A sweeping new plan to reshape Pacific Coast Highway over the next several decades was unveiled this week, as state transportation officials presented the Draft PCH Master Plan Feasibility Study
A Venice man said he was knocked to the ground and injured by a stranger on the Third Street Promenade during a busy Mother’s Day afternoon, in what he
Waymo has issued a voluntary recall of more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles following a series of low-speed collisions involving roadside barriers such as gates and chains. The company said
State transportation officials outlined two major pavement rehabilitation projects along Pacific Coast Highway this week, pledging safety upgrades and long-term road improvements while addressing public concern over emergency access, pedestrian
As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage across the state, a new addition may be coming to California’s building
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the Konamon Japanese Street Food Festival, the Final Pier Locals Night of the season, an
DEFEND ART! - courtesy photo
ART ATTACK
It is part of the “I Want to be King” playbook. Stifle the artists, free speech, dissent. Pull their funding. That was the
Some of the world’s top skateboarders will descend on the Santa Monica Pier next week as part of the 2025 Championship Tour of Street League Skateboarding (SLS), which will
California's top insurance regulator said Tuesday that State Farm can soon start raising premiums by 17% for all of its home insurance customers in the state to help
Given California’s daunting — even existential — array of social, economic and fiscal crises, it’s remarkable that anyone would volunteer to become its governor.
However, Gavin Newsom will vacate the
The Santa Monica City Council has approved a new Entertainment Zone along the Third Street Promenade, allowing adults to consume alcoholic beverages outdoors with a phased implementation beginning next month.
