Santa Monica

Brick + Mortar: The Next Santa Monica Hot Spot

Scott Bridges | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: LA Dining, Brick and Mortar Restaurant, Santa Monica, La Around Town, Los Angeles Restaurants, Brick and Mortar, Santa Monica Restaurants, Los Angeles News

Tucked away, off charming Main Street in Santa Monica, is a hot new restaurant serving modern American cuisine in an indoor/outdoor setting.

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BEWARE: Parking In Santa Monica Just Got A Little Unfriendlier

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Santa Monica Parking, Los Angeles Parking Meters, Santa Monica Parking Meters, Los Angeles Parking, Parking Meters, LA Parking Meters, Santa Monica, LA Parking, Los Angeles News

Parking in Santa Monica just got a little unfriendlier. Starting Monday, the city will be installing ground sensors and new meters at all of its m...

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Tuition Plan In California Would Be Illegal, State AG Says

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Santa Monica College, Santa Monica Community College, Video, Santa Monica College Tuition Plan, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees, Two-Tier Tuition, Santa Monca Pepper Spray, Santa Monica College Protest, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Protesters, College News

Charging nearly four times more for in-demand core classes at Santa Monica College is illegal, according to the California attorney general's office. ...

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Chain Reaction

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Santa Monica, Art, Nuclear, Public Art, Statue, Chain Reaction, Paul Conrad, Sculpture, Arts News

Paul Conrad had a desire to make a bold statement about our nuclear madness, and came up with a concept for a gigantic mushroom cloud made out of chain links. He called it "Chain Reaction."

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PHOTOS: Free Food Truck Night In Santa Monica

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: The Buttermilk Truck, No Kitchen Required, Frysmith, Lobsta Truck, Santa Monica, Free Food Truck Night, Free Food Truck, Don Chow Tacos, Food Trucks, Nom Nom, Santa Monica Food Truck, India Jones Truck, Lime Truck, Crepe?S Bonaparte, Slidepollajax, Ta Bom Truck, White Rabbit Truck, Los Angeles News

Free food! Even if you know nothing about BBC America's new television show "No Kitchen Required," you're sure to love the way they're celebrating. ...

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If Charities Can Beg, Why Not People?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Poverty, Panhandling, Homelessness, Third World America, Kony 2012, Santa Monica, Kim Kardashian, Utah, Denver, Charity, Impact News

A federal judge recently ruled that hurting people in the State of Utah have the constitutional right to beg on the streets, based on the fact that th...

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Locanda Portofino - Italy in Santa Monica

Jay Weston | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Redford, Italy, Santa Monica, Montana, Locanda Portofino, My La, LA Restaurants, Best of La, Italian Restaurants, Los Angeles News

When is a neighborhood Italian restaurant more than a neighborhood Italian restaurant? When people travel from all over the city to eat there. The ultimate "neighborhood restaurant that isn't" is Locanda Portofino.

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Theater Review: Our Town in Santa Monica

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Helen Hunt, Our Town, Barrow Street Theatre, Off-Broadway, Thorton Wilder, Santa Monica, Tony Award, Los Angeles, New York, David Cromer, Arts News

Thorton Wilder's play is arguably the greatest work in American dramatic literature. It combines elements of the mundane and universal, the quotidian and the divine, the parochial and the eternal.

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PLAN ForYourArt: January 5-11

Bettina Korek | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Bergamot Station, Blum and Poe, Foryourart, China Art Objects, Regen Projects, Moca, Santa Monica, PLAN ForYourArt, Moca Engagement Party, Culver City, Glenn Kaino, Miracle Mile, La Around Town, Los Angeles News

For the first of three MOCA events, CamLab will transform two adjoining spaces in the museum, encouraging visitors to oscillate between immersion and agency as they occupy the various perspectives proposed by the installation.

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3 Themes of Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Government, gov20la, Engagement, Gov 3.0, Mobile, Politics, Technology, Emergency Services, Alan W. Silberberg, Santa Monica, Social Media in Emergencies, Cloud, Government 2.0, Crisis Communications, Technology News

We are past the point where the "Gov 2.0" in our name does more than evoke recognition. It is time to focus not on the theoretical but on the practical.

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WATCH: How Was Gwyneth Paltrow Behind A Famous Televised Kiss?

The Huffington Post | Brennan Williams | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Dr Dre, Gwyneth Paltrow the Tanning of America Is a Joke, Interracial Relationships, Dre Beats, The-Tanning-Effect, Santa Monica, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paltrow, Paltrow News, Interracial, The Shift of Beauty, Video, Gwenyth Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow on Growing Up in Santa Monica, The Tanning Effect Huffington Post, Bv-Video, Gwyneth, First Interacial Kiss White Shadow, Gwyneth Paltrow Tanning, The Kiss That Shocked the Nation, The White Shadow, Black Voices News

Long before captivating moviegoers across the globe with her award-winning acting skills, Gwyneth Paltrow was front and center of a pivotal cultural s...

