Local operatic group the Verdi Chorus concludes its 40th anniversary season with its spring concert, Star-Crossed!, a true ...

A controversial housing law that would have densified some residential neighborhoods has been ruled unconstitutional and unenforceable for some cities including Santa Monica. SB9, or the California ...

A Pico neighborhood mainstay for 20 years, Anne Carmack will be going from serving plates at Lo/Cal Coffee & Market to serving up the best in local literature in a newly-created city position. In ...

A handful of Democratic politicians are already running for governor of California in 2026. AG Rob Bonta is acting as if he ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom complains that local government officials have not been effective in dealing with homelessness.

On April 21, over five miles of Venice Blvd. were transformed into car-free open streets thanks to nonprofit organization ...

Legendary Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) diner, Patrick’s Roadhouse has closed and current owner, Anthony Fischler, is attempting to renegotiate a new, long-term lease with the building’s landlord.

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) has announced its high ranking in the 2024 Best School Districts in California by national academic ranking service, Niche. SMMUSD is ranked ...

More than 70 high school students across California submitted opinion pieces to CalMatters’ second annual Earth Day contest. The 2024 contest theme was "What solution should Californians running for ...

The future big-picture plans for one of the SMMUSD campuses are now clearer after the April 18 meeting of the district’s ...

In 1990 the original Marmalade Cafe opened on Montana Ave and quickly proved to be a runaway success and was welcomed by the ...

Louis Mirante is the vice president of housing policy for the Bay Area Council, a regional public policy group representing 325 of the Bay Area’s largest employers.