Dan Walters' column skipped the 2026 tort-wars deal most likely to reach Santa Monica readers. To end dueling ballot measures from Uber and the Consumer Attorneys of California, Gov. Newsom signed SB ...

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LA28 announced Tuesday a new licensing program, Made for Two-Eight, that will let small Los Angeles County businesses become official licensees and put the LA28 emblem on products they make locally.

SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town include Eric Idle and “Weird Al” Yankovic, Halloween happenings, a feast of foodie events, and much more! Eric Idle & “Weird Al” ...

While many Santa Monica kids spent the summer playing video games or traveling, Matteo Milk spent his learning to code and selling websites to local businesses. The 14-year-old student at John Adams ...

Santa Monica College Corsairs face West L.A. College Wildcats in homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at Corsair Stadium. General admission $10 adults, $5 seniors/youth.

SB 799 expands South Bay Regional Housing Trust's ability to finance workforce housing for teachers, healthcare workers, and first responders starting January 1, 2025.

The Santa Monica Fire Department has joined AwareCA, California’s statewide public safety information app, the department announced Oct. 14. The app gives residents another direct source of ...

The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday directed city staff to study how a nonprofit conservancy could help build and sustain the Great Park planned for the Santa Monica Airport site, which is ...

Forget full menus—this week we’re ranking the legendary sandwiches, wood-fired showstoppers, and mouth-watering sweets that are the single items worth crossing town for. Santa Monica has no shortage ...

Three decades ago, as the 20th century was winding down, a culture war erupted over the use of human embryos in researching stem cell cures for dreaded diseases. It was a subset of the nation’s ...

Santa Monica finished its last fiscal year $7.3 million better than projected and is on track to balance its general fund operating budget by July 2027, city officials told the City Council on Tuesday ...