CITY HALL — After 16 years as a member of City Council, Kevin McKeown is the mayor of Santa Monica.
Tony Vazquez will serve as the mayor pro tempore for a
L.A. COUNTY —The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is moving forward with its own plans for a regional bikeshare program following Santa Monica's recent decision
LAX COURTHOUSE — A jury is hearing the case of a man who allegedly killed his best friend and roommate in a Downtown apartment in 2012.
Ryan Bright stabbed Jensen Gray
CURIOUS CITY — I DON'T CARE MUCH FOR SPORTS AND HAVE VERY LITTLE INTEREST IN FOLLOWING THEM. Yikes! What an un-American, un-guy thing to admit.
Except for basketball. Love
WHAT'S THE POINT? — T'is the season for peppermint candies, gingerbread everything, loads of lights and Chanukah and Christmas displays are to be seen around town. There&
CITY HALL —A petition meant to give Santa Monica voters a chance to decide whether or not to include medical marijuana dispensaries in the city has gone to pot.
Two
MAIN STREET — The Landmarks Commission will consider preserving the former studio of a world-renowned visual artist on Monday night.
James Turrell, whose work was featured in a large Los Angeles
CITYWIDE — Visitors from Europe's biggest economy spiked this fall.
Sales among German travelers rose 8 percent for the month of September and 4.2 percent for October, according
MY WRITE — Santa Monica has some of the worst traffic in Southern California - and the nation. Think that relief is in sight? Forgeddabout it! Our City Hall deals with
PALISADES PARK — Fans of the nativity scenes in Palisades Park got a bit of good news to kick off their holiday season.
Their appeal of a judge's decision
CITYWIDE — Yes it rained all day Tuesday and Wednesday but no, you shouldn't go back to watering your sidewalks and driveways or having high-volume water balloon fights.
It