WALGROVE AVE — He thought the phone call was a scam, a travel outfit scouring the country for performers like a vulture. After hanging up, Santa Monica resident Ron Theile was convinced that he wouldn’t hear from KIconcerts again, and he’d go back to Walgrove Avenue for a regular day of teaching.
Dear EarthTalk: Is there any environmental risk from all that Japanese tsunami debris that is starting to wash up on the U.S. west coast? ¬ó Bailey Thigerson, Seattle, Wash.
CITY HALL ¬ó The Rent Control Board voted unanimously Thursday to recommend a change to its charter that would dramatically alter how rent increases are calculated, if not their final amount.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY ¬ó The Santa Monica Police Department has committed to new procedures for capturing wildlife, including developing a notification system of local experts and providing training to personnel, following the killing of a mountain lion in May.
MALIBU HIGH ¬ó Councilmembers in Malibu approved a plan on Monday to erect four permanent 70-foot light poles on the football field and track at Malibu High School.
Did you ever call in sick and then go hang out with friends? Were you ever supposed to call on clients, but decided to go to a movie instead? Did you ever “forget” to tell your boss that a business lunch has been canceled, and then go out to lunch with your spouse? If you got away with this kind o
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s class of 2011 exceeded national expectations with its high graduation rate, beating the statewide average by over 10 percent.
CITYWIDE — In the month of July cops are going to crack down on drivers who love to tailgate. The Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Section has been focusing on different bad driving behaviors in an effort to cut down on the number of accidents.
A few years ago we ate at what was then considered to be the best restaurant in the world. The name was El Bulli (The Bulldog) and it was located in Rosas, Spain, just north of Barcelona.
CITY HALL ¬ó City officials have announced their intention to end an underperforming charter program for the Big Blue Bus that has made the bus system ineligible for a number of federal grants.
To start off the summer, Downtown Santa Monica, Inc., a public-private management company that oversees Downtown on behalf of City Hall, will be screening a movie every Friday evening throughout the month of July between Wilshire Boulevard and Arizona Avenue.
The “Red White and Brew Bar Crawl and All-Day BBQ Bash” will take place on July 4 on Main Street, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the Surfrider Foundation.
