In our six years, we have made some really dumb mistakes, but this one ranks as the dumbest to date. In a story on the sports page in last week’s issue about the retirement of […]

The primary purpose of the special election that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called is to change the balance of power in Sacramento and nullify our system of checks and balances, State Senator Debra Bowen (D-Redondo […]

About 20 people took part in a protest at Toyota of Santa Monica on Lincoln Boulevard last Saturday afternoon, demanding that Toyota stop crushing its electric cars. Organized by DontCrush.com, the clean car group whose […]

The City Council was scheduled last night to authorize City Manager Susan McCarthy to negotiate and execute a contract with Rutan & Tucker, LLP for “outside legal services and financial analysis on behalf of the […]

At the commencement exercises at Santa Monica College, some members of the SMC faculty stood and turned their backs on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during his commencement address. Previously, a coalition of faculty members, SMC employees, […]

Last Thursday, June 16, retiring Los Angeles City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski joined Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy officials and residents who labored for years to create and preserve parklands to dedicate the new Westridge Trailhead Park, […]

“Celebrate America,” the annual fireworks display at Corsair Field at Santa Monica College will be held on Saturday, July 2, this year. In addition to the traditional fireworks, the celebration will feature entertainment by Dixieland […]

The Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance series begins its 21st season tomorrow night. The most venerable and venerated concert series on The Westside will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and run for ten Thursdays, ending […]

Kelly Hayes-Raitt, a candidate in next year’s race for the State Assembly seat now held by Fran Pavley, has been endorsed by actor Martin Sheen, aka President Jed Bartlett on the long-running television series, ‘West […]

I never pictured myself being a high school senior, let alone graduating from high school. It’s not that I thought I would flunk out of school or something like that. I simply couldn’t picture myself […]