While the Democratic Club for the first time on Wednesday failed to endorse a City Council slate, its expanded membership base successfully weighed in on three other local races. There were however, a ...

Santa Monica will launch its first major music festival on the beach in September, 13 years after the Twilight Dance Concert series brought major musical acts -- and enormous crowds -- to the Santa ...

Editor's note: A previous version of this article stated that one third of RAND Corporation's local workforce has been laid off. Of the 800 local employees, 73 have were laid off. October 24, 2025 -- ...

The Santa Monica Democratic Club won't make endorsements in the upcoming City Council race the ten candidates seeking the powerful group's backing failed to reach the 55 percent vote threshold ...

Southern California's signature open streets festival -- will return after a six-year hiatus to celebrate the World Cup final match between Argentina and Spain on Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Coast ...

State wildlife officials arrested six lobster poachers on the Santa Monica Pier Tuesday and seized 34 lobsters as evidence, ...

The Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) last week awarded more than $31,000 in scholarships to ten high school juniors and graduating seniors, most of them from the Pico Neighborhood. The ...

Construction will start this month on an 82-unit senior housing project -- which includes supportive housing for homeless seniors -- at the site of a public parking lot near Santa Monica UCLA Medical ...

Next week's State of the City address -- which has traditionally been held in a hall filled with civic leaders and stakeholders -- will once again resemble a big block party. The free community event ...

A consortium of top-ranking concert promoters that has been pursuing plans to restore and operate the historic Civic Auditorium is pulling out after two years, a group championing the effort said ...

A Superior Court judge this month dismissed a lawsuit claiming the City illegally allowed a charter air carrier to operate at Santa Monica Airport without conducting an environmental review. The ...

The race for three open City Council seats is kicking into high gear next week, as candidates begin circulating nominating petitions on Monday and a major political group picks its slate two days ...