While construction at one Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) elementary campus site began in December, another elementary site’s new conceptual plan was given a go-ahead to move forward
Two California lawmakers publicly blew up at each other earlier this month, hitting a nerve on an issue that has long-divided the state’s elected leaders: Whether and how much
In a sign of the ongoing threats to its precious groundwater stores, half a dozen regions in California rank among the world’s most rapidly declining aquifers, according to research
English learners drive testing success and failure at SMMUSD
In the initial testing round for the year, the local school district demonstrated performance levels comparable to past results, highlighting persistent
Thousands of volunteers fanned out across California this week, peering down alleyways, into parked cars and along creek beds in a mass effort to count the state’s homeless population.
The University of California suspended for a year its plan to allow undocumented students to acquire campus jobs, crushing a student-led movement more than a year in the making.
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A California Supreme Court decision three years ago was supposed to be the final word on former Gov. Jerry Brown’s marquee pension limit law, but judges are still sorting
Weldon Kennedy and his wife make it their business to keep up with California’s fast-changing clean energy landscape. So when the climate-conscious couple began planning to add a solar
A woman has been arrested for killing a man in yesterday's shooting near Ocean Park Blvd.
Kayla Denise Mackey, 27 years old, was taken into custody on Friday.
A man was killed on Thursday morning after being shot in the Sunset Park neighborhood. According to the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD), officers received a call of shots fired
When it comes to political elections I was raised in an unusual household. An avid supporter of FDR, my mother was an organizer of Democratic Clubs in West Los Angeles
