For 11 years, Santa Monica artist Anthony Schmitt has constructed a Christmas tree built of shopping carts at Edgemar on Main Street. Schmitt uses shopping carts because they are a symbol both of abundance and […]

ARIES The new school is the same as the old school. A bountiful surprise presents itself before the true spirit of the season, renewing your faith in more things than just humanity. Love and sex […]

A free tennis clinic sponsored by the City of Santa Monica was held at Marine Park on Saturday, December 1. Over 25 kids, ages six to 17, attended. The clinic was a way to draw […]

The opponent was stronger – undefeated, in fact – but Brentwood’s football team treated Saddleback Valley Christian like the others in their CIF semi-final playoff game on Friday, November 30. Despite being confronted by Brandon […]

A year ago I attended a UCLA basketball game the day after the Bruins had upset USC, 13-3, in football.  Karl Dorrell appeared for a halftime ceremony and rang the victory bell, which annually goes […]

Max Charles Specht, a longtime resident of Lompoc, CA and former Chairman of the Photography Department at Santa Monica College, died November 30, just nine months after his beloved wife, Lorraine Baty Specht. He was […]

As part of Castle Heights Elementary School’s bi-annual Bookfair, students and their parents gathered last Saturday at the Promenade’s Barnes & Noble to listen to the children – kindergarteners through 5th graders – read. Some […]

Neither last Friday’s rain nor chilly temperatures – not even the sub-prime mortgage crisis – could keep Santa from his annual appearance at the Coldwell Banker offices of Pence, Hathorn & Silver during the Montana […]

December 10-12 Free Ultrasound Screening For Varicose Veins, 9am-4pm, Elite Laser Vein Center, 1950 Sawtelle Blvd., LA, 310.481.3939. December 11 The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Red Cross has a Catastrophic Disaster Plan to […]

Ocean Park Boulevard has, like many other areas of Santa Monica, become more than just a thoroughfare to the sea. It is now an area of communal enterprise, with a chorus of stores, businesses, and […]