It took longer to make the restaurant than the movie on which it’s based, but Bubba Gump Shrimp Company will open on Santa Monica Pier this weekend.</p><p>Five years in the making, the nineteenth Bubba Gump […]

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has allocated $31 million to wetlands restoration in the harbor and Ballona areas. “I am excited that the port has made the commitment to help restore saltwater marshes […]

Santa Monica College has received a $1.39 million community-based job training grant in health care from the U.S. Labor Department that will be used to develop an online program for nursing students. SMC is one […]

The California Second Appellate District Court reversed a lower court’s ruling on the first phase of the Playa Vista development last week, holding that the City of Los Angeles violated the California Environmental Quality Act […]

The Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross will host one of the Los Angeles County 2005-2006 flu shot clinics again this year. The shots will be given from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, […]

BULLETIN: Last night, November 1, the Council voted 6-1, with Mayor Pam O’Connor casting the sole nay vote, that the Shotgun house be stored at the Fisher lumber yard, which the City owns, until a […]

The 2005 American Film Market gets underway in Santa Monica today, and runs through November 8. It’s already broken all its own records. Approximately 7,000 film industry executives and filmmakers have gathered here, and will […]

Calls for reform of California’s system of state and local finance have come from every corner with growing intensity for a number of years. Commissions have issued reports, ballot measures have been put to the […]

What was left of the RAND Corporation “Z” building on Ocean Avenue on Monday afternnon, October 24. The City’s demolition of the architecturally and historically significant RAND Corporation’s buildings seems to contradict the City’s often-stated […]

I’ve written several responses to one of the more frequent requests I receive from readers: How to access the easy hikes on the Westside. However, there is also a slew of moderate hikes offered for […]