November 8, 2024 -- The United slate on Friday widened an all but insurmountable lead that will give Santa Monica's political establishment a 6 to 1 majority on the City Council. With approximately ...

November 8, 2024 -- The City will join the U.S. Army on Monday to commemorate Veterans Day on the Santa Monica Pier, City officials announced. The ceremony, which is now in its fifth year, begins at ...

November 7, 2024 -- Four traffic-related incidents -- including a collision with a train and a suicide -- were among the notable incidents reported by police during a recent seven-day period.

The SMRR-backed slate regained two seats in 2022, and needs to win two seats in the current race to regain the majority on the Council, which it has controlled for most of the past 40 years ( "Who ...

The Compass Rose was first painted by members of the local chapter of the Ninety-Nines in 1985 and moved to its current location in 1989, according to staff. It was last repainted in 2010.

November 6, 2024 -- The establisshment slate vying to regain control of the City Council maintained its lead Wednesday ...

The slate -- backed by Santa Monicans for Rentters' Rights (SMRR), the local Democratic Club and the hotel workers union -- ...

Ninety-one percent of the residents who responded to the survey back Prop 36, a statewide measure that imposes stronger penalties for repeat offenders of drug possession and retail theft.

November 4, 2024 -- At the start of Election Day Tuesday, 59 percent of Santa Monica voters had not returned ballots, according to PDI, a California election data service. Of the 69,228 local ballots ...

November 4, 2024 -- Santa Monica rents remained relatively flat in October, dipping by -0.2 percent to a current median rent ...

Local leaders make modest donations to an advocacy group devoted to excellent public schools (“Behind the Efforts to Unseat de la Torre,” 11/1), and that’s supposed to reveal a conspiracy? Really?