Facing a dire situation to combat homelessness not only at the local and state level, but also national as well, the City of Santa Monica staff have worked for years to find viable solutions to […]
Not all stories of the homeless are stories of hopelessness. Celebrating Success honors those individuals who, with the help of local nonprofit agencies, have worked their way out of their plight into new and constructive […]
Iris Klein ended her 2,500-mile Route 66 solo bike ride from Chicago to Santa Monica on October 26. Her trip’s goal was to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer research through her organization, BIKE4THECURE […]
Santa Monica City Manager Rod Gould cited a 2008 RAND study and the interconnectedness between quality schools and property values in a speech during the “State of Our Schools” presentation at the Santa Monica library […]
Beginning Oct 28, enforcement of Santa Monica’s recently updated motorized leaf blower restrictions will be taken over by the City’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE). Originally banned in the early 1990s, motorized leaf […]
Public services such as education, transportation or healthcare are vitally important to all Americans. In these days of tight budgets, legislators at all levels of government are looking for ways of cutting ineffective or inefficient […]
The Santa Monica History Museum opened its doors to the community on October 24 with a festive grand opening ceremony. A large crowd applauded as the Santa Monica Mayor, Bobby Shriver, and museum officials participated […]
Equal rights supporters lauded the first chance for an Equal Benefits ordinance in Santa Monica for same sex and heterosexual domestic partners to apply to City contractors. This ordinance would cover an overlooked section in […]
Police officers killed a man who fired on them after he allegedly shot his wife, critically wounding her, in a parking lot near a busy intersection in Downtown Santa Monica Friday night. That man was […]
Santa Monica High School football team was one pass away from sending its homecoming game into overtime but fell just short as Beverly Hills High School held on for a 19-12 victory on Friday night […]
