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
This Sunday morning in Santa Monica, the inaugural Denim Runs will kick off as a release, and a reclamation all at once, founded by survivor and advocate Summer Willis, arriving
A chance friendship between two neighbors on the same Los Angeles street has grown into a business built on a deceptively simple premise: that older adults don't always
A beloved nature-focused small business is looking for a new owner to carry on its mission of connecting the community with the natural world.
Julie Rensink Hanson, owner of the
When Jonah Meyuhas wanted to launch his first business idea, he ran into a problem familiar to many teenage entrepreneurs: no funding, no platform and no clear path forward.
Rather
Santa Monica Brew Works has unveiled an 11.5-foot outdoor jumbotron in its beer garden, a custom-engineered installation the brewery says will transform the space into one of the Westside&
A beloved nature-focused small business is looking for a new owner to carry on its mission of connecting the community with the natural world.
Julie Rensink Hanson, owner of the
When Jonah Meyuhas wanted to launch his first business idea, he ran into a problem familiar to many teenage entrepreneurs: no funding, no platform and no clear path forward.
Rather
Trader Joe's is again pursuing a location in Venice, filing a new application with the city tied to the long-discussed former Fox Venice theater property on Lincoln Boulevard.
With the average price of a gallon of gas topping $4 nationally, some federal and state officials have talked of temporarily reducing motor fuel taxes to provide relief to motorists.
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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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
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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
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman on Wednesday launched a sweeping homelessness platform for her mayoral campaign, seizing on new data showing that 40% of participants in Mayor Karen Bass&
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier has appointed Tim Defuria as director of government and community affairs, a newly created role aimed at strengthening the amusement park's
Santa Monica Brew Works has unveiled an 11.5-foot outdoor jumbotron in its beer garden, a custom-engineered installation the brewery says will transform the space into one of the Westside&
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When California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, they forced a massive change in
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Santa Monica Breaks Ground on $56 Million Clean Transit Future
Santa Monica officials,
Tickets for the 2028 LA Summer Olympic Games went on sale globally April 9, following a locals presale that organizers say exceeded first-week sales for any previous Olympic Games.
Hundreds
The Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) has received $500,000 in Measure A funding to advance the Topanga Lagoon Restoration Project, a multiagency initiative to restore
The Santa Monica History Museum has appointed Anne Wallentine as its new executive director, effective following her tenure as the museum's curator from 2023 to 2025.
During her