By David Crary and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Planned Parenthood said Monday it’s pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting
By Amy Taxin
Immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities filed a lawsuit Monday decrying what they called shoddy medical care and a failure by authorities to provide accommodations for
By Andrew Dalton
The Writers Guild of America filed claims Monday in federal court alleging the entertainment industry’s biggest talent agencies are violating antitrust and anti-racketeering laws, the latest
Week of August 19, 2019
LA Metro Public Art Project / “Tears of Santa Monica”
For the week of August 19, artwork installation is slated to resume and run from Fall
By Don Thompson
California and three other states on Friday filed the latest court challenge to new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance
By Avery Yang
Last month, one of the most confrontational congressional voices against President Donald Trump and his immigration policies directly questioned a top Border Patrol officer about why a
A group of state lawmakers recently traveled to the U.S. border with Mexico to visit a federal detention center and a nonprofit shelter. Officials said the trip was designed
By Johathan Lemire
Now is the summer (vacation) of the president’s discontent.
As Donald Trump prepares to leave on Friday for his annual August holiday at his lush New
By Don Thompson
California on Monday gave more time to apply to an independent commission that will redraw boundaries for most state and federal elections, an effort to get more
By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister
A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday by
By Karen Lauterbach
Venice Family Clinic, which has been providing high quality health care to the community for nearly half a century, is among the community health centers around the
Sen. Kamala Harris has raised more money in Santa Monica than any other Democratic candidate for president, according to data released this week.
Santa Monicans have donated more than $265,
