A concerted effort by Santa Monica City staff to raise fees for local outdoor fitness instructors was shut-down by City Council Tuesday, as the majority of council members agreed that such an increase was unnecessary. […]

Ralph Mechur has returned to his position on the Santa Monica-Malibu School District Board of Education just a little more than 10 weeks after placing fifth and losing his seat at the November 2014 election. […]

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” led the pack of Oscar contenders today with nine nominations each for the 87th Academy Awards, with “The Imitation Game” following close behind […]

“Birdman,” the story of a washed-up actor trying to revive his career, will carry a leading 13 nominations into tonight’s 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, while surprise Golden Globe winner “The Grand Budapest Hotel” […]

A man with a demand note robbed a Citibank branch on Montana Avenue on Wednesday. The robbery at 1505 Montana Ave. was reported at 11:10 am, Santa Monica police Sgt. Rudy Camarena said. Santa Monica […]

A bicycle thief was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 3, after Santa Monica police on patrol in downtown Santa Monica caught the man in the act. Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department spotted a suspicious […]

Tech company Yahoo! Inc. will move from Santa Monica to the Playa Vista area of Los Angeles this fall, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today. “This move proves that L.A. is accelerating as a […]

Potential Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will be in Southern California this week to raise funds. Bush, the former governor of Florida, will be attending fundraisers for both his Right to Rise leadership PAC and […]

The Los Angeles Police Commission, the citizen panel that oversees the police department, will hold a community meeting in South Los Angeles tonight and in Canoga Park on Thursday to discuss the development of rules […]

The action sequel “Transformers: Age of Extinction” collected a leading seven nominations today for the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards, the awards-show spoof that skewers the worst of movies from the previous year. The Michael Bay-directed […]