Mike Nichols, who directed such landmark films as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate” and who was among the few to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony, has died. […]

The carpool and fast lanes of the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway at Venice Boulevard in West Los Angeles reopened around 6:30 am Thursday. The lanes were closed following a single-vehicle accident about 5 am, […]

Classes are scheduled to resume today at Mira Costa High School, which has been closed the past two days due to anonymous threats posted on the Yik Yak social messaging app. Manhattan Beach police said […]

The stars will be out in Hollywood tonight for the premiere of “Horrible Bosses 2.” Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, and Carmen Electra are expected to […]

Actress Brooke Shields will meet the public and sign copies of her memoir at a West Hollywood book store tonight. Shields, a child actress who at times had sex-laden roles, will be talking about her […]

A kelp forest is coming back in force since volunteer divers cleared away more than a million urchins from the rocky bottom of the ocean off the Palos Verdes Peninsula over the past year, drawing […]

Santa Monica police arrested a man but later released him after challenging passersby on the Third Street Promenade to fight on Saturday, Nov. 8. Citizens in the 1300 block of Third Street Promenade flagged Santa […]

For the first time in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District history, students at Roosevelt Elementary School are up to the challenge to reduce their lunchtime waste. They’re kicking off their participation in Grades of Green’s […]