Augustine Hurtado earns tips playing harmonica at the Santa Monica Pier and spends almost all of it on animal feed. "We are in the presence of a saint," a friend says.

Each September, when Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain, people nationwide delight in chiles en nogada, a seasonal dish of mild poblano peppers stuffed with ground pork and fruit, smothered in a sauce of walnut,

An alleged arsonist and homeless man was arrested in Santa Monica on Sunday after a string of incidents in the area. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office says the suspect, John Dean

The pop icon, 34, looked incredible on Friday as she head out for a lavish meal at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.

UniEnergy Technologies absorbed millions in public funds, then suddenly went dark. The company is accused of providing tech to China.

“My role as an advisor is bad-decision insurance,” said Neela Bushnell Hummel, a certified financial planner in Santa Monica. “When things get hard, I’m on the phone with my clients to keep them in their seats” instead of panic-selling. For a ...

The SCI-Arc controversy dates back to March, when students launched a petition calling for the ouster of Wiscombe and Trotter following a panel on professional practices in architecture. (That was an event I summed up in an April edition of this newsletter .

A new study tracked the effect of air pollution on stroke risk. Researchers tracked the health records of a large number of people and their exposure to air pollutants and found an increased risk of a first and subsequent stroke and of dying from resulting cardiovascular issues.

Sylvia Wu, restaurateur who served L.A.'s stars from Frank Sinatra to Robert Redford at her famed Madame Wu's Garden, dies.

Panaji: On Friday, the 99-m-long cable-stayed pedestrian bridge, Dnyan Setu, connecting Patto to Mala over the Rua de Ourem creek, was inaugurated.