LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is becoming the nation’s largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores in an increasingly widespread move to conserve the environment.
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CITY HALL — The question of whether or not Santa Monica will have nativity scene displays in Palisades Park this year remains undecided. The City Council begged off a final decision to eliminate an exception that allows unattended displays in Palisades Park in December after previous discussions abo
Veterans attending Santa Monica College will retain their current academic counseling hours after a $10,000 donation from the American Legion Post 283, officials with the college said.
BOSTON — A federal judge rejected a request Tuesday from the twin sister of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger’s girlfriend to lift a lien on her South Boston home, saying the house could eventually be used to pay a court-ordered fine for helping Bulger while he was on the run.
Earth gives us everything we need including an abundance of renewable energy. The challenge is to know where to look. Ever watched the waves crash against the Santa Monica Bay shoreline? Worldwide ocean waves provide up to 2 terawatts of instantaneous electricity (1 terawatt equals 1 trillion watts)
CITY HALL — The Planning Commission is expected to consider a controversial development that would create a dense residential complex over what is now the Village Trailer Park, something residents of the park are fighting tooth and nail.
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.
Most investors are familiar with the hackneyed phrase, “past performance is no guarantee of future performance.” That’s the “cover your backside” sentence that professional advisors put in their recommendation advisories.
LOS ANGELES — California officials say the recently opened light rail line that connects downtown Los Angeles with the city’s Westside must be reinspected because a key section contains a serious design flaw that could cause trains to derail, the Los Angeles Times reported.
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD — Eight words catapulted Howie Cohen and his partner Bob Pasqualina into advertising perpetuity. It was an honest utterance, stemming from a celebration dinner in London in 1971.
