From Christmas trees made from wine bottles to intricate natural displays in a conservatory, these hotels and resorts celebrate the holidays in fun and elaborate ways.

Increased bacteria means residents should avoid swimming in these five L.A. County beaches, including the beach at Santa Monica Pier.

Erin Morris, 32, came across a virtual-assistant course online and decided to try it. She landed her first client before she finished the class.

“These young men have earned their way to this model camp in Malibu for great behavior.” The juvenile detention center, which is located in Santa Monica, California, is known for its “culture of care rather than a culture of control.” On ...

God of War Ragnarök is full of powerful storylines, but the depth of its heart is brilliantly highlighted by one minor side character.

House of Cards’ actress Robin Wright has settled her divorce from Saint Laurent executive, Clement Giraudet, and she is keeping all of her awards including a Golden Globe. According to the settlement,

By afternoon on Thursday, most areas will have warmed up to the mid-70s or lower 80s. Still, it should be short of a record set in 2017.

Spend Black Friday outdoors and help restore Cheeseboro Canyon. Park-goers can help an oak woodland and make their own holiday decorations using native plants in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area at this free event. It begins promptly at ...

Watching Cochise exercise against the backdrop of the Santa Monica Mountains, Gonda explained where the Chumash used to harvest acorns locally, where their mortars and pestles were found in the creek beds and which local routes Spanish explorers used to ...

Before she became a movie star, Bonnie Hunt worked as an oncology nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. What did she learn from the experience? “Not to fear failure,” the 61-year-old Hunt says in a Zoom interview from her home in Santa Monica,