The blockbuster season is upon us, which should send any substance-craving filmgoer straight for the art house. Big, flashy entertainment extravaganzas have their place but will hopefully never supplant those films that tell intriguing stories […]

This year, the U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) is marking four years of committed service to severely wounded, injured, and ill soldiers and their families. The program assists and advocates for the most severely […]

In its first West Coast fundraiser, members of Women Chefs, Sommeliers, and Restaurateurs (WCR), partnered with the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) to put together an event to heighten awareness of symptoms of ovarian cancer […]

The Board of Education of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced the appointment of Jessica Rishe as the new Principal of SMASH (Santa Monica Alternative School House) K-8 school. Ms. Rishe attended The American […]

On Monday, May 26, 2008, Santa Monica’s Woodlawn Cemetery is hosting the City’s 70th Annual Observance of Memorial Day, presented by a consortium of local charitable and service organizations. This year’s event will begin at […]

Education activists from Santa Monica and Malibu joined others from throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties to rally last Friday at the governor’s downtown Los Angeles office to protest the education cuts proposed by Governor […]

Irishman Dermot Butterly (aka Gandhi Rollingstone), currently a Los Angeles resident, started his “Gandhi Peacewalk” – a walk across America, from Los Angeles to Washington DC, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, at the Self Realization Fellowship […]

It was a planet beleaguered by war, interminable and senseless religious violence, natural disasters resulting in mass death, extortion by energy suppliers, troubled economies, and global warming. Yet the message delivery systems for one of […]

Earthquakes and Schools With the sad and horrifying images of the Chinese earthquake still fresh in my mind, I cannot help but wonder how the Santa Monica schools would fare in a similar situation. An […]

Take a good look at your ballot for the June 3 primary election. It just might be the last truly partisan ballot ever seen in California. Take a good look at your ballot for Tuesday’s […]