This Earth week I’m giving thanks for all the magnificent hummingbirds I’ve watched this spring. These little beauties are worthy of our admiration; let me tell you why.
Not since Mel Brooks’ outrageous “Springtime for Hitler” has there been a holocaust musical as ill-conceived and badly performed as “No Time to Weep,” now on-stage at L.
CITY HALL — E. Richard Brown, former chair of the Santa Monica Airport Commission, died unexpectedly Friday after suffering a massive stroke. He was 70.
PICO BLVD — The Pico Youth & Family Center plans to launch a new program next week that takes an unorthodox approach to improving students’ grades — paying them.
“I love you,” I cooed playfully to my 3-year-old daughter Petunia the other day. “Do you love me?” “No,” she snapped back with a mischievous grin. “Sad Mommy?” I didn’t start weeping on the spot, probably because “Sad Mommy” is an unofficial game we play on occasion in which I mock sobbing, which in
CITY HALL — City officials remained silent as the Airport Commission hosted a series of presentations Monday night examining how flights at Santa Monica Airport could be reduced or altogether ended and what could be done with the land afterward.
Certainly one of the most important parts of investing is the method of selecting a company to invest in. And this is also one of the most controversial areas in the world of investments.
CITY HALL — Members of the Unite Here! Local 11 union have filed a petition for a referendum to block the construction of a new hotel on Wilshire Boulevard after the City Council voted to allow it to move forward if the developer paid employees a so-called “living wage.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming City Council consent agendas. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public.
The redevelopment of the Fairmont-Miramar hotel is on the agenda for tomorrow’s City Council meeting. A “standing room only” crowd generated plenty of heated comment at a Feb.
MID-CITY — On a late December day, Jessica Fisher was rushed to the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center in a panic. Her doctor had discovered cervical incompetency during a routine ultrasound, a find that could have endangered the lives of her twins, if left untreated.
DOWNTOWN — City Hall is one step closer to opening up new low-income rental units at the Mountain View Mobile Home Park after a unanimous vote by the Housing Commission Thursday recommended to move ahead with a plan to purchase new units at the site.
