Macerich today announced Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc., a leading fashion specialty retailer, has signed a letter of intent to open a new Nordstrom store at Santa Monica Place. The three-level, 122,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a formal request for Expressions of Interest from homeless housing providers for only one of the three buildings on the VA West Los Angeles campus that the […]

1. Large crowds waited all day outside Indymac Bank on Wilshire Boulevard on Monday, July 14, hoping to get their money after the Federal Government seized the bank over the weekend. 2. Service workers at […]

The Landmarks Commission easily designated the former J.C. Penney Building at its July 14 meeting, while continuing discussion on the adaptive reuse design for the former Wilshire Theatre, and filing an application to nominate a […]

Longtime peace activist Jerry Rubin announced his candidacy for one of the four open seats on the non-partisan, seven- member Santa Monica City Council. The election will take place November 4, 2008. Rubin held a […]

ARIES In the beginning it was just you and a certain someone. But your circle has widened to include some very important allies and confidences. You may find all of this shifting significantly. In time, […]

Mark Diamond, a sharp-eyed Dodger fan, noted that in our July 3-9 issue, we mistakenly wrote that Don Larsen’s perfect game was in l955, instead of l956. Thanks, Mark!

1. City Councilman Bobby Shriver showed Patrick Campbell, Legislative Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association, based in Washington, DC, around buildings he is trying to get made available for housing and services for homeless […]