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The Los Angeles Fire Department is announcing the repopulation of areas impacted by the Getty Fire. Effective October 30, 2019. http://tinyurl.com/y3ozamzm . #GettyFire #Repopulation; INC#0074;...

An FBI report says that violent crime is up in Santa Monica. The report says that on a per capita basis, Santa Monica was the third most unsafe city in California, after San Francisco and Oakland....

Two men have admitted to stealing nearly $4 million in cash and luxury vehicles in a high-end automobile sublease scam from 2017 to 2019 in the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles County District...

No one outside the Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept is sure why. But authorities are routing traffic off Southbound PCH up the hill at Temescal canyon. As the area is being evacuated, sheriffs deputies are...

As a Mandatory evacuation expanded all the way to Temescal Canyon road, affecting the Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, some schools closed but others were open. UCLA finally decided to cancel classes...

Prosecutors announced today that they have filed homicide charges against two men who killed a 28 year old woman on a party bus near the Santa Monica pier. The two men have been identified as Ron...

A fire that broke out around 1:30 am on Monday Morning near the Getty Center, burned at least 500 acres of pricey Westside land, from the 405 Freeway West into Brentwood. The Los Angeles Fire...

US Army special operations forces have killed Isis leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. This in a raid that occurred Saturday, October 26, 2019 in north western Syria. The New York Times has confirmed the...

The fire emergency in Southern California has caused the SMMUSD to close all schools on Friday, the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District announced at 8 pm on Thursday night. The largest fire,...

As several fires burning in the San Fernando Valley, Ash has begun to fall in Santa Monica. The largest fire is a 3700 fire in the Santa Clarita Valley called the tech fire. There is also a fire in...

Temple of The Arts, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills was host to prayers, holiness and many celebrities on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday October 9, 2019 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the holiest day of...

I was the first one to break the story that Tyler Skaggs secret opioid addiction, is what killed him in a Texas hotel room early in the morning of July 1, 2019. The Angel's denied that the star pitche...

It's unclear who started it or why. But a scuffle on the Santa Monica Pier Saturday afternoon resulted in several people being pepper sprayed and one arrest. Santa Monica Police on Monday Morning,...

The fire is now largely contained, as of 345 pm PST. Firefighters will stay on scene for 48 hours at least, they said in a press conference. People were being escorted home in the fire areas. 2...

The Los Angeles Police Museum rolled out the blue carpet on September 27, 2019, for the annual Jack Webb Awards –a prestigious event named in honor of the legendary director of the popular...

At its Thursday night meeting, the Santa Monica Rent Control Board will consider the removal of a rent controlled unit from the rental market. A recent California Court of Appeal decision seems to say...

Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted a video of himself signing a bill into law on an episode of HBO's "The Shop: Uninterrupted." He was seated in a barber's chair next to NBA superstar LeBron James, chatting wi...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is investigating an additional confirmed case of measles in a Los Angeles County resident. The possible exposures occurred in Culver...

Gusty Santa Ana winds and "very low humidity" will combine to create "widespread critical fire weather conditions" in much of the Southland from early Thursday through Friday afternoon, the...

Update 6pm Saturday: Fire continues to burn. Red Flag warning expires. All evacuated persons allowed to return home. The particulate matter in the air in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, has returned to...

There was a whole lot of smoke in the air Friday evening, after the Saddleridge Fire filled the air with smoke. This text alert from the city of Santa Monica Saturday morning: “SM Alert - Regional...

Italian restaurant Fritto Misto will move into the spot formerly taken by celebrity cook Nyesha Arrington's Native, reports LA Eater. https://la.eater.com/2019/9/30/20891633/santa-...

Santa Monica Police are searching for a robbery suspect at 20th and Montana Avenue. The suspect, a male in his 30's with a pistol, walked up to the victim who was parked in a car on Montana Avenue....

Los Angeles, September 29th, 2019--The EMMY'S are the gold standard for the best talent in TV industry. In this most awaited award seasons of the year, the best and most glamorous comes out to...

On Sunday September 22, 2019, the Santa Monica Police issued another alert for the Third Street Promenade. The alert from the Santa Monica Police said "Santa Monica Police activity in the 400 block...