CITY HALL — As the Planning Commission grapple with wonkier decisions about land-use rules, Santa Monica is still poised to allow two medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
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WILSHIRE BLVD — On Wilshire Boulevard, seven blocks from the beach, a giant boy is straining through his binoculars to see the ocean — an increasingly hard feat in Santa Monica.
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LIBRARY LOWDOWN — Now that the Pico Branch Library is open, many of you may be wondering what's going on with the new library. Well, it is like participating
PLAY TIME — "Whiplash" is a misleading name for this film. It conjures up deadly car chases and crashes and someone paralyzed for the rest of his life. But
CULTURE WATCH — The Tara Gallery in Santa Monica pursues a rare mission: to show works by contemporary Iranian artists, a tricky business thanks to the sanctions against Iran.
Tara Gallery
PLAY TIME — When May Lee Davis was looking for a pizzazzy name toreflect her ascending career as a standupcomedian, she was suddenly inspiredby a large neon sign that identified the
CULTURE WATCH — Santa Monica has its own Nutcracker! Westside Ballet of Santa Monica, now in its fifth decade, returns to the Broad Stage, in collaboration with Santa Monica College Symphony,
CITYWIDE — Visitors from Europe's biggest economy spiked this fall.
Sales among German travelers rose 8 percent for the month of September and 4.2 percent for October, according
CULTURE WATCH — Although I'm a three-decade-plus resident of Santa Monica, I hesitate to admit that I've never set foot inside the beautiful and beloved
PLAY TIME— If you wanted to write a play to honor your father, it mightbe a bit inappropriate to portray him asa scoundrel. But that's what Henry Jaglom
