The City of Santa Monica opened a new community park this week — and it includes a brand new public art installation by local artist April Banks. Banks' work, "A Resurrection in Four Stanzas," joins a series of interpretive panels at Historic Belmar Park explaining the site's history as a once-thriving African American community.

Dramatic declines in the spread of COVID-19, especially among healthcare workers — the first group vaccinated — point to vaccine efficacy. Quentin Tarantino's 1994 cult classic will be on the big screen for Mel's first drive-in movie screening since January.

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Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced that is partnering with Providence St. John's Health Center to vaccinate its employees

Butz is one of 19 runners selected for the MS Run the U.S. relay, a run that goes from Santa Monica, California to New York City.

Olivia Culpo appeared to be making the most of the last bit of the golden hour in a trio of snaps posted to her Instagram account on Saturday. The former Miss Rhode Island was pictured spending time outside.

Several California lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit sprawl in wildfire-prone areas. The bill comes on the heels of a new report by the Center for Biological Diversity, which found rampant construction in high fire-risk Southland wildlands to be a major contributor to the increase in costs associated with fire suppression and damages.

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The county's top public health official said the new vaccine couldn't be coming at a better time as the vaccine opens to many more people next week.

Fred Segal, a notable Los Angeles-based celebrity fashion retailer, died Thursday from complications of a stroke at a Santa Monica hospital at 87.