By Sebastian Lopez The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has launched an Early Learning Pathway pilot program at three campuses this fall. Seaside Preschool and Bridges Transitional Kindergarten opened at Edison Language Academy and Grant […]

Phil ventures back in time almost 100 years to find out what life at that time was like in Santa Monica, with Florence Kinney, a 104-year-old graduate of Santa Monica High School.

Operation Freedom Goes Awry.
On Monday, October 3, at 5:15 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received numerous calls from concerned and upset citizens informing them that a naked man was walking on the Santa Monica Pier ramp.

Just for kicks, and to write about it for this column, I joined a very well-known dating service.
I posted some photos, described what I was looking for in a date, filled out the information form they provided, paid the reasonable fee, and off I went.

Much of the election attention this fall has properly gone to the fierce presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Some voters have also given substantial attention to many of the propositions on next month’s ballot, covering everything from plastic bags to condoms in pornography, from taxes to legalized marijuana.

In 1888 Santa Monica civic and business leaders Arcadia Bandini and Senator Jones donated land to the United States government for the “Old Soldiers’ Home.” The Grant Deed came with the directive that it was to be, in perpetuity, a home for Soldiers of American Wars.

Last week we asked whether land-use measures attract especially large contributions. In each of the cases mentioned above, the connection to land uses is immediate and direct. One measure proposes to issue bonds for Santa […]

The City of Santa Monica City Clerk’s Office is partnering with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s (LA RR/CC) Office to serve as a Ballot Drop-Off Location for the November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election.

A vehicle collided with unsuspecting Breeze Bikes Wednesday, Oct. 12, shutting down the 800 block on Ocean Ave for an hour. Santa Monica Police Department recorded both a Traffic Collision with Injuries and a Traffic
Control Request, at 12:06, and 12:07 respectively, with onlookers quick to upload photographs of the scene online. Observers reported that a car had flipped on to its roof.

Those of you that actually walk the residential streets of Santa Monica, whether taking your dog around the block or heading to Main Street for work on your finger nails, will agree with me that there are stories to be told by the objects set out on our sidewalks.