November 11, 2025
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De-Sal Loses Urgency in Hyper-Wet Winter

By Tom Elias Here’s a cold, wet reality: the more water in California’s reservoirs, the less urgency there is to build new ocean-water desalination plants that became a major talking point during the state’s long, […]

A Monument to Remembering

By Steve Stajich   Americans aren’t as good with bad memories as they are with the ones that often make us swell with pride. Two of those memories that we tend to keep hidden are […]

Good Taste- 141 Reasons to Meditate

By Barbara Bishop   Did you know that there are 141 benefits one can derive from meditation? I won’t list them all, but many apply to me, and will apply to many others. According to […]

SMart: Et Tu ECEC?

At a recent Council meeting (2/28/17) there was a discussion about building the long promised and needed sports field at the corner of Pico and Fourth which is a portion of the Civic Center Specific […]

Letter to the Editor: Measure H

Dear Editor, Prior to the time required for Measure H to take effect, Santa Monica and other cities could study the feasibility of providing overnight homeless shelter within a level of our public parking structures.  […]

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

By Steven Stajich Bending Shakespeare aside, let me see if I qualify as a “foodie.” By definition, a “foodie” is someone with a particular interest in food, a gourmet. Well, don’t we all having a […]

Chiang a Different Kind of Candidate for Guv

By Tom Elias If there’s one quality shared by several of the leading candidates to succeed Jerry Brown as governor, it’s flamboyance. No one ever accused Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San […]

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

In 2010, Santa Monica’s Redevelopment Agency purchased multiple parcels of land at 4th and Arizona. The purchases were made to facilitate the goals set out in the City’s Bay- side District Plan – “‘encourage uses […]