CITYWIDE — Santa Monica is falling short on its efforts to regulate tobacco use in multi-family residences, according to a report released Thursday by the American Lung Association.
CITY HALL — Steps taken to slash City Hall’s projected five-year budget deficit could be derailed by uncertainties resulting from the recent California Supreme Court decision to end redevelopment agencies in the state, city officials said.
CITY HALL — Residents of a seaside condominium complex clashed with commissioners at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting over a playground upgrade that they fear will attract homeless, gangs and traffic.
Welcome to 2012! As you are aware, this is an election year. In addition to electing or re-electing (as the case may be) holders for national, state and county offices, Santa Monicans will elect people for City Council, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and Rent Control
MID CITY — Natalie Lewis is 79 years old, and she fears for her life. Lewis lives in a small studio in the 285-unit Westminster Towers, a seniors-only housing complex funded through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
It’s time for the Sammies — my annual awards for the good, bad and ugly in Santa Monica. The 2011 Sammy for “Architectural Thuggery” goes to Texas developer Hines, whose original development proposal for the former Paper Mate property on Olympic Boulevard was best described as “packing boxes the Wat
DOWNTOWN — While the holiday season is about more than just gift giving and receiving, those times spent by the Christmas tree or the menorah opening presents painstakingly selected by loved ones make for some of our fondest memories.
NOMA — Perhaps it was a stroke of Christmas spirit, but a landlord in Santa Monica got her wish when the Planning Commission approved a mechanism to allow her to put an addition on her unit without destroying three other homes.
CITYWIDE — The devastating tsunami that wreaked havoc on the island nation of Japan, contributing to what is accepted as the second worst nuclear disaster in human history, left an impact across the globe.
CITY HALL — A last minute twist in a new plan to preserve and enhance the tree population of Santa Monica may make it difficult to conform to the requirements of a federal grant that provides 1,000 free trees to the city.
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.
