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A firefighter filling a trash can with pool water during the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires tells a story more...

The devastating fires that struck Los Angeles in January 2025 echo a pattern of increasingly destructive wildfires reshaping California’s approach...

The recent Palisades and Altadena fires brought Los Angeles’ inherent contradictions into sharp focus as residents fled their homes in...

The recent Palisades Fire is profoundly impacting the people of Los Angeles, displacing families, destroying property, and creating an enduring...

You know, sometimes you walk by a building and think, that place has some stories to tell. What if those...

Since Giving Tuesday I’m sure you have been bombarded with appeals from countless organizations, local, national, or even international that...

The city is facing a financial crisis, the roots of which stretch back decades but have been made worse by...

About nine years ago, a fifth-floor balcony in a Berkeley apartment building collapsed, tragically killing several students gathered on it...

On December 10, the new City council will be seated fresh from their dominant win in the recent elections. There...

As we write this, the election results are still trickling in. We’ll leave the deep analysis to others, but the...

Despite living in a famously progressive region, Santa Monicans are not immune from the same political misinformation and disinformation that...

S.M.a.r.t. periodically invites guest columnists to write opinion articles on topics of particular interests to our readers. Below is an...

Maybe fallen, but slipping for sure from being a desirable beachfront community that served all equally, the local residents who...