From navigating the deep waters of the COVID-19 pandemic to raising the profile of Saint Monica Preparatory’s breadth of activities, the Mariners class of 2024 was 76 souls committed to bettering themselves and the school community.

In those cases, protecting the discussion is absolutely valid. Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. However, there are instances where the discussions that are allowed to occur in closed session should be daylighted and the ...

As Samohi seniors prepare to put SMMUSD in the rearview mirror, it's also time for some of the district’s employees to ride into the sunset.

The first marketplace for local and diverse small businesses opened on Pico Blvd in a ribbon cutting ceremony that attracted the attention of local television news media, along with local residents and members of City Council.

As we enter the summer, and as the slow economic recovery from the shutdown continues, and candidates for our local offices begin to be endorsed by our various organizations, to ask what we want for our city in the next four years.

The Santa Monica Pier’s amusement park introduced “Snackville” on June 7, a colony of customer-pleasing stands serving burgers, fries, churros, ice cream, funnel cake and frozen fruit treats. The new locale is the first of $10 million in capital ...

Flanked by a broad coalition of supporters, former LWV of Santa Monica President Natalya Zernitskaya officially kicked off her campaign for Santa Monica City Council last week, unveiling her plan to move the city forward and return it to its “people ...

I wanted to believe that humanity was more courageous, more rooted in morality than corporal fear. Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. But throughout history we see that Hobbes was often right. When violence strikes ...

As a group of Samohi seniors prepare to put Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) in the rearview mirror, it is also time for some of the district’s dedicated employees to also ride into the sunset.

Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, said today at the CalMatters Ideas Festival. Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. Wiener and other panelists, in a discussion moderated by CalMatters homelessness reporter Marisa ...

State officials broke down the Removal Action Workplan (RAW) at McKinley Elementary School this week, a plan to mitigate potentially harmful chemicals within the campus’ soil and soil vapors. On Tuesday,

The northeast end of Wilshire Blvd has needed a little injection of life since the pandemic and newly opened restaurant Chelsea aims to do exactly that. The talented father-and-son team of Moez Megji and Karim Megji are behind the endeavor and they bring an abundance of hospitality experience to the table.

It’s the billion-dollar question. That’s how much cities and other local governments have been receiving from the state each year to deal with California’s ever-increasing population of homeless people.

On Thursday afternoon, over a period of approximately 90 minutes between 1:30pm and 3pm, a motorbike-mounted officer for the Santa Monica Police Department pulled over a total of seven vehicles for running through the stop sign placed where Olympic Blvd meets 5th Street,

Highly Recommended Tedeschi Trucks Band, Little Feat – Susan Tedeschi was a very well regarded blueswoman (guitar, soulful vocals) with albums and tours, before she met and married Derek Trucks, nephew of original Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks.

The BroadStage complex includes the indoor-outdoor hybrid Plaza space, which hosts the "blackbox" series of blues rhythm performances.

A place where anybody can be themselves resonated with the local community, who recently supported a dance troupe dedicated to inclusivity. This past month, Santa Monica-based non-profit Free 2 Be Me Dance,

Yes! It really, truly is June and a stone fruit jubilee is awaiting you at the farmers markets tempting you with all your favorites including peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries with plums and pluots on the way!

Every year thousands of residents in California are shocked to learn they owe the IRS for their subsidized health plan. Here’s how to avoid it

Every tax season hundreds of thousands of Californians are hit with an unexpected bill: They owe hundreds of dollars or more to the IRS because they accepted more money in subsidies for health insurance than they were allowed.