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.
Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic HOPE, has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Santa Monica High School wrestling coach Mark Black and the two white student-wrestlers accused of racially bullying a black teammate on May 4.
CITY HALL — In the Bugs Bunny cartoon featuring Gossamer, the red furry monster with no facial features but two menacing eyes, our hare hero has a signature phrase.
CITY HALL — Lionsgate, the independent entertainment house responsible for hits like “Mad Men,” and Academy-Award winner “Crash,” took a step toward remaining in Santa Monica for the long haul when planning commissioners Wednesday night gave hesitant approval to a development agreement that would pu
SMMUSD HDQTRS — California state government seems intent on getting its own fiscal house in order while making a mess of everyone else’s. In a rushed budget session, which was confined to a 38-minute window so that it could be approved by the June 30 deadline, school district officials approved a $1
A racial bullying incident at Santa Monica High School in May became a major regional news story last week. The racially-tinged event was finally reported to the Santa Monica Police Department, which has opened an investigation.
CITY HALL — A three-vehicle collision cost City Hall $20,000, with more on the horizon as the City Attorney’s Office settled one injury case and approaches settlement on a second.
CIVIC CENTER — Twenty years ago, Santa Monica resident and activist Jerry Rubin advocated to get “Chain Reaction,” a sculpture created by Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad, accepted for the front lawn of the Civic Center.
CITY HALL — Alert: Beginning Friday, if you pay more than $35 for a taxi ride from anywhere in Santa Monica to LAX, you’ve paid too much. The City Council voted Tuesday to drop the rates from locations south and north of Interstate 10 respectively as part of a package of motions revisiting different
Santa Monica’s City Council sent a clear message to its congressional representative, Henry Waxman, this week: keep “Frankenfish” in the lab and off our dinner plates.
CITY HALL — Once again, the dog fight over trees in Santa Monica has flared up, and once again, the focus of disagreement is the Canary Island date palm.
CITY HALL — Carol Riel and her 6-year-old daughter Griffin lived in a rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica immediately above another unit inhabited by heavy smokers.
