CIVIC CENTER — In Joe Trujillo’s office, everything goes by the book. The former Marine leads the Code Enforcement Division, City Hall’s newest branch which officials expect to breathe new life into the policing of the city municipal code.
Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium is teaming up with Cirque du Soleil to give kids from disadvantaged neighborhoods a chance to learn about the ocean and how to protect it.
The Santa Monica Conservancy held its 2012 Preservation Awards Sunday at the historic Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica. The conservancy, an organization that promotes and protects Santa Monica’s architectural history, gave its President’s Award to local historian and author Er
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY — How do you choose between clean diapers for your baby or the security of knowing where the next meal will come from? It’s a question posed to mothers who find that food stamps and other aid do not cover costly necessities for children, and one that the Franklin Elementary Schoo
Even if you’re not in a car, the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Section might be watching you next month. Throughout February, motor officers will target pedestrian traffic violations, including jaywalking, walking against red lights, failure to yield to right-of-way traffic an
Dear EarthTalk: I was horrified to read recently that our oceans are actually becoming acidic, that the continued burning of fossil fuels is changing the chemistry of our seas.
They’re having a bugfest at the Santa Monica Pier, and it has nothing to do with sand fleas. It’s the dazzling Cirque du Soleil production “OVO,” a festival of whimsical bugs doing what bugs, and Cirque performers, do best: climbing, slithering, swinging, jumping, crawling and bouncing.
OCEAN PARK — When the story broke in 2010 that a Philadelphia school district had used school laptops to observe students in their homes, people saw a violation of rights and privacy.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors say the so-called "Silverware Bandit" has been sentenced to 210 years to life in state prison for a string of break-ins at homes in west L.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Web developers and school district staff are begging parents and teachers’ patience with a web-based application meant to provide easy access to student information that has resulted in missing grades and faulty transcripts.
