The New Year’s Rude Awakening:
As if summoning from a cave a dragon in order to remind us of the power of brutality and fiery exhalation, we seem to be reaching for the “breakdown of civility” with greater and greater […]
Hometown Hero: Tom Cleys Fight to Preserve Santa Monica:
The Santa Monica Conservancy held its annual meeting on Jan. 23 at the historic Church in Ocean Park. The sanctuary was filled, bringing together Santa Monicans of many interests and opinions, but with a shared […]
Reflected Concerns of the Community: Locals’ Take on Pedestrian Safety in City:
Around 9 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2010, Herceg Vlado, a 66-year old Santa Monica resident, was fatally struck by a motorist while walking southbound across Wilshire Boulevard in a crosswalk near 10th Street. This was […]
Men, and the Autumn Of Our French Fries:
I had a friend explain something to me once about Chevy Corvettes and middle age. I’ll do my best to relate the idea without the tart language deployed in the version I heard. It goes […]
Schwarzenegger Leaves a Shameful Legacy:
No California governor serving his last few days in office has ever been more concerned about his legacy than was Arnold Schwarzenegger. Perhaps this was because unlike Ronald Reagan or Pat Brown or Pete Wilson […]
Finally, the Gun Conversation Hits the Wall:
Let’s begin with a big generalization that might be relevant: Laws in America often change in response to an undeniable tragedy. Tragedy should always be undeniable since anything that is clearly tragic is tragic, such […]
A Pier Without Peer:
What is the essence of Santa Monica? Many would say the beaches, which appear in media so often as “Santa Monica” that someone living in Cincinnati might wonder if we actually have any buildings here. […]
Guest Letter: Request of Safer Street:
Dear Mayor Richard Bloom and Council members: I write to urge your swift and decisive action in eliminating the extreme danger posed to pedestrians crossing Wilshire Boulevard at night. This danger likely contributed to the […]
Should State Air Board Impose “Truth Rule”:
As California’s smog-fighting Air Resources Board (ARB) gets set to impose America’s first cap-and-trade rules for fighting the greenhouse gases most scientists believe are helping cause global warming and climate change, it is also considering […]
Say You Want a Resolution…:
What is a New Year’s resolution, exactly? It appears to be a promise to yourself that you might share with friends or loved ones, and except for the fact that a new year feels like […]
The first protest at René Redzepi’s Noma pop-up at the Paramour Estate (Video)
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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Film Review: Oscars Landscape 2026
My Oscar choices and predictions. The 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15th at 4:00 PM, on ABC, and streaming on...
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