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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...
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...
SMMUSD Sustainability Coordinator Caroline Coster Wins Scholarship to Study, um, Sustainability.
It should be no surprise that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has a Sustainability Coordinator. This is Santa Monica (and Malibu). Of course we would employ someone to focus on...
Shoes Wanted for the Homeless Before Thanksgiving; Call For Pickup
Ralph wants your shoes. Ralph Hattenbach doesn't head any famous national charity organization. He doesn't earn a five-to-six figure income in order to devise means of persuading you to donate to any...
Woke SMMUSD Schools Win Energy Awards but Can't Keep Their Restrooms Clean
Nine schools in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District have won Energy Star Certification for 2018. To be certified, a building must earn an Energy Star score of 75 or higher. This indicates...
City Plans to Do What It Wants With Airport Land it Will Inherit in 2028
The Santa Monica Airport Commission, agreeing with the concerns of residents, voted unanimously on November 19 to oppose the city's plan to 'temporarily' move some of their services to the Santa...
Yet Another Tower to Start Construction on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica
The canyon of construction that Lincoln Boulevard has become near the 10 Freeway onramp is going to receive a new addition to the mess this spring. The current surface parking lot between Santa...
Thirty Meter Telescope: Mauna Kea Protest is Not a Culture War
The protesters blocking the access road for construction of a new Thirty Meter Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii are only the latest in a long line of protests...
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Joins Native Hawaiians Objecting to 100' Telescope on Mauna Kea
Protesters have camped at the foot of Mauna Kea, a dormant 14,000-foot volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii for a week now, blocking the access road and demanding the halt to construction of a $1.4...
Work Begins on City Yard Modernization, Some Wonder about Recycling Center Closure
After three years of preparation, construction began this month on the modernization of the 14.7-acre Santa Monica City Yards located adjacent to Bergamot Station on Michigan Avenue. The City Yards ho...
Though Down 7%, Santa Monica City Budget Maintains Some Costly Items
The Santa Monica City Council approved a nearly $1.6 million budget for 2019-2021 on Tuesday. This is $108 million less than the previous two-year budget, a decrease of 7 percent. While cutting 29...
Article 34: California Voters to Decide Against their Right to Decide
A bill proposed by Santa Monica's State Senator Ben Allen would repeal Article 34 of the California State Constitution. On June 4, Allen's bill was approved unanimously by the California State...
Jury Awards $2 Billion in Third Courtroom Verdict Against Roundup and Monsanto
In a third strike against Monsanto, maker of the weed-killer Roundup, an Alameda County jury awarded over $2 billion to a Livermore couple who each contracted non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The couple, Alva...
Santa Monica to Pay $85,000 Annually to Consultant to Track the Homeless
City staff are asking the Council to contract with an outside consultant to manage their homeless tracking system. In order for the City to receive federal funds for homelessness, they are required...
Community Corps to Build 94 Units Across 14th Street from Woodlawn Cemetery
Community Corp. of Santa Monica (CCSM) will be holding a public hearing this month on their proposal to build 55 affordable housing units on 14th Street, across the street from Woodlawn Cemetery. The...
Southern California Housing Prices Fall 0.2%, Breaking a 7 Year Trend
Housing prices and sales are falling in California, according to a report by the California Association of Realtors. Although the statewide median home price is up a tiny 0.2 percent, at $565,880,...
Homeless Man Charged with Setting the Skirball Fire, Other Fires in the Sepulveda Pass
Charges have been filed against a homeless man who allegedly set a number of fires near Sepulveda Boulevard and Getty Center Drive on Easter Sunday, April 21. Steven William Adkison, 31, now faces fou...
Santa Monica City Hall Celebrates Massively Expensive and Wasteful City Hall Annex on Earth Day
The Santa Monica city's blog page sought to remind us this Earth Day that our elected leaders are so good and saintly as to be constructing a "global environmental statement" in the form of a 50,200...
Gates Kingsley Gates Guarantees 100% Satisfaction in New Office Location
The funeral home in the style of an English country house, situated conveniently down the block from Saint John's Hospital, once prepared the remains of former President Ronald Reagan. It had been a S...
Venice Homeless Shelter Approved at MTA Bus Yard on Main Street and Sunset Avenue
A Venice neighborhood group has initiated a legal fight against plans by the City of Los Angeles to erect a 154-bed homeless shelter on a former Metro bus yard, a few blocks from the beach. The...
As Legislature Tries to Stuff More Housing Down the Throats of Cities, California Just Says No
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to oppose a proposed bill in the California State Senate, SB 50, which would offer waivers and other encouragements to housing built close to urban...
President Donald Trump Raises Money and Traffic on Westside Friday 4/5/19
President Donald Trump swept through Los Angeles last Friday after a trip to Calexico to discuss the situation at the border with Mexico. Multiple roads throughout West Los Angeles were closed at...
Street Vendors Decriminalized, as Long as They're In the Right Place at the Right Time
On Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council voted to institute an emergency ordinance that would require sidewalk vendors to acquire licenses and permits. They would also be barred from operating in...
Brunei Stones Gays, and Hollywood Boycotts Hotels as new Anti Gay Laws Take Effect
On April 3, Brunei put into effect Islamic Sharia laws that allow for amputation for theft and stoning to death for adultery and homosexual sex. These laws have been on the books since 2014 but were...
