CITY HALL — A former Big Blue Bus supervisor could spend a year behind bars after she was convicted this week of allegedly abusing City Hall’s rideshare program that provides employees who use public transit to get to work with free bus passes.
SMO — Despite the California Legislature’s urging this week, it appears unlikely the FAA will conduct a review of safety and health concerns at Santa Monica Airport.
Some friends won’t dine with me at Le Saigon because they don’t serve beer or wine, but personally I find the fresh coconut juice a special treat. It’s a small, plain restaurant with a utilitarian look.
The best weeknight recipes are those that are versatile enough to work not just with what you want, but also what you have. As in this simple recipe for sweet-and-sour chicken.
BBB HDQTRS — A trip on a Big Blue Bus is about to get more expensive. As of Aug. 29, the standard cash fare for regular passengers and students on most lines is going up 25 cents to $1 per ride, with the fare on Express lines going to $2, up from $1.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Twenty teachers in Santa Monica and Malibu classrooms this fall will have jobs thanks to donations to the “Save Our Schools” campaign, which raised more than $1.
Politics is a mystery to most of us. We accept it as something someone else does. Not too many of us get involved. Those that do have trouble telling us what actually goes on in Congress.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Santa Monica and Malibu students showed gains in both language arts and mathematics in the most recent statewide standardized test, the California Department of Education reported this week.
I enjoyed being raised in the suburbs, but lately I’ve been thinking I might be a wee better off today had I been raised on a farm, or in a lumberyard.
Dear New Shrink, My company restricts the number of vacation days one can accrue so this summer I finally planned a month-long getaway to use up vacation time that I was about to lose.
Whole lotta screamin’ goin’ on, and it isn’t coming from the audience. In fact, the audience becomes quieter and quieter as the evening wears on. Not a good sign for what is supposed to be a rip-roaring comedy.
DOWNTOWN L.A. — Santa Monica’s chances of landing billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad’s museum took another hit Tuesday after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave unanimous support to a plan to build the museum as part of the Grand Avenue Project in Downtown Los Angeles.
