Santa Monica News

Another traffic lane opened today on the northbound San Diego Freeway in West Los Angeles, although its debut was marred by a big-rig crash that snarled traffic in the area.

If you take it from Taylor Swift , the average 22-year-old journals about feelings, enjoys vintage bikinis and porkpie hats, and has an endless supply of gal pal clones to eat ice cream with.

Kayaks and paddleboards line Schoonmaker Beach on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Sausalito, Calif.

Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay announced Thursday that Cowell's is once again among the state's worst beaches for water quality.

Beachgoers enjoy a day on the sand in Malibu, CA May 23, 2013. Visitors enjoy a stroll down the Malibu Pier May 23, 2013.

In this May 10, 2013 photo, journalist Lisa Ling, poses for a portrait in Santa Monica, Calif.

From "Life-Cycle Assessment for Transportation Decision-making" report by Mikhail Chester, Juan Matute, Paul Bunje, William Eisenstein, Stephanie Pincetl.

A jury is deliberating the fate of accused murderer Kelly Soo Park, seen here in a pre-trial hearing, in the killing of aspiring model Julianna Redding in Santa Monica, Calif.

The 29-year-old This Is The End actor was apparently spotted kissing Jordan Klein - who he dated for four years before they split in 2011 - in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles earlier this week.

Los Angeles Unified School District officials were ordered Wednesday to pay a special needs fourth-grader $1.4 million after she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a male classmate in Chatsworth.

Swimmers and surfers in Southern California enjoyed cleaner beach water this year, likely due to one of the driest winters on record in the region, according to Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay's 2012-13 study released Wednesday.

May 22, 2013 - MARINA DEL RAY, Calif. -- On Sun, June 2nd @ 6:45pm "RATPACK COMEDY" strikes again, hosting yet another star-studded lineup at Westside Comedy Theater.

Santa Monica will spend some $150 million for public safety and for employee pensions -- nearly half of the General Fund expenses -- under a proposed budget unveiled Monday for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts July 1. According to this year's proposed budget, which the City Council will take up next Tuesday, City services will be paid from a ... (more)

The 22nd Annual Santa Monica Festival is introducing the talented locals, neighborhood services, top chefs, live entertainment, fun shops and the people of Santa Monica that make this such a unique and innovative city, Saturday, June 1, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Clover Park.

After a recent rough patch, one of TV's favorite families - the Osbournes - may be reuniting under the same roof.

If you need a feel-good story to break up the flood of horrifying tornado news, check THIS out: Zach Galifianakis 's date to this week's premiere of "The Hangover Part III" was Elizabeth "Mimi" Haist, a formerly homeless octogenarian whom the comedian has been helping to support for the past two years.

Sandy Valdivieso and her husband intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal.

One day after being found guilty of falsely imprisoning three women in his Bel Air home, the Girls Gone Wild founder in an exclusive interview railed against "mentally f--king retarded" jurors, "piece of sh-t" Steve Wynn and his legions of "jealous" critics: "Look at their penis and tell me if it's small." "I want that jury to know that each and ... (more)

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry! Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Prosecutors and lawyers for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger are due in court to update a judge on the case two weeks before Bulger's racketeering trial is scheduled to begin.