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Santa Monica: How the People's Republic Became a Business Mecca

Frank Gruber | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: William Fulton, Los Angeles Real Estate, Steve Lopez, L.A. Live, Los Angeles Times, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Urbanism, Redevelopment, The Reluctant Metropolis, La Real Estate, Los Angeles News

Why does L.A. need to subsidize offices downtown when Santa Monica has developers banging on the door?

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Highlights From Big Bang Forum Music Biz Conference

Jeff Pollack | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Social Media, Lil Wayne, Big Bang Forum, Facebook, Music Executive, Santa Monica, Media Executive, Arts News

The Big Bang Forum, a gathering of top execs from the media, music, and digital space, had its fifth meeting this past Friday at a boutique hotel in S...

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Vini, Vidi, Kiti: Santa Monica Cat Show

Turnstyle | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Photos, Cat Show, Cats, California, Kittens, Santa Monica, Kitties, Los Angeles, Cat, Southern California, Los Angeles News

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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Small Plane Crashes Into California Yard

AP | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Cessna 172, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica-California, Santa Monica, Plane Crash, Santa Monica Plane Crash, National Transportation Safety Board, Los Angeles News

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- A pilot suffered a broken leg after crashing a small plane into the yard of a home near Santa Monica Airport, authorities said...

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LA Date Night: The Best Yoga & Pizza Is At The End Of The 10 Freeway

| Lien Ta | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Pizza, Santa Monica, LA Restaurants, Lattes, La Around Town, Los Angeles Yoga, La-Date-Night, Los Angeles News

It's happened -- whilst in downward-dog pose, you spot The Perfect Girl just six mats over (and she's very good at yoga). You find out she'll be back ...

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Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend Pleads Not Guilty

AP | By DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Kevin Reddington, James Bulger, Organized Crime, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer Boal, Whitey Bulger, Santa Monica, Catherine Greig, Winter Hill Gang, Video, Crime News

BOSTON (AP) -- The girlfriend of reputed former crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who is accused of helping him elude authorities while they were on t...

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Chain Letter: A Group Exhibition Featuring Sixteen Hundred Artists. Fact or Fiction?

Lisa Adams | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Bergamot Station, Art Collective, Christian Cummings, Art Scene, Doug Harvey, Contemporary Art, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, Artists, Los Angeles, Arts News

2011-07-31-Screenshot20110731at5.09.27PM.jpg "This is a chain letter, yes, but it is also an invitation to participate in the Chain Letter show at the Shoshana Wayne Gallery. See below for details and please forward this to 10 artists you admire."

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Ready, Set, Shop: L.A.'s 5 Newest Fashion and Beauty Spots

Style Section L.A. | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Handbags, Sales, Beach, Santa Monica, Shopping, Surfing, Denim, Los Angeles, Malibu, Retail, Beauty, Makeup, Malibu Lumberyard, Ann Taylor, Brentwood Country Mart, Brentwood, Cosmetics, Fashion, La Shopping, La Around Town, Los Angeles News

Bored of shopping the same old stores? Here are a few of L.A.'s freshest retail spots -- lovingly curated by the staff of Style Section L.A.

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Lavi Daniel at Rosamund Felsen Gallery

Tracey Harnish | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Santa Monica, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Lavi Daniel, Arts News

It's a curious mix that Lavi Daniel conjures in painting and sculpture. Both are about density but in very different ways.

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Bulger Traveled Incognito And Heavily Armed To Boston

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Boston, Los Angeles, Fbi, James Whitey Bulger Arrested, Whitey Bulger, Santa Monica, Whitey Bulger Arrested, Winter Hill Gang, James Whitey Bulger, Crime News

BOSTON — Notorious gangster James "Whitey" Bulger told agents who arrested him last week that he returned to Boston in disguise and "armed to th...

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New Teaching Method Hones Students' Snap Decisions

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: California, Ucla, Skimming, Intuition, Santa Monica, Teaching Methods, Teaching, Perceptual Learning, Learning, Gut Decision, Video, Education News

In Santa Monica, Calif., one school is testing out a new method of learning that focuses more on gut decisions than guidelines. It's called "percept...

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Los Angeles: Art Deco Mecca

Tamie Adaya | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Santa Monica, Tamie Adaya, Art Deco, Hotel-Shangri-La, Historic Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles has made a very worthy contribution to the universally-popular Art Deco style. Here's a few of my favorites I would like to share with you.

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LA Date Night: Santa Monica's Secret Happy Hour

| Lien Ta | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Musha, Santa Monica, La Around Town, Michael's, Fig, La Date Night, Dating in Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

When June Gloom is in effect, Santa Monica's marine layer isn't all that attractive to be around. It does, however, burn off by afternoon -- and certa...

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Los Angeles Welcomes a Gourmet's Paradise at The Market in Santa Monica Place

Mary Hall | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Cheese, Wine, Santa Monica, Bread, Cooking, Cooking Classes, Rockenwagner, Santa Monica Farmer's Market, Los Angeles News

Pictured: The Welcome Committee at the opening of The Market (photo: M.Hall) Recently, I stopped in at the VIP Opening Party for the new gourmet...

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