Santa Monica’s Tar Balls: Traffic and Congestion:
Let’s agree at the top that there are some things you can’t put back in the box: Cell phones, airline travel, and reality television are just a few that are not going back where they […]
Are Lying Voters Making Fate of Legal Pot Uncertain?:
When the Proposition 19 marijuana legalization initiative qualified for the ballot for the November election, its passage seemed almost a foregone conclusion. Tax the approximately $12 billion pot industry in this state and you could […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Dear Santa Monica Citizens, Two years ago I wrote you regarding the lack of bike lanes connecting Main Street to the “Third Street” shopping area. Back then there was a massive construction project in the […]
A New Co-operative Farming Paradigm: What Say You?
Fable Farm’s community dinners are every Thursday throughout the growing months in Bernard, Vermont. Members of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) get together at the Fable Farm’s gardens. All of Barnard is invited to share an […]
Letters to the Editor:
Dear Editor, My husband and I totally agree with Carol E. Siegle regarding the traffic situation in Santa Monica. We could not have said it any better. I read her letter this morning after surviving […]
Remodeled Mall: Your Place or Mine?:
I think our city wins in the not-quite-epic battle for Santa Monica Place. On several key levels, the newly opened remodel of Santa Monica Place is a total success. It certainly feels like the right […]
State’s “Robbing Hoods” Faced Hobson’s Choice:
“Robbing Hoods,” one newspaper editor called the state legislators who voted last year to take $1.7 billion from city redevelopment agencies around the state and apply the funds to education. That editor’s local RDA was […]
Letters to the Editor:
Dear Editor, Sunday’s Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) convention was an interesting exercise in democracy. Candidates for local office seeking SMRR endorsement in the November election introduced themselves to the SMRR membership present at […]
Profiles in Tolerance in Our Area:
One of the first columns I wrote for this newspaper dealt with an encounter I had at the Santa Monica Pier: I was at the Pier, enjoying a typical sunny beach day and the energy […]
Partial Plastic Bag Ban A Constructive Idea:
Few bills before the state Legislature this summer will draw as firm opposition as one called AB 1998, a partial ban on single-use plastic bags in California which would also include a form of a […]
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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