California’s Supreme Court declared broad support for the historic right of voters to make law through the initiative process. Ruling in a case dubbed “Upland,” the court said that while governments ...

RTS: The 2024 graduates of the Ready to Succeed program were surprised with a check by The Change Reaction during a May 16 ceremony. Courtesy Photo More than 70 college graduates reflected on the ...

HOA living involves a tradeoff of independence in exchange for the benefits the HOA provides. Someone unwilling to trust others to make decisions and who must personally make all decisions is probably ...

A video showing employees of a local paint studio improperly disposing dirty water into a storm drain has prompted an online ...

Renters are receiving slight relief, albeit in a still-pricey market, while the city’s housing trends have been deemed a ...

The California Senate approved a bipartisan package of 15 bills Wednesday that would increase penalties for organized crime ...

The man arrested for stabbing two people at a Santa Monica parking structure near the Third Street Promenade on Sunday, May ...

Longtime Santa Monica local Stephen McMahon has come up with a way to discourage homeless from making camp and taking drugs in his building’s courtyard parking space, as well as preventing inevitable ...

In March 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood before a crowd in Sacramento’s Cal Expo event center and made a promise: He’d send 1,200 tiny homes to shelter homeless residents in the capital city and three ...

What’s the cost of democracy in California? If we calculate that based just on the pages informing the state’s 22 million voters about Proposition 1 in the official March voter guide, about $8 million ...

A Santa Monica landlord is facing multiple tenant harassment lawsuits over alleged mistreatment of renters in the Pico ...

Our weekly guide to food and entertainment goings-on in and around town includes a variety of Memorial Day Weekend activities ...