CITYWIDE — In the 2011 tax year, Santa Monicans claimed more than $5 million under the Earned Income Tax Credit, but officials with the Internal Revenues Service believe the number could
WILSHIRE BLVD — A representative of the American Film Market told an audience of local businesspeople and city officials Thursday that the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and proposed Downtown movie theater
A Santa Monica Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the Santa Monica Daily Press by a man who took offense to an article that ran
CITY HALL — The owner and managers of a Santa Monica carwash are charged with cheating their employees out of money by falsifying the number of hours worked and failing to
CITY HALL — Six Santa Monica dry cleaners have agreed to stop advertising their services as "green" after an investigation found no evidence that chemicals used in the cleaning
LINCOLN BLVD — A nice-sized chunk of real estate near the future Exposition Light Rail Line and Interstate 10 was recently purchased by a developer with at least two mix-used housing
CITY HALL — An additional five people have applied for a single seat on the Planning Commission, leaving the City Council with a crowded field from which to select at its
SANTA MONICA BLVD — Residents are getting their hackles up about a proposed development on Santa Monica Boulevard that went from a mixed-use development to an auto dealership with little warning
CITY HALL — The Landmarks Commission met the hospitality industry halfway Monday night by agreeing to give protected status to pieces of a luxury hotel, but ignoring a compromise that would
One year after Tanya Chen's mother died of pancreatic cancer she decided to put healthy living on the forefront and in the storefront. With help from her daughter
CITYWIDE — Slowly but surely, a new low-income apartment complex is taking shape on Pico Boulevard right across from Santa Monica High School, but this one is special.
When completed, it
CITY HALL — The City Council Tuesday night took early steps to reform its process for allowing large developments, which became a balancing act between business interests who hoped to go