MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit. Preliminary data — through the first 11 months of the ye

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

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

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

The series based on the Nordic adventure video game is being adapted by the creators behind “The Expanse” and “The Wheel of Time.”

Or Bar is on the site of the recently shuttered Gold Coast, a historic queer watering hole that was known for its affordability and community.

The brand-new Holey Grail Donuts shop in Santa Monica. Liz Barclay Holey Grail is open Sunday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The New York Times’s Tejal Rao gives a shout-out to three LA spots in the recently released round-up: “25 Restaurant Dishes We Couldn’t Stop Thinking About This Year.

In the time that it took Santa Monica to bring its housing plan into compliance with state requirements, a developer filed over a dozen preliminary applications under the obscure ‘builder’s remedy’ policy.

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