I think 20 is even better, the way that our neighboring city of West Hollywood has. You can look at Santa Monica, and they have 30. But the council wasn’t comfortable with that. What do you like about single-family housing? Single-family housing is a choice. We should be offering with the county and urban area a wide variety of lifestyle ...

Roni Ginach, the founder of Roni Selects and a former wine director of Michael's restaurant in Santa Monica, makes her living importing and distributing "natural wines" and even she says the term is "murky." "To me, it has to do with an overarching, holistic grape-growing and winemaking philosophy, starting from creating or helping to preserve ...

Get outside more, meet more people. If those items are on your to-do list, it’s time to take a hike. L.A. is surrounded by abundant trails to explore in centrally located Griffith Park, the Santa Monica Mountains in the west, and the Angeles National Forest to the north. The point is not to hike alone, for safety reasons but also for social ones.

Analyzing digital streams of information from electric scooters and motor-assisted bicycles is helping solve travel congestion issues. This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series, which examines technological,

Rancho Palos Verdes has selected as its newest city manager 21-year employee Ara Mihranian, who has served in that top post on an interim basis since former City Manager Doug Willmore retired in November.

Another member of the Jewish Defense League was Keith Israel Fuchs, who was raised in Brooklyn, New York, before moving to Santa Monica, California. After high school, Fuchs moved to the West Bank settlement Kiryat Arba, where Rabbi Meir Kahane and his followers had created a community within a community. On the Jewish holiday of Purim in ...

The creations of Santa Monica-based artist Joshua Abarbanel can be found both nationally and internationally, in public and private collections. His work is inspired by forms and patterns found in nature, including the progression of numbers known as the Fibonacci sequence. He also taps into his Jewish side, having created a golem for an ...

Hannah Foote, a 19-year-old ASU student, was in her Los Angeles when a fire broke out. She says she almost got trapped in a fire.

And you know what sits at the western end of the iconic Mother Road: Santa Monica Pier, which sports an "End of the Trail" sign to denote its status as the Pacific-based terminus of the famous highway. Now another pier feature, one that's rather larger than a sign, will pay homage to the history of Route 66. It's the destination's famous roller ...

Whether your sweetheart loves romantic dinners, "heart-felt" treats or a Breadstick Bouquet, it's time to plan. Patch gives you options ... However you celebrate Valentine's Day, there is no shortage of fab and festive dining throughout the Los Angeles region.