When it comes to stupid decisions, politicians top the list.
Two weeks ago city officials recommended that the City Council impose a modest $100 annual fee plus 15 percent of
Dear EarthTalk: What are the big delivery companies like FedEx and UPS doing to green their truck fleets and operations in general?
— Mitchell Glaser, Overland Park, Kan.
Package delivery companies
It seems as if you can't own anything nice these days in Santa Monica. This past week the office building where the Daily Press is located was burglarized,
Where do you take your everyday shoes and boots and your special, expensive ones to be repaired, polished, resoled and renewed? Who do you trust? If it's not
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Thanks to Jeffrey B., Jeanne L., Adam P., and others for their letters regarding overdevelopment. Now, who is going to organize the group to stop the surge of overbuilding
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I literally just woke up! So Michael Dell sets up his wife as 49 percent owner to avoid paying property taxes on his purchase price of $200 million for
As the new City Hall budget season nears, there are many competing interests scrambling for still shrinking dollars.
Despite the robust looking Dow Jones market indicators, we aren't
Over the past 350 columns, I've often written about colorful and eccentric local characters. Veteran film director Henry Jaglom, a Santa Monican for 20 years, certainly fits that
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I always shopped at Santa Monica Place, that is, until it became "Dubai by the Bay." I let the City Council members and developers do their shopping
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Facts are important. When facts get in the way of an interesting narrative, facts must come first. In your reporting of the Downtown forum on heights and density, your
Dear New Shrink,
After all the news regarding the Boston Marathon bombing, I find myself wondering, when is crazy really crazy and when is it not? Are these brothers crazy?
