The Venice Art Walls were open for painting on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 18. One artist used the holiday theme as inspiration.

Red Tie Affair Coming Soon The American Red Cross of Santa Monica’s annual “Red Tie Affair” fundraiser gala will be held at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel on Saturday, March 15.     Honorees will include the cast […]

Back in 2003, when George Bush flew aboard a Navy S-3B Viking jet, landed on the carrier USS Lincoln, and erroneously declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq, he wasn’t the first White House resident to use […]

There was something discombobulating in the news accounts regarding statues stolen from parks that were then sold to be melted for their metal. It brought back memories of the period where the logos on automobiles […]

I am a big fan of public transit and a loyal, daily rider of the Big Blue Bus. There is a problem, however, I have brought a number of times at BBB public meetings: some […]

There has never been a more self-destructive Republican political campaign than the 1994 reelection drive of former California Gov. Pete Wilson. But this year’s campaign might even surpass those levels of GOP self immolation. Wilson’s […]

Returning to the Scene Thursday, February 7 at 1:30 p.m. – Wild Oats store at 500 Wilshire Boulevard -– A woman put her open purse on the child seat of her shopping cart as she […]

The Malibu Inn was the scene of the first fund-raiser put on by Safety Harbor Kids, a local charity that benefits homeless kids and orphans. Headliners were Little Feat guitarists Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett, […]

Some Santa Monica residents are so fed up with the City’s traffic congestion that they are gathering signatures on a petition for a November ballot measure that would reduce future traffic growth by cutting future […]