CITY HALL — It’s a Santa Monica tradition now in its 26th year, and this holiday season it may be having a bigger impact than ever before. On Thursday morning, 80 local kids between the ages of 5 and 12 were treated to $100 shopping sprees at Sears’ Downtown Santa Monica location, courtesy of the Sa
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VIRGINIA AVENUE PARK — “Flat is the new up.” It may not be the catchiest slogan, or the most inspiring. But when applied to the city of Santa Monica’s budget outlook, City Manager Rod Gould will take it.
PICO BLVD — Back in 1985, the alternative/new wave group Tears For Fears was tearing up the airwaves with international Billboard hits from their album, “Songs From The Big Chair.
An unusually high number of rabid bats have been detected in Los Angeles County this year, prompting health officials Wednesday to remind residents to avoid contact with the animals.
CITY HALL — When a 14-member commission begins the process of redrawing California’s legislative district boundaries next year, Santa Monica City Clerk Maria Stewart could be among those calling the shots.
DOWNTOWN — Having already raised objections to the campaign season tactics of the group Santa Monicans for Quality Government with City Hall, Diana Gordon, co-chair of the Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City, has taken the battle against the group up a notch by filing a detailed complaint with
The theme of the 19th Annual Christmas Faire is “The Gift of Giving” and is inspired by a phrase from the Book of Luke, “Give, and it will be given to you … for the measure you give will be the measure you receive.
PICO BLVD — Who would have thought that ticket sales reports could provide the inspiration for an art piece? Yet that is exactly what Santa Monica College student W.
More than 6,600 residents of Los Angeles and Orange counties have federal tax refunds waiting to be claimed, but Internal Revenue Service officials said Wednesday they don’t know where to send the checks.
CITY HALL City officials are revising a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags after the passage of Proposition 26 in this month’s election raised questions about whether the City Council retained the authority to outlaw plastic.
THIRD STREET PROMENADE It looks as if Christmas came early for Andy Waller. A fixture on the Third Street Promenade for well over a decade, Waller was on the verge of losing his shoe shine business as he was seriously behind in rent, owing City Hall more than $960.
