I’m not much of an optimist. It’s a little hard to be optimistic when, for example, the U.S. Senate can’t pass an “anti-lynching law.” (As if there are two sides to the “lynching issue.”)

This is a happy story about one guy making a difference. In this instance, it is me raising a fuss with several layers of the Starbucks corporation.

As a lifelong Liberal and huge supporter of Unions, I will probably shock my friends by saying: “There has to be something wrong with this”.

Los Angeles County officials announced Wednesday that gyms, museums, hotels, day camps and campgrounds will be allowed to reopen throughout the county starting Friday. The relaxing of the health officer order also allows for the reopening of sports arenas without audiences,

Los Angeles County officials announced Wednesday that gyms, museums, hotels, day camps and campgrounds will be allowed to reopen throughout the county starting Friday. The relaxing of the health officer order also allows for the reopening of sports arenas without audiences,

The Santa Monica Alternative School House held a drive-by celebration for 8th grade students preparing to move on to high school. Tags :graduation high school santa monica alternative school house SMA

The first virtual commencement ceremony in the history of Santa Monica High School is in the books. And while the graduates of Samohi were unable to cross the stage as a group this year, they did enjoy a one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt that sent them circling around the city together one last time.

I got emails telling me how important McCabe’s is to people and to their families, sharing memories of concerts they went to, guitars they bought, lessons they took here, and begging us to do a last run of T-shirts.

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The first virtual commencement ceremony in the history of Santa Monica High School is in the books. And while the graduates of Samohi were unable to cross the stage as a group this year, they did enjoy a one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt that sent them circling around the city together one last time.

California judicial leaders are considering an early end to statewide emergency orders suspending foreclosures and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.

Santa Monicans will be asked to vote this November on a new tax on luxury real estate that would raise about $3 million each year for public services. The city of Santa Monica is looking for a way to generate some extra money as its traditional revenue sources — sales and hotel taxes and parking fees — suffer during the pandemic and accompanying recession.

Santa Monica students graduated on Tuesday.

Santa Monica City Council voted Tuesday to begin the process of reforming the Santa Monica Police Department and reallocating some department funding to crime prevention programs. Residents and business owners have criticized the department’s approach to a May 31 protest against police violence in downtown Santa Monica,

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With more than 1,000 Spanish speakers at Santa Monica High School, the LatinX and ChicanX community at Samohi is pretty close knit, so it was only natural that they would meet for one final goodbye before graduation.

Authorities are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information on the theft of 29 guns from a Santa Monica sporting goods store during a day of civil unrest. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Monday announced a reward of up to $10,

Every graduating class has some challenges and congratulating students is expected. However, 2020 has been anything but an ordinary year and it’s not just empty words when we congratulate the class of 2020.

This story was updated June 9 at 9:02 a.m. The National Guard left Los Angeles County, including Santa Monica, Sunday night, city officials said. The National Guard arrived in the city on the night of May 31 following a peaceful protest against police violence in downtown Santa Monica that was accompanied by looting a few blocks away.

City Council will discuss the budget Tuesday afternoon after meeting two weeks ago to restore $6.4 million in funding to programs that city staff had proposed eliminating. Under the proposed budget, all city departments except the Santa Monica Police Department and Santa Monica Fire Department would see significant funding cuts,