A year after the passage of the healthcare reform law known as “the Affordable Care Act,” its legal future is up in the air. Judges in five federal courts have weighed in on it, two of them declaring it unconstitutional and three supporting it.
If Glenn Beck didn’t exist, somebody would have to invent him. Somebody already has. It’s playwright Martin McDonagh, who brings us the character of JohnnyPateenMike, the town gossip in “The Cripple of Inishmaan.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — If a nine month pilot project to reconfigure a busy city road became permanent, but nobody knew, would traffic be just as bad? The answer for Sunset Park residents is a resounding yes.
Economic reports show that most job growth in our country this year has come from small- and medium-size businesses. That trend will only accelerate, according to the recently released Small Business Index from the Center for Excellence in Service at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.
(Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
DOWNTOWN — Some people strive to set examples, while others just choose to live them. Margaret Hyde is one of the latter. It’s part of the reason that her house in Downtown Santa Monica remains the uncontested champion of green living, and why her popular children’s book series Mo’s Nose not only en
You would’ve thought it was the Fourth of July the way fireworks were flying at a meeting held at the Main Library last Tuesday evening. The controversy surrounded a modification to the Saint John’s Health Center’s 1998 development agreement (DA) with City Hall.
CITYWIDE — Just over a year after President Barack Obama signed the federal health care overhaul into law, small businesses continue to get mixed signals on whether or not the bill’s provisions will help or hurt them, and many just ignore it altogether.
Q: I frequently see homeless people pushing shopping carts filled with personal belongings. Is this illegal? A: It depends on the shopping cart. Some of the carts are legal and are provided by homeless assistance programs.
ANNENBERG BEACH HOUSE — Six years ago, Deborah Jackson left a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program with nothing going for her except a referral to St.
GENERAL COMMENT: The new food court in the Santa Monica Place is a lot of fun. There are two Japanese restaurants, one taco place, a chicken and rib joint that needs improvement, a crepe place, one pizza place (and it was tasty), a typical Chinese, and best of all, Charlie’s Kabob.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Authorities say an explosion outside a synagogue and Jewish school in Santa Monica was caused by a homemade explosive device and not an accident as previously believed.
