Last Tuesday, Councilman Kevin McKeown requested that his colleagues vote to ask city staff to look at additional campaign financial disclosure regulations involving City Council members who’ve received campaign contributions from a person, company or entity with business before the council — primar
Our first concern in the wake of the horrendous shootings in Arizona ought to be for the victims and their families; our thoughts and prayers are with them.
Q: My neighbor’s home was broken into while at work last week. Now I’m worried that one day I will come home and find that my residence was broken into.
Over the years of writing these columns, I’ve received many e-mails from readers who are politically conservative and have referred to me as a “liberal,” and not exactly in the complimentary sense.
When I came home from a meeting the other day, my daughter’s nanny, Mary Poppins, reported that gym class had gone well, but that some other mothers had inquired about the well being of my 2-year-old’s ceremonial fifth limb — her Barney doll.
Dear New Shrink, My boyfriend and I are extremely close. We have been together for a year, and since the beginning, he has always been emotionally available through his actions, how he treats me, etc.
Democrats in the Senate warned in a recent letter to Speaker John Boehner that a repeal of Obamacare would have “unintended consequences.” Incomparably worse than unintended consequences of repealing the 2,600-page health care scheme will be the law’s intended consequences, if it is allowed to stand
Santa Monica has many great, unique businesses and we need to support them so they don’t fall by the wayside and become taken over or lost to the sands of time.
Last week I received yet another vitriolic e-mail chiding me for speaking and writing about global warming when the northeastern United States was under feet of snow in addition to unseasonably cold temperatures.
Tomorrow night, Councilman Kevin McKeown will present a plan for additional financial disclosure requirements from persons sitting on the City Council.
We’ve just had three “change” elections in a row, but you don’t get the sense that Americans are any happier with politics and government. In late December, a Gallup poll found just 17 percent satisfied with the way things are going in the United States — well below the average of 40 percent since G
Q: Are there any rules about respecting others while at the public library? A: Yes, there are rules addressing this very issue. The Santa Monica Public Library is open to the general public and everyone has the right to use library services and resources, provided his or her behavior does not unreas
