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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Police are searching for a driver who was caught on camera during a felony hit and run in the west San Fernando Valley, the LAPD said.
The family of the fitness guru revealed the circumstances surrounding Simmons' July death.
The Pacific Wheel at Pacific Park will light up with tributes to the late Kobe Bryant on Saturday.
Jennifer Lopez on Tuesday filed for divorce from Ben Affleck — marking the two-year anniversary of their wedding ceremony.
Issues at the Hyperion treatment plant led 12.5 million gallons of raw sewage to spill into Santa Monica Bay in 2021.
A vacant church was badly damaged in a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning, according to the LAFD.
It's the latest of several run-ins with the law in Malibu for the actor, known for his frequent collaborations with Quentin Tarantino.
"Small-lot developments" like the one planned for Virgil Avenue are meant to be a hybrid between single- and multi-family developments.
Once filled with trash and reeking of urine, a small strip of land in East Hollywood has been transformed into an urban oasis.
George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon has been open for nearly two years, but it's still missing its link to PCH and the ocean.
Authorities warned motorists to avoid the Sunset Strip as a major road closure led to traffic jams throughout the area Monday.
A Big Blue Bus passenger was attacked from behind by a man who was on probation in an unprovoked assault, police said.
Took a break from the news this weekend? Worry not: We've rounded up some of the stories you missed in SoCal on Saturday and Sunday.
Took a break from the news this weekend? Worry not: we've rounded up some of the stories you missed in NorCal on Saturday and Sunday.
An 18-year-old Larkspur man was arrested on a charge of attempted murder in connection to a Marin City shooting earlier this month.
A man who stabbed a motorist while he was sitting in his car in San Diego over the weekend remains at large, police said.
A man who was wearing a GPS monitor as part of his parole was caught burglarizing a Los Angeles home, police said.
A man suspected of fatally striking a pedestrian remains at large after abandoning his car and fleeing on foot, police said.
Twenty acres burned in a fire that broke out in the San Fernando Valley Sunday, according to the LAFD.
Firefighters fought a brush fire by land and air that broke out in San Clemente over the weekend.
