SMMUSD HDQTRS — Twenty teachers in Santa Monica and Malibu classrooms this fall will have jobs thanks to donations to the “Save Our Schools” campaign, which raised more than $1.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Santa Monica and Malibu students showed gains in both language arts and mathematics in the most recent statewide standardized test, the California Department of Education reported this week.
MAIN STREET — For the first time in more than 30 years, the birthplace of skateboarding revolutionaries the Z-Boys is just an empty shell with little to remind passersby of its historical significance in the world of extreme sports.
DOWNTOWN L.A. — Santa Monica’s chances of landing billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad’s museum took another hit Tuesday after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave unanimous support to a plan to build the museum as part of the Grand Avenue Project in Downtown Los Angeles.
CITY HALL — Calling the existing bridge that connects Ocean Avenue to the Santa Monica Pier “structurally deficient and functionally obsolete,” officials are making plans to replace the 61-year-old structure, a project they hope will be almost entirely funded with federal transportation grants.
SM PIER — Yes, it’s a shark. Just don’t expect it to strike fear in the hearts of tourists who line Santa Monica’s coast. At 2-feet long and with a habit of burying itself under the sand on the ocean floor, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium’s latest addition — a Pacific angel shark — isn’t exactly the
Dozens of people in Los Angeles County have gotten sick after eating tainted eggs and fruit pulp subject to a national recall, the county Department of Public Health warned Tuesday.
CITY HALL — The Veterans Administration plans to complete renovation of a facility to house homeless combat veterans on the agency’s West Los Angeles campus by 2012 — faster than local officials previously thought — a VA spokesman said on Monday.
SM BAY — Environmental watchdog Heal the Bay is using some humor and an Academy-Award winner to put pressure on the state Senate to pass AB 1998, a Santa Monica lawmaker’s ban on single-use plastic bags.
CITY HALL — Donors to the two-month long “Save Our Schools” fundraising drive contributed more than $1.5 million to the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation — an amount leaders of the effort said could save 18 teaching positions this school year.
WILSHIRE BLVD — The Parlor restaurant and sports bar, which earlier this year was forced to reduce its operating hours after residents complained to the Santa Monica City Council the establishment was a nuisance — has closed for renovations but plans to re-open.
Dear EarthTalk Is the dairy industry really trying to stop soy milk makers from calling their products “milk?” They must feel very threatened by the preponderance of soy milks now available in supermarkets.
