August 6, 2026
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Fiesta La Ballona, August 28-30, 6-10pm Friday, noon-10pm Saturday, noon-6pm Sunday, free, Veteran’s Memorial Park, Culver Blvd. and Overland Ave. CC, 310.253.6632. Culver City celebrates the end of summer every year with this three-day outdoor […]

EarthTalk:

Dear EarthTalk: How are populations of the world’s orca whales faring these days? Are we still in danger of losing them all in the wild? The largest member of the dolphin family and a major […]

Co-opportunity: Celebrates 35 Years:

Co-opportunity, Santa Monica’s food co-op, celebrated its 35th birthday on August 23 with a block party. 16th Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway was closed off, as faithful customers and curious newcomers flocked to […]

New School Curriculum Features The Santa Monica Pier:

Sempra Energy Foundation and the Santa Monica Pier Restoration (SMPRC) Corporation have partnered together to create a new integrated school curriculum for students to help them become responsible environmental stewards while learning about the Santa […]

End the State of Emergency!:

While readers of Sarah Palin’s Facebook page obsess over government-run health care, a much greater usurpation of power has been going on virtually unnoticed for nearly a decade. On September 11, 2001, the government declared […]

Broken Promise Could Bring Fire Season Problems:

All through this summer’s budget crisis, while Republican and Democratic legislators haggled with each other and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, all sides promised one thing: There would be no reductions in the quality or availability of […]

What’s, Like, Happening to History?:

You might say about such things as Inglorious Basterds that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to $70 million B-movies with hammy acting. Last weekend we were all condemned to ingesting promotion disguised […]

Letters to the Editor:

Dear Editor, For over 30 years I have worked to get the Wilshire Subway built to the Westside. Lynne Bronstein reports in her Update on Westside Subway that Century City with over 40,000 employees, and […]

Hometown Hero: Mark Gold:

Santa Monica Bay, water quality and public health have been the major concerns of Mark Gold, the Executive Director of Heal The Bay (HTB). “I was a loud mouthed planning student at UCLA in 1986. […]