SAMOHI — On March 18, a bevy of food trucks will descend on Santa Monica streets near the Samohi campus for a lunch period of eclectic eats. While that spells fun for most, Aidan Nathanson and his business partner Sean Robins view it as research.
The folks from Macerich Co. went before the Planning Commission recently to ask for permission to sell alcohol into the early morning hours to people eating or drinking in the outdoor dining areas of restaurants on the third floor of Santa Monica Place.
CITY HALL — City attorneys reached a $24,000 settlement with an elderly man that was injured when a Big Blue Bus driver allegedly pulled away from a stop abruptly, causing him to fall.
SANTA ANA — Santa Monica High School’s girls’ basketball team’s season came to an end Thursday night following a 57-41 loss at Mater Dei in the second round of the CIF state playoffs.
Groucho Marx used to say, “I’m a person of high principles, and if you don’t like them … I have others.” I too have high principles, including what kind of restaurant I like to go to.
SANTA ANA — Santa Monica High School girls’ basketball team’s season came to an end Thursday night following a 57-41 loss at Mater Dei High School in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section state playoffs.
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. West Coast is under a tsunami watch following an 8.9-magnitude earthquake off northeastern Japan. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says a watch is in effect for Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia.
CITYWIDE City Hall has created a hotline customers can use to report on the performance of taxi cab companies recently awarded franchises by the City Council.
SM COURTHOUSE— Charlie Sheen brought his verbal war against Warner Bros. and the executive producer of “Two and a Half Men” to a Santa Monica courtroom on Thursday, filing a $100 million lawsuit seeking to recoup his salary and wages for the show’s cast and crew.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica seems to have a plan for everything, from bike paths to land use, and at its meeting Tuesday, the City Council approved the process for one more — a plan to make Santa Monica completely self-sufficient in water supply by 2020.
