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This agreement signifies the first step in progressing to value-based payment from the traditional fee-for-service model.
The bond measure would allow the city to buy a portion of the 50-acre site and develop it into a waterfront park.
Crews are continuing to install water bars, which are water- or erosion-control ditches that channel water away from the burned area.
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The city said it has already implemented some safety measures for bicyclists,
The city joins a handful of municipalities in going poison free on city-owned land.
Who says public transportation was boring?
Twice a year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife opens fishing to everyone — no license required.
California drivers were paying as much as $1.50 more per gallon than drivers in the rest of the nation.
If the district were to separate right now, Santa Monica would have the authority to regulate any bond money not yet issued.
The city recently built a universally accessible playground and a second one is under construction.
NPR started mentioning the city's name in 2004 and has continued to regularly do so ever since.
What you need to bring if you are a first-time driver's license applicant.
Police were investigating a suspect wanted in an assault with a deadly weapon case.
Street Sweeping and enforcement of street sweeping violations will not occur on July 4.
A Palos Verdes Estate man is leading a group-ride protest for what he called unsafe conditions on the peninsula.
All evacuated Azusa residents will be allowed to go home at noon, police said. Residents in Azusa Canyon were ordered to boil their water.
The quake was felt as far south as Marina del Rey.
The dad, apparently wanting to become a grandfather sooner rather than later, placed the ad without his son's knowledge.
The measure will also extend Measure R's half-cent sales tax indefinitely. Voters will have a say in November whether to approve the tax.
