December 10, 2025 -- Some 1,000 residents and visitors are expected to gather once again under the Fairmont Miramar Hotel's iconic 150-year-old fig tree Sunday to raise a toast to the holiday season.

Construction of the new bridge is scheduled to begin in August and be completed in December 2027, with the rehabilitated Pier sign -- which will have a vertical clearance of 17 feet -- installed about ...

December 9, 2025 -- A celebrated opera singer was allegedly stabbed to death by his son in their Pico Neighborhood home in Santa Monica Monday night, according to police.

Phil Brock, who in December 2023 became the first mayor seated under the new rules, supports the move, saying "there should be more pomp and circumstance in general" when a mayor is sworn in. "It ...

December 8, 2025 -- City officials announced Friday that City Clerk Nikima Newsome will leave the post in January, marking the fifth department head to depart since July.

Applicants for free appliances under Santa Monica's REACH program must be renters as well as Clean Power Alliance (CPA) customers, "live in a building that is able to enroll in CPA service, or be able ...

And if a mayor represents the face of the City, the two Councilmembers offer starkly contrasting public styles -- Negrete is ...

December 5, 2025 --With the speed things are changing, who knows what Santa Monica will be like in 15 years. But residents of the future -- human or robotic -- can find out when they unseal a "digital ...

December 4, 2025 -- The School Board on Monday took "a decisive and historic step" when it unanimously approved three agreements that pave the way for Malibu's separation from the District.

Salvador Plasencia, 44, a.k.a. “Dr. P,” was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, who also fined him $5,600 and ordered him immediately remanded to federal custody.