Dear EarthTalk: What are the environmental risks associated with beach resorts?
— Shine Shoukkathali, via e-mail
While they may put up with a lot of stress from wind, waves and
DOWNTOWN — At 3 p.m. the sun is still shining on the beaches and the parks, but not on the partially subterranean retail stores at Parking Structure 5.
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Editor:
In the last several years there has been a dramatic rise in the number of surf schools and school surf classes (the former are private enterprises, the latter associated
Until about three years ago, most developers considered Santa Monica an unfriendly city for development, a city to avoid at all cost, only to be tackled by the true brave
Editor:
No offense intended to the city of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Airport Commission or SMO users, but when the Santa Monica Daily Press headline is "Crashes up,
Three items on the City Council meeting agenda tomorrow night caught my eye. I've written about all of them previously.
Item 7-A is the introduction and first
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
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?
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
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
