By Bruce Joffe Piedmont, Calif.
Quarter after quarter, and year after year, the oil companies post record profits that are even higher than ever before. If they were just passing
By Steven Brand Santa Monica
As a member of Santa Monica’s silent minority (homeowner, two working-parent family, property tax payer with two kids at Grant Elementary) it takes
TO DATE, VIVIENNE AND KNOX JOLIE-PITT have each earned about $7 million. Considering they’re less than a month old and have already made more than most people will
HISTORY USUALLY ISN’T MADE AT CAR dealerships, at least the positive kind, but that’s exactly what happened late last month at Honda of Santa Monica, when the automaker
By Phyllis Chavez The Quackers
Editor’s note: Meet the Quackers, three young surf ducks, born and raised in the canals of Venice. Their passion in life: Surfing and saving
By Debbie Mulvaney Co-chair, LEAD
I, along with Laurie Lieberman, am the co-chair of LEAD, a new education advocacy group focused on Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability and Direction for
By Ron Di Costanzo Santa Monica
The August 2-3 “Q Line” prefaces the comments by saying, “Some people feel that [LUCE] should limit development while others want to see
DIVORCES ARE UGLY, EMOTIONAL TIMES for most people. They get even uglier when there is a lot of property to fight over, and they are at their ugliest when a
By Terry O’Day Co-Chair, Save Our City
In the realm of policymaking, even the best of intentions can have disastrous consequences.
That is what the leading spokesperson for
SAVE OUR CITY (SOC), A “HISTORIC coalition that represents a broad spectrum of the community,” has formed to oppose the Residents’ Initiative to Fight Traffic (RIFT) referendum on the fall
EMERGENCY INVENTORY
By Elizabeth Brown Kitchen Vixen
The earthquake was not a big deal to most people, but for me it was terrifying. I had never experienced one before. It
“WE SHOULD STOP ALL CONSTRUCTION right now, not only due to traffic, but also due to the water shortage in this state. It’s not going to get any better
