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Santa Monica Police arrested one person and cited two others in a narcotics operation near the Fourth Street train platform ...

Starbucks will close stores on Main Street and Wilshire as part of a plan to shutter about 250 underperforming coffeehouses across North America according to a statement from the Company CEO released ...

The Santa Monica City Council voted 4-2 Tuesday to raise development limits on 89 single-family lots near the Expo/Bundy transit station. City officials said the move is needed to temporarily exempt ...

Nearly 18 months after the January 2025 wildfires, about three in four Pacific Palisades survivors remain displaced, and many families who want to return face financial barriers that could price them ...

A developer has filed plans for a 12-story, 32-unit apartment tower near the 17th Street/Santa Monica College Metro station, marking the second project submitted under the state's new transit-density ...

The 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games could generate between about $20.5 billion and $40.6 billion in economic output and support roughly 126,000 to 224,000 jobs across Greater Los Angeles, according ...

The city of Malibu has reached two milestones in rebuilding homes destroyed or damaged in the January 2025 Palisades Fire: issuing its 100th construction permit and granting its first Certificate of ...

Juicy Ladies, an organic cafe and juice bar, has opened its newest location at 2727 Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica, bringing cold-pressed juices, specialty coffee and organic breakfast and lunch ...

USGBC California has announced the first major update to its California Wildfire Rebuilding Guide, aiming to help families affected by the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires rebuild with greater ...

SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes a punk-rock Pier party, Thai food by the beach, a new Santa Monica bakery, Eater's biggest LA food event, coastal ...