The Bible Illuminated, showing at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, is not about old gilded manuscripts from the Middle Ages. Instead, the illumination is by America’s most notorious cartoonist, R. Crumb, who was in the […]
We are reaching the final credits of yet another year in celluloid. Chances are it flew by just like everything else in your life and you had just enough time to make it to the […]
Celebrating 50 years of chilly New Year’s Day swims, a collection of dedicated “Penguins”from master swimmers to amateur waders will plunge into the brisk Pacific Ocean on January 1st. Every year the Penguin Swim celebration […]
Since 2004, Santa Monica has been working on its vision of how the City should develop the next 20 years. The product of that work, the Draft LUCE (Land Use and Circulation Elements) document was […]
The demand for private academic tutoring has increased and much of that increase can be attributed to the cutbacks in educational services students are receiving in public schools. Jill Myers who owns the Santa Monica […]
Some interesting buildings received landmark designation in 2009, and a few designations were also denied via appeal to the City. January 2009 saw the designation of a multi-family garden apartment complex at 301 Ocean Avenue. […]
According to Santa Monica Parking Coordinator Frank Ching, 2009 residential parking permits set to expire on December 31 will in fact be honored with their current conditions by Traffic Enforcement through January 31, 2010. The […]
Entertainment Complex Sells for More then $200 Million Maguire Properties (PARA) sold the Lantana Media Campus which is located in Santa Monica, on Olympic Boulevard in the eastern section of the city. The buyers of […]
There is no one way to make a list of most important or most crucial issues facing Santa Monica, not least of all because Santa Monica is not a city beset by “issues.” Correct me […]
Dear Editor, As a dual citizen with some love of aviation history, I’d like to keep the confusion from continuing by pointing out that the “Gimli Glider” incident resulted from confusion over the use of […]
