Dear EarthTalk Is air quality in the United States improving or getting worse? Is it cleaner in some parts of the country than in others? K. Gould Sherman Oaks, Calif.
MID-CITY — Things are looking up for Concord Prep. It’s Sunday and a handful of teenagers from the small private high school are dressed in medieval garb, practicing lines in a student’s back yard in preparation for a school production of “The Tempest.
SMO — The Santa Monica Airport has its share of enemies, or at least vehement detractors, but now it can claim to have a group of friends. A new community organization called Friends of the Santa Monica Airport, or FOSMO, formed in November 2010 with the aim of promoting aviation and educating neigh
CITY HALL — Santa Monica bicyclists, rejoice — the wait is almost over. The past week and a half has seen two workshops largely focused on pushing forward the “no new trips” agenda embodied in the general plan’s land use and circulation element, or LUCE, with great attention paid to prioritizing bik
SM BEACH — A simulated grenade found Friday afternoon just north of the Santa Monica Pier prompted police to evacuate the area. The discovery was made at 2:50 p.m. in the 1200 block of the beach, police said.
SM BEACH — Police are evacuating the 1200 block of the beach after receiving a report of suspicious packages. SMPD Lt. Jay Trisler said the call came in around 4 p.
THIRD STREET — Tenants are living in fear of eviction as the City Attorney’s Office and Rent Control Board fight to preserve rental units at the Embassy Hotel and Apartments on Third Street.
PICO BLVD — A human chain stretching from San Diego to Sacramento will pass through Santa Monica Sunday to raise funds for community college students in the face of looming budget cuts to higher education.
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.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police are trying to find the person responsible for pointing a laser at a news helicopter Wednesday night. SMPD Lt.
CITYWIDE — They’re run into in parking lots, abandoned on street corners and generally abused, but police can’t crack down until offenders are caught in the act.
NORFOLK, Va. — A Somali man accused of acting as chief negotiator for pirates who took four Americans hostage, including a pair of St. Monica parishioners, and killed them in February is the highest-ranking pirate the U.
