Santa Monica city leaders have declared a local state of emergency as the Palisades Fire continues to burn nearby. Part of the declaration is a potential curfew for all areas that are within ...

The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) recently released the identities of nearly a dozen attempted burglary suspects within Palisades Fire evacuation zones in Santa Monica, none of whom live ...

This area was previously under Evacuation Warning. Santa Monica officials have stressed that while residents can return to their Santa Monica homes, all entry points into the city of Los Angeles ...

Officials with the Santa Monica Police Department arrested 39 people in evacuation zones over the last five days. Between Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire erupted, and Jan. 12, SMPD Lt.

The "Barbenheimer" homes remained intact, as of Thursday. The "Barbenheimer" homes in Santa Monica, made famous online for their striking juxtaposition, have not been affected by the California ...

Spirited by unity and a desire to help its neighboring congregation, St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Santa Monica welcomed Pacific Palisades parishioners from Corpus Christi Church to its Mass ...

Support LAist by giving now. A line of people snaked along Santa Monica’s chic Montana Avenue Saturday with bags in hand, waiting for their turn to donate clothes and other goods. The store they ...

Rain might bring relief from wildfires searing Los Angeles County but could spell disaster for the only known population of Southern California steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Moreover, the Santa Monica Police Department (SMDP) also announced on Monday that from January 7 to the 13, over 40 arrests were made in the zones in violation to the legal emergency orders.

The Palisades Fire between Santa Monica and Malibu on the city's western flank and the Eaton Fire in the east near Pasadena already rank as the most destructive in Los Angeles' history.

Here's how the news is developing. Jan 17, 2025, 5:42 PM Wildfires burning in SoCal: Numbers at a glance Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California at a glance. More than 40 ...