The colorful mural painted on two long concrete walls under the Santa Monica Freeway along the Stewart Street underpass in Santa Monica tells the story of the Pico neighborhood surrounding it. The mural was created in 1983 by Ann Elizabeth…
Santa Monica will soon be on the list of cities that are home to a Whole Foods 365, the high-end grocer’s more affordable chain. A former office park on the northeast corner of Pico Boulevard and Cloverfield is currently getting…
Saturday’s event at the Pico Branch Library in Santa Monica was billed as a Grand Opening. So there were civic speeches, a ribbon-cutting moment, and appropriate fanfare, including taiko drummers. All of this, though, was mostly for show. The new…
A new specific area plan process in Santa Monica is kicking off next Monday for what is being called the Memorial Park Neighborhood Plan, encompassing the area immediately adjacent Memorial Park and the future Metro station at 17th, with a…
