SAMOHI — Friends of Santa Monica High School freshman Matthew Mezza on Saturday were struggling to understand what drove the 14-year-old, who played baseball at Samohi and was known as a bright student and a bit of a jokester, to jump to his death from an upper floor of the Sheraton Delfina hotel on
CITY HALL — When Elaine Tse and her toddler Boedhe were visiting Palisades Park in August of last year, they thought they would see a few sights, maybe grab something to eat at a restaurant Downtown.
CITY HALL — There will be no new requirement for members of the City Council to verbally disclose whether a developer has contributed to their campaign before participating in a major decision that affects the developer, the council decided on Tuesday.
CITY HALL — City Hall will pay a bicyclist who fell while riding on Ocean Park Boulevard $225,000 under a settlement agreement the City Council approved on Tuesday.
CITY HALL — A proposal by Councilman Bobby Shriver to let the people of Santa Monica directly select the mayor got a measure of preliminary support on Tuesday, with five out of the six members who were present voting to send the idea to city staff for further analysis.
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.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Parents and teachers at a Santa Monica private high school with a reputation for academic excellence are fighting to keep the educational institution alive after it filed for bankruptcy and laid-off faculty, putting the future of roughly 50 students and their teachers in jeopardy.
DOWNTOWN — Homeless service providers at the Veterans Administration, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and several non-profits including Santa Monica-based OPCC are working on a new initiative aimed at housing the 60 most vulnerable, chronically homeless veterans on the Westside.
CITYWIDE — City Hall is proposing nearly across-the-board fee increases for recreation programs and permits to use city facilities — a move that officials say is needed to stave off cuts as financial projections show a growing budget gap despite a recently passed half percent sales tax hike.
DOWNTOWN L.A. — John Deasy, chief deputy to Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines, was appointed Tuesday to take over for Cortines when he retires this spring.
SAMOHI — A spike in drug arrests at Santa Monica High School this academic year is causing concern among parents and police officers and has prompted leaders of the school’s PTSA to call a meeting to address the issue.
