On Feb. 26, this newspaper ran a front page story about how City Hall failed to hold annual reviews of development agreements as required by law. DAs are made with a developer when his/her project exceeds the zoning codes.
It was revealed recently that President Obama’s bad cholesterol has gone up 42 points since 2007. Apparently, his diet is not as healthy as it was before.
Q: I have lived in the Sunset Park area of Santa Monica for 20 years and I am the captain of our Neighborhood Watch group on our block. In order to prevent crime, I have instructed our neighbors to call the police when they witness suspicious activity in our neighborhood.
This week marked Jay Leno’s return to “The Tonight Show.” I had considered writing about the Olympics but, for me, they lacked the high drama of those during the Cold War.
Dear Rachel, I’m dating several women at once, and each one has traits I enjoy. Ideally, I’d like to find one fantastic woman who provides all the qualities I desire. Here is a list of some of the traits I find attractive: affectionate, intelligent, ambitious, athletic, cultured, loves to camp, has
This isn’t the first time I’ve been late to the party. While it premiered on NBC five years ago, “The Office” has only recently become a staple in my TV diet.
Dear New Shrink, I am interested in a comment you made in one of your last columns where you said “if you are good with someone before you lose them, you will do much better with the loss.
I appreciated the political symmetry of last week’s meetings. The two groups that control the federal government (the Democratic and Republican parties) met to try to work out a deal on health care reform and the two groups that control our city government (the Chamber of Commerce and Santa Monicans
Editor’s note: This is part one in a two part series. We’ve all heard by now the stentorian tenet of “too big to fail.” For those of you who dwell in the darker recesses of your intellectual armoire, this idiotic idiom infers that the biggest and most interwoven businesses are so important to the vi
The breathtaking, luxuriant tropical rainforests occupy about 13 percent of Earth’s surface. These incredibly complex and diverse ecosystems account for half of the known biological diversity (about 800,000 different species), and conservatively there are at least another 9.
The call came in on Friday, at 3:30 p.m. of course. His employer was still not clear on whether or not to terminate the alimony that we had fought so hard to end.
I went to Guatemala two years ago to study at a writer’s workshop. The host encouraged us to pack a second bag of shoes for the local children. I did as she asked and was thrilled to help.
