With low water levels throughout California, and officials calling for a 20 percent reduction in water usage, a visit to the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium is a good idea to soak up the facility’s important message about water conservation. The…
Rosy-colored clouds drifted over the Cirque du Soleil’s big top north of Santa Monica Pier early Monday morning, a fitting backdrop to the very upbeat State of the City gathering of business and community leaders. Just three years ago the…
If a tree falls in Santa Monica, there will definitely be a sound, most likely one of protest. This community cares deeply about its trees, and passions run high whenever anyone tries to mess with one. Before there are cries…
The community group fighting to keep the Paul Conrad’s mushroom cloud sculpture in Santa Monica’s Civic Center raised $50,000 this week, half of it coming from a donation from television producer Norman Lear. The other half came from a fundraising…
The federal government fired back against Santa Monica late Friday, filing a motion to dismiss the city’s lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration to determine who has ultimate control over the city’s airport. The city filed suit in U.S. District…
Santa Monica’s new law regulating group exercise classes in city parks got its first full workout this week. From the looks of things Tuesday morning in Palisades Park, what some city officials hoped would be a fair method to manage…
