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They were leaving. There was a body on the ground,” de la Torre recalled at Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday when he took the stand in a voting rights trial challenging Santa Monica’s system of government. The activist was only a teenager the day ...

A 26-year-old woman is recovering from a gunshot wound to her thigh after an incident at the Santa Monica Pier around 6:00 a.m. Thursday, according to Sgt. Rudy Flores with the Santa Monica Police Department. The wound is not life threatening. A nearby ...

The first day of the school year is in full swing in Santa Monica. Students are clad in backpacks with sharpened pencils in hand and ready for fresh academia while teachers are ready to mold impressionable minds. Edison Language Academy, a dual-immersion ...

August marks the 25th anniversary of local nonprofit School on Wheels. School on Wheels began in Santa Monica with one tutor and now operates in six counties throughout Southern California. In 2010, it opened its flagship Skid Row Learning Center and since ...

Starting this week, a new public education campaign to equip electric scooter riders with the rules of the road will launch in Santa Monica and the Westside. Safe riding tips will be displayed on the Big Blue Bus, Metro buses, Expo Line trains and stations ...

According to a notice sent out by the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, the woman tried to persuade a student to leave campus with her but the student notified a school employee and remained on campus. “One of our students was waiting to be ...

that will help integrate shared mobility devices safely into the Santa Monica landscape,” said the report. City fees for outdoor dining range from $1.97 to $6.56 per square foot depending on the level of enclosure and visual barriers. Staff is estimating ...

Santa Monicans who want to gamble with their money but not their transportation can now hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a new private bus for as little as $10 each way. The Vegas route is part of the inaugural service from Santa Monica offered by the ...

Major cell phone providers approached the City to install so-called “small cells” throughout Santa Monica in 2017. The Public Works department anticipates as many as 600 installations in the next few years. The small cells convert slow radio waves to ...