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) […]

Santa Monica’s City Council created the Urban Forest Master Plan Task Force to help with the development of a long-range master plan to help insure the City’s urban forest is perpetuated. The seven member Task […]

Mr. Chips on Lincoln Tuesday, October 27, 10:40 p.m. Officers rushed to Bill’s Liquor, located at the 2200 block of Lincoln Boulevard because they had been alerted to a robbery. When they arrived, they spoke […]

All school districts need to define their future direction and one way to do that is to develop a strategic plan. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) developed its current strategic plan in 2002 […]