August 4, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to begin mediation with the family of a Black entrepreneur that claims his Civic Center property was taken by the City in the late 1950s ...

According to the unredacted portions made puclic Tuesday, Snap "internally admitted being 'over-run' with sexual extortion and that it 'takes under a minute to use Snapchat to be in a position to ...

The Santa Monica Coalition, an activist group of property owners, is drumming up support to dismantle Downtown Santa Monica Inc. by dissolving the area's Property-Based Assessment District (PBAD), ...

July 29, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday will renew its Local Emergency on Homelessness two and a half years after it was declared in February 2023. Local California governments are required by ...

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 ...

The summer service change is part BBB’s ongoing Brighter Blue initiative, which "aims to make using sustainable transit a more appealing alternative to driving," transit officials said. The service ...

August 1, 2025 -- Rents in Santa Monica declined for the third straight month in July, reflecting a nationwide trend that has seen a sluggish market during the normally active peak moving season, ...

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.

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.

July 28, 2025 -- A Santa Monica resident was arrested by police last month after calling 911 more than 2,000 times over the past two years, according to police officials.

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 30, 2025 -- Two suspects in a series of residential burglaries and mail thefts that took place across Santa Monica between April and July have been arrested and charged after an "extensive" ...