Westside Beat: Wags And Walks Dog Shelter

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1221 Ocean Avenue Complex Sold For Record Price

May 16, 2022 Staff Writer

Sold for a record price of $330 million. By Dolores Quintana The Irvine Company has sold 1221 Ocean Avenue to...

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News, Real Estate

Office Construction Is Starting To Rise In Los Angeles

May 15, 2022 Staff Writer

Property vacancies are still affecting growth. By Dolores Quintana In March, the Los Angeles Metropolitan area had 3.2 million square...

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Santa Monica City Council Selects Doug Sloan as New City Attorney

May 12, 2022 Staff Writer

At its meeting this week, the Santa Monica City Council appointed Doug Sloan to serve as Santa Monica’s next City...

Film, News

Landmark Theater Closing in Former Westside Pavillion

May 12, 2022 Sam Catanzaro

Theater will close at the end of month By Sam Catanzaro The Landmark Pico theater at the former Westside Pavillion...

News, Video

Community Policing at the Heart of Beat Four

May 11, 2022 Juliet Lemar

The Neighborhood Resource Officer (NRO) Program thrives through community involvement and collective work. Today we hear from Officer Aaron Alpert...

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Education, News, Upbeat Beat

Santa Monica High School Among Top-900 Schools in Country

May 10, 2022 Staff Writer

SAMOHI ranked 829 out of over 18,000 total schools By Staff Writer Santa Monica High School is among the top...

News, Video

Pico Marketplace Changing Small Businesses Access to Retail Space: Santa Monica Beat – May 10th, 2022

May 10, 2022 Juliet Lemar

Local news and culture in under 5 minutes.* Pico Marketplace Changing Small Businesses Access to Retail Space* Grunion Fish Seen...

News, Transportation, Video

Video: Westside E-Scooter Injury Rate High Than National Rate for Motorcycles

May 10, 2022 Juliet Lemar

The Westside’s injury rate for e-scooters is higher than the national rate for motorcycles, a new study has found. Learn...

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News

Douglas Sloan Set to be Santa Monica’s New City Attorney

May 9, 2022 Staff Writer

Sloan would be first permanent person to hold post in two years By Dolores Quintana The next Santa Monica City...

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News

Santa Monica Releases 2022 Homeless Count Results

May 9, 2022 Sam Catanzaro

Number of unsheltered individuals increases 1 percent in first count since 2020 By Dolores Quintana and Sam Catanzaro The City...

The Water Garden in Santa Monica. Photo: Sam Catanzaro.

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Amazon Bringing 1,000 News Jobs to Santa Monica

May 6, 2022 Staff Writer

Company signs a lease for a 200,000-square-foot space at the Water Garden By Dolores Quintana Amazon.com intends to create 2,500...

ERBA Collective in West Los Angeles. Photo: Sam Catanzaro.

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LA Considering Emblem Program to License Cannabis Stores

May 6, 2022 Staff Writer

Program would help Angelenos distinguish between licensed and unlicensed cannabis vendors and safe cannabis products By Dolores Quintana Members of...

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Meet SMPD Beat Three Neighborhood Resource Officers

May 6, 2022 Juliet Lemar

The Neighborhood Resource Officer (NRO) Program is based around the concept of community policing and collective involvement. Today we met...

McKinley Elementary School in Santa Monica. Photo: SMMUSD.

Education, News

McKinley Elementary School Awarded California Pivotal Practice Award

May 5, 2022 Staff Writer

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has announced that McKinley Elementary in Santa Monica has been awarded the California Department...

News, Transportation

UCLA Study Offers Strategy for Freeway Congestion Pricing That Reduces Burden on Low-Income Residents

May 5, 2022 Staff Writer

Claudia Bustamante/UCLA Newsroom Among transportation experts, congestion pricing is the gold standard policy for managing traffic on freeways and highways....