SANTA MONICA — A reality television producer charged with killing his wife in Mexico will ask a U.S. federal judge to allow the couple’s 6-year-old daughter to testify at an upcoming extradition proceeding, his attorneys said Tuesday.
WILSHIRE BLVD — A recent UCLA graduate who was out celebrating with friends was struck and killed by a taxi driver as she tried to hail a cab on Wilshire Boulevard early Saturday morning, Santa Monica police said.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — Santa Monica-based advocacy group Consumer Watchdog declared victory Tuesday in a class action lawsuit alleging insurer Anthem Blue Cross used rate hikes as a means of pushing patients into lower-benefit and higher deductible health plans.
CITY HALL — The Food and Drug Administration is inching closer to approving the first genetically-modified animal for human consumption, and commercial fisherman, dietitians nor Santa Monica city officials are happy about it.
OCEAN PARK — Come August, health care will be rolling on the Westside. At least, that’s what the Westside Family Health Center hopes will happen with its brand new mobile health clinic that will be coming off the assembly line in coming months.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — First it was eggs (too high in cholesterol), and then carbohydrates in everything from a slice of bread to that found in your “apple a day” — every category of food gets maligned for the ever-increasing problem of childhood and adult obesity in the United States.
LOS ANGELES — A Santa Monica man is currently facing federal fraud charges for allegedly filing tax returns that included fake donations to charity. “The indictment was in response to an audit he submitted with a false charitable donation letter,” said Alka Sagar, assistant United States attorney.
SANTA MONICA BLVD — Dealing with the loss of a limb is difficult enough without hassling with an outmoded prosthetic socket that will more than likely have to be replaced within the first year of its use.
Dear EarthTalk: Radioactive rain recently fell in Massachusetts, likely due to Japan’s nuclear mess. Given the threats of radiation, wouldn’t it be madness now to continue with nuclear power? How can President Obama include nukes as part of a “clean energy” agenda? — Bill Mason, Hartford, Conn.
CityTV, Santa Monica’s community cable channel, will again broadcast the city’s Little League Championship games. Broadcasts began on Friday and continue through the weekend.
DOWNTOWN — She’s represented Santa Monica at the state level for a little over a decade, but if the proposed State Senate districts released last week by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission become permanent, Fran Pavley will no longer be able to fight for the residents of the city by th
CITY HALL — Just in time for summer, patrons of several Santa Monica Place restaurants will get to sip cocktails outdoors until 1:30 a.m. rather than moving indoors before the clock strikes midnight.
