CITYWIDE — After the heady effects of champagne wear off sometime on Jan. 1, well-intentioned people across Santa Monica will buckle down and determine to make some changes in their lives.
Welcome to 2012! As you are aware, this is an election year. In addition to electing or re-electing (as the case may be) holders for national, state and county offices, Santa Monicans will elect people for City Council, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and Rent Control
BY JESS HILTON Special to the Daily Press During the holidays, one of the ways we celebrate is by gathering around the dinner table with friends and loved ones for the ritual of sharing food.
CITYWIDE — New Year’s Eve conjures up images of fabulous people in sparkling dresses, overflowing champagne glasses and club music so loud feet will be tapping four-on-the-floor until Valentine’s Day.
In yet another reversal of his professed commitment to the rule of law, President Barack Obama says he will sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which formalizes his authority to imprison terrorism suspects indefinitely without charge or trial.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica officials will scramble to determine the fate of $267 million in high-priority redevelopment projects in the wake of a California Supreme Court decision Thursday that allows the Legislature to dissolve redevelopment agencies across the state.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Florida will be hit the hardest by the closing of Sears and Kmart stores, losing 11, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures released Thursday.
CITYWIDE — For many, the winter holidays are a time of rest. The kids are home from school, mom and dad can steal some time off of work, and everyone does their best to recreate the togetherness they wish they had the rest of the year.
16TH STREET — The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation is hoping to raise its profile within the community by making a bigger presence on social media platforms bolstered by work from student volunteers.
MID CITY — Natalie Lewis is 79 years old, and she fears for her life. Lewis lives in a small studio in the 285-unit Westminster Towers, a seniors-only housing complex funded through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
An old year is fading and a new year is upon us again. Each year I go kicking and screaming into the new year, and not because I am against change. My pants pocket is full of change.
CITYWIDE — Every year, you see them. They stand at street corners and in front of busy shopping areas, bundled against the not-so-cold Southern California winter armed with a bell, a Santa hat and a smile to raise money for the unfortunate in what for many is a desperate time of year.
