Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a two-part series. In my last installment I touched the titular notion of California’s agricultural dilemma vis-à-vis “too big to fail” and how our small farmers are being run out of business by the garden variety enviro-nitwits to protect a bait fish
Editor’s Note: The Quackers are three awesome ducks — Rusty, Richard and Sydney — from the canals of Venice who are on a mission to educate the community about the dangers of global warming and the importance of practicing sustainability, all while surfing the most gnarly waves possible.
CITY HALL — City Hall wants to get something for nothing. City staff is in the process of submitting an application to Internet giant Google to compete for an ultra-high speed broadband network being offered by the company.
CITY HALL — The owner of The Hump, the Santa Monica sushi restaurant where, until recently, an endangered species of whale was on the menu, has already publicly admitted to violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — A year after abruptly shutting down his high-end Wilshire Boulevard furniture store and leaving behind scores of angry customers who never received orders they’d paid for, Cozi Couch owner Arman Hazarian has pleaded guilty to false advertising and doing business without a licens
CULVER CITY — Lamont Ewell, Santa Monica’s former city manager who retired in January in order to spend more time with his family, has decided to return to work, at least temporarily, accepting a job as Culver City’s interim city manager.
Sitting in Tel’s Barber Shop, there is a feeling of warmth and coziness that cannot be ignored. Tel Trujillo, his two sons and his grandson are the only barbers in the family-run shop, and it’s been that way since 1988.
COLORADO AVE — As many observers expected, a coalition of Westside homeowner groups has filed a lawsuit challenging the thoroughness of the environmental study recently approved for the Expo Light Rail line that transportation officials hope will connect Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles by 2015.
Santa Monica has made international news again. The Hump, a sushi bar adjoining the Typhoon restaurant and owned by parent company, Typhoon Restaurant, Inc.
CITY HALL — Three so-called “kit houses” will retain their historical landmark status after a split City Council voted this week to reject the property owner’s appeal.
DOWNTOWN — Despite a rocky economy this past year, 62 percent of Santa Monica residents claimed their shopping habits remained unchanged, according to a local spending survey conducted by city officials and business interests.
