Santa Monica Mayor and long-serving City Councilmember Kevin McKeown has been elected Vice-Chair of the Westside Cities Council of Governments, a multi-jurisdictional body addressing regional issues including traffic, transit, social services, and sustainability. McKeown takes […]
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit the Baldwin Hills at 10:06 a.m. today, according to an automated report from the Southern California Earthquake Center. Persons as far east as Whittier told the USGS they felt it, […]
Two patrons of a Los Angeles restaurant billed on its website as serving the best Mexican food in Los Angeles are suing the eatery because they allegedly contracted salmonella poisoning after dining there in March. […]
Thirty-one California residents, including nine in Los Angeles County and six in Orange County, have been diagnosed with a strain of salmonella likely linked to the consumption of raw tuna commonly used in sushi, state […]
Sandwiched between a cement walkway and Muscle Beach’s eclectic collection of workout structures is a patch of newly laid grass that has at least one man scratching his head asking why it’s there following the […]
There were a lot of new smiling faces at the Santa Monica Rotary meeting last Friday, and they belonged to the Rotarian scholarship recipients and their proud parents. The 14 students from three middles schools, […]
Construction will begin soon on an approximately $1 million project that will improve the intersections, crosswalks, streets, signage, and bikeways around Santa Monica High School. The City was awarded a $880,000 State of California Safe […]
Santa Monica City Council on May 12 approved a prefunding of other post employment benefits (OPEB) for City employees, totaling $2,506,785 in fiscal year 2014-15. The City currently pays approximately $1 million annually to beneficiaries.The […]
Orchestra Santa Monica (OSM) honored former Santa Monica Mayor and City Councilman Bob Holbrook on May 17 with its second Virtuoso Community Leader Award. The award was presented to Holbrook by OSM President Cindy Bandel […]
The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 90th Annual Installation Dinner at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows on Wednesday, June 10 at 5:30 pm. This popular yearly gathering of 500 businesses, community […]
Sweet Laurel opened its flagship store in Palisades Village in 2018 and built a strong following across West Los Angeles....
Read moreSanta Monica officially reports numerous new business openings, often highlighted by the media as signs of economic recovery. However, a...
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