In Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Lana Negrete proclaimed February once again as Black History Month with a theme this year of “African Americans and labor.” “Here in Santa Monica, we want to ...

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Parents in Santa Monica-Malibu areas are frustrated as schools struggle to resume normal in-person classroom experiences despite fires being out. Police said Walter Larkins IV tried to follow the ...

Here's how the news is developing. Jan 17, 2025, 5:42 PM Wildfires burning in SoCal: Numbers at a glance Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California at a glance. More than 40 ...

Rain might bring relief from wildfires searing Los Angeles County but could spell disaster for the only known population of Southern California steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Officials with the Santa Monica Police Department arrested 39 people in evacuation zones over the last five days. Between Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire erupted, and Jan. 12, SMPD Lt.

The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) recently released the identities of nearly a dozen attempted burglary suspects within Palisades Fire evacuation zones in Santa Monica, none of whom live ...

Soap Opera icon Leslie Charleson, who for decades played Monica Quartermaine on “General Hospital,” died Sunday morning after a long illness. She was 79. “It is with a heavy heart that I ...

High wind warnings are in place until 2 p.m. for the San Gabriel Mountains and western Santa Monica Mountains, with gusts of 60 mph or more. A wind advisory was also in effect Sunday in the Santa ...

Support LAist by giving now. A line of people snaked along Santa Monica’s chic Montana Avenue Saturday with bags in hand, waiting for their turn to donate clothes and other goods. The store they ...

Sections of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) in California were closed by two of the fires raging in the area. Notices on the NRA's website said the King Gillette Ranch Visitor ...

"Gusts approaching 100 mph were recorded above 2,000 feet in the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains Tuesday night." The winds, which are most common in the fall and winter, force dry air ...