Friends of Sunset Park (FSOP) informed City officials Friday it would not participate in the City's new grant program, making it the second neighborhood group to reject the new restrictions. The ...

Santa Monica has been hot and dry with the National Weather Service (NWS) placing LA County Beaches under a heat advisory Sunday. “There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive populations ...

March 4, 2026 -- The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is "conducting additional patrols" in select locations as the war in Iran escalates, officials announced Monday.

March 6, 2026 -- The number of Fatal and Severe Injury (FSI) crashes in Santa Monica fell in 2025 after soaring to a record high the previous year, according to Transportation Department data.

Saunders has performed and recorded with "a dizzying array of Jazz artists," from Slam Stewart to Carla Bley. His career also includes extensive work in the musical spheres of Latin Jazz, R&B, Funk, ...

March 4, 2026 -- The City Council on Tuesday is expected to appoint Jay Baldwin as Santa Monica's second Poet Laureate. Baldwin is "an accomplished poet and community arts advocate whose work reflects ...

Los Angeles County residents can experience Santa Monica as tourists do with discounted rates at more than a dozen hotels in the world-renown beach city. Santa Monica Travel & Tourism (SMTT) on ...

Tesla Cybertrucks have been involved in several fiery fatal crashes that have drawn widespread media attention. In 2024, three college sophomores died after the Tesla Cybertruck they were in struck an ...

Luke Cain, a real estate agent Downtown, told the Council that the high wastewater fees -- which total $70,000 for a restaurant with 50 seats -- threaten to dampen a new-found sense of optimism.

March 3, 2026 -- A Sunset Park motel City officials say has long been a "hotbed" for drugs and other illegal activities will be permanently shut down under a settlement approved by the City Council ...

February 27, 2026 -- Santa Monica has added a new artwork to its municipal Art Bank collection through a special partnership between the City and the Frieze Los Angeles art fair, officials announced ...

Last July, the pro-housing City Council voted 6 to 1 to move ahead with a plan to convert the Airport land into a "Great Park" that excludes, and does not immediately study, housing ( "Council ...