LOS ANGELES — A joint study released by researchers from USC and UCLA identified a huge potential for solar power infrastructure and jobs in the Southern California region, a void Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment is helping local residents and businesses fill.
SMC — The Corsairs’ Pacific Conference championship has nabbed them quite a few post-season honors. Santa Monica College’s head football coach Gifford Lindheim, who led the Corsairs to an 8-2 record this season, was named the American Division Pacific Conference Coach of the Year, it was announced o
MID-CITY — For years, expecting fathers at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital have been forced to chomp on cigars made of bubble gum or chocolate instead of lighting up those made with tobacco.
The NephCure Walk scheduled for this Saturday in Santa Monica is a fundraiser that is designed to raise money, awareness and hope for research about nephrotic syndrome and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), kidney disorders that have no known cure.
Actress Jane Lynch from the hit musical-comedy TV show “Glee” was honored last week at the 14th annual CLARE Tribute Dinner at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, which raised more than $350,000 for the Santa Monica-based nonprofit that specializes in compassionate treatment and recovery for those strug
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education will hold the second of two meetings tonight to hear public discussion on the topic of districtwide fundraising, a controversial policy which would fundamentally alter the way parents provide supplemental money to their children’s schools.
CIVIC CENTER — Santa Monica residents can feel pretty certain that they will have access to three light rail stations by 2015 that will connect the city to Downtown Los Angeles through the Exposition Light Rail line.
CITY HALL — Members of the organization Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS) earlier this month gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the passage of a half-cent transaction and use tax that has been levied on the citizens of Santa Monica since March 2011.
BROAD STAGE — There’s something about Shakespeare that brings out the renaissance faire in all of us. Case in point: dozens of members of the audience at the premier of “The Comedy of Errors” at the Broad Stage came decked out in period costumes Saturday.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — Santa Monica-based nonprofit Consumer Watchdog filed a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday accusing insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross of changing the terms of existing contracts to charge its clients more.
DISTRICT HDQTRS — Arguably the most powerful force in Santa Monica politics announced its support for one of the most controversial topics before the school board — districtwide fundraising.
CIVIC CENTER — A prized piece of Santa Monica public art will undergo testing this week to ensure that it’s structurally stable after 20 years of exposure to the elements and human tampering.
