November 3, 2025 -- The City Council last week unanimously approved steps to make the process for new homeless housing facilities more transparent, but not before setting off some political fireworks.

November 3, 2025 -- The Santa Monica College (SMC) Board of Trustees is seeking applicants to fill an open seat on the Personnel Commission, which is responsible for administering the college’s Merit ...

October 31, 2025 -- With funding for the SNAP food assistance program running out on Saturday due to the Federal government shutdown, the Westside Food Bank is "pleading" for donations.

October 31, 2025 -- Santa Monica College (SMC) won a top award from the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) for its "pioneering" community college program, school officials announced Thursday.

The victims have been identified as Maura Cohen and Brad Lipshy, both 61, police said. Lipshy is the founder and CEO of Event Solutions, a local company that plans events in Santa Monica, according to ...

October 29, 2025 -- A Santa Monica man who pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling business, money laundering and concealing income from the IRS was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal ...

October 29, 2025 -- As National Pedestrian Safety Month comes to a close, traffic improvements will enter their final phase in the industrial zone area and SMPD traffic officers will resume ...

October 27, 2025 -- A latest plan to chart Santa Monica's comeback revisits initiatives the previous Council proposed and, in some cases, set in motion with few visible results. Downtown, which is on ...

Editor's note: A previous version of this article stated that one third of RAND Corporation's local workforce has been laid off. Of the 800 local employees, 73 have were laid off.

October 28, 2025 -- The Santa Monica College (SMC) Global Motion World Dance Company will present its fall 2025 performance of dances from around the world next month.

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