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Judith Teitelman says she never planned to write a novel; but she doesn’t believe in accidents or ...

Set aside $250,000 for long-term care in California and, at the state's median prices, it will last about 2.5 years. That is roughly four months shorter than the national average and ranks California ...

This summer, Santa Monica will play a vital role in the largest sporting event to take place in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games — and if you're ...

Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum is the most delightful place to enjoy a play in the summer; an enchanted wooded grove in Topanga presenting timeless and topical plays. You could ...

It's completely legal for a Santa Monica landlord to evict a rent-controlled tenant so that the owner or a relative can move in. But what if this ...

Santa Monica Public Library expands its music database By Jeff Schwartz In 1975 the nonprofit New World Records was launched with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to produce 100 LPs documenting ...

The City of Santa Monica is proposing new rules to limit the number of dockless vehicles in the city, including the now ubiquitous scooters from companies like Bird and Lime.

Sixteen student trial teams from some of the nation's top law schools have made the cut to participate in this year's National Civil Trial Competition in ...

On April 7 at about 11:20 p.m., officers were on patrol when they saw a subject riding a bicycle on a sidewalk, in violation of a Santa Monica ...

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of President Donald Trump’s broad imposition of tariffs on imported goods. “President Trump’s ...

You’ve likely heard about AI powering driverless cars, writing term papers and creating unsettling deep fakes. Can that same technology also prevent people from becoming homeless? That’s what Los ...