November 16, 2025
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Downtown Santa Monica Faces The Recession:

The downturn in the economy has impacted all of Santa Monica’s commercial districts but Downtown Santa Monica hasn’t been hit as hard as the City’s more upscale areas. The Bayside District Corporation (BDC) Director of […]

A Bikini Bash:

Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club lead a Bikini Parade on the world famous Venice beach boardwalk while attempting to beat the Guinness World Records for Largest Bikini Parade on Saturday, August 22, 2009. Guinness World Records […]

Spread Offense Remains Brentwood Weapon:

Josh Amster has graduated, but that doesn’t mean Brentwood School will abandon the spread offense, which was so successful for the Eagles’ football team last season. Brentwood isn’t likely to have another quarterback with Amster’s […]

EarthTalk:

Dear EarthTalk: What’s the story with the Florida Panther these days? Is it still teetering on the brink of extinction, or is it on the rebound? One of more than 20 subspecies of cougar and […]

Santa Monica and Caltrans Form A Partnership:

The City of Santa Monica has a number of projects on the horizon that require working with Caltrans, so a partnership has been formed which includes quarterly meetings. A study session was held at the […]

Hug A Tree On September 22:

Does it seem odd to hug a tree? There is a children’s book with that title, but adults may not ever think about doing it. That’s why Jerry Rubin and his wife Marissa, local tree […]

Venice Festival:

Waylon Rector on guitar, and Soraya Sebghati on lead vocals, were amongst the many kids from the Paul Green School of Rock (Hollywood) summer camp who performed on Sunday at the Venice Festival, a two-day […]

Alert: Police Blotter:

Undesignated Driver Wednesday, August 12, 1:35 a.m. Officers of The Santa Monica Police Department were requested to attend the Casa del Mar Hotel, located at 1910 Ocean Way, because a possible fight had been reported. […]

Change in Speed Limit:

On August 17, 2009 Santa Monica City Council reduced the speed limits in certain areas because of the results of a traffic survey. This survey was based on traffic records from 103 different locations over […]