P-61 Mountain Lion Struck by Car
Cougar who crossed 405 last month killed near Sepulveda Pass By Keldine Hull On September 7, GPS tracked mountain lion P-61 was struck and killed on the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass, near the […]
Santa Monica Mirror TGIF Show September 6
Santa Monica Mirror TGIF Show September 6 – all your local events, happenings and in under 5 minutes!*Heal the Bay holds vigil for Santa Monica victims of Channel Island dive boat fire* Off the Hook seafood […]
Cracking Down on Home Sharing ‘Hostels’
City Council to explore limiting numbers of guests in vacation rentals By Keldine Hull In 2015, the City of Santa Monica adopted a home-sharing ordinance that aimed to clarify and impose regulations on home-sharing and […]
SMa.r.t. Column: The Civic Center Field Saga
Many of you may have seen the green fence around the former Civic Center parking lot at the corner of Pico Blvd. and 4th Street. That mundane construction device is the first tangible culmination of […]
Desalination Loses More Urgency In Hyper-wet Winter
Desalination began to lose its urgency among Californians and their public officials two years ago, after the drought-busting winter of 2016-17, when heavy rain and snow ended dry conditions in most of the state. The […]
Nektar Baziotis: From the EU to the Westside
A 17-country journey to create one of the Westside’s leading tech companies By Sam Catanzaro Nektar Baziotis has come a long way in his journey to being at the helm of one of the leading […]
Santa Monica History: 90th Anniversary of Powder Puff Derby
Looking up at the skies of 1929 By Keldine Hull It was the summer of 1929. Twenty female pilots took to the skies in a transcontinental race from Santa Monica to Ohio in the First […]
Two Santa Monica Residents Among Victims of Channel Islands Boat Fire
Community remembers Charles Mcllvain and Marybeth Guiney. By Sam Catanzaro Two Santa Monica residents are among the believed victims of the Conception boat accident. Authorities have recovered the bodies of 33 individuals who died in […]
SMFD Beach Pilot Program Addresses Rising Call Volume
By Keldine Hull A new pilot program that stations Santa Monica firefighters and paramedics on the north end of the beach has already yielded positive results. Since the program launched in July, response times to […]
Op-ed: We Are “Aces,” Not “Trumped”
By Kevin McKeown, Santa Monica City Councilmember A recent opinion piece in this paper compared local politics to Trump’s Washington. Given that Santa Monica is about as far from Trump’s Washington as one can get, […]
Los Angeles chefs and bakeries launch Westside food events for Venezuelan earthquake relief
Local spots like The Arepa Stand, Petitgrain Boulangerie, and Chainsaw organize menu specials to fund medicine and food. By Dolores...
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CHP launches Fourth of July crackdown with 100 undercover patrols
State troopers deploy low-profile vehicles to target holiday speeders. The California Highway Patrol will initiate its maximum enforcement period beginning at 6...
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