CITY HALL ¬ó Waldo Waterman may have made a dent in aviation history with his first-ever flying car, but buildings are not landmarked on reputation alone.
There’s little that my dad wished for much more during my younger years than eventually to have a granddaughter exactly like I was. His only stipulation, as I’m positive he’d tell you, is that she’d necessarily have to be born to me and not my sister.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family. What you observe and what you experience when traveling depends a lot on your mode of travel.
CITY HALL — The state’s Department of Finance has taken aim at $57 million of former Redevelopment Agency funds slated for improvements at Santa Monica High School, putting the future of that major public investment at risk.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
I like art. I frequently am confused by it, inspired by it, appalled at what passes for “good” and more often than not, I can’t afford the works I like.
BOSTON — The lawyer for the longtime girlfriend of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger asked a judge on Monday to sentence her to 27 months in prison for helping the fugitive stay on the run for 16 years.
SMC ¬ó Santa Monica College alumna Gilda Clift Breland, Esq., has been named the winner of the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Recognition Award for Outstanding Professional and Community Service Achievement.
MID CITY — Saint John’s Medical Center officials rejected an offer by former State Sen. Sheila Kuehl to help mediate a labor dispute between hospital management and its nurses Monday, two days before a planned strike and lockout.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Patricia Colton walks into Coffee Bean, orders a Swedish berry iced tea, sits down and starts writing in her spiral bound notebook. “I’ve been a writer my whole life,” Colton said.
How do I like my crow? Baked, boiled or fried? I had predicted that Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom would come in third at best in the four person race for the 50th Assembly District seat.
LOS ANGELES ¬ó Federal authorities are investigating if a California pilot who lost his flight privileges for buzzing the SantaMonica Pier four years ago illegally sold rides to the public in his military jet.
