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Cadence Buys Again in Santa Monica at $1,400/sF: BOA Site Sold for $13.5 million

March 15, 2016

March 15, 2016

The sale of a former bank branch building on Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica to Cadence | California for $13.5 million, was announced today.

Dude, Where’s My Car? CHP Issues Theft Warning: Angelenos are at higher risk for auto thefts than anywhere else in the state.

March 15, 2016

March 15, 2016

You better watch out! 50% of all vehicles stolen in California are taken from Southern California. In 2015, 180,000 vehicles were stolen in California statewide.

Santa Monica Assistant City Manager Elaine Polachek to be Honored at State Capitol:

March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

Elaine Polachek, a long-time administrator with the City of Santa Monica, has been chosen as the 2016 “Woman of the Year” for the 50th Assembly District.

Missing Swimmer Off Santa Monica Pier, Not Found:

March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

County lifeguards and divers ended their search near the Santa Monica Pier for a swimmer reported to be in the water and who was last seen clinging to a pylon near the pier.

Nobel Prize Winner Lloyd S. Shapley Dies Aged 92:

March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

Lloyd S. Shapley, a RAND Corp. researcher and UCLA professor emeritus who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize for economics for his work on the strategic decision-making "game theory," died over the weekend, aged 92.

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Santa Monica’s Keith Emerson Suicide:

March 13, 2016

March 13, 2016

Keith Emerson, an innovative keyboardist with the 1970s supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, was found dead at his Santa Monica home of a shotgun wound to the head that was apparently self-inflicted, police said.

OpEd: Who Thought For Ronnie? He Did – With Nancy:

March 13, 2016

March 13, 2016

Barely three weeks after Ronald Reagan became the first professional actor ever elected governor of California, in late January 1967, he gave an hour of his time to a small class of Stanford University graduate students led by the great Prof. William Rivers.

Alert Police Blotter! The latest from Santa Monica PD:

March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

Alert Police Blotter! The latest from Santa Monica PD

Leading Banking Team Returns to Santa Monica:

March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

A strong team of experienced bankers have raised the banner on their new Santa Monica location, returning to the city to serve the community.

The Bronze – This Bronze is Tarnished:

March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

In the Sylvester Stallone tradition of writing and creating an acting vehicle for himself, Melissa Rauch with Winston Rauch, wrote “The Bronze,” with the starring role of Hope Ann Greggory written for Miss Rauch. However, that’s where the similarity ends.