In January the City Council banned smoking from common areas of apartment buildings and condominiums throughout Santa Monica. The law went into effect in February, though in my building the signs didn’t go up until July.
The 1980s are back. There’s just no way around it. The tried and true advice is: If you wore a trend the first time it was in fashion, don’t wear it when it rears its ugly head and padded shoulders the next time.
Q: Recently I have become increasingly stressed out trying to do all of the things that are important to me. I have a career, hobby, girlfriend and social life, each of which I feel dedicated to.
It’s been a good summer for Bill Clinton. He was roundly praised for his role in the release of two imprisoned American journalists in North Korea; and, if the political rumor mills are worth their salt, the former president will have the pleasure of walking his only child down the aisle when she we
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a three-part series Congress recently announced that the office of the president of the United States will be outsourced to India as of Sept.
There is a huge difference between a “celebrity” and a “star.” With the exception of the adult movie business, you have to have talent demonstrated through a body of work to be considered a star.
Every year around this time, I am struck by the growing number of college rankings available to prospective college students. While these reports can be helpful, many of them fail to include an option that nearly half of all U.
Our eyes were heavy as we watched the evening news. We had drifted off but somehow the words “big waves” penetrated our sleepy brains. Three pairs of eyes snapped open like roll-up window shades.
About two million years ago Earth entered the last Ice Age, known more correctly as the Pleistocene epoch. Paleo-humans coexisted with bizarre-looking Ice Age mammals like woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats and massive ground sloths.
Every generation has its maniacs — especially racist maniacs. Such was Charles Manson. Here’s his story as it unfolded 40 years ago — one that is a lesson to us today.
I received an e-mail last weekend from North of Montana neighborhood activist Doris Sosin who was out of town on vacation. She was asking for support for a request from Susan Hartley.
Like many businesses, porn has fallen on hard times. Sales of sexy DVDs have dropped drastically, and the porn producers aren’t making it up on the Internet.