There are certain unique moments and experiences that happen when traveling that are imprinted in your memory for a lifetime. As long as I live I will always remember snorkeling at The Great Barrier Reef, zip lining through a rain forest in Costa Rica and witnessing the post-war horrors at the Museu
OCEAN AVENUE — Cirque du Soleil’s “Ovo” will swarm Santa Monica in January, unleashing the hidden world of insects underneath the troupe’s iconic blue-and-gold big top, a scene brought together by the show’s insightful designer and first female director.
Since 2005, our government has prevented the commercial slaughter of horses in the United States by refusing to fund personnel that would inspect the horse meat.
I love to travel and have always wanted to go to Africa. I was concerned about being in Africa without booking anything beforehand as I received warnings from friends that I should be extremely careful.
HAWAII, 1941 — In the course of a person’s life, there occur events on which the course of history pivots, like the fulcrum of the lever of human experience.
Ask any of the politicians in Sacramento if they believe in government transparency, full disclosure of their official actions and the open and honest operation of state functions, and they will, to a man and woman, answer with a resounding, “yes!” Yeah, right.
LINCOLN BLVD — A long-time anchor of Lincoln Boulevard will transform in coming months, removing approximately four decades of continuity and one iconic sign.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
DOWNTOWN L.A. — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled that the City of Santa Monica did not violate the civil rights of Armenian or Armenian-American cab drivers when it awarded franchises to five taxi cab companies in June 2010.
It seems as if everywhere you look, there is another headline decrying the collapse of the housing market and warning about the end of the world as we know it.
OCEAN PARK — Dozens of people looked up at the sound of the oncoming sirens as three fire engines, several police vehicles and an array of motorcycle cops made their way down Ocean Park Boulevard Saturday, emergency lights flashing.
As expected, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education voted 6-0 last Tuesday night to curtail the raising and spending of funds by school donors and PTA groups on their neighborhood schools.