Midnight Special flipped its first page 34 years ago
DOWNTOWN — More than three decades after it opened and just a year after it was driven off the Third Street Promenade,
Chinois on Main and Valentino were among five nominees for the James Beard Foundation S.Pellegrino Outstanding Restaurant Award. A longtime supporter of the James Beard Foundation, S.Pellegrino launched
City Hall garnered $24,114,833 in sales tax revenue, a 7.8 percent increase over 2002. Here’s how receipts broke down in the top 14 business categories, which
Sales, bed taxes may be raised
By Daily Press staff
Led by a surge in business at local car dealerships, City Hall raked in more than $24 million in sales
Car dealerships driven to improve their conditions
The future of local car dealerships — the largest sales tax contributors in Santa Monica — is idling as officials test-drive a few ideas
(This is the fourth installment of an ongoing series about City Hall’s sign ordinance.)
An ongoing effort to remove illegal signs in front of businesses has merchants lashing out
Restauranteur threatens lawsuit if SM ousts him
There’s a war brewing between two area chambers of commerce whose leaders disagree sharply about what’s ethical when it comes to
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
By Daily Press staff
Several local business have been recognized for doing their part in cleaning up the environment through their daily practices.
The Santa Monica Chamber of
Opening a business in SM is not a cookie-cutter process
After a 20-month bureaucratic boondoggle that tested their finances and their resolve, the owners of a local mom-
City Hall has recently started enforcing a set of codes regarding what type and size of signs businesses are allowed to have in front of their stores. Many business owners
