SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Board of Education formally accepted a controversial policy Thursday that reduces the amount of punishment levied on a student for violating school rules on alcohol and drug use.
It was 9 in the morning, on a wonderfully sunny day, when I heard the eight words I’d been waiting for: “Clear for takeoff, right turn at shoreline approved.
As Gertrude Stein once said about Oakland, “There’s no THERE there.” And you might say the same for the Geffen Playhouse’s production of “Red Hot Patriot, The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins.
DOWNTOWN — The number of homeless individuals in the United States decreased slightly between 2009 and 2011, but service providers in Santa Monica are concerned about the impacts a continued recession, reduction in government aid and return of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan might have on that nu
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica is falling short on its efforts to regulate tobacco use in multi-family residences, according to a report released Thursday by the American Lung Association.
A beautiful thing about MLK Day is that regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum, it is a day of meditation on issues of race, class, oppression and struggles for social justice and equality.
I am about to enter the country where Agatha Christie wrote “Murder on the Orient Express.” The magnetic pull of this historic destination and the idea that Marc Anthony gave the Turkish Riviera to Cleopatra for a wedding gift makes me lose track of my present reality.
“A Separation” is probably one of the best films of the year. But it should come with a warning label, because it is not for the faint of heart. It is so intense that it can tie your stomach in knots, and you may have a hard time breathing.
MAIN LIBRARY — The Santa Monica Democratic Club overwhelmingly endorsed activist Torie Osborn in the race for the new 50th Assembly District Tuesday night, the second endorsement she’s received on the Westside.
SAMOHI — Officials from Santa Monica High School, the school district and police department took heat from parents Tuesday night who gathered to hear what was being done to keep their children safe in the wake of fights that broke out on and off campus in preceding weeks.
Recently one of my colleagues sent me a story that sums up the media’s apathetic appetite for covering the environment. It is perplexing and disturbing.
Wall Street and CEO culture in America is out of touch, arrogant, condescending, and those are probably their good qualities. Recent examples run the gamut, from snooty finance employees sipping champagne while mocking Wall Street protesters to a sign posted in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange proudl
