The City Council on Aug. 11 approved new funding guidelines and authorized staff to seek proposals for the next four-year cycle of the city's largest local grant
A state appeals court Friday temporarily blocked a July 27th lower-court injunction against Waymo, thus allowing the company to retain 24-hour access to its Santa Monica charging facilities
As Pacific Palisades moves from disaster response into economic recovery, developer Rick Caruso says rebuilding will require more than reconstructing homes and reopening storefronts. It will require cities to compete
The field of candidates for Santa Monica's 2026 local elections is set after the deadline to file for office passed this week, with contests unfolding for City Council,
A longtime family of Santa Monica restaurateurs are hoping to find their own pearl of a business with the opening of the West Side Oyster Club in June in the
Do you have a favorite Farmers Market vendor? Maybe it’s Tomás of Lily’s Eggs, with his ready smile and lavish compliments. Or Amanda Iwamoto from Harry’s Berries,
As Pacific Palisades moves from disaster response into economic recovery, developer Rick Caruso says rebuilding will require more than reconstructing homes and reopening storefronts. It will require cities to compete
From beach yoga to one-on-one nutrition consulting, Peak Health cultivates a holistic approach to wellness that encompasses movement, diet and, above all, human connection.
Peak Health currently offers
A new upscale restaurant will open Aug. 15 in the Pacific Palisades, marking another step in the recovery of a neighborhood devastated by the January 2025 fires.
Alphabet Bar &
After the 2026 USA World Cup Kickoff Celebration welcomed nearly 4,000 people to Santa Monica Place in June, the mall is hosting its newest event, Aug. 23: Wellness on
A longtime family of Santa Monica restaurateurs are hoping to find their own pearl of a business with the opening of the West Side Oyster Club in June in the
Santa Monica police arrested a stalking suspect and seized a handgun, more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition and roughly 100 magazines during a search of his vehicle and residence,
Santa Monica police and fire personnel responded to a death investigation in the 1100 block of 7th Street, where an adult was pronounced dead at the scene following an apparent
Two men were arrested early Aug. 3 after a Santa Monica traffic stop turned up burglary tools, copper wiring, stolen license plates and other items, police said.
Officers on extra
The son of Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes pleaded not guilty Thursday to murdering his father at the family's Santa Monica home last December, as newly released
A Santa Monica man was sentenced Thursday to life plus seven years in state prison with the possibility of parole for the attempted murder of a stranger during an unprovoked
All politicians are, to some extent, chameleons who align their personas with the prevailing moods of the voting public.
That can be tricky in an era of extreme political volatility,
Americans recently marked the nation’s semiquincentennial — 250 years since a band of revolutionaries staked everything on the idea that a people could govern themselves.
Anniversaries invite us to look
If you have a small business, you probably advertise on one of Meta’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and others). There are other ways to advertise, like putting an ad
Californians have consistently invested in new government programs. Over the past quarter century, voters have approved tens of billions of dollars in state bonds to build schools, improve water systems,
Following years of NIMBY driven project rejection at the local level, the development industry, academics and millennials, who’ve increasingly been shut out of the state’s housing market by
The City Council on Aug. 11 approved new funding guidelines and authorized staff to seek proposals for the next four-year cycle of the city's largest local grant
The city-financed rehabilitation of a 40-unit affordable apartment complex is projected to run about $2.4 million over budget, city officials told the City Council on Tuesday, prompting
The field of candidates for Santa Monica's 2026 local elections is set after the deadline to file for office passed this week, with contests unfolding for City Council,
The City Council voted Tuesday unanimously to authorize an exclusive negotiating agreement with concert giant AEG Presents and its Goldenvoice subsidiary to study whether the shuttered Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
The first wave of digital billboards are being installed on the Promenade this month with construction crews mounting frames and conducting electrical work at two prominent intersections.
The California Coastal
Santa Monica police arrested a stalking suspect and seized a handgun, more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition and roughly 100 magazines during a search of his vehicle and residence,
Elias Brown, a conductor whose path to the podium began in Santa Monica's public school music classrooms, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Sir Georg Solti
Santa Monica police and fire personnel responded to a death investigation in the 1100 block of 7th Street, where an adult was pronounced dead at the scene following an apparent
The city-financed rehabilitation of a 40-unit affordable apartment complex is projected to run about $2.4 million over budget, city officials told the City Council on Tuesday, prompting
From beach yoga to one-on-one nutrition consulting, Peak Health cultivates a holistic approach to wellness that encompasses movement, diet and, above all, human connection.
Peak Health currently offers
Brisk Festival LA will return for its sixth edition Aug. 22 through Sept. 13 at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre, presenting 49 original short plays that organizers say mirror the multilingual