NASA veteran Brian Muirhead will share his vision for Mars exploration at the next installment of the 2025 Malibu Library Speaker Series on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m. at Malibu City Hall. The free event will feature Muirhead,

SANTA MONICA - I've lived in Santa Monica for 15 years, and I've watched a once-thriving, walkable beach city change drastically-especially since the transit train arrived. What was meant to be a modern solution for traffic and sustainability has turned into a pipeline of instability,

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary restraining order that blocked “roving” immigration stops in Los Angeles and eight other California counties. In an emergency appeal,

On Friday, Aug. 8, the "Daisies" singer, 31, and Rhode founder, 28, stepped out in Santa Monica, California, for a stylish dinner date at the popular Italian eatery Giorgio Baldi. They've visited the restaurant a few times before, but their latest outing comes just two weeks before they will celebrate their son, Jack Blues Bieber 's first birthday.

“Home Alone” favorite Macaulay Culkin appeared on the latest episode of “Hot Ones” and got asked to pick his favorite movie in which he played Kevin McCallister. Does Culkin prefer the 1990 original “Home Alone” or its 1992 sequel, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”? It turns out the answer is not too complicated …

Assembly Bill 1413 seeks to quietly rewrite California’s water laws, raising alarm among local water agencies, business groups, lawmakers and many advocates of California’s agriculture industry. The Indian Wells Valley Water District in eastern Kern County has serious concerns about the proposal’s threats to groundwater rights,

The City of Santa Monica is recruiting for a new Director of Housing and Human Services, seeking what it calls a visionary leader to tackle the community's most pressing housing and homelessness challenges through a newly reorganized department.

A few weeks ago, a video popped up on YouTube, purporting to be a verbal clash between Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, and Gov. Gavin Newsom during a congressional hearing. The video claimed that Hawley cleaned Newsom’s clock in their debate over a lawsuit that Newsom had filed.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday calling for emergency state intervention to prevent the closure of Planned Parenthood health centers countywide. The motion, introduced by Supervisor Lindsey P.

Extreme heat and dry conditions fuel rapid spread of Canyon Fire in Los Padres National Forest, prompting evacuations.

Kilroy Realty Corp. sells its 78,500-square-foot office building at 501 Santa Monica Blvd. to Washington Capital for $40 million.

Film Santa Monica, a division of SMTT, aims to streamline the film permitting process for Santa Monica with concierge services.

Paramount, A Skydance Corporation, will now be Paramount, an L.A.-based operation. After the $8.4 billion closing of the merger of Paramount and Skydance formally closed on Thursday, company leaders visited New York for a press conference.

The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and flames. But three studies published Wednesday suggest the cost to human health from the Maui and Los Angeles wildfires was substantially higher.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday to protect community health and maximize local resources for vaccine education and access as federal funding for immunization programs faces cuts.

Current law recognizes wildfires, floods, storms, droughts, earthquakes and other specified events as local emergencies, but excludes landslides. AB 986 would add landslides and conditions exacerbated by climate change to the emergency list.

Banc of California's Wildfire Relief Fund donates $1 million to help businesses recover from the January fires in Los Angeles.

Kamala Harris’ penchant for strings of abstruse verbiage — popularly known as word salads — was one of several reasons her presidential campaign failed last year. Her tendency was on display again last week when she announced she would not run for California governor after making other candidates,

An unfathomable drafting blunder threatens to wreck years of painstaking work to make Los Angeles County government more responsive to the needs of its 10 million people. The magnitude of the screw-up,

The Los Angeles County Assessment Roll increased by $82 billion or 3.91% in 2025 despite devastating wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes across Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, County Assessor Jeff Prang announced.