Phil finds great community value among the nuts and bolts of Busy Bee Hardware, an institution in Santa Monica since 1922, now threatened with closure.

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 […]

Our household and a few guests were gathered around the flat screen for the debate Monday night, just as I’m sure most Mirror readers were. I think the general consensus was that even though the […]

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 […]

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.

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.

Seven time Emmy winning actor Ed Asner and Oscar winning director Mark Rydell will be starring in “Plays In The Park,” written and directed by Santa Monica resident Brian Connors, at Miles Memorial Playhouse Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2.

Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble, directed by Preethi de Silva, will present, “A Classical Viennese Soirée,” at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 985 Lincoln Blvd., in Santa Monica on Sunday, October 23.

Mission Impossible.
On Tuesday, September 20, at 1:25 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received a call via their police radios informing them that a possible theft suspect was, at that time, involved in physical conflict with some of the employees of The Bike Center, located at 1555 Second St., so the officers rushed to the location to investigate.

A bomb squad yesterday afternoon was called to investigate a suspicious item at the Santa Monica Courthouse, which was evacuated. The item, which turned out to be no threat, was found about 1:15 p.m., prompting […]