Dear EarthTalk: Are any major brands of disposable tissues, paper towels, napkins and toilet paper yet using recycled content and chlorine-free bleaching? — Sylvia Comstock, Montpelier, VT Not many.
This past week, Q-Line asked: The passing of City Councilman Herb Katz recently forced his colleagues on the dais to search for a replacement. It will be difficult to replace the esteemed Katz, who dedicated much of his life to civil service.
Dear EarthTalk: It seems like more products are being packaged in no. 5 rather than no. 2 plastic today, and my local recycling agency won’t take no. 5.
Anyone who has spent time in Downtown has seen cab drivers roaming the blocks, desperately seeking their next fare. The alley just east of the Third Street Promenade, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Arizona Avenue, is a favorite passageway for taxis as drivers roll slowly through, most parking il
CITY HALL When it comes to fire dispatching, it’s in with the old and out with the new. The Santa Monica Fire Department will reactivate its Communications Center in the Public Safety Facility after concluding that a more than year-long relationship with the Los Angeles Fire Department Regional Disp
PACIFICA CHRISTIAN Some high schools have the benefit of making cuts. With prospective student athletes often times coming out in droves, most athletic programs can pick and choose when it comes to players to fill the many teams available.
As we move into the winter of the year, many Americans are moving into the December of their lives. As the “Greatest Generation” of WWII passes into the mists of legend, the “Boomers” are fast becoming the largest segment of our graying gerit-ocracy.
The citizens of Santa Monica get to vote for four of seven City Council seats this election. Whoopee! All four incumbents are running. Bobby Shriver is going for a second four-year term.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY Detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating three suspects wanted for questioning in connection with the brutal murder of a Santa Monica man who was beaten severely and left for dead on a Pico Neighborhood sidewalk back in May.
American Red Cross of Santa Monica volunteers Christine Law, 30, (right) and sister Liz, 26, enjoy hurricane drinks during the Hurricanes 2008 Relief ‘Blow Out’ fundraiser at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Are you a flying monkey, a talking tree or a mental midget Munchkin? Take this test and see. 1. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
Dancers from Virginia Avenue Park on Saturday celebrate the grand opening of the new Pico Youth and Family Center, which relocated to a bigger building adjacent to Santa Monica High School.
