June 28, 2026
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If Justice Is Blind, Then Television Won’t Help Her:

I believe we’re talking about the same woman. Justice…?  She’s attractive, even sexy to the point of John Ashcroft insisting that her breasts be draped.  But she’s usually depicted wearing a blindfold.  So, why the […]

Alert: Police Blotter Santa Monica:

Groceries Friday, February 9 at 6:01 p.m. – Ralphs market at 1644 Cloverfield Boulevard – A man walked into the grocery, took a cart and did his shopping. Having finished, he bypassed the checkout line […]

School District’s Financial House Is in Order:

Anthony Bridges, Executive Deputy Officer of the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), told the School Board that the District is fiscally able to give the teachers the five percent raise that was included […]

Samohi Suffers First Round Elimination From Playoffs:

Santa Monica High had a formidable boys basketball team this season, winning 21 games. However, none of the Vikings are expected to receive a Division 1 scholarship to play in college. And in Samohi’s CIF […]

John Murdock: Still Fighting the Good Fight:

With 30 years under his belt as an attorney in Santa Monica, John Murdock has every reason to be cynical, and yet he exudes the passion of a young guy straight out of law school. […]

Scott Ritter and Jeff Cohen on War and Media:

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter (author of Iraq Confidential and Target Iran) and Jeff Cohen (author of Cable News Confidential) will discuss the corporate media’s coverage of the “War on Terror” Wednesday evening, February […]

Police Make 8 Arrests in Lopez and Martin Murders:

Eight suspects in the Santa Monica murders of Eddie Lopez (February 28, 2006) and Miguel Martin (December 27, 2006) were arrested late Wednesday and early Thursday, February 7 and 8, by the Santa Monica Police […]

St. Joseph Center Move Draws Large Town Hall:

The normally exuberantly diverse Venice community was tested last Tuesday evening, February 6, at a Penmar Recreation Center town hall meeting convened by Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl to consider the relocation of St. […]

SAVE OUR BOOKSTORE:

Once a semester, Toni Courtin, a pre-school teacher at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church Nursery School for 21 years, takes her class on a reading hour excursion to Dutton’s Books on San Vicente, which sets on […]