A one-story, century-old cottage at 2219 Ocean Ave. was nominated for landmark designation at the recent meeting of the Landmarks Commission, despite opposition from the owner and a City Staff report that did not recommend […]

Georgann Abraham Stewart Oscars Special to the Mirror The constant presence of illegally parked vehicles on city streets throughout Venice and their accompanying issues, have created a negative impact on the quality of life in […]

Venice Family Clinic staff member Agustin Millan was shot and killed at a 7-11 in Culver City on April 14. He worked in the Children’s First program as a coordinator, and was also a pastor […]

Drip.                  Drip. Drip. At the painstakingly Zen pace of 450 dph (drips per hour), Abby Sher walks the streets of Santa Monica every evening from 6-7pm, leaving a red, painted line in her wake. […]

Cartoonist Walk Kelly might have been hip to the real problem before Al Gore. In his “Pogo” cartoon strip beginning in 1949, Kelly defended conservation as it was called then and dangerously satirized American political […]

No matter how much elected officials screw up, it’s the taxpayers who pay for the mess. The City Council swore up and down that Ed Edelman was hired as “homeless czar” for one year, period. […]

Michael Rosenthal does not have a column this week. As of the deadline for this issue, the Mirror publisher was in a remote part of Northern California, and his only opinions centered on which campsite […]

Federal officials are now in the midst of their legally required 60-day periods for soliciting public comments on permits for emissions of both air pollutants and wastewater from a huge new coastal project called the […]

Those who participated in Saturday’s Civic Center Village workshop supported allowing Village heights to go to a maximum of 65 feet. Community members chose the 65 feet over the 56-foot option. Architect James O’Connor from […]

Viva! Vision announced the creation of five new mobile TV channels including ESPN World Cup action that will bring additional video programming on cell phones to Latin American and Hispanic markets. “Over 70 million people […]