• Curious City – THE CITY WE ALL WANT

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The City Council and Acting City Manager, who all had a responsibility to act in concert with the Chief when our city was so clearly threatened, and they didn’t. But in the ensuing days I think we’ve learned enough to know that a study is not needed.
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  • Los Angeles Police investigating double murder

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    According to LAPD, the double murder occurred at about 9:10 p.m. on the 100 block of Lincoln. Officers responded to an Ambulance Shooting radio call and upon arrival, officers located two male adult victims with gunshot wounds.
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  • Main Street restriping underway

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Work is underway to transform Main Street into a European-inspired pedestrian style environment and officials hope the newly configured street will help local businesses adapt to the ongoing challenges of retail during a health crisis.
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  • Locals petition for Black Lives Matter Week of Action in SMMUSD

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Hundreds of students and Westside residents have united in recent days to demand the implementation of a Black Lives Matter Week of Action at all Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District campuses next year.
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  • SMMUSD to present three potential models for reopening in the Fall

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    In an effort to receive input and share information on three prospective classroom learning models for next school year, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education will hold a series of virtual town hall-style meetings in the coming weeks.
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  • Letter to the Editor – Abandon the Plaza

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    If you live or work in Santa Monica, your heart might be feeling more than a bit anxious, concerned and even wounded by all that has happened in our beautiful city these past few months.
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  • Santa Monica celebrates Juneteenth

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The city of Santa Monica has celebrated Juneteenth for nearly three decades, but with official activities moved online this year, local residents gathered Friday to hold a Juneteenth event of their own.
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  • Body found in Virginia Ave. Park

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    In the first case, detectives found a man dead in Virginia Ave. Park. In the second and elderly man was found dead on Stanford Street. According to SMPD, Park Service Officers found a man unresponsive in the park at about 5:45 a.
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  • Court Makes It Easier For Individuals To Resolve Traffic And Non-Traffic Infraction Matters

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    As part of the Court’s continuing efforts to help people resolve their Traffic and Non-Traffic Infraction matters, roughly 256,000 information packets are being mailed to individuals with Traffic and Non-Traffic Infraction citation compliance dates to help them resolve their cases.
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  • Community Corp Partners with Molcajete Dominguero to Develop Small Business Incubator

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Community Corporation of Santa Monica will partner with Molcajete Dominguero to bring the first small-business incubator to the city of Santa Monica.
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  • Santa Monica College Announces the George Perry Floyd, Jr. Scholarship for Racial and Social Justice

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Santa Monica College (SMC) is pleased to announce the new George Perry Floyd, Jr. Scholarship for Racial and Social Justice, an endowed scholarship created in honor of the unarmed 46-year-old man murdered by Minneapolis police on May 25,
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  • Santa Monica History Museum to Host “Throwback Thursday: How they Built Westwood” virtual guest lecture series

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    On June 25, at 5 p.m., the Santa Monica History Museum will be hosting a guest lecture via Zoom. This discussion will feature local historian Richard Orton as he leads the lecture “!” Following WWI, Arthur Letts,
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  • Bike winners

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    What a wonderful way to roll into summer! Andrew Smith of The Bike Shop Santa Monica donated two beautiful Virtue Campus bikes to the Santa Monica Education Foundation to thank donors who supported Santa Monica students this year.
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  • Lions’ Roar – Lions keep activities going despite a lack of physical meetings

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    I am happy to say that not all Lions activities came to an abrupt halt because of COVID-19. While many traditional high school and middle school graduations were canceled, we were
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  • Council to consider restarting Plaza negotiations

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Council will consider restarting negotiations to develop the city owned property at 4th and Arizona following a delay caused by questions over the land’s status.
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  • CDS positions cut while SMMUSD awaits students’ return to campuses

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Nearly three dozen Child Development teachers in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will be laid off prior to next school year.
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  • 10 Freeway reopened after man leaves freeway sign

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Traffic traveling westbound on the 10 freeway was completely stopped Saturday afternoon while Santa Monica police and fire department officials attempted to stop a person from jumping onto the road from an off-ramp sign above the freeway.
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  • 10 Freeway shutdown due to possible suicide jumper

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Traffic traveling westbound on the 10 freeway has been completely stopped Saturday afternoon while Santa Monica police and fire department officials attempt to stop a person from jumping onto the road from an off-ramp sign above.
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  • Letter to the Editor – Replacing Morena

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Although it is a shame that Greg Morena has to resign from the Council in order to conduct his family business appropriately, I understand that motive and thank him for his service.
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  • Santa Monica Observer - Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

    Santa Monica Observed
    Instead there was a birthday parade to celebrate Virginia Tokunaga 90th birthday on 5th street in Santa Monica. Two cement mixers across the street did not drown out a happy birthday chorus on this special occasion. There were balloons, presents ...
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