Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near seaside mansions and Pepperdine University, where students sheltering at the school's library watched as the blaze intensified and the sky turned deep red.
The Third Street Promenade’s newest tenant has taken its shot at bringing entertainment to the shopping district, with early reactions sounding like the response to a hole-in-one on the golf course. On December 6,
Weather conditions were forecast to improve in Southern California, aiding firefighters in their battle against a wind-driven wildfire that has forced up to 20,000 people, including Cher, Dick Van Dyke and his wife,
Each December there’s a new version of an old guessing game about how much water will be provided to agricultural and municipal users in the year ahead. Federal and state water agencies post initial,
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have let Boeing plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading US regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. US District Judge ...
Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space Thursday with two more to go. The pair rocketed into orbit on June 5, the first to ride Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule on what was ...
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Olympic leaders are “very confident and relaxed” about working with the incoming Trump administration ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games, outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday. US President-elect Donald Trump has talked up his own role helping get the games for LA in 2017,
The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its “rape club” women’s prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement,
By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo Associated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its “rape club” women’s prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse,
I’ve been actively avoiding writing about the election. Partly, because I’ve also been avoiding thinking about it. I spent election night at the residence of the Consul General of Finland. No, I don’t usually observe American elections with Nordic nationals,
By Graham Dunbar AP Sports Writer Olympic leaders are “very confident and relaxed” about working with the incoming Trump administration ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games, outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday.
Nearly three out of 10 US drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerable to the retail pharmacy closures, which can chip away at already-limited care options ...
The penultimate regularly-scheduled meeting of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education in 2024 took a big step forward in its mobile communication policy. At the Nov. 21 meeting, the board officially adopted its updated Board ...
Investigators on Thursday were trying to determine if a gunman was specifically targeting a tiny religious school in Northern California when he opened fire and critically wounded two kindergartners before killing himself. The man may have targeted Feather ...
Officers from the Santa Monica Police Department, Fire Department plus employees of Legion and Downtown Ambassadors, responded to a potential suicide jumper at Parking Structure #4 on the 1300 block of 2nd Street,
By Jim Newton Special to the Daily Press In one of Los Angeles’ oldest neighborhoods, a tidy elementary school sits on ground it has occupied for nearly a century, proudly displaying its “gold ribbon” from the state of California,
Leaving behind her disappointment over the NCAA women’s basketball tournament being called off, Sabrina Ionescu will be on focus Saturday as the WNBA season begins.
Arraignment is expected Tuesday for a West Hills man accused of starting a fire that damaged a sushi bar during unrest in Santa Monica. A furlough program "is most likely necessary" in the 2021-22 fiscal year due to pandemic-related revenue reductions ...
At a time when statues are torn down and historical names changed to remove associations with racism, three recent proposals reflect the spirit of baseball’s Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in 1947.
And that explains why he smiles so much today, now that he has a new baseball home (even though his wife, son and daughter have remained in Santa Monica due to the pandemic). No guarantees, he has to pitch well enough to keep his job, but Falvey told Maeda ...
Major League Baseball has instructed every team to employ artificial crowd noise. The Giants have many creative options but plan to be cautious at the start of the season.
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The game features six home runs — three by each side — as the AL wins 6-4. 1980 — Amy Alcott of Santa Monica shoots a record four-under par total of 280 to win the U.S. Women's Open by a comfortable nine shots over Hollis Stacy at Richland Country ...
Tinkering with tradition once again, baseball is demanding that relief pitchers face a minimum of three batters once entering a game — and let the arguments begin.
After staging a tennis tournament that openly mocked the threat of a pandemic, Novak Djokovic tested positive for the coronavirus — and he wasn’t alone.
including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.
As colleges ramp up their voluntary workout programs, more and more athletes are testing positive for COVID-19 and being forced into isolation. But one
He is survived by his son, actor and model Damian Hurley, whose mother is actress and model Elizabeth Hurley, and daughter Kira Bonder, whose mother is former professional tennis player Lisa Bonder.