Editor: I got a very strange piece of mail from some group complaining about the best Councilmember we have, Kevin McKeown. Like most residents he preferred our friendly blue police cars over the ugly black […]

Tenants vs. Developers…Again People have asked why we focus so much attention on the Lincoln Place Apartments. What’s the big deal? This of course comes mostly from landlords who find tenants can get in their […]

The Jules Stein Eye Institute is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a gala dinner and research symposium at UCLA on May 19 and 20. Says Institute Director Dr. Bartly Mondino, “The Jules Stein Eye Institute […]

Meia Noite dos Santos is a special guest drummer with Viver Brasil. Friends Daily Miyamoto, 6, and Alyssa Habschmidt, 6, of Santa Monica, enjoy an art project. The crowd dances the hora to the lively […]

The Santa Monica-based Macerich Company this month announced an agreement to acquire 11 department store locations from Federated Department Stores, Inc. in key markets across the country, including the Robinsons-May location in Santa Monica Place. […]

Hannah Heineman Mirror Staff Writer Santa Monica’s City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance that will create more space for businesses located on the ground floor of mixed-use residential developments. Architectural Review Board (ARB) Chair […]

Michael Rosenthal Publisher Fran Pavley’s replacement for State Assemblyperson will be decided in the June primary when the Democratic candidate is chosen. In a district that Democrats like to reserve for women, Barry Groveman is […]

Frank Loweree Special to the Mirror The City of Santa Monica’s annual budget approval process concerns nearly $400 million in revenues and expenditures, and the line-item explanation itself is close to 500 pages in length. […]

Michael Ventura, Special to the Mirror  Driving into Minnesota through Fargo last spring, the land was flat and moist and green. The sky was wide as the Texas Panhandle, but in the dry air of […]

Pete Macomber, a Venice-based aspiring director of commercial spots and music videos, has won the grand prize in the Firefox Flicks video contest sponsored by Mozilla Corp., the developer and distributor of the Firefox Internet […]