Caffe´ Bellagio Wins SQA From Santa Monica Chamber:
Caffé Bellagio, Locanda del Lago’s annex location on 3rd Street Promenade, was awarded the Sustainable Quality Award for Excellence in Social Responsibility Stewardship of the Environment.
West Coast Premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s ‘Stage Kiss’ at Geffen Playhouse:
“Stage Kiss” premiered at Playwrights Horizons in New York City and earned an Off-Broadway Critics’ pick. Performed on the West Coast for the first time, Miss Ruhl’s clever send-up of the drama, which takes place backstage as well as off stage, has travelled well.
Here’s a Move to Limit the Revolving Door:
The revolving door in Sacramento is decisively alive and well today, but there’s also a move afoot to crimp it at least a little.
One Nation, in Various Places:
Regardless of what we’ve had to suffer – and there has been plenty – from the GOP’s viscous and untidy pageant of choosing a candidate for President, one or two useful things have been revealed in the process with great visual if not mental acuity.
New Santa Monica Fire Chief Appointed:
Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole has chosen Bill Walker to serve as Fire Chief of the Santa Monica Fire Department. Walker, the current Fire Chief for the City of Alhambra, comes to Santa Monica with 21 years of public safety experience.
Brock on Your Block: Phil Chats with Jeff Condon Author of Beyond The Grave:
Phil talks with native Santa Monican Jeff Condon of the Law Office of Condon & Condon, author of acclaimed estate planning books "Beyond the Grave" and "Living Trust.”
Healing The Bay for Earth Month – Thousands Hit Santa Monica Beach (VIDEO):
Healing The Bay for Earth Month – Thousands Hit Santa Monica Beach
It’s Arbor Day! Urban Forest Focus and Tree Planting:
Santa Monica’s urban forest will welcome new additions today with the planting of 20 15-gallon trees at Crescent Bay Park to celebrate Arbor Day, which falls, this year, on Earth Day.
Resource Fair to Address Santa Monica Zip Code Inequities:
Community Corporation of Santa Monica is hosting an employment resource fair this evening to help connect residents with the jobs and services they may be seeking. Held at Virginia Park, the event highlights the disproportionate ways that the city is distributed.
SMPD Needs Your Help: Burglar on the Loose:
SMPD is calling on the public to help located a burglar who is though to have made two separate attacks. They have also issued a warning to be vigilant.
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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