By Steve Stajich   The news from last week’s G20 Summit seemed to demonstrate that even that union of nations can have a hard time sustaining a sense of global community… especially when one of […]

By Harrison Held   I saw two terrific shows this weekend…. First up Saturday night was the opening of the mind-blowing Danny and the Deep Blue Sea starring Tanna Frederick and Robert Standley directed by […]

By Barbara Bishop   In the last year, so many hotels have been built in Santa Monica. I’m going to an opening of one in Santa Monica this week, and I’ve been to several others […]

By Steve Stajich   Baby Boomers may someday tally-up their impressive list of accomplishments as a generation. It would certainly make a good six-part series for CNN: “Earth goes Boom!” might possibly be the title […]

One of the most important decisions our City Council will make this year could be approval of our new Downtown Community Plan (DCP). What is the DCP? It is the master plan that will define […]

By Jerry Rubin and Marissa Rubin Paul Conrad’s 26-foot tall nuclear mushroom cloud peace sculpture ‘Chain Reaction’, which has now been fully refurbished, is still  standing in the Santa Monica Civic Center, where it has been […]

By Kathryn Boole   “Where there’s a need, there’s a Lion!” Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. With 1.4 million members in 210 countries and geographic areas, Lions are […]

By Tom Elias   Single-payer health insurance that would cover every Californian has stalled, at least for now. Because Democratic Speaker Anthony Rendon shelved state Assembly consideration of the Senate-passed insurance outline at least until […]

Why I never/seldom go downtown and never really want to go there.   What is downtown for me, a resident of Ocean Park? The Apple store. Maybe. What else is there? Barnes & Noble is […]

By Barbara Bishop   Does Santa Monica really need another Italian restaurant? If it serves its house specialty, the Bolognese, I bellow a resounding “yes!” I’m talking about something with good taste. How can something […]