LOS ANGELES — It costs $100 a day to feed Big Guy, a 750-pound, blind sea lion that has been living at Southern California’s Marine Mammal Care Center for 15 months.
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.
CITY HALL — Some projects just can’t catch a break. The Planning Commission was supposed to hear an amendment to the development agreement for the Yahoo! Center at its meeting Wednesday, but the matter got moved when illness and scheduling conflicts reduced the number of available commissioners to f
OCEAN PARK LIBRARY — Library administration replaced the former leader of the Ocean Park Library’s chess program several weeks ago, much to the chagrin of parents, children and other participants.
At 4:30 a.m., on Jan. 17, 1994, Santa Monica residents were jolted from their sleep by the powerful shaking of the Northridge earthquake. This was the first earthquake to strike directly under an urban area in Southern California since the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and produced the strongest ground
CITY HALL — City Council members overturned a decision by the Planning Commission Tuesday and approved on appeal a permit that will allow city staff to overhaul Parking Structure 6 on Second Street.
CITY HALL — Overall traffic at Santa Monica Airport may be down, but neighbors are still riled about noise and they may have a point, according to a consultant who spoke at Monday night’s Airport Commission meeting.
Santa Monica police are reminding residents to be leery of solicitors after a man pretending to be with the health department was seen Monday night in an apartment complex knocking on doors.
SM PIER — The Pier Restoration Corp. may be in for a makeover pending the results of a study it commissioned last week that will examine the current model used to manage the historic Santa Monica Pier and its finances.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Santa Monica police are looking for three masked suspects who stole an estimated $1.5 million worth of jewelry from a salesman who was ambushed in a parking lot next to the Veggie Grill, authorities said.
For the 30th consecutive year, City Hall has been recognized as a tree-friendly city by the Arbor Day Foundation, which bestowed upon Santa Monica the “Tree City USA Growth Award” for its tree care and preservation policies.
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.
