When I asked five of my friends if they were familiar with the Third Street Promenade’s Café Crepe, they all replied “yes.” But when I asked them if they ever stepped inside for some food, the answer was “no.
CITY HALL — Planning Commissioners sent a clear message to the development team working on the revamp of a seaside luxury hotel Wednesday night: We’re not impressed.
A few days ago, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust historian Elie Wiesel appeared on Lawrence O’Donnell’s TV program “The Last Word” to express his outrage at a practice of the Mormon Church.
CITY HALL — Spring has not yet sprung, but City Hall is already thinking about 2013’s winter holiday season, and what won’t be under the Christmas tree.
MID-CITY — One of the nation’s largest gold dealers will have to strengthen its internal procedures and repay up to $4.5 million to customers who complained that the company engaged in unfair sales practices and provided inaccurate price information, the City Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
Dear New Shrink, I would really appreciate your suggestions on how I can make more friends. I only have one good friend, a girlfriend. But not only would I like more girlfriends, I would also like to have friends of the opposite sex.
SMO — After a nine-year hiatus, Santa Monica’s Museum of Flying will take off once more on Saturday with a host of new exhibits and lofty goals to encourage young people to engage in math and sciences.
DOWNTOWN — A former teacher at the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual molestation involving nine female students in 2008 is still eligible for his pension, according to the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, or CalSTRS.
This week PBS aired the two-part, four-hour documentary “Clinton.” Am I alone in thinking they could have kept going? Particularly because the program centers on the Monica Lewinsky affair heard ‘round the world — literally.
LOS ANGELES — The State Court of Appeals has ruled that rent decreases ordered by the Rent Control Board be paid retroactively to a landlord almost three years after the board decreased the rents of two tenants who complained that the communal hot tub was too cold and sauna access was restricted.
VENTURA COUNTY — Santa Monica’s State Assemblywoman Julia Brownley announced Monday that she will be making a run for Congress in the newly-drawn 26th Congressional District in Ventura County.
MID-CITY — The windows are broken. The only paint that isn’t peeling is the paint that’s covering up graffiti. Weeds twist freely out of the ground. Cars stack up in the driveway like playing cards.
