In response to Los Angeles’s escalating homelessness crisis, the Salvation Army organized a team of more than 50 volunteers to hand out prepared meals to Santa Monica’s homeless population this past Saturday.

Since its founding in summer of 2012, former Samohi cross-country, track captain, and three-event track record holder Justin Sardo’s Santa Monica Speed Academy has flourished as the area’s first ever youth running club.

Santa Monica is all set to celebrate the 4th of July holiday weekend in style, with thousands expected for the Main Street Parade, and neighboring fireworks displays sure to delight.

This week on Focus On Fitness host Kristin Strange gives us alternatives for unhealthy snacks.

Los Angeles-based nonprofit Last Chance for Animals (LCA) is joining a worldwide coalition of animal rights organizations to stage a vigil tonight in Santa Monica.

A suspicious item has just been removed from the Metro Expo Line Station in downtown Santa Monica at Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue, which had been closed briefly, according to Metro. Full rail service is resuming, according to Metro.

Lionsgate, the Santa Monica studio behind the "Hunger Games" films, will acquire cable and satellite network Starz for a combination of cash and stock totaling $4.4 billion, the two companies announced today.

Funeral services were pending Tuesday for Santa Monica’s Simon Ramo, a lifetime member of the Caltech Board of Trustees, a co-founder of TRW Inc. and the chief scientific mind behind the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile system.

Essentia is hosting a ‘A Summer Celebration’ featuring recent works by three local artists: Gino Perez, Kathy Shorkey and Jason Ryan.

A performance of “Room 17” by our own Steve Stajich takes place at the Great Scott Theatre at the MET Theater building, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles tonight.