August 8, 2026
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SAMOHI Bike It Day:

Students and staff were asked to get out of their cars on October 21 and come to Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) by either bike, bus, or by walking for SAMOHI Bike It Day. Organizers […]

Planning Board Greenlights FAME Senior Group Housing Project:

After a lengthy hearing, Santa Monica’s Planning Commission voted to allow the FAME Senior Group Housing Project to move forward in the Pico Neighborhood by denying two appeals of the City’s Architectural Review Board’s (ARB) […]

Community News Briefs:

Senator Fran Pavley Responds to Historic Water Deal Senator Fran Pavley (D-Santa Monica), the Chair of the Natural Resources and Water Committee, issued the following statement in response to the legislature’s passage of the water […]

Tis the Season to Just Say No (to most initiatives):

The winter holidays are fast approaching, and with them the advent of a long season of being confronted by initiative petition circulators outside almost every big box store, grocery emporium and shopping mall in California. […]

Okay, fine, I’ll run for governor… whatever:

Let’s hope that isn’t the opening line in the press release from the Democrat who finally decides to go up against Jerry Brown for governor. Yes, it’s a tough and less than glamorous time to […]

Letters To The Editor:

Dear Editor: Dave Quick’s “Singing the Cal State Blues” (October 25-21) rightly summarizes deep problems for college students in all segments of California’s public institutions of higher education: crippling tuition hikes, fewer classes (meaning difficulty […]

Golden Ages:

Are we ever aware of a “golden age” when we are living in the midst of one? Did the Greek citizens who attended plays by Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles say to themselves and each other, […]

Alert: Police Blotter: Santa Monica:

Mr. Chips on Lincoln Tuesday, October 27, 10:40 p.m. Officers rushed to Bill’s Liquor, located at the 2200 block of Lincoln Boulevard because they had been alerted to a robbery. When they arrived, they spoke […]