DOWNTOWN — When you buy organic foods Wednesday to maintain your health, you will also be helping a local radio station live a long and fruitful life. That’s because Whole Foods Markets in Santa Monica and other nearby locations are donating 5 percent of their net sales Wednesday to public radio station 89.9 FM —... Read more →

PICO BLVD — A small slip of paper sits safely inside David Rolston’s wallet, containing a list of personal dreams he one day hopes to fulfill. A seemingly permanent fixture on that list was the wish that a former social worker and alcoholic would find a way past her substance addiction, fight her way through the relapses and... Read more →

‘The Wrestler’ Mickey Rourke was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award in the title role as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a faded professional wrestler who must retire for health reasons, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle. Marisa Tomei is riveting as Rourke’s co-star... Read more →

When humans were hunter-gatherers, death from chronic disease was unheard of partly because their diets were equally rich in omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids. Today Americans consume a diet that on average contains 17 grams of omega-6 for every one gram of omega-3 fatty acids. In Japan, residents consume a diet that that is four to one omega-6... Read more →

More people are doing it now — going online to find mates. It can be a dangerous area to surf in. You don’t know what you are getting nor how truthful those profiles are. “This book is not intended to scare or discourage anyone from online dating. It is a real-life guide to embrace and navigate the World Wide Web with fun... Read more →

Beantown. The Hub. Bahhston. Ground zero for the American experiment, this precocious trade port of a city has always been ready for a fight, be it the grossly outnumbering British or the just plain gross New York Yankee fans invading its well-worn turf. But despite its modest size (just over 600,000 residents) and scale (89 square miles,... Read more →

Apparently Garry Marshall and Neil Simon were twins separated at birth. Each plumbs the vicissitudes of relationships with a like-minded comic sensibility and an exaggerated appreciation of the absurd. They are two of the best comedic dramatists writing today. Which Garry Marshall proves once again with the West Coast Premiere of... Read more →

I recently enjoyed a meal at a new restaurant in the Palisades called Taste. Located on Palisades Drive in a small shopping center, it seemed to be doing well as it was quite crowded when we arrived at 6:30 p.m.. We had very good service and proceeded to order a lovely bottle of wine and two appetizers. The appetizers were both very good; a... Read more →

I have been wondering recently if it is it OK for me to write about my son here. I tell funny stories about him, my challenges with motherhood and, what got me thinking about this, our struggles with his developmental delay. He is only 2 years old. Obviously, he cannot read. But it will be there when he can. How will he feel about people... Read more →

DOWNTOWN — A 10-ounce bottle containing a cloudy mixture of plankton, water and colorful bits of plastic sits on Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins’ living room table, reminding the soon-to-be married couple why they will spend the next two months biking across the country. Laying next to the jar is a short line of rope tying... Read more →