In California, where the cost of housing outpaces logic, most renters run into a moment where the law feels like a stranger. A rent hike, an early morning knock, a
Stanley Iezman has been elected to the board of Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM), filling the vacant property owner seat left open after the resignation of longtime board member Julia
Santa Monica is offering up more than eight acres of city-owned land to developers, launching a formal search for long-term lessees to help meet the city’s state-mandated housing goals
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus system will raise fares for the first time since 2016 this summer, eliminating several pass options while increasing the cost of most others. The
California lawmakers want to limit public access to their addresses and phone numbers after two Minnesota lawmakers were shot, one fatally, in their homes last month.
One proposal would ban
They appeared in plain clothes outside a San Diego hotel, wore camouflage as they raided a Los Angeles factory and arrived with military gear at a Ventura County farm.
The
Every summer, a few headlines remind us about Mental Health Awareness Month. And then, just as quickly, we move on.
But the truth doesn’t go away. For people whose
When Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders were drafting a more-or-less final 2025-26 state budget last month, they were closing what they described as a $12 billion deficit, a number
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved four motions to support immigrant communities affected by federal immigration enforcement, including cash aid, expanded food programs and legal challenges to federal
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has appointed Manuel Cuté Ramos as director of fiscal and business services, the district announced following its July 15 board meeting.
Cuté Ramos brings
A bill that aimed to streamline and coordinate wildfire recovery across Los Angeles County will not move forward this year, following a tense committee hearing and calls for more community
