The “Joy of Being Read To,” “Turning the Page,” and “Shhhh” are the titles of three of the sculptures on display at the Essentia showroom and art gallery at 2430 Main Street in Santa Monica. […]

For years, the loudest arguments against expanding a landmark Los Angeles law requiring condom use by adult film actors in sex scenes to the rest of California were financial and geographic: The pornography industry argued […]

If the current large corps of potential candidates for retiring U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer’s job look to some like a gaggle of political pygmies, it might have something to do with the proverbial 800-pound gorilla […]

We can all relax now, because the results are in: Santa Monica is the best-dressed “suburb” in America. Whew! Yes, it was close there for a while when it was announced that Mukwonago, Wisconsin was […]

Editor’s Note: This Letter to the Editor is in response to Santa Monica resident Marcy Winograd’s efforts to end pony ride operation at the Main Street Farmers Markets on Sundays. Dear Editor: To those of […]

Memo to United States Attorneys in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego: It’s high time you investigate the former president and some current members and officials of the California Public Utilities Commission for things […]

Editor’s Note: This is a Letter to the Editor from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which is as an organization the advocates the freedom to fly for thousands of pilots, aircraft owners, and aviation […]

For many California drivers, there have been few worse plagues than the red light cameras that once operated in more than 70 cities across the state. At their peak, red light cameras featured tickets costing […]

Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, published the issue dubbed as “The Survivors’ Issue” on Jan. 14. The cover is a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, a tear in his eye, carrying a “Je suis […]

Almost exactly one year from today – Jan. 26, 2016 – voters in New Hampshire will don parkas and trek through snowdrifts to tell the rest of America who should be running for president and […]