This Tuesday night, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education is going to make an important decision. On their agenda is a policy that has come to be known as “districtwide fundraising.
We have a wealth of great cultural events in Santa Monica, from our free summer concerts on the Santa Monica Pier to free movies at Santa Monica Place, and an endless variety of gallery openings at Bergamot Station and around town.
A lot of attention has been directed toward larger developments in Santa Monica recently. But, even the smaller developments have major problems. Such is the case with a new residential/commercial mixed-use development finally approved by the Planning Commission for 401 Broadway at Fourth Street.
Shopping in Downtown this holiday season? Similar to recent years past, you will again be seeing additional police officers patrolling the area. Beginning the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) through Christmas week, police officers and other department personnel will be monitoring and patrollin
With yesterday being Thanksgiving, it’s safe to say that all of us are approximately 2 1/2 pounds heavier. (And a few antacids lighter.) I’d say get on a scale, but between now and New Year’s it’s probably best to avoid scales.
Dear New Shrink, I have an interview coming up and I have no idea how to prepare. I have had several interviews in the past, some have gone really well and others have been a complete failure.
Falling leaves, pumpkins, a cornucopia and turkeys: Whether we are conscious of it or not, some of the most prevalent Thanksgiving symbols come from nature.
The 2011 Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Legislative Report Card is out and, from the perspective of citizen taxpayers and homeowners, the grades of the majority of legislators are so poor that, if they were school children, they’d be grounded.
Up here in the Palisades I am known as the turkey lady. That’s because this will be the fourth year in a row that there will be beautiful live turkeys strolling around my front yard over the holiday season.
Thanksgiving is my kind of holiday. Apart from the “thanks” part, the primary purpose of this celebration is eating. That is the one thing I do quite well.
You hear the phrase “time is money” everywhere, but it’s not entirely true: money can be lost and regained (and then lost again, as a trip to Las Vegas can teach you).
On Thursday night the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education reviewed the district’s gift giving policy. The issue is how gifts and donations to the district should be placed into one pot and distributed among schools based on some sort of “need” formula that has yet to be de
