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The Planes Of Summer Burden Our Sky…:

July 21, 2012

July 21, 2012

In the mix with the buzzing insects, the jangly nursery rhyme music announcing the ice cream truck, and the occasional...

The Ringing Of The Bells: The Oldest Tradition In The United States:

July 14, 2012

July 14, 2012

From my pew in the choir loft of the First Congregational Church on Thetford Hill I looked at the comfortable,...

CSU Trustees Bordering On The Insensate:

July 14, 2012

July 14, 2012

It’s just not enough anymore to call the trustees of the California State University system insensitive or tone-deaf. Some of...

Lincoln Boulevard Developments Need More Parking Spaces: Letter To The Editor:

July 10, 2012

July 10, 2012

Dear Editor, According to NMS Properties, the developers of these two properties located at 1447 Lincoln Blvd., and 829 Broadway,...

GOP Must Change To Achieve Latino Pipe Dream:

July 7, 2012

July 7, 2012

As California begins to see the effects of new political districts and new candidate selection rules at many political levels,...

Adieu, Foie Gras With A Giant Pepsi:

July 7, 2012

July 7, 2012

Santa Monica residents who hang on to interesting ‘foodie’ stories will likely remember when a restaurant near our airport was...

The Anonymous Donor Behind The 1991 Backer Of ‘Chain Reaction’:

July 3, 2012

July 3, 2012

Dear editor, Twenty years had passed since Paul Conrad’s “Chain Reaction” public art peace sculpture was constructed in the Santa...

Village Trailer Park Is Not Vibrant: Letter To The Editor:

July 1, 2012

July 1, 2012

Dear Editor, Thank you for your article in the Friday June 22 issue of The Mirror (“Village Trailer Park Redevelopment...

Jury Still Out On Top Two Producing More Moderates:

June 30, 2012

June 30, 2012

Will the instinct for survival trump ideological purity among California politicians? That’s the major question still remaining about the “top...

Prostitution? Really? In Santa Monica?:

June 30, 2012

June 30, 2012

Maybe it’s just me and I need to get out more, but there was something about the news that an...