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

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 ...

Santa Monica continues its tradition of celebrating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King with the annual MLK Day event this Monday. Santa Monica College and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Westside ...

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 ...

The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved a groundbreaking self-certification pilot program Tuesday, Dec. 16, that will allow businesses to obtain building permits in as little as one day, ...

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 ...