Mira Nair’s The Namesake is both a wonderful film and a long slog. It is so long that you pass your inner whiner long before the film’s ultimate end. You have come so far with […]

After a six-month hiatus due to the hiring of a new superintendent, the School Board and the community got an overview of the work that has been done on the District’s Facilities Master Plan. The […]

St. Patrick’s Day 2006 as celebrated by (l-r) Jim McCaverty and Matty O’Kerins at Molly Malone’s. photo by Beverly Cohn

Varietal Orange Juice Adriana Kahane wants to get people thinking about citrus fruit (and the juice of that fruit) the way they think about quality grapes (and wines) and coffees – in terms of varietals […]

Rail transit between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles was the subject of a “scoping” open house on Tuesday, March 6, in the east meeting room of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.  Over 150 citizens […]

You may recall the plot of the 1988 movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The storyline blames cartoon characters for dismantling L.A. metro’s vast Pacific Electric Red Car rail transit system of the early 1900s and […]

Before we attack daylight saving time because it might not, in any direct way, be helping polar bears, I would like to point out that you still have to admire daylight saving from a design […]

Many thanks to Terence Lyons, Staff Writer, for the terrific story about “RAND Rethinks Homelessness” in the March 1-7, 2007 issue. The unfortunate part of this issue is that all people do is think about […]

One big question arises in the wake of a recent appeals court decision that orders the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reopen this state’s claim for more rebates from the piracy practiced during the […]

Rude or Threatening Tuesday, March 6 at 11:25 a.m. – AM/PM minimart at 332 Pico Boulevard – A man (“Suspect”) drove up to the store, and his passenger got out and went in to the […]