Allegedly Illegal Pot Dispensary "Grace" on Pico Blvd in West LA Subject to Raid, Arrests
The BCC, LAPD and Dept of Fish and Game and other agencies participated in the 2 pm Tuesday raid of a purportedly illegal marijuana clinic on Tuesday afternoon, December 10th. At least 20 officers...
SMPD Announces Arrest in Nov. 16th Assault on Elderly Woman on 7th Steet, South of Pico
"We had an attack on an elderly woman on November 16 when she was walking home from a local store," writes Lt. Candice Cobarrubias, SMPD. "Our detectives identified the suspect and made the arrest...
SMPD Arrests Transient Joseph Jean Gilbert, 30, in Assault of 87 year old Retired Doctor
Santa Monica Police have arrested 30-year-old transient Joseph Jean Gilbert, for assaulting an elderly man. Long-time Santa Monica resident Dr. R.L. Wong was buying coffee at the Coffee Bean on 9th...
City of Santa Monica Announces Settlement with AIRBNB
The City of Santa Monica just announced a settlement with AIRBNB. The application permits tenants to sublease their homes as temporary vacation rentals. Demand for rentals and hotel rooms in Santa...
Samohi Alumnus Questions Nancy Pelosi at Washington DC CNN Town Hall
In one of those moments that shortens the seven degrees of separation between Santa Monica residents and the power brokers in Washington, Samohi alumnus Dean Chien was chosen to ask Speaker of the...
No room at the Inn? Blame the Ninth Circuit and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
The annual display of nativity scenes will return to Santa Monica this December, but they will be located on church property, rather than in a public park. Personally, I blame the Flying Spaghetti...
District Attorney George Gascon: Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out
Although I spent my high school years in a suburb of Los Angeles, I've called San Francisco my home for the last 19 years. In 2001, I embarked on my career of public service, joining the California...
Bears, Coyotes Eat Homeless Man Sleeping in Griffith Park
Has Griffith Park's famous mountain lion, P-22, developed a taste for human flesh? Experts say probably not, but something ate a homeless man who died in LA's Griffith Park. A hiker in Griffith Park...
Santa Monica City Yard Modernization is a Waste of Money
The City of Santa Monica is spending over $116 million to modernize (i.e., rebuild) their City Yards near Bergamot Station, but the project, on which construction began in July, is already exposing...
Embarrassed City Council Halts Construction at the Santa Monica Airport
Following a unanimous resolution by the Santa Monica Airport Commission opposing construction of a 'temporary' facility for the city's Public Landscape Division (PLD) at the airport, and numerous...
Bottlefish Restaurant: Empire Builders' Next Act after California Pizza Kitchen
Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax founded California Pizza Kitchen in 1985; today it has over 270 locations in 30 states and 11 countries; along with a presence at major airports, college campuses,...
Amazing Items Found By Mother Daughter Team at Miami Beach Art Basel
Edible Skinny is lucky enough to be hanging out in sunny Miami Beach for Art Basel in America this weekend (where our sister brand The Zelda Fitzgeralds will be creating on-demand typewritten poetry...
Coffee with a Cop at the Holiday Substation on the Santa Monica Promenade
We had a nice chat with Lieutenant Bill Heric of the Santa Monica Police Department at the "Coffee with a Cop" event Tuesday morning held at the holiday pop-up substation on the Third Street...
Breaking News
- Allegedly Illegal Pot Dispensary "Grace" on Pico Blvd in West LA Subject to Raid, Arrests
- SMPD Announces Arrest in Nov. 16th Assault on Elderly Woman on 7th Steet, South of Pico
- SMPD Arrests Transient Joseph Jean Gilbert, 30, in Assault of 87 year old Retired Doctor
- City of Santa Monica Announces Settlement with AIRBNB
- Samohi Alumnus Questions Nancy Pelosi at Washington DC CNN Town Hall
- Bottlefish Restaurant: Empire Builders' Next Act after California Pizza Kitchen
- No room at the Inn? Blame the Ninth Circuit and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Amazing Items Found By Mother Daughter Team at Miami Beach Art Basel
- District Attorney George Gascon: Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out
