Throwback Thursday: Santa Monica as an Amusement Center and Bathing Suits in 1925
It's time for Throwback Thursday. Thanks to the Santa Monica Public Library archives, we can take a journey together back to 90 years ago today. Bathing suit length, the city's industrial health, and the coming...
Santa Monicas That Weren’t
If you haven't been to see the A+D (Architecture and Design) Museum exhibit Never Built: Los Angeles, it's definitely worth a trip and the price of admission for anyone interested in the history of...
Santa Monica to Re-Dedicate Landmarked Anti-Nuclear Sculpture on June 26
"Chain Reaction," the anti-nuclear sculpture by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad, will be re-dedicated on June 26 to mark the culmination of rehab work and the installation of a new "peace garden"...
What Would Arcadia Do?
This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local.
Let me begin my further ruminations and fulminations on the Downtown Community Plan (DCP) with a quibble, namely the failure to include in the DCP’s historical background...
Video: Santa Monica Honors Its War Dead
For 76 years, locals have gathered at Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica's Pico Neighborhood for the bay city's annual Memorial Day celebration. This year, along with the usual food, music and military flyover, City officials...
Walking Through Downtown Santa Monica’s Past with the Santa Monica Conservancy
With Santa Monica buzzing these days with questions about where the city is headed, a dozen people set out last Saturday and turned their attention not to the future, but to the city’s past.
The...
Looking Back at the History of Downtown Santa Monica with Frank Gruber
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdvvXDmllNggYww6VqhXFY6U7oGBRAb9e
Downtown Santa Monica today is one of southern California's premiere destinations. People flock there from everywhere in the city, the region, the state, and even the world.
But it wasn't always that way. In fact,...
Throwback Thursday: Santa Monica’s Apartment Boom
Today in Santa Monica, there is near-constant talk about the jobs-housing imbalance. The problem, simply put, is that because of decades of minimal growth policies, the city doesn't have enough apartments, condos, or single-family...
Coming Up: The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Hosts Annual Meeting, Celebrate...
This week, the local League of Women Voters invites you to the organization’s annual meeting, at which Santa Monica Director of Planning David Martin will speak. Also, come celebrate 150 years of the end...
Santa Monica Conservancy to be Honored for Reuse of Historic Shotgun House
Before the tiny house craze, there were shotgun houses, small narrow cottages that were once common in Santa Monica during the turn of the last century.
On May 3, the Los Angeles Conservancy will honor...
Looking Back at the News Stories That Defined Santa Monica in 2016
This past year, Santa Monica continued to advance some very progressive policies aimed at sharing the city’s increasing prosperity with as wide a swath of residents, workers, and other members of the community as...
Commission on the Status of Women Invites Santa Monica to Celebrate Women’s History Month
The Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women announced a line up of community events celebrating Women's History Month all March long. Below is the list of events, starting with the Commission's reception...
June at Santa Monica’s Annenberg Community Beach House
Via city of Santa Monica press release.
What’s more fun than summer at the Beach House? Do a lot or do a little!
Get active: Try one of our summer-inspired classes! BOGAFiT on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:15-8:15...
Santa Monica’s Longest-Sitting City Council Member Won’t Seek Reelection
Putting an end to months of speculation, City Councilmember Bob Holbrook announced yesterday that he would not seek a seventh term on the Santa Monica City Council.
Many close observers of local politics expected that...
Moving to Santa Monica: A How-To Guide
So, you’re moving to Santa Monica, the eight-square miles of eco-friendly paradise on the western edge of Los Angeles County. Your new home – we’re guessing it’s an apartment since about 70 percent of...
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