The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District could lose between $2 million and $3 million in federal funding if families don't complete free and reduced-price lunch applications by October
Santa Monica State Beach ranks as the second-most dangerous beach in America for theft-related crimes, according to a new study that analyzed crime statistics at more than 500 U.S.
Los Angeles organizers released the first Olympic competition schedule for the 2028 Games, exactly three years before the event returns to the city for a third time, while announcing that
The Malibu City Council extended a proposed temporary use permit program designed to help local businesses recover from devastating losses following the 2025 Palisades fire, while adding new restrictions to
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
