Everybody who knows me knows that I am an inveterate and unabashed dog lover and especially a lover of golden retrievers and most especially of one named Bailey. Sometimes, we who have pets find a […]

It was one of those conversations that begins at one location and then continues forever as you stand next to your car. The strike, the Super Bowl, the election… I was pretty sure we had […]

In a recent Notebook [Santa Monica Mirror, January 24-30] you mentioned: “And if you think George W. Bush stole an election, just ask about the JFK victory over Richard Nixon when Mayor Daley posited the […]

One big reason term limits remain so popular in California 18 years after voters imposed them via a 1990 ballot initiative is that they guarantee new faces and assure that power doesn’t remain in the […]

The controversial application to build a contemporary “international” style house in the Third Street Neighborhood Historic District was finally “approved” at Tuesday’s City Council meeting as a result of a deadlock among the six councilmembers […]

Santa Monica’s Planning Commission held a lengthy discussion to determine the best way to handle appeals for fences, walls, and/or hedges. After much debate, the Commission voted unanimously to write a letter to the City […]

Cadette Girl Scout Troop 128 hosted a “Palisades Plastic Bag Free Weekend” on Saturday and Sunday, February 9 and 10. The girls were asking everyone to “NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS.” They were stationed throughout the […]

Cash for College, a program created by various colleges and universities to help students with the financial aid application process, held a series of workshops on February 9, including several that took place at Santa […]

Special Education parents apprehensively aired their concerns at a series of meetings last week with Lou Barber, the outside consultant hired by the School District to audit the Special Education program. The audit was prompted […]