SM HISTORY MUSEUM — The Friends of the Santa Monica Library has donated 14 bound volumes of the Santa Monica Topics newspaper to the Santa Monica History Museum.
SM COURTHOUSE — Commissioner Jay Ford will join the Santa Monica Superior Court on Mondays to help clear a backlog of eviction cases from within the West district, which legal services say increased during the winter months.
CITYWIDE —19,500 tons. That’s how much mixed paper waste Santa Monica homes sent in 2010 to the Allan Co., City Hall’s contracted recycling company. City officials hope they’ve found a way to make it easy for Santa Monica residents to reduce that number through a service that puts an end to unwanted
LINCOLN BLVD — A true tale of perseverance came to life this past weekend as David Ramirez was named the 2011 “Youth of the Year” by the Santa Monica Boys & Girls Club at the 44th Annual Youth of the Year Awards Celebration and Banquet.
CITY HALL — Community groups are waging a public relations war over a major overhaul of the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, which will get its first official look by the Planning Commission Wednesday night.
Looking for a parking spot in Santa Monica can be a headache sometimes, but now relief might be as close as your smart phone. City Hall has launched a new mobile phone-friendly map that provides parking availability information for Santa Monica’s 33 Downtown and beach-side parking facilities.
Parking Structure 6 is going down slightly sooner than expected. The structure, located at 1431 Second St., is closing on Monday, Feb. 13 for construction.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — Think the cost of your health insurance is too high? Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog does. The nonprofit, which advocates on behalf of taxpayers, has launched an online petition to put insurance reform on the ballot by the next statewide election.
PICO BLVD — An unassuming music shop is nestled on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica. McCabe’s has been a safe haven and a landing pad for many musicians playing in L.
Dear EarthTalk I know that there are many issues with personal care products being unsafe for our health, but where do I look to find out what’s safe and what’s not? Mary Pulaski Trenton, NJ The average American uses about 10 personal care products each day, resulting in exposure to some 100 unique
MALIBU CITY HALL — District officials may relax restrictions on the number of students from outside district boundaries that may attend school in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in order to increase enrollment and state funding to local schools.
DOWNTOWN — Michael Pierce points to a notebook shaped object being cradled by an antique Roman figure in a statue at the Getty Villa on Pacific Coast Highway.
