Walk down the diaper aisle of any major retailer and a pattern emerges quickly: soft pastels, images of mothers, and marketing language aimed squarely at one parent.
Mike Constantiner and
For almost five years, Daren Auld has been a fixture at Ocean View Park, shaping players on the Santa Monica tennis courts with the same quiet dedication he brought to
Days after California's primary, Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt are still waiting to see who makes the November runoff for Los Angeles mayor against incumbent Karen Bass.
The
A cancer-causing metal detected in the air around last year's Los Angeles wildfire cleanup zones may have exposed more than 3 million residents to dangerous levels of a
A man died Friday morning in an apartment fire near Ocean Park Blvd.
The Santa Monica Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 2600 block of 5th Street
A man accused of a racially motivated rampage that ended in a downtown homeless encampment and left one victim permanently disabled will face trial after the state’s highest court
As Los Angeles prepares to welcome the world for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Community Collective and California State Treasurer Fiona Ma launched a
Residents who love food but hate their arteries will have new options for heart-stopping delights next week with the opening of both Raising Cane’s and The Win~Dow.
Raising
With the FIFA World Cup set to transform Los Angeles into one of the epicenters of global sport, Australian officials, civic leaders, business executives, and members of Australia’s national
The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce has named Genevieve Morrill as its interim chief executive officer as the organization launches a formal search for a permanent leader following the departure
A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans' finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with midterm
A man died Friday morning in an apartment fire near Ocean Park Blvd.
The Santa Monica Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 2600 block of 5th Street
A man accused of a racially motivated rampage that ended in a downtown homeless encampment and left one victim permanently disabled will face trial after the state’s highest court
A 49-year-old Illinois man was charged Wednesday with criminal threats and battery after allegedly stopping his vehicle near the Third Street Promenade, chasing a pedestrian and commanding his dog to
A Culver City restaurateur who owns a hospitality company with restaurants and hotels in California, Tennessee and Kentucky was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining
A Culver City man employed by a nonprofit syringe distribution organization was arrested Thursday on a federal complaint alleging he possessed fentanyl when officers pulled him over near MacArthur Park
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A few years back, in one of our many conversations for the biography I
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We were supposed to celebrate our younger son'
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Amid growing awareness that so-called forever chemicals, or PFAS, can linger in
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The 2026 campaign for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successor may be all but over
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes a variety of free summer concerts, multiple wine dinners and other wellness food events, and
Days after California's primary, Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt are still waiting to see who makes the November runoff for Los Angeles mayor against incumbent Karen Bass.
The
The Santa Monica City Council voted last week to authorize the city manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Coastal Commission, setting a collaborative path toward certifying
Santa Monica's general fund is on track to achieve structural balance for the first time in years, city finance officials told the City Council at their last meeting,
Early returns from Tuesday's California primary election showed Santa Monica-connected candidates struggling across multiple statewide and legislative contests, signaling a potentially significant diminishment of the city's
The contours of a premier Senate race took shape in Iowa, while President Donald Trump's endorsement streak ran into a roadblock there.
Democrats chose a nominee for a
There are so many fashion trends to keep track of, you may or may not have heard that the Democratic senate candidate in Maine, Graham Platner, has a tattoo of
As Los Angeles prepares to welcome the world for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Community Collective and California State Treasurer Fiona Ma launched a
The Santa Monica "Pier 360" Beach Festival returns June 27–28, bringing two days of ocean sports, live entertainment and beach culture to the Santa Monica shoreline and
Santa Monica College will present its 47th Annual Student Photography Exhibit from June 13 through 20 at the Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery in the SMC Performing Arts Center,
A yoga organization with 55 years of history in Los Angeles and centers around the world has returned to the west side of the city, opening a new location at
Stadium workers near Los Angeles say they have reached a tentative contract deal, averting a strike ahead of the U.S. men’s soccer team’s opening World Cup match.