A group called the Santa Monica Transparency Project has filed complaints against former Santa Monica City Manager Rod Gould alleging he violated Santa Monica’s anti-corruption law after accepting employment with a consulting firm whose contracts […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to conduct three $2,700-per-person fundraisers on Los Angeles’ Westside today to benefit her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The series of fundraisers will begin with […]

President Barack Obama will conclude a planned 21 1/2-hour visit to Los Angeles today by being interviewed by comedian Marc Maron in the garage of his Highland Park home for his podcast “WTF with Marc Maron.” “We […]

Two doctors are among nine Los Angeles-area residents facing federal charges for their alleged roles in schemes to defraud Medicare of about $66 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Dr. Joseph R. Altamirano, […]

Santa Monica rotarians Christine Mirasy-Glasco and Rob Santos spoke at Rotary’s “Craft Talks” themed meeting last Friday, giving those in attendance a peek into their lives. Christine Mirasy-Glasco was first to speak. She was born […]

Consider this: The average Westside woman wakes up an hour early to make it to yoga in the morning. Then, during a short lunch break, she squeezes in a quick acupuncture session. After work, she […]

Walking into The Lobster restaurant, past the full bar and into the dining area that overlooks the Santa Monica Pier, it’s almost impossible to notice the area where a fire in the kitchen spread to […]

Cars bob-and-weave, most jockeying for the next open parking meter. A bike rider makes his way along the green bikeway that hugs the left side of parked cars. A woman exits Starbucks, coffee in hand, […]

People tend to learn in history class growing up about the emancipation proclamation, where president Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by law in the third year of the United States’ civil war. However, due to […]