Santa Monica is one of the most expensive places to rent in California according to new statistics released this week.

The Big Blue Bus’ (BBB) advertising policy comes before Santa Monica City Council Tuesday, with non-profit organizations calling for a change to regulations. Upset surrounding regulation interpretations in 2011 has, in-part, lead to one non-profit drafting their own initiative, the “City Attorney Accountability Act,” calling for the role to become an elected position.

Students and parents in Santa Monica are preparing to rally support for the one thing that is closest to their hearts; a sports field at the Civic Center.

Phil interviews Elaine Jones Stephenson, who has written a book of fascinating stories about her family’s life in an apartment above the Santa Monica Carousel during the years following the end of World War II. The book is titled "My Life above the Carousel in Santa Monica, and is available on Amazon and at the Santa Monica Pier.

Tributes are filling the corner of Ocean Park and Centinela after a fatal car crash appears to have left at least one local resident dead.

Orchestra Santa Monica (OSM) played an all-Mozart program late January, to a nearly full house in Santa Monica’s Moss Theater at the New Roads School.

Michelle LaJoie, a graduating senior at Santa Monica High School, has been named one of more than 4,000 candidates in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Graduate and PhD students of urban design at UCLA organized a walking tour of affordable housing projects in Santa Monica recently. Two were downtown, one in Ocean Park, and all had won awards from the American Institute of Architects.

Demolition begins tomorrow on the Sixth Street Viaduct, with detours around a 2.5-mile stretch of the Hollywood (101) Freeway that will be closed for 40 hours.