Civil damage lawsuits arising out of the 2003 Farmers’ Market tragedy on Arizona Ave. in Santa Monica may be delayed as a result of legal tensions between those cases and the pending criminal proceedings against […]

A rarity at California farmers’ markets. You can find some at Trevino’s stand on Wednesday and at the Villalobos stand on Saturday downtown. Rhubarb is a perennial plant that has been known to produce bright […]

This past weekend I visited a new Main St. eatery, Euphoria loves RAWvolution, the brainchild of Matt Amsden and his wife Janabai. It was a curious fusion of part cafe, part health market and part […]

>In the heart of Santa Monica’s trendy Montana Ave. shopping district an unlikely mix of cinephiles, young filmmakers and skateboard aficionados gathered at the Aero Theatre last Friday night to kick of the 7th International […]

Some of the 53 mature marijuana plants and 109 immature plants discovered by Santa Monica Police in a storage building in the 1600 block of Ocean Park Blvd. on April 5, 2006. Lawrence G. Williams, […]

Presented by Executive Director Joe Edmiston Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy In the 1920’s and 30’s, Temescal Canyon in the Pacific Palisades was home to the largest independent Chautauqua in the nation, which featured music, art, […]

Online voting is now taking place for the Twilight Dance Series Poster Contest. Go to www.twilightdance.org to see the work of the 21 finalists. For those who wish to vote by phone, call 310.458.8900. Voting […]

Councilman Bill Rosendahl is asking his constituents to join his Empowerment Congress. He is hoping to get several hundred interested people to participate. The Congress will “serve as a collection of think tanks for policy […]

California may never lose its reputation as the source of “Hey, Martha!”-type news stories. Maybe that’s a good thing, since it indicates that out here we experiment and mix it up and reach for new […]

The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission Monday night approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the property at 415 Pacific Coast Highway (the former Marion Davies estate). The design plan […]