Original, on-the-ground reports from Santa Monica in your inbox daily, Monday-Saturday. As part of the City of Malibu’s effort to protect the community from wildfire and help residents prepare ...

A slow-speed police chase that began in Santa Monica ended in Marina Del Rey last night but few details are available regarding the incident.  Police attempted to contact the driver […]

With 38.7% of Santa Monica seniors and 23.3% of all eligible Santa Monicans having received their Bivalent COVID-19 boosters as of latest available data (dated Nov. 6), Santa Monica is in the top-15% most vaccinated communities in LA County. In Pacific ...

Bikes: Swiss bike company Thomus celebrated the opening a new showroom and workshop in Santa Monica this week with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The store features various bicycle designs, as […]

The LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office released a surprise batch of election results Thursday evening, totaling around 150,000 of the nearly 1 million ballots estimated to be outstanding.

We finally lost The Killer three days before Halloween, decades after we expected it. He had serious health issues for so long that when his name […]

Still on the edge of your seat waiting for more election results? Get comfy.  The next wave of reported votes for LA County races including local Santa Monica items is […]

Taco: The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting at Trejo’s Tacos last Tuesday, Nov. 1 with actor Danny Trejo as a live Mariachi band performed. The new […]

Nov. 11 marks the country’s 68th commemoration of Veterans Day as a federal holiday and Santa Monica has a full lineup of events to celebrate the occasion and […]

You press the “submit” button on the tablet inside the voting booth. Your completed ballot slides into the box, the LED light illuminated bright green. Then it’s gone.  The average […]

Josh Eghbalieh has always had leadership energy to him and a desire to make a difference. This past Sunday Josh represented Santa Monica as the local CTeen leader at the […]

Munro and a team of passionate industry professionals, comes to Santa Monica in November. Official selections will be presented on an online platform starting on Nov. 1. All finalists will ...

The local school district is hosting a town hall for parents this week to warn of the dangers of fentanyl amid the ongoing crisis in California, in an effort by […]

When high temperatures hit Santa Monica this September, the School District’s air conditioning technicians were overwhelmed as cooling systems at multiple school sites required urgent service, prompting the District to

SMDP Photos Preliminary Santa Monica election results showed Caroline Torosis, Jesse Zwick and Lana Negrete in the lead for city council and incumbents leading the school board race, but results were too early to call by press time. The LA County Registrar ...

The City of Santa Monica joins the U.S. Army for a Veterans Day commemoration on Thursday, November 11 at 11 a.m. on the western half of the Santa Monica Pier […]

The American Film Market was in town last week. They did their usual takeover of the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel for offices. It was a bit more intimate this […]

Santa Monica hiring push is part of regional efforts to staff local post offices before the holiday rush. Post offices in Santa Monica and across Los Angeles are moving quickly to take on new ...

Vote Centers will open one final time Tuesday morning, welcoming voters to cast ballots in time to be counted for the 2022 midterm elections. This is your last chance to […]

It’s in coastal communities like Santa Monica that this lack of housing production is most acute. From 2014 and 2018, for example, Santa Monica issued permits to build just 12 multifamily units ...