While the late Mayor Ken Genser would have most likely preferred it if you walked or rode the bus (he was a major proponent of alternative transit), City Hall is offering free parking for the memorial service paying tribute to Santa Monica’s longest-serving elected official.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and city officials are seeking volunteers to count Santa Monica’s homeless population. A statement released by City Hall states that officials are looking for 200 volunteers to take to the streets on Wednesday, Jan.
A recently completed UCLA air monitoring study will be the topic today in West Los Angeles as lawmakers come together to discuss the findings. The forum, “The Science of Santa Monica Airport Air Pollution,” will be moderated by L.
The Santa Monica Police Department wants New Year’s Eve revelers to play it safe and keep those guns holstered and drunk drivers off the road. Each year throughout the country as part of the New Year’s Eve celebration, some people chose to fire off a few rounds, not realizing the potentially deadly
To promote a safe holiday season, Metro is offering free rides on all buses and rail lines operating on New Year’s Eve. The free fare program will be in effect between the hours of 9 p.
Santa Monica’s outdoor ice skating rink is now open until midnight every day until Jan. 2. The Bayside District Corp., a public-private management company that promotes and maintains Downtown, has extended the rink’s hours to give visitors more time to make holiday memories.
Given our present economic and environmental concerns, recycling is the theme this holdiay season — from wrapping paper to regifting, and now, to Christmas trees.
One of California’s largest power companies, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), will buy energy from a 150 megawatt solar power plant built by a Santa Monica-based company under a long-term contract, officials with PG&E said Tuesday.
The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a sobriety, driver’s license checkpoint this Friday night in the 300 block of Pico Boulevard. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
There’s no need to water the lawn these days thanks to the recent rain storm that drenched the city. That’s according to City Hall’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment, which is recommending all property owners to shut off irrigation systems for the coming weeks.
The Santa Monica Nativity Scenes this Sunday will open its annual, interdenominational display featuring moments leading up to the birth of Jesus Christ.
Retired Superior Court judge David B. Finkel has been elected chair and Dr. Andew Walzer vice chair of the Santa Monica Community College board for 2010.
