The rule changes approved Monday include ways to expedite meetings by reducing the time a speaker can address the Council to one minute if more than 25 members of the pubic are registered to speak. In ...

Residents who fully complete the survey have a chance to win a $500 prepaid Visa gift card. “Santa Monica prides itself on its rich and diverse art scene, beautiful parks, and a wide array of free and ...

Wilmont, the neighborhood association representing residents north of Downtown, opposed the zone unless its northern boundary was moved one block south from Wilshire to Arizona. Meanwhile, Mid City ...

May 13, 2025 -- The City Council voted Tuesday night to support a controversial State housing bill that allows new residential buildings of up to seven stories near major transit stops.

City officials said experts have linked the increase in coyote sightings to the Palisades Fire, "which devastated large areas of the Santa Monica Mountains and displaced numerous wildlife species, ...

Researchers attribute the sudden rise in rents in Santa Monica -- which saw rates drop -1.5 percent last year -- to the ...

The Santa Monica Fire Department (SMFD) will open the doors of Fire Station 1 at 1337 7th Street Downtown from 10 a.m. to 1 p ...

May 9, 2025 -- Santa Monica -- once host to the Academy Awards -- has lost its second major film event in little over a year. Film Independent announced Friday their Spirit Awards, founded in Santa ...

May 9, 2025 -- Twelve years after the City pulled the plug on the legendary Twilight Dance Concert series on the Pier, major acts could return to the landmark venue.

In the last reported count for the seven days from April 13 to April 19, Santa Monica Animal Control officers picked up six dead sea lions and four dolphins. Of those stranded alive, two injured ...

Fernando A. Salazar, 28, was arrested by SMPD officers on April 17 for the sexual battery of a female patient that allegedly took place at Select Physical Therapy, 507 Wilshire Boulevard, on February ...