Teresa Rochester and Jorge Casuso

Getting the Boot

“It’s like you‘re stuck in the ocean on a raft with no oars and you can’t see land,” Klickovich said. “It‘s the worst feeling I’ve had in my life. All you can do is hope and hope.” She has lived in the same $560-a-month, two-bedroom Santa Monica rent-controlled apartment for......

Spare Parking, Anyone?

Many of the 7.5 million people who visit Santa Monica’s beaches every year know the trials of finding a parking spot. So do Ocean Park residents who pay the city $15 a year to ensure that they can drive away from their homes on busy weekends and still find a......