Councilmember Kevin McKeown has announced his candidacy for re-election. Those supporting McKeown’s reelection bid include Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl, State Senator Sheila Kuehl, Assemblymember Fran Pavley and former Santa Monica Mayor Denny Zane. […]

The Santa Monica City Council has revised the review process and standards that regulate the conversion of restaurant uses to retail use or expanded use on the ground floor level of businesses located on the […]

After an extensive national search that included over sixty applicants, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD) Board of Education has chosen Dianne Talarico, the Superintendent of the Canton City Schools in Ohio, to be […]

Tonight I make the sort of announcement usually designated “a public service.” Since I am not yet required to wear a label on my forehead or a placard around my neck, it is only fair […]

 Eileen P. Fogarty, director of Planning & Zoning for the city of Alexandria, Virginia since 2000, has been named to take charge of Santa Monica’s Planning and Community Development Department in mid-September.  The announcement was […]

(Bottom): Legendary architectural photographer Julius Shulman (left) takes pictures of the Performing Arts Center & Music Academy of Santa Monica College, which will include a 541-seat performing arts hall. PACMA, currently under construction, is slated […]

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 […]

(TOP) A relay team of 12 walkers completes their 3,200 mile journey across the United States as part of Sportline Steps Across America. The Steps Across America campaign encourages all Americans to walk as part […]

In response to recent incidents of violence in the Pico neighborhood, including a July 7 shooting and a July 11 report of sexual assault, both in Virginia Avenue Park, a community meeting has been scheduled […]

Frances Beinecke, President Natural Resources Defense Council  I’m writing to report a big stride in our campaign to protect whales and other marine mammals from mid-frequency naval sonar. Two weeks ago, NRDC attorneys raced to […]