The findings of this year’s Los Angeles Quality of Life Index, an annual survey conducted by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, pose a riddle for city and county leaders – and underscore the challenges of local officials everywhere: How should officeholders react when their constituents are angry at them for problems that they didn’t
The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way,
Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. “The one that I’ll probably forever remember is a suggestion that my fiancé and mother should be human trafficked so that I understand how serious this is — which, for a legislator ...
Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. Encampments at a growing number of universities across the state and nation are sparking battles between students’ free speech and campus policies against trespassing and obstructing ...
It’s been one year since the Ocean Ave. dining scene was taken to the Mediterranean, and the occasion brought out local stakeholders in the business community. On Tuesday, Mon Ami at 1541 Ocean Ave celebrated its one-year anniversary with a ribbon cutting ceremony alongside the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce,
Our weekly guide to food and entertainment goings-on in and around town includes Cinco de Mayo on the Promenade, Bike Month events and much more. Accidentally Wes Anderson photography exhibition: The exhibition arrives in Santa Monica after stops in Seoul,
Santa Monica resident and realtor extraordinaire Winston Bernard Cenac Jr. passed away on January 22, 2024 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, aged 73. Despite some significant health-related setbacks early in life,
They did, maneuvering rapidly among powerful passages. It may be the best Bartók I’ve ever heard. Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. I was also unacquainted with pianist Inon Barnatan, but he tamed Mozart’s difficult ...
Robots: Santa Monica families dove deep into the local arts scene this past weekend with a technological twist. On April 27, Virginia Avenue Park hosted the 2024 Arts & Literacy Festival, the 10th festival held by the City of Santa Monica in collaboration ...
Dueling groups of protesters clashed overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, shoving, kicking and beating each other with sticks after pro-Israel demonstrators tried to pull down barricades surrounding a pro-Palestinian encampment.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
An updated mitigation monitoring and reporting program for contaminated soils at the McKinley Elementary School campus master plan project site will be broached by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education during Thursday’s meeting.
The first Wayfinder kiosk has been officially unveiled on the southeastern corner of the Wilshire Blvd and 4th Street intersection and as the foam padding was removed, it instantly attracted a small crowd of passers by.
HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU A true story. A scary story. It happened to me, not long ago. It involves going to the Ron DeMented state of Florida (scared yet?), a German Shepherd the size of a small horse,
Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. “We didn’t end up breaking the world record, but … the event was about so much more than that,” Jordan said. “It was about having fun and being playful, and creating a space ...
Marv Marinovich, who captained Southern California’s national championship football team in 1962 and famously employed his strength and conditioning methods to groom son
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Marv Marinovich might have been best known to the masses as the father of former USC and Raiders quarterback, Todd Marinovich. However, he had his own great football career. Marv Marinovich died on Thursday of natural causes at the age of 81.
Less than 24 hours after 74-year-old Roric Harrison was reported missing in Houston's Medical Center area, he was located a few miles away in the Astrodome area. Harrison, who has Alzheimer's, was reported missing Wednesday night.
During her latest outing, superstar Rihanna was barely recognizable. The Fenty Beauty owner donned a Los Angeles Fire Department baseball cap and a leather mask to grab dinner at Giorgio Baldi, one of her favorite Santa Monica restaurants.
Washington Football Team fans might say they are used to Dan Snyder standing in the way of real progress. But is he also standing in the way of a sale?
Three Washington Football Team minority owners are ready to sell, but Dan Snyder stands in the way. The prospective buyers in a reportedly blocked deal for minority control of the Washington Football Team are Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano -- "billionaire co-founders of Clearlake Capital,
Before his days in a Bruins' uniform, O'Neal played high school basketball at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. He redshirted his first season at UCLA when he underwent heart surgery. O'Neal played as a reserve for the Bruins in 2019–20 ...
Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal has been making headlines for decades because of his humor and his athleticism, but we need to also talk about his ridiculously talented family. Shaq is a father of five and stepfather of one,
Latest coronavirus headlines from Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County and across California: Date Set For Grace Community Church Coronavirus Contempt Hearing; UCLA Football To Play Cal, Not Utah, In Home Opener;
Amid the maddening haze of a national health crisis and a college football season that was doomed from the start, some magnificent news came forth Friday: Kim Ng became the first female general manager in a North American men’s pro sports league.
You don’t need to be a soccer fan to be aware of Megan Rapinoe. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup champion has made headlines for her political and social views. Readers might recall that Rapinoe’s name stirred up a bit of controversy with President Donald Trump in 2019 when she said she wouldn’t visit the White House ahead of her team’s Women’s World Cup championship victory.
including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.