“Underwater Canopy” by artist Carl Cheng has been installed at the new Santa Monica Main Public Library, which is now under construction on the site of the old library at Sixth Street and Santa Monica […]

The Santa Monica Farmers’ Market unveiled its new logo on Wednesday, April 27, “Chef Appreciation Day,” on which area restaurants that support California farmers and shop at the Farmers’ Market on a regular basis were […]

Tree-hugging hippies are on Our Attorney General’s lists Not anti-abortion bombers Or white supremacists. Forget shaved head right-wingers They’re not our nation’s dregs Haul in co-eds in BirkenstocksWho haven’t shaved their legs.

According to John Snow, the Treasury secretary, the global economy is in a “sweet spot.” Conservative pundits close to the administration talk, without irony, about a “Bush boom.” Yet two-thirds of Americans polled by Gallup […]

For years, almost everyone in Sacramento has known how to eliminate the endemic state budget deficits that have plagued California for the last five years. This year’s prospective shortfall might amount to as much as […]

It was a move so smooth and bold, accomplished with such backstage bureaucratic finesse, that it was worthy of Dick Cheney himself. The eminence grise who had long whispered in the ear of power and […]

First published in 1966, Good News for Modern Man was a “modern language” translation of the New Testament. There are now more than a 100 million copies in circulation. Good for the book, and good […]

Threat to Farmers’ Markets Dear Los Angeles City Councilmember: As a supporter of fresh food access programs in the City of Los Angeles, I am writing to express my concern over the Special Events Ordinance […]

The topic under discussion at the joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting last Tuesday night was the “emerging themes” that City planners had culled from the initial round of community workshops, questionnaires, surveys and other tools […]

The City of Santa Monica will hold a Leadership Recruitment workshop on Thursday, May 5, at which participants will be briefed on service on its 15-plus boards and commissions — how to apply, what the […]