Kids need space to romp freely, and parents need enough energy to keep up. Enter the ultimate double whammy: playgrounds near coffee shops.

They couldn’t even bring themselves to touch lips. Ben Affleck greeted wife Jennifer Lopez with an air kiss when she met him at his 12-year-old son Samuel’s basketball game in Santa Monica on June 2. “It was so awkward,” says a witness.

An interesting new approach on the traditional coffee shop concept has appeared on the corner of Pico Blvd and 17th Street. Called Amai Coffee, it offers an Asian approach to all our favorite hot and cold beverages,

Kennedy Wilson Brokerage, a division of Kennedy-Wilson Properties Ltd., has arranged the sale of a retail property at 2031-2037 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. Auerbach Realty Holdings sold the asset to Cypress Equity Investments for $7 million,

A sleek mountain lion filmed from behind the wheel of a Tesla on the edge of Griffith Park last month triggered a collective double take in Los Angeles.

Among approximately 61,000 UC graduates this year across UC campuses, transfer students from California community colleges made up nearly a third of the Class of 2024, according to the university.

On the one hand, allowing local advisory boards and commissions to meet remotely could make it easier for more Californians to take part, including those with disabilities or in jobs that make it hard to attend in-person meetings.

A Lebanese born Top Chef is bringing Middle Eastern food to Hollywood in a new restaurant with a massive patio set to open this summer. “Top Chef Middle East & North Africa” season 5 winner Charbel Hayek will be behind the kitchen at the upcoming Laya restaurant, which is set to open at 1430 N. Cahuenga Blvd. on July 2.

Three weeks in and the British election campaign is playing out as an epic blunder for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that threatens to redraw the UK political map for a generation. Sunak believed his

“The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health’s Overdose Response Center is warning of a scam in our area involving individuals claiming to be part of residential rehabilitation programs in California, such as Santa Monica Rehab of California.