Noteworthy 6/17-24/26: SUM
By CHARLES ANDREWS COVER IT UP! PRETEND! LIE! Yes, exactly what a spoiled five-year-old would do when caught at something he knows is wrong. Trump posted last August that he thought his name should be […]
SM.a.r.t Column: Santa Monica Built the Delay It Now Wants a Law to Erase: Part One.
The slow coastal permitting the city blames on Sacramento is a wound of its own making — and AB 1740 is the wrong way to close it. If you have heard anything about AB 1740, […]
Noteworthy 6/10-17/26: SUMMER TSUNAMI OF GREAT ART
By CHARLES ANDREWS AFTER ALMOST FIVE DECADES OF SEEING THE ARTS EXPLODE Every summer in LA, after the post-Christmas doldrums, I am no longer surprised. But some summers are better than others, and you never […]
Curious City 06/05/26: DAN HALL SUPPORTS ZBUR’S BEACH BILL
By Charles Andrews CAREER ADVICE FOR EMERGING STUDENTS If you have been paying attention to what has been going on for the last 10 years in DC, state capitols, the courts, media, here and around […]
SM.a.r.t Column: Santa Monica’s Coast Is About to Change Forever. Most Residents Don’t Know It’s Happening. Part 3.
The city’s AB1740 effort stopped being about bicycle lanes and parking near the beach the moment residents read the bill and understood what it actually did. For years, Santa Monica has operated under a specific […]
Noteworthy 6/3-10/26: ADIOS MAESTRO, INSPIRING TEACHER
By Charles Andrews HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Tonight! – HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES – This rockin’ quintet, known for Django Reinhardt-style ‘30s-’40s jazz (for starters, but they go way beyond), whose across-the-board virtuosity never fails to […]
SM.a.r.t Column: Santa Monica’s Coast Is About to Change Forever. Most Residents Don’t Know It’s Happening. Part 2.
Last week’s Part 1 covered the deadlock: thirty-three years of Santa Monica failing to get its Local Coastal Program certified, and a bill designed to bypass that process entirely. The housing provisions deserve their own […]
Noteworthy 5/27-6/3/26: GOOD
By CHARLES ANDREWS WILL STEPHEN COLBERT HAVE THE LAST LAUGH? I sure hope so. But he had the laugh on me when I watched the first of his last four shows and panned it. There […]
SM.a.r.t Column: Santa Monica’s Coast Is About to Change Forever. Most Residents Don’t Know It’s Happening. Part 1.
If you live in Santa Monica and have ever wondered why the city seems to have so little control over what gets built near the beach, the answer traces back to a bureaucratic failure that […]
Curious City 05/22/26: BLUE WAVE? NO, WE NEED A NEW WAVE
By Charles Andrews I DIDN’T START OUT THIS WAY I was a good kid. Stayed away from trouble. But I was a lousy student, despite scoring high on aptitude tests, was a National Merit Scholar, […]
Anti-AI comedy screening brings filmmaker Gore Verbinski to the Nuart Theatre in West LA.
A special one-night theatrical screening of the sci-fi comedy features a live panel on the film and its outlook on...
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Temescal Gateway Park to Reopen After 1.5 Years of Fire Recovery Work
Visitors will be able to hike the rebuilt Rivas Trail to two scenic overlooks or continue onward to Will Rogers...
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