Eighteen months after devastating wildfires destroyed thousands of homes across Los Angeles County, many survivors say the biggest obstacle to returning home is the insurance process.
Standing before dozens of
In Early March, I visited one of the Clean Earth Rovers sites to see how the company uses technology as a means to prevent marine pollution. The company was founded
Santa Monica police arrested a perennial political candidate this week on grand theft charges following an investigation into thefts from a shared residence, authorities said.
Detectives arrested Zoë Muntaner, a
For three years, on every Saturday the park has been open, a group of fathers has pushed strollers into a hard-to-find fitness room at Virginia Avenue Park, poured
A Santa Monica band born out of the city's public school music program will take the Main Street stage this weekend as part of the Summer SOULstice festival
A group of accountants who moonlighted as dreamers officially opened Dragon Alley Coffee on Tuesday at 312 Santa Monica Blvd., the latest business to debut along the Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica welcomed two new restaurant openings in as many days this week, with Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers cutting the ribbon on the Third Street Promenade and The
The first-ever official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizzeria opened on Wednesday at 1444 Third Street Promenade for a limited soft opening, bringing the beloved franchise's sewer-dwelling
The California Restaurant Foundation has launched the sixth annual Restaurants Care® Resilience Fund, making $1.28 million in grants available to independent restaurants and commercial caterers across California.
Beginning June
As Los Angeles prepares to welcome the world for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Community Collective and California State Treasurer Fiona Ma launched a
A residential burglary was reported in the 1200 block of 19th Street after a suspect entered an occupied Santa Monica home through a rear window and stole approximately $2,300
Santa Monica police arrested a perennial political candidate this week on grand theft charges following an investigation into thefts from a shared residence, authorities said.
Detectives arrested Zoë Muntaner, a
A Santa Monica police investigation led to the seizure of more than 200 grams of methamphetamine and the arrest of a suspect on drug and warrant charges, authorities said.
Officers
A suspected arsonist was taken into custody in Santa Monica on Monday after allegedly setting multiple fires in Pacific Palisades the day before, authorities said, rattling a community still rebuilding
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes SO MANY Soulstice, World Cup, Juneteenth & Father's Day Events, and much
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes World Cup activations, the Hollywood on the Coast Food Fest, Pride on the Promenade,
By Dan Walters, CalMatters
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In the eight decades since the end of World War II, 11 men have
There are so many fashion trends to keep track of, you may or may not have heard that the Democratic senate candidate in Maine, Graham Platner, has a tattoo of
By Jim Newton, CalMatters
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A few years back, in one of our many conversations for the biography I
Eighteen months after devastating wildfires destroyed thousands of homes across Los Angeles County, many survivors say the biggest obstacle to returning home is the insurance process.
Standing before dozens of
The Santa Monica City Council will consider adopting a nearly $909 million operating budget for fiscal year 2026-27 at its upcoming meeting, finalizing a spending plan that city officials
Santa Monica is accepting applications for its new Restorative Justice Commission, with a deadline of July 8.
Commission members will be appointed by the City Council and must be Santa
The Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project is set to receive a $10 million Proposition 4 Climate Bond grant from California to advance state and city goals of improving access to
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a motion directing the county to establish a coordinated homelessness prevention framework, with wildfire survivors from the January
Caltrans will reduce lanes and close ramps along Interstate 405 through the Sepulveda Pass overnight the week of June 22 for K-rail installation and survey work.
Crews will work
A residential burglary was reported in the 1200 block of 19th Street after a suspect entered an occupied Santa Monica home through a rear window and stole approximately $2,300
The Sierra Club has joined the Santa Monica Great Park Coalition, adding the nation's largest environmental organization to a growing alliance pushing to convert Santa Monica Airport into
By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters
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The nation’s largest public four-year university may soon be barred from replacing
Santa Monica will honor Juneteenth this weekend with two distinct events — a new wellness-focused gathering Friday evening and the city's longstanding annual festival Saturday afternoon.
The inaugural