DOWNTOWN — Water quality around the Santa Monica Pier continues to improve as the beach surrounding the historic landmark was taken off the Natural Resources Defense Council’s “10 Repeat Offenders” list, attorneys in the environmental advocacy group’s Santa Monica office said Wednesday.
CITY HALL — After four years of glacial progress through public process, Saint John’s Health Center on Tuesday won its freedom from the expectation that it build a multi-million dollar parking garage.
EASTSIDE — A controversial development project on the outskirts of Santa Monica at Bundy Drive is further away than ever after the bankrupt developer removed the project from the Los Angeles City Council calendar in recent weeks.
CITY HALL — By the end of this week, Santa Monica will be operating under a new budget, which was approved last week by the City Council after hours of discussion and wrangling over process.
CIVIC CENTER — Perhaps playing on public works of art isn’t a good idea. After spotting children and visitors climbing and “interacting” with the iconic “Chain Reaction” sculpture located in the Civic Center, Building Officer Ron Takiguchi decided that it was time to take a closer look at the wear a
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming City Council consent agendas. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public.
Another controversy is brewing at the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. This time it concerns student wrestlers and racism at Santa Monica High School.
CITY HALL — Parking, ever the touchstone issue in densely-developed Santa Monica, has been a major talking point at Planning Commission and City Council meetings over past months.
The Planning Commission reached a reasonable compromise with the owners of Santa Monica Place last week, allowing a handful of restaurants on the third floor dining deck to sell alcohol on outdoor patios until 1:30 a.
CITY HALL — At every City Council meeting, without fail, at least one citizen will use their duly allotted two minutes of public comment to accuse one or more city officials of corruption and conflicts of interest.
LOS ANGELES — Civil rights lawyers criticized a plan adopted Wednesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a sprawling Los Angeles campus at the center of a lawsuit claiming the agency was failing to house homeless vets on the property as intended.
