Santa Monica Playhouse has been awarded a $6,000 grant from the City of Santa Monica Community Arts Program, an endeavor of the Santa Monica Arts Commission. The grant will be used by the Playhouse for […]

Santa Monica’s Carlthorp School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. To receive the Blue Ribbon title, a school must either show tremendous improvement in student achievement or is required to be […]

Chabad of Pacific Palisades is offering a new course called “You Be The Judge,” an innovative approach to studying the Talmud. The six-week class will use real cases brought before the Beit Din, the court […]

The Santa Monica Rugby Club is introducing the SMRC Youth Academy for kids. Says Dominic Riebli, coach of the Youth Academy, “The growth in tackle rugby at the club has been phenomenal. Several of these […]

Every now and then someone asks me what I think about gay marriages. The question often implies that this is a complex, difficult and highly sensitive issue. Actually, I think it is a non-issue that […]

Let no one downplay the immense political skill that went into Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s seemingly miraculous political resurrection, which climaxed this month with his easy reelection. Just as much, let no one downplay the role […]

What kind of haircut did you sport back when we were referring to the Internet as the “Information Superhighway”? Some hints: Beck was singing “Loser” and Sheryl Crow had not yet begun showing up at […]

Today is Election Day, and I am submitting this letter before the results are known. I’ve been a lifelong conservative in the tradition of Barry Goldwater, was an activist in the John Birch Society for […]

The power of incumbency is tough to beat. Despite their best efforts, both Terry O’Day and Gleam Davis failed in their attempts to capture a City Council seat. McKeown, Holbrook and O’Connor are all returning […]