SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Oscar front-runner 'Anora' wins best film, best director and best lead actor at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Community Corporation of Santa Monica, a nonprofit that focuses on affordable housing, on Thursday, Feb. 20, hosted a “modular installation party” for a 13-unit apartment dubbed Berkeley Station and aimed at low-income families and transition-aged youth.

The timing could not have been better — or worse. The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wildfires erupted in January just as Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s historic and very controversial overhaul of how insurers calculate premiums was taking effect.

Courtesy of Brittany Mahomes/Instagram; MEGA Brittany Mahomes is (still) embracing Barbiecore to the max. Mahomes, 29, took to Instagram on Tuesday, February 18, to show off her chic swimwear moment while tanning. She rocked a pink textured suit featuring a square neckline and thick straps in the snap. Mahomes teamed her look with Saint Laurent

Hunter Schafer says “it’s important to just keep track of where things are in our country,” a day after the “Euphoria” star posted a video in which she revealed her new passport had been issued with a male gender marker.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to implement temporary eviction protections for residents affected by January's devastating wildfires while simultaneously beginning to assemble a task force to reshape county governance following last year's charter reform.

A woman wearing a "Palisades Strong" T-shirt — part of a campaign to promote solidarity and resilience among fire victims — was arrested Friday on suspicion of looting a home destroyed in last month's devastating wildfire,

The 40th annual Indie Spirit Awards took place in Santa Monica on Feb. 22, with Aidy Bryant as host. See the full list of winners below. Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan Producers: Ali Herting, Sam Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine

The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of the agency's plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections,

Post-Fair, a new satellite fair in downtown Santa Monica, “is all about economy”, says the founder and Los Angeles-based dealer Chris Sharp: “Economy of presentation, financial economy and economy of production.