Tourists who visited Santa Monica between January and March of 2013 spent more time and money in the city than those who came the year before, a report from the
CIVIC CENTER— Residents voiced fears of overcrowding resulting from the proposed Downtown Specific Plan at a public environmental impact report meeting Thursday night.
Environmental consultant Dan Gira of AMEC, which
CITY HALL— Issues over labor, design, and community benefits caused planning commissioners to delay approval of two proposed hotels on Fifth Street and Colorado Avenue Wednesday night.
The proposed Courtyard
CITYWIDE — An increase in city fees to renew newsrack permits is forcing three publications, including the Argonaut, to abandon their Santa Monica racks, a local newspaper distributor said.
Annual renewal
Ask most residents what their number one complaint is about Santa Monica and most likely they're reply — traffic. City officials have long talked about the housing-jobs imbalance
CIVIC CENTER — For over a quarter of a century, an eclectic mix of skilled artisans from across the country have trucked their wares to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for
DOWNTOWN — Commercial real estate services firm Avison Young announced it has completed a five-year office lease valued at $1.35 million with GumGum, Inc., an image-based advertising firm.
MAIN LIBRARY— Residents voiced opposition to the height and the inclusion of condominiums, but lauded the aesthetic design of the proposed plans to replace the former Holiday Inn at a
Santa Monica was rated No. 1 on a list of the 10 best dressed small cities in America, according to a blog from real estate website www.movoto.com.
Santa
COUNTYWIDE — The county Department of Public Health is using the carrot, not the stick, to get restaurants to offer healthier options.
"Choose Health LA Restaurants," a program introduced
SANTA MONICA BLVD — For two weeks last month, Christian Rossi saw colorful signs for a kid-themed center opening on Santa Monica Boulevard as he walked back and forth to
Global yoga directory YogaTrail has released an Android version of their popular "Yoga Poses Around the World" application.
The app allows yogis to photograph themselves anywhere in the
