CITYWIDE — Door-to-door sales used to be confined to sub par magazine subscriptions and significantly more valued cookies. Now, add solar panels to the list.
The grounds crew and recycling team at Santa Monica College were named the winners of the school’s 2012 EcoHero Awards April 26. Presented in the college’s Organic Learning Garden, the grounds crew and their supervisor, Tom Corpus, received the award for their work, which includes the incorporation
The Santa Monica Conservancy is looking for docents to lead a tour of restored historical architecture in five homes June 3. Tours will be held from 12 p.
SMC — May Day came to the Main Stage of Santa Monica College Tuesday evening as labor leaders, teacher representatives and students continued their protest against a proposal for self-funded summer classes that the Board of Trustees and administration refuse to take off the table.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — For the month of May the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit will be on the lookout for driver’s who are speeding on city streets.
PALISADES PARK — Dozens of Westside activists gathered here Tuesday morning with homemade signs, bullhorns and red balloons to take part in the May Day protests going on across the globe, calling for an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures.
MID CITY — Four Santa Monica tenants have filed suit against landlord Jerome Nash alleging that Nash harassed them and refused to make repairs in an attempt to force them out of their homes.
MALIBU — Ellen and Michel Shane are looking to the future even as they’re dragged into the past. This week will see the soft opening of a new tutoring service the couple began in memory of their daughter Emily Shane, days after her alleged killer goes to trial for the second time.
MAIN STREET — City Hall did shoppers a favor when it installed smart parking meters that eliminated the need for spare change, but those spending money in the city may be less thrilled about what’s coming next.
SUNSET PARK — A new group of old anti-airport activists held its first meeting Saturday to layout parameters for the coalition and strategies for getting Santa Monica Airport out of the picture by 2015.
SMC — Santa Monica College officials released a report Monday showing that 15 community colleges in the Los Angeles area will have only a third of the seats open during the summer that they did four years ago, restricting students’ access to classes and forcing them into the arms of for-profit unive
WILSHIRE BLVD — He explained the seeds of his project with such nonchalance that it seemed almost ordinary. “My lawyer and I have been collecting thousands of jokes over the years,” said Bill Schwartz, longtime Santa Monica resident.