POINT REYES — Two juvenile California sea lions paused for a moment at the edge of the sea, each raising their whiskered faces toward the silvery water before sliding in to freedom.
PANOCHE VALLEY — On a stretch of California grassland, workers milk 70 Jersey cows and bottle several hundred gallons of milk into quart glass bottles topped with bright yellow caps — without heating the milk to pasteurize it.
DOWNTOWN — Even from the second story of the nine-level office building on Wilshire Boulevard, the staff and leadership of the nonprofit website Procon.org manage to get a 30,000-foot view.
Dear EarthTalk I don’t hear much about the environmental impacts of our consumer culture any more, but it seems to me that our “buy, buy, buy” mentality is a major contributor to our overuse of energy and resources.
LOS ANGELES — A raid on a health food store and its raw dairy products sparked a protest outside a Los Angeles courthouse Thursday where the market’s owner was arraigned on charges of selling unlicensed, unpasteurized milk.
MAIN STREET — The ever changing mural on Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard is a familiar sight to anyone living in Santa Monica. “Ocean Park Pier” began as a portrait of the bustling Santa Monica seaside in the 1920s, but soon other artists added their own flourishes, like the infamous image of a
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
LOS ANGELES — The son of the late Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal has pleaded not guilty to felony heroin possession two days after his arrest during a traffic stop.
Before the single-use bag ban goes into effect Sept. 1, Santa Monica Public Library has already begun the process of going “green.” Library officials announced that starting Monday, Aug.
CITYWIDE — Flora Gil Krisiloff is no stranger to the intricacies of dealing with the mounting homeless problem in Santa Monica. “I have served as (Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s) deputy on homelessness and mental health for over six years,” she said.
SMC — Santa Monica College is on track to break its 2010-11 record for number of applications for enrollment received, despite funding cuts that result in ever-fewer seats for qualified students.
