March 12, 2025 -- Santa Monica State Sen. Ben Allen has named longtime education advocate Shari Davis as women of the year for Senate District 24, which stretches from Malibu to Palos Verdes.

March 12, 2025 -- Federal officials this week warned 60 institutions of higher education -- including Santa Monica College (SMC) -- that they face "potential enforcement actions" if they fail to ...

March 11, 2025 -- A section of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) will close again at noon Wednesday as a winter storm approaches the fire scorched area possibly causing debris flows, Caltrans officials ...

The Council vote comes after a record $1.5 million was spent in the November race for four Council seats, with more than $1.1 million raised by PACs, which have no limit on individual contributions ( ...

The City has taken a number of actions "in response to post-wildfire beach conditions and water quality concerns," officials said. City crews have "handpicked and mechanically removed thousands of ...

The ideas included selling City properties, including the Fairview Branch library, and exploring a record $460 million bond to stop relying on depleted reserves to keep the General Fund in the black ( ...

November 6-- After unveiling its new $45 million “global theater” set to open next spring, Santa Monica College is looking for donors who can give anything from $5,000 to $20 million to help run what ...

Jan. 22-- A proposed School District gift policy will make it difficult to earmark funds for specific projects, redistribute in-kind gifts and police schools that try to skirt the controversial policy ...

March 7, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday will consider drafting an ordinance to ban the use of price-fixing software that may have been used to jack up rent prices in the LA area after the recent ...

March 7, 2025 -- The Santa Monica College (SMC) Board last month appointed a local businessman with a long history of civic involvement to fill the seat vacated after Barry Snell was elected to the ...