On Sunday, Amy Chua, author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” spoke at the Aspen Institute’s Ideas Festival at the very tiger-mom-ish hour of 7:45 a.
Hot enough for you? I’ve been thinking about heat lately, and not just because of the nation’s mostly torrid weather. We all can easily verify that hot air rises; when you change a light bulb near the ceiling of your living room, you find the air up there is warmer than it is near the floor.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Tax breaks given to a Santa Monica-based real estate firm have come under scrutiny of prosecutors investigating allegations of corruption within the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
DOWNTOWN ¬ó Former 50th Assembly District candidate Torie Osborn reached out to her supporters Tuesday for help settling an almost $30,000 debt from her failed campaign.
Dear Life Matters, I will be taking a three week vacation later this summer. While I am really excited about getting away from the office, I am already dreading what I might come back to because unfortunately my work does not take a break when I do.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family. For almost a year I’ve sent in columns dealing with the differences from home that I observed throughout Europe and north Africa.
BERGAMOT STATION ¬ó By the end of the year, the Bergamot Station arts complex on the east end of Santa Monica will look radically different. Track 16, a large building on the north end of the complex, will be demolished to make way for the coming Exposition Light Rail Line, and much of the area will
SM PIER ¬ó Summer evenings in our city by the sea are the best. Where else but Santa Monica can you listen as the waves gently break, watch as the summer sun slowly sets and join in singing as music rings out from the Santa Monica Pier ¬ó still one of the most incomparable settings in which to take
CITY HALL ¬ó Animal rights activists are pressing for an agreement with the Department of Fish and Game that would allow professionals outside of the state agency to help tranquilize large animals.
Systems for writing options are lots of fun to design. But it’s hard to tell if they work or not without letting them run for a long time through different market conditions.
CITYWIDE ¬ó The final election results are in, and Democrats Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom and Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-53) will be facing off in the general election in November.
