By Dr. Wendy Kugelman Santa Monica
The Feb. 2 article “Change for the better” (page 1) is an appalling hatchet job, on the one hand, and hagiographic puff piece, on
By Matthew Muzio Santa Monica
When I walked up to my dentist on Wilshire (Boulevard) at 8:30 a.m., I saw more homeless people than actual residents of Santa
With the staging of the annual Grammy Awards this past weekend and Oscar nominations creating a buzz about town, the so-called awards season is in full swing. From television
By Meredith C. Carroll Meredith Pro Tem MEREDITH CARROLL
I’LL KNOW I’VE HIT THE BIG TIME WHEN a total stranger reports seeing my face on a waffle.
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HOMELESS COURT, A WEEK AGO Friday, seemed more like an elementary school graduation than a dose of jurisprudence, complete with a press conference, cheers and snack handouts.
This new monthly
By Dora B. Krakower Santa Monica
I was in New Zealand in 1981 — the first woman cantor to sing at Temple Sholom in Auckland, a sister city of Los Angeles.
By Steven Weller Venice
(On Feb. 2), I was witness to the outlawish behavior of the group known as Critical Mass — holding up traffic and blocking intersections and jeopardizing their
By Zina Josephs President, Friends of Sunset Park
Astounding and gratifying — that’s how our board describes news released yesterday by (SMPD) Lt. Padilla concerning the Feb. 7-8 searches
This week’s Q-Line question asked: Is the city of Santa Monica, for all its efforts to slow traffic and encourage residents and tourists to leave their cars behind,
By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
In the early ’80s, homelessness began creeping around the edges of American life. Today, the homeless are part of every landscape. Precise numbers of the
By Pat Fitzpatrick Santa Monica
I'm a frequent visitor to your beautiful city, where everything looks clean and cared for. However, I have discovered that beneath this beauty
By Nicholas Vrataric Executive Director, CLARE Foundation
I applaud Santa Monica’s Community Court, the city’s most recent effort to deal with homeless people in a way that is
