LOS ANGELES — Actress Jaime Pressly has been sentenced to three years of informal probation after pleading no contest to drunken driving. Santa Monica Deputy City Attorney Melanie Skehar says Pressly’s attorney entered the plea Thursday for the former star of "My Name is Earl.
CITY HALL — “I want to see this happen, and happen soon.” These are not words that often pass the lips of City Council members, who seem to relish excruciatingly slow public process and discussion, but the council was excited to move forward with the Bicycle Action Plan, a 300-page document that spe
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Board of Education voted against an outright ban on flavored milk Wednesday, instead opting for a more nuanced approach that allows parents to choose whether or not their children can drink the sugar-added beverage on campus.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — The estranged husband who allegedly stabbed his wife at a Santa Monica supermarket where she worked as a clerk was charged Friday with murder.
Ever forget a tote, a pair of sunglasses or an accessory in the rush to pack for vacation? Fred Segal Santa Monica offers a solution with its Fred Segal Lending Library — a collection of on-loan jewelry, purses, sunglasses and other accessories — at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
SM PIER — The restoration of a piece of the Santa Monica Pier’s history progressed after the City Council allowed the Department of Public Works to move forward with the creation of an emergency gangway.
As students of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District gear up for another year in the classroom, openings are still available for preschool aged children in the community to get a “Head Start.
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police are trying to determine if a convicted sex offender, who recently registered in Santa Monica following a stint in jail for masturbating in public, exposed himself to girls as young as 5.
CITYWIDE — The Los Angeles City Attorney came out strongly against legislation proposed by a Santa Monica assemblywoman that would put digital signs on the sides of buses, saying that the move would negatively impact Angelenos.
DOWNTOWN — The wind rushed by, distorting Fred Seaman’s words. “Johnny Depp’s loving this wind,” Seaman says. Up at a vineyard in Southern California, Seaman, 53, and Depp, a falcon — not the actor — are participating in what Seaman calls “a 4,000-year-old cooperative relationship.
After a 5.9 earthquake hit the East Coast on Tuesday, Los Angeles County public safety officials are encouraging residents to get prepared for the next earthquake on this side of the country.
