SMa.r.t.-Our Data, Our Privacy: PART 1
By Daniel Jansenson Park your car at Santa Monica Place. If you forget its location, you can use a “find your car” kiosk to type-in the car’s license plate. The kiosk will then display the […]
Resistance Doomed? Secession Move Could Result
Since the Civil War, no state has resisted the policies of a single President more than California today as it fights to fend off many measures President Trump and his cabinet have ordered. From smog […]
Hot Flash: Burn Off Favorite High Calorie Foods
By Barbara Bishop I love pizza. It’s one of my most favorite foods. It’s not that difficult for me to eat three slices of cheese, mushrooms, olives and tomato sauce, all piled on a crispy, […]
Behind the Screen: “The Last Movie Star”
By Kathryn Whitney Boole If you want to see a fun comedic 1950’s style feel-good film; if you would like to find out what makes Burt Reynolds a star, or if you want to […]
SMa.r.t.-Santa Monica’s Achilles Heel
By Thane Roberts Our expansive beaches largely define Santa Monica. How might our community be impacted, both financially and otherwise, should this vital asset disappear beneath the waves? Ironically, what makes our city so unique, […]
SMa.r.t.-Respecting History or the Wrecking Ball
Today our city is a built out metropolis with almost no vacant lots. However, if you came here 100 years ago, Santa Monica was mostly open fields. In fact the built out edge of the […]
Top 4 System Could Revive State’s Republicans
By Tom Elias Imagine for a moment that California now had a top four primary election system instead of the top two it now uses. In that alternate – for now – world, the four […]
Villaraigosa Ascending, Newsom Plateauing
By Tom Elias This is one article in a series of interviews with significant candidates for governor of California. Antonio Villaraigosa reads the polls, both his own campaign’s internal surveys and the public ones reported […]
SMa.r.t.-Term Limits: The Heart of Democracy
A Santa Monica City Councilmember and the leader of Santa Monica’s Transparency project are circulating a petition to put the brakes on perennial City Council members. The initiative proposed by Sue Himmelrich and Mary Marlow […]
Congress Must Temper Trump’s California Vendetta
By Tom Elias This has all the symptoms of a classical political vendetta: At every opportunity, President Trump does whatever he thinks might harm California, which does more to resist his agenda than any other […]
Pier Ferris Wheel to Display Giant Flag, Military Seals for Veterans Day
Free ceremony with Chinook flyover, awards set for Nov. 11 The Pacific Park Ferris wheel will light up Tuesday night...
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HomeState Shares Details on Upcoming Westside Location
Texas-style breakfast taco chain to open ninth spot in Santa Monica; first 50 guests get free tacos for a week...
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