Assemblymember Richard Bloom’s (D-Santa Monica) bill to protect California tenants from eviction passed out of its second Assembly Committee today on a 7-3 vote. The measure, AB 2364, closes
Tens of thousands of University of California nurses, pharmacists and radiologists joined a three-day strike Tuesday in support of university service workers who are demanding higher wages.
Workers dressed in
LET’S HAVE SOME FUN, FIRST
...before I start my litany of what’s going wrong in our fragile, under-assault but still-idyllic FOR NOW little kingdom by the sea.
Kingdom
Santa Monica Firefighters rescued a young man who was spotted 30 feet down the side of the bluffs at Palisades Park Monday afternoon. Preliminary reports from the fire department said
A new website from a former middle school geography teacher aims to help consumers navigate the political implications of their spending habits by tracking major campaign donations by corporations. The
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Democratic leader of a city with 75 miles of coastline, immigrants from around the world and the Kardashians, is considering running for president in
You may know Jon Kean as one of the many faces that populate Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District school board meetings, the Vice President of the board lending a
In California's first incumbent-free race for governor since voters switched to a new primary system where the top two candidates advance regardless of party, nearly two dozen candidates
Thousands of custodians, security guards, gardeners and other service workers at University of California campuses started a three-day strike Monday to address pay inequalities and demand higher wages.
Strikers gathered
Come and meet the Santa Monica City Clerk staff during City Clerks Week, May 7 to 10. City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren and her staff will be holding two events that
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education approved the appointment of Ryan T. Bourke as the new Will Rogers Learning Community principal at its May 3, regular board
Santa Monica Cultural Affairs announces the winners of its annual Artist Fellowship program. The Artist Fellowship program is among the most robust, city-based, individual artist support grants in the U.