One of Santa Monica's most important meetings of the year will take place Wednesday evening. The Planning Commission will review proposed changes to the zoning ordinance to bring
Dear EarthTalk: What is the Obama administration's America's Great Outdoors initiative and what does it hope to accomplish?
— Doug St. James, New York, NY
President Obama
Next Wednesday, Jan. 15, is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 85. In 1960, Dr. King visited Santa Monica, albeit very briefly. How do I
The California Legislature reconvenes this week and the politicians may be on the verge of a major miscalculation because they don't understand how real people think.
The members
The economists that I follow are predicting a wonderful 2014. Real GDP growth should be at least 3.4 percent. The unemployment rate should fall to under 6.5 percent.
Over three years ago, City Council approved an update to Santa Monica's general plan. Called the Land Use and Circulation Element, or LUCE, it's a loose
Lately, the news has been full of stories about "automatic cars." Supposedly, these are the cars of the not so distant future. Basically, they will be able to
The holidays are finally over and frankly, for me, it's none too soon. With all the Christmas commercials on TV and the mobs of tourists everywhere I go,
