CITYWIDE — Santa Monicans will see an increase in their bills for everything from clothing to durable goods beginning Friday when the half-cent sales tax increase passed in November takes effect.
The tulips are blooming, the daffodils are out in full force and the last storms of the season are making their wet way past us. Spring is officially here! Opening day for baseball season is Thursday and with that comes the unofficial start of outdoor life for most of us.
MAIN LIBRARY — The sky was the limit Thursday night when community members packed the multipurpose room of the Main Library to chime in on the future of a 3-acre plot on Fifth Street at Arizona Avenue that is owned by City Hall.
CITYWIDE — As news stations play and replay the catastrophic damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck an unsuspecting Japan, the Santa Monica community has banded together to support those affected by the disaster both abroad and closer to home.
The folks from Macerich Co. went before the Planning Commission recently to ask for permission to sell alcohol into the early morning hours to people eating or drinking in the outdoor dining areas of restaurants on the third floor of Santa Monica Place.
I’m a morning person, one of the people who can get up at 4:30 a.m. regularly, without an alarm clock, and by 4:35 a.m. be ready to hold a conversation, plan a ski trip or make breakfast for 20.
Q: I have lived in Santa Monica for years and have always wondered why our police officers wear the uniforms that they do? We are a coastal city, why don’t all the officers just wear shorts in the summer and regular cop uniforms in the winter? A: There are a variety of police uniforms and the styles
CITY HALL — Planning commissioners denied a request by city staff to move forward with the demolition and replacement of the public parking structure on Second Street at its meeting Wednesday.
CITY HALL — Neighbors of Santa Monica Place on Wednesday succeeded in shutting down, at least temporarily, an attempt by Macerich Co. to extend the number of hours people could purchase alcohol on the mall’s patios.
CITY HALL — Restaurants may see their rents rise on outdoor dining facilities in two years after the City Council voted to increase rent on city sidewalks to bring them in line with improved property values.
DOWNTOWN — After nearly two years of study, the Bayside District Corporation will take its final steps this month to embrace its new identity — Downtown Santa Monica, Inc.
