July 30, 2025 -- Citing "emergency circumstances," the City Council Tuesday night ousted six Downtown Santa Monica board members and replaced them with temporary members that include two former mayors ...

July 29, 2025 -- The number of sex abuse cases against the City has been rising after Santa Monica's cash-strapped government paid $230 million in settlements more than two years ago.

Santa Monica spends an estimated $42.5 million a year on homeless programs and services, according to a Homelessness Study by the accounting firm Moss Adams LLP ("City Spends More than $40 Million on ...

July 28, 2025 -- An era could officially come to an end Tuesday when the City Council takes up a proposal from RAND that would allow the research firm to sell or lease most of its sprawling ...

July 25, 2025 -- President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that will have financial and practical impacts on Santa Monica's ongoing efforts to tackle homelessness.

Santa Monica's 2024 homeless count was impacted by a sudden drop in community volunteers and technical glitches encountered after LASHA upgraded to new technology ( "Few Volunteers, Tech Glitches ...

July 24, 2025 -- A flash mob tore through a high-end resale store in Santa Monica last Friday fleeing with a large quantity of merchandise in multiple getaway cars, according to police. The incident ...