A new universally accessible playground at Santa Monica State Beach is in the early planning stages, City Hall announced last week. The park, planned for the 2900 block of Bernard Way, will be accessible by all children, regardless of their abilities, city officials said.
Whether you’re into Zumba or beach volleyball, the city’s Community Recreation Programs offer something for nearly any taste. Class descriptions, schedules and registration forms are available in the city newsletter Seascape, which is mailed to residents and available at many public facilities, or o
The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation has partnered with Santa Monica Place to raise money to “support educational excellence for every child in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District,” according to a statement released Monday.
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.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — For months, as the governor and state legislators wrangled over budget deals, Californians were told that cuts would be borne by every age group and demographic to balance the state budget.
Get out your blankets and picnic baskets, Jazz on the Lawn returns for the sixth year. The free concert series, held on the lawn of Santa Monica’s City Hall, begins on Aug.
DOWNTOWN — Soups served piping warm, kelp pasta covered in faux-cheese sauce made out of pulverized nuts. Are we in a world gone mad? No, just Santa Monica, at Planet Raw, a restaurant on Broadway that caters exclusively to raw food connoisseurs, who wouldn’t dare digest anything cooked over 118-deg
Dear EarthTalk Why can’t plastics of all types, instead of being initially sorted, simply be melted together to be separated later? It must be a monumental and error-prone task to separate truckloads of plastics.
SM PIER — Santa Monica and 10 other cities and counties have taken bold strides to reduce their environmental impact by banning plastic bags, but other municipalities need to step up their game.
LOS ANGELES — A state appeals court panel on Friday upheld a gang member’s conviction for the shooting deaths of two men at a private party at the Moose Lodge on Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica more than six years ago.
CITY HALL — A move to give an official name to the 6-acre park being built across the road from City Hall stalled at the Recreation and Parks Commission Thursday night amid concerns that the decision was being rushed.
CIVIC CENTER — A gray sky and a sprinkling of summer mist were not enough to keep some curious Santa Monicans from catching a glimpse of City Hall’s proposed bike sharing plan earlier this week.
