CITY HALL — Around budget time last year, “flat is the new up” became City Manager Rod Gould’s mantra. This year, it’s pretty much the same, but with a few twists.
CITYWIDE — A San Diego-based organization that opposes circumcision for newborns has filed paperwork to place a measure on the 2012 Santa Monica ballot that would make it a misdemeanor to perform the procedure on boys under the age of 18.
DOWNTOWN L.A. — A homeless man pleaded not guilty to charges he set off a homemade bomb near a Santa Monica synagogue. Sixty-year-old Ron Hirsch entered pleas Monday in Los Angeles federal court to four felonies involving use of an explosive and a destructive device.
Deja-vu. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District may float another parcel tax and/or construction bond proposition next election. The Board of Education on Thursday discussed reconvening the district’s citizen scoping committee and began the process of evaluating parcel tax and bond proposal
When I was last in the Big Apple, three of the four high-end restaurants in Midtown where I ate specialized in seafood, the current restaurant craze. The first, Milos, where you can pick out your own fish from an ice table, is very reminiscent of restaurants in China, although there you can choose a
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The school board voted unanimously Thursday night to reconvene a citizen-led committee to look at the possibility of a future parcel tax and bond measure.
THIRD STREET — Residents of the Embassy Hotel and Apartments can breathe a little easier. The City Attorney’s Office, Rent Control Board and owners of the Embassy reached a settlement agreement announced at last week’s City Council meeting, which gives the residents’ four years to leave the apartmen
PACIFICA, CALIF — Former Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Dianne Talarico died this week after a battle with lung cancer. She was 53.
Q: I purchased a handgun a few years ago for personal safety. Now that I have a family, I still have the gun for personal safety. How can I keep the gun at home safely? A: Having a gun at home for personal defense is a personal choice and one that should not be taken lightly.
CITY HALL — Yahoo! Center’s controversial development agreement amendment to legitimize a decade of parking space leasing that city planners have declared a violation will move forward to the City Council with a host of cautionary notes from uneasy planning commissioners after their meeting Wednesda
LOS ANGELES — Republican businessman Craig Huey on Thursday beat California Secretary of State Debra Bowen in a congressional race and will square off against Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn in a July runoff congressional race.
MID-CITY — Residents of an apartment building on the 1100 block of 12th Street found themselves waiting on the sidewalk for over two hours Wednesday night while Santa Monica police, firefighters and the Los Angeles County bomb squad seized and detonated two pipe bombs found in the room of a 16-year-
