SMC — The Sato family, long synonymous with volleyball, will be inducted into the Santa Monica College Sports Hall of Fame during a private ceremony on Thursday, officials with the college said.
EASTSIDE — Kathy Peterson recently returned from a quick tour of European fashion houses and cultural destinations, searching for design and color inspiration for her 2012 spring product line.
WILSHIRE BLVD — The owners of the historic Fairmont Miramar have big plans for the luxury hotel, including adding 12 times the current retail space, building condos for sale, as well as affordable housing, all while reducing the number of rooms available for guests.
The City Council earlier this week wrestled with the Bergamot Transit Village Center, a proposed 960,000 square-foot development proposed for the former 7.
DOWNTOWN — On March 2, Bob Eisenhart hung up his hat at the Post Office on Santa Monica Boulevard for the last time after 43 years on the job. His union, the Letter Carriers 1107, gifted him with a gold watch to commemorate the event, and the office gave him a plaque before he walked out the door.
MAIN LIBRARY — The sky was the limit Thursday night when community members packed the multipurpose room of the Main Library to chime in on the future of a 3-acre plot on Fifth Street at Arizona Avenue that is owned by City Hall.
Q: I’ve been following the disaster in Japan and other places around the world. I would like to make a charitable contribution, but I don’t know if the charity organization is legitimate, or not.
When Jean Francois Meteigner, one of the great French chefs in town, moved his restaurant from Santa Monica Boulevard in Century City to Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, many of his clients eagerly followed.
PICO BOULEVARD — Santa Monica College has entered into an agreement with WISE & Healthy Aging to buy the nonprofit senior service provider’s Pico Boulevard property for approximately $4 million, school officials confirmed.
JAMS — A week ago Wednesday, Brian Depablo, Kevin Quintero and Peter Duran left the John Adams Middle School campus and walked into the halls of Activision, a game development company with offices in Santa Monica.
CITY HALL — The First African Methodist Episcopal Church will have to wait on funding for a senior housing project now three years in the making after City Council members pulled the item from the consent calendar at its meeting Tuesday night.
CITY HALL — The landscape of political campaigns in Santa Monica changed slightly Tuesday night when City Council members voted to raise the limit on campaign contributions and consider charging a fee for candidates running for public office.
