That May Well Be True, a comedy by Jay Reiss about two friends who reunite after 15 years over a dispute about which of the men really came up with the story for a critically […]

Darwin’s Nightmare****With a bare bones film crew and an eye for finding beauty in one of the bleakest and most depressing places on earth, filmmaker Hubert Sauper crawled into a hole in Africa and brought […]

AT CAANA’S EDGETaylor BranchSimon and Schuster: January 2006 On Wednesday, August 14, 1965, California Highway Patrol officers pulled over Ronald and Marquette Frye at the corner of Avalon Boulevard and 116th street in the Watts […]

four-year exemption for households and small businesses expires tomorrow The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has announced that new waste disposal rules for households and small businesses that will go into effect Thursday, […]

Last month, the RAND Corporation’s new HQ in Santa Monica was given Gold LEED certification by the US Green Building Council. It was a first for both the think tank and its architects, DMJM Design.Built […]

The public can comment on the City of Santa Monica’s grant application for the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance through noon on March 1. Last […]

Lawyers for Lay and Skilling will claimTheir clients knew the rules and obeyed them:”Ken and Jeff never cooked the books!But may have accidentally sauteed them.”

WASHINGTON – The Saudi ambassador summoned me to the embassy on Thursday, across the street from the Watergate.He wanted to know if Americans were still addicted to oil.I assured him we were.Prince Turki al-Faisal, the […]

Call it the Sacramento waltz, even though many dance numbers are performed in other parts of the state.There was State Senator Sheila Kuehl of Santa Monica, an open lesbian and the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, […]

As a community with a conscience and a commitment to families, Santa Monica leverages local money to purchase and rehabilitate existing affordable housing, build new affordable rental units, and create new affordable home ownership opportunities. […]