Ballots Found in Trash Cans in California

BY ZACHARY STIEBER Over a dozen ballots were found in trash cans in California this week, said the local man who discovered them. Osvaldo Jiménez, 43, found the ballots among other discarded mail in separate receptacles on Virginia Avenue in Santa Monica on Oct. 8. Jiménez was walking his dog in the afternoon when he opened a trash […]
Dia De Los Muertos at The Cayton Children’s Museum

Your invited to the inaugural event of the new Cayton Children’s Museum multicultural series at 395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA, 90401. On Sunday, October 27 the museum will host a Dia De Los Muertos Festival from 12-7PM, exploring the origins, traditions, and rituals of the celebrated Mexican holiday. The festival will feature live music […]
California Man Allegedly Found Two Homeless Men Cooking Dinner in His Apartment

Neetu Chandak | Education and Politics Reporter A California resident allegedly found two homeless men cooking dinner in his apartment in December. Elijah Smart, 29, and Markis White, 19, were identified by police as the men who allegedly broke into Robby Spillman’s Santa Monica, California, apartment. Both were charged with burglary on Wednesday, according to NBC Los […]
Shouted Down in Santa Monica

By Michael Greer I expected no less from the Soviet Socialist Republic of Santa Monica. Knowing no opposing opinions would be allowed, I drove to Santa Monica for a talk on the current status of global warming and climate disruption given by the “Climate Reality Project”. I came prepared but I admit I had butterflies […]
Fishback Mountain; The Most Beautiful “Illegal Dump” in the County

By Kevin Harris When Wayne Fishback bought 120 sprawling ridge-top acres in the Simi Hills back in 2000, illness he had no intentions of urban development for the property. Nor does he have such intentions today. His interest was always agriculture-based, and included cattle ranching, among other things, to have a place to retire, and […]















