By Alejandro Lazo Big Oil faces mounting lawsuits as extreme weather worsens, with California leading efforts to make fossil fuel giants pay billions of dollars for the climate damage they have long denied.
Long-established surf and skate shop ZJ Boarding House on Main Street is set to close its doors permanently in April, just four years after it celebrated reopening. Tragically, this has nothing to do with any local issues,
Long-established surf and skate shop ZJ Boarding House on Main Street is set to close its doors permanently in April, just four years after it celebrated reopening. Tragically, this has nothing to do with any local issues,
Perhaps no state has more to lose than California in the federal budget proposal House Republicans passed this week. That spending plan sets up significant cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance ...
Dear Editor, Council Member Zwick, a new resident of Santa Monica who has no history here, has a strained view of what creates a great city and what can protect and save ours. For the City to partner
Parking Structure #3 was demolished to make way for "affordable housing," then it was decided to be a display of anime characters in domes and when that fell through a pickleball court was to be was to be built that disappeared into the either.
Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers' mood and may be weighing on an otherwise mostly healthy economy. Data released Wednesday showed that consumers slashed their spending by the most since February 2021,
With just 22 months remaining in his governorship, Gavin Newsom knows that two interrelated promises he made to voters seven years ago — to erase or at least lessen the state’s chronic housing shortage and its very high rate of homelessness — will not happen before he departs.
If you ever want to know how Santa Monica City Council members feel about a certain issue, you’d be wise to look beyond the latest Council meeting agenda for answers. I say this because our new ...
I would like to share with your readers a gem I discovered through Santa Monica College Emeritus. Held at Virginia Park, the Spanish folk singing class did more than allow approximately 20 ...
“This past election cycle was the most expensive Council race in Santa Monica's history… We have in the past kept our individual contribution limits low as an attempt to provide greater access ...
If you want to learn more about Lions Club activities, or would like to hear our guest speaker, Matt Hall, Editor in Chief, Santa Monica Daily Press at our meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 ...
Just before dawn, 10 people met at a parking lot shared by a laundromat and coffee shop in South Central Los Angeles on what has become a daily mission: Look for immigration officers and warn people of their presence to try to prevent arrests.
Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers' mood and may be weighing on an otherwise mostly healthy economy. Data released Wednesday showed that consumers slashed their spending by the most since February 2021,
The owner of the legendary local fancy dress and wardrobe store Ursula’s Costumes at 2516 Wilshire Blvd, Ursula Boschet, has died. She would have been 91 in May. A spokesperson for the family confirmed that Boschet died Monday afternoon of pancreatic cancer surrounded by family at her home in Chatsworth.
March will be a month of creativity in Downtown Santa Monica, as locals and out of towners alike will be contributing their unique voices to the Santa Monica Playhouse. At the Playhouse from now through March 30 is the Binge Free Festival,
Samohi’s club “Team Marine” is calling for in-depth environmental testing of the ocean due to major health concerns after recent rains flushed ash and debris from the Palisades fire into the water. Founded in 2006 by Samohi teacher Benjamin Kay,
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday released government documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, but the first wave of files posted on the Justice Department website have largely bee
BOOKING - courtesy photo TOMORROW! FRI 2/28 - Even the people who voted for Trump (but not Elon) are crying from the pain he is causing needlessly. So many of us are wailing, what can we do!? Yes, it is very hard to resist the combination of incredible sums of money,
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Din Tai Fung and H&H Bagel Openings, SaMo Pier’s Wellness & Waves Festival, Montana Ave. Spring Fling Streetwide Sale, and much more!
O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping,
The football star who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but wound up in prison years later in an unrelated case died on Wednesday night.
O.J. hose rise and fall from American football hero to accused murderer fueled a rancorous public drama that obsessed the nation and spawned debates over race, wealth, justice and retribution, has die
In a high-pressure Mission League opener, it was freshman Isaiah Barnes delivering the biggest basket of the night, making a three to wipe out a two-point deficit in the final minutes and ignite host Crespi to a 57-50 victory over St. Francis on Friday night.
Friday’s Top Games. Palos Verdes (5-0) at Santa Monica (5-0), 6:30 p.m. Outlook: The big question entering the Bay League, as it is every season, is can anybody dethrone the Sea
Santa MoniCARES, a nonprofit dedicated to serving the community, will host its second annual “Volley-Ween” volleyball tournament, costume contest and mixer on Wednesday, October 25, in partnership with Perry’s Café and Beach Rentals.
COLLECTOR'S ITEM VINYL AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. /PRNewswire/ -- The Rolling Stones and Major League Baseball have teamed up to release limited edition vinyl of Hackney
A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school football teams in the Southland heading into Week 6. 1. MATER DEI (5-0); def. Baltimore St. Frances, 20-7; vs. Servite at Santa Ana Stadium, Friday; 1
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The Fall high school basketball schedule is underway and the first big boys event in the South Bay tips off Saturday at Redondo with the Ryse Up Fall Classic. The two-day event begins Saturday morning. Here is the complete schedule as of Thursday afternoon
Around the country, former Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers is head coach at St. Michael Catholic in Alabama. Hall of Famer Kurt Warner was a volunteer coach last season at Brophy Prep in Arizona. Let’s see if Tom Brady ever decides to help coach at his alma mater, Serra High in San Mateo.
Friday, September 15, as our Southern California News Group reporters provide scores, stats, videos and much more from the sidelines at tonight’s games.
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