A number of very large buildings are now rising on Main Street, including an L-shaped condominium at Main and Marine that literally surrounds the historic Powerhouse theater (left center in photo).Photo by Margaret Molloy
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The Santa Monica Police Department will conduct an undisclosed Friday night DUI checkpoint
Officers will enforce an eight-hour crackdown on impaired driving. The Santa Monica Police Department has announced that SMPD officers will man a driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on […]

Caltrans schedules daytime and overnight lane closures on PCH and Topanga Canyon Boulevard
Work crews will restrict lanes, prompting officials to warn drivers of doubled traffic fines. Drivers traveling through the coastal Westside must prepare for significant traffic delays next week as Caltrans schedules extensive lane closures and […]
Digital Billboard Proposed for Santa Monica Landmark Building
Hearing set for 1000-square-foot LED display that would wrap corner of 1355 Third Street Promenade property A proposal to install a large full-motion 1,000-square-foot LED digital billboard on a city-designated landmark building at 1355 Third […]

Two-Story Mediterranean Estate on the Rim of Will Rogers Park Lists for Nearly $13M
The 6,732-square-foot home, featuring five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, sits on an approximately 16,000-square-foot lot in a gated cul-de-sac. A Mediterranean-style estate perched on the rim above Will Rogers State Park in the exclusive Palisades […]

SM.a.r.t. Column: The Promenade Wasn’t Built to Be a Billboard
For nearly forty years, Santa Monica has largely resisted one thing that much of Los Angeles eventually embraced: billboards. That wasn’t an accident. The Third Street Promenade became successful because it felt different. It wasn’t […]
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