In November 2006, voters passed a $268-million bond measure to modernize facilities throughout the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
And over the last nine years, funds from Measure BB have
When David Lin found out that he had been accepted at the California Institute of Technology, he wasn't particularly excited.
"I thought it was just another school,
On a cool summer day in a room on 16th Street, a group of programmers sit at long desks moving their little fingers quickly over keyboards. Some of their feet
Contrary to what her garage might suggest, Suzanne Goldman isn't a hoarder.
The boxes and boxes of clothing she's collected represent the work of the nonprofit
They only last for a couple days, but they could have a lifelong impact.
Temporary book fairs sprang up this week at Will Rogers and Franklin elementary schools, where hundreds
One day Siena Hayden Ly was a Franklin Elementary School student who loved arts and crafts and storytelling. The next day she was in the hospital, clinging to life.
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Those who knew Jeffrey Hughes Jr. spoke of his love of Legos and all things Star Wars, of his strong spirit, of his enthusiasm for life.
But the friends and
It wasn't uphill both ways in the snow, but it was a start.
Scores of students from McKinley Elementary School traveled to campus using alternative modes of transportation
Lauren Riggs stood outside Franklin Elementary School and looked up at a second-story window, eagerly awaiting her big moment.
With a crowd gathered around the front steps, her handmade apparatus
When it comes to spelling, Brennan Jacobs is a budding maestro — that is, m-a-e-s-t-r-o.
The local fifth-grader represented Santa Monica earlier this month at the Los Angeles County Scripps Regional
