August 6, 2026
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Santa Monicans Hug Trees!:

A few dozen Santa Monicans gathered in Palisades Park on Tuesday, September 22, for a “public group tree hug” near the gateway to the Pier, celebrating the autumnal equinox and all manner of things green. […]

Health Care Reform Debate Takes Place In Santa Monica:

Health care reform has taken center stage nationally and has caused many heated debates about its possible ramifications. Santa Monicans and others had the opportunity to learn more about the proposals being debated on Capital […]

Early Money Guarantees Little In Gov’s Race:

Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman don’t appear to have much in common, other than the fact that they are the early leaders in the money race that’s always a key part of getting a major-party […]

Wi-Fi Nation: Can You Mail Me Now?:

The airlines are betting on connectivity.  Not “connectivity” in that you’ll now be able to fly non-stop to your childhood home in Koshkonong, Missouri.   But rather that you’ll pay up to 13 bucks extra for […]

Letters To The Editor:

Open Letter to Mayor Genser, Council Members, and Manager Ewell: Dear Mayor Genser, Council Members, and Manager Ewell; Now that the water quality around the pier has risen to a usual “B”from an “F”, please […]

Ban the Bags Protest:

SAMOHI’s Team Marine and the Heal the Bay Surfrider Club held a “Ban the Bag” march on Friday, September 18. The effort was their fifth march in two years, to raise awareness and educate the […]

PRISTINE PACIFIC:

Sixteen hundred volunteers cleared 850 pounds of trash and recyclables from Santa Monica’s beaches on September 19 as part of the 25th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day coordinated in Los Angeles County by Heal the […]