Q. I always get scared and don’t know what to do when a police or fire vehicle is driving with their lights and sirens on. What is the lawful thing to do when an emergency vehicle is approaching? A.
As I write this a million Egyptians are in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria demanding the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. He’s been a brutal dictator (to whom we give $1.
City Hall needs to help our local businesses compete, and can do this by easing the restrictions on advertising at mom-and-pop shops. On Tuesday, merchants met with city officials to discuss changes to the sign ordinance, which restricts advertising to protect the community from visual blight.
Mina Badie is the most authentic pregnant woman who isn’t pregnant that I’ve ever seen. She slouches on the sofa, belly in air, she rises sideways, clutching the arm of the sofa, and she waddles around her spectacularly tacky apartment bracketing her belly in earphones to soothe the baby with music.
Over the next five years, Downtown and the surrounding areas will be transformed as City Hall moves forward with several critical projects that will make Santa Monica a more desirable and safer place to live.
Our inbox and mailbox have been filled recently with letters from our readers regarding pedestrian safety and traffic on our streets and the beach bike path.
Dear New Shrink, I am interested in finding a new job but am not sure how to get started. A few of my friends have suggested using online websites to find out about local job openings.
The president’s challenge for all of us to create the country that 9-year old Christina Taylor Green thought we had when she made the fateful trip to hear her elected representative rings true to me.
“The Super Bowl is one of the largest human trafficking events in the United States.” — Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General The wildly popular Super Bowl, with its revelry of sex, drugs and alcohol, invariably imparts a Bacchanalian aura to whatever city plays host to it, and Super Bowl XLV, which w
Some days are just better than others. Some days the sky is bluer and the air is sweeter. Other days, not so much. But living in Santa Monica allows me take a walk along the pier, see the sun set on the Pacific and remember that each day here is blessed.
Three council persons who’ve accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from developers dug in their heels on campaign finance disclosure again at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
It’s been two years, but finally the City Council approved the ban on single-use plastic bags. The Daily Press supports this move and believes it will help protect the environment and lessen our dependence on foreign oil.
