California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente are preparing to strike for the second time in a little more than two years, citing stressful working conditions, lack of pensions and inadequate pay —with resultant impacts on patient care.

The California state Senate passed a measure Friday to prevent gas prices from spiking in a state where it is notoriously expensive to fill up at the pump. The proposal, backed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom,

A wildly successful trash collection pilot program for Westside beaches will now be a permanent fixture in the area.

The nuts and bolts of hosting the Beach Volleyball tournament in the 2028 Olympic Games were laid bare in Tuesday’s City Council meeting where nostalgia struggled against a seemingly overwhelming number of unsatisfactory elements to the LA28 agreement.

KRSON – courtesy photo I HATE TO BRAG, BUT… My wife is one helluva singer. Been at it professionally since her mid-teens. Toured Japan four times, played the Queen Mary five nights a week for five years,

MARIAM FAM If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no need to white knuckle through it. Take a deep breath. Literally.

Two mothers who met at Edison Language Academy have changed the conversation around Spanish-speaking literature in Los Angeles.

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A callous act from a security guard working at The People Concern left a local unhoused man with 55 stitches and a lifetime of scarring.

By Marisa Kendall Los Angeles voters’ decision about a new sales tax next month will have a significant effect on the resources dedicated to California’s largest homeless population: Either the county will be set to receive about $1 billion annually,

The 1640 5th Street proposal from Lincoln Property includes an eight story building with 132-unit apartments and parking for 132 vehicles.

District infrastructure and learning opportunity items are on the plate of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education this week.

The weekend assault on a Santa Monica police officer has prompted a groundswell of support for the injured officer and reinvigorated Public Safety debate going into the final weeks of the election. A Santa Monica police officer shot and killed a man on Oct.

Dear Santa Monica Community, On behalf of the entire Santa Monica Police Department, I want to extend our deepest gratitude for the incredible outpouring of support following the recent attack on one of our officers.

Following an emergency call and rapid response to the 1300 block of Euclid St by the Fire Department, one person and four cats were rescued.

Top city officials and housing partners gathered to celebrate Santa Monica’s first Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project opening in nearly a decade.

A series of four traffic accidents unfolded last week and there seems to be no apparent reason to link any of them together. Not even poor visibility as we’ve found ourselves in a soup-like fog a few times this week.

Dear Editor, We were alarmed when in 2021 signs were erected to communicate that an outsized development under the legal “Builder’s Remedy” would be coming our way at Ocean Park and Lincoln and there was not a damn thing any residents of the affected neighborhoods could do about it.

Tuesday’s City Council meeting will be dominated by two Study Sessions, the first of which addresses the economic issues faced by the City associated with hosting the beach volleyball event during the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

October 2024 blog Hello dedicated farmers market community. There’s a lot to celebrate this month! And it all has to do with food! Join us as we celebrate National Food Day all month long. The annual observance has been held every October 24 since 1975 in awareness of the importance of healthy sustainable food choices,