September 15, 2025 -- An item on last week's City Council agenda expected to be quickly approved with no discussion generated national headlines before it was adopted with an emphasis on what it won't ...

May 13, 2026 -- The City Council on Tuesday took another swift and routine vote to keep its Local Homelessness Emergency in place more than three years after it was declared. The emergency -- which ...

July 30, 2026 -- The City Council Tuesday night scrapped a ballot measure that would have allowed tenants to move a family member into their units without giving the landlord a reason why.

It took one day, instead of eight, to tear down a portion of the Pier Bridge over Appian Way, allowing the roadway that provides access to the south side of the Pier parking lot to reopen Tuesday, ...

July 29, 2026 – Waymo will be barred from operating its charging and servicing lots on Broadway overnight after an LA County Superior Court judge on Monday granted the City's motion for a preliminary ...

In the latest incident, police officials credited quick work by SMPD detectives and forensic personnel for the arrest of a suspect less than three hours after the victim was found by officers in an ...

An item added to tonight's City Council agenda could delay a plan six months in the making to close Samoshel and relocate the Downtown shelter's residents to a local motel and a shelter outside the ...

A City-run diversion court that provides homeless individuals who commit misdemeanor crimes a path to treatment and housing has produced 29 graduates and dismissed 58 criminal cases in its first two ...

The sudden decline in the numbers comes after LAHSA took over the annual census from the City in 2024. That year, the number of homeless individuals counted dropped from 926 to 774, while the number ...

July 27, 2026 – Santa Monica Police arrested a suspect Saturday night in the killing of a woman inside an assisted care housing facility for homeless residents in the Pico Neighborhood.

December 12, 2023 -- Without the intrigue that for decades has accompanied the selection of a mayor, Councilmember Phil Brock on Tuesday became the first Santa Monica native to hold the post in 17 ...

November 24, 2025 -- Corsair Track & Field at Santa Monica College's (SMC) Main Campus is closed for major construction and repairs through mid-April, school officials announced Friday. Construction ...