The pickleball installation slated to fill the empty space at 1318 4th Street took its first tentative steps toward realization recently as work finally started on resurfacing the area that
Residents gathered outside the Santa Monica City Council meeting on Tuesday to advocate for the Fairview Branch library. As the city faces a budget deficit, the Council had floated an
The Windward Wildcats proved to be too much for the Crossroads Roadrunners on a hazy day at the Annenberg Beach House. The one’s for Crossroads – Maya and Skye – battled,
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You can argue that the huge changes in our society being wrenched through by the MAGA crowd do not foreshadow the strangulation of free
The Santa Monica City Council has asked staff to explore a nighttime curfew along the shoreline after a recent spate of violence has rekindled debate about the safety of the
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that
For years, scammers have targeted community colleges across the state, posing as students in order to steal money from scholarships or government financial aid.
Recent state reports suggest the problem
By Dan Walters
When California became a state in 1850, it had fewer than 100,000 residents and 27 sparsely populated counties. Several were larger in land area than some
SMMUSD’s Spanish dual immersion school, Edison Language Academy, has been named a 2025 California Distinguished School by the California Department of Education.
The elementary school was one of 336
Need to publish legal notices in Santa Monica? Feeling lost about the right newspaper? Many people miss the mark. Some go for the cheapest options. Others pick any paper. Both
A donation center set up by local youth to support fire victims is being forced to close as plans for an affordable housing development have thrown the future of their
