Amsterdam.  For the uninitiated, the name conjures up stereotypical images – the Red Light District, where a vast array of women of all ages sell their sexual wares, and cafes where you can order coffee […]

I have to admit that I am not the world’s most accomplished “techie.” For example, when I finally got around to checking out YouTube for the first time on the Internet, I mistakenly typed in […]

You can feel it setting in. There’s a level of comfort regarding the next presidential election that’s not without basis. The GOP is in disarray, the big Republicans (if there is such a thing right […]

The “surge” is keeping people’s focus on the war in Iraq. Note the constant sign-carrying protestors around town – many of them older folk. There is no immediate chance of a pullout so the quagmire […]

A block party featuring 1950s stylings has been planned by the Santa Monica Police Department and Chief Timothy Jackman for Tuesday, August 7, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in front of the Public Safety […]

Tool of His Trade Saturday, July 14 at 6:00 p.m. – 1400 block of Third Street Promenade – Officers responded to a call regarding an assault involving a transient and a Promenade performer. Apparently, a […]

Ya es hora (“now is the time”) is the theme of a year-long campaign to achieve U.S. citizenship for the one million non-citizen legal permanent residents in Southern California, and that campaign came to St. […]

Santa Monica’s Human Services Manager Julie Rusk summarized the results of a discussion with 34 members of the community on “how best to create communication and dialogue mechanisms to address homelessness in Santa Monica” at […]