The good news that Martha Stewart was back on TV came at a time when the world sorely needed the domestic diva – well, those of us looking for new and improved ways to host […]

Tobi Smith, Executive Director of the California Heritage Museum will be among those honored at the 18th Annual Heritage Award Dinner at the Museum on Friday, September 23. Other honorees are corporate honoree Wells Fargo, […]

“Curating the City” is a new Los Angeles Conservancy program. Funded by Getty Center, it is designed to turn Los Angeles into a living museum. The first installment of “Curating the City” will be a […]

Venice Community Housing Corporation’s annual fundraiser, the Venice Music Festival and Jazz at Palms Court, 733 Palms Boulevard, on Sunday, September 18, will begin with a champagne brunch served by Off the Wall Catering. A […]

A lot can happen to a film on the road to Oscar, and most of it not good. Usually, the critics (and most of the movie-going public) can spot an Oscar grab from a mile […]

In the early 1800s, when the industrial revolution was dramatically recasting America and remaking large stretches of it, a group of landscape painters, who became known as the Hudson River School, left their studios and […]

Dubya trashed Iraq Then he willed it To let all of his Old pals rebuild it. George was so busy With his vacation The Gulf Coast is toast For the duration. Meanwhile, let’s get Ready […]

WASHINGTON 9/7 — It took a while, but the president finally figured out a response to the destruction of New Orleans. Later this week (no point rushing things) W. is dispatching Dick Cheney to the […]

To understand the history of the Bush administration’s response to disaster, just follow the catchphrases. First, look at 2001 congressional testimony by Joseph Allbaugh, President Bush’s first pick to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency. […]

What would be the better investment: Locking up a young adult and spending $37,000 per year incarcerating him or her, or spending $22,000 per year educating that adult and, hence, eliminating the likelihood of the […]