The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will offer free service on all Metro-operated bus and rail lines on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve to help everyone travel […]
In L.A. County, 256 homeless people died of COVID-related causes in a 22-month period — a rate more than twice that seen in the general population People experiencing homelessness in […]
With family gatherings upon us and visitors aplenty in town, the Daily Press is highlighting several local restaurants and talking to chefs about their approach to the holiday season. T
Council has chosen a vendor for a proposed digital kiosk system but not before hearing accusations of wrongdoing from a failed bidder. City Hall has been debating the Digital Wayfinding and Out-of-Hom
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board appointed Mark Kelly to the role of interim superintendent at its Dec. 15 Board meeting. Kelly has been with the district for 23 years and has ser
Magic has returned to Downtown Santa Monica with the recent opening of the Illusion Magic Lounge in the location that used to be Magicopolis, following the retirement of the founders who had run the v
Open: As 2022 comes to an end, several Santa Monica businesses celebrated new beginnings this week with grand openings and ribbon cuttings. Santa Barbara-based McConnell’s Fine Ice Cre
Mae Anderson, AP Business Writer The free-wheeling holiday shopper of 2021, happy to spend money to relieve some pent-up pandemic demand, has given way to a more practical consumer this year, many sma
Pickleball, the racket sport that has recently sky rocketed to popularity, has landed a new home base in Santa Monica. Earlier this month, the Santa Monica Tennis Center opened a new pickleball facili
This Sunday at sundown marks the first day of Hanukkah and eight days later, on Monday at sundown the wonderful Jewish festival of lights holiday ends. Unfortunately we’re experiencing the worst anti-
During sex-ed in seventh grade, a girl asked if sperm could crawl up your leg and impregnate you in that way. We all laughed while secretly waiting for the answer. Sex and sexuality have become such t
Maggie Marks Special to the Daily Press The Varsity Girls Santa Monica High School soccer team had a triumphant victory against Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance this week. The varsity team wo
This can’t be what the NFL’s schedule-makers and ESPN executives had in mind. When the league’s slate of prime-time games came out in the spring, a mid-December matchup between the Super Bowl champion
A former United States Postal Service mail carrier pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for stealing debit cards containing unemployment insurance benefits while on duty and giving them to an