March 13, 2026 -- The Santa Monica Police Department is conducting another traffic safety operation today as it boosts enforcement to crack down on dangerous driving.

Two Santa Monica landlords will have to pay their tenants more than $50,000 in unpaid relocation fees after the City Attorney's Office obtained final judgments in two cases. The landlords will also ...

March 11, 2026 -- The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) last week released its preliminary findings in a widely publicized collision between a self-driving Waymo car and a a 9-year-old ...

March 10, 2026 -- When Police Chief Darrick Jacob was appointed to run the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) on a ...

Los Angeles County Public Health on Monday lifted its water quality advisories for the beaches at Montana Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard, Strand Street and Ashland Avenue. The advisories remain in place ...

Anyone who recognizes the individual in the picture, believes they may have had contact with him, or has information related ...

At least since 1970, when the Council hired Torrance City Attorney Richard Knickerbocker, every City Attorney hired on a permanent basis has come from outside the department. Bob Myers, who replaced ...

Of the open claims, 301 were filed during the last fiscal year, bringing to $25.9 million the total direct costs to the City, including $15.9 million in medical, indemnity and miscellaneous payments, ...

Friends of Sunset Park (FSOP) informed City officials Friday it would not participate in the City's new grant program, making it the second neighborhood group to reject the new restrictions. The ...

Santa Monica has been hot and dry with the National Weather Service (NWS) placing LA County Beaches under a heat advisory Sunday. “There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive populations ...

March 4, 2026 -- The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is "conducting additional patrols" in select locations as the war in Iran escalates, officials announced Monday.

March 4, 2026 -- The City Council on Tuesday is expected to appoint Jay Baldwin as Santa Monica's second Poet Laureate. Baldwin is "an accomplished poet and community arts advocate whose work reflects ...