School Board Members Address Mismanagement Accusations:
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With Deadline Approaching, Treesavers Make Extra Efforts:
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, […]
Treesavers Landmark Applications Are “Filed”:
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, […]
Richard III: Is This “Good Enough” for Santa Monica?:
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 […]
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS:
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 […]
Lynch Chosen Chamber President:
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 […]
Figure in Attack Ad Supports McKeown:
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 […]
Weller Convicted on 10 Felony Counts:
The jury returned Friday morning, October 20, and convicted George Russell Weller, 89, on 10 felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in the criminal trial arising out of the July 2003 Santa Monica […]
Santa Monica Means Business:
Santa Monica launched its Green Business Certification Program on Wednesday, October 25. This is a collaborative project of the City of Santa Monica, Chamber of Commerce, Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sustainable Works to certify […]
“Cycle of Violence” Strikes Santa Monica:
Four shootings in the course of one week prompted Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts, Jr. on Sunday to commit “an overwhelming police presence” so that “[t]he cycle of violence that has developed over […]
The first protest at René Redzepi’s Noma pop-up at the Paramour Estate (Video)
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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Film Review: Oscars Landscape 2026
My Oscar choices and predictions. The 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15th at 4:00 PM, on ABC, and streaming on...
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