Abbit the Average, a comedian/magician/juggler, was the final performer at Saturday’s Super Seuss-a-Bration held in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at the Santa Monica Main Library.

Owners Carolyn Lardas and her husband Nicholas with Ronald McDonald at the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the grand reopening of McDonald’s which has been closed for remodelling since November 2005. Said Mr. Lardas, “We wanted […]

With ever-rising Westside real estate prices, what will $10 million buy? A world-class performing arts center, that’s what. Last week, philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad gave $10 million to create an endowment for programming and […]

The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board sent strongly worded notices of violation last week to 20 Southland cities to clean up their act and stop polluting Santa Monica Bay. The cities of Santa […]

The Third Civil Affairs Group of the United States Marine Corps pose for a portrait with Ricardo A. Crocker’s mother, Jeannette Garcia during the Ricardo A. Crocker Memorial Highway Sign dedication ceremony at the Santa […]

Never before has an American political leader tried anything as audacious in the field of health care as Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attempted over the last year, aided by his Sancho Panza-like sidekick, the soon […]

Many years ago, during a previous recession, I was lucky enough to land a job right out of college. I discovered that this first gig would utilize my BA degree-refined communication skills and even a […]

“Before I was a part of Circle of Friends, I was invisible. I saw people in middle school, but they never said hi to me. When I came to Samo and joined Circle of Friends, […]

“You cannot demonize people when you’re sitting there listening to their music. You don’t go to war with people unless you demonize them first,” said former Defense Secretary William Perry regarding the recent performance of […]