, a 72-foot deck, a spa and an oceanfront master bedroom suite with fireplace.
Where: La Jolla’s Gold Coast
Listing agent: Karen Crystal, Prudential California Realty, Calabasas, (818) 876-3103, and Brian Guiltinan of the Guiltinan Group, Solana Beach, (800) 493-4335.
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