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What’s in a Cupcake?

April 24, 2017

April 24, 2017

By Steve Stajich   It’s not a secret that there are those who have long yearned to uncouple the Santa...

Sony Pictures Classics and Tadmor Entertainment Present “NORMAN” “The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”

April 19, 2017

April 19, 2017

By Beverly Cohn With the Academy Award ceremony far behind us, it may be untimely to think about next year’s...

Hot Flash: Bunion Love

April 19, 2017

April 19, 2017

By Barbara Bishop I have bunions. I’ve had them since I was 12 years old. I thought I got them...

Big Water Year Leaves Huge Dearth Of Information

April 14, 2017

April 14, 2017

By Tom Elias In this remarkable water year, which ended more than five years of severe drought in California, there...

Coming-Of-Age in the 1970’s

April 11, 2017

April 11, 2017

By Nick Boyd “20th Century Women,” a movie that takes place in 1979 Santa Barbara, is an evocative, insightful portrait...

Good Taste: A Place Of Great Fun, Awesome Cuisine, And A Killer Ocean View

April 11, 2017

April 11, 2017

By Barbara Bishop In the course of doing business in Santa Monica, I’m always looking for the perfect place for...

Alaska Dreaming at Bergamot Station

April 11, 2017

April 11, 2017

By Sam Skopp   Saturday, April 1, the Richard Heller Gallery located in unit B-5A of Bergamot Station, opened a...

PG&E’s Unprecedented Chutzpah Pays Off

April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017

By Tom Elias   At the very moment when California’s largest utility company was being assessed a $14 million fine...

Hot Flash: More Than Just a Pretty Face

April 4, 2017

April 4, 2017

By Barbara Bishop With all the rains we’ve been having, everywhere you look, gorgeous flowers are in full bloom. While...

Come See the Softer Side of Sears

April 3, 2017

April 3, 2017

By Steve Stajich Nostalgia is a drug used frequently by writers. Much of writing, not to be confused with typing,...