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Is It Time , Finally, To Move?

I WAS ASSAULTED LAST WEDNESDAY I’m pretty sure that is the accurate legal description. Broad daylight, busy boulevard, people around (though not at that moment), almost across the street

By Charles Andrews

/ 29 Jun 2022

Is It Time , Finally, To Move?

One of Santa Monica’s oldest bars has new leadership at the helm

Since the end of prohibition to today there has always been a bar located at 2907 Main Street, and the newest owners of the property have no plans on changing

By Clara Harter

/ 31 May 2022

One of Santa Monica’s oldest bars has new leadership at the helm

Ashland Hill launches Locals Only bar-within-a-bar with a focus on fundraising

Mark Verge, fifth generation Santa Monican, serial entrepreneur and owner of four Santa Monica restaurants, is all about building community and giving back, which is the exact philosophy he’s

By Clara Harter

/ 25 Apr 2022

Ashland Hill launches Locals Only bar-within-a-bar with a focus on fundraising

WE CAN TALK

YOU CAN’T STOP THIS ONE The monster coming to plant itself at the already very busy intersection o

By Charles Andrews

/ 23 Feb 2022

WE CAN TALK

City evaluation deems Open Main Street pilot a success

For four weekends in late summer 2021 two blocks of Main Street were transformed into a pedestrian p

By Clara Harter

/ 22 Feb 2022

City evaluation deems Open Main Street pilot a success

Market owner attacked in attempted robbery

On the evening of Jan. 26, Nadia Virani, the owner of Marine Market, was locking up the well-loved O

By Clara Harter

/ 3 Feb 2022

Market owner attacked in attempted robbery

Neighborhood pizza restaurant Ghisallo brings the wood fire

At Ghisallo the chefs treat pizza dough like a living thing, because well it is. Their fermented dou

By Clara Harter

/ 20 Dec 2021

Neighborhood pizza restaurant Ghisallo brings the wood fire

Crudo e Nudo is an ocean to table delight

With its 600 square foot footprint, it might be easy to pass Main Street’s intimate new restaurant

By Clara Harter

/ 15 Dec 2021

Crudo e Nudo is an ocean to table delight

Church in Ocean Park needs $100,000 to reopen

The Church in Ocean Park is in desperate need of donations to repair their ceiling after a section c

By Matthew Hall

/ 5 Nov 2021

Church in Ocean Park needs $100,000 to reopen

Council discusses street sweeping tickets, noise in parks and bus payments

In a Sept. 14 meeting, City Councilmembers’ discussion items ran the gamut of resident concerns from

By Clara Harter

/ 17 Sep 2021

Council discusses street sweeping tickets, noise in parks and bus payments

MONICA AND PEDRO

OUR SANTA MONICA ROOTS GO DEEP I may own more “Santa Monica” t-shirts, but my wife Dian, a third

By Charles Andrews

/ 8 Sep 2021

MONICA AND PEDRO

POLITICS AND MUSIC

ODD FELLOWS? Or brothers from another mother? I’ll vote for the latter, and dance a jig while I do

By Charles Andrews

/ 25 Aug 2021

POLITICS AND MUSIC