Protesters gathered outside City Hall on Friday. The event was part of the national movement for racial equity and against police brutality.

As the owner of Santa Monica Homeopathic Pharmacy, Steve Litvack would be the guy most likely to have a headache cure on hand to handle the massive stress caused by the pandemic and riots.

Santa Monica police had no intelligence that people would come to loot downtown stores during Sunday’s protest against police violence, the city’s police chief said Thursday. Chief of Police Cynthia Renaud said during a meeting with businesses that she was only aware that a peaceful protest on Montana Avenue had been planned and then canceled,

Sophie and Eliana Salem, ages 16 and 12, created a chalk mural last week to support racial equity efforts. “I wanted to spread awareness to our community with art that I knew Santa Monica would appreciate,

Because events of that particular week have been so tragic, some Fridays I regret having come up with the “Laughing Matters” banner fourteen years ago. A classic example was the 2012 mass murder of 20 elementary school children and their teachers at Sandy Hook.

The number of coronavirus cases confirmed in Santa Monica in May slightly exceeded the number reported in April, according to public health records.

A “bias incident” involving a noose and multiple Malibu High School students will be the center of an upcoming discussion held by The Committee for Racial Justice beginning this Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

The morning march began on Main Street at 9 a.m. and then moved deeper into the city, passing by city hall. In addition to every-day citizens, members of the City Council, city leadership and the police chief marched with the protesters.

The Santa Monica Police Department tweeted Thursday morning that they do not plan on issuing a curfew tonight after five consecutive days of curfews that ranged from the early afternoon to the late evening.

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Clergy and faith leaders from several spiritual communities gathered at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church Wednesday to praise the social justice movements in American and condemn President Trump’s use of an Episcopal church as a photo opportunity.

Malibu Unified School District will hold its final meeting of the 2019-2020 academic year this Thursday at 5:30 p.m., and there are a number of items related to the district’s budget as well as social justice work currently underway.

The Santa Monica Public Library announced Wednesday that it will start offering curbside pickup in the near future. With the green light from county officials to deliver books to library patrons at the curb,

The curfew aligns with a 6 p.m. curfew issued by Los Angeles County Wednesday morning to prevent protests against police violence, which have often been accompanied by property damage and looting. Later Wednesday morning,

Officials said the military presence will remain until local officials have determined the threat of more protests and looting has passed.

Protesters knelt by the pier Sunday afternoon in memory of George Floyd and other victims of police violence. (Matthew Hall) Until Sunday, Santa Monica had been largely shielded from the consequences of institutional racism.

What happened in Santa Monica Sunday afternoon was different, Patterson said. Using a heavy-duty drill, looters bored three-inch wide holes in Hi De Ho’s door until the doorknob fell off. “If this was a riot,

The looting, the violence, the threats against fellow human beings: That has no place in this state and in this nation,” Newsom said. “Those that want to express themselves and have: Thank you. God bless you.

Public health authorities are worried there could be a spike in coronavirus cases as thousands of people march in protests that in turn have forced some virus testing centers to close. Los Angeles County officials said Monday that plans to re-open restaurants and retail continue with the same precautions as before the widespread protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

People descended on downtown Santa Monica carrying brooms, dustpans and trash bags the morning after looters hit dozens of downtown stores during a protest against police violence Sunday. Community members came out early Monday morning to clean up debris and scrub graffiti,