It is part of a growing list of closures along Southern California’s coast. The Santa Monica Pier is closed, as are the nearby beach parking lots. Earlier this week, Orange County closed county-owned parking lots at all trails, parks and beaches under OC Parks jurisdiction. Hermosa Beach city officials announced Wednesday that the city’s ...

Already the crisis has forced the closure of several high-profile local hotels including the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood, the Fairmont Miramar Hotel and Bungalows in Santa Monica and the Luxe Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. All laid off their workers without severance, although hotel workers who are union members keep health insurance and get ...

Joe Montana, who knows all about leaving a team after crafting a Hall of Fame career, is baffled by New England’s choice to let quarterback Tom Brady leave as a free agent.

I try not to pound the steering wheel in frustration. The bottleneck ahead finally loosens. Once I veer off onto the I-10 toward Santa Monica, the stop-and-go traffic becomes mostly go. Then I am cruising north on the Pacific Coast Highway. In the distance, there are mostly vistas of ocean and wildflower-covered hillsides. I might make it after ...

Last week, I wrote the first part of observations and impressions formed last December when I, and about 20 other Canadian automotive journalists, drove from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., along much of what was once called the “Mother Road,” U.S. Route 66. Sponsored by Nissan Canada, the seven-day road trip took us over 3,940 kilometres ...

The new terror, and the intensifying debate, over going outside.

To achieve a balance between “very luxe and overly relaxed,” Santa Monica-based Transition State also turns to “a lot of organic shapes and natural fabrications,” said Granello, whose background in fashion lent the team fresh insight on fabrics, product development and sourcing straight from the manufacturer. The trio began creating ...

WBBM, the CBS station is Chicago, is testing out “what if” scenarios in the event of a COVID-19 shutdown. Local blogger Roger Feder reports that the station produced its entire 5 p.m. newscast from the streets of Chicago Wednesday night. “We are doing this as a test in [the] event we would not have access to our building due to COVID-19 ...

He's co-founder of Headspace, a meditation app that London's Telegraph newspaper described as having "brought mindfulness to the masses." The company is thriving with offices in London and Santa Monica that claims more than 38 million downloads and users around the world. Headspace is currently the 7th most downloaded app in the Apple App Store ...

They are preparing to expand to other hospitals. This campaign raises funds to feed nursing units treating COVID-19 patients at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital. It plans to expand to other hospitals and has partnered with the charity Random Acts, so the donations are tax-deductible. Donate here. LA Hospital Meals is raising funds to feed hospital ...