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Opinion February 2, 2017

BOYB: Ocean Park and Richard Orton

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Phil discovers some fascinating stories about Santa Monica’s Ocean Park neighborhood with local historian Richard Orton.

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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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Three months ago, this column asked a simple question about the Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project: Where, exactly, would the money come from? The City’s own Airport Conversion Project identifies “Balance Economics” as one of […]

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Letter to the Editor: Sean Ahaus writes about the delayed opening of the California Roadhouse at the Santa Monica Pier

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Dear Editor, Santa Monica has spent years discussing economic recovery, support for local businesses, and revitalizing the Pier. Yet one of the Pier’s largest restaurant spaces continues to sit vacant while a project capable of […]

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Noteworthy 7/8-22 /26: LOTS GOING ON AT RUSKIN GROUP THEATRE ARTS CENTER!

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By CHARLES ANDREWS IMPORTANT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM – TONIGHT! At the Church in Ocean Park, 7 p.m., doors at 6:30. Santa Monica Democratic Club president Jon Katz is probably disappointed that he can’t again, […]

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Curious City 07/02/26: MEET THE CANDIDATES!

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By Charles Andrews THE GLOVES ARE OFF I wrote in my previous CURIOUS CITY column. But what happens when you take the gloves off? Bare knuckles bashing? Could be. The expression usually means things are […]