Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to install automated license plate readers on parking enforcement vehicles, replacing chalk and paper receipts in municipal lots.

Proposition 38 asks California voters to approve $8.4 billion in bonds for immunology research. The state would pay $500 million annually for 25 years to repay the debt.

As a longtime Santa Monica resident and homeowner, I urge you to vote NO on Measure ES on the November 3 ballot. The story behind Measure ES is plain and simple. The City Council and City Manager ...

City leaders are welcoming the planned conversion of the longtime Main Street restaurant and nightclub into a family-centered membership club, saying the deal keeps a historic city-owned building ...

The Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project will unveil its Illustrative Master Plan for the future park at a community event from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at Memorial Park Gymnasium. The event ...

SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes a Off-the-Hook Pier Seafood Festival, Oktoberfest at the Miramar, Evan Funke back at Rustic Canyon, and much more!

The Venice Whaler, the beachfront bar and grill at the foot of Washington Boulevard, has temporarily stopped serving alcohol because of a paperwork error, owner Mike Dobson told SMDP on ...

What a wonderful way to roll into summer! Andrew Smith of The Bike Shop Santa Monica donated two beautiful Virtue Campus bikes to the Santa Monica Education Foundation to thank ...

USPS recommends mailing packages by Dec. 17 for Ground Advantage, Dec. 18 for Priority Mail, and Dec. 19 for Priority Mail Express to ensure Christmas delivery.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a statement on social media this week identifying a man recently arrested in Santa Monica and emphasizing the lack of cooperation between local ...

During Wildfire Preparedness Week, Sen. Ben Allen, D-Pacific Palisades, reflected on the devastation of last year's Los Angeles fires and the continued need to reduce risk across regions to better ...

Doc Martens and It's Sugar have closed their locations on the Third Street Promenade contributing to the 30% vacancy rate on the City’s flagship economic street, even as officials point to millions of ...