The City's Housing Trust Fund (HTF) is stretched even thinner when the housing is built on private land, with the fund supporting only 53 homes, according to a staff report on Tuesday's City Council ...

UCLA remained the most popular campus for SMC transfers, with 437 students headed to the Westwood campus, while UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara ranked second and third, with 162 and 112 SMC transfer ...

December 11, 2025 -- In what is being touted as a "historic" vote that marks a "major milestone," the Malibu City Council Monday unanimously approved a "separation package" that paves the way to ...

Santa Monica Travel & Tourism's (SMTT) 2025 Holiday Pass invites residents to unlock exclusive holiday deals using a free, mobile-friendly experience built in partnership with Bandwango.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.