As a district, Santa Monica students are improving in both math and English scores but students who are most in need of improvement continue to languish compared to their peers
Santa Monica’s upcoming budget picture moves from barely in the black to slighly in the red over the next five year, call it an ash grey to watermelon transition by fiscal year 2027/28.
Venice Councilwoman Traci Park is taking action to address the growing concern about “van lords” who rent out RVs to people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.
A pair of dueling abortion protests last last weekend forced police officers to physically seperate the groups resulting in a small scuffle and highlighting the Santa Monica Police Department’s response to contentious gatherings.
The County and City of Los Angeles cannot require cash bail from defendants who are arrested for non-violent and non-serious offenses while awaiting an arraignment following a ruling from a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge this week
Santa Monica’s total vacancy rate, including single family homes and multi-unit housing could be as high as 10 percent according to new data released by the State of California’s Department of Finance this week.
In the week since the body of Beau Mann was found in an abandoned courtyard, the case has made international headlines with no shortage of amateur sleauths weighing in via podcasts, websites and social media
Local law enforcement agencies marked National Fentanyl Awareness Day by announcing multiple arrests for fentanyl related crimes, including a suspect responsible for the triple overdose of a group of Santa Moncia teens last year.
The Rent Control Board will meet this week to determine allowable increases for rent controlled units and while the proposed figure is significantly higher than increases in recent history, it is less than half of the figure that roiled renters last year
The City of Santa Monica recently settled the last outstanding claims related to child abuse at the Police Activities League and the size of the settlement, both in terms of victims and total payment, ranks the case as among the worst instances of abuse in memory
