MALIBU ¬ó The activist group Preserve Malibu is formulating a ballot measure that would give residents the right to approve or deny commercial developments that exceed 25,000 square feet.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó The Malibu High School student who claims she was slapped in the face multiple times by her teacher in front of her entire class wants more than $1 million from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
MALIBU ¬ó The driver who struck and killed 13-year-old Emily Shane as she walked along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu two years ago was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison.
CITYWIDE ¬ó Come September, landlords with rent-controlled units will be able to charge their tenants as much as $26 more a month. The Rent Control Board on Thursday set the annual rent increase, which takes effect Sept.
CITYWIDE ¬óThose who ride the Big Blue Bus Line 2 south of Pico Boulevard will no longer be able to do so come Aug. 26. The City Council on Tuesday voted to shorten the route and eliminate other underutilized and duplicated services to save approximately $275,000 annually at a time when the public b
BOSTON — The day after the longtime girlfriend of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was sentenced to eight years in prison for helping him while he was on the run, her lawyer filed a notice in court saying she may appeal.
DOWNTOWN ¬ó DNA from a male mountain lion killed by Santa Monica police last month confirms that the animal was genetically linked to the local population and was not an exotic pet, officials with the National Park Service announced Thursday.
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.
PICO BOULEVARD ¬ó The Pico Youth & Family Center has six months to prove to the City Council that it has a handle on its finances and a clear mission to help those who are most at risk of joining a gang or landing behind bars.
In case you haven’t noticed, Father’s Day is less than 48 hours away. (Who knows, you could have been kidnapped by aliens and lost track of time.) I can tell Father’s Day is approaching because of all the commercials for tools, tires and mattresses.
SAMOHI ¬ó Santa Monica High School Principal Laurel Fretz said Thursday that she was planning to send phone and e-mail messages to parents informing them that school will be in session today, the last day of school.
Wilmont is one of seven neighborhood groups in Santa Monica. These groups are supposed to be run by members and act on matters that impact them. Lately, though, Wilmont seems to have lost its way.
