Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl (center) walks along Ballona Creek on a recent nature walk at the Ballona Wetlands. Councilmember Rosendahl is wearing a Sierra Stewards t-shirt, which is given by the Sierra Club […]

Look closely to the left of Vidiots and you’ll find Benway Records, a record store at 306 Pico that preserves the look and feel of all the great record stores that have been disappearing from […]

Chida Levitansky, right, son of Rabbi Avram Levitansky of the Chabad in Santa Monica, celebrated after the lighting of the third candle on a giant menorah at Third Street Promenade just north of Arizona on […]

R&B star Omarion gets the attention of the Viking Cheerleaders after playing a basketball game with the DJs of Power 106 vs. Samohi faculty at Samohi last month. The event was a fundraiser for the […]

Dear EarthTalk: Where can I find green-friendly gifts for friends and family this holiday season? Reconciling one’s green values with the urge to shop has never been easy. Most environmental groups today decry Western consumer […]

600 St. Monica students take a field trip to the Third Street Promenade to see a special screening of The Nativity Story. photo by Margaret Molloy

People often spell my last name with a “g” in it – cummings. And, on occasion, students have asked, “Are you related to e.e. cummings?” Well, I’m not related, and I spell my name without […]

(Reader Alert: This column recognizes the efforts to replace references to Christmas with a more inclusive use of the word “holidays.” In our household we celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah, so I get it. However, […]

As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger renews his call for an independent redistricting commission, a new opinion poll finds that California voters overwhelmingly support improvements in the election process, but there’s a catch – it depends on […]

It’s time at long last to hold both big labor unions and big corporations to one of the almost unnoticed commitments both sides made in their big initiative battles of the last two years. Back […]