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SMart: Et Tu ECEC?

March 10, 2017

March 10, 2017

At a recent Council meeting (2/28/17) there was a discussion about building the long promised and needed sports field at...

Letter to the Editor: Measure H

March 7, 2017

March 7, 2017

Dear Editor, Prior to the time required for Measure H to take effect, Santa Monica and other cities could study...

S.M.a.r.t.-A Costly City Services Building; Is It Worth It?

March 3, 2017

March 3, 2017

Since Santa Monica has outgrown its City Hall, its staff are currently scattered across our city. The placement of the...

Food-ie, or Not Food-ie: Is That a Question?

March 3, 2017

March 3, 2017

By Steven Stajich Bending Shakespeare aside, let me see if I qualify as a “foodie.” By definition, a “foodie” is...

Chiang a Different Kind of Candidate for Guv

March 3, 2017

March 3, 2017

By Tom Elias If there’s one quality shared by several of the leading candidates to succeed Jerry Brown as governor,...

SMa.r.t.- High Rise or Park at Our City’s Center?

February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017

In 2010, Santa Monica’s Redevelopment Agency purchased multiple parcels of land at 4th and Arizona. The purchases were made to...

Opinion: Hello, I Must Be Going…

February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017

By Steven Stajich Mortality: Never just the completion of our temporality, but also everything that can come before. It felt...

It’s Tax Time!

February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017

By Sam Skopp Samuel B. Moses CPA has been a Santa Mon- ica-based accountant for the past 25 years, han-...

Ignored Oroville Warning Raises Big Quake, Levee Questions

February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017

By Tom Elias Just because nature allows a delay of many years while officials dither over a catastro- phe in...

Letter to the Editor: The Diet of Lent

February 23, 2017

February 23, 2017

Dear Editor, March 1st marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period preceding Easter, when many Christians abstain from animal...