Hosted by the City and the Black Santa Monica Community Group, the 10th annual Black History Greens Festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park at 2200 Virginia Avenue in the Pico ...

February 18, 2025 -- Mayor Lana Negrete last week reaffirmed Santa Monica's policy not to assist federal authorities in enforcing U.S. immigration laws. The policy was initially adopted by City ...

The arrest came after police identified the suspect the day after the shooting in an alley on the 200 block of Broadway at around 1:30 a.m., marking the year's first homicide.

February 17, 2025 -- A man was fatally stabbed and another wounded outside The Bungalow at the Miramar Hotel early Saturday morning, according to police. The stabbing is the third homicide committed ...

They look like miniature UFO's lining a handful of the crosswalks running down Pico Boulevard. But UFO's they're not. These little metallic disks, embedded in the street's asphalt, are the city's ...

April 11-- Santa Monica's downtown parking crunch will likely be alleviated during the next decade following a City Council vote Tuesday night to approve an ambitious plan to renovate, rebuild and ...

Despite last-minute opposition, the proposed $11.6 million downtown Transit Mall continued to roll through the approval process, obtaining a building permit from the California Coastal Commission at ...

December 14-- In an effort to beef up the City’s planning staff and speed up a chronically slow process, the City Council Tuesday night will consider paying consultants as much as $530,000 a year.

April 22-- Described as shy, six-year-old Daniel Najera was downright speechless Monday afternoon when a group of police officers showed up at the entrance of Will Roger's Elementary School wheeling a ...

December 30-- In the days since a series of killer tsunami's ravaged nearly 12 countries in the Indian Ocean, disaster relief agencies in Santa Monica have been flooded with an outpouring of support ...

Nov. 16-- Santa Monica and Malibu public high school students will likely be able to carry cell phones, pagers and beepers on campuses if the Board of Education ultimately approves a policy that would ...

April 24-- After Ocean Park librarian Celia Carroll was pushed to the ground last month by a homeless man, City management is giving employees explicit instructions on how to deal with unpredictable, ...