A 32-year-old homeless man was arrested on Friday, Dec. 26, after punching another man in the face for no apparent inside a Santa Monica coffee shop. Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department were dispatched […]

Caltrans climbers will rappel down a roughly 150-foot slope along Pacific Coast Highway today to dislodge boulders that could roll into cars along a closed section of the road just north of Malibu. Though the […]

Four people were displaced and three firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries after a house fire in North Hollywood early today that was sparked by a problem with a Christmas tree, authorities said. The fire […]

Awards-season darling “Birdman” was among the 10 nominees announced Monday for the Producers Guild of America’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award for motion pictures, an honor that typically leads best-picture glory on Oscar night. Also nominated […]

A local measure that put limits on chain stores in Malibu is unconstitutional and should be overturned, two property developers contend in a lawsuit filed Monday. Measure R, which restricts the proportion of chain stores […]

A man suffered second-degree burns when he tried to throw a burning Christmas tree out the window of his second-story apartment in Santa Monica on Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the three-story residential and […]

A man 55-to-60 years old died in a hospital Monday morning after being shot several times in Hollywood, a crime witnessed by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer who helped arrest a suspect and an […]

Francesca Hilton, the only daughter of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton, has died at the age of 67 from an apparent stroke/heart attack, her publicist said today. Constance Francesca Gabor […]

Bess Myerson, who became the first Jewish Miss America in the United States in 1944 and later ran for a Senate seat, died Dec. 14 at her home in Santa Monica at age 90, it […]

As SMC Community Education’s vibrant Winter Session gets under way today, it is also looking ahead to an even heartier Spring Semester – with more than 170 classes, workshops and tours, including several new offerings. […]