Gathered around a public bench in Venice Beach, three young men share a celebratory marijuana joint early one morning. Cody, who has just turned 20, takes a long drag and passes the joint to his friend Squirrel.
SM PIER — Jamaican harmonies, indie rock and salsa music will roll with the crashing waves at this year’s Twilight Concert Series. The Santa Monica Pier’s free summer tradition will begin July 5, with the beach-appropriate songs of surfer/singer Donavon Frankenreiter and the soul music of Jeff Young
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
PACIFIC PALISADES — Water quality watchdog Heal the Bay gave Santa Monica’s beach areas all As during dry weather, a continuing sign that Santa Monica’s bad water reputation may be behind it.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is becoming the nation’s largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores in an increasingly widespread move to conserve the environment.
Earth gives us everything we need including an abundance of renewable energy. The challenge is to know where to look. Ever watched the waves crash against the Santa Monica Bay shoreline? Worldwide ocean waves provide up to 2 terawatts of instantaneous electricity (1 terawatt equals 1 trillion watts)
SM PIER — A Los Angeles Police officer will ride the iconic Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier for 25 hours straight later this month in an attempt to break the Guinness World Records title.
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.
From the dawn of time, men who died in battle have been recognized as heroes by the society they fought for. America has set aside this coming weekend to honor the men and women who have given their lives to found our country, to fight to preserve its way of life, and to bring democracy to other cou
LOS ANGELES — California officials say the recently opened light rail line that connects downtown Los Angeles with the city’s Westside must be reinspected because a key section contains a serious design flaw that could cause trains to derail, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Q: Is it true there is a law that all dogs are required to be on leashes when out in public within the city of Santa Monica? Is it also true that you cannot tie up your animal with the leash and leave him unattended? A: Both questions are true and the purpose of Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4
SANTA MONICA BEACH — Visitors will probably appreciate the fact that for the first time in many years they will have access to brand new bathrooms after fighting their way through traffic on Interstate 10 to sun themselves on Santa Monica’s beaches.
