Go to Bread Camp Without Leaving Your Casa

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And to help us create the best bread we can, a chewy delectable that rises above being a mere delivery service for jellies, nut butters, and pastes? The Gourmandaise School in Santa Monica is coming through on the carb-it-up, fill-the-tum front. Great news: You can pop into the school's own virtual Bread Camp each day through April 5 at 3 in ...
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Lucid releases video of impressive 400-mile, real-world range test in Air EV

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Going south, they stopped in San Luis Obispo, but they say that it was “only so their chase truck could refuel.” By evening, the Lucid Air electric car had made it all the way to Santa Monica’s famous pier — all on a single charge. Lucid charged the electric sedan overnight, and the next day, they visited Hollywood and drove through ...
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As Trump lets private sector supply the coronavirus fight, the well-connected often get first dibs

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Other donors are similarly routing supplies to people and institutions they know. Thomas Tigue, chief executive of Santa Barbara-based nonprofit Direct Relief, said he recently drove a shipment of masks to Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica after hearing from an emergency room physician he knew that medical staff there were ...
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Coronavirus stay-at-home orders have reduced traffic accidents by half

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D. Riley, wildlife ecologist and branch chief for the National Park Service’s Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area. “But that is not too surprising — it is a very short time frame.” Mountain lions are not endangered in California, but groups living in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana ranges now find themselves in genetic peril.
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Column One: Here's what coronavirus testing for a very sick patient looks like from swab to result

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"We are human because of our interactions with viruses." (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Standing in his office on the fourth floor before heading downstairs to the lab, he glanced out the window toward the Getty Center and the Santa Monica Mountains. Here we are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, a threat to so many people ...
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Tenant group calls for CA rent strike

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The moratorium, though, does not apply to landlords who own more than four units. One such landlord is Neil Shekhter, whose NMS Properties owns about 2,000 apartment units in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Shekhter said he would not order evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, but he also said rent money was needed for mortgage payments.
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