It seems that the major local "Issue of the Moment" is future operations at Santa Monica Airport. SMO, as it’s known to aviators, has its detractors. Anti-airport rhetoric and feelings increased dramatically after an unnamed novice pilot in a rented Cessna 172 crashed shortly after taking off from S
Q: The Daily Press wrote an article this past weekend regarding oversized vehicles, and I would like to know the particulars, because there is an oversized van parked in front of our house.
During Arnold Schwarzenegger’s remarkable movie career (remarkable that it lasted) he was not exactly known for his eloquent dialogue. Frankly, when he spoke I was relieved if it didn’t require subtitles.
Dear New Shrink, I grew up around alcoholics and for a long time told myself that I would never be like my family. I am not anything like them yet, but I now find myself worried that it will all catch up with me.
I have read of people who testified to the fact that they have had an out-of-body experience. After meeting some of these people I can understand why they would want to abandon their body if only for a moment.
An inspector general audit has found the Department of Justice is guilty of extravagances such as treating conference attendees to $16 muffins to be washed down with $8 dollar cups of coffee.
There’s a healthcare scandal brewing in America. It’s bubbling beneath the surface. Every once in awhile it breaks through — when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shoot up Columbine High; when Loughner shoots Giffords; when Michael Jackson, Ann Nicole Smith and 4-year-old Rebecca Riley die.
The Omelette Parlor on Main Street is one of the many places that I like to have business meetings. I’ve been going there for over a decade. Over the years I’ve had many an occasion to have breakfast or lunch served up amid the memorabilia of times gone by.
Item 3R on the consent calendar for last Tuesday’s City Council meeting was one of those small expenditures (if you can call spending over a half million dollars “small”) that’s easily overlooked.
Q: I have been told that there have been increased sightings of coyotes throughout the city. What type of precautions should my family and I be taking to ensure our safety from these wild animals? A: This is an issue that more and more cities are facing.
Parents demanded it be banned. School superintendents placed it in restricted sections of their libraries. It is the most challenged book four of the past five years, according to the American Library Association (ALA).
Nineteenth century French novelist Honoré de Balzac reportedly said, “Behind every great fortune is a great crime.” In American politics it cuts across party lines, from Joe Kennedy, Sr.
