A Superior Court judge could rule by Friday on whether U2 guitarist The Edge can break ground on a $79 million, five-home project on 151 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains, or whether it needs more environmental review.
Read moreA federal judge rejected a constitutional attack on a Santa Monica ordinance that bans most Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals, but allowed frustrated homeowners to continue their class action against the city’ under California’s sweeping Coastal Act.
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A Santa Monica Police detective must defend herself from civil charges of interfering with a witness in a dismissed 2008 murder case, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday.
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