Santa Monica’s first universally accessible playground will provide an opportunity for children of all ages and ability to enjoy time at the beach in a way that might not have been possible before.
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.
When Nancy was in high school she had dreams just like most other young girls. She was going somewhere. Her hopes included attending college, getting married, starting a family, having a home and much more.
SM BEACH — For the second straight year the beach at the historic Santa Monica Pier, once known for having some of the dirtiest water in the state, earned a much-improved A grade on Heal the Bay’s end of the summer Beach Report Card, which was released Tuesday.
Some days are just more special than others. I learned that when I was a teenage boy working at Temple Akiba in Culver City as a day camp counselor. You may be wondering why a 15-year-old Christian boy would be working in a Jewish day camp.
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.
DOWNTOWN — Ready, set, go fund education. The sixth annual Santa Monica 5000, scheduled for Oct. 2 and sponsored by K-Swiss and Clif Bar, has selected the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation as its nonprofit beneficiary, with race proceeds going towards the establishment of an athletic endowmen
The grass-roots effort to create a place on the Santa Monica Beach for dogs to roam off-leash and enjoy the surf and sand is one the Daily Press supports.
Couples frequently use a dog as a way to deepen their relationship, and treat the experience like a starter child. But when the relationship ends, what do you do about the dog? Well, luckily I have a new book coming out which deals with pets and separations.
SANTA MONICA BEACH — As heavy clouds lay thick over the bluffs of Santa Monica and Malibu and a chilly breeze blew in off the gray peaks of the ocean waves, thousands of people swarmed Santa Monica beach Saturday, looking for the little pieces of modernity that should never have been left behind.
DOWNTOWN — Heading into the Taliban stronghold of Marjah with a quarter of his Afghan battalion high on hashish or opium was not how Douglas Woodhams, a major in the U.