Q: I recall reading an article some time ago about shooting guns in the air in Santa Monica. I wanted to know the laws pertaining to firing a gun in the air toward the beach; have these laws changed at all making it OK to do so? A: The answer is “no.
From the Arab Spring uprisings to the Occupy Wall Street movement and austerity rallies, 2011 was the year of the protest. Dictators were toppled and governments put on notice as ordinary citizens used social media to do the extraordinary — spread a wave of dissent across continents.
CITYWIDE — For many, the winter holidays are a time of rest. The kids are home from school, mom and dad can steal some time off of work, and everyone does their best to recreate the togetherness they wish they had the rest of the year.
MID CITY — Natalie Lewis is 79 years old, and she fears for her life. Lewis lives in a small studio in the 285-unit Westminster Towers, a seniors-only housing complex funded through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Karen Ginsberg, currently the assistant director of Community & Cultural Services, has been selected to head up the department. City Manager Rod Gould chose Ginsberg following what city officials said was an “internal rigorous recruitment process” that took place earlier this month.
City officials can talk all they want about how Santa Monica is becoming more business friendly, but unless you’re Yahoo!, MTV or Activision, the reality is it’s far from it.
SM BAY — A new fundraising effort by Heal the Bay is aimed at providing money for marine biology education, which may fall victim to the budgetary ax at Los Angeles schools, organizers of the effort said Thursday.
Few knew that real estate tycoon, and unabashed 1 percent-er, Douglas Scrooge was the great-great-great grandson of Ebenezer Scrooge. But even though the fates of finance had smiled so radiantly upon Scrooge, his icy personality never thawed even a degree.
CITYWIDE — It’s the season of big requests and even bigger dreams, a time where we reflect on the year behind us, make plans for the one ahead and hope that somewhere along the way, we can get a little help with some of our pie in the sky hopes.
I loved the safari, enjoyed meeting the Masai and had the most amazing time exploring Kenya. Now for a different kind of adventure. I decided to go to Mount Kilimanjaro.
SM PIER — If you’re a college football fan in need of a fix now that the regular season is over, then the Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau has just what you need — a Rose Bowl pep rally.
CITYWIDE — The devastating tsunami that wreaked havoc on the island nation of Japan, contributing to what is accepted as the second worst nuclear disaster in human history, left an impact across the globe.
