March 27, 2026
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Noteworthy 2/4-11/26: BRUCE YES, BUT NO PIE

By CHARLES ANDREWS YOUR FRIENDLY WEEKLY REMINDER Four City Council members – DAN HALL, JESSE ZWICK, NATALYA ZERNITSKAYA, CAROLINE TOROSIS – Voted to throw away the best chance we had to not only save the […]

CuriousCity 1/30/26: JUST BEGINNING?

By CHARLES ANDREWS THESE ARE HISTORIC DAYS Our young children or grandchildren will be reading about this time, and the account they get in schoolbooks depends on how it plays out in the next few […]

Noteworthy 1/28-2/4: JAZZ FESTIVAL, FROM STANLEY CLARKE

By CHARLES ANDREWS “CULTURE” IS VERY SUBJECTIVE Woody Allen once complained in “Annie Hall” that the only culture in California was “being able to turn right on a red light.” Outdated completely, of course, if […]

Noteworthy1/21-28: A CITY OF THE ARTS

By CHARLES ANDREWS I have been mocked for using that “title” to describe Santa Monica. It is partly aspirational, in our being known that way (blame our troglodytic City functionaries for more often getting in […]

SM.a.r.t Column: Why Go Beyond?

One question echoed through City Hall’s chambers Tuesday night, asked almost four dozen different ways by four dozen different residents who stayed until nearly 1 AM: Why is this Council going beyond the already transformative […]

CuriousCity1/16/26: GET REAL ON TUES

By CHARLES ANDREWS A REVEALING, IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETING LAST TUESDAY A City Council member, JESSE ZWICK, who took a six-figure salary position as an advocate for a housing developer, which he revealed last October just […]

Noteworthy1/14-21: PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER

By CHARLES ANDREWS WORRIED YET? Tough week. And who knows what will happen between when I write this and the next 12 hours. I check my TV way too frequently these days. Finally, white folks […]

Noteworthy1/7-14: LG, JAZZ FEST, SHEILA E

By CHARLES ANDREWS GREAT NEWS! Legendary jazz bassist STANLEY CLARKE is putting together the Santa Monica International Jazz Festival for May of this year, promising big names, master musicians, and he can deliver it. He […]

CuriousCity 1/2/26: JESUS CHRIST!

By CHARLES ANDREWS NOW, HOLD ON… Before you blow a fuse and frantically start looking for the phone number for The Mirror, and the Mayor, and the Pope, let me assure you I am trying […]