California's prison rehabilitation success stories are at risk, as Prop. 36 could limit future opportunities for inmate reform and reintegration.

California needs Prop. 36 to address the fentanyl crisis and bring much-needed accountability to those responsible for the drug's spread and impact.

Gavin Newsom pushes a refinery law to reduce California's gas prices, but lacks proof of price gouging, raising concerns over storage costs.

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District surplus in 2023-24 is the largest in over a decade, according to an unaudited actuals report. (Courtesy Graphic) Unexpected revenue flows and budget ...

Live” begins Season 50 on Sept. 28, the blue and gold will be well-represented, as Samohi Class of 2017 graduate Jane Wickline has joined the cast as a featured player.

Originally concocted in 1980s Taiwan, the country is still bubbling with excitement over the product today, leading to Ronald Chan and Patrick Sun opening Odd One Out in 2022.

Throughout August and, Ready To Succeed has been at multiple area campuses, giving out 28-piece curated dorm room sets and helping foster youth move into their dorm rooms.

Councilmembers who want to “discuss” something at an official meeting will have to first win the approval of the City Attorney and City Manager following last month’s legally dubious direction to ban the needle exchange program in local parks.

By Dan Walters California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in national tests of mathematics ability. Their other numbers problem is the financial squeeze posed by declining enrollment,

By Dan Walters California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in national tests of mathematics ability. Their other numbers problem is the financial squeeze posed by declining enrollment,

By Monique O. Madan Project 2025, the 900-page conservative playbook for the next Republican president, issues an ultimatum for California: track and report abortion data to the federal government or risk losing billions in Medicaid funding for reproductive health.

At least 14 California cities and one county have passed ordinances that prohibit camping or updated ordinances to make them more punitive

This fall, voters will decide whether California should authorize a $10 billion bond to help the state respond to climate change

By Brian Jones This fall, voters will decide whether California should authorize a $10 billion bond to help the state respond to climate change. Below, the state’s highest-ranking Republican argues California can’t afford additional debt to pay for questionable infrastructure programs.

A 19-year-old Van Nuys resident has been arrested for shooting a man near the beach over the weekend. According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers were called to the 1900 block of Ocean Ave.

Temperatures are finally settling back to normal in Santa Monica, but the city’s recent heat wave was a historic one.

SMDP’s Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Santa Monica Place “Fall into Wellness” Event , Free Movie in the Park , Americana in the Park, and much more! Dance MDR Salsa Night: Every Friday night in September,

A homeless man has been charged with several felony crimes after breaking into a woman’s home and touching her while she slept. According to SMPD, the suspect, later identified as 34-year-old homeless man Anthony Townson broke into a home on the 900 block of 7th street at about 4 a.

EVERYONE KNOWS HIM BUT NO ONE SEES HIM… By CHARLES ANDREWS YOU HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH OUT OF HIM LATELY Because it has been some months since he felt up to pounding out another column. Nor have you seen him.

A party 115 years in the making took place on Sept. 6, as the iconic Santa Monica Pier welcomed thousands of visitors for the locale’s 115th Birthday Celebration.