June 21, 2026
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Man Found Guilty of Juan Castillo Murder

Sherwin Mendoza Espinosa faces 40 to life. By Sam Catanzaro A Los Angeles man has been found guilty in the 2017 murder of an 18-year old Santa Monica High School graduate and now faces a […]

Big Fun with Big Band

By Michael Ray Saturday July 28, the City of Santa Monica’s Community & Cultural Services department continued their annual Summer Concert Series, “Meet Me at Reed.” Throughout the month of July, the Parks and Recreation […]

Santa Monica City Briefs

Digital Win Santa Monica City’s “Digital Inclusion” pilot has taken a top 25 spot in Harvard University’s Programs in American Government Awards. The program brings broadband internet to low income housing units for $48 a […]

SM.a.r.t: What’s Up?

    Let’s look at the future of our transportation and traffic woes and how they are to be addressed and resolved, especially in our little 8.4-square-mile beach town that the current administration, by continuing […]

Conservancy Announces Part 2 in Summer Speaker Series

“Douglas Aircraft Impacts Air Travel and Santa Monica”: Part 2 of the Summer Speaker Series Photo: Mike Machat In 1920, 17 years after the Wright brothers first flew, Donald W. Douglas founded his aircraft manufacturing […]

SM.a.r.t: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail

Parks & Rec Master Plan Twenty years ago, the City of Santa Monica unveiled a roadmap for the development of our parks and recreational programs. The plan, adopted in 1997, laid out a blueprint for […]

SMO Extends Minimum Standards Comment Period

A letter from Stelios Makrides SMO Airport Director On June 5, 2018, staff presented the proposed Airport Minimum Standards for commercial aeronautical service providers to the Santa Monica Airport Commission for its review.  The proposal before them was […]

Sexual Assault Arrest in Santa Monica

From SMPD: Tuesday morning, June 5, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Detectives presented a case for filing consideration on a suspect believed to be involved in a sexual assault. The suspect has been identified as […]

Digging Deeper with Musk

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company seeks approval to dig a tunnel along the 405 freeway.  By Jeff Hall Elon Musk is known for putting on a good show and he wowed ‘em at Leo Baeck […]

Stabbing on Pico and 26th – Local Man Arrested

Neighbors noticed roped-off streets and sirens Saturday as police and fire officers attended a crime scene that involved a stabbing. The latest from SMPD On June 2, 2018 at about 6:04 p.m. the Santa Monica Police Department […]