By Tom Elias Just because nature allows a delay of many years while officials dither over a catastro- phe in the making doesn’t make that disaster any easier to handle when it finally strikes. This […]
Dear Editor, March 1st marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period preceding Easter, when many Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness before launching his […]
By Thomas D. Elias As recently as last July, just 22 percent of Californians favored the idea of California risking a new civil war by declaring its independence from the rest of America. But […]
By Barbara Bishop Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but your love will continue to live on. Or will it? I uncovered some little known aphrodisiacs to keep the fire burning on a daily basis. […]
By Tom Elias Time and again, President Trump threatens to withhold federal grants from California cities, universities and the state itself unless they accept policies he wants to pursue, from large-scale deportation of undocumented immigrants […]
By Steven Stajich As this column wrote in late November, the City of Santa Monica is now pursuing earthquake retrofitting of buildings and homes with renewed vigor. Vigor that no doubt stems from something of […]
One of the fatal flaws of the currently evolving Downtown Community Plan is that there are no provisions for an elementary school. This is a severe problem because much of the City’s forth coming development […]
To the Editor of the Santa Monica Mirror: Thank you for printing the SM a.r.t. column by Ron Goldman entitled “The People’s Park” in your February 10-16, 2017 edition. Ron Goldman writes for a group of architects […]
As he was signing edicts hurting one group after another over the past two weeks, it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump got around to hurting animals – already the most oppressed […]
By Tom Elias For decades, a struggle has raged across America to protect young people from the negative aspects of drinking alcohol. Now, that fight has spread to newly legalized recreational marijuana, with several California […]
The City Council unanimously launched a $3.5 million Restorative Justice Program — one of the largest locally funded efforts of...
Read moreBuyers can rebuild under Malibu’s Fast Track Rebuild Program, with potential for up to 3,433 square feet of livable space,...
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