Judge bars LA fire-blame defense in Palisades arson trialFederal judge rules Jonathan Rinderknecht cannot blame LA City Fire Department's handling of the earlier Lachman Fire at his upcoming arson trial.
Air monitors set up near Santa Susana amid Sandy FireVentura County deploys temporary air quality monitors near the old nuclear test site as the Sandy Fire smolders 20 miles north of Malibu.
Santa Rosa Island fire nearly 60 percent contained135 firefighters ferried 26 miles offshore battle a blaze that has burned 18,000 acres on the Channel Islands.
Five Point Dume streets slated for repaving next yearMalibu's $300,000 share of state gas tax money would resurface streets including Grayfox, Boniface, Portshead, Wildlife, and parts of Selfridge.
Malibu eyes $3 million pedestrian underpass at Corral BeachCity council to vote on using Metro sales tax money to build a tunnel beneath PCH near Malibu Seafood, alongside an existing creek underpass.
Santa Monica Pier beaches ranked dirtiest in CaliforniaDespite $100 million in city upgrades, only a Tijuana beach scored worse on Heal the Bay's annual report card.
California primary voting continues as governor's race tightensHilton, Becerra and Steyer are bunched at the top of a crowded primary field with mail-in ballots still being counted.
$2.5 million Ferrari destroyed in PCH passing crash near NobuDriver of a Ferrari 812 Competizione Aperta used the center turn lane to pass a truck and slammed into a Mercedes convertible.
Malibu surf report: small south swell, deep low tideTwo to three feet at the Point, water temperature 64 degrees, with a minus 1.1-foot low tide at 9:32 a.m.
