A celebrity basketball game is scheduled for Saturday at Santa Monica College to benefit business education in South Los Angeles. Dubbed the first annual David Bing Academy of Finance Celebrity Basketball Game and Red Carpet event, the game is a fundraising effort that will benefit a new South Los A
Longtime KCRW fixture Nic Harcourt announced this week that he will be leaving the popular public radio station for a position with MTV. During his time at KCRW, Harcourt has been an influential part of the station’s programing.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police have arrested a homeless man with a lengthy criminal record for allegedly rubbing his body up against a 10-year-old girl, it was announced on Thursday.
CITY HALL — It took a list of neighborhood protections, a choir of supporters and almost $1.9 million in benefits, but Saint John’s Health Center is one step closer to getting a pass on a $25 million parking structure it promised to build over a decade ago.
Rosie’s Girls participants from the past 10 years will reunite Saturday to celebrate the program’s decade of service in Santa Monica. Originally created to help young girls learn how to operate saws, drills, welding torches and other tools of the trade each summer, Rosie’s Girls has helped over 400
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man they believe rubbed up against the back and buttocks of a 10-year-old girl on Tuesday morning.
SAMOHI — Victoria Gray didn’t think much of it when her 17-year-old son stayed home from school on May 5. Everyone needs a mental health day sometimes, she told him, thinking that perhaps he needed the extra freedom to get caught up on homework or take a breather from the pressure cooker of high sch
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.
CITY HALL — Auto dealerships, hospitals and small businesses in the MidCity area rejoice — your off-site parking at the Yahoo! Center is safe. In a 5-2 vote Tuesday, the City Council legitimized Equity Office Properties’ questionable practice of leasing over 1,000 parking spaces to non-tenant busine
LOS ANGELES — A crudely produced video depicting gun-toting black gang members spanking a white, bikini-clad California congressional candidate set off a bipartisan furor Wednesday and illustrated how the power of the anything-goes Internet is influencing political campaigns.
BEACHSIDE — As Memorial Day came and went, Santa Monicans near the seashore might have wondered whatever happened to those eight new restrooms promised for Santa Monica Beach.
Come July 1, those driving hybrid cars with the yellow “clean air” decals will no longer be able to park for free at meters in Santa Monica, city officials announced Wednesday.
