In January, Santa Monica Daily Press editor Kevin Herrera reported that, “The League of California Cities and the California City Manager Foundation are featuring Santa Monica in their ongoing ‘Strong Cities | Strong State’ campaign highlighting local government success stories across California.
SM COURTHOUSE — Commissioner Jay Ford will join the Santa Monica Superior Court on Mondays to help clear a backlog of eviction cases from within the West district, which legal services say increased during the winter months.
Protecting the environment is a major goal at City Hall. In recent years, sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth has driven everything from bagging groceries to traffic management.
CITYWIDE — When it comes to charging electric vehicles, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Santa Monica is now home to seven new, publicly-accessible electrical vehicle charging stations that have been strategically placed in high-traffic areas like Santa Monica Place, the Civic Center and M
CITY HALL — The Planning Commission stalled a development agreement for a new hotel Wednesday night amid concerns that the public had not yet had a chance to review information about a controversial living wage provision that became available just before the hearing.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Parts of actor John Travolta’s older-model Mercedes were recovered after Santa Monica police officers helped shut down a “sophisticated” car theft ring, authorities said Wednesday.
WILMONT — One month ago, Westminster Tower, a seniors-only apartment building on Seventh Street, made the papers when an elderly resident reached out, afraid of the effects that a neighbor’s secondhand smoke was having on her health.
A community meeting on the Pico-Centinela project is being held on Thursday, Jan. 26, at Fairview Library, located at 21st Street and Ocean Park Boulevard in Sunset Park.
It was 9 in the morning, on a wonderfully sunny day, when I heard the eight words I’d been waiting for: “Clear for takeoff, right turn at shoreline approved.
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica is falling short on its efforts to regulate tobacco use in multi-family residences, according to a report released Thursday by the American Lung Association.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — Two Arizona men arrested in connection with the brutal beating of a Santa Monica resident in September pleaded not guilty Tuesday to attempted murder, authorities said.
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal authorities say fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a small plane that had lost contact with traffic controllers over California.
