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The security breach took place on May 5, when the City's contracted vendor overseeing the Airport's Security Access Control System (SACS) "ceased operations without notice" after unexpectedly closing ...
August 8, 2025 -- Reported encounters with coyotes have become more prevalent in Santa Monica, with the animals displaying more aggressive behavior, according to police. Over a two-week stretch last ...
There is no application fee, and the licensing fee for selected artworks will be $1,500 per design. The City aims to choose 2 ...
The transition from concrete construction to mass timber -- which is an engineered wood product -- would help the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions by an additional 26 percent by 2030 ("City ...
August 6, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday is poised to approve the balance of a $34.8 million loan to rehab a 76-year-old courtyard building in the Pico Neighborhood with 40 rent control units.
The electric Off Highway Motor Vehicles (OHMVs) -- often referred to as "dirt bikes" -- are used recreationally for trail ...
The City will resume its Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programming, which "promotes active modes of transportation to schools by equipping local school staff, parents, and students with education and ...
August 1, 2025 -- Rents in Santa Monica declined for the third straight month in July, reflecting a nationwide trend that has seen a sluggish market during the normally active peak moving season, ...
August 5, 2025 -- Santa Monica will join some 17,000 communities nationwide Tuesday evening when it celebrates National Night Out, an annual event promoting police-community relationships.
August 4, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to begin mediation with the family of a Black entrepreneur that claims his Civic Center property was taken by the City in the late 1950s ...
According to the unredacted portions made puclic Tuesday, Snap "internally admitted being 'over-run' with sexual extortion and that it 'takes under a minute to use Snapchat to be in a position to ...
July 29, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday will renew its Local Emergency on Homelessness two and a half years after it was declared in February 2023. Local California governments are required by ...