So, color me old-fashioned. I like a well-written play that engages me, that gets me to really care about the characters and what happens to them, and prompts me to think about them afterwards.
SAMOHI — Students are improving upon a Santa Monica High School bicycling tradition, using the Web and free bikes to spark interest. For several years, the Samohi Bike Coalition and the Samohi Solar Alliance clubs have hosted school-wide bike days every few months.
In a country obsessed with body image, chronic disease, health care, food shows, fast food, vegan and raw food diets as well as high protein diets and supplements, one can’t help but wonder what is “normal” eating? What does it feel like to eat for the purpose of nourishing your body but without wor
When a person dies it is hard to make the adjustment back to life. You tend to hide in activities and idiosyncrasies you weren’t aware of. Our main character has lost a wife.
Dear Rachel, I need someone to save me from my own guilty conscience. I’ve been dating a girl for a year. She’s sweet and adores me, but she’s too naïve and passive for my taste.
DOWNTOWN — When director, producer and writer Patricia DiSalvo Viayra began working on her first film, she sent out an advertisement searching for a cinematographer.
Dear New Shrink, For most of my adult life I have struggled with weight and body image issues. Over the last two years I have gained over 50 pounds and can’t seem to kick my unhealthy habits.
I wanted to share my discovery once again of Josie on Pico Boulevard and 25th Street. I had all but forgotten that this place was there due to the location.
SANTA MONICA/VENICE — With two young children at home and a new business to run, Tami Pardee doesn’t have the time to volunteer for local nonprofits like she did in the past.
Last Friday, as I was getting ready for work, my wife was on the Internet and exclaimed, “Barack Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize!” I told her, in mid-shave, that it was a little late for an April Fools’ joke.
SACRAMENTO — A number of bills authored by local state legislators were signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this past Sunday, the bills dealing with a wide variety of topics that ranged from education to Medi-Cal and state infrastructure.
SM BAY — The environmental group Heal the Bay warned Southland residents and visitors Tuesday to avoid going into the water at Los Angeles County beaches for the next 72 hours in response to the area’s first significant rainfall after the recent Station Fire and a record period of drought.
