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Leading Southern California school garden and nutrition organization, GrowingGreat, was recently awarded a $10,000 grant by Aetna. To win the prize, Mary Edwards was voted online as the “fan favorite” of a national cooking contest, […]
A DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint will be held in Santa Monica tonight, Feb. 10, at an undisclosed location, according to the Santa Monica Police Department. SMPD Sgt. Richard Lewis said this was part of an ongoing […]
As we might with the more mundane resources of a city such as parking ramps or even streets, we could assume that public libraries will always be there when we need them and that steps […]
On Friday, Jan. 28, at 11:56 p.m., officers of the Santa Monica Police Department went to the 1700 block of Appian Way because they had just heard about an attempted robbery. While they were driving […]
Redevelopment agencies (RDA) officially came to an end on Feb. 1, so the Santa Monica City Council is doing what it can to ensure the shortcoming in state funding for local projects does not start […]
Have a question about city construction projects underway or coming soon? The City’s “Ask the Staff” event tonight, Feb. 9, will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Ken Edwards Center, 1527 […]
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus will implement the first changes of the year to its service on Feb. 12. The transit department only makes adjustment to schedules and routes three times annually: in February, June […]
The Santa Monica College Emeritus College Art Gallery will present “Beyond the Natural Figure,” an exhibit of extraordinary drawings by Los Angeles-based artist Lillian Molina starting next Thursday. The show features large-scale charcoal works on […]
Updated 3:15 p.m. The City is reporting the power outage that effected Downtown Santa Monica earlier this afternoon is now restored, as of about 3 p.m. The outage effected the intersections of 4th and Olympic, […]
On Friday, Jan. 28, at 4:45 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department were on a routine patrol in the 1700 block of Santa Monica Boulevard when they saw two men walking into, then […]
