Councilmember John Lee, who authored the resolution opposing SB79, called the bill “not planning” but “chaos,” according to the Times. The bill's sponsor, State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), ...

The three Councilmembers who proposed the ordinance in July -- Caroline Torosis, Ellis Raskin and Jessie Zwick -- gave a far rosier picture of the state of business in the City and Pier.

August 19, 2025 -- A pedestrian was struck by a car near the Expo train station Downtown Friday afternoon, marking the first traffic fatality in Santa Monica this year.

August 19, 2025 -- A Superior Court judge has ordered the nation's largest meal kit delivery service to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a task force of California County prosecutors that ...

August 11, 2025 -- Kick off Saturday mornings with a "breezy" group run that starts under the iconic Santa Monica Pier sign, ...

Of the 63 arrests made, 43 -- or 68 percent -- involved homeless individuals. To date, 1,346 of the 1,917 total arrests made by police, or 70 percent, involved the homeless.

August 18, 2025 -- The City Council last Tuesday restructured the rates at its Downtown parking structures and hiked prices for meters and lots citywide, generating more than $8 million a year for the ...

August 13, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday took up a nine-year-old voting rights lawsuit filed by Latino plaintiffs that could drag on for several more years.

September 28-- Four thousand feet from the Santa Monica shoreline, the murky depths of the Pacific Ocean churn with life. The ocean floor, lying at a depth of approximately 60 feet, is home to some ...

So far, three male victims in their mid-twenties have reported that 42-year-old Jean "Que" Dar drugged and sexually assaulted ...

"Because the property is being returned to the rental market more than five years after its withdrawal, the owner may set the initial rent for any unit at market rate," Chaparyan informed the Council ...