CITYWIDE ¬ó Environmental advocacy group Heal the Bay and City Hall have found themselves at odds over a proposal to strengthen controls on toxic materials and bacteria flowing through municipal storm drains.
CITYWIDE — Extra officers will be present Sunday in areas where motorcycle accidents are frequent as a part of the Santa Monica Police Department’s efforts to lower deaths and injuries, authorities said.
The embarrassing saga of the Wilshire-Montana Neighborhood Coalition struggle for power, which involves two factions and one absurd election, needs to be addressed by city officials as soon as possible before it further deteriorates and possibly becomes unruly.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó Deliberation over a $385 million school bond measure that could appear on the November ballot revealed deep divisions within the Board of Education and community as each struggled to balance much-needed school repairs with a desperate shortage in funding.
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
‘Act of Valor’ A motion picture featuring active duty Navy Seals, the story starts with a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative but then uncovers a dastardly plot to attack America which sends these highly-trained teams in a race against the clock to far flung places like Costa Rica,
CIVIC CENTER ¬ó The Exposition Construction Authority updated Santa Monica- and Los Angeles-area residents on developments for Phase 2 of the Expo Light Rail Line at a community meeting Wednesday.
DOWNTOWN — The stabbing Tuesday of a homeless man sleeping on a bus bench on Santa Monica Boulevard is linked to two other attacks in Los Angeles where “death warrants” were found at the scene, police said.
WILSHIRE BLVD ¬óAfter a devastating fire in July of 2010, the Dakota Lounge is back in full swing as it prepares for its grand re-opening this Saturday.
Those who choose to smoke tobacco are killing themselves slowly. And that’s OK. Tobacco is still legal to purchase and consume if you are over the age of 18.
Some say that it’s impolite to discuss politics and religion. (I’m not sure who originally coined that expression but I’m guessing it wasn’t someone from the religious right.
LOS ANGELES ¬óAuthorities say a former attorney has been sentenced to three years in jail for fleecing his clients out of nearly $370,000. David Robinson, 44, of Santa Monica, was sentenced Wednesday in Superior Court.
