The findings of this year’s Los Angeles Quality of Life Index, an annual survey conducted by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, pose a riddle for city and county leaders – and underscore the challenges of local officials everywhere: How should officeholders react when their constituents are angry at them for problems that they didn’t

The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way,

Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. “The one that I’ll probably forever remember is a suggestion that my fiancé and mother should be human trafficked so that I understand how serious this is — which, for a legislator ...

Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. Encampments at a growing number of universities across the state and nation are sparking battles between students’ free speech and campus policies against trespassing and obstructing ...

It’s been one year since the Ocean Ave. dining scene was taken to the Mediterranean, and the occasion brought out local stakeholders in the business community. On Tuesday, Mon Ami at 1541 Ocean Ave celebrated its one-year anniversary with a ribbon cutting ceremony alongside the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce,

Our weekly guide to food and entertainment goings-on in and around town includes Cinco de Mayo on the Promenade, Bike Month events and much more. Accidentally Wes Anderson photography exhibition: The exhibition arrives in Santa Monica after stops in Seoul,

Santa Monica resident and realtor extraordinaire Winston Bernard Cenac Jr. passed away on January 22, 2024 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, aged 73. Despite some significant health-related setbacks early in life,

They did, maneuvering rapidly among powerful passages. It may be the best Bartók I’ve ever heard. Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. I was also unacquainted with pianist Inon Barnatan, but he tamed Mozart’s difficult ...

Robots: Santa Monica families dove deep into the local arts scene this past weekend with a technological twist. On April 27, Virginia Avenue Park hosted the 2024 Arts & Literacy Festival, the 10th festival held by the City of Santa Monica in collaboration ...

Dueling groups of protesters clashed overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, shoving, kicking and beating each other with sticks after pro-Israel demonstrators tried to pull down barricades surrounding a pro-Palestinian encampment.

Some talk about Santa Monica having compassion. How compassionate is it to let people who cannot care for themselves live on the streets?

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

An updated mitigation monitoring and reporting program for contaminated soils at the McKinley Elementary School campus master plan project site will be broached by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education during Thursday’s meeting.

The first Wayfinder kiosk has been officially unveiled on the southeastern corner of the Wilshire Blvd and 4th Street intersection and as the foam padding was removed, it instantly attracted a small crowd of passers by.

HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU A true story. A scary story. It happened to me, not long ago. It involves going to the Ron DeMented state of Florida (scared yet?), a German Shepherd the size of a small horse,

Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. “We didn’t end up breaking the world record, but … the event was about so much more than that,” Jordan said. “It was about having fun and being playful, and creating a space ...

Two suspects have been arrested and charged on suspicion of committing two counts each of burglary from a vehicle and grand theft.

Last year’s snow deluge, which quickly erased a 20 year megadrought, was a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study has found.

At the New Roads School, Sunday was a brainstorm and resource-gathering session for the environmental crusaders of the future

Research suggests California’s pension funds have missed out on billions by maintaining investments in fossil fuel companies. As the state Assembly considers a bill that would start the clock on divestment,