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With more than 1,000 Spanish speakers at Santa Monica High School, the LatinX and ChicanX community at Samohi is pretty close knit, so it was only natural that they would meet for one final goodbye before graduation.

Even though Monday's Red Flag Fire Warning is no longer in effect, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory. The advisory will be in effect from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles,

"Santa Monica has long recognized the value of peaceful protesting," said Interim City Attorney George Cardona.

Fox News also finished No. 1 in total viewers. MSNBC averaged more total viewers than CNN.

As cities across the world protest for change after the death of George Floyd and other black Americans, surfers on California’s coast are doing something a little different. A video shows hundreds of surfers at Santa Monica Beach over the weekend paddling out to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

A column is normally a spot for pontificating, to speak bluntly on the issues of the day and receive a gamut of feedback, from effusive praise to slanderous insults. Not this time. Now's the time for those of us in the privileged class to listen,

Authorities are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information on the theft of 29 guns from a Santa Monica sporting goods store during a day of civil unrest. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Monday announced a reward of up to $10,

UMG general counsel Jeffrey Harleston is heading a new task force that will use the fund to invest in social justice and diversity initiatives.

Even though Monday's Red Flag Fire Warning is no longer in effect, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory. The advisory will be in effect from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles,