Major disasters bring out the best in many people, and the worst in our government. Get this. When a wildfire erupts at Camp Pendleton, thousands of Marines and squadrons of high-tech helicopters (piloted by the […]

The revision of the land use and circulation elements of the City’s General Plan has only been underway for six months, but the City planners and their team of consultants have already issued two massive […]

The tragedy that has been unfolding on our television screens for ten days is horrifying, devastating, unprecedented. America is regularly assaulted by hurricanes, floods, fires and earthquakes, but the assault of Hurricane Katrina on the […]

On September 1, the Ocean Park Gazette, an on-line newspaper in Santa Monica, ceased publication. Carolanne Sudderth, its founder, publisher and editor, wrote, “We appreciate readers’ expressions of regret, but we mean it this time. […]

Last Thursday, the Advisory Board for the Santa Monica Community Gardens reviewed the changes in the garden rules that have been negotiated by the City and the gardeners. The City currently operates 70 Community Garden […]

I’m experiencing a curious feeling of displacement this year — a sense of being neither here nor there. I was born and raised on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, but moved to Los Angeles after […]

Next Tuesday, September 13, Santa Monica’s City Council will discuss a new downtown development and design ordinance that was developed in 2003-2004 by City planners and their consultant, the ROMA Design Group. The proposed ordinance […]

Students on the Westside in grades Kindergarten through twelfth grade have either begun the new school year or will begin it shortly. The Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District began their classes today. In an […]

The Santa Monica High School Athletic Booster Club is underwriting the addition of two murals to the exterior walls of the North gym on the Samohi campus. Artist David Legasi, who has done murals at […]

Hit me with your best shot! In the wake of Katrina, Santa Monica service stations bammed local drivers with $3 a gallon for regular. Last time prices were this high (1981) (adjusted for inflation), Pat […]