It seems America can’t get enough of Betty White and the same goes for the American Red Cross of Santa Monica. The 88-year-old actress best known for her role as Rose on the “Golden Girls,” will be the recipient of the “Crystal Cross Award” for her contributions to animal welfare at the 2011 Santa M
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Tuesday, 240 of Santa Monica Malibu Unified’s best elementary school musicians traveled to Anaheim to do what people their age only dream of — play at the Disneyland Resort.
CITYWIDE — If you get your jollies sneaking sips out of Jim Beam bottles in public parks, your time is up. On April 12, the City Council will hear a second reading of a new ordinance that would prohibit people from carrying open alcoholic beverages on public property, which has Santa Monica Police D
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Long before there was an Arnold Schwarzenegger or the famed Muscle Beach in Venice, there was another Muscle Beach that began its storied journey in the 1930s, in Santa Monica, just steps from the Santa Monica Pier.
Film and television actor Josh Duhamel, joined by a number of celebrity friends, teamed up with the American Red Cross of Santa Monica to raise $150,000 for Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief at last Sunday’s “Youth Run 4 Japan” fundraiser on Santa Monica Beach.
MOOMAT AHIKO WAY — City Hall awarded $85,000 to a woman injured when a utility hole cover collapsed underneath her while walking on a public sidewalk here.
CITYWIDE — Santa Monicans will see an increase in their bills for everything from clothing to durable goods beginning Friday when the half-cent sales tax increase passed in November takes effect.
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — A Santa Monica man is being held on $1 million bail after pleading not guilty Monday to charges that he tortured a mentally handicapped man and held him against his will for at least six months.
City officials are holding a casting call for musical acts to perform over the next year at the Main Street Farmers’ Market. Applications can be submitted through the month of April.
CITY HALL — Superintendent Tim Cuneo expressed his gratitude to City Hall Tuesday when he discovered a correction to the Office of Independent Review report stating that he did not give the Santa Monica Police Department a video of school board member Oscar de la Torre at a fight between two teens.
A line of eager fans stretched from the Apple Store to J. Crew Tuesday awaiting the 1 p.m. release of “The Universal Sigh,” a newspaper put out by alternative band Radiohead to promote its newest album, “King of Limbs.
