February 20, 2026 -- Inspired by world-renowned festivals in Monterey and Montreux, Santa Monica will launch it own International Jazz Festival in May. Billed as "a new force for the celebration and ...

February 20, 2026 -- For the first time, the City Council on Tuesday will expand its search for transitional housing and services for the homeless far outside Santa Monica.

February 24, 2026 -- County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath on Friday called for removing funding from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to "stop the madness" that has brought is ...

The Santa Monica Police Department has averaged more than 110 weekly arrests over a one-month stretch this year, a pace that if sustained would shatter previous annual records. The 438 arrests made ...

All shows are presented in the SMC Planetarium, located in room MSB 126 of the Mathematics + Science Building on the SMC Main ...

Asked to weigh in on a potential ballot initiative to "build several thousand low-income housing units" on Airport land, 73 percent of respondents said they strongly oppose the measure and 8 percent ...

Jazz night is part of the Local's Night series on the Santa Monica Pier presented by Pacific Park every third Thursday of the month for September to May.

February 19, 2026 -- The November 3 general election race is slowly taking shape with six potential candidates and two ballot measures listed on the City Clerk's web page.

Los Angeles' overall cost burden rate ranked 9th worst among the nation's largest metro areas, with the rate increasing by 1.3 percent since 2019. The Apartment list report notes that the cost burden ...

Torosis noted that the number of fatal and serious accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians have steadily risen over the past four years, soaring to a record 60 in 2024 ( "Crashes Resulting in ...

The events mark the Lunar New Year celebrated by many of the LA region's more than 800,000 Asian Americans, some 9,000 of ...

February 17, 2026 -- Santa Monica made national headlines last week when families from across the nation gathered outside the offices of one of the city's biggest employers to protest the drug deaths ...