Neighborhood input ignored To the editor: Neighborhood input has been disregarded in Euclid Park design/approval process. With this park adjacent to United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Hacienda del Mar’s disabled residents, and residents of the neighboring […]

WASHINGTON – I love chimeras. I’ve seen just about every werewolf, Dracula and mermaid movie ever made, I have a Medusa magnet on my refrigerator, and the Sphinx of Greek mythology is a role model […]

As our society increasingly drives people to the point of desperation, they will do desperate acts. I have a personal story which brought that fact frighteningly close to home. A few years ago, my two […]

Area 51. Roswell. Come on, don’t pretend you don’t know. That’s where the government is hiding UFOs, or UFO wreckage, and some alien corpses. Or maybe they’re frozen aliens, awaiting further study. Or maybe they’re […]

Miguel Contreras passed away last week. He was the head of the largest union in the state, the County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO that represents working people. Some call that a special interest group. I […]

The Santa Monica Planning Department’s latest concept, “emerging themes,” has got decidedly mixed reviews. A portion of the first phase of the revision of the land use and circulation elements of the City’s General Plan […]

Next Tuesday, May 17, when Los Angeles voters go to the polls, they will have clear choices in both the mayoral and City Council district #11 contests. Voters who like the way things are going […]

In light of the foreseeable events that occurred on Friday, April 15, 2005, Black Student Union (B.S.U.) & Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A. de Samohi) have coordinated their efforts in order to ensure solidarity […]

The Archer School for Girls in Brentwood announced last week that a recent gift of $5 million will be used to establish an endowment for financial aid that will strengthen the independent school’s commitment to […]

A Superior Court judge has approved the recommendation of a court-appointed receiver to demolish a three-unit residential building in Santa Monica that has been the site of chronic Code violations for many years. The building, […]