A blue leaf blower fans the flames of a charcoal grill in a Santa Monica parking lot, wafting smoke and ash in the direction of hopeful diners. People anxiously await straightforward skewers like chicken thigh and salmon, plus more unusual proteins like lamb liver, which delivers an Iron Man-like punch. The food may be Persian, […]
Santa Monica prohibits market rate micro apartments
Santa Monica Mayor Gleam Davis and Santa Monica City Hall attached There’s no room in Santa Monica for any more micro units — at least for now. Market-rate apartments under 375 square feet are now permanently banned in the city of Santa Monica, though officials plan to address new housing models again later this year. […]
Small Businesses and the Development Challenge
The Architectural Review Board met this week to review several apartment projects in different parts of downtown, including 1238 7th Street–6 stories, 37 units and no parking. The staff report says: “The project site is located along the west side of 7th Street and is currently a vacant lot.” (see the staff report here: https://tinyurl.com/y579sqhd). […]
DocDrew’s Swish Issue 6, Volume 3
By Dr. Paul Drew Welcome to the sixth issue of volume three of Swish, a weekly periodical with recaps and photos of Santa Monica YMCA youth basketball games, and other pertinent info such as standings, schedules, announcements, and updates from the program. As I have discussed in previous issues of Swish, the Positive Coaching Alliance […]
Should 17-Year-Olds Have the Right to Vote?
No one protested back in the 1970s, when first Congress and then every state granted 18-year-old citizens the right to vote. If they were old enough to die for their country, went the reasoning, they were also old enough to help make its decisions. Now a top-ranking Democratic state legislator wants to expand the franchise […]
“Crime and Punishment” at the Edgemar
Before I launch into a review of the staged version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, a few words about this famous Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and philosopher who lived from 1821–1881. Considered one of the world’s greatest novelists, his seminal works include, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers […]