CITY HALL — If city officials get their way, harnessing green energy will be a little bit easier on the wallet. Solar energy has long been discussed as a strong candidate for renewable energy because by the time the sun is no longer there to produce it, we won’t be either.
CITY HALL — In an attempt to protect redevelopment money from a potential state raid, the City Council voted to commit approximately $100 million to construction projects at its budget meeting Tuesday night.
Grand marshals for the fifth annual Fourth of July parade on Main Street will be Santa Monica’s lifeguards, led by Capt. Angus Alexander, a 31-year veteran who oversees operations at the Central Section Lifeguard Headquarters, located just south of the Santa Monica Pier.
CITY HALL — Around budget time last year, “flat is the new up” became City Manager Rod Gould’s mantra. This year, it’s pretty much the same, but with a few twists.
CITYWIDE — Anybody who owns or rents property in Santa Monica knows that the city by the sea is not a cheap place to live. Santa Monicans pay for the luxury of living in an iconic beach town, bounded by the sparkling Pacific Ocean on one side, and the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles on the other.
THIRD STREET — Residents of the Embassy Hotel and Apartments can breathe a little easier. The City Attorney’s Office, Rent Control Board and owners of the Embassy reached a settlement agreement announced at last week’s City Council meeting, which gives the residents’ four years to leave the apartmen
PACIFICA, CALIF — Former Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Dianne Talarico died this week after a battle with lung cancer. She was 53.
CITY HALL — Yahoo! Center’s controversial development agreement amendment to legitimize a decade of parking space leasing that city planners have declared a violation will move forward to the City Council with a host of cautionary notes from uneasy planning commissioners after their meeting Wednesda
Even though a community survey released in April showed that concerns over gangs and youth violence have dropped to an all-time low, with only 14 percent of the 407 respondents ranking it as a high priority while 55 percent didn’t give it much thought at all, the Daily Press believes there is no rea
LOS ANGELES — Republican businessman Craig Huey on Thursday beat California Secretary of State Debra Bowen in a congressional race and will square off against Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn in a July runoff congressional race.
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica landlords are cheering on a bill being considered by the California State Assembly that would allow them to restrict smoking in rentals, a measure which puts renters’ rights groups in the uncomfortable position of defending a deadly habit.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — In the wake of Monday’s release of Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Chief Financial Officer Jan Maez was left shaking her head.
