The Santa Monica Police Department will step up Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Saturday, April 2, 2016 and Sunday, April 3, 2016 with focused enforcement on primary collision factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

Spurred by insistence on the part of several council members that certain water was “just plain smarter” than other bottled waters, the Santa Monica City Council spent an entire meeting ferociously debating the merits of Smart Water.

Making good on a promise to give Santa Monica shoppers “time-saving help” in taking care of their grocery needs, the new Gelson’s will build a drive-through salad bazooka that blows a varied mix of lettuce, greens, and kale from a huge canon aimed at the open passenger side window of customer’s vehicles.

National General Multiple Theaters has announced it will soon break ground on Santa Monica’s first 48 screen Enormoplex movie theater. Referred to by industry insiders as “The Flickinator,” new technology will allow the 48 screen venue to show comic book franchise movies as they are being shot and produced. “All the waiting for another loud movie with cartoon people in it is over!” stated

Blandie’s Gluten-Free Bakery on Main Street has announced a revision of their inventory that will now allow for some baked goods to have flavor and some kind of taste.

Saying that the move was inevitable based on its pricing and specific appeal, all Whole Foods stores will now become Restricted Country Clubs featuring 18 holes of golf, tennis courts, bars serving $22 mixed drinks, and a cigar smoking lounge.

Amidst resident rumblings regarding development and the future of Santa Monica, the City released a new Downtown Community Plan (DCP) timeline Tuesday in an effort to create a final blueprint that is more reflective of what people really want.

Celebrating all things 420-aligned, the 420 Games hit Santa Monica Saturday, attracting a wide range of participants from near and far.

A 17-year-old valedictorian candidate drowned after being swept away by a wave while helping with a beach clean-up in Santa Monica, the coroner’s office confirmed today.

U.S. Congressman Ted W. Lieu, supported by local elected officials and advocates, formally announced his new legislation this morning to study an expansion of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.