For years, Nia Patton thought she might never complete a college degree. After gaining an online Associate of Arts for Transfer from Santa Monica College, she now studies philosophy at
Missed your favorite shows? After nearly four months of strikes, they’re coming back. Wednesday’s deal between striking actors and studios and streaming services won’t immediately restore filming
Messages of hope and inspiration despite despair are carefully crafted within the world of poetry and prose, with words flying off the page and into one’s imagination. To bring
War. What is it good for? Not much, sadly. Aside from the bonus of driving a multi-billion-dollar industry, conflict, terrorism, invasion, persecution and countless other crimes continue to necessitate the
Santa Monica’s profitable and economically important home improvement industry will get a new fixture next year when PIRCH moves into town offering high end home design and furnishings on
A scuba dive boat captain was convicted Monday of criminal negligence in the deaths of 34 people, including two Santa Monicans, killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019,
Lose your job, file for unemployment, get a few hundred dollars a week from the state to pay for essentials while you find a new gig. It sounds simple, in
As more and more of her friends and neighbors found themselves priced out of rental units in Venice Beach, Judy Branfman began photographing the dozens of houses, bungalows and apartments
Don’t call it a tripledemic — yet. Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 are circulating this fall, but not yet at the rate that worried public health agencies a
California has poured billions of dollars into finding homes for homeless veterans, but the number of former military service members living on the street has held steady for almost a
Santa Monica’s business success stories come from around the area, with one of the most hard-working local economies coming in the Pico district. The "working street" mentality
California’s homeless crisis has plagued the state for years, and despite throwing a staggering amount of money trying to solve it, the problem is only getting worse.
In 2018,
