By Laura Hemmer Santa Monica
(Re: The downtown ficus trees) Chop them down, chop them down now. They are thugs and gangsters. It’s shameful how they hang out on
By Barry Barker
In his letter to the editor (“Oh, can you hear the pipes calling?” Oct. 5) Ron Lowe asks why the Democrats keep playing into the hands of
By Bradley Meyers
Why do poor people deserve to live near the beach? Community Corporation of Santa Monica (CCSM) could use their money to buy less expensive land and build
“WHY DON’T YOU WRITE ABOUT Route 66,” Santa Monica Police Homeless Liaison Program officer, Josh Hall, asked me a couple weeks ago at the Santa Monica Police Department’s
By Allen Nelson Santa Monica
The recent debate over how to spend the $268 million of BB funds has obscured the big picture vision of the ambitious Facilities Master Plan
By Mark Marchillo Odd Man Out
BACK IN COLLEGE, MY FRATERNITY, AS MOST houses, stuck to that timeless rule of virtue and honor, trust and character: “Bros before Hoes.” We
By DANIEL ARCHULETA ONTHESHELVES
It would seem Eddie Vedder has taken a page from the script of “Into the Wild,” venturing into uncharted territory. Sure, he’s done the solo
By BYJACKNEWORTH NEWDVDRELEASES
During Vietnam anti-war protesters were considered “commie” hippies whom the moral majority felt needed, at a minimum, a bath and a haircut. Today many of those
By Kenn Tarr Notes from the film scoundrel
IT SHOULD BE A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. TAKE AN up-and-coming director, be it Gavin Hood (2005’s “Tsotsi” — Best Foreign
This past week, Q-line asked: Should the city welcome dispensaries as they would any other state-approved business? What safeguards do you believe should be put in place?
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AMERICANS LOVE FREE STUFF. OUR national motto could be “In Bargains We Trust.” So, I wasn’t surprised by Taco Bell’s recent promotion in which the fast food chain
By Bob Wolff Santa Monica
I would have thought with all the recent publicity about nooses and their symbolism to African-Americans that your paper would not put a picture
