OCEAN AVE — Between 5 p.m. and 4 a.m., anyone can take a mental trip to China to watch one of four giant pandas munch on bamboo or tussle with its siblings from its home in the Ya’an Panda Base, part of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
If there is a loaded shotgun hanging on the living room wall just below the crucifix, you sort of get a hint of the kind of household you’ve entered. In Martin McDonagh’s play “The Lonesome West,” currently on-stage at the excellent Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, the household consists of two
Dear Life Matters, I was supposed to hang out with a male co-worker — truly just friends — last Saturday night. But my long-distance boyfriend surprised me and showed up over the weekend.
CITYWIDE — Whether you prefer the nickname “Tech Coast” or “Silicon Beach,” Santa Monica sells itself as a place that sits on the technological frontier and uses that capability to improve both its economy and its citizens’ lives.
SMC — Over the protests of angry students, Santa Monica College’s Board of Trustees passed a policy Tuesday night that will create a second tier of higher-cost classes to expand access to education in the wake of drastic state cuts.
Editor’s note: Longtime Santa Monican Charles Andrews is traveling across Europe in a camper van for one year, with his family. Indulge me a moment if you will, kind reader, so I may tell you where I am as I write this column for my home newspaper.
WOODLAWN CEMETERY — The Los Angeles Superior Court issued an order last month that allows City Hall to reclaim over 200 burial plots in Woodlawn Cemetery that were purchased over 50 years ago and never used.
As if taking a cue from California’s Gov. Brown, President Obama has presented a 2013 budget to Congress that spends, taxes and borrows. It includes $1.
It’s hard to dispute that vodka can often take on a life of its own. Particularly if it’s your life and you’ve taken on a few Bloody Marys at Sunday brunch.
PICO BLVD — If someone else stepped in with cash and time, would City Hall spare “Chain Reaction?” That was the question on the minds of a group of activists from Santa Monica and further afield who met Sunday night to ponder ways to keep the Civic Center sculpture by Pulitzer Prize-winning editoria
Many investors are scared of stock options. But there is no need to be. Options are just contracts, and much less complicated than when you buy or sell a house! Or take out a life insurance policy.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The complicated process of unraveling Santa Monica’s Redevelopment Agency has claimed an unexpected victim: The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
