By Steve Stajich   It’s not a secret that there are those who have long yearned to uncouple the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD.) But as recently as spring of 2016 meetings with representatives […]

By Barbara Bishop I have bunions. I’ve had them since I was 12 years old. I thought I got them from toe dancing when I was studying to become a ballet dancer. But as I […]

By Tom Elias In this remarkable water year, which ended more than five years of severe drought in California, there are still plenty of noteworthy water questions to contemplate and act upon. Here’s the central […]

By Nick Boyd “20th Century Women,” a movie that takes place in 1979 Santa Barbara, is an evocative, insightful portrait depicting the issues of a 15-year-old boy named Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann) living with […]

By Barbara Bishop In the course of doing business in Santa Monica, I’m always looking for the perfect place for breakfast or lunch, and my companions who don’t work near the beach are always requesting […]

By Sam Skopp   Saturday, April 1, the Richard Heller Gallery located in unit B-5A of Bergamot Station, opened a new photo exhibit titled “Aleutian Dreams” featuring the photography of Corey Arnold. Fifteen years ago, […]

By Tom Elias   At the very moment when California’s largest utility company was being assessed a $14 million fine for failing to report discovery of flawed records on its gas pipelines, that same company […]

By Barbara Bishop With all the rains we’ve been having, everywhere you look, gorgeous flowers are in full bloom. While they are beautiful to look at, smell, and display in a vase, plants are more […]

By Steve Stajich Nostalgia is a drug used frequently by writers. Much of writing, not to be confused with typing, comes into being from the memory banks of the writer. But as a drug, nostalgia […]