The Lens, like most men, is not a shopper. I enter a store single-mindedly focused on a purchase, like a Tomahawk missile locked onto a bunker. I’m out the door with my merchandise before you can say ...

May 18-- Although not a single ballot was cast in Santa Monica, helping Bill Rosendahl win a seat on the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday night fell partially on the unlikely shoulders of many within ...

Here are SMPD's safety tips for the big game: Designate a Sober Driver: Choose someone ahead of time who will stay alcohol-free and make sure everyone gets home safely. Use Ride-Sharing Services or ...

February 7, 2025 -- Police on Wednesday arrested a suspect who allegedly stole more than 300 pounds of copper wire from ...

March 1-- A 10th grade Samohi student was fatally shot on Pico Boulevard Tuesday night, according to high school officials. The victim -- described as a male Hispanic -- received a gunshot wound to ...

January 2-- Bicycles, airplanes and trains grabbed the local headlines in 2007, a year when trees stood trial, a plan to remodel Santa Monica Place finally bore fruit and the City took steps to change ...

February 6, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday is poised to further a pro-housing agenda that is picking up steam after four new Council members were sworn in two months ago.

Feb. 5-- The man arrested at his Santa Monica home Tuesday afternoon was a spy paid by the North Korean government to recruit other agents, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S.

December 7-- Like other young men in the Pico Neighborhood who have joined a gang, Albert Ruiz is guarded when he talks about his past. He uses an assumed name and doesn’t identify the gang he joined ...