Santa Monica Observer

11/15/2025

3 Inches of Rain to Fall. Flood Warning Issued for Pacific Palisades Flooding Possible in Santa Monica
Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica Pier, and low-lying areas along Ocean Avenue are at elevated risk for urban flooding, particularly in storm drains.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - November 14, 2025An intense atmospheric river storm is bearing down on coastal Los Angeles County, with forecasters predicting up to 3 inches of rain to fall across Santa Monica through Saturday night. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Pac...

11/04/2025

Retired Cop Moves to , Becomes Mr. Softy, Sells Ice Cream in L.A.
"My ice cream trucks are low calorie, everyone likes of serve ice cream. It puts a smile on people's faces. As opposed to cops which don't put a smile on people's faces."

Admit it. When you were a kid, you wanted to play that sweet soft music and selling ice cream just as sweet and soft. Now you can fulfill your childhood fantasy and own an ice cream truck. A retired New York Police Department cop became an ice cream vendor. Now he is selling off the remaining three....

10/24/2025

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10/24/2025

Why exactly is it that sea otters are suddenly claiming surfboards in Santa Cruz?

By Mike Hunt Recent encounters between southern sea otters and surfers at Steamer Lane, a renowned surf spot along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, have prompted safety advisories from local authorities, echoing incidents from two years prior involving a notorious otter known as 841. The California D...

09/30/2025

smobserved.com/story/2025/09/29/events/get-great-deals-on-vintage-clothing-furniture-and-more-at-lange-foundation-annual-sale-help-rescue-animals/9311.html

September 29, 2025 - The Lange Foundation Annual Sale, taking place at 2512 Santa Monica Boulevard through October 31, is a great place to get a bargain on a designer gown, vintage furniture, or some amazing costume jewelry. The store will be open Wednesday-Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The best part....

09/29/2025

Santa Monica High School Locked Down on Monday Afternoon, Due to Armed Man at Gas Station Near Campus
Students and staff were instructed to shelter in place while local law enforcement responded to the scene at the nearby gas station on Pico Boulevard

Santa Monica High School initiated a precautionary lockdown on Monday afternoon Sept 29th, following reports of an armed individual at a gas station located in close proximity to the campus, according to information from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) website. The incident....

09/28/2025

Starbucks Closes Hundreds of North American Stores Amid Restructuring, Including Two in Santa Monica
2901 Ocean Park Blvd and 26th and Wilshire Starbucks Stores are among the store casualties. Staff have not been offered other jobs yet.

Starbucks Corp. announced the closure of hundreds of underperforming stores across North America as part of a broader $1 billion restructuring plan aimed at revitalizing the coffee chain's operations. The move, which includes laying off approximately 900 non-retail employees, comes after six consecu...

09/18/2025

Homeless Dude Waving a Rifle Disrupts 10 Freeway, Downtown Santa Monica on Wednesday.
Suspect Apprehended After I-10 Standoff with BB Gun in Santa Monica. Embankment of 10 Freeway is One Large Homeless Encampment.

A tense standoff on the I-10 Freeway near 17th Street ended peacefully Wednesday afternoon when Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) officers took a suspect into custody after determining the weapon in question was a BB gun. The incident, which prompted a brief closure of the freeway in both direct...

09/14/2025

On the left is Tyler Robinson, 22, son of a deputy sheriff, who shot and killed Charlie Kirk. On the right is Tyler Galpin, 22, son of a deputy sheriff, the killer in Wednesday Addams on Netflix.

OREM, Utah - In a plot twist that could have been lifted straight from a Netflix binge-watch, authorities yesterday arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, the prime suspect in the shocking assassination of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk. Robinson, a clean-cut former scholarship student from subur...

09/12/2025

https://www.smobserved.com/story/2025/09/08/people/jeweler-david-tishbi-rises-from-the-ashes-of-pacific-palisades-to-work-in-new-digs-in-santa-monica/9266.html

September 11, 2025 - "It's not all negatives," David Tishbi told me in his classy new Santa Monica location. Flowers and large windows brighten the rooms on the second floor overlooking Montana Avenue. "There are also opportunities with this." Tishbi's optimistic outlook has come in handy since he l...

09/10/2025

https://www.smobserved.com/story/2025/09/08/opinion/how-santa-monica-can-save-384-million-and-avert-a-fiscal-crisis/9263.html

Dear Mayor Negrete, City Manager Chi, and Members of the Santa Monica City Council, I am a longtime resident of Santa Monica, homeowner, taxpayer, father, and owner of a small business here in our community. I am writing to you today not as an adversary, but as a concerned citizen deeply invested in...