KOREH L.A., The Jewish Federation’s literacy program, is looking for new volunteer “reading partners” for its early childhood initiative, PRE-K KOREH L.A. Volunteers will help three-to-five-year-old children at public schools throughout Los Angeles gain the […]

Connections for Children continues to raise awareness about the need for early childhood education with Raising Readers – A Literacy Festival. The organization is celebrating 30 years of providing services and support for quality child […]

Santa Monica Citywide Reads, a program that encourages people who live or work in or visit Santa Monica to read the same book and come together to discuss it in public book clubs and related […]

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce hosted a welcome reception for Santa Monica’s new City Manager, P. Lamont Ewell, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel. In his address, Ewell said, “The words ‘thank you’ seem too […]

Last Sunday, community leaders and others gathered at the Calvary Baptist Church to discuss civic participation in terms of rights, respect and responsibilities.This community dialogue was sponsored by the Human Relations Council of the Santa […]

Top- City Manager P. Lamont Ewell was inadvertently cut out of this photo. We also failed to identify City Councilman Herb Katz, who is sitting in the front row in the blue shirt and jacket. […]

Remember that cozy day last fall, when you woke up and had all the time in the world? That Sunday was like a gift from the Gods, allowing you to putter in the house or […]

As illegal immigration rises higher and higher on political radar screens across America, proposals abound for dealing with the seemingly never-ending influx from more downtrodden parts of the world.There’s the idea of a 1,900-mile-long wall […]

There’s some new energy afoot regarding the homeless, not all of it good. In early March, storage facilities in Santa Monica began refusing space to renters who could not produce proof of an address, seen […]

Top Republican so-called leaders—Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL)—recently sold the future of our children to Big Pharma for a paltry $4 bucks a pop. That’s the additional cost […]