Distraught residents lined up to speak at City Hall last Tuesday about a threat to their homes, not from a natural disaster but from California Senate Bill 79 (SB 79)
Recently, the City Council called a special meeting to rescind an ordinance they had just passed at their previous meeting. This isn’t the first time this year they’ve
More than 300 residents and civic leaders from across the state showed up on August 10 to defend California’s coastline from a threat of federal interference during a National
Santa Monica threw itself a party last week. For the second year in a row, the State of the City speech was delivered outdoors as part of a festive celebration.
Last Wednesday should have been a fairly routine meeting for the Santa Monica Democratic Club. Members were meeting on Zoom to vote on endorsements in the November local elections, and
There’s good news for those who like both horse races and democracy. The first candidate debates for the local fall election took place at the Santa Monica Democratic Club,
COAST 2026, Santa Monica’s grand finale for the World Cup, won't have access to an expanded zone for public drinking after a recent vote by the Downtown
When’s the last time you turned to elected leaders for moral clarity? Polling shows those in Washington are considered only slightly more trustworthy than telemarketers. That makes what happened
There are so many fashion trends to keep track of, you may or may not have heard that the Democratic senate candidate in Maine, Graham Platner, has a tattoo of
It’s that biennial season when you get to feel like the winner of a popularity contest each time you fetch your mail. There are so many political candidates so
As we ricochet from headline to headline, we may miss the threats not screaming for attention. It’s easy to spot a cracked window after a storm, but it’s
It’s appropriate that at a time when many are celebrating holidays of freedom and rebirth, Santa Monica is celebrating the anniversary of the “Realignment Plan.” Well, only the six-
