The networks have revealed what they’re planning for the fall lineups. The biggest surprise is that after much consideration, Fox has decided to renew the critically acclaimed but little-watched “Arrested Development” for the new season, […]

Khaled Hosseini, the Afghan-American author whose novel, The Kite Runner, was this year’s Santa Monica Citywide Reads selection, will speak at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 21 in the Santa Monica Pavilion. The event is free. […]

Try to define Company of Women author Mary Gordon’s new novel and you risk tripping over the inherent paradox of its premise: In life, nothing is simple. What looks like a story about mothers and […]

Among the more than 450 people attending the 20th annual St. Joseph Center Dinner Dance and Auctions at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Mother’s Day Eve, which raised over $385,000 for the center, were longtime […]

This year’s Venice Art Walk and Auction on Sunday, May 22, will feature self-guided tours of over 60 private working studios and homes of notable Venice artists and private collectors. In addition, “On the Fringe,” […]

Layer Cake, the new British gangster flick by Matthew Vaughn is heaped with layers — layers upon layers of plot twists and fast action, all made for the thrill of the crowd. It’s filmed in […]

The Santa Monica High School Theatre Arts program’s production of Edward Albee’s acclaimed play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, will open tomorrow night. Director Frank Ford has chosen to follow last month’s epic production of […]

Now, at last, the Issue is settled: Nero fiddled,Bush pedaled.

New Wave To the editor: Maureen Dowd takes off on President Bush, after having her fun with the news about research on chimerical animals (Dowd, 7 May 2005). Her ditsy chatter may be good for […]

For several years we have expressed our concerns and asked for solutions to improve communications between the school, parents, students and the district but we were not listened to. Our families and parents deserve respect […]