Chris is a Patch editor covering Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Malibu, Hollywood and Pacific Palisades.
After starting his journalism career in his home state of Massachusetts, he went west and fell in love with the sunshine, mountains and amazing people of the Golden State. He’s covered city government in San Diego and Pasadena and more recently reported on Hollywood and independent film.
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Catch up with the latest CA consumer and business news, plus under-the-radar stories and the week's best sales and freebies.
Californians shouldn't be alarmed when they see very low-flying planes doing unusual maneuvers this summer, NASA says.
The biggest tech companies are willing to pay absolutely enormous sums of money for top talent, as one CEO explains.
The California brand is planning a move to Texas and investing in new infrastructure in the Lone Star State.
The vice president is planning to tour some of the military and federal law enforcement operations in Los Angeles.
The LA Zoo's California condor breeding program is part of a statewide conservation effort to support the endangered bird.
"When you don't like somebody, you don't respect somebody, it's hard for that person to get money," Trump said.
The Lakers' $10 billion sale will mark the largest-ever sale of a U.S. professional sports team.
A 12-year-old boy was killed in a crash in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday morning.
In an incident caught on video, a U.S. citizen was arrested amid a series of reported ICE raids in LA County Tuesday.
One person was injured in a fire that broke out at a Beverly Boulevard business Tuesday afternoon.
Police are looking for a man suspected of breaking into apartment garages and stealing motorcycles.
A probationer is facing kidnapping charges after dragging an elderly woman into a Santa Monica alley earlier this month, police said.
A brush fire broke out in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area Tuesday afternoon.
While arrests have fallen in the week since Mayor Karen Bass imposed a curfew in downtown LA, businesses in the area have struggled.
Two people were killed in a crash on the 101 Freeway Tuesday morning.
The modified curfew comes as arrests are down and businesses have struggled with impacts to nighttime business.
A man who shot a letter carrier who was delivering mail Monday morning remains at large, police said.
A fire broke out at a Pico-Robertson home Monday morning.
A man was found dead on the tracks near a Los Angeles Metro station Monday morning.
