A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department’s bid to force California to set aside thousands of disputed ballots, as Los Angeles County officials head into Tuesday’s ...

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people, including six medical professionals, in health care fraud schemes that allegedly produced about $2 billion in false claims, among them what the Justice ...

More than a year and a half after the wildfires devastated communities across Los Angeles County, thousands of homeowners remain caught between the cost of rebuilding and the financing needed to ...

Santa Monica College Corsairs face West L.A. College Wildcats in homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at ...

For Lauren "Lulu" Taylor, watching her New Zealand baking mixes arrive on the shelves of a Los Angeles Gelson's this fall is not simply a business milestone. It is a homecoming. Taylor, founder and ...

Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, whose district includes Santa Monica, closed out the legislative year with a burst of new laws. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed nine of his bills, covering hotel ground ...

Dan Walters' column skipped the 2026 tort-wars deal most likely to reach Santa Monica readers. To end dueling ballot measures from Uber and the Consumer Attorneys of California, Gov. Newsom signed SB ...

I never imagined I would have to write this letter. Not because I expected your endorsement, but because I grew up believing Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights stood for families like mine.

SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes tons of New Years Food & Events options, a Route 66 Centennial Kickoff , and much more! Ring in the New Year - East ...