President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered an update on the wildfire situation currently being faced by not just residents of Santa Monica, but tens of thousands of people across Los Angeles County.
Warnings and Evacuations Remain in Place as Palisades Fire and Three Other Major Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles, Destroying 1,100 Structures and Forcing Thousands to Evacuate Amid Extreme Weather Conditions.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is grappling with unprecedented demands on its water system and widespread power outages as wildfires continue to threaten the region. As firefighters battled the Palisades Fire over the past day,
A new milestone has been hit for one of Downtown’s largest construction projects. Vertical construction has been completed at the soon-to-be mixed-use development space at 710 Broadway. Construction went vertical for the site in November 2023,
Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke. The fl
As students return to Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District campuses this week, the lingering impacts of pre-winter break are still being felt for the Malibu contingent. On Monday, Webster Elementary School reopened for one minimum day after the campus closed due to damage from December’s Franklin Fire,
The City of Los Angeles is responding to the Palisades Fire amidst the dangerous wind storm impacting the L.A. region. The Emergency Operations Center has been activated to a Level 2 in response to th
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that federal assistance has been secured to combat the rapidly spreading Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County, which has already burned more than 1,260 acres and threatens 6,
Staff Report. A wildfire in Pacific Palisades has burned over 2,921 acres. The fire began early today and spread quickly due to Santa Ana winds reaching 100 mph. Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for approximately 30,
Evacuations triggered by the explosive Palisades fire have reached Santa Monica's border with residents at Ocean and San Vicente receiving warnings, but no evacuation orders as such, yet. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department,
Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a potentially "life-threatening, destructive" windstorm hit Southern California on Tuesday,
About 20 acres of the Pacific Palisades Highlands are currently on fire with multiple agencies responding to the blaze. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the fire broke out at about 10:30 a.
President Joe Biden is establishing two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes, the White House confirmed Tuesday, as Biden seeks to conserve at least 30% of U.S.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $322 billion budget without a deficit, a welcome change after two years of significant budget shortfalls in the nation's most populous state. But the budget
All’antico Vinaio, a rapidly growing chain of sandwich shops that originated in Italy in 1991, is preparing to open a new location at 316 Santa Monica Blvd, formally the site of Trejo's Tacos. This marks the third Los Angeles location for the Florence-based firm,
A homeless man believed to be in his late 60s was struck by a vehicle on Wilshire Boulevard on Sunday evening, but authorities say that he's expected to survive his injuries. The incident occurred at approximately 8:25pm in the 2400 block of Wilshire Blvd,
Brady Corbet's 215-minute postwar epic "The Brutalist" and Jacques Audiard's Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical "Emilia Perez" — won top honors at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday. The Globes,
A pillar of the Santa Monica community will now be permanently featured at the place he helped create. On Dec. 21, city officials gathered at Virginia Avenue Park to unveil a plaque honoring Lloyd C.
The congressional joint session to count electoral votes on Monday is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago that was interrupted by a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump who tried to stop the count and overturn the results of an election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.