Mr. Burks graduated cum laude from both George Washington and Adams State University. Mr. Burks studied in the doctoral program at Pacifica Graduate Institute and attended graduate programs at both the University of Santa Monica and the Maryland School of Integrative Health. Mr. Burks is currently a doctoral scholar awarded The Presidential ...

Santa Monica-based Brace, a startup developing software to automate mortgage servicing, has raised $10M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Point72 Ventures, and also included Crosslink Capital. Brace said the new funding brings its total raised to $15M. The new funds will go towards expansion of its ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- StorQuest Self Storage proudly unveils a new mural painted in partnership with Los Angeles street artist, Ruben Rojas and Beautify Earth, honoring the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant.

I did — and when the roll-up door opened, I pulled in, assuming I had found him. (Sorry, Jerry, I swear I don’t remember the exact location.) From hangars at the Santa Monica Airport to unmarked buildings like Seinfeld’s, the secret car lairs of L.A. are under the radar and plentiful. There are known places like Jay Leno’s sprawling ...

Ms. Scott made a career of small, powerful roles in which she portrayed sharp but nurturing characters. Esther Scott, an actress who specialized in playing matriarchal roles in films and on television — most notably in the movies “Boyz N the Hood” and “Dreamgirls” — died on Friday in Los Angeles.

The 26-year-old rapper was born to a Jewish father and black mother in Santa Monica, which, he explained, was a coincidence. “Santa Monica was just where my parents were when my mom had to go into labor. I really grew up in the Silver Lake/Los Feliz area,” he said. “This was back when, in my mom’s words, ‘you could get a two-bedroom ...

“They deserve to be here, too. I’m just glad my kids didn’t quit.” Lancaster will stay on the road to face top-seeded Santa Monica in the semifinals on Saturday. Alexander had a team-high 14 points to go with six rebounds and two assists for ...

The restaurant is the chef’s first U.S. location. Skin-care brand Dermalogica, which has had a bricks-and-mortar presence in Santa Monica for 15 years, in mid-February opened a second Los Angeles-area flagship store, a 1,000-square-foot location in West Hollywood that company founder Jane Wurwand says reflects shifting tastes in beauty shopping.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TrueCar, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRUE) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) _ TrueCar Inc. (TRUE) on Thursday reported a loss of $8.8 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Santa Monica, California-based company said it had a loss of 8 cents. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 1 cent per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations.