The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) has filled two new posts, both awaiting approval from the Board of Education on February 1. Dr. Stephen Hodgson, Ed.D., will become the District’s new Interim Chief […]

In 2006, Wells Fargo awarded 32 grants and $166,000 to nonprofit organizations in Santa Monica and Venice. “This generosity year after year confirms what we all know about Wells Fargo and our team members,” said […]

Hollywood filmmakers David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg have invited 700 “political donors and activists” to a benefit to raise funds for Barack Obama’s campaign: at $2,300 per person. Later in February a private […]

Question: Is it possible for a dog to be depressed? Following the unexpected death of my father, his dog came to live with us. The two were best buddies for many years following my mother’s […]

The Mirror has learned the POM boycott is over. As reported in the January 18-24 issue of the Mirror, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had called for the boycott of all POM […]

I was cutting out a December 30, 2006 article from the New York Times when nearby a January 4, 2007 article from the L.A. Times caught my eye. The juxtaposition of the two articles turned […]

This column has struggled previously with the July 2003 Farmers’ Market tragedy. It’s a struggle because the impact on our community was like that from some enormous blunt instrument; a blow that left none of […]

Amp’d Mobile, Inc., a Santa Monica-based wireless company whose handsets deliver multimedia to the youth market, received the largest venture capital investment in the nation in 2006, according to a report produced by Dow Jones […]

Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez has just announced his 2007-08 appointments to Assembly committees. Following Speaker Nunez’ earlier selection of freshman Assemblymember Julia Brownley to chair the Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education Finance, Brownley has now […]

Santa Monica’s City Council unanimously approved the needed development permit so Neighborhood Storage Associates could build a self-storage facility at 1707 Cloverfield Boulevard. The approval was given by granting an appeal from a Planning Commission […]