April 9, 2026
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"Be Green, Not Mean" Protest Fast by Activist Jerry Rubin:

With little more than a month to go until the Presidential Election, longtime peace activist Jerry Rubin will hold a press conference announcing the start of a personal “ Be Green, Not Mean” protest fast he will be starting in hope of convincing Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein to modify her campaign.

“The City has determined that $3,022,305.44 was spent on legal fees involving the FAA and airport law suits over the past 10 years,” Brigette Garay, Public Records Coordinator at the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office told The Mirror.

City vs FAA =$3,022,305.44:

The ongoing legal battles between the City of Santa Monica, on a mission to close Santa Monica Airport (SMO), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), on a mission to keep it open, has long been […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Opinion: Legalized Pot Almost a Certainty:

A sense of certainty that recreational, random marijuana use will be legalized, regulated and taxed in California after next month’s election lies behind the millions of dollars invested so far in Proposition 64, which would […]

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Dual Language School Honors Edison Wins Blue Ribbon:

Edison Language Academy on Virginia Avenue Santa Monica, has been named a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday. Edison Language Academy is a dual-language immersion school, where students learn in both English and Spanish.

Thane Roberts for SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow.Thane Roberts AIA, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA Planning Commission, Daniel Jansenson Architect, Samuel Tolkin AIA, Phil Brock, Santa Monica Arts Commission.

Opinion: SMa.r.t. Busy as a Bee: Busy as a bee

The Busy Bee Hardware and Dry Goods store has been a fixture in our city for longer than any of us can remember. In fact that store, now just called Busy Bee Hardware, moved to its present location in 1922. The wood plank floor has been walked on by generations of Santa Monica residents seeking a washer, a burlap bag, a good hammer…it is, most importantly, that simple shop where everyone knows your name.