California’s unemployment agency is not answering 60% of the calls it receives for help as the overwhelmed department struggles to work through a backlog of more than 1 million pending claims ...
After weeks of around-the-clock planning for the start of distance learning, teachers and students woke up yesterday to a problem no one had prepared for — a nationwide Zoom outage.
After much thought, the two of us have decided to withdraw from the race for Santa Monica City Council. We withdrew because it became clear that the best way to affect change in Santa Monica was to consolidate the number of candidates challenging the incumbents,
The True Story of Sherlock and Jackson” hit the shelves earlier this month and will help fund mentoring programs for local students in need of one-on-one learning support.
During a conference held Monday, Los Angeles County Health Officer Muntu Davis detailed how the county’s data has shown positive trends since in-person dining experiences and other business services were forced to close,
Nearly 200 tents stand inches apart on the scorching gravel lots, many covered in blankets for an extra layer of relief from the desert sun. Outside, their occupants sit on hot ground or in folding chairs, nearby palm trees providing no shade. Despite 12 ...
Santa Monica NewsCity officials are proposing new rules governing rental units that would discourage or outright prevent landlords from offering leases of less than a year in length.
Santa Monica’s Rent Control Board formed a subcommittee comprised of local commissioners who have been tasked with finding a replacement for the board’s general counsel.
In the upcoming Presidential General Election, the program will expand to more than 300 secure and accessible boxes throughout the County, including Santa Monica. County officials are still conducting recruitment and selection for locations but the final ...
Despite safer-at-home orders, Westside beaches have remained packed with residents and tourists alike which has raised concerns of plastic pollution...
Last week, I wrote about the horrible traffic in Sunset Park and how it was most likely the number one contributor to air pollution in that neighborhood, Santa Monica Airport notwithstanding.
Usually in the NBA, a player starts to see his production and ability decline once he reaches the age of 30. Instead, J.J. Redick gets better. On Friday, the 30-year-old shooting guard set a new ...
This “Santa Monica-based screenwriter” actually lives in Tarzana (in the Santa Monica Mountains…) so we had a good chuckle over a typical New York misapprehension about LA. But her novel’s no laughing matter; it’s an edge-of-your-seat thriller ...
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.
Whether you overdid it on the tennis courts or have been typing way too much, there are many reasons why one or more of your joints might be achy. If you suffer from joint pain, you’re not alone. It’s hard to get exact numbers on how many people struggle with the issue,
Is it a smash-mouth running football team that chews up the clock and keeps its defense off the field, or a quick-strike, long ball team, or a balanced team 50/50 run-pass ratio?
NBA finals, an event more engaging to football fans in the US, than the 4th of July, a charismatic, iconic footballer, O J Simpson was simultaneously being chased by the police,