Protest: Pro-choice advocates gathered at City Hall and the Promenade over the weekend. The actions came after anti-abortion groups marched downtown the week before.
SMFD: The Santa Monica Fire Department welcomed eight new firefighters to the department this week. The Class of 2022-2 includes Nathan Bozin, Reynoldo Corrujedu Jr., Marco Franco, Jonathan Hampton, Steven Hollimon, Blane Martinez, Omar Torres and Juan Ventura.
School Board hearings in Santa Monica are often protracted, with key discussion items and major actions sometimes undertaken close to midnight amid four-, five- and sometimes nearly six-hour-long meetings.
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On the first day of election season, 20 Santa Monicans pulled papers from the City Clerk’s office to run for office.
The Nomination Period for three seats on the
Dr. Gerald M. Sacks, a pain specialist with an office in Santa Monica, has paid $271,259.12 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act. The allegations
To say City Council granted its approval of Frank Gehry’s Ocean Avenue Project would be an understatement — councilmembers heaped praise on the mixed-use LEED Platinum certified development designed by
Public health experts are on a mission to spread information about a new disease outbreak cropping up in cities around the world: Monkeypox.
Risk is considered low and, as of
Despite hours of heated discussion last week, decisions on a pair of dueling ballot measures to raise taxes on property sales above $8 million were pushed to a July 26
Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies will soon be as easy as 9-8-8.
The United States’ first nationwide three-digit mental health
For low-income seniors, the opportunity to have subsidized supportive housing right on Ocean Front Walk seemed like a dream come true, but in recent years it has become a nightmare.
Following a triple protest weekend last week, officials are gearing up for additional protest activity as both sides of the political divide descend on Santa Monica during a busy weekend.