Google's Stadia Games and Entertainment is adding to its first-party studio system. The company today announced the creation of a new studio in Los Angeles' Playa Vista district with former Sony Santa Monica head Shannon Studstill named as studio director. "I've been a fan of Shannon's for a long time, and have admired her award-winning work ...

Studstill is a veteran of the game industry, having served more than 20 years at PlayStation developer Sony Santa Monica, most recently as vice president of product development and head of studio. She was credited as executive producer of 2018’s God of War reboot for PlayStation 4. According to a blog post from vice president and head of ...

Shannon Studstill, the former head of studio of Sony Interactive Entertainment Santa Monica Studio, has left the company to form a new studio in Playa Vista, California to develop exclusives for Google Stadia, announced Stadia Games and Entertainment. Studstill was the executive producer of the PlayStation 4 exclusive, God of War. "The new ...

SANTA MONICA, CA — Tyra Banks' beauty theme park,"ModelLand," is set to open in Santa Monica on May 1, and tickets are now on sale. The iconic supermodel behind America's Next Top Model first announced the theme park last year,

It did not specify which buildings. There could be many deaths, as the San Diego region has relatively weak local laws requiring retrofits of vulnerable buildings compared to cities like Los Angeles and Santa Monica. The San Diego region is estimated to have thousands of apartment buildings with flimsy ground floors, hundreds of potential ...

People in California and Texas waited up to six hours to cast their votes in the 2020 primary election on Tuesday.

People wait to vote during the presidential primary at the Santa Monica Public Library in Santa Monica, Calif. on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 (Getty Images) The L.A. County Registrar-Recorder announced that 20.6 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the primary election. Based on the semi-official results, over 1.13 million ballots were ...

On most Tuesdays, you can usually find the back courtyard of the People Concern in Santa Monica filled with a bustling crowd of the area’s homeless population picking up free groceries. This past Sunday, that same courtyard hosted two voting booths for the first time. It was part of a Los Angeles County initiative to increase voter ...

Google is opening a second development studio in California that will be led by former SIE Santa Monica Studio head Shannon Studstill In a blog post, Stadia games and entertainment boss Jade Raymond revealed that the team will be based in Playa Vista, with Studstill serving as studio director. Studstill previously worked at the Los Angeles ...

The 2020 Los Angeles Marathon will draw 27,000 runners from around the world to compete in a 26.2-mile race from the Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Beach this Sunday. Organizers on Monday said they’re working with local authorities to monitor developments in the coronavirus, but the marathon thus far will go on as planned. (L.A. County ...