Pirates of the Caribbean *** Sasha Stone, Mirror Film Critic Finally a movie has come along to topple the record Spider-Man had on the opening weekend box office. This year, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead […]

In support of its mission and guided by the concept of environmental sustainability and social responsibility, Co-opportunity is donating grants from $500-$2,000.  Applications for community grants are now being accepted.   To make sure that the […]

Gleam Davis, candidate for Santa Monica City Council in the November election, was endorsed July 10 by Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS), a political action committee “dedicated to the preservation and betterment of public […]

Playa Vista – “the first new community to be established on the Westside of Los Angeles in more than 50 years” – hosted the Southern California Development Forum on Tuesday, July 11, and Ruth Galanter […]

A new report from the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group established by Congress has concluded that the federal government should guarantee basic and universal healthcare to all Americans. Many proponents, as well as opponents, of […]

I don’t know why I get so misty over what’s happening to General Motors. I know it has something to do with the fact that, at a certain point in my childhood, my father and […]

Looking to buy or rent office space in Santa Monica? It is getting awfully pricey. Buildings are selling for over $400 a sq. ft. and rents are upward of $2.75 a sq. ft for general […]

James Conn served on the Santa Monica City Council from 1981 to 1988 and was mayor from 1986 to 1988. “I’m busy getting arrested,” jokes Jim Conn. “Somebody’s got to do it so it might […]

Santa Monica’s City Council has directed City staff “to expeditiously” develop an “incentive-based standards plan” in order to help protect the City’s land use authority if Proposition 90 passes in November’s election. Proposition 90, the […]