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ART ATTACK
It is part of the “I Want to be King” playbook. Stifle the artists, free speech, dissent. Pull their funding. That was the
Some of the world’s top skateboarders will descend on the Santa Monica Pier next week as part of the 2025 Championship Tour of Street League Skateboarding (SLS), which will
California's top insurance regulator said Tuesday that State Farm can soon start raising premiums by 17% for all of its home insurance customers in the state to help
Given California’s daunting — even existential — array of social, economic and fiscal crises, it’s remarkable that anyone would volunteer to become its governor.
However, Gavin Newsom will vacate the
The Santa Monica City Council has approved a new Entertainment Zone along the Third Street Promenade, allowing adults to consume alcoholic beverages outdoors with a phased implementation beginning next month.
Governor Gavin Newsom’s push to outlaw homeless encampments is reverberating throughout the state but Santa Monica has a longstanding anti-camping ordinance that goes above and beyond the new state
A heated debate is unfolding in Santa Monica as the local school district moves forward with a controversial plan to replace natural grass fields at Franklin and Grant elementary schools
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to clear homeless encampments from their properties last summer, holding up the California Department of Transportation as an example of how it should be
A Santa Monica College student was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near his residence in West Los Angeles and subsequently deported, college officials confirmed Tuesday.
The city's Sustainable Quality Awards (SQA) hosted in partnership with Sustainable Works, recognized local businesses that demonstrate excellence in helping Santa Monica realize a more sustainable future by
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California cities to clear homeless encampments, escalating efforts anew to address an intractable issue of his time in office: the makeshift tents that line
Volunteers from the Jonathan Club assemble more than 2,000 hygiene kits for people experiencing homelessness.
People experiencing homelessness often have to make hard choices that do not include purchasing