Santa Monica’s world famous Third Street Promenade marked its 20th anniversary with a festive celebration. Santa Monica Mayor Ken Genser told the gathered crowd on September 16 that the creation of the Promenade as we […]

St John’s Health Center had hoped to have all its departments functioning in its new Howard Keck Center by the end of August but delays in inspections by the state have delayed the opening of […]

Many in Santa Monica have been anticipating the opening of the Expo Light Rail Phase 2 in 2015 with great enthusiasm. Others have been concerned about the placement of Expo maintenance facility at the Verizon […]

The evening of Thursday September 10th saw the annual Sustainable Works Fundraiser, at The Writer’s Boot camp at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. Under the banner of “Tomorrow Starts Today,” it turned out to be […]

The Los Angeles City Council adjourned in memory of Michael Rosenthal on Friday, September 11, on a motion made by Councilmember Bill Rosendahl. Rosen­dahl represents L.A. Council District 11, which includes Venice, Mar Vista, Pacific […]

Please Leave A Message Wednesday, September 9, 12:13 p.m. Officers were called to the 200 block of The Santa Monica Pier in response to a report of threats. When they arrived at the pier the […]

These days almost everyone is concerned about going green to help save precious resources. One of the ways to accomplish this is through educating the public on more efficient ways to save energy. Santa Monicans […]

On September 11th, as part of a nationwide remembrance and volunteer service day to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedies, local wetlands advocates from the Ballona Institute and more than 60 student volunteers from UCLA, […]

Metro has begun the process of preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR) and part of the process includes exploratory drilling in Santa Monica to assess the conditions below ground. The exploratory […]

The Shangri-La Hotel, a white Streamline Moderne building at 1301 Ocean Avenue, has been nominated for landmark designation by the Landmarks Commission. The 1939 structure was developed as an apartment hotel (ads in 1940s newspapers […]