The tragic day that shocked Americans nationwide is coming up on its 10th anniversary. On Sep. 11, 2001, 2,997 people were killed during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Are you always complaining about Santa Monica College and what it spends its money on? Well, here’s your chance to get involved. The college is looking for volunteers to serve on the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, which oversees the spending of funds generated by a series of bond measures — U, S
Should the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District put another emergency funding measure and bond on the ballot? That’s the question members of a feasibility committee will have to answer.
Main Street merchants are rolling out the red carpet this Thursday for “Fashion’s Night Out,” a worldwide event created in 2009 to celebrate fashion and restore consumer confidence during the recession.
Snyder Diamond, a family-owned kitchen and bath company with deep roots in Santa Monica, has teamed up with the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market and appliance brands Sub-Zero and Wolf to launch a scholarship program in support of local farming education.
DOWNTOWN O’Neill surf shop has partnered up with Heal the Bay to offer an exclusive T-shirt with proceeds going to the environmental watchdog based in Santa Monica.
The Ocean Park Cafe is inviting Santa Monicans to chow down on a pancake breakfast Labor Day weekend, with 100 percent of proceeds going to support local restaurateur Fred Deni’s Culinary Arts After-School Program at the Santa Monica Police Activities League.
Bolstering her bid to fill California’s new vacant 50th Assembly seat, veteran nonprofit executive Torie Osborn this week secured the backing of one of California’s most powerful unions, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 18.
Another year, another Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for Santa Monica’s CityTV. It’s CityTV’s 11th Emmy win and the second time in a row the public access station won the Public Service Announcement (PSA) category.
Santa Monica City Councilman Terry O’Day is moving on. The environmental activist who has led Santa Monica-based Environment Now since 2003 has accepted a job with eVgo to help develop California’s electric car charging infrastructure.
Public radio station KCRW-Santa Monica (89.9 FM) raised more money on Friday, Aug. 19 — the final day of its 2011 summer membership drive — than on any other day in the history of the station’s on-air fundraising efforts.
Ever forget a tote, a pair of sunglasses or an accessory in the rush to pack for vacation? Fred Segal Santa Monica offers a solution with its Fred Segal Lending Library — a collection of on-loan jewelry, purses, sunglasses and other accessories — at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
