February 22, 2026
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City Creates “Hedge Hog” Registry:

Santa Monica – hedge growers can now join dogs, cats, rental units and convicted sex offenders in Santa Monica registries. On July 26, the City Council gave final passage to a new law which grants […]

LAX Takes Tops Environmental Prize:

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has won this year’s Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) Environmental Achievement Award in the large airport class for constructing the first retail hydrogen-fueling and generation station at an airport. The […]

City’s I-Network Wins Award:

The Public Technology Institute (PTI) recently recognized the City of Santa Monica for its “Institutional Fiber Optic Network” entry at its 2005 Congress for Technology Leadership, an annual event that brings local government technology leaders […]

SM Scout Closes In On Eagle Badge:

Working toward his eagle badge, 17-year-old Gyasi Bryant from Santa Monica, a Life Scout and Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop #137, recently led a group of friends, fellow Scouts, and family members in […]

39% of State’s 8th Graders May Drop Out:

As California’s schools reached the end of the class year in June, 474,000 eighth grade students headed out for their summer vacations. However, over the next four years, 39 percent of those students will be […]

Sunset Park Residents Battle SMC Traffic:

In an effort to prevent one of their busiest streets from becoming even busier, many Sunset Park residents oppose any Santa Monica College effort to turn 23rd Street, which already carries 24,000 cars each day, […]

City , SMC at Odds Over Access:

Following a lengthy discussion last Tuesday, Santa Monica’s City Council voted to extend pedestrian access to Santa Monica College’s (SMC) new Bundy Campus from Santa Monica Airport and asked City staff to analyze SMC’s other […]

KINNEY’S DREAM LIVES:

An essential part of Abbot Kinney’s Venice was its canals. Some years after the network of waterways was installed, it fell into disrepair, but Venetians repaired and restored it and today houses on the canals […]