Dear Board Members, Listening to SMMUSD site personnel and having an open mind to their ideas and input are not incompatible with the protocol structure of this district, but you’d never know it. While protocol […]

The half million marchers who converged upon downtown LA on March 25 share some curious parallels to the half million young people who converged upon Woodstock a quarter of a century ago. At both events […]

My grandfather, Joe, came to this country from Russia when he was about thirteen. He didn’t speak the language. He didn’t have any money. He didn’t have any family, except for one cousin. At Ellis […]

April 7 is National Walk to Work Day and the California Podiatric Medical Association is encouraging Californians to walk at least part of their way, if not the entire way, to work that day. According […]

It’s a busy time for Kelly Hayes-Raitt, who is running for Fran Pavley’s 41st District State Assembly seat. She has picked up the endorsement of the Sierra Club. “Her environmental legacy is already impressive. She […]

The Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) is fighting to keep downtown parking under control. The group is attempting to get the City Council to reduce the number of new proposed parking spots […]

Nancy Reagan will be honored with the first “True Grit” Award at the John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary’s (JWCIA) 21st Annual Odyssey Ball. Norman Lear will be presenting the award to Reagan, who is being […]

Last week, over 60 community members gathered at Webster Elementary School in Malibu to discuss potential joint use partnerships between the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) and other districts.This was the second in a […]

Santa Monica’s homeless czar, Edward Edelman, spoke before the City Council last Tuesday regarding the plight of the area’s homeless. He mentioned there were positive changes in progress to help manage the region’s ever-growing homeless […]

Join the Ballona Stewards Workday on April 8. Help clean up the Ballona Wetlands by removing non-native plants and getting rid of debris. See the local ecosystem in its beautiful spring glory. Bring your own […]