Q: I understand we have some changes within the Neighborhood Resource Officer Program. I have had a very helpful relationship with my NRO and I am wondering who the new officers are and what area they are assigned to? A: For those of you that don’t know what the Neighborhood Resource Officer Program
Over the last few months, Santa Monica High School has been frequently featured in this newspaper and unfortunately the majority of the articles have not been flattering.
Being a UCLA alum, I planned on selecting a fellow Bruin grad at random and writing a “where are they now” column. But with the Super Bowl, a de facto national holiday, just 48 hours away, I figured I’d better make some comment.
The name says it all, so be warned. It’s called “Filthy Talk for Troubled Times,” but the “trouble” comes mostly from the play itself. Playwright Neil LaBute revels in writing long boring monologues: in “Wrecks” Ed Harris stands over his wife’s coffin and bemoans her loss for the full length of the
Dear New Shrink, I need your help! Like many others my industry has been hit hard by the current economic crisis. Two years ago my position was eliminated and since then I have maintained several jobs in order to pay the bills.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family. I’m no expert on Europe even though I’m midway through my second yearlong trip here, nor on Spain even though our family unexpectedly stayed a little more than two months t
What do establishment Republicans and liberal Democrats have in common? They’ve long labored under a shared misconception: conservative candidates are unelectable.
One down, 11 to go. Yup, the first month of the year is over today. And with it has gone likely millions of resolutions to lose weight, work out more, pay off credit cards and live more fully.
They’re having a bugfest at the Santa Monica Pier, and it has nothing to do with sand fleas. It’s the dazzling Cirque du Soleil production “OVO,” a festival of whimsical bugs doing what bugs, and Cirque performers, do best: climbing, slithering, swinging, jumping, crawling and bouncing.
Protecting the environment is a major goal at City Hall. In recent years, sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth has driven everything from bagging groceries to traffic management.
Q: What is the new “open carry” law and how does it affect me? A: Effective Jan. 1, 2012, AB144, also known as the “open carry” law, is a ban of carrying an unloaded firearm on your person that is visible to others.
If you think you had a rough week, look at the one Mitt Romney just experienced. At a debate he was booed when he hesitated about his tax returns. Then the GOP announced that Rick Santorum was the official winner in Iowa, despite the fact that Romney outspent him by a mere 50 to 1.
