The iconic Santa Monica Pier sign from 1941 is being removed Tuesday, Oct. 20 for restoration in Las Vegas while the Pier Bridge is rebuilt. It will return in late 2027.

The Venice Whaler, the beachfront bar and grill at the foot of Washington Boulevard, has temporarily stopped serving alcohol because of a paperwork error, owner Mike Dobson told SMDP on ...

City leaders are welcoming the planned conversion of the longtime Main Street restaurant and nightclub into a family-centered membership club, saying the deal keeps a historic city-owned building ...

As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman vie to become the next mayor of California’s largest city, they are sparring over the wrong issues regarding public safety, discussing it ...

Santa Monica's homeless population has held relatively steady for a decade but it remains heavily concentrated downtown, where it has more impact on businesses and visitors, according to a new RAND ...

Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessperson Rande Gerber, died Sunday at age 27, a family representative said. Gerber died at a rehabilitation facility, according to online ...

Students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District started the fall semester in several newly finished buildings. District officials told the Board of Education on Thursday that a dozen more ...

Heal the Bay brought hundreds of civic leaders, scientists and entertainment figures to the sand at the Jonathan Club on Thursday night for its 2026 Bring Back the Beach Gala, the nonprofit's largest ...

The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday unanimously endorsed a water strategy built on stepped-up conservation and, within a decade, purified wastewater piped directly into the city's drinking supply ...

Juicy Ladies, an organic cafe and juice bar, has opened its newest location at 2727 Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica, bringing cold-pressed juices, specialty coffee and organic breakfast and lunch ...

A man was hospitalized Thursday evening after a shooting involving a Culver City bus near South Centinela and Mitchell avenues, and police were still searching for the shooter as of 6:30 pm. The Los ...

California's film and television industry has received two additional lines of support. One will establish a new tax credit for post-production jobs. The other will stabilize the state's recently ...