Maybe it was the language that got us goofed up. Perhaps putting too fine a point on drug use made us believe we were successfully dealing with it. So, we had terms like “casual use” […]

Is growth merely about money? To the Editor: RE: Massive Expansion of Santa Monica Place/Downtown Santa Monica I have lived in Santa Monica for over 36 years and have observed many changes to the community […]

Race for Pavley Seat Underway Believe it or not, it is time to start thinking about who will replace Fran Pavley, who’s termed out, in the California Assembly next year. Pavley has done an outstanding […]

Anyone who watches the City Council meetings with any regularity has seen them – the testy shots lobbed from time to time by the more impatient Council members at each other or members of the […]

Regular readers of this page know by now that we find the City’s proposed Civic Center Specific Plan misbegot in virtually every respect. What, then, ask advocates of the plan – all of whom seem […]

Three Santa Monica students will leave for three weeks in  Sri Lanka on Friday to take part in a community service in the aftermath of last December’s devastating tsunami. The three students are Laurent Sander […]

Four Santa Monica College students have been selected to take part in this year’s Dale Ride Internship program. Interns receive stipends to cover transportation, housing and other expenses. The interns will spend eight weeks in […]

How can pop culture, technology and media be used to boost the performance of students and schools? How can “cultural competence” raise the academic achievement of English-Language Learners, minority and economically deprived students? Is the […]

Santa Monica High School Project ECHO students saluted aspiring entrepreneurs at their awards banquet honoring 41 students on Friday, June 10. “I had a lot of fun and am very grateful for the scholarship money. […]