Reflections & Observations: Watch Out!
And now, in still another effort to “revitalize” downtown Los Angeles, and not incidentally make some rich men richer, the Los Angeles City Council has...

Mayor Michael Feinstein with his mother.
                                                    photo by Michael Rosenthal

Me and Mike Down By The Beachside
It had been a while since I’d found the time to spend a few sociable minutes with Santa Monica Mayor Michael Feinstein...

Letters To The Editor

Bay City Beat: Which Playa Vista Are You On?
Last week I discovered that I might be part of an old “Star Trek” episode, the one where elements of one world are somehow leaking into the alternative universe of another...

The Last Word: STARBUCKS TURNS 30

Point of View: Redistricting Returns To California With A Vengeance
Redistricting is back in California. Every ten years it revisits us like a recurring Biblical plague. This year’s redistricting is turning out to be yet another example of...

In Her Opinion: Goodbye, Summer, Hello, Fall
So, summer’s gone and all of a sudden the afternoon light is hitting in such a way that tells the world fall is here...