Two incumbents and a challenger are likely to win the race for Santa Monica City Council with Councilwoman Lana Negrete, Mayor Caroline Torosis and Ashley Oelsen holding the top three ...

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people, including six medical professionals, in health care fraud schemes that allegedly produced about $2 billion in false claims, among them what the Justice ...

There are restaurants where you go because you're hungry. There are others you go for the vibe. And there are restaurants where you go because someone in your group says, "Let's order the one they ...

It’s been four months since the first debate of the election season at the Santa Monica Democratic Club, which I wrote a column about at the time. For better or worse, not a lot has changed. School ...

More than a year and a half after the wildfires devastated communities across Los Angeles County, thousands of homeowners remain caught between the cost of rebuilding and the financing needed to ...

Nearly two years after wildfire devastated Pacific Palisades, a cluster of major financial institutions along Sunset Boulevard is emerging as a sign of confidence in the community’s future, but local ...

For Lauren "Lulu" Taylor, watching her New Zealand baking mixes arrive on the shelves of a Los Angeles Gelson's this fall is not simply a business milestone. It is a homecoming. Taylor, founder and ...

Dan Walters' column skipped the 2026 tort-wars deal most likely to reach Santa Monica readers. To end dueling ballot measures from Uber and the Consumer Attorneys of California, Gov. Newsom signed SB ...

SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes tons of New Years Food & Events options, a Route 66 Centennial Kickoff , and much more! Ring in the New Year - East ...

SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town include Eric Idle and “Weird Al” Yankovic, Halloween happenings, a feast of foodie events, and much more! Eric Idle & “Weird Al” ...

I never imagined I would have to write this letter. Not because I expected your endorsement, but because I grew up believing Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights stood for families like mine.

While many Santa Monica kids spent the summer playing video games or traveling, Matteo Milk spent his learning to code and selling websites to local businesses. The 14-year-old student at John Adams ...