At 1:43 p.m., the Police Department issued a statement asking the public to avoid the area near Santa Monica Place at 4th Street and Colorado "to allow emergency personnel to respond safely and ...

June 25, 2025 -- The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) has released an image of the shooting suspect who remains at large ...

June 25, 2025 -- Police are asking the public's help finding two masked men caught on video breaking into a Santa Monica ...

June 25, 2025 -- The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is actively searching for a suspect in a Downtown shooting incident early Wednesday afternoon that injured an officer, department officials ...

The fiscal belt-tightening comes amid a "lingering economic Downturn," as the City faces "unprecedented legal liabilities" and labor negotiations with its 11 bargaining units, according to Interim ...

June 24, 2025 -- Santa Monica police are investigating the "targeted" shooting of two juveniles inside an autonomous rideshare vehicle in Downtown late Sunday night. The two victims sustained ...

In addition to boosting police personnel, the final budget proposal includes $100,000 in additional funding to make security upgrades at the Main Library, Miles Playhouse and Camera Obscura. The ...

Meanwhile, the number of domestic visitors fell by 33 percent, from 3.52 million in 2023 to 2.36 million last year, and the ...

The banned items covered in the initial ordinance were wooden sticks, pipes, bats, aerosol spray, projectile launchers, chains, blades, glass bottles, metal containers, torches, bricks and rocks, gas ...

Tuesday's scheduled votes include one appointment to the influential Planning Commission, four to the Housing Commission, one to the Library Board and two each to the Landmarks Commission, ...

June 17, 2025 -- A Long Beach man is facing felony charges after he dragged an elderly woman into a Downtown alley on the ...

The spree of looting and violence that rocked the city five years ago made Santa Monica a focal point during nationwide protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer ...