‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’ writer-director Jim Abrahams dead at 80

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Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV series “Police Squad!” has died. He was 80. Abrahams passed away of natural causes on Tuesday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his son Joseph Abrahams told the Hollywood Reporter.
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Man repeatedly kicked and punched woman in ‘unprovoked attack,’ California cops say

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Oscar Benn of Altadena faces an attempted murder charge, the Santa Monica Police Department wrote in a Nov. 25 Facebook post. He’s accused of “repeatedly kicking and punching” a 25-year-old woman as she lay on the ground.
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