CITY HALL – In a drastic turn, the City Council approved a law Tuesday night that would prohibit smoking for new tenants in multi-unit housing and force existing residents to designate their apartments and condominiums smoking or lose the right to light up in their homes at all.
CITY HALL ¬ó A controversial program to reduce traffic from Santa Monica Airport by paying flight schools to take their students to other airports has stalled in mid-flight.
CITY HALL ¬ó Stock up on quarters and check your credit card balances ¬ó parking rates are officially going up in Santa Monica. The City Council approved an array of changes to parking rates throughout the city on Tuesday night, in most cases raising the amount that it will cost people to park in be
DOWNTOWN ¬ó Homicide detectives Wednesday were investigating the stabbing death of a 27-year-old Laguna Beach man who was killed earlier that day during a party held at an apartment complex in the 400 block of Broadway.
PICO BLVD — Planning commissioners will get their first look at a remake of the former Grammy building next week, but they may have to look outside Santa Monica’s borders to judge how the proposed project impacts residents and businesses on Pico Boulevard.
CITY HALL — The Landmarks Commission cemented the importance of “Chain Reaction” to Santa Monica’s identity Monday night with a unanimous vote to landmark the famous, but structurally-compromised statue.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
SUNSET PARK — The bee hive that caught Paul Hekimian’s eye was epic. The bees had built it in the branches of a rubber tree plant that started in a neighbor’s yard but arched over the fence toward Hekimian’s property, abutting the avocado tree in which his son, Lucas, has a tree house and zip li
Last week’s Fourthof July parade onMain Streetwas very cool. My hat’s offto theOceanParkAssociation (OPA). This is now one ofSanta Monica’s great community events.
MIDCITY ¬ó Members of the Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition gathered Saturday afternoon to count ballots in a contested election that may result in the ouster of two incumbent board members.
CITYWIDE ¬ó Santa Monica may join a growing number of California cities and counties in banning smoking for new tenants in apartment complexes and condominiums Tuesday night.
Possibly the most “invisible” celebrity in Santa Monica is political satirist Harry Shearer, best known as the voice of numerous characters on “The Simpsons” TV show.
