Q: My family and I are excited to celebrate the Fourth of July this year. We are staying at a hotel in Santa Monica and wondered where we should watch fireworks from? What can you recommend? A: Unfortunately, it has been about 22 years since the city of Santa Monica has had fireworks.
Fireworks in L.A. may come a few days early this year. Instead of July 4, ours could begin July 1. That’s when Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is due to come up with a mere $30 million to meet payroll.
If there was any doubt about the broken state of our prison system, the news this week should put it to rest. The Global Commission on Drug Policy, made up of former presidents and other luminaries from the United States and abroad, concludes that the Drug War is an expensive failure.
Though hard to believe, Jerry Brown and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association actually have something in common. We agree that the budget just passed by the legislature deserves to go directly in the trash.
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I bought a scrapbook to document everything from the date of the positive pee stick to other quasi-significant events leading up to her first birthday.
After being inundated with news reports of male public figures behaving badly, Father’s Day gave us a much-needed opportunity to turn attention to the many fathers and husbands who work tirelessly to support their families — and to call on elected officials to move policies that allow all men to be
Toastmasters International is a group that helps people confront one of their greatest fears — public speaking. It is a nonprofit organization that has over a quarter million members worldwide in 12,000 plus clubs.
The ongoing saga of the Veterans Administration’s dereliction of its duties to America’s war vets took a new turn two weeks ago with the filing of a lawsuit seeking class action status in federal court against Veterans Administration Secretary Eric K.
Q: I hear that often times crime increases in summer months. Are there any recommendations of how I can make my home safer? A: With summer vacation season upon us, along with the urge to leave our homes open for the fresh air, we are definitely reminded of the need to revisit our home security steps
In researching for this column, I came across a bit of golf trivia. I have almost zero interest in golf (unless you count ogling photos of Tigers’ mistresses).
As high school students pour out of the classroom and into their cars, it’s a good reminder that the summer season almost always proves to be the most dangerous for teen driving.
With Father’s Day swiftly approaching, I can’t help but think about what it might mean to be a father. Being a woman, I can only imagine, and then of course I have to think, well there are so many different types of fathers out there.
