Both the boys and girls basketball teams from Palisades and Venice Highs have qualified for the Los Angeles City Schools basketball playoffs. The Palisades boys are seeded ninth in Division 1 and will play at […]

Farmer Phil McGrath was at the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market recently, and very excited about the first of his English peas.  Farmer Phil plants his peas very late in the summer and they usually […]

happened.  Much secrecy surrounds the 81st Oscar ceremony except for a couple of details.  Hugh Jackman will be the host, and the presenters will mostly remain secret until the big reveal on Sunday night. Some […]

Liam Neeson is not someone you’d normally take as a high-kicking crime fighter, but that is just who he plays in the dazzling new Euro thriller, Taken.  Directed by Pierre Morel, co-written by Luc Besson […]

Through March 31, Santa Monica residents will have a golden opportunity to go solar, thanks to a special offer by SolarCity, in partnership with First Solar. In October 2008, SolarCity, centered in Foster City, California,  […]

The main room of the Westside Eclectic Theatre was jammed with people. Extra seats were hastily set up. Singer-songwriter Brie Feingold-Africa sound-checked her voice and guitar with a bar of “Big Yellow Taxi.” Host Laurie […]

Santa Monica’s smoking ban covering “common areas” in multi-unit residential buildings becomes effective on Thursday, February 26, and the City Attorney’s office last week unveiled a new web page that explains the new law.smgov.net/atty/consumer_protection The […]

The issue of Overnight Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice just will not die. Stakeholders of the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) will get a chance on Saturday, February 21, to vote on two competing stakeholder-originated initiatives […]

More than 300 people crowded into Vidiots video store in Santa Monica on Friday the 13th, but Jason Vorhees was not the main attraction. The crowd showed up to see three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver […]