The knee-jerk uproar that’s followed a state Court of Appeals decision to require credentialed teachers for every schoolchild in California – including those in home schooling – was fully predictable, but ignored some vital questions. […]

Last week’s column relating to an appellate court ruling on home schooling generated more responses to the Mirror’s online edition than any other topic I’ve weighed in on in the last few years. Maybe I […]

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking to some of the Santa Monica City Councilmembers regarding the ficus trees about to be removed. In particular, I had a nice talk with […]

The reopened McDonald’s restaurant at 2nd Street and Colorado Avenue is the first McDonald’s on the Westside to offer a gourmet coffee bar (mocha, latte, cappuccino) – the wave of the future for the fast […]

After considerable discussion, members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Board of Education voted five to one, with one abstention, to allocate an additional $42 million to improve the facilities at the District’s middle […]

At a Santa Monica High School program organized by faculty member Douglas Kim and the organization Palisadians for Peace, students heard a talk by an actual survivor of Hiroshima, Kaz Sueishi. The March 10 program […]

It was a festive affair as over 400 guests – including Mayor Herb Katz, Santa Monica City Councilmember Bobby Shriver, and the cast of Grey’s Anatomy – showed up for the annual Santa Monica Red […]

If you go to Barneys Beanery, Bubba Gump, or Grateful Bread on Saturday, March 22, tap water is going to cost you $1. More on that later. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and youth […]

Soon after pairings for the NCAA Basketball Tournament were announced Sunday, March 16, analysts around the nation agreed on one point.  UCLA has the easiest road to the Final Four, many concluded. Some, including Seth […]