Dear EarthTalk: Is there any truth to the rumor about high levels of birth control chemicals being found in some cities’ drinking water? If so can these be filtered out? It is true that trace […]

Who: Troy Regier of Regier Family Farms Where: 30 acres in Dinuba, CA What: Troy grows over 50 varieties of stone fruit. In the upcoming weeks look for June Lady full flavor, sweet yellow peaches, […]

Full disclosure: I’m not a gay man. That makes me not qualified to speak about whether it was important for Lambert to land on American Idol as an openly gay man or not. To me, […]

Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (AFICE) is looking for individuals to work as Community Representatives, who will find host families for international students and will work with them and their families. Call Anne Ring, […]

June 12 Eloise, Flannel High, Thunderbird Motel @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch Wires InThe Wall @ O’Brien’s, Main Street June 13 Fat City Reprise @ O’Brien’s Main Street Jed’s Dead, Noble Creatures @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch […]

Cinderella, return of the popular musical, through 2009, Saturdays-Sundays 12:30, 3, and 6pm, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779. The Miracle Worker, William Gibson’s famous play about Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, through […]

Ray Brown, Selected Works, through June 27, FIG, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345. California Regionalism: Oils on Canvas, through August 23, California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., 310.392.8537. Jo Ann Callis, photographs and paintings, through June 27, […]

Last Chance Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa, and Transformations: Recent Contemporary African Acquisitions, two exhibits, through June 14, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4361.  In Focus: The Portrait, through June 14, Getty Center, […]

Grassroots Acoustica #24, 2nd Annual Pride Edition, June 13, 7-10pm, Talking Stick Coffee Lounge, 1411c Lincoln Blvd., Venice grassrootsacoustica.org. In honor of Pride Week (which is celebrating 40 years since Stonewall), Grassroots Acoustica presents a […]

A few weeks before The Hangover dropped, there were rumblings on the web that this was going to be big. It was rumored to be something along the lines of The 40-Year Old Virgin, a […]