Brian Chesky and the 9th District Court of Appeals (Credit: Getty Images and Wikimedia) A federal appeals court dealt Airbnb and HomeAway a major blow in their extended battle with Santa Monica over the city’s restrictive home-sharing rules. The decision by the 9th Circuit Court allows Santa Monica to continue to hold home-sharing platforms liable […]
DUI Checkpoint in Santa Monica Friday
SMPD to conduct DUI checkpoint March 15 at an undiclosed location. By Staff Writer In recent years, California has seen a disturbing increase in drug-impaired driving crashes and the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is addressing this issue by holding a DUI checkpoint this Friday, March 15. “The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) supports the […]
Mobile lender Tala trades up for larger Santa Monica office; Knotel takes old digs
Tala founder and CEO Shivani Siroya is moving the company from 429 Santa Monica Boulevard to 1633 26th Street in Santa Monica The mobile financial technology company Tala is trading up for a larger office in Santa Monica. Tala inked a lease with for 30,600 square feet at Kilroy Realty Group’s 1633 26th Street. It […]
Cosmetics founder sells penthouse, marking LA’s top condo deal this year
Toni Ko and 1755 Ocean Avenue (Credit: Getty Images and Realtor) Toni Ko, who founded her own cosmetics company at 25 and eventually left with a quarter-billion-dollar fortune, has sold her penthouse on Santa Monica’s Ocean Avenue. The $12.5 million condominium sale is Los Angeles County’s biggest this year, records show. The buyer was two […]
How Santa Monica Is Trying to Lure People Back to the Third Street Promenade
So many of L.A.’s finest malls and communal indoor-outdoor spaces have had major makeovers in the last few years: Century City had a billion dollar nip/tuck in 2017. The Beverly Center’s facelift last year cost half a bil. After all, they’ve got to keep up appearances. Malls need to be attractive to compete in this […]
Council will be Sitting Illegally August 15, says Judge
Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos denies City’s request for a stay in voting rights case. By Sam Catanzaro The future of the sitting Santa Monica City Council remains uncertain after a judge’s order today maintains that any Council member serving after August 15 will be doing so illegally. The case, Pico Neighborhood Association, et al. v. […]