In 1924, developer J.B. Salmon launched the Hollywood Company to subdivide and build out a new neighborhood on an old dairy farm just southeast of the relatively new White Rock Lake. A year later, Bert Blair & Co established Santa Monica just north of Salmon’s Hollywood Heights.

After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era of limits.” Citing “sluggish economic growth, increasing social instability,

Los Angeles County officials warn against swimming at certain beaches due to high bacterial levels, potentially causing illness. Malibu and Santa Monica Pier areas are affected.

The Southern Section baseball playoffs begin this week with plenty of pitching firepower, including shutouts, no-hitters and walk-off home runs.

Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. Encampments at a growing number of universities across the state and nation are sparking battles between students’ free speech and campus policies against trespassing and obstructing ...

She called a meeting in 2013 after a mountain lion was killed trying to cross the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills and asked, what can we do? This was the answer.

Santa Monica Public Library is hosting AAPI Heritage Month with events including film screenings, panel discussions, and cultural exhibits.

Book: Pier historian James (Jim) Harris has a new book all about Santa Monica’s iconic and beloved Pier. Scott Snowden Executive Director at the Santa Monica Pier Corporation, Jim Harris — arguably the most informed, most appropriate and most ...

Readers of the L.A. Times sports section offer their opinions and advice regarding the Lakers' situation, the Clippers, Kings and Angels

Joshua Bassett may be having some major deja vu with his new song, “The Golden Years.” The singer, 23, took to social media on Thursday, May 2, to share a snippet of the track via TikTok. In the video, Bassett could be seen singing on the beach by the Santa Monica pier.