SMC — Over the protests of angry students, Santa Monica College’s Board of Trustees passed a policy Tuesday night that will create a second tier of higher-cost classes to expand access to education in the wake of drastic state cuts.
SANTA MONICA BLVD — A Santa Monica therapist is blaming business review website Yelp.com for a drastic drop in the number of referrals she’s received over the last seven months.
WOODLAWN CEMETERY — The Los Angeles Superior Court issued an order last month that allows City Hall to reclaim over 200 burial plots in Woodlawn Cemetery that were purchased over 50 years ago and never used.
Students at Santa Monica High School on Saturday won the Los Angeles Surf Bowl, a regional ocean science academic competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
Over 25 bands, orchestras and choirs comprised of students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will be featured March 22 and 23 during the 63rd annual Stairway of the Stars concert at the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica.
PICO BLVD — If someone else stepped in with cash and time, would City Hall spare “Chain Reaction?” That was the question on the minds of a group of activists from Santa Monica and further afield who met Sunday night to ponder ways to keep the Civic Center sculpture by Pulitzer Prize-winning editoria
Youth from the Santa Monica Police Activities League will be partnering with restaurateur Fred Deni this Wednesday to cook a fabulous meal and provide entertainment in an effort to raise funds for the after-school program.
The Internal Revenue Service on Monday warned senior citizens and other taxpayers to beware of an emerging federal tax refund scam tempting victims to file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds.
DOWNTOWN — A financial adviser was charged today with murder, money laundering and grand theft in connection with an alleged financial scheme that led to the 2008 fatal stabbing of Alexander Merman, a Russian-born artist who was working as an LAUSD teacher when he was killed in his Santa Monica cond
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The complicated process of unraveling Santa Monica’s Redevelopment Agency has claimed an unexpected victim: The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
SM BEACH — A Santa Monica-based surf camp that has taught local youth to master the waves since 2006 may lose the right to operate on Santa Monica Beach this year in favor of a San Diego-based company.
LINCOLN BLVD — A local youth and member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica, Maya McComsey, was named the national winner of the Club Tech Digital Arts Festivals for the Music Tech Category for the 13-15 age group, it was announced Monday.
