This time, the final version of the bill was scaled down to include mainly passenger rail lines, with the tallest buildings -- up to nine stories -- only allowed adjacent to heavy rail lines like BART ...

The resolution is a tool that can be used to help implement "a citywide game plan" scheduled to be presented to the Council next month that lays out ways to tackle Santa Monica's fiscal crisis by ...

The changing of the guard comes a little over one month after City Manager Oliver Chi became Santa Monica's top administrator on July 24 and follows the resignation of Police Chief Ramon Batista.

The suspect -- identified as Calvin Otis Arnold, 58, -- was booked into the Santa Monica Jail on charges of "peeping while loitering" and prowling. He remained in police custody Tuesday.

The "fiscal distress" is only expected to worsen, with the fiscal year budget adopted by the Council on June 24 already failing to meet its adjusted expenditures of $484.3 million and $473.5 million ...

September 3, 2025 -- In a letter sent to neighborhood groups over the weekend, City Manager Oliver Chi provided some initial insights into recent public safety decisions that have spurred ...