There is major electric vehicle news this week as General Motors’ Volt took on Nissan’s Leaf EV in the pricing department. Neither GM nor Nissan expects to make any profit on either EV for a long, long time, perhaps several years.
Q: My 16-year-old son just earned his driver’s license last week and wants to drive his friends to the movies. Can he drive with others in the vehicle? A: Once a minor passes their driver’s test they are issued a “provisional” driver’s license.
According to several newspaper accounts, extremely rich people are spending their money on something that surprises me: theme parks. It just goes to show how out of touch I am with the ultra rich.
Tomorrow marks an auspicious anniversary for me. A staggering number of years ago, I was bar mitzvah’d, which, for those who don’t know, is a rite of passage in the Jewish religion for a 13-year old boy.
No one is more surprised than me that an invitation to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding this weekend has yet to appear in my mailbox. Actually, no one is surprised but me.
Dear New Shrink, I am wondering if you can give me advise about handling rejection. I have started to feel really bad because I lost my job and cannot seem to find another one; several times I have gone on job interviews, and not even had a call back.
I’ve seen my share of schoolyard fights in my years as a student and working with young people. After watching the video, I didn’t think the scrap that took place in the alley between Lincoln Boulevard and Seventh Street near Santa Monica High School on March 16 was anything special — and certainly
Last week, I wrote about the horrific parking situation near the Third Street Promenade. Being a California boy, I’m not big on public transportation, we don’t have much of it, and what we do have is generally poorly thought out, and not very useful in a large sprawling city like Los Angeles.
Baobab’s are truly remarkable trees and are often referred to by many names: upside down trees, milk bottles, bottle-brushes, chamber pots, wine coolers, water buckets, teapots, giant scent-bottles, Grecian urns, and some even resemble misshapen carrots or radishes.
Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights political leaders have called the shots In Santa Monica for more than three decades. The organization’s core beliefs center around affordable housing, tenants rights, social services and sustainability to name a few.
In these very serious times, it seems that it’s appropriate to get rid of some of the silly or outdated laws that are still on the books. I’m talking about things like it being illegal in Oklahoma to tease dogs by making ugly faces, Michigan’s law that forbids a wife from having her hair cut without
Q: I have been in a dating relationship for years and my significant other has become increasingly violent towards me. He gets aggressive and has on more than one occasion grabbed me and shook me.
