Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
CITY HALL — A certain item on the Planning Commission’s Wednesday night calendar has been blowing up the blogosphere and rumor mills for days, but got less than a minute’s worth of consideration from the four commissioners.
MAIN LIBRARY — Is your family or business prepared for an emergency? That crucial question was the crux of a presentation delivered by Red Cross of Santa Monica CEO John Pacheco to a small crowd in a UCLA Medical Center-sponsored event at the Santa Monica Main Library Friday.
SM PIER — This summer, Santa Monica Beach seems to be holding an unintentional reenactment of the classic horror movie “Jaws,” but minus the Great White shark.
CITYWIDE — Like many who rely on federal dollars, Mark Loranger, CEO of Santa Monica nonprofit Chrysalis, is watching national politics with trepidation.
Q: I was told that some schools are starting earlier this year before the Labor Day weekend. Does this affect all the schools in our area or just certain ones? A: Yes, schools are starting early this year.
MAIN ST — For the layman, “going vertical” may sound like a terrifying, alien experience. For veteran surfers, going vertical — cutting back and riding up a wave, sometimes going airborne — is a really rad ideal, but it’s a maneuver that was impossible to achieve with the classic longboard.
Only steps away from tourist magnets like the Santa Monica Pier and the remodeled Santa Monica Place, Fritto Misto seems to mostly go unnoticed among the hustle and bustle of summer sightseers.
Meals on Wheels West, a nonprofit organization that provides two meals a day, seven days a week to those who cannot easily leave their homes, now has 25 spots available on its route.
CITY HALL Over 33,000 apply for affordable housing The Santa Monica Housing Division received over 33,000 applications in 35 hours for the waiting list for all affordable housing programs City Hall administers, including the Section 8 Program.
BBQ is a culture like sushi, or Menudo. People will drive hours to find it. It’s a multi-geographic culture. There is Texas BBQ, Memphis BBQ, North Carolina has its own version and is famous for 12-hour cooked pulled pork shoulder, and of course L.
CITYWIDE — AmeriCare Ambulance, a Carson-based emergency transport provider that operates in five southern California counties, officially began transporting patients in Santa Monica on Aug.
