DOWNTOWN — Mark the calendars. The new and improved Santa Monica Place will open on Aug. 6, 2010. Officials for mall operator Macerich on Tuesday announced the grand opening date of the 550,000 square-foot shopping center, placing it just about a year from when it was originally scheduled to be comp
The American Red Cross of Santa Monica’s annual “Red Tie Affair” fundraiser held at the Fairmont-Miramar Hotel Saturday helped raise nearly $150,000 for the nonprofit that provides health and safety education and assists families affected by disaster.
SWINGERS — The best things in life are free, but that shouldn’t keep you from shelling out some cash for them anyway. That’s why you’ll be asked to donate $1 for every glass of tap water you drink at your favorite local restaurant this week, up until March 28.
SMC — Former Black Flag frontman, spoken word artist and music guru Henry Rollins returns to Santa Monica’s KCRW this weekend with a two-hour show that will give new meaning to the word “eclectic.
SACRAMENTO — Corrupt mortgage brokers who defraud homeowners and lenders would face stiffer penalties under legislation introduced Tuesday by state Sen.
DOWNTOWN — The Santa Monica City Attorney has opened an investigation against a local business that many customers have accused of not delivering promised merchandise.
The American Red Cross of Santa Monica and City Hall, in conjunction with Santa Monica Organizations Active in Disasters (SMOAID), are offering a free “Emergency Preparedness Training Seminar for Pet Owners,” Tuesday, Feb.
SUNSET PARK — Meals on Wheels volunteers saved the life of an elderly Santa Monica resident whom they found in her home bleeding profusely from an open head wound.
OCEAN PARK The building wasn’t much to look at from the outside — boxy, plain and somewhat unnoticeable to the average passer-by. When the structure, known as the place where modern skateboarding was born, faced the threat of demolition in 2006, it was ironically a permit filed to take the building
DOWNTOWN The scenery might be beautiful, the amenities of world-class dining and entertainment plentiful, but all of that comes with a high price tag for businesses.
DOWNTOWN After more than 16 years snipping hair, painting nails and scrubbing faces, a local institution of beauty will close its doors. Fred Segal Beauty — which was founded in 1992 by business partners Michael Baruch and Paul DeArmas — will shut down its hair salon and spa on Saturday, finishing o
COLORADO AVE The announcement last week that advertising giant Rubin Postaer and Associates will move from the Yahoo Center to spacier digs in Playa Vista marks the most recent transplant in a series of companies that have packed their bags and headed south, raising concerns about the price of comme
