The City of Santa Monica Emergency Operations Center has been activated for the 405 closure between the 101 and 10 freeways this “Carmageddon II” weekend to ensure uninterrupted support of city staff and constant communication […]

Ramps along the 10-mile closure area of the 405 Freeway between the 10 and 101 freeways will begin to be shut down for “Carmageddon II” as early as 7 p.m. tonight and closure of individual […]

My last article covered a few travel tips for Wi-Fi and access to electricity. This week I want to focus on cell phones. As an infrequent international traveler, I had a bit of an education […]

Guitar icon Carlos Santana is several months into his two-year residency at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas and the 65-year-old proves he still has it, wooing crowds as he […]

New West Symphony music director Marcelo Lehninger will make his first appearance in that role when he opens the 2012/2013 Masterpiece Series Season with the first Santa Monica concert entitled Marcelobration this Sunday, Sept. 30 […]

The City of Santa Monica today released its 2012 Sustainable City Report Card, which highlights improvements in almost every sustainability goal area and notes several successes over the past year. Eighteen years ago Santa Monica […]

A Santa Monica resident for 53 years, Fred E. Basten is a published author by trade having written, collaborated on, or contributed to nearly 40 books over the past 30 years including “Santa Monica Bay: […]