Good Taste: Take a Hike!
By Barbara Bishop A couple of years ago, I helped to create the Rotary of Santa Monica’s “Healthy Living” committee. Our role was to organize a healthy outing every few months. I don’t think anyone […]
Film Retrospective: World War II Works
By Whitney Scott Bain With the recent release of Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk,” a selection of classic and unknown, courageous World War II films to accompany the film’s success makes for great catch-up viewing “Dunkirk” […]
Rainbow Bridge- Summer Faire at Ruskin Group Theatre: Center Stage with Barbara Cohn
By Barbara Cohn Ok. It’s summer. It’s watermelons and hot dogs – potato chips and corn-on-the cob. This is fun food, temporarily filling, but not long lasting or particularly nourishing. I use food as an […]
Vaccination Law Begins Showing Results
By Tom Elias The last year saw no major outbreaks of measles or any of the other nine potentially fatal diseases against which California public schoolchildren must be vaccinated – one possible result of a […]
Bullets on Main Street
By Steven Stajich It was dinner hour on August 4, a Friday summer night with plenty of tourists and others checking out Main Street in Santa Monica. Then, shots were fired. Police arrived to find […]
SMa.r.t.- Sustainability: Who Carries the Load? Pt. 2
In last week’s article we reviewed Santa Monica’s water supply, and mentioned that the total residential sector has shown the greatest decrease in water usage. From 2005 to 2013 residential water usage dropped 6 percent […]
Ask Rusty – Collecting SS and Income Taxes; early retirement and working
Dear Rusty: My husband just starting collecting Social Security at his full retirement age. If he wants a part time job how much money does he have to stay under not to mess up his SS […]
A Problem For Needed Bail System Changes
By Thomas D. Elias There are plenty of problems with the kind of one-party government California now has, with every statewide office in the hands of Democrats, who also hold two-thirds majorities in both houses […]
Is Decorum Finally Dead?
By Steve Stajich Concern about the decay of civility and decorum are cyclical, coming with each new seeming violation of propriety, etiquette, and taste. Sometimes a quaint souvenir of past struggles remains, such as parental […]
Newsom: Spread the Wealth a Basic Belief
By Tom Elias Gavin Newsom has a reported net worth of more than $10 million, an ownership interest in more than a dozen businesses from wineries to hotels and a steadfast, almost lifelong friendship with […]
The first protest at René Redzepi’s Noma pop-up at the Paramour Estate (Video)
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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Film Review: Oscars Landscape 2026
My Oscar choices and predictions. The 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15th at 4:00 PM, on ABC, and streaming on...
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