March 24, 2026
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Possible Shots Fired at Third Street Promenade

By Sam Catanzaro Update: 12:23 p.m.: https://smmirror.com/2019/08/security-guard-shoots-at-knife-wielding-suspect-at-third-street-promenade/ Update: 11:43 a.m.: the SMPD have confirmed this is not an active shooter situation. The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is responding to reports of shots fired near the […]

Column: Save The Sound of Music!

By Tim Battig, David Early, Rebecca Regalado Hogan  Music, music is in the air….except at Santa Monica College, where a personnel decision is potentially affecting over eighty musicians and hundreds of fans. A petition gathered […]

E-Scooters Not as Green as They Seem?

Recent study complicates understanding of e-scooters’ environmental impact. By Kai McNamee After taking Santa Monica and Los Angeles by storm, shared electric scooters were touted by many as a solution to the climate crisis. Bird […]

P-61 Mountain Lion Crosses Freeway

Cougar crosses 405 in first-time event By Keldine Hull For the first time throughout the course of a 17-year study of mountain lions in or around the Santa Monica Mountains, a GPS tracked lion has […]

6 Citizens, $4 Million in Budget Reductions

City looking for members of the public for budget task force  By Sam Catanzaro The City of Santa Monica, anticipating a budget shortfall, is looking for six members of the public to serve on a […]