Probably some readers have by now read The Pew Center on the States’ new report on our nation’s prison population stating that more than one in 100 adults are behind bars – one in nine […]

Homicide Investigation, Again Wednesday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m. – 500 block of Montana Avenue – Officers responded to an apartment complex and found the resident dead inside his apartment. It is unknown how long […]

Joe Natoli, a regular speaker during public comment periods on the City Council agenda, died March 12 at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital of an apparent heart attack. He was 55. Apparently never […]

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is considering making at least $2.5 million in budget cuts for the 2008-2009 academic year. According to Assistant Superintendent Michael Matthews, these cuts are not being considered “because the […]

Another chapter is looming in the ongoing struggle to save the ficus trees on 2nd and 4th Streets in downtown Santa Monica. Tom Nitti, attorney for Treesavers, gave an update at a Treesavers meeting last […]

The City Council gave final approval to an ordinance banning the larger, faster “Category C and D” jet aircraft from Santa Monica Airport (SMO), thereby setting the stage for what councilmembers expect to be protracted […]

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), joined by 10 other groups, has called on the State Senate to conduct oversight hearings to address Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision, announced Monday, March 17, not to renew the […]

Four years after starting the process, the Santa Monica Bay Wrestling Club (SMBWC) has secured a grant to establish an Interscholastic Wrestling Program at John Adams (JAMS) and Lincoln Middle Schools in Santa Monica.  The […]

There are two ways to explain UCLA’s narrow escape in the second round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Either the Bruins just had a rare flat game in edging Texas A&M, 53-49, in Anaheim. Or […]