Local business achievements in environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic development were celebrated this past week during the 2024 Sustainable Quality Awards (SQA) ceremony. The event,

A mix of successes and challenges for Santa Monica’s tourism industry has left officials in a mindset of “tentative optimism” looking into 2024 and beyond. On May 2, local leaders gathered at Hotel Casa Del Mar for the 15th annual Santa Monica Travel & Tourism Summit,

According to the City there will be nine separate committees and they "will set milestones and determine resource needs" for the 2028 Olympics

Legislative advocate Brian Augusta presented key bills making their way through government pertaining to rent control and tenant protection.

Santa Monica’s diamond exploits will continue into the second week of California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section playoff action, powered by dominant pitching by the Vikings’ Jackson Klein and an offensive barrage by the Lady Vikings softball squad.

A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for sending death threats to District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on charges of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Do social media users have the right to control what they see — or don’t see — on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take control of their

In Santa Monica, local points of interest like the Third Street Promenade and Pier were packed out, with a special Mariachi performance at the Promenade bringing a large crowd. The Pier was especially crowded for the holiday, and the location was host to a ...

A section of the northbound lane of Ocean Avenue, opposite the Pier entrance, was shut down for approximately 40 minutes today as officers from the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) reacted swiftly to a homeless acting in a severely irrational and ...

Premium Santa Monica news in your inbox. It's free, cancel anytime. According to a witness, at about 11am, while on the monthly Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) safety walk, the team consisting of DTSM Operations personnel, Legion Security, DTSM Outreach ...

After several years of population decline, California is beginning to grow again, but is that a good trend or a negative one?

The Promenade seems like a shadow of the place that was once the hub of the city’s retail world, where people would visit from all over

Today, Santa Monica. Long line, one clerk. I waited maybe 40 minutes. The clerk had to go get packages elsewhere = 0 clerk. I returned at 4:30pm knowing they would add a clerk. they did around 4:40pm so I waited less than 30

After an elongated negotiation between SMMUSD officials and Union SEIU Local 99, employees have received many of their asked-for provisions

The Santa Monica College Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery will present the annual SMC Art Department Student Exhibit. The theme for this year’s show is “Are You Seen?” The exhibition — featuring 70 pieces chosen from more than 150 works submitted by students in SMC’s art classes — will be open to the public

While the City of Santa Monica is well behind the times when it comes to allowing and regulating cannabis sales in town, officials are attempting to turn that bug into a feature by embedding social equity rules into as-yet unwritten laws that will allow recreational cannabis dispensaries into the city.

The Santa Monica College Music Department will present the SMC Symphony Orchestra and the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Animation Department in a performance of “Pictures at an Exhibition,

On May 1, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) hosted a “Plugging In” ceremony to commemorate a switch back to renewable energy sourcing, a movement spurred in large part by student activists at Santa Monica High School. On the rooftop ...

After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era of limits.” Citing “sluggish economic growth, increasing social instability,

The captain of the charter boat MV Conception that caught fire during the night and killed 34 people on board near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day 2019 was sentenced to four years in prison for gross negligence on Thursday.