It's always dicey navigating the trip between Los Angeles and San Diego during afternoon drive-time, but Waze kept me on course toward the inaugural La Costa Film Festival at the famous once-exclusive playground for mobsters and the Hollywood Rat Pack. Lorimar co-founder Merv Adelson, one-time husband of Barbara Walters, built the Carlsbad golf course in 1965 with mafiosi Moe Dalitz, Allard Roen and Irwin Molasky, followed by the Rancho La Costa Inn. Later sold to Japanese owners who supervised the once-tony resort's decline, the La Costa Resort & Spa is now a family-friendly Omni spa sprawling over 450 acres of winding concrete paths and multiple bungalows and pools, designed more for golf carts and cars than walking. The first film festival (October 24 to 27) was pitched to North County locals and for its first go-round, included not only three days of international narrative and documentary features and shorts but a sports...
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