Every year, students in Lincoln Middle School’s seventh grade life science class take a field trip to the Los Angeles Zoo. They’re lucky to have a teacher like Bob Seymour.
PICO BLVD — Just over 6.7 million people visited Santa Monica in 2011 and pumped a record $1.39 billion into the local economy, a 20 percent increase in spending over 2009, according to a report released Wednesday by the Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau.
CITY HALL — In an attempt to cut down on air traffic around Santa Monica Airport (SMO), city officials are proposing to pay flight schools to take some of their lessons elsewhere.
CITY HALL – The City Attorney’s Office announced a $39.5 million settlement with the Boeing Corporation to clean toxins out of local groundwater left by the former Douglas Aircraft Co.
PALISADES PARK — Dozens of Westside activists gathered here Tuesday morning with homemade signs, bullhorns and red balloons to take part in the May Day protests going on across the globe, calling for an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures.
SUNSET PARK — A new group of old anti-airport activists held its first meeting Saturday to layout parameters for the coalition and strategies for getting Santa Monica Airport out of the picture by 2015.
CITY HALL — E. Richard Brown, former chair of the Santa Monica Airport Commission, died unexpectedly Friday after suffering a massive stroke. He was 70.
CITY HALL — City officials remained silent as the Airport Commission hosted a series of presentations Monday night examining how flights at Santa Monica Airport could be reduced or altogether ended and what could be done with the land afterward.
Last week I went to the Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center for the U.S. premiere of “In Paris,” a theatrical piece based on a story by Russian writer and Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica will soon have its first female police chief. Jacqueline Seabrooks, the current chief of police in Inglewood and a former member of the Santa Monica Police Department, has been selected to serve as Santa Monica’s next top cop following a three month, nationwide search, city
CITY HALL — The airport security officer who sued City Hall claiming he was denied a promotion based on his race and age settled his case for $200,000 and an agreement to leave his position.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
