CITYWIDE — Santa Monica has been a hot spot for New Year's Eve parties since at least the 1890s.
Back then the fire department held annual masquerade balls that
DOWNTOWN — Ever wonder if something's rotten at your farmers market?
Maybe those pricey "locally grown" mangos are actually commercial imports from South America.
Southern California officials
LOS ANGELES — In the old days, filmmakers flocked to Hollywood for its abundant sunshine, beautiful people and sandy beaches. But today a new filmmaking diaspora is spreading across the globe
Now that the year is all but over, an obligatory "best of" article seems fitting. Santa Monica certainly has had its fair share of notable restaurant openings, so
Ayana Haviv has multiple musical personalities. The Grammy Award winner works as an ensemble singer and soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this
EDGEMAR CENTER — Just like a living tree, the Edgemar shopping cart tree is growing and spawning seedlings.
At 35 feet, this year's tree is the tallest ever, said
IN THE HISTORY BOOKS — Next time you bottom out on Colorado Avenue, think back with sympathy to your 1913 predecessors.
One hundred years ago this month, four passengers were thrown
My plan was to write one article about Japanese restaurants, one about Korean, one about Chinese, and one about mixed-Asian restaurants. So I asked my Korean golf partner, Mr. Kim,
Because we in America are so fixated on Mark Twain, our "premier storyteller," we sometimes tend to conflate his personal history with that of England's "
If you like your holiday entertainment laugh-filled, but still wondrous while serving a great purpose, make your next stop the Actors' Gang Theatre in Culver City. The annual "
Dear Life Matters,
I am hosting a rather large holiday dinner with both friends and family invited. This is a tradition and it has always been very nice and a
What am I going to give so-and-so for the holidays? That is the universal question this time of year. Whether it's for your assistant the java junkie, your
