The FAA’s approval marks a key step for the company, which has had ambitions to deliver online orders through drones for more than a decade. During a TV interview in 2013, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said drones would be flying to customer’s homes within five years. However, the company’s progress was delayed amid regulatory setbacks.

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were casual friends. But on June 12, 1994, the two became forever linked when they were fatally stabbed outside Nicole’s home in Los Angeles.

California politics being what they are – deep blue domination by Democrats – means that many of the races on the November ballot are already decided. The outcome of Democratic President Joe Biden’s replay battle with Republican predecessor Donald Trump – assuming that both are nominated – is very much in doubt nationally.

A local street performer was apprehended by police officers after stealing an electric guitar from a music store on Santa Monica Blvd.

The conservation authority manages more than 75,000 acres it or the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy owns. Among its duties is helping revitalize the L.A. River and managing two areas it runs through, in the Elysian Valley and in the Sepulveda Basin. In some areas, people kayak, canoe, fish and gaze at birds.

Pride Month is almost here, meaning there will be parades, marches and other events to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, including this week in West Hollywood.

A new actor may audition for the role of Civic Auditorium Savior in the coming weeks after Council is reported to have pushed forward a proposal from a private organization to refurbish and reopen the long vacant property.

The annual WeHo Pride Parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. Sunday on Santa Monica Boulevard between Crescent Heights Boulevard and San Vicente. This year's parade will feature "Lifetime Ally Icon" Cyndi Lauper, as well as floats, bands, drill teams, dance teams and entertainment.

— Santa Monica Boulevard will close from Fairfax Avenue to Doheny Drive, along with all side streets one block north and south of Santa Monica Boulevard) at 5 a.m. Sunday, continuing through 5 p.m. Sunday, to accommodate the WeHo Pride Parade.

ROP: Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District middle school students moving onto the next step of their education were celebrated this past week in a special “Middle School Rites of Passage Celebration” at the John Adams Middle School (JAMS) Performing Arts Studio and Courtyard.