SM PIER — City staff is expected to present its recommendations to make significant changes to the management of the Santa Monica Pier and structure of the non-profit organization that helps run it at the Pier Restoration Corporation’s meeting Thursday.
In support of City Hall’s “Buy Local, Hire Local” campaign, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s facility improvement team, in collaboration with Santa Monica College and City Hall, will be hosting a networking event today to talk about opportunities to bid on construction projects, inc
MID-CITY — Nurses at Saint John’s Health Center said Tuesday that administrators there are purposefully delaying contract negotiations so the union formed by nurses in May can be decertified.
A record low temperature of 48 degrees was set at the Santa Monica Pier Monday, according to the National Weather Service. That breaks the old record of 49 degrees set in 1975.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will dodge a bullet if the state is forced to pull the trigger on a round of hefty cuts to public education, but the district can’t keep it up for long.
MAIN LIBRARY — Kevin Sorbo understands pain, as well as progress. The American star of popular small screen hits like the sword and sandal series “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and sci-fi “Andromeda” suffered a stroke in 1997.
CITY HALL — Elected officials today are expected to consider raising financial contribution limits for City Council campaigns, a move which local activists believe will disenfranchise Santa Monicans in favor of wealthy, outside interests.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
Dear EarthTalk I drink diet soda but I’m told it’s bad for me and linked to health problems. Is this true and if so can you suggest any healthier alternatives? Mitchell James Ronkonkoma, NY While rumors have circulated for years that diet sodas are unhealthy, researchers have found no direct links b
DOWNTOWN L.A. — An art show in a small Downtown Los Angeles gallery traces the evolution of skateboarding and the artistic movement it spawned from the skate parks of the East Coast to its blossoming in the fertile cultural soil of Santa Monica’s Dogtown.
LOS ANGELES — UCLA’s system of hospitals, which includes one in Santa Monica, warned more than 16,000 patients that their personal information was on a computer hard drive stolen in the burglary of a doctor’s home, officials said Friday.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Santa Monica police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with an assault with a deadly weapon.
