PICO BLVD — Roughly 7.3 million visitors from outside Los Angeles County pumped $1.5 billion into the local economy in 2012, an almost 10 percent increase over the year
Over the past 350 columns, I've often written about colorful and eccentric local characters. Veteran film director Henry Jaglom, a Santa Monican for 20 years, certainly fits that
LINCOLN BLVD — Seniors who love their early-bird specials and late-night revelers fond of soaking up suds with a plate of hot cakes have to find a new place to dine.
Editor:
I went to a workshop last night at the Civic Auditorium to review the Downtown Specific Plan and hear public comment. The presentation from the city was all about
CIVIC CENTER — Nearly 300 people Monday packed a town hall meeting at the Civic Auditorium to discuss future development in Downtown, a conversation that showed a community deeply divided between
CITYWIDE — Santa Monicans are being targeted by real estate agents representing developers looking to turn small homes in desirable neighborhoods into mini-mansions that can be sold for double the original
MONTANA AVE — All Suzanne Kempf needed was a cake for a party, not having time to bake one herself.
When a friend suggested she visit cake shop Nothing Bundt Cakes,
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan's attorney said Thursday the actress checked into a California rehab facility.
However, a state official indicated later in the day that the facility is
MALIBU — Three elephant seal pups became perhaps the first of their kind to experience life in the Santa Monica Mountains Tuesday, leaving the sound of ocean waves behind as they
A drama about the afterlife and its acolytes takes shape in "One White Crow" by Dale Griffiths Stamos.
A journalist, Tess (Jane Hajduk), whose adored and recently-deceased father
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On two occasions I had tourists ask me where the beach was. We were standing in the middle of the Third Street Promenade.
This is a town with a
CITYWIDE — A city arborist who ignited growing concern over the health of Santa Monica's trees says that the three-man crew he worked on was not enough to respond