January 18, 2026
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Bergamot 2.0: 120 Hotel Rooms+Commercial

By Jennifer Eden   The future of one of Santa Monica’s remaining undeveloped enclaves, Bergamot Station, is back on the table with a revised preliminary development plan for the site up before City Council Tuesday. […]

(APB) Santa Monica police established a surveillance position on Friday

Alert Police Blotter 6/5/17-6/9/17

By Tim Broughton   Rock In The Free World. On Wednesday, May 31, at 6:40 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received a radio call informing them that a man had thrown a […]

SMa.r.t.-Our Next Historic District

Santa Monica has had a long history of fighting to preserve its architectural heritage in the face of the innumerable pressures that threaten to destroy our architectural past. From the Chain Reaction Sculpture to the […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

A Better World With Video?

By Steve Stajich   A few notes about our experience of life becoming more dependent on video imagery before we go in on police body cameras: It wasn’t all that long ago that something occurred […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

No Limit To State Parties’ Money Laundering

By Tom Elias Just in case anyone wonders what the real issue was in the very close race between Eric Bauman and Kimberly Ellis over who would become the next chairperson of the California Democratic […]

Los Angeles International Airport.

LAX Plan to Reduce Congestion Approved

A comprehensive $5.5 billion plan aimed at reducing auto traffic and congestion at Los Angeles International Airport was approved by the City Council Wednesday. The centerpiece of the plan is a Consolidated Rent-A-Car Center that […]