Southern California's summer has been relatively mild so far, with deep intrusion of the marine layer keeping mornings cool but the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued two
Santa Monica Public Library is proud to present French Connection: Cercle Français, a four-meeting French club hosted by Margaret Drach. The group meets at 2 p.m. on Saturdays, July
Vicki Juditz (pronounced YOOD-itz) did not know, till she was in her 20s, that in German her name meant “Jew.” An actor, writer, voice-over artist and activist, she was a
TUNEFUL WORDS? GO TO THE LIBRARY, GIRL!
Silly me. I thought the Library Girl spoken word series, every second Sunday evening of the month at 7 p.m. at the
The Santa Monica Police and Fire Departments are encouraging residents to celebrate July 4 in a safe way and make use of the official celebrations including Santa Monica’s Parade
Recreation and Parks Commissioner Kurt Schwengel is getting into the weeds this week, as he seeks to get foxtails out of Santa Monica parks. The kindergarten teacher said he had
IT’S PERSONAL NOW
I’ve been quiet about the scooter kerfuffle. Torn both ways.
It is a pretty clean mode of transportation, an environmentally good way of getting from
With the coming July 4 celebrations, local emergency rooms are preparing for the inevitable flood of summer injuries and officials said the spike in calls is especially frustrating because most
My column this week is a rerun of the 4th of July column from 2014. Re-reading this column I was struck by what has changed, how oddly prescient some of
Two years after a contentious election concerning citizen initiative Measure LV, the City Council hopes to quell community concerns over development once and for all with its own ballot measure
A two-year war of attrition over potential Labor Peace Agreements on city-owned property ended Tuesday, with the City Council abandoning the idea amid outcry from local restaurant owners.
After directing