Gwynne Pugh has been elected to be the Chair of Santa Monica’s Planning Commission. Pugh had been serving as the Commission’s Vice-Chair for the past year. He is a partner with the Santa Monica architectural […]

City residents once again had the opportunity to tour Santa Monica with the City’s eighth annual “Whole Lotta Projects Goin’ On” bus tour. The tour started and ended at the new Main Library that opened […]

A total of 51,750 new and resale houses and condos were sold statewide last month. That’s up 9.5 percent from 47,250 for April and down 15.2 percent from a revised 61,000 for May 2005. Last […]

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 […]

Hannah Heineman, Mirror Staff Writer The City of Santa Monica received an award from the Clean Beaches Council and Take Pride In America “for its efforts to increase public responsibility and stewardship of public beaches.” […]

 In the early morning of Tuesday, July 11, a woman told Santa Monica Police that she had been using the payphone at Virginia Avenue Park at about 6:10am when a man approached her and then […]

I must admit that before seeing this marvelous exhibit I did not know much about the life and works of Eliot Porter.  However, the 75 exquisite photographs of birds and landscapes in this collection, spanning […]

Santa Monica’s Planning Commission gave its nod to a text amendment which will allow modification of development standards for projects that include the retention and preservation of a designated Landmark building or Contributing Structure in […]

 The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles held a cocktail hour at the beautiful Casa del Mar Hotel as part of their ongoing receptions in historic places.  The organization is a touchstone “for those who […]

 Santa Monica kicked off its 22nd Annual Twilight Dance Series on the Santa Monica Pier with a reception at Mariasol’s restaurant on the Pier.  The impressive turnout included Councilmembers Pam O’Connor, Kevin McKeown, Ken Genser […]