Last week I went to the Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center for the U.S. premiere of “In Paris,” a theatrical piece based on a story by Russian writer and Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica will soon have its first female police chief. Jacqueline Seabrooks, the current chief of police in Inglewood and a former member of the Santa Monica Police Department, has been selected to serve as Santa Monica’s next top cop following a three month, nationwide search, city
CITY HALL — The airport security officer who sued City Hall claiming he was denied a promotion based on his race and age settled his case for $200,000 and an agreement to leave his position.
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.
OCEAN AVE — The sun sat in a picture-perfect blue sky over the finish line of the Honda L.A. Marathon Sunday for the approximately 23,000 participants that pushed through physical limits to conquer the 26.
WEST L.A. — Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Santa Monica) shied away from direct statements about the fate of Santa Monica Airport when he met with potential new constituents Thursday night in a West Los Angeles church.
It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime moment. There I was at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday as the 340-ton boulder — soon to be installed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as land artist Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” — rolled down Wilshire Boulevard and posed for its photo opp in front of the museum.
LOS ANGELES — A trial is expected to begin today in federal court between City Hall and a long-time employee who alleges he was denied a promotion based on his race and age.
If there is a loaded shotgun hanging on the living room wall just below the crucifix, you sort of get a hint of the kind of household you’ve entered. In Martin McDonagh’s play “The Lonesome West,” currently on-stage at the excellent Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, the household consists of two
WEST LA — Opposition to a proposed 766,000 square-foot development near the intersection of Stewart Street and Olympic Boulevard has long drawn ire from anti-development activists within Santa Monica, and now groups in neighboring West Los Angeles are gathering to voice their concerns.
SMO — After a nine-year hiatus, Santa Monica’s Museum of Flying will take off once more on Saturday with a host of new exhibits and lofty goals to encourage young people to engage in math and sciences.
CITY HALL — A new hotel planned for 1554 Fifth St. hit a snag Monday night when Landmarks commissioners chose to review the property’s landmark status, despite a consultant’s report to the contrary.
