The school district that serves Santa Monica and Malibu is closing Friday and Monday for deep cleaning and staff meetings after “a community member with children in our schools” was exposed to the coronavirus, Supt. Ben Drati said. No decision has been made on whether schools will reopen Tuesday.

Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health voted on a bill to update our cosmetic safety laws, which have largely stood unchanged since 1938. The vote reflects consumer demand for more government oversight of chemicals commonly used in personal-care products.

He is the eighth cougar to be found dead in the general area of the Santa Monica Mountains in the past two years. The animal was struck in the predawn hours Sunday in the northbound lanes, according to National Park Service spokeswoman Ana Cholo. The cougar did not have a tracking collar and it’s not known which side of the freeway he was ...

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But that’s not the case in California. Employees that meet certain requirements are entitled to at least three days of paid sick leave. Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco all have local laws that mandate additional paid sick time. You do not need to have been diagnosed with coronavirus to be ...

Other markets such as Hollywood, Pasadena and Santa Monica plan to remain open for now, officials said. Farmers, managers, restaurants and customers are all scrambling to deal with the quickly evolving situation. “City leadership decided yesterday to close the market starting this Sunday,” said Keith Sterling, a spokesman for the City of Be ...

The Harbor, Golden State and Santa Monica freeways didn’t offer clear sailing, but the misery quotient was lower than usual. Lance Hill of Torrance e-mailed me to say that his daughter’s 30-minute commute to his house, where she drops off his grandchild before continuing to work, is now a 20-minute commute. Hill, a retired civil engineer ...

El Prez’s desire for a better live hip-hop opportunity for the unsung resulted in PayDay LA. The curated rap show recently celebrated two years of monthly shows at The Virgil on Santa Monica Boulevard. “I knew the fans are our there, and I knew the artists were out there,” he says. “I took it upon myself to find a venue and start doing ...

Charles Barkley says he is in self-quarantine and awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test after becoming sick while on a trip to New York City

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District sent a text message to parents today telling them to keep their kids home on Friday and Monday. The message sent by district Supt. Ben Drati says a person with children in the district's schools has been exposed to coronavirus, and that there was a higher-than-normal absentee rate on Thursday.