The final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Expo Light Rail, Phase 2 will be submitted to Expo’s Board of Directors early next year for final approval — but we all will get a sneak peek on Wednesday.
This past week, Q-line asked: As the retirement date for current City Manager Lamont Ewell approaches, city officials have begun looking for his replacement.
CITY HALL — Mayor Pro Tem Pam O’Connor learned a valuable lesson in 2006 — don’t wait until the last minute to launch a campaign. So in her re-election bid to serve a fifth term on the City Council, O’Connor is starting more than a year in advance, allowing more time to raise money and complete some
WILSHIRE BLVD. — The owners of a popular ESPN Zone-style restaurant have appealed a decision by the Planning Commission last month to reduce the number of seats and hours that the establishment can remain in operation.
LAWNDALE — There was screeching and honking and other noises expected of a maintenance facility for electric trains. They were the sounds that a group of residents from the Pico Neighborhood described hearing during a recent visit to the MTA Green Line’s rail yard in Lawndale, a tour arranged by the
“Yes, absolutely. Declawing should be made illegal. It is an inhumane practice and can have many horrible side effects. Also, if a cat is let outside accidentally or deliberately, it is totally defenseless against any predator or attacker.
DOWNTOWN — The issue of whether a local ordinance regulating street performers is legal will soon come to the City Council after a U.S. appellate court ruled that a Seattle law requiring permits for the artists is unconstitutional.
CITY HALL — Wanted in Santa Monica — a new city manager who’s a creative strategist, a wizard at financial management, embraces public participation and embodies the community’s social values of affordable housing and environmental responsibility.
It seems that last week’s debacle concerning a misleading staff report to City Council wasn’t an isolated incident. Last Monday, I wrote about Housing and Economic Development Department Director Andy Agle’s request for City Council approval to negotiate exclusively with AMC Theaters to build and op
MAIN STREET — The glorious days of award shows and concerts featuring top-notch acts at the Civic Auditorium might not necessarily just be a thing of the past.
COLORADO AVENUE — On time and under budget. Those were the words that city officials proudly repeated multiple times in celebrating the new Big Blue Bus maintenance facility during its grand opening on Wednesday, praising a project team that managed to bring the 66,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art
CITY HALL — A man confined to a wheelchair after he was struck by a Big Blue Bus while crossing the street will have a hefty sum of money coming his way.
