Yosemite National Park shut down to all visitors Friday, according to a park release. The park closed at 3 p.m. "at the request of the local health department," the statement said. There will be no access permitted into the park until further notice.

At fault evictions are too. Some cities, including Santa Monica, have temporarily banned at-fault evictions. But the city of Los Angeles has not. Advocates including those at SAJE are pushing for expanded protections that include temporarily halting at-fault evictions. It’s possible that when the Los Angeles City council convenes at its next ...

Medical workers across specialties are preparing to assist in the emergency and intensive care units as hospitals expect to be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe.

beaches across Los Angeles County are making sure no one plays volleyball. L.A. County workers are busy cutting down volleyball nets across the Santa Monica Bay Friday, this only hours after California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered residents to stay home to help slow down the spread of the novel virus. The decision to take volleyball off the ...

Gillian describes the scene this week at the Santa Monica Farmers Market and how farmers pivoted given the new circumstances. Hey! Did you enjoy this piece? We can’t do it without you. We are member-supported, so your donation is critical to KCRW's music programming, news reporting, and cultural coverage. Help support the DJs, journalists ...

In the wake of a voluminous public response to last week’s piece on the greatest sports films, we turn now to books — such a pleasant diversion, too often set aside for more pressing tasks. There is no proper substitute for a Stephen Curry 35-footer or the artistry of Luka Doncic,

And hitting balls at the driving range is a solitary experience. “It’s definitely a stress relief,” said Adam Bluestone, a Santa Monica resident who was playing at Rancho Park on Thursday. “If there’s any game you could be playing right now, it’s golf.” Kiman Song, teeing up at Griffith Park’s Wilson Golf Course on Thursday ...

Spurred on by the new coronavirus threat, a movement to occupy long-vacant houses owned by Caltrans within the failed 710 Freeway extension corridor has grown from one to 11 homes as of Thursday, March 19,

A collection of content called Weathering the Storm is also available free to everyone. Wander is an affordable wireless home internet provider with service in the Santa Monica area. The company is offering free internet access for families in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District for the rest of the school year, June 10, 2020.

VENICE, CA — A Santa Monica Police Department officer on a motorcycle suffered minor to moderate injuries in a collision with a car in Venice Thursday afternoon. The officer was traveling along Main Street near Sunset Avenue around 3 p.m. when a Ford Fusion turned in front of him, according to SMPD Traffic Division Sgt. Mike Boyd. The officer ...