CITYWIDE — As the State Assembly’s legislative session pulled to a close, a flurry of bills bearing Assemblywoman Julia Brownley’s (D-Santa Monica) name flew through the halls of the legislature.
SM COURTHOUSE — A judge on Wednesday ordered a man accused of showing up at Lindsay Lohan’s court appearances and leaving gifts at her house to stay away from the actress for the next two years.
Over the weekend, my family went to see some live music in an outdoor venue, and no one had a better time than my nearly 3-year-old daughter. Every time one song stopped, she’d plead “‘Nother song, Mama? ‘Nother song, mama!” as if I had a Bat Phone directly to the band to make an urgent request on h
DOWNTOWN — Continuing a tradition stretching as far back as 1905, the Santa Monica Rugby Club on Saturday hosted an exhibition match with the 7th Parachute Regiment of the British Army.
Older residents and others on fixed incomes were being forced out of their homes because property taxes were going through the roof. So were tempers, until the governor stepped forward to limit property tax increases to an annual 2 percent.
WESTSIDE — Only in Los Angeles could a weekend freeway closure be compared to the end of the world. Authorities will close Interstate 405 to do road work in July, and they took the step Monday of issuing a dire warning a full month ahead of time because of the potential traffic nightmare it could ca
MAIN STREET — TOMS Shoes, a Santa Monica-based company that provides footwear to underprivileged children in foreign countries, announced Tuesday that it will expand both its product line and charity to fight another global health problem — blindness.
FOURTH STREET — Monday night, in front of an audience of family, friends, faculty and administrators, 15 high school seniors walked across a stage at the Doubletree Hotel to mark the end of a grueling academic career.
CITYWIDE — In response to the rising backlash against a proposed initiative that would have made circumcision for minors a criminal act, the main proponent of the measure announced her intention to withdraw the measure Monday.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — All 10 nurses currently working in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will keep their jobs for the 2011-12 school year, although the details of what kind of support staff they will have haven’t been worked out.
SUNSET PARK — Nadine Watt will step into the role of president at Watt Companies, one of the largest owners, developers and managers of commercial real estate in the Western United States, it was announced Monday.
Last week, the City Council approved $46.8 million in redevelopment funds for renovation of the 53-year-old Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Problem is the Civic is out of date and no amount of renovation short of a tear-down and rebuild will fix it.
