This is in response to a letter to the editor published Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 from A. Borden (“Agenda behind smoking ban”) accusing me of dressing a landlord plot to evict tenants in a public health gown.
Santa Monica is compact, densely populated and dotted with 12 schools. Roughly, there’s 9,000 students. All but a small number of those kids get driven to school every day.
Respiratory infections flourish at this time of the year. The standard advice for the prevention of these sicknesses is to wash your hands and keep your immune system healthy by eating properly and exercising regularly.
The last time I made the sign of the cross was March 3, 2006, as my aunt wailed over the casket of her 15-year-old son. Eddie Lopez was killed by a single gunshot that hit his back and penetrated his heart.
For over a decade, Santa Monica has enthusiastically supported bringing regional light rail all the way to our Downtown, providing new mass transit options to reduce our unacceptable traffic problems.
The industry contributing to the country’s rampant obesity is continuing one of the most dishonest and patently absurd advertising campaigns in recent history.
A central aspect of the art of politics in Washington is getting information to the American people. Determining what the White House, Congress and the people will focus on — and, just as important, what the content of debate will be — preoccupies politicians at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, and
No one denies that California has a daunting road ahead as the state works toward economic recovery. As a business owner, I certainly don’t have all the answers, but I do know that legal reform would be a step in the right direction.
Discussing suicide is tricky. I know because I do it all the time. I am a survivor of suicide loss, and I am not alone. There are 33,000 deaths by suicide in the United States every year.
I always tell clients to be careful about parking in Santa Monica because Santa Monica is vicious about parking. They all agree. Years ago, a suite mate told me he doesn’t let Santa Monica parking tickets get him upset.
Every year around this time, I am struck by the growing number of college rankings available to prospective college students. While these reports can be helpful, many of them fail to include an option that nearly half of all U.
For nine years I have met with homeless people at the Ken Edwards Community Center on every first, third and fifth Wednesday of each month at our Side By Side meeting.
