The buzziest new opening in the city brings enormous oceanfront suites and destination dining from James Beard Award–winning chef Michael Mina.

By Victor Moreno This fall, California voters will decide whether the state should adopt an $18 minimum wage. Below, a longtime food worker believes Proposition 32 will be transformative for families barely scraping by.

Regent Santa Monica Beach opens as the brand’s first U.S. flagship, offering luxury rooms starting at $1,100 per night, redefining coastal elegance in California.

Witnesses said the SUV came around a restroom building and drove directly on the sand. That is when the car struck someone who was on the beach.

On Sunday, October 20, the city of Santa Monica posted on its Facebook page that a new Friendly Road is coming to the region.

SMDP’s Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the return of Cirque du Soleil, Venice Art Crawl, Wags & Witches party, a new Michael Mina restaurant, Lady & Larder charcuterie plate on Netflix hit “Nobody Wants This”,

The Cirque du Soleil carnival took a step closer to completion as the final, major set-up stage of the main tent being accomplished.

A fourth-grade student at McKinley Elementary School and her parents were victims of a single-car accident Oct. 12, killing all three.

The Santa Monica Police are looking for a suspect in an assault case from September, urging public assistance to identify a man with tattoos and bleached hair.

A Santa Monica College employee shot earlier this week has died after an hours-long manhunt for the suspect ended with him dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said Wednesday.