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 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 ...

Meanwhile, the number of domestic visitors fell by 33 percent, from 3.52 million in 2023 to 2.36 million last year, and the ...

In Santa Monica, City Hall and other public facilities will close on Thursday, June 19, and municipal services will be scaled back or suspended. In addition to City Hall, the Santa Monica Public ...

June 18, 2025 -- Santa Monica may not be hosting beach volleyball during the 2028 Summer Olympics, but it could cash in and get plenty of global attention as a satellite hub for the games.

June 17, 2025 -- A Long Beach man is facing felony charges after he dragged an elderly woman into a Downtown alley on the ...

Dr. Salvador Plasencia, a.k.a. “Dr. P,” faces up to 40 years in prison after a plea agreement filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, according to USA TODAY, which ...

“The Entertainment Zone is part of a bigger picture -- reimagining the Promenade not just as a place to shop or dine, but as a shared space where people can connect, relax and enjoy the energy of ...

June 16, 2025 -- More than ten Santa Monica City departments can now make an estimated $3 million in annual transactions through government credit cards under a newly launched E-Commerce platform that ...

June 7, 2011 – Elmer Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther member convicted of killing a Santa Monica schoolteacher in 1972, died Friday of unknown causes in Tanzania. Pratt was 63. After serving ...