CITYWIDE — If everything goes according to plan, Santa Monica will see an influx of at least four new hotels and one complete remodel in Downtown, and business officials say the city can use all the rooms it gets.
SACRAMENTO — Next Friday, the current legislative session comes to a close, and lawmakers are busy getting a flurry of bills passed and on their way to Gov.
When I was a kid I was “born again,” a process that involved being fully and totally immersed in water. Much more recently I was on the home stretch of an 8-mile walk in the hot sun when the minister I was walking with kindly poured her drinking water on my hot little head.
Q: As summer draws to a close, back-to-school season is in full effect. I feel safety should be a priority for every family as children return to classrooms this fall.
Whenever I write an article claiming one thing is the best, I get a number of e-mails suggesting I try another place. So after my hamburger article I received about six e-mails from PR people suggesting I try their client’s hamburger, and one of those was an invitation to the Daily Grill.
OCEAN PARK — A home of potential historic importance on the 2500 block of Third Street was stripped to the studs in what conservationists are calling a “huge disconnect” between the City Hall’s stated preservation goals and its practices.
Sonny McLean’s serves food? That was my initial reaction as I bellied up to the bar for a cold one. The barkeep enthusiastically showed me a menu and pointed to a bunch of cooking trophies behind the bar won by their head chef.
SUNSET PARK — Parents gathered at Will Rogers Thursday night to hear Principal Steven Richardson dispel their fears about news that their chosen elementary school had failed to meet requirements set forth by the federal government for school funding.
LOS ANGELES— A magnitude-4.2 earthquake and aftershocks rattled nerves across the Los Angeles region Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
CITY HALL — David Martin is “acting” planning director no more. City Manager Rod Gould announced Thursday that Martin would be taking over as the official Planning Director after proving his ability to lead the department over the preceding 10 weeks since his predecessor, Eileen Fogarty, retired.
DOWNTOWN — The Exposition Light Rail line. California Incline. Palisades Garden Walk. Civic Auditorium renovations. Santa Monica High School’s new field.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District posted gains in a state indicator used to evaluate schools’ progress from year to year, but more than half of campuses — 10 of 17 — failed to achieve standards set by the federal government.
