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.
Dear EarthTalk: I own a small business and would like to do what I can to minimize its impact on the environment. Can you help me? ¬ó Jacob Levinson New York, NY There are many ways to green up any business, large or small-and an added benefit might just be saving money.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has to get its spending under control if it wants to stay out of the red in the very near future, school officials told the Board of Education Thursday.
MAIN LIBRARY – Democracy showed its messy side at a neighborhood group’s annual meeting Saturday morning when angry residents demanded and won a chance to elect new leadership over protestations from the organization’s chair.
CITYWIDE ¬ó Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-53) and Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom still hold the top two positions in the close race for the 50th Assembly District seat as county officials continued totaling uncounted ballots Friday.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation will have to reorganize itself from the top down if it expects to raise enough money to pay for programs at all of the district’s schools.
Chocolate runs the gamut from the common Hershey bar to what most people consider the Cadillac of confections ¬ó Godiva. Putting the big labels aside, and bringing things to a more local perspective, the newly opened John Kelly Chocolates may be one of the most luxurious treats Santa Monica has to o
NEW YORK — I’ll Have Another’s bid for a Triple Crown ended with the shocking news that the colt was out of the Belmont Stakes because of a swollen left front tendon.
Q: My family and I will be on vacation and staying in a hotel in Santa Monica during the summer. This will be our first time visiting California and we will be renting a vehicle to get around.
PCH ¬ó Lindsay Lohan emerged uninjured from a collision with a dump truck on Pacific Coast Highway on Friday, returning to the set of her new movie hours after the accident left the sports car she was driving crumpled.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY ¬ó An analysis of the Santa Monica Police Department after the exit of its former chief shows an well-run organization with some structural and communications problems that have yet to be addressed.
SAMOHI —There were bake sales, button sales and even Viking horn beanie sales. But they couldn’t make up the $90,000 deficit that the Santa Monica High School band program amassed over the last three years.
