March 24, 2025 Your Source for Brentwood News

Author: Jeff Hall


Brentwood Beat: Annual BHA Meeting Packs ’Em In

March 20, 2025

March 20, 2025

The annual meeting of the Brentwood Homeowners Association (BHA) is not to be missed. Top officials from the City and...

Brentwood Beat: Keep the Ideas – and the Water – Flowing

February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025

There is definitely a “before” and “after” vibe in the air. Before the fire, we were comfortable, complacent. Now we’re...

Brentwood Beat: Before the Next Fire, Let’s Build a Water Pipeline from the Ocean

January 21, 2025

January 21, 2025

In a 2022 Brentwood News column, I proposed building a seawater pipeline from the Pacific Ocean just off the Palisades...

Brentwood Beat: Maria’s Italian Kitchen to Move from Brentwood After 52 Years

January 1, 2025

January 1, 2025

I’m ill.   Maria’s Italian Kitchen is leaving Brentwood Village and will be gone by the end of 2024. Like many...

Brentwood Beat: Hats Off to Carolyn Jordan and the Brentwood Community Council

December 16, 2024

December 16, 2024

We are approaching the end of the year.  The holidays are upon us. It’s a time to count our blessings....

Brentwood Beat: The Adventures of a Brentwood Poll Worker

November 15, 2024

November 15, 2024

For years now many have been worried about election integrity.  I’m not paranoid about these things, but I wanted to...

Brentwood Beat: If Kamala Wins, What Will That Mean for Brentwood?

October 15, 2024

October 15, 2024

Brentwood resident Kamala Harris is running for president.  Soon we’ll know if she wins or not.   The Brentwood News is...

Brentwood Beat: Finally, Hope for a Real VA Breakthrough

September 16, 2024

September 16, 2024

You have probably heard by now that federal judge David O. Carter has found the VA’s practice of leasing VA...

Brentwood Beat: How to Reduce Crime in Brentwood

August 29, 2024

August 29, 2024

Concerned Brentwoodians gathered via Zoom on August 28 to brainstorm strategies intended to reduce crime in the area.  In recent...

Brentwood Beat: Welcome, McCarthy Pharmacy

August 16, 2024

August 16, 2024

Brentwood: We have a new neighbor.   McCarthy Pharmacy, well-known in Santa Monica for 20 years, just moved to Brentwood.   McCarthy...