2011 was a scary year for nuclear reactor sites. The summer floods threatened to encroach on reactors in Nebraska and Iowa, an earthquake and a hurricane happened in quick secession to rattle and flood the East Coast, and the continuing events of the Fukushima-Daiichi reactor accident provided harr
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SAMOHI — Santa Monica High School students returned from winter break Wednesday to find work begun on a $55 million science and technology building that promises to consolidate and modernize science education on campus.
For the Chinese, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. For beleaguered California taxpayers this may be the Year of the Billionaire. Of the half dozen or so potential November ballot measures designed to raise taxes, nearly half are actively sponsored by billionaires.
CITYWIDE — People flock to Santa Monica’s thrice-weekly Farmers’ Markets for their pick of fresh produce from the Golden State, but a handful of Santa Monicans are joining a movement that takes “local” to a whole new level.
15th STREET — An ordinance meant to keep recreational vehicles off of Santa Monica’s streets at night snared an unlikely victim in recent weeks — a van used by an assisted-living center to transport its elderly charges.
COLORADO AVE —A former director of transportation in New York was appointed to head up and help streamline operations at the Big Blue Bus, according to a City Hall news release.
“Girls wear panties and boys wear underwear,” my 3-year-old daughter, who has affectionately been known as Petunia since she was in utero, explained to me matter-of-factly the other day.
The bankruptcy of Solyndra, a solar company that received a federal loan guarantee, has made the front page because of charges of cronyism. But among the biggest risks to taxpayers, who underwrite federal loan guarantees, isn’t renewable energy.
EASTSIDE — When Jonathan Gelfand walks into his office in the Lantana complex in Santa Monica, he doesn’t wonder if someone has stolen from him — the question is how much.
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s signature gathering effort to put the Dream Act, AB 131, on the November 2012 ballot is entering its final days. Undecided citizens could learn valuable lessons from Rhode Island.
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal authorities say fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a small plane that had lost contact with traffic controllers over California.
