Bail was set at $50,500 for a 62-year-old homeless man on Friday, April 24, after lighting a white trash bag on fire near an apartment building. Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department were called […]

A cold, winter-like storm system out of British Columbia bore down on Southern California today, bringing a threat of showers from this afternoon through Friday evening, along with a slight chance of thunderstorms. If thunderstorms […]

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and the union representing the LAPD rank-and-file find themselves deeply at odds today over the officer-involved shooting death of an unarmed homeless man in Venice, with the union livid […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today will hold the first Southern California fundraisers for her campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton will attend a $2,700-per-person breakfast reception at the Westwood home […]

Lindsay Lohan has completed only about nine of the 125 community service hours she is required to perform as part of her probation stemming from a 2012 traffic crash in Santa Monica, and the actress […]

Updated Wednesday, May 6 – 3:35 p.m. Surveillance video that captured the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in Venice shows a “physical altercation” between the man and two officers, but an investigation into […]

Two juveniles and a 25-year-old resident of Inglewood were arrested on Friday, April 24, after using a hammer to smash a car window. An officer of the Santa Monica Police Department was called out to […]

INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art’s legendary benefit art sale hosted 600 guests on Saturday, May 2, which raised $315,000 for the organization. The event marked the new SMMoA Unbound experience, as the Museum plans […]