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Opinion

Is the Big Housing Crunch Mostly Fiction?

May 20, 2022 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist In some parts of California, there is definitely a housing crunch: small supplies of homes for...

Opinion

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better & Not Necessary! – Part 2

May 20, 2022 SM.a.r.t

The dream of our beachfront city is about to become a nightmare! Just imagine a tsunami of these projects washing...

Opinion

Column From Santa Monica Mayor Himmelrich: We Walk the Talk

May 12, 2022 Staff Writer

By Sue Himmelrich, Santa Moncia Mayor I like the SMa.r.t. architects. I often agree with them. But in allowing Mark...

Film, Life and Arts

Film Review: The Northman

May 12, 2022 Kathy Whitney Boole

FILM REVIEWTHE NORTHMANRated R137 MinutesReleased April 22nd If the Vikings of 800-1000 AD had the technology, The Northman is the...

Opinion

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better!

May 12, 2022 SM.a.r.t

It’s appalling to see what’s happening in our city – projects recently built or about to be approved – in...

L-R: Corey Rieger, John Fantasia, Michael Uribes, and Laura Liguori in Murray Mednick’s “THREE TABLES.” Photos: Jenny Graham.

Life and Arts

Murray Mednick’s “Three Tables”- Existentialism Meets Theatre of the Absurd

May 12, 2022 Beverly Cohn

Murray Mednick’s THREE TABLES is the newest work from the famous poet/playwright who spearheaded New York’s off-off-Broadway movement in the...

Left: Phil Decallejon. Right: Anthony Perez.

Opinion, Real Estate

Renting Your Second Home

May 6, 2022 Staff Writer

If you are among the many Americans who own a second home that you occasionally use as a vacation getaway,...

Opinion, Real Estate

Column: Cities Fight to Maintain Distinctive Characters

May 6, 2022 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist Anyone who knows California well will realize that Palo Alto does not look much like nearby...

An image of the existing Gelson’s center with the proposed developments height and massing at Lincoln and Ocean Park Blvd roughly outlined in red.

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Gelson’s, Boxed-In

May 6, 2022 SM.a.r.t

This week we are re-visiting an article from 2018 regarding the Miramar project, by simply replacing the word “Miramar” with...

Left: Phil Decallejon. Right: Anthony Perez.

Opinion, Westside Wellness

Column: Are You Talking Yourself Out of Saving for Retirement? Here’s How to Break the Habit

May 5, 2022 Staff Writer

Saving for retirement can be an abstract concept. It’s something we all know we should do, but the farther away...

Photo: Sam Catanzaro.

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Failure to Plan…

April 30, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Over the last approximately two years your City has been busy trying to respond to new California laws that are...

Anamaria Vartolomei as ‘Anne’ decides to take matters into her own hands. Photos: Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films release.

Film, Life and Arts

Film Review: “HAPPENING” A Gut-Wrenching Look at Illegal Abortions in 1963 France

April 29, 2022 Beverly Cohn

The Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973 stated that restrictive state regulation on abortion is...

Film, Life and Arts

Film Review: “The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent”

April 27, 2022 Kathy Whitney Boole

FILM REVIEWTHE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENTRated R107 MinutesReleased April 22nd Watching The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, I got...

Opinion

Letter to Editor: Your “Standing Firm With Santa Monica” Initiative

April 25, 2022 Staff Writer

The following is an open letter to Councilmember Sue Himmelrich from Santa Monica resident Arthur Jeon regarding a proposed transfer...

Photo: Sam Catanaro

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Planning The Real Future

April 24, 2022 SM.a.r.t

In the 1970s, renowned USC architecture professor Ralph Knowles developed a method for planning and designing cities that would dramatically...

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