The Santa Monica City Council adopted a $908.8 million citywide budget this week for fiscal year 2026-27, a spending plan that officials say positions the city for a
The Malibu City Council declined June 22 to adopt an emergency moratorium on new wireless telecommunications facilities, instead directing city staff and legal counsel, in consultation with an attorney representing
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the massive Pier 360 Beach Festival, a late-night Pride dip at the Beach
By Marisa Kendall, CalMatters
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The Trump administration is renewing its push to change the way it funds homeless
Santa Monica officials and coastal advocates scrambled this week to organize opposition to what they described as an extraordinary move by Gov. Gavin Newsom to exempt all multi-unit housing
A Santa Monica police officer applied a tourniquet to an injured employee after an armed robbery at a smoke shop on Lincoln Boulevard Wednesday morning.
Officers responded at approximately 8:
The Santa Monica Rent Control Board will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a package of proposed tenant-protection amendments to the city's rent control charter, including a
Santa Monicans had multiple chances to partake in music last weekend with the Soulstice concerts along Main Street and Make Music Day in local parks. The events were held on
The Santa Monica Pacific Palisades Lions Club meeting this June was what we call a working meeting. Members assessed the success of our Comedy Night fundraiser and discussed bringing it
You picked a great name for your business. You set up your workspace. You told people. But you never made it official. That is a problem bigger than most new
The Santa Monica Police Department safely resolved an incident at Santa Monica Place on Monday involving an individual experiencing a mental health crisis, taking the person into custody without injury.
When’s the last time you turned to elected leaders for moral clarity? Polling shows those in Washington are considered only slightly more trustworthy than telemarketers. That makes what happened
