Grabbing their pom-poms, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, has run out in front — again — cheerleading for a tax increase. Jerry Brown’s plan for an increase in the sales, income and car tax is A-OK with them, just as it was two years ago when, with the support of Gov.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District may run into legal problems if it tries to lay off six nurses the Board of Education approved for pink slips in February, a labor union representative said.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica’s planning director is resigning, even as City Hall faces major challenges in applying the land use plan that she most notably shepherded into existence.
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.
Depending on your view of the endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and America’s role in them, Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, the 23-year-old Army soldier who is accused of “aiding the enemy” by leaking classified military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy website, Wikileaks, is either a courag
For an entity that must rely on the good will of the public, parents and students, it seems that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is always shooting itself in the foot.
For some people, age is just a number. For Raquel Paez, it’s a pretty big one. The 16-year resident of Santa Monica turns 100 this month, and remains a marvel of independence despite her advanced years.
PCH — Officials with the city of Los Angeles warned drivers Friday that a $10 million wastewater pipe project in the Pacific Palisades will impact traffic along Pacific Coast Highway through the end of next year.
We’re so lucky in Santa Monica to have a number of extraordinary chefs trained in France by the greatest of the great. Michael McCarty has been around the longest I guess, and has maintained a top quality restaurant for years.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Three kindergarten teaching positions are off the chopping block after petitioners to make Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School a charter school announced they would not appeal their case to the state, yet.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Superintendent Tim Cuneo publicly apologized at the Board of Education meeting Thursday for a confidential memo leaked last week that labeled three people associated with special education as potential saboteurs.
Q: I have lived in Santa Monica for years and have always wondered why our police officers wear the uniforms that they do? We are a coastal city, why don’t all the officers just wear shorts in the summer and regular cop uniforms in the winter? A: There are a variety of police uniforms and the styles
