FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY — How do you choose between clean diapers for your baby or the security of knowing where the next meal will come from? It’s a question posed to mothers who find that food stamps and other aid do not cover costly necessities for children, and one that the Franklin Elementary Schoo
Even if you’re not in a car, the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Section might be watching you next month. Throughout February, motor officers will target pedestrian traffic violations, including jaywalking, walking against red lights, failure to yield to right-of-way traffic an
They’re having a bugfest at the Santa Monica Pier, and it has nothing to do with sand fleas. It’s the dazzling Cirque du Soleil production “OVO,” a festival of whimsical bugs doing what bugs, and Cirque performers, do best: climbing, slithering, swinging, jumping, crawling and bouncing.
Protecting the environment is a major goal at City Hall. In recent years, sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth has driven everything from bagging groceries to traffic management.
OCEAN PARK — When the story broke in 2010 that a Philadelphia school district had used school laptops to observe students in their homes, people saw a violation of rights and privacy.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors say the so-called "Silverware Bandit" has been sentenced to 210 years to life in state prison for a string of break-ins at homes in west L.
With the weather being as unseasonably pleasant as it has been, I have found myself riding my bike solely to bask in this glorious warmth. A stop into the 17th Street Cafe & Bakery was for no reason other than the fact that I was hungry, and I was on the corner of 17th Street and Montana Avenue.
Q: What is the new “open carry” law and how does it affect me? A: Effective Jan. 1, 2012, AB144, also known as the “open carry” law, is a ban of carrying an unloaded firearm on your person that is visible to others.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Web developers and school district staff are begging parents and teachers’ patience with a web-based application meant to provide easy access to student information that has resulted in missing grades and faulty transcripts.
DOWNTOWN — A Santa Monica businessman has thrown his hat into the ring to challenge longtime Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein when she runs for her fourth term in November.
CIVIC CENTER — Teamwork was in full swing Wednesday night as a mostly volunteer crowd gathered at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to conduct an all night visual count of the homeless population.
