Here are SMPD's safety tips for the big game: Designate a Sober Driver: Choose someone ahead of time who will stay alcohol-free and make sure everyone gets home safely. Use Ride-Sharing Services or ...

February 7, 2025 -- Police on Wednesday arrested a suspect who allegedly stole more than 300 pounds of copper wire from ...

March 1-- A 10th grade Samohi student was fatally shot on Pico Boulevard Tuesday night, according to high school officials. The victim -- described as a male Hispanic -- received a gunshot wound to ...

January 2-- Bicycles, airplanes and trains grabbed the local headlines in 2007, a year when trees stood trial, a plan to remodel Santa Monica Place finally bore fruit and the City took steps to change ...

February 6, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday is poised to further a pro-housing agenda that is picking up steam after four new Council members were sworn in two months ago.

Feb. 5-- The man arrested at his Santa Monica home Tuesday afternoon was a spy paid by the North Korean government to recruit other agents, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S.

The City Council Tuesday night is expected to make Santa Monica the first California city to ban the fees banks charge when consumers use a "foreign" Automated Teller Machine. The battle to ban ATMs ...

February 5, 2025 -- The City will waive outdoor dining fees during February to help local businesses weather the fallout of the recent Palisades Fire. Under a supplement to its Emergency Order, ...

February 5, 2025 -- A Santa Monica High School science teacher was arrested Wednesday for allegedly having an "inappropriate ...