This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For much of its history, Santa Monica has been the subject of glamorous picture postcards: the fun of the pier, ...

A Santa Monica product designer is putting hard numbers to what locals have long known in their bones: nearly three in 10 storefronts on the Third Street Promenade sit empty. The designer built an ...

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David Farley is an alumnus of University of California, Santa Cruz. Once, Santa Cruz was a sleepy, somewhat conservative beach town. That changed in 1965 when the University of California flicked on ...

Pico House, part of Los Angeles Plaza Historic District. Image by Daniel L. Lu - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 ...

Santa Monica’s rental market has undergone a sharp correction, posting the steepest decline among Los Angeles metro submarkets. As of April, rents have fallen 8.1 percent year-over-year, according to ...

Rebecca Roland is the deputy editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. Longtime Downtown Santa Monica bar and restaurant the Misfit will ...

The city of Santa Monica sets out on its most ambitious plan to boost an economic recovery. So consequently, Agresti commuted. For years, he flew to Northern California midweek, where his company ...

As Californians face soaring prices at the gas pump, the newly re-opened Santa Ynez Pipeline is now churning out 60,000 barrels of oil a day. During an exclusive visit to the newly reopened platforms, ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. L.A. City Councilmember Monica ...

Laura Geller is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist. She joined the CBS News Innovation Lab as a national investigative producer in September 2023. The California Department of Justice and ...

Joe Biden and his wife Jill ventured out in Santa Monica, Calif., amid his battle with cancer, Page Six is told. Spies spotted the former first couple at celeb favorite Giorgio Baldi with Scott Miller ...