May 4, 2026
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Fire Erupts at Santa Monica’s Coogie’s Cafe

Coogie’s Café sustains damage. By Sam Catanzaro A Santa Monica restaurant caught fire and sustained damage Thursday night according to the Santa Monica Fire Deparemtn (SMFD). On Thursday, April 4, at approximately 9:09 p.m. the […]

Four Essential Westside Burritos

By Kerry Slater Today – April 4 – is National Burrito Day. And while every day is burrito day on the Westside of Los Angeles, there has never been a better excuse to grab a […]

Driver Suffers Minor Injuries in Expo Line Collision

Westbound expo line collides with car at Lincoln and Colorado. By Sam Catanzaro At 12:36 p.m. today, a westbound Expo Line train collided with a car near Lincoln Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard in downtown Santa […]

County Bans Vaping on Beaches

Definition of smoking now to include vapor. By Sam Catanzaro The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently voted to update County regulations to address “threats to public health” posed by vaping. In a motion […]

Gray Whale Woes in SoCal

Whales wash ashore in Malibu, tangles in Oxnard buoy.  By Sam Catanzaro  From San Diego and Los Angeles to Santa Barbara and San Franciso, major cities are commonplace along much of California’s coast. Amid the […]

Edify TV: Google and the Westside Pavillion

Westside Pavillion, once the most popular mall in Los Angeles, will soon be home to Google. Find out more about this tech giant’s plans to transform the space in this video made possible by Gary Spatz’s […]

Tunneling for Mobility

Starting this year permits from the Santa Monica Planning Department will require a  new additional fee called “Travel Demand Forecasting Model.”  This has come not a moment too soon, as the model predicts that the […]

“The Mustang” is Epic in Style

“The Mustang” is the first feature length film by writer/director, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. In 2014 she wrote and directed a short film called Rabbit, about a female prisoner who bonds with a rabbit as part […]

Best Jobs for Women 50+ in Gig Economy

These days, it seems like we can do practically anything with our smartphones, from booking plane tickets to video chatting to online shopping.  We can even find jobs through our phones, too, thanks to a […]