Santa Monica approved a pilot program, set to launch in September, requiring the companies to pay higher fees, develop additional safety education, share real-time data and abide by a “dynamic cap” on the number of devices each company can deploy.

In Santa Monica, the department established a Meet Your Neighbors program in 2017, challenging neighborhoods to hold meet-and-greets with their fellow residents. The department then entered the neighborhoods into a raffle for a free block party. “It’s ...

The route would also eliminate the need for San Fernando Valley and South Bay rail riders to transfer through downtown to reach Santa Monica, Koreatown or USC. The line is slated to receive nearly $2 billion in funding through Measure M, the sales tax for ...

Andrew Apter, Santa Monica To the editor: We hear the word “socialism” thrown around, but what does it mean? I feel it means something different for everyone. The right uses it in a McCarthyist way. Some religious groups say Jesus was a socialist.

His spokesman returned my call and said he’d try to arrange a call. I’m still waiting. Santa Monica officials, bless them, were happy to talk about scooters. The city has neither banned nor ignored them. Since the fall, the city’s 8.3 square miles ...

Los Angeles Times Scooter wars: “Santa Monica supports disruptive technology, but it's not sitting idly back while electric scooters take over sidewalks, bike paths and the beach boardwalk. It's cracking down on scofflaws who don't wear helmets and ride ...

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