The official count of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles is undercounting the unsheltered population by as much as 32%, according to new research from the RAND Corporation that raises
California has enacted the nation's most comprehensive car buyer protection law, creating a first-in-the-nation three-day return period for used vehicles and requiring dealers to provide transparent pricing while
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Day of the Dog, Dia de Los Muertos, & Off the Hook Seafood Festivals, and
The community's favorite monthly tradition returns to Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 3:30 to 10 p.m., featuring a community pep rally with local
The Santa Monica College Music Department continues its 2025 Fall Jazz Series with saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist Justo Almario performing Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Music
Six Los Angeles County-based artists have been chosen as the 2025/26 cohort for Santa Monica's Camera Obscura Art Lab artist residency program.
The selected artists are Cheyenne
The Santa Monica City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to end exclusive negotiations with Revitalization Partners Group over a proposed $360 million restoration of the long-shuttered Civic Auditorium, citing frustration
A coalition of neighborhood associations is calling for an investigation into potential conflicts of interest involving City Councilmember Jesse Zwick, who recently accepted a position as Southern California Director for
A federal grand jury has indicted a former Pacific Palisades resident on charges of starting what became one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, adding two felonies
When Santa Monica recently announced a fiscal crisis, it was largely due to legal settlements for the actions of one man, who abused innocent children and far too many of
Will Rogers Learning Community held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 12 to celebrate the completion of its new early education building, made possible through voter-approved bond measure SMS in 2018.
The
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion proclaiming October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and advancing a comprehensive strategy to support survivors of domestic and intimate
