Reflections & Observations: Who Rules?
From its founding in 1982, the Santa Monica Convention & Visitors’ Bureau (CVB), whose sole task is selling Santa Monica to tourists...

Point of View: The Case for VERITAS
Why is Santa Monica Mayor Feinstein afraid to let the VERITAS initiative be voted on by the people of Santa Monica...? 

Letters To The Editor

Bay City Beat: Do Dead People Count?
While media often play up the first day of summer, because it helps lubricate the selling of warm weather goods and bloated action movies...

Point of View: Sad Story Unfolding in Venice
There seem to be endless stories from Angelenos recounting their neighborhood casualties, the increasing homelessness, the utter lack of respect...

The Last Word: DUKE ENERGY TAKES P.R. CAMPAIGN ON THE ROAD

In His Opinion: LET’S FIX OUR SCHOOLS! - PART I
Good afternoon. 
   I want to begin today with a quote from Jonathan Kozol’s wonderful book, Savage Inequalities...

In Her Opinion: A Small Town USA July 4th
July 4th was a busy day, which had me going to my first parade in more years than I could possibly remember...