If affordable living is what you’re after, California may not be the best place for you. But then again, who can put a price tag on those warmish mornings flavored with a cool ocean breeze […]

Government offices, courts, schools, libraries, banks and post offices will be closed Tuesday for the Fourth of July holiday. Trash collection in the city of Los Angeles will be pushed back by one day, according […]

SpaceX’s first-ever reused Dragon capsule successfully returned from a supply mission to the International Space Station Monday, splashing safely down in the Pacific Ocean. The Hawthorne-based aerospace firm launched the spaceship in early June and […]

For the 20th straight year, the Automobile Club of Southern California will offer its free Tipsy Tow service for intoxicated drivers during the Fourth of July holiday. A free tow home of up to seven […]

By Michael Ray   Santa Monica College’s annual Independence Day Celebration was held Saturday June 24. Considered the biggest, most sensational patriotic community event on the Westside, the event brought together a collage of picnic […]

By Michael Ray   The Santa Monica Car Auction, hosted by Auctions America, was held June 24 and 25 in the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport. The weekend event brought auto enthusiasts of all […]

By Jennifer Eden   All “accessory dwelling units,” AKA guest houses, built after March 31, 2017, in Santa Monica will be subject to a new City of Santa Monica ban on short-term rentals of backyard […]

By Tim Broughton   Diplomacy Fails. On Tuesday, June 20, at 8:52 a.m. Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received a radio call informing them that an assault with a deadly weapon incident had […]