CITY HALL — You no longer have to leave the safety of your own home to violate a Santa Monica anti-smoking law. As of today, it’s illegal to smoke outdoors within 25-feet of any apartment building door, window or vent — a rule aimed at preventing smokers from lighting up on patios and balconies of m
SMC — Senior citizens enrolled in yoga, tai chi and other exercise classes at the Emeritus College will still have the chance to sign up for their favorite courses come spring semester, Santa Monica College officials said this week, but the days of free enrollment may be coming to an end.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Nearly four years after voters overwhelmingly approved Measure BB, a $268 million bond issue to repair and renovate public school facilities, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District students saw some of the first visible evidence of their parents’ dollars at work as they returned
COUNTYWIDE — As parents send their kids back to school, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has tips on how to keep children safe and healthy.
SM BAY — Santa Monica-based environmental watchdog Heal the Bay is calling on those concerned about the region’s waterways to volunteer for the 21st annual Coastal Cleanup Day.
SM PIER — Get ready for a quieter, tamer Glow. Instead of the all night music at the Santa Monica Pier that turned the inaugural event in 2008 into a dance party, this year’s Glow will take place without DJs and will shut down earlier, at 3 a.
Dear EarthTalk When we talk about “endangered species” we usually think of animal species, but someone recently told me that there was a worldwide crisis pertaining to the extinction of plants.
CITYWIDE — It just may be the holy grail for the eco-friendly, active transportation-minded Santa Monica commuter. And yes, it’s European. In Dutch it’s called a “woonerf” — a city street where children are encouraged to play freely, bicyclists and pedestrians get priority over cars and vehicle traf
DOWNTOWN — A 27-year-old Los Angeles man pleaded no contest Friday to first-degree burglary in connection with a May high-speed chase that ended when he abandoned the stolen Range Rover he was driving and jumped off the Santa Monica Pier.
CITY HALL — An anti-incumbent backlash could be about to sweep the nation, but if it does, the municipal employees of Santa Monica won’t be going along for the ride.
NOMA — Republicans are rumored to exist in the liberal bastion of Santa Monica, and this week strong evidence surfaced that supports this theory. Devout Democrat and dog walker David Mayhan was out for a stroll Thursday morning when he spotted something strange and unsettling at the corner of 18th S
