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Suspected Suicide Closes PCH for Hours Sunday Night:

From SMPD: On September 11, 2016 at about 10:45 p.m. SMPD Communications Center received multiple calls of a subject down at the 1400 block Pacific Coast Highway.   Santa Monica Fire Department Paramedics responded.   Upon arrival, SMFD pronounced […]

OpEd: Sitting Out the National Anthem:

In my youth, I marched and attended rallies a few times to protest something. My attitude often was, “I don’t know that my being there makes a difference in the big picture, but it makes […]

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ALERT POLICE BLOTTER:

Burglar Bagged. On Wednesday, August 31, at 10:51 a.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department were called out to attend to a report of a suspicious person. The reporting party had stated that they […]

Thane Roberts for SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow.Thane Roberts AIA, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA Planning Commission, Daniel Jansenson Architect, Samuel Tolkin AIA, Phil Brock, Santa Monica Arts Commission.

OpEd: SMa.r.t. on The Soul of Wilshire Boulevard:

OpEd: By SMa.r.t.  I was surprised to read an article recently that stated Wilshire Boulevard was in desperate need of height and density. According to the author, it is not a “complete street” and needs “appropriate […]

No Left Turn! 2nd and 4th Street Restrictions

No Left Turn! 2nd and 4th Street Restrictions:

New turn restrictions on 2nd and 4th Streets began installation Wednesday as part of the City’s effort to keep traffic flowing, Santa Monica City announced this week. Delineators will be installed along 2nd Street and […]

Getting to the Globe a Midsummer Dream

Getting to the Globe a Midsummer Dream:

This July, Santa Monica High School English instructor Chon Lee joined actors and literature lovers from all over the world to participate in theGlobe Shakespeare Fellowship, a five-week program of hands-on, performance-based activities aimed at promoting a better understanding of playwright William Shakespeare’s literature and stage craft.