Regarding: City Council Report: City Rejects FAA Runway Safety Plan by Terence Lyons [March 27-April 2, 2008] I would like to clear up one confusing aspect of an otherwise very good report by Terence Lyons […]

District Offers Excellence, But Not to Students with Disabilities Editor’s Note: All italics represent text directly from the audit. An independent evaluation of our public school district’s special education programs, policies, practices, and finances was […]

She was the first-born child of this country’s greatest civil rights leader. She would grow up to be an important social activist in her own right, a successful film and TV actress, an author, and […]

2007 Crime Statistics Serious “Part I” crimes in Santa Monica were down 5.1 percent in 2007 as compared to 2006, according to Lt. Alex Padilla, spokesman for the Santa Monica Police Department. The SMPD has […]

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors has decided to oppose the Residents Initiative to Fight Traffic (RIFT). If RIFT makes it onto the November ballot and is approved by voters, it would […]

Amber Katherine’s Environmental Politics class at Santa Monica College heard a talk about environmental issues by former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein. Feinstein’s first topic on March 24 was his attendance at the U.N. Bali […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wasted no time in responding to the new Santa Monica ordinance banning the larger, faster “Category C and D” jet aircraft from Santa Monica Airport (SMO), set to go into […]

A 38-year-old man was killed in what appears to be a single-vehicle traffic accident in the 2600 block of Ocean Park Boulevard in the very early hours of Sunday, March 30. Santa Monica Police responded […]

Whatever happens at the Final Four, UCLA has achieved a marvelous victory by getting there for a third consecutive year.  Of course, the goal of Coach Ben Howland and his players is to win the […]