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 […]
Center Stage: On The Beach With Film’s Independent Spirit Awards
By Beverly Cohn What threatened to be a rainy, windy day turned out to be quite the opposite as the god of sunshine beamed his light down on the still damp, but beautiful Santa Monica […]
SMa.r.t.-ARB (All Ready to Build?)
By Bob Taylor Santa Monica City’s Architectural Review Board (ARB), established in 1974, acts “to preserve existing areas of natural beauty, cultural importance and assure that buildings, structures, signs or other developments are in good […]
GOP Starts to Wise Up; Will Dems Follow?
By Tom Elias California’s top two primary system is living up to its “jungle primary” nickname more than this spring than ever, with dozens of candidates vying in both statewide and district races across the […]
Meals on Wheels West LA Urgently Seeks Holiday Volunteers for Meal Deliveries
Brentwood-Based Program Needs Help Delivering Meals During the Holidays Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles is urgently seeking additional volunteers to...
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Housing Group Sues State Over Limits on Post-Wildfire Rebuilding in L.A. County
YIMBY Law Challenges Governor’s Order Allowing Cities to Restrict SB 9 Housing in High Fire Hazard Zones The housing advocacy...
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