Santa Monica has been ranked #1 by the Center for Digital Government (CDG) for a mid-sized city that is “using technology to create a seamless environment between local government and constituents.” This honor was based […]

Adding a festive look to the city’s streets, the holiday version of the Big Blue Bus is now rolling around town. Look for the gingerbread jazz musicians as you’re pumping gas at nearly $4 a […]

In the quarter century since the first AIDS cases were diagnosed, medical science has made remarkable progress. But we’ve learned a hard lesson – breakthroughs in laboratories are only half the battle. If treatments never […]

Chuck Quackenbush is long gone from the office of state insurance commissioner, but every owner of a California home, condominium, or commercial property is still paying for his sweetheart arrangements with the insurance companies he […]

Los Angeles: The city that’s always culture-forward. Lose a wax museum, gain a circus. It’s been announced that the Kodak Theater in Hollywood will become home to a permanent Cirque du Soleil show that will […]

I hear the Santa Monica City Forester has another reason why the new design plans for 2nd and 4th Streets require the cutting of some ficus trees: there is not enough light coming through to […]

Did you know the petition signature-gatherers you see in front of stores and at farmers’ markets are hired by private campaign companies and are paid per signature collected? The League of Women Voters is concerned […]

Restaurant owners and managers who knowingly allow patrons to smoke outside may one day be held liable. On Tuesday, November 27, the City Council continued an agenda item to ask the City Attorney to draft […]

Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson individually greeted more than 1,000 guests who attended the annual Thanksgiving dinner at St. Monica Catholic Church on Wednesday, November 21. Doors opened at 3 p.m., and the first guest lined up […]