The Santa Monica Animal Shelter reached its capacity for dogs last week and while a combination of efforts have since cleared room for new four-legged friends, officials said the shelter
Taco Bell Cantina, the chain's upscale urban spinoff featuring alcohol service and a modernized dining experience, has filed for commercial building permits to open a location at 318
Six months after being selected as the new tenant for a vacant restaurant space on the Santa Monica Pier, California Roadhouse owner Sean Ahaus is still waiting for a draft
Baywatch production will resume on local beaches without impediment from local authorities according to a release provided by Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath last week.
Horvath convened a meeting
Three of Santa Monica's seven recognized neighborhood organizations have declined city grant funding for the 2025-26 cycle, rejecting what they describe as overreaching new requirements despite a City
Santa Monica officials, state leaders and community advocates gathered Thursday at Big Blue Bus headquarters to break ground on a $56 million zero-emission fleet expansion and charging infrastructure project that
Local officials and business leaders say the planned opening of a Taco Bell Cantina in downtown Santa Monica reflects a pragmatic pivot in how the city thinks about filling its
The owner of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday it's eliminating about 16% of its global workforce, or about 1,000 jobs that will be culled in its
Taco Bell Cantina, the chain's upscale urban spinoff featuring alcohol service and a modernized dining experience, has filed for commercial building permits to open a location at 318
EverBank, N.A. has opened a new financial center in Santa Monica, marking the nationwide specialty bank's 10th location in the Southern California market.
The Santa Monica Financial
Six months after being selected as the new tenant for a vacant restaurant space on the Santa Monica Pier, California Roadhouse owner Sean Ahaus is still waiting for a draft
Three of Santa Monica's seven recognized neighborhood organizations have declined city grant funding for the 2025-26 cycle, rejecting what they describe as overreaching new requirements despite a City
Santa Monica police arrested a man Monday night on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats following a confrontation at the Santa Monica Pier.
Officers responded at
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to strengthen oversight and enforcement against fraud in the home health and hospice industry, advancing a motion that calls for greater
A Santa Monica man has been charged with kidnapping a UCLA student and raping a woman in Culver City in two separate incidents, the Los Angeles County District Attorney'
Santa Monica police responded Saturday afternoon to a bomb threat at the Santa Monica Pier that was later determined to be not credible.
Officers from the Santa Monica Police Department
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After twelve years on Santa Monica commissions and eight on the Planning Commission, my term ends this June. I frequently have returned to the question of how
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When California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, they forced a massive change in
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Santa Monica’s first municipal art gallery, the Sounds of Santa Monica Kids Club, a
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Five gubernatorial candidates met at a recent debate hosted
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Watt Avenue is one of several Sacramento County streets named for famous inventors, in
The Santa Monica Animal Shelter reached its capacity for dogs last week and while a combination of efforts have since cleared room for new four-legged friends, officials said the shelter
The City of Malibu has published a fact sheet and FAQ to help residents understand the regulatory process governing wireless facility installations.
"The City takes community concerns about quality
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH), in partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services' CalHOPE Program, will continue offering mental health and supportive services
Santa Monica City Manager Oliver Chi has appointed Christopher Dishlip as director of the Public Works Department, effective April 6.
Dishlip, who has worked for the city for nearly 17
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A union-backed proposal to tax California’s billionaires to fund health care has
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The City of Malibu and LA County Library, in partnership with Pepperdine University, will present climate journalist and author Bill McKibben as the Earth Month special edition of the 2026
The city of Santa Monica has selected 24 new arts and culture producing partners to develop new activations and reimagine community events at the beachside destination over the next five
Santa Monica College will host Masanga Marimba in a free outdoor concert titled "A Musical Journey from Africa to Latin America" on Tuesday, April 21, at 11:15
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Taco Bell Cantina files permits