Adults using library computers to view pornography (called “perving”) has been an issue at our and other libraries across the country. Recent letters to the editor printed here and in other local publications have been critical of the Santa Monica Main Library for not doing more to prevent childr
With newspaper readership and circulation continuing to drop, more and more local newspapers are being forced out of business. However, as a recent poll by the Pew Research Center indicates: “Many of those who say the closing of the local paper wouldn’t make much, if any, difference in their communi
Moe Taheri, owner of Santa Monica Tobacco, rang up his customer’s order. It was the usual tub of American Spirit and rolling papers, a good mix for people who want to cut the chemical additives out of their cigarettes by rolling their own.
Recently, Newsweek looked at Federal Election Commission records and made an intriguing discovery. The political action committees of five major recipients of federal bank bailout money, it found, made some $85,000 in campaign contributions in January and February, mostly to members of Congress sitt
During Dehli’s Fashion Week last month, two of the child stars from “Slumdog Millionaire” (best picture of 2008) walked the runway. At the time, Rubina Ali (Latika) and Mohammed Azharuddin Ismail (Salim) were still living in the Mumbai slum where they were discovered by casting agents.
After a particularly expensive four-day stretch recently (a four-figure bill from the IRS a week ago Saturday and the following Tuesday, a four-figure bill for a car repair that turned out to be misdiagnosed), I grinned when I saw the Tiffany Selections Spring 2009 catalogue in the mailbox.
In “Mencia cancellation leads to policy change,” page 1, March 30, reporter Melody Hanatani covered a program at which I spoke. I spoke as what I called a “representative for the First Amendment.
GENERAL COMMENT: At last a seafood bar in the heart of Santa Monica. And a fish market in the same space so you can take dinner home with you. NAME: Santa Monica Seafood Restaurant WHERE: 1000 Wilshire Blvd.
If “lace curtain Irish” were not considered a pejorative term by some, it could be used as a thumbnail description of the family in Bill Barker’s play “Best Wishes,” which is currently enjoying a splendid revival at the Crown City Theatre in North Hollywood.
I am not a beautiful, rich, and famous white girl — and I don’t want to be one. As appealing as the job of Pop Princess or Hollywood Starlet might be, it comes at the expense of having a relatively normal love life.
