MID-CITY — The recipe calls for fillet of lion. The opening step — “First, obtain your lion” — might be the most challenging part of the meal. If that particular cut of meat can’t be found in the butcher section in your local grocery store, don’t worry.
Dear EarthTalk: How are the world’s reptile species faring in terms of population numbers and endangered status? What’s being done, if anything, to help them? — Vicky Desmond, Troy, NY The world’s reptiles-turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles are indeed in trouble.
MIDCITY ¬ó Members of the Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition gathered Saturday afternoon to count ballots in a contested election that may result in the ouster of two incumbent board members.
DOWNTOWN ¬ó The American Film Market, one of the world’s largest gatherings of independent filmmakers and distributors, is set for Oct. 31 ¬ó Nov. 7 in Santa Monica.
CITYWIDE ¬ó Santa Monica may join a growing number of California cities and counties in banning smoking for new tenants in apartment complexes and condominiums Tuesday night.
THIRD STREET PROMENADE — In the alleyway between Arizona Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard next to the Third Street Promenade lies M.i.’s Westside Comedy Theater.
There are a few restaurants left in Los Angeles that are icons. And in fickle Los Angeles it’s not easy to keep a restaurant profitable for more than three or four years.
COLORADO AVE ¬ó Because of the construction on the Exposition Light Rail Line in Santa Monica, parking on the south side of Colorado Avenue from Fifth Street to 17th Street will be relocated to side streets.
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.
Recently I stepped into a Grimm’s fairy tale akin to ¬ìThe Sleeping Beauty.¬î Remember how she lay hidden for years in an overgrown forest near the decaying palace which was her home? The beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham from my childhood books came to mind as I explored the island of Cuba.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó Santa Monica High School officials are building an ethnic studies program at the school as part of an ongoing attempt to improve relations between the racial groups on campus and achievement rates amongst minority students.
Possibly the most “invisible” celebrity in Santa Monica is political satirist Harry Shearer, best known as the voice of numerous characters on “The Simpsons” TV show.
