JAMS — A week ago Wednesday, Brian Depablo, Kevin Quintero and Peter Duran left the John Adams Middle School campus and walked into the halls of Activision, a game development company with offices in Santa Monica.
CITY HALL — The First African Methodist Episcopal Church will have to wait on funding for a senior housing project now three years in the making after City Council members pulled the item from the consent calendar at its meeting Tuesday night.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police officers arrested two residents for allegedly holding a mentally handicapped man against his will for roughly six months, during which time they tortured him, causing him to lose 60 to 80 pounds and suffer severe injuries including numerous cuts and contu
CITY HALL — The landscape of political campaigns in Santa Monica changed slightly Tuesday night when City Council members voted to raise the limit on campaign contributions and consider charging a fee for candidates running for public office.
CITY HALL — Representatives from an international development company went home disappointed just after midnight Wednesday after the City Council shot down initial designs for one of the largest construction projects in the city’s history — a 960,000 square foot mixed-use project on the former Paper
DOWNTOWN — Evan Kleiman, renowned chef, best-selling author and host of KCRW’s Good Food radio show, will give the keynote address at the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce 2011 Sustainable Quality Awards Luncheon themed “Sustainable Food.
Back in 1895, long before there was a Pacific Coast Highway or McClure tunnel, the sight of a Southern Pacific Railroad train rumbling through a tunnel down the bluffs toward the ocean would not be uncommon. These freight trains originated in downtown Los Angeles and terminated their route at the
BROAD STAGE — When Oscar-winner Helen Hunt stepped into Santa Monica College’s Broad Stage to enjoy a performance by the graceful ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, she was somewhat shocked to see such a state-of-the-art venue located so close to her home on the Westside.
DOWNTOWN — The Community Corporation of Santa Monica, the city’s largest affordable housing developer, will welcome its new executive director next Friday.
An Italian trattoria and pasta shop will be the newest addition to The Market, a collection of independently-owned shops specializing in artisanal goods which opens in Santa Monica Place on May 20.
LOS ANGELES — Miles of Southern California beach remained closed Tuesday from a sewage spill stemming from a major spring storm, and forecasters said California would get only a single day to dry out before wet weather rolled in again.
ST. MONICA — Students and outside performers jammed during the lunch period at St. Monica’s Catholic High School in an effort to raise money for relief efforts in Japan as three Japanese students who were present for the earthquake and tsunami looked on in appreciation.
