A businessman who was shot twice in the upper body while sitting behind the wheel of a brand new Rolls Royce in Hollywood was today identified as Cameron Segal. Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Scott […]

Police today sought the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of burglarizing 11 Studio City homes in less than five hours. The burglaries happened between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday on seven different […]

John Ridley, screenwriter of last year’s Oscar-winning “12 Years A Slave,” was named today the feature film winner of the Humanitas Prizes, which honor writers whose work “explores the human condition” in a manner that […]

A longtime development fight came to an end when a developer dropped the last of several lawsuits filed over the city of Malibu’s rejection of the proposed Trancas Town project in the western part of […]

A motorist was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and seven vehicles were impounded for 30 days during an overnight checkpoint in Malibu, a sheriff’s sergeant said today. Sixteen unlicensed drivers were arrested and sent […]

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has a new Director of Assessment, Research, and Evaluation following Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting. The board approved the appointment of Mr. Evan Bartelheim to take over from […]

A hiker who went missing in the Santa Monica Mountains was rescued by a group of mountain bike riders, authorities said today. The 21-year-old woman was reported missing around 7 p.m. Thursday, Los Angeles County […]

“Birdman,” and “Boyhood” were the big winners at tonight’s 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, staged at the Hollywood Palladium. “Birdman” — the story of a washed-up actor trying to revive his career — won […]

The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism announced today that two grants totaling $1.25 million will be used to fund a new editor and freelance reporting budget for its Religion Dispatches online magazine. The […]

A Torrance man was sentenced on Thursday to three months in federal prison for participating in a smuggling scheme in which backpacks of drugs were carried through an employee entrance at Los Angeles International Airport […]