Family law is a wacky part of the legal world. As a divorce lawyer I’ve found myself in outrageous situations, arguing over absurd things. My clients have gotten themselves into some pretty creative places from a legal and personal perspective.
Wednesday night I read in horror about the shooting in a Seal Beach hair salon where an estranged husband murdered his ex-wife and her seven co-workers in an unspeakable act of domestic violence.
SM PIER — Every week, senior aquarist Jose Bacallaos and his team go diving in the Santa Monica Bay looking for algae, kelp and sometimes small animals for the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium.
BARNARD WAY — Three and a half days after the New World F.E.S.T. street fair’s unexpected closure, the producer and City staff are still shaking their heads, wondering what happened and how everyone involved will get paid.
The Westside’s Emergency Winter Shelter Program will open six weeks early this year in order to help deal with a sudden and dramatic increase in homelessness in Council District 11, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilmember Bill Rosendahl announced.
During Arnold Schwarzenegger’s remarkable movie career (remarkable that it lasted) he was not exactly known for his eloquent dialogue. Frankly, when he spoke I was relieved if it didn’t require subtitles.
CITYWIDE — Most criminals caught in Santa Monica hail from outside of city borders, according to statistics released by the police department. Santa Monica police recently created a graph depicting the total number of arrests by year from Jan.
SM BEACH — On the heels of Los Angeles County’s first significant rainfall since March, Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay is urging people to not go into the water at local beaches for at least 72 hours.
HUNTINGTON BEACH — Sports fans took home a win Wednesday when the California Coastal Commission gave the city of Malibu the authority to permit lights at the Malibu High School sports field.
COMPTON — Call it a bump in the road. Santa Monica High School’s football team took a 3-0 record into Valencia and walked away with a 17-0 loss last Friday.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica Police Chief Tim Jackman is stepping down from his post as the city’s top cop. Jackman, 52, who was appointed chief in December 2006, informed his command staff Tuesday that he would be retiring at the end of the year, but would remain on the job as interim chie
KEN EDWARDS CENTER — If a Santa Monica advisory task force gets its way, the city will join a growing panoply of municipalities on the forefront of a movement to cement the rights of its citizens to enjoy a clean environment.
