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
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
CITY HALL — As of Friday at 4:30 p.m., eight civic-minded souls had put themselves up for consideration for a single vacancy on the Planning Commission, a role that
CITY HALL — Discussions about what to build where got real Wednesday night when the Planning Commission grappled with one of Santa Monica's most difficult questions: How to allow
CITY HALL — The City Council narrowly voted to toss back a development agreement that would have replaced the Village Trailer Park with high-end condominiums and apartments because it did not
CITY HALL — Local property owners rarely get involved in landmark proceedings except in an attempt to evade them, but a move to designate a portion of the Fairmont Miramar Hotel
LINCOLN BLVD — Residents and merchants along Lincoln Boulevard are being encouraged to participate in two surveys to help transform the bustling street into an attractive, pedestrian-friendly, neighborhood-serving street that reflects
DOWNTOWN — AMC Theatres is pulling back from negotiations with City Hall to put a state-of-the-art multiplex theater in the heart of the Downtown, saying the project no longer pencils out.
CIVIC CENTER — Over 160 people attended a packed meeting to determine the future look and feel of Santa Monica's Downtown, but residents left wondering if their voices were
CITY HALL — Santa Monica's original Hot Dog on a Stick updated its eye-catching uniforms in the 1970s and its menus with Splenda-sweetened lemonade.
Now, after almost six decades
CITY HALL — The City Council voted 6 to 0 Tuesday to study further a 260-unit apartment complex planned for the eastern end of Santa Monica despite the fact that the
CITY HALL — The City Council voted Tuesday to give final approval to an ordinance allowing a modest trailer park to be replaced with hundreds of high-end condos and apartments, possibly
