Venice Beach, California, is known as a tourist hotspot with an iconic boardwalk filled with tarot card readers, tattooists, wannabe rappers and the artists trying to make a buck by selling their work.

Firefighters on Tuesday increased containment of a Los Angeles wildfire and officials identified the man suspected of starting the blaze that prompted evacuations in canyon neighborhoods.

Legendary folk singer Bob Dylan who turns 80 next Monday, was seen in exclusive photos obtained by DailyMail.com running errands around Santa Monica in typically low-key fashion last Thursday.

Police arrested a homeless man accused of setting the fires Sunday afternoon. The man, identified as 48-year old Ramon Santo Rodriguez, was taken to the hospital with minor injuri

A homeless man was identified on Tuesday as the person who started Southern California's Palisades Fire, which has burned more than 1,100 acres, threatened hundreds of home and prompted the evacuation of about 1,

Looking for things to do this week? Your Santa Monica Patch community calendar is a great way to keep tabs on what's happening near you and discover local events that fit your interests. Here are some events taking place in town this week.

One woman found that out the hard way after she wiped out while taking a selfie on a bike ride while a live TV news crew was shooting behind her. The failed selfie (but successful fail video) occurred during a MSNBC segment about a nurses union and the CDC’s new mask guidelines.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District said that Santa Monica's air quality is good, but extended its smoke advisory to Wednesday.

Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks introduces its new Court of Devotion Estates, which is located on the Russell Ranch Road side of the memorial park in Westlake Village. The nearly 12,000 sf area includes beautifully designed,

Companies House has threatened to strike off actress Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial health and wellness brand Goop in the UK.Goop was originally set up in Britain when Ms Paltrow lived there with her ex-husband,