If you grew up in the ‘70s, chances are you were hopelessly hooked on one or all of the television shows Aaron Spelling produced. For some of us, those shows were as much a part […]

Ask anyone who has ever made a movie, or attempted to make a movie, and they will, whatever their background and creative pretensions, pretty much all agree on one point: It’s really hard. Whether it’s […]

Winners of the first annual Santa Monica Teen Film Festival are as follows: 1st Place Live Action “Semi Formal” Directed by Sam Alper and Josh Margolin 2nd Place Live Action “The Road Not Taken” Directed […]

CLICK **1/2 Sasha Stone Mirror Film Critic One reason Adam Sandler owns the box office is because he surrounds himself with people who will let him do his thing. His movies, which are mostly too […]

A Town Hall meeting was held last Saturday at the Ken Edwards Center so community members could give input for the City’s cultural resources master plan. City documents state, “The plan will identify community priorities […]

Once a shining example of mid-century architecture, the old RAND building is now a big pile of dirt. photos by Michael Rosenthal

The City of Santa Monica is beginning two pilot programs to help visitors and locals in the downtown area. The first program targets the Downtown area. Two “Premier Promenade Restrooms” will have attendants from 9am-midnight. […]

The City of Santa Monica’s Community Events and Food Distribution Ordinances have been upheld against a constitutional challenge by the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. The City regulations which, among other things, […]

There is plenty to criticize about term limits, but say one thing for them: they bring new faces to politics and put old faces in new places. While most of the figures who will face […]

POP QUIZ: TRUE OR FALSE? Iraq’s reconstruction – as promised before the U.S. invasion – has been paid for with Iraq’s oil reserves… Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent mushroom-cloud threat to the […]