A Whole Foods employee in Santa Monica has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recovering in quarantine, the company confirmed with Patch Monday. Employees at 1425 Montana Avenue, near 15th Street, were notified Saturday,

A Black family alleges that they were racially profiled at a Santa Monica Nike store and are filing a civil rights lawsuit.

Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the 819 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The

Interscope Records has promoted Keinon Johnson to senior vice president of urban radio promotions at the label. In his new role, Johnson will assume oversight of the label’s urban radio

Studies have shown that 15-20 percent of those hit by rubber bullets suffer permanent injuries. And yes, some die. What are the SMPD guidelines for its use? Were they followed? Rubber bullets, fired at your fellow residents,

A court of appeals issued a tentative ruling Tuesday that if made final, would reverse a previous order forcing Santa Monica to change the format of its city council elections.

As coronavirus outbreaks are slowly brought to heel in many places around the world, the US is among a handful of countries facing a surge of new infections. More than two dozen states are now seeing increases in new cases over the last 14 days.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he planned to announce new restrictionsahead of the July 4 holiday weekend, continuing to reverse course on reopening California as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations rise.

Video of a woman's fit on the opening day of the North Hollywood Trader Joe's has been viewed nearly 15 million times. The FBI and Santa Monica Police are asking the public's help to identify an arson suspect.

Everyone wants to be careful not to use that term (anti-Semitism) too lightly. But there’s not a question that (the ad) touched on anti-Semitic stereotypes and tropes,” said Sen. Ben Allen,