Good Taste: Run. Don’t Walk, to the Best Gelato in Los Angeles
By Barbara Bishop I recently rented my guestroom to a young woman who needed a place to stay for about two months. She is chef. More accurately, a gelato chef. From the minute I […]
Review: “Arsenic and Old Lace”
By Kelly Hartog Playwright Joseph Kesserling first dreamed up his play “Arsenic and Old Lace” back in 1939. It was originally conceived as a dark drama based on the true story of a woman […]
Heinous Killers Like Mansons Should Never Go Free
By Tom Elias Buried in the back pages of newspapers and not even making it onto many television and radio news programs this summer was the news that Gov. Jerry Brown again refused parole […]
SMa.r.t.-Santa Monica: A Friendly City for All, Especially the Most Vulnerable
Daniel Jansenson, Architect. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow: Robert H. Taylor AIA, Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA Planning Commissioner , Ron Goldman FAIA, Daniel Jansenson Architect, Building and Fire-Life Safety Commission, Thane Roberts AIA, Architect, […]
The Re-write Side of History
By Steve Stajich Let’s begin by creating a somewhat absurd parallel and see if we can come out the other end with something like a handle on the situation. That situation being that the Orpheum […]
Will Lawsuits and Fees Frustrate Brown’s Tunnels?
By Tom Elias The first time Jerry Brown was governor of California, his greatest policy defeat came when resentful Northern Californians voted almost unanimously in 1982 to reverse a legislative vote authorizing a massive ditch […]
Hot Flash: Do You Remember?
By Barbara Bishop Everyone has memory blips from time to time – the word that’s on the very tip of your tongue or the house keys that aren’t where you swear you left them. […]
Affordable Housing: Needed, But In What Form?
By Tom Elias Everyone in California is at least peripherally aware of the state’s ever-worsening housing crisis: It’s hard to miss when prices have jumped by as much as 75 percent over the last […]
SMa.r.t.-Hot Enough for you?
By Mario Fonda-Bonardi While surviving the latest heat wave, now’s a good time to consider the big picture of our over-heated planet. We humans live comfortably in a very narrow temperature range and the world’s […]
Speeding CSU Graduations Must Not Dumb Down Degrees
By Tom Elias The 23-campus California State University system knows it must somehow speed up graduation beyond today’s pace, which sees just 19 percent of entering freshmen graduate within four years. The low rate is at […]
What to Know About Santa Monica’s $3.5M ‘Restorative Justice Program’ (Video)
The City Council unanimously launched a $3.5 million Restorative Justice Program — one of the largest locally funded efforts of...
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Malibu Oceanfront Lot with Rebuild Potential Listed for $1.9M
Buyers can rebuild under Malibu’s Fast Track Rebuild Program, with potential for up to 3,433 square feet of livable space,...
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