AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — A 55-year-old man accused of stabbing a woman to death on Sunday in the courtyard of the Santa Monica home for the mentally ill where she lived pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday afternoon.
THE BACKYARD — Some people need an excuse to bring the barbecue grill out of hibernation and fire it up. Not me. I don’t care if it’s Fourth of July weekend or the Super Bowl.
‘My Name is Khan’ With a theatrical debut that set an all-time record for the biggest weekend Bollywood opening film in North America, two of India’s biggest stars, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, star in this romance.
It’s official: another U.S. car brand has been killed, going the way of Saturn, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Hummer and Saab (so far). This time it’s Mercury, part of the Lincoln-Mercury Division of Ford Motor Co.
DOWNTOWN — The Santa Monica Police Department needs the public’s help in locating a vehicle used in a felony hit-and-run collision that left a 53-year-old woman with significant injuries.
I remember my first oyster. I was maybe 6. It was the fall. I know that because I can still picture my mom in this short, black coat she loved to wear.
SM AIRPORT — The Hump, the high-end sushi restaurant facing federal charges for allegedly selling endangered whale meat, closed its doors Friday and does not plan to reopen, according to a statement on its Web site.
SM PIER — Once again the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corp. is inviting talented student, amateur and professional designers to submit their vision for the 26th annual Twilight Dance Series in the form of a poster.
DOWNTOWN — Mayor Ken Genser, a champion of renters’ rights who dedicated 30 years to serving the residents of Santa Monica, died Saturday, city officials said.
The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a sobriety, driver’s license checkpoint this Friday night in the 300 block of Pico Boulevard. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DOWNTOWN — There’s a cluster of properties on a quiet tree-lined street that were long ago fated to cure the parking ills of the busiest commercial district in the city.
COUNTYWIDE IRS wants to give you money The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 4,606 Los Angeles County taxpayers who are due to receive a combined $5.