If there was any doubt about the broken state of our prison system, the news this week should put it to rest. The Global Commission on Drug Policy, made up of former presidents and other luminaries from the United States and abroad, concludes that the Drug War is an expensive failure.
As the school year came to a close, Santa Monica High School Principal Dr. Hugo Pedroza served his final days as a Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District employee.
Santa Monicans will have their pick of outings to choose from as the “DatingDowntown” and “Cinema on the Street” series will be launched in Downtown next month.
Though hard to believe, Jerry Brown and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association actually have something in common. We agree that the budget just passed by the legislature deserves to go directly in the trash.
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I bought a scrapbook to document everything from the date of the positive pee stick to other quasi-significant events leading up to her first birthday.
SANTA MONICA — A reality television producer charged with killing his wife in Mexico will ask a U.S. federal judge to allow the couple’s 6-year-old daughter to testify at an upcoming extradition proceeding, his attorneys said Tuesday.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — Santa Monica-based advocacy group Consumer Watchdog declared victory Tuesday in a class action lawsuit alleging insurer Anthem Blue Cross used rate hikes as a means of pushing patients into lower-benefit and higher deductible health plans.
CITY HALL — The Food and Drug Administration is inching closer to approving the first genetically-modified animal for human consumption, and commercial fisherman, dietitians nor Santa Monica city officials are happy about it.
After being inundated with news reports of male public figures behaving badly, Father’s Day gave us a much-needed opportunity to turn attention to the many fathers and husbands who work tirelessly to support their families — and to call on elected officials to move policies that allow all men to be
OCEAN PARK — Come August, health care will be rolling on the Westside. At least, that’s what the Westside Family Health Center hopes will happen with its brand new mobile health clinic that will be coming off the assembly line in coming months.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — First it was eggs (too high in cholesterol), and then carbohydrates in everything from a slice of bread to that found in your “apple a day” — every category of food gets maligned for the ever-increasing problem of childhood and adult obesity in the United States.
LOS ANGELES — A Santa Monica man is currently facing federal fraud charges for allegedly filing tax returns that included fake donations to charity. “The indictment was in response to an audit he submitted with a false charitable donation letter,” said Alka Sagar, assistant United States attorney.
