Retirees and aging baby boomers hoping to join them are facing a reality check after Social Security trustees announced last week the fund will run dry in 2033, three years earlier than previously predicted.
MID CITY — Four Santa Monica tenants have filed suit against landlord Jerome Nash alleging that Nash harassed them and refused to make repairs in an attempt to force them out of their homes.
MALIBU — Ellen and Michel Shane are looking to the future even as they’re dragged into the past. This week will see the soft opening of a new tutoring service the couple began in memory of their daughter Emily Shane, days after her alleged killer goes to trial for the second time.
MAIN STREET — City Hall did shoppers a favor when it installed smart parking meters that eliminated the need for spare change, but those spending money in the city may be less thrilled about what’s coming next.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family Very. Nearly. Busted. By immigration.
SUNSET PARK — A new group of old anti-airport activists held its first meeting Saturday to layout parameters for the coalition and strategies for getting Santa Monica Airport out of the picture by 2015.
SMC — Santa Monica College officials released a report Monday showing that 15 community colleges in the Los Angeles area will have only a third of the seats open during the summer that they did four years ago, restricting students’ access to classes and forcing them into the arms of for-profit unive
WILSHIRE BLVD — He explained the seeds of his project with such nonchalance that it seemed almost ordinary. “My lawyer and I have been collecting thousands of jokes over the years,” said Bill Schwartz, longtime Santa Monica resident.
MICHIGAN AVE — Drive along Michigan Avenue today near Crossroads School where it overlooks the buzzing I-10 Freeway, and you’ll notice something different — trees.
The City Council last Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the Fairmont Miramar Hotel renovation process to commence. The next step is environmental review and negotiations that will culminate in a development agreement to substantially rebuild and enlarge the property.
For those of you who are worried that the fashion industry is ignoring America’s gun owners, stop worrying. According to a recent article in the New York Times, Woolrich, the long-established clothing company, is now making clothes that come with a place to hide handguns and other weapons.
WILSHIRE BLVD — After a hate-hate relationship with a boyfriend’s pet parrot, Mira Tweti didn’t feel any particular affinity toward the exotic birds. That changed when she picked up a rainbow lorikeet at an Echo Park lotus festival in 1995.
