David Dempsey faces up to eight years in jail By Sam Catanzaro A 32-year-old felon has been charged with spraying bear repellent on a crowd of political protesters at the Santa Monica Pier this past […]
David Dempsy arrested Saturday By Sam Catanzaro Over the weekend a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap was arrested on the Santa Monica Pier after spraying a group of anti-Trump protestors with bear […]
Santa Monica joins over 100 other cities and counties in submitting amicus brief to Supreme Court By Sam Catanzaro Santa Monica has joined 108 other cities, counties and municipal organizations in submitting an amicus brief […]
U.S. President Donald Trump landed at Santa Monica Airport (SMO) late Tuesday afternoon, March 13, before his motorcade traveled down the 405 to a fundraiser in Beverly Crest. […]
By Tom Elias This has all the symptoms of a classical political vendetta: At every opportunity, President Trump does whatever he thinks might harm California, which does more to resist his agenda than any other […]
By Tom Elias Strong ironies are playing out today as California’s 14 Republican members of Congress support President Trump’s announced $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan at the same time they all back a planned ballot initiative […]
Longtime peace, environmental and anti-nuclear activist Jerry Rubin began a ‘Dump Trump’ protest fast at 6:00am on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 19 at his home in Santa Monica. Rubin says his open-ended fast is meant as a […]
By Tom Elias When devastating wildfires whipped through both Northern and Southern California last fall, state requests for emergency declarations that would open federal purse strings to assist in paying for firefighting, cleanup and recovery […]
By Tom Elias Hate crimes are on the rise in California and there are strong hints the increase stems in part from President Trump’s habit of using racial slurs like the “Pocahontas” tag he likes […]
By Tom Elias It’s not by accident that Jeff Denham, David Valadao, Devin Nunes, Ed Royce, Mimi Walters, Darrell Issa, Dana Rohrabacher and Steve Knight, all California Republicans now in Congress, have survived and […]