The wait may have seemed as long as a lifetime in Shangri-La, but the 1939 hotel of that name at 1301 Ocean Avenue is now a City Landmark, thanks to a unanimous vote at the […]

City Manager, Lamont Ewell held the first of the his five community budget meetings at John Muir School in Ocean Park to discuss community priorities and how they are integrated into the City’s budget process. […]

Veterans for Peace did a two-day memorial at Arlington West with a candlelight vigil on Saturday night, honoring Veteran’s Day which fell on Wednesday, November 11. They included the victims of Ft Hood in their […]

Los Angeles Police Chief-designate Charlie Beck met the local public Tuesday evening, November 10, and it was clear to the upwards of 200 people gathered at Mar Vista Recreation Center that this is not your […]

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce announced a series of monthly meetings to identify the common challenges and solutions of business leaders in our community. Each of the Industry Council gatherings will focus on a […]

This is story is the third in a series reporting the incidents following the shooting death on Sept. 3rd at Virginia Avenue Park. Following the Sept. 3rd shooting of a 20-year-old former Santa Monica High […]

New developments in the November 3rd shooting at Virginia Avenue park, where one man was killed. Santa Monica Police have released the names of the four men arrested for the crime. The four individuals were […]

Dear EarthTalk: Celebrities and billionaires are shelling out big bucks for cutting edge green-friendly cars like the Tesla Roadster. But what are the rest of us—who live in the budget-constrained real world—to do about buying […]

Students and staff were asked to get out of their cars on October 21 and come to Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) by either bike, bus, or by walking for SAMOHI Bike It Day. Organizers […]

After a lengthy hearing, Santa Monica’s Planning Commission voted to allow the FAME Senior Group Housing Project to move forward in the Pico Neighborhood by denying two appeals of the City’s Architectural Review Board’s (ARB) […]