CITY HALL – The City Council, because of a technicality, put off a vote Tuesday on whether or not to create a program to pay SMO flight schools to do training at other airports.
CITY HALL ¬ó A citizen-led committee voted to recommend that the Board of Education place a $385 million bond on the November ballot after polling results showed that prospective voters in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District were more likely to pass a bond than a parcel tax.
In Sacramento, the appalling consequences of one party rule have become manifest. Last summer, I wrote about one party rule in the Legislature and pointed out the similarities with the early days of fascist Italy, where the party gained control of the Italian Parliament through intimidation.
Some day in the future when I’ve died and my daughters eulogize my life at the funeral, I have no doubt most of how they’ll remember me to others will be measured by how many more times I told them “no” than “yes” throughout our years together.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monica officials may pride themselves on forward-thinking parking policies, but what’s good for traffic congestion may not be good for the bottom line.
COLORADO AVE — The producer of classic cartoons from the 1980s and ‘90s was in a medically-induced coma over the weekend after being struck by a car in an alleged hit-and-run early Saturday morning.
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.
BOSTON — The attorney for James “Whitey” Bulger said Monday that the former Boston mob boss and one-time FBI informant shouldn’t be prosecuted in 19 murders because the government promised him immunity for past or future crimes.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family. Time for one last column on more differences we’ve observed and experienced between Europe and the U.
Wildlife lovers and animal advocates were up in arms when, about six weeks ago, a young, male mountain lion that wandered into Santa Monica was killed during attempts to return it to the wild.
MAIN STREET — Tucked away in an office that caps O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, a green revolution is fomenting. It’s led by husband-wife filmmaking team Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, a couple which mixes thorough research with daring investigation to create documentaries that exp
Biking up and down the strand is a way of life here in Santa Monica. Meeting up with friends for drinks to watch the NBA Finals in neighboring Venice, well that’s just a bonus.