It doesn’t take much to get me all riled up. Outrage is an emotion I experience almost as often as exhaustion, and I have two kids under the age of 4, so you do the math.
CITY HALL — The Landmarks Commission cemented the importance of “Chain Reaction” to Santa Monica’s identity Monday night with a unanimous vote to landmark the famous, but structurally-compromised statue.
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.
SUNSET PARK — The bee hive that caught Paul Hekimian’s eye was epic. The bees had built it in the branches of a rubber tree plant that started in a neighbor’s yard but arched over the fence toward Hekimian’s property, abutting the avocado tree in which his son, Lucas, has a tree house and zip li
Last week’s Fourthof July parade onMain Streetwas very cool. My hat’s offto theOceanParkAssociation (OPA). This is now one ofSanta Monica’s great community events.
MID-CITY — The recipe calls for fillet of lion. The opening step — “First, obtain your lion” — might be the most challenging part of the meal. If that particular cut of meat can’t be found in the butcher section in your local grocery store, don’t worry.
MIDCITY ¬ó Members of the Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition gathered Saturday afternoon to count ballots in a contested election that may result in the ouster of two incumbent board members.
CITYWIDE ¬ó Santa Monica may join a growing number of California cities and counties in banning smoking for new tenants in apartment complexes and condominiums Tuesday night.
There are a few restaurants left in Los Angeles that are icons. And in fickle Los Angeles it’s not easy to keep a restaurant profitable for more than three or four years.
Recently I stepped into a Grimm’s fairy tale akin to ¬ìThe Sleeping Beauty.¬î Remember how she lay hidden for years in an overgrown forest near the decaying palace which was her home? The beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham from my childhood books came to mind as I explored the island of Cuba.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó Santa Monica High School officials are building an ethnic studies program at the school as part of an ongoing attempt to improve relations between the racial groups on campus and achievement rates amongst minority students.
As the presidential candidates go at it over the next several months, we’ll be hearing a lot about what the federal government ought to be doing. Unfortunately, we’ll likely hear next to nothing about how it should go about it.
