New awareness of our planet’s fragility translates into environmental action only to the extent we choose to change our habits – and the City’s role is to offer better choices and make changes easier. For […]

Heal the Bay has released its annual Beach Report Card for California beaches and, once again, the news is not good for Southern California. Locally, four beaches were declared some of the worst in the […]

From the time our children were very young, we traveled to Yosemite summer after summer. The first summer we visited the valley and saw the Ahwanhee Hotel, Yosemite and Bridal Veil falls and swam in […]

Last Saturday John Wayne turned 100 and remained dead, although his career has continued with gusto since he passed away in 1979. His films show with regularity on cable, and there have been numerous attempts […]

Rethinking AB 1634 California Healthy Pets Act Before Assemlymember Julia Brownley casts her vote for AB 1634, the California Healthy Pets Act, I would like to invite her to come to the nonprofit pure breed […]

The headlines and the talking heads all tell us President Bush desperately wants a comprehensive immigration reform plan passed this year to provide at least one positive legacy for him. The Senate is even putting […]

On May 28, St. Monica Elementary School participated in Locks of Love, which uses donated human hair to make wigs for those without hair due to illness or injury. (l-r) Third grade students Bronte Sorotsky, […]

“The courage, character and bravery of those we memorialize today” is the meaning of Memorial Day – so said Marine Corps First Lieutenant Colin Browning, the keynote speaker on Monday, May 28, at Woodlawn Cemetery. […]

Would You Believe . . . ? Wednesday, May 23 at 9:00 p.m. – 1000 block of 5th Street – Police responded to an apartment complex where residents explained that they had seen an unfamiliar […]