WILSHIRE BLVD — While it doesn’t sound as menacing as “Carmageddon,” the extended closure this Friday of Wilshire Boulevard on- and off-ramps along Interstate 405 — dubbed “Ramp Jam” — promises to create serious delays for commuters and could impact residential streets near the major thoroug
CITYWIDE ¬ó Homeowners could soon be asked if they are willing to pay on average $54 a year to fund projects intended to protect the Santa Monica Bay and other water bodies.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó The Malibu High School student who claims she was slapped in the face multiple times by her teacher in front of her entire class wants more than $1 million from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
CITYWIDE ¬ó Come September, landlords with rent-controlled units will be able to charge their tenants as much as $26 more a month. The Rent Control Board on Thursday set the annual rent increase, which takes effect Sept.
CITYWIDE ¬óThose who ride the Big Blue Bus Line 2 south of Pico Boulevard will no longer be able to do so come Aug. 26. The City Council on Tuesday voted to shorten the route and eliminate other underutilized and duplicated services to save approximately $275,000 annually at a time when the public b
DOWNTOWN ¬ó DNA from a male mountain lion killed by Santa Monica police last month confirms that the animal was genetically linked to the local population and was not an exotic pet, officials with the National Park Service announced Thursday.
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PICO BOULEVARD ¬ó The Pico Youth & Family Center has six months to prove to the City Council that it has a handle on its finances and a clear mission to help those who are most at risk of joining a gang or landing behind bars.
SAMOHI ¬ó Santa Monica High School Principal Laurel Fretz said Thursday that she was planning to send phone and e-mail messages to parents informing them that school will be in session today, the last day of school.
DOWNTOWN ¬ó Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-53) and Mayor Richard Bloom have inched closer to qualifying for a runoff election this November to determine who will represent Santa Monica in the new 50th Assembly District.
CITY HALL – Palisades Park will look different this December now that erecting dioramas depicting the birth of Jesus Christ, a tradition in Santa Monica for over half a century, is no longer allowed there.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó A Malibu High School teacher accused of slapping a female student at least four times for failing to bring a notebook to class did nothing of the sort, the superintendent of schools said Friday.
