The NephCure Walk scheduled for this Saturday in Santa Monica is a fundraiser that is designed to raise money, awareness and hope for research about nephrotic syndrome and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), kidney disorders that have no known cure.
Actress Jane Lynch from the hit musical-comedy TV show “Glee” was honored last week at the 14th annual CLARE Tribute Dinner at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, which raised more than $350,000 for the Santa Monica-based nonprofit that specializes in compassionate treatment and recovery for those strug
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education will hold the second of two meetings tonight to hear public discussion on the topic of districtwide fundraising, a controversial policy which would fundamentally alter the way parents provide supplemental money to their children’s schools.
As an African American and an environmentalist, I went along for a long while with the idea that race and class are irrelevant to the cause of environmental protection.
President Obama announced a few weeks ago that all of our troops would be leaving Iraq by year’s end. Given that we’ve been in Iraq since 2003 you’d think Obama’s decision would have been greeted enthusiastically.
CITY HALL — Within a year, Santa Monicans will begin to notice changes on their city streets. Within five, it’s going to be a whole new ballgame. That’s the promise of the Bicycle Master Plan, a 400-page document that got the Planning Commission’s stamp of approval Wednesday night.
SANTA MONICA BEACH — Ron Hooks of West Coast Care, a nonprofit hired by the Santa Monica Police Department to help homeless people get off the streets, was driving along the beach Thursday morning as part of his rounds when he saw something abnormal.
Imagine you see an ad in the newspaper for a very fast, shiny new sports car at a low, low price. Tempted, you grab your wallet and rush to the dealership where you agree to buy this dream car.
A record low temperature of 48 degrees was set at the Santa Monica Pier Monday, according to the National Weather Service. That breaks the old record of 49 degrees set in 1975.
DOWNTOWN L.A. — An art show in a small Downtown Los Angeles gallery traces the evolution of skateboarding and the artistic movement it spawned from the skate parks of the East Coast to its blossoming in the fertile cultural soil of Santa Monica’s Dogtown.
MALIBU CITY HALL — Emotions ran high in Malibu City Hall Thursday as parents argued both sides of a policy change for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District that could significantly impact which classes are offered in schools.
OCEAN AVE — Independent filmmakers and distributors are circulating an online petition expressing their opposition to a proposed move of the American Film Market from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles in 2013.
