An AI-generated music video titled “Nothing Went Foom!” has circulated widely since late September 2026, turning a long-running argument in AI safety circles into a five-minute pop track. Posted by ...

She sounds kinda like Taylor Swift, but she's imaginary. Claude has sung a courtroom speech about why the Doomers are wrong ...

I have known Ben Allen since he was a young intern at the Santa Monica Observer. He grew up here, served on the Santa ...

Santa Monica cops say a husband fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself inside their home on the 3100 block of Pico Boulevard. Officers were sent to the residence around 9:40 p.m.

A man detained hours earlier on a domestic-violence charge used remarkable flexibility to squeeze through the narrow bars of ...

LOS ANGELES - Flea-borne typhus is no longer a rare footnote in Los Angeles County. Public health officials have recorded a ...

A 10-year-old child and two women in their 30s died on Monday morning after an overcrowded inflatable dinghy carrying 105 ...

SANTA MONICA - An 82-year-old woman remained in critical condition Friday after she was struck by a turning vehicle Thursday ...

The Starbucks on Santa Monica’s Main Street will close permanently on Saturday, ending another chapter in the coffee chain’s ...

"Talent, enthusiasm and commitment, not circumstance, decide who has the extraordinary opportunity to receive ballet training from Westside Ballet." Los Angeles, California. (September 23, 2026) - ...

AIFascinated (@aifascinated ) is a popular Instagram account making short, glossy AI videos in a very specific vibe: 1950s pin-up women dropped into Atomic Age "future of the past" scenarios. Chrome ...