Dear EarthTalk: What are some steps we can all take to prevent beach erosion?
— Kyle Phillips, via e-mail
Beach erosion is a huge issue for coastal areas in the U.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — A trio of Santa Monica elementary schools will take on 20 other schools from across Southern California in a contest to see how much waste they can eliminate
Approximately 10 years ago, I received a surprise phone call from Ed Asner. Why was this legendary actor, a seven-time Emmy and five-time Golden Globe winner, calling me? Ed had
CITYWIDE— In a city like Santa Monica that has strict advertising laws, sustaining a bikeshare system without significant public funding could be a challenge.
With $2 million in time-sensitive grants,
Editor:
Sept. 21 was the annual Coastal Cleanup Day. Roughly 11,000 volunteers came to the beach and donated their time to manually sift a total of 24,000 pounds
Santa Monica youth traded beaches for books this summer, according to a press release from City Hall.
More than 4,000 children and teenagers took part in the Santa Monica
DOWNTOWN — Commercial real estate services firm Avison Young announced it has completed a five-year office lease valued at $1.35 million with GumGum, Inc., an image-based advertising firm.
GumGum will
MAIN LIBRARY— Residents voiced opposition to the height and the inclusion of condominiums, but lauded the aesthetic design of the proposed plans to replace the former Holiday Inn at a
SM BEACH — All Blake Dirickson wanted was to bring friends together for pick-up games in Santa Monica. He ended up running a marathon inside a bar (on a treadmill) for
Santa Monica was rated No. 1 on a list of the 10 best dressed small cities in America, according to a blog from real estate website www.movoto.com.
Santa
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica is leading a nationwide charge to replace gas-guzzlers with electric, hybrid and alternatively fueled vehicles, according to a new report.
From January to July of 2013, 3.
