November 24, 2025
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Federal Court Uphold City’s Homeshare Ban

Santa Monica prevails over Airbnb and HomeAway By Sam Catanzaro The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed the City of Santa Monica’s Home-Sharing Ordinance in the face of a challenge brought by Airbnb […]

DUI Checkpoint in Santa Monica Friday

SMPD to conduct DUI checkpoint March 15 at an undisclosed location. By Staff Writer In recent years, California has seen a disturbing increase in drug-impaired driving crashes and the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is […]

Helping Seniors Connect with Tech

UCLA student volunteers offering free one-on-one technology coaching for older people in on March 9. By Staff Writer Technology and social media can be intimidating for anyone, but especially for older people, many of whom […]

SMa.r.t. Column: Gridlocked Best Intentions

On any given evening (and especially weekends) pay a visit to north-bound 2nd Street between Broadway Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, and you’ll encounter a world-class clusterpuck. A cast-in-cement gridlock that often extends back along […]

Adapting to Santa Monica’s Single-Use Plastic Ban

City’s disposable food-ware ordinance under effect. By Keldine Hull When an updated Disposable Food Service Ware Ordinance went into effect in Santa Monica on January 1, 2019, the city became one of the first in […]

Pono Burger “Does Things the Right Way”

Taste of Santa Monica Presented by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Written by Barbara Bishop, Mirror columnist and Santa Monica Chamber member. I used to pass by this awesome, dome-shaped, rust-covered hut on Broadway […]

Bike Rental Shops in Age of E-transit

Westside shop owners address burgeoning industry. By Keldine Hull Nearly two years after Bird and Lime debuted their electric scooters on the streets and sidewalks of Santa Monica and San Francisco, their popularity has grown […]