What's the Point? Happy Holidays? Not Always By David Pisarra on December 9, 2014 WHAT'S THE POINT? — T’is the season for peppermint candies, gingerbread everything,... Read more →
My Write 13 Road to more gridlock By Bill Bauer on December 7, 2014 MY WRITE — Santa Monica has some of the worst traffic in Southern California - and the... Read more →
Laughing Matters 1 City Big Wigs to Hear Noise About Noise By Jack Neworth on December 5, 2014 LAUGHING MATTERS — The late Will Rogers, perhaps Santa Monica's most beloved citizen... Read more →
Curious City Strike while the gravy is hot By Charles Andrews on December 3, 2014 CURIOUS CITY — A BOWLING INJURY. ARE YOU SERIOUS? Why do I admit to these things, in... Read more →
Curious City Cheetahs and Champions By Charles Andrews on December 2, 2014 WHY WERE THERE ALL THOSE PEOPLE at a Planning Commission meeting last Wednesday?? For... Read more →
Bill Bauer 3 Ugly developments at home in Santa Monica By Bill Bauer on December 2, 2014 The reasons why so many Santa Monicans are anti-development is because new projects are... Read more →
Laughing Matters Security Guard Blues, Part 2 By Jack Neworth on November 28, 2014 LAUGHING MATTERS — In 1975 I was a Security Guard at the Shores. As I wrote two weeks... Read more →
My Write 1 Changes demanded in future zoning codes By Bill Bauer on November 24, 2014 MY WRITE — Last Wednesday evening, a couple hundred neighbors attended a Town Hall... Read more →
Laughing Matters 1 Henry Jaglom’s At It Again By Jack Neworth on November 21, 2014 LAUGHING MATTERS — Love him or loathe him, writer/director Henry Jaglom is nothing if... Read more →
Curious City The best Joni Mitchell song she never wrote By Charles Andrews on November 19, 2014 CURIOUS CITY — SURE GLAD I WENT TO THE “SANTA MONICA TALKS PRESENTATION” at Tongva... Read more →
What's the Point? 6 Bike sharing plan good for business, not residents By David Pisarra on November 18, 2014 WHAT'S THE POINT — Some people are saying the city has lost its mind, its direction and... Read more →
My Write 8 Election post-mortem, part 2 By Bill Bauer on November 17, 2014 MY WRITE — This year, the developers and hotel forces gave up masquerading as a bona... Read more →
Laughing Matters Security Guard Blues (Part 1) By Jack Neworth on November 14, 2014 LAUGHING MATTERS — The following really happened though, unlike “Dragnet,” I've... Read more →
Letters 1 Letters: Elections and cleanups By Admin on November 12, 2014 Plea for Decency and Transparency Editor: The elections are over, people are assessing... Read more →
Curious City Brushes are not just for drummers By Charles Andrews on November 12, 2014 “SOMEDAY EVERYTHING'S GONNA SOUND LIKE A RHAPSODY, when I paint my masterpiece.”... Read more →
