Santa Monica Observer - Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

On April 21, there were six fires in an hour in Santa Monica. Fire fighters say the only possible explanation is that someone is setting fires locally. Some suspect the local homeless community. On...

April 19, 2023 - A Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeal in San Francisco overturned the city of Berkeley's ban on installing gas piping in new construction. Santa Monica and roughly 70 other...

Actress and super-model Eugenia Kuzmina, currently starring in Guy Ritchie's new movie 'Operation Fortune' was caught checking out renown author and BFF Heidi Schultz's new children's book 'Little...

Buzzfeed.com has announced that it is closing its news division permanently, effective today, 4.20.23. Staff were given notices and escorted to the door. The company plans to focus on the Huffington...

I was pulling into an empty space between two other parked cars on Broadway in downtown Santa Monica last week. Suddenly a guy on a bike hit the passenger side mirror. There is no bike lane on...

A man was assaulted while dinning at California Pizza Kitchen in the 200 block of Wilshire. This on Thursday at about 7:40 PM. An aggressive homeless man slammed a chair on a table. He smashed dishes...

Joshua Bodor, 19, has been found deceased on a freeway embankment. He was a graduate of John Adams Middle School and Santa Monica High School. His family announced his death on GoFundMe website. In...