years-long legal battle with real estate investment firm AEW. Regrets? He’s had a few but is pushing forward with new projects in Santa Monica and beyond.

The buzz of helicopters overhead is a familiar part of the city. In a video, we re-traced Kobe Bryant’s route before the crash that killed him to understand what might have happened. LOS ANGELES — For celebrities and the rich of Los Angeles,

Film Independent Spirit Awards 1550 Pacific Coast Highway Lot 1 North, Santa Monica, cocktails at 11 a.m., awards show begins at 1:30 p.m., awards show ends at 4:30 p.m. Hosted by Aubrey Plaza, the biggest party in the indie film world goes down under the big white tent, with the ceremony airing live exclusively on IFC. Oscar Week: Makeup and ...

Reducing traffic lanes and adding a wider pedestrian space filled with cafes and plazas is being applauded by fans of the area.

That the basketball icon Kobe Bryant’s brilliant and complicated life came to an end in a fiery crash on a hillside in the Santa Monica Mountains on Sunday seemed to only underscore the ubiquity of the helicopter in this sprawling and traffic-choked metropolis. “Traffic started getting really, really bad,” he once explained.

In fact, Dennis Glavis, the longstanding Morgan importer who’s based in Santa Monica, Calif., admits he enjoys driving the Plus 4 more than the more powerful model. I get it. Photos by Drew Phillips If anything, the Plus 4’s relentless minimalism is a benefit, not a liability, that helps distinguish it in a field annoyingly perfect cars ...

Kenneth Sauder — on behalf of Wakeland Wilcox LLC — has filed plans for a four-story, 62-unit building at 4904-4920 W. Santa Monica Boulevard, county records show. The building would have a substantial affordable component. The entity acquired the property, now a 4,850-square-foot office building and adjacent parking lot, for $6.4 million ...

These children's museums break up the winter doldrums with enough hands-on engagement to fill an exciting weekend getaway with the kids.

The campus includes a gym, a band room, computer and science labs, athletic fields, and an indoor running rack. Agassi is co-managing partner of the Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund, which is based in Santa Monica, California. Investing in charter school is one of its main strategies. It has developed over 79 schools across the country.

Meanwhile, a DC-7B transport plane was returning to Douglas Aircraft’s Santa Monica plant after a routine test run. One jet slammed into the wing of the transport plane, and both went down. Part of an engine crashed through the roof of a church.