The median rent in Santa Monica rose 1.3 percent last month and now stands at $2,338 for a one-bedroom apartment and $2,803 ...

December 3, 2024 -- Small businesses on Pico Boulevard can soon apply for matching grants from the City for everything from replacing old signs and awnings to installing new doors. Under the ...

December 2, 2024 -- A last ditch lobbying effort to settle the 8 1/2-year-old voting rights lawsuit against the City before a new council is sworn in has failed.

The four Council winners also opposed Proposition 36, a statewide measure to toughen lenient policies for those who commit drug and retail related crimes that won with nearly two-thirds of the vote ( ...

As expected, the city's powerful tenants' group endorsed three incumbents in the November race for four open City Council seats during its annual convention Sunday afternoon. While Mayor Ken Genser ...

Fed up with a bitter unionizing drive, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel employees turned the tables on the local union, marching on its headquarters Thursday afternoon. But no one was there to hear ...

November 3-- Despite losing a key endorsement and facing a faculty campaign to unseat her, incumbent chair Margaret Quinones narrowly retained a spot on the College Board of Trustees. With nearly ...

ushering sidewalk pedestrians and all passersby, and shading the family when the mercury rose high. The tree seemed happy, the tree seemed glad. Yet one day in November, after their kids had all grown ...

August 22-- Dr. Hugo A. Pedroza – who headed a predominantly Hispanic inner city high school in Los Angeles – has been tapped as the new principal of Santa Monica High School. As principal of Manual ...

Organized by the Santa Monica College Foundation, the flagship three-day event GIVING THANKS (giving) is "dedicated to addressing the growing issue of food insecurity among enrolled SMC students," ...

November 26, 2024 -- Santa Monica is among a number of California cities poised "to unleash a building boom" after pro-housing advocate swept all four open Council seats, according to California YIMBY ...