CITY HALL — Visitors to Downtown can expect to pay more for parking after the City Council on Tuesday gave a preliminary nod to a series of rate increases that will bring the area’s garages closer to competitors like The Grove and Westfield Century City.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — While classes begin today for the new school year, district officials already have their minds on next year. Facing an $8 to $12 million funding shortfall over the next three years, officials with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) have began focusing on the bud
CITY HALL — A recent controversial move to install a bird-deterring net underneath the Santa Monica Pier came after a series of studies blamed pigeons for fouling the bay.
I have been watching with great mirth and morbid fascination the growing debate concerning the recent ACLU suit on behalf of the odoriferous “accidental tourists” known as the “homeless” against the erstwhile evil empire of the Peoples’ Republic of Soviet Monica.
Seven years ago, I made the decision to leave New York City for Los Angeles. I had never been to Southern California before, but I’d just put the finishing touches on a brilliantly sharp and grabby script complete with compelling characters, smart dialogue and a brand-spanking new approach to tradit
CITY HALL — The long-awaited reinforcement of the Palisades Bluff could soon begin. The City Council tonight is expected to approve two construction services contracts for the Palisades Bluffs Stabilization Project, which will involve installing a series of horizontal drains to remove groundwater th
DOWNTOWN — The cars are still going in and out, the attendants are collecting fares from drivers as usual, but there’s something different about the 29 public parking facilities in Santa Monica.
Among the more amusing items I’ve run across are pending amendments to the city’s zoning ordinance concerning parking and access provisions in parking lots and parking structures with more than 40 parking spaces — approved by the Planning Commission last week and forwarded to City Council for action
OCEAN AVENUE — A new finish line has emerged for the L.A. Marathon in 2010. Responding to the request of the City Council that an ending point in Santa Monica be considered for the 26.
This past week, Q-line asked: A pilot project that converted a stretch of Ocean Park Boulevard from four lanes to two is currently being studied by city officials.
SM PIER — When the fireworks are launched in one week into the dark evening sky, celebrating 100 years of the city’s most recognizable landmark, there could be an environmental price to pay.
MAIN STREET — With the launch of a citywide campaign this year to urge consumers to buy from local businesses, one merchant association is hoping the neighborhood Santa Monica Farmers’ Market also follows the same philosophy.
