DOWNTOWN — Some heroes are closer to home than most people realize. Eight community members were recognized Thursday as this year’s recipients of Santa Monica Human Relations Council’s Community Heroes awards.
DOWNTOWN — Aiming to cut down on the number of drivers cruising Downtown and nearby residential streets in search of parking, City Hall is considering getting into the valet business.
MALIBU — A plan to bring a Santa Monica College satellite campus to Malibu moved a step closer to reality on Tuesday as the Malibu Public Facilities Authority approved the outline of a deal to build the campus on Los Angeles County-owned land in the city’s Civic Center.
CITYWIDE — If you’ve always wanted to grow your own produce but your tomatoes just end up dead on the vine, fret no longer. The volunteers of the Westside Permaculture Group are here to show you how it’s done.
SM BAY — Restoring a decades-old tradition, the Santa Monica Pier and Honolua Surf Co. will kick off the summer of 2010 with the Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race, featuring up to 250 contestants, a dory competition and a paddle gear exhibition.
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY — Parts of the Annenberg Community Beach House date to the 1920s, but when it comes to environmental sustainability, the public club is very much of the 21st century.
While the past weekend was filled with events celebrating Earth Day, this week holds even more opportunities to celebrate the planet. The Center for Environmental and Urban Studies and Sustainable Works is having an open house Wednesday, April 21, from 3 p.
DOWNTOWN — The Santa Monica Police Department needs the public’s help in locating a vehicle used in a felony hit-and-run collision that left a 53-year-old woman with significant injuries.
The famous solar-powered Ferris wheel at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will be lit blue this week in support of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, spcaLA.
BROADWAY — The recent earthquakes in Mexico, Chile and Haiti have given Southern Californians a reason to consider their own level of preparedness. While government agencies as well as other response agencies like the Red Cross are updating their own plans, we know from experience that preparedness
SAMOHI — The next champions of an international biology competition could be a couple of local teenagers. Zack Gold and Christina Tsai, both Santa Monica High School juniors, are among just 20 students out of some 10,000 participants to have made it through two rounds of testing to become USA Biolog
CITY HALL — City Hall has agreed not to charge Santa Monica College more for providing its students and staff with unlimited access to the Big Blue Bus system for at least a year, though the City Council is expected to increase fares for other riders next week.