New household water heaters and heating systems powered by natural gas would be phased out in the Los Angeles basin under two controversial rules that air quality regulators will vote
California officials announced a new $100 million mortgage assistance program Thursday to help homeowners whose properties were destroyed or left uninhabitable by recent natural disasters, including the devastating Palisades and
Santa Monica residents face steep water bill increases over the next five years under a proposal the City Council will consider at a public hearing Tuesday, with rates set to
Four California sea lions, each with a story of survival, bounded back into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday morning as a crowd of onlookers cheered, cried and captured the moment
A who's who of Santa Monica’s economic and government leaders came out to celebrate the best businesses in town during the 2025 Most Loved awards this week.
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Help the Animals Fundraiser, AIDS LifeCycle Finish Line Festival, O&V CA Opening on
The Santa Monica Animal Shelter will host its fourth annual Open House Fundraiser this Saturday, inviting the community to enjoy a lively afternoon of food, music, raffles and animal adoptions
A Santa Monica landlord has agreed to pay $685,000 to settle three lawsuits alleging tenant harassment and discrimination, including one case filed by the Santa Monica City Attorney'
After California became a U.S. state in 1850, its Legislature grappled with how state and local governments would be structured. One decree was that counties, beginning with Los Angeles,
There was an earthquake last week at City Hall, but not the kind that registers on the Richter scale. This was a political earthquake.
It occurred unexpectedly during budget negotiation
