By CHARLES ANDREWS REVIEWING ALBUMS SUCKS As anyone who has done more than a few dozen knows. It can be tedious, should be exacting, you search for the right words to express that most ethereal of art forms, and by the time you’re done you may not want to listen any more to that album you started out loving. You have to... Read more →

  Authorities claim the suspect owes the Department of Veteran’s more than $11 million Kate Cagle Daily Press Staff Writer A Santa Monica man is accused of defrauding the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) out of $11.4 million over the last ten years and bribing at least one federal official to keep the scheme... Read more →

Tourism Talks: By Lauren Salisbury With our scenic views, blue skies and friendly neighborhoods, it comes as no surprise that those of us lucky enough to live in Santa Monica often become the designated host and tour guide during the holidays. Who can blame our family and friends for wanting to spend their winter vacation time with... Read more →

  by Cynthia Citron Nina Sallinen is simply terrific channeling the fiery spirit of Marie Curie. She is sorrowful, angry, demanding, persistent, proud, playful, coquettish, loving, and RADIANT. And that last, in fact, is the title of the play. Shirley Lauro, the playwright of this intriguing drama, delves into the little-known... Read more →

American Stories Book Group: Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad Arrives For Discussion November 18 By Nancy Snyder Consider including the fourth Saturday of every month during the early afternoon hours of 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. on your calendar as a regular event. You will be glad you did. That is the time for the American Stores... Read more →

Rated R 115 Minutes Released November 10 Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri is a modern American folk story by a British/Irish Playwright. This film consists of spheres of an intricate story populated with flawed colorful people intertwining and colliding with each other’s souls, provoking humor and tragedy. This is what... Read more →

By Sarah A. Spitz Turn Him Loose Joe Morton IS Dick Gregory. Watching him in “Turn Me Loose” all you’ll see is Dick Gregory…ok, minus the gray beard. Without Dick Gregory, there might never have been a Richard Pryor. What a shame that would be. Gregory more than deserved this biographical homage. He was alive when it debuted... Read more →

  Dear parents, staff and community members, The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education has taken the interest of the Malibu community to separate from our district into a Malibu Unified School District (MUSD) very seriously. During the past two years, the School Board has focused on the financial aspects... Read more →

By CHARLES ANDREWS IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE Growing up as a news junkie, in the ‘50s and ‘60s, I used to think corruption, serious political corruption, was what happened in other places in the world, but not here. Oh sure, we had crooked politicians, lots of them, willing to vote for something for the right payback, but that was... Read more →

Kate Cagle Daily Press Staff Writer Locals can lace up their skates once again as Downtown Santa Monica welcomes the holiday season with the grand opening of Ice at Fifth Street and Arizona Avenue. “Ice at Santa Monica has become so much more than just an outdoor ice skating rink,” said Kevin Herrera, senior marketing manager for... Read more →

What’s The Point? By David Pisarra This year’s American Film Market has been heavily attended based on my personal experience of almost running over people! Seems like they’re everywhere talking, striking deals and headed out for canapés and giant shrimp. Last Thursday night was Thai Night AFM 2017 and over 100 people... Read more →

NOTEWORTHY column for Thurs., Nov. 2, 2017   By CHARLES ANDREWS THAT PROVERBIAL LIMB So wobbly, when you go out on it. Don’t you ever learn, Charles? Remember REO Speedwagon? Yes. I believe I have learned. And that’s why I am now going to run straight out to the very end of that limb and jump up and down and testify... Read more →

Week of November 6, 2017 Street Lighting Modernization Program For the week of November 6, construction will Construction will continue throughout the project area, which is bound by 16th Street to the east, Ocean Park Boulevard to the south, Lincoln Boulevard to the west, and Pico Boulevard to the north. There may be sidewalk closures... Read more →

Kate Cagle Daily Press Staff Writer Amid the tourists and street performers who pack the Santa Monica Pier day after day, you may bump into local entrepreneur Sara Hicks walking with one of her employees. Hicks prefers to take one-on-one meetings with her employees to the beach. Tech companies are notoriously concerned about office... Read more →

  Kate Cagle Daily Press Staff Writer Manny Serrano was focused on his computer when he felt a buzz on his wrist. It was his Fitbit Alta reminding him to move. The Pico neighborhood resident finished up what he was doing, turned off his laptop and took a walk. “I wouldn’t say I’m obsessed but I’m checking it three or... Read more →