RECENTLY I WROTE ABOUT THE TIME I SAW a one-legged man crawling along the sand and into the ocean where he floated contentedly. The man was a homeless Vietnam
Property owners in Downtown Santa Monica can soon expect to see ballots in the mail asking them to sign off on a new assessment district in the city’s busiest
By Steve “the Mailman” Breen Going Postal STEVE BREEN is a beefy, corn-fed Republican slathered in tangy barbecue sauce and is still “the best looking mailman at the U.
FROM RIDE PAGE 3 Working the beat is serious business
Editor’s note: For the next two weeks, Editor in Chief Kevin Herrera will be writing a first-person account
Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed closing a number of open spaces in the Santa Monica Mountains including Will Rogers and Topanga state parks due to a $10 billion budget deficit. What
Local 12 WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 3-4, 2008 A newspaper with issues Jail isn’t a fun place
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY When the steel door slammed shut and I found
The Bette Davis Collection A six-disc set with five films honoring the 100th birthday of Hollywood’s first lady of film. “All About Eve,” “Phone Call From a Stranger,
By Mike Gutowski I hate panhandlers.Well, that’s not entirely honest. The truth is I hate the way I feel when confronted by panhandlers.
I hate going to the
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and its partner agencies announced Tuesday that this year’s Winter Shelter Program provided emergency shelter and services to 8,617 homeless individuals
Helping homeless a difficult task
DOWNTOWN Of the 10 most vulnerable people living on the streets of Santa Monica, one has been permanently housed, three are in shelters, four remain
FOLLOWING MY RECENT COLUMN about procrastination, I received a number of e-mails. Readers, who previously disagreed with me on Bush, the war, global warming and the death penalty, found
