Shopping in Downtown this holiday season? Similar to recent years past, you will again be seeing additional police officers patrolling the area. Beginning the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) through Christmas week, police officers and other department personnel will be monitoring and patrollin
DOWNTOWN — During the holiday season, big meals and shopping dominate the American psyche, filling up advertising pages with the new thing to buy and the delicious recipes to attempt on family and friends.
Santa Claus is coming to town early this year and Santa Monica’s firefighters and police officers are leading the way. Santa and his public safety helpers will be distributing good cheer and thousands of candy canes as part of the 19th annual Candy Cane Drive.
SECOND STREET — Those who use their bikes to get to work Downtown will be able to safely secure their wheels and freshen up before heading to the office thanks to the new, $2 million Santa Monica Bike Center, the largest, full-service bike facility of its kind in the nation.
CITYWIDE — The weather outside is far from frightful in Santa Monica where beachfront hotels, world-class restaurants and award-winning Farmers’ Markets make it an ideal place to celebrate the holiday season.
THIRD STREET PROMENADE — It’s not hard to find Marshal Richards on the Third Street Promenade, even if he might not be able to give you directions himself.
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.
It was Saturday night and the young ones were ruling Downtown, as were the old ones, and a large body of tourists. I made arrangements to pick up a friend and we were heading up to Topanga for a concert.
CITY HALL — Lighting. Traffic. Parking. It sounds like a laundry list of resident concerns, but a presentation by Santa Monica’s four Business Improvement Districts before the City Council Tuesday hit all of the same notes, underscoring the tight relationship between quality of life for citizens and
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OCEAN AVE — Independent filmmakers and distributors are circulating an online petition expressing their opposition to a proposed move of the American Film Market from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles in 2013.
CITYWIDE — The outlook for small businesses in Santa Monica is improving, but there’s more that City Hall and the City Council can do to help spur on the economic engine.
