The political season is taking shape, and a gaggle of Santa Monica contestants are poised for battle as the lines have now been drawn. The November Santa Monica ballot has been finalized in races for […]

On March 7, Treesavers attorney Tom Nitti obtained a new court order that would delay destruction and removal of any of the ficus trees on 2nd and 4th Streets. The order, issued by the Court […]

The October 26 scheduled hearing on the fate of the ficus trees at 2nd and 4th Streets was taken off calendar on October 24, due to the pending process of obtaining landmark designation for the […]

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With the clock ticking as the three-week restraining order against removal of the downtown area ficus trees approaches its deadline, Santa Monica’s Treesavers redoubled their efforts to build support for saving the trees. On Saturday, […]

Another measure of protection for the threatened trees on 2nd and 4th Streets was added with the official “filing” of applications for City landmark designation on Tuesday, October 16. The municipal code prohibits “any alteration…removal, […]

Editor-at-Large To paraphrase the great Bard, “This is the question: Is it better to have a poor production of Shakespeare than to never have had one at all?” After sitting through the opening night of […]

John Pacheco, Santa Monica Red Cross Executive Director, addressed the press at Fire Station No. 1 on April 30 and announced that the American Red Cross of Santa Monica, the Fire Department and the City […]

James D. Lynch has been named as the new President/CEO of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, effective November 1, to replace Kathryn Dodson, who resigned to direct economic development for the City of El […]

 The man shown on TV ads now running on cable, who appears to be blaming City Councilmember and re-election candidate Kevin McKeown for the homeless problem in Santa Monica, says that he was duped into […]