Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling "simply preposterous" Republican allegations that he’
The Santa Monica City Council wants to know if it’s being underpaid and has asked staff to return to a future meeting with a study of compensation for councilmembers
You may recall, during the March 19, 2024 meeting, City Council voted to research a resolution to the Silas White property controversy. City Manager David White and City Attorney Doug
Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to
A new actor may audition for the role of Civic Auditorium Savior in the coming weeks after Council is reported to have pushed forward a proposal from a private organization
Assemblymember Ash Kalra did something exceptional last week. He was the only legislator to vote "no" on a controversial piece of legislation while nearly half of the 80
At the mid-point of the city’s two year budget cycle, the cost to operate the city has increased by just over 1% and while staff are cautiously optimistic about
What’s the cost of democracy in California? If we calculate that based just on the pages informing the state’s 22 million voters about Proposition 1 in the official
In last week’s meeting, councilmembers voted unanimously 7-0 to extend the local emergency status of the current homeless crisis for another 12 months.
Analysis and discussion of this contentious
The California Senate approved a bipartisan package of 15 bills on Wednesday that would increase penalties for organized crime rings, stolen goods resellers expand drug court programs and close a
Last week’s City Council meeting was dominated by the Israel-Gaza resolution proposed by Councilmembers Gleam Davis, Caroline Torosis and Jesse Zwick. The 16D Discussion Item drew over two and
