Editor: Voters are smart enough to realize that besides eroding trust in local elected officials, Council leaks out of closed session cost resident taxpayers real money, . Christine Parra’s defense of such lawbreaking (SMDP 6/18 “Council votes not to proceed with an investigation into closed session leaks”) is disturbing and embarrassing.

Macerich, one of the largest mall REITs, is handing back the keys for a property close to home. The Santa Monica-based REIT is giving Santa Monica Place back to its lender after defaulting on a $300M loan backed by the struggling 527K SF open-air mall ...

Stakeholders within Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) are already looking towards next school year with a particular eye on districtwide cell phone use. At the June 6 regular meeting of the SMMUSD Board of Education,

A Democratic lawmaker took aim at the wages of nonprofit CEOs after they opposed her union-backed bill that would add disclosure requirements

Assistance League Santa Monica (ALSM) beams with pride as a multi-year recipient of the Best Thrift Shop award. Their gratitude extends to the loyal customers and supportive community members who make their mission possible.

Legislation that would make it easier for restaurants to set food prices without including add-on fees is being whipped through the Capitol in warp speed. On Tuesday two Assembly committees endorsed the newly drafted Senate Bill 1524,

Question: We have a dispute with our HOA board and tried to inform those present during open meeting time and were not allowed to speak. We were told this was not on the agenda and this is private. Is it not our right to disclose what we do not want kept private?

Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. “I’ve been wanting to work in the theater professionally ever since I was a kid, and to be doing it with so many wonderfully talented people has been the absolute joy [of] my life ...

I had felt unmoored in New York. The depression I had been riddled with in adolescence had returned in a new adult form. But would a return to L.A. win over my Jersey boy?

Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. So she did – in seven separate in-person transactions at her local bank over three weeks. Her life savings disappeared, along with the man who scammed her. For a time, she said she ...