July 8, 2026
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Alert: Police Blotter Santa Monica:

A Family Man Thursday, September 27 at 2:30 p.m. – Ralph’s market at Cloverfield and Olympic Boulevards – A man went into the store with his three children aged one, three, and nine years. As […]

FOSP Vocal at Planning Board Meeting:

Lorraine Sanchez, the vice president of the neighborhood group Friends of Sunset Park (FOSP), told the Planning Commission, “Sunset Park residents are at times overwhelmed by too much of everything. Too much traffic on our […]

Los Angeles Will Not Appeal Lincoln Place Court Decision:

In a modern-day version of David vs. Goliath, the remaining residents at Lincoln Place scored a huge victory against the powerful conglomerate AIMCO. The Los Angeles City Council voted last Wednesday, October 3, to seek […]

Jena: Everybody Took Two Steps Back:

Back in the 1960s, General Electric used to button its TV commercials with the slogan, “Progress is our most important product.” With all of the good things GE was bringing to life then, like home […]

Letters to the Editor:

I was reading about the rebuilding of the California Incline and all the side effects. I would like to offer an alternate plan, even though the reconstruction seems to be set in stone. Maybe an […]

Communitas Awards:

The 2007 Church in Ocean Park Communitas Awards were presented to recipients Reverend Jim Conn and Susan McCorry, Julie Lopez Dad, and State Senator Sheila James Kuehl at the church on Saturday, October 6. Kuehl, […]

City Hall Addition OK’d By Landmarks Commission:

The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for a new addition to City Hall at its October 8 meeting. The new addition will include an accessibility ramp and new entry door, an […]

Council Takes Next Step for Improving Airport Safety:

Santa Monica’s City Council gave the okay Tuesday night for City staff to prepare an ordinance to improve safety at Santa Monica Airport. The ordinance, according to the City staff report, will limit the “use […]

Ann Rebecca Balter: One Success Story:

One of the 23 previously homeless people to be honored by the Westside Shelter & Hunger Coalition (WSHC) at its 12th annual Success Breakfast on Friday, October 12, is Ann Rebecca Balter, who now works […]