Addressing the regional crisis of homelessness is a leading priority for the City of Santa Monica and we have been treating it as an emergency for many years,” Councilmember Phil Brock said. “We are evaluating whether a local emergency declaration would expedite improved conditions on our streets beyond the comprehensive strategy we deploy.

(Shutterstock) SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa Monica business owners and taxpayers impacted by the series of powerful winter storms are eligible for emergency tax relief from late payment interest and ...

Dispatch for Sunday, January 22, 2023

Famous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson rode through Vancouver streets on the city’s reddest firetruck along with the mayor and a reporter. Mayor J.P. Kiggins dubbed her honorary fire chief to one-up

The NGA will meet in Santa Monica on Tuesday and Wednesday. There, Murphy will join fellow Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California in, among other things, a roundtable meant to raise awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding youth mental health.

Living artists and photographers are starting to fight back against the AI software companies creating images derived from their works

The rain and snow storms that have pummeled California for weeks have taken nearly two dozen lives and caused billions of dollars in damages to public and private property. The flip side, however, is that they dropped immense amounts of water on a state that has suffered through severe drought for several years.

California is preparing to close dozens of state-run COVID-19 testing and treatment sites ahead of the planned end of the state of emergency in February. Sites that are operating under 50% capacity are scheduled to close before the end of January.

Plus, next to the California poppy, no plant put California natives on the map like fuchsia-flowered gooseberry.

One person is dead and two others were critically injured after a multi-vehicle crash took place on the 10 Freeway.