More than 150 people signed up to speak at the City Council meeting last week. And many more people gathered in the chambers as well as at competing rallies outside
Santa Monica's annual State of the City address will take place Thursday at the newly reopened Miles Memorial Playhouse and Christine Emerson Reed Park, marking a dramatic departure
The Santa Monica flagship of a mushroom-based beverage brand that rose to prominence as a coffee alternative, is preparing to host its first-ever Psychedelic Summit on Saturday, July 19. The
California has finally made real progress on one of its most stubborn problems: the housing crisis. After decades of paralysis, the state has begun to unwind the bureaucratic thicket that
The subject line for an early version of today’s newsletter was incorrect. SMDP staff accidentally selected the erroneous entry from a dropdown list of suggested subject lines. The City
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday granted a temporary restraining order against the federal government’s aggressive, month-long immigration sweep across Southern California.
A coalition of civil rights,
Santa Monica's Procurement Division has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement, or AEP Award, from the National Procurement Institute, Inc.
The AEP Award
The Santa Monica City Council adopted an emergency ordinance Tuesday expanding the list of items prohibited at public assemblies and community events, adding leaf blowers, traffic cones, hammers and frozen
Homelessness in Los Angeles County has declined for the second consecutive year, according to preliminary estimates from the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. But while officials on Monday hailed
Palisades Charter High School will begin the 2025-26 school year at its temporary Santa Monica location and remain there through at least Thanksgiving break, possibly through the end of the
Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office amid a wave of anti-immigration sentiment, the share of U.S. adults saying immigration is a "good thing" for
Ever been streaming a show or a movie and been jolted out of your entertainment reverie by an ad so loud it felt like it rattled the windows?
If California’
