This essay is in response to three recent submissions to the SMDP by airport proponents. One is the May 10-11 column by Joe Bates in which he addresses my column
Monday is the first day to "pull papers" required to run for political office in Santa Monica.
Potential candidates for City Council, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica/Malibu
In the wake of winning the top award for the Ace Hotel in the hospitality category of the Los Angeles Business Council Architectural Awards earlier this month, Santa Monica-based Killefer
SHORE HOTEL — The Chief Operating Officer of the Shore Hotel was arrested Friday morning on a slew of charges, including the importing and selling of an assault rifle, a spokesperson
DOWNTOWN - At 3 p.m. on Monday it seems like the only people on the Downtown streets are World Cup stragglers.
In Santa Monica, with its high concentration of
It appears that our City Council is in the midst of an identity crisis, our identity. They believe that both we and they live or should live in a different
Are we NIMBYs? Are we actually "no growth?"
Speaking for myself, I have to say at this point — maybe.
Some admit, proudly but with thoughtfulness, that if being
Hollywood is a land of fast friendships and quicker abandonment. The movie industry is rife with those who glad-hand for a quick buck today, and forget names and faces tomorrow.
Last Tuesday, City Council reviewed and unanimously approved a proposal for the development of 2.9 acres of city-owned land along Arizona Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
The project
BERGAMOT STATION - These days no fight with City Hall is complete without an electronic petition.
On Tuesday the Bergamot Station Gallery Cultural Association, which represents more than three dozen
DOWNTOWN — The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce held its 89th Annual Installation Dinner at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel on June 11. In addition to the official installation ceremony, the event
DOWNTOWN — It hasn't even reached the Planning Commission phase and some residents are throwing around words like "referendum."
The Santa Monica City Council unanimously preferred a
