Dear EarthTalk: I always hear about hair products and sprays that claim to be natural and organic based. What are some hair products that can be purchased that are legit and cause no harm to the environment? — Penny Siegel, Milwaukee, Wisc.
DOWNTOWN — While the holiday season is about more than just gift giving and receiving, those times spent by the Christmas tree or the menorah opening presents painstakingly selected by loved ones make for some of our fondest memories.
SM BAY — A new fundraising effort by Heal the Bay is aimed at providing money for marine biology education, which may fall victim to the budgetary ax at Los Angeles schools, organizers of the effort said Thursday.
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CITY HALL — While the war over space for nativity scenes in Palisades Park rages on, Santa Monica’s Jewish community is having no problem finding spots to put up its menorahs.
MID CITY — The founder of a local nonprofit is taking a new approach to an old problem — alleviating the over-crowding of municipal animal shelters through compassion and education.
DOWNTOWN — Nearly $75 million is going to 225 regional programs that help homeless people and families deal with challenges such as mental illness, disabilities and domestic violence.
CITYWIDE — It’s the season of big requests and even bigger dreams, a time where we reflect on the year behind us, make plans for the one ahead and hope that somewhere along the way, we can get a little help with some of our pie in the sky hopes.
PALISADES PARK — As Christmas Day moves ever closer, the tussle over nativity scenes that held a place of prominence in Palisades Park for nearly 60 years continues to grow in fervor and national interest, causing city officials to weigh the possibility of altering the lottery system used to select
NOMA — Perhaps it was a stroke of Christmas spirit, but a landlord in Santa Monica got her wish when the Planning Commission approved a mechanism to allow her to put an addition on her unit without destroying three other homes.
SMC — Campus police have released a sketch of an armed robbery suspect who made off with an undisclosed amount of cash last Thursday after holding up a used-books buyer at Santa Monica College.
