November 29, 2025
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Top Cop Resigns

Santa Monica Police (SMPD) Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks announced her retirement Saturday after 36 years in law enforcement. Chief Seabrooks began her career at SMPD as its first African-American woman patrol officer in 1982. When she […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Can Dems Capitalize on GOP’s Risky Health Votes?

By Tom Elias   For the last seven years, most of the 14 Republicans representing parts of California in Congress railed against Obamacare, high corporate taxes and illegal immigration. But that was mere chatter. So […]

Visit Whole Foods at 5th and Wilshire in Santa Monica on Tuesday

Wilshire and 5th Whole Foods to Close

Whole Foods Market on Wilshire and 5th will close its doors early July. A call to the store Thursday confirmed that the popular CBD store will be relocating, although staff could not confirm exactly where. […]

State of the Art Health for Lincoln School

Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica will host a ribbon cutting today to celebrate the opening of a $40,000 UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind fitness center funded by the Saint John’s Health Center Foundation. […]

CHINESE NEW YEAR @ Santa Monica Place | #YearOfTheRooster

A Lunar New Year celebration was held in the center of Santa Monica Place. The multicultural celebration included traditional decorations, live performances, arts, crafts as well as an opportunity for participants to donate to Love […]

ARTISTS AND FLEAS @ Westminster Elementary School

Artists and Fleas is a pop-up marketplace that you can find every second and fourth Saturday on the lawn of Westminster Elementary School. The Venice location includes artists, food and vendors. Some tourists are already […]

SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow). Thane Roberts AIA, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA, Daniel Jansenson Architect, Samuel Tolkin AIA, Phil Brock, Santa Monica Arts Commission.

SMa.r.t.- SMart and Final

Santa Monica is at a crossroads. Will speculators or residents determine our city’s future? Since developers tend to think short term, focusing on profitability, it is important that residents, with their emphasis on the city’s […]

(APB) Santa Monica police established a surveillance position on Friday

Alert Police Blotter 5/1/17-5/5/17

By Tim Broughton Carrier Bag Charge. On Monday, May 1, at 4:40 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received a radio call informing them that a fight was in progress at the Von’s […]