Officers responded to the 1500 block of 2nd Street. The reporting party stated an individual, later identified as Samuel Fowler, was unsuccessfully attempting to use a scooter to break the passenger window of a parked car.

The world premiere of EV spot by Yellow Dot, the nonprofit production studio founded by Adam McKay (writer/director/producer of the hit Netflix climate satire, “Don’t Look Up”) highlights the National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) webinar this weekend.

A transient was arrested Monday after he drove onto the Venice Boardwalk and struck a pedestrian. The dangerous situation unfolded Monday morning when a driver suspected of DUI apparently veered onto the Venice Boardwalk at Rose Avenue and drove for several blocks before striking a pedestrian with enough force to shatter the vehicle’s windshield.

ADAM BEAM A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state’s Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households.

Home loan borrowing costs climbed again this week, pushing the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate to its highest level in nearly 23 years

California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Organizers of the Malibu Triathlon sprinted across the finish line this week securing an emergency authorization to hold the race this weekend after discovery of an endangered fish had threatened to scuttle the event.

New Census data recently confirmed we squandered one of the greatest achievements in poverty fighting policy this nation has ever known

Montana Avenue Art Walk & SMC Glass Pumpkin Sale , food and drink highlights including that Friday is National Coffee Day , and much more

Last week prominent City Hall critic and downtown business owner John Alle was hospitalized after a violent altercation with a homeless man in Palisades Park.

Southern California runners and walkers are gearing up for the 26th Annual L.A. Cancer Challenge 5k Walk/Run to be held on Sunday, October 22 at UCLA. Hosted and produced by the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research,

The Santa Monica Public Library’s Soundwaves new music series welcomes experimental vocalist and sound artist Anna Homler Saturday October 7 at 3:30 p.m., in the Main Library’s Martin Luther King Jr.

With the start of fall, and the possibility of increases in circulating respiratory viruses, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) recommends that everyone who is eligible receives the updated COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccines,

The times we are living in…. We can’t take anything for granted anymore; But doesn’t it get tiring to have to fight for everything, that shouldn’t need a fight. I think we should retire the phrase "no brainer.

Cultivating wellness usually takes a village, but one wellness group is more like one small hut of educators that still gets the job done.

Many political promises have been made, many billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent and many programs have been launched, but the state’s homelessness crisis continues to worsen and Californians’ tolerance has worn thin.

The City of Santa Monica today announced with great sadness that Stephanie Negriff, former director of Big Blue Bus, passed away earlier this month at age 67.

California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and various violence prevention programs under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday.

Santa MoniCARES, a nonprofit dedicated to serving the community, will host its second annual “Volley-Ween” volleyball tournament, costume contest and mixer on Wednesday, October 25, in partnership with Perry’s Café and Beach Rentals.

It doesn’t matter that I was hit by a car on one of those app-rental bikes that day in Santa Monica, it doesn’t matter if the person didn’t stop and fled the scene, it doesn’t even matter I was left with over $100k in medical bills.