It’s altogether fitting that Santa Monica’s new city manager, Lamont Ewell, began his career as a firefighter, as our town is currently suffering a surfeit of political/ideological wild fires that must be extinguished before he […]

On Saturday, November 19, over 400 early childhood educators, parents and interested residents gathered in the John Adams Middle School Auditorium for a conference on “Exploring Early Learning Standards Through Play.” Conference keynote speaker was […]

The Westside Food Bank has begun its annual Holiday Food Drive to combat hunger in the neighborhoods it serves. Until December 22, people are asked to drop off canned goods at the Food Bank’s warehouse […]

Santa Monica’s Main Street is giving a Party Extravaganza to celebrate the holidays, on Saturday, December 3. Each of over 45 businesses on Main will give its own party, with holiday beverages, snacks, sweets and […]

Santa Monica Public Library’s Temporary Library at 1324 Fifth Street will close Monday, December 5, so that materials and staff can move into the new Main Library. The Temporary Library, which contained about one-third of […]

The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for City’s redevelopment at 415 Pacific Coast Highway found that the project would cause “significant and unavoidable” traffic impacts at two intersections. 415 PCH is a 4.91-acre site on […]

Santa Claus is coming to town early this year, with a big hand from Santa Monica’s firefighters, and local police officers are leading the way! Santa and his helpers will distributing good cheer and thousands […]

Keeping his campaign pledge to form regional partnerships to address long-standing problems, Los angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl won the unanimous approval of his Council colleagues for Los Angeles’s participation in the Westside Cities Council of […]

Lamont Ewell, Santa Monica’s New City Manager, submitted the following statement to the City Council, as part of his application. CITY MANAGER City of San Diego, California April 2004 – present Faced with a myriad […]

Santa Monica resident and veteran healthcare professional Kathleen Hunt has returned to Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center as its chief nursing officer. In 1977, Hunt became a staff nurse in Cardiac Rehabilitation at Santa Monica Hospital, […]