After days of uncontrolled burning, officials confirmed the first death in the Palisades Fire on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department received a missing person report on Wednesday and ...

The City of Santa Monica has taken another step in responding to the Palisades Fire, issuing an emergency order on Wednesday evening.

Posts have appeared on the social media platform Nextdoor showing a sign placed on the windows of the popular high street ...

With the homeless crisis showing no signs whatsoever of improving, one popular bar on the Promenade has taken matters into their own hands and installed one of Stephen McMahon’s ingenious Blue Chirper ...

HEADLINE: SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the annual Polar Plunge, a Beatles ...

Another closure of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District campuses was announced for Friday, part of a trying week for the local education community.

On Sunday, December 22, 2024, at approximately 6:40 p.m., Police Department officers responded to the scene of a fatal ...

California strived to maintain its environmental leadership in 2024, with voters approving a $10 billion environmental bond and the state advancing its renewable energy goals — all while navigating a ...

Santa Monica prides itself on being an active community year-round, but the beginning of the year is a particular fitness frenzy for the city. Locals will look to make, and keep, New Year’s ...

Newly installed Mayor Lana Negrete spent part of her holiday meeting constituents at the Starbucks across from City Hall. The ...

As wildfires erupted in Southern California, so did a years-long feud between incoming president Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly threatened to cut off ...