With Santa Monica Airport (SMO) scheduled to close on January 1, 2029, the public process to plan the land’s conversion is well underway. Input has been received on a
By Michael Feinstein
It’s extremely rare that any community ever has a legacy opportunity on the scale that Santa Monica does today.
With 190 acres of public land returning
Editor:
Thank you for your wonderful coverage of the June 14 No Kings Santa Monica protest.
As organizer and co-host (with Lisa Bellomo), I’d like to thank the city,
As I navigate my new life in California, there is a question that echoes in my mind. There’s a subtle, almost reflexive sympathy that surfaces from California natives when
Historically, the annual process of writing a state budget has often stumbled over how much money California should spend on its public school system and its nearly 6 million students.
WHAT IS REAL, OR BS? -courtesy photo
By CHARLES ANDREWS
IN AMERICA
An opportunity, a privilege. At the beginning of the Second American Revolution.
Or the end of the first
HUNCHBACK JESTER RIGOLETTO (far R) -courtesy photo, LA Opera
By CHARLES ANDREWS
R.I.P. TWO GREAT ONES, SLY STONE, BRIAN WILSON
That was from my previous NOTEWORTHY column, and
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the Main St. Summer Soulstice Festival,2025 Pride on the Promenade, The Venice Fest, and
Mayor Lana Negrete began the City Council meeting last week by acknowledging the unrest in Los Angeles. She affirmed the Council’s support for anyone frightened by federal actions, and
The Santa Monica Pacific Palisades Lions meeting for June was filled with a sad parting and exciting hope for the future when we heard from two Santa Monica High School
Goodbye Santa Monica
While I grew up in Santa Monica – going to Roosevelt, Lincoln and Samohi I left to go to UC Santa Cruz and then to do graduate work
World War II was the most massive military conflict in recorded history and one that redefined effective military strategy, moving away from the static set-piece battles of previous wars and
