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Letter to the Editor: Would a Shift in Program AMI Percentages Add More Affordable Housing Stock to Our City?

March 31, 2017

March 31, 2017

Dear Editor,   The continuing debate over affordable housing requirements, who makes the rules, and what’s best for the City...

Rogue Machine Presents Another Hit – “Still Life” by Alexander Dinelaris

March 28, 2017

March 28, 2017

By Beverly Cohn If ever there was a compelling argument for the merits of the 99-Seat Plan, the production of...

Real Estate Prices Driving Moves From State

March 27, 2017

March 27, 2017

By Tom Elias If you’re a millennial, now aged 18 to 35, there’s a good chance the only major city...

Sanctuary Malibu: Just Stay Off My Beach

March 27, 2017

March 27, 2017

By Steve Stajich Let’s start with a look at Santa Monica’s own current status as a “Sanctuary City.” In response...

SMa.r.t.- Riptides Ahead For Local Coastal Plan

March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017

While the focus and attention of many residents has been on the development of Santa Monica’s controversial Downtown Community Plan...

Baby, You Can’t Drive My Car

March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

By Steve Stajich We’re about to make a little jump from electric pencil sharpeners to robotic or self-driving cars. Hang...

Thinking Outside the Box-Local gallery opens unconventional art exhibition.

March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

By Sam Skopp   The bG Gallery, located in space G8a at the Bergamot Station Arts Complex, held a reception...

De-Sal Loses Urgency in Hyper-Wet Winter

March 14, 2017

March 14, 2017

By Tom Elias Here’s a cold, wet reality: the more water in California’s reservoirs, the less urgency there is to...

A Monument to Remembering

March 14, 2017

March 14, 2017

By Steve Stajich   Americans aren’t as good with bad memories as they are with the ones that often make...

Good Taste- 141 Reasons to Meditate

March 14, 2017

March 14, 2017

By Barbara Bishop   Did you know that there are 141 benefits one can derive from meditation? I won’t list...