June 30, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday narrowly approved an austere biennial budget that hones in on public safety improvements largely funded with a tax hike approved by local voters in ...

June 30, 2025 -- A homeless suspect has been charged with attempting to murder a Santa Monica police officer and two juveniles in two separate shooting incidents last week, the LA County District ...

June 25, 2025 -- Police are asking the public's help finding two masked men caught on video breaking into a Santa Monica ...

At 1:43 p.m., the Police Department issued a statement asking the public to avoid the area near Santa Monica Place at 4th ...

Ongoing conversations with members of the community have found common ground on the "needs and priorities" of local seniors, according to Housing and Human Services officials.

The fiscal belt-tightening comes amid a "lingering economic Downturn," as the City faces "unprecedented legal liabilities" and labor negotiations with its 11 bargaining units, according to Interim ...

The Democratic Club's recommendation comes two weeks before the City Council on July 8 is presented with three scenarios for the airport land -- one that excludes housing and commercial development ...

The banned items covered in the initial ordinance were wooden sticks, pipes, bats, aerosol spray, projectile launchers, chains, blades, glass bottles, metal containers, torches, bricks and rocks, gas ...

In addition to boosting police personnel, the final budget proposal includes $100,000 in additional funding to make security upgrades at the Main Library, Miles Playhouse and Camera Obscura. The ...

June 25, 2025 -- The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is actively searching for a suspect in a Downtown shooting incident early Wednesday afternoon that injured an officer, department officials ...

Tuesday's scheduled votes include one appointment to the influential Planning Commission, four to the Housing Commission, one to the Library Board and two each to the Landmarks Commission, ...

June 20, 2025 -- Santa Monica on Saturday will join more than 2,000 cities around the world in a unique music celebration that originated in France in 1982. Five free outdoor concerts that invite ...