What drives our fascination with dinosaurs? I am writing this from Denali National Park in Alaska where I’m spending the weekend. Yesterday our guide in the park pointed to a jagged reddish side mountainside. There, […]
Although some changes to Santa Monica’s cityscape may go unnoticed, there is one that is hard to miss – the electric scooters taking over our neighborhoods. The “Birds” were the first to roost but were […]
Possible repeal of Costa-Hawkins Act could roll back rents to 1978 rates. The 1995 Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act is a California law that limits cities’ ability to impose rent control. Santa Monica is one of […]
Ballot initiative would reduce the City’s power over development. Santa Monica voters will be asked in November to choose how much control Santa Monica City Council has over new developments under a voter initiative approved […]
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum is back with an exciting summer line-up of socially conscious theater, music and performance. The Summer 2018 Season, including five plays set to open in rapid succession and perform in repertory throughout […]
The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday June 29, 2018 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. According […]
Malibu City Council marked a major milestone, voting unanimously to adopt Malibu’s Homelessness Strategic Plan during the Council meeting on Monday, June 25. “This is a great example of a grassroots movement of people and […]
There isn’t a woman alive who was ever raped while either intoxicated or unconscious who doesn’t consider the entire experience violent. But that’s not how these crimes are defined legally in California. The same for […]
“Douglas Aircraft Impacts Air Travel and Santa Monica”: Part 2 of the Summer Speaker Series Photo: Mike Machat In 1920, 17 years after the Wright brothers first flew, Donald W. Douglas founded his aircraft manufacturing […]
Big Blue Bus (BBB) is partnering with Lyft, Santa Monica City said, to provide on-demand services via a rebranded Dial-A-Ride program for older adults and people with disabilities living in Santa Monica. The new service […]
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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