Environmental watchdog Heal the Bay wants people to stay green after St. Patrick’s Day by following a few simple steps. Here are their suggestions: • Use a designated driver: When you carpool or take public transit to your local pub you reduce harmful emissions that foul the environment.
EASTSIDE — When a medical marijuana patient walks into a dispensary to purchase some pot, they are most likely not going to speak with a certified pharmacist, but rather a 20-something with glossy, blood-shot eyes who probably got high hours or minutes before.
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY — As almost any advice columnist will tell you, communication and transparency are critical to a functional relationship, particularly when one or both partners has control of the family purse strings.
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY — Sometimes, it’s nice not to be the trailblazer. Members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District community will gather Saturday morning at Roosevelt Elementary School to hear another side of the districtwide fundraising debate — how other districts made it work.
March 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Because millions of tons of debris flooded into the sea from this catastrophic event, it’s understandable that people are concerned about tsunami-related material washing onto Southern California beaches.
OCEAN AVE — Between 5 p.m. and 4 a.m., anyone can take a mental trip to China to watch one of four giant pandas munch on bamboo or tussle with its siblings from its home in the Ya’an Panda Base, part of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
CITYWIDE — Whether you prefer the nickname “Tech Coast” or “Silicon Beach,” Santa Monica sells itself as a place that sits on the technological frontier and uses that capability to improve both its economy and its citizens’ lives.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family. Indulge me a moment if you will, kind reader, so I may tell you where I am as I write this column for my home newspaper.
SANTA MONICA BLVD — A Santa Monica therapist is blaming business review website Yelp.com for a drastic drop in the number of referrals she’s received over the last seven months.
“If music be the food of love, play on!” — William Shakespeare L.A. Chamber Orchestra (LACO) is always thinking of ingenious new ways to get audiences interested in chamber music.
SM BEACH — A Santa Monica-based surf camp that has taught local youth to master the waves since 2006 may lose the right to operate on Santa Monica Beach this year in favor of a San Diego-based company.
MAIN STREET — On a typical day, Julie Weiss will wake up, walk out of the door of her Santa Monica apartment and go for a five mile run near the beach.
