Grocery stores, delivery companies and others are urgently seeking workers. But many open jobs put workers at risk of contracting the virus.

Nothing announces the coming of spring quite like budding vegetation, flourishing flora and grandly growing greenery. Only you don't have to wait for your outdoor flower beds to bloom or garden to blossom before you can benefit from an overdue dose of Mother Nature's majesty.

Southern California broadband provider Wander is offering free high-speed internet to all families in Santa Monica with school-age children for the rest of the academic year. Why it matters: School districts across the country are moving to virtual learning to keep students engaged during coronavirus-induced closures. But e-learning requires a ...

“I’m so inundated with it, I don’t even want to talk about when I go home,“ she said of virus concerns. “I live and breathe it.” Olivas also runs the Santa Monica Mountain Goats, a longtime running group that typically brings together about 30 people. But in the wake of the outbreak, “we’re doing virtual runs,“ said Olivas on ...

“I’m so inundated with it, I don’t even want to talk about when I go home," she said of virus concerns. "I live and breathe it.” Olivas also runs the Santa Monica Mountain Goats, a longtime running group that typically brings together about 30 people. But in the wake of the outbreak, “we’re doing virtual runs," said Olivas on Friday ...

Ewan McGregor was seen spending time with his family in Santa Monica as lockdown measures have been put in place to control the spread of coronavirus

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Lauren O’Brien was juggling three jobs: She’s an on-camera actor; a comedian and house performer at the Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica, California; and, along with her musician husband, Matt Commerce, the owner of a small events-booking business. All three, she told me with a sigh over the phone ...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out.

Santa Monica-based Bird reportedly let 400 of its employees go on Friday, via a pre-recorded Zoom meeting, according to a report. The on-demand scooter company said it laid off 30% of its staff, saying "Layoffs are never easy or comfortable to do" and saying that the layoffs were done as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a tweet ...

Santa Monica-based online healthcare marketplace operator GoodRx, which operates online marketplaces for prescriptions, doctors, and other healthcare services, is expanding its marketplace to include online doctor's visits (telehealth). The company said the GoodRx telehealth marketplace will make it easier for patients to find online medical ...