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.
If City Hall wants us to use public transportation and reduce our car trips, why don’t they demonstrate a commitment to public transit? Instead of making the bus more convenient and better than using a car, they often do things counter to good public transportation.
THIRD STREET PROMENADE — Over 100 hopeful singles gathered on the world’s largest red couch to participate in an unusual Valentine’s Day activity on Third Street Promenade Monday — speed dating.
PROMENADE — Looking for a few good laughs? There just so happens to be a spot in Santa Monica whose eclectic improvisational teams will do their very best to help bring a smile to your face.
DOWNTOWN — What’s not to love about Paris? It has fabulous food, unbelievable clothing, all those iconic landmarks — the Louvre, Eiffel Tower and the Champs Élysées — and of course, that deliciously romantic language.
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Folks who see my Facebook page know that I’m constantly “checking in” to Burn Fitness, so they see my level of dedication. But just so all of you know how dedicated I truly am to getting my workout on, the other day, I actually pushed a car out of the way to get to the gym.
THIRD COURT — Neighborhood Resource Officers Richard Carranza and Art Williams were out in force Tuesday, but instead of looking for criminals, they were looking for couches.
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
WILMONT — Santa Monica police closed down a portion of Wilshire Boulevard and surrounding streets near the Third Street Promenade Friday morning after finding a bomb that turned out to be a movie prop.
CIVIC CENTER — Roaming the streets of Santa Monica at 2 a.m. probably isn’t what most people envision when they think of public service. But that’s how about 170 volunteers paid their dues this week, spanning out across the city’s eight square miles beginning just after midnight on Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES — A federal jury in Los Angeles has cleared two Santa Monica police officers of racial discrimination but deadlocked on other allegations in a civil case stemming from a March 1, 2008 arrest at Yankee Doodle restaurant on the Third Street Promenade.
