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News February 28, 2015

Hot Flash Columnist Barbara Bishop: Things I’m “Too Old” To Do:

Have you ever thought you were “too old” to do something? Most people argue that you’re never too old to do what you want to do. I have a unique twist on the matter. I […]

News February 28, 2015

NKLA Offering $25 Pet Adoptions Through End Of February:

Hoping to find “The One” for you this month? Well, look no further than the NKLA Pet Adoption Center in West Los Angeles. More than 100 dogs and cats of all types are waiting to […]

Opinion February 28, 2015

Condoleezza Rice’s Poll Standing: Star Power Still A Political Factor:

Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state in the George W. Bush administration and now a Stanford University professor, has stated very clearly she would rather attend college basketball games and help choose the college […]

More than 1000 Norwegian Muslims form a 'Ring of Peace' around an Oslo synagogue after the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen and Paris.

Opinion February 28, 2015

What Say You? Yousef Bittar: An American Muslim:

“Chanting ‘No to anti-Semitism, no to Islamophobia,’ Norway’s Muslims formed what they called a ring of peace a week after Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, a Danish-born son of Palestinian immigrants, killed two people at a […]

Propeller engine planes sit just off the runway at Santa Monica Airport.

News February 27, 2015

Santa Monica Airport Lease Debate Fuels Up For A Fight:

As the date for Santa Monica City Council to discuss the future of leases at Santa Monica Airport (SMO) fast approaches, anti-aviation proponents have began re-mobilizing the ranks in an effort to eventually cease airport […]

News February 27, 2015

Anti-Airport Activists Footed With $31,525 Anti-SLAPP Legal Bill:

A Santa Monica-based group of anti-airport activists have been left to personally foot the legal bill of failed lawsuits against the filers of Measure D on the November 2014 election ballot and the City of […]

Australian tourist Morgan Lane (left) holds James Patrick’s snake Prada next to the entry to the Santa Monica Pier.

News February 27, 2015

Santa Monica Bans Exotic Animal Handlers From Palisades Park:

The sprawling “circus” of individual exotic animal handlers that can be found near the Santa Monica Pier entrance in Palisades Park have been told to pack up and leave permanently after an ordinance to ban […]

City Council approved short-term interim uses for the Colorado/4th Street (pictured) and Colorado/17th Street Expo Line stations on Tuesday.

News February 27, 2015

Santa Monica Future Expo Stations Get Interim Use Approval:

Concept design on the interim use of the future Colorado/4th Street and Colorado/17th Street light rail station sites were approved by Santa Monica City Council Tuesday, with work expected to start in the near future. […]

Mallika Chopra (left) and Denita Willoughby will be honored with the Chamber’s “Owlie Award” for enhancing women’s lives everywhere through inspirational storytelling.

News February 27, 2015

Up Front With 2015 OWL Award Recipients: Mallika Chopra & Denita Willoughby:

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women, will present an International Women’s Day breakfast in honor of Women’s History Month on Monday. Each year […]

Jeff Jarow is President of Santa Monica Sister Cities Association.

News February 27, 2015

Santa Monica Sister Cities Association Looks To Year Ahead:

By Jeff Jarow Santa Monica Sister Cities Association President First I would like to say how excited and proud I am to be part of the Santa Monica Sister Cities Association (SMSCA), and how honored […]