A plumber extracted $92,000 from an elderly Santa Monica homeowner after she hired him to complete $5,000 worth of repairs and installations, city officials announced Wednesday. On Jan. 27, a superior court judge sentenced Jet Speed Plumbing Inc., doing business as Ritz Plumbing, to three years of probation for unlawfully overcharging an 82 ...

Porterville College women's tennis team went 0-2 in matches in Southern California on Friday. The Lady Pirates lost 5-0 to Santa Monica and 8-1 to Glendale. PC's lone win of the day came from Zoe Vasquez and Annabelle Rivera in the No. 3 doubles against Glendale. The two also played together in a close 8-6 loss to Santa Monica's No. 3 team.

That new law limits rent increases to 5 percent per year, plus the local rate of inflation in locales where there previously was no rent control, while letting existing city rent control laws stand in places like Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Glendale, San Francisco and others that have had controls for years. For what it’s worth, those controls ...

Presidential candidates aren’t the only items of interest on the March ballot. Santa Monica voters will have the opportunity to vote on local and state initiatives and the Los Angeles County District Attorney race on the same ballot as the March 3 presidential primary. The Santa Monica Daily Press has put together a guide of what you can ...

Maybe go for a walk with your pup and have someone else handle the leash for you, too. Dr. Mia Di Julio, an OB-GYN at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, says you should consider all the factors before you take your pup out. “If there's a chance that you could fall or be hit in anyway, this activity would not ...

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Santa Monica College (SMC) will present three free events in February honoring Black History Month. The informative talks, film screenings, and discussions are all held on the main SMC campus at 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis. SMC’s Black History Month events are: • Thursday, February 20 ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards will have a few things the Oscars won’t. Diverse nominees. Female filmmakers. And J.Lo. Held in a seaside tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California, the day before the Oscars, the preeminent independent film event often diverges greatly in tone from the weekend ...

Editor’s note: Primer is an ongoing series of stories providing readers with background on an institution, law, issue or trend that impacts Santa Monica. To suggest a topic, email editor@smdp.com. The streets of Santa Monica are filled with homeless people in desperate need of housing and services, but only those with the most severe mental ...

With a respectable overall record of 21 wins and 7 losses this season, Santa Monica High School now hopes to make a deep push in the CIF playoffs, but, before then, the team took some time to reminisce on how far they’ve come. Forward Iternite Reed, center Chantal Moawad and guard Allison Lee are three of the team’s many seniors who have ...