July 23, 2026
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A Buzz and a Rumble At Kiehls on Montana:

Yes, there certainly was a buzz at Kiehls Since 1871 on Montana Avenue this past Tuesday night, as custom bike builder and star of The Discovery Channel’s smash hit series, Monster Garage arrived on his […]

Battle Scars from Iraq:

Invisible Wounds of War is a recently released RAND study of American troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and their psychological and cognitive injuries, the consequences of those injuries, and services available to assist recovery […]

Hungry for Change – MoveOn Holds Nationwide Bake Sale:

This past weekend, MoveOn Political Action held more than700 bake sales nationwide as another of its grassroots efforts to garner and increase support for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and other progressive candidates for […]

Congrats SAMOHI Class of ‘08:

Brothers Robbie (l-r) and Charlie Paris talked as students exited a packed Greek Theatre after Samohi’s Graduation Ceremony which honored more than 800 seniors on Thursday, June 19.

Juneteenth at Virginia Avenue Park:

Groups commemorating the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, George Washington Carver, and other Black Americans who made substantial contributions to the history of the United States participated Saturday, June 21, in […]

VCHC Opens Its Doors:

The Venice Community Housing Corporation (VCHC) is about a lot more than housing, and some of its non-housing (or extra-housing) work was on display at its third annual open house June 19 at the nonprofit’s […]

Mila Rainof:

Mila Rainof, a 1999 graduate of Santa Monica High School, died in New Haven, Connecticut on April 20 of this year. She was a fourth-year student at Yale School of Medicine, after having completed her […]

Summer Soulstice:

Happy festival-goers enjoyed a Police tribute band at the end of the Summer Soulstice Festival on Main Street on Sunday, June 22.

California Now a Key States’ Rights Battleground:

There was a time when the phrase “states’ rights” was code for trampling on the rights of individuals. That was during the great 20th Century civil rights battles, when many states asserted they had the […]