Crime has increased in Santa Monica for the third consecutive year driven by thefts and petty assaults according to Santa Monica Police Chief Ramon Batista who presented the annual report
Advocacy efforts shattered records in 2023, with nearly $480 million poured into influencing legislation and regulatory decisions making their way through state government. That amount eclipsed the previous high $440
The City Manager’s report in Tuesday’s Council meeting will be particularly interesting this week as it will contain both the Santa Monica Police Department’s (SMPD) 2023 annual
Gov. Gavin Newsom last fall signaled he was ready to bring psychedelic drugs into the mainstream of California’s mental health system and a pair of lawmakers today submitted a
A crowded primary contest to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing again that money matters in notoriously expensive California
President Joe Biden 's latest campaign swing is taking him across the country to Nevada, where the "first-in-the-West" primaries are under way with early and absentee voting.
President Joe Biden will pass through the Santa Monica Airport (SMO) on Saturday as part of a Los Angeles campaign blitz.
The President and First Lady are expected to arrive
On Thursday afternoon in front of gathered media from across Los Angeles County, District Attorney George Gascón announced that "approximately 200" organized retail theft cases involving adult and
Santa Monica has been added to a list of communities designated a "Prohousing" by the State. On Jan. 31, Governor Gavin Newsom announced seven communities (Eureka, Healdsburg, Mountain
Before California’s fast food workers get a minimum wage hike to $20 an hour in April, the state will grant them another historic avenue to advance their interests. A
Citing safety threats, California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would keep the property they own and other personal information from annual financial disclosures off the internet.
The measure, Assembly
