On Thursday, December 20, Heal the Bay and a coalition of environmental and community organizations held “A Day Without a Bag” to encourage residents throughout LA County to use reusable bags instead of plastic. Free […]

Following a competitive request for proposals aimed at nonprofit organizations, the Santa Monica City Council has voted unanimously to award the Santa Monica Conservancy a 20-year lease of the historic Shotgun House for use as […]

The Rotary Club of Santa Monica recently donated textbooks to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Monica afterschool program at John Adams Middle School. The Rotary Club received a $5,000 grant from the Verizon […]

The Mirror offers herewith a second year-end sampling of some of the stories we have covered during the course of the year and an update on what has happened since the events last appeared in […]

Dear EarthTalk: My New Year’s Resolution is to reduce my “carbon footprint” to help fight global warming. Do you have suggestions for ways I can make good on my promise? There’s never been a more […]

Two-legged and four-legged Venetians were out – in bathing suits and Santa suits – to celebrate the 26th Annual Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade. The much-anticipated and laid-back parade delighted participants and onlookers of all […]

ARIES In the beginning there was only lightness. Now you have lightness and darkness and the darkness is getting bigger. Figure out what amount of it is too much and then open the windows and […]

ARIES In the beginning there was only lightness. Now you have lightness and darkness and the darkness is getting bigger. Figure out what amount of it is too much and then open the windows and […]

In a (very) old Saturday Night Live sketch Steve Martin plays “Theodoric of York: Medieval Barber,” a man of “medicine” whose every prescription is to let more blood out of the patients.  All of them […]

With the holiday season fully upon us, and with gift-giving the order of the day, and with many of us wondering what to give to X or Y, I offer a few suggestions of books […]