Ben Pluenneke is the winner of the latest Mystery Photo contest, identifying this shot from the Brick House Cafe on Hampton Drive in Venice. Pluenneke has won a prize from
By DAILY PRESS STAFF
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY The police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 52-year-old Santa Monica woman who has been missing since
By By Daily Press Staff
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until
Our sporting heroes don’t seem to be made of the same stuff they used to be. Nowadays, they are either accused of abusing man’s best friend (Michael Vick)
By Moira Chapin Los Angeles
Whether you like to swim, boat or fish in the ocean, our coastline is central to life in California. But the health of our oceans
By Mike Kirwan Venice
First it was squirrels, then it was trees; now, crows that the city wants to get rid of. Never mind the crows, what about all the
By Laura Hemmer Santa Monica
(Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to the Santa Monica City Council) The earth is quaking, this heat wave is a killer
By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
Newspapers seem to be a little slow on the throttle at nailing down important issues. A case in point: Republicans are trying to steal California’
By By Dane Roberts Wans On Bookreview
With “Gangster Film Reader” the co-editors Alain Silver and James Ursini have given to us, the gangster film buffs of the world,
human expense
By BYJACKNEWORTH CHANNELSURFING
FRIENDS OFTEN ASK ABOUT TV SHOWS I’m about to review. When I begin to describe “Alive Day Memories,” about permanently disabled veterans home from
The Dropkick Murphys dance — or rather, thrash — the line between defiance and tradition, punk and century-old roots. They’re like a raucous crossbreed between The Ramones and your inebriated
