I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when twenty-two million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I […]

The latest installment of the City planners’ reports on the revision of the General Plan dropped a new concept into the mix. According to the report, the planners proposed “…establish[ing] a new mixed use neighborhood […]

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously to reduce the role of District Advisory Committees (DACs) two weeks ago. Apparently, her colleagues agreed with Board member Kathy Wisnicki that the DACs […]

Three weeks into 2006, that ancient and famous Chinese curse – “may you live in interesting times” – comes to mind.

According to the 2006 report of the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP), which was released last week, Santa Monica ranked 9th and Los Angeles […]

The Allstate Foundation and “Facing History and Ourselves” will present a “Community Conversation” with South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs, the human rights activist known for his role in writing South Africa’s new constitution, […]

On October 8th, Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh led over 3000 people in a mindful Peace Walk around MacArthur Park in downtown Los Angeles                   Hanh called upon people to “walk in such a way that […]

L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl was “very disappointed” that seven of his Council colleagues voted against his motiio requiring a thorough environmental review of a controversial element of Playa Vista’s methane mitigation program. The council […]

Will Rogers Elementary School will launch its 11th annual Readathon tomorrow, January 19. It will continue to February 9. Its purpose is to inspire its students and their families to read and enjoy books and […]

Malibu family physician David B. Baron has been elected chief of staff for 2006 at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Baron had served as the medical center’s vice-chief of staff for the past two years, […]