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Santa Monica Residents Can Return Home
January 13, 2025 -- Santa Monica has lifted its mandatory evacuation order for the area north of San Vicente Boulevard allowing residents to return home for the first time in nearly a week, City officials announced Monday morning. The area -- which is …
Pier to Host Fire Relief Fundraiser - surfsantamonica.com
1 day ago · January 21, 2025 -- The Santa Monica Pier will host a fundraiser Thursday to help victims of the Palisades Fire that has destroyed more than 6,200 structures, including the local high school. The “Locals' Night for Fire Relief” fundraiser -- …
City Preps for High Winds as Palisades Fire Rages
January 14, 2025 -- With high winds and dry conditions persisting through Wednesday, the evacuation warning for the area north of San Vicente Boulevard will remain in place, City officials said Tuesday evening. Residents can return to to area "but should remain prepared with gathered essentials and ...
Santa Monica Steps Up During Fires
5 days ago · January 17, 2025 -- Santa Monica residents can offer help to fire victims and first responders during upcoming donation drives and a number of ongoing efforts. The first drive takes place Sunday, when the City hosts a Main Street Farmers Market Produce Donation Drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m to ...
Santa Monica Most Expensive City for Business
By Jorge Casuso September 17, 2024 -- A July survey of more than two hundred cities that is garnering new-found interest ranked Santa Monica as the most expensive city to conduct business in the region and in seven competing states.
Miramar Redevelopment Project Moves Forward
The 502,157-square-foot redevelopment features 312 rooms that are twice the size of the exiting 300 rooms, adds 60 luxury condominiums on the top floor, banquet facilities, retail space and 14,000 square feet of public garden terraces.
Ice Returns to Santa Monica
By Lookout Staff November 1, 2024 -- Those who long for a winter wonderland in Southern California will have their wish granted when "Ice at Santa Monica" returns Downtown this month.
How Santa Monicans Can Prepare for a Tsunami
By Jorge Casuso. March 27, 2024 -- It can arrive within minutes or take hours to reach the coast, but if a tsunami strikes Santa Monica, ocean waves could reach as high as a five-story building.
Rising Number of Pedestrians, Cyclists Killed or Seriously Injured in ...
By Jorge Casuso. August 12, 2024 -- Despite major investments in traffic safety, fatal and severe injury crashes involving cyclists and pedestrians in Santa Monica have increased in each of the past three years, according to data provided by the City.