On Tuesday, Nov. 2, the voters of California will not capitulate to big Texas oil interest, instead polls strongly suggest they will vote “no” on Proposition 23 and support Gov.
Five out of seven seats on the City Council are open this election year. Three are full-term (four-year) seats. The front runner is Kevin McKeown, who is seeking his fourth term.
Q. Halloween is right around the corner. Are there any special events going on around Santa Monica? If we decide to trick-or-treat, is there anything we should watch out for? A.
Why do we ask someone else to apologize? If they really felt they were sorry, they’d apologize on their own. Apparently Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, doesn’t agree.
Some of the people who engineer our massively complicated cars and trucks seem to have blown it … again. What might happen this time out? Your brakes could fail.
Dear New Shrink, I am wondering if you can help me figure something out. I feel terrible. I have been feeling discouraged, sometimes kind of depressed and hopeless and I also have trouble sleeping plus I eat and drink more than I should, especially at night.
With Halloween just days away, there’s no better time to mourn the current state of candy. The newer stuff is far inferior to the sweetness of yore, with kids way more into Red Bull than Red Hots.
The great horror and science fiction monsters are considerably more than the sum of their mutilated body parts. Most of all, monsters represent societal repression, generally of the sexual and moral kind.
So, what is considered good? As we get older, it changes every year. A buddy’s daughter told me rainbows, sunshine and unicorns are good. I asked a 98-year-old woman this question, and she said it would be good to remember what year to write on a check.
The vast majority of domestic violence cases that the courts see are handled under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. It is a summary process for establishing what happened, and what the restrained person can and cannot do.
Will the opulent fountains in Las Vegas be a thing of the past? Every drop of water in Las Vegas is now precious as a relentless 11-year drought in the southwest begins to imperil the way 25 million people live.
Editor’s Note: The Quackers are three awesome ducks — Rusty, Richard and Sydney — from the canals of Venice who are on a mission to educate the community about the dangers of global warming and the importance of practicing sustainability, all while surfing the most gnarly waves possible.
