El Prez’s desire for a better live hip-hop opportunity for the unsung resulted in PayDay LA. The curated rap show recently celebrated two years of monthly shows at The Virgil on Santa Monica Boulevard. “I knew the fans are our there, and I knew the artists were out there,” he says. “I took it upon myself to find a venue and start doing ...

Charles Barkley says he is in self-quarantine and awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test after becoming sick while on a trip to New York City

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District sent a text message to parents today telling them to keep their kids home on Friday and Monday. The message sent by district Supt. Ben Drati says a person with children in the district's schools has been exposed to coronavirus, and that there was a higher-than-normal absentee rate on Thursday.

One of the world’s top bakeries moved south last year, and now it’s heading west: San Francisco’s Tartine is opening a 100-seat bakery and café in Santa Monica next week. The expansion comes three months after the sudden closure of L.A.’s first Tartine—the Manufactory, a 40,000-square-foot restaurant complex within ROW DTLA—as well ...

Analysts at both Argus and Deutsche Bank released bullish research notes on Snap, arguing that the Santa Monica, Calif., social-media company is well-positioned to weather the mounting economic and societal disruptions caused by the spread of the deadly covid-19, according to published reports. Boosting his rating on Snap to buy from hold ...

The STIRR app is available on Roku TV, Fire TV, Apple TV as well as iOS and Android devices or at www.STIRR.com. Based in Santa Monica, CA, STIRR is a first of its kind OTT service created, owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. About LiveXLive Media, Inc. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveXLive Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...

The loss of board-and-care homes — which are home-like environments with 24-hour care — only compounds the problem. Chiu said he is also working on one-time budget proposal with Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, to add $500 million to the state’s general fund to help stabilize board-and-cares. There are two main types of board ...

But it leaves us with a reminder to cherish the magic of our own homes and just maybe with a little more empathy for those that may have lost theirs. "Home" played at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica this past weekend.

A shopping center in Tamarac sold for $14.4 million amid a retail construction boom in Broward County. RM Tamarac Plaza LP, tied to Macerich, a Santa Monica, California-based mall REIT, sold the 93,599-square-foot property at 7401-7515 Northwest 57 for $153 per square foot, records show. Roalga LLC and Shoppes On University LLC, led by Alberto ...

Valerie Ewald, who works in the Intensive Care Unit at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, has been fighting off a cold for a few days. She says she’s concerned that she hasn’t been able to get tested for COVID-19. “They're not testing people,” she says. “If I was just to go to my own doctor's office, they would just tell me to ...