DOWNTOWN — The marinated Korean beef short ribs, organic salads and Vietnamese grilled pork sandwiches might be mouth-watering to the long lines of patrons they attract, but the recent influx of the mobile food fad into Santa Monica isn’t as welcomed by the established restaurant owners with whom th
DOWNTOWN — When Santa Monica Place reopens late next summer with a new look, it will do so with the distinction of being one of the few certified environmentally-friendly shopping centers in the country.
OCEAN PARK — At a Boston elementary school, a boy’s third grade teacher told his parents that their son would never graduate from high school. His multiple learning disabilities and inability to read would prevent him from achieving at the level of his classmates, leaving little hope that he would e
DOWNTOWN — When City Hall installed thousands of LED lights along Second and Fourth streets, illuminating the collection of ficus trees with greens, blues, purples, reds and yellows, visitors to Downtown almost immediately began voicing their opinions for and against the change.
DOWNTOWN — A local ordinance regulating street performers in Santa Monica is set to be relaxed following an appellate court decision that ruled a similar yet more stringent permit system in Seattle was unconstitutional.
Last Friday, as I was getting ready for work, my wife was on the Internet and exclaimed, “Barack Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize!” I told her, in mid-shave, that it was a little late for an April Fools’ joke.
DOWNTOWN — The issue of whether a local ordinance regulating street performers is legal will soon come to the City Council after a U.S. appellate court ruled that a Seattle law requiring permits for the artists is unconstitutional.
DOWNTOWN — All work and no play can make for a long and boring commute home. So why not stay a few hours? The Santa Monica Arts Commission and Performing Arts Committee is encouraging the estimated 50,000 daily commuters to stick around a few hours after work, enjoying a light meal and catching a li
I like to think of myself as an open-minded person. After all, I went to an elite, effete, east coast college where we were trained to look at things from all sides.
Nike, one of the world’s largest athletic apparel companies, will join the British luxury fashion house Burberry and furniture/houseware manufacturer CB2 at Santa Monica Place, occupying key retail spots at the mall, which is scheduled to open in less than a year after a significant renovation in wh
Today is the first day of fall. There are officially 100 days left in calendar year 2009. This means that any day now there will be Christmas music streaming from the open doorways of the stores on the Third Street Promenade and the pervasive smells of cinnamon, pine and cloves will be wafting over
There’s something strange going on in Downtown Santa Monica. City Hall is eager to push full speed ahead on a new movie complex to replace an aging, 339-space parking structure at 1320 Fourth St.
