A cookbook, a children’s book about global warming, and a classic parable of environmentalism were among the books that took honors at the 2008 Green Prizes for Sustainable Literature, presented October 4 at the Santa […]
In 1975 Santa Monica established a Landmarks Ordinance and Commission. The concern for designating features of the local landscape grew out of the successful crusade to save Santa Monica Pier, which became the first of […]
Former Miss Teen USA, Tami Farrell, crowned Miss Malibu 2009 on Saturday October 4th, has raised over 21 million dollars for charity and was the first youth spokesperson for the American Heart Association. An actress, […]
Distraction Burglary Tuesday, September 30 at 3:00 p.m. – 500 block of Bay Street – Officers arrested three women in connection with a residential burglary. The suspects had made up a story and asked a […]
This year’s Read-a-Thon theme is “Vote For Reading” which coincides with the Presidential Election Year. The three week long event kicked off with a school-wide pajama night on October 1st. Students, teachers, and families wore […]
The third annual Franciscan Blessing of Animals offered by the St. Monica Parish Community saw a large turnout at Reed Park on Sunday, October 5, across from St. Monica’s. Pictured is Father Michael Tang, who […]
“There are no acceptable prejudices in the 21st Century,” Hillary Clinton, the New York senator and former First Lady, asserted when she finally conceded her party’s nomination to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in a mid-June […]
There have been other events where a California wrap of celebrity and crime was rolled-up to make a long lasting meal nourishing our entertainment and curiosity needs. But the O.J. Simpson saga (maybe by now […]
Not enough money for schools, for health care (47+ million people without coverage), for our cities and rural infrastructures; for homeless, mentally ill, and unemployed people honestly seeking work, and for dozens more social needs. […]
To the Editor: I often receive emails from Sunset Park residents who feel imprisoned in their homes during “rush hour” by frustrated commuters abandoning clogged major boulevards and cutting through narrow residential streets. This traffic […]
