Dear EarthTalk: What are the new nutrition standards for school lunches that have some students boycotting their cafeterias and discarding the food?
— Melissa Makowsky, Trenton, NJ
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For more than three decades City Hall has had a policy whereindevelopersobtain generous construction bonuses including extraheight and density over that allowed by current zoning codes in return for providing
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Against the long standing objections of the neighbors, 70 foot poles with high intensity stadium lights have been installed in Malibu. Among the arguments made in favor of permanent
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I'm puzzled over landlord and developer Jeff Segal complaining once again about someone else's development project ("SMRR'S betrayal," Letters to the
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The bellyaching of some Santa Monicans always amuses me. They complain about the massive number of construction projects going on in this town and yet the same bunch of
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Before we ask the state legislature to overrule the voters and repeal the death penalty ("Get rid of it," Letters to the Editor, Nov. 13), perhaps we
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Ron Lowe gets it all wrong with his daft, disingenuous liberal tax and spend mentality ("Days are numbered," Letters to the Editor, Nov. 14). Fiscally irresponsible people
Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom is locked in a near dead-heat with Assemblywoman Betsy Butler to represent the 50th Assembly District. Just a few votes separate the two as county
Hopefully this will be my last column on the 2012 election. However, following last week's missive I received a flurry of e-mails. (One through seven is a "
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Well, they did it again! The Grinches on the City Council and their Grinchy staff have trashed another Santa Monica Christmas tradition; first the Christmas story scenes and now
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In a 4-2 decision, the City Council was given a choice between two plans for a development agreement for the Village Trailer Park. One option gave the developer many
