April 25, 2025 -- A bill that would focus and streamline California's environmental process for major developments was approved by a key Senate committee this week. SB 607 would "slash costs, delays ...

April 25, 2025 -- Santa Monica police next Friday will hold a DUI checkpoint after penalties for driving under the influence were enhanced under new State laws that took effect this year. The ...

The City Manager will oversee an annual budget of $765 million and an executive team that includes an Assistant City Manager, a Deputy City Manager and eleven department directors.

Last year, the median Maximum Allowable Rent (MAR) rose by $58 to $1,853 for a rent control studio, by $86 to $2,295 for a ...

The Senate Housing Committee voted 4 to 3 to reject SB 677, a bill sponsored by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) to streamline a housing law he sponsored allowing duplexes to be built on single-family ...

I was unable to attend this year’s annual Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) conference held in Pasadena last month. I was happy to read about the conference when The Lookout recently ran Mr.

February 22-- The City Council will consider an ordinance Tuesday night that would discourage the homeless from monopolizing chairs and benches on the Third Street Promenade. Under the proposed ...

Nov. 9-- On a gray Sunday afternoon, a curious group of passersby gather round a crime scene. A woman lies face down, an axe protruding from her back. She is draped in the American flag and holds a ...

April 22, 2025 -- The Santa Monica College Planetarium next month will explore radio astronomy and look back at the history of the Hubble Space Telescope that has been circling Earth for 35 years. The ...