Did JFK and Marilyn Monroe have a tryst at Tahoe's Cal-Neva Lodge? Historians weigh in

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wrote in 1993 that the so-called "love affair" between Kennedy and Monroe was fleeting and did not begin until after the first documented meeting in October 1961 at Peter and Patricia Kennedy Lawford's Santa Monica beach house. In fact, Spoto claimed ...
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Fred Segal failed to compete in the ‘very hard beast’ of L.A. fashion retail. Here’s what went wrong

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In 1961, the Chicago-born, Los Angeles-raised Fred Segal opened his first store, a 300-square-foot space on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Segal had already been embellishing denim with rhinestones, elevating them from everyday closet staples ...
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Disturbing, embarrassing

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Of course all that is about our current national political scene. Project 2025. But what about here in Santa Monica? We’re divided, but it’s not that bad, is it? No. There are no plans for mass deportations (that I know of). Although a lot of longtime ...
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