Only an adult would think about being in school in the heart of summer! But, since I am a teacher, I often think back on the best teachers I had in my formative years. One of my favorites was Ms.

How well do you know your neighbors? Do you know them by name or do you just nod when you pass them? Believe it or not, we are actually called to LOVE our neighbors — not just vaguely know their names ...

Recently, I was seated in the back seat of our car next to my 5-year-old granddaughter. We were returning from the park where she wowed us with her remarkable upper body strength on the monkey bars.

Steve Foster, a litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, remained in his Pacific Palisades neighborhood despite evacuation orders to try to protect his childhood home and the homes of his ...