By Lea Yamashiro
Daily Press Intern
After hundreds of meetings spread across several years, Santa Monica updated its Zoning Ordinance in 2015. But apparently a planner's work is
Note: The SMa.r.t. guest author this week is longtime Santa Monica resident Richard Orton. He is concerned about the direction our beach town is taking and has been
More than a dozen residents have picked up applications to run for local offices in this November’s election.
Monday, July 18 was the first day potential candidates could request
It might seem like the 2016 election is already in full swing, but the local campaign season actually begins on Monday, July 18.
As of Monday, potential candidates for local
THE BOMBS ARE BURSTING IN AIR (well, fireworks, I hope) as I sit here writing this, the evening of the Fourth of July.
It started out a really good Independence
By Camille De Beus
Daily Press Intern
The annual Santa Monica Independence Day Parade will take to the streets on the morning of July 4.
The Ocean Park Association will
“It will be celebrated with pomp and parade ... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.” —John Adams, second President of the United States of America
By Chris Gutierrez
Two blocks from the Pacific Ocean sweeping into the Santa Monica Bay, glistens another realm of biodiversity. For 40 years the Santa Monica Community Gardens on Main
He watched over what is now the Third Street Promenade with a focused stare and stoic smile, affixed to a pedestal, frozen in time.
Then he disappeared.
The bust of
Santa Monicans might be able to drink a Santa Monica beer in Santa Monica if the Planning Commission approves an application from Santa Monica Brew Works for a tasting room