City council proposes novel plan to buy or lease school properties
Weary of a developing pattern and anxious to quell a movement among school boosters that would force City Hall
Consultant to review planning department
CITY HALL — Local officials expect to spend up to $75,000 to figure out how to fix City Hall’s planning department.
A private consultant
$3.8 million annually hangs in the balance
COUNCIL CHAMBERS — Santa Monica will join a host of California cities and counties suing the state for $4 billion in missing car
Parents of slain Jalonnie Carter grew frustrated with police investigation
Frustrated by the lack of answers surrounding their teenage son’s murder, the parents of Jalonnie Carter, who was shot
City Hall to consider contract with school district for multi-million donation
CITY HALL — Local officials want to take the guesswork out of how much money cash-strapped City Hall
Board’s 3304 changes called ‘hasty reaction’
CITY HALL — A public hearing is scheduled for next month to discuss proposed changes to a controversial rent control law, officials decided last
Smith allegedly set fire to consignment store
LAX COURTHOUSE — The February fire that gutted Simply Sofas on Lincoln Boulevard was ignited by oversized water jugs filled with paper and gas,
Adelphia plans to keep public service programs
WEST LOS ANGELES — Though he has yet to move out of his offices at Adelphia, cable talk show host Bill Rosendahl is already
Three retailers continue arraignments until January on the Promenade — and Sears on Colorado Avenue, continued their arraignments to Jan. 16.
SM COURTHOUSE — Six of nine local retailers accused of overcharging
New law sparks debate at City Council meeting
COUNCIL CHAMBERS — More than two decades after opening Chinois on Main Street, renowned chef Wolfgang Puck was given permission Tuesday to expand
Proposition A battle still being felt in community
Local real estate agents will be required under a new law to tell prospective home buyers if a house is considered historic.
The accused, Anita Laureen Clark, is free on $150,000 bond
CITY HALL — Thirty-seven criminal charges have been filed against a Santa Monica woman who allegedly posed as an