Voicing his discontent with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in U.S. v. Pineda-Moreno, which declared the warrantless use of a GPS tracking device to be constitutional, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski warned, “We are taking a giant leap into the unknown, and the consequences for ourselves and ou
SM BAY — If the Santa Monica Pier were a pupil in grade school, it would be moved to the head of the class, finally making the grade when it comes to water quality, according to a report released by environmental watchdog Heal the Bay.
SMO — Residents upset over what they said was a drastic increase in flights from Santa Monica Airport over their homes earlier this year are blasting a City Hall-funded study presented this week that found there had been no significant increase in noise levels.
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica may see itself as more cyclist friendly than surrounding cities. But when it comes to the number of bike accidents, it ranks among the worst in the state.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monica has more than just an art event to glow about. More than 150,000 attended Glow — a biannual nocturnal art and cultural event — on Saturday night, driving a wave of customers into the seats of local restaurants and the beds of packed hotels.
With the recent uproar over the scandal-plagued city of Bell and its high-priced city manager, I thought I’d take a closer look at our city manager, as well as the other people that spend your money.
PICO BLVD — A blend of students, educators and community members filled the Pico Youth & Family Center last week to rally support for the Mexican American studies program in Tucson, Ariz.
It’s no secret that real estate developers and the local land use attorneys who enable them are chomping at the bit to find ways to extract revenue from our humble, 8-square-mile beachfront urban utopia.
DOWNTOWN — In a move that could run up against a legal barrier, the board of the Bayside District Corp. has formally urged the City Council to ban food trucks from doing business in Downtown Santa Monica.
The price of fossil fuels is soaring; burning them releases greenhouse gases, and a byproduct from coal energy is toxic mercury vapour, which has contaminated the Arctic and now melt-waters are circulating mercury in our oceans.
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.
MID-CITY — Emily Kay Tillman didn’t know if her newborn twins were going to survive. They were born premature — just shy of 27 weeks — and weighed about 2 pounds each.
