So much for living by the beach. As this odd summer draws to a close, talk around town has been about the awfully cool weather we’ve had, with June gloom seeming to linger for months with only a handful of warm, sunny days for those seeking a tan or a swim.
From Aug. 27-29, Santa Monica firefighters volunteered to help “Fill the Boot” with donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a non-profit organization working to find a cure for the hereditary disease.
Q: I’m concerned that my elderly mother is too generous with her money and may be taken advantage of by others. Is there anything I can do to protect her? A: Financial abuse of seniors is a rapidly growing crime.
SANTA MONICA PLACE — With the Third Street Promenade and the newly opened outdoor mall, Santa Monica is no stranger to high-end shopping. However, with the grand opening of Nordstrom at Santa Monica Place on Friday, locals can now enjoy having the comforts of the fashion retailer chain in their very
BBB HDQTRS — A trip on a Big Blue Bus is about to get more expensive. As of Aug. 29, the standard cash fare for regular passengers and students on most lines is going up 25 cents to $1 per ride, with the fare on Express lines going to $2, up from $1.
SM PIER — Smoking on the Santa Monica Pier, which for several years has been confined to eight designated areas, is soon to be banned outright on the 100-year-old landmark.
After years of planning and construction, Santa Monica Place finally opens today with much anticipation, and rightfully so. The new mall will generate much needed sales tax revenue for City Hall (the old mall reportedly generated roughly $1 million annually and that was when it was struggling), as w
The highly anticipated grand opening of the new Santa Monica Place kicks off today at 10 a.m. City officials are expecting a large turnout and have launched what they call a number of transportation improvements to ease traffic flow.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A convicted sex offender who sometimes dresses in a Spider-man costume and poses for photographs with children has been recently seen walking along the Third Street Promenade and the Santa Monica Pier, police said.
CITY HALL — Smokers who enjoy an occasional drag out on their patios better light up while they still can. That’s because the City Council on Tuesday voted to strengthen Santa Monica’s already strict anti-smoking laws, adding a restriction that bars people from lighting up within 25-feet of a door o
Last week, I wrote about the horrific parking situation near the Third Street Promenade. Being a California boy, I’m not big on public transportation, we don’t have much of it, and what we do have is generally poorly thought out, and not very useful in a large sprawling city like Los Angeles.
DOWNTOWN — Something runs underneath Santa Monica. Something dark. Something that reaches into City Hall, into schools, into hospitals, into office buildings.
