December 28, 2025
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Health and Wellness

Health and Fitness Fest. Draws Thousands to Event (VIDEO):

Buy Local Santa Monica, which is a campaign devoted to encouraging support and growth for
local businesses, held a Health and Fitness festival this past Saturday at the Santa Monica Civic
Center, which featured over 100 booths where community members shared advice and
expertise and provided free health screenings and product samples to the hundreds of Santa
Monica residents who visited the festival throughout the day.

LA Waterkeeper

Bayside Celebration to Honor Los Angeles’ Wave Makers on September 29: LA Waterkeeper’s largest fundraiser fuels transformation of county’s waters

Clean water is a reason to celebrate. OnThursday, September 29, Los Angeles Waterkeeper presents its 5th annual Making Waves benefit to honor the leaders transforming how the region protects and restores its local water resources. Business, philanthropic and community leaders will join special guest and LA Waterkeeper Founder Terry Tamminen at the soiree in Santa Monica.

Santa Monica Mountains

Light Pollution Causes Santa Monica Mountain Ecosystem to Suffer:

Not surprisingly given its proximity to the Los Angeles area, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area suffers from high levels of light pollution that not only affect nighttime views of the sky, but also can disrupt wildlife ecosystems, according to a study released today.

police

Carjacking This Morning on Ocean Front Walk:

From SMPD:  This morning at approximately  7:15 a.m.,  SMPD received a radio call for service of a carjacking just occurred at the 2600 block Ocean Front walk.   The victim’s vehicle was taken by force.   The […]

Bike Safety

Bike-Pedestrian Enforcement Operations:

The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting Bike and Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations with focused enforcement efforts on primary collision factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. The Police Department periodically identifies locations where bike […]

Blowin' Smoke Rhythm and Blues Revue

Blowin’ Smoke Revue comes to Harvelle’s Blues Club:

Band leader Larry “Fuzzy” Knight will present his Blowin’ Smoke Rhythm and Blues Revue featuring the Fabulous Smokettes at Harvelle’s Blues Club, 1432 4th St., on Saturday September 17, from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.