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Extended Vacation
You’re 29 years old, living in a rented home near College Estates Park with roommates Biggie, One Puff and Rahman, when the landlord tells you he needs his home back. You say OK and decide to move in with your girlfriend of three years, but that lasts all of six days. Now what do you do? If you’re Brad “Struz” Newton, you pack your belongings and move to the SeaPort Marina Hotel, that’s what. For five months, Newton has called the intersection of Pacific Coast Hwy. and Second St. home. The 6’6” blonde (his nickname is a shortened version of the Spanish word avestruz, which means “ostrich”) looked at studios in Belmont Shore but realized the average asking rate of $1,000 a month—with a $1,000 deposit—“seemed like a rip-off,” so he swallowed his pride and moved into a hotel. Continue reading The District.