CITY HALL — Flight school owners and residents squared off in a sometimes contentious workshop Monday night meant to “begin a conversation” about how the two groups could live in peace.
CYBERSPACE City Hall has launched a homelessness services page on its web site. The page provides information about the current state of homelessness in the city, as well as information concerning local efforts to address homelessness for both people who are homeless and people who want to help.
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL — The day before Lincoln Middle School students lined up to get their schedules for the 2011-12 academic year, the word came down: There would be no elective classes for seventh graders.
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.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police have released surveillance video of two men they believe brutally beat a man Thursday morning while he was working out on the 3100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard.
WILSHIRE BLVD — A Los Angeles man was being held Sunday on $1 million bail and is facing charges of attempted murder after he was arrested Friday for allegedly stabbing an employee at the Wilshire West Car Wash.
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY — In Catherine Handelman’s kindergarten classroom, a circle of 5- and 6-year-olds taunted a person-shaped cutout named “Put Up Paul.
Dear EarthTalk I know that polar bears are losing ice cover due to climate change, but what are other ways that global warming affects wildlife around the globe? Hanna Bond Hartford, Conn.
DOWNTOWN — In the new book, “Raised by the Stars,” author Nick Thomas talks to the children of actors from cinema’s Golden Era about the joys and difficulties of growing up in the shadow of the Hollywood spotlight.
OCEAN PARK — Early Friday morning, a wind blew. Hard. Around 3:27 a.m., Kimery Sherwood heard a loud sound that shook her from sleep. “It was like an earthquake, but the ground didn’t move,” she said.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Community members urged the Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education Thursday to keep the pressure on to correct systemic problems in culture and curriculum that they feel resulted in an alleged racist incident at Santa Monica High School in May.
DOWNTOWN — By unanimous consent, the Senate Friday passed the Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act, which authorizes $35.5 million to address the critical need for veteran housing and homeless services at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.
