Aside from the rather obvious political ploys in appointing his veep, John McCain was, I believe, selling American women way short. Now clearly he was trying to reinforce his maverick image as well as add […]

1. Treesavers activist Jerry Rubin chained himself to a ficus tree on 4th Street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard on Thursday morning, September 4, as City workers removed sidewalk and street paving and curbs […]

Santa Monica Mayor Herb Katz began the official countdown for the Santa Monica Pier’s Centennial Celebration at a kickoff ceremony on the beach near the Pier on Tuesday, September 9. Ben Franz-Knight, Executive Director of […]

In a change from recent controversies regarding alterations of homes in the Third Street Neighborhood Historic District, a house at 2544 3rd Street easily received a Certificate of Appropriateness at the Landmarks Commission’s September 8 […]

Politics reared its sometimes ugly head on Tuesday night, September 9, and the Santa Monica City Council meeting scheduled for that time was cancelled “due to a lack of quorum,” according to the City Clerk’s […]

The membership of the Santa Monica Democratic Club on September 2 endorsed incumbent City Councilmembers Richard Bloom and Ken Genser in their bid for reelection but failed to give an endorsement to any other candidates, […]

Kris Kristofferson’s song “Pilgrim” (this is a Dylan review, so we’re time traveling…) has a line that goes “He’s a walking contradiction, partly truth, partly fiction.”  That lyric neatly summarizes the complication with any Bob […]

A new season, a new quarterback, and a batch of road games await Santa Monica High’s football team, which opens at Leuzinger High Friday night, September 12. On the two following Friday nights, Coach Zach […]

Angelo Gasca, a familiar opponent, and Kelly Loftus, a relatively new one, will be the coaches who’ll confront Samohi on the second and third weeks of the 2008 football season.  After opening at Leuzinger in […]