No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood tied for the number of Oscar nominations for the 80th Academy Awards. They were followed by Michael Clayton, Atonement, and Juno. Two films were also […]

Santa Monica resident Dave Tractenberg’s regular job is president of a public relations company, Traction Public Relations. Tractenberg also spends countless hours training his two-year-old female yellow Labrador retriever, Ripley, to become a search dog. […]

The Culver City City Council gave Upward Bound House’s Emergency Family Shelter the green light on January 15, allowing the organization to move forward with its project to convert a motel into an emergency shelter […]

Dear EarthTalk: What tax or other government incentives are there out there for buying green – for individuals as well as businesses? There has never been a better time than now to tap into a […]

Roosevelt Elementary School’s Read-a-Thon started on Wednesday, January 16. The Wizard of Oz and other storybook characters came to life in three performances during the day. All Roosevelt students attended the 2 p.m. performance. photo […]

After little discussion, Santa Monica’s Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the City Council that the Lantana development agreements be amended so that the developer, Maguire Properties, should give the City of Santa Monica […]

In the aftermath of Iowa and New Hampshire, many Americans have begun to question the nominating process itself. Are two tiny rural states really the place to kick off an all-important national selection process? According […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced last week the release of $6,911,464, which includes $55,563 for tribes, to help eligible low-income homeowners and renters in California meet home energy costs. The Low Income […]

Like a chameleon that changes colors whenever the surroundings change, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back to being a fiscal conservative, even one who seeks what some see as dictatorial powers over state spending. That’s one […]

Maybe it’s the way the media insists that all news information conform to a cycle of one kind or another, but doesn’t it seem that downturns in the economy are always “sudden”? The announcement always […]