COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA. Local advocate fights for NRDC
By AMY
This past week, Q-line asked: What do you think are the best thing about the beach and what can be improved upon? Here are your responses: ✆ “The best things
Debate swirls over issues
To continue protecting the bay from harmful urban runoff and other pollutants, the City Council is calling on voters to approve a new parcel tax — Measure
Thousands of local volunteers turn out
By AMY KAUFMAN Special to the Daily Press
THE BEACH — A 5-foot-long mountain lion carcass, a handgun and a sewing loom.
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Tourism and city officials spent last week at the beach racking their brains trying to figure out just what makes Santa Monica so special. As part of creating a “brand,
PROMISES, PROMISES: Visitor’s Bureau tries to solve SM’s identity crisis
There may have been a light drizzle here Thursday morning, but that did not dampen the spirits of
By Daily Press staff
The largest volunteer day on the planet will once again hit the shores of Santa Monica this weekend.
Join 10,000 volunteers at one of 55
Beach club slated for completion in 2009
CITY HALL — Putting aside litigation in favor of recreation, a handful of residents living along Pacific Coast Highway on Tuesday reached an agreement
Pollution rises to surface
By JESSICA ROBERTS Special to the Daily Press
DOWNTOWN LA — Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to join as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the United
The Santa Monica Pier will soon offer its pedestrians a rejuvenated learning experience.
A space underneath the pier has recently been leased to Heal the Bay, a nonprofit organization operating
Clean water is the goal
By Daily Press staff
With tens of thousands of people expected to hit Southern California beaches this weekend, some popular stretches of coast-line continue
eye and this has just been a huge improvement.”
The project is just one small piece in the county’s Integrated Regional Water Management Plan, which brings together more than
