This story was updated June 9 at 9:02 a.m. The National Guard left Los Angeles County, including Santa Monica, Sunday night, city officials said. The National Guard arrived in the city on the night of May 31 following a peaceful protest against police violence in downtown Santa Monica that was accompanied by looting a few blocks away.

The burglary occurred on May 31, the same night that several other businesses were looted and vandalized amid the George Floyd protests.

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City Council will discuss the budget Tuesday afternoon after meeting two weeks ago to restore $6.4 million in funding to programs that city staff had proposed eliminating. Under the proposed budget, all city departments except the Santa Monica Police Department and Santa Monica Fire Department would see significant funding cuts,

Before this year's graduates head on to that next step in their lives, we want to take a moment to let their star shine here on Patch.

Before this year's graduates head on to that next step in their lives, we want to take a moment to let their star shine here on Patch.

A blatant act of starkly racial police brutality — charged as murder — has ripped the nation into pieces on the ground. Streets exploded in fury in at least 125 cities.

Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown signed Former President Obama’s Mayor’s pledge calling for mayors, city councils, and police oversight bodies to address police use of force policies.

In a conversation timely to the world’s current events, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District recently provided an update on the Social Justice integration work currently being undertaken by the district.

Santa Monica NewsBlack Girls Surf and World Surf League held a safe paddle out for “Solidarity in Surfing” at Santa Monica Inkwell Beach Tower 20 last Friday afternoon.