On June 9, 2020, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously affirmed the Obama Foundation’s Mayor’s Pledge and agreed to review its police use of force policies; engage the community by including a diverse range of input, experiences, and stories in its ...

Local CYCLEBAR franchise owner, Steph Sklar-Mulcahy said the reversal was “pretty devastating” since she spent lots of time and money to make her Santa Monica and Culver City studios COVID ...

My ID #A059880 is available for adoption at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter, located at 1640 Ninth Street in Santa Monica. The shelter is closed to the public, and adoptions are by appointment ...

Let’s take a quote: “They are absolutely determined to eliminate single-family zoning, destroy the value of houses and communities already built” This must be a Santa Monica homeowner ...

Santa Monica public libraries and recreation services remain closed as they uphold social distancing regulations, but a push for independent, online learning and emergency community support has ...

Letter to the Editor

That city government should be transparent and City Council and staff should respectfully listen to residents before deciding things. That the streets should be safe. Our tax money spent judiciously.

At the outbreak of COVID-19, native Westside resident Gaby Cornejo was studying in Great Britain, stressing on how she would make it home to the United States. Today, the rising senior finds herself a college student in Missouri,

Tonight, the City Council will take next steps in the redevelopment of a 2.57-acre site at the corner of 5th/Arizona in downtown Santa Monica. Purchased with public funds, the site combines nine contiguous parcels,

What's the Point? column smdp

In 2013, the City Council approved construction of a large market rate residential project on property that housed a thriving mobile home park community known as Village Trailer Park (VTP). The developer who got the approval had bought VTP a few years earlier and had the property rezoned for its new project .

What do they tell us about our choices today? Movi(e)ng targets

 Discussion of purchasing and redeveloping the 5th/Arizona site was already underway in the late 1990s/early 2000 when I was on the City Council.

Thanks to a collaboration between Santa Monica College and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, high-school freshmen have enjoyed the opportunity to earn college credits while they are still working to receive a high school diploma.

Join Santa Monica community members, members of the Public Safety Reform Advisory Committee, and members of City of Santa Monica staff on Thursday, July 30, at 7 p.m. for a community listening session.

Santa Monica High School will hold a panel discussion at 5 p.m. Tuesday to provide a chance for the community to hear directly from students and community members who have experienced racially charged attacks on and beyond school grounds.

Likewise, the number of intensive care unit beds could be exhausted sometime in July. Santa Monica’s case count has surpassed 400. These benchmarks are a signal that we are very much still in ...

Malibu Unified School District confirmed its commitment to anti-racism in a letter Thursday addressed to parents, guardians and staff.

Al Fresco bike and/or parking lanes outdoor retail program

Our then President, Franklin Roosevelt, desperately wanted to help England but his hands were tied, primarily by the “America First” movement. (Which still exists today as part of Donald Trump’s base.

COVID-19 is rapidly becoming one of the most dangerous health conditions in Los Angeles and the disease is now the second leading cause of death countywide.