By Kathy Boole As part of its 100th birthday celebrations, Kiwanis International is promoting the creation of children’s playgrounds around the world. More than 11 new playgrounds are to be built in 2015. The aging […]

Pro-development urban planner Carter Rubin has been appointed to Santa Monica’s Planning Commission in a late-night City Council vote Tuesday. Replacing recently elected Councilwoman Sue Himmelrich on the Commission, Rubin was nominated by Councilman Terry […]

Brock on your Block host Phil Brock speaks with Susan Cline, interim director of the Santa Monica Public Works Department about the upcoming construction on the California Incline bridge. Click here to read more about […]

A 39-year-old homeless man was charged with burglary, vehicle tampering, possession of drug paraphernalia, and appropriation of lost property after he was found inside the gates of a property where he stole an ashtray and […]

A Las Vegas man who crashed a pickup truck into singer Jennifer Lopez’s Rolls-Royce in Malibu last September pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor DUI charge. Superior Court Judge Paul Bacigalupo immediately sentenced Robert […]

A two-day hot spell expected to send temperatures in Los Angeles and several other communities into the 90s will get underway today, forecasters said. In Santa Monica, expect a high of 84 today and 80 […]

More than 300 people descended on Santa Monica City Hall Tuesday night as the much-debated issue of Santa Monica Airport (SMO) tenancies and land use hit City Council’s discussion agenda.

Richard LaGravenese is one of those very successful Hollywood writers who very rarely is recognizable by the general public. However, his vast list of screenwriting credits speak for themselves and include, “Rude Awakening,” “Behind the […]

A 21-year-old homeless man was charged with juvenile annoyance and sexual battery after he assaulted two women in one day on Thursday, March 14. Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department were called out to […]