Tag: history

The date was April 28, 1942. Arnold Maeda, then a student at Santa Monica High School, reported to the intersection ...

The Landmarks Commission is poised to designate a two-story Craftsman with a unique Swiss Chalet look. Last week, the commission ...

It's Women's History Month, which means obligatory tributes highlighting women's accomplishments have been sneaking into your news feed. You know ...

Before they were selling rooms for more than $400 per night, three Santa Monica hotels were aiding battle-tired soldiers in ...

Three bungalows slated for demolition were nominated by the Landmarks Commission for protection last week. The houses on the 500 ...

In 1969, John Lennon wrote "Give Peace a Chance" and it soon became an anthem for the anti-Vietnam War movement. ...

Santa Monica is fortunate to have grown up as a city with a unique housing identity — a setting that ...

John Boorman wrote and directed "Queen and Country," a beautiful film that he claims is his final movie (though, during ...

Before they were sneaking onto foreign beaches with only a bathing suit and a knife during World War II, many ...

When the erudite "thinking man's" talk show host Dick Cavett invited sharp-tongued writer Mary McCarthy to appear on his PBS ...