As California’s State Senate District 24 race begins to take shape, the contest is emerging as one that reaches far beyond city boundaries, touching issues that define daily life
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a lease with California Roadhouse for the vacant restaurant space at 256 Santa Monica Pier, including incorporation of language from the city’
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The Malibu City Council voted unanimously April 13 to extend its parking enforcement contract with LAZ Parking for three additional years and approved an immediate funding increase, citing increased enforcement
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a lease with California Roadhouse for the vacant restaurant space at 256 Santa Monica Pier, including incorporation of language from the city’
Doc Martens and It's Sugar have closed their locations on the Third Street Promenade contributing to the 30% vacancy rate on the City’s flagship economic street, even
On the stretch of Lincoln Boulevard, where Santa Monica and Venice blur into one community, a once forgotten nursery has been brought back to life, and for Jasper Watts, Monarch
At a time when Los Angeles is not just preparing to host the world, but redefining how a city shows up on the global stage, a gathering inside Hangar 7
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On Friday, April 24, the Los Angeles Police Department updated their statement and classified the death of Jeremy Ferguson and Mandy Zelinka as a murder-suicide. They also added additional details
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Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has announced support for state Assembly Bill 2727, bipartisan legislation that would restrict elder parole for violent sex offenders and require all sex
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We are very happy with the new and renovated Douglas Park, but it should be called Doglax Park. Dog owners do not care or read signs that clearly state that
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Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the state would be distributing $145.4
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The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pursue a two-track strategy for implementing a sweeping new state housing law, seeking to delay its effects on the city's most
As California’s State Senate District 24 race begins to take shape, the contest is emerging as one that reaches far beyond city boundaries, touching issues that define daily life
Los Angeles County captured 120.3 billion gallons of stormwater during the 2025-26 storm season, which ended April 15 — more than ten times the previous season's total of
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority released delayed audit findings identifying significant weaknesses in its financial internal controls and issued layoff notices to certain employees.
While LAHSA attributed the layoffs
The Santa Monica City Council meets Tuesday with a packed agenda that includes a long-delayed vote on a new tenant for the former Rusty's Surf Ranch space on
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pursue a two-track strategy for implementing a sweeping new state housing law, seeking to delay its effects on the city's most
Councilmember Hall opened his response to my op-eds with a paragraph cataloguing my organizational affiliations. His goal was clear: frame me as a political actor, not a credible critic. What
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Council approves California Roadhouse lease
Los Angeles County captured 120.3 billion gallons of stormwater during the 2025-26 storm season, which ended April 15 — more than ten times the previous season's total of