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Santa Monica State of City Event to Feature Performances and Updates on the Realignment Plan
Mayor Torosis will deliver the address, outlining accomplishments from the past year and discussing priorities for 2027. Santa Monica will hold its annual State of the City event on July 23 with an open-street gathering […]
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A $11B Housing Bond is on the November Ballot for California Voters
The bond includes $10 billion in general obligation bonds for affordable housing initiatives and $1.25 billion in self-supporting revenue bonds for the CalVet Home Loan Program, which helps veterans and military families. Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
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Palisades Native Wins Prestigious Portrait Prize
In a post following the 2025 Fire, he wrote that he became an artist because of “how beautiful I found the natural world around me” and described the Palisades as “a magical place”. Marc Dalessio, […]
19-Year-Old Arrested for Beating Street Vendor in Downtown Los Angeles
Officers responded to a report of a dispute between a street vendor selling hot dogs and a pedestrian that escalated into a battery. A 19-year-old woman was arrested in the beating of a street vendor […]
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Santa Monica Might Cap I-10 Freeway to Heal Divided Pico Neighborhood. Here’s What That Means
$2 million federal grant will fund feasibility analysis of reconnecting community split by highway construction more than 60 years ago. Santa Monica has secured a $2 million federal grant to study options for reconnecting the […]
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Los Angeles chefs and bakeries launch Westside food events for Venezuelan earthquake relief
Local spots like The Arepa Stand, Petitgrain Boulangerie, and Chainsaw organize menu specials to fund medicine and food. By Dolores Quintana The Arepa Stand, a Venezuelan pop-up owned by Mercedes Rojas and Zeus Ferrini, sells […]
Three independent food pop-ups are taking over this popular Santa Monica bakery
Petitgrain Boulangerie lines up a delicious slate of local guest chefs for the rest of July. Acclaimed Westside bakery Petitgrain...
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LA Chefs Join Restaurant Fundraising Campaign for Pediatric Cancer Research
The initiative, led this year by 17-year-old Charles Lentz, asks participating restaurants to donate $1 from the sale of designated...
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