CITYWIDE — Memory favors tragedy and so 2013 will likely be a memorable year for Santa Monicans.
Our two stories that seemed to generate the most interest from our readers were
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica has been a hot spot for New Year's Eve parties since at least the 1890s.
Back then the fire department held annual masquerade balls that
CITYWIDE —You're going to need some more quarters if your commute includes a transfer from one Big Blue Bus to another.
Starting Jan. 1, the local transfer rate
SMO — City Hall says that it "accomplished its primary goal" in providing a 22,500-square-foot hangar on public land at a highly subsidized rate for a lessee to
DOWNTOWN — Yankee Doodle's is officially not coming back to town.
Restaurant owner Herb Astrow dropped an appeal, allowing the owner of the Third Street Promenade property, Bill Tucker,
EDGEMAR CENTER — Just like a living tree, the Edgemar shopping cart tree is growing and spawning seedlings.
At 35 feet, this year's tree is the tallest ever, said
CITYWIDE — For Kenneth Callahan, Christmas just means sleeping next to a dumpster in the cold instead of sleeping next to a dumpster in the heat.
Charlene Spurlock says it brings
IN THE HISTORY BOOKS — Next time you bottom out on Colorado Avenue, think back with sympathy to your 1913 predecessors.
One hundred years ago this month, four passengers were thrown
SANTA MONICA BAY — If you saw the beach in October after the first rain of the season then you know it was gross.
Birds picked through the garbage that made
AIRPORT AVENUE — Santa Monica Art Studios, which rents a 26,500-square-foot public space next to the Santa Monica Airport at a rate significantly below market value, is being reviewed by