The wildfires levied significant long-term damage, with thousands of homes destroyed, billions in damages and a worsening of the state’s housing and homelessness crises. Even before the fires, California already had a shortage of 1.2 million affordable homes, with Los Angeles County alone facing a deficit of 500,000 units.

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Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a 27-year-old man with stealing thousands of dollars in public assistance benefits, part of a broader crackdown that saw law enforcement arrest 11 foreign nationals in a major Electronic Benefits Transfer fraud operation across the region.

In the aftermath of the devastating fires that have scorched communities across Los Angeles, one thing is abundantly clear: our city is in desperate need of leadership. As we struggle to pick up the pieces,

After a natural disaster like the Los Angeles wildfires, teachers are often a first line of support for children processing trauma — but teachers can also experience what expert Stephen Hydon calls secondary traumatic stress.

A high school teacher has been arrested for allegedly being involved in an inappropriate relationship with a teen student. Last month, Santa Monica Police Department detectives received a report of a suspected inappropriate relationship between a 16-year-old female Santa Monica High School student and a male teacher.

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The rescue took place just before the season's first rainstorm, which is believed to have buried the remaining trout in mud.

Despite having survived the pandemic, social unrest, earthquakes and economic downturns, arguably Santa Monica’s favorite Italian inspired restaurant, Earth, Wind & Flour is set to close at the end of this month.

Santa Monica businesses now have access to free digital tools to help them compete in the 2025 Most Loved Contest, which opens for nominations on Monday, Feb 10. This annual "people’s choice" competition highlights the city’s favorite businesses,