OCEAN PARK — Local filmmaker Stephen Auerbach has completed one of the most tremendous projects of his career. His documentary, “Bicycle Dreams,” which chronicles the experiences of five riders in the grueling, 3,000-mile Race Across America (RAAM), is set to world premiere at the Newport Beach Film
“[The issue of torture] has nothing to do with al Qaeda, [but] it has everything to do with America.” Those were the words of Senator McCain in 2006 — he was absolutely right.
When a proposal in California to ban black painted cars was revealed in March 2009, the blogosphere and talk radio buzzed with cries of “outrageous.” The state legislature, under the auspices of the California Air Resource Board, pushed to reduce auto emissions by controlling the color of vehicles.
VENICE — The Venice Neighborhood Council Board of Officers approved a recommendation from the Venice Heritage Foundation to support a proposed museum that would showcase Venice’s unique cultural history.
I had an interesting experience on Easter Sunday in Canoga Park. I signed through Slow Food L.A. to take a Vietnamese cooking class at a private home.
I was recently standing on my old corner of Cloverfield Boulevard and Virginia Avenue. I remember being a youngster and running out to stand on the small hill after we heard accidents.
As Queen Victoria used to say, “We are not amused.” Heaven knows, we wanted to be, but there is something just a little off-putting about the musical “No Way to Treat a Lady,” currently having its Los Angeles premiere at The Colony Theatre in Burbank.
CITY YARDS — Education through art, constructive collaboration and balance are uncommon priorities for a public works organization, but the Santa Monica Household Hazardous Waste Center makes a point of investing in each.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — A newly planted pine tree will be the center of a ceremony today celebrating Earth Day and National Arbor Day. City officials and students and faculty from the Art Institutes of California at Los Angeles and Hollywood are attending this public event.
Libertarians make me laugh — mainly because I can’t take anyone who uses the terms “nanny-state” and “big government” seriously. It’s not that there is anything particularly funny about individual freedom, open markets, and limited regulation, it’s that these people don’t seem to understand how much
“Just like all Yankee women, all you are good at is ordering in restaurants and spending a man’s money!” — Kung fu master Pai Mei to Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill Pt.
Today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me! I am 38 for those who are curious. Now, I have never been one for freaking out over getting older, though when I turned 20 I do distinctly remember thrashing around my dorm room distraught that no matter what I did I would no longer ever be considered a ch
