Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard comes as the Santa Monica, California-based gaming company continues to face highly publicized accusations from employees and government agencies that it fostered a culture of sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

A survey ranked Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in the top-20 school districts in California, as well as one of the top-10 districts to teach in.

Bay League boys and girls basketball teams will play five league games and then a tournament to determine seeding for CIF-Southern Section playoffs

Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, a deal that would immediately make it a larger video-game company than Nintendo.

Just days after unveiling plans for a reckoning on sexual harassment and gender discrimination in its ranks, Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard, a gaming company with its own problematic history,

Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will walk away with a $390 million check as a result of Microsoft’s acquisition of his gaming company.

The largest wildlife crossing, which will serve to support wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains, will break ground in the spring. The Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing will be the first “urban crossing of its scale”.

Los Angeles has given a preliminary nod to plans by HQ Creative Office for a 30,000 square-foot office building in Hollywood.

The local water district in a wealthy Southern California community is taking a more aggressive approach to conservation as the drought drags on despite a wet winter start.

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