U.K.-based Ashurt has opened an office in Los Angeles, its third location in the U.S. and its first on the West Coast. The new office in Santa Monica is led by partner Anna Hermelin, who previously worked in Ashurst’s Tokyo office, said firm managing partner Paul Jenkins. The new office will focus predominantly on projects and project finance ...

A jury convicted the movie producer of third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sex act but acquitted him of three other charges, including the most serious, predatory sexual assault.

The service is being tested first in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, the company said. Bird Pay will work by way of a QR code, which you can be read via your app at the point of sale at participating businesses to make cashless purchases (after scanning the code, you enter the amount you are charging and swipe up to complete the purchase).

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Tyra Banks appeared on Good Morning America Monday to discuss her upcoming theme park, ModelLand. Banks said the theme park will help visitors feel beautiful as they take park in lavish photo shoots.

9. Huntington Beach (22-5): Marisa Tanga and Alyssa Real shared MVP honors in the Surf League. 10. Crean Lutheran (27-4): Saints regrouped after league struggles to reach Saturday’s 3AA final against Santa Monica at Azusa Pacific at 10 a.m. Schedule and ticket info for CIF-SS boys and girls soccer championships Friday and Saturday Schedule ...

Today was the heartfelt tribute and celebration for the lives of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi Bryant. Here are the cultural highlights, from Alicia Keys to Christina Aguliera and Beyoncé.

Authorities are searching for a driver who fled after striking a husband and wife in Echo Park early Monday, leaving one of them dead.

A gallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.

Violent crime has been rising in Brazil's northeastern state of Ceara amid a police strike in its seventh day, federal Justice Minister Sergio Moro said Monday. Security officials said the state had recorded 147 homicides in the past five days,

WASHINGTON — “Pls have Mr. G bring the documents,” reads the March 27, 2019, email from a State Department official to someone who worked for “Mr. G.,” better known as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani,