ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL pushed ahead Tuesday with a difficult balancing act, navigating players’ emotions after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin’s shocking cardiac arrest with a tight pla

If you were celebrating New Year just a few days ago, it would’ve been impossible to escape the near-torrential downpour that soaked Santa Monica in the early hours of Jan. 1 and the wet weather caused at least one death on the suddenly slick roads.

JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The number of young kids, especially toddlers, who accidentally ate marijuana-laced treats rose sharply over five years as pot became legal in more places in the U.S., a

By Dan Walters It’s a new year, but the Democratic politicians who dominate the state Capitol face a raft of old problems that, if anything, worsened during 2022. Despite a fairly wet winter – so far

Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. Christmas is an overwhelming force during this time of year. Where I live, it’s difficult to go anywhere ...

The City of Santa Monica’s State of the City will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. The Santa Monica community is invited to the virtual event streamed live on YouTube. Join recently-appointed Mayor Gleam Davis and City Manager David White for a State of the City address,

Santa Monica College (SMC) seniors in the college’s Bachelor of Science in Interaction Design (IxD) program showcased the culmination of a semester-long collaboration with CicLAvia at a final presentation attended by CicLAvia leadership last month at SMC’s Center for Media and Design campus on Stewart Street in Santa Monica.

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents multi-Grammy Award winner Cécile McLorin Salvant performing songs from her recent album, Ghost Song, on Thursday, January 26 at 8 p.m. in Royce Hall.

Santa Monica College’s John Drescher Planetarium continues its Friday evening events in winter 2023 with free, live virtual shows presented online at smc.edu/planetarium, plus a special hybrid presentation in January with in-person observing through on-campus telescopes.

The state’s environmental goals and policies are incompatible and leaders must consider the real-world impacts of their decisions

California colleges have recently begun using restorative justice in cases of sexual assault and harassment, or are seriously considering it

The National Wildlife Federation will present a Celebration of Life at the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park for P-22 Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily ...

Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. The opioid epidemic reached staggering proportions last year driven by the unprecedented lethality of fentanyl.

Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. The City will spend $200,000 on a new vendor to provide overnight security in ten city owned parking ...

Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. With the New Year upon us, SMDP asked community leaders about their resolutions for 2023. SMMUSD Interim ...

Californians impacted by unsafe and unaffordable water secured legal recognition of the human right to water. Since then, activists have leveraged California’s vital water law to promote safe, affordable and accessible water for all.

Since California adopted the nation’s first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags tin 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thicker, reusable plastic bags that are supposed to be recyclable. But Attorney General Rob Bonta is now investigating whether the bags are truly recyclable as required by law.

His first two years on the job have revealed it to be a much more ambitious venture. As he nears the halfway mark on his first term, Biden is pointing to legacy-defining achievements on climate change,

Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. The New Year brings with it the annual tradition of new laws taking effect at the local and state level.

Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. Friends of the Venice Library (FoVL) hosted hundreds of people who attended a grand re-opening of the Abbot ...