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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

June 24, 2025 -- Santa Monica police are investigating the "targeted" shooting of two juveniles inside an autonomous rideshare vehicle in Downtown late Sunday night. The two victims sustained ...

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 ...

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 ...