CITY HALL — Santa Monica’s homeless population remained steady between 2011 and 2012 despite the sluggish economy some service providers feel is pushing people closer to the brink of homelessness.
Local NPR station KCRW introduces a new YouTube video channel called The Cue. The acclaimed radio station will recreate a new realm of themed video playlists selected by the station’s DJs.
SMC — Joe and Nancy Owens will never forget how scholarships helped them achieve fulfilling careers and lives. Joe was the son of a Texas tenant farmer, the youngest of eight children.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
The City Council will vote on the fate of the nativity scenes tonight and judging from recommendations made in a staff report, this 58-year tradition in Santa Monica, the “City of the Christmas Story,” may be history.
CITYWIDE — Perennial business owners Larry Miller and his wife Ricky launched Wilshire West Stationers in 1996, a store that had existed in a strip mall at Wilshire Boulevard and Berkeley Street since the 1970s.
Planning Commission Chair Pro Tem Gerda Newbold laid down the law. After the commission forced developers of a proposed 285-room hotel at Seventh Street and Wilshire Boulevard into adopting wage/benefit levels for hotel workers a couple of weeks ago, she said, “It puts projects on notice that this w
LOS ANGELES — Like the Wizard of Oz with his magical wand, Marc Friedland has created the most magnificent, and wanted envelope in show business. In 2011, the self-described designer of “luxury social communication” was the first person to create an official envelope for the Academy Awards.
It was a Tuesday night around 6:30. I felt like a steak with a glass of red wine. So I walked into Boa steakhouse on Ocean Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.
SM PIER — The company that produced the majority of the Twilight Dance Series concerts in 2011 has once again been awarded the contract, and this time with enough leeway to bring some rockin’ talent to the Santa Monica tradition.
Q: Recently my friend was stopped by a police officer for crossing Santa Monica Boulevard on the Third Street Promenade in a marked crosswalk while the red hand was flashing.
WEST LA — Opposition to a proposed 766,000 square-foot development near the intersection of Stewart Street and Olympic Boulevard has long drawn ire from anti-development activists within Santa Monica, and now groups in neighboring West Los Angeles are gathering to voice their concerns.
