Los Angeles-based nonprofit Last Chance for Animals (LCA) is joining a worldwide coalition of animal rights organizations to stage a vigil tonight in Santa Monica.

The New West Symphony announced Wednesday that it has received a $10,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation’s Alchemy program and a $3,500 grant from the League of American Orchestras to support the development of a four-year strategic plan as the Symphony approaches its 25th anniversary celebration during the 2019-2020 concert season.

In response to Los Angeles’s escalating homelessness crisis, the Salvation Army organized a team of more than 50 volunteers to hand out prepared meals to Santa Monica’s homeless population this past Saturday.

Two California Assembly Committees have passed important, life-saving drunk driving legislation with unanimous votes. The next stop for SB 1046 by Senator Jerry Hill, which would require ignition interlocks for all drunk driving offenders in California, is the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

Assemblymember Richard Bloom will be honoring Andrew “Andy” Harland at the ninth annual “Veterans of the Year” Luncheon.

Fridays are Julia Torrano’s favorite day of the week. There’s the TGIF thing of course, but that’s not the main reason. What she enjoys most is her weekly, four-hour volunteer shift visiting older patients as part of the Companion Care Program at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica.

A performance of “Room 17” by our own Steve Stajich takes place at the Great Scott Theatre at the MET Theater building, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles tonight.

Essentia is hosting a ‘A Summer Celebration’ featuring recent works by three local artists: Gino Perez, Kathy Shorkey and Jason Ryan.

A local surf school is partnering with the Braille Institute to help students experience the thrill of the waves with surf lessons.

Letter to the Editor: Like so many, I am deeply saddened and shocked by the pending closure of Santa Monica’s YWCA on 14th near Pico…