Tag: Santa Monica

SMPD Plans Bike And Pedestrian Safety

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SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Police Department is planning to make bike riding and walking in the city safer, as the number of incidents continue...

Missing Student Alexis Groomes Found Safe

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SANTA MONICA—A Santa Monica art student reported missing over the weekend was found safe on May 22. The 21-year-old female, identified as Alexis Groomes, was...

Sexual Assault Case May See Trial

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SANTA MONICA—Antonio Montano pled not guilty to four counts of assault with intent to commit rape at his arraignment on Wednesday, May 20. He...

Police Chase Ends In Crash, 2 People Arrested

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WESTWOOD—A police chase through West Los Angeles caused a collision and two injuries on May 21 After the driver of a stolen vehicle refused to surrender to law...

SMPD Planning DUI Checkpoint For May 23

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SANTA MONICA—On Saturday, May 23 the Santa Monica Police Department will set up a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint at an undisclosed location, that will be...

RoseArt Mural On Santa Monica Pier

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SANTA MONICA—On Tuesday, May 19, RoseArt and the Boys & Girls Club of America joined forces to paint the biggest mural in Santa Monica...

Nintendo Celebrates Launch Of Splatoon

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SANTA MONICA—Nintendo celebrated the launch of Splatoon, a new video game, at the Santa Monica Pier with a massive real-life obstacle course inspired by...

Second Chef Sentenced For Serving Whale Meat

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SANTA MONICA—Another sushi chef of Santa Monica’s The Hump restaurant has been sentenced for serving endangered Sei whale meat to customers. Chef Susumu Ueda was...

City To Regulate Airbnb, Short-Term Rentals

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SANTA MONICA—To enforce regulations on Airbnb and other short-term rentals, Santa Monica city officials will spend $410,000 and hire full-time staffers. The new regulations were passed...

KidTribe Hula Hoop Concert at Tongva Park

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SANTA MONICA—On Saturday, May 23, KidTribe, the award-winning hula hoop fitness group, will hold a two-hour concert at Santa Monica’s Tongva Park. KidTribe, founded by...

Traffic Collision Takes Life Of Teen

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SANTA MONICA—A traffic collision on Sunday, May 10 left a 16-year-old dead and his 20-year-old companion in critical condition. A press release from the...

“Pacific Park” Holds Job Fair On May 15

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SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Pier amusement park, “Pacific Park,” is getting ready to hire for the summer season. On Friday, May 16, the pier is...

Foundation Raises $125,000 For Schools

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SANTA MONICA—On May 4 the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation (SMMEF) announced that their fundraiser on April 26 managed to raise $125,000 in proceeds that...

City Council Votes Against Taller Buildings

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SANTA MONICA—In a 4-3 vote on Tuesday, May 5, Santa Monica saw the end to a local debate regarding an update to their current...

New Bill To Restore Suspended Driver’s Licenses

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SANTA MONICA—Sue Himmelrich, City Councilwoman and attorney for the Western Center on Law and Poverty is looking to assist residents who have revoked driver's...

Santa Monica Public Library Surveying Residents

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SANTA MONICA—Launched on May 1, the Santa Monica Public Library has issued a survey to seek input from residents and library users on how...

Ban Of Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Upheld

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SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee lost its appeal to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on April 30. The committee was...

Santa Monica Bans Airbnb Style Rentals

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SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica City Council has decided to enact new regulations to ban rental sites that offer short-term vacation rentals in the city...

Possible Restrictions On Short-Term Rentals

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SANTA MONICA—Debates have arisen regarding the need to restrict or possibly ban short-term rentals from homes and apartments n the city of Santa Monica. Various...

Santa Monica’s Wellbeing Project

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SANTA MONICA—According to a report released on Monday, April 27, Santa Monica residents are more satisfied than people living in France and Spain. This encouraging...