CITY HALL — Would-be restaurateurs will soon see their options expand after the City Council approved unanimously a zoning change to permit more than one restaurant per block on a section of Main Street.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — Think the cost of your health insurance is too high? Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog does. The nonprofit, which advocates on behalf of taxpayers, has launched an online petition to put insurance reform on the ballot by the next statewide election.
DOWNTOWN — President Barack Obama is promising a fresh boost to the economy by making it easier for foreign tourists to travel to the U.S., a move welcomed by Santa Monica officials.
SAMOHI — Officials from Santa Monica High School, the school district and police department took heat from parents Tuesday night who gathered to hear what was being done to keep their children safe in the wake of fights that broke out on and off campus in preceding weeks.
EASTSIDE — A unique development model meant to make home ownership affordable on Santa Monica’s eastside may turn into more rental housing because of financing issues, highlighting the ongoing struggle to make home ownership affordable in Santa Monica.
From the Arab Spring uprisings to the Occupy Wall Street movement and austerity rallies, 2011 was the year of the protest. Dictators were toppled and governments put on notice as ordinary citizens used social media to do the extraordinary — spread a wave of dissent across continents.
CITYWIDE — It’s the season of big requests and even bigger dreams, a time where we reflect on the year behind us, make plans for the one ahead and hope that somewhere along the way, we can get a little help with some of our pie in the sky hopes.
There’s more than joy in the air this holiday season. I’m thinking wackiness. For going on six decades a coalition of local churches has erected tableaus in Palisades Park illustrating the biblical Christmas story, and a Jewish group has a menorah display.
The Santa Monica Daily Press editorial writers are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Regarding the Dec. 9 editorial about the Airport Commission (“Airport Commission’s lack of diversity is troubling”): Are residents who attend the commission meetings supposed to feel guilty
OCEAN PARK — Dozens of people looked up at the sound of the oncoming sirens as three fire engines, several police vehicles and an array of motorcycle cops made their way down Ocean Park Boulevard Saturday, emergency lights flashing.
CITY HALL — If you’re looking for a little late-night nosh after an evening of carousing at the popular bars on Main Street, you’re going to have to stagger a bit farther than usual.
OCEAN AVE — Independent filmmakers and distributors are circulating an online petition expressing their opposition to a proposed move of the American Film Market from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles in 2013.
