A connoisseur of romantic comedies, I learned ages ago that despite how hilarious and charming Katherine Heigl and Cynthia Nixon are when they have it unknowingly smeared on their cheeks, there’s actually nothing adorable about real life, non chick-flick poop.
CITYWIDE — The sound of a popping cork is music to many people’s ears, but it means something different to Matt Hughes. Hughes is the director of ReCork, a nonprofit organization that collects used wine corks and repurposes them to make shoes with the help of the Vancouver-based shoe maker Sole.
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.
CITY HALL — Usually, members of the City Council take a break from their bi-monthly civic duties in the month of August for some R&R. Not this year. The council will convene an extra meeting today to hear a first reading of an ordinance that authorizes City Hall to pay over $33 million to the state
BERGAMOT STATION — Artist Steve Keene is back in Santa Monica with his signature frenetic mass-production style for a week-long “Art Marathon” at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Santa Monica sports enthusiasts are rallying behind Bryan Stow, a paramedic and Giants fan who is hospitalized with a brain injury after being beaten at Dodger Stadium several months ago.
POINT REYES — Two juvenile California sea lions paused for a moment at the edge of the sea, each raising their whiskered faces toward the silvery water before sliding in to freedom.
PANOCHE VALLEY — On a stretch of California grassland, workers milk 70 Jersey cows and bottle several hundred gallons of milk into quart glass bottles topped with bright yellow caps — without heating the milk to pasteurize it.
By now, renters have recently received their notice of the Annual Rent Adjustment allowed under the city’s rent control law. It’s one of the largest increases in rent control history and the biggest jump since 2006.
DOWNTOWN — Even from the second story of the nine-level office building on Wilshire Boulevard, the staff and leadership of the nonprofit website Procon.org manage to get a 30,000-foot view.
Another hot new spot for young people, and those seeking youth through healthy eating, has opened up in Santa Monica. The True Food Kitchen occupies a great location on the west end of Santa Monica Place, right on Second Street.
Q: I sometimes see multiple police officers dealing with only one person. Is that necessary? Do you really need more than one officer to deal with one person? A: Excellent observation and thank you for the question! The Santa Monica Police Department boasts an eclectic force of community safety expe
