Among many items on a busier than usual agenda, the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, at its July 10 meeting, heard new information regarding the Teriton Apartments at 130 San Vicente Blvd. The multi-family garden apartment […]

All telephone callers in the 310 area code must dial 1 plus the area code (including the 310 area code) plus the seven-digit number in order to make any call, effective Wednesday, July 26, 2006.  […]

News reports in the late 1990s were full of stories about late-year conferences state legislators attended each year at an expensive resort on the Hawaiian island of Maui – meetings staged by the state prison […]

Gerry Spence, the trial lawyer who dresses out of court like a cowboy in case people miss the idea that court cases are showdowns, was speaking about litigation at a luncheon I attended years ago. […]

Oil Drilling in the Future in the Palisades? No Oil, Inc., Save the Coast Foundation (remember Occidental Oil and Prop O?) and Pacific Palisades Residents Association (PPRA) are greatly alarmed by a provision in the […]

In last week’s column I gave credit to the Ahmanson Foundation for their generous grant to 415 PCH. I meant to say the ANNENBERG Foundation. I know they both have a lot of money and […]

The Santa Monica City Council recently decided to delay their decision as to whether to adopt into law an initiative that would make adult marijuana use the lowest police priority or let the City voters […]

The family, friends, coworkers and members of the Los Angeles recovery community are mourning the passing of Ronnie Walker, Manager of CLARE Foundation’s Detox/Primary Program.  He died in a July 4th motorcycle accident.  Ronnie spread […]

So, while you are probably aware of the impact the entertainment industry has made in Santa Monica business in recent years, do you know which L.A. County architectural firm had the largest in-county billings in […]

Over one hundred people, most with something to say, filled Thelma Terry Center at the park in a standing-room-only crowd for the recent meeting of the Virginia Avenue Park Advisory Board.  In the wake of […]