When it comes to financing building projects in Santa Monica, there’s a lot to consider — the permit fees, the architects, the cement, the labor, the light fixtures, the sewer connection, the paint and, somewhere in that very long list, the Development ...

PS3: The City of Santa Monica completed work to remove the embattled Parking Structure 3, near the intersection of 4th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, this fall. The lot where […]

Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. On […]

Santa Monica College (SMC) will host live sessions of the “All My Relations” podcast and the first-ever “All My Relations” Film Festival on November 18 and 19. Native American artist […]

The League of American Bicyclists—the premier grassroots advocacy organization encouraging better bicycling and protecting the rights of people who bike—has honored Santa Monica College (SMC) with its second consecutive Silver-level

Get access to exclusive content. Enter your email to receive our newsletter. Veterans: Following two years of scaled down celebrations due to COVID, Santa Monica honored Veterans Friday Nov. 11 with a well-attended ceremony at the Pier. The event featured ...

In our digital era, “snail mail” is often used to describe the analog method of sending letters but as this year’s election results drag on into the weekend, it’s those […]

PAL: The PAL event raised money to support youth programs. Courtesy photos Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) hosted its annual Halloween Spooktacular for the community with food and fun ...

Celebrating their movie premiere with great food, drinks, music, and industry networking at the William Turner Gallery in Santa Monica! Friday, […]

Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. As part of the City of Malibu’s effort to protect the community from wildfire and help residents prepare ...

A slow-speed police chase that began in Santa Monica ended in Marina Del Rey last night but few details are available regarding the incident.  Police attempted to contact the driver […]

Bikes: Swiss bike company Thomus celebrated the opening a new showroom and workshop in Santa Monica this week with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The store features various bicycle designs, as […]

With 38.7% of Santa Monica seniors and 23.3% of all eligible Santa Monicans having received their Bivalent COVID-19 boosters as of latest available data (dated Nov. 6), Santa Monica is in the top-15% most vaccinated communities in LA County. In Pacific ...

The LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office released a surprise batch of election results Thursday evening, totaling around 150,000 of the nearly 1 million ballots estimated to be outstanding.

We finally lost The Killer three days before Halloween, decades after we expected it. He had serious health issues for so long that when his name […]

Still on the edge of your seat waiting for more election results? Get comfy.  The next wave of reported votes for LA County races including local Santa Monica items is […]

Taco: The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting at Trejo’s Tacos last Tuesday, Nov. 1 with actor Danny Trejo as a live Mariachi band performed. The new […]

You press the “submit” button on the tablet inside the voting booth. Your completed ballot slides into the box, the LED light illuminated bright green. Then it’s gone.  The average […]

Nov. 11 marks the country’s 68th commemoration of Veterans Day as a federal holiday and Santa Monica has a full lineup of events to celebrate the occasion and […]

Josh Eghbalieh has always had leadership energy to him and a desire to make a difference. This past Sunday Josh represented Santa Monica as the local CTeen leader at the […]