Karen Melikyan, a 41-year-old male resident of the Hollywood area, was charged by the LA County District Attorney with attempted second degree robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime and, if ...

The average salary for a graffiti removal technician in Santa Monica is $115,870 per year, according to govsalaries.com. "The high frequency of graffiti incidences (requires) the need for prompt ...

June 5, 2025 -- Bicyclists in Santa Monica could soon be legally riding in several major bus lanes under a staff proposal the City Council will take up Tuesday.

June 5, 2025 -- A controversial bill that encourages denser housing development near transit stops barely passed the California State Senate Tuesday night and is headed to the Assembly for approval.

May 30, 2025 -- After rising in each of the first four months of the year, Santa Monica rents decreased by -0.9 percent in ...

Sponsored by State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the bill allows new residential buildings of up to seven stories near rail lines and stops on major bus lines. Residential buildings up to half ...

May 27, 2025 -- A total of 254 full-time positions became vacant in the City last year as officials look for ways to recruit and retain workers, including allowing many to work from home.

Considered the premiere event for independent films, the Spirit Awards took place in a tent on the sand near the 85-year-old Pier bridge being rebuilt before the 2028 LA Olympics ( City Prepares to ...

May 29, 2025 -- Santa Monica police this month cracked down on fare evaders at the 4th Street Expo light rail station Downtown resulting in four arrests, police officials said.

June 4, 2025 -- Some 40 Malibu High School seniors and former students went on a wild overnight vandalism spree -- gluing shut classroom doors, tearing down clocks, scattering garbage and scrawling ...

June 2, 2025 -- A Santa Monica Big Blue Bus (BBB) critically injured an elderly pedestrian Friday morning near the eastern end of Pico Boulevard, police officials said.

June 3, 2025 -- From amateur telescopes to observatories to radio astronomy, the Santa Monica College (SMC) planetarium will survey the evolving ways to explore the universe this month.