CITY HALL – Those who give fitness classes on the beach or in public parks have been put on notice. The City Council gave staff the go ahead to explore restricting fitness classes in public open spaces, uses which city officials say force other people out of the parks and beaches and can cause damag
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In an age when freedom is fast becoming the exception rather than the rule, imprisoning Americans in private prisons run by mega-corporations has turned into a cash cow for big business.
Eric Holder is a busy man. When President Obama’s chief law enforcement officer isn’t tied up selling guns to Mexican drug cartels, refusing to prosecute self-serving cases of voter intimidation or ignoring “wanted dead or alive” bounties placed by black militants on the heads of private citizens, h
CITY HALL — Timing is everything, particularly when you’re racing against the clock. The Landmarks Commission chose to put off filing an application to landmark the damaged “Chain Reaction” statue on the Civic Center lawn for one month out of concern that doing so would actually hurt the chances of
SMC — The panel tapped to review Santa Monica College officials’ response to student protests that left three students hospitalized is set to meet in coming weeks to begin assessing what officials could have done differently.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday there was never any indication that her former campaign treasurer was mismanaging her re-election account before the treasurer’s arrest last year in a widespread embezzlement case.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks City Hall’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
MAIN STREET — There’s a Mexican standoff taking place over the lawn in front of the California Heritage Museum. The Main Street Business Improvement Association and representatives of the Santa Monica-based museum are poised to begin negotiations over the disputed piece of property, which became a t
A recent article in the New York Times explained that some large companies are moving into the real estate market, buying hundreds of homes during the current downturn.
The City of Angels might soon be joining a growing web of California jurisdictions banning single-use, plastic carry-out bags. The Los Angeles City Council had earlier expressed support for some sort of plastic bag ban, but controversy over whether a fee should be placed on paper bags — or whether t
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District school board has another embarrassment on its hands. This time its the March 20 resignation of Joan Chu Reese, vice chair of the district’s Financial Oversight Committee.
