California is spinning backwards into quite a perilous place the more it cuts education spending, digging itself into a rut that will have a devastating impact on its economy for many years to come.
Elephants have fascinated humankind since early time. There are two species of elephants: Asian and African, and within the latter there are two subspecies: savannah and forest elephants.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District misses out on many opportunities for funding. Superintendent Tim Cuneo told me they don’t apply for grants and funding from the National Educational Foundation or many private foundations because the SMMUSD isn’t perceived as “poor.
Q: I’ve heard that Santa Monica made it illegal to smoke on the beach and the Santa Monica Pier. Is this true? A: Yes, it is against the law to smoke on the Santa Monica Pier and on its beaches.
Those who know me may be surprised, and you can call me whatever you want: a racist, a bigot, or even a right wing wacko. However, someone of my ilk has to step forward and say that immigration has gotten out of hand.
It was eight years ago when I first met Oscar, an adorable, albeit a tad headstrong 5-month-old golden retriever service dog. I was walking back from the tennis courts next to my apartment building when I saw him with his owner, Colleen Hughes, who’s my neighbor.
Dear Rachel, I’ve been following the dating rules from a book I read a couple of years ago and I’m still single. Why don’t these rules work for me? What dating approach do you suggest? Signed, Still Single Dear Still Single, Not all dating rules are created equal.
There is hardly any ethnic or religious group that is not maligned in “Holy Ghost,” Jon Tuttle’s World War II-era drama now having its West Coast premiere at Theatre of Note in Hollywood.
Dear New Shrink, In your article on the Monday morning blues, you mentioned that retirement can be dangerous, even deadly, if one is not prepared for it.
Sarah Palin’s recent comments that the United States is a “Christian nation” along with her assumption of the role of arbiter of who is a “real American” suggests that she may have spent a little too much time on her porch in Alaska staring at Russia and needs to be reacquainted with the lower 48.
The Red Cross, working in Mexico, has protested the Mexican governments’ open support of police intimidation and bribery schemes targeting illegal aliens for years.
From week to week, there are five basic topics that a columnist covers. In ascending order of importance they are sports, pop culture and the arts, local politics, national politics, and predictions.
