February 16, 2026
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A primary goal of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights is to support, defend and enhance rent control and tenant protections locally, regionally and statewide. 1430 on 7th Santa Monica Apartments, affordable housing. Courtesy NMS Properties

SMRR Convention 2016:

The 2016 Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) Convention felt, from a tech point of view, as a step into the past. One shared microphone at the front of the room, a combination of hand […]

Get Dancing at Tongva Park

Get Dancing at Tongva Park:

Tongva Park Family Saturdays presents an inter-generational movement workshop for families led by Family Dance Jam and founder Ilaan Egeland Mazzini. On Saturday, August 27, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., people of all ages […]

Hangar

Letting Go of SMO:

Full Disclosure: Columnists are rarely experts. With today’s technology-intensive lifestyles, there are people who write columns in tech publications who can actually give you some useful advice on how to improve the speed of your computer. But alas, like most of us, I’m just an observer albeit one that has the privilege of weighing-in once a week in this newspaper on things that seem to matter. That said, you should also know I love airplanes. My father was a pilot when I was a kid and there was nothing that topped taking a ride with him in a single-engine Cessna on a Sunday afternoon.

Bookstore Gets Pop-Cultured

Bookstore Gets Pop- Cultured:

Barnes & Noble announced that their pop culture celebration, Get Pop-Cultured will come to an end with a celebration of all things Marvel on Saturday.

Fans can the Santa Monica store and explore the Marvel Universe, plus get exclusive content samplers and sneak peeks, enjoy trivia, coloring, cosplay, and photo-ops, organizers said.

Former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes.

Sexual Harrasement and “Me Too” Evidence:

By Zach Cantor Principal, Cantor Law When Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes resigned last month, his decision came after a retaliation and sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit was filed by longtime anchor Gretchen Carlson. Her […]

California

OpEd: Why Should Taxpayers Pay for Closed Primaries?:

California’s June presidential primary election is now just a memory, long ago subsumed in the news by vice presidential derbies, political conventions, politicians’ gaffes and violence at home and abroad. But one question lingers on: […]