While the race for the Santa Monica City Council is a crowded ballot with potentially 15 candidates vying for three seats, it does not look like there will be much of a race for the […]

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.4 struck off the coast of Malibu today, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The quake struck at 10:03 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological […]

Bail was set in the amount of $50,000 for a 51-year-old Santa Monica man on Saturday, Aug. 2 after an argument with his wife escalated to domestic violence. Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department […]

Visitors to a half-dozen city park areas will be able to access free public Wi-Fi beginning today as part of a pilot program. The free service, dubbed “Oh, Ranger! Wi-Fi,” is being backed financially by […]

The tattoo parlor from the Oxygen channel’s “Tattoos After Dark” television series and one of its artists are being sued by a woman who alleges she was assaulted outside the Venice establishment last year. Corey […]

A transient accused of going on a Pacific Palisades crime spree that included a kidnapping, assaults and multiple carjackings is scheduled to be arraigned today on more than a dozen felony charges. Brian Thomas Cruz, […]

Singer Chris Brown received a glowing report from a judge on Wednesday as he continues on probation for the 2009 beating of then-girlfriend, Rihanna, and being tossed out of a Malibu substance-abuse and anger-management facility […]

The Santa Monica Police Department has been awarded a $48,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services. SMPD Sgt. Rudy Camarena said no matching of […]