In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world ...

Learn about recent incidents including assaults, public death, overdose, traffic stops, and residential burglary in Santa Monica.

The first meeting for newly elected City councilmembers Dan Hall, Ellis Raskin, Barry Snell and Natalya Zernitskaya features a record 26 items on the Consent Calendar, so depending on how many are pulled for discussion will very much determine if the inaugural assembly sails into the early hours or is a more efficient affair.

Brooke Burke keeps a fire box ready to go that includes "irreplaceable" items such as important documents, baby books and her children's hospital bracelets.

Three schools shut down by the Franklin Fire in Malibu reopened and a fourth remained closed for repairs as containment of the wildfire grew to 54%.

Santa Monica is advancing affordable housing projects on city-owned lots, targeting families and seniors, with revisions to prior plans.

A lack of funding is creating uncertainty about legislation mandating that high schools offer ethnic studies “upon appropriation” starting in 2025-26.

A Mother Jones analysis of voting data shows rich voters remained loyal as Latino and Asian voters moved right—revealing fissures in a Democratic party that sees itself as a champion of the working class.

The Franklin Fire in Malibu has held steady over the weekend at 4,037 acres with crews achieving 54% containment as of Monday morning, according to Cal Fire. Cooler weather, higher […]

LOS ANGELES - For residents of Seminole Springs, an unincorporated area of the Santa Monica Mountains, the winds carry more than the rustle of trees - they bring dread. On Monday, Judy Varley, 80, received her third notification in a month about a planned Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS).