Steven Welliver

Deputy Chief Executive of Downtown Santa Monica, Inc.

Steven Welliver on KCRW

After it opened in 1989, Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade became one of the most popular shopping destinations in the world.

Promenade 3.0 seeks to reinvigorate 'Santa Monica’s living room'

After it opened in 1989, Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade became one of the most popular shopping destinations in the world.

from Design and Architecture

More from KCRW

Gregorio Mancilla ganaba menos del salario mínimo como trabajador de costura cuando se fijó la meta de ahorrar suficiente dinero para mandar a su hija a la universidad.

from KCRW Features

Marina Del Rey Middle School went phone-free a year ahead of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s 2025 mandate. It changed everything.

from KCRW Features

The late summer heat waves of Southern California are unpleasant for anyone. But for outdoor workers, they can be downright dangerous.

from KCRW Features

A teen magazine so daring, so outrageous, so scandalizing and sexually suggestive that it only lasted…five issues.

from Lost Notes

As the average age of American Catholic nuns and sisters crests 80, one local order spends their remaining years ensuring their legacy survives.

from KCRW Features

For the first time since World War II, Japanese Americans gathered at the site of the former Manzanar internment camp to play baseball at a reconstructed field.

from KCRW Features

A new Culver City gym filled with “American Ninja Warrior” staff is ready to scale any obstacle as the sport heads to the Olympics.

from KCRW Features

City Councilman Kevin De Leon is running for reelection against tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado. The outcome could determine whether City Hall leans more progressive.

from KCRW Features

The LA-based nonprofit Step Up On Second Street received grant money to quickly house Californians experiencing homelessness.

from KCRW Features