Twenty-one new Board members were elected to the Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council (GRVNC) earlier this month. The Council receives funding from the City of Los Angeles and speaks for the community on a variety […]

During the week of September 12th, the Santa Monica High School Mortensen library hosted a series of lectures and discussions on Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome in connection with the school wide summer reading book, the […]

The RAND Corporation and the University of Southern California announced a partnership on Monday that is designed to encourage collaboration between the institutions on research projects, educational programs and staff recruitment. USC President Steven B. […]

The RAND Corporation and the University of Southern California announced a partnership on Monday that is designed to encourage collaboration between the institutions on research projects, educational programs and staff recruitment. USC President Steven B. […]

The Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) presented its first “Outstanding Woman Leader” award last Wednesday to Mimi Lind, founder  of the Safe Families Domestic Violence intervention Program at Venice Family Clinic […]

A one-story cottage at 1012 2nd Street was designated a landmark by the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission at its September 12 meeting, after impassioned speeches by community members supporting the designation and protests from an […]

After a lengthy hearing last Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council directed City staff to draft an ordinance that will modify the City’s design standards to encourage more pedestrian-oriented development downtown. The Council approved the […]

Approximately 10,000 volunteers scoured beach and inland waterways throughout Los Angeles County Saturday, the 21st annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. The volunteers collected more than 87,000 pounds of trash and more than 2,600 pounds of […]

The farther south you drive in Mississippi, the curlier the metal roofs get; the more the trees look like they’ve been stomped. While on assignment there with the Red Cross, I drove caravan to Gulfport […]

The overall district index of Academic Performance Index (API) scores for students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District exceeded 800 for the first time in 2005. According to a District press release, “The API […]