Twenty years ago, in the 2001 Los Angeles mayoral race, a topic usually seen as dull became the most lurid issue of the campaign. The topic was water recycling, and we are still being hurt by the rhetoric from that election today.

Happy weekend, Santa Monica! Your Patch community calendar is a great way to keep tabs on what's happening near you and discover local events that fit your interests. Here's a roundup of local events coming up in the area this weekend.

No structures were damaged and no injuries were reported in the wildfire that broke out late Friday in the Santa Monica Mountains.

The acquisition of HealthcareSource represents symplr’s twelfth acquisition in the past six years, and its seventh under sponsorship from Clearlake and SkyKnight since November 2018.

A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community had burned about 1,325 acres Sunday as about a thousand residents in the Topanga Canyon area remained under evacuation orders while

A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community gained strength Sunday as about a thousand residents remained under evacuation orders

Authorities said Saturday that they are preparing to evacuate an area near a wildfire in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

Residents in the Topanga Canyon evacuated their homes Saturday after a wildfire in a nearby area grew to more than a square mile, authorities said. The residents who were

An adorable golden takin calf at the San Diego Zoo is the first of its kind to be born in the Western Hemisphere. The baby animal — named Mei Ling, or “beautiful antelope” in the Mandarin language — is settling in with its mother at the zoo’s Asian Passage area after being born last month.

A plan to build a bridge over a major Southern California highway to enable mountain lions and other wildlife to move between wilderness areas has received a $25 million challenge grant.