SMMUSD HDQTRS — It’s been a long time coming, but parents with children in special education said they are seeing some progress in reforming the once troubled department.
VENICE — There will be 20 fewer homeless individuals living on the streets after a local nonprofit organization bought an apartment building that will provide housing for the down and out.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
DOWNTOWN — They’re green, lush and always in style, but a row of more than a dozen trees are no longer part of the Santa Monica Place landscape. Nordstrom, which is moving into and renovating the old space long occupied by Robinsons-May, recently relocated six paperbark and two coral trees from the
MALIBU — The high school football games under the Friday night lights will now be played beneath the late afternoon sun. The California Coastal Commission on Thursday denied a request to allow the use of temporary field lights at Malibu High School for 16 evenings out of the year, including during e
DOWNTOWN — Swine flu vaccinations have finally arrived. The Venice Family Clinic welcomed the long-awaited vaccines for the H1N1 flu virus on Tuesday, receiving 500 doses of the FluMist nasal spray, which are being administered at the Rose Avenue medical facility and Simms/Mann Health and Wellness C
CITY HALL — Mayor Pro Tem Pam O’Connor learned a valuable lesson in 2006 — don’t wait until the last minute to launch a campaign. So in her re-election bid to serve a fifth term on the City Council, O’Connor is starting more than a year in advance, allowing more time to raise money and complete some
WILSHIRE BLVD. — The owners of a popular ESPN Zone-style restaurant have appealed a decision by the Planning Commission last month to reduce the number of seats and hours that the establishment can remain in operation.
CHICAGO — On a chilly historic night in Grant Park, Alejandra Campoverdi witnessed history, standing up against the stage as her employer for the past few months — newly elected President Barack Obama — took the stage to address an electrifying audience.
LAWNDALE — There was screeching and honking and other noises expected of a maintenance facility for electric trains. They were the sounds that a group of residents from the Pico Neighborhood described hearing during a recent visit to the MTA Green Line’s rail yard in Lawndale, a tour arranged by the
LAX COURTHOUSE — A Malibu man who was accused of sexually assaulting a Santa Monica College student in the campus library was cleared of all charges this week after prosecutors determined there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue the case.
VENICE — A classic landlord-tenant battle came to a close recently when the owners and former residents of Lincoln Place reached a settlement that not only preserves a group of historic buildings from demolition but allows renters to return to their one-time home.
