Welcome to Santa Monica

City parking structure, Friday, July 16, 4 p.m.
photo by Michael Rosenthal
SMMUSD Makes Major Changes in
Administration
Some key changes in the administration in the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District...
Teachers Endorse Board Candidates
Santa Monica’s recently created “Education Team”
announced its endorsements for three open seats on the...

Matt Peterson.
Green Resource Center Opens on
Main
“Think globally, act locally” has long been a
catch-phrase of environmentalists worldwide...
City To Enlarge Planning Staff
After discussing recommendations from the Matrix
Consulting Group on improving City planning procedures...
City Employees Get Political, Form
PAC
As they put it, Santa Monica city employees are getting
“political...” 
Riding the Mother Road…One More Time
In The Grapes of Wrath, author John Steinbeck
christened Route 66 the Mother Road...
Route 66: The True Story
Route 66 has long been celebrated in song and
contemporary mythology...

photo by Chris Zielin
Ocean Ave. Building Is Designated A
Landmark
The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission designated a
Spanish Colonial Revival-style building at...
Barbara Brown Is New Planning Chair
The Santa Monica Planning Comission Board elected
Commissioner Barbara Brown Chair and retiring Chair Darrell Clarke as
Vice-Chair... My Day on a Segway (or
Electric Ladyland)
Now I know how Charlton Heston felt when he proclaimed
that the only way to take away his rifle would be from his cold, dead
hands... Ellis Act Funds Are
Now Available To All Tenants
On June 22, Santa Monica’s City Council unanimously
approved an ordinance that eliminated the income requirement... |