Activists working with Save Chain Reaction announced this week that their grassroots campaign to save and restore the late Paul Conrad’s iconic 26-foot-tall nuclear mushroom cloud peace sculpture in the Santa Monica Civic Center has […]
Commercial real estate services firm Avison Young this week completed an eight-year retail lease transaction in Santa Monica with global candy and gift retailer It’Sugar. The lease is valued at $6.2 million and totals 2,250 […]
Ron Kovic, a decorated former Marine, received the first Messenger of Peace award Saturday at a fundraising event for the UN-sponsored International Day of Peace at the Herb Alpert Educational Village in Santa Monica. Kovic, […]
Autumn marks the beginning of mushroom season! Don’t worry, you don’t have to search the woods far and wide to get their immune-boosting benefits. You will find them popping up at your local farmers markets […]
Tens of thousands of volunteers will converge on California’s beaches today with a mission: hauling away the tons of trash that have accumulated there, marring the scenic sands and craggy rocks that make the state […]
Michigan Avenue will play host to a unique and exciting family-friendly festival between 9th and Euclid Streets this Saturday from 11 am to 3 pm. As the second community-planning workshop for the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood […]
The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation (SMBRF) will host its Kayak Cleanup Day Event today from 9 am to noon. The event is part of the greater annual Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD) which draws more […]
Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) began 34 years ago. They will hold their Annual Membership Convention this Sunday at 2 pm at the Church in Ocean Park. SMRR has enjoyed 34 years of political […]
I’m not sure where the concept of a “time out” for children began, and I’m not bothering to research it because “time outs” have become something of a “Get Out of Parenting – Free” card […]
Repeated battles for the soul of California’s Republican Party began in earnest in 1968, when the ultra-conservative state Schools Supt. Max Rafferty bested moderate U.S. Sen. Thomas Kuchel in a June primary election and went […]
Sweet Laurel opened its flagship store in Palisades Village in 2018 and built a strong following across West Los Angeles....
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