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He kicked alcohol, became addicted to wellness drink that works like opioid, lawsuit says

LOS ANGELES — A Santa Monica beverage company is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging the primary ingredient in its Feel Free kava drink is an addictive opioid-like substance known as kratom.

Los Angeles Times

What real estate investors can learn from the battle for bliss in two famous beach towns

Architect Frank Gehry has been entangled in development-vs.-preservation fights in Miami Beach and Santa Monica—with very different outcomes.

Fortune

When will Luka Doncic play again? He’s frustrated watching Mavericks’ playoff slide, too.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Perhaps the best sign that Luka Doncic’s left thigh strain is healing came at the end of the Mavericks’ Friday morning shootaround in preparation for the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Joe Biden teases Rishi Sunak about his home in California

‘Maybe you can invite me to your home’, says US president on PM’s Santa Monica pad

The Independent UK

Sea Dragon ride on Santa Monica Pier swings into retirement

LOS ANGELES — For nearly 27 years, the green Sea Dragon ride swung back and forth on the Santa Monica Pier, but on March 2, the 6,000-pound two-headed metal beast took its last ride 250 feet over the Pacific Ocean.

Los Angeles Times

Before Oscars, ‘Everything Everywhere’ Sweeps Spirit Awards

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" continued its awards sweep at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on its path to the Oscars next weekend. The multiverse-hopping adventure collected awards for best picture, directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu, screenplay and editing. "Thank…

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'Everything Everywhere' dominates Spirit Awards week before Oscars

SANTA MONICA (UNITED STATES) - "Everything Everywhere All At Once" swept up yet more film prizes Saturday, as it was named best feature at the Spirit Awards -- one of the last major Hollywood ceremonies before next weekend's Oscars.

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Oscar favorite ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ sweeps Spirit Awards

LOS ANGELES — Oscar front-runner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” continued its dominant awards season run at the 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday, where it won in all seven categories in which it was nominated.

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Bruce Willis steps out with friends after announcement of dementia diagnosis

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Willis was seen grabbing coffee with friends this week in Santa Monica, the first time the veteran action star was spotted in public after revealing his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.

Los Angeles Times

Brian Merchant: Will self-driving cars make LA's world-famous traffic even worse?

For some reason — no one seems to know just why — the self-driving cars can't stay away from a random sleepy block in Santa Monica.

Los Angeles Times

What's it like to take a $249 drug-free psychedelic trip? We found out

LOS ANGELES — I'm familiar with magic mushrooms from back in the day. I took them a couple times in college — including on a particularly memorable Halloween — and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. So I was curious about a Santa Monica-based startup called the Reality Center that's been trying…

Los Angeles Times

A New York bookfluencer launches her first bricks-and-mortar shop ... in L.A.

LOS ANGELES In a move that could cause certain members of the East Coast literati to lose their minds, the New York book scene is about to take up residence in Santa Monica, California.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: FTC crackdown on GoodRx sends a message that private consumer data must be protected

Since 2017, GoodRx has helped millions of people find deals on prescription drugs via an app and website. But what its customers may not have known is that the Santa Monica-based health company had also been sharing information about their prescriptions and illnesses with third parties such as Google and…

Los Angeles Times

How Andrea Riseborough pulled off that shocking Oscar nomination

LOS ANGELES — "To Leslie," the indie drama that scored Andrea Riseborough one of the most shocking nominations in Oscar history, opened at Monica Film Center in Santa Monica on Oct. 9, where it came and went after playing to an empty house for five days.

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Robin Abcarian: Nepo babies beware. You didn't hit a triple if you were born on third base

If you live on the Westside of Los Angeles and have a child in private school around here — PS 1 in Santa Monica, maybe, or Windward in Mar Vista — you have almost certainly had encounters with "nepo babies," kids of famous parents who have gone on or will…

Los Angeles Times

Scientists explore using psychedelics to treat alcohol, drug disorders

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Senn's father, long dead, appeared to her as she lay back in the dimly lit room at the Santa Monica clinic, a mask over her closed eyes, and the psychedelic trip began.

The Independent UK

Shocking video shows plane crash on Los Angeles beach that killed former Santa Monica mayor Rex Minter

The pilot told air traffic controllers that he had no other choice but to attempt an emergency landing on the sand

Los Angeles Times

Former Santa Monica Mayor Rex Minter dies in plane crash on Santa Monica Beach

LOS ANGELES — Former Santa Monica Mayor Rex Minter died after a small plane in which he was a passenger crash-landed on the beach in Santa Monica on Thursday afternoon, city officials confirmed.

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Plane crash-lands onto beach before flipping upside down in fatal smash

The single-engine Cessna that took off from Santa Monica Airport about 3pm Thursday en route to Malibu before the pilot reported engine trouble and tried to make an emergency landing

Los Angeles Times

Cessna flips after landing on Santa Monica Beach; 2 people taken to hospital

LOS ANGELES — A single-engine Cessna airplane flipped over after the pilot landed on the beach in Santa Monica on Thursday afternoon.

Daily Mirror

Shania Twain stuns on People's Choice Awards red carpet ahead of receiving Music Icon Award

This year's People's Choice Awards, held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, saw celebrities from the world of music, acting and comedy walk the red carpet

Los Angeles Times

India turned its back on 'RRR.' Will Oscar voters embrace it?

LOS ANGELES — S.S. Rajamouli and I are up in the projection booth at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. It's the Friday night before Thanksgiving and Rajamouli's beloved action epic "RRR" is playing to a raucous, sold-out house. We'd been looking for a quiet place to talk, but if…

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God of War Ragnarok wasn’t ‘good’ three months ago, says dev

Sony Santa Monica was worried about Ragnarok's quality right up to its release.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: That foul stench out of Santa Monica? A local weekly spreading malicious lies about Paul Pelosi

As you might expect, the first official reports about the Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi in San Francisco were light on details.

Los Angeles Times

Jury awards $45 million over alleged abuse of two autistic students by Malibu school aide

LOS ANGELES — The family of two twins who are nonverbal has won a $45 million judgment against the Santa Monica-Malibu school system after suing over alleged physical abuse by a teacher’s aide who, they said, used hand sanitizer to inflict pain on the autistic children.

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