Running for Recovery: Fighting the Opioid Crisis
More than 50 members of Beit T’Shuvah’s Running for Recovery team will be amongst the 26,000 participants of the 30th annual Los Angeles Marathon....
WeHo: Another Sin City in the Making?
By Henry Giardina
If WeHo City Council approves a new bill, L.A.’s popular party city could stay liquored up until 4 a.m. But is it...
Push to Expand Affordable Housing
Given a historic shortage of affordable housing, the Board of Supervisors Tuesday instructed the LA County Department of Regional Planning to draft four ordinances...
Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Protect California Tenants from Eviction
Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco), Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), and Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today announced new proposals to protect California tenants from evictions and...
“College Contradiction” Threatens State’s Future
By Tom Elias
Call it the college contradiction. Just when a major study finds that California is about to fall far behind in producing the...
Beverly Hills Bar Association Honors Santa Monican
The Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA), heralded for championing access to justice, an independent judiciary and the Rule of Law, honors at its Eighth...
Rep. Jimmy Gomez on Republican-Led Government Shutdown
Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) issued the following statement after the government shut down due to Congressional Republicans’ failure to pass a...
1,800 Parcels Up for Grabs: What to Do with L.A.’s Surplus Properties
The office of Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin recently made available a searchable database of more than 1,800 city-owned parcels. This database enables the...
Trans Activist Running for 54th District Assembly Seat
Ashlee Marie Preston plans to run for the seat following the resignation of Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.
Transgender activist Ashlee Marie Preston plans to run for...
Letter to Editor: Ballona Wetlands Rebuttal
(This letter is in response to an ad that the Ballona Wetlands Trust recently ran.)
Dear Editor,
Heal the Bay agrees that a robust community discussion...
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Fit for a Prince
By Melanie Camp
Chef Ari Taymor’s mom doesn’t know it, but he named his latest venture in her honor.
Little Prince is a pop up at 2424 Main St., Santa Monica, and it is still enough...
Pantages Theatre’s “Love Never Dies”
Some loves don’t die easily – especially the compulsive love of the disfigured Phantom of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera.” This iconic musical has earned the distinction of being one of the...
Homeless “Safe Parking” For Veterans
A groundbreaking program offering “safe parking” for homeless people – many of whom are seniors – living in their vehicles, is coming to Brentwood, Councilmember Mike Bonin announced on April 13.
The nonprofit agency Safe...