Last week, hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles families had their lives upended when the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) joined a three day “unfair labor practices” strike of Los Angeles school employees and their union SEIU Local 99.…
Live Talks Los Angeles, an onstage series featuring authors in conversation, is starting its spring season. We have many upcoming events taking place in Santa Monica and Culver City. Immediately below are the Santa Monica events, with the Culver City ones at…
It’s been three years since the City of Los Angeles passed a home sharing ordinance (HSO) to regulate what properties can be offered as a short term rental, what fees can be collected by the city and what homeowners need…
Gone with the Wynn is a YouTube channel that focuses on interesting yet not-well-known stories from famous places throughout the country. In her most recent episode, the content creator looks at the history of the Casa del Mar hotel. This…
Yesterday, the far-right news outlet Epoch Times featured Santa Monica resident, delivery driver and content maker Matt Wilson on its California Insider YouTube series. “Resident Tells How California’s Famous Beachtown is Unsafe” is a brutal yet muddled attack on the…
Rick Cole will be the third guest on the What’s Next podcast which will be broadcast later this month. Cole is currently the Chief Deputy Controller for the City of Los Angeles and has previously been the city manager for…
On Wednesday, the City of Santa Monica Active Aging Pilot Program will host a walking and bicycling safety class for seniors at Wise & Healthy at 1527 4th Street at 2 p.m. The Active Aging program is a pilot program…
Well wishers to one of the Santa Monica Pier’s most famous attractions, the Sea Dragon, witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime and only-in-Santa-Monica moment when a helicopter dropped its wires, snagged the city’s largest green scaly resident and took the dragon on its…
In its most recent article on a “Santa Monica Pulse” poll, Santa Monica Lookout writer Jorge Casuso wrote, “A monthly push poll of Santa Monica residents found the vast majority wants the City to follow Los Angeles’ more “aggressive” approach…
This weekend, two new trendy chain places to get sweets will open on the Third Street Promenade: Duck Donuts and Mad Scientist Ice Cream (which actually did a ‘surprise’ soft opening yesterday) in the Kitchen United Food Hall (1315 3rd…
At the end of discussion about further amendments to the city’s housing element at Tuesday’s City Council meeting (video and agenda), Councilmember Carolyn Torosis brought up the question of what city can and cannot do in regards to possibly transferring…
It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since Dan “the Man” Levi came to Los Angeles and to teach gymnastics. His California journey saw him teaching classes out of the back of a van before he moved into a…
Welcome to the first episode of Santa Monica Next’s new podcast What’s Next hosted by Damien Newton. This week’s episode features Spectrum News 1 anchor Kate Cagle, who is perhaps even better known to our readers and listeners in Santa…
When is 15 greater than 20? This was one of many complicated questions the Santa Monica City Council wrestled with on Wednesday, and the answer could decide how the city attacks its affordable housing shortage. The seven and a half…
Update, February 22, 10:00 a.m. – The City of Santa Monica emailed a statement last night clarifiying that it was Palmdale that initially reached out to the city last December and the only contact has been an introductory meeting. The…
