The Humane Society eventually put the kibosh on using live animals as a mascot. The University of Oregon mascot the Duck, hood ornament holds a rose on a truck at a pep rally at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday Jan.1, 2012. That year's Rose Bowl matchup was the same as this year: Oregon v. Wisconsin. (Richard Vogel/AP) In the '40s, then-athletic ...

So, for the new study, which was published recently in Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy, researchers from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, Calif., decided to look more closely at what we do with our days and, in particular, how we spend our free time. They began by turning to a large database of ...

A 4.0 earthquake rumbled south of Port Hueneme early Thursday, with some reports of light shaking felt on shore.

Write it down and take me to lunch when it happens. Speaking of lunch, I predict this will be the year the Los Angeles Times corrects a grave oversight and adds Los Tacos, on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, to its list of best restaurants. This is not food you should eat. It’s food you deserve to eat, especially if you just lost ...

Find the largest 60-second countdown around. And, without quibble, dispute, or unwarranted drama, the biggest and sparkliest countdown will shimmer over the Santa Monica surf in the final moments of 2019. For the Pacific Wheel, or rather the 9-story side of the famous solar-powered attraction, will display the numbers as they count down to ...

He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.

Not all of them are as cool as the one seen here on Amandla Stenberg, but they’re still pretty cool nonetheless. Kerry Washington at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Feb. 23, 2013. While mixing prints is an art, it’s luckily an art that can be left to one’s imagination. There are ways to mess this trend ...

There’s a large guest bedroom and a charming master suite that looks out on the property’s manicured rose bushes. While not particularly huge, the nearly half-acre lot sits at the base of the Santa Monica foothills and sports terraced gardens that lead up to the grassy hillside. Other amenities include a pool with stone patio surround ...

While the Santa Monica Pier is famed for marking the end of the legendary East to West American highway Route 66, it also marks the perfect place to start your trip in Santa Monica. The pier has been welcoming travelers to the city of Santa Monica for over 100 years and it’s easy to see why it’s become the cities most iconic landmark.

The beach water use advisory is in effect through Sunday at 7:30 a.m. in Los Angeles County. (File Photo: Shutterstock) SANTA MONICA, CA — A beach water use advisory remains in effect Friday at Los Angeles County beaches. The advisory cautions people to avoid swimming, surfing and playing in ocean water around discharging storm drains ...