The Santa Monica Mountains National Park and Channel Islands collectively lost 14 permanent staffers. Their jobs were in archaeology, preservation, research and emergency medical response.

Popular streamers Valkyrae, Emiru, and Cinna were stalked and attacked by a young man during a livestream as they walked around the Santa Monica Pier. Thankfully, nobody was hurt during the encounter.

Streamers Valkyrae and Cinna have updated fans on the status of their streaming marathon after they were accosted by a man on stream.

Santa Monica Seafood closed its Costa Mesa market and cafe, saying goodbye in a social media post on Feb. 19.

IHOP is giving away free pancakes for National Pancake Day on March 4. Here’s what to know about the deal and the special event in Los Angeles.

Santa Monicans who love their local businesses have just two weeks left to help their favorite storefronts win the city’s annual Most Loved contest. Voting is open at smdp.com/vote across all categories and ends on March 14.

Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers' mood and may be weighing on an otherwise mostly healthy economy. Data released Wednesday showed that consumers slashed their spending by the most since February 2021,

Santa Monica Seafood CEO Roger O’Brien confirmed the closure to SeafoodSource, noting that the fish market and cafe is an “insignificant part of our business.” Additionally, the company’s restaurant and fish market in Santa Monica, California, remains open.

These upcoming leadership conferences of 2025 are expected to inspire, challenge, and connect many innovative minds and set leaders up for long-term success.

With just 22 months remaining in his governorship, Gavin Newsom knows that two interrelated promises he made to voters seven years ago — to erase or at least lessen the state’s chronic housing shortage and its very high rate of homelessness — will not happen before he departs.