The (first) day President Obama took the oath of office, I finally felt a change in the tide. Not since the Lincoln Bedroom was underwritten by Motel 6 during the Clinton administration has the country had White House denizens with whom the average American family could enjoy some sort of real conne
Jan. 16, 1 p.m. I’m a Santa Monica Police Department volunteer on patrol with Homeless Liaison Program (HLP) team Officer Jacob Holloway on a stepped up neighborhood resource, crime-fighting operation in Downtown.
If you’re just getting your feet wet in the world of investing, stocks may seem to be the best way to get started. While financial advisors will likely suggest that a certain portion of your portfolio contain stocks, it is important to realize that there are two primary styles of stock investing — v
Understanding current financing requirements will save anyone interested in rehabbing real estate foreclosures a great deal of heartache down the road.
My lovely new bride and I took a tour in Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino” over the MLK birthday weekend. I had only heard snippets of Eastwood’s cantankerously anachronistic portrayal of Walt Kowalski, an aging, widowed, Korean War hero, hunkered down in his “Archie Bunker” mentality with the ghost of
I’m not the type to say, “I told you so.” Besides, I don’t really have to because events eventually end up doing it for me. If you’ve been reading this column, you know by now that I called the Obama presidency in April of 2007 — and was the first writer in America to do so.
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” It’s one of the all time great quotes from the movie “Cool Hand Luke.” It is also a beautiful summation of the human condition.
Q: I lost the title for my car. I have no idea where it went. What do I need to do to get a new one? A: You can find the application for a duplicate title on the DMV Web site at www.
Friday, Jan. 16, 9 a.m. — A Santa Monica Police Department Neighborhood Resource Operation (NRO) is just beginning. It is focusing on stepped-up enforcement in response to increases in vehicle break-ins, thefts, burglaries and shoplifting complaints Downtown.
Allow me to imagine myself as one of President Obama’s speechwriters for just a few minutes. Given that, in the next few days, President Obama must announce the following five points concerning America’s remaining domestic auto industry in Detroit: • “During World War II, the United States created
The economy is in a tailspin. More than 860,000 people lost their homes in foreclosures in 2008, while more than three million foreclosure notices were sent out by mortgage lenders.
Editor’s Note: “My Write” columnist Bill Bauer is a longtime volunteer with the Santa Monica Police Department assigned to the Homeless Liaison Program (HLP) Team — a special SMPD unit that works closely with Santa Monica’s transient population.
