May 9, 2025 -- Santa Monica -- once host to the Academy Awards -- has lost its second major film event in little over a year. Film Independent announced Friday their Spirit Awards, founded in Santa ...

May 9, 2025 -- Twelve years after the City pulled the plug on the legendary Twilight Dance Concert series on the Pier, major acts could return to the landmark venue.

May 8, 2025 -- Santa Monica police cited a retail clerk at Bristol Farms Wednesday for selling alcohol to a minor during a sting operation conducted by detectives, according to police officials.

Fernando A. Salazar, 28, was arrested by SMPD officers on April 17 for the sexual battery of a female patient that allegedly took place at Select Physical Therapy, 507 Wilshire Boulevard, on February ...

Airport Commissioner Joe Pertel warned that two aviation companies at the airport -- Atlantic and Sling -- are revving up multi-million-dollar plans to showcase the century-old airport as a regional ...

In the last reported count for the seven days from April 13 to April 19, Santa Monica Animal Control officers picked up six dead sea lions and four dolphins. Of those stranded alive, two injured ...

May 5, 2025 -- LA County Public Health has launched vending machines at three Community Health Stations in Santa Monica that dispense "lifesaving products," including Fentanyl test strips and condoms, ...

The City Council on Tuesday will consider modifying the City's internal advertising guidelines to "permit alcohol advertising on select City-owned assets," according to the staff report.

May 5, 2025 -- Police last month made 9 arrests during a one-day Retail Theft operation Downtown that cracked down on shoplifting, which has been driving up Santa Monica's annual crime rate.

May 2, 2025 -- Over the past two months, dolphins, sea lions and a variety of sea birds have been washing up on Santa Monica's shore injured or dead. The culprit: toxic algae blooms likely fed by ...

May 2, 2025 -- A small airplane meant to land at Santa Monica Airport made a bumpy but safe landing at Riviera Golf Course in Pacific Palisades early Friday afternoon. The three passengers on board ...