By Ron Getty Guest Commentary
TODAY, CALIFORNIA’S 9,300 GOVERNMENT schools — funded by $63 billion in taxes — have 6.3 million K-12 students with 300,000 teachers and
By KENNY MACK is a writer and comedian living in Santa Monica. He
MICHAEL VICK HAS BEEN A STAR football player all his life. He was the starting quarterback all
By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
There is nothing patriotic about white anti-immigration groups targeting a whole segment of society — Mexicans, Latinos and hard-working immigrants. Discrimination, prejudice and intolerance
By Helen Fiske Santa Monica
(Re: “Ficus fiasco continues,” Aug. 14) There was a man in our town and wondrous wise was he. He came upon a great idea: “Let’
By The Rev. James E. Boline Pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
With regard to the (Community profile) “Gay pastor takes a stand” in your Aug. 20 edition, there is
Our sporting heroes don’t seem to be made of the same stuff they used to be. Nowadays, they are either accused of abusing man’s best friend (Michael Vick)
By Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, VA
Thanks to greedy breeders who lobbied shamelessly to kill the California Healthy Pets Act, the proposed bill, AB 1634, has been shelved. Thoughtless people like
By Mike Kirwan
Yet another celebrity has been caught, and sentenced. Reggie the alligator is no longer free. But unlike Paris Hilton, Reggie deserved his fame and freedom. Maybe if
By Sue Miller
I’m sorry but I don’t consider the steady stream of helicopters buzzing the beach and planes polluting the atmosphere with noise and exhaust a “laughing
“Know Before You Go” is a weekly update on construction projects throughout Santa Monica. Here is a run-down of this week’s construction projects initiated by City Hall Alley
Our sporting heroes don’t seem to be made of the same stuff they used to be. Nowadays, they are either accused of abusing man’s best friend (Michael Vick)
TWO YEARS AGO, IN AN ARTICLE ENTITLED “It Can’t Happen Here,” Congressman Ron Paul cautioned,“We are not yet living in a total police state, but it is fast
