LOS ANGELES — The attorney for a committee suing to protect nativity scenes in Palisades Park plans to appeal the Thursday ruling by a Los Angeles federal judge dismissing the group&
CITY HALL — The City Council voted 6 to 0 Tuesday to study further a 260-unit apartment complex planned for the eastern end of Santa Monica despite the fact that the
MALIBU — At an exhaustive meeting Tuesday evening that drew more than 100 attendees, the Malibu City Council inched closer to a formula retail ordinance that would require city approval of
CITYWIDE — Every candidate and measure backed by Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights found electoral victory according to early election results, leaving Santa Monica a one-horse town for the time
CITYWIDE — A neighborhood organization leader called on candidates supported by a developer-backed group to repudiate a recent mailer which some felt co-opted the organization's name for political gain.
CITY HALL — The City Council this week affirmed its decision to close the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium by July 2013 during a study session examining the future of the landmarked
• Name: Armen Melkonians
• Age: 41
• Occupation: Civil and environmental engineer
• Neighborhood in which you live: Wilmont
• Own or rent: Rent
• Marital status/kids: Married
• Name: Frank Gruber
• Age: 60
• Occupation: Local journalist (also entertainment lawyer)
• Neighborhood in which you live: Ocean Park
• Own or rent: Own
• Marital status/
• Name: Richard McKinnon
• Age: 56
• Occupation: Chairman, Conrad Capital
• Neighborhood in which you live: Wilmont
• Own or rent: Rent
• Marital status/kids: Married/one
• Name: Shari Davis
• Age: 51
• Occupation: Nonprofit policy advisor
• Neighborhood in which you live: NOMA
• Own or rent: Own
• Marital status/kids: Married for
MAIN LIBRARY — Santa Monica's proclivity for political theater was on display Monday evening at the Santa Monica Daily Press' sixth Squirm Night, a four-hour extravaganza that subjected
• Name: Ted Winterer
• Age: 55
• Occupation: Writer/marketing
• Neighborhood in which you live: Ocean Park
• Own or rent: Own
• Marital status/kids: Married 15